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Mrs. Rorer's every day menu book : giving a menu for every meal in the year ; menus for weddings, dinners, receptions, and many other social functions : with illustrations of appropriate decorated tables

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo16689
Author
Rorer, Sarah Tyson Heston,
Date of Publication
c1905.
Call Number
640 R787 no. 22
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Responsibility
by Mrs. Sarah Tyson Rorer.
Author
Rorer, Sarah Tyson Heston,
Place of Publication
Philadephia
Publisher
Arnold and Company,
Date of Publication
c1905.
Physical Description
300 p : ill. ; 19 cm.
Notes
From the Sarah Tyson Rorer's collection of books on cooking and homemaking.
Subjects
Cookery, American.
Menus.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
640 R787 no. 22
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Through the air: a narrative of forty years' experience as an aeronaut. Comprising a history of the various attempts in the art of flying by artificial means from the earliest period down to the present time. With an account of the author's most important air-voyages and his many thrilling adventures and hairbreadth escapes. Also, an appendix, in which are given full instructions for the manufacture and management of balloons

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo7420
Author
Wise, John,
Date of Publication
1873.
Call Number
629.13322 W812t
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Responsibility
By John Wise. Profusely illustrated.
Author
Wise, John,
Place of Publication
Philadelphia, New York, [etc.]
Publisher
To-day publishing company,
Date of Publication
1873.
Physical Description
650 p. incl. col. front., plates, ports., facsim. 24 cm.
Notes
An enlarged edition of the author's "System of aeronautics", issued in 1850.
John wise was an accomplished 19th century balloonist who lived in Lancaster, PA.
Subjects
Aeronautics
Balloons.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Rare Books
Call Number
629.13322 W812t
Websites
https://archive.org/details/throughairnarrat00wise
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A square deal in American Industry : a reasonable wage for every American wage-worker and reasonable profit for every American capitalist

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo15028
Author
Landis, John H. ,
Date of Publication
1906.
Call Number
814 L257sq
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by John H. Landis.
Author
Landis, John H. ,
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Pluck Art Printing ,
Date of Publication
1906.
Physical Description
16 p. : 22 cm.
Notes
Speech delivered at Allentown, Pa. , October 24, 1906.
Subjects
Wages - United States.
Profit - United States.
Free trade - United States.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
814 L257sq
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The long lost friend : containing mysterious and invaluable arts and remedies for man as well as animals with many proofs of their virtue and efficacy in healing diseases

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo16269
Author
Hohman, Johann Georg.
Edition
1st ed.
Date of Publication
1877.
Call Number
090 L244 1877
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Responsibility
John George Hohman.
Author
Hohman, Johann Georg.
Edition
1st ed.
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
[s.n.],
Date of Publication
1877.
Physical Description
94 p. ; 13 cm.
Summary
An interesting compilation of charms, prayers, preventative measures and remedies centuries old, many that had never been published, are reproduced here. They have been left in the original form they were first published, with old language and symbols left unaltered. [from Goodreads]
Subjects
Medicine, Magic, mystic, and spagiric.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Rare Books
Call Number
090 L244 1877
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The long lost friend : containing mysterious and invaluable arts and remedies for man as well as animals with many proofs of their virtue and efficacy in healing diseases

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo17637
Author
Hohman, Johann Georg.
Edition
1st ed.
Date of Publication
1877.
Call Number
615.89 H719 1877
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Responsibility
John George Hohman.
Author
Hohman, Johann Georg.
Edition
1st ed.
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
[s.n.],
Date of Publication
1877.
Physical Description
127 p. ; 13 cm.
Summary
"An interesting compilation of charms, prayers, preventative measures and remedies centuries old, many that had never been published, are reproduced here. They have been left in the original form they were first published, with old language and symbols left unaltered." [from Goodreads]
Subjects
Medicine, Magic, mystic, and spagiric.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
615.89 H719 1877
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Archibald Steele and his descendants; a short historical narrative of Archibald Steele the first ... and his descendants, with genealogical tables showing the proper place in the family of every member of it whose name could be learned

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo22228
Author
Steele, Newton Chambers,
Date of Publication
1900; 2018.
Call Number
929 S814
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By Newton Chambers Steele, M.D.
Author
Steele, Newton Chambers,
Place of Publication
Chattanooga, Tenn
Publisher
The MacGowan & Cooke Co., reprinted by Franklin Classics Trade Press,
Date of Publication
1900; 2018.
Physical Description
143 pages frontispiece, portrait 24 cm
Subjects
Steele family.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
929 S814
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The Holy Bible : containing the Old and New Testaments, translated out of the original tongues, with a complete concordance ... 100,000 marginal references and readings. Apocrypha and Psalms in metre. Dr. William Smith's Standard Bible dictionary ... A comprehensive and critical description of the tabernacle and its sacred furniture ; together with an account of the priesthood and the worship and sacrifices of the Israelites. Compiled expressly for this edition of the Holy Bible, chiefly from the writings of Dr. William Smith, Dean Milman, Rev. John Kitto ... [et al.] ... A history of all the religious denominations of the world, and many other important and useful aids to the study of the Holy Scriptures ... with over 2500 ... illustrations, on steel, wood, and in colors

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo19858
Date of Publication
1870.
Call Number
220 F534 1870
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Place of Publication
Millersville, PA
Publisher
B.R. Witmer,
Date of Publication
1870.
Physical Description
[1690] pages : color frontispiece, illustrations (inc. portraits) plates (some color), map ; 32 x 24 cm
Notes
Pagination : 2p. l., 9-11, [1], v-viii, [2], 14, 18, 32, 128, 16, 178, 10, 12, 9-740, 104, [24], 33-48, viii, 643-1029. [4], 12, 44, 36 p.
Album for "Family portraits" (2 leaves at end).
New Testament has special t.p. :[Contrasted editions]. Both versions of the New Testament of Our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, translated out of the original Greek ; being the version set forth A.D. 1611. Compared with the most ancient authorities and revised A.D. 1881. The old (King James)--version and the revised version arranged in parallel columns for convenience in reference and comparison ...
Genealogy of John R. Fisher and Alice Herr on four pages following the Apocrypha.
Viewing bibles contingent of staff availability, an appointment may be required.
Full morocco binding with elababote gold tooling on both covers, Holy Bible in circular recess; part of tooling at base of spine missing; edge gilding.
Subjects
Fisher family - Genealogy.
Concordances.
Dictionaries.
Additional Author
Fisher, John B.
Herr, Alice
Additional Title
Bible.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Bible
Call Number
220 F534 1870
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The music of the Ephrata cloister; also Conrad Beissel's treatise on music as set forth in a preface to the "Turtel taube" of 1747, amplified with fac-simile reproductions of parts of the text and some original Ephrata music of the Weyrauchs hügel, 1739; Rosen und lilien, 1745; Turtel taube, 1747; Choral buch, 1754, etc

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo3888
Author
Sachse, Julius Friedrich,
Date of Publication
1903.
Call Number
286.3 S121
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Responsibility
By Julius Friedrich Sachse.
Author
Sachse, Julius Friedrich,
Place of Publication
Lancaster
Publisher
Printed for the author,
Date of Publication
1903.
Physical Description
108 p. front., illus. (incl. music) plates, port., facsim. 26 cm.
Notes
Initials; head and tail pieces.
"Reprinted from volume XII, Proceedings of the Pennsylvania-German society."
"Beissel's Dissertation on harmony. Translation by the Rev. J. F. Ohl": p. [70]-79.
"Appendix: A page of Ephrata theosophy. Read at the annual meeting of the Pennsylvania German society, Ephrata, Penna., October 20, 1899 ... Lancaster, Pa., 1903": p. [93]-106.
Subjects
Ephrata Cloister.
Church music
Additional Author
Beissel, Conrad,
Location
Lancaster History Library - Lancaster County
Call Number
286.3 S121
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My lady's toilet; a complete, up-to-date treatise on the toilet, with the best and latest, tried and tested fromulas for every requisite; also a systematic course of physical culture instruction

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo9208
Author
Nolan, G V
Date of Publication
1908.
Call Number
818 N1908n
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Responsibility
comp. by G. V. Nolan ...
Author
Nolan, G V
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Peoples new company,
Date of Publication
1908.
Physical Description
223 p. front. 20 cm.
Subjects
Toilets.
Physical education and training.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
818 N1908n
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Courts as well as Congress

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo418
Date of Publication
1904.
Courts as Well as Congress. Every well-informed reader knows that when General Howe and the Brit- ish army drew near to Philadelphia in the fall of 1777, the Congress of the thirteen Colonies resolved to remove from that city into the interior of the State and did so remove, having come to
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Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Lancaster County Historical Society,
Date of Publication
1904.
Physical Description
[110]-111 p. ; 23 cm.
Series
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 8, no. 4
Summary
This is a brief article explaining how the Pennsylvania General Assembly during the American Revolution authorized the courts of Philadelphia and Chester County to hold court away from their home area. This was due to the occupation of Philadelphia by the British army, which also forced the Continental Congress to abandon Philadelphia and take up residence in York, PA.
Subjects
Lancaster (Pa.) - Politics and government - Revolution, 1775-1783.
Lancaster (Pa.) - Capital and capitol.
Contained In
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 8, number 4 (1904), p. 110-111Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.8
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