…Hybla, the mansion from which Revolutionary War patriot, Colonel Jonathan Mifflin (1753-1840), his wife Susannah Wright Mifflin (1764-1821) and their son Samuel W. Mifflin (1805-1885), carried out their Underground Railroad…
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Hybla, home of Jonathan Mifflin at Wrightsville Jonathan Mifflin was also a prominent Revolutionary War patriot, even going contrary to his Quaker religion to become an officer…
Jonathan Mifflin’s 1804 petition While researching my recent York Sunday News column on the Hybla mansion near Wrightsville and the Mifflins who lived there, who were instrumental in York County…
Jonathan Mifflin (1753-1840) painted by John Houston Mifflin. Courtesy of Duncan Ely. As stories fly about the possible planned destruction of Hybla, the Mifflin-Wright house near Wrightsville, more concern has…
…House: Preservation Pennsylvania’s Mifflin House page. The Help Save Mifflin House Facebook page. This link will take you to my five Mifflin House posts about the house and the Mifflins….
…PA 17101. The Mifflin House is one of the most important historic sites in York County. The Underground Railroad activity conducted out of the house by Jonathan Mifflin and Susannah…
The historic stone home in Hellam Township which we know as the Mifflin House was occupied from about 1800 until 1856 by the Mifflins: Revolutionary War patriot Jonathan Mifflin, his…
…Jonathan Jessop’s York Imperial Apple You may have heard that the York Imperial Apple was developed by a Quaker named Jonathan Jessop on his York Township farm, part of which…
…and just this week the York Sunday News published an essay concerning Camp Security. It was submitted by Australian Stephen Tuck. Jonathan Stayer, Supervisor of Reference Services at the Pennsylvania…
In my recent post on Jonathan Jessop and his York Imperial apple I mentioned that his son Edward raised a large family at Springwood farm. In 1930, one of those…