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Sketches of a tour to the Western Country: through the states of Ohio and Kentucky

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Author
Cuming, Fortescue,
Date of Publication
1810.
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Alternate Title
Cuming's sketches of a tour to the western country, 1807-1809
Cuming's tour to the western country (1807-1809)
Responsibility
/ by Fortescue Cuming.
Author
Cuming, Fortescue,
Place of Publication
Pittsburgh, PA
Publisher
Cramer, Spear & Richbaum,
Date of Publication
1810.
Series
Early western travels, 1748-1846; v.4
Notes
"Reprint from the original edition (Pittsburgh, 1810). The appendix, being composed of irrelevant matter, is herein omitted."--Page [15].
Contents
Chapter 1: Commencement of journey - Schuylkill bridge - Schuylkill river - Downingstown - Brandywine creek - Pequea creek - New Holland - Connestoga creek and bridge - Lancaster / Chapter 2: Elizabethtown - Susquehannah river - Harrisburgh / Chapter 3: Conestoga massacre - Carlisle and Dickinson college...
Subjects
Pennsylvania - Description and travel.
Mississippi River Valley - Description and travel.
Kentucky - Description and travel.
Ohio - Description and travel.
Ohio River Valley - Description and travel.
Additional Author
Thwaites, Reuben Gold,
Contained In
Early western travels, 1748-1846. Cleveland, Ohio : The Arthur H. Clark Company, 1904-1907 v.4Lancaster History Library - Electronic ResourcesOnline resource-See full library record for link
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Articles of Confederation and perpetual union between the states of New-Hampshire, Massachusetts-Bay, Rhode-Island and Providence Plantations, Connecticut, New-York, New-Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, North-Carolina, South-Carolina, and Georgia

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Corporate Author
United States.
Date of Publication
1777.
Call Number
Book 587 1777
Corporate Author
United States.
Uniform Title
Articles of Confederation
Place of Publication
Lancaster
Publisher
Printed by Francis Bailey,
Date of Publication
1777.
Physical Description
26 pages ; 30 cm
Notes
Title within ornamental border; symbolic woodcut (Christ on the Emmaus Road?) at head of first p. of text.
Jasper Yeates's Colonial Law Library.
Yeaates's signature at top of title page.
Book number 587 as assigned by Yeates.
Handwrittne Index precedes text.
Evans
Subjects
United States. - Early works to 1800.
Constitutional history - United States - Sources - Early works to 1800.
Constitutional history.
Politics and government.
United States - Politics and government - 1775-1783 - Early works to 1800.
United States.
Paper bindings (Binding)
Stabbing (Binding)
Chainlines (Paper)
Catchwords (Printing)
Printers' devices (Publishing)
Marginalia (Provenance)
Autographs (Provenance)
Early works.
Sources.
Additional Author
Yeates, Jasper,
Location
Lancaster History Library - Yeates Collection
Call Number
Book 587 1777
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John Hoff, his book of new clocks made and sold Lancaster 1800

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Author
Hoff, John,
Date of Publication
1800-1814.
Call Number
681 H698 Oversize
Author
Hoff, John,
Date of Publication
1800-1814.
Physical Description
59 p.; 33 cm.
Notes
Account book from 1800 to 1816.
Photocopy of original manuscript.
Pagination added by later hand.
Original in LCHS Archives.
Subjects
Hoff, John, - 1733-1816.
Clock and watch makers - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Lancaster County
Call Number
681 H698 Oversize
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A year's residence in the United States of America; treating of the face of the country, the climate, the soil, the products, the mode of cultivating the land, the prices of land, of labour, of food, of raiment; of the expenses of house-keeping and of the usual manner of living; of the manners and customs of the people; and, of the institutions of the country, civil, political and religious

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Author
Cobbett, William,
Date of Publication
1818-
Call Number
917.73 N532Y 1818
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Author
Cobbett, William,
Place of Publication
New-York
Publisher
Printed for the author by Clayton and Kingsland,
Date of Publication
1818-
Physical Description
v. illus. 19 cm.
Notes
Library has: v. 1.
Bookplate of Redmond Conyngham, no. 1558.
William Cobbett (9 March 1763 - 18 June 1835) was an English pamphleteer, farmer, journalist and member of parliament, who was born in Farnham, Surrey.
Subjects
Agriculture - United States.
United States - Description and travel.
United States - Social life and customs.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Rare Books
Call Number
917.73 N532Y 1818
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Presbyterian Records Donegal: [Minutes of Donegal Presbytery1732-1750, 1759-1765, 1766- 1786]

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Corporate Author
Synod of New York and Philadelphia (1758-1788). Presbytery of Donegal.
Date of Publication
1732-1786.
Call Number
Drawer 3, sec. 1: #837
Corporate Author
Synod of New York and Philadelphia (1758-1788). Presbytery of Donegal.
Date of Publication
1732-1786.
Physical Description
4 v. ; 29 cm.
Notes
Organized 1732 by the Synod [of Philadelphia]; divided and dissolved 1765; continued in part by Presbytery of Carlisle. Reconstituted as Donegal in 1766 by the Synod of New York and Philadelphia; dissolved 1786.
Affiliation: 1732-1745, the Synod; 1745-1758, Synod of Philadelphia; 1758-1786, Synod of New York and Philadelphia.
Vol. 3 includes minutes of Carlisle Presbytery, May 23, 1765-Apr. 25, 1766.
Labeled as #837.
Microfilm. Philadelphia : Presbyterian Historical Society, 1966. 1 microfilm reel ; 35 mm.
Subjects
Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. - Presbytery of Donegal - History.
Presbyterian Church - Records and correspondence
Donegal (Lancaster County, Pa. : Township) - Genealogy.
History.
Additional Corporate Author
Synod of Philadelphia (1717-1757). Presbytery of Donegal.
Synod of New York and Philadelphia (1758-1788). Presbytery of Carlisle.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Microfilm
Call Number
Drawer 3, sec. 1: #837
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A map of Lancaster County

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Author
Scott, Joshua.
Date of Publication
[1819?]
Call Number
974.815 LACO 115
Responsibility
by J. Scott.
Author
Scott, Joshua.
Date of Publication
[1819?]
Physical Description
1 map ; 46 x 58 cm.
Notes
Original annotated in margin: Copied from the original under the direction of the Surveyor General the 29th of July 1819, Dan Small.
Relief shown by hachures.
Shows churches, schools, mills, factories, and forges.
Accompanied by certificate with seal attesting that "this is a photo copy of a map of Lancaster County used by John Melish in constructing his state map. Reproduced from film of an original remaining on file in the Land Office of the Department of Internal Affairs" of Pennsylvania. 1 leaf.
Sometimes referred to as a "Whiteside" map. See Munger's Pennsylvania Land Records, p. 129-130.
Scale 1:158,400;
Photocopy of manuscript.
Subjects
Maps, Manuscript.
Lancaster County (Pa.) - Maps, Manuscript.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Map
Call Number
974.815 LACO 115
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Presbyterian Records New Castle: [Minutes, 1716-1731, 1759-1957]

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Corporate Author
Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Presbytery of New Castle.
Date of Publication
1716-1814.
Call Number
Drawer 3, sec. 1: #843
Alternate Title
Presbytery of New Castle.
Corporate Author
Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Presbytery of New Castle.
Date of Publication
1716-1814.
Physical Description
4 v. ; 17-34 cm.
Notes
Includes early minutes under the Synods of Philadelphia, and New York and Philadelphia.
Affiliation: 1716-1745, The Synod; 1745-1758, "Old Side," Synod of Philadelphia; "New Side," Synod of New York; 1758-1789, Synod of New York & Philadelphia; 1789-1814, Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A.
Microfilm. Philadelphia : Presbyterian Historical Society, 1966. 1 microfilm reel ; 35 mm.
Subjects
Church records and registers - Pennsylvania - New Castle.
Presbyterian Church - Records and correspondence
Additional Corporate Author
Synod of New York and Philadelphia (1758-1788). Presbytery of New-Castle.
Synod of Philadelphia (1717-1757). Presbytery of New-Castle.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Microfilm
Call Number
Drawer 3, sec. 1: #843
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The Pennsylvania chronicle, and universal advertiser

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Date of Publication
1767-1774.
Call Number
Newspaper 19 1768-1769
Newspaper 20 1770-1771
Newspaper 21 1771-1772
Newspaper 22 1772-1773
Newspaper 23 1773-1774
Alternate Title
Pennsylvania chronicle
Universal advertiser
Place of Publication
Philadelphia, Pa
Publisher
William Goddard,
Date of Publication
1767-1774.
Physical Description
volumes
Publication Frequency
Weekly
Dates of Publication
Vol. 1, no. 1 (Jan. 26, 1767)-v. 2, no. 55 (Jan. 25, 1768) ; v. 2, no. 2 (Feb. 1, 1768)-v. 8, no. 2 (Feb. 8, 1774).
Notes
LHO has vols 2. 4. 5 ,6, and 7.
Jasper Yeates's Colonial Law Library.
Yeates's signature at top of title pages.
Newspaper numbers 19-23 as assigned by LHO.
Subjects
Philadelphia (Pa.) - Newspapers.
Philadelphia County (Pa.) - Newspapers.
Pennsylvania - Philadelphia.
Pennsylvania - Philadelphia County.
Newspapers - Philadelphia - 18th century.
Periodicals
Newspapers.
Three-quarters leather on marbled boards (Binding)
Typed title affixed to spine.
Additional Author
Yeates, Jasper,
Place
United States Pennsylvania Philadelphia Philadelphia.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Yeates Collection
Call Number
Newspaper 19 1768-1769
Newspaper 20 1770-1771
Newspaper 21 1771-1772
Newspaper 22 1772-1773
Newspaper 23 1773-1774
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Articles of association of the Farmer's bank of Lancaster

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Corporate Author
Farmer's Bank of Lancaster (Lancaster, Pa.)
Date of Publication
[1810]
Call Number
Book 461 n.d. 1
Corporate Author
Farmer's Bank of Lancaster (Lancaster, Pa.)
Place of Publication
[Place of publication not identified]
Publisher
[publisher not identified],
Date of Publication
[1810]
Physical Description
7 pages ; 22 cm
Notes
Jasper Yeates's Colonial Law Library.
Book number 461 as assigned by Yeates.
Bound with Oration on masonry: delivered at St. John's church in the city of Philadelphia, at the request of the right worshipful Grand Lodge of Pennsylvania, on St. John's day, June 24, 1811, by James Milnor. Philadelphia: J. Maxwell, 1811 -- Proposals, by Farrand and Nichholas for publishing by subscription ...The American Review of history and politics. Place not identified: publisher not identified, 1810 -- Proposals for publishing by subscription, a translation from the French, of. LeSages's historical genealogial chronological and geographical atlas. Philadelphia: Jane Aiken, 1819 -- A description of the chain bridge; invented by Judge Finley, of Fayette County Pennsylvania...Uniontown, Pa: William Campbell, 1811 -- The pioneeer, vol. I, no. IV, May 5, 1812 -- The Port folio (new series) by Oliver Oldschool, Esq. Philadelphia, Saturday, March 12, 1808 -- Annual discourse, delivered before the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts on the 13th of November 1810 by Joseph Hopkinson. Philadelphia: published by Bradford and Inskeep; Inseeep and Bradford, New York: and William M'Ilhenry, Boston, Sweeny & M'Kenzie, printers, 1810 -- Reply to Mr. Burke's invective against Mr. Cooper, and Mr. Watt, in the House of Commons on the30th of April, 1792, by Thomas Cooper. London: printed for J. Johnson, in St. Paul's Church Yard; and M Falkner and Co., Manchester, M,DCC,XCII (1792) -- Narrative of the proceedings against Thomas Cooper, esquire, president judge of the eighth judiciary district of Pennsylvania, on a charge of official misconduct. Lancaster: printed by William Hamilton, 1811; -- [Narrative on the title of West Florida]. Place not identified:published not identified. date not identified -- Observations on the conduct of our executive towards Spain. Place not identified:publisher not identified. date not identified -- Letters, addressed to the people of Pennsylvania respecting the internal improvement, of the commonwealth; by means of roads and canals by William J. Duane. Philadelphia: printed by Jane Aiken, No 71, North Third Street, 18ll --An address of the members of the House of Representatives, of the Congress of the United States, to their consitutents, on the subject of the war with Great Britain. Philadelphia: printed at the office of the United States' Gazette, date not identified; Documents and facts, relative to military events, during the late war by Jno. P. Boyd. Place not identified:published not identified. date not identified-- Darstellung des in Baltimore am 27 und 28sten Julii, 1812, gemachten Angriffs auf die presfreyheit, und das leben der Bertheidiger defelben. Philadelphia: gedruct bey Conrad Zentler, in der Zwenten Stresse, unterhalb der Regs Strasse, 1812 -- Plan of an improved system of the money-concerns of the Union by Erick Bollman, M.D. Philadelphia: printed for the auther. Wiliam Fry, printer, Walnut, near Fifth Street, 1816; Articles of the Farmer's Bank of Lancaster. Place not idenifiied: Printed by Hugh Hamilton, date not identified.
Subjects
Farmer's Bank of Lancaster (Lancaster, Pa.)
Three-
Three-quarters leather on marbled boards (Binding)
Additional Author
Yeates, Jasper,
Location
Lancaster History Library - Yeates Collection
Call Number
Book 461 n.d. 1
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Das Pennsylvanische Zeitungs-Blat, oder, Sammlung sowohl auswärtig- als einheimischer Neuigkeiten

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Date of Publication
1778.
Call Number
070.484 P415
Alternate Title
Pennsylvanische Zeitungs-Blat
Place of Publication
[Lancaster, Pa.]
Publisher
Frantz Bailey,
Date of Publication
1778.
Physical Description
21 v. ; 33 cm.
Publication Frequency
Weekly
Dates of Publication
1 Stück (4 Feb. 1778)-21 Stück (24 Juni 1778).
Notes
Photocopy of the microfilm copy (No. 212) in LCHS library.
Sub-title: Bekantmachung sowohl auswärtig-als ein-heimischer Neuigkeiten, Apr. 29, 1778-June 24, 1778.
Subjects
German Americans - Pennsylvania - Newspapers.
Germans - Pennsylvania - Newspapers.
Lancaster (Pa.) - Newspapers.
Lancaster County (Pa.) - Newspapers.
Place
United States Pennsylvania Lancaster Lancaster.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Lancaster County
Call Number
070.484 P415
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