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The history and topography of Dauphin, Cumberland, Franklin, Bedford, Adams, and Perry Counties; containing a brief history of the first settlers, notices of the leading events, incidents and interesting facts, both general and local, in the history of these counties, general & statistical descriptions of all the principal boroughs, towns, villages, &c. with an appendix, embellished with several engravingsj compiled from numerous authentic sources by I. Daniel Rupp

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo16890
Author
Rupp, I. Daniel
Date of Publication
1846.; 1975]
Call Number
974.84 R946
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Author
Rupp, I. Daniel
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa. [Carlisle, Pa
Publisher
Gilbert Hills, Cumberland Historical Society
Date of Publication
1846.; 1975]
Physical Description
xii, 723 p.; illus; 22 cm.
Notes
Includes index by John Cecil Fralish, Jr.; p. 609-723.
Another edition, pub. the same year, includes the history of Somerset, Cambria and Indiana counties.
Subjects
Dauphin Co., Pa. - History.
Cumberland County, Pa. - History.
Franklin County, Pa. - History.
Bedford Co., Pa. - History.
Adams Co., Pa. - History.
Perry Co., Pa. - History.
Additional Author
Fralish, John Cecil.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
974.84 R946
Websites
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Historical collections of the State of Pennsylvania : containing a copious selection of the most interesting facts, traditions, biographical sketches, anecdotes, etc., relating to its history and antiquities, both general and local, with topographical descriptions of every county and all the larger towns in the state

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo3431
Author
Day, Sherman,
Date of Publication
[1843]
Call Number
974.8009 D275
Responsibility
by Sherman Day ; illus. by 165 engravings.
Author
Day, Sherman,
Place of Publication
Philadelphia : New Haven
Publisher
G. W. Gorton ; Durrie and Peck,
Date of Publication
[1843]
Physical Description
708 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Subjects
Pennsylvania - History.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
974.8009 D275
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The United States album embellished with the arms of each state and other appropriate engravings, containing the autographs of the President and Cabinet, Twenty-eighth Congress, Supreme Court, ministers, and other officers of government

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo3492
Author
Reigart, J. Franklin
Date of Publication
1844-45.
Call Number
973 R361
Responsibility
arranged and designed by J. Franklin Reigart.
Author
Reigart, J. Franklin
Place of Publication
Lancaster City, Pa
Publisher
[s. n.],
Date of Publication
1844-45.
Physical Description
[52] blank leaves, [63] leaves of plates (part col.) : coats of arms, facsims., col. ports. ; 26 cm.
Notes
"One hundred pages of the finest writing paper are attached, intended for the insertion of the signatures of the governors, heads of departments, and members of the legislatures of each state..." Cf. Preface.
Includes text of the Constitution of the United States.
Subjects
Statesmen - United States
Heraldry - United States.
Additional Author
Duval, P. S.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Rare Books
Call Number
973 R361
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The army and navy of America: containing a view of the heroic adventures, battles, naval engagements, remarkable incidents, and glorious achievements in the cause of freedom, from the period of the French and Indian Wars to the close of the Mexican War; independent of an account of warlike operations on land and sea

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo9157
Author
Neff, Jacob K.
Date of Publication
1849.
Call Number
090 L244hi 1849
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Author
Neff, Jacob K.
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
G. Hills,
Date of Publication
1849.
Physical Description
684 p. illus. 22 cm.
Subjects
Military art and science.
United States - History, Military - To 1900.
United States - History, Naval - To 1900.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Rare Books
Call Number
090 L244hi 1849
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A sketch of the life and character of the Rev. David Caldwell, D. D. near sixty years pastor of the churches of Buffalo and Alamance. Including two of his sermons; some account of the Regulation, together with the revolutionary ... incidents in which he was concerned; and a very brief notice of the ecclesiastical and moral condition of North-Carolina while in its colonial state

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo963
Author
Caruthers, E. W.
Date of Publication
1842.
Call Number
922.3 C147c
Responsibility
by the Rev. E. W. Caruthers, A. M.
Author
Caruthers, E. W.
Place of Publication
Greensborough, N.C
Publisher
Printed by Swaim and Sherwood,
Date of Publication
1842.
Physical Description
vi, [7]-302 p. 1 β. 23 cm.
Subjects
Caldwell, David, - 1725-1824.
North Carolina - History - Regulator Insurrection, 1766-1771.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Rare Books
Call Number
922.3 C147c
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History of Lancaster and York Counties : from the earliest settlements made within them; in the former, from 1709; in the latter from 1719, to the present time; to which is prefixed a brief sketch of the early history of Pennsylvania, from A.D., 1681, to the year 1710: with an appendix

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo11868
Author
Rupp, I. Daniel
Date of Publication
1845.
Call Number
090 L244hi 1845
Responsibility
Compiled from authentic sources by I. Daniel Rupp.
Author
Rupp, I. Daniel
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Gilbert Hills,
Date of Publication
1845.
Physical Description
743, [4] p. : ill.; 21 cm.
Notes
"History of York County, from one thousand seven hundred and nineteen to the present time...by I. Daniel Rupp, Lancaster, Pa., G. Hills, 1845": p. [526]--743.
Subjects
Lancaster County (Pa.) - History.
York County (Pa.) - History.
Additional Author
Rupp, I. Daniel
Location
Lancaster History Library - Rare Books
Call Number
090 L244hi 1845
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Alta California : embracing notices of the climate, soil, and agricultural products of northern Mexico and the Pacific seaboard : also, a history of the military and naval operations of the United States directed against the territories of northern Mexico, in the year 1846-'47 : with documents declaratory of the policy of the present administration of the national government in regard to the annexation of conquered territory to this union, and the opinion of the Hon. James Buchanan on the Wilmot Proviso, &c

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo18954
Author
Captain of volunteers.
Date of Publication
1847.
Call Number
979.4403 C254
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Responsibility
by a Captain of volunteers.
Author
Captain of volunteers.
Place of Publication
Philadelphia
Publisher
H. Packer & Co. ...,
Date of Publication
1847.
Physical Description
[2], 5-64 p. (first leaf blank) ; 25 cm.
Notes
This copy is a reproduction ISBN 0548410593.
Description of area: p. 9-12; history and documentation: p. 13-64.
Anti-annexation tract.
Summary
The 1847 publication briefly address climate soil and agriculture in Alta and Baja California in chapter I. The following eight chapters consist of communications from the U.S. Government consisting of instructions in the event Mexico declared war, justification of and motives for war, various reports to Washington, communications with Mexican officials in Alta California, accounts of the military operations in California, the articles of capitulation entered into at Rancho of Cowanga on January 13, 1847, all of which are interspersed with personal observations and comments by the author. The final chapter deals with the question of whether slavery would be allowed in California, the policy of the South and its motive for a slave market and emigrants to California and Northern Mexico [from California State University's Digital Commons]
Subjects
Buchanan, James, - 1791-1868.
Mexican War, 1846-1848.
California - Description and travel.
California - History - 1846-1850.
Mexico, North - Description and travel.
California - Annexation to the United States.
Place
United States Pennsylvania Philadelphia.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
979.4403 C254
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A historical account of Christ Church, Philadelphia : from its foundation, A.D. 1695, to A.D. 1841 : and of St. Peter's and St. James's, until the separation of the churches

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo5986
Author
Dorr, Benjamin,
Date of Publication
1841.
Call Number
974.811 C554d
Responsibility
by Benjamin Dorr.
Author
Dorr, Benjamin,
Place of Publication
New York
Publisher
Swords, Stanford, and Co.,
Date of Publication
1841.
Physical Description
x, 430 p. ; 20 cm.
Notes
Includes bibliographical references.
Subjects
Christ Church (Philadelphia, Pa.) - History.
St. Peter's Church (Philadelphia, Pa.) - History.
St. James's Church (Philadelphia, Pa.) - History.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Rare Books
Call Number
974.811 C554d
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Lancaster directory for 1843 : containing the names of the inhabitants, their occupations, places of business, and residences; also a list of the streets, lanes, alleys, etc.; city officers, public institutions, and banks, besides other useful information

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo13763
Author
Bryson, James H.
Date of Publication
[1843]
Call Number
090 L244 bry 1843
Author
Bryson, James H.
Place of Publication
Lancaster
Publisher
James H. Bryson,
Date of Publication
[1843]
Physical Description
43 p. ; 21 cm.
Notes
Includes advertisements.
Subjects
Lancaster (Pa.) - Directories.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Rare Books
Call Number
090 L244 bry 1843
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A compendious and accurate treatise of fines and recoveries ; and recoveries upon writs of entry in the post. With ample and copious instructions how to draw, acknowledge, and levy the same in all cases. Being a work performed with great exactness, and full of variety of clerkship. With an addition of several precedents, and many observations, rules and cases concerning the effect and operation of fines and recoveries

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo22075
Author
Brown, William,
Edition
The 5th ed.,
Date of Publication
1718 [-1719]
Call Number
Book 886 1719
Alternate Title
Compendious and accurate treatise of fines and recoveries
Treatise of fines
Author
Brown, William,
Uniform Title
Compendious and accurate treatise recoveries upon writs of the post.
Edition
The 5th ed.,
Place of Publication
[London] In the Savoy
Publisher
Printed by Eliz. Nutt, and R. Gosling, (assigns of Edward Sayer, Esq;) for D. Browne, J. Walthoe, Benj. Tooke, W. Mears, T. Ward, T. Bickerton, and T. Woodward.,
Date of Publication
1718 [-1719]
Physical Description
2 volumes ([8], 335, [29]; [8], 400, [22] pages ; 20 cm (8vo)
Notes
"To Sir Francis North, Kt. ..." subscribed "William Brown" (v. 1); ded. to "Johanni Powel" by Gulielmus Brown (volume 2).
Title page, volume 2: A compendious and accurate treatise of fines and recoveries. Vol. II. Containing a compleat collection of choice precedents ... The second edition ... By W. Brown, a clerk of the Court of Common-Pleas. In the Savoy: Printed by Eliz. Nutt, and R. Gosling ... for Abel Roper, Daniel Midwinter and Thomas Ward. MDCCXIX. -- KU-S copy v. 2 wanting 2E4 (final leaf of index)
Title page, volume 2: A compendious and accurate treatise of fines and recoveries. Vol. II. Containing a compleat collection of choice precedents ... The second edition very much corrected and amended ... By W. Brown, a clerk of the Court of Common-Pleas. In the Savoy: Printed by Eliz. Nutt, and R. Gosling ... for Abel Roper, Daniel Midwinter and Thomas Ward, MDCCXIX [1719].
Originally issued (1v.)--in 1678 as A compendious and accurate treatise of recoveries upon writs of entry in the post.
Jasper Yeates's Colonial Law Library.
Yeates's signature at top of title page.
Book number 886 as assigned by Yeates.
LCHS lacks vol 1.
ESTC
Subjects
Fines and recoveries - Great Britain.
Forms (Law) - Great Britain.
Fines and recoveries.
Forms (Law)
Great Britain.
Full blind-tooled leather (Binding)
Gilt title on maroon spine label (Binding)
Additional Author
Nutt, Elizabeth,
Gosling, Robert,
Browne, Daniel,
Walthoe, John,
Tooke, Benjamin,
Mears, W.
Ward, Thomas,
Bickerton, Thomas,
Woodward, Thomas,
Roper, Abel,
Midwinter, Daniel,
Guilford, Francis North,
Powell, John,
Yeates, Jasper,
Location
Lancaster History Library - Yeates Collection
Call Number
Book 886 1719
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