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History of Delaware County, Pennsylvania, from the discovery of the territory included within its limit to the present time, with a notice of the geology of the county, and catalogues of its minerals, plants, quadrupeds, and birds, written under the direction and appointment of the Delaware County Institute of Science

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo6921
Author
Smith, George,
Date of Publication
1862.
Call Number
974.814 S648
  1 website  
Responsibility
by George Smith, M.D.
Author
Smith, George,
Place of Publication
Philadelphia
Publisher
Printed by H.B. Ashmead,
Date of Publication
1862.
Physical Description
vii, [1], 581, [1] p. front., plates, maps (part fold.) facsims. 22 cm.
Notes
Frontispiece (map) wanting.
Subjects
Natural history - Pennsylvania - Delaware County.
Delaware County (Pa.) - History.
Additional Corporate Author
Delaware County Institute of Science (Media, Pa.)
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
974.814 S648
Websites
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The Henkel memorial, historical, genealogical, and biographical; a serial publication devoted to collecting and preserving the history of the Rev. Anthony Jacob Henkel (known in history as Rev. Gerhart Henkel) ... who came from Germany to Pennsylvania in 1717 ... Also to collect and preserve the history of his worthy descendants ... Organ of the Henkel memorial association

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo17666
Corporate Author
Henkel Memorial Association.
Date of Publication
1910-[19]
Call Number
929 H494a
Alternate Title
Henkel memorial,
Corporate Author
Henkel Memorial Association.
Place of Publication
York, Penna
Publisher
A. Stapleton,
Date of Publication
1910-[19]
Physical Description
2 v. front., plates, ports. 23 cm.
Dates of Publication
1st ser. (no. 1-4), Feb. 1910-Jan. 1912; 2d ser. (no. 1-3), Aug. 1913-Apr. 1919.
Notes
A. Stapleton, Elon O. Henkel, editors.
Subjects
Henckel family.
Additional Author
Stapleton, A.
Henkel, Elon Osiander,
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
929 H494a
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Recollections of the old borough of Chester from 1834 to 1850; of the streets, houses, places of business, inhabitants, and general surroundings; taking in part of the Old Wilmington Road and of the Old Concord Road

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo14025
Author
Darlington, George Eyre,
Date of Publication
[1917]
Call Number
974.813 D221
Responsibility
By Geo. E. Darlington, before the Delaware County Historical Society, May 31st, 1917.
Author
Darlington, George Eyre,
Place of Publication
Chester, Pa
Publisher
Press of Chester Times
Date of Publication
[1917]
Physical Description
40 p. 22 cm.
Notes
Cover-title.
Subjects
Chester (Pa.)
Additional Corporate Author
Delaware County Historical Society.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
974.813 D221
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Records of the revolutionary war: containing the military and financial correspondence of distinguished officers; names of the officers and privates of regiments, companies, and corps, with the dates of their commissions and enlistments; general orders of Washington, Lee, and Greene, at Germantown and Valley Forge; with a list of distinguished prisoners of war; the time of their capture, exchange, etc. To which is added the half-pay acts of the Continental Congress; the revolutionary pension laws; and a list of the officers of the Continental Army who acquired the right to half-pay, commutation, and lands

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo1162
Author
Saffell, William Thomas Roberts,
Date of Publication
1860.
Call Number
973.3 S128
Responsibility
By W. T. R. Saffell.
Author
Saffell, William Thomas Roberts,
Place of Publication
Philadelphia
Publisher
G. G. Evans,
Date of Publication
1860.
Physical Description
554 p. 20 cm.
Notes
First published 1858.
Subjects
Pensions, Military - United States
United States - History - Revolution, 1775-1783 - Sources.
United States - History - Revolution, 1775-1783 - Biography.
United States - History - Revolution, 1775-1783 - Registers, lists, etc.
United States - History - Revolution, 1775-1783 - Prisoners and prisons.
Additional Author
Washington, George,
Lee, Charles,
Greene, Nathanael,
Additional Corporate Author
United States. Continental Congress.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
973.3 S128
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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
  1 website  
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
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The complete analysis of the Holy Bible : or, how to comprehend Holy Writ from its own interpretation, containing the whole of the Old and New Testaments, collected and systematically arranged in thirty books, together with an introduction setting forth the character of the work, and the immense facility this method affords the reader for understanding the word of God. Also, three different tables of contents prefixed, a general index of subjects and a scripture index subjoined, so elaborated and arranged in alphabetical order as to direct at once to any subject required

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo19610
Author
West, Nathaniel,
Date of Publication
1868.
Call Number
220 L493 1868
Alternate Title
Holy Bible complete and how to understand it
Responsibility
by Nathaniel West.
Author
West, Nathaniel,
Place of Publication
New York : Cleveland, Ohio
Publisher
A.J. Johnson ; F.G. & A.C. Rowe,
Date of Publication
1868.
Physical Description
lxiv, 1097, [6] pages : maps, tables ; 27 cm
Notes
Includes indexes.
Viewing bibles contingent on staff availability, an appointment may be required.
Lefevre family Bible.
On inside cover and repeated on lst endpaper: "The Property of David Lefevre A. D. 1868, Price $7.50".
Affixed to back endpapers: Ancestry of Robert G. LeFevre, M. D, 1570-1899.
Half morocco binding with gold title on front and spine; gilt edges.
Subjects
Lefevre family - Genealogy.
Concordances.
Additional Title
Bible.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Bible
Call Number
220 L493 1868
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The prayer of Thaddeus Hyatt to James Buchanan, president of the United States, in behalf of Kansas, asking for a postponement of all the land sales in that territory, and for other relief : together with correspondence and other documents setting forth its deplorable destitution from the drought and famine : submitted under oath, October 29, 1860

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo16663
Author
Hyatt, Thaddeus,
Date of Publication
1860.
Call Number
923.173 B918hy
  1 website  
Author
Hyatt, Thaddeus,
Place of Publication
Washington
Publisher
H. Polkinhorn, printer,
Date of Publication
1860.
Physical Description
70 p. ; 23 cm.
Notes
Running title: The Destination in Kansas.
"Mr Hyatt was an abolitionist and inventor. In his opposition to slavery, Hyatt organized the efforts of abolitionists in Kansas to have the territory admitted to the Union as a free-state and campaigned for the federal government to aid Kansans afflicted by drought. Hyatt befriended John Brown and provided Brown with financial support; following the raid on Harpers Ferry, Hyatt was investigated by a committee of the United States Senate." [from Wikipedia]
Subjects
Droughts - Kansas
Famines - Kansas
Public land sales - Kansas
Kansas - History - 1854-1861.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Rare Books
Call Number
923.173 B918hy
Websites
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The Swedish settlements on the Delaware : their history and relation to the Indians, Dutch and English, 1638-1664 : with an account of the South, the New Sweden, and the American companies, and the efforts of Sweden to regain the colony

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo9063
Author
Johnson, Amandus,
Date of Publication
1911.
Call Number
974.802814 J71
Responsibility
by Amandus Johnson.
Author
Johnson, Amandus,
Place of Publication
[Philadelphia] : New York
Publisher
University of Pennsylvania ; D. Appleton, Agents,
Date of Publication
1911.
Physical Description
2 v. (xx, 879 p., [152] leaves of plates) : ill., facsims, maps, ports. ; 26 cm.
Series
Americana Germanica ;
Notes
Includes bibliographical references (v. 2, p. 767-812) and index.
Subjects
Swedes - United States.
Delaware - History.
Delaware River Valley (N.Y.-Del. and N.J.) - History.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
974.802814 J71
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Outline of the history of old St. Paul's church, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, with an appeal for its preservation, together with articles of agreement, abstract of title, list of rectors, vestrymen, and inscriptions of tombstones and vaults

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo6321
Author
Barratt, Norris Stanley,
Date of Publication
1917.
Call Number
974.811 S149
  2 websites  
Responsibility
By Norris Stanley Barratt ...
Author
Barratt, Norris Stanley,
Place of Publication
[Philadelphia]
Publisher
The Colonial society of Pennsylvania,
Date of Publication
1917.
Physical Description
vi, 327, [7] p. front., plates, ports., fold. plan, facsims. 26 cm.
Notes
At head of title: 1760. 1898.
Includes map of tombstones, p. 216.
Inscriptions on tombstones and vaults, p. 216-268.
Subjects
Philadelphia. - Episcopal church of St. Paul - History.
Inscriptions - Pennsylvania - Philadelphia.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
974.811 S149
Websites
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List of officers, members of select and common councils, the standing committees and their time of meeting, etc. of the City of Lancaster, Pennsylvania

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo17636
Date of Publication
1916.
Call Number
352.0052 L773 1916
Alternate Title
City manual 1916.
Responsibility
compiled by E.S. Smeltz.
Place of Publication
[Lancaster, Pa.]
Publisher
[s.n.] ,
Date of Publication
1916.
Physical Description
37 p. ; 14 cm.
Subjects
Municipal government - Handbooks, manuals, etc. - Pennsylvania - Lancaster.
Lancaster (Pa.) - History.
Additional Author
Smeltz, E.S.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Lancaster County
Call Number
352.0052 L773 1916
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