If you see a family name and would like a scanned copy of any of the following notices, please email me off list. Marcia Fronk The Oracle, Saturday, Feb. 13, 1819 FOR SALE - A farm within a mile and a half of the borough of Harrisburg...adjoining the lands of George Fisher, Philip Hemmelreich, Michael Ritzer...Apply at the office of this paper..(The paper was published by John Wyeth.) Henry M'Kinney - Boots and Shoes...Also, a quantity of broad and narrow Bar Iron... FOR SALE - A Valuable Distillery, together with a set of Stills, Tubs and Vessels... ...situated in 5th street, Harrisburg, and now in the occupancy of Mr. Abraham Oves... ...being late the property of Samuel and George Jackson...Henry M'Kinney, Jacob Miller, Assignees.. FOR SALE - A convenient 2-story brick House...Brick Piazza and a large log Kitchen, all under good roof....situate on Paxton street...The Turnpike runs past the door...John Hiney (Anyone know what a Piazza would refer to?) The Oracle, Saturday April 17, 1819 To Rent - The House and Store Room on Market street, near the bridge, now occupied by Mr. N. DeBenneville....Apply to John Foster For Sale, or will be exchanged for other property..seven acres...now occupied as a brick yard...situate in Susquehanna Twp....George Silzel About 140 Acres of Land - On the south side of Peter's Mountain, for sale....good log Dwelling House and Stabling...John Ayers YARN DYEING - ....the Dyeing and coloring of yarn of all colors at Hawk's Mill, better known by the name of Mellinger's, situate about four miles from Middletown.....John Grimes, Christian Hawk...N.B. The subscriber will also carry on the business at Fultons Fulling mill on Spring Creek... New Drug and Apothecary Shop - In the Market Square in Harrisburg....J.C. Verbeke, M.D.

At 07:00 PM 3/12/2004, you wrote: >FOR SALE - A convenient 2-story brick House...Brick Piazza and a large log >Kitchen, >all under good roof....situate on Paxton street...The Turnpike runs past >the door...John Hiney >(Anyone know what a Piazza would refer to?) Marcia - I think it is a long porch that extends the whole front of the house. In Charleston, SC, where they are often on two stories, they are still called that. Jan

Jan, although I mentioned in my reply that a piazza was a centralized porch rather than the longer, whole front type, for Central Pennsylvania, I think it very well could apply to either style because of the strong Pennsylvania German tradition of fronting homes on the road, which would often require a long porch. George F. Nagle Editor, Afrolumens Project http://www.afrolumens.org/ -----Original Message----- From: Janice A. Frank [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Friday, March 12, 2004 9:02 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [PADAUPHI] Notices from The Oracle Newspaper, 1819 At 07:00 PM 3/12/2004, you wrote: >FOR SALE - A convenient 2-story brick House...Brick Piazza and a large log >Kitchen, >all under good roof....situate on Paxton street...The Turnpike runs past >the door...John Hiney >(Anyone know what a Piazza would refer to?) Marcia - I think it is a long porch that extends the whole front of the house. In Charleston, SC, where they are often on two stories, they are still called that. Jan ==== PADAUPHI Mailing List ==== http://www.rootsweb.com