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The history of my travels : through the states of Pennsylvania, Maryland, Virginia, Ohio, Kentucky, Indiana, Illinois, Missouri, Iowa, Michigan, New York, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut and New Jersey

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Author
Zercher, Jacob H.[Hartman]
Date of Publication
1847, 1997.
Call Number
917.73 Z58
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by J.H. Zercher.
Author
Zercher, Jacob H.[Hartman]
Place of Publication
[s.l
Publisher
s.n.] ,
Date of Publication
1847, 1997.
Physical Description
69 l. ; 29 cm.
Notes
Transcribed from the original by Leigh A.(Hashagen) Miller.
Subjects
Zercher, Jacob Hartman , - 1828-1887.
Rohrer, J. W.
Zercher family.
Voyages and travels.
Pennsylvania - Description and travel - 1783-1848.
Maryland - Description and travel - 1783-1848.
Virginia - Description and travel - 1783-1848.
Ohio - Description and travel - 1783-1848.
Kentucky - Description and travel - 1783-1848.
Indiana - Description and travel - 1783-1848.
Illinois - Description and travel - 1783-1848.
Missouri - Description and travel - 1783-1848.
Iowa - Description and travel - 1783-1848.
Michigan - Description and travel - 1783-1848.
New York - Description and travel - 1783-1848.
Massachusetts - Description and travel - 1783-1848.
Rhode Island - Description and travel - 1783-1848.
Connecticut - Description and travel - 1783-1848.
New Jersey - Description and travel - 1783-1848.
Additional Author
Miller, Leigh A. (Hashagen).
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
917.73 Z58
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The history of my travels : through the states of Pennsylvania, Maryland, Virginia, Ohio, Kentucky, Indiana, Illinois, Missouri, Iowa, Michigan, New York, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut and New Jersey from April 7th to June 28th 1847

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Author
Zercher, Emanuel H.
Date of Publication
1847, 1997.
Call Number
917.73 Z58e
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by E. H. Zercher.
Author
Zercher, Emanuel H.
Place of Publication
{s.l
Publisher
s.n.] ,
Date of Publication
1847, 1997.
Physical Description
40 l. ; 29 cm.
Notes
Transcribed from the original by Leigh A. (Hashagen) Miller.
LCHS has copy of original and transcription.
LCHS has copy of diary of brother, Jacob, who took the same trip. (917.73 Z58.)
Subjects
Zercher, Emanuel H.
Rohrer, J. W.
Zercher family.
Voyages and travels.
Pennsylvania - Description and travel - 1783-1848.
Maryland - Description and travel - 1783-1848.
Virginia - Description and travel - 1783-1848.
Ohio - Description and travel - 1783-1848.
Kentucky - Description and travel - 1783-1848.
Indiana - Description and travel - 1783-1848.
Illinois - Description and travel - 1783-1848.
Missouri - Description and travel - 1783-1848.
Iowa - Description and travel - 1783-1848.
Michigan - Description and travel - 1783-1848.
New York - Description and travel - 1783-1848.
Massachusetts - Description and travel - 1783-1848.
Rhode Island - Description and travel - 1783-1848.
Connecticut - Description and travel - 1783-1848.
New Jersey - Description and travel - 1783-1848.
Additional Author
Miller, Leigh A. (Hashagen).
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
917.73 Z58e
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The pioneers of New-York : an anniversary discourse delivered before the St. Nicholas Society of Manhattan, December 6, 1847

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Author
Hoffman, Charles Fenno,
Date of Publication
1848.
Call Number
974.702 H699
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by C.F. Hoffman.
Author
Hoffman, Charles Fenno,
Place of Publication
New-York
Publisher
Stanford and Swords,
Date of Publication
1848.
Physical Description
55 p. ; 23 cm.
Subjects
Frontier and pioneer life - New York (State)
Dutch - New York (State)
New York (State) - History - Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775.
Additional Author
Whitman, Walt,
Additional Corporate Author
Saint Nicholas Society of the City of New York.
Charles E. Feinberg Collection of Walt Whitman (Library of Congress)
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
974.702 H699
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History and topography of Northumberland, Huntingdon, Mifflin, Centre, Union, Columbia, Juniata and Clinton counties, Pa. : embracing local and general events, leading incidents, description of the principal boroughs, towns, villages, etc., etc. ; with a copious appendix: embellished by engravings

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Date of Publication
1847.
Call Number
974.8009 R946
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compiled from authentic sources by I. D. Rupp.
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Published by G. Hills,
Date of Publication
1847.
Physical Description
551 p., [9] p. of plates : ill. ; 22 cm.
Notes
"Names of subscribers": p. [557]-566.
Includes index.
Pages 1-145 general history of Pennsylvania, chiefly during the colonial period.
Subjects
Northumberland County (Pa.) - History.
Huntingdon County (Pa.) - History.
Mifflin County (Pa.) - History.
Centre County (Pa.) - History.
Union County (Pa.) - History.
Columbia County (Pa.) - History.
Juniata County (Pa.) - History.
Clinton County (Pa.) - History.
Pennsylvania - History - Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775.
Additional Author
Rupp, I. Daniel
Location
Lancaster History Library - Rare Books
Call Number
974.8009 R946
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A geography of Pennsylvania : containing an account of the history, geographical features, soil, climate, geology, botany, zoology, population, education, government, finances, productions, trade, railroads, canals &c. of the state : with a separate description of each county, and questions for the convenience of teachers : to which is appended, a travellers' guide, or table of distances on the principal rail road, canal and stage routes in the state

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo18340
Author
Trego, Charles B.,
Date of Publication
1843.
Call Number
917.48 T784
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by Charles B. Trego ; illustrated by a map of the state and numerous engravings.
Author
Trego, Charles B.,
Place of Publication
Philadelphia
Publisher
Edward C. Biddle,
Date of Publication
1843.
Physical Description
384 p. : ill., fold. map ; 20 cm.
Subjects
Travel.
Pennsylvania - Description and travel.
Pennsylvania - History.
Pennsylvania.
History.
Additional Corporate Author
Marian S. Carson Collection (Library of Congress)
Location
Lancaster History Library - Rare Books
Call Number
917.48 T784
Websites
http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.gdc/scd0001.00142072610
http://digital.library.pitt.edu/cgi-bin/t/text/text-idx?c=darltext;view=toc;idno=31735056287273
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How Lancaster grew and what people thought of it

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Author
Heisey, M. Luther,
Date of Publication
1941
in Pennsylvania, p. 301. 11 Rupp, p. 243. 12 Halle Reports, Vol. 1, p. 145. 13 John Galt's "Life and Times of Benjamin West, Esq., President of the Royal Academy of London." Philadelphia, 1816, p. •7. �A CHANGE OF OFFICEHOLDERS For the first eight years of borough life, the town was almost solely
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by M. Luther Heisey.
Author
Heisey, M. Luther,
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Lancaster County Historical Society,
Date of Publication
1941
Physical Description
[87]-104 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Series
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 45, no. 4
Subjects
Lancaster (Pa.) - Description and travel.
Lancaster (Pa.) - History - Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775.
Contained In
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 45, number 4 (1941), p. 87-104Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.45
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The Lords Baltimore; contemporary portraits of the founder and the five proprietaries of Maryland, now the possession of the people of Maryland through the initiative and generosity of Dr. Hugh Hampton Young, who presented five of these paintings

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Corporate Author
Enoch Pratt Free Library.
Date of Publication
[1942]
Call Number
975.2 B197
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Corporate Author
Enoch Pratt Free Library.
Place of Publication
Baltimore
Publisher
The Enoch Pratt free library
Date of Publication
[1942]
Physical Description
1 p. l., 13, [1] p. illus. (map) pl., ports., facsim. 22 cm.
Notes
"Text by James W. Foster and Beta K. Manakee."
Subjects
Calvert family.
Maryland - History - Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775.
Additional Author
Foster, James W.,
Manakee, Beta Ennis Kaessmann.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
975.2 B197
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Journal from Boston to the western country and down the Ohio and Mississippi rivers to New Orleans

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Author
Richardson, William,
Date of Publication
1940.
Call Number
917.3 R521
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Responsibility
by William Richardson, 1815-1816.
Author
Richardson, William,
Place of Publication
New York
Publisher
Priv. print. for Vale pilot corporation,
Date of Publication
1940.
Physical Description
2 p., 40 p. port., 4 facsim., fold. map. 25 cm.
Notes
"These excerpts from ... [the author's] 'Journal' are now published for the first time by courtesy of his great-grandson, Mr. Lawrence Richardson of Boston."--Foreword signed: William Bell Wait.
"Limited edition ... no. 80 [and] 398."
Description of travel from Philadelphia to Ohio (p. 3 - 7).
Subjects
United States - Description and travel.
Mississippi River - Description and travel.
Lancaster County (Pa.) - Description and travel.
Additional Author
Wait, William Bell,
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
917.3 R521
Websites
https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uiug.30112052522817&view=1up&seq=9
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[Colonial records of Pennsylvania]

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Date of Publication
1838-1853.
Call Number
974.8 P415
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  1 website  
Place of Publication
Harrisburg
Publisher
Printed by T. Fenn,
Date of Publication
1838-1853.
Physical Description
16 volumes illustrations (volumes 7) tables 22 cm
Notes
The first three volumes of the Colonial records are from the first edition. Their pagination does not correspond to the references from Dunn's "Index to the Colonial Records". Dunn's index refers to the second edition. Patrons can find the second editions of volumes 1-3 online at https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/010447960. A link to this webpage is near the bottom of this library record. Look for the field "Electronic Location".
Collection of documents, supplemented by the companion series "Pennsylvania archives". (See preliminary reports of the committees, and of the editors, S. Hazard, and the Act providing for the publication, 1837, in Pennsylvania archives, v. 1, p. 1-23, especially p. 7 and 17-23, where the present collection is officially designated as the "Colonial records", a title not used in printing, the volumes having special titles only, as given in "Contents" below).
Errors in paging: nos. 158-167, 499 ommitted, v. 3; nos. 209-224 repeated, v. 16; numerous other errors.
V. 12, minutes of the Supreme executive council from May 21, 1779-July 12, 1781; v. 13, July 13, 1781-Dec. 31, 1783; v. 14, Jan. 1, 1784-Apr. 3, 1786; v. 15, July 4, 1786-Feb. 6, 1789; v. 16, Feb. 7, 1789-Dec. 20, 1790.
Contents
v. 1-10. Minutes of the Provincial council of Pennsylvania, from the organization to the termination of the proprietary government: v. 1, Mar. 10, 1683-Nov. 27, 1700; v. 2, Dec. 18, 1700-May 16, 1717; v. 3, May 31, 1717-Jan. 23, 1735-6: v. 4, Feb. 7, 1735-6-Oct. 15, 1745: v. 5, Dec. 17, 1745-Mar. 20, 1754: v. 6, Apr. 2, 1754-Jan. 29, 1756: v. 7, Jan. 29, 1756-Jan. 11, 1758: v. 8,Jan. 13, 1758-Oct. 4, 1762; v. 9, Oct. 15, 1762-Oct. 17, 1771; v. 10, Oct. 18, 1771-Sept. 27, 1775, with minutes of the Council of safety from June 30, 1775, to Nov. 12, 1776.--v. 11-16. Minutes of the Supreme executive council of Pennsylvania, from its organization to the termination of the revolution: v. 11, Proceedings of Council of safety, Nov. 13, 1776-Mar. 17 [i.e. 13] 1777, Oct. 17-Dec. 4, 1777; memorandum from Dec. 31, 1776-Mar. 17, 1777; minutes of the Supreme executive council Mar. 4, 1777-May 20, 1779.
Subjects
Pennsylvania - History - Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775 - Sources.
Pennsylvania - History - Revolution, 1775-1783 - Sources.
Pennsylvania.
United States.
History.
Sources.
Additional Author
Hazard, Samuel,
Additional Corporate Author
Pennsylvania. Provincial Council.
Pennsylvania. Committee of Safety.
Pennsylvania. Supreme Executive Council.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Reference
Call Number
974.8 P415
Websites
https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/010447960
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The backwoodsman and the Kentucky rifle

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Author
Landis, Bertha Cochran.
Date of Publication
1947
in our great need, to this type of men. Congress lost no time and issued a call on June 14, 1775, for six companies of expert riflemen to be raised immediately in Pennsylvania. These troops, bringing their own rifles with them, under the command of such men as General Edward Hand, Captains James Ross
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by Bertha Cochran Landis.
Author
Landis, Bertha Cochran.
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Lancaster County Historical Society,
Date of Publication
1947
Physical Description
[117]-119 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Series
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 51, no. 5
Subjects
Rifles.
United States - History - Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775.
United States - History - Revolution, 1775-1783.
United States - History - 1783-1865.
Contained In
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 51, number 5 (1947), p. 117-119Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.51
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