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Lancaster diary, 1776 : excerpts from diaries, day-books, journals, newspapers, and court records of the daily life of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, in the year 1776

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Date of Publication: 1976 [c1975]

Call Number: 973.31 A973

Responsibility: compiled by Walter F. Ayars III for the Lancaster County Bicentennial Committee.

Place of Publication: [Lancaster, Pa.]

Publisher: The Chapter,

Date of Publication: 1976 [c1975]

Physical Description: ix, 119 p. : maps ; 29 cm.

Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.

Subjects: Lancaster County (Pa.) - History - Revolution, 1775-1783 - Diaries.; Lancaster County (Pa.) - History - Revolution, 1775-1783 - Sources.

Additional Author: Ayars, Walter F.

Additional Corporate Author: Lancaster County Bicentennial Committee. Greater Lancaster Chapter.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Lancaster County

Call Number: 973.31 A973

Oral history : What? Why? How?

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Corporate Author: Pennsylvania. Bureau of Curriculum Services. Division of Arts and Humanities.

Date of Publication: 1975.

Call Number: 907.2 O63

Corporate Author: Pennsylvania. Bureau of Curriculum Services. Division of Arts and Humanities.

Place of Publication: Harrisburg

Publisher: The Bureau,

Date of Publication: 1975.

Physical Description: [3], 36 p. ; 28 cm.

Notes: At head of title : Guidelines for oral history.

Subjects: Oral history.; Social sciences - Pennsylvania.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 907.2 O63

The Douglas diary; student days at Franklin and Marshall College, 1856-1858

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Author: Douglas, Henry Kyd,

Date of Publication: 1973.

Call Number: 371.8092 D734

Responsibility: Edited by Frederic Shriver Klein and John Howard Carrill. Illustrated by Florence Starr Taylor.

ISBN: 0910626006

Author: Douglas, Henry Kyd,

Place of Publication: Lancaster, Pa

Publisher: Franklin and Marshall College,

Date of Publication: 1973.

Physical Description: xxvi, 192 p. illus. 20 cm.

Notes: African American resources at Lancaster County Historical Society

Summary: "March 1858...Should Kansas be admitted to the Union? Who will run Pennsylvania's canals? What is the family's relation to Society? These are but a few of the concerns recorded this month by Henry Kyd Douglas in 'The Douglas diary'. Douglas, residing on Center Square, is in the class of 1858 at F&M College. He tells of the 'students escort' to President James Buchanan during the latter's inaugural one year ago. 'The Douglas Diary' is also said to record many other events and hitherto unexplained mischief in community, college and national life during the years 1856-1858." [advertisement]

Subjects: Douglas, Henry Kyd, - 1838-1903 - Diaries.; Franklin and Marshall College - History - Personal narratives.; Diaries.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Lancaster County

Call Number: 371.8092 D734

The charter, laws, catalogue of books, list of philosophical instruments, &c. of the Juliana Library-Company, in Lancaster : To which are prefixed, some reflections on the advantages of knowledge; the origin of books and libraries, shewing how they have been encouraged and patronized by the wise and virtuous of every age. : With a short account of its institution, friends and benefactors. ... Published by order of the directors

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Corporate Author: Juliana-Library-Company in Lancaster.

Date of Publication: MDCCLXVI. [1766]

Call Number: 025.31 P544 1766

Corporate Author: Juliana-Library-Company in Lancaster.

Place of Publication: Philadelphia

Publisher: Printed by D. Hall, and W. Sellers.,

Date of Publication: MDCCLXVI. [1766]

Physical Description: [4], xi, 12-56 p. ; 21 cm. (4to)

Notes: Evans; Hildeburn, C.R. Pennsylvania,; Winans, R.B. Book cats.,; The earliest library in Lancaster, known as the "Juliana Library," was established in 1759, under the name of "The Lancaster Library Company." It was the third subscription library established in Pennsylvania. In 1763 it was chartered, and, out of compliment to Lady Juliana Penn, daughter of the Earl of Pomfret, and wife of Thomas Penn, one of the proprietors of the Province of Pennsylvania, it was called the Juliana Library. The library at one time had about 800 books on its shelves and was fairly prosperous. Its most flourishing period was from 1760 to 1775.; On back of cover: "#532 Hinkels Sale Mar 31 1920 --$61.00. Purchased by Chas. I. Landis July 14 1920 from Nevin F. McGirr fpr $25."; Marbled wrappers.

Subjects: Juliana Library Company (Lancaster, Pa.); Proprietary libraries - Pennsylvania - Lancaster.; Subscription libraries - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.; Lancaster (Pa.) - Libraries.; Library catalogues - Pennsylvania - Philadelphia.

Place: United States Pennsylvania Philadelphia.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Rare Books

Call Number: 025.31 P544 1766

Genealogical notes of the Carpenter family, including the autobiography, and personal reminiscences of Dr. Seymour D. Carpenter, lieutenant colonel in the war for the union. With genealogical and biographical appendix

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Author: Carpenter, Seymour D.

Date of Publication: 1907.

Call Number: 929 C295w

Responsibility: ed. by Edwin Sawyer Walker, A.M.

Author: Carpenter, Seymour D.

Place of Publication: Springfield, Ill

Publisher: Illinois State Journal Co.,

Date of Publication: 1907.

Physical Description: xv, [11]-241, [4] p. front., illus. (facsims.) plates, ports., map. 25 cm.

Notes: "Five hundred copies of this work are printed."

Subjects: Carpenter family.

Additional Author: Walker, Edwin Sawyer.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 929 C295w

Colonial and revolutionary families of Pennsylvania : genealogical and personal memoirs

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Date of Publication: 1978.

Call Number: 929.3 P412

Responsibility: editor: John W. Jordan.

Place of Publication: Baltimore

Publisher: Genealogical Pub. Co.,

Date of Publication: 1978.

Physical Description: 3 v. (1706 p.) : port. (v. 1) ; 23 cm.

Notes: Paged continuously.; Reprint of 1911 edition, published by Lewis Historical Publishing Co., New York.

Subjects: Pennsylvania - Genealogy.; United States - Genealogy.

Additional Author: Jordan, John W.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 929.3 P412

Why was Postlethwaite's chosen and then abandoned as the county seat of Lancaster County?

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Author: Landis, David H.,

Date of Publication: 1908

POSTLETHWAITE'S WHY WAS POSTLETHWAITE'S CHOSEN AND THEN ABANDON- ED AS THE COUNTY SEAT OF LANCASTER COUNTY? Giving an authentic sketch of the conditions as they appeared here before the scenes were changed by the first Europeans. Also, brief sketches of the Susquehannock or Conestoga Indians, the

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Responsibility: by D. H. Landis.

Author: Landis, David H.,

Place of Publication: Lancaster, Pa

Publisher: Lancaster County Historical Society,

Date of Publication: 1908

Physical Description: [137]-167 p. ; 23 cm.

Series: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 12, no. 4

Summary: "Giving an authentic sketch of the conditions as they appeared here before the scenes were changed by the first Europeans. Also, brief sketches of the Susquehannock or Conestoga Indians, the Traders, Penn's Troubles, the Palatines, Councils held at the Indian Town of Conestoga, Beginning of Lancaster City, Conestoga Manor and the location and present owners of prominent places which were intimately associated with Postlethwaite's; adding a sketch of John Cartlege, the King's first magistrate of what is now Lancaster County."

Subjects: Postlethwaite, John.; Postlethwaite Tavern (Conestoga Township, Pa.); Indians of North America.; Lancaster County (Pa.) - History - 17th century.

Contained In: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 12, number 4 (1908), p. 137-167Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.12

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History of the Eighty-seventh Regiment, Pennsylvania Volunteers, prepared from official records, diaries, and other authentic sources of information

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Author: Prowell, George Reeser,

Date of Publication: 1901.

Call Number: 974.8033 P969

Responsibility: By George R. Prowell ... Pub. under the auspices of the regimental association.

Author: Prowell, George Reeser,

Place of Publication: York, Pa

Publisher: Press of the York daily,

Date of Publication: 1901.

Physical Description: vii, [1], 306, xxv p. illus., plates, ports. 23 cm.

Subjects: Pennsylvania Infantry. - 87th Regiment, 1861-1864; United States - History - Civil War, 1861-1865 - Regimental histories - Pennsylvania Infantry - 87th

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 974.8033 P969

Diary of Reverend Andrew Rudman, July 25, 1696 to June 14, 1697

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Author: Rudman, Andrew

Date of Publication: 1907

Call Number: 905.748 GA v.4 and 5

Responsibility: Transcribed, translated and edited from the original manuscript by Luther Anderson.

Author: Rudman, Andrew

Date of Publication: 1907

Physical Description: 282+ p., 9+ p.

Notes: In: German American Annals, v.4 (1906) and v.5 (1907).

Summary: Andrew Rudman was a pioneer Swedish-American Lutheran minister. He was pastor of Gloria Dei (Old Swedes') Church in Philadelphia and was appointed Suffragan bishop of the Lutheran Church in America.

Subjects: Anderson, Luther - Diaries.; Lutheran Church in Pennsylvania; Swedish Lutheran Church in Pennsylvania.; Pennsylvania - History - Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775 - Personal narratives.; Diaries.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 905.748 GA v.4 and 5

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Lancaster diary, 1776 : excerpts from diaries, day-books, journals, newspapers, and court records of the daily life of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, in the year 1776

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo1083

Oral history : What? Why? How?

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo1674

The Douglas diary; student days at Franklin and Marshall College, 1856-1858

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo2563

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo18464

Genealogical notes of the Carpenter family, including the autobiography, and personal reminiscences of Dr. Seymour D. Carpenter, lieutenant colonel in the war for the union. With genealogical and biographical appendix

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo6329

Colonial and revolutionary families of Pennsylvania : genealogical and personal memoirs

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo6888

Why was Postlethwaite's chosen and then abandoned as the county seat of Lancaster County?

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo7801

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History of the Eighty-seventh Regiment, Pennsylvania Volunteers, prepared from official records, diaries, and other authentic sources of information

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo4911

Diary of Reverend Andrew Rudman, July 25, 1696 to June 14, 1697

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