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Loyalists, pacifists, and prisoners

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Author: Steinmetz, Rollin C.

Date of Publication: 1976.

Call Number: 974.815 LACO L245re

Responsibility: by Rollin C. Steinmetz ; original ill. by Grace T. Steinmetz.

ISBN: 0915010127

Author: Steinmetz, Rollin C.

Place of Publication: Lancaster [Pa.] : Lititz, Pa

Publisher: Lancaster County Bicentennial Committee ; distributed by Sutter House,

Date of Publication: 1976.

Physical Description: 81 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.

Series: Lancaster County during the American Revolution ;

Notes: At head of cover title: Revolutionary Lancaster.; "A Bicentennial book."; Spine title: Lancaster County during the American Revolution; Joseph E. Walker, editor.

Subjects: American loyalists - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.; Lancaster County (Pa.) - History - Revolution, 1775-1783 - Religious aspects.; Lancaster County (Pa.) - History - Revolution, 1775-1783 - Prisoners and prisons.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 974.815 LACO L245re

Hessian laborers at Lancaster, Pa., 1777

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Author: Smith, Clifford Neal.

Date of Publication: 1971

Call Number: 905.29 NG v. 59 (1971)

Responsibility: by Clifford Neal Smith.

Author: Smith, Clifford Neal.

Date of Publication: 1971

Physical Description: p. 188.

Notes: National Genealogical Society Quarterly, v., 59 (1971).

Summary: This is a short article that provides the last names of Hessian prisoners who were being paid for work on "public buildings" in Lancaster. No other information about the prisoners or their work is given.

Subjects: Hessians - Pennsylvania - Lancaster.; Prisoners of war - Germany.; Prisoners of war - Pennsylvania - Lancaster.; United States - History - Revolution, 1775-1783 - Participation, German.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Periodical Article

Call Number: 905.29 NG v. 59 (1971)

History of the Mountwaybia Club

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Author: Eshleman, B. Frank,

Date of Publication: 1970.

History of the Mountwaybia Club Mrs. B. Frank Eshleman On the Western border of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania there functions a small literary club which has been enjoyed by a succession of women for almost fifty years. Known as the Mount- waybia Club, it was founded in 1924 on the principles of

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Responsibility: by Mrs. B. Frank Eshleman.

Author: Eshleman, B. Frank,

Place of Publication: Lancaster, Pa

Publisher: Lancaster County Historical Society,

Date of Publication: 1970.

Physical Description: [23]-29 p. ; 23 cm.

Series: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 74, no. 1

Subjects: Breneman, W. P., - Mrs.; Mountwaybia Club (Lancaster County, Pa.); Book clubs (Discussion groups) - Pennsylvania - Mountville.; Book clubs (Discussion groups) - Pennsylvania - Columbia.; Book clubs (Discussion groups) - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.; Women - Pennsylvania - Mountville; Women - Pennsylvania - Columbia; Women - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County

Contained In: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 74, number 1 (1970), p. 23-29Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.74

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Just for kicks : a salute to the Fulton

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Date of Publication: 1975.

Call Number: 792.0222 J95j

Responsibility: staged and directed by Christopher Brown ; produced by Jerome Cargill ; Musical Director Don Trostle.

Place of Publication: Lancaster, Pa

Publisher: [publisher not identified],

Date of Publication: 1975.

Physical Description: 1 volume (unpaged) : illustrations

Subjects: Junior League of Lancaster (Lancaster, Pa.); Fulton Opera House (Lancasater, Pa.); Theater programs - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.; Theater - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.; Amateur theater - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.; Theater programs.

Additional Title: Junior League of Lancaster presents just for kicks.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 792.0222 J95j

Lancaster's heritage: An historical preservation study for Lancaster County

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Corporate Author: Lancaster County Planning Commission.

Date of Publication: 1972.

Call Number: 720.9 L244

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Corporate Author: Lancaster County Planning Commission.

Place of Publication: Lancaster, Pa

Publisher: The Commission,

Date of Publication: 1972.

Physical Description: 1 v. (various pagings) : ill., folded map ; 29 cm.

Notes: Includes detailed inventory of sites and structures.; This report presents the case for the preservation of the architectural and environmental aspects of this heritage in a balanced, planned relationship with continued contemporary development. Information is offered concerning the County's resources, the dangers to historic areas, and the possibilities for action. While individual County landmarks do deserve additional attention, the primary emphasis within this report is on the overall character of Lancaster's environmental heritage and the need for its preservation. The natural beauty of our rural areas and the pervasive historic character of many of our older communities are among Lancaster County's basic assets.; This study was updated in 1985 by the Historic Preservation Trust of Lancaster County. The update's title is "Our present past: An update of Lancaster's Heritage" and can be found in our collection. The author of the update is "Historic Preservation Trust of Lancaster County".; Bibliography: p. 9-1]-9-2.

Subjects: Architecture - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.; Historic buildings - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County; Historic sites - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County; Lancaster County (Pa.) - History.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Lancaster County

Call Number: 720.9 L244

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Joshua Brown, prisoner for conscience sake

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Author: Bradley, A. Day

Date of Publication: 1977

Council) desires to know if we will given security to go to Charleston in order for banishment. ... If thou can trust us we will faithfully obey, but as to giving security, we cannot move a finger towards being instrumental in our banishment. ... I conclude thy real friend. Joshua Brown 16 Ninety Six Gaol

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Responsibility: by A. Day Bradley.

Author: Bradley, A. Day

Place of Publication: Lancaster, Pa

Publisher: Lancaster County Historical Society,

Date of Publication: 1977

Physical Description: [25]-29 p.: ill. ; 23 cm.

Series: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 81, no. 1

Subjects: Brown, Joshua.; Quakers - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.; Pacifists - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.

Contained In: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 81, number 1 (1977), p. 25-29Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.81