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Lancaster County Papers

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Date of Publication
1854-1922.
Call Number
974.815 LACO L245i
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Date of Publication
1854-1922.
Physical Description
2 vol. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Notes
A series of pamphlets bound together.
Contents
Vol 1: Father Ferdinand Farmer, an apostolic missionary in three states by John F. Quirk--A discourse, delivered in the Leacock Presbyterian Church, Lancaster County, Pa., on Thanksgiving Day, November 23, 1854 by P.J. Timlow--A discourse delivered in the Leacock Presbyterian Church, July 21st, 1892 by P.J. Timlow--Christ Lutheran Church, Lancaster, Pa.--Report of the commissioners appointed to examine the affairs of the Lancaster Savings Institution.
Vol.2: Resources and industries of the City of Lancaster, Lancaster County, Pa.--Historical sketch of St. Anthony's Church, Lancaster, Penna., 1870-1895 by Anthony F. Dorley--A discourse delivered in the Leacock Presbyterian Church, Lancaster County, Pa., on Thanksgiving Day, November 23, 1854--A discourse delivered in the Leacock Presbyterian Church, July 21st, 1892 by P.J. Timlow--Historical sketch of Zion's Reformed Church [Millersville] by D.H. Landis.
Subjects
Timlow, P.J.
St. Anthony's Church (Lancaster, Pa.) - History.
Christ Lutheran Church (Lancaster, Pa.) - History.
Lancaster Savings Institution - Report.
Leacock Presbyterian Church (Lancaste County, Pa.) - History.
Sacred Heart Academy (Lancaster, Pa.) - History.
St. Anthony's Parochial School (Lancaster, Pa.) - History.
Presbyterian Church (Lancaste County, Pa.)
Reformed Church (Lancaster County, Pa.)
Roman Catholic Church (Lancaster County, Pa.)
Lutheran Church (Lancaster County, Pa.)
Millersville (Pa.) - History.
Lancaster (Pa.) - Directories.
Lancaster County (Pa.) - Genealogy.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
974.815 LACO L245i
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Tales told out of school : An informal history of the Lancaster Country Day School and the Shippen School

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Date of Publication
1984.
Call Number
370 C855
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Responsibility
compiled by Anna Downey Gardner.
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
The School ,
Date of Publication
1984.
Physical Description
52 pages : ill. ; 21 x 28 cm.
Subjects
Lancaster Country Day School (Lancaster County, Pa.)
The Shippen School (Lancaster, Pa.)
Miss Stahr's School (Lancaster, Pa.)
Lancaster College (Lancaster, Pa.)
Franklin and Marshall Academy (Lancaster, Pa.)
Private schools - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
Education - Pennsylvania - Lancaster.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Lancaster County
Call Number
370 C855
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City Hall and its history

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Author
Landis, Charles Israel,
Date of Publication
1918
, 1818). Henry Keffer �file:///Volumes/LCHS%3BLCHSFS01/OCR%20Journal%20Project/PDF%20Biblio%20Info/Pwebrecon.cgi.txt Author: Landis, Charles Israel, 1856-1932. Title: City Hall and its history / by Judge C. I. Landes. Primary Material: Book Subject(s): City Hall (Lancaster, Pa.) Public buildings
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Responsibility
by Judge C. I. Landes.
Author
Landis, Charles Israel,
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Lancaster County Historical Society,
Date of Publication
1918
Physical Description
[105]-122 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Series
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 22, no. 7
Subjects
City Hall (Lancaster, Pa.)
Public buildings - Pennsylvania - Lancaster.
Marketplaces - Pennsylvania - Lancaster.
Municipal buildings - Pennsylvania - Lancaster.
Lancaster (Pa.) - History - 18th century.
Lancaster (Pa.) - History - 19th century.
Contained In
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 22, number 7 (1918), p. 107-122Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.22
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Thirty-five years of "The Clio" a historical review of the Cliosophic Society of Lancaster, Pennsylvania; organized November nineteenth, eighteen hundred and seventy-nine

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Corporate Author
Cliosophic Society of Lancaster.
Date of Publication
1914
Call Number
367 C641 v.2
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Corporate Author
Cliosophic Society of Lancaster.
Place of Publication
[Lancaster, Pa.]
Publisher
published by the Society,
Date of Publication
1914
Physical Description
142 p. 29 cm.
Subjects
Franklin and Marshall College.
Lancaster Theological Seminary (Lancaster, Pa.)
Lancaster (Pa.) - Clubs.
Lancaster (Pa.) - Social life and customs.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Lancaster County
Call Number
367 C641 v.2
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The Shippen House

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Author
Hensel, W. U.
Date of Publication
1910.
THE SHIPPEN HOUSE, FOREWORD. On the evening of February 21, 1910, by invitation of the mistress of the Shippen School for Girls, a large company assembled at the home of the School, the famous old Shippen house, at the northwest corner of Lime and Orange streets, in the City of Lancaster, Pa., to
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Responsibility
by Hon. W. U. Hensel.
Author
Hensel, W. U.
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Lancaster County Historical Society,
Date of Publication
1910.
Physical Description
[125]-143 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Series
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 14, no. 4
Subjects
Shippen family.
Shippen House (Lancaster, Pa.)
Lancaster (Pa.) - Buildings, structures, etc.
Lancaster (Pa.) - Biography.
Contained In
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 14, number 4 (1910), p. 125-143Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.14
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Year book St. Stephen's Evangelical Lutheran Church Lancaster, Pa., 1914

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Corporate Author
St. Stephen's Evangelical Lutheran Church (Lancaster, Pa.)
Date of Publication
1914]
Call Number
284.1 L973sty 1914
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Alternate Title
St. Stephen's Evangelical Lutheran Church year book 1914.
Corporate Author
St. Stephen's Evangelical Lutheran Church (Lancaster, Pa.)
Place of Publication
[Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
The Church,
Date of Publication
1914]
Physical Description
28 p. : ill., ; 28 cm.
Notes
Cover title.
Contains many local business advertisements.
Rights
Gift of the church.
Subjects
St. Stephen's Evangelical Lutheran Church (Lancaster, Pa.)
Lutherans - Illinois - Lancaster, Pa.
Lancaster (Pa.) - Church history.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Lancaster County
Call Number
284.1 L973sty 1914
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Archive

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Collection
Elizabethtown Insurance Company Records
Title
Elizabethtown Insurance Company Records
Object ID
MG0684
Date Range
1872-1941
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Collection
Elizabethtown Insurance Company Records
Title
Elizabethtown Insurance Company Records
Description
This collection contains documents and record books from the Elizabethtown Insurance Company. Items include records of new policies issued, policies cancelled, reinsurance policies, and books documenting taxes owed to the Elizabethtown Insurance Company. The collection also contains receipt books, personal agent books, and various notes and documents inserted into the lager record books. All documents are handwritten by multiple individuals and some books have missing, or broken spines. Many items are fragile, and caution should be used when turning pages to avoid further tearing and damage.
Admin/Biographical History
The Elizabethtown Insurance Company was formally chartered on December 23, 1843 as Farmers' Mutual Insurance Company. They started doing business January 31, 1844 and by June 1844 had applications from prospective policy holders for enough insurance to issue their first policy. The company was originally developed to insure against loss or damage by fire, but eventually began insuring other types of property damage. Farmers' Mutual Insurance Company moved multiple times; finding homes in Lampeter and Conestoga Townships, as well as Lancaster City. The company moved to Elizabethtown in 1925, and in July of 2009, Farmers' Mutual changed their name to Elizabethtown Insurance Company. In 2011 Elizabethtown Insurance Company stopped accepting new applications, and in 2012, the company relocated to Delaware.
Date Range
1872-1941
Creation Date
1872-1941
Year Range From
1872
Year Range To
1941
Creator
Elizabethtown Insurance Company
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Storage Room
Archives South
Storage Wall
Side 14
People
Beare, Harry W.
Brandt, J. N.
Dulebohn, G. Walter
Gantert, H. A.
Gibbel, H. R.
Gise, Henry L.
Haldeman, John
Herr, Isaac
Herr, Isaac R.
Landis, H. Reist
Leaman, B. E.
Martin, Christ
Miller, A. W.
Miller, C. H.
Miller, Susan E.
Oweiler, J. N
Shimp, H. G.
Snavely, B. H.
Trout, J. M.
Zartman, E. R.
Subjects
Elizabethtown (Pa.)
Farmers' Mutual Insurance Company (Lancaster, Pa.)
Fire insurance--Pennsylvania
Insurance companies--Pennsylvania
Insurance policies--Pennsylvania
Lancaster (Pa.)
Search Terms
Correspondence
Elizabethtown
Elizabethtown Insurance Men's Association
F & M Hat Company
Farmers' Mutual Insurance Company (Lancaster, Pa.)
Finding aids
Fire insurance
Insurance companies
Insurance policies
Lancaster
Letters
Lykens Valley Mutual Insurance Company
Manuscript groups
Penn Township Mutual Fire Insurance Company
Postcards
Receipts
Taxes
Extent
4 boxes, 38 folders, 2.5 cubic ft.
Object Name
Archive
Language
English
Object ID
MG0684
Related Item Notes
MG-0065 Griest: William Walton Griest Collection, Series 19 Taxes/Tariffs, 1909-1929
MG-0283 Long: Judge Henry G. Long Collection, 1752-1888
Access Conditions / Restrictions
No restrictions.
Copyright
Collection may not be photocopied. Please direct questions to Research Center Staff at research@lancasterhistory.org.
Permission for reproduction and/or publication must be obtained in writing from LancasterHistory.
Credit
Courtesy of LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.
Other Numbers
MG-684
Classification
MG0684
Description Level
Fonds
Custodial History
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The Sun Fire Company

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Author
Demuth, Ferdinand A.
Date of Publication
1912
Ferdinand A. Demuth. Primary Material: Book Subject(s): Sun Fire Company (Lancaster, Pa.) Fire departments--Pennsylvania--Lancaster County--History. Fire fighters--Pennsylvania--Lancaster. Lancaster (Pa.)--Fires and fire prevention. Publisher: Lancaster, Pa. : Lancaster County Historical Society, 1912
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Responsibility
by Ferdinand A. Demuth.
Author
Demuth, Ferdinand A.
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Lancaster County Historical Society,
Date of Publication
1912
Physical Description
153-162 p. ; 23 cm.
Series
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 16, no. 6
Subjects
Sun Fire Company (Lancaster, Pa.)
Fire departments - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County
Fire fighters - Pennsylvania - Lancaster.
Lancaster (Pa.) - Fires and fire prevention.
Contained In
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 16, number 6 (1912), p. 153-162Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.16
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John Passmore : Lancaster's first mayor and his councils

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Author
Evans, Melvern R.
Date of Publication
1987.
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Responsibility
by Melvern R. Evans, Jr.
Author
Evans, Melvern R.
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Lancaster County Historical Society,
Date of Publication
1987.
Physical Description
10-23 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Series
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 91, no. 1
Subjects
Passmore, John Arthur.
Municipal government - Pennsylvania - Lancaster.
Lancaster (Pa.) - Politics and government.
Lancaster (Pa.) - Officials and employees.
Contained In
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 91, number 1 (1987), p. 10-23Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.91
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Correspondence

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Collection
James Buchanan Family Papers
Title
James Buchanan Family Papers, Part 2 Papers of Harriet Lane Johnston, Series 1 Correspondence
Object ID
JBFP Part 2 Series 1
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Collection
James Buchanan Family Papers
Title
James Buchanan Family Papers, Part 2 Papers of Harriet Lane Johnston, Series 1 Correspondence
Description
James Buchanan Family Papers, Part 2 Papers of Harriet Lane Johnston, Series 1 contains the correspondence of Harriet Lane Johnston.
Subseries 1 contains letters written by Harriet to James Buchanan, Lily Macalester and Charles Macalester, Lois Buchanan, Hiram B. Swarr, Mary Speer, and others from 1848-1902.
Subseries 2 contains letters written to Harriet from Captain W. R. Palmer, Alfred Pleasanton, Laura Pleasanton, Isaac E. Hiester and others from 1854 to 1897, including several describing Washington, D.C. in 1861.
Admin/Biographical History
Born on May 9, 1830, Harriet Lane was the youngest surviving child of Elliot Toll Lane and Jane Buchanan Lane. When both of her parents died of consumption, now known as tuberculosis, Harriet went on to be her Uncle James Buchanan's ward in 1841. A well-educated lady, Harriet attended several boarding schools before graduating from the Georgetown Academy of Visitation Convent at the age of 18. When James Buchanan served as the U.S. Minister to Great Britain, Harriet Lane joined him for a time and served as a hostess. During her time in England, which she noted as "the realization of a beautiful dream," she befriended none other than Queen Victoria. When her Uncle assumed the presidency, Harriet Lane assumed her role as hostess. She is considered the first First Lady, as the title had initially been given to the president's hostess during Harriet's time in Washington.
After Buchanan's presidency, Harriet Lane married Henry Elliot Johnston, a banker from Baltimore, on January 11, 1866. She was 35 years old. The couple went on to have two sons, both of whom would pass away from rheumatic fever in their early teenage years. Two years after losing her youngest son, Harriet lost her husband to pneumonia. By 1884, Harriet was a childless widow. She would go on to leave a legacy for generations to come, including establishing a children's hospital in Baltimore called The Harriet Lane Home for Invalid Children (today the Harriet Lane Clinic at the John's Hopkins Children's Hospital), preserving her Uncle's letters and manuscripts, bestowing her art collection to the Corcoran Gallery and the Smithsonian American Art Museum in Washington, D.C., and constructing the St. Alban's School, a school for choir boys. She died on July 3, 1903. [ https://www.lancasterhistory.org/about-wheatland/, accessed 10/24/2019]
System of Arrangement
JBFP Part 2 Series 1 Correspondence
Subseries 1 Letters from Harriet Lane Johnston
Subseries 2 Letters to Harriet Lane Johnston
Year Range From
1848
Year Range To
1902
Creator
Johnston, Harriet Lane, 1830-1903
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Storage Room
Archives South
People
Buchanan, James
Johnston, Harriet Lane
Other Creators
James Buchanan Foundation for the Preservation of Wheatland (Lancaster, Pa.)
Subjects
Baltimore (Md.)
Lancaster (Pa.)
Letters
Personal correspondence
Washington (D.C.)
Wheatland (Lancaster, Pa.)
Search Terms
Baltimore, Maryland
Buchanan Collections
Correspondence
Correspondence, Personal
Harriet Lane Johnston
James Buchanan
Lancaster
Letters
Washington, DC
Finding aids
Manuscript groups
James Buchanan Presidential Library
Extent
1 box, 71 folders, .20 cubic ft.
Object Name
Correspondence
Language
English
Object ID
JBFP Part 2 Series 1
Associated Material
James Buchanan Papers, Dickinson College Archives & Special Collections http://archives.dickinson.edu/collection-descriptions/james-buchanan-papers
James Buchanan and Harriet Lane Johnston Papers, Library of Congress https://www.loc.gov/collections/james-buchanan-and-harriet-lane-johnston-papers/
James Buchanan Papers, Historical Society of Pennsylvania, http://www2.hsp.org/collections/manuscripts/b/Buchanan0091.html
James Buchanan Papers, Penn State University Libraries, https://libraries.psu.edu/findingaids/1458.htm
Related Item Notes
James Buchanan Family Papers
James Buchanan Collection, MG0096
Historical Society of Pennsylvania microfilm
Photograph collections
Curatorial collections
Wheatland Mansion
Access Conditions / Restrictions
Please use digital images and transcriptions when available.
Original documents may be used by appointment. Please contact archives@lancasterhistory.org at least two weeks prior to visit.
Copyright
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Permission for reproduction and/or publication must be obtained in writing from LancasterHistory. Some items are photocopies from other collections--researchers must obtain permission for reproduction and publication from the owner of the original material. Persons wishing to publish any material from this site must assume all responsibility for identifying and satisfying any claimants of copyright or other use restrictions. Publication fees may apply.
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Credit
Courtesy of LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania
Description Level
Series
Custodial History
The James Buchanan Family Papers were collected by the James Buchanan Foundation for the Preservation of Wheatland. This collection was relocated from the Wheatland mansion to the LancasterHistory archives in the Spring of 2009. Digitization of the James Buchanan Family Papers was funded by the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, PHMC Appl ID # 201808013051, 2019-2020.
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