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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

Economy of old and Ambridge of today : historical outlines, embracing the settlement and life of Economy of old, together with the vast development in recent years of Ambridge and surroundings on this historic spot

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Author: Wagner, Elise Mercur.

Date of Publication: 1924.

Call Number: 974.892 A495

Responsibility: compiled by Elise Mercur Wagner.

Author: Wagner, Elise Mercur.

Place of Publication: [Ambridge, Pa.]

Publisher: [s.n.],

Date of Publication: 1924.

Physical Description: 95 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

Notes: "Centennial Souvenir Program, June 6,7,8, 1924."; Economy was the name of a settlement in western Pennsylvania of the Harmony Society in early 19th century . It was a religious communal society. The area later became the town of Ambridge.

Subjects: Economy (Pa.) - Centennial celebrations, etc.; Ambridge (Pa.) - History.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 974.892 A495

The so called "Kentucky rifle", as made in Lancaster County

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Author: Magee, Daniel F.

Date of Publication: 1926

County rifles. There is no longer any question in the minds of those who have made the matter of the "Kentucky Rifle" a study, but that to Lancaster County alone it owes its origin. Yet it seems to the author hereof strange that our own people have heretofore only given a passing thought to this fact and

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Responsibility: by D. F. Magee.

Author: Magee, Daniel F.

Place of Publication: Lancaster, Pa

Publisher: Lancaster County Historical Society,

Date of Publication: 1926

Physical Description: 47-60 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

Series: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 30, no. 4

Subjects: Kentucky rifle.; Rifles; Industries - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County

Contained In: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 30, number 4 (1926), p. 47-60Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.30

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The first railroad in America, a history of the origin and development of the Granite railway at Quincy, Massachusetts

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Corporate Author: Granite Railway Company.

Date of Publication: 1926.

Call Number: 385 F522

Responsibility: Privately printed for the Granite railway company in commemoration of the one hundredth anniversary.

Corporate Author: Granite Railway Company.

Place of Publication: [Boston]

Date of Publication: 1926.

Physical Description: 2 p. l., 29 p. front., illus., plates, ports., maps. 24 cm.

Notes: "Prepared by direction of Walton advertising & printing co."

Subjects: Railroads - United States.

Additional Corporate Author: Walton Advertising and Printing Company.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 385 F522

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

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

The early architecture of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania : being an account of the origin and development of architectural forms in Lancaster County during the eighteenth century

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Author: Kocher, Alfred L.

Date of Publication: 1920

derivation in one locality and the British in another. In time there was brought about a blending of some of the two influences into a new and unified kind of building, but, in general, they continued separate and apart, producing their own individual dwellings and more pretentious structures; each with its

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Responsibility: by Alfred L. Kocher, A.I.A.

Author: Kocher, Alfred L.

Place of Publication: Lancaster, Pa

Publisher: Lancaster County Historical Society,

Date of Publication: 1920

Physical Description: 91-106 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

Series: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 24, no. 5

Subjects: Architecture.; Greek revival (Architecture); Architecture, Domestic - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.; Architecture, Colonial - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.; Lancaster County (Pa.) - Social life and customs.

Contained In: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 24, number 5 (1920), p. 91-106Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.24

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Historic roadsides in New Jersey; a condensed description of the principal colonial and revolutionary landmarks in New Jersey, arranged for the convenience of students and motorists. The society of colonial wars in the state of New Jersey

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Corporate Author: General Society of Colonial Wars (U.S.). New Jersey.

Date of Publication: [1928]

Call Number: 974.9 N531

Corporate Author: General Society of Colonial Wars (U.S.). New Jersey.

Place of Publication: Plainfield, N.J

Publisher: W. L. Glenney

Date of Publication: [1928]

Physical Description: 1 p. l., 115 p. front., illus., fold. map. 23 cm.

Notes: Map mounted on lining-paper.; Bibliography: p. 111.

Subjects: Historic buildings - New Jersey.; New Jersey - Description and travel.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 974.9 N531

The Independence square neighborhood; historical notes on Independence and Washington squares, lower Chestnut street, and the insurance district along Walnut street, in Philadelphia, together with some account of the buildings, events, and personages of State house row

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Corporate Author: Penn Mutual Life Insurance Company.

Date of Publication: 1926.

Call Number: 974.811 F893

Responsibility: illustrated with photographs, sketches, and old prints.

Corporate Author: Penn Mutual Life Insurance Company.

Place of Publication: Philadelphia

Publisher: The Penn mutual life insurance company,

Date of Publication: 1926.

Physical Description: 2 p. l., 3-155 p. front., illus. (incl. maps, facsims.) 23 1/2 cm.

Notes: "This story of the Independence square neighborhood was written by Carroll Frey."

Subjects: Philadelphia (Pa.) - Streets - Independence Square.; Philadelphia (Pa.) - Historic houses, etc.

Additional Author: Frey, Carroll,

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 974.811 F893

The Burnham handbook of engineering data : Assembled and compiled for use in connection with the installation of Burhnam boilers for steam, vapor and hot water heating, also for Hot -water supply

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Corporate Author: Burnham Boiler Corporation.

Date of Publication: 1927.

Call Number: 6210402 B966 1927

Responsibility: compiled by Harry W. Fiedler.

Corporate Author: Burnham Boiler Corporation.

Place of Publication: Burnham Boiler Corporation

Publisher: Irvington, New York ,

Date of Publication: 1927.

Physical Description: 96 p. : ill. ; 19cm.

Notes: First edition.

Subjects: Burnham Boiler Corporation - Catalogs.; Heating - Catalogs.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 6210402 B966 1927

The Indian chiefs of Pennsylvania, or, A story of the part played by the American Indian in the history of Pennsylvania : based primarily on the Pennsylvania archives and colonial records, and built around the outstanding chiefs

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Author: Sipe, C. Hale

Date of Publication: c1927.

Call Number: 974.8011 S618c

Responsibility: by C. Hale Sipe ; with an introduction by Dr. George P. Donehoo.

Author: Sipe, C. Hale

Place of Publication: Butler, Pa

Publisher: Ziegler Print. Co., Inc.,

Date of Publication: c1927.

Physical Description: 569 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Notes: Includes information on the Conestoga Indians, Susquehanna Indians, Delaware Indians, Conoy Indians, Shawnee Indians and Shikellamy (Indian chief).; Includes bibliographical references and index.

Subjects: Indians of North America - Pennsylvania.; Indians of North America; Pennsylvania - History - Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 974.8011 S618c

Furniture treasury : (mostly of American origin). All periods of American furniture with some foreign examples in America, also American hardware and household utensils. 5000 illustrations with descriptions on the same page

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Author: Nutting, Wallace,

Date of Publication: 1961 [c1928]

Call Number: 749.2 N988

Responsibility: by Wallace Nutting.

Author: Nutting, Wallace,

Place of Publication: New York

Publisher: Macmillan Co.,

Date of Publication: 1961 [c1928]

Physical Description: 2 v. in 1 : chiefly ill. ; 27 cm.

Notes: "Unabridged."

Subjects: Furniture - United States.; Hardware - United States.; Implements, utensils, etc.; Clocks and watches.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 749.2 N988

The location and boundaries of the Martin Chartier tract : together with the site of the original residence of Martin Chartier

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Author: Magee, Daniel F.

Date of Publication: 1925

THE LOCATION AND BOUNDARIES OF THE MARTIN CHARTIER TRACT, TOGETHER WITH THE SITE OF THE ORIGINAL RESIDENCE OF MARTIN CHARTIER. By D. F. Magee, Esq. The part assigned me is to locate on the ground, partly in Manor Town- ship and a small part in Washington Borough, (originally Charleston) the early

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Responsibility: by D. F. Magee, Esq.

Author: Magee, Daniel F.

Place of Publication: Lancaster, Pa

Publisher: Lancaster County Historical Society,

Date of Publication: 1925

Physical Description: 97-100 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

Series: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 29, no. 8

Subjects: Chartier, Martin, - d. 1718.; French Americans - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County

Contained In: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 29, number 8 (1925), p. 97-100Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.29

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By-laws of Lancaster Commandery, No. 13 Knights Templar and the appendant orders : together with the history, list of officers and members

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Corporate Author: Freemasons (Lancaster, Pa.). Knights Templar. No. 13.

Date of Publication: 1923.

Call Number: 366.1 K71b

Corporate Author: Freemasons (Lancaster, Pa.). Knights Templar. No. 13.

Place of Publication: Lancaster, Pa

Publisher: s.n. ,

Date of Publication: 1923.

Physical Description: 39 p. : 14 cm.

Subjects: Freemasons (Lancaster, Pa.). - Knights Templar. - No. 13

Location: Lancaster History Library - Lancaster County

Call Number: 366.1 K71b

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 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

A brief record of the Ebys, from their arrival in America to my grandparents Peter and Margaret Hess Eby [and] their descendants

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Author: Eby, Jacob,

Date of Publication: 1923.

Call Number: 929 E16e

Author: Eby, Jacob,

Place of Publication: Lancaster, Pa

Date of Publication: 1923.

Physical Description: 50 p. 24 cm.

Subjects: Eby family.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 929 E16e

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

A memorial of the one hundredth anniversary of the marriage of Philip Schoff and Elizabeth Ramsay, April 10 1794, by their grandaughter [!] Eloise (Walker) Wilder

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Author: Wilder, Eloise (Walker)

Date of Publication: 1922.

Call Number: 929 S367w

Responsibility: April 10, 1894.

Author: Wilder, Eloise (Walker)

Place of Publication: Greenfield, Ind

Publisher: Wm. Mitchell Printing Co.,

Date of Publication: 1922.

Physical Description: 311 p. illus. (incl. ports., coats of arms) 20 cm.

Notes: Edited by Mrs. Fanny Ramsay (Wilder) Winchester.; "Philip Schoff, a boy soldier of the American revolution, 1778; a member of Washington's army during the Whiskey insurrection 1794, and a soldier in the war of 1812, with an account of his ancestors and descendants by his great granddaughter, Fanny Ramsay (Wilder) Winchester": p. [45]-311.

Subjects: Schoff, Philip, - 1744-ca. 1778.; Schoff family (Johann Jacob Schaaf, - ca. 1713-1801?)

Additional Author: Winchester, Fanny Ramsay (Wilder)

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 929 S367w

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Economy of old and Ambridge of today : historical outlines, embracing the settlement and life of Economy of old, together with the vast development in recent years of Ambridge and surroundings on this historic spot

The so called "Kentucky rifle", as made in Lancaster County

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The first railroad in America, a history of the origin and development of the Granite railway at Quincy, Massachusetts

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

The early architecture of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania : being an account of the origin and development of architectural forms in Lancaster County during the eighteenth century

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Historic roadsides in New Jersey; a condensed description of the principal colonial and revolutionary landmarks in New Jersey, arranged for the convenience of students and motorists. The society of colonial wars in the state of New Jersey

The Independence square neighborhood; historical notes on Independence and Washington squares, lower Chestnut street, and the insurance district along Walnut street, in Philadelphia, together with some account of the buildings, events, and personages of State house row

The Burnham handbook of engineering data : Assembled and compiled for use in connection with the installation of Burhnam boilers for steam, vapor and hot water heating, also for Hot -water supply

The Indian chiefs of Pennsylvania, or, A story of the part played by the American Indian in the history of Pennsylvania : based primarily on the Pennsylvania archives and colonial records, and built around the outstanding chiefs

Furniture treasury : (mostly of American origin). All periods of American furniture with some foreign examples in America, also American hardware and household utensils. 5000 illustrations with descriptions on the same page

The location and boundaries of the Martin Chartier tract : together with the site of the original residence of Martin Chartier

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By-laws of Lancaster Commandery, No. 13 Knights Templar and the appendant orders : together with the history, list of officers and members

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

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A brief record of the Ebys, from their arrival in America to my grandparents Peter and Margaret Hess Eby [and] their descendants

A memorial of the one hundredth anniversary of the marriage of Philip Schoff and Elizabeth Ramsay, April 10 1794, by their grandaughter [!] Eloise (Walker) Wilder