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Visits of John Adams to Lancaster in 1800

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Author
Worner, William Frederic.
Date of Publication
1922
Call Number
974.9 L245 v.26
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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
1922
Physical Description
171-173 p. ; 23 cm.
Series
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 26, no. 8
Subjects
Adams, John, - 1735-1826.
Lancaster (Pa.) - History - 19th century.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Journal
Call Number
974.9 L245 v.26
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Address

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Author
Godcharles, Frederic Antes,
Date of Publication
1927
Call Number
974.9 L245 v.31
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by Frederic A. Godcharles.
Author
Godcharles, Frederic Antes,
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Lancaster County Historical Society,
Date of Publication
1927
Physical Description
77-86 p. ; 23 cm.
Series
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 31, no. 6
Subjects
Pennsylvania - History - Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775.
Pennsylvania - History - Revolution, 1775-1783.
Pennsylvania - History - 1775-1865.
Pennsylvania - History - War of 1812.
Pennsylvania - History - Civil War, 1861-1865.
Pennsylvania - History - 1865-
Location
Lancaster History Library - Journal
Call Number
974.9 L245 v.31
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Petition of sundry citizens of Cocalico presented to the County Commissioners in 1782, reporting their distress from tempest and flood

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Date of Publication
1925
/PDF%20Biblio%20Info/Pwebrecon.cgi.txt Title: Petition of sundry citizens of Cocalico presented to the County Commissioners in 1782, reporting their distress from tempest and flood. Primary Material: Book Subject(s): Floods--Pennsylvania--Cocalico Township. Lancaster County (Pa.)--History--1775-1865
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Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Lancaster County Historical Society,
Date of Publication
1925
Physical Description
126 p. ; 23 cm.
Series
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 29, no. 10
Subjects
Floods - Pennsylvania - Cocalico Township.
Lancaster County (Pa.) - History - 1775-1865.
Cocalico (Lancaster County, Pa. : Township) - History.
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Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 29, number 10 (1925), p. 126Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.29
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George Washington in Lancaster

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Author
Worner, William Frederic.
Date of Publication
1927
, John Clement, 1876-1940. Lancaster (Pa.)--History--1775-1865. Lancaster (Pa.)--History--Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775. Publisher: Lancaster, Pa. : Lancaster County Historical Society, 1927 Description: 3-5 p. : ill. ; 23 cm. Series: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 31, no. 1
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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
1927
Physical Description
3-5 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Series
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 31, no. 1
Notes
"The Diaries of George Washington, 1748-1799"
Subjects
Washington, George, - 1732-1799.
Fitzpatrick, John Clement, - 1876-1940.
Lancaster (Pa.) - History - 1775-1865.
Lancaster (Pa.) - History - Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775.
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Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 31, number 1 (1927), p. 3-5Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.31
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The Indian wars of Pennsylvania : an account of the Indian events, in Pennsylvania, of the French and Indian war, Pontiac's war, Lord Dunmore's war, the revolutionary war, and the Indian uprising from 1789 to 1795 ; tragedies of the Pennsylvania frontier based primarily on the Penna. archives and colonial records / by C. Hale Sipe ; introduction by Dr. George P. Donehoo

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Author
Sipe, C. Hale
Date of Publication
1929.
Call Number
974.8011 S618w
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Author
Sipe, C. Hale
Place of Publication
Harrisburg
Publisher
The Telegraph Press,
Date of Publication
1929.
Physical Description
793 p., [16] p. of plates : ill., fold. map (in pocket) ; 23 cm.
Notes
Tail-pieces.
"Principal sources utilized in the preparation of this work": p. [6]
"Officers of the colonies of the Delaware before the time of William Penn, and the governors of the province and the commonwealth from 1681 to 1799": p. [745]-746.
"Principal Indian towns in Pennsylvania": p. [747]-754.
"List of blockhouses not mentioned in the text of this history": p. [755]-761.
Includes information on the Conoy Indians, Conestoga Indians, Susquehanna Indians and Delaware Indians.
Subjects
Indians of North America - Pennsylvania.
Indians of North America
Fortification - Pennsylvania.
Pennsylvania - History - Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775.
Pennsylvania - History - Revolution, 1775-1783.
Pennsylvania - Historic houses, etc.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
974.8011 S618w
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Race and revolution

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Author
Nash, Gary B.
Edition
1st ed.
Date of Publication
1990.
Call Number
973.0496 N249
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Gary B. Nash.
ISBN
0945612117 (alk. paper)
Author
Nash, Gary B.
Edition
1st ed.
Place of Publication
Madison
Publisher
Madison House,
Date of Publication
1990.
Physical Description
xi, 212 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Series
The Merrill Jensen lectures in constitutional studies
Notes
Includes bibliographical references (p. 203-206) and index.
Summary
"The most profound crisis of conscience for white Americans at the end of the eighteenth century became their most tragic failure. Race and Revolution is a trenchant study of the revolutionary generation's early efforts to right the apparent contradiction of slavery and of their ultimate compromises that not only left the institution intact but provided it with the protection of a vastly strengthened government after 1788. Reversing the conventional view that blames slavery on the South's social and economic structures, Nash stresses the role of the northern states in the failure to abolish slavery. It was northern racism and hypocrisy as much as southern intransigence that buttressed "the peculiar institution." Nash also shows how economic and cultural factors intertwined to result not in an apparently judicious decision of the new American nation but rather its most significant lost opportunity. Race and Revolution describes the free black community's response to this failure of the revolution's promise, its vigorous and articulate pleas for justice, and the community's successes in building its own African-American institutions within the hostile environment of early nineteenth-century America. Included with the text of Race and Revolution are nineteen rare and crucial documents-letters, pamphlets, sermons, and speeches-which provide evidence for Nash's controversial and persuasive claims. From the words of Anthony Benezet and Luther Martin to those of Absalom Jones and Caesar Sarter, readers may judge the historical record for themselves. 'In reality,' argues Nash, 'the American Revolution represents the largest slave uprising in our history.' Race and Revolution is the compelling story of that failed quest for the promise of freedom." [from the publisher]
Subjects
Antislavery movements - United States.
Abolitionists - United States
African Americans
United States - History - Revolution, 1775-1783 - African Americans.
United States - History - Revolution, 1775-1783 - Social aspects.
United States - History - Confederation, 1783-1789.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
973.0496 N249
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The Great Wagon Road : from Philadelphia to the South- How Scotch-Irish and Germanics settled the Uplands

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Author
Rouse, Parke,
Date of Publication
1995.
Call Number
973.2 R873
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by Parke Rouse, Jr.
Author
Rouse, Parke,
Place of Publication
[Richmond, Va.]
Publisher
Dietz Press,
Date of Publication
1995.
Physical Description
x, 292 p., [8] p. of plates : ill., map ; 23 cm.
Notes
Originally published, New York : McGraw-Hill, 1973.
Reprinted 2001.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 271-276) and index.
"The heavily traveled Great Wagon Road was the primary route for the early settlement of the Southern United States, particularly the "backcountry". Although a wide variety of settlers traveled southward on the road, two dominant cultures emerged. The German Palatines and Scotch-Irish American immigrants arrived in huge numbers because of unendurable conditions in Europe... Beginning at the port of Philadelphia, where many immigrants entered the colonies, the Great Wagon Road passed through the towns of Lancaster and York in southeastern Pennsylvania. Turning southwest, the road crossed the Potomac River and entered the Shenandoah Valley near present-day Martinsburg, West Virginia. It continued south in the valley via the Great Warriors' Trail (also called the Indian Road), which was established by centuries of Indian travel over ancient trails created by migrating buffalo herds. The Shenandoah portion of the road is also known as the Valley Pike. The Treaty of Lancaster in 1744 had established colonists' rights to settle along the Indian Road. Although traffic on the road increased dramatically after 1744, it was reduced to a trickle during the French and Indian War (Seven Years' War) from 1756 to 1763. But after the war ended, it was said to be the most heavily traveled main road in America. South of the Shenandoah Valley, the road reached the Roanoke River at the town of Big Lick (today, Roanoke). South of Roanoke, the Great Wagon Road was also called the Carolina Road. At Roanoke, a road forked southwest, leading into the upper New River Valley and on to the Holston River in the upper Tennessee Valley. From there, the Wilderness Road led into Kentucky, ending at the Ohio River where flatboats were available for further travel into the Midwest and even to New Orleans. From Big Lick/Roanoke, after 1748, the Great Wagon Road passed through the Maggoty Gap (also called Maggodee) to the east side of the Blue Ridge Mountains. Continuing south through the Piedmont region, it passed through the present-day North Carolina towns of Winston-Salem, Salisbury, and Charlotte and sites of earlier Indian settlements on the historic Indian Trading Path. The Great Wagon Road ultimately reached Augusta, Georgia, on the Savannah River, a distance of more than 800 miles (1,300 km) from Philadelphia." [wikipedia]
Contents
Chapters: pt. 1. The Appalachian warriors' path. The search for Eldorado -- War among the Iroquois -- pt. 2. The Philadelphia wagon road. Germans in Pennsylvania -- Enter the Scotch-Irish -- A Moravian journey to Carolina -- Along the way South -- Presbyterians in a new land -- Mapping the great mountains -- Bethabara and New Salem -- The threat from the French -- Life in the Appalachians -- pt. 3. The wilderness trail. The wagon road turns West -- The saga of Castle's Woods -- Apostle of the frontier -- pt. 4. A frontier in danger. Andrew Jackson of the Waxhaws -- The exodus of the Quakers -- "The Old Wagoner" against the king -- Conestoga's gift -- Hospitality, North and South -- The spirit of Luther -- In the cabins along the road -- Tuckahoe versus Cohee -- pt. 5. Division and reunion. Stagecoaches and turnpikes -- Great days of the horse -- The Cherokees go West -- The day Doctor Junkin drove North -- Hot heads and cold bodies -- A road is reunited.
Subjects
Great Wagon Road.
Migration, Internal.
Roads
Great Philadelphia Wagon Road.
Trails - Southern States.
United States - History - Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775.
United States - History - Revolution, 1775-1783.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
973.2 R873
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The Manor of Maske : its history and individual properties

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Author
Glatfelter, Charles Henry,
Date of Publication
1992.
Call Number
974.842 G542
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Charles H. Glatfelter, Arthur Weaner.
Author
Glatfelter, Charles Henry,
Place of Publication
Gettysburg, Pa
Publisher
Adams County Historical Society,
Date of Publication
1992.
Physical Description
ix, 74 pages : illustrations, maps ; 28 cm + 1 supplement
Notes
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Pennsylvania historic marker on US Route 30 four miles northwest of Gettysburg reads :"Surveyed in 1766. Named for an estate in England.The Manor was about 6 miles wide and 12 miles long with the southern boundary at present Mason-Dixon Line. It was the second largest reserved estate of the Penns in Pennsylvania. The western boundary line of the Manor was near this point."
Subjects
Landowners - Pennsylvania - Adams County - Registers.
Landowners.
Adams County (Pa.) - Genealogy.
Manor of Maske (Pa.) - History.
Pennsylvania - Adams County.
Pennsylvania - Manor of Maske.
Genealogy.
History.
Registers (Lists)
Additional Author
Weaner, Arthur.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
974.842 G542
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General John Steele

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Author
Frazer, Susan C.
Date of Publication
1921
address that was interesting and timely. A number of very interesting pictures, relics of the Steele family, including a picture of General John Steele, and Col. Archibald Steele, as also a letter from Dr. David Ramsay, the Bible of General Steele, and also his sword used in service, were among the most
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by Susan C. Frazer.
Author
Frazer, Susan C.
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Lancaster County Historical Society,
Date of Publication
1921
Physical Description
20-27 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Series
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 25, no. 8
Subjects
Steele, John, - 1758-1827.
Society of the Order of the Cincinnati.
Minutemen (Militia)
United States - History - Revolution, 1775-1783.
Contained In
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 25, number 8 (1921), p. 20-27Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.25
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Virtutis praemium : the men who founded the State Society of the Cincinnati of Pennsylvania

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Author
Kilbourne, John Dwight,
Date of Publication
c1998.
Call Number
369.13 K48
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Alternate Title
Men who founded the State Society of the Cincinnati of Pennsylvania
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by John Dwight Kilbourne.
ISBN
0897253345 (acidfree paper)
Author
Kilbourne, John Dwight,
Place of Publication
Rockport, Me
Publisher
Picton Press,
Date of Publication
c1998.
Physical Description
2 v. (xvi, 1484 p.) : ill., maps ; 24 cm.
Notes
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Subjects
State Society of the Cincinnati of Pennsylvania - Biography.
United States - History - Revolution, 1775-1783 - Biography.
Pennsylvania - History - Revolution, 1775-1783 - Biography.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
369.13 K48
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