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Harriet Lane, First Lady of the White House

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo17138
Author
Shelley, Mary Virginia.
Date of Publication
2011.
Call Number
920.7 L265s 2011
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Responsibility
Mary Virginia Shelley & Sandra Harrison Munro.
Author
Shelley, Mary Virginia.
Place of Publication
Charleston, S. C
Publisher
The Authors,
Date of Publication
2011.
Physical Description
42 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Summary
Presents a biography of James Buchanan's niece who was the White House hostess during her uncle's presidency, helped create the National Gallery of Art, and started the first pediatrics hospital.
Subjects
Johnston, Harriet Lane, - 1830-1903. - Juvenile literature.
Buchanan, James, - 1791-1868. - Family - Juvenile literature.
Johnston, Harriet Lane, - 1830-1903.
Buchanan, James, - 1791-1868. - Family.
Presidents - United States
Presidents
Additional Author
Munro, Sandra Harrison,
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
920.7 L265s 2011
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Revolutionary War patriots of Chestnut Level Presbyertian Church

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Author
McMullen, Roberta Patton.
Date of Publication
[2016]
Call Number
285.1 M168
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Responsibility
by Roberta Patton McMullen.
Author
McMullen, Roberta Patton.
Place of Publication
Place not identified
Publisher
Roberta Patton McMullen,
Date of Publication
[2016]
Physical Description
iv, 76 p. : ill. ; 27 cm.
Subjects
Latta, James, - Dr. - 1732-1801.
Smith, Samson, - Rev. - c1727-c1781.
Ankrim, Archibald, - c1730-1800.
Barnes, James, - 1757-1827.
Bigham, James, - 1738-1804.
Boyd, John, - Captain, - 1736-1807.
Buchanan, James, - 1727-1797.
Caldwell, Andrew, - Jr., - 1734-1808.
Caldwell, John, - Lieutenant, - 1736-1812.
Caldwell, Oliver, - 1757-1813.
Calhoun, James, - Lieutenant, - 1756-1822.
Calhoun, William, - Second Lieutenant, - 1747-1823.
Campbell, Patrick, - 1742-1817.
Clark, Thomas, - c. 1726-c1803.
Culley, Thomas, - c. 1735- c1798.
Gamble, James, - Captain - 1737-1795.
Gryder, Jacob, - 1743-1814.
Irwin, Moses, - Esquire, - 1722- 1805.
King, Rober, - Major, - 1744-1827.
Long, Hugh, - 1760-1832.
Long, James, - 1735-1803.
Long, John, - 1726-1783.
Long, Robert, - 1743-1806.
McElroy, John, - 1728-1804.
McIntire, William, - c1719-1803.
McPherson, James, - Lieutenant, - 1733-1821.
McPherson, William, - 1698-1783.
Martin, Samuel, - 1729-1795.
Morrison, James, - Captain, - 1748-1810.
Morrisonm, Samuel, - 1730-1811.
Neel, Thomas, - Lieutenant, - 1744-1824.
Pegan, James, - Jr., - 1754-1934.
Penny, Hugh, - Esquire, - 1748-1809.
Reed, George, - Esquire, - 1728-1789.
Reed, John, - 1754-1832.
Robinson, Thomas, - 1736-1803.
Steele, William, - Sr., - 1707-1780.
Steele, William, - Captain, - 1750-1822.
Wilson, John, - 1715-1812.
Chestnut Level Presbyterian Church (Drumore Township, Lancaster County, Pa.) - History.
Revolutionary War 1775-1783
Pennsylvania
Lancaster County
Registers
Location
Lancaster History Library - Lancaster County
Call Number
285.1 M168
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The Donegal Presbyterian Meetinghouse

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo19559
Author
Zimmerman, Philip D.
Date of Publication
2014.
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Responsibility
Phillip D. Zimmerman.
Author
Zimmerman, Philip D.
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
LancasterHistory,
Date of Publication
2014.
Physical Description
pp. 114-131.
Subjects
Donegal Presbyterian Church (East Donegal, Pa.)
Presbyterian Church - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
Lancaster County (Pa.) - Church history.
Church architecture - Details.
Contained In
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 115, number 4 (2014), p. 114-131Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.115
Websites
https://lancasterh.bywatersolutions.com/cgi-bin/koha/opac-retrieve-file.pl?id=60eb3142c6815d379304ca8292abcac8
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Who fathered Jacob and William Northhamer? : Pennsylvania tax records help determine kinship

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Author
Desmarais, Catherine Becker Weist.
Date of Publication
2012.
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Responsibility
by Catherine Becker Weist and Noreen Alexander Manzella.
Author
Desmarais, Catherine Becker Weist.
Date of Publication
2012.
Physical Description
123-132 p.
Subjects
Northamer, Jacob, - 1780? -- .
Northamer, William, - 1797 - .
Northamer family.
Taxation - Pennsylvania
Honey Brook (Pa. : Township) - Genealogy.
Salisbury (Pa. : Township) - Genealogy.
Contained In
v. 100, June 2012.Lancaster History Library - Book905.29 NG v. 100
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Archive

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Collection
Diffenderffer Family Papers
Title
Diffenderffer Family Papers
Object ID
MG0410
Date Range
1691-1963
. No date. “The Conestoga River,” by James D. Law in Philadelphia. Dedicated to Dr. F. R. Diffenderffer. 15 February 1912. “’The Lancaster Dutch,’” by Blanche Nevin. Note that this was read by her at the Bicentenary of the First Settlements but was not in the regular program nor printed in the official
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Collection
Diffenderffer Family Papers
Title
Diffenderffer Family Papers
Description
The Diffenderffer Family Papers collection contains items that have been passed down through generations of the Diffenderffer family. Deeds for tracts of land in New Holland date back to the creation of New Design, the village that preceded New Holland. Correspondence and some manuscripts pertain to J. P. McCaskey's life and accomplishments. F. R. Diffenderffer's manuscripts on Easter Day and Conrad Weiser are preserved with this collection, as well as poems, a program for the C. Elvin Haupt School, and a claim of F. R. Diffenderffer & Co. against the State of Texas.
Date Range
1691-1963
Year Range From
1691
Year Range To
1963
Date of Accumulation
1691-1963
Creator
Diffenderffer family
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Storage Room
Archives South
Storage Wall
Side 10
People
Brubaker, John
Brubaker, Margaret
Brubaker, Philip
Davis, Sarah
Diffenderfer, David
Diffenderfer, Elizabeth Shirk
Diffenderfer, John
Diffenderffer, Christina
Diffenderffer, David
Diffenderffer, David, Sr.
Diffenderffer, Fianna L. Lutz
Diffenderffer, Frank Ried
Diffenderffer, Harold F.
Diffenderffer, John, Jr.
Diffenderffer, John, Sr.
Diffenderffer, Margaretta Stein
Diffenderffer, Michael
Freymyer, Jacob
Grim, Henry
Haupt, Charles Elvin
Hoch, Herman E.
Holl, Wendel
Hubley, Bernard
Kennerly, John
Kinzer, John
Kinzer, Magdalena
Koch, Mary
Koch, Melchior
Law, James D.
Markley, Henry
McCaskey, Donald G.
McCaskey, John Piersol "Jack"
Nevin, Blanche
Painter, John
Penn, William
Rodman, John H.
Shirk, Henry
Smith, Oliver
Smith, William Evans
Sneider, Christian
Stone, David
Stone, George
Stone, Leonard
Stone, Mary
Sutton, Mary A. Diffenderffer
Thomson, Bill "Tommy"
Winter, John
Young, Matthias
Other Creators
Diffenderffer, Fianna L. Lutz, 1918-2009
Diffenderffer, David
Subjects
Deeds
Letters
Real property
Search Terms
Clippings (Books, newspapers, etc.)
Conestoga River
Correspondence
Deeds
Drowning
Earl Twp.
England
Estate settlement
Finding aids
German Reformed Church of New Holland
Haupt Elementary School
Hutchings Printing House
King Street
Lancaster
Land drafts
Lemon Street School
Letters
Manuscript groups
Mortgages
New Design, Earl Twp.
New Holland
Newspaper clippings
Programs
Real estate
Real property surveys
Reigart's Landing
Susquehanna River
Texas
Texas Frontier Forces
Windsor Forge
Extent
1 box, 23 folders, .5 cubic ft.
Object Name
Archive
Language
English
Object ID
MG0410
Location of Originals
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania
Notes
Preferred Citation: Title or description of item, date (day, month, year), Collection Title (MG#), Folder #, (or Object ID), LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania. URL if applicable. Date accessed (day, month, year).
Deeds in folders 1-18 were a gift of Fianna Diffenderffer and the Diffenderffer family, 4 November 2006.
Items in folders 19-23 were a gift from her nephew, David Diffenderffer, 14 August 2006.
Access Conditions / Restrictions
Restrictions are noted at the item level--please use photocopies or transcriptions for those items. Other original documents may be used by researchers--contact Research@LancasterHistory.org prior to visit or request at Reference Desk.
Copyright
Collection items may be photographed. Please direct questions to Research Center Staff at Research@LancasterHistory.org. Permission for reproduction and/or publication must be obtained in writing from LancasterHistory. Persons wishing to publish any material from this collection must assume all responsibility for identifying and satisfying any claimants of copyright or other use restrictions. Publication fees may apply.
Credit
Courtesy of LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.
Accession Number
2006.MG0410_NOV
Other Numbers
MG-410
Classification
MG0410
Description Level
Fonds
Custodial History
Cataloged by HST, November 2008. Added to database 28 July 2021.
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Harriet Lane Johnston: The legacy of a White House hostess

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo21153
Author
Brubaker, Jack
Date of Publication
2018
Call Number
905.748 PHMC v.44, no.2
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Responsibility
by Jack Brubaker
Author
Brubaker, Jack
Place of Publication
[Harrisburg?]
Publisher
Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commision and the Pennsylvania Heritage Foundation
Date of Publication
2018
Physical Description
26-35 p.
Series
Pennsylvania Heritage v. 44, no. 2
Subjects
Johnston, Harriet Lane, - 1830-1903.
Women - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Periodical Article
Call Number
905.748 PHMC v.44, no.2
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Archive

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/4088f15c-7609-4924-b191-735213387660
Collection
James Buchanan Chapter No. 315, Order of the Eastern Star Minutes
Title
James Buchanan Chapter No. 315, Order of the Eastern Star Minutes
Object ID
MG0753
Date Range
1920-2010
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Collection
James Buchanan Chapter No. 315, Order of the Eastern Star Minutes
Title
James Buchanan Chapter No. 315, Order of the Eastern Star Minutes
Description
This collection contains the minutes of the James Buchanan Chapter No. 315, Order of the Eastern Star.
Admin/Biographical History
The James Buchanan Chapter No. 315, Order of the Eastern Star was founded in 1920 and was dissolved in 2011.
Date Range
1920-2010
Creation Date
1920-2010
Year Range From
1920
Year Range To
2010
Creator
James Buchanan Chapter No. 315, Order of the Eastern Star
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Storage Room
Archives South
Storage Wall
Side 15
Subjects
Fraternal organizations
Lancaster (Pa.)
Minutes (Records)
Order of the Eastern Star
Order of the Eastern Star. James Buchanan Chapter No. 315 (Lancaster, Pa.)
Search Terms
Finding aids
Fraternal organizations
Manuscript groups
Minutes
Order of the Eastern Star. James Buchanan Chapter No. 315, Lancaster
Extent
6 boxes, 30 volumes, 3 cubic feet
Object Name
Archive
Language
English
Object ID
MG0753
Location of Originals
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania
Access Conditions / Restrictions
No restrictions.
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-753
Other Number
MG-753
Classification
MG0753
Description Level
Fonds
Custodial History
Processed and finding aid prepared by RR and SM in Summer and Fall 2015; and SW in Spring 2016. Added to database 23 May 2021.
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Early worship in Donegal Presbyerian Church

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Author
Zimmerman, Philip D.
Date of Publication
2016.
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Responsibility
by Philip D. Zimmerman.
Author
Zimmerman, Philip D.
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
LancasterHistory.org,
Date of Publication
2016.
Physical Description
1-23 p.
Subjects
Donegal Presbyterian Church (East Donegal, Pa.)
Scottish Americans - Pennsylvania.
Lancaster County (Pa.) - Church history.
Additional Corporate Author
Donegal Presbyterian Church (East Donegal, Pa.)
Contained In
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 117, number 1 (2016), p. 1-23Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.117
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Baron and feme : a treatise of the common law concerning husbands and wives : wherein is contained the nature of a feme covert, and of marriages, bastardy, the privileges of feme coverts, what alterations are made by marriage as to estates, leases, goods, and actions, what things of the wife accrue to the husband by the intermarriage or not, what acts, charges, forfeitures by the husband shall bind the wife after his death or not, of jointures and pleadings, fines and recovery, conveyances, and other law titles relating to baron and feme

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo22076
Edition
The 2nd ed., with large additions.
Date of Publication
1719.
Call Number
Book 887 1719
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Edition
The 2nd ed., with large additions.
Place of Publication
In the Savoy [London]
Publisher
Printed by Eliz. Nutt and R. Gosling (assigns of Edward Sayer, Esq.) for John Walthoe ...,
Date of Publication
1719.
Physical Description
[28], 422, [42] pages ; 20 cm
Notes
Signatures: A⁸ a⁴ b² B-2G⁸.
Advertisements on first and last leaves.
"Precedents": p. 395-422.
Jasper Yeates's Colonial Law Library.
Yeates's signature at top of title page.
Book number 887 as assigned by Yeates.
Subjects
Husband and wife - Great Britain.
Marriage law - Great Britain.
Forms (Law) - Great Britain.
Forms (Law)
Husband and wife.
Marriage 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 887 1719
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A compendious and accurate treatise of fines and recoveries ; and recoveries upon writs of entry in the post. With ample and copious instructions how to draw, acknowledge, and levy the same in all cases. Being a work performed with great exactness, and full of variety of clerkship. With an addition of several precedents, and many observations, rules and cases concerning the effect and operation of fines and recoveries

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Author
Brown, William,
Edition
The 5th ed.,
Date of Publication
1718 [-1719]
Call Number
Book 886 1719
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Alternate Title
Compendious and accurate treatise of fines and recoveries
Treatise of fines
Author
Brown, William,
Uniform Title
Compendious and accurate treatise recoveries upon writs of the post.
Edition
The 5th ed.,
Place of Publication
[London] In the Savoy
Publisher
Printed by Eliz. Nutt, and R. Gosling, (assigns of Edward Sayer, Esq;) for D. Browne, J. Walthoe, Benj. Tooke, W. Mears, T. Ward, T. Bickerton, and T. Woodward.,
Date of Publication
1718 [-1719]
Physical Description
2 volumes ([8], 335, [29]; [8], 400, [22] pages ; 20 cm (8vo)
Notes
"To Sir Francis North, Kt. ..." subscribed "William Brown" (v. 1); ded. to "Johanni Powel" by Gulielmus Brown (volume 2).
Title page, volume 2: A compendious and accurate treatise of fines and recoveries. Vol. II. Containing a compleat collection of choice precedents ... The second edition ... By W. Brown, a clerk of the Court of Common-Pleas. In the Savoy: Printed by Eliz. Nutt, and R. Gosling ... for Abel Roper, Daniel Midwinter and Thomas Ward. MDCCXIX. -- KU-S copy v. 2 wanting 2E4 (final leaf of index)
Title page, volume 2: A compendious and accurate treatise of fines and recoveries. Vol. II. Containing a compleat collection of choice precedents ... The second edition very much corrected and amended ... By W. Brown, a clerk of the Court of Common-Pleas. In the Savoy: Printed by Eliz. Nutt, and R. Gosling ... for Abel Roper, Daniel Midwinter and Thomas Ward, MDCCXIX [1719].
Originally issued (1v.)--in 1678 as A compendious and accurate treatise of recoveries upon writs of entry in the post.
Jasper Yeates's Colonial Law Library.
Yeates's signature at top of title page.
Book number 886 as assigned by Yeates.
LCHS lacks vol 1.
ESTC
Subjects
Fines and recoveries - Great Britain.
Forms (Law) - Great Britain.
Fines and recoveries.
Forms (Law)
Great Britain.
Full blind-tooled leather (Binding)
Gilt title on maroon spine label (Binding)
Additional Author
Nutt, Elizabeth,
Gosling, Robert,
Browne, Daniel,
Walthoe, John,
Tooke, Benjamin,
Mears, W.
Ward, Thomas,
Bickerton, Thomas,
Woodward, Thomas,
Roper, Abel,
Midwinter, Daniel,
Guilford, Francis North,
Powell, John,
Yeates, Jasper,
Location
Lancaster History Library - Yeates Collection
Call Number
Book 886 1719
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