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The life of Rev. Michael Schlatter; with a full account of his travels and labors among the Germans in Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Maryland and Virginia; including his services as chaplain in the French and Indian War, and in the war of the revolution. 1716 to 1790

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo965
Author
Harbaugh, Henry,
Date of Publication
1857.
Call Number
922.57 S338h
Responsibility
by H. Harbaugh.
Author
Harbaugh, Henry,
Place of Publication
Philadelphia
Publisher
Lindsay and Blakiston,
Date of Publication
1857.
Physical Description
xxxi, 27-375 p. front. 19 cm.
Notes
"A true history of the real condition of the destitute congregations in Pennsylvania, by Michael Schlatter" (a translation of Getrouw verhaal van den waren toestant der meest herderloze gemeentens in Pennsylvanien ... Amsterdam, 1751): p. 87-234.
Reverend Michael Schlatter was a minister of the German Reformed church who came to America to serve German immigrants. He was pastor in churches in Germantown and Philadelphia, and he also made missionary tours among the German Reformed settlers in Pennsylvania, Maryland, Virginia, New Jersey and New York State.
Subjects
Schlatter, Michael, - 1716-1790.
Reformed Church in the United States.
Germans - Pennsylvania.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Rare Books
Call Number
922.57 S338h
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Smith's Story of the Mennonites

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo102
Author
Smith, C. Henry,
Edition
4th ed., rev. and enl. /
Date of Publication
c1957
Call Number
289.7 S644s
Alternate Title
Story of the Mennonites
Responsibility
by C. Henry Smith.
ISBN
0873030605 (pbk.)
0873030699 (pbk.)
Author
Smith, C. Henry,
Uniform Title
Story of the Mennonites
Edition
4th ed., rev. and enl. /
Place of Publication
Newton, Kan
Publisher
Faith and Life Press,
Date of Publication
c1957
Physical Description
xviii, 589 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Notes
Includes index.
Bibliography: p. 561-572.
Subjects
Mennonites
Additional Author
Krahn, Cornelius.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
289.7 S644s
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Die Ernsthafte Christenpflicht : Enthaltend schöne geistreiche Gebäter, womit fromme Christen-Herzen zu allen Zeiten und in allen Nöthen sich trösten können

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo19031
Date of Publication
1953.
Call Number
090 L245 1953
Place of Publication
Lancaster Co., Pa
Publisher
Verlag von den Amischen Gemeinden,
Date of Publication
1953.
Physical Description
225 pages ; 16 cm
Notes
From the collection of the Heritage Center Museum, G98.47.1
Hand-drawn bookplate on first flyleaf in black, magenta, blue, and green ink for Hannah Stoltzfus, 1957.
Contents
Anhang der Confession -- Vorstellung der vornehmsten Artikel unseres allgemeinen Christlichen Glaubens.
Summary
54 prayers, 1 prayer outline; includes all of the prayers from Leenaerdt Clock's Formulier Etlicher Christlichen Gebäthe.
Subjects
Stoltzfus, Hannah - Bookplate.
Mennonites
Mennonites - Prayers and devotions.
Prayer books.
Bookplates - American - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
Mennonites.
Catechisms.
History.
Prayers and devotions.
Additional Author
Clock, Leenaerdt.
Sittert, Tieleman Tielen van,
Additional Title
Anhang der Confession.
Dordrecht Confession, 1632.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Rare Books
Call Number
090 L245 1953
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History of Ephrata, Pa., and its cloister/ by Milton H. Heinicke

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo4188
Author
Heinicke, Milton H.,
Date of Publication
ca. 1956.
Call Number
286.3 H469
Author
Heinicke, Milton H.,
Place of Publication
Typescript
Date of Publication
ca. 1956.
Physical Description
various paging: maps. ; 28 cm.
Contents
Letter to Elizabeth Keifer detailing his research - Appraisal of Adam Koningmacher's estate - The Gibbons tract, Bird-in-Hand, Lancaster County, Pa. (map and text) - [Indenture:] James Gibbons to Moses Brinton - Founding of the German Baptist Sabbatarian Congregation, Conestoga, 172?-1732 Foreward - First early English land grants - Pennsylvania granted to William Penn,1681 - Founding of the German Baptist Sabbatarian Congretation Conestoga, 1721-1732 (map) - Conestoga German Baptist Congregaton (map) - Founding of the Germapn Baptist Sabbatarians at Conestogao 1721-1732 (text) - German Seventh Day Baptist branches: Virginia - Ephrata Borough limits and underlying Penn grants (map and text) - Cloister properties with surrounding properties with date warranted (map) - Disposal of various Cloister properties (map) - Approximate location of all Cloister buildings (map) - Chronology of land in Cloister - Acquisition of 27 1/2 acres and buildings by the state including inventory of personal property - Various names by which theGermanSabbatariaons and site were known.
Subjects
Beissel, Conrad, - 1690-1768.
Ephrata Cloister.
Seventh-Day Baptists - Pennsylvania.
Germans - Pennsylvania.
Ephrata (Pa.) - History.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Lancaster County
Call Number
286.3 H469
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William Rittenhouse and Moses Dissinger, two eminent Pennsylvania Germans. William Rittenhouse, America's pioneer paper manufacturer and Mennonite minister

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo18277
Author
Rubincam, Milton,
Date of Publication
c1959]
Call Number
905.748 PG Vol. 58
Responsibility
by Milton Rubincam. Moses Dissinger, evangelist and patriot, by Thomas R. Brendle.
Author
Rubincam, Milton,
Place of Publication
[Scottdale? Pa
Date of Publication
c1959]
Physical Description
ix, 192 p. illus., ports., facsims. 23 cm.
Series
Pennsylvania-German Society. [Publications] v. 58
Notes
Includes bibliographical references.
Subjects
Rittenhouse, William, - 1644-1708.
Dissinger, Moses, - 1824-1883.
Germans - Pennsylvania.
Additional Author
Brendle, Thomas R.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
905.748 PG Vol. 58
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3 myths about the Pennsylvania Dutch country : hex signs, seven sours and seven sweets, the Amish blue gate

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo18324
Author
Shoemaker, Alfred Lewis,
Date of Publication
[c1951]
Call Number
398.3 S559
Author
Shoemaker, Alfred Lewis,
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Pennsylvania Dutch Folk-lore Center,
Date of Publication
[c1951]
Physical Description
32 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Subjects
Folklore - Pennsylvania.
Germans - Pennsylvania.
Superstition.
Folklore.
Germans.
Pennsylvania.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
398.3 S559
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Publications of the Pennsylvania German Society

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo18554
Corporate Author
Pennsylvania-German Society.
Date of Publication
1936-1966.
Call Number
905.748 PG
Alternate Title
Proceedings
Annual report
Corporate Author
Pennsylvania-German Society.
Place of Publication
Allentown, Pa. [etc.]
Publisher
[s.n.],
Date of Publication
1936-1966.
Physical Description
28 v. : ill. ; 24-25 cm.
Dates of Publication
v.1-63, 1891-1966.
Notes
Frequently referred to as its Yearbook--Cf. Foreword, v. 10-28.
Subjects
Germans - Pennsylvania.
Additional Corporate Author
Pennsylvania-German Society.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
905.748 PG
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Ministers of the German Reformed congregations in Pennsylvania and other colonies in the eighteenth century

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo3206
Author
Hinke, William John,
Date of Publication
1951.
Call Number
285.8 H659
Responsibility
by the Rev. William J. Hinke. Edited by George W. Richards.
Author
Hinke, William John,
Place of Publication
[Lancaster, Pa.]
Publisher
Historical Commission of the Evangelical an Reformed Church,
Date of Publication
1951.
Physical Description
viii, 432 p. port. 24cm.
Notes
Maps on lining papers.
Subjects
Reformed Church in the United States - Biography.
Germans - Pennsylvania.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
285.8 H659
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Author
Newswanger, Christian.
Date of Publication
[1954]
Call Number
289.71 N558
Responsibility
by Kiehl and Christian Newswanger.
Author
Newswanger, Christian.
Place of Publication
New York
Publisher
Hastings House
Date of Publication
[1954]
Physical Description
128 p. illus 28 cm.
Notes
Text by Christian Newswanger; pictures by Kiehl and Christian Newswanger.
Subjects
Mennonites - Pennsylvania.
Mennonites
Additional Author
Newswanger, Kiehl.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Lancaster County
Call Number
289.71 N558
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The Lancaster Mennonite conference : history and background

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo3543
Author
Landis, Ira David,
Date of Publication
1956.
Call Number
289.7 L257L
Responsibility
Ira D. Landis.
Author
Landis, Ira David,
Place of Publication
Scottdale, Pa
Publisher
Mennonite Publishing House,
Date of Publication
1956.
Physical Description
114 p. : ill. ; 20 cm.
Subjects
Mennonites
Mennonites - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
289.7 L257L
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