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A brief history of the city of Lancaster; Containing an introduction to the settlement of the county; reminiscences of the past and present of the city; the poor house and hospital; the court house; the county jail; the water works; the railroad; the Franklin and Marshall College; the manufactories; the gas works and agricultural park; with many of the old "land marks," &c

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Author: Kilburn, Francis,

Date of Publication: 1870.

Call Number: 974.815 L244p 1870

Author: Kilburn, Francis,

Place of Publication: Lancaster, Pa

Publisher: Pearsol and Geist, printers,

Date of Publication: 1870.

Physical Description: 40 [2] p. ; 27 cm.

Notes: Cover title.; Includes local business cards and advertisements.; Not in Wilkinson.

Subjects: Lancaster County (Pa.) - History.; Lancaster (Pa.) - History.; Lancaster (Pa.) - Commerce.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Rare Books

Call Number: 974.815 L244p 1870

Guide to records of the Court of Quarter Sessions, Chester County, Pennsylvania, 1681-1969 : records of the clerk of courts, records of the Court of Oyer and Terminer and General Jail Delivery, criminal records of the sheriff

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Author: Catanese, Lynn Ann,

Date of Publication: 1989, c 1988.

Call Number: 974.813 C357q

Responsibility: researched and compiled by Lynn Ann Catanese.

ISBN: 0929706048 :

Author: Catanese, Lynn Ann,

Place of Publication: West Chester, Pa

Publisher: Chester County Historical Society,

Date of Publication: 1989, c 1988.

Physical Description: ii, 80 p., [2] leaves of plates : ill. ; 28 cm.

Notes: Includes index.; Bibliography: p. 62-67.

Subjects: Pennsylvania. - Court of Quarter Sessions (Chester County) - Archives - Catalogs.; Court records - Pennsylvania - Chester County; Chester County (Pa.) - Genealogy - Bibliography - Catalogs.

Additional Corporate Author: Chester County Historical Society.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 974.813 C357q

The chronicles of Middletown, containing a compilation of facts, biographical sketches, reminiscences, anecdotes, &c., connected with the history of one of the oldest towns in Pennsylvania

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Author: Hutchinson, C. H.

Date of Publication: 1989.

Call Number: 974.818 H975

Responsibility: by C. H. Hutchinson.

Author: Hutchinson, C. H.

Place of Publication: [Middletown, Pa.]

Publisher: Middletown Area Historical Society,

Date of Publication: 1989.

Physical Description: vii, 266 p., [2] leaves of plates : ill., maps ; 29 cm.

Notes: Chapters 45-54 give war records of Middletown volunteers, 1861-1865. Chapters 55-56 give rolls of militia companies in 1862-1863.; Reprint of the 1906 ed. published by Hutchinson.; Includes index.

Subjects: Burd family.; Cameron famiy.; Smith family.; Fisher family.; Frey family.; Kendig famiy.; Landis family.; McClure family.; Snyder family.; Middletown (Pa.) - History.; Middletown (Pa.) - Biography.; Dauphin County (Pa.) - History.; Pennsylvania - History - Civil War, 1861-1865 - Registers.; United States - History - Civil War, 1861-1865 - Registers.

Additional Corporate Author: Middletown Area Historical Society.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 974.818 H975

Twenty feet high and ten years wide : a history of prison escapes from the Lancaster County Jail

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Author: McSherry, Patrick M.

Date of Publication: 1983

tried to escape from the various Lancaster prisons, quite a few successfully. Before leaping into the subject of Lancaster jailbreaks proper, let's see a little about the history of Lancaster County jails so that we know who's escaping from what. The whereabouts and whatzits of the first jail are still

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Responsibility: by Patrick M. McSherry.

Author: McSherry, Patrick M.

Place of Publication: Lancaster, Pa

Publisher: Lancaster County Historical Society,

Date of Publication: 1983

Physical Description: 126-157 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

Series: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 87, no. 4

Subjects: Lancaster County Prison (Pa.); Escapes.; Prisons - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County

Contained In: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 87, number 4 (1983), p. 126-157Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.87

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As long as wood grows and water flows : a history of the Conestoga Mennonite Church

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Author: Mast, J. Lemar.

Date of Publication: 1982.

Call Number: 289.7 M423

Responsibility: by J. Lemar and Lois Ann Mast ; Historical Committee, John H. Mast, chairman, ... [et al.].

Author: Mast, J. Lemar.

Place of Publication: Morgantown, Pa

Publisher: Conestoga Mennonite Historical Committee,

Date of Publication: 1982.

Physical Description: vi, 360 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

Notes: Rineer's "Churches and Cemeteries of Lancaster County" page 55 #9A.; Includes index.; Bibliography: p. 312-325.

Summary: An illustrated history of a congregation that began in 1760 in parts of Lancaster, Chester, and Berks Cos., Pa. The Conestoga Mennonite Church at Morgantown, Pa., is the oldest permanent Mennonite congregation of Amish origins in the U.S.

Subjects: Conestoga Mennonite Church - History.; Conestoga Mennonite Cemetery (Caernarvon Township); Morgantown Region (Pa.) - Church history.

Additional Author: Mast, Lois Ann,

Additional Corporate Author: Conestoga Mennonite Historical Committee.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Lancaster County

Call Number: 289.7 M423

Germantown and the Germans : an exhibition of books, manuscripts, prints, and photographs from the collections of the Library Company of Philadelphia and the Historical Society of Pennsylvania, October 1983 to January 1984

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Corporate Author: Library Company of Philadelphia.

Date of Publication: 1983.

Call Number: 745 G373

Corporate Author: Library Company of Philadelphia.

Place of Publication: Philadelphia

Publisher: [The Library : The Society],

Date of Publication: 1983.

Physical Description: 120 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

Subjects: Library Company of Philadelphia - Exhibitions.; Historical Society of Pennsylvania - Exhibitions.; German Americans - Pennsylvania - Philadelphia; Printing; Germantown (Philadelphia, Pa.) - History - Sources - Exhibitions.; Philadelphia (Pa.) - History - Sources - Exhibitions.

Additional Corporate Author: Historical Society of Pennsylvania.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 745 G373

Historical map of Pennsylvania. Showing the Indian names of streams, and villages, and paths of travel; the sites of old forts and battle-fields; the successive purchases from the Indians; and the names and dates of counties and county towns; with tables of forts and proprietary manors

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Corporate Author: Historical Society of Pennsylvania.

Date of Publication: 1875.

Call Number: 974.80091 P415s

Responsibility: Ed. by P. W. Sheafer and others.

Corporate Author: Historical Society of Pennsylvania.

Place of Publication: Philadelphia

Publisher: Publication fund of the Historical Society of Pennsylvania,

Date of Publication: 1875.

Physical Description: 26 p. fold. map. 30 cm.

Subjects: Pennsylvania - History.

Additional Author: Sheafer, P. W.,

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 974.80091 P415s

Annals of Harrisburg Dauphin County, Pennsylvania : and 460 Dauphin and Lebanon County death records, 1788-1838

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Date of Publication: 1987.

Call Number: 974.818 A613

Responsibility: especially edited for this reprint by William L. Iscrupe, Shirley G.M. Iscrupe ; with new index.

Place of Publication: Laughlintown, Pa

Publisher: Southwest Pennsylvania Genealogical Services,

Date of Publication: 1987.

Physical Description: 414, 23 p. ; 22 cm.

Notes: Reprint. Originally published under title: Annals, comprising memoirs, incidents and statistics of Harrisburg (Harrisburg : Geo. A. Brooks, 1858).; Includes indexes.

Contents: Index to Annals of Harrisburg ... / index compiled for Southwest by Patricia W. Collins.

Subjects: Registers of births, etc. - Pennsylvania - Dauphin County.; Registers of births, etc. - Pennsylvania - Lebanon County.; Harrisburg (Pa.) - History.; Dauphin County (Pa.) - History.; Lebanon County (Pa.) - History.

Additional Author: Iscrupe, William L.; Iscrupe, Shirley G. M.; Collins, Patricia Wainwright.; Morgan, George H.

Additional Title: Annals, comprising memoirs, incidents and statistics of Harrisburg.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 974.818 A613

Barnes' directory of Lancaster County : embracing a full list of all the adult males and heads of families with their occupation, residence, and P.O. address, and a classified business directory : also, an appendix, containing a descriptive list of the courts, banking houses, public buildings, churches, educational and benevolent institutions, secret and other societies, &c., &c., 1875-76

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Date of Publication: 1875.

Call Number: 917.4815 D598 1875-76 reprint

Alternate Title: Directory of Lancaster County

Place of Publication: Lancaster, Pa

Publisher: Jno. H. Barnes,

Date of Publication: 1875.

Physical Description: 508 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Notes: Advertisements throughout text.; Includes index.; Reprint.

Subjects: Business enterprises - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.; Directories - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.; Lancaster County (Pa.) - Directories.; Lancaster County (Pa.) - Commerce - Directories.

Additional Corporate Author: Jno. H. Barnes (Firm)

Location: Lancaster History Library - Reference

Call Number: 917.4815 D598 1875-76 reprint

Guide to records of the Court of Common Pleas, Chester County, Pennsylvania, 1681-1900 : records of the prothonotary, civil records of the sheriff, select civil records of the Circuit Court of Chester County, and the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania

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Author: Catanese, Lynn Ann,

Date of Publication: 1987.

Call Number: 974.813 C357

Responsibility: researched and compiled by Lynn Ann Catanese.

Author: Catanese, Lynn Ann,

Place of Publication: West Chester, Pa

Publisher: Chester County Historical Society,

Date of Publication: 1987.

Physical Description: iv, 139 p., 1 leaf of plates : 1 facsim ; 28 cm.

Notes: Includes index.; Bibliography: p. 122-126.

Subjects: Pennsylvania. - Court of Common Pleas (Chester County) - Archives.; Court records - Pennsylvania - Chester County.; Chester County (Pa.) - Genealogy.

Additional Corporate Author: Chester County Historical Society (West Chester, Pa.)

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 974.813 C357

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