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History of Ephrata and Lebanon Street Railway Company, Ephrata and Lebanon Traction Company, Lancaster, Ephrata and Lebanon Street Railway Company : and any other trolley roads in Lebanon and Lancaster Counties, Pennsylvania

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Date of Publication
1944.
Call Number
388.4 L574
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compiled by Harry David Lentz, Jr.
Place of Publication
Lebanon [Pa.]
Publisher
Lentz,
Date of Publication
1944.
Physical Description
2 v. in 1 : ill. ; 21 cm.
Notes
Cover title: Trolley roads in Lebanon and Lancaster Counties.
Subjects
Ephrata and Lebanon Street Railway Company - History.
Ephrata and Lebanon Traction Company - History.
Lancaster Ephrata and Lebanon Street Railway Company - History.
Street-railroads - Pennsylvania - Lebanon County
Street-railroads - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County
Additional Author
Lentz, Harry David,
Location
Lancaster History Library - Lancaster County
Call Number
388.4 L574
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Journal from Boston to the western country and down the Ohio and Mississippi rivers to New Orleans

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Author
Richardson, William,
Date of Publication
1940.
Call Number
917.3 R521
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by William Richardson, 1815-1816.
Author
Richardson, William,
Place of Publication
New York
Publisher
Priv. print. for Vale pilot corporation,
Date of Publication
1940.
Physical Description
2 p., 40 p. port., 4 facsim., fold. map. 25 cm.
Notes
"These excerpts from ... [the author's] 'Journal' are now published for the first time by courtesy of his great-grandson, Mr. Lawrence Richardson of Boston."--Foreword signed: William Bell Wait.
"Limited edition ... no. 80 [and] 398."
Description of travel from Philadelphia to Ohio (p. 3 - 7).
Subjects
United States - Description and travel.
Mississippi River - Description and travel.
Lancaster County (Pa.) - Description and travel.
Additional Author
Wait, William Bell,
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
917.3 R521
Websites
https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uiug.30112052522817&view=1up&seq=9
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Travels in New France

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Date of Publication
1941.
Call Number
971.018 P416
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Responsibility
by J. C. B. Prepared by Pennsylvania Historical Survey (Frontier Forts and Trails Survey) Division of Community Service Projects, Work Projects Administration. Edited by Sylvester K. Stevens, Donald H. Kent and Emma Edith Woods.
Place of Publication
Harrisburg
Publisher
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Dept. of Public Instruction, The Pennsylvania Historical Commission,
Date of Publication
1941.
Physical Description
xiv, 167 p. front., illus., plates (incl. map) 24 cm.
Notes
Maps on lining papers.
"The present translation is based on Casgrain's edition."--p. vi.
Summary
"A French soldier set down his memories of life and adventure in western Pennsylvania and other parts of North America during the thrilling events of the French and Indian War, and called the book 'Voyage au Canada dans le nord de l' Amerique Septentrionale, fait depuis l'an 1751 A 1761'...The author is known only by his initials, J.C.B...These reminiscences of life and events in the wilderness, in the towns of New France, and as a prisoner in New York City, give vivid pictures of the experiences of an ordinary man in an age which was full of significance for the future of America. [from the foreword]
Subjects
Indians of North America.
Canada - History - 1663-1713 (New France).
Canada - Description and travel.
United States - History - French and Indian War, 1755-1763 - Personal narratives.
Additional Author
Stevens, Sylvester Kirby,
Kent, Donald H.,
Woods, Emma Edith,
Casgrain, H. R.
J.-C. B.
Additional Corporate Author
Pennsylvania Historical Survey.
Frontier Forts and Trails Survey.
Pennsylvania Historical Commission.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
971.018 P416
Websites
https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015011030973;view=1up;seq=7
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Annals of the Conestoga Valley in Lancaster, Berks, and Chester Counties, Pennsylvania / compiled and published by C.Z. Mast and Robert E. Simpson

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Date of Publication
1942.
Call Number
974.815 CAER M423
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Place of Publication
Elverson, Pa. ; Churchtown, Pa
Publisher
The Authors,
Date of Publication
1942.
Physical Description
xviii, 689 p. : ill., map ; 23 cm.
Notes
Separate index volume compiled by J. Lemar and Lois Ann Mast in 1981.
Subjects
Lancaster County (Pa.) - History.
Berks County (Pa.) - History.
Chester County (Pa.) - History.
Conestoga Valley (Pa.) - History.
Additional Author
Mast, C. Z.
Simpson, Robert Emmett,
Location
Lancaster History Library - Rare Books
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
974.815 CAER M423
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Lancaster City street directory. : "Red rose city of Pennsylvania."

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Date of Publication
1946.
Call Number
917.4815 L244 1946
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Place of Publication
[Lancaster, Pa.?
Publisher
N.p.],
Date of Publication
1946.
Physical Description
[45] p. : map ; 16 cm.
Subjects
Streets - Pennsylvania - Lancaster.
Lancaster (Pa.) - Description and travel.
Lancaster (Pa.) - Directories.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Lancaster County
Call Number
917.4815 L244 1946
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How Lancaster grew and what people thought of it

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Author
Heisey, M. Luther,
Date of Publication
1941
Lancaster was founded this year. 2 Henry Slay- 1 Because of the tree, the early Indians located here were known as the Hickory Tribe; the town became known as Hickory Town. Other names for it were Gibson's Pasture, Indian Town, Spring Town and Waving Hills. See Rupp's History of Lancaster County, p. 135. 2
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by M. Luther Heisey.
Author
Heisey, M. Luther,
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Lancaster County Historical Society,
Date of Publication
1941
Physical Description
[87]-104 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Series
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 45, no. 4
Subjects
Lancaster (Pa.) - Description and travel.
Lancaster (Pa.) - History - Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775.
Contained In
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 45, number 4 (1941), p. 87-104Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.45
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Cannon Hill and the Hessian ditch with personal reminiscences of the Furnace Hills

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Author
Beck, Herbert Huebener,
Date of Publication
1940
, Stiegel named the township for his wife. See the Names of the Townships, by Joseph H. Dubbs, Vol. I, No. 3, Lancaster County Historical Society. F. A. God- charles, in his Pennsylvania History, says the township was named for Queen Elizabeth. 2 The Horseshoe Pike, which was laid out from Downingtown to
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Responsibility
by Herbert H. Beck.
Author
Beck, Herbert Huebener,
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Lancaster County Historical Society,
Date of Publication
1940
Physical Description
[21]-39 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Series
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 44, no. 2
Subjects
Furnace Hills (Lancaster County, Pa.)
Hessian Ditch (Lancaster County, Pa.)
Iron industry and trade - Pennsylvania.
Lancaster County (Pa.) - Description and travel.
Contained In
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 44, number 2 (1940), p. 21-39Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.44
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Unpublished letters of Jasper Yeates : with added notes on Lancaster County's part in the Whiskey Rebellion/ by Jasper Yeates

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Author
Yeates, Jasper,
Date of Publication
1946
, "during the prevalence of the Whiskey Insurrection in Pennsylvania took an active part in the field against the insurrectionists, and gained much credit in the campaign." Ellis and Evans' History of Lancaster County, pp. 226, 616 and 698. Pennsylvania Archives, second series, vol. 4, pp. 14, 136, 137 and
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Author
Yeates, Jasper,
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Lancaster County Historical Society,
Date of Publication
1946
Physical Description
[94]-96 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Series
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 50, no. 3
Subjects
Whiskey Rebellion, Pa., 1794.
Lancaster (Pa.) - History - 1783-1865.
Contained In
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 50, number 3 (1946), p. 94-96Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.50
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Southeastern Pennsylvania, a history of the counties of Berks, Bucks, Chester, Delaware, Montgomery, Philadelphia and Schuylkill

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Author
Nolan, J. Bennett
Date of Publication
[1943]
Call Number
974.800912 N791
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J. Bennett Nolan, supervising editor ...
Author
Nolan, J. Bennett
Place of Publication
Philadelphia, New York
Publisher
Lewis historical publishing company, inc.
Date of Publication
[1943]
Physical Description
3 v. fronts., ill. (incl. maps) plates, ports., facsims. (part col. 1 double) col. coats of arms, col. geneal. tables. 27 1/2 cm.
Notes
Vols. 1 and 2 paged continuously.
Vol. 3 consists of biographies.
LCHS has vols. 1 and 3 only.
Includes bibliographies.
Subjects
Berks County (Pa.) - History.
Bucks County (Pa.) - History.
Chester County (Pa.) - History.
Delaware County (Pa.) - History.
Montgomery County (Pa.) - History.
Philadelphia County (Pa.) - History.
Schuylkill County (Pa.) - History.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
974.800912 N791
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Directory of social resources, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania

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Date of Publication
1944.
Call Number
362 L244s 1944
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Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Lancaster Press ,
Date of Publication
1944.
Physical Description
xv, 46 p. ; 23 cm.
Notes
Title varies.
Subjects
Community information services - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County - Directories.
Community health services - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County - Directories.
Lancaster County (Pa.) - Directories.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Lancaster County
Call Number
362 L244s 1944
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