A History of Carlisle, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania, 1751-1835. By Merri Lou Scribner Schaumann. Carlisle: Privately printed, [1995]. Available from the author: 249 West Pomfret Street, Carlisle, Pennsylvania 17013. Price $39.95, including postage and handling.
This is an unusual book. It is a must for anyone interested in "Historic Carlisle." For the first time a list of lot owners in 1763 with a map is available, plus a description of the house on the lot, as recorded in the 1798 "Window Tax." This is followed by a genealogical record of the owners. A title search has been made for each of the 312 lots, a tremendous task.
Schaumann has spent many hours gathering data for this book, which covers the period from the founding of Carlisle through the first third of the 19th century. To the bones of the tax lists she has added flesh. This 341-page volume is a directory of early Carlisle, as well as a Who's Who. For the first time the early septennial Pennsylvania censuses, which list the occupation of each person, have been published.
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