The George Steinman Papers, Series 1 contains an album, compiled by George Steinman, with many photographs of buildings, tombstones, monuments and scenes of Lancaster city and county. Ephemera and newspaper articles are among the photographs. Represented in the album are Postlethwaite's Tavern, hotels and taverns, fire houses, the Conestoga massacre, churches, cemeteries, Ephrata Cloister, prominent citizens and their homes, Stehli Silk Mill, and schools. The four boxes contain orginal correspondence, documents, photographs and ephemera or and pertaining to the same subject matter as the album.
The George Steinman Papers, Series 2 is a collection of original correspondence, documents, photographs, and ephemera primarily compiled by George Steinman. The contents of Series 2 represent Lancaster city and county events, prominent citizens, buildings, monuments, churches, cemeteries, schools, and businesses. Most of what Steinman collected relates to 18th and 19th century Pennsylvania, highlighting Lancaster and Philadelphia. One of the key events highlighted is the Revolutionary war; with documents and images related to Philadelphia, George Washington, the Atlee family, and General Edward Hand. There are images relating to the Christiana Riot and to various buildings in early Lancaster; including but not limited to the Old Jail, the British Prison, and Postlethwaite's Tavern. Also included in the collection is currency printed by Benjamin Franklin in Philadelphia in 1764, and Confederate States currency and bonds.
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"Mr. Geo. Steinman who started this collection of pictures. This book was presented to the Lanc. Co. Historical Society after his death by Mr. Geo. S. Franklin."
John M. Gibson is recorded as the donor, 1968, in LancasterHistory's accession records.
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Other Numbers
MG-184
Classification
MG0184
Description Level
Fonds
Custodial History
Series 1 processed and finding aid prepared PK and MSH, 2008. Series 2 finding aid prepared by JE, 2018. Added to database 20 July 2021.
Digitization of this document was funded by the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, PHMC Appl ID # C980002119, 2021-2024.
The illustrating mirror : or, A fundamental illustration of Christ's Sermon on the Mount. For all lovers of the truth to examine their faith and to promote their observance of the doctrines of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ
The doctrine of the new birth, : exemplified in the life and religious experience of Onesimus, from the eleventh to the twenty-fifth year of his age, or from the year 1779 to 1793, inclusive. : Also, the visions which he saw concerning the city of Philadelphia, in the state of Pennsylvania, in the days when George Washington was the president of the United States of North America, and in the year of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, 1792. The visions with several of the special events of his life shall be illustrated with twenty plates, and the whole designed as a defence of the truth of the Gospel, and proof of the immortality of the human soul. Written in twenty letters, and dedicated to Elder Joseph Maylin. Onesimus
An introduction to the making of Latin : comprising, after an easy, compendious method, the substance of the Latin syntax : with proper English examples, most of them translations from the classic authors, in one column, and the Latin words in antoher : to which is subjoin'd, in the same method, a succinct account of the affairs of ancient Greece and Rome, intended at once to bring boys acquainted with history, and the idiom of the Latin tongue with rules for the gender of nouns
The sixteenth edition, revised and carefully corrected.
Place of Publication
London
Publisher
Printed for C. Hitch and L. Hawes in Pater-Noster-Row, and J. Hodges on London-Bridge,
Date of Publication
MDCCLII [1752]
Physical Description
xii, 297, [3] p. ; 17 cm. (12mo)
Notes
"A dissertation upon the usefulness of translations of classic authors, both literal and free, for the easy and expeditious attainment of the Latin tongue" (p. [277]-297) has special title page.
Signatures: A-N¹².
Bookseller's advertisement on last three pages.
Apparently from Jasper Yeates's personal libarary.
Yeates's signature at top of title page under that of John Yeates.
The Book of common prayer and administration of the sacraments & other rites & ceremonies of the Church according to the use of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States of America together with the Psalter or Psalms of David
Fox's Book of martyrs : being a complete history of the lives, sufferings, and deaths of Christian martyrs, from the commencement of Christianity to the latest periods of pagan and popish persecutions
"The object of this work, is to give a brief history of persecution since the first introduction of Christianity, till the present time. In doing this, we have commenced with the martyrdom of Stephen, and following the course of events, have brought the History of persecution down to the year 1830. In all ages, we find that a disposition to persecute for opinion's sake, has been manifested by wicked men, whatever may have been their opinions or sentiments on religious subjects. The intolerant Jew, and the bigoted pagan, have exhibited no more of a persecuting spirit, than the nominal professor of Christianity, and the infidel and the avowed atheist. Indeed, it seems to be an "inherent vice," in unsanctified nature to endeavour by the pressure of physical force, to restrain obnoxious sentiments, and to propagate favourite opinions. It is only when the heart has been renewed and sanctified by divine grace, that men have rightly understood and practised the true principles of toleration. We do not say that none but real Christians have adopted correct views respecting civil and religious liberty;—but we affirm that these views owe their origin entirely to Christianity and its genuine disciples."
Contents
Contents: HISTORY OF CHRISTIAN MARTYRS TO THE FIRST GENERAL PERSECUTIONS UNDER NERO. THE TEN PRIMITIVE PERSECUTIONS. ( By The Roman Empire ) PERSECUTIONS OF THE CHRISTIANS IN PERSIA. PAPAL PERSECUTIONS. AN ACCOUNT OF THE INQUISITION. AN ACCOUNT OF THE PERSECUTIONS IN ITALY, UNDER THE PAPACY. AN ACCOUNT OF THE PERSECUTIONS IN BOHEMIA UNDER THE PAPACY.GENERAL PERSECUTIONS IN GERMANY. AN ACCOUNT OF THE PERSECUTIONS IN LITHUANIA AND POLAND. AN ACCOUNT OF THE PERSECUTIONS IN CHINA AND SEVERAL OTHER COUNTRIES.AN ACCOUNT OF THE PERSECUTIONS IN GREAT BRITAIN AND IRELAND PRIOR TO THE REIGN OF QUEEN MARY I. AN ACCOUNT OF THE PERSECUTIONS IN SCOTLAND, DURING THE REIGN OF KING HENRY . VIII and An account of the Life, Suffering and Death of George Wishart PERSECUTIONS IN ENGLAND DURING THE REIGN OF QUEEN MARY. THE SPANISH ARMADA. RISE AND PROGRESS OF THE PROTESTANT RELIGION IN IRELAND WITH AN ACCOUNT OF THE BARBAROUS MASSACRE OF 1641. THE RISE, PROGRESS, PERSECUTIONS AND SUFFERINGS OF THE QUAKERS. PERSECUTIONS OF THE FRENCH PROTESTANTS IN THE SOUTH OF FRANCE, DURING THE YEARS 1814 AND 1820. ASAAD SHIDIAK. PERSECUTIONS OF THE BAPTIST MISSIONARIES IN INDIA, DURING THE YEAR 1824. PERSECUTIONS OF THE WESLEYAN MISSIONARIES IN THE WEST INDIES. PERSECUTIONS IN SWITZERLAND FROM 1813 TO 1830. SKETCHES OF THE LIVES OF SOME OF THE MOST EMINENT REFORMERS.SKETCH OF THE FRENCH REVOLUTION OF 1789, AS CONNECTED WITH THE HISTORY OF PERSECUTIONS.
The complete parish-officer : containing I. The authority and duty of high constables ... II. Of church-wardens, how chosen, their business in repairing of churches ... III. Of overseers of the poor, and their office ... IV. Of surveyors of the highways, and scavengers ... V. Of watchmen, their original and power : together with the statutes relating to hackney coaches and chairs, watermen, & c
The Bloody Theatre, or Martyrs' Mirror, of the Defenceless Christians : who suffered and were put to death for the testimony of Jesus, their Savior, from the time of Christ until the year A.D. 1660
Formerly compiled from various authentic chronicles and testimonies published in the Dutch language, by Thielem J. von Bracht ; Carefully translated into the German; from which it is translated, compared with the original, and carefully revised; and numerous texts of scripture more correctly quoted than in the German edition, by I. Daniel Rupp ...
Cipy 2 from the Collection of the Heritage Center Museum.
Copy 2 Heritage Center copy viewing contingent upon staff availibility, an appointment may be required.
Copy 2 Heritage Center copy original call number PO2.21.2.
Copy 2 Heritage Center copy bears on inside front cover full colored fractur bookplate of Mary Keen, 1839.
Copy 2 on back of first flyeaf in pencil: All of one mind - hearing ministers -- 462; Hearing ministers 919.
Copy 2 on front of second flylear in ink: Horace D. Harkins, 534 North Plum St., Lancaster, Penna.
Includes index and bibliographic notes.
Copy 2 Heritage Center copy full leather binding with maroon spine title; shows wear all over with split spine; four loose pages and pages show heavy foxing and damp stains; later flyleaves.
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]
Proceedings of the manufacturers, mechanics, merchants, traders and others of the City and County of Philadelphia signers of the memorial to Congress asking for the return of the government deposites to the Bank of the United States : with a report of the delegates appointed to represent at Washington the views and wishes of the memorialists, and a statement of their interview with Andrew Jackson
