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150th anniversary of the battle of the Brandywine, 1777-1927, Dilworthtown, Chester County, Pennsylvania : [program], September 9th, 10th and 11th, 1927

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Date of Publication
1927.
Call Number
974.813 B817
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Place of Publication
[S.l.]
Publisher
Bradywine Memorial Association,
Date of Publication
1927.
Physical Description
[20] p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Notes
"The historical section of this program was prepared from material furnished by Wilmer W. MacElree [and others]."
Subjects
Brandywine, Battle of, 1777.
Dilworthtown (Pa.) - History - Revolution, 1775-1783 - Anniversaries, etc.
Additional Author
MacElree, Wilmer M.,
Additional Corporate Author
Brandywine Memorial Association.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
974.813 B817
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The story of Caernarvon

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Author
Lincoln, J. B.
Date of Publication
1914
Philadelphia, fifty miles dis- tant, we feel that as an early charcoal iron master he stood alone, a tower of business ability and financial in- tegrity. Mr. Jacobs was a son of Richards �Jacobs, born near Perkiomen, Chester county. He came to Pool Forge a young man unversed in the iron busi- ness. Endowed
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Responsibility
by J. B. Lincoln, M.D.
Author
Lincoln, J. B.
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Lancaster County Historical Society,
Date of Publication
1914
Physical Description
59-79 p. ; 23 cm.
Series
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 18, no. 3
Summary
Caernarvon is the easternmost township of Lancaster County, PA. The article, written in 1914, describes the geography, people, houses, and industry of the past.
Subjects
Episcopal Church of Bangor (Churchtown, Pa.)
Episcopal Church - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
Iron industry and trade - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
Mills and mill-work - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
Caernarvon (Lancaster County, Pa. : Township) - Description and travel.
Caernarvon (Lancaster County, Pa. : Township) - History.
Churchtown (Pa.)
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Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 18, number 3 (1914), p. 59-79Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.18
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Seeing Lancaster county and city by automobile

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Author
Magee, Daniel F.
Date of Publication
1924.
Call Number
974.815 LACO M191
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Responsibility
Prepared and distributed by Lancaster Automobile Club. Sketched and written by D. F. Magee, esq. and contributed to the club.
Author
Magee, Daniel F.
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Lancaster Automobile Club,
Date of Publication
1924.
Physical Description
24 p. ; 23 cm.
Contents
Route No.1, A trip to the southern end, Chestnut level, Fulton House, Penn Hill -- Route No. 2, Donegal Church, Elizabethtown and Hershey -- Route No. 3, Some old and famous roads; the Newport road and Peter's road -- Route No. 4, Ephrata, Brickerville, Clay, Elizabeth Furnace, Penryn -- Route No. 5, Conestoga Township, Safe Harbor, The first court house, Postlethwaite -- Route No. 6, The Octorara and the early English settlements and the southern end -- Route No. 7, An all day Sunday route by York, Baltimore Pike, Havre de Grace, Elkton, Wilmington -- Route No. 8, Millersville, Indian Town, Creswell, Columbia, Chickies, Silver Springs -- Route No. 9, Two routes to McCall's Ferry -- Route No. 10, From Lancaster via Wilmington, Delaware, Atlantic City and Bowers Beach -- Route No. 11, Moore's Mill, a beautiful spot via East Petersburg, Salunga, Ironville and the Quay Farm -- Route No. 12, The South Mountain and the Blue Hills: Summer Resorts -- Route No. 13, Some nice evening drives as the sun seeks the west -- Route No. 14, Long's Park, Rohrerstown, Millersville, Wabank, Second Lock -- Route No. 15, Long's Park, Petersburg, Oregon, Lehman's Rifle factory.
Subjects
Lancaster County (Pa.) - Description and travel.
Lancaster (Pa.) - Description and travel.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
974.815 LACO M191
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The automobile blue book 1916. a touring hand-book of motor routes in New Jersey, Pennsylvania and the South Atlantic states

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Corporate Author
Automobile Blue Book Publishing Company.
Date of Publication
c1916.
Call Number
917.3 A939 1916
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Alternate Title
Official automobile blue book 1916
Corporate Author
Automobile Blue Book Publishing Company.
Place of Publication
New York
Publisher
Automobile Blue Book Pub. Co.,
Date of Publication
c1916.
Physical Description
1060 p. : ill., maps (some folded) ; 24 cm.
Notes
Includes index.
Subjects
Automobile travel - United States - Guidebooks.
New Jersey - Description and travel.
Pennsylvania - Description and travel.
South Atlantic states - Description and travel.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Rare Books
Call Number
917.3 A939 1916
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Memoir

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Collection
Civil War Collection
Title
Official Record of Henry Flick, 457 E. Strawberry Street, Lancaster, Penna.
Object ID
MG0018_SerE_F009
Date Range
1925
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Collection
Civil War Collection
Title
Official Record of Henry Flick, 457 E. Strawberry Street, Lancaster, Penna.
Description
Official Record of Henry Flick, 457 E. Strawberry Street, Lancaster, Penna., Company E, 30th Regiment, First Pennsylvania Reserve Vol., War of the Rebellion, 1861 to 1864. Biographical information and first-hand accounts of enlistment, Seven Days’ Battle, Bull Run, Antietam, Fredericksburg, Gettysburg, Rappahannock, Mine Run, Wilderness, Spottsylvania, Coal Harbor and Besada Church, and ending with poetry. Printed in 1925.
Enlistment Account
Seven Days' Battle
Bull Run
Antietam
Fredericksburg
Gettysburg
Rappahannock
Mine Run
Wilderness
Spottslvania, etc. [Spotsylvania]
Coal Harbor and Besada Church [Cold Harbor and Bethesda Church]
Poetry
Admin/Biographical History
Henry Flick was born in Lancaster on 6 September 1843 and baptized 4 November 1843 at St. James Episcopal Church.
Date Range
1925
Creation Date
1925
Creator
Flick, Henry, 1843-1833
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Storage Room
Archives South
Storage Wall
Side 01
Storage Container
Box 0008
People
Flick, Henry
Subjects
Antietam, Battle of, Md., 1862
Autobiographies
Cold Harbor, Battle of, Va., 1864
Fredericksburg, Battle of, Fredericksburg, Va., 1862
Gettysburg, Battle of, Gettysburg, Pa., 1863
Mine Run Campaign, Va., 1863
Poetry
Rappahannock Station, 2nd Battle of, Va., 1863
Seven Days’ Battles, Va., 1862
Spotsylvania Court House, Battle of, Va., 1864
Totopotomoy Creek, Battle of, Va., 1864
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865
United States. Army. Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment, 30th (1861-1864)
Wilderness, Battle of the, Va., 1864
Search Terms
Battle of Antietam
Autobiographies
Battle of Bethesda Church
Battle of Bull Run
Civil War
Battle of Cold Harbor
Battle of Fredericksburg
Battle of Gettysburg
Memoirs
Mine Run Campaign
Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment, 30th (1861-1864)
Poetry
Battle of Rappahannock Station, 2nd
Seven Days’ Battles
Battle of Spotsylvania Court House
United States Army
Battle of Wilderness
Extent
1 item, 36 pages to scan
Object Name
Memoir
Language
English
Parent Object ID
MG0018
Object ID
MG0018_SerE_F009
Location of Originals
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania
Access Conditions / Restrictions
No restrictions.
Copyright
Collection may not be photocopied. Please direct questions to Research Center Staff at research@lancasterhistory.org.
Permission for reproduction and/or publication must be obtained in writing from LancasterHistory.
Credit
Courtesy of LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.
Accession Number
2012.MG0018.E9
Other Numbers
MG-18
Other Number
MG-18, Series E, Folder 9
Classification
MG0018
Description Level
Item
Custodial History
Initially cataloged 2012. Added to database 29 October 2021.
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Historical events in the vicinity of Philadelphia, participated in by the Scotch-Irish in the latter part of the year 1777. Also a brief account of Braddock's defeat in the French and Indian war, 1755

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Author
Sharp, Thomas.
Date of Publication
1914]
Call Number
974.843 C969m v. 3
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Responsibility
By Thomas Sharp. Read before the Hamilton Library Association, Carlisle, Pa., October 16, 1914, by J. Webster Henderson, esq.
Author
Sharp, Thomas.
Place of Publication
[Carlisle?
Date of Publication
1914]
Physical Description
12 p. 24 cm.
Notes
Cover title.
An account of the engagement at Chestnut Hill, Pa., Dec. 5, 1777.
Subjects
Chestnut Hill, Battle of, Philadelphia, Pa., 1777.
Braddock's Campaign, 1755.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
974.843 C969m v. 3
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A series of descriptive papers upon a tour made to Alaska, during the summer of 1929 : going by way of the Canadian Rockies, and the inside passage, and returning by way of Northern United States Rockies

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Author
Eshleman, Henry Frank,
Date of Publication
ca. 1929]
Call Number
979.8 E75
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Responsibility
by H. Frank Eshleman ....
Author
Eshleman, Henry Frank,
Place of Publication
[S.l
Publisher
s.n.,
Date of Publication
ca. 1929]
Physical Description
24 p. ; 24 cm.
Notes
Cover title.
"Reprint from the 'Ephrata Review'"--Cover.
Contents
The glory of the Canadian Rockies -- On the way to Alaska -- Tourists' Alaska -- Eastward over the Northern United States Rockies.
Subjects
Alaska - Description and travel.
Rocky Mountains - Description and travel.
Additional Title
Ephrata review.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
979.8 E75
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Journal of an English emigrant farmer : a record of the journey of an unknown Englishman to America in the year 1838 and his sojourn for a summer among the early pioneer settlers of Muncy Valley

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Date of Publication
1928.
Call Number
974.851 J86
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Responsibility
edited by T. Kenneth Wood.
Place of Publication
Williamsport [Pa.]
Publisher
Lycoming Historical Society,
Date of Publication
1928.
Physical Description
38 p., [7] leaves of plates : ill. ; 24 cm.
Series
Proceedings and papers - Lycoming Historical Society ; no. 6
Notes
"Occasional Publication No. 6."
Subjects
Farmers
United States - Description and travel - 1783-1848.
Pennsylvania - Description and travel - Personal narratives.
Additional Author
Wood, T. Kenneth.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
974.851 J86
Websites
https://nam12.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fbabel.hathitrust.org%2Fcgi%2Fpt%3Fid%3Dcoo.31924001280266%26view%3D1up%26seq%3D13&data=05%7C01%7Cshianne.hargrove%40lancasterhistory.org%7C573dcd4cab8847daaa8f08db888ea727%7C77252d1418a546d9b9d933511a635493%7C0%7C0%7C638253918504600878%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&sdata=qv%2F5JX6Wt5n5M9U0V0cje8SwDk2CDIc5BzkV1uAYlGQ%3D&reserved=0
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Cazenove journal, 1794 : a record of the journey of Theophile Cazenove through New Jersey and Pennsylvania

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Author
Cazenove, Theophile,
Date of Publication
1922.
Call Number
917.3 C386
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Responsibility
(translated from the French) edited by Rayner Wickersham Kelsey.
Author
Cazenove, Theophile,
Place of Publication
Haverford, Pa
Publisher
Pennsylvania History Press,
Date of Publication
1922.
Physical Description
iivx (i.e. xvii), 103 p., [6] p. of plates : ill., map ; 23 cm.
Series
Haverford college studies ;
Notes
Includes index.
Summary
Theophile Cazenove (1740 to 1811) was a Dutch financier and an agent of the Holland Land Company. He spent several years in America making investments. The journal offers his observations about industry, farming, commerce and life in the new American nation. The itinerary listed in this book shows extensive travel in Lancaster and surrounding counties. Several taverns are listed in the itinerary: Wilson's, McIntyre's, Ealer's, Trexler's, Schaeffer's, McCracken's, Thompson's, Russell's, McCleland's, Fornistak's, and Miller's.
Subjects
Pennsylvania - Social life and customs.
New Jersey - Description and travel - Personal narratives.
Pennsylvania - Description and travel - Personal narratives.
Additional Author
Kelsey, Rayner Wickersham,
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
917.3 C386
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Archive

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/ebadea02-7f2c-4998-b1d2-392759509150
Collection
Transportation Collection
Title
Transportation Collection
Object ID
MG0123
Date Range
1819-1977
a $500 mortgage bond, a blank stock certificate, and a requisition for high- tension lines. [18__]-1912. Folder 8 Conestoga Traction Co. Booklet of early histories, “Lancaster Co., Pa.,” which describes the company’s history, its routes, and sights along the way. 1 August 1908. Booklet by H. W
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Collection
Transportation Collection
Title
Transportation Collection
Description
The Transportation Collection contains documents regarding turnpikes, railroads, Conestoga Traction Co., Conestoga Transportation Co., and the Red Rose Transit Authority. The types of items include correspondence, financial papers, business papers, stock certificates, tickets, schedules, maps of routes, and a blueprint.
Date Range
1819-1977
Year Range From
1819
Year Range To
1977
Date of Accumulation
1819-1977
Creator
LancasterHistory (Organization)
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Storage Room
Archives South
Storage Wall
Side 04
People
Bitner, John R.
Boardman, Harris
Bowman, John Jacob
Boyer, Zaccur Prall
Cirt, Anna N.
Griest, William Walton
Hostetter, Albert Keller
Kemrer, Clarence M.
Knapp, Walter
Kreider, Kate
Kriebel, Howard Wiegner
McClellan, Oliver Eldridge
Royer, David
Shuman, James P.
Wohlsen, Anna
Wohlsen, Peter
Subjects
Letters
Minutes (Records)
Philadelphia & Reading Railroad Co.
Philadelphia and Lancaster Turnpike (Pa.)
Posters
Railroads
Rates and tolls
Reading & Columbia Railroad Company
Street-railroads
Trolley cars
Search Terms
Adamstown
Bittersville, Lower Windsor Twp., York County, Pennsylvania
Blueprints
Booklets
Brochures
Campbelltown, South Londonderry Twp., Lebanon County, Pennsylvania
Center Square Road Station
Chestnut Street
Christiana
Coatesville, Chester County, Pennsylvania
Columbia
Columbia, Ironville and Mount Joy Railroad
Conestoga Traction Company
Conestoga Transportation Company
Conewago Water and Power Company
Correspondence
Dallastown, York County, Pennsylvania
Drawings
Duke Street
East Belt line
East King Street
East Petersburg, East Hempfield Twp.
Elizabethtown
Engleside, Lancaster Twp.
Ephemera
Ephrata
Express Printing Company
Greeting cards
Hanover, York County, Pennsylvania
Hershey, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania
Ironville, West Hempfield Twp.
J. G. Brill Company
Kinport Road
Lancaster
Lancaster and York Furnace Street Railway
Lancaster and Columbia Division, Conestoga Transportation Company
Lancaster and Lititz Passenger Railroad Company
Lancaster, Elizabethtown, and Middletown Turnpike
Lebanon, Lebanon County, Pennsylvania
Letters
Lititz
Maple Grove
Maps
Marietta Avenue
North Market Street
Mechanicsburg, Upper Leacock Twp.
Mechanicsville, East Hempfield Twp.
Minutes
Mount Joy
Mulberry Street
National Railway Historical Society
Neffsville, Manheim Twp.
North End Photo Finishing House
North Lime Street
North Queen Street
Palmyra, Lebanon County, Pennsylvania
Parkesburg, Chester County, Pennsylvania
Penn Square
Pequea Twp.
Philadelphia and Lancaster Turnpike Company
Philadelphia and Reading Railroad Company
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Photographs
Placards
Substations
President Avenue
Princess Street
Prospect Street
Quarryville
Railroads
Rates and tolls
Reading and Columbia Railroad Company
Receipts
Red Rose Transit Authority
Reports
Roads
Rocky Springs Railroad Company
Schuylkill Navigation Company
Scrapbooks
South Mountain Railroad
South Queen Street
Stock certificates
Susquehanna Railroad
Tickets
Tolls
Trolley car barns
Trolley car yards
Trolley cars
Trolleys
Turnpikes
Walnut Street
WGAL (television station)
Williams Park Station
Willow Street Turnpike
Windsor Twp., York County, Pennsylvania
WLAN (radio station)
Wrightsville, York County, Pennsylvania
York Bus Company
York Fair
York Railway Company
Extent
2 boxes, 31 folders, 1 cubic ft.
Object Name
Archive
Language
English
Object ID
MG0123
Location of Originals
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania
Notes
Preferred Citation: Title or description of item, date (day, month, year), Transportation Collection (MG0123), Folder #, LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.
Access Conditions / Restrictions
Restrictions are noted at the item level.
Copyright
Collection may not be photocopied. Please direct questions to Research Center Staff at research@lancasterhistory.org.
Permission for reproduction and/or publication must be obtained in writing from LancasterHistory.
Credit
Courtesy of LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.
Other Numbers
MG-123
Classification
MG0123
Description Level
Fonds
Custodial History
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