Report of the trial of Castner Hanway for treason, in the resistance of the execution of the Fugitive slave law of September 1850. Before Judges Grier and Kane, in the Circuit Court of the United States for the eastern district of Pennsylvania. Held at Philadelphia in November and December, 1851. To which is added an Appendix, containing the laws of the United States on the subject of fugitives from labor, the charges of Judge Kane to the grand juries in relation thereto, and a statement of the points of law decided by the court during the trial
The charge was in connection with an attempt to arrest Noah Buley, Nelson Ford, Joshua Hammond, and George Hammond on a warrant issued under the Fugitive slave law, claiming them as slaves of Edward Gorsuch of Maryland.
African American resources at Lancaster County Historical Society
A discourse delivered in the Leacock Presbyterian Church, Lancaster County, Pa., on Thanksgiving Day, November 23, 1854 : In which is sketched a history of that church and congregation from 1741 to the present time
Boyd's Lancaster county business directory. The names of the citizens of Lancaster: state, county, and city record; and an appendix of much useful information. 1859-60
drawn and published by T.J. Kennedy, 1858. Assisted in the surveys by J. Franklin Reigart.
Place of Publication
Phila
Publisher
T.J. Kennedy ,
Date of Publication
1858.
Physical Description
1 map on 4 sheets: col. ; 120 x 138 cm.
Notes
Original housed in LCHS Archives.
Shows four political wards and Hamilton lot numbers.
Contents
Buildings pictured: -- Lancaster Comb Factory -- Peter McConomy Proprietor -- Reese's City Hotel -- Residence of A. Russel -- Cross Keys Hotel -- Fulton Hall -- Lancaster Mercantile College -- Residence of George K. Reid -- Lancaster County Courthouse -- Eagle Hotel -- Ephrata Mountain Springs -- Lancaster County Prison -- Residence of James Black, Esq. -- Red Lion Hotel -- Rockland Cotton Mills -- Western Hotel -- St. James Free Episcopal Church -- Oddfellows Hall -- Residence of Mrs. S. Porter -- First German Reformed Church -- Residence of E.C. Darlington, Esq. -- Residence of Clement B. Grubb -- Residence of Emanuel C. Reigard, Esq. - H. Lemans Rifle Works -- St. Mary's Church of the Holy Trinity.
A system of aeronautics, comprehending its earliest investigations, and modern practice and art. Designed as a history for the common reader, and guide to the student of the art. In three parts. Containing an account of the various attempts in the art of flying by artificial means, from the earliest period down to the discovery of the aeronautic machine by the Montgolfiers, in 1782, and to a later period. With a brief history of the author's fifteen years' experience in aerial voyages. Also, full instructions in the art of making balloons
The army and navy of America : containing a view of the heroic adventures, battles, naval engagements, remarkable incidents, and glorious achievements in the cause of freedom, from the period of the French and Indian Wars to the close of the Mexican War : independent of an account of warlike operations on land and sea : enlivened by a variety of the most interesting anecdotes and embellished with engravings
History of the Cedar Grove Presbyterian Church and congregation, of East Earl township, Lancaster county: a colony from the church of Pequea. Read before the congregation on the day their church edifice, as remodelled, was dedicated to the worship of God, August 31, 1853
