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Seeing Lancaster county and city by automobile

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Author
Magee, Daniel F.
Date of Publication
1924.
Call Number
974.815 LACO M191
Responsibility
Prepared and distributed by Lancaster Automobile Club. Sketched and written by D. F. Magee, esq. and contributed to the club.
Author
Magee, Daniel F.
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Lancaster Automobile Club,
Date of Publication
1924.
Physical Description
24 p. ; 23 cm.
Contents
Route No.1, A trip to the southern end, Chestnut level, Fulton House, Penn Hill -- Route No. 2, Donegal Church, Elizabethtown and Hershey -- Route No. 3, Some old and famous roads; the Newport road and Peter's road -- Route No. 4, Ephrata, Brickerville, Clay, Elizabeth Furnace, Penryn -- Route No. 5, Conestoga Township, Safe Harbor, The first court house, Postlethwaite -- Route No. 6, The Octorara and the early English settlements and the southern end -- Route No. 7, An all day Sunday route by York, Baltimore Pike, Havre de Grace, Elkton, Wilmington -- Route No. 8, Millersville, Indian Town, Creswell, Columbia, Chickies, Silver Springs -- Route No. 9, Two routes to McCall's Ferry -- Route No. 10, From Lancaster via Wilmington, Delaware, Atlantic City and Bowers Beach -- Route No. 11, Moore's Mill, a beautiful spot via East Petersburg, Salunga, Ironville and the Quay Farm -- Route No. 12, The South Mountain and the Blue Hills: Summer Resorts -- Route No. 13, Some nice evening drives as the sun seeks the west -- Route No. 14, Long's Park, Rohrerstown, Millersville, Wabank, Second Lock -- Route No. 15, Long's Park, Petersburg, Oregon, Lehman's Rifle factory.
Subjects
Lancaster County (Pa.) - Description and travel.
Lancaster (Pa.) - Description and travel.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
974.815 LACO M191
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Educational blue book and directory of the Church of the Brethren : 1708-1923, with biographies

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Author
Cable, William Arthur,
Date of Publication
1923.
Call Number
286.5 E21
Responsibility
compiled and edited by W. Arthur Cable; Homer F. Sanger.
Author
Cable, William Arthur,
Place of Publication
Elgin, Ill
Publisher
The General Education Board of the Church,
Date of Publication
1923.
Physical Description
656 p.: ill.; 22 cm.
Notes
Durnbaugh, 694.
"A history of education in the Church of the Brethren" / John S. Flory: p. [2]-104.
Summary
The Educational Blue Book and Directory undertakes to present the main facts of the educational movement in the Church of the Brethren from its origin to the present time (1923), and to preserve for future use as much data as possible connected with the educational work of the Brethren. A brief history of education in the Church of the Brethren was prepared for this volume by Dr. John S. Flory, of Bridgewater College, Bridgewater, Virginia. To accompany the text, the Editors assembled numerous photographs of buildings, views, and persons.
Subjects
Church of the Brethren - Biography.
Church of the Brethren - Education.
Additional Author
Sanger, Homer Festus,
Flory, John S.
Additional Corporate Author
Church of the Brethren. General Education Board.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
286.5 E21
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History of Lamberton Lodge, no.476 Ancient York Masons, Lancaster, Pa

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Author
Bolenius, Robert Miller,
Date of Publication
1921?
Call Number
366.1 L223
Responsibility
Compiled from the records of the first fifty years of its existence; also biographies of the warrant members and past masters of Lodge 476, with a complete list of members
Author
Bolenius, Robert Miller,
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
s.n.
Date of Publication
1921?
Physical Description
vii, 218 p. ill. 20 cm.
Subjects
Freemasons - Pennsylvania - Lancaster.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Lancaster County
Call Number
366.1 L223
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An address delivered before the students of Strasburg Academy, September 8, 1845 on the means of obtaining happiness and true eminence of character

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Author
Leaman, John..
Date of Publication
1845.
Call Number
814 L436
Responsibility
John Leaman.
Author
Leaman, John..
Place of Publication
Lancaster
Publisher
D.S. Kieffer,
Date of Publication
1845.
Physical Description
16 p. ; 23 cm.
Notes
With: An address delivered before the Students' Literary Society, of Strasburg Academy, September 14, 1843.
With: History of the Cedar Grove Presbyterian Church and congregation of East Earl Twp. Lancaster County.
Subjects
Strasburg Academy (Strasburg, Pa.)
Christian education.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Rare Books
Call Number
814 L436
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Pageant of gratitude, for two hundred years of blessing upon Lancaster County

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Author
Burrell, Percy Jewett.
Date of Publication
1929]
Call Number
974.815 LACO B969p
Responsibility
by Percy Jewett Burrell, master of the pageant; Alice Kraft, associate and dance director; Harry A. Sykes ... composer and musical director; presented by the people of the city and county of Lancaster, Pennsylvania, June 24th, 25th and 26th, 1929, 7:45 o'clock in the evening.
Author
Burrell, Percy Jewett.
Place of Publication
[Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Intelligence Printing Co.,
Date of Publication
1929]
Physical Description
126 p. ill. (incl. music) 29 cm.
Notes
Music: p. 106-107.
Seal of Lancaster County: 1 leaf at end.
"Design of cover and book by Robert B. Hartman."
"A chronicle", by Dr. H. M. J. Klein": p. 119-125.
Subjects
Pageants - Pennsylvania - Lancaster.
Lancaster County (Pa.) - History - Drama.
Additional Author
Sykes, Harry A.
Klein, H. M. J.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
974.815 LACO B969p
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History and rhymes of the Lost Battalion

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Author
McCollum, Lee Charles.
Date of Publication
c1929.
Call Number
940.41 M129
  1 website  

Letters and notes on the manners, customs, and condition of the North American Indians

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Author
Catlin, George,
Edition
2d ed.
Date of Publication
1841.
Call Number
970.1 C365
Responsibility
by Geo. Catlin.
Author
Catlin, George,
Edition
2d ed.
Place of Publication
London
Publisher
published by the author,
Date of Publication
1841.
Physical Description
2 v. : ill. ; 25 cm.
Notes
Title on spine: Catlin's North American Indians.
Subjects
Indians of North America.
Indians of North America - West (U.S.)
Location
Lancaster History Library - Rare Books
Call Number
970.1 C365
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[Map of the eastern portion of Pennsylvania, exhibiting the superior advantages of Columbia as a site for the national foundry]

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Date of Publication
1846.
Call Number
974.8 SEPA 104
Place of Publication
[S.l.]
Publisher
[s.n.],
Date of Publication
1846.
Physical Description
1 map.: col.; 27 x 21 cm. on sheet 27 x 42 cm.
Notes
Shows location of railroads, canals, iron furnaces and ore mines and coal deposits. Accompanying text from the citizens of Columbia to the U.S. Congress.
Summary
map_974.8_SEPA_104_.pdf
Subjects
Foundries - Pennsylvania - Maps.
Columbia (Pa.) - Maps.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Map
Call Number
974.8 SEPA 104
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A constitutional league of peace in the stone age of America; the League of the Iroquois and its constitution

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Author
Hewitt, J. N. B.
Date of Publication
1920.
Call Number
970.1 S664c
  1 website  
Responsibility
by J. N. B. Hewitt.
Author
Hewitt, J. N. B.
Place of Publication
Washington
Publisher
Govt. Print. Off.,
Date of Publication
1920.
Physical Description
527-545 p. 24 cm.
Notes
From: Smithsonian Institution. Annual report. 1918.
"The author,John Napoleon Brinton Hewitt (December 16, 1859 - October 14, 1937) , was a linguist and ethnographer who specialized in Iroquoian and other Native American languages. Hewitt was born on the Tuscarora Indian Reservation near Lewiston, New York. His parents were Harriet and David; his mother was of Tuscarora, French, Oneida, and Scottish descent, his father of English and Scottish, but raised in a Tuscarora family. His parents raised him speaking the English language, but when he left the reservation to attend schools in Wilson and Lockport, he learned to speak the Tuscarora language from other students who spoke the language." [from Wikipedia]
Summary
Discussion of the formation of the Iroquois League by five separate native American tribes ( Mohawk, Oneida, Onondaga, Cayuga and Seneca ) in 16th century America.
Subjects
Iroquois Indians.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
970.1 S664c
Websites
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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

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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
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Letters of Rebecca Gratz

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Author
Gratz, Rebecca,
Date of Publication
1929.
Call Number
920.1 G773p
Responsibility
edited, with an introd. and notes, by Rabbi David Philipson.
Author
Gratz, Rebecca,
Place of Publication
Philadelphia
Publisher
The Jewish publication society of America,
Date of Publication
1929.
Physical Description
xxiv, 454 p. plates, 2 port. (incl. front.) facsims. 21 cm.
Additional Author
Philipson, David,
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
920.1 G773p
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A sketch of the life and character of the Rev. David Caldwell, D. D. near sixty years pastor of the churches of Buffalo and Alamance. Including two of his sermons; some account of the Regulation, together with the revolutionary ... incidents in which he was concerned; and a very brief notice of the ecclesiastical and moral condition of North-Carolina while in its colonial state

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Author
Caruthers, E. W.
Date of Publication
1842.
Call Number
922.3 C147c
Responsibility
by the Rev. E. W. Caruthers, A. M.
Author
Caruthers, E. W.
Place of Publication
Greensborough, N.C
Publisher
Printed by Swaim and Sherwood,
Date of Publication
1842.
Physical Description
vi, [7]-302 p. 1 β. 23 cm.
Subjects
Caldwell, David, - 1725-1824.
North Carolina - History - Regulator Insurrection, 1766-1771.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Rare Books
Call Number
922.3 C147c
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The life of Benjamin Franklin

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Author
Holley, O. L.
Date of Publication
1848.
Call Number
923.2 F831h
Responsibility
by O.L. Holley.
Author
Holley, O. L.
Place of Publication
Boston
Publisher
Sanborn, Carter, Bazin,
Date of Publication
1848.
Physical Description
468 p. : ill., port. ; 20 cm.
Notes
The engravings are by Alexander Anderson.
Added t.-p., engraved.
Subjects
Franklin, Benjamin, - 1706-1790.
Additional Author
Anderson, Alexander,
Location
Lancaster History Library - Rare Books
Call Number
923.2 F831h
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Memoirs of Jacob Ritter / a faithful minister in the Society of Friends

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Author
Foulke, Joseph,
Date of Publication
1844.
Call Number
922.86 R614f
Responsibility
By Joseph Foulke.
Author
Foulke, Joseph,
Place of Publication
Philadelphia : New York
Publisher
T. E. Chapman; Baker & Crane,
Date of Publication
1844.
Physical Description
111 p. ; 16 cm.
Subjects
Ritter, Jacob, - 1757-1841.
Quakers
Location
Lancaster History Library - Rare Books
Call Number
922.86 R614f
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Pageant of liberty, commemorating Lancaster, Pennsylvania, in the American revolution

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Author
Burrell, Percy Jewett.
Date of Publication
c1926]
Call Number
974.815 LACO B969
Responsibility
Percy Jewett Burrell, pageant director and co-author with Laura F. Kready and H. Clifton Thorbahn. Presented upon Williamson athletic field by the people of Lancaster, Pennsylvania, July 5th, 6th and 7th, 1926.
Author
Burrell, Percy Jewett.
Place of Publication
[Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Lancaster press, inc.,
Date of Publication
c1926]
Physical Description
136 p. 24 cm.
Subjects
Pageants - Pennsylvania - Lancaster.
Lancaster (Pa.) - History - Revolution - Drama.
Lancaster County (Pa.) - History - Revolution - Drama.
Additional Author
Kready, Laura Fry,
Thorbahn, H. Clifton,
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
974.815 LACO B969
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James Buchanan and his cabinet on the eve of secession

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Author
Auchampaugh, Philip Gerald.
Date of Publication
1926.
Call Number
923.173 B918a
Responsibility
by Philip Gerald Auchampaugh ...
Author
Auchampaugh, Philip Gerald.
Place of Publication
[Lancaster, Pa.]
Publisher
Priv. Print.,
Date of Publication
1926.
Physical Description
ix, 224 p. front. (port.) 24 cm.
Notes
Label attached to t.-p.: This volume, subsequently expanded by the results of further research, was a dissertation submitted to the Graduate board of Clark university ... in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of doctor of philosophy ... [1926]
Bibliography: p. 202-210.
Subjects
Buchanan, James, - 1791-1868.
United States - Politics and government - 1857-1861.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
923.173 B918a
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James Patterson of Conestoga manor and his descendants

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Author
Bell, Edmund Hayes,
Date of Publication
1925.
Call Number
929 P317b
Responsibility
compiled and edited by Edmund Hayes Bell and Mary Hall Colwell.
Author
Bell, Edmund Hayes,
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Wickersham Print. Co.,
Date of Publication
1925.
Physical Description
x p., 2 l. [3]-314 p. front.,plates,ports.,maps,facsims.(1 fold.) 26 cm.
Subjects
Patterson family.
Additional Author
Colwell, Mary Hall.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
929 P317b
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The American loyalists; or, Biographical sketches of adherents to the British crown in the war of the revolution; alphabetically arranged; with a preliminary historical essay

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Author
Sabine, Lorenzo,
Date of Publication
1847.
Call Number
973.314 S116
Responsibility
By Lorenzo Sabine.
Author
Sabine, Lorenzo,
Place of Publication
Boston
Publisher
C.C. Little and J. Brown,
Date of Publication
1847.
Physical Description
1 p.l., v, 733 p. 23 cm.
Notes
Published in 1864 under title: Biographical sketches of loyalists of the American Revolution.
Subjects
American loyalists.
United States - History - Revolution, 1775-1783 - Biography.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
973.314 S116
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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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The new task of the church militant

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Author
Twombly, Clifford Gray ,
Date of Publication
1920.
Call Number
080 T974ne
Responsibility
by Clifford Gray Twombly.
Author
Twombly, Clifford Gray ,
Place of Publication
Boston
Publisher
Griffith-Stillings Press,
Date of Publication
1920.
Physical Description
11 p. 19 cm.
Notes
Delivered at the forty-second annual public meeting of the New England Watch and Ward Society at Trinity Church, April 11, 1920.
Subjects
Christianity and culture - United States.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
080 T974ne
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