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David Fleming Houston : born, July 8, 1843, died, February 16, 1889

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo13828
Date of Publication
[1890]
Call Number
923.2 H843s
Place of Publication
Philadelphia
Publisher
Press of A.H. Sickler,
Date of Publication
[1890]
Physical Description
69 p., [1] leaf of plates : port. ; 23 cm.
Notes
Preface signed: William C. Sproul, Swarthmore College, June, 1890.
Subjects
Houston, David Fleming, - 1843-1889.
Crozer Steel and Iron Company.
Roanoke and Southern Railway Company.
Roanoke (Va.) - Biography.
Additional Author
Sproul, William C.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
923.2 H843s
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Notes and queries, historical, biographical and genealogical, relating chiefly to interior Pennsylvania

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Date of Publication
1894-1901.
Call Number
974.8005 E31 Contents
Responsibility
Edited by William Henry Egle. 1st-2d ser., v. 1-2, 1894-95; 3d ser., v. 1-3, 1895-96, 4th ser., v. 1-2, 1893-95; annual volume 1896-1900.
Place of Publication
Harrisburg, Pa
Publisher
Harrisburg Pub. Co.,
Date of Publication
1894-1901.
Physical Description
12 v. 26-28 cm.
Notes
Title varies slightly.
First-third series: Reprint of articles which appeared originally in the Harrisburg Daily telegraph, 1878-1883, some of them having been issued also in pamphlet form.
No more published.
"This compilation is not a complete index. It was arranged originally by members of the State library staff ... Additional headings prepared by other libraries have since been included."
Subjects
Pennsylvania - History - Periodicals.
Pennsylvania - Biography - Periodicals.
Pennsylvania - Genealogy - Periodicals.
Additional Author
Egle, William Henry,
Additional Corporate Author
Pennsylvania State Library.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
974.8005 E31 Contents
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Author
Brosius, Marriott ,
Date of Publication
1897.
Call Number
923.2 B874
Responsibility
of Hon. Marriott Brosius of Pennsylvania, in the House of Representatives, Monday, January 11, 1897.
Author
Brosius, Marriott ,
Place of Publication
Washington, DC
Publisher
s.n. ,
Date of Publication
1897.
Physical Description
14 p. ; 23 cm.
Notes
At head of title: National Banks.
Subjects
National Banks (United States)
Banks and banking - United States.
Additional Author
United States Congress
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
923.2 B874
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Early land marks and names of old Pittsburgh; an address delivered before the Pittsburgh chapter, Daughters of the American Revolution, at Carnegie Institute, November 30, 1923

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Author
Miller, Annie Clark.
Date of Publication
1924, reprinted 1956.
Call Number
974.4886 M647
Author
Miller, Annie Clark.
Place of Publication
[Pittsburgh]
Publisher
Pittsburgh Chapter, Daughters of the American Revolution,
Date of Publication
1924, reprinted 1956.
Physical Description
60 p. illus. 21 cm.
Notes
Cover title: Early land marks and old names ...
Subjects
Monuments - Pennsylvania - Pittsburgh.
Names, Geographical - Pennsylvania - Pittsburgh.
Pittsburgh (Pa.) - History.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
974.4886 M647
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Author
Muhlenberg, Frederick Augustus Conrad,
Date of Publication
1897.
Call Number
922.4 M952s
Responsibility
by Frederick Augustus Mühlenberg ; translated by Julius F. Sachse.
Author
Muhlenberg, Frederick Augustus Conrad,
Place of Publication
Philadelphia
Publisher
P.C. Stockhausen,
Date of Publication
1897.
Physical Description
6 p., [3] p. of plates : ill. ; 28 cm.
Notes
Poem preceded by short sketch of the life of the author by Julius Friedrich Sachse.
Reprint from Americana Germanica, vol. 1, no. 2.
Additional Author
Sachse, Julius Friedrich,
Additional Title
Americana Germanica.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
922.4 M952s
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Memorial addresses on the life and character of Samuel J. Randall, a representative from Pennsylvania, delivered in the House of representatives and in the Senate, Fifty-first Congress, first session

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Corporate Author
United States. Congress
Date of Publication
1891.
Call Number
923.2 R188
  1 website  
Corporate Author
United States. Congress
Place of Publication
Washington
Publisher
Govt. print off.,
Date of Publication
1891.
Physical Description
157 p. front. (port.) 26 cm.
Series
51st. Cong., 1st sess. House. Misc. doc. 265
Notes
Published by order of Congress.
Subjects
Randall, Samuel J. - 1828-1890.
Additional Corporate Author
United States. Congress. Memorial address.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
923.2 R188
Websites
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Old Lancaster tales and traditions

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Author
Worner, William Frederic.
Date of Publication
1927.
Call Number
974.815 LACI W928
  1 website  
Author
Worner, William Frederic.
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
The Author,
Date of Publication
1927.
Physical Description
x, 261 p. illus. 24 cm.
Contents
Declaration of Independence in Lancaster--Thomas Wharton, Jr. in Lancaster--Baron Steuben in Lancaster--Lancaster in 1778--Lancaster in 1783--Ephrata Community--Lancaster in 1788--Camel in Lancaster--Lancaster in 1795--Lancaster in 1797--John Marshall in Lancaster--First elephant in Lancaster--General Pinckney in Lancaster--Lancaster in 1807--Alexander Wilson in Lancaster--Mrs. Royall's visit to Lancaster--Royal Arabian horse in Lancaster--Daniel Webster in Lancaster--Rich men of Lancaster City in 1845--The Wreath--Chinese soldier in the Civil War--Hope Church--Seventy-fifth aniversaryof Hope Church--Story of Salome Le Roy--Tory of the Revolution.
Illustrations--Rare old Lancaster imprint--Lancaster Count Courthouse--Residence of Christopher Marshall--Trinity Lutheran Church--Cat Tavern--Old Ferry House--Buildings of the Ephrata Cloister--Watermark, Ephrata Cloister--Finest Colonial House in Lancaster--Caleb Cope House--Barracks on Howard Avenue--Saron House. Ephrata Cloister--Cell, Ephrata Cloister--Watermarks, Ephrata Cloister--Room in Saron House, Ephrata Cloister--Kitchen, Ephrata Cloister--Fireplace, Ephrata Cloister--Matin Room--Ephrata Cloister--Seal, Ephrata Cloister--Government Buildings, Lancaster--Washington Hotel--Old Powder House--Lancaster Academy--Male camel--Watermarks, Ephrata Cloister--Johann Conrad Beissel--Tomb of Johann Conrad Beissel--Fountain Inn--Rockford, Home of General Hand--White Swan Tavern--Blunderbuss--Lancaster City Hall--Newspaper account of Marshall's arival--Residence of Jasper Yeates--Residence of Timothy Matlack--Advertisement of the elephant--Oldest tobacco shop in the United States--Old wooden sign, Demuth Tobacco Shop--View of North Queen Street about 1840--William Pitt Tavern--Sign of William Pitt Tavern--Lancaster in 1810--Anchor Inn, Lititz, Pa.--Heinitsh's Drug Store--James Buchanan--Steinman's Hardware Store--Slaymaker's Hotel--Abbeville--House and tannery of Georg H. Krug--Fire engine--View of West King Street about 1850--The Wreath--Button Suctio Engine--Hose cart--Hope Episcopal Church, Mount Hope, Pa.--Mount Hope Mansion--Memorial chancel and altar, Hope Church--Brew House--Bird's-eye view of Lancaster--German Reformed Church--House built about 1760--Lancaster County Prison.
Subjects
Woo, Hong Neok - 1834-1919.
Folklore - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
Lancaster (Pa.) - History.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
974.815 LACI W928
Websites
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History of the Reformed Church in the United States, 1725-1792

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Author
Good, James I.
Date of Publication
1899.
Call Number
285.8 G646
  1 website  
Author
Good, James I.
Place of Publication
Reading, Pa
Publisher
D. Miller,
Date of Publication
1899.
Physical Description
vii, 701 p. illus. 20 cm.
Subjects
Reformed Church in the United States - History.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
285.8 G646
Websites
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The Taufers: or, The German Baptist brethren. The origin, history, religious beliefs and achievements of one of the prominent religious denominations in the United States

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Author
Diffenderffer, Frank Ried,
Date of Publication
1899.
Call Number
286.5 D569
Author
Diffenderffer, Frank Ried,
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Reprinted from the New era,
Date of Publication
1899.
Physical Description
23 p. 24 cm.
Notes
Signed: F.R.D.
A review of "A history of the German Baptist brethren in Europe and America." By M.G. Brumbaugh.
Subjects
Brumbaugh, Martin Grove, - 1862-1930.
Church of the Brethren.
German Baptist Brethren (U.S.)
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
286.5 D569
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Documentary history of the Evangelical Lutheran ministerium of Pennsylvania and adjacent states. Proceedings of the annual conventions from 1748 to 1821. Compiled and translated from records in the archives and from the written protocols

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Corporate Author
Evangelical Lutheran Ministerium of Pennsylvania and the Adjacent States.
Date of Publication
1898.
Call Number
284.1 E92
  1 website  
Corporate Author
Evangelical Lutheran Ministerium of Pennsylvania and the Adjacent States.
Place of Publication
Philadelphia
Publisher
Board of Publication of the General Council of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in North America,
Date of Publication
1898.
Physical Description
iv, 619 p. 24 cm.
Notes
Lettered on cover: Jubilee memorial, 1748-1898.
"Sources": p. 1-2.
Subjects
Evangelical Lutheran Ministerium of Pennsylvania and the Adjacent States - History.
Lutheran Church
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
284.1 E92
Websites
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