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The triumph of militant Republicanism; a study of Pennsylvania and presidential politics, 1860-1872

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Author
Bradley, Erwin Stanley,
Date of Publication
1964
Call Number
974.804 B811
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Bradley, Erwin Stanley,
Place of Publication
Philadelphia
Publisher
University of Pennsylvania Press
Date of Publication
1964
Physical Description
467 p. ports. 22 cm.
Notes
Bibliography: p. 435-450.
Contents
Chapters: The Political Antecedents - The Republican Triumph of 1860 - The Crisis - Curtin Rides the Tide - Triumph of the Cameron Machine - The First Fruits of Victory - The Emergence of John White Geary - The Cameronian Path of Empire - The Witches' Brew of the Geary Regime - Voices of Protest - The Triumph of Reaction.
Summary
Scholarly account of how the Democrats lost Pennsylvania because of their stance in the Civil War, and how the corrupt Simon Cameron, rather than reformers like Andrew Curtin and Thaddeus Stevens, took their place.
Subjects
Republican Party. - Pennsylvania.
Pennsylvania - Politics and government - 1861-1865.
Pennsylvania - Politics and government - 1865-1950.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
974.804 B811
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Why should the paupers live better than their supporters? : or the 1829 county audit of John Caldwell

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Date of Publication
1968
conceal its historical significance, the reader should understand that 1830 marked the end of Democratic Party control of Lancaster County, and that Caldwell's contentions may have been symbolic of the county mood toward stewardship and in- tegrity of local government officials in 1830. That those strict
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Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Lancaster County Historical Society,
Date of Publication
1968
Physical Description
[18]-27 p. ; 23 cm.
Series
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 72, no. 1
Subjects
Caldwell, John.
Auditors' reports - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
Lancaster County (Pa.) - Politics and government - 1775-1865.
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Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 72, number 1 (1968), p. 18-27Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.72
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Lincoln : a life of purpose and power

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Author
Carwardine, Richard.
Edition
1st American ed.
Date of Publication
2006.
Call Number
923.173 L736c
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Responsibility
Richard Carwardine.
ISBN
1400044561
9781400044566
Author
Carwardine, Richard.
Edition
1st American ed.
Place of Publication
New York
Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf,
Date of Publication
2006.
Physical Description
xv, 394 p. : ill., maps ; 25 cm.
Notes
Originally published: London : Pearson Education, 2003.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [327]-360) and index.
Contents
1. Inner power : Lincoln's ambition and political vision, 1809-54 -- Ambition -- Political vision -- Moral crisis : 1854 -- The religious roots of moral power -- 2. The power of opinion : Lincoln : the Illinois public and the new political order, 1854-58 -- Lincoln, democratic politics and public opinion -- Illinois public opinion and the anti-Nebraska fusion movement -- The senatorial campaign of 1858 -- 3. The power of party : winning the presidency, 1858-60 -- Presidential ambition : Lincoln, his party and the road to the Decatur convention -- The Republican presidential nomination -- The 1860 presidential campaign : the power of a righteous party -- 4. Confronting the limits of power : from president-elect to war president, 1860-61 -- In the antechamber to power : holding the party line -- From Springfield to Sumter : building a united front -- Strategies for 'a people's war' -- 'What shall I do? The people are impatient ... ' -- 5. The purposes of power : evolving objectives, 1861-65 -- Reading the public -- 'Every indispensable means' : toward the Emancipation Proclamation -- Faith and purposes -- Faithfulness of purpose : emancipation, reconstruction and black citizenship -- 6. The instruments of power : coercion and voluntary mobilization, 1861-65 -- Coercion, repression and executive power -- Popular mobilization : the 'power of the right word' and the agency of party -- Popular mobilization : churches and philanthropic organizations -- The Union army as a moral force -- The election of 1864 : 'the second birth of our nation' -- 7. Conclusion : power in death -- Chronology of Lincoln's life.
Summary
A portrait of America's sixteenth president follows Lincoln's life and career during his rise to political power and his years in the White House, arguing that he looked beyond the political system to find support in his struggle to end slavery.
Subjects
Lincoln, Abraham, - 1809-1865.
Presidents - United States - Biography.
United States - History - Civil War, 1861-1865.
United States - Politics and government - 1861-1865.
United States - Politics and government - 1815-1861.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
923.173 L736c
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The political career of G. Graybill Diehm : a thesis presented to the faculty of the Department of Social Studies, Millersville State College, in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree Master of Education

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Author
Goodhart, Edward C.
Date of Publication
1966.
Call Number
923.2 D559g
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Author
Goodhart, Edward C.
Date of Publication
1966.
Physical Description
154 p. : port. ; 28 cm.
Notes
Includes bibliographical references (leaves 144-147).
Subjects
Diehm, Guy Graybill, - 1880-1970.
Lancaster County (Pa.) - Politics and government - 20th century.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
923.2 D559g
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Fire on the river : the defense of the world's longest covered bridge and how it changed the Battle of Gettysburg

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Author
Sheldon, George
Date of Publication
2006.
Call Number
973.7349 S544
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by George Sheldon.
Author
Sheldon, George
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Quaker Hills Press ,
Date of Publication
2006.
Physical Description
186 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.
Notes
Includes bibliographic references.
Summary
It is late June 1863 in southern Pennsylvania. The Confederates are invading the North, and one of their toughest and most cantankerous generals has decided to capture the grand covered bridge that spans the Susquehanna from Wrightsville to Columbia. From there, General Jubal Early plans to capture Lancaster, and then seize the state's capital, Harrisburg. General Early had orders to destroy it, but intended to capture it on his way to siege the North. Fire on the River tells the story that is often described as a mere skirmish in most history books. What happened in the tiny village of Wrightsville, Pennsylvania, on June 28, 1863, changes the course of the Civil War. Here is the story that for so long has been overlooked in the history books. It is an amazing story of courage, and perhaps not surprisingly, how the U.S. Congress never compensated the bridge's owner for the loss, yet the burning of the covered bridge probably saved the Union. [from Amazon.com]
Subjects
Gettysburg (Pa.) Battle of, 1863-
Covered bridges - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
Covered bridges - Pennsylvania - York County.
Lancaster County (Pa.) - History - Civil War, 1861-1865.
York County (Pa.) - History - Civil War, 1861-1865.
Columbia-Wrightsville Bridge (Lancaster County, Pa.)
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
973.7349 S544
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Pride of Columbia: the life and legacy of Brig. Gen. Thomas Welsh Proceedings of a symposium Saturday October 20, 2007

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Date of Publication
ca. 2008.
Call Number
923.5 W461
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edited by Richard C. Wiggin.
Place of Publication
[S. l
Publisher
s. n.] ,
Date of Publication
ca. 2008.
Physical Description
53 p. ill. ; 28 cm.
Notes
From cover: Sponsored jointly by: The Columbia Public Library and the Columbia Historic Preservation Society.
Subjects
Welsh, Thomas, - 1824-1863.
Mexican War, 1846-1848 - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County
Military biography.
United States - History - Civil War, 1861-1865 - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County - Biography.
Columbia (Pa.) - History.
Additional Corporate Author
The Columbia Public Library.
The Columbia Historic Preservation Society.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
923.5 W461
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Lancaster County politics : 1799-1810

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Author
Kreider, Alan,
Date of Publication
1963
Lancaster County Politics:1799 - 1810 Alan Kreider The preeminent fact of the political history of America in the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries is the decline of the Federalist Party and the ascendancy of Jeffersonian Republicanism. Pennsylvania in many ways epitomized this trend
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by Alan Kreider.
Author
Kreider, Alan,
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Lancaster County Historical Society,
Date of Publication
1963
Physical Description
[1]-22, 33-43 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Series
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 67, no. 1
Subjects
Federal Party (U.S.)
Elections - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County
Republicanism.
Lancaster County (Pa.) - Politics and government - 1775-1865.
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Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 67, number 1 (1963), p. 1-22, 33-43Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.67
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The Lancaster Federalists and the War of 1812

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Author
Madonna, G. Terry.
Date of Publication
1967
a source of strength and unity which brought on a revival of Federalism un- matched throughout the State of Pennsylvania. The immediate purpose of this paper is to study the politics of the war period in Lancaster County from 1811 to 1815, emphasizing the developments which occurred within the
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by G. Terry Madonna.
Author
Madonna, G. Terry.
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Lancaster County Historical Society,
Date of Publication
1967
Physical Description
[137]-164 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Series
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 71, no. 3
Subjects
Federal Party (U.S.)
Lancaster County (Pa.) - Politics and government.
United States - History - War of 1812.
Contained In
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 71, number 3 (1967), p. 137-164Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.71
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Pennsylvania politics, 1872-1877 : a study in political leadership

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Author
Evans, Frank Bernard,
Date of Publication
1966.
Call Number
974.80421 E92
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by Frank B. Evans.
Author
Evans, Frank Bernard,
Place of Publication
Harrisburg
Publisher
Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission,
Date of Publication
1966.
Physical Description
vii, 360 p., [5] p. of plates : map, ports. ; 24 cm.
Notes
Includes index.
Bibliography: p. 329-338.
Subjects
Republican Party (Pa.)
Pennsylvania - Politics and government - 1865-1950.
Additional Corporate Author
Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
974.80421 E92
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The Greenback-Labor movement in Pennsylvania

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Author
Ricker, Ralph Ross,
Date of Publication
1966.
Call Number
324.2732 R539
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by Ralph R. Ricker.
Author
Ricker, Ralph Ross,
Place of Publication
Bellefonte
Publisher
Pennsylvania Heritage,
Date of Publication
1966.
Physical Description
vii, 141 p. : ill., map ; 24 cm.
Notes
Bibliography: p. 128-135.
Subjects
National Greenback Party.
Greenbacks
Pennsylvania - Politics and government - 1865-1950.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
324.2732 R539
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