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Comb making in America, an account of the origin and development of the industry for which Leominster has become famous, to which are added pictures of many of the early comb makers and views of the old time comb shops

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Author
Walton, Perry,
Date of Publication
c1925]
Call Number
688.5 W241
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compiled and privately printed for Bernard W. Doyle, president of the Viscoloid company, inc., in commemoration of the one hundred and fiftieth anniversary of the founding of the comb industry in Leominster, Massachusetts.
Author
Walton, Perry,
Place of Publication
[Boston
Date of Publication
c1925]
Physical Description
xiv, 158 p. incl. front., illus., ports. pl. 27 cm.
Notes
"Compiled, written and printed under direction of Perry Walton."
Contents
Antiquity of combs -- Establishment of the comb industry in America -- Growth of the comb industry in West Newbury -- The Noyes family : their relation to the comb industry -- Improvements in the manufacture of combs -- The Hills family and the comb industry in Leominster -- Comb-making in Clinton, Massachusetts, and other industrial centers -- Horn, tortoise shell, ivory and their substitutes -- The town of Leominster.
Subjects
Combs.
Additional Author
Doyle, Bernard W.
Additional Corporate Author
Viscoloid company, Leominster, Mass.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
688.5 W241
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The Indian wars of Pennsylvania : an account of the Indian events, in Pennsylvania, of the French and Indian war, Pontiac's war, Lord Dunmore's war, the revolutionary war, and the Indian uprising from 1789 to 1795 ; tragedies of the Pennsylvania frontier based primarily on the Penna. archives and colonial records / by C. Hale Sipe ; introduction by Dr. George P. Donehoo

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Author
Sipe, C. Hale
Date of Publication
1929.
Call Number
974.8011 S618w
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Author
Sipe, C. Hale
Place of Publication
Harrisburg
Publisher
The Telegraph Press,
Date of Publication
1929.
Physical Description
793 p., [16] p. of plates : ill., fold. map (in pocket) ; 23 cm.
Notes
Tail-pieces.
"Principal sources utilized in the preparation of this work": p. [6]
"Officers of the colonies of the Delaware before the time of William Penn, and the governors of the province and the commonwealth from 1681 to 1799": p. [745]-746.
"Principal Indian towns in Pennsylvania": p. [747]-754.
"List of blockhouses not mentioned in the text of this history": p. [755]-761.
Includes information on the Conoy Indians, Conestoga Indians, Susquehanna Indians and Delaware Indians.
Subjects
Indians of North America - Pennsylvania.
Indians of North America
Fortification - Pennsylvania.
Pennsylvania - History - Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775.
Pennsylvania - History - Revolution, 1775-1783.
Pennsylvania - Historic houses, etc.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
974.8011 S618w
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The history and topography of Dauphin, Cumberland, Franklin, Bedford, Adams, and Perry Counties; containing a brief history of the first settlers, notices of the leading events, incidents and interesting facts, both general and local, in the history of these counties, general & statistical descriptions of all the principal boroughs, towns, villages, &c. with an appendix, embellished with several engravingsj compiled from numerous authentic sources by I. Daniel Rupp

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo16890
Author
Rupp, I. Daniel
Date of Publication
1846.; 1975]
Call Number
974.84 R946
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Author
Rupp, I. Daniel
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa. [Carlisle, Pa
Publisher
Gilbert Hills, Cumberland Historical Society
Date of Publication
1846.; 1975]
Physical Description
xii, 723 p.; illus; 22 cm.
Notes
Includes index by John Cecil Fralish, Jr.; p. 609-723.
Another edition, pub. the same year, includes the history of Somerset, Cambria and Indiana counties.
Subjects
Dauphin Co., Pa. - History.
Cumberland County, Pa. - History.
Franklin County, Pa. - History.
Bedford Co., Pa. - History.
Adams Co., Pa. - History.
Perry Co., Pa. - History.
Additional Author
Fralish, John Cecil.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
974.84 R946
Websites
https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=loc.ark:/13960/t7zk5mr2f&view=1up&seq=9
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Genealogy of the Kready family : from the first emigrant to this country down to the present time as far as could be ascertained

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Author
Kready, Norman B.
Date of Publication
1976
Call Number
929 K92
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Responsibility
by Norman B. Kready.
Author
Kready, Norman B.
Place of Publication
[S.l
Publisher
s.n.],
Date of Publication
1976
Physical Description
178 p. : ill., ports. ; 22 cm.
Notes
Includes index.
Subjects
Kready family (Jacob Kready, 1748-1828).
Frey family (Elizabeth Frey Kready, 1768-1856).
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
929 K92
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The Indian chiefs of Pennsylvania, or, A story of the part played by the American Indian in the history of Pennsylvania : based primarily on the Pennsylvania archives and colonial records, and built around the outstanding chiefs

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo4199
Author
Sipe, C. Hale
Date of Publication
c1927.
Call Number
974.8011 S618c
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Responsibility
by C. Hale Sipe ; with an introduction by Dr. George P. Donehoo.
Author
Sipe, C. Hale
Place of Publication
Butler, Pa
Publisher
Ziegler Print. Co., Inc.,
Date of Publication
c1927.
Physical Description
569 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Notes
Includes information on the Conestoga Indians, Susquehanna Indians, Delaware Indians, Conoy Indians, Shawnee Indians and Shikellamy (Indian chief).
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Subjects
Indians of North America - Pennsylvania.
Indians of North America
Pennsylvania - History - Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
974.8011 S618c
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Historical notes from the records of Augusta County, Virginia, Part I

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Author
Kemper, Charles E.
Date of Publication
1921
the most prosperous section of Virginia. The following notes from the records above named show in part the migration of Pennsylvania families from Lancaster, Chester and adjoining counties to the Shenandoah Valley of Virginia, and chiefly to the present counties of Augusta. Their names and places of
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Responsibility
by Charles E. Kemper.
Author
Kemper, Charles E.
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Lancaster County Historical Society,
Date of Publication
1921
Physical Description
89-92 p. ; 23 cm.
Series
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 25, no. 6
Subjects
Emigration and immigration.
Pennsylvania - History - Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775.
Virginia - History - Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775.
Contained In
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 25, number 6 (1921), p. 89-92Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.25
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Historical notes from the records of Augusta County, Virginia, Part II (Concluded)

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Author
Kemper, Charles E.
Date of Publication
1921
." Ephraim Love, who came to Virginia from Lan- caster County, Pa., and William Hopkins, were the legatees and made the executors of the will. Both lived in the western portion of present Rock- ingham County, Va. It cannot be determined from the records which one of the names was, Wappeler or Wasseler, but
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Responsibility
by Charles E. Kemper.
Author
Kemper, Charles E.
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Lancaster County Historical Society,
Date of Publication
1921
Physical Description
147-155 p. ; 23 cm.
Series
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 25, no. 10
Subjects
Emigration and immigration.
Pennsylvania - History - Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775.
Virginia - History - Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775.
Contained In
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 25, number 10 (1921), p. 147-155Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.25
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A genealogy of the Meisser family (Meiser, Miser, Mizar, Mizer, Myser) : from the founding in America by immigrant ancestors to the present time

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Author
Meiser, Joseph A.,
Edition
Rev. /
Date of Publication
1975]
Call Number
929 M515m
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Author
Meiser, Joseph A.,
Edition
Rev. /
Place of Publication
[Lancaster? Pa
Publisher
Meisser Genealogy Association?,
Date of Publication
1975]
Physical Description
xv, 1016 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Notes
Edition of 1966 compiled and edited by L. E. Mizer and the Meisser Genealogy Association.
Includes bibliographical references.
Subjects
Meisser family.
Additional Author
Mizer, Lloyd E.,
Additional Corporate Author
Meisser Genealogy Association.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
929 M515m
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A brief description of Indian life and Indian trade of the Susquehannock Indians. The tribe which inhabited what is now Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. A compilation of pen pictures by the earliest Europeans with whom they came in contact. Also giving a study of the exact location and period of occupation of their villages and fort stes based on the articles found in Indian graves here

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo4254
Author
Landis, David H.,
Date of Publication
c1929]
Call Number
974.8011 L257b
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Responsibility
By D. H. Landis ...
Author
Landis, David H.,
Place of Publication
[Lancaster, Pa
Date of Publication
c1929]
Physical Description
1 p. β., [7]-48 p. front. (port.) illus. 23 cm.
Notes
Owing to an imperfect impression, p. 48 is numbered 4 in this copy.
"Only 150 copies will be printed and type destroyed."
"Reprinted from the Lancaster new era and also Intelligencer journal, June 22, l929."
Subjects
Susquehanna Indians.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
974.8011 L257b
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A man called Jacob of Strasburg : genealogical record of Jacob Eshleman I and his direct lineal descendants from 1729 to the present time, consisting of over 900 names and some 10 generations in America

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Author
Eshleman, Mettha Westfeldt,
Date of Publication
1977.
Call Number
929 E75m
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Responsibility
compiled, arranged, indexed by Mettha W. Eshleman.
Author
Eshleman, Mettha Westfeldt,
Place of Publication
New Orleans
Publisher
Eshleman,
Date of Publication
1977.
Physical Description
116, [25] p. : ill. ; 28 cm.
Notes
Includes index.
"1973 - revised 1977."
Bibliography: p. 93-95.
Subjects
Eshleman family.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
929 E75m
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Report on the committee appointed to participate in the exercises incident to the restoration of City Hall, Lancaster, Pa., to its original colonial design and dignity

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Author
Garvin, Milton Thomas.
Date of Publication
1925
Call Number
974.9 L245 v.29
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Responsibility
address of Mr. M. T. Garvin. Address of Richard Reilly, Esq.
Author
Garvin, Milton Thomas.
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Lancaster County Historical Society,
Date of Publication
1925
Physical Description
3-7 p. ; 23 cm.
Series
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 29, no. 1
Subjects
City Hall (Lancaster, Pa.)
Architecture, Colonial - Pennsylvania - Lancaster.
Historic buildings - Pennsylvania - Lancaster
Lancaster (Pa.) - History - 1865-
Additional Author
Reilly, R. M.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Journal
Call Number
974.9 L245 v.29
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The Engle history and family records of Dauphin and Lancaster counties. The numerous lineal descendants of Ulrich Engel. Short sketches of Engle families not related. A sketch of the arrival and record of the origin of the brethren in Christ church of which a large number of these descendants are menbers

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo1204
Author
Engle, Morris M.,
Date of Publication
[1927]
Call Number
929 E585e
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Alternate Title
History of the Engle Family in America 1754-1927.
Responsibility
Compiled, arranged, indexed and published by Morris M. Engle ...
Author
Engle, Morris M.,
Place of Publication
Mt. Joy, Pa
Publisher
The Bulletin press
Date of Publication
[1927]
Physical Description
161 p. illus. (incl. ports., maps) 24 cm.
Subjects
Engle family (Ulrich Engel, fl. 1753)
Groff family.
Kauffman family.
Miller family.
Stauffer family.
Brubaker family.
Hershey family.
Musser family.
Oberholtzer family.
Stoner family.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
929 E585e
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White servitude in Pennsylvania: Indentured and redemption labor in colony and commonwealth

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Author
Herrick, Cheesman Abiah,
Date of Publication
1926.
Call Number
331.62 G566
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Responsibility
by Cheesman A. Herrick.
Author
Herrick, Cheesman Abiah,
Place of Publication
Philadephia
Publisher
J.J. McVey,
Date of Publication
1926.
Physical Description
330 p.
Notes
African American resources at Lancaster County Historical Society
Subjects
Women household employees - Pennsylvania.
Indentured servants - Pennsylvania.
Redemptioners - Pennsylvania.
Domestics - Pennsylvania.
Pennsylvania - Emigration and immigration.
Pennsylvania - History - Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
331.62 G566
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Cotton mills of Lancaster City, Pennsylvania : a collection of historical information about cotton from the Colonial Days (1770) of Lancaster City, through the 1800's when cotton mills were established, to the demise of the largest mill in the city in 1949, together with data on cotton production and the cotton market through 1976

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo18840
Date of Publication
1977
Call Number
621 C948
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Responsibility
compiled by W.T. Crook, Jr.
Place of Publication
Typescript
Date of Publication
1977
Physical Description
122 L : ill., Photographs; 29 cm.
Notes
Compiled for the Lancaster County Historical Society
Subjects
Conestoga Steam Mill (Lancaster, Pa.)
Farnum Mills (Lancaster, Pa.)
Cotton manufacturing - Pennsylvania - Lancaster
Industry - Pennsylvania - Lancaster
Manufacturers - Pennsylvania - Lancaster
Location
Lancaster History Library - Lancaster County
Call Number
621 C948
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Historic roadsides in New Jersey; a condensed description of the principal colonial and revolutionary landmarks in New Jersey, arranged for the convenience of students and motorists. The society of colonial wars in the state of New Jersey

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo15310
Corporate Author
General Society of Colonial Wars (U.S.). New Jersey.
Date of Publication
[1928]
Call Number
974.9 N531
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Corporate Author
General Society of Colonial Wars (U.S.). New Jersey.
Place of Publication
Plainfield, N.J
Publisher
W. L. Glenney
Date of Publication
[1928]
Physical Description
1 p. l., 115 p. front., illus., fold. map. 23 cm.
Notes
Map mounted on lining-paper.
Bibliography: p. 111.
Subjects
Historic buildings - New Jersey.
New Jersey - Description and travel.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
974.9 N531
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A brief historical review of the achievements of German nationals in the early days of American colonization. The period from 1564 to 1682 inclusive

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo15504
Author
Lohr, Otto,
Date of Publication
1923.
Call Number
974.8002 L833
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Responsibility
by Otto Lohr.
Author
Lohr, Otto,
Place of Publication
Hoboken [N.J.]
Date of Publication
1923.
Physical Description
7, [1] p. 21 cm.
Series
Historical bulletin ; no. 1
Subjects
Germans - United States.
United States - History - Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
974.8002 L833
Websites
http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.gdc/scd0001.20011010004br.1
http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.gdc/scd0001.20011010004br.2
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The early settlers of Maryland; an index to names of immigrants compiled from records of land patents, 1633-1680, in the Hall of Records, Annapolis, Maryland

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Author
Skordas, Gust,
Date of Publication
1979.
Call Number
975.2 S628
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Responsibility
Edited with an introd. by Gust Skordas and a foreword by Morris L. Radoff.
Author
Skordas, Gust,
Place of Publication
Baltimore
Publisher
Genealogical Pub. Co.,
Date of Publication
1979.
Physical Description
xi, 525 p. 22 cm.
Notes
Based on List of early Maryland settlers, 1634-1682, compiled by J. M. Brewer, and others, and completed by A. Trader.
Reprint of the 1968 edition.
Subjects
Land grants - Maryland.
Maryland - History - Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775 - Sources.
Additional Author
Brewer, John M.
Trader, Arthur,
Additional Corporate Author
Maryland. Hall of Records Commission.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
975.2 S628
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A history of the Indian villages and place names in Pennsylvania, with numerous historical notes and references

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Author
Donehoo, George Patterson,
Date of Publication
[c1928]
Call Number
974.8011 D681
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by Dr. George P. Donehoo. With an introduction by the Hon. Warren K. Moorehead.
Author
Donehoo, George Patterson,
Place of Publication
Harrisburg, Pa
Publisher
The Telegraph press
Date of Publication
[c1928]
Physical Description
xiv, 290 p. 24 cm.
Notes
Blank pages for "Notes" interspersed.
Bibliography: p. 288-290.
Subjects
Names, Geographical - Pennsylvania.
Indians of North America - Pennsylvania.
Indians of North America
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
974.8011 D681
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The life of Conrad Weiser as it relates to his services as official interpreter between New York and Pennsylvania, and as envoy between Philadelphia and the Onondaga councils

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo3512
Author
Beauchamp, William Martin,
Date of Publication
1925.
Call Number
923.2 W427b
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Responsibility
compiled and edited by Rev. Wm. M. Beauchamp.
Author
Beauchamp, William Martin,
Place of Publication
Syracuse, N.Y
Publisher
Onondaga Historical Association,
Date of Publication
1925.
Physical Description
122 p. illus. 24cm.
Subjects
Weiser, Conrad, - 1696-1760.
Onondaga Indians.
Indians of North America - Pennsylvania.
Pennsylvania - History - Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775.
Additional Corporate Author
Onondaga Historical Association.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
923.2 W427b
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Genealogy tables for some Garman families descended from immigrants Adam Germann, 1731?-1806 on ship Albany in Philadelphia, Sept. 2, 1749, and Johann Leonhardt Germann, 1724?-1813, fellow passenger : two members of the great wave of "Penna. Dutch" colonists from Germany & Switzerland to central Pennsylvania before the War of Independence from England in the mid-eighteenth century

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo17644
Author
Strock, Lester William.
Edition
1st ed.
Date of Publication
1979.
Call Number
929 G233s Oversize
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Responsibility
by Lester W. Strock, in cooperation with George Philip Garman.
Author
Strock, Lester William.
Edition
1st ed.
Place of Publication
Saratoga Springs, N.Y
Publisher
Strock,
Date of Publication
1979.
Physical Description
1 case ([69] leaves) : ill. ; 44 x 60 cm.
Notes
Caption title.
"200 copies of boxed 1st edition."
Includes index.
Subjects
Garman family.
Additional Author
Garman, George Philip,
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
929 G233s Oversize
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