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The history of my travels : through the states of Pennsylvania, Maryland, Virginia, Ohio, Kentucky, Indiana, Illinois, Missouri, Iowa, Michigan, New York, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut and New Jersey from April 7th to June 28th 1847

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Author: Zercher, Emanuel H.

Date of Publication: 1847, 1997.

Call Number: 917.73 Z58e

Responsibility: by E. H. Zercher.

Author: Zercher, Emanuel H.

Place of Publication: {s.l

Publisher: s.n.] ,

Date of Publication: 1847, 1997.

Physical Description: 40 l. ; 29 cm.

Notes: Transcribed from the original by Leigh A. (Hashagen) Miller.; LCHS has copy of original and transcription.; LCHS has copy of diary of brother, Jacob, who took the same trip. (917.73 Z58.)

Subjects: Zercher, Emanuel H.; Rohrer, J. W.; Zercher family.; Voyages and travels.; Pennsylvania - Description and travel - 1783-1848.; Maryland - Description and travel - 1783-1848.; Virginia - Description and travel - 1783-1848.; Ohio - Description and travel - 1783-1848.; Kentucky - Description and travel - 1783-1848.; Indiana - Description and travel - 1783-1848.; Illinois - Description and travel - 1783-1848.; Missouri - Description and travel - 1783-1848.; Iowa - Description and travel - 1783-1848.; Michigan - Description and travel - 1783-1848.; New York - Description and travel - 1783-1848.; Massachusetts - Description and travel - 1783-1848.; Rhode Island - Description and travel - 1783-1848.; Connecticut - Description and travel - 1783-1848.; New Jersey - Description and travel - 1783-1848.

Additional Author: Miller, Leigh A. (Hashagen).

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 917.73 Z58e

The history of my travels : through the states of Pennsylvania, Maryland, Virginia, Ohio, Kentucky, Indiana, Illinois, Missouri, Iowa, Michigan, New York, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut and New Jersey

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Author: Zercher, Jacob H.[Hartman]

Date of Publication: 1847, 1997.

Call Number: 917.73 Z58

Responsibility: by J.H. Zercher.

Author: Zercher, Jacob H.[Hartman]

Place of Publication: [s.l

Publisher: s.n.] ,

Date of Publication: 1847, 1997.

Physical Description: 69 l. ; 29 cm.

Notes: Transcribed from the original by Leigh A.(Hashagen) Miller.

Subjects: Zercher, Jacob Hartman , - 1828-1887.; Rohrer, J. W.; Zercher family.; Voyages and travels.; Pennsylvania - Description and travel - 1783-1848.; Maryland - Description and travel - 1783-1848.; Virginia - Description and travel - 1783-1848.; Ohio - Description and travel - 1783-1848.; Kentucky - Description and travel - 1783-1848.; Indiana - Description and travel - 1783-1848.; Illinois - Description and travel - 1783-1848.; Missouri - Description and travel - 1783-1848.; Iowa - Description and travel - 1783-1848.; Michigan - Description and travel - 1783-1848.; New York - Description and travel - 1783-1848.; Massachusetts - Description and travel - 1783-1848.; Rhode Island - Description and travel - 1783-1848.; Connecticut - Description and travel - 1783-1848.; New Jersey - Description and travel - 1783-1848.

Additional Author: Miller, Leigh A. (Hashagen).

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 917.73 Z58

An historical description of the province and country of West-New-Jersey ... London, 1698

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Author: Thomas, Gabriel,

Date of Publication: 1848]

Call Number: 974.801 T456a

Author: Thomas, Gabriel,

Place of Publication: [New York

Publisher: H. A. Brady,

Date of Publication: 1848]

Physical Description: 6 p.l., 34 p. 20 cm.

Notes: With his Historical and geographical account of ... Pensilvania. London, 1698. [New York, 1848]

Subjects: Pennsylvania - Description and travel.; Pennsylvania - History - Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775.; New Jersey - Description and travel.; New Jersey - History - Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 974.801 T456a

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Collection: Geist Family Papers

Title: Geist Family Papers

Object ID: MG0294

Date Range: 1865-1961

, Pennsylvania 17603-3125 717.392.4633 • www.LancasterHistory.org Millersville Millersville State Normal School Millersville University Minneapolis, Minnesota Minot, Ward County, North Dakota Mountville Farm Women's Society New Berlin, Ephrata Twp. New Holland Newspaper clippings Ocean City, Cape May County, New

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Collection: Geist Family Papers

Title: Geist Family Papers

Description: The Geist Family Papers include correspondence, tax records, legal documents, and other items related to the Geist family. Some correspondence is personal, while other letters relate to legal proceedings concerning estates and inheritances. A number of wills and associated materials, generally related to adjudications involving family members. Numerous local tax notices and federal income tax returns largely pertain to Daniel W. and Bertha W. Geist. Other materials include notebooks and receipts from Daniel W. Geist's time at Millersville State Normal School, visiting cards, and newspaper clippings.

Date Range: 1865-1961

Year Range From: 1865

Year Range To: 1961

Date of Accumulation: 1865-1961

Creator: Geist family

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives South

Storage Wall: Side 08

People: Alexander, James K.; Anderson, Howard; Bachman, Julie C.; Bard, Bertha; Brown, George; Bulleit, Edward Banister; Dague, Isaac W.; Dague, Lily C. Geist; Diller, Luther R.; Eshleman, John H.; Fox, Christian, Jr.; Geist, Adam; Geist, Agnes; Geist, Bertha Wanner; Geist, Daniel W.; Geist, Ettie G.; Geist, Everett S.; Geist, Harry Kohler; Geist, Lilly Kate; Groff, John M.; Heisher, Daniel; Hobson, Jesse; Hobson, Maria; Horst, Jacob G.; Kjorlien, Alvin C.; Leaman, William; Lyte, Eliphalet Oram; Martin, Luke W.; Milledge, Stanley; Miller, Helen Mildred Diller; Miller, Leon H. B.; Miller, Ruth; Ott, Janet F.; Overly, Herman Witmer; Overly, Richard Geist; Pond, B. C.; Pool, Virginia L.; Roosevelt, Franklin Delano; Rush, Charles William; Rush, Harriet Geist; Shaub, Sadie; Shirk, H. S.; Shirk, Henry; Shirk, Lawrence; Stoner, H. K.; Weaver, C. R.; Weaver, George A.; Werner, John Thomas; Witmer, Clara; Wolf, Lemon A.; Wolfe, Helen

Subjects: Decedents' estates; Estates (Law); Letters; Receipts (Acknowledgments); Taxation

Search Terms: A. Geist and Son; Adams County, Pennsylvania; Albert Pick Company; Births; Bismarck, North Dakota; Blue Ball Bank; Blue Ball, East Earl Twp.; Calling cards; Clippings (Books, newspapers, etc.); Coatesville, Chester County, Pennsylvania; Correspondence; Death; Decedents' estates; Earl Twp.; East Earl Twp.; Ephrata; Estate settlement; Farmers National Bank; Finding aids; Florida; Franklin Twp., Adams County, Pennsylvania; Funerals; Gap, Salisbury Twp.; Grand Forks Herald; Grand Forks, Grand Forks County, North Dakota; Health; Hotel Gladstone; Hunters; Inheritance; Internal Revenue Service; Jamestown, Stutsman County, North Dakota; Johnson City, Broome County, New York; K. Aslesen Company; Lancaster; Lancaster New Era; Leland-Parker Hotel; Letters; Manuscript groups; Masons; McClure House; Miami, Florida; Millersville; Millersville State Normal School; Millersville University; Minneapolis, Minnesota; Minot, Ward County, North Dakota; Mountville Farm Women's Society; New Berlin, Ephrata Twp.; New Holland; Newspaper clippings; Ocean City, Cape May County, New Jersey; Parades; Patterson Hotel; Pennsylvania State Normal School; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Postage stamps; Pottsville, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania; Receipts; Republican Party; San Francisco, California; Schools; Stamps; Stevens, East Cocalico Twp.; Stocks; Tax returns; Taxation; Trusts and trustees; United Commercial Travelers of America; Vienna Bakery Company; Visiting cards; Washington, DC; West Cocalico School District; Wheeling, West Virginia; Wills; YMCA; Young Men's Christian Association

Extent: 1 box, 12 folders, .5 cubic ft.

Object Name: Archive

Language: English

Object ID: MG0294

Location of Originals: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania

Notes: Preferred Citation: Title or description of item, date (day, month, year), Collection Title (MG#), Folder #, (or Object ID), LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania. URL if applicable. Date accessed (day, month, year).

Access Conditions / Restrictions: Original documents may be used by researchers--contact Research@LancasterHistory.org prior to visit or request at Reference Desk.

Copyright: Collection items may be photographed. Please direct questions to Research Center Staff at Research@LancasterHistory.org. Permission for reproduction and/or publication must be obtained in writing from LancasterHistory. Persons wishing to publish any material from this collection must assume all responsibility for identifying and satisfying any claimants of copyright or other use restrictions. Publication fees may apply.

Credit: Courtesy of LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania

Accession Number: 2002.Hawbaker

Other Numbers: MG-294

Classification: MG0294

Description Level: Fonds

Custodial History: Added to database 19 January 2022.

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A geography of Pennsylvania : containing an account of the history, geographical features, soil, climate, geology, botany, zoology, population, education, government, finances, productions, trade, railroads, canals &c. of the state : with a separate description of each county, and questions for the convenience of teachers : to which is appended, a travellers' guide, or table of distances on the principal rail road, canal and stage routes in the state

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Author: Trego, Charles B.,

Date of Publication: 1843.

Call Number: 917.48 T784

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Responsibility: by Charles B. Trego ; illustrated by a map of the state and numerous engravings.

Author: Trego, Charles B.,

Place of Publication: Philadelphia

Publisher: Edward C. Biddle,

Date of Publication: 1843.

Physical Description: 384 p. : ill., fold. map ; 20 cm.

Subjects: Travel.; Pennsylvania - Description and travel.; Pennsylvania - History.; Pennsylvania.; History.

Additional Corporate Author: Marian S. Carson Collection (Library of Congress)

Location: Lancaster History Library - Rare Books

Call Number: 917.48 T784

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http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.gdc/scd0001.00142072610

http://digital.library.pitt.edu/cgi-bin/t/text/text-idx?c=darltext;view=toc;idno=31735056287273

Lancaster County Papers

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Date of Publication: 1854-1922.

Call Number: 974.815 LACO L245i

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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Collection: Transportation Collection

Title: Transportation Collection

Object ID: MG0123

Date Range: 1819-1977

Railway Company; Lancaster, Willow Street, Lampeter and Strasburg Railway Company; Ephrata and Adamstown Railway Company, Lancaster and Rocky Springs Railway Company, New Holland, Blue Ball and Terre Hill Street Railway Company; Lancaster and Quarryville Street Railway Company; Rohrerstown, Landisville

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Collection: Transportation Collection

Title: Transportation Collection

Description: The Transportation Collection contains documents regarding turnpikes, railroads, Conestoga Traction Co., Conestoga Transportation Co., and the Red Rose Transit Authority. The types of items include correspondence, financial papers, business papers, stock certificates, tickets, schedules, maps of routes, and a blueprint.

Date Range: 1819-1977

Year Range From: 1819

Year Range To: 1977

Date of Accumulation: 1819-1977

Creator: LancasterHistory (Organization)

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives South

Storage Wall: Side 04

People: Bitner, John R.; Boardman, Harris; Bowman, John Jacob; Boyer, Zaccur Prall; Cirt, Anna N.; Griest, William Walton; Hostetter, Albert Keller; Kemrer, Clarence M.; Knapp, Walter; Kreider, Kate; Kriebel, Howard Wiegner; McClellan, Oliver Eldridge; Royer, David; Shuman, James P.; Wohlsen, Anna; Wohlsen, Peter

Subjects: Letters; Minutes (Records); Philadelphia & Reading Railroad Co.; Philadelphia and Lancaster Turnpike (Pa.); Posters; Railroads; Rates and tolls; Reading & Columbia Railroad Company; Street-railroads; Trolley cars

Search Terms: Adamstown; Bittersville, Lower Windsor Twp., York County, Pennsylvania; Blueprints; Booklets; Brochures; Campbelltown, South Londonderry Twp., Lebanon County, Pennsylvania; Center Square Road Station; Chestnut Street; Christiana; Coatesville, Chester County, Pennsylvania; Columbia; Columbia, Ironville and Mount Joy Railroad; Conestoga Traction Company; Conestoga Transportation Company; Conewago Water and Power Company; Correspondence; Dallastown, York County, Pennsylvania; Drawings; Duke Street; East Belt line; East King Street; East Petersburg, East Hempfield Twp.; Elizabethtown; Engleside, Lancaster Twp.; Ephemera; Ephrata; Express Printing Company; Greeting cards; Hanover, York County, Pennsylvania; Hershey, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania; Ironville, West Hempfield Twp.; J. G. Brill Company; Kinport Road; Lancaster; Lancaster and York Furnace Street Railway; Lancaster and Columbia Division, Conestoga Transportation Company; Lancaster and Lititz Passenger Railroad Company; Lancaster, Elizabethtown, and Middletown Turnpike; Lebanon, Lebanon County, Pennsylvania; Letters; Lititz; Maple Grove; Maps; Marietta Avenue; North Market Street; Mechanicsburg, Upper Leacock Twp.; Mechanicsville, East Hempfield Twp.; Minutes; Mount Joy; Mulberry Street; National Railway Historical Society; Neffsville, Manheim Twp.; North End Photo Finishing House; North Lime Street; North Queen Street; Palmyra, Lebanon County, Pennsylvania; Parkesburg, Chester County, Pennsylvania; Penn Square; Pequea Twp.; Philadelphia and Lancaster Turnpike Company; Philadelphia and Reading Railroad Company; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Photographs; Placards; Substations; President Avenue; Princess Street; Prospect Street; Quarryville; Railroads; Rates and tolls; Reading and Columbia Railroad Company; Receipts; Red Rose Transit Authority; Reports; Roads; Rocky Springs Railroad Company; Schuylkill Navigation Company; Scrapbooks; South Mountain Railroad; South Queen Street; Stock certificates; Susquehanna Railroad; Tickets; Tolls; Trolley car barns; Trolley car yards; Trolley cars; Trolleys; Turnpikes; Walnut Street; WGAL (television station); Williams Park Station; Willow Street Turnpike; Windsor Twp., York County, Pennsylvania; WLAN (radio station); Wrightsville, York County, Pennsylvania; York Bus Company; York Fair; York Railway Company

Extent: 2 boxes, 31 folders, 1 cubic ft.

Object Name: Archive

Language: English

Object ID: MG0123

Location of Originals: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania

Notes: Preferred Citation: Title or description of item, date (day, month, year), Transportation Collection (MG0123), Folder #, LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.

Access Conditions / Restrictions: Restrictions are noted at the item level.

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-123

Classification: MG0123

Description Level: Fonds

Custodial History: Added to database 23 September 2021.

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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, educasional [sic] and benevolent institutions, secret and other societies, &c., &c. 1869-70

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Date of Publication: 1869.

Call Number: 917.4815 D598 1869-70 reprint

Responsibility: Published by Barnes & Pearsol.

Place of Publication: Lancaster, Pa

Publisher: Pearsol & Geist, printers, Daily Eppress [sic] Office.,

Date of Publication: 1869.

Physical Description: [5], 10-22, [1], 28-492 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

Notes: Copyright 1869.; Reprint.; Includes index.

Subjects: Merchants - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.; Lancaster County (Pa.) - Directories.; Advertisements - Merchants; Directories - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County - 1869

Location: Lancaster History Library - Reference

Call Number: 917.4815 D598 1869-70 reprint

Alta California : embracing notices of the climate, soil, and agricultural products of northern Mexico and the Pacific seaboard : also, a history of the military and naval operations of the United States directed against the territories of northern Mexico, in the year 1846-'47 : with documents declaratory of the policy of the present administration of the national government in regard to the annexation of conquered territory to this union, and the opinion of the Hon. James Buchanan on the Wilmot Proviso, &c

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Author: Captain of volunteers.

Date of Publication: 1847.

Call Number: 979.4403 C254

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Responsibility: by a Captain of volunteers.

Author: Captain of volunteers.

Place of Publication: Philadelphia

Publisher: H. Packer & Co. ...,

Date of Publication: 1847.

Physical Description: [2], 5-64 p. (first leaf blank) ; 25 cm.

Notes: This copy is a reproduction ISBN 0548410593.; Description of area: p. 9-12; history and documentation: p. 13-64.; Anti-annexation tract.

Summary: The 1847 publication briefly address climate soil and agriculture in Alta and Baja California in chapter I. The following eight chapters consist of communications from the U.S. Government consisting of instructions in the event Mexico declared war, justification of and motives for war, various reports to Washington, communications with Mexican officials in Alta California, accounts of the military operations in California, the articles of capitulation entered into at Rancho of Cowanga on January 13, 1847, all of which are interspersed with personal observations and comments by the author. The final chapter deals with the question of whether slavery would be allowed in California, the policy of the South and its motive for a slave market and emigrants to California and Northern Mexico [from California State University's Digital Commons]

Subjects: Buchanan, James, - 1791-1868.; Mexican War, 1846-1848.; California - Description and travel.; California - History - 1846-1850.; Mexico, North - Description and travel.; California - Annexation to the United States.

Place: United States Pennsylvania Philadelphia.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 979.4403 C254

Websites

https://archive.org/details/altcaliforniembr00strerich/page/n7/mode/2up

History and topography of Northumberland, Huntingdon, Mifflin, Centre, Union, Columbia, Juniata and Clinton counties, Pa. : embracing local and general events, leading incidents, description of the principal boroughs, towns, villages, etc., etc. ; with a copious appendix: embellished by engravings

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Date of Publication: 1847.

Call Number: 974.8009 R946

Responsibility: compiled from authentic sources by I. D. Rupp.

Place of Publication: Lancaster, Pa

Publisher: Published by G. Hills,

Date of Publication: 1847.

Physical Description: 551 p., [9] p. of plates : ill. ; 22 cm.

Notes: "Names of subscribers": p. [557]-566.; Includes index.; Pages 1-145 general history of Pennsylvania, chiefly during the colonial period.

Subjects: Northumberland County (Pa.) - History.; Huntingdon County (Pa.) - History.; Mifflin County (Pa.) - History.; Centre County (Pa.) - History.; Union County (Pa.) - History.; Columbia County (Pa.) - History.; Juniata County (Pa.) - History.; Clinton County (Pa.) - History.; Pennsylvania - History - Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775.

Additional Author: Rupp, I. Daniel

Location: Lancaster History Library - Rare Books

Call Number: 974.8009 R946

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The history of my travels : through the states of Pennsylvania, Maryland, Virginia, Ohio, Kentucky, Indiana, Illinois, Missouri, Iowa, Michigan, New York, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut and New Jersey from April 7th to June 28th 1847

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The history of my travels : through the states of Pennsylvania, Maryland, Virginia, Ohio, Kentucky, Indiana, Illinois, Missouri, Iowa, Michigan, New York, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut and New Jersey

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo14122

An historical description of the province and country of West-New-Jersey ... London, 1698

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Lancaster County Papers

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History and topography of Northumberland, Huntingdon, Mifflin, Centre, Union, Columbia, Juniata and Clinton counties, Pa. : embracing local and general events, leading incidents, description of the principal boroughs, towns, villages, etc., etc. ; with a copious appendix: embellished by engravings

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