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Papers of the Continental Congress, 1774-1789

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Date of Publication
1959-
Call Number
Drawer 15, Sec. 3
Place of Publication
Washington
Publisher
National Archives and Records Service,
Date of Publication
1959-
Physical Description
204 microfilm reels ; 35 mm.
Series
National Archives microfilm publications ; microcopy no. 247
Notes
Library owns: Roll 9, Item No. 1, Rough Journals 1774-1789 -- Roll 13, Item No. 1 Rough Journals 1774-1789 -- Roll 60, Item No. 46, Proposals on locating the seat of government and printing the journals -- Roll 83, Item No. 69, Pennsylvania State Papers 1775-1791 -- Roll 178, Item Nos. 159 and 160, Letters from Generals Putnam, Mercer, Lewis, Thompson, Ward, Weedon, Hand, Conway, Sullivan, and Howe 1775-1785 -- Roll 183, Item No. 166, Letters and Papers Relating to Canadian Affairs, Sullivan's Expedition, and the Northern Indians 1775-1779.
Listed in "Microfilm resources for research," 1986 as: M247.
Indexes compiled by John P. Butler.
"The records reproduced in the microfilm publication are from Records of the Continental and Confederation Congresses and the Constitutional Convention record group 360 in the National Archives."
Reproduced from original documents issued under the title Journals of the Continental Congress, 1774-1789.
Subjects
United States. - Continental Congress - Indexes.
Constitutional history - United States - Sources.
United States - Politics and government - 1775-1783.
United States - Politics and government - 1775-1783 - Sources.
United States - Politics and government - 1783-1789 - Sources.
United States - History - Revolution - Sources.
Additional Author
Butler, John P.,
Additional Corporate Author
United States. Continental Congress.
Additional Title
Journals of the Continental Congress, 1774-1789.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Microfilm
Call Number
Drawer 15, Sec. 3
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The counter-revolution in Pennsylvania, 1776-1790

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Author
Brunhouse, Robert Levere,
Date of Publication
1942.
Call Number
974.8029 B895
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Responsibility
[by] Robert Levere Brunhouse.
Author
Brunhouse, Robert Levere,
Place of Publication
Philadelphia
Date of Publication
1942.
Physical Description
viii, 368 p. incl. maps. 23 cm.
Notes
Bibliography: p. 299-318.
Contents
The Background -- The Rise of the Radicals (1776-1778) -- Triumph of Radicalism (1778-1780) -- The Conservatives Emerge (1780-1782) -- Conservatives Ride to Power (1782-1784) -- Counter-Revolution Halter(1783-1786) -- Triumph of the Counter-Revolution (1786-1790).
Summary
From the Preface: "Only with the detailed story of the struggle between radical and conservative forces in each state can one gain a more complete understanding of the history of the Revolution and the Confederation."
Subjects
United States - Politics and government - Revolution, 1775-1783.
United States - Politics and government - 1783-1789.
Pennsylvania - Politics and government - 1775-1865.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
974.8029 B895
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The Jacksonian heritage; Pennsylvania politics, 1833-1848

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Author
Snyder, Charles McCool.
Date of Publication
1958.
Call Number
974.80321 S675
Author
Snyder, Charles McCool.
Place of Publication
Harrisburg
Publisher
Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission,
Date of Publication
1958.
Physical Description
x, 256 p. ports., map. 24 cm.
Notes
Bibliography: p. 231-241.
Subjects
Pennsylvania - Politics and government - 1775-1865.
United States - Politics and government - 1815-1861.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
974.80321 S675
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Alexander James Dallas, lawyer, politician, financier, 1759-1817

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Author
Walters, Ray,
Date of Publication
1943.
Call Number
923.4 D145
Responsibility
by Raymond Walters, Jr.
Author
Walters, Ray,
Place of Publication
Philadelphia
Publisher
University of Pennsylvania Press,
Date of Publication
1943.
Physical Description
vi p., 1 β., 251 p. front. (port.) 21 cm.
Series
Pennsylvania lives
Notes
Without thesis note.
"Bibliographical note": p. 239-243.
Subjects
Dallas, Alexander James, - 1759-1817.
Pennsylvania - Politics and government - 1775-1865.
United States - Politics and government - 1789-1809.
United States - Politics and government - 1809-1817.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
923.4 D145
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History of the formation of the Union under the Constitution : with liberty documents and report of the Commission

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Corporate Author
United States.
Date of Publication
1943]
Call Number
973.4 B655
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Responsibility
Sol Bloom, Director General.
Corporate Author
United States.
Place of Publication
[Washington
Publisher
U.S. Govt. Print. Off.,
Date of Publication
1943]
Physical Description
x, 885 p. : ill. ; 28 cm.
Notes
Cover title: Formation of the Union under the constitution.
Summary
The book was written as part of the National celebration of the one hundred fiftieth anniversary of the U.S. Constitution.
Subjects
United States.
United States - Constitutional history.
United States - Politics and government.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
973.4 B655
Websites
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Travels from St. Petersburg in Russia, to diverse parts of Asia : in two volumes

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Author
Bell, John.
Date of Publication
1763.
Call Number
915.509 G548 1763
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Responsibility
by John Bell.
Author
Bell, John.
Place of Publication
Glasgow
Publisher
printed for the author by Robert and Adrew Foulis,
Date of Publication
1763.
Physical Description
2 vol : Ill ; 24 cm.
Notes
Juliana Library No. 49.
"On flyleaf of vol. 1:"For the Library at Lancaster, T. Penn."
Bookplate of Frank Ried Difenderffer attached to back of front cover of each volume.
Full leather (scuffed with detached bindings); maroon author-title insert on spine; each panel on spine decorated with gold stamped decoration.
English Short Title Catalog,
Subjects
Asia - Description and travel.
Soviet Union - Description and travel.
Soviet Union - Foreign relations - China.
China - Foreign relations - Soviet Union.
Place
Great Britain Scotland Edinburgh.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Rare Books
Call Number
915.509 G548 1763
Websites
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Civil War in the making, 1815-1860

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Author
Craven, Avery,
Date of Publication
[1959]
Call Number
973.7 C898
ISBN
0807101311
9780807101315
Author
Craven, Avery,
Place of Publication
Baton Rouge
Publisher
Louisiana State University Press
Date of Publication
[1959]
Physical Description
115 p. 21 cm.
Series
The Walter Lynwood Fleming lectures in southern history
Contents
The Republican Party and slavery -- The conservative Southerner -- The democratic process on trial -- The first cold war.
Subjects
United States - Politics and government - 1815-1861.
United States - History - Civil War, 1861-1865 - Causes.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
973.7 C898
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Guide to the published archives of Pennsylvania covering the 138 volumes of Colonial records and Pennsylvania archives, series I-IX

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Corporate Author
Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission.
Date of Publication
1949.
Call Number
974.8003 P412
Responsibility
by Henry Howard Eddy, with an alphabetized finding list and two special indexes compiled by Martha L. Simonetti.
Corporate Author
Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission.
Place of Publication
Harrisburg
Date of Publication
1949.
Physical Description
v, 101 p. 23 cm.
Notes
Bibliography: p. 101.
Subjects
Pennsylvania - History - Sources - Bibliography.
Pennsylvania - Politics and government - To 1775 - Sources - Bibliography.
Pennsylvania - Politics and government - Revolution, 1775-1783 - Sources - Bibliography.
Additional Author
Eddy, Henry Howard,
Simonetti, Martha L.,
Additional Corporate Author
Pennsylvania. Provincial Council.
Pennsylvania. Supreme Executive Council.
Additional Title
Pennsylvania archives
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
974.8003 P412
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The backwoodsman and the Kentucky rifle

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Author
Landis, Bertha Cochran.
Date of Publication
1947
in our great need, to this type of men. Congress lost no time and issued a call on June 14, 1775, for six companies of expert riflemen to be raised immediately in Pennsylvania. These troops, bringing their own rifles with them, under the command of such men as General Edward Hand, Captains James Ross
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Responsibility
by Bertha Cochran Landis.
Author
Landis, Bertha Cochran.
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Lancaster County Historical Society,
Date of Publication
1947
Physical Description
[117]-119 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Series
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 51, no. 5
Subjects
Rifles.
United States - History - Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775.
United States - History - Revolution, 1775-1783.
United States - History - 1783-1865.
Contained In
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 51, number 5 (1947), p. 117-119Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.51
Documents

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Thomas Mifflin and the politics of the American Revolution

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Author
Rossman, Kenneth R.
Date of Publication
[1952]
Call Number
923.2 M633r
Author
Rossman, Kenneth R.
Place of Publication
[Chapel Hill]
Publisher
University of North Carolina Press
Date of Publication
[1952]
Physical Description
344 p. illus. 22 cm.
Notes
"Bibliographical note": p. [326]-330.
Subjects
Mifflin, Thomas, - 1744-1800.
United States - Politics and government - Revolution.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
923.2 M633r
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