This Was Doylestown
This Was Doylestown, 1929
Henry Mercer is re-elected president of the Bucks County Historical Society, borough council will investigate dumping of sewage, and the Doylestown Country Club reports a prosperous year, 84 years ago this week.
Editor's note - Henry C. Mercer, born in Doylestown in 1856, helped Gen. W.W.H. Davis found the Bucks County Historical Society in 1880. Mercer became president of the society the year after Davis' death in 1910, and built a concrete castle-like museum, which he gave to the society, in 1916. Mercer remained president until he died in 1930. At the annual meeting of the Bucks County Historical Society in Doylestown on Saturday, Dr. Henry C. Mercer was re-elected president. During the business session, the election took place with the following results: President, Dr. Henry C. Mercer; vice presidents, B.F. Fackenthal, of Riegelsville, and Colonel Henry D. Paxson; secretary and treasurer, Horace M. Mann; curator, Dr. Henry C. Mercer; assistant…
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Jeff Lugar
7:34 am on Wednesday, January 23, 2013
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