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Andrew Ellicott, the great surveyor

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Author
Ely, Warren S.
Date of Publication
1926.
Call Number
974.821 B926 v.5
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by Warren S. Ely, Doylestowns, Pa.
Author
Ely, Warren S.
Publisher
Bucks County Historical Society ,
Date of Publication
1926.
Physical Description
745 - 751 p. ; 23 cm.
Series
A Collection of papers read before the Bucks County Historical Society ; v. 5.
Subjects
Ellicott, Andrew , - 1754-1820
Surveyors - Pennsylvania
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
974.821 B926 v.5
Websites
https://archive.org/details/buckscountyhisto05buck/page/744/mode/2up
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The genealogical record of the Schwenkfelder families, seekers of religious liberty who fled from Silesia to Saxony and thence to Pennsylvania in the years 1731-1737

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Author
Brecht, Samuel Kriebel,
Date of Publication
1923.
Call Number
929 S414b
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Responsibility
edited by Samuil Kriebel Brecht...
Author
Brecht, Samuel Kriebel,
Place of Publication
New York, Chicago
Publisher
Printed for the Board of publication of the Schwenkfelder church, Pennsburg, Pennsylvania [by] Rand McNally & company,
Date of Publication
1923.
Physical Description
xx, 1752 p. front., illus. (coat of arms) plates, ports., maps, facsims. 29 cm.
Notes
A revision of the Genealogical record of the descendants of the Schwenkfelders, by R. Kriebel.
The Genealogical Record of the Schwenkfelder Families: Seekers of Religious Liberty Who Fled From Silesia to Saxony and Thence to Pennsylvania in the Years 1731 to 1737 by Samuel Kriebel Brecht chronicles the genealogy of the followers of Caspar Schwenkfelder, German religious reformer. The book also includes photographs of people, places, and documents; historical sketches; church organization, maps, and other information
Bibliography: p. xix-xx.
Subjects
Schwenckfeld, Caspar, - 1489-1561.
Schwenkfelders - Pennsylvania.
Pennsylvania - Genealogy.
Additional Author
Kriebel, Reuben,
Additional Corporate Author
Schwenkfelder Church.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
929 S414b
Websites
https://nam12.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fdigitalcommons.winthrop.edu%2F&data=05%7C01%7Cshianne.hargrove%40lancasterhistory.org%7Ca837c6821d9a4531f77908db887bda44%7C77252d1418a546d9b9d933511a635493%7C0%7C0%7C638253837736184961%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&sdata=XWs2SK8HBfIsC1gMY2gzbKa31Satk9NUdY%2Ffl4HtJRQ%3D&reserved=0
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Historic background and annals of the Swiss and German pioneer settlers of southeastern Pennsylvania, and of their remote ancestors, from the middle of the Dark Ages, down to the time of the Revolutionary War; an authentic history from original sources ... with particular reference to the German-Swiss Mennonites or Anabaptists, the Amish and other nonresistant sects

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo5733
Author
Eshleman, Henry Frank,
Date of Publication
1917.
Call Number
289.7 E75
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Author
Eshleman, Henry Frank,
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Date of Publication
1917.
Physical Description
2 p. ø., 386 p. 25 cm.
Subjects
Swiss - Pennsylvania.
Germans - Pennsylvania.
Mennonites - Pennsylvania.
Pennsylvania - History - Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Lancaster County
Call Number
289.7 E75
Websites
https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=nyp.33433091028708;view=1up;seq=7
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The book of memories, being the one hundred and fiftieth anniversary of the completion of Old St. Peter's Lutheran Church and the one hundred and fifty-third anniversary of the organization of the congregation

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Corporate Author
St. Peter's Lutheran Church (Middletown, Pa.)
Date of Publication
1917]
Call Number
974.818 M627
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St. Peter's Lutheran Church (Middletown, Pa.)
Place of Publication
[Middletown, Pa
Date of Publication
1917]
Physical Description
153 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Subjects
St. Peter's Lutheran Church (Middletown, Pa.) - History.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
974.818 M627
Websites
https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=hvd.ah5x9c;q1=%22The%20book%20of%20memories%2C%20being%20the%20one%20hundred%20and%20fiftieth%20anniversary%20of%20the%20completion%20of%20Old%20St.%20Peter%22
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The life and times of Col. John Siegfried, by Rev. John Baer Stoudt. Prepared at the request of the Col. John Siegfried memorial committee and issued in connection with the unveiling of the monument on the old Mennonite cemetery on West Twenty-first street, Memorial day, May 30, 1914, in Northampton,PA

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Author
Stoudt, John Baer,
Date of Publication
1914.
Call Number
974.822 S889
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Author
Stoudt, John Baer,
Place of Publication
Northampton, Pa
Publisher
The Cement news print.,
Date of Publication
1914.
Physical Description
62, [3] p. : illus., plates, ports. ; 23 cm.
Notes
Colonel Siegfried had commanded a militia in South Central Pennsylvania during the American Revolution.
Subjects
Siegfried, John, - 1745-1793.
Northampton County (Pa.) - History.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
974.822 S889
Websites
https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=loc.ark:/13960/t1qf9hd5g&view=1up&seq=5
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Blue book of Schuylkill County : who was who and why, in interior eastern Pennsylvania, in Colonial days, the Huguenots and Palatines, their service in Queen Anne's French and Indian, and Revolutionary Wars : history of the Zerbey, Schwalm, Miller, Merkle, Minnich, Staudt, and many other representative families

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo4460
Author
Elliott, Ella Zerbey
Date of Publication
1916.
Call Number
974.817 E46
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by Mrs. Ella Zerbey Elliott.
Author
Elliott, Ella Zerbey
Place of Publication
Pottsville, Pa
Publisher
Pottsville, Pa. "Republican", Joseph Zerbey, proprietor,
Date of Publication
1916.
Physical Description
456 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Subjects
Genealogy - Pennsylvania.
Schuylkill County (Pa.) - History.
Schuylkill County (Pa.) - Genealogy.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
974.817 E46
Websites
https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=wu.89060732906&view=1up&seq=13
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The awakening and the early progress of the Pequea, Conestoga and other Susquehanna Valley settlements : as shown by official letters, etc., of the time

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Author
Landis, David M.
Date of Publication
1921.
The Awakening and the Early Progress of the Pequea, Conestoga and other Susquehanna Valley Settlements, as Shown by Official Letters, etc., of the Time. (By DAVID M. LANDIS) This paper aims at two purposes. It is intended to set forth, (by means of the correspondence connected with the granting and
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by David M. Landis.
Author
Landis, David M.
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Lancaster County Historical Society,
Date of Publication
1921.
Physical Description
5-16 p. ; 23 cm.
Series
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 25, no. 1
Subjects
Land settlement - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
Taylor papers.
Lancaster County (Pa.) - History - 17th century.
Contained In
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 25, number 1 (1921), p. 5-16Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.25
Websites
https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=wu.89062014121&view=1up&seq=11
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Franklin's contribution to medicine, being a collection of letters written by Benjamin Franklin bearing on the science and art of medicine and exhibiting his social and professional intercourse with various physicians of Europe and America

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Author
Diller, Theodore,
Date of Publication
1912.
Call Number
923.2 F831d
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by Theodore Diller.
Author
Diller, Theodore,
Place of Publication
Brooklyn, N.Y
Publisher
A.T. Huntington,
Date of Publication
1912.
Physical Description
5 p.l., [9]-89, [1] p. front. (port.) illus. 25 cm.
Notes
"Of this book three hundred copies have been printed of which this is copyright no. 2."
References: p. 89.
Contents
The author is convinced that "Benjamin Franklin was one of the greatest benefactors, friends and patrons of the medical profession." This book is a collection of letters "exhibiting his social and professional intercourse with various physicians of Europe and America."
Subjects
Franklin, Benjamin, - 1706-1790
Additional Author
Franklin, Benjamin,
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
923.2 F831d
Websites
https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uc2.ark:/13960/fk9765b27f;view=1up;seq=7
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The confidential correspondence of Robert Morris, the great financier of the revolution and signer of the Declaration of Independence

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Author
Morris, Robert,
Date of Publication
[1917?]
Call Number
973.3 H513
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embracing letters of the most vital historical importance from signers of the Declaration of Independence (many of them written in 1776) members of the Continental Congress, generals, commodores, other officers and patriots in the revolution ... to be sold Tuesday afternoon and evening, Jan. 16th, 1917.
Author
Morris, Robert,
Place of Publication
Philadelphia, Pa
Publisher
S. V. Henkels
Date of Publication
[1917?]
Physical Description
xvi, 208 p. illus. 28 cm.
Subjects
Morris, Robert, - 1734-1806.
Autographs
United States - History - Revolution, 1775-1783 - Sources - Bibliography.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
973.3 H513
Websites
https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=coo1.ark:/13960/t7vm4tr4x&view=1up&seq=7
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The wilderness trail; or, The ventures and adventures of the Pennsylvania traders on the Allegheny path

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Author
Hanna, Charles A.
Date of Publication
1911.
Call Number
974.8028 H243
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with some new annals of the old West, and the records of some strong men and some bad ones, by Charles A. Hanna ... with eighty maps and illustrations.
Author
Hanna, Charles A.
Place of Publication
New York, London
Publisher
G. P. Putnam's sons,
Date of Publication
1911.
Physical Description
2 v. fronts., plates, maps (part fold.) facsim. 25 cm.
Notes
"Of this work one thousand copies have been printed from type, and the type destroyed."
Contents
Chapters in volume 1: The debatable land // The Iroquoians of the Susquehanna // The Petticoat indians of Petticoat land // The Shawnees // The early traders of Conestoga, Donegal and Paxtang // The young red man goes west // The Shamokin traders and the Shamokin Path // Andrew Montour, the "Half Indian" // The Frankstown Path // The Raystown Path // The traders at Allegheny on the main path; with some annals of Kittanning and Chartier's Town // The Ohio Mingoes of the White River and the Wendats // Kuskuskies on the the Beaver // Logstown on the Ohio.
Chapters in volume 2: George Croghan , the king of the traders // The Ohio Valley before the white man came // The Lower Shanee town; or Chillicothe on the Ohio // The Chonchake Route and other Ohio paths // John Finley and Kentucky before Boone // Pickawillany Path // The Indian trade and Pennsylvania traders // The perils of the path.
Subjects
Indians of North America - Pennsylvania.
Indians of North America - Ohio River Valley.
Pennsylvania - History - Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775.
Ohio River Valley - History - To 1795.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
974.8028 H243
Websites
https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=hvd.32044010057016&view=1up&seq=13
https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uc1.31158005077135&view=1up&seq=13
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