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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
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The old wooden covered bridges of the Octoraro

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Author
Magee, Daniel F.
Date of Publication
1923
forty-nine feet in length. All of the bridges above described as of the old wooden arch truss bridge, ten in number, are inter-county bridges, built and maintained by Lancaster and Chester Counties jointly. �Now returning to the West Branch of this creek, which is not so large or long as the East Branch
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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
1923
Physical Description
121-126 p. ; 23 cm.
Series
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 27, no. 7
Subjects
Covered bridges - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
Octoraro Creek (Pa. and Md.)
Contained In
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 27, number 7 (1923), p. 121-126Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.27
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The under ground railroad

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Author
Rutherford, S.S.
Date of Publication
1928.
Call Number
974.818 2425p 1928
Responsibility
by S.S. Rutherford.
Author
Rutherford, S.S.
Place of Publication
Historical Society of Dauphin County
Date of Publication
1928.
Physical Description
3-8 p.; 23 cm.
Series
Publications of the Historical Society of Dauphin County.
Subjects
Underground railroad - Pennsylvania - Dauphin County
African Americans - Pennsylvania
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
974.818 2425p 1928
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The story of Shultz's Mill on Beaver Creek

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Author
Beck, Herbert Huebener,
Date of Publication
1927
on Beaver Creek / by Herbert H. Beck. Primary Material: Book Subject(s): Shultz, Christian. Shultz's Mill (Lancaster County, Pa.) Flour mills--Pennsylvania--Lancaster County. Beaver Creek (Lancaster County, Pa.) Publisher: Lancaster, Pa. : Lancaster County Historical Society, 1927 Description: 97-100
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Responsibility
by Herbert H. Beck.
Author
Beck, Herbert Huebener,
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Lancaster County Historical Society,
Date of Publication
1927
Physical Description
97-100 p. ; 23 cm.
Series
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 31, no. 7
Subjects
Shultz, Christian.
Shultz's Mill (Lancaster County, Pa.)
Flour mills - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
Beaver Creek (Lancaster County, Pa.)
Contained In
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 31, number 7 (1927), p. 97-100Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.31
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Fords and bridges, across the Conestoga from Morgantown to Hinkletown

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Author
Weaver, M. G.
Date of Publication
1920
(s): Bridges--Pennsylvania--Lancaster County. Bridges. Conestoga River (Pa.) Publisher: Lancaster, Pa. : Lancaster County Historical Society, 1920 Description: 115-124 p. ; 23 cm. Series: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 24, no.6 Call Number: 974.9 L245 v.24 Location: LCHSJL
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Responsibility
compiled by M. G. Weaver.
Author
Weaver, M. G.
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Lancaster County Historical Society,
Date of Publication
1920
Physical Description
115-124 p. ; 23 cm.
Series
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 24, no.6
Subjects
Bridges - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
Bridges.
Conestoga River (Pa.)
Contained In
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 24, number 6 (1920), p. 115-124Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.24
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Two notable mining industries of Lancaster County

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Author
Willig, H. Luther.
Date of Publication
1924
TWO NOTABLE MINING INDUSTRIES OF LANCASTER COUNTY By H. Luther Willig While the bounteous harvests of her fair fields have made Lancaster County as the "Garden Spot of Pennsylvania" her past mining industries have added additional luster to her name through the discovery of the rare minerals
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Responsibility
by H. Luther Willig.
Author
Willig, H. Luther.
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Lancaster County Historical Society,
Date of Publication
1924
Physical Description
73-76 p. ; 23 cm.
Series
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 28, no. 5
Notes
The last third of this article is entitled "(Comments by W. Frank Gorrecht) on the preceding paper".
Subjects
Gap Copper Mine (Bart Township, Pa.)
Tyson Mining Company (Little Britain Township, Pa.)
Gap Mining Company.
Wood Mine (Little Britain Township, Pa.)
Nickel industry - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
Brucite - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
Chromium industry - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
Chromium ores - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
Copper mines and mining - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
Nickel mines and mining - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
Gap Nickel Mines (Bart Township, Pa.)
Contained In
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 28, number 5 (1924), p. 73-78Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.28
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Local history contained in the early quarter sessions' dockets

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Date of Publication
1922
Call Number
974.9 L245 v.26
Responsibility
compiled by a committee--read by Miss Martha M. Bowman.
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Lancaster County Historical Society,
Date of Publication
1922
Physical Description
81-85 p. ; 23 cm.
Series
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 26, no. 3
Subjects
Jails - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
Crime - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County
Punishment - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County
Quakers - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
Lancaster County (Pa.) - History - 17th century.
Additional Author
Bowman, Martha M.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Journal
Call Number
974.9 L245 v.26
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Notes on money other than United States issues used in Lancaster County, Penna

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Date of Publication
1926
family historian states Dietrich Fahnestock arrived in New York on Michael- mas Day 1726, spent a year or more in New Jersey thence removed to a tract of land at the confluence of the Middle and Cocalico creeks now known as Millway, this county, where he lived some few years before survey and grant of
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Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Lancaster County Historical Society,
Date of Publication
1926
Physical Description
19-27 p. ; 23 cm.
Series
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 30, no. 2
Subjects
Money - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
Paper money - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
Coinage - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
Contained In
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 30, number 2 (1926), p. 19-27Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.30
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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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List of iron furnaces formerly operating in Clarion County

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Author
Beck, Herbert Huebener,
Date of Publication
1927
wherein they stood, for the wives of their owners or in honor of various presidents of the United States. 1 Clarion Furnace, built 1828. Stood on Clarion river, just west of the mouth of Little Toby creek. Thirty feet high, by eight feet across the bosh. Owners, Henry Bear and Christian Myers; afterwards
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Responsibility
by Herbert Huebener Beck.
Author
Beck, Herbert Huebener,
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Lancaster County Historical Society,
Date of Publication
1927
Physical Description
149-153 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Series
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 31, no. 9 & 10
Subjects
Myers, Christian, - 1796-1877.
Bear, Henry.
Clarion Furnace (Clarion County, Pa.)
Iron mines and mining - Pennsylvania - Clarion County
Iron industry and trade - Pennsylvania - Clarion County
Clarion County (Pa.) - History.
Contained In
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 31, number 9/10 (1927), p. 149-153Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.31
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