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Memorial souvenir, commemorating the 150th anniversary of York as the capital of the United States of America 1777-1778 : York, Pa., October thirteenth, fourteenth and fifteenth, 1927

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Corporate Author
Conservation Society of York County (Pa.)
Date of Publication
1927.
Call Number
974.841 M533 Oversize
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Corporate Author
Conservation Society of York County (Pa.)
Place of Publication
York, Pa
Publisher
The Society,
Date of Publication
1927.
Physical Description
64 p. (p. 53-64 advertisements) : ill. ; 32 cm.
Subjects
York (Pa.) - History - Revolution, 1775-1783.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
974.841 M533 Oversize
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Archive

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Collection
Revolutionary War Collection
Title
Revolutionary War Collection
Object ID
MG0098
Date Range
1776-1976
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Collection
Revolutionary War Collection
Title
Revolutionary War Collection
Description
The Revolutionary War Collection contains a variety of materials from and about the Revolutionary War in Lancaster County and Pennsylvania. The original records include correspondence, military pay certificates, court records, and an orderly book kept by Lt. Col. Adam Hubley, Jr. during the Sullivan Campaign of 1779. There are also research notes and secondary sources, including a list of prisoners of war, a list of males in Lancaster County in 1776, Continental Hospital Returns 1777-1780, articles, information on soldiers buried in Lancaster County, and an article about John Paul Jones.
Date Range
1776-1976
Creation Date
1776-1976
Year Range From
1776
Year Range To
1976
Creator
LancasterHistory (Organization)
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Storage Room
Archives South
Storage Wall
Side 03
People
Beddulph, Robert
Boyd, John
Burd, James Edward
Chambers, Stephen
Coedans, James
Cooke, William
Ferree, John
Getty, Christian
Gurney, Francis
Hubley, Adam
Jolly, James A. "Jim"
Joy, Daniel
Kieffer, Henry Martyn
Moore, William
Neal, James
Patterson, Alex
Porter, Thomas
Ramsay, David
Rapp, Brandon
Reid, George W.
Worner, William Frederic
Zellty, John A.
Subjects
Cemeteries
Letters
Military history
Military regulations
Newtown, Battle of, Newtown, N.Y., 1779
Prisoners of war
Soldiers
Stony Point, Battle of, Stony Point, N.Y., 1779
Sullivan's Indian Campaign, 1779
United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783
United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Campaigns
United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Prisoners and prisons
Search Terms
Battle of Newtown
Battle of Stony Point
Cemeteries
Clippings (Books, newspapers, etc.)
Correspondence
Finding aids
Haudenosaunee Confederacy
Letters
Manuscript groups
Military history
Military records
Military regulations
Prisoners of war
Receipts
Revolutionary War
Soldiers
Sullivan Campaign, 1779
Extent
3 boxes, 40 folders, 1.25 cubic ft.
Object Name
Archive
Language
English
Object ID
MG0098
Notes
Harmful Language Warning: LancasterHistory is committed to preserving and providing access to materials chronicling Lancaster County's heritage. As a historical resource, this orderly book reflects the racial prejudices of the era and the violence perpetrated against the Haudenosaunee Confederacy during the American War of Independence. In order to maintain the historical integrity and context of collection items, LancasterHistory does not censor historical documents or edit language, titles, or organization names when transcribing original content. This volume contains language that is offensive, oppressive, graphic, and may cause distress. LancasterHistory does not condone the use of this language.
Access Conditions / Restrictions
No restrictions. Please use digital images and transcriptions when available.
Copyright
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Credit
Revolutionary War Collection (MG-98), Box #, Folder #, LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pa.
Other Numbers
MG-98
Other Number
MG-98
Classification
MG0098
Description Level
Fonds
Custodial History
Cataloged prior to 1997. Items have been added and the finding aid has been updated since 1997.
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The Indian wars of Pennsylvania : an account of the Indian events, in Pennsylvania, of the French and Indian war, Pontiac's war, Lord Dunmore's war, the revolutionary war, and the Indian uprising from 1789 to 1795 ; tragedies of the Pennsylvania frontier based primarily on the Penna. archives and colonial records / by C. Hale Sipe ; introduction by Dr. George P. Donehoo

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Author
Sipe, C. Hale
Date of Publication
1929.
Call Number
974.8011 S618w
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Author
Sipe, C. Hale
Place of Publication
Harrisburg
Publisher
The Telegraph Press,
Date of Publication
1929.
Physical Description
793 p., [16] p. of plates : ill., fold. map (in pocket) ; 23 cm.
Notes
Tail-pieces.
"Principal sources utilized in the preparation of this work": p. [6]
"Officers of the colonies of the Delaware before the time of William Penn, and the governors of the province and the commonwealth from 1681 to 1799": p. [745]-746.
"Principal Indian towns in Pennsylvania": p. [747]-754.
"List of blockhouses not mentioned in the text of this history": p. [755]-761.
Includes information on the Conoy Indians, Conestoga Indians, Susquehanna Indians and Delaware Indians.
Subjects
Indians of North America - Pennsylvania.
Indians of North America
Fortification - Pennsylvania.
Pennsylvania - History - Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775.
Pennsylvania - History - Revolution, 1775-1783.
Pennsylvania - Historic houses, etc.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
974.8011 S618w
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Laws enacted in the third sitting of the seventh General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, : which commenced at Philadelphia, on Thursday, the fourteenth day of August, in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred eighty and three

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Corporate Author
Pennsylvania.
Date of Publication
1783]
Call Number
Book 587 1783c
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Corporate Author
Pennsylvania.
Uniform Title
Laws (1783 Aug.-Sept.)
Place of Publication
[Philadelphia
Publisher
s.n.,
Date of Publication
1783]
Physical Description
P. [1], 186-254, [2] ; 33 cm. (fol.)
Notes
Caption title.
Place of publication supplied by Hildeburn and Evans.
Pagination continues: Laws enacted in the sixth General Assembly of the representatives of the freemen of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, at the sitting which commenced at Philadelphia on Monday, the twenty-second day of October, and continued by adjournment to Friday, the twenty-eighth day of December, A.D. one thousand seven hundred and eighty-one, Philadelphia, 1782 (Evans 17659).
Includes acts and laws numbered Chap. LXXI-CII signed and enacted in the months of August and September, 1783 by Frederick Muhlenburg, speaker [of the Pennsylvania state House of Representatives] and Peter Z. Lloyd, clerk of the General Assembly.
Signatures: 3A-3S².
Handwritten index precedes text.
Jasper Yeates's Colonial Law Library.
Book number 587 as assigned by Yeates.
Evans
Hildeburn, C.R. Pennsylvania,
ESTC
Subjects
Law - Pennsylvania.
Law.
Politics and government.
Pennsylvania - History - Revolution, 1775-1783.
Pennsylvania - Politics and government - 1775-1783.
Pennsylvania.
United States.
History.
Three-quarters leather on boards (Binding)
Gilt title on maroon spine label (Binding)
Additional Author
Muhlenberg, Frederick Augustus Conrad,
Lloyd, Peter Zachary.
Pod, Alexander.
Sharwood, Geo.
Yeates, Jasper,
Additional Corporate Author
Philadelphia. General Assembly.
Place
United States Pennsylvania Philadelphia.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Yeates Collection
Call Number
Book 587 1783c
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State of the accounts of Joshua Elder, Esquire, late sub-lieutenant of Lancaster County : In which is exhibited the amount of the monies received by him for militia fines, and accounted for; Together with lists shewing by whom they were paid; likewise the application and payment of the monies

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Corporate Author
Lancaster County (Pa.). Sub-Lieutenant.
Date of Publication
M, DCC, LXXXV. [1785]
Call Number
352.135 P544 1873
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Corporate Author
Lancaster County (Pa.). Sub-Lieutenant.
Place of Publication
Philadelphia
Publisher
Printed by Robert Aitken, three doors above the coffee-house, in Market Street.,
Date of Publication
M, DCC, LXXXV. [1785]
Physical Description
12 p. ; (8vo)
Notes
Signed on p. 5: John Nicholson. Comptroller General's Office, April 8th, 1785.
Evans
Subjects
Pennsylvania - History, Military.
Pennsylvania - History - Revolution, 1775-1783.
Additional Author
Elder, Joshua.
Additional Corporate Author
Pennsylvania. Comptroller-General's Office.
Place
United States Pennsylvania Philadelphia.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Rare Books
Call Number
352.135 P544 1873
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State of the accounts of James Ross, esquire, lieutenant of the county of Lancaster, from the time of his appointment to the 1st August 1785 ... account of the monies received by him for militia fines

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Date of Publication
1785.
Call Number
352.135 P544 1783
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Place of Publication
Philadelphia
Publisher
Aitken,
Date of Publication
1785.
Physical Description
4 p. ; 21 cm.
Notes
Evans
Subjects
Ross, James.
Taxation - Pennsylvania - Lancaster Co.
Finance - Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania - History - Revolution, 1775-1783 - Registers.
Pennsylvania - Militia.
Additional Corporate Author
Lancaster County (Pa.) County Lieutenant.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Rare Books
Call Number
352.135 P544 1783
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State of the accounts of the lieutenant and sub-lieutenants of Lancaster County, from 20th of March 1780 to March 1781 ... account of the monies received by them for militia fines

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Date of Publication
1785.
Call Number
352.135 P544 1783
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Place of Publication
Philadelphia
Publisher
Aitken,
Date of Publication
1785.
Physical Description
46 p. ; 22 cm.
Notes
Signed: John Nicholson, Comptroller General's Office, June 8th, 1785.
Subjects
Taxation - Pennsylvania - Lancaster Co.
Finance - Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania - History - Revolution, 1775-1783 - Registers.
Pennsylvania - Militia.
Additional Corporate Author
Lancaster County (Pa.) County Lieutenant.
Pennsylvania. Comptroller-General's Office.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Rare Books
Call Number
352.135 P544 1783
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State of the accounts of Hon. William A. Attlee, esquire, late chairman and treasurer of the Committee of Inspection and Observation of Lancaster County, etc

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Date of Publication
1787.
Call Number
352.135 P544 1783
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Place of Publication
Philadelphia
Publisher
Aitken & Son, at Pope's Head, in Market Street
Date of Publication
1787.
Physical Description
6 p. ; 21 cm.
Subjects
Atlee, William A.
Taxation - Pennsylvania - Lancaster Co.
Finance - Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania - History - Revolution, 1775-1783 - Registers.
Pennsylvania - Militia.
Additional Corporate Author
Lancaster County (Pa.) County Lieutenant.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Rare Books
Call Number
352.135 P544 1783
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Laws enacted in the third sitting of the twelfth General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania : which commenced at Philadelphia, on Tuesday the second day of September, in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and eighty-eight

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Corporate Author
Pennsylvania.
Date of Publication
[1788]
Call Number
Book 588 1788a
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Corporate Author
Pennsylvania.
Uniform Title
Laws, etc.
Place of Publication
Philadelphia
Publisher
Printed by T. Bradford,
Date of Publication
[1788]
Physical Description
[1], 456-537, [1], 2 p. ; 33 cm. (fol.)
Notes
Caption title.
Place of publication and name of printer from colophon.
Signatures: 6B-6Z² ( -6Z2) (6Y2 verso blank).
Sideglosses.
Includes acts and laws numbered Chap. CLVI-CLXXIV signed and enacted in the months of September and October by Thomas Mifflin, speaker [of the Pennsylvania state House of Representatives] and Peter Zachary Lloyd, clerk of the General Assembly.
Pagination continues: Laws enacted in the first sitting of the tenth General Assembly, of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, which commenced at Philadelphia, on Monday the twenty-fourth day of October, in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and eighty-five, Philadelphia, [1786] (Evans 19885).
Handwritten index precedes text.
Jasper Yeates's Colonial Law Library.
Book number 588 as assigned by Yeates.
Evans
ESTC
Subjects
Session laws - Pennsylvania - Early works to 1800.
Law - Pennsylvania.
Law.
Politics and government.
Session laws.
Pennsylvania - History - 1775-1865 - Sources.
Pennsylvania - Politics and government - 1775-1865 - Sources.
Pennsylvania.
Early works.
History.
Sources.
Three-quarters leather on boards (Binding)
Additional Author
Mifflin, Thomas,
Lloyd, Peter Zachary.
Dallas, Alexander James,
Etting, Frank M.
Bradford, Thomas,
Yeates, Jasper,
Additional Corporate Author
Pennsylvania. General Assembly.
Place
United States Pennsylvania Philadelphia.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Yeates Collection
Call Number
Book 588 1788a
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Lancaster County contributors to relief of Boston, 1774

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Author
Eshleman, Henry Frank,
Date of Publication
1924
(a) LANCASTER COUNTY CONTRIBUTORS TO RELIEF OF BOSTON, 1774 Among the manuscripts in the Manuscript Department of the Library of the Pennsylvania Historical Society at Philadelphia in a Volume entitled "Lancaster County Miscellaneous Papers," pp. 5 and 7 appear the following documents: "We whose
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Responsibility
by Henry Frank Eshleman.
Author
Eshleman, Henry Frank,
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Lancaster County Historical Society,
Date of Publication
1924
Physical Description
3-5 p. ; 23 cm.
Series
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 28, no. 1
Subjects
Boston (Mass.) - History - Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775.
Lancaster County (Pa.) - History - 17th century.
Boston (Mass.) - History - Revolution, 1775-1783.
Contained In
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 28, number 1 (1924), p. 3-5Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.28
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