"The author,John Napoleon Brinton Hewitt (December 16, 1859 - October 14, 1937) , was a linguist and ethnographer who specialized in Iroquoian and other Native American languages. Hewitt was born on the Tuscarora Indian Reservation near Lewiston, New York. His parents were Harriet and David; his mother was of Tuscarora, French, Oneida, and Scottish descent, his father of English and Scottish, but raised in a Tuscarora family. His parents raised him speaking the English language, but when he left the reservation to attend schools in Wilson and Lockport, he learned to speak the Tuscarora language from other students who spoke the language." [from Wikipedia]
Summary
Discussion of the formation of the Iroquois League by five separate native American tribes ( Mohawk, Oneida, Onondaga, Cayuga and Seneca ) in 16th century America.
x, [2], [17]-292 p., [9] leaves of plates : ill. ; 16 cm.
Notes
Publication date suggested by the Preface (p. [v]-vii), signed "Philadelphia, October, 1835."
The Gift was published annually in eight issues dated 1836 to 1845, with none for 1838 and 1841.
Faded inscription on second fly leaf.
Library has 1836 volume.
Faxon, F.W. Literary Annuals and Gift Books,
Thompson, R. Annuals,
BAL,
Heartman, C.F., & Canny, J.R. Bibliography of first printings of the writings of Edgar Allan Poe,
Eliza Leslie was a writer of fiction and nonfiction works for juveniles and adults. Almost yearly, between 1836-1845, she edited an annual gift book called The Gift: A Christmas and New Year's Present, with contributions from Edgar Allan Poe , Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Ralph Waldo Emerson and other authors.
comp. by John C. French, John H. Chatham, Mahlon J. Colcord, Albert D. Karstetter and others; ed. by J. Herbert Walker ... with a foreword by Henry W. Shoemaker.
2 p. l., [3]-122 p. : front., ill., plates, ports. ; 20 cm.
Notes
Includes local and biographical material.
Summary
This book, written in the beginning of the 20th century, looks back to earlier days when timber in Pennsylvania was cut without thought of preserving forests for the future. It tells stories about those heydays and sees hope in the introduction of conservation methods.
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.
The awakening and the early progress of the Pequea, Conestoga and other Susquehanna Valley settlements : as shown by official letters, etc., of the time
Two hundredth anniversary, Tulpehocken settlement, 1723-1923.
Includes advertisements
Program of the 200th anniversary service of the Tulpehocken settlement and dedication of memorial pipe organ, Zion Evangelical Lutheran Church, Womelsdorf, Pa., 1923, inserted.
Summary
Program of the 200th anniversary service of the Tulpehocken settlement and dedication of memorial pipe organ, Zion Evangelical Lutheran Church, Womelsdorf, Pa., 1923, inserted.
"A monthly magazine, embracing every department of literature embellished with original engravings, and music arranged for the piano-forte, harp and guitar."
Description based on: Vol. 11 (May 1839); title from caption.
Lancaster County Historical Society has 1842 only.
xxi, [3] 25-365 p. front, illus. (incl. facsim.) plates. 24 1/2 cm.
Notes
Inns of Lancaster, Pa. mentioned on p. 157-161.
Bibliography: p. 311-315.
Contents
Chapters: Inns from New York City to Springfield, Massachusetts /// From Springfield To Boston, Deerfield and Hadley /// Taverns In and Near Boston /// Another Route From New York To New Haven And On To Rhode Island /// Old Inns of New Hampshire and Vermont /// A Few Old Maine Inns /// Long Island, Staten Island , and New Jersey Inns /// Pennsylvania Inns /// Old Inns of Philadelphia and Vicinity /// Other Pennsylvania Inns /// Delaware and Maryland Inns /// Old Southern Ordinaries /// Inns In Ohio and Erie County /// Inns of New York State /// Some Middlewest Inns /// Kentucky and Missouri Inns with One In Kansas
