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Introductory lecture delivered at the opening of the Lancaster Convservatory of the Arts and Sciences and City Lyceum on the evening of July 3d, 1837

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Author: Cruse, Christian Frederick,

Date of Publication: 1837.

Call Number: 121 C957

Responsibility: by the Rev. C. Fr. Cruse.

Author: Cruse, Christian Frederick,

Place of Publication: Lancaster, Pa

Publisher: Printed by C. M'Cleery,

Date of Publication: 1837.

Physical Description: 28 p. ; 19 cm.

Notes: Includes Constitution of the Lancaster Conservatory of Arts and Sciences and City Lyceum.

Subjects: Lancaster Conservatory of Arts and Sciences and City Lyceum (Lancaster, Pa.); Knowledge, Theory of.; Learning and scholarship.; Learned institutions and societies - Pennsylvania - Lancaster.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Lancaster County

Call Number: 121 C957

An act to incorporate the city of Lancaster with the several subsequent acts relating thereto; and the ordinances for the regulation of the said city, passed by the Select and Common Councils

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Corporate Author: Lancaster (Pa.).

Date of Publication: 1834.

Call Number: 090 L224mh 1834

Responsibility: Arr. and published by Councils.

Corporate Author: Lancaster (Pa.).

Place of Publication: Lancaster

Publisher: Printed by Hugh Maxwell,

Date of Publication: 1834.

Physical Description: 1 v. (various pagings) 20 cm.

Notes: Library copy missing title page.

Subjects: Lancaster (Pa.). - H. Maxwell - (1834); Ordinances, Municipal - Pennsylvania - Lancaster.; Lancaster (Pa.) - History.; Lancaster (Pa.) - Politics and government.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Rare Books

Call Number: 090 L224mh 1834

Constitution of the United States of America : the Constitution of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, and rules for the government of the house of representatives of said commonwealth

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Corporate Author: United States.

Date of Publication: 1835.

Call Number: 342.02 H313 1835

Corporate Author: United States.

Uniform Title: Constitution.

Place of Publication: Harrisburg, Pa

Publisher: Printed by Patterson & Small,

Date of Publication: 1835.

Physical Description: 69 p. ; 17 cm.

Notes: Results of the election of the President Van Buren glued on inside front cover.; On front flyleaf: "Abraham Kauffman, member of House of Reprensentatives. Donated Kauffman's Park to the Borough of Manheim. His farm and land to the Mennonite Chuch along Manheim Pike and bears his name."; List of the committees of the House glued on inside back cover.

Subjects: Harrisburg (Pa.). - Patterson & Small - (1835); Pennsylvania.; United States.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Rare Books

Call Number: 342.02 H313 1835

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Collection: Transportation Collection

Title: Transportation Collection

Object ID: MG0123

Date Range: 1819-1977

Lancaster and Lititz Passenger Railway Co. to the Pennsylvania Dept. of Internal Affairs. Insert 3 Copy of Deed D-21-73, Peter and Anna Wohlsen, Lancaster to Lancaster and Rocky Springs Railway Co. for 3/10 acre of land for right of way with attachments apparently notifying other land holders. 10 May 1912

1 document

Collection: Transportation Collection

Title: Transportation Collection

Description: The Transportation Collection contains documents regarding turnpikes, railroads, Conestoga Traction Co., Conestoga Transportation Co., and the Red Rose Transit Authority. The types of items include correspondence, financial papers, business papers, stock certificates, tickets, schedules, maps of routes, and a blueprint.

Date Range: 1819-1977

Year Range From: 1819

Year Range To: 1977

Date of Accumulation: 1819-1977

Creator: LancasterHistory (Organization)

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives South

Storage Wall: Side 04

People: Bitner, John R.; Boardman, Harris; Bowman, John Jacob; Boyer, Zaccur Prall; Cirt, Anna N.; Griest, William Walton; Hostetter, Albert Keller; Kemrer, Clarence M.; Knapp, Walter; Kreider, Kate; Kriebel, Howard Wiegner; McClellan, Oliver Eldridge; Royer, David; Shuman, James P.; Wohlsen, Anna; Wohlsen, Peter

Subjects: Letters; Minutes (Records); Philadelphia & Reading Railroad Co.; Philadelphia and Lancaster Turnpike (Pa.); Posters; Railroads; Rates and tolls; Reading & Columbia Railroad Company; Street-railroads; Trolley cars

Search Terms: Adamstown; Bittersville, Lower Windsor Twp., York County, Pennsylvania; Blueprints; Booklets; Brochures; Campbelltown, South Londonderry Twp., Lebanon County, Pennsylvania; Center Square Road Station; Chestnut Street; Christiana; Coatesville, Chester County, Pennsylvania; Columbia; Columbia, Ironville and Mount Joy Railroad; Conestoga Traction Company; Conestoga Transportation Company; Conewago Water and Power Company; Correspondence; Dallastown, York County, Pennsylvania; Drawings; Duke Street; East Belt line; East King Street; East Petersburg, East Hempfield Twp.; Elizabethtown; Engleside, Lancaster Twp.; Ephemera; Ephrata; Express Printing Company; Greeting cards; Hanover, York County, Pennsylvania; Hershey, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania; Ironville, West Hempfield Twp.; J. G. Brill Company; Kinport Road; Lancaster; Lancaster and York Furnace Street Railway; Lancaster and Columbia Division, Conestoga Transportation Company; Lancaster and Lititz Passenger Railroad Company; Lancaster, Elizabethtown, and Middletown Turnpike; Lebanon, Lebanon County, Pennsylvania; Letters; Lititz; Maple Grove; Maps; Marietta Avenue; North Market Street; Mechanicsburg, Upper Leacock Twp.; Mechanicsville, East Hempfield Twp.; Minutes; Mount Joy; Mulberry Street; National Railway Historical Society; Neffsville, Manheim Twp.; North End Photo Finishing House; North Lime Street; North Queen Street; Palmyra, Lebanon County, Pennsylvania; Parkesburg, Chester County, Pennsylvania; Penn Square; Pequea Twp.; Philadelphia and Lancaster Turnpike Company; Philadelphia and Reading Railroad Company; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Photographs; Placards; Substations; President Avenue; Princess Street; Prospect Street; Quarryville; Railroads; Rates and tolls; Reading and Columbia Railroad Company; Receipts; Red Rose Transit Authority; Reports; Roads; Rocky Springs Railroad Company; Schuylkill Navigation Company; Scrapbooks; South Mountain Railroad; South Queen Street; Stock certificates; Susquehanna Railroad; Tickets; Tolls; Trolley car barns; Trolley car yards; Trolley cars; Trolleys; Turnpikes; Walnut Street; WGAL (television station); Williams Park Station; Willow Street Turnpike; Windsor Twp., York County, Pennsylvania; WLAN (radio station); Wrightsville, York County, Pennsylvania; York Bus Company; York Fair; York Railway Company

Extent: 2 boxes, 31 folders, 1 cubic ft.

Object Name: Archive

Language: English

Object ID: MG0123

Location of Originals: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania

Notes: Preferred Citation: Title or description of item, date (day, month, year), Transportation Collection (MG0123), Folder #, LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.

Access Conditions / Restrictions: Restrictions are noted at the item level.

Copyright: Collection may not be photocopied. Please direct questions to Research Center Staff at research@lancasterhistory.org.; Permission for reproduction and/or publication must be obtained in writing from LancasterHistory.

Credit: Courtesy of LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.

Other Numbers: MG-123

Classification: MG0123

Description Level: Fonds

Custodial History: Added to database 23 September 2021.

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The office of the clerk of assize : containing the form and method of the proceedings at the Assizes and General Gaol-Delivery as also on the crown and nisi prius side : together with The office of the clerk of the peace : shewing the true manner and form of the proceedings at the Court of General Quarter Sessions of the Peace : wih divers forms of presentments and other precedents at assizes and sessions : with a table of fees thereunto belonging

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Date of Publication: 1682.

Call Number: Book 449 1682

Alternate Title: Office of the clerk of the peace

Place of Publication: London

Publisher: Printed for Henry Twyford,

Date of Publication: 1682.

Physical Description: [6], 254, [4] pages ; (8vo)

Notes: The office of the clerk of the peace has separate t.p. with imprint: London : Printed by S. Roycroft for Henry Twyford, 1681 (p. [83]-254).; Library copy lacks first title page.; Yeates's signatureat top of first page next to struck signature of Wm A. Johnston.; Book number 449 as assigned by Yeates.; Jasper Yeates's Colonial Law Library.; Wing,

Subjects: England and Wales. - Courts of Oyer and Terminer and General Gaol Delivery.; England and Wales. - Court of Quarter Sessions of the Peace (London); Criminal procedure - England.; Nisi prius.; Criminal procedure.; England.; Full blind-tooled leather (Binding)

Additional Author: Yeates, Jasper,; Johnston, William A.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Yeates Collection

Call Number: Book 449 1682

The doctrine of the new birth, : exemplified in the life and religious experience of Onesimus, from the eleventh to the twenty-fifth year of his age, or from the year 1779 to 1793, inclusive. : Also, the visions which he saw concerning the city of Philadelphia, in the state of Pennsylvania, in the days when George Washington was the president of the United States of North America, and in the year of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, 1792. The visions with several of the special events of his life shall be illustrated with twenty plates, and the whole designed as a defence of the truth of the Gospel, and proof of the immortality of the human soul. Written in twenty letters, and dedicated to Elder Joseph Maylin. Onesimus

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Author: Hewson, John,

Date of Publication: 1839.

Call Number: 248 P544 1839

Author: Hewson, John,

Place of Publication: Philadelphia

Publisher: Printed by William F. Rackliff. Corner of George and Swanwick streets.,

Date of Publication: 1839.

Physical Description: 164 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.

Notes: Copyright 1839 by John Hewson.; Error in paging: p. 84 misnumbered 48.; Missing title page through page 2.; Yellow fever in Philadelphia page 156.; Checklist Amer. imprints

Subjects: Immortality.; Yellow fever - Pennsylvania - Philadelphia.; Visions.; Authority; Yellow fever.; Pennsylvania - Philadelphia.; Half-cloth bindings (Binding) - 1839.; Letters.; Allegories.

Additional Author: Maylim, Joseph.; Rackliff, William F.,

Place: United States Pennsylvania Philadelphia.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Rare Books

Call Number: 248 P544 1839

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Collection: Samuel R. Slaymaker II, White Chimneys Collection, Series 2

Title: Samuel R. Slaymaker II, White Chimneys Collection, Series 2

Object ID: MG0268_S02

Date Range: 1759-1928

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Collection: Samuel R. Slaymaker II, White Chimneys Collection, Series 2

Title: Samuel R. Slaymaker II, White Chimneys Collection, Series 2

Description: The Samuel R. Slaymaker II, White Chimneys Collection, Series 2 was carefully curated by Mr. Slaymaker and contains papers dating from the mid-eighteenth century to the early twentieth century. This series is primarily composed of correspondence related to business, railroads, legal affairs, and personal matters. The personal letters are rich in details of social history and genealogy. Legal documents include estate papers for the Fleming, Slaymaker, Leech, and Boyd families. The remaining documents include land surveys, receipts, tickets, accounts, bonds, and wills.

System of Arrangement: The Samuel R. Slaymaker II, White Chimneys Collection is divided into six series according to the original order; Series 1, 2 and 4 have been cataloged and are available for research.; Series 1 Trunk: SRS I and Minnie; Series 2 Document Boxes; Series 3 Family Papers; Series 4 Museum Cases and Metal Box; Series 5 Slaymaker Lock Company Records; Series 6 Papers of Samuel R. Slaymaker II

Date Range: 1759-1928

Year Range From: 1759

Year Range To: 1928

Date of Accumulation: 1759-1928

Creator: Slaymaker, Samuel Redsecker, 1923-1989

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives South

Storage Wall: Side 07

People: Slaymaker, Amos; Slaymaker, Henry Fleming; Slaymaker, Minnie Louise Cohr; Slaymaker, Samuel Cochran, 1828-1894; Slaymaker, Samuel Redsecker

Other Creators: Slaymaker family

Subjects: African Americans--History; Business records; Court records; Deeds; Family records; Invitation cards; Legal documents; Letters; Postmasters; Railroads--Pennsylvania; Railroads--Records and correspondence; Real property surveys--Pennsylvania; Kinzers (Pa.); Lancaster County (Pa.); Salisbury (Lancaster County, Pa. : Township)

Search Terms: Accounts; Business records; Columbia Store; Correspondence; Court records; Deeds; Enslaved persons; Family records; Finding aids; Invitations; Kinzers, Paradise Twp.; Legal documents; Letters; Manuscript groups; Persons of color; Philadelphia and Reading Railroad Company; Postmasters; Railroads; Railroads, Records and correspondence; Reading and Chesapeake Railroad; Reading and Columbia Railroad Company; Reading, Lancaster and Baltimore Railroad; Real property surveys; Receipts; Salisbury Twp.; White Chimneys; Wilmington and Reading Railroad

Extent: 7 boxes, 113 folders, 3.5 cubic ft.

Object Name: Archive

Language: English

Object ID: MG0268_S02

Location of Originals: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania

Related Item Notes: See also Photograph and Object Collections

Notes: Preferred Citation: Title or description of item, date (day, month, year), Collection Title (MG#), Series #, Box #, Folder #, (or Object ID), LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania. URL if applicable. Date accessed (day, month, year).

Access Conditions / Restrictions: Restrictions are noted at the item level.

Copyright: Collection may not be photocopied. Please direct questions to Research Center Staff at Research@LancasterHistory.org. Permission for reproduction and/or publication must be obtained in writing from LancasterHistory.

Credit: Courtesy of LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.

Other Numbers: MG-268, Series 2

Classification: MG0268

Description Level: Series

Custodial History: Added to database 8 August 2022.; Much of this series was microfilmed by the Pennsylvania State Archives. The microfilmed items are noted within the finding aid and the microfilm is available in LancasterHistory's Research Center.

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A book of entries: of declarations and other pleadings general and special, in the most usual actions in the Court of Kings-bench. Also a choice collection of special writs, and their retorns. Together with observations in pleading, instructing the younger clerks in the practice of that court

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Author: Hansard, John.

Date of Publication: 1685.

Call Number: Yeates Book 70 1685

Responsibility: From the original manuscripts in court-hand, collected and drawn by John Hansard ... To which are added, appeals of murder and mayheme, with variety of pleadings therein. Not printed before in any book of entries or pleadings.

Author: Hansard, John.

Place of Publication: London

Publisher: Printed by the assigns of Richard and Edward Atkins, for William Crook,

Date of Publication: 1685.

Physical Description: 9 preliminary leaves, 283, [20] pages 32 cm

Notes: Signatures: 1 leaf unsigned, AÂ², (a)â´, Â², B-Zâ´, Aa-Nnâ´, Oo-TtÂ².; Error in paging: p. 75-78 incorrectly numbered 67-70.; Jasper Yeates's Colonial Law Library.; Yeates's signature at top of title page.; Book number 70 as assigned by Yeates.

Subjects: Great Britain. - Court of King's Bench.; Pleading - Great Britain.; Writs - Great Britain.; Pleas of the crown.; Pleading.; Writs.; Great Britain.; Full leather blind tooled (Binding); Gilt title on maroon tab on spine (Binding)

Additional Author: Yeates, Jasper,

Location: Lancaster History Library - Yeates Collection

Call Number: Yeates Book 70 1685

A foundation and plain instruction of the saving doctrine of our Lord Jesus Christ, briefly compiled from the word of God ; translated from the Dutch language into the German, together with other instructive treatises, written by the author of this foundation,' which were formerly published separately, but here appended, and the whole arranged as a common manual

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Author: Menno Simons,

Date of Publication: 1835

Call Number: 090 L244he 1835

Responsibility: by Menno Simon, to which an index is added in order that all the points, articles, passages, and admonitions herein contained, may be readily found ; translated into the English by I. Daniel Rupp.

Author: Menno Simons,

Place of Publication: [Lancaster, Pa.]

Publisher: Published by John Herr,

Date of Publication: 1835

Physical Description: xii, 480 p. ; 19 cm.

Notes: Includes index.

Subjects: Lancaster (Pa.). - Herr - 1835.; Lancaster (Pa.). - Boswell and M'Cleery - 1835.; Theology, Doctrinal.; Salvation; Mennonites

Additional Author: Rupp, I. Daniel

Location: Lancaster History Library - Rare Books

Call Number: 090 L244he 1835

Speech of Thaddeus Stevens, Esq. in favor of the bill to establish a school of arts in the city of Philadelphia, and to endow the colleges and academies of Pennsylvania. : Delivered in the House of Representatives at Harrisburg, March 10th, 1838

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Author: Stevens, Thaddeus,

Date of Publication: 1838.

Call Number: 923.2 S846spe

Responsibility: Reported in short hand by M.T.C. Gould.

Author: Stevens, Thaddeus,

Place of Publication: Harrisburg [Pa.]

Publisher: Printed by Theophilus Fenn.,

Date of Publication: 1838.

Physical Description: 12 p. ; 22 cm.

Notes: Checklist Amer. imprints

Subjects: Universities and colleges - Pennsylvania.; Schools - Pennsylvania - Philadelphia.; Art schools - Pennsylvania - Philadelphia.

Additional Author: Gould, M. T. C.; Fenn, Theophilus,

Additional Corporate Author: Pennsylvania. General Assembly. House of Representatives.

Place: United States Pennsylvania Harrisburg.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Rare Books

Call Number: 923.2 S846spe

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Introductory lecture delivered at the opening of the Lancaster Convservatory of the Arts and Sciences and City Lyceum on the evening of July 3d, 1837

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo15936

An act to incorporate the city of Lancaster with the several subsequent acts relating thereto; and the ordinances for the regulation of the said city, passed by the Select and Common Councils

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo17638

Constitution of the United States of America : the Constitution of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, and rules for the government of the house of representatives of said commonwealth

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A book of entries: of declarations and other pleadings general and special, in the most usual actions in the Court of Kings-bench. Also a choice collection of special writs, and their retorns. Together with observations in pleading, instructing the younger clerks in the practice of that court

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo20878

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo19461

Speech of Thaddeus Stevens, Esq. in favor of the bill to establish a school of arts in the city of Philadelphia, and to endow the colleges and academies of Pennsylvania. : Delivered in the House of Representatives at Harrisburg, March 10th, 1838

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