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Virtue, industry, and independence : almshouses and labor in the Philadelphia region, 1791-1860

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Author: Bourque, Monique C.-E.

Date of Publication: 1995.

Call Number: 362.5 B749v

Responsibility: by Monique C.-E. Bourque.

Author: Bourque, Monique C.-E.

Date of Publication: 1995.

Physical Description: xv, 372 leaves : ill., map, plan ; 28 cm.

Notes: Includes bibliographical references.

Subjects: Almshouses - Pennsylvania.; Almshouses - New Jersey.; Almshouses - Delaware.; Poor - Pennsylvania.; Poor - New Jersey.; Poor - Delaware.; Conestoga View (Lancaster, Pa.); Poor - Pennsylvania; Poor - New Jersey; Poor - Delaware

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 362.5 B749v

Archive

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/28a8c389-4e24-4157-8061-272548030010

Collection: Lancaster County Almshouse and Hospital Collection

Title: Lancaster County Almshouse and Hospital Collection

Object ID: MG0277

Date Range: 1798-1993

' reports Business records Conestoga View (Lancaster, Pa.) Hospitals--Admission and discharge Hospitals--Pennsylvania--Lancaster County Poor--Services for--Pennsylvania--Lancaster County--History Registers Scrapbooks �230 North President Avenue • Lancaster, Pennsylvania 17603-3125 717.392.4633

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Collection: Lancaster County Almshouse and Hospital Collection

Title: Lancaster County Almshouse and Hospital Collection

Description: The Lancaster County Almshouse and Hospital Collection is comprised of accounts, registers, minutes, and other records kept by this county department. There are birth and death records, lists of inmates, supply and payroll books, and auditors' reports, and a scrapbook of Conestoga View.

Date Range: 1798-1993

Year Range From: 1798

Year Range To: 1993

Date of Accumulation: 1798-1993

Creator: Lancaster County (Pa.). Board of County Commissioners

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives South

Storage Wall: Side 08

People: Ash, Phineas; Bachman, J. M.; Bachman, John; Bair, Ivan; Baney, William; Bard, R. W.; Bare, Adam; Bausman, John; Bubach, Gerhart; Carpenter, Sam; Centini, Jane E.; Clark, Thomas; Coleman, Thomas; Colwell, James; Dale, Samuel; Dorwart, Jonas; Dunlap, Stephan; Eaby, George W.; Esler, P. O.; Gibbons, William; Good, William; Graybill, N. W.; Graybill, H.; Gryder, Christian; Haines, Timothy; Halbach, W. A.; Harnish, Jacob; Harnish, Samuel; Heck, Lewis; Herr, Christian; Hershey, W. E. H.; Hildebrant, W.; Hollinger, George; Humes, Samuel; Jackson, James J.; Kean, Thomas M.; Kready, David C.; Lane, P. C.; Lenegan, Archibald M.; Light, John; Livingston, J. B.; Long, Jacob; Metzger, John W.; Meyers, Samuel M.; Murray, William; Musser, George; Nauman, J. W.; Nicholson, John; Overholzer, H. D.; Patterson, D. W.; Reed, John K.; Schwartz, Conrad; Slaymaker, Henry; Snyder, Simon; Stone, Abraham; Strine, Jacob S.; Summy, A.; Sweigart, E.; Weaver, B. F.; Webb, Will; Wein, John; Wentz, Thomas; Witmer, Abraham; Witters, Jacob W.; Young, Mathias; Zantzinger, Paul

Other Creators: LancasterHistory (Organization)

Subjects: Almshouses; Almshouses--Pennsylvania--Lancaster County--History; Auditors' reports; Conestoga View (Lancaster, Pa.); Poor--Services for--Pennsylvania--Lancaster County--History; Scrapbooks

Search Terms: Almshouses; Auditors' reports; Conestoga View; Finding aids; Manuscript groups; Scrapbooks

Extent: 3 boxes, 33 books and folders, 3.5 cubic ft.

Object Name: Archive

Language: English

Object ID: MG0277

Location of Originals: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania

Notes: Preferred Citation: Title or description of item, date (day, month, year), Lancaster County Almshouse and Hospital Collection (MG0277), Folder or Book #, 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.

Classification: MG0277

Description Level: Fonds

Custodial History: Most of the items in this collection are part of the Lancaster County Government Records, RG 08-12. They were transferred into MG-277 in 1999 during the planning of the Almshouse and Hospital exhibition. Other items are on loan from the Edward Hand Medical Heritage Foundation or were collected by LancasterHistory.; Added to database 21 July 2017.

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The Lancaster Cemetery and Woodward Hill Cemetery Lancaster, Pennsylvania, preservation needs assessment for the Historic Trust of Lancaster County funded by the Lancaster County Foundation

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo18251

Date of Publication: 1991.

Call Number: 352.72 H673

Responsibility: prepared by Landscapes : landscape architecture, planning, historic preservation.

Date of Publication: 1991.

Physical Description: [iii] 61 + appendices unpaged : ill., maps. ; 28 cm.

Notes: "with the assistance of David Schuyler, Historian."

Subjects: Historic Trust of Lancaster County (Lancaster, Pa.).; Woodward Hill cemetery (Lancaster, Pa.) - Planning.; The Lancaster Cemetery - Pennsylvania - Lancaster - Planning.; Cemeteries - Pennsylvania; Lancaster County, Pa. - Planning.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Lancaster County

Call Number: 352.72 H673

[Report phase I archaeological and historical survey Lancaster General Hospital's health campus Lancaster County, PA : for Lancaster General Hospital Foundation Lancaster PA.]

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo6963

Author: Kinsey, W. Fred.

Date of Publication: 1991.

Call Number: 974.8011 K56L

Author: Kinsey, W. Fred.

Place of Publication: Lancaster, PA

Publisher: Conestoga Valley Archaeological Consultants,

Date of Publication: 1991.

Physical Description: 22 p. : ill., maps ; 28 cm.

Notes: Title from cover.; ER #91-1042-071-A.; Includes bibliographical references (p. 19-22).

Summary: Report of document and library research and field work. Subjects of investigation include Belmont tract, Mayer family cemetery, geological descriptions of land, analysis and inventory of historical artifacts.

Subjects: Archaeological surveying - Pennsylvania - Manheim (Lancaster County, Pa. : Township).; Pennsylvania - Manheim (Lancaster County, Pa. : Township) - History.

Additional Author: Loose, John Ward Willson.; Evans, June.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Lancaster County

Call Number: 974.8011 K56L

Lancaster County : the red rose of Pennsylvania

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo138

Author: Loose, John Ward Willson.

Date of Publication: 1994.

Call Number: 974.815 LACO L863L; 974.815 LACO L863La

Responsibility: John Ward Willson Loose ; "Partners in Progress" by Gary G. Martin and Donald L. Collins.

ISBN: 1884166032 :

Author: Loose, John Ward Willson.

Place of Publication: Canoga Park, CA

Publisher: CCA Publications,

Date of Publication: 1994.

Physical Description: [6], 158 p.: ill., some col. ; 29 cm.

Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.

Subjects: Chamber of Commerce (Lancaster, Pa.).; Lancaster County Historical Society (Lancaster, Pa.).; Lancasater Malleable Castings, Co. (Lancaster, Pa.).; J. Walter Miller Company (Lancaster, Pa.).; Raub Supply Company (Lancaster, Pa.).; Alumax Mill Products (Lancaster, Pa.).; High Industries, Inc. (Lancaster, Pa.).; Federal-Mogul Corporation (Lancaster, Pa.).; Serta Mattress Company (Lancaster, Pa.).; Cassey Engineering (Salunga, Pa.).; Lancaster Labratories (Lancaster, Pa.).; Ford New Holland (New Holland, Pa.).; Liberty Sign and Can Company (Lancastaear, Pa.).; J. L. Clark, Inc. (Lancaster, Pa.).; Simon Ladder Towers, Inc. (Leola, Pa.).; Lancaster Paint and Glass (Lancaster, Pa. ).; Wickersham Construction and Engineering, Inc. (Lancaster, Pa.).; SICO Company (Mt. Joy, Pa.).; Denver and Ephrata Telephone and Telegraph Company (Pa.).; Bank of Lancaster County (Pa.).; Fulton Bank (Lancaster, Pa).; CoreStates Hamilton Bank (Lancaster, Pa.); Dauphin Deposit Bank (Pa.); Ross, Buehler, Falk and Company (Pa.).; Community Hospital (Lancaster, Pa.).; Lancaster General Hospital (Lancaster, Pa.).; St. Joseph Hospital (Lancaster, Pa.); Corporate Healthcare Strategies, Inc. (Pa.); Warner-Lambert Company (Pa.).; Lancasater Bible College (Lancaster, Pa.).; Franklin & Marshall College (Lancaster, Pa.).; Acorn Press (Pa.).; Lancaster Newspapers (Lancaster, Pa.).; John Cope's Food Products (Pa.).; Dutch Gold Honey (Pa.).; Kellogg Company (Pa.).; Stauffers of Kissel Hill (Pa.).; Hammond Pretzel Bakery (Lancaster, Pa.).; Zimmerman Foods (Pa.).; Turkey Hill Dairy (Pa.).; Wilbur Chocolate Company (Lititz, Pa.); Groff's Farm Restaurant (Pa.).; Hotel Brunswick (Lancaster, Pa.).; Eden Resort Inn (Lancaster, Pa.).; Bulova Technologies (Lancaster, Pa.); Business enterprises - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.; Industries - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.; Lancaster County (Pa.) - History.; Lancaster County (Pa.) - Description and travel.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Reference; Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 974.815 LACO L863L; 974.815 LACO L863La

Greater Lancaster and the Lancaster County area, street & road map : Pennsylvania

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo13097

Corporate Author: Atlantic Publishing Group.

Edition: Scale [ca. 1:31,680].

Date of Publication: c1998.

Call Number: 974.815 LACO 509

Alternate Title: Greater Lancaster, Pennsylvania, and the Lancaster County area, street & road map; Greater Lancaster

Responsibility: the Atlantic Publishing Group Inc.

Corporate Author: Atlantic Publishing Group.

Edition: Scale [ca. 1:31,680].

Place of Publication: Flourtown, PA ; Lancaster

Publisher: The Atlantic Publishing Group, Inc. ; Lancaster Chamber of Commerce & Industry [distributor],

Date of Publication: c1998.

Physical Description: 1 map : both sides, col. ; 72 x 76 cm., on sheet 86 x 112 cm., folded to 23 x 11 cm.

Notes: Panel title.; Includes notes, street index, ancillary "Downtown Lancaster" map, and advertisements.; Notes, indexes, location map (inset), col. ill., and advertisments on verso.; Maps on verso: Lancaster County, Pennsylvania [road map] -- Columbia -- Denver -- Ephrata -- Elizabethtown -- Quarryville -- New Holland.

Subjects: Roads - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County - Maps.; Central business districts - Maps.; Lancaster (Pa.) - Maps.; Lancaster Metropolitan Area (Pa.) - Maps.; Columbia (Pa.) - Maps.; Denver (Pa.) - Maps.; Ephrata (Pa.) - Maps.; Elizabethtown (Pa.) - Maps.; Quarryville (Pa.) - Maps.; New Holland (Pa.) - Maps.

Additional Corporate Author: Lancaster Chamber of Commerce and Industry.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Map

Call Number: 974.815 LACO 509

Agricultural and federal census schedules, 1850-1880 : Caernarvon Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo14290

Author: Frey, James Elwood,

Date of Publication: c1999.

Call Number: 312 F853c

Responsibility: by James E. Frey.

ISBN: 1883294819

Author: Frey, James Elwood,

Place of Publication: Morgantown, PA

Publisher: Masthof Press,

Date of Publication: c1999.

Physical Description: vi, 122 p. : maps ; 28 cm.

Notes: Includes index.

Subjects: Agriculture - Pennsylvania - Caernarvon (Lancaster County : Township) - Statistics.; Registers of births, etc. - Pennsylvania - Caernarvon (Lancaster County : Township); Caernarvon (Lancaster County, Pa. : Township) - Genealogy.; Caernarvon (Lancaster County, Pa. : Township) - Census, 1850.; Caernarvon (Lancaster County, Pa. : Township) - Census, 1860.; Caernarvon (Lancaster County, Pa. : Township) - Census, 1870.; Caernarvon (Lancaster County, Pa. : Township) - Census, 1880.; United States - Census, 7th, 1850.; United States - Census, 8th, 1860.; United States - Census, 9th, 1870.; United States - Census, 10th, 1880.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Reference

Call Number: 312 F853c

Agricultural schedules and federal census schedules, 1850-1880 : Brecknock Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo3849

Author: Frey, James Elwood,

Date of Publication: c1997.

Call Number: 312 F893b

Responsibility: by James E. Frey.

ISBN: 1883294533

Author: Frey, James Elwood,

Place of Publication: Morgantown, PA

Publisher: Masthof Press,

Date of Publication: c1997.

Physical Description: ix, 138 p. : maps ; 28 cm.

Notes: Includes everyname index.

Subjects: Agriculture - Pennsylvania - Brecknock (Lancaster County : Township); Registers of births, etc. - Pennsylvania - Brecknock (Lancaster County : Township); Brecknock (Lancaster County, Pa. : Township) - Genealogy.; Brecknock (Lancaster County, Pa. : Township) - Census, 1850.; Brecknock (Lancaster County, Pa. : Township) - Census, 1860.; Brecknock (Lancaster County, Pa. : Township) - Census, 1870.; Brecknock (Lancaster County, Pa. : Township) - Census, 1880.; United States - Census, 7th, 1850.; United States - Census, 8th, 1860.; United States - Census, 9th, 1880.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Reference

Call Number: 312 F893b

Lancaster County, Pennsylvania Church Records of the 18th Century

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo858

Author: Wright, F. Edward.

Date of Publication: 1994

Call Number: 310.3 W949

Responsibility: F. Edward Wright

Author: Wright, F. Edward.

Place of Publication: Westminster, MD

Publisher: Family Line Publications

Date of Publication: 1994

Physical Description: 5 v. 21 cm.

Contents: Volume 1: Blaser's Reformed Church (Elizabethtown, Pa.)--Cocalico Reformed Church (East Cocalico Twp., Pa.--Manheim Lutheran Church (Manheim, Pa.)--Manheim Reformed Church (Manheim, Pa)--Maytown Lutheran Church (Maytown, Pa.)--Maytown Reformed Church (East Donegal Twp., Pa.)--Muddy Creek Evangelical Church (East Cocalico Twp., Pa.)--Muddy Creek Reformed Church (East Cocalico Twp., Pa.)--Pequea Reformed (Strasburg Twp., Pa.)--Reiher's Reformed (Elizabeth Twp., Pa.)--Seltenreich Reformed (Earl Twp., Pa.)--Little Cocalico (Swamp) Reformed (West Cocalico Twp., Pa.)--White Oaks Congregation (Penn Twp., Pa.)--Elizabethtown Lutheran (Elizabethtown, Pa.)--Bergstrasse Lutheran Church (Ephrata Twp., Pa.).; Volume 2: First Reformed Church (Lancaster, Pa.); Volume 3: Sadsbury Monthly Meeting (Sadsbury Twp., Pa.)--St. James Episcopal Church (Lancaster, Pa.)--St. Mary's Church (Lancaster, Pa.)--Register of Marriages and Baptisms Performed by Rev. John Cuthbertson--Baptisms and Marriages Performed by Casper Stoever--Donegal Presbyterian Church (East Donegal Twp., Pa.); Volume 4: Warwick Moravian (Lititz, Pa.)--Lititz Moravian (Lititz, Pa.)--Donegal/Mount Joy Moravian (Mount Joy Twsp., Pa.); Volume 5: Lancaster Moravian Church (Lancaster, Pa.)--St. Michael's Evangelical Lutheran Church (Strasburg, Pa.)--St. Paul's Lutheran Church, Penryn (Pa.)--Cocalico/Conestoga German Baptist (Dunkard) Congregation--White Oak German Baptist (Dunkard) Congregation (Warwick Twp., Pa.)--East Conewago German Baptist (Dunkard) Congregation (Warwick Twp., Pa.)--East Conewago German Baptist (Dunkard) Congregation (Mountjoy Township, Pa.)--Ephrata Seventh-Day German Baptist Church (Ephrata, Pa.)--Register of Rev. Traugott Frederick Illing Middletown Lutheran & vicinity--Allegheny Lutheran Churches (Berks County)--Lancaster County Entries in Rev. John Waldschmidt's Register (Reformed)--Muddy Creek Moravian.; Volume 6: New Holland Lutheran Church [New Holland, Pa.}--Holy Trinity Lutheran Church [Lancaster, Pa.]

Subjects: Lancaster Moravian Church (Lancaster, Pa.); St. Michael's Evangelical Lutheran Church (Strasburg, Pa.); White Oak German Baptist (Dunkard) Congregation (Warwick Township, Pa.); East Conewago German Baptist (Dunkard) Congregation, Mountjoy Township, (Pa.); Ephrata Seventh-Day German Baptist Church (Ephrata, Pa.); First Reformed Church (Lancaster, Pa.); Christ Reformed Church (Elizabethtown, Pa.); Zion Evangelical Lutheran Church (Manheim, Pa.); Zion Reformed Church (New Providence, Pa.); Zion Reformed Church (Elizabeth Township, Pa.); Zeltenreich Reformed Church (Earl Township, Pa.); Jerusalem Reformed Church (Penryn, Pa.); Bethany Reformed Church, Ephrata Twp., Pa.; St. Paul's Reformed Church, Manheim (Boro), Pa.; St. John's Evangelical Lutheran Church, [Maytown, East Donegal Twp., Pa.]; Maytown Reformed Church, Maytown, [East Donegal Twp., Pa.]; Muddy Creek Evangelical Lutheran Church, [East Cocalico Twp., Pa.]; Muddy Creek Reformed Church, [East Cocalico Twp., Pa.]; Swamp Evangelical Lutheran Church, [West Cocalico Twp., Pa.]; New Holland Lutheran Church [New Holland, Pa.]; Holy Trinity Lutheran Church [Lancaster, Pa.]; Church records and registers - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County; Registers of births, etc. - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County

Location: Lancaster History Library - Reference

Call Number: 310.3 W949

An alphabetical listing of burials and gravestone transcriptions of Groffdale Mennonite Church Cemetery, West Earl Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo9875

Author: Martin, Darvin L.

Edition: 1st ed.

Date of Publication: 1996.

Call Number: 289.7 G874

Alternate Title: Groffdale Mennonite Church Cemetery

Responsibility: by Darvin L. Martin.

ISBN: 1558562540

Author: Martin, Darvin L.

Edition: 1st ed.

Place of Publication: Apollo, PA

Publisher: Closson Press,

Date of Publication: 1996.

Physical Description: 117 p. : ill. ; 28 cm.

Notes: Rineer's "Churches and Cemeteries of Lancaster County" page 438 1A.; Includes bibliographical references (p. 112) and index.

Subjects: Groffdale Mennonite Church Cemetery (West Earl, Pa. : Township); Registers of births, etc. - Pennsylvania - West Earl (Township); Registers of births, etc. - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.; Mennonites - Pennsylvania - West Earl (Township) - Genealogy.; Mennonites - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County - Genealogy.; Inscriptions - Pennsylvania - West Earl (Township); West Earl (Pa. : Township) - Genealogy.; Lancaster County (Pa.) - Genealogy.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Church Record

Call Number: 289.7 G874

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