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George Washington: the forge of experience, 1732-1775

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Author: Flexner, James Thomas,

Edition: [1st ed.]

Date of Publication: 1965.

Call Number: 923.173 W318f

Author: Flexner, James Thomas,

Edition: [1st ed.]

Place of Publication: Boston

Publisher: Little, Brown

Date of Publication: 1965.

Physical Description: x, 390 p. illus., facsim., map (on lining papers) ports. 25 cm.

Series: [His George Washington, v. 1]

Notes: "Source references": p. 361-377.

Summary: This is the first of 4 volumes by this author on the life of Washington. It deals with his life from birth until the beginning of the Revolutionary War.

Subjects: Washington, George, - 1732-1799.; Presidents - United States; Generals - United States; United States - History - Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 923.173 W318f

Washington at Whitemarsh; prelude to Valley Forge

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Author: Thompson, Ray,

Date of Publication: 1968

Call Number: 974.80293 P415

Author: Thompson, Ray,

Place of Publication: Fort Washington, Pa

Publisher: Bicentennial Press,

Date of Publication: 1968

Physical Description: 54 p. illus., maps, ports. 24 cm.

Notes: Cover title.

Summary: A detailed account of the engagements around Whitemarsh, PA, December 5-8 1777, which ended with Washington's forces retiring to Valley Forge. "After the reverses at Brandywine, Paoli and Germantown, it was significant that the skirmishes around Whitemarsh constituted an important moral victory for the American cause, for had General Howe succeeded in destroying the Continental Army by his well planned surprise attack, there might very well have been no Valley Forge!" [from the foreward]

Subjects: Washington, George, - 1732-1799.; United States - History - Revolution, 1775-1783 - Campaigns.; Whitemarsh (Montgomery County, Pa. : Township) - History - Revolution, 1775-1783.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 974.80293 P415

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Collection: Geist Family Papers

Title: Geist Family Papers

Object ID: MG0294

Date Range: 1865-1961

Jersey Parades Patterson Hotel Pennsylvania State Normal School Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Postage stamps Pottsville, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania Receipts Republican Party San Francisco, California Schools Stamps Stevens, East Cocalico Twp. Stocks Tax returns Taxation Trusts and trustees United

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Collection: Geist Family Papers

Title: Geist Family Papers

Description: The Geist Family Papers include correspondence, tax records, legal documents, and other items related to the Geist family. Some correspondence is personal, while other letters relate to legal proceedings concerning estates and inheritances. A number of wills and associated materials, generally related to adjudications involving family members. Numerous local tax notices and federal income tax returns largely pertain to Daniel W. and Bertha W. Geist. Other materials include notebooks and receipts from Daniel W. Geist's time at Millersville State Normal School, visiting cards, and newspaper clippings.

Date Range: 1865-1961

Year Range From: 1865

Year Range To: 1961

Date of Accumulation: 1865-1961

Creator: Geist family

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives South

Storage Wall: Side 08

People: Alexander, James K.; Anderson, Howard; Bachman, Julie C.; Bard, Bertha; Brown, George; Bulleit, Edward Banister; Dague, Isaac W.; Dague, Lily C. Geist; Diller, Luther R.; Eshleman, John H.; Fox, Christian, Jr.; Geist, Adam; Geist, Agnes; Geist, Bertha Wanner; Geist, Daniel W.; Geist, Ettie G.; Geist, Everett S.; Geist, Harry Kohler; Geist, Lilly Kate; Groff, John M.; Heisher, Daniel; Hobson, Jesse; Hobson, Maria; Horst, Jacob G.; Kjorlien, Alvin C.; Leaman, William; Lyte, Eliphalet Oram; Martin, Luke W.; Milledge, Stanley; Miller, Helen Mildred Diller; Miller, Leon H. B.; Miller, Ruth; Ott, Janet F.; Overly, Herman Witmer; Overly, Richard Geist; Pond, B. C.; Pool, Virginia L.; Roosevelt, Franklin Delano; Rush, Charles William; Rush, Harriet Geist; Shaub, Sadie; Shirk, H. S.; Shirk, Henry; Shirk, Lawrence; Stoner, H. K.; Weaver, C. R.; Weaver, George A.; Werner, John Thomas; Witmer, Clara; Wolf, Lemon A.; Wolfe, Helen

Subjects: Decedents' estates; Estates (Law); Letters; Receipts (Acknowledgments); Taxation

Search Terms: A. Geist and Son; Adams County, Pennsylvania; Albert Pick Company; Births; Bismarck, North Dakota; Blue Ball Bank; Blue Ball, East Earl Twp.; Calling cards; Clippings (Books, newspapers, etc.); Coatesville, Chester County, Pennsylvania; Correspondence; Death; Decedents' estates; Earl Twp.; East Earl Twp.; Ephrata; Estate settlement; Farmers National Bank; Finding aids; Florida; Franklin Twp., Adams County, Pennsylvania; Funerals; Gap, Salisbury Twp.; Grand Forks Herald; Grand Forks, Grand Forks County, North Dakota; Health; Hotel Gladstone; Hunters; Inheritance; Internal Revenue Service; Jamestown, Stutsman County, North Dakota; Johnson City, Broome County, New York; K. Aslesen Company; Lancaster; Lancaster New Era; Leland-Parker Hotel; Letters; Manuscript groups; Masons; McClure House; Miami, Florida; Millersville; Millersville State Normal School; Millersville University; Minneapolis, Minnesota; Minot, Ward County, North Dakota; Mountville Farm Women's Society; New Berlin, Ephrata Twp.; New Holland; Newspaper clippings; Ocean City, Cape May County, New Jersey; Parades; Patterson Hotel; Pennsylvania State Normal School; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Postage stamps; Pottsville, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania; Receipts; Republican Party; San Francisco, California; Schools; Stamps; Stevens, East Cocalico Twp.; Stocks; Tax returns; Taxation; Trusts and trustees; United Commercial Travelers of America; Vienna Bakery Company; Visiting cards; Washington, DC; West Cocalico School District; Wheeling, West Virginia; Wills; YMCA; Young Men's Christian Association

Extent: 1 box, 12 folders, .5 cubic ft.

Object Name: Archive

Language: English

Object ID: MG0294

Location of Originals: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania

Notes: Preferred Citation: Title or description of item, date (day, month, year), Collection Title (MG#), Folder #, (or Object ID), LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania. URL if applicable. Date accessed (day, month, year).

Access Conditions / Restrictions: Original documents may be used by researchers--contact Research@LancasterHistory.org prior to visit or request at Reference Desk.

Copyright: Collection items may be photographed. Please direct questions to Research Center Staff at Research@LancasterHistory.org. Permission for reproduction and/or publication must be obtained in writing from LancasterHistory. Persons wishing to publish any material from this collection must assume all responsibility for identifying and satisfying any claimants of copyright or other use restrictions. Publication fees may apply.

Credit: Courtesy of LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania

Accession Number: 2002.Hawbaker

Other Numbers: MG-294

Classification: MG0294

Description Level: Fonds

Custodial History: Added to database 19 January 2022.

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Postage stamps of the United States : an illustrated description of all United States postage and special service stamps issued by the Post Office Department from July 1, 1847 to December 31, 1961

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Corporate Author: United States. Post Office Dept. Office of Special Assistant to the Postmaster General.

Date of Publication: 1962.

Call Number: 383.22 U58

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Corporate Author: United States. Post Office Dept. Office of Special Assistant to the Postmaster General.

Place of Publication: Washington

Publisher: United States Govt. Print. Off.,

Date of Publication: 1962.

Physical Description: 230 p. : ill. 24

Subjects: Postage stamps - United States

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 383.22 U58

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Ann Wood Henry, 1732-1798

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Author: Hall, Adelaide Brooks.

Date of Publication: 1960.

Mrs. Hall. On January 21, 1732, a little Quaker girl named Ann Wood was born in Burlington, New Jersey, the daughter of Abraham and Ursula Taylor Wood. All Ann's ancestors were substantial, well-educated English Quak- ers. Among them were Philip Taylor of Chester County, George Wood, one of the first

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Responsibility: by Adelaide Brooks Hall.

Author: Hall, Adelaide Brooks.

Place of Publication: Lancaster, Pa

Publisher: Lancaster County Historical Society,

Date of Publication: 1960.

Physical Description: [223]-226 p. ; 23 cm.

Series: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 64, no. 4

Subjects: Henry, Ann Wood, - 1732-1798.; Women - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.

Contained In: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 64, number 4 (1960), p. 223-226Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.64 n.4

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Simon Cameron's political exile as United States Minister to Russia

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Author: Libhart, Lamar Landon.

Date of Publication: 1968.

Simon Cameron's Political Exile as United States Minister to Russia Lemar Landon Libhart PREFACE The fate of many politicians and other public men is that of being famous, or infamous, for a particular legislative act that was sponsored or advocated by them or as a result of a popular move- ment to

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Responsibility: by Lemar Landon Libhart.

Author: Libhart, Lamar Landon.

Place of Publication: Lancaster, Pa

Publisher: Lancaster County Historical Society,

Date of Publication: 1968.

Physical Description: [189]-228 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

Series: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 72, no. 4

Subjects: Cameron, Simon, - 1799-1889.; United States - Politics and government - 1849-1877.

Contained In: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 72, number 4 (1968), p. 189-228Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.72

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Collectors & collections; the Antiques anniversary book

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Date of Publication: 1961

Call Number: 708.1 C697

Responsibility: Edited by Alice Winchester and the staff of Antiques magazine.

Place of Publication: New York

Date of Publication: 1961

Physical Description: 165 p. illus, (part col.) ports. (part col.) 31 cm.

Notes: Includes chapter entitled: New Rooms at Winterthur.

Subjects: Antiques.; Collectors and collecting.; Art objects

Additional Author: Winchester, Alice,

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 708.1 C697

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Collection: World War I Collection

Title: World War I Collection

Object ID: MG0045

Date Range: 1916-1972

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Collection: World War I Collection

Title: World War I Collection

Description: The World War I Collection contains the contents of a scrapbook assembled by an unknown WWI veteran. Included are military draft cards, photographs of Ambulance Co. No. 111, 28th Division, photographs and programs for dedication of memorial monument to Ambulance Co. No. 111, postcards of France, newspaper clippings, and posters.

Date Range: 1916-1972

Year Range From: 1916

Year Range To: 1972

Creator: LancasterHistory (Organization)

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives South

Storage Wall: Side 02

People: Andrews, David F.; Benda, W. T.; Beneker, Gerrit A.; Boyce, C. M.; Breitigan, Abraham; Brenner, William A.; Brown, Arthur William; Bryson, Raymond; Bull, Charles Livingston; Carbaugh, Calvin A.; Chambers, Charles E.; Christy, Howard Chandler; Cover, Martin; Culp, Guy; Daugherty, James A.; Davis, Robert Courtney; De Maris, Walter; Dommel, Elmer; Drepperd, C. W.; Eschbach, H. H.; Fergeson, George; Fisher, Harrison; Foringer, A. E.; Forsythe, Clyde; France, Charles; Fulton, Hugh R.; Gibble, Ammon; Griest, William Walton; Habel, Albert A.; Harner, Marvin; Helwig, John W.; Hendee, A.; Hiemenz, Edward A.; Hiestand, Benjamin; Hottenstein, H.; Kahl, William; Kellish, William; Kimmel, Harry; Krone, Herbert D.; Landis, Estes B.; Leber, Paul Revere; Lundy, Edwin H.; Lyons, Julius; Matricardi, Frank; McFarland, Owen; McKee, W. M.; Miller, Peter; Moore, Luther; Musser, John W.; Myers, S. W.; O'Bryen, Benjamin Frank; Orr, Alfred Everitt; Palm, Elam B.; Shafer, L. A.; Shenk, Roy; Shoop, J. M.; Small, W. F.; Snyder, James H.; Tittle, Walter; Usner, Isaac L.; Volk, Douglas; Wauk, S. J.; Worthington, Henry H.; Zellers, George

Subjects: Alco-Gravure; American Lithographic Co.; E. Ketterlinus & Co.; Edwards & Deutsch Litho. Co.; Fatherless Children of France (Organization); Lithography; Posters; Rusling Wood, Litho.; Sackett & Wilhelms Litho. & Prt. Co.; Scrapbooks; Strobridge Lithographing Company; United States. Army; United States. Army. American Expeditionary Forces; United States. Army. Infantry Division, 28th; Veterans--Pennsylvania--Lancaster County; W.F. Powers Co.; William H. Forbes & Company; World War, 1914-1918; World War, 1914-1918--Pennsylvania--Lancaster County; YMCA of the USA

Search Terms: 28th Division; Alco-Gravure; Ambulance Company No. 111; American Expeditionary Forces, Ambulance Company No. 111; American Lithographic Company; American Red Cross; Committee on Public Information Division of Pictorial Society; E. Ketterlinus and Company; Edwards and Deutsch Lithographic Company; Emergency Fleet Corporation; Fatherless Children of France (Organization); Finding aids; Haywood Strasser and Voigt Lithographic Company; Lithography; Manuscript groups; Military draft cards; Posters; Prohibition; Rotoprint Gravure Company; Rusling Wood, Litho.; Sackett and Wilhelms Lithographing and Printing Company; Scrapbooks; Strobridge Lithographing Company; United States Army; United States Army, American Expeditionary Forces; United States Army, Infantry Division, 28th; Veterans; W. F. Powers Company; William H. Forbes and Company; World War I; WWI; YMCA; Commission for Relief in Belgium

Extent: 1 box, 49 folders, 31 posters, 2 cubic ft.

Object Name: Archive

Language: English

Object ID: MG0045

Related Item Notes: MG-28 The Society of the 28th Division, American Expeditionary Forces; MG-0028 The Society of the 28th Division, American Expeditionary Forces

Additional Notes: The World War I Collection contains the contents of a scrapbook assembled by an unknown WWI veteran. Included are military draft cards, photographs of Ambulance Co. No. 111, 28th Division, photographs and programs for dedication of memorial monument to Ambulance Co. No. 111, postcards of France, newspaper clippings, and posters.

Access Conditions / Restrictions: Restrictions are noted at the item level.

Copyright: Collection may not be photocopied. Please direct questions to Research Center Staff at research@lancasterhistory.org.; Permission for reproduction and/or publication must be obtained in writing from LancasterHistory.

Credit: Courtesy of LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.

Other Numbers: MG-45

Classification: MG0045

Description Level: Fonds

Custodial History: Cataloged before 1997. Items have been added to the collection since 1997 and the finding aid has been revised accordingly. Added to database on 19 July 2017.

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Colonial craftsmen and the beginnings of American industry

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Author: Tunis, Edwin,

Edition: [1st ed.]

Date of Publication: [1965]

Call Number: 609.73 T926 Oversize

Responsibility: written and illustrated by Edwin Tunis.

Author: Tunis, Edwin,

Edition: [1st ed.]

Place of Publication: Cleveland

Publisher: World Pub. Co.

Date of Publication: [1965]

Physical Description: 159 p. illus. 31 cm.

Summary: Describes and illustrates the work of craftsmen and artisans in Colonial America. Shows types of work done in town shops and manufacturies, as well as, in homes, village shops, and country forges.

Subjects: Technology - United States; Industries - United States; Decorative arts, Early American.; United States - Social life and customs - To 1775.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 609.73 T926 Oversize

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George Washington: the forge of experience, 1732-1775

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Washington at Whitemarsh; prelude to Valley Forge

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Postage stamps of the United States : an illustrated description of all United States postage and special service stamps issued by the Post Office Department from July 1, 1847 to December 31, 1961

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Ann Wood Henry, 1732-1798

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Simon Cameron's political exile as United States Minister to Russia

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Collectors & collections; the Antiques anniversary book

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