Prepared by Wm. W. Britton, begun 1734, completed May 30, 1935 ;
Date of Publication
1734 - 1935.
Physical Description
4 reels ; 35 mm.
Notes
Microfilmed in 1957. Contains 20 volumes. Lancaster County warrants are on V. 16.
Labeled on box # 257 - # 261.
Material arranged by county and includes names of warrantee, date, acreage, location, date of return, name of patentee, where patent recorded, and where survey is copied.
Lancaster's first steam pumper: a Union Fire Company innovation / Jack W. W. Loose -- Soldiers and sailors minumnet [sic.] designated United States shrine / Frederic S. Klein.
Der blutige Schau-platz, oder, Martyrer Spiegel der Tauffs gesi[n]nten oder wehrlosen-Christen : die um des Zeugnuss Jesu ihres Seligmachers willen gelitten haben, und seynd getodtet worden, von Christi Zeit an bis auf das Jahr 1660 : vormals aus unterschiedlichen glaubwurdigen Chronicken, Nachrichten und Zeugnussen gesa[m]mlet und in hollandischer Sprach heraus gegeben
2 v. in 1, [1] leaf of plates : ill. ; 38 cm. (fol.)
Notes
In double columns within line borders.
Vol. 2 has special t.p. with 1749 publication date.
Pagination: 56, 478, [18], 949, [11] p.
Signatures: (A)-(G)Ã¾Ì A-3OþÌ, ℗øA-6GþÌ.
Copy 1. Pasted note on back of front cover: Library and Museum of Lancaster County Historical Society. Library number 92. Donated by Squire Hildebrand. Received Apr. 9, 1897.
Copy 1. Note in faded pencil: John [Howirter?] ... [made this Bible?]
Copy 2. Note on back of first flyleaf: "This Book belongs to Abraham Graff, January the 6th January 1788".
Copy 2. Housed in a brown linen slipcase with leather spine label.
Copy 2. Vignette on p. 133 of flowers in urn.
Copy 3. Heritage Center copy contingent upon staff availibility, an appointment may be required.
Copy 3. Heritage Center copy original call number PO2.21.1.
Copy 3. Heritage Center copy bears on inside front cover full colored fractur bookplate of Hans Tschantz.
Copy 3. Heritage Center copy: Genealogy of Tschantz and Johns families on back four flyleaves, 1746-1799.
Martyrs Mirror.
Evans
Botte & Tannhof. German printing,
Copy 1. Contemporary binding. Half of leather on front cover missing, one engraved brass corner missing; both clasps missing; leather on spine missing; One-third of leather on back cover missingg, one engraved brass corner missing Raised bosses on front and back boards. Front cover detached.
Copy 2. Contemporary binding with brass clasps (missing) and brass catches. Engraved brass on corners. Raised bosses on front and back boards. Front cover loose.
Copy 3. Heritage Center copy: Contemporary binding with brass clasps (missing) and brass catches. Brass on corners. Blind tooling on front and back boards.
Summary
This book includes accounts of the martyrdom of the apostles and the stories of martyrs from previous centuries. Next to the Bible, the Martyrs' Mirror has historically held the most significant and prominent place in Amish and Mennonite homes. The Martyrs Mirror is still a beloved book among Amish and Mennonites. While less common now in the 20th century, Martyrs' Mirror is a common wedding gift for Amish and Mennonite families. In 1745, Jacob Gottschalk arranged with the Ephrata Cloister to have them translate the Martyrs Mirror from Dutch into German and to print it. The work took 15 men three years to finish and in 1749, at 1,512 pages, it was the largest book printed in America before the Revolutionary War. [wikipedia]
A journal of the life of Thomas Story, containing an account of his remarkable convincement of and embracing the principles of truth as held by the people called Quakers and also of his travels and labours in the service of the gospel, with many occurrences and observations
A Treaty, held at the town of Lancaster, in Pennsylvania, by the Honourable the lieutenant-governor of the province, and the Honourable the commissioners for the provinces of Virginia and Maryland, with the Indians of the Six Nations, in June, 1744
Place of Publication
Philadelphia
Publisher
printed and sold by B. Franklin, at the new-printing-office, near the Market. ,
Date of Publication
M,DCC,XLIV. [1744]
Physical Description
39, [1] p. ; 33 cm. (fol.)
Notes
Other contents: Tax lists, Union Township/Lightfoot Collection, box 5, Lancaster Co., Earl twp; "Draught of lands in Lancaster County"/Surveys List of Surveys 1692; proprietary lands ca. 1776/General statitics, Mr. Hamilton's list, Dec. 1, 1765 by Edw Shippen/Pennsylvania cash accounts (Edmund Physick)/Penn MSS Pa. land grants/Lamberton Scotch-Irish Collection- Tax lists Cumberland/Lancaster Co. MSS II- Tax list Lancaster Boro/ [ditto] Tax list Cocalico/Draft of Meadow Land on River Delaware between Darby and Crum Creeks/ [ditto] Draft of farm on Hollander's Cr/Maps/Berks and Montgomery, Misc MSS- tax list Union twp
Indian speeches of Cornplanter, Half[?], etc, 1790/James Kenny Journal to the westware, 1758, 1761/Timothy Horsfield letterbook 1754-1755/Copy of Cornplanter's speech Oct 1790/Conrad Weiser's letter to C Saur
Also this roll of microfilm contains various early land transactions, copy of account of lands surveyed for the proprietors, list of ground rent for Lancaster city residents.
Originally copied for Russell Nelson by the State Historical Society of Wisconsin.
