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Wheatland centennial celebration : commemorating the 100th anniversary of the election of James Buchanan 15th president of the United States 1856-1956

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo19364
Date of Publication
1956?]
Call Number
728.37 W557c
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Place of Publication
[S.l
Publisher
S.n.,
Date of Publication
1956?]
Physical Description
[10] p. : ill. (some col.) ; 29 cm. + reprint ([8] p. : ill. (some col.) ; 28 cm.)
Notes
Cover title.
Includes the Wheatland commemorative stamp.
"Reprint from American Heritage, Volume 5, number 3, published by the American Association for State and Local History"--P. [8] of reprint.
Subjects
Buchanan, James, - 1791-1868.
Wheatland (Lancaster, Pa.)
Historic buildings - Pennsylvania - Lancaster.
Postage stamps - Pennsylvania - Lancaster.
Additional Corporate Author
James Buchanan Foundation for the Preservation of Wheatland.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Lancaster County
Call Number
728.37 W557c
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Wheatland, 1848-1868; the home of James Buchanan

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo4525
Author
Butler, Joseph Thomas.
Date of Publication
1957.
Call Number
728.37 B985
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Author
Butler, Joseph Thomas.
Place of Publication
Delaware
Publisher
Univ. of Delaware,
Date of Publication
1957.
Physical Description
57 p. ; 28 cm.
Notes
Bibliography:
. 53-57.
Contents
2 pgs missing; pages from unknown document in their place.
Subjects
Buchanan, James, - 1791-1868.
Wheatland (Lancaster, Pa.)
Historic buildings - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Lancaster County
Call Number
728.37 B985
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Hopewell Village National Historic Site, Pennsylvania

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo17792
Author
Kurjack, Dennis C.
Edition
Rev. 1958.
Date of Publication
1958.
Call Number
974.816 K96
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Responsibility
by Dennis C. Kurjack.
Author
Kurjack, Dennis C.
Edition
Rev. 1958.
Place of Publication
Washington
Publisher
National Park Service,
Date of Publication
1958.
Physical Description
44 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm.
Series
National Park Service. Historical handbook series ; no. 8
Notes
Originally published in 1954, revised in 1958.
Brochure of National Historic Site and memeographed copy of a self-guided tour laid in.
Includes bibliographical references.
Subjects
Iron industry and trade - Pennsylvania.
Hopewell Furnace National Historic Site (Pa.)
Additional Corporate Author
United States. National Park Service.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
974.816 K96
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Hopewell Village National Historic Site, Pennsylvania

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo20543
Edition
Rev. 1957.
Date of Publication
1957.
Call Number
974.816 H791a
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Edition
Rev. 1957.
Place of Publication
[Washington?]
Publisher
U.S. Dept. of the Interior, National Park Service,
Date of Publication
1957.
Physical Description
1 folded sheet ([6] pages) : illustrations, map ; 1957
Notes
Insert: one page "Self-guided Tour of Hopewell National Historic SIte".
Subjects
Hopewell Furnace National Historic Site (Pa.)
Additional Corporate Author
United States. National Park Service.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
974.816 H791a
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150 Years at Eastland

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo1527
Author
Shortlidge, Helen W.
Date of Publication
1954
Call Number
289.6 E13
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Responsibility
by Helen W. Shortlidge
Author
Shortlidge, Helen W.
Place of Publication
Typescript
Date of Publication
1954
Physical Description
9 p. : 29 cm.
Notes
Rineer's "Churches and Cemeteries of Lancaster County"page 258 # 1.
Bound with: Extracts from the Nottingham Monthly minutes concerning Eastland Meeting; Eastland Names: Names of Persons connected with Eastland with date of first appearance in the Men's Minutes; Officers of East[l]and Preparative Meeting 1803-1954; Information from the Minutes of Eastland Preparative Meeting and Little Britain Monthly Meeting on the Buckingham School in Little Britain Township; Marriages at Eastland under the care of Nottingham Monthly Meeting; and Marriages at Eastland under the care of Little Britain Monthly Meeting.
Subjects
Nottingham Monthly Meeting
Little Britain Monthly Meeting (Lancaster County, Pa.)
Quakers - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County - Genealogy
Location
Lancaster History Library - Church Record
Call Number
289.6 E13
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A history of the Little Britain Monthly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends, 1804 to 1954 : an address at the Sesqui centennial celebration, August 28, 1954

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo6050
Author
Shortlidge, Helen Wood.
Date of Publication
1954]
Call Number
289.6 L778h
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Alternate Title
Little Britain Monthly Meeting
Responsibility
by Helen Wood Shortlidge.
Author
Shortlidge, Helen Wood.
Place of Publication
[S.l
Publisher
s.n.,
Date of Publication
1954]
Physical Description
15 p. ; 25 cm.
Subjects
Society of Friends. - Little Britain Monthly Meeting.
Quakers - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
Society of Friends - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
Little Britain (Lancaster County, Pa. : Township) - History.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Lancaster County
Call Number
289.6 L778h
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James Buchanan, "Big wheel" of the railroads

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo916
Author
Sprout, Oliver S.
Date of Publication
1952.
Susquehanna Rivers," without mentioning the Conestoga, Swatara, or any other particular route. They, if you please, were planning a state-wide arch for traffic; but, omitting the keystone. While bewildered solons debated, James Buchanan was born at Stony Batter, near Mercersburg, Pa. He finished at
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Responsibility
by Oliver S. Sprout.
Author
Sprout, Oliver S.
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Lancaster County Historical Society,
Date of Publication
1952.
Physical Description
[21]-34 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Series
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 56, no. 2
Subjects
Buchanan, James, - 1791-1868.
Columbia, Lancaster and Philadelphia Railroad (Pa.)
Harrisburg, Portsmouth, Mt. Joy and Lancaster Railroad Company (Pa.)
Pennsylvania Railroad.
Canals - Pennsylvania
Contained In
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 56, number 2 (1952), p. 21-34Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.56
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Orange street

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo1347
Author
Reninger, Marion Wallace,
Date of Publication
1954.
Call Number
974.815 LACI R413o
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Responsibility
Marion Wallace Reninger.
Author
Reninger, Marion Wallace,
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Rudisill & co.,
Date of Publication
1954.
Physical Description
82 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Contents
Chapters : " Panorama " --- " Peggy Shippen " --- " Properties " --- "Processions " --- " Presidential Romance " --- " People " --- "Prisoner and Counterfeiter " --- " Philanthropists "
Summary
The book is written about an old street in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, on which many historic and interesting events took place - from before the Revolutionary War up to the present time. This series of sketches recounts stories of national interest as well as local tradition. [from the foreward]
Subjects
Kepler family.
North family.
Shand family.
Kendig, William.
Arnold, Margaret Shippen
Shippen family.
Passmore, John.
Andre, John.
Marshall, Christopher.
Coleman, Ann
Jacobs, William.
Reilly, Richard M.
Smith, Amos Herr.
Henry, Ann Wood.
Stevens, Thaddeus
Buchanan, James
Hensel, W. U.
Rettew, Mary
Long, Catherine.
Williamson, Henry S.
Watt, Peter T.
Orange Street (Lancaster, Pa.)
Lancaster (Pa.) - Streets.
Memoirs.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
974.815 LACI R413o
Websites
https://archive.org/details/ReningerOrangeStreet1954
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Faith and works at Middle Octorara since 1727 : a history of Middle Octorara Presbyterian Church, R.D. 3, Quarryville, Pa. Edited by Sanders P. McComsey

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo2050
Author
McElwain, Madison E.
Date of Publication
1956]
Call Number
285.1 M627 index
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Alternate Title
Middle Octorara presbyterian cemeteries old and new, United Presbyterian 1717, taken from Faith and Works by Madison E. McElwain, Bart Township, Lancaster County, Penna.
Author
McElwain, Madison E.
Place of Publication
[Manheim? Pa
Date of Publication
1956]
Physical Description
582 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Notes
Library has a photocopy of the cemetery abstract (p. 451-581) with index added locally,and an updated abstract incorporating new graves (no date).
Subjects
Middle Octorara Presbyterian Church (Quarryville, Pa.)
Presbyterian Church - Pennsylvania.
Registers of birth, etc., Lancaster County, Pa.
Bart (Lancaster County, Pa. : Township) - Genealogy.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Lancaster County
Call Number
285.1 M627 index
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Centenary journal : Shaarai Shomayim 5617-5717 (1856-1957)

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo17162
Corporate Author
Congregation Shaarai Shomayim (Lancaster, Pa.)
Date of Publication
1957?]
Call Number
296.8 S524L
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Corporate Author
Congregation Shaarai Shomayim (Lancaster, Pa.)
Place of Publication
[Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Shaarai Shomayim,
Date of Publication
1957?]
Physical Description
40 p. : ill., ports. ; 23 cm.
Notes
"This centenary journal is dedicated to the men and women who, during the past one hundred years, gave of their heart and soul to the building of the Shaarai Shomayim House of God."
Subjects
Congregation Shaarai Shomayim (Lancaster, Pa.) - Anniversaries, etc.
Congregation Shaarai Shomayim (Lancaster, Pa.) - History.
Jews - Pennsylvania - Lancaster.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Lancaster County
Call Number
296.8 S524L
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