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The ancient barracks at Fredericktown : where Hessian prisoners were quartered during the revolutionary war ; a historical record

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Author
Bowie, Lucy Leigh
Date of Publication
1939.
Call Number
973.342 B786
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by Lucy Leigh Bowie.
Author
Bowie, Lucy Leigh
Place of Publication
Frederick, Maryland
Publisher
Maryland School for the Deaf,
Date of Publication
1939.
Physical Description
31 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Subjects
 United States  - History  - Revolution, 1775-1783  - Participation, German.
Frederick (Md.) - History.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
973.342 B786
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Eirenarcha, or, Of the office of the iustices of peace : in foure bookes

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Author
Lambarde, William,
Edition
Reuised, corrected, and enlarged, in the 4th yeare of the peaceable raigne of Our Most Gracious King Iames.
Date of Publication
1607.
Call Number
Bookk 229 1607
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Eirenarcha
Of the office of the iustices of peace
Of the office of the justices of peace
Responsibility
first collected by William Lambard ...
Author
Lambarde, William,
Uniform Title
Eirenarcha
Edition
Reuised, corrected, and enlarged, in the 4th yeare of the peaceable raigne of Our Most Gracious King Iames.
Place of Publication
London
Publisher
Printed for the Company of Stationers,
Date of Publication
1607.
Physical Description
[2], 621, [81] pages ; 17 cm (8vo)
Notes
Author statement follows edition statement on t.p.
Printed by Adam Islip. Cf. STC.
Signatures: A-2X⁸.
Errors in paging: p. 315, 317, and 619 incorrectly numbered 215, 217, and 519 respectively.
Jasper Yeates's Colonial Law Library.
Signature of Yeates at top of title page.
Signature of Richard Dauxell on back of title page.
Book number 229 as assigned by Yeates.
With: Lambarde, William. The duties of constables, borsholders, tythingmen ... London : Printed for the Companie of Stationers, 1606. Bound together subsequent to publication.
STC (2nd ed.)
ESTC
Subjects
Justices of the peace - Great Britain.
Justices of the peace.
Great Britain.
Full blind-tooled leather (Binding)
Initials HD etched at bottom of fron cover (Binding)
Embem of Queen Elizabeth in gold on both covers (Binging)
Additional Author
Yeates, Jasper,
Dauxell, Richard,
Location
Lancaster History Library - Yeates Collection
Call Number
Bookk 229 1607
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Proceedings of the eighteenth annual encampment of the Department of Pennsylvania Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States : and the 13th annual encampment of theLadies Auxiliary to the Department of Pennyslvania Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States, Hotel Abraham Lincoln, Reading Pennsylvania , Thursday, Friday, Saturday June 24, 25, 26, 1937

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Date of Publication
[1937].
Call Number
974.816 P963
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edited by C. A. Gnau, Department Adjutant.
Place of Publication
[Harrisburg, Pa.]
Publisher
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania ;
Date of Publication
[1937].
Physical Description
466 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Subjects
Department of Pennsylvania Veterans of Foreign Wars
Ladies Auxiliary to the Department of Pennsylvania Veterans of Foreign Wars
Veterans - Pennsylania
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
974.816 P963
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Warrant registers (for Pennsylvania Counties)

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Date of Publication
1734 - 1935.
Call Number
Drawer 15, Sec. 1
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Prepared by Wm. W. Britton, begun 1734, completed May 30, 1935 ;
Date of Publication
1734 - 1935.
Physical Description
4 reels ; 35 mm.
Notes
Microfilmed in 1957. Contains 20 volumes. Lancaster County warrants are on V. 16.
Labeled on box # 257 - # 261.
Material arranged by county and includes names of warrantee, date, acreage, location, date of return, name of patentee, where patent recorded, and where survey is copied.
Subjects
Pennsylvania. Department of Internal Affairs. Bureau of Land Records.
Registers of births, etc. - Pennsylvania.
Land grants - Pennsylvania.
Land grants - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
Land grants - Pennsylvania - Berks County.
Land grants - Pennsylvania - Dauphin County.
Land grants - Pennsylvania - Chester County.
Land grants - Pennsylvania - Lebanon County.
Land grants - Pennsylvania - York County.
Land grants - Pennsylvania - Cumberland County.
Land grants - Pennsylvania - Adams County.
Additional Author
Britton, William W.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Microfilm
Call Number
Drawer 15, Sec. 1
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Indian treaties printed by Benjamin Franklin, 1736-1762

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Date of Publication
1938.
Call Number
970.5 P544pw 1938 Oversize
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Responsibility
with an introduction by Carl Van Doren and historical & bibliographical notes by Julian P. Boyd.
Place of Publication
Philadelphia
Publisher
Historical Society of Pennsylvania,
Date of Publication
1938.
Physical Description
iii-lxxxviii, 340 pages : double map ; 41 cm
Notes
Map of the Iroquois confederacy, 1736-1762, by Margaret Van Doren (on lining-papers); Lewis Evans' map of the Indian walking purchase, 1738 (double map between p. iv and [v].
Three notices of auction laid in before title page.
"The thirteen treaties are given in exact facsimile in this volume."--Bibliographical note.
Lancaster Treaty of 1748 pg. 109; Lancaster Treaty of 1762, pg. 1762.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
Acknowledgment.--Introduction, by Carl Van Doren.--Indian affairs in Pennsylvania, 1736-1762, by J.P. Boyd.--Indian treaties printed by Benjamin Franklin, 1736-1762.--Bibliographical notes and census (p. 301-308).--Conrad Weiser's journal during the Albany treaty of 1745.--Benjamin Chew's journal during the Easton treaty of 1758.--James Pemberton's journal during the Lancaster treaty of 1762.--Glossary.--List of subscribers.--Index.
Subjects
Franklin, Benjamin, - 1706-1790.
Iroquois Indians - Treaties.
Indians of North America - Treaties.
Indianer.
Indians of North America.
Iroquois Indians.
Treaties.
Additional Author
Van Doren, Carl,
Boyd, Julian P.
Additional Corporate Author
Historical Society of Pennsylvania.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Rare Books
Call Number
970.5 P544pw 1938 Oversize
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Exhibition of work by Violet Oakley, N.A. : including The holy experiment, the opening of the book of the law, & the Geneva drawings

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Date of Publication
[1930]
Call Number
751.73 H325 1931 Oversize Flat
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Place of Publication
[Hartford, Conn.]
Publisher
Gallerly of Fine Arts,
Date of Publication
[1930]
Physical Description
16 p. : 1 port. ; 28 cm.
Notes
Cover title.
Foreword by Harrison S. Morris.
"January 19th to January 31st 1931."
Summary
Violet Oakley created 43 murals for the Pennsylvania Capitol building.
Subjects
Oakley, Violet, - 1874-1961
Gallery of Fine Arts, Yale University - Exhibitions.
Gallery of Fine Arts, Yale University
Art, American.
Exhibition catalogs.
Additional Author
Morris, Harrison S.
Additional Corporate Author
Wilmington Society of the Fine Arts (Wilmington, Del.)
Location
Lancaster History Library - Rare Books
Call Number
751.73 H325 1931 Oversize Flat
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Military activities in Lancaster during the War of 1812

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Author
Worner, William Frederic.
Date of Publication
1931
humiliation and prayer." 7 The paper added : "From the accounts we have had of the existence of evil and tur- bulent passions among the people of the United States, there never 7 Messages and Papers of the Presidents, Vol. 1, p. 513. �was a period in our history which more loudly called for the solemn
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by William Frederic Worner.
Author
Worner, William Frederic.
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Lancaster County Historical Society,
Date of Publication
1931
Physical Description
[205]-227 p. ; 23 cm.
Series
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 35, no. 9
Subjects
Pennsylvania - History - War of 1812.
Lancaster (Pa.) - History - War of 1812.
Contained In
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 35, number 9 (1931), p. 205-227Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.35
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Society for the Promotion of Industry and Prevention of Pauperism

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Author
Worner, William Frederic.
Date of Publication
1931.
Examiner and Democratic Herald of Wednesday, December 23rd, 1840, the treasurer acknowledged, for the first time, the sum of $29.75, being the interest from Mr. Kirkpatrick's legacy. The receipts were $190.16 ; the expenditures, $142.86. Local papers do not contain a report of the society's activities for
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by William Frederic Worner.
Author
Worner, William Frederic.
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Lancaster County Historical Society,
Date of Publication
1931.
Physical Description
[122]-135 p. ; 23 cm.
Series
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 35, no. 6
Subjects
Society for the Promotion of Industry and Prevention of Pauperism (Lancaster, Pa.)
Charity organization.
Poor - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County
Contained In
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 35, number 6 (1931), p. 121-135Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.35
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Widow and Orphan Assurance Society of the City and County of Lancaster

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Author
Worner, William Frederic.
Date of Publication
1930
Widow and Orphan Assurance Society of the City and County of Lancaster By WILLIAM FREDERIC WORNER A NUMBER of citizens of Lancaster met at the house of Wil- liam Cooper on Wednesday evening, February 6th, 1822. Dr. Samuel Fahnestock was appointed chairman, and Nathaniel Lightner secretary. The
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by William Frederic Worner.
Author
Worner, William Frederic.
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Lancaster County Historical Society,
Date of Publication
1930
Physical Description
135 p. ; 23 cm.
Series
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 34, no. 6
Subjects
Widow and Orphan Assurance Society of the City and County of Lancaster (Lancaster, Pa.)
Charity organization.
Charities - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
Contained In
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 34, number 6 (1930), p. 135Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.34
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William Penn and the Dutch Quaker migration to Pennsylvania

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Author
Hull, William Isaac,
Date of Publication
1935.
Call Number
974.802 P412h
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Dutch Quaker migration to Pennsylvania
Responsibility
by William I. Hull.
Author
Hull, William Isaac,
Place of Publication
[Swarthmore, Pa
Publisher
Swarthmore college]
Date of Publication
1935.
Physical Description
xiii p., 1 l., 445 p. front., plates, ports., map, facsims. 24 cm.
Series
Swarthmore college monographs on Quaker history. no. 2
Notes
"The Dutch pioneers of Germantown": p. 395-398.
"Dutch and German settlers in Germantown, 1683-1709": p. 399-421.
Summary
" ... the study comprises, first, Penn's efforts on his three journeys to Holland and Germany to convert to Quakerism the Labadists, Pietists,and Quietists whom he found there; second, the way in which small Quaker communities on the Continent had prepared the way for these visits; and finally the rise and progress of those congregations of Dutch and German Quakers who, fleeing from persecution, accepted Penn's invitation to settle in Pennsylvania." [from the preface]
Subjects
Penn, William, - 1644-1718.
Quakers - Pennsylvania.
Society of Friends - Netherlands.
Society of Friends - Germany.
Dutch - Pennsylvania.
Germans - Pennsylvania.
Germantown (Philadelphia, Pa.) - History - 17th century.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
974.802 P412h
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