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Wit and humor of the Pennsylvania Germans : a collection of anecdotes, stories, and witticisms : some old, some new : choicest parlor and after-dinner stories

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo19393
Author
Aurand, A. Monroe
Edition
Illustrated ed.
Date of Publication
c1946.
Call Number
437.9748 A927w
Responsibility
by A. Monroe Aurand.
Author
Aurand, A. Monroe
Edition
Illustrated ed.
Place of Publication
Harrisburg, Pa
Publisher
Privately printed, the Aurand Press,
Date of Publication
c1946.
Physical Description
32 p. : ill. ; 20 cm.
Notes
Cover title.
At head of title: Penna. "Dutch" joke book.
Subjects
German American wit and humor - Pennsylvania.
German Americans - Pennsylvania - Humor.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
437.9748 A927w
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Willem Stober, a pioneer on Antitum (Johan [sic] Wilhelm Stuber), the Right Reverend William Stover

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo17790
Author
Royer, Benjamin Franklin,
Date of Publication
1949?]
Call Number
974.844 R 891
Responsibility
by B. Franklin Royer ; prepared for Kittochtinny Historical Society, Chambersburg, Pa.
Author
Royer, Benjamin Franklin,
Place of Publication
[Chambersburg, Pa.?
Publisher
s.n.,
Date of Publication
1949?]
Physical Description
p. 379-390 : ill., facsims., map ; 23 cm.
Notes
Cover title.
Caption title: Willem Stober (Johann Wilhelm Stuber), a pioneer on Antitum / read by B. Franklin Royer, March 31, 1949.
"Reprinted from Transactions Volume XII."--Cover.
Includes bibliographical references.
Subjects
Stover, William, - 1752-1789.
Church of the Brethren - Pennsylvania - Franklin County - Bishops - Biography.
Church of the Brethren - Maryland - Washington County - Bishops - Biography.
Baptists, German - Pennsylvania - Franklin County - Biography.
Baptists, German - Maryland - Washington County - Biography.
Bishops - Pennsylvania - Franklin County - Biography.
Bishops - Maryland - Washington County - Biography.
Swiss Americans - Pennsylvania - Franklin County - Biography.
Swiss Americans - Maryland - Washington County - Biography.
Franklin County (Pa.) - Biography.
Washington County (Md.) - Biography.
Additional Corporate Author
Kittochtinny Historical Society.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
974.844 R 891
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Boonastiel: being the fun and filosophy in the Pennsylvania "Dutch" letters ("Brief fum Hawsa Barrick") of the late Thomas Hess Harter

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo9542
Author
Harter, Thomas Hess,
Edition
New and enl. ed.
Date of Publication
1942.
Call Number
437.9748 H328, 1942
Responsibility
With an introduction and a biographical sketch by A. Monroe Aurand, jr.
Author
Harter, Thomas Hess,
Edition
New and enl. ed.
Place of Publication
Harrisburg, Pa
Publisher
Priv. print., the Aurand press,
Date of Publication
1942.
Physical Description
4 p. β., 255 p. illus. 18 cm.
Notes
Articles published in the Middleburgh (Pa.) Post under the heading "Brief fum Hawsa" and signed "Gottlieb Boonastiel," a character created by the author. cf. Introd. and Pref.
Subjects
German-American literature - Pennsylvania.
Pennsylvania German dialect.
Additional Author
Aurand, A. Monroe
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
437.9748 H328, 1942
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The practical register in Chancery, or, A compleat collection of the standing orders and rules of practice in Chancery : together with the ruled points of practice there, collected from the printed Chancery cases, reports, and practical books, and from observation and experience : as also, the alterations made in practice by all the statutes to this time, and by usage and custom : the whole is interspers'd with rules and observations touching the drawing of bills, answers, and other pleadings : which render it useful not only to attorneys and sollicitors, but to all practicers and gentlemen that have business at that bar

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo21505
Date of Publication
1714.
Call Number
Book 525 1714
Alternate Title
Practical register in Chancery
Compleat collection of the standing orders and rules of practice in Chancery
Place of Publication
In the Savoy [London]
Publisher
Printed by J. Nutt, assignee of E. Sayer, for D. Brown, in Exeter-Exchange in the Strand, W. Mears at the Lamb, and J. Brown at the Black Swan, without Temple-Bar, and J. Woodward in Fleet-street,
Date of Publication
1714.
Physical Description
viii, 365, [11] p. ; 19 cm (8vo)
Notes
Signatures: [A]⁴ B-2A⁸ 2B⁴.
Includes index.
Advertisement on page [ii].
Genealogy of Thomas Hunt Senior on back of front cover.
Jasper Yeates's Colonial Law Library.
Yeates's signature at top of title page.
Book number 525 as assigned by Yeates.
Sowerby, E.M. Catalogue of the Library of Thomas Jefferson,
English Short Title Catalogue,
Subjects
Equity pleading and procedure - Great Britain - Early works to 1800.
Equity pleading and procedure.
Great Britain.
Early works
Full blind-tooled leather (Binding)
Gilt title on maroon title page.
Additional Author
Yeates, Jasper,
Hunt, Thomas,
Additional Corporate Author
Great Britain. Court of Chancery.
Place
England London.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Yeates Collection
Call Number
Book 525 1714
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The press and the book in eighteenth century Philadelphia

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo15286
Author
Bridenbaugh, Carl.
Date of Publication
1941.
Call Number
905.748 HSP
  1 website  
Responsibility
by Carl Bridenbaugh.
Author
Bridenbaugh, Carl.
Place of Publication
Philadelphia, Pa
Publisher
Historical Society of Pennsylvania ,
Date of Publication
1941.
Physical Description
pp.1-30 ; 23 cm.
Notes
In: Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography, v. 65.
Subjects
Printing - Pennsylvania - Philadelphia.
Libraries - Pennsylvania - Philadelphia.
Libraries - Pennsylvania - Lancaster.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Periodical Article
Call Number
905.748 HSP
Websites
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Stock in trade : being an "inventory of the store in Litiz (Pennsylvania), taken from the 4th to 8th May, 1773," and some pertinent remarks regarding service to the American public

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo15935
Date of Publication
[ca. 1940]
Call Number
974.815 LITB S864
Place of Publication
New York
Publisher
Home Insurance Co.,
Date of Publication
[ca. 1940]
Physical Description
[20] p. ; 25 cm.
Notes
Facsimile reproduction of the 1773 inventory.
Subjects
General stores - Pennsylvania - Lititz.
Inventories - Pennsylvania - Lititz.
Germans - Pennsylvania.
Pennsylvania Dutch.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
974.815 LITB S864
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I heard of a river: A story of the Germans in Pennsylvania

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo20913
Author
Singmaster, Elsie,
Edition
1st ed.
Date of Publication
1948.
Call Number
813.54 S428i
Responsibility
by Eslie Singmaster ; illustrated by Henry C. Pitz.
Author
Singmaster, Elsie,
Edition
1st ed.
Place of Publication
Philadelphia
Publisher
J.C. Winston Co.,
Date of Publication
1948.
Physical Description
x, 209 pages : illustrations, map ; 22 cm.
Series
Land of the free series
Summary
This is a story of Hannes, a German-Lutheran boy who joined a band of Swiss Mennonites fleeing from Europe's desperate terror and poverty of the 17th century. It is a story of the perils of Hannes' journey and the improvement of his rifle, brought from his fatherland.
Subjects
Families - Fiction.
Frontier and pioneer life - Juvenile fiction.
German Americans - Juvenile fiction.
Mennonites - Pennsylvania - Juvenile fiction.
Pennsylvania.
Juvenile works.
History.
Additional Author
Pitz, Henry C.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
813.54 S428i
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The Pennsylvania Germans

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo5794
Author
Graeff, Arthur Dundore,
Date of Publication
1945
Call Number
974.81 G734
Author
Graeff, Arthur Dundore,
Place of Publication
Plymouth Meeting, Pennsylvania
Publisher
Mrs. C. Naaman Keyser
Date of Publication
1945
Physical Description
unpaged.
Series
Home craft course,
Subjects
Pennsylvania Dutch.
German Americans - Pennsylvania.
Additional Author
Keyser, Mildred Weekes Davis.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
974.81 G734
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Church music and musical life in Pennsylvania in the eighteenth century : prepared by the Committee on Historical Research

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo18915
Date of Publication
1926-1947.
Call Number
782 P412
ISBN
0404080901
9780404080907
Place of Publication
Philadelphia
Publisher
The National Society of Colonial Dames of America in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania,
Date of Publication
1926-1947.
Physical Description
3 dln. in 4 bdn. : ill. ; 8⁰.
Series
Publications of the Pennsylvania Society of the Colonial Dames of America ; 4
Notes
3, 1. [ed. by M. Atherton Leach]. 1938.
3, 2. [ed. by William Lichtenwanger]. 1947.
Reprogr. herdr.: New York, AMS Press, 1972.
Subjects
Church music - Pennsylvania
Additional Author
Parker, Alvin Afflick.
Leach, M. Atherton.
Lichtenwanger, William,
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
782 P412
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Pennsylvania German literature; changing trends from 1683 to 1942

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo5673
Author
Robacker, Earl Francis.
Date of Publication
1943.
Call Number
974.809 R628
Responsibility
By Earl F. Robacker.
Author
Robacker, Earl Francis.
Place of Publication
Philadelphia
Publisher
University of Pennsylvania press,
Date of Publication
1943.
Physical Description
x,217 p. 23 cm.
Notes
Bibliography: p. 189-202.
Subjects
German-American literature - Pennsylvania.
Pennsylvania German dialect.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
974.809 R628
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