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The famous speech of Hon. Thaddeus Stevens of Pennsylvania : in opposition to the repeal of the common school law of 1834, in the House of representatives of Pennsylvania, April 11, 1835

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Author
Stevens, Thaddeus,
Date of Publication
1904.
Call Number
370 S846
, Millersville, Pa. · PRESS OF THENEW ERA PRINTING COMPANY LANCATER PA. THE SPEECH OF HON. THADDEUS STEVENS IN FAVOR OF FREE SCHOOLS. The Act of 1834, providing for the organization of a system of Common Schools in Pennsylvania, was framed by Senator Samuel Breck, and passed in the Senate with three negative
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Author
Stevens, Thaddeus,
Place of Publication
Philadelphia
Publisher
Thaddeus Stevens Memorial Association,
Date of Publication
1904.
Physical Description
12 p. ; 20 cm.
Subjects
Stevens, Thaddeus, - 1792-1868.
Educational law and legislation - Pennsylvania.
Education - Pennsylvania.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
370 S846
Websites
https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=inu.30000108889456&view=1up&seq=5
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The frigate Constitution; the central figure of the Navy under sail

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Author
Hollis, Ira N.
Date of Publication
1900.
Call Number
973.525 C756h
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by Ira N. Hollis.
Author
Hollis, Ira N.
Place of Publication
Boston, New York
Publisher
Houghton, Mifflin and Company,
Date of Publication
1900.
Physical Description
x, 263, [1] p. front., illus., plates, ports., plans. 20 cm.
Summary
The book describes the beginnings of the U.S. Navy , the construction of the Constitution , the details of the ships armaments and crew and it's various exploits including the war with Tripoli and the War of 1812 .
Subjects
Constitution (Frigate)
United States - History, Naval.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
973.525 C756h
Websites
https://archive.org/details/frigateconstitu00hollgoog/page/n6
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James Buchanan; paper read before the Kittochtinny Historical Society of Franklin County, Friday evening, March 30, 1900, at the residence of Dr. Chas. F. Palmer, Chambersburg, Pa

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Author
Gillan, W. Rush.
Date of Publication
1900
Call Number
923.173 B918gil
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by W. Rush Gillan.
Author
Gillan, W. Rush.
Place of Publication
N.p
Date of Publication
1900
Physical Description
31 p. 23 cm.
Subjects
Buchanan, James, - 1791-1868.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
923.173 B918gil
Websites
https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=njp.32101059777092;view=1up;seq=5
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Journals of the Continental Congress

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Corporate Author
United States. Continental Congress.
Date of Publication
1904-37.
Call Number
973.312 J86
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Corporate Author
United States. Continental Congress.
Place of Publication
Washington
Publisher
U.S. Govt. Print. Off.,
Date of Publication
1904-37.
Physical Description
34 v. facsims. (part fold.) 27 cm.
Dates of Publication
v.1-34; 1774-1789.
Notes
At head of title: Library of Congress.
"Edited from the original records in the Library of Congress."
Edited in the Divisions of Manuscripts, Library of Congress: v. 1- 15, Sept. 5, 1774-Dec. 31, 1779 by Worthington Chauncy Ford; v. 16-27, Jan. 1, 1780-Dec. 24, 1784 by Gaillard Hunt; v.28-31, Jan. 11, 1785-Dec. 31, 1786 by John C. Fitzpatrick; v.32-34, Jan. 17, 1787-March 2, 1789 by Roscoe R. Hill.
Index volume compiled by Kenneth E. Harris and Steven D. Tilley.
Library has: volumes 1 to 28 (1774-1785).
"Bibliographical notes" for 1774, 1775, etc. are found in the last vol. of "Journals" for the corresponding years, i.e. in v. 1, 3, 6, 9, etc. These notes are based upon "Some materials for a bibliography of the official publications of the Continental Congress ... by Paul Leicester Ford."
Subjects
United States. - Continental Congress - Bibliography.
Constitutional history - United States - Sources.
United States - Politics and government - 1775-1783.
United States - History - Revolution, 1775-1783.
Additional Author
Ford, Worthington Chauncey,
Hunt, Gaillard,
Fitzpatrick, John Clement,
Hill, Roscoe R.,
Harris, Kenneth E.,
Tilley, Steven D.,
Additional Corporate Author
Library of Congress. Manuscript Division.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
973.312 J86
Websites
https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/006771172
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The early churches of Lebanon County : an address delivered at the third annual banquet of the Lebanon County Historical Society December 21, 1900

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Author
Schmauk, Theodore Emanuel,
Date of Publication
1902.
Call Number
974.819 L441 v. 1, no. 17
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by Theodore E. Schmauk ; reported by John Ruth and subsequently revised.
Author
Schmauk, Theodore Emanuel,
Place of Publication
Lebanon, Pa
Publisher
Lebanon County Historical Society,
Date of Publication
1902.
Physical Description
p. 359-384 : ill., ports. ; 22 cm.
Notes
In: Lebanon County Historical Society papers, vol. I, no. 17.
LCHS also has reprint of this paper (reprint 1984) with call no. 974.819 - S347.
Includes index.
Subjects
Lebanon County (Pa.) - Church history.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
974.819 L441 v. 1, no. 17
Websites
https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=wu.89062015805;view=1up;seq=391
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The colonial Virginia register. A list of governors, councillors and other higher officials, and also of members of the House of burgesses, and the revolutionary conventions of the colony of Virginia

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Author
Stanard, William Glover,
Date of Publication
1902.
Call Number
929.3 V817
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Responsibility
Comp. by William G. and Mary Newton Stanard.
Author
Stanard, William Glover,
Place of Publication
Albany, N.Y
Publisher
J. Munsell's sons,
Date of Publication
1902.
Physical Description
249 p. 26 cm.
Subjects
Virginia - Registers.
Virginia - Biography.
Virginia - History - Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775.
Additional Author
Stanard, Mary Newton,
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
929.3 V817
Websites
https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=njp.32101072361163;view=1up;seq=9
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Ceremonies at the dedication of the equestrian statue of Major-General Anthony Wayne, Commander-in-chief of the U. S. Army : Erected by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania on the revolutionary camp ground at Valley Forge, June 20, 1908

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Date of Publication
1909.
Call Number
923.5 W359p
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Place of Publication
Harrisburg, Pa
Publisher
Harrisburg publishing co.,
Date of Publication
1909.
Physical Description
81 p. : plates, map (1 fold.) ; 23 cm.
Summary
Includes text of oration by former Governor Samuel Pennypacker.
Subjects
Wayne, Anthony, - 1745-1796.
Valley Forge (Pa.) - History.
United States - History - Revolution - Biography.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
923.5 W359p
Websites
https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015070226561&view=1up&seq=9
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A pioneer outline history of northwestern Pennsylvania : embracing the counties of Tioga, Potter, McKean, Warren, Crawford, Venango, Forest, Clarion, Elk, Jefferson, Cameron, Butler, Lawrence, and Mercer : also a pioneer sketch of the cities of Allegheny, Beaver, Du Bois, and Towanda : my first recollections of Brookville, Pennsylvania, 1840-1843, when my feet were bare and my cheeks were brown

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Author
McKnight, W. J.
Date of Publication
1905.
Call Number
974.800914 M159
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Alternate Title
1780-1850
Responsibility
by W.J. McKnight.
Author
McKnight, W. J.
Place of Publication
Philadelphia
Publisher
Printed by J.B. Lippincott Co.,
Date of Publication
1905.
Physical Description
748 p. : ill., maps ; 27 cm.
Notes
Includes index.
Contents
Includes information about: Iroquois, Seneca native Americans -- land surveys and titles -- Pioneer animals -- Pioneer hunter Bill Long -- Early roads and "The Old State Road " -- Pioneer settlements of western Pennsylvania -- The Susquehanna and Waterford turnpike -- Pioneer agriculture -- Pioneer religion and missionary work -- Circuit courts -- Pioneer doctor -- Slavery -- Pioneer money -- Scotch Irish -- Common schools -- Pioneer newspapers-- County histories
Subjects
Pennsylvania - History, Local.
Brookville (Pa.)
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
974.800914 M159
Websites
https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=nyp.33433081789533;view=1up;seq=11
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The dominion of the air; the story of aerial navigation

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Author
Bacon, John Mackenzie,
Date of Publication
1902.
Call Number
629.13322 B129
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by the Rev. J. M. Bacon ... with twenty-four plates of illustrations from photographs.
Author
Bacon, John Mackenzie,
Place of Publication
London, New York [etc.]
Publisher
Cassell and company, limited,
Date of Publication
1902.
Physical Description
viii, 348 p. front., plates, facsims. 20 cm.
Notes
Chapter VIII: John Wise, the American aeronaut, p. 91-103.
Subjects
Balloons.
Aeronautics
Ballooning.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
629.13322 B129
Websites
https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=nyp.33433066340989&view=1up&seq=9
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The German sectarians of Pennsylvania : a critical and legendary history of the Ephrata Cloister and the Dunkers

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Author
Sachse, Julius Friedrich,
Date of Publication
1899-1900.
Call Number
974.802814 S121
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by Julius Friedrich Sachse.
Author
Sachse, Julius Friedrich,
Place of Publication
Philadelphia
Publisher
Printed for the author,
Date of Publication
1899-1900.
Physical Description
2 v. : ill., ports. ; 25 cm.
Notes
LCHS has no. 326.
Click on Table of Contents for more information.
Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Contents
v. 1. 1708-1742 -- I. Ephrata of the present day -- II. Beyond the Cocalico -- III. Advent of the Palatines -- IV. German pilgrims -- V. The Weaver's apprentice -- VI. The Labadists on the Bohemia Manor -- VII. The hut in the forest -- VIII. The German Baptist Brethren -- IX. The New Dunkers on the Conestoga -- X. The Cradle of German literature -- XI. Alexander Mack -- XII. Koch-Halekung, the serpent's den -- XIII. A retrospect -- XIV. A eventful year -- XV. The awakening of the Tulpehoken -- XVI. Kedar -- XVII. Jacob's Kampff und Ritter-platz -- XVIII. The monastery on the Wissahickon -- XIX. Unitas Fratrum -- XX. The habits of the orders -- XXI. Roster of the celibates -- XXII. The Weyrauchs Hugel -- XXIII. The Zionitic Brotherhood -- XXIV. The Amwell Dunkers -- XXV. The house of prayer -- XXVI. Peniel -- XXVII. A celestial visit -- XXVIII. The Skippack Brethren -- XXIX. The Pennsylvania Synods -- XXX. The order of the mustard seed -- XXXI. Hebron -- XXXII. Saron -- XXXIII. Bethania.
v.2. 1742-1800 -- I. Christopher Sauer and his German Bible -- II. Magister Johannes Hildebrand -- III. The great comet of 1743 -- IV. The pilgrimage to New England -- V. Industrial feature of the community -- VI. The music of the Cloister -- VII. The mystic of the Cocalico -- VIII. The rule of the Sisterhood -- IX. The Eckerlins -- X. The Ephrata Press -- XI. The Nantmel revival -- XII. The Gimsheim revival -- XIII. Conrad Weiser -- XIV. Educational departments -- XV. The visit of Israel Acrelius -- XVI. The Valleys of Virginia -- XVII. Snow Hill -- XVIII. Exoricism of fire -- XIX. Friedsam Gottrecht -- XX. Prior Jaebez -- XXI. Issues of the Kloster Press -- The Ephrata register (burial record)
Subjects
Ephrata Cloister.
Church of the Brethren.
Pennsylvania Dutch.
German Americans - Pennsylvania.
Printing - Pennsylvania
Ephrata (Pa.)
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
974.802814 S121
Websites
https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015082405385&view=1up&seq=13
https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=nyp.33433058743034&view=1up&seq=7
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