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Travels in North America in the years 1780, 1781, and 1782

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo925
Author
Chastellux, Francʹois Jean,
Date of Publication
c1963.
Call Number
917.3 C489
  1 website  
Responsibility
by the Marquis de Chastellux ; a revised translation, with introduction and notes, by Howard C. Rice, Jr.
Author
Chastellux, Francʹois Jean,
Uniform Title
Voyages dans l'Amerique septentrionale.
Place of Publication
Chapel HIll, N.C
Publisher
University of North Carolina Press,
Date of Publication
c1963.
Physical Description
2 v. : ill., ports. ; maps ; 23 cm.
Notes
"Published for the Institute of Early American History and Culture at Williamsburg, Virginia."
Includes index.
Summary
"The definitive edition of an American classic of great literary and historical value. Chastellux, one of three major generals who accompanied Rochambeau and the French Expeditionary Forces to America, was a man of letters and a member of the French Academy. His absorbing journal is a deeply and clearly etched portrait of a country and its people. This is the second of two volumes." [Worldcat.org]
"Francois Jean De Beauvoir, Marquis De Chastellux was born in Paris, France in 1734. He joined the French Army as a Second Lieutenant at the age of 13 and rose through the ranks during the Seven Years' War. Chastellux came to be as famous for his literary work, with his publication of a book on philosophy in 1772, as he was for his military exploits. When the French expeditionary forces assigned to the Revolutionary Continental Army set sail for America in 1779, he was one of the three major generals sent with General Rochambeau. They arrived in America and took part in the victorious Yorktown campaign. Invaluable to the Continental Army commanders for his command of the English language, Chastellux remained in America until returning to France in early 1783. Travels in North America is an account of Chastellux's travels between campaigns." [from the Preface]
Subjects
Manners and customs.
United States - Description and travel - Early works to 1800.
United States - Social life and customs - 1775-1783.
Additional Author
Rice, Howard C.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
917.3 C489
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Lancaster's golden century, 1821-1921; a chronicle of men and women who planned and toiled to build a city strong and beautiful

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo1346
Author
Klein, H. M. J.
Date of Publication
1921.
Call Number
974.815 LACO K64
  1 website  
Responsibility
written and comp. by H.M.J. Klein ...
Author
Klein, H. M. J.
Place of Publication
[Lancaster, Pa.]
Publisher
Hager and Bro.,
Date of Publication
1921.
Physical Description
3 p. ø., 130 p. illus., pl., ports. 19 cm.
Notes
"To commemorate one hundred years of the house of Hager, April, 1921."
Subjects
Lancaster (Pa.) - History.
Lancaster County (Pa.) - History.
Lancaster (Pa.) - Biography.
Additional Corporate Author
Hager & Brother, Lancaster, Pa.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
974.815 LACO K64
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The Swiss Eby family : pioneer millwrights and millers of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, U.S.A

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo1375
Author
Aby, Franklin Stanton,
Date of Publication
1924.
Call Number
929 E16aa
  1 website  
Responsibility
by Franklin Stanton Aby.
Author
Aby, Franklin Stanton,
Place of Publication
Chicago, IL
Publisher
the Author,
Date of Publication
1924.
Physical Description
55 p. : maps, facs. ; 28 cm.
Series
The Eby family bulletin ;
Subjects
Eby family.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
929 E16aa
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Old Lancaster tales and traditions

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo26
Author
Worner, William Frederic.
Date of Publication
1927.
Call Number
974.815 LACI W928
  1 website  
Author
Worner, William Frederic.
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
The Author,
Date of Publication
1927.
Physical Description
x, 261 p. illus. 24 cm.
Contents
Declaration of Independence in Lancaster--Thomas Wharton, Jr. in Lancaster--Baron Steuben in Lancaster--Lancaster in 1778--Lancaster in 1783--Ephrata Community--Lancaster in 1788--Camel in Lancaster--Lancaster in 1795--Lancaster in 1797--John Marshall in Lancaster--First elephant in Lancaster--General Pinckney in Lancaster--Lancaster in 1807--Alexander Wilson in Lancaster--Mrs. Royall's visit to Lancaster--Royal Arabian horse in Lancaster--Daniel Webster in Lancaster--Rich men of Lancaster City in 1845--The Wreath--Chinese soldier in the Civil War--Hope Church--Seventy-fifth aniversaryof Hope Church--Story of Salome Le Roy--Tory of the Revolution.
Illustrations--Rare old Lancaster imprint--Lancaster Count Courthouse--Residence of Christopher Marshall--Trinity Lutheran Church--Cat Tavern--Old Ferry House--Buildings of the Ephrata Cloister--Watermark, Ephrata Cloister--Finest Colonial House in Lancaster--Caleb Cope House--Barracks on Howard Avenue--Saron House. Ephrata Cloister--Cell, Ephrata Cloister--Watermarks, Ephrata Cloister--Room in Saron House, Ephrata Cloister--Kitchen, Ephrata Cloister--Fireplace, Ephrata Cloister--Matin Room--Ephrata Cloister--Seal, Ephrata Cloister--Government Buildings, Lancaster--Washington Hotel--Old Powder House--Lancaster Academy--Male camel--Watermarks, Ephrata Cloister--Johann Conrad Beissel--Tomb of Johann Conrad Beissel--Fountain Inn--Rockford, Home of General Hand--White Swan Tavern--Blunderbuss--Lancaster City Hall--Newspaper account of Marshall's arival--Residence of Jasper Yeates--Residence of Timothy Matlack--Advertisement of the elephant--Oldest tobacco shop in the United States--Old wooden sign, Demuth Tobacco Shop--View of North Queen Street about 1840--William Pitt Tavern--Sign of William Pitt Tavern--Lancaster in 1810--Anchor Inn, Lititz, Pa.--Heinitsh's Drug Store--James Buchanan--Steinman's Hardware Store--Slaymaker's Hotel--Abbeville--House and tannery of Georg H. Krug--Fire engine--View of West King Street about 1850--The Wreath--Button Suctio Engine--Hose cart--Hope Episcopal Church, Mount Hope, Pa.--Mount Hope Mansion--Memorial chancel and altar, Hope Church--Brew House--Bird's-eye view of Lancaster--German Reformed Church--House built about 1760--Lancaster County Prison.
Subjects
Woo, Hong Neok - 1834-1919.
Folklore - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
Lancaster (Pa.) - History.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
974.815 LACI W928
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Historic heart of Lancaster

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo648
Author
Lestz, Gerald
Date of Publication
[c1962]
Call Number
974.815 LACI L642
  1 website  
Author
Lestz, Gerald
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
John Baer
Date of Publication
[c1962]
Physical Description
56 p. illus.
Summary
" A do-it-yourself guide for a walking tour of the central section of Lancaster,Pennsylvania , America's oldest inland city and county seat of the Garden Spot of The World " [from the title page]
Subjects
Lancaster (Pa.) - History.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
974.815 LACI L642
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History and rhymes of the Lost Battalion

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo661
Author
McCollum, Lee Charles.
Date of Publication
c1929.
Call Number
940.41 M129
  1 website  

A constitutional league of peace in the stone age of America; the League of the Iroquois and its constitution

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo690
Author
Hewitt, J. N. B.
Date of Publication
1920.
Call Number
970.1 S664c
  1 website  
Responsibility
by J. N. B. Hewitt.
Author
Hewitt, J. N. B.
Place of Publication
Washington
Publisher
Govt. Print. Off.,
Date of Publication
1920.
Physical Description
527-545 p. 24 cm.
Notes
From: Smithsonian Institution. Annual report. 1918.
"The author,John Napoleon Brinton Hewitt (December 16, 1859 - October 14, 1937) , was a linguist and ethnographer who specialized in Iroquoian and other Native American languages. Hewitt was born on the Tuscarora Indian Reservation near Lewiston, New York. His parents were Harriet and David; his mother was of Tuscarora, French, Oneida, and Scottish descent, his father of English and Scottish, but raised in a Tuscarora family. His parents raised him speaking the English language, but when he left the reservation to attend schools in Wilson and Lockport, he learned to speak the Tuscarora language from other students who spoke the language." [from Wikipedia]
Summary
Discussion of the formation of the Iroquois League by five separate native American tribes ( Mohawk, Oneida, Onondaga, Cayuga and Seneca ) in 16th century America.
Subjects
Iroquois Indians.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
970.1 S664c
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The history of Valley Forge

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo4268
Author
Woodman, Henry,
Edition
4th ed.
Date of Publication
1922.
Call Number
974.8029 P415w
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Pennsylvania place names

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo4297
Author
Espenshade, Abraham Howry,
Date of Publication
1925
Call Number
974.80091 E77
  1 website  
Responsibility
by A. Howry Espenshade.
Author
Espenshade, Abraham Howry,
Place of Publication
State College, Pa
Publisher
The Pennsylvania state college
Date of Publication
1925
Physical Description
375 p. fold. map. 24 cm.
Series
The Pennsylvania state college. Studies in history and political science, no. 1
Pennsylvania state college. College series, no. 1
Notes
"List of books consulted": p. 341-345.
Summary
"The author has tried to show that an interesting and important part of the history of Pennsylvania has been indelibly written in the names of its counties, cities, towns and townships...He has made every effort to learn all the essential facts about a particular name, and to secure information from the most reliable and authentic sources." [from the preface] /// Chapters include places named for English Shires, English noblemen, French , Presidents, Soldiers, Women, Indians , Industries, and Geographical Features , Etc.
Subjects
Names, Geographical - Pennsylvania.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
974.80091 E77
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The genealogical record of the Schwenkfelder families, seekers of religious liberty who fled from Silesia to Saxony and thence to Pennsylvania in the years 1731-1737

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo4327
Author
Brecht, Samuel Kriebel,
Date of Publication
1923.
Call Number
929 S414b
  1 website  
Responsibility
edited by Samuil Kriebel Brecht...
Author
Brecht, Samuel Kriebel,
Place of Publication
New York, Chicago
Publisher
Printed for the Board of publication of the Schwenkfelder church, Pennsburg, Pennsylvania [by] Rand McNally & company,
Date of Publication
1923.
Physical Description
xx, 1752 p. front., illus. (coat of arms) plates, ports., maps, facsims. 29 cm.
Notes
A revision of the Genealogical record of the descendants of the Schwenkfelders, by R. Kriebel.
The Genealogical Record of the Schwenkfelder Families: Seekers of Religious Liberty Who Fled From Silesia to Saxony and Thence to Pennsylvania in the Years 1731 to 1737 by Samuel Kriebel Brecht chronicles the genealogy of the followers of Caspar Schwenkfelder, German religious reformer. The book also includes photographs of people, places, and documents; historical sketches; church organization, maps, and other information
Bibliography: p. xix-xx.
Subjects
Schwenckfeld, Caspar, - 1489-1561.
Schwenkfelders - Pennsylvania.
Pennsylvania - Genealogy.
Additional Author
Kriebel, Reuben,
Additional Corporate Author
Schwenkfelder Church.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
929 S414b
Websites
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