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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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The cause of the war shown; or, The inquiries: Who are responsible for the Civil War in America? and, What are the designs of its authors? answered

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo2557
Author
Harris, Alexander,
Date of Publication
1863.
Call Number
090 P544 1863
Responsibility
By Alex. Harris.
Author
Harris, Alexander,
Place of Publication
Philadelphia
Date of Publication
1863.
Physical Description
86 p. 22 cm.
Notes
African American resources at Lancaster County Historical Society
Subjects
Slavery - United States
United States - History - Civil War, 1861-1865 - Causes.
United States - Politics and government - 1815-1861.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Rare Books
Call Number
090 P544 1863
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History of the Seventeenth Regiment, Pennsylvania Volunteer Cavalry, or One hundred and sixty-second in the line of Pennsylvania volunteer regiments, war to suppress the rebellion, 1861-1865

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo4910
Corporate Author
Pennsylvania cavalry. 17th regt.,
Date of Publication
1911.
Call Number
974.8003 P415
  1 website  
Responsibility
compiled from records of the rebellion, official reports, recollections, reminiscences, incidents, diaries and company rosters ; with an appendix by H. P. Moyer.
Corporate Author
Pennsylvania cavalry. 17th regt.,
Place of Publication
Lebanon, Pa
Publisher
Sowers printing company,
Date of Publication
1911.
Physical Description
472 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Summary
Compiled from records of the rebellion, official reports, recollections, reminiscences, incidents, diaries and company rosters, with an appendix, by H. P. Moyer.
Subjects
United States. - Army. - Pennsylvania Cavalry Regiment, 17th (1862-1865).
Pennsylvania Cavalry. - 17th Regt., 1862-1865.
United States - History - Civil War, 1861-1865 - Regimental histories - Pennsylvania Cavalry - 17th.
Pennsylvania - History - Civil War, 1861-1865 - Regimental histories.
Additional Author
Moyer, H. P.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
974.8003 P415
Websites
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Dreaming on the Conestoga : a collection of sonnets written on the stream of my childhood and the poems of idle hours in a busy man's life

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo9524
Author
Urban, Benjamin F. W.
Date of Publication
1911.
Call Number
811 U72d
Responsibility
by B. F. W. Urban.
Author
Urban, Benjamin F. W.
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Urban,
Date of Publication
1911.
Physical Description
xv, 312 p., [23] leaves of plates : ill. ; 25 cm.
Notes
Includes the author's "The story of Gettysburg": p. [257]-312.
Subjects
American poetry
Gettysburg (Pa.), Battle of, 1863.
United States - History - Civil War, 1861-1865 - Personal narratives.
Additional Author
Urban, Benjamin F. W.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
811 U72d
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Life in southern prisons; from the diary of Corporal Charles Smedley, of Company G, 90th regiment Penn'a volunteers, commencing a few days before the "battle of the Wilderness", in which he was taken prisoner, in the evening of the fifth month fifth, 1864: also, a short description of the march to and battle of Gettysburg, together with a biographical sketch of the author

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo1934
Author
Smedley, Charles,
Date of Publication
1865.
Call Number
973.781 S637
Author
Smedley, Charles,
Place of Publication
[Lancaster? Pa.]
Publisher
Ladies' and gentlemen's Fulton aid society,
Date of Publication
1865.
Physical Description
60 p. front. (port.) 19 cm.
Notes
LCHS copy - photocopy. Original in MG-18, Box 9 - Folder 8.
Subjects
United States - History - Civil War, 1861-1865 - Prisoners and prisons.
United States - History - Civil War, 1861-1865 - Personal narratives.
Additional Corporate Author
Pearsol & Geist.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
973.781 S637
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Journal of the Senate of the United States of America; : being the second session of the Second Congress, begun and held at the city of Philadelphia, November 5th, 1792, and in the seventeenth year of the sovereignty of the said United States

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo22043
Corporate Author
United States. Congress Senate.
Date of Publication
MDCCXCII [i.e. 1793].
Call Number
Book 841 1792
  1 website  
Corporate Author
United States. Congress Senate.
Place of Publication
Philadelphia
Publisher
Printed by John Fenno, in Fifth-Street.,
Date of Publication
MDCCXCII [i.e. 1793].
Physical Description
100 p. ; 33 cm (fol.)
Notes
Second Congress, 2nd Session: from 5 November 1792 to 2 March 1793.
Speech of President Washington to Congress, Nov. 6, 1792: p. 5-9.
Signed on p. 89: Samuel A. Otis, secretary [of the Senate].
Signatures: [A]² B-2B².
Appendix: Titles of the acts passed at the second session of the Second Congress of the United States, begun and held at Philadelphia, in the state of Pennsylvania, on Monday the 5th day of November 1792. -- Bills originated during the session, but were either rejected or postponed. -- The classes of the Senators of the United States, on the 4th day of March 1793.
Jasper Yeates's Colonial Law Library.
Yeates's signature at top of title page.
Book number 841 as assigned by Yeates.
Includes index: pages 93-100.
English short title catalogue,
Evans, C. American bibliography,
Subjects
United States. - Congress. - Senate - Periodicals.
United States. - Congress. - Senate.
Constitutions - United States.
Constitutional law - United States.
Legislation - United States - Periodicals.
Constitutional law.
Constitutions.
Legislation.
Politics and government.
United States - Politics and government - 1789-1797 - Sources.
United States - History - Constitutional period, 1789-1809 - Sources.
United States.
History.
Periodicals.
Sources.
Half leather on boards (Binding)
Additional Author
Otis, Samuel Allyne,
Fenno, John,
Yeates, Jasper,
Additional Corporate Author
United States. President (1789-1797 : Washington)
Place
United States Pennsylvania Philadelphia.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Yeates Collection
Call Number
Book 841 1792
Websites
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The Iron division, National guard of Pennsylvania, in the world war, the authentic and comprehensive narrative of the gallant deeds and glorious achievements of the 28th division in the world's greatest war

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo4385
Author
Proctor, H. G.
Date of Publication
[c1919]
Call Number
974.80432 P964
Responsibility
by H. G. Proctor.
Author
Proctor, H. G.
Place of Publication
Philadelphia
Publisher
The John C. Winston company
Date of Publication
[c1919]
Physical Description
297 p. front. (facsim.) plates. 20 cm.
Subjects
World War, 1914-1918 - United States
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
974.80432 P964
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Life of Jefferson Davis, with a seceret history of the Southern Confederacy, gathered "behind the scenes in Richmond." Containing curous and extraordinary information of the principal southern characters in the late war, in connection with President Davis, and in relation to the various intrigues of his administration

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo3925
Author
Pollard, Edward Alfred,
Date of Publication
[1869]
Call Number
923.5 D262p
  1 website  
Responsibility
By Edward A. Pollard...
ISBN
0836950747
Author
Pollard, Edward Alfred,
Place of Publication
Philadelphia, Chicago [etc]
Publisher
National Pub. Co.
Date of Publication
[1869]
Physical Description
viii, 536 p. front. (port.) 23 cm.
Notes
LCHS copy lacks title page.
The author was a pro-slavery and pro-secession journalist and writer. A detailed article about him can be found at Encyclopedia.com : https://www.encyclopedia.com/history/energy-government-and-defense-magazines/edward-pollard
Subjects
Davis, Jefferson, - 1808-1889.
Confederate States of America - History.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Rare Books
Call Number
923.5 D262p
Websites
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The life of Thaddeus Stevens; a study in American political history, especially in the period of the civil war and reconstruction

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo1057
Author
Woodburn, James Albert,
Date of Publication
[c1913]
Call Number
923.2 S846wo
Responsibility
by James Albert Woodburn.
Author
Woodburn, James Albert,
Place of Publication
Indianapolis
Publisher
The Bobbs-Merrill company
Date of Publication
[c1913]
Physical Description
620 p. illus. 21 cm.
Notes
African American resources at Lancaster County Historical Society
Subjects
Stevens, Thaddeus, - 1792-1868.
United States - Politics and government - Civil War, 1861-1865.
United States - Politics and government - 1865-1869.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
923.2 S846wo
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Journal of the second session of the Senate of the United States of America : begun and held at the city of New-York, January 4th, 1790; and in the fourteenth year of the independence of the said states

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo22040
Corporate Author
United States. Congress Senate.
Date of Publication
M, DCC, XC [1790]
Call Number
Book 538 1790
Corporate Author
United States. Congress Senate.
Place of Publication
New-York
Publisher
Printed by John Fenno, in Maiden-Lane,
Date of Publication
M, DCC, XC [1790]
Physical Description
224 pages ; 34 cm (fol.)
Notes
1st Cong., 2d sess., Jan. 4 to Aug. 12, 1790.
P. 222-224 wrongly numbered 122-124 in some copies.
Errata statement, p. 224.
Signatures: [A]² B-3K².
Speech of President Washington to Congress, Jan. 8, 1790: p. 5-8.
Jasper Yeates's Colonial Law Library.
Yeates's signature at top of title page.
Book number 835 as assigned by Yeates.
"Acts and resolutions passed the second session of the Congress of the United States": pages 222-224.
Evans,
ESTC,
Subjects
Politics and government
United States - Politics and government - 1789-1797 - Sources.
United States - History - Sources.
United States.
History.
Sources.
Three-quarters leather on marbled boards (Binding)
Additional Author
Yeates, Jasper,
Additional Corporate Author
United States. President (1789-1797 : Washington)
Place
United States New York New York.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Yeates Collection
Call Number
Book 538 1790
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