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Camp-fires of the Revolution : or, The War of Independence illustrated by thrilling events and stories by the old Continental soldiers

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo1212
Author
Watson, Henry C.
Date of Publication
1851, c1850.
Call Number
973.3 W338
  1 website  
Responsibility
by Henry Watson ; with original illustrations by Croome.
Author
Watson, Henry C.
Place of Publication
Philadelphia
Publisher
Lindsay and Blackiston,
Date of Publication
1851, c1850.
Physical Description
447 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Notes
Includes the camp -fire on the Susquehanna (p. 268).
Contents
Chapters: Dorchester Heights -- Cambridge -- Mount Independence -- Long Island -- Skippack Creek -- Germantown -- Valley Forge -- Whitemarsh -- White Plains -- Saratoga -- Middlebrook -- On The Susquehanna -- Springfield -- Morristown -- Old Pedee -- The Swamp -- Hills of Santee -- Near Charlestown -- Officer's Carouse
Summary
"Here we have the incidents of various battles, and the exploits of chieftains, told as if by eyewitnesses, and told in the familiar, easily comprehended language of the farmer and mechanic soldiers of the American army." [from the preface]
Subjects
United States - History - Revolution - Anecdotes.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Rare Books
Call Number
973.3 W338
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Battles of the United States, by sea and land: embracing those of the revolutionary and Indian wars, the war of 1812, and the Mexican war: with important official documents

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo691
Author
Dawson, Henry B.
Date of Publication
[1858]
Call Number
973 D272
  2 websites  
Responsibility
By Henry B. Dawson. Illustrated from original paintings by Alonzo Chappel.
Author
Dawson, Henry B.
Place of Publication
New York
Publisher
Johnson, Fry, and Company,
Date of Publication
[1858]
Physical Description
5 v. fronts., plates, ports. 28 cm.
Notes
Title pages, preface, and content for the 2v. issue bound at the end of division 5.
LCHS has vols. 1 and 2 only.
Summary
Volume I - Covers the Revolutionary War from Lexington to Yorktown surrender
Volume II - Begins with the defeat of General Harman by native Americans in the Ohio Territory in 1790 and concludes with General Scott's campaign in 1847 in the Mexican War.
Subjects
Battles - United States.
United States - History, Military.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Rare Books
Call Number
973 D272
Websites
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Date of Publication
1848-1892.
Call Number
391 P485
  1 website  
Alternate Title
Ladies' national magazine
Peterson's magazine of art, literature and fashion
Place of Publication
Philadelphia
Publisher
C.J. Peterson,
Date of Publication
1848-1892.
Physical Description
90 v. : ill. ; 26 cm.
Publication Frequency
Monthly
Dates of Publication
Vol. 13, no. 1 (Jan. 1848)-v. 102, no. 5 (Nov. 1892).
Notes
Founded in Jan. 1842, by Charles J. Peterson, this women's magazine included serial installments, short stories, poems, patterns, publisher's notes, and book reviews. Among its contributors were Mrs. Ann S. Stephens and Emily H. May Cf. American periodicals, 1741-1900.
Title from caption.
Library has: 1870 ; 1871 ; 1872 ; 1876.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Rare Books
Call Number
391 P485
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Pioneer life; or, Thirty years a hunter. Being scenes and adventures in the life of Philip Tome, fifteen years interpreter for Cornplanter and Gov. Blacksnake, Chiefs of the Allegany River

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo21750
Author
Tome, Philip,
Date of Publication
1854
Call Number
[online resource- click link in record]
  1 website  
Author
Tome, Philip,
Place of Publication
Buffalo, NY
Publisher
"Published for the author"
Date of Publication
1854
Physical Description
238 p. 23cm.
Contents
Chapters: Parentage and early life / Hunting the elk / Capturing a live elk / Face of the country / Danger from rattlesnakes / Wolf and deer hunting / Another elk hunt / Elk hunting on the Susquehannah / Nature habits, and manner of hunting the elk / Elk and bear hunting in winter / Hunting on the Clarion River / Hunting and trapping / The bear-its nature and habits / Hunting deer at different seasons / Nature and habits of the panther, wolf and fox / Rattlesnakes and their habits / Distinguished lumbermrn, &C. / Reminiscences of cornplanter / Indian eloquence
Summary
"I was born March 22d, 1782, in Dauphin county, Pennsylvania, near where the city of Harrisburg now stands. My parents were both of German extraction. They moved up the Susquehannah River about ninety miles in 1786, traveling in a keel boat, there being no roads or other mode of conveyance. They landed at a place called Farris Creek in what was then Northumberland county, and remained there about four months, when the Six Nations of Indians began to trouble the inhabitants on the west branch of the Susquehannah."
Subjects
Hunting - Pennsylvania.
Frontier and pioneer life - Pennsylvania.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Electronic Resources
Call Number
[online resource- click link in record]
Websites
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Boyd's Lancaster county business directory. The names of the citizens of Lancaster: state, county, and city record; and an appendix of much useful information. 1859-60

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo16988
Date of Publication
[1859]
Call Number
917.4815 D598 1859-60
  1 website  
Responsibility
Comp. by William H. Boyd ...
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Penn
Publisher
Sprenger and Westhaeffer, 44 North Queen
Date of Publication
[1859]
Physical Description
316 p. illus. 20 cm.
Subjects
Directories.
Lancaster (Pa.) - Directories.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Reference
Call Number
917.4815 D598 1859-60
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The religious denominations in the United States: their history, doctrine, government and statistics. With a preliminary sketch of Judaism, paganism and Mohammedanism

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo15647
Author
Belcher, Joseph,
Date of Publication
1857.
Call Number
277.3 P544 1857
  1 website  
Author
Belcher, Joseph,
Place of Publication
Philadelphia
Publisher
J.E. Potter,
Date of Publication
1857.
Physical Description
1024 p. illus., ports. 25 cm.
Notes
This volume includes discussions of the 1857 understanding of Judaism , Paganism , "Mohammedanism ;" and a multitude of sects within the major Protestant sect
"The Religious world is divided into denominations, each of which is distinguished by sentiments peculiar to itself. To delineate the nature, point out the foundation, and appreciate the tendency of every individual opinion, would be an endless task. Our design in this volume has been to describe the leading tenets of the several religions of our own country. From such a task we think two great advantages may be secured. The one is to show the truth of Bishop Watson's opinion, that a "Great lesson which every sect, and every indi vidual of every sect, ought to learn from the history of the church is Moderation." "The other advantage to be derived from a volume like this is, that when we oppose any sect from which we differ, we may at least be acquainted with the history and principles against which we argue."
Subjects
Ephrata Cloister.
Sects - United States.
Mennonites.
Amish.
Church statistics - United States.
United States - Church history.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Rare Books
Call Number
277.3 P544 1857
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Guide to the oracles : or, The Bible student's vade-mecum

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo9171
Author
Nevin, Alfred,
Date of Publication
1857.
Call Number
090 L244mu 1857
  1 website  
Responsibility
by Alfred Nevin.
Author
Nevin, Alfred,
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
M. Young and Co.,
Date of Publication
1857.
Physical Description
341 p. : fold. maps ; 19 cm.
Notes
Includes index.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Rare Books
Call Number
090 L244mu 1857
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Chambersburg in the colony and the Revolution : a sketch

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo7226
Author
Garrard, Lewis Hector,
Date of Publication
1856.
Call Number
974.844 H673
  1 website  
Responsibility
by Lewis H. Garrard.
Author
Garrard, Lewis Hector,
Place of Publication
Philadelphia
Publisher
J.B. Lippincott and Co.,
Date of Publication
1856.
Physical Description
16, 60 p. ; 23 cm.
Notes
Half-title: Publications of the Historical Society of Pennsylvania...
Prefixed: Constitution of the Historical Society of Pennsylvania, list of subscribers to the Publication fund, etc.
Subjects
Chambersburg (Pa.) - History.
Additional Corporate Author
Historical Society of Pennsylvania.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
974.844 H673
Websites
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Date of Publication
1853-1857.
Call Number
090 L244g 1808-09
  1 website  
Alternate Title
Putnam's monthly magazine of American literature, science and art
Place of Publication
New-York, N.Y
Publisher
G.P. Putnam & Co.,
Date of Publication
1853-1857.
Physical Description
10 v. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Publication Frequency
Monthly
Dates of Publication
Vol. 1, no. 1 (Jan. 1853)-v. 10, no. 57 (Sept. 1857).
Notes
Title from caption.
LCHS has v. 1 only.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Rare Books
Call Number
090 L244g 1808-09
Websites
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