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The Swedish settlements on the Delaware : their history and relation to the Indians, Dutch and English, 1638-1664 : with an account of the South, the New Sweden, and the American companies, and the efforts of Sweden to regain the colony

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Author: Johnson, Amandus,

Date of Publication: 1911.

Call Number: 974.802814 J71

Responsibility: by Amandus Johnson.

Author: Johnson, Amandus,

Place of Publication: [Philadelphia] : New York

Publisher: University of Pennsylvania ; D. Appleton, Agents,

Date of Publication: 1911.

Physical Description: 2 v. (xx, 879 p., [152] leaves of plates) : ill., facsims, maps, ports. ; 26 cm.

Series: Americana Germanica ;

Notes: Includes bibliographical references (v. 2, p. 767-812) and index.

Subjects: Swedes - United States.; Delaware - History.; Delaware River Valley (N.Y.-Del. and N.J.) - History.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 974.802814 J71

The Swedes on the Delaware, 1638-1664

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Author: Johnson, Amandus,

Date of Publication: 1911.

Call Number: 974.802814 J71

Responsibility: by Amandus Johnson.

Author: Johnson, Amandus,

Uniform Title: Swedish settlements on the Delaware

Place of Publication: Philadelphia

Publisher: University of Pennsylvania,

Date of Publication: 1911.

Physical Description: 2 v., [33] leaves of plates : facsims., map, ports. ; 21 cm.

Subjects: Swedes - United States.; Delaware - History.; Delaware River Valley (N.Y.-Del. and N.J.) - History.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 974.802814 J71

Narratives of early Pennsylvania, West New Jersey and Delaware, 1630-1707

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Author: Myers, Albert Cook,

Date of Publication: 1912.

Call Number: 974.8028 M996

Responsibility: ed. by Albert Cook Myers ...

Author: Myers, Albert Cook,

Place of Publication: New York

Publisher: C. Scribner's Sons,

Date of Publication: 1912.

Physical Description: xiv p., 2 Î²., 3-476 p. fold. map, fold. plan, facsim. 24 cm.

Series: Original narratives of early American history

Notes: Series title also at head of t.-p.; --A further account of the province of Pennsylvania, by William Penn, 1685.--Letters of Doctor Nicholas More, and others, 1686.--A short description of Pennsylvania, by Richard Frame, 1692.--An historical and geographical account of Pennsylvania and West-New-Jersey, by Gabriel Thomas, 1698.--Circumstantial geographical description of Pennsylvania, by Francis Daniel Pastorius, 1700.--Letter of John Jones, 1725.

Contents: From the "Korte historiael ende journaels aenteyckenings," by David Pietersz, de Vries, 1630-1633, 1644 (1665).--Relation of Captain Thomas Young, 1634.--From the "Account of the Swedish churches in New Sweden," by Reverend Israel Acrelius, 1759.--Affidavit of four men from the "Key of Calmar," 1638.--Report of Governor Johan Printz, 1644.--Report of Govern John Printz, 1647.--Report of Govenor Johan Rising. 1654.--Report of Governor Johan Rising, 1655.--Relation of the surrender of New Sweden, by Governor Johan Clason Rising, 1655.--The epistle of Penn. Lawrie and Lucas, respecting West Jersey, 1676.--The present stae of the colony of West-Jersey, 1681.--Some account of the province of Pennsylvania, by William Penn, 1681.--Letters from William Penn to the committee of the Free Society of Trades, 1683.--Letter of Thomas Paschall, 1683.

Subjects: Delaware River (N.Y.-Del. and N.J.) - History.; Delaware - History - Sources.; Pennsylvania - History - Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775 - Sources.; Delaware - History - Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775 - Sources.; New Jersey - History - Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775 - Sources.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 974.8028 M996

The standard business and mailing guide of country, town and city : Berks County volume

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Date of Publication: c1911.

Call Number: 974.816 S785 Oversize

Place of Publication: Kutztown, Pa

Publisher: WM.S. Rhode & Co.,

Date of Publication: c1911.

Physical Description: 1 v. (various pagings) : ill., ports. ; 31 cm.

Subjects: Berks County (Pa.) - Directories.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 974.816 S785 Oversize

Warrant registers (for Pennsylvania Counties)

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Date of Publication: 1734 - 1935.

Call Number: Drawer 15, Sec. 1

Responsibility: 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.

Subjects: Pennsylvania. Department of Internal Affairs. Bureau of Land Records.; Registers of births, etc. - Pennsylvania.; Land grants - Pennsylvania.; Land grants - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.; Land grants - Pennsylvania - Berks County.; Land grants - Pennsylvania - Dauphin County.; Land grants - Pennsylvania - Chester County.; Land grants - Pennsylvania - Lebanon County.; Land grants - Pennsylvania - York County.; Land grants - Pennsylvania - Cumberland County.; Land grants - Pennsylvania - Adams County.

Additional Author: Britton, William W.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Microfilm

Call Number: Drawer 15, Sec. 1

The wilderness trail; or, The ventures and adventures of the Pennsylvania traders on the Allegheny path

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Author: Hanna, Charles A.

Date of Publication: 1911.

Call Number: 974.8028 H243

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Responsibility: with some new annals of the old West, and the records of some strong men and some bad ones, by Charles A. Hanna ... with eighty maps and illustrations.

Author: Hanna, Charles A.

Place of Publication: New York, London

Publisher: G. P. Putnam's sons,

Date of Publication: 1911.

Physical Description: 2 v. fronts., plates, maps (part fold.) facsim. 25 cm.

Notes: "Of this work one thousand copies have been printed from type, and the type destroyed."

Contents: Chapters in volume 1: The debatable land // The Iroquoians of the Susquehanna // The Petticoat indians of Petticoat land // The Shawnees // The early traders of Conestoga, Donegal and Paxtang // The young red man goes west // The Shamokin traders and the Shamokin Path // Andrew Montour, the "Half Indian" // The Frankstown Path // The Raystown Path // The traders at Allegheny on the main path; with some annals of Kittanning and Chartier's Town // The Ohio Mingoes of the White River and the Wendats // Kuskuskies on the the Beaver // Logstown on the Ohio.; Chapters in volume 2: George Croghan , the king of the traders // The Ohio Valley before the white man came // The Lower Shanee town; or Chillicothe on the Ohio // The Chonchake Route and other Ohio paths // John Finley and Kentucky before Boone // Pickawillany Path // The Indian trade and Pennsylvania traders // The perils of the path.

Subjects: Indians of North America - Pennsylvania.; Indians of North America - Ohio River Valley.; Pennsylvania - History - Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775.; Ohio River Valley - History - To 1795.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 974.8028 H243

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Cases in law and equity : argued, debated and adjudged in the King's Bench and Chancery, in the twelfth and thirteenth years of Queen Anne [1714-1715] during the time of Lord Chief Justice Parker

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Corporate Author: Great Britain. Court of King's Bench.

Date of Publication: 1760.

Call Number: Book 515 1760

Responsibility: With two treatises, the one on the action of debt, the other on the constitution of England. Now first printed from the original manuscript of the late Lord Chief Baron Gilbert.

Corporate Author: Great Britain. Court of King's Bench.

Place of Publication: [London] In the Savoy

Publisher: Printed by Catherine Lintot, for W. Owen,

Date of Publication: 1760.

Physical Description: xii, 354 pages, 3 b., 357-468 pages ; 21 cm

Notes: "There are actually no equity cases in this volume. It should be distinguished from Gilbert's Chancery reports."--Soule, Lawyer's ref. manual, 1884.; Includes index.; Jasper Yeates's Colonial Law Library.; Yeates's signature at top of title page.; Book number 515 as assigned by Yeates.

Subjects: Law reports, digests, etc. - Great Britain.; Actions and defenses - Great Britain.; Debtor and creditor - Great Britain.; Constitutional history - Great Britain.; Actions and defenses.; Constitutional history.; Debtor and creditor.; Law reports, digests, etc.; Great Britain.; Full blind-tooled leathr (Binding); Gilt title on maroon spine label (Binding)700

Additional Author: Gilbert, Geoffrey,; Yeates, Jasper,

Location: Lancaster History Library - Yeates Collection

Call Number: Book 515 1760

Barnes' directory of Lancaster County : embracing a full list of all the adult males and heads of families with their occupation, residence, and P.O. address, and a classified business directory : also, an appendix, containing a descriptive list of the courts, banking houses, public buildings, churches, educational and benevolent institutions, secret and other societies, &c., &c., 1875-76

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Date of Publication: 1875.

Call Number: 917.4815 D598 1875-76 reprint

Alternate Title: Directory of Lancaster County

Place of Publication: Lancaster, Pa

Publisher: Jno. H. Barnes,

Date of Publication: 1875.

Physical Description: 508 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Notes: Advertisements throughout text.; Includes index.; Reprint.

Subjects: Business enterprises - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.; Directories - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.; Lancaster County (Pa.) - Directories.; Lancaster County (Pa.) - Commerce - Directories.

Additional Corporate Author: Jno. H. Barnes (Firm)

Location: Lancaster History Library - Reference

Call Number: 917.4815 D598 1875-76 reprint

Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania : genealogy, family history, biography ; containing historical sketches of old families and of representative and prominent citizens past and present

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Date of Publication: 1916 date not identified..

Call Number: 974.817 S397g; 917.817 S397g

Place of Publication: Chicago, Ill. : Plac of publication not identified

Publisher: J.H. Beers, Publisher not identified,:

Date of Publication: 1916 date not identified..

Physical Description: 2 volumes, 45 unnumbered leaves of plates : illustrations, portraits ; 28 cm

Notes: Paged continuously.; Includes indexes.; LHO copy is a reprint with no publishing information.

Subjects: Schuylkill County (Pa.) - Biography.; Schuylkill County (Pa.) - History.; Schuylkill County (Pa.) - Genealogy.; Pennsylvania - Schuylkill County.; Biographies.; Genealogy.; History.

Additional Corporate Author: J.H. Beers & Co.,

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 974.817 S397g; 917.817 S397g

Grandfathers' clocks : their making and their makers in Lancaster County

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Author: Magee, Daniel F.

Date of Publication: 1917

sufficient affluence in this county to have indulged in such a luxury prior to the Revolution, and houses were generally not of a kind or character to either require or accommodate them in their furnishings. 2. All clock makers procured their raw material already turned out or turned in blank form from

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Responsibility: by D. F. Magee, Esq.

Author: Magee, Daniel F.

Place of Publication: Lancaster, Pa

Publisher: Lancaster County Historical Society,

Date of Publication: 1917

Physical Description: 63-77 p. ; 23 cm.

Series: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 21, no. 4

Subjects: Clock and watch making - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.; Clock and watch makers - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.; Industries - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.; Lancaster County (Pa.) - Biography.

Contained In: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 22, number 4 (1917), p. 63-77Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.21

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