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Travels in North America in the years 1780, 1781, and 1782

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo925
Author
Chastellux, Francʹois Jean,
Date of Publication
c1963.
Call Number
917.3 C489
  1 website  
Responsibility
by the Marquis de Chastellux ; a revised translation, with introduction and notes, by Howard C. Rice, Jr.
Author
Chastellux, Francʹois Jean,
Uniform Title
Voyages dans l'Amerique septentrionale.
Place of Publication
Chapel HIll, N.C
Publisher
University of North Carolina Press,
Date of Publication
c1963.
Physical Description
2 v. : ill., ports. ; maps ; 23 cm.
Notes
"Published for the Institute of Early American History and Culture at Williamsburg, Virginia."
Includes index.
Summary
"The definitive edition of an American classic of great literary and historical value. Chastellux, one of three major generals who accompanied Rochambeau and the French Expeditionary Forces to America, was a man of letters and a member of the French Academy. His absorbing journal is a deeply and clearly etched portrait of a country and its people. This is the second of two volumes." [Worldcat.org]
"Francois Jean De Beauvoir, Marquis De Chastellux was born in Paris, France in 1734. He joined the French Army as a Second Lieutenant at the age of 13 and rose through the ranks during the Seven Years' War. Chastellux came to be as famous for his literary work, with his publication of a book on philosophy in 1772, as he was for his military exploits. When the French expeditionary forces assigned to the Revolutionary Continental Army set sail for America in 1779, he was one of the three major generals sent with General Rochambeau. They arrived in America and took part in the victorious Yorktown campaign. Invaluable to the Continental Army commanders for his command of the English language, Chastellux remained in America until returning to France in early 1783. Travels in North America is an account of Chastellux's travels between campaigns." [from the Preface]
Subjects
Manners and customs.
United States - Description and travel - Early works to 1800.
United States - Social life and customs - 1775-1783.
Additional Author
Rice, Howard C.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
917.3 C489
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Perley's reminiscences of sixty years in the national metropolis

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo1360
Author
Poore, Benjamin Perley,
Date of Publication
[1886]
Call Number
973 P823
  1 website  
Responsibility
by Ben: Perley Poore.
Author
Poore, Benjamin Perley,
Place of Publication
Philadelphia [etc.] New York
Publisher
Hubbard brothers; W. A. Houghton; [etc., etc.,]
Date of Publication
[1886]
Physical Description
2 v. fronts., illus. (incl. ports., facsims.) 24 cm.
Notes
LCHS has vol. 1 only.
Summary
Benjamin Perley Poore ( 1820-1887 ) was a popular newspaper correspondent and editor and an author. This book is his account of history , politics , and life as he observed it in Washington D.C. and the nation during his lifetime.
Subjects
Washington (D.C.) - History.
Washington (D.C.) - Social life and customs.
United States - History.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
973 P823
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A Christmas reminder : being the names of about eight thousand persons, a small portion of the number confined on board the British prison ships during the war of the Revolution

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo1583
Corporate Author
Society of Old Brooklynites (Brooklyn, New York, N.Y.)
Date of Publication
1888.
Call Number
973.371 B872
  1 website  
Responsibility
with the compliments of the Society of Old Brooklynites.
Corporate Author
Society of Old Brooklynites (Brooklyn, New York, N.Y.)
Place of Publication
Brooklyn, N.Y
Publisher
Eagle print.,
Date of Publication
1888.
Physical Description
61 p. ; 23 cm.
Subjects
Jersey (Prison-ship)
Great Britain. - Royal Navy - Prisons.
Prison Ship Martyrs Monument (Brooklyn, New York, N.Y.)
Prison hulks - New York (State) - New York.
Prisoners of war - United States.
United States - History - Revolution, 1775-1783 - Prisoners and prisons.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
973.371 B872
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Allegheny county's hundred years

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo1658
Author
Thurston, George H.
Date of Publication
1888.
Call Number
974.885 A422
  1 website  
Responsibility
by George H. Thurston.
Author
Thurston, George H.
Place of Publication
Pittsburgh
Publisher
A. A. Anderson & Son, book and job printers,
Date of Publication
1888.
Physical Description
312 p., [4] leaves of plates (3 fold.) : ill., maps, plans ; 20 cm.
Notes
Advertising matter printed throughout book.
LCHS copy missing title page.
Contents
Contents: Chapters 1 thru 8 - Covers 1754 to 1888 9 - boat building in Allegheny County 10 - coal and coke trade 11 - Iron and steel trade 12 - Glass manufacturing 13 - Natural gas 14 - Oil trade in Allegheny County 15 - Copper,lead, brass and tin 16 - Mercantile interests 17. From pack horse to railroads 18. Financial institutions 19. Insurance companies 20. Electrical appliances 21. Churches , schools, and newspapers 22. Music, art, and benevolent institutions
Subjects
Allegheny County (Pa.) - History.
Allegheny County (Pa.) - Description and travel.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
974.885 A422
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The ladies of the White House, or, In the home of the presidents : being a complete history of the social and domestic lives of the presidents from Washington to the present time

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo1678
Author
Holloway, Laura C.
Date of Publication
1881.
Call Number
920.7 H745
  1 website  
Responsibility
by Laura C. Holloway.
Author
Holloway, Laura C.
Place of Publication
Philadelphia
Publisher
Bradley, Garretson,
Date of Publication
1881.
Physical Description
736 p., [30] leaves of plates : ill., ports. ; 23 cm.
Summary
Biographical sketches of the First Ladies of the White House from presidents Washington to Garfield.
Subjects
Johnston, Harriet Lane, - 1830-1903.
Presidents - United States
Women
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
920.7 H745
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The Lancaster Assembly of 1780

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo14127
Author
Stauffer, David McNealy.
Date of Publication
1886.
Call Number
905.748 HSP
  1 website  
Responsibility
D. McN.Stauffer.
Author
Stauffer, David McNealy.
Place of Publication
Philadelphia, Pa
Publisher
Historical Society of Pennsylvania ,
Date of Publication
1886.
Physical Description
pp. 413-417 ; 23 cm.
Notes
This record provides a link to this resource on JSTOR's online repository.
In: Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography, v. 10
An article containing letters by Rev. J.C.A. Helfenstein, a clergyman of the German Reformed denomination, protesting the gay party life during the Revolution. Sent to The Lancaster Assembly, a publication subscribed to by prominent Lancastrians.
Subjects
United States - History - Revolution, 1775-1783. - Protest movements.
Additional Author
Helfenstein, John Conrad Albert.
Helmuth, Henry.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Periodical Article
Call Number
905.748 HSP
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A history of education in Pennsylvania, private and public, elementary and higher. From the time the Swedes settled on the Delaware to the present day

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo32
Author
Wickersham, James Pyle,
Date of Publication
1886.
Call Number
370 W636
  1 website  
Responsibility
By James Pyle Wickersham. Pub. for the author.
Author
Wickersham, James Pyle,
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Inquirer Publishing Company,
Date of Publication
1886.
Physical Description
xxiii, 683 p. front. (port.) illus. 24 1/2 cm.
Subjects
Education - Pennsylvania
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
370 W636
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A century of printing the issues of the press in Pennsylvania, 1685-1784

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo298
Author
Hildeburn, Charles Swift Riche,
Date of Publication
1886
Call Number
010.070 I86
  2 websites  
Alternate Title
Issues of the press in Pennsylvania
Author
Hildeburn, Charles Swift Riche,
Place of Publication
Philadelphia
Publisher
J.B. Lippincott
Date of Publication
1886
Physical Description
2 v. 27 cm.
Notes
Spine title: Issues of the press in Pennsylvania
Summary
"The design of this work is to present , as far as possible, full and strictly accurate descriptions of the titles , with collations, of every book , pamphlet and broadside printed in the Province and state of Pennsylvania , during the first hundred years of the operations of the press within their limits." [from the preface]
Subjects
Printing - Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania - Imprints.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
010.070 I86
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Historic heart of Lancaster

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo648
Author
Lestz, Gerald
Date of Publication
[c1962]
Call Number
974.815 LACI L642
  1 website  
Author
Lestz, Gerald
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
John Baer
Date of Publication
[c1962]
Physical Description
56 p. illus.
Summary
" A do-it-yourself guide for a walking tour of the central section of Lancaster,Pennsylvania , America's oldest inland city and county seat of the Garden Spot of The World " [from the title page]
Subjects
Lancaster (Pa.) - History.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
974.815 LACI L642
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Pennsylvania and the Civil War : a handbook

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo4485
Author
Higginbotham, Sanford Wilson,
Date of Publication
1961.
Call Number
974.8033 H635
  1 website  
Responsibility
by Sanford W. Higginbotham, William A. Hunter, Donald H. Kent ; artwork by Florence Vinyard.
Author
Higginbotham, Sanford Wilson,
Place of Publication
Harrisburg, Pa
Publisher
Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission,
Date of Publication
1961.
Physical Description
22 p. : maps, port. ; 23 cm.
Notes
"Suggestions for reading and research": p. 16-17.
Subjects
Pennsylvania - History - Civil War, 1861-1865.
Additional Author
Hunter, William A.
Kent, Donald H.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
974.8033 H635
Websites
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