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Major General Samuel Peter Heintzelman

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Author
Hostetter, Albert K.
Date of Publication
1913
/Pwebrecon.cgi.txt Author: Hostetter, Albert K. Title: Major General Samuel Peter Heintzelman / by A. K. Hostetter. Primary Material: Book Subject(s): Heintzelman, Samuel Peter, 1805-1880. Heintzelman family. Lancaster County (Pa.)--Biography. Manheim (Pa.)--History. Publisher: Lancaster, Pa. : Lancaster County
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by A. K. Hostetter.
Author
Hostetter, Albert K.
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Lancaster County Historical Society,
Date of Publication
1913
Physical Description
57-78 p. ; 23 cm.
Series
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 17, no. 2
Subjects
Heintzelman, Samuel Peter, - 1805-1880.
Heintzelman family.
Lancaster County (Pa.) - Biography.
Manheim (Pa.) - History.
Contained In
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 17, number 2 (1913), p. 57-78Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.17
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Author
Wright, Samuel.
Date of Publication
1914
: Paradise, O Paradise / by Samuel Wright. Primary Material: Book Subject(s): Mifflin, Samuel W. (Samuel Wright), 1805-1885. Scott, Joshua. Columbia-Philadelphia Railroad. Railroads--Pennsylvania. Logging--Pennsylvania. Paradise (Lancaster County, Pa.) Publisher: Lancaster, Pa. : Lancaster County Historical
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by Samuel Wright.
Author
Wright, Samuel.
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Lancaster County Historical Society,
Date of Publication
1914
Physical Description
42-51 p. ; 23 cm.
Series
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 18, no. 2
Summary
A narrative beginning with the building of the Columbia and Philadelphia Railroad and how it passed near Paradise, PA. The author then describes the timber industry and how the timber from northern Pennsylvania was brought by river and canal to Marietta ,Columbia , and further south.
Subjects
Mifflin, Samuel W. - 1805-1885.
Scott, Joshua.
Columbia-Philadelphia Railroad.
Railroads - Pennsylvania.
Logging - Pennsylvania.
Paradise (Lancaster County, Pa.)
Contained In
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 18, number 2 (1914), p. 42-51Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.18
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Peter Lehn Grosh : (1798-1859)

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Author
Beck, Herbert Huebener,
Date of Publication
1912
Call Number
974.9 L245 v.16
Responsibility
by Herbert H. Beck.
Author
Beck, Herbert Huebener,
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Lancaster County Historical Society,
Date of Publication
1912
Physical Description
285-291 p. ; 23 cm.
Series
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 16, no. 10
Subjects
Grosh, Peter Lehn, - 1798-1859.
Artists - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
Portrait painters - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
Lancaster County (Pa.) - Biography.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Journal
Call Number
974.9 L245 v.16
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The services of Peter Smith, Revolutionary hero

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Author
Bausman, Lottie M.
Date of Publication
1917
THE SERVICES OF PETER SMITH, REVOLUTIONARY HERO. This is not the story of a great general nor has it to do with great deeds of valor, it is just the story of a man who wanted a good country to live in and who was willing, tnerefore, to help make a good country. As protection is one of the
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by Miss Lottie M. Bausman.
Author
Bausman, Lottie M.
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Lancaster County Historical Society,
Date of Publication
1917
Physical Description
137-142 p. ; 23 cm.
Series
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 21, no. 8 & 9
Summary
The story of Peter Smith's service in the Revolutionary War. He was not a hero in the sense that he was reported to have performed a specific valiant act, but a hero in the sense that he served his country as a citizen soldier in several phases of the war.
Subjects
Smith, Peter.
Flying Camp.
Lancaster County (Pa.) - Militia.
United States - History - Revolution, 1775-1783.
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Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 22, number 8/9 (1917), p. 137-142Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.21
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The Whitehills and Robert Jenkins in Congress

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Author
Clark, Martha Bladen.
Date of Publication
1911
his father had been, and represented his native county in Congress from 1813 to 1814, and he resigned in 1814. In �the roll of Pennsylvania Volunteers in the War of 1812-1814, we find a record of James Whitehill as Major General in Division No. 4. Mr. White- hill is buried in Leacock Presbyterian
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by Miss Martha B. Clark.
Author
Clark, Martha Bladen.
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Lancaster County Historical Society,
Date of Publication
1911
Physical Description
266-273 p. ; 23 cm.
Series
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 15, no. 9
Subjects
Whitehill, John, - 1729-1805.
Whitehill, James, - 1762-1822.
Whitehill, Robert, - 1735-1813.
Jenkins, Robert, - 1769-1848.
Legislators - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
Lancaster County (Pa.) - Biography.
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Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 15, number 9 (1911), p. 266-273Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.15
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Author
Robinson, Mary N.
Date of Publication
1912
of twelve children, Jacob, Bar- bara, married to John Walters; Mary, married to George Hooker; Henry, John, Elizabeth, Anna, Samuel, Adam, Sarah, Ann and Joseph. The will is dated October 23, 1823,and was proved April 9, 1824. The future "artist, poet and tour- ist," as he calls himself was born Oc
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by Mrs. Mary N. Robinson.
Author
Robinson, Mary N.
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Lancaster County Historical Society,
Date of Publication
1912
Physical Description
179-185 p. ; 23 cm.
Series
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 16, no. 7
Subjects
Landis, John, - b. 1805.
Artists - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
Lancaster County (Pa.) - Biography.
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Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 16, number 7 (1912), p. 179-185Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.16
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The slavery question during the terms of office of John Whitehill and Robert Jenkins, Congressmen from Lancaster County from 1803 to 1807 and 1807 to 1811 respectively

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Author
Spindler, Adaline Bream.
Date of Publication
1911
to promote the sale of negroes. In 1750 the slaves of this colony constituted one-sixth of the population. The Qua- kers of our own colony held negro slaves, and it is believed that 'William Penn held slaves at the time of his death. In 1712 a general peti- tion for the emancipation of slaves by law
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by Miss Adeline B. Spindler.
Author
Spindler, Adaline Bream.
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Lancaster County Historical Society,
Date of Publication
1911
Physical Description
253-265 p. ; 23 cm.
Series
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 15, no. 9
Subjects
Whitehill, John, - 1729-1805.
Jenkins, Robert, - 1769-1848.
Slavery - United States
Legislators - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
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Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 15, number 9 (1911), p. 253-265Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.15
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The life and work of Gen. John A. Sutter

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Author
Landis, Jacob.
Date of Publication
1913
rests upon a granite base, and the whole is inclos- ed by a granite coping. Upon the slab is this simple inscription: GENERAL JOHN A. SUTTER, Born, Feb. 28, 1803, At Kandern, Baden, Died, June 18th, 1880, At Washington, D. C. Requieseat in Pacem. ANNA SUTTER (nee Dubeit). Born Sept. 15, 1805. Died
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by Jacob B. Landis.
Author
Landis, Jacob.
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Lancaster County Historical Society,
Date of Publication
1913
Physical Description
[279]-300 p. ; 23 cm.
Series
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 17, no. 10
Subjects
Sutter, John Augustus, - 1803-1880.
Lititz (Pa.) - History.
Contained In
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 17, number 10 (1913), p. 279-300Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.17
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Col. Robert Magaw, the defender of Fort Washington, major in Colonel William Thompson's "Battalion of Pennsylvania riflemen" ... colonel of the Fifth Pennsylvania regiment

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Author
Himes, Charles F.
Date of Publication
1915.
Call Number
974.843 C969m v. 4
Responsibility
Paper read before the Hamilton library association, Carlisle, Pa. ... by Professor Charles F. Himes.
Author
Himes, Charles F.
Place of Publication
[Carlisle]
Publisher
Hamilton library association,
Date of Publication
1915.
Physical Description
1 p. ., 60 p. 23 cm.
Notes
Cover-title.
Subjects
Magaw, Robert, - 1738-1790.
Additional Corporate Author
Hamilton Library Association (Cumberland County, Pa.)
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
974.843 C969m v. 4
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Major John Andre's German letter

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Author
Landis, Charles Israel,
Date of Publication
1914
Call Number
974.9 L245 v.18
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Responsibility
by Charles I. Landis.
Author
Landis, Charles Israel,
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Lancaster County Historical Society,
Date of Publication
1914
Physical Description
129-155 p. ; 23 cm.
Series
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 18, no. 6
Summary
This journal article presents a letter written in German by John Andre to Eberhart Michael in Lancaster, PA. Andre had been a British Revolutionary War prisoner in Lancaster but had already been moved to Carlisle when he wrote the letter.(Andre would later become the British contact for Benedict Arnold in his attempt to betray Washington's army at West Point).
Subjects
Andre, John, - 1751-1780.
Michael, Eberhart, - 1735-1778.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Journal
Call Number
974.9 L245 v.18
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