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The Engle history and family records of Dauphin and Lancaster counties. The numerous lineal descendants of Ulrich Engel. Short sketches of Engle families not related. A sketch of the arrival and record of the origin of the brethren in Christ church of which a large number of these descendants are menbers

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Author: Engle, Morris M.,

Date of Publication: [1927]

Call Number: 929 E585e

Alternate Title: History of the Engle Family in America 1754-1927.

Responsibility: Compiled, arranged, indexed and published by Morris M. Engle ...

Author: Engle, Morris M.,

Place of Publication: Mt. Joy, Pa

Publisher: The Bulletin press

Date of Publication: [1927]

Physical Description: 161 p. illus. (incl. ports., maps) 24 cm.

Subjects: Engle family (Ulrich Engel, fl. 1753); Groff family.; Kauffman family.; Miller family.; Stauffer family.; Brubaker family.; Hershey family.; Musser family.; Oberholtzer family.; Stoner family.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 929 E585e

A brief description of Indian life and Indian trade of the Susquehannock Indians. The tribe which inhabited what is now Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. A compilation of pen pictures by the earliest Europeans with whom they came in contact. Also giving a study of the exact location and period of occupation of their villages and fort stes based on the articles found in Indian graves here

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Author: Landis, David H.,

Date of Publication: c1929]

Call Number: 974.8011 L257b

Responsibility: By D. H. Landis ...

Author: Landis, David H.,

Place of Publication: [Lancaster, Pa

Date of Publication: c1929]

Physical Description: 1 p. Î²., [7]-48 p. front. (port.) illus. 23 cm.

Notes: Owing to an imperfect impression, p. 48 is numbered 4 in this copy.; "Only 150 copies will be printed and type destroyed."; "Reprinted from the Lancaster new era and also Intelligencer journal, June 22, l929."

Subjects: Susquehanna Indians.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 974.8011 L257b

A history of colonial Virginia, the first permanent colony in America, to which is added the genealogy of the several shires and counties and population in Virginia from the first Spanish colony to the present time

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Author: Cridlin, William Broaddus.

Edition: Pageant ed.

Date of Publication: 1923.

Call Number: 975.502 C928

Responsibility: By William Broaddus Cridlin ...

Author: Cridlin, William Broaddus.

Edition: Pageant ed.

Place of Publication: Richmond, Va

Publisher: Williams printing co.,

Date of Publication: 1923.

Physical Description: vi, 181, 13 p. incl. front. (map) 21 cm.

Subjects: Names, Geographical - Virginia.; Virginia - History - Colonial period.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 975.502 C928

The Aby family of Peoria County, Illinois : the Eaby family of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania : progeny of Theodorus Eby (1663-1732), the Swiss Mennonite pioneer of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, United States of America

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Author: Aby, Franklin Stanton,

Date of Publication: 1924.

Call Number: 929 E16ac

Alternate Title: Eby family bulletin

Responsibility: by Malvina (Stanton) Aby (1826-1904) and her son Franklin Stanton Aby.

Author: Aby, Franklin Stanton,

Place of Publication: Chicago, Ill

Date of Publication: 1924.

Physical Description: 101 p. : maps, facs. ; 28 cm.

Series: Eby family bulletin

Notes: Includes bibliographical references.

Subjects: Eby, Theodorus, - 1663-1732 - Family.; Eby, Benjamin, - 1801-1867 - Family.; Barnes, Timothy, - 1780-1873 - Family.; Cole, Gideon, - 1751-1826 - Family.; Stanton, Clark, - 1776-1850 - Family.; Eby family.; Barnes family.; Cole family.; Stanton family.; Mennonites - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County; Lancaster County (Pa.) - Genealogy.; Peoria County (Ill.) - Genealogy.

Additional Author: Aby, Malvina Stanton,

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 929 E16ac

In the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania, Eastern District : January term 1925, No. 257 - Elizabeth Kuhns, to the use of Frank. S. Everts and Silas E. Overdeer, Partners, Trading as Everts and Overdeed, appellants, vs. Conestoga Traction Company, Appellee - Brief for appellee - Brief from judgment of the Court of Common Pleas of Lancaster County, to June term , 1920, No. 87

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Date of Publication: [1925?]

Call Number: 346.032 S631

Place of Publication: [Philadelphia]

Publisher: [s.n.],

Date of Publication: [1925?]

Physical Description: 9 p. ; 23 cm.

Notes: Cover title.; "S. R. Zimmerman, John E. Malone, attorneys for appelee."

Subjects: Kuhns, Elizabeth.; Zimmerman, S. R.; Malone, John E.; Everts & Overdeer (firm).; Conestoga Traction Company.

Additional Corporate Author: Pennsylvania. Supreme Court.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Lancaster County

Call Number: 346.032 S631

A general abridgment of cases in equity, argued and adjudged in the High court of chancery, &c. [1667-1744] With several cases never before published, alphabetically digested under proper titles; with notes and references to the whole. And three tables, the first of the names of the cases, the second of the several titles, with their divisions and subdivisions; and the third, of the matter under general heads

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Corporate Author: Great Britain. Court of Chancery.

Date of Publication: M. DCC. XXXII-LVI. [1732-1756]

Call Number: Book 697 1756; Book 696 1732

Responsibility: By a gentleman of the Middle Temple.

Corporate Author: Great Britain. Court of Chancery.

Place of Publication: [London] In the Savoy

Publisher: Printed by E. and R. Nutt, R. Gosling (assigns of E. Sayer) for H. Lintot,

Date of Publication: M. DCC. XXXII-LVI. [1732-1756]

Physical Description: 2 volumes 33 cm

Notes: Attributed variously to Robert Foley, Sir Geoffrey Gilbert, Matthew Bacon, and Henry Pooley. cf. Brit. mus. Catalogue.; Subtitle of v. 2 varies.; Vol. 2 printed by H. Lintot, for T. Waller.; Jasper Yeates's Colonial Law Library.; Yeates's signature at top of title pages.; Book numbers 696 and 697 as assigned by Yeates.

Subjects: Equity - England - Early works to 1800.; Equity - Great Britain - Early works to 1800.; Law reports, digests, etc - England - Early works to 1800.; Law reports, digests, etc - Great Britain - Early works to 1800.; Equity.; Law reports, digests, etc.; England.; Great Britain.; Early works.; Full blind-tooled leather (Binding); Gilt title on maroon spine label (Binding)

Additional Author: Foley, Robert.; Gilbert, Geoffrey,; Bacon, Matthew,; Pooley, Henry.; Yeates, Jasper,

Location: Lancaster History Library - Yeates Collection

Call Number: Book 697 1756; Book 696 1732

In the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia District : Elizabeth Kuhns, to the use of Frank. S. Everts and Silas E. Overdeer, Partners, Trading as Everts and Overdeed, appellants, vs. Conestoga Traction Company, Appellee - Brief of appellants - Appeal from judgment of the Court of Common Pleas of Lancaster County, to June term , 1920, No. 87

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Date of Publication: [1925?]

Call Number: 346.032 S631c

Place of Publication: [Philadelphia]

Publisher: [s.n.],

Date of Publication: [1925?]

Physical Description: 23,41 p. ; 23 cm.

Notes: Cover title.; "K. L. Shirk, John A. Coyle, attorneys for appellants.

Subjects: Kuhns, Elizabeth.; Shirk, K. L.; Coyle, John A.; Everts & Overdeer (firm).; Conestoga Traction Company.

Additional Corporate Author: Pennsylvania. Supreme Court.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Lancaster County

Call Number: 346.032 S631c

The Henckel family records : a periodical publication devoted to collecting and preserving the history of the Henckel family in Europe and America, 1635-1717

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Date of Publication: 1926-

Call Number: 929 H494b

Responsibility: Henckel Family Association.

Place of Publication: New Market, Va

Publisher: The Henckel Press,

Date of Publication: 1926-

Physical Description: v. : plates, ports., facsims. ; 24 cm.

Dates of Publication: No. 1 (May 1926)-; Ceased publication with no. 14 with Aug. 1939?

Notes: Editor: Elon O. Henkel.; LCHS has: #8, Jan. 1932 - #14, Aug. 1939.

Subjects: Henckel family (Anthony Jacob Henckel, 1668-1728); Henckel family.

Additional Author: Henkel, Elon Osiander,

Additional Corporate Author: Henckel Family Association.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 929 H494b

Journal of an English emigrant farmer : a record of the journey of an unknown Englishman to America in the year 1838 and his sojourn for a summer among the early pioneer settlers of Muncy Valley

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Date of Publication: 1928.

Call Number: 974.851 J86

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Responsibility: edited by T. Kenneth Wood.

Place of Publication: Williamsport [Pa.]

Publisher: Lycoming Historical Society,

Date of Publication: 1928.

Physical Description: 38 p., [7] leaves of plates : ill. ; 24 cm.

Series: Proceedings and papers - Lycoming Historical Society ; no. 6

Notes: "Occasional Publication No. 6."

Subjects: Farmers; United States - Description and travel - 1783-1848.; Pennsylvania - Description and travel - Personal narratives.

Additional Author: Wood, T. Kenneth.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 974.851 J86

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The clergy-man's law, or, The complete incumbent : collected from the thirty-nine articles, canons, decrees in Chancery and Exchequer, as also from all the statutes and common-law cases relating to the church and clergy of England : digested under proper heads for the benefit of patrons of churches and the parochial clergy : and will be useful to all students and practitioners of the law

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Author: Watson, William,

Edition: The fourth edition,

Date of Publication: MDCCXLVII [1747]

Call Number: Book 711 1747

Alternate Title: Clergyman's law, or, The complete incumbent; Clergy-man's law; Complete incumbent

Responsibility: by William Watson ... ; with a table of the contents of the chapters and another of the principal matters ; to which are added the names of the present bishops and other chief dignitaries of the Church of England.

Author: Watson, William,

Edition: The fourth edition,

Place of Publication: In the Savoy [London]

Publisher: Printed by Henry Lintot (assignee of Edward Sayer, Esq.) for D. Midwinter, W. Innys, T. Woodward, A. Ward, S. Birt, D. Browne, Messrs. Longman and Shewell, J. Shuckburgh, T. Osborne, J. Worrall, C. Hitch, C. Corbett, C. Bathurst, G. Hawkins, T. Waller, A. Nutt,

Date of Publication: MDCCXLVII [1747]

Physical Description: iv, [8], 656, [64] p. ; 36 cm (fol.)

Notes: Signatures: piÂ² a-bÂ² B-8UÂ² (8U2 blank).; Includes index.; Jasper Yeates's Colonial Law Library.; Yeates's signature at top of title page.; Book number 711 as assigned by Yeates.; English short title catalogue,

Subjects: Church of England - Clergy - Early works to 1800.; Church of England - Government - Early works to 1800.; Church of England.; Ecclesiastical law - Great Britain - Early works to 1800.; Clergy.; Ecclesiastical law.; Political science.; Great Britain.; Early works.; Full blind-tooled leather (Binding); Gilt title on maroon spine label (Binding)

Additional Author: Yeates, Jasper,

Location: Lancaster History Library - Yeates Collection

Call Number: Book 711 1747

A brief historical review of the achievements of German nationals in the early days of American colonization. The period from 1564 to 1682 inclusive

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Author: Lohr, Otto,

Date of Publication: 1923.

Call Number: 974.8002 L833

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Responsibility: by Otto Lohr.

Author: Lohr, Otto,

Place of Publication: Hoboken [N.J.]

Date of Publication: 1923.

Physical Description: 7, [1] p. 21 cm.

Series: Historical bulletin ; no. 1

Subjects: Germans - United States.; United States - History - Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 974.8002 L833

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Genealogy of the Ludwig Mohler family in America : covering a period from April 4, 1696 to June 15, 1921

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Author: Dunning, Cora Garber,

Date of Publication: 1921

Call Number: 929 M698

Responsibility: compiled and edited by Cora Garber Dunning.

Author: Dunning, Cora Garber,

Place of Publication: Lincoln, Neb

Publisher: The editor, under the auspices of the Nebraska State Historical Society,

Date of Publication: 1921

Physical Description: 63 p. : ill., ports.

Notes: "Verified by research of the original public records of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, and by painstaking research of the files of the Archives of Pennsylvania, found in the several libraries in Lincoln, Nebraska, and by comparing and checking of original private family records."; Cover title: Ludwig Mohler and his descendants in the line of his sons, Henry, of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, Jacob, of Cocalico Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, to year 1795 : of Jacob's grandson John Mohler, of Weyer's Cave, Augusta County, Virginia : treating particularly of the line through Magdaline Mohler, who became the wife of Martin, son of Levi Garber, bishop of Middle River Dunker Church of Augusta County, Virginia.

Subjects: Mohler family.; Mohler, Ludwig, - 1696-1754.; Garber family.

Additional Corporate Author: Nebraska State Historical Society.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 929 M698

The Pennsylvania Germans; a sketch of their history and life, of the Mennonites, and of side lights from the Rosenberger family

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Author: Rosenberger, Jesse Leonard,

Date of Publication: [c1923]

Call Number: 974.802812 R813

Responsibility: by Jesse Leonard Rosenberger.

Author: Rosenberger, Jesse Leonard,

Place of Publication: Chicago, Ill

Publisher: The University of Chicago Press

Date of Publication: [c1923]

Physical Description: x, 173 p. front. (port.) plates. 20 cm.

Subjects: Rosenberg family.; Rosenberger, Henry, - fl. 1729-1745.; Germans - Pennsylvania.; Mennonites - Pennsylvania.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 974.802812 R813

Colonial documentary history of Theodorus Eby (his relatives and friends) : the Swiss Mennonite pioneer of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, U.S.A

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Author: Aby, Franklin Stanton,

Date of Publication: 1924.

Call Number: 929 E16ab

Responsibility: by Franklin Stanton Aby.

Author: Aby, Franklin Stanton,

Place of Publication: Chicago, IL

Publisher: the Author,

Date of Publication: 1924.

Physical Description: 89 p. : maps, facs. ; 28 cm.

Series: The Eby family bulletin ;

Subjects: Eby, Theodorus, - 1663-1732.; Eby family.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 929 E16ab

Select cases argued and adjudged in the High Court of Chancery, before the late lords commissioners of the great seal and the late Lord Chancellor King. From the year 1724 to 1733. With two tables, one of the names of the cases, and the other of the principal matters

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Corporate Author: Great Britain. Court of Chancery.

Date of Publication: 1740.

Call Number: Bookk 708 1740

Responsibility: By a gentleman of the Temple.

Corporate Author: Great Britain. Court of Chancery.

Place of Publication: [London] In the Savoy

Publisher: Printed by E. and R. Nutt, and R. Gosling for H. Lintot, D. Browne, and J. Shuckburgh,

Date of Publication: 1740.

Physical Description: 3 preliminary leaves, 82, [8] pages 32 cm

Notes: Jasper Yeates's Colonial Law Library.; Yeates's signature at top of title page.; Book number 708 as assigned by Yeates.

Subjects: Law reports, digests, etc - Great Britain.; Equity - Great Britain.; Equity.; Law reports, digests, etc.; Great Britain.; Three-quarters leather on marbled boards (Binding); Gilt title on maroon spine label (Binding)

Additional Author: King, Peter King,; Yeates, Jasper,

Location: Lancaster History Library - Yeates Collection

Call Number: Bookk 708 1740

Petition of sundry citizens of Cocalico presented to the County Commissioners in 1782, reporting their distress from tempest and flood

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Date of Publication: 1925

PETITION OF SUNDRY CITIZENS OF COCALICO PRESENTED TO THE COUNTY COMMISSIONERS IN 1782, REPORTING THEIR DISTRESS FROM TEMPEST AND FLOOD The following interesting petition of certain inhabitants of the county in ancient times was read to the Society and will be of interest to the members and friends

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Place of Publication: Lancaster, Pa

Publisher: Lancaster County Historical Society,

Date of Publication: 1925

Physical Description: 126 p. ; 23 cm.

Series: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 29, no. 10

Subjects: Floods - Pennsylvania - Cocalico Township.; Lancaster County (Pa.) - History - 1775-1865.; Cocalico (Lancaster County, Pa. : Township) - History.

Contained In: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 29, number 10 (1925), p. 126Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.29

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The story of the Arndts : the life, antecedents and descendants of Bernhard Arndt who emigrated to Pennsylvania in the year 1731

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Author: Arndt, John Stover,

Date of Publication: 1922.

Call Number: 929 A747

Responsibility: by John Stover Arndt.

Author: Arndt, John Stover,

Place of Publication: Philadelphia

Publisher: Christopher Sower Co.,

Date of Publication: 1922.

Physical Description: 427 p. : ill., map, ports ; 23 cm.

Notes: "The real genealogical work, with the exception of a few sketches, was prepared by Mr. Warren S. Ely."--P. 8.; Includes index.

Subjects: Arndt family.; German Americans.

Additional Author: Ely, Warren S.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 929 A747

The Indian wars of Pennsylvania : an account of the Indian events, in Pennsylvania, of the French and Indian war, Pontiac's war, Lord Dunmore's war, the revolutionary war, and the Indian uprising from 1789 to 1795 ; tragedies of the Pennsylvania frontier based primarily on the Penna. archives and colonial records / by C. Hale Sipe ; introduction by Dr. George P. Donehoo

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Author: Sipe, C. Hale

Date of Publication: 1929.

Call Number: 974.8011 S618w

Author: Sipe, C. Hale

Place of Publication: Harrisburg

Publisher: The Telegraph Press,

Date of Publication: 1929.

Physical Description: 793 p., [16] p. of plates : ill., fold. map (in pocket) ; 23 cm.

Notes: Tail-pieces.; "Principal sources utilized in the preparation of this work": p. [6]; "Officers of the colonies of the Delaware before the time of William Penn, and the governors of the province and the commonwealth from 1681 to 1799": p. [745]-746.; "Principal Indian towns in Pennsylvania": p. [747]-754.; "List of blockhouses not mentioned in the text of this history": p. [755]-761.; Includes information on the Conoy Indians, Conestoga Indians, Susquehanna Indians and Delaware Indians.

Subjects: Indians of North America - Pennsylvania.; Indians of North America; Fortification - Pennsylvania.; Pennsylvania - History - Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775.; Pennsylvania - History - Revolution, 1775-1783.; Pennsylvania - Historic houses, etc.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 974.8011 S618w

The practical register: or, A general abridgment of the law, relating to the practice of the several courts of Chancery, King's Bench, Common Pleas, and Exchequer : digested by way of common-place, under alphabetical heads; with great variety of cases extracted from the reports and statutes; together with all the rules of the said courts

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Author: Lilly, John.

Edition: 2d ed.

Date of Publication: 1745.

Call Number: Book 771 1745; Book 772 1745

Responsibility: By John Lilly ...

Author: Lilly, John.

Edition: 2d ed.

Place of Publication: [London]

Publisher: In the Savoy, printed by H. Lintot and sold by J. Shuckburgh,

Date of Publication: 1745.

Physical Description: 2 volumes 32 cm

Notes: Two issues of the 2d edition appeared in 1745, the 2d issue containing later rules and orders of the several courts and acts of Parliament. Paging of this issue v. 1, [18], 882 (i.e. 874), [6], 58 p. v. 2, 880, [6], 58 p.; Vol. 1: p. 145-154 omitted in numbering; p. 233-234 repeated in numbering.; "Some books lately printed for Messieurs Ward and Wicksteed in the Inner-Temple lane": v. 1, [1] page preceding text.; "Law books printed for and sold by Messieurs Ward and Wicksteed, in Inner-temple lane": v. 2, [1] page preceding supplement.; Jasper Yeates's Colonial Law Library.; Yeates's signature at top of title page.; Book numbers 771-772 as assigned by Yeates.

Subjects: Law - Great Britain.; Equity pleading and procedure - Great Britain.; Criminal procedure - Great Britain.; Civil procedure - Great Britain.; Court rules - Great Britain.; Civil procedure.; Court rules.; Criminal procedure.; Equity pleading and procedure.; Law.; Great Britain.; Full blind-tooled decorated leather (Binding); Gilt title on maroon spine label (Binding)

Additional Author: Yeates, Jasper,

Location: Lancaster History Library - Yeates Collection

Call Number: Book 771 1745; Book 772 1745

Comb making in America, an account of the origin and development of the industry for which Leominster has become famous, to which are added pictures of many of the early comb makers and views of the old time comb shops

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Author: Walton, Perry,

Date of Publication: c1925]

Call Number: 688.5 W241

Responsibility: compiled and privately printed for Bernard W. Doyle, president of the Viscoloid company, inc., in commemoration of the one hundred and fiftieth anniversary of the founding of the comb industry in Leominster, Massachusetts.

Author: Walton, Perry,

Place of Publication: [Boston

Date of Publication: c1925]

Physical Description: xiv, 158 p. incl. front., illus., ports. pl. 27 cm.

Notes: "Compiled, written and printed under direction of Perry Walton."

Contents: Antiquity of combs -- Establishment of the comb industry in America -- Growth of the comb industry in West Newbury -- The Noyes family : their relation to the comb industry -- Improvements in the manufacture of combs -- The Hills family and the comb industry in Leominster -- Comb-making in Clinton, Massachusetts, and other industrial centers -- Horn, tortoise shell, ivory and their substitutes -- The town of Leominster.

Subjects: Combs.

Additional Author: Doyle, Bernard W.

Additional Corporate Author: Viscoloid company, Leominster, Mass.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 688.5 W241

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A history of colonial Virginia, the first permanent colony in America, to which is added the genealogy of the several shires and counties and population in Virginia from the first Spanish colony to the present time

The Aby family of Peoria County, Illinois : the Eaby family of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania : progeny of Theodorus Eby (1663-1732), the Swiss Mennonite pioneer of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, United States of America

The Henckel family records : a periodical publication devoted to collecting and preserving the history of the Henckel family in Europe and America, 1635-1717

Journal of an English emigrant farmer : a record of the journey of an unknown Englishman to America in the year 1838 and his sojourn for a summer among the early pioneer settlers of Muncy Valley

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A brief historical review of the achievements of German nationals in the early days of American colonization. The period from 1564 to 1682 inclusive

Websites

Genealogy of the Ludwig Mohler family in America : covering a period from April 4, 1696 to June 15, 1921

The Pennsylvania Germans; a sketch of their history and life, of the Mennonites, and of side lights from the Rosenberger family

Colonial documentary history of Theodorus Eby (his relatives and friends) : the Swiss Mennonite pioneer of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, U.S.A

Select cases argued and adjudged in the High Court of Chancery, before the late lords commissioners of the great seal and the late Lord Chancellor King. From the year 1724 to 1733. With two tables, one of the names of the cases, and the other of the principal matters

Petition of sundry citizens of Cocalico presented to the County Commissioners in 1782, reporting their distress from tempest and flood

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The story of the Arndts : the life, antecedents and descendants of Bernhard Arndt who emigrated to Pennsylvania in the year 1731

Comb making in America, an account of the origin and development of the industry for which Leominster has become famous, to which are added pictures of many of the early comb makers and views of the old time comb shops