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Mortal remains : death in early America

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo14627
Date of Publication
c2003.
Call Number
306.9 M887
Responsibility
edited by Nancy Isenberg and Andrew Burstein.
ISBN
0812236785 (cloth : alk. paper)
081221823X (paper : alk. paper)
Place of Publication
Philadelphia
Publisher
University of Pennsylvania Press,
Date of Publication
c2003.
Physical Description
viii, 253 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Notes
Includes bibliographical references (p. [205]-245) and index.
Subjects
Death - United States.
Funeral rites and ceremonies - United States
Thanatology - United States.
Attitude to Death - United States.
Funeral Rites - United States.
Literature, Modern - United States.
Religion and Psychology - United States.
United States - Social life and customs - To 1775.
United States - Social life and customs - 19th century.
Additional Author
Isenberg, Nancy.
Burstein, Andrew.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
306.9 M887
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Death to dust : what happens to dead bodies?

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo15355
Author
Iserson, Kenneth V.
Edition
2nd ed.
Date of Publication
c2001.
Call Number
306.9 I78
Responsibility
Kenneth V. Iserson.
ISBN
1883620228 (cloth)
Author
Iserson, Kenneth V.
Edition
2nd ed.
Place of Publication
Tucson, AZ
Publisher
Galen Press,
Date of Publication
c2001.
Physical Description
xviii, 821 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Notes
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
Dying to know : introduction -- I'm dead--now what? -- Help for the living : organ, tissue, & whole-body donation -- The autopsy : my body and the pathologist -- Beauty in death -- The eternal flame -- Souls on ice -- Wayward bodies -- Nightmares -- Going out in style -- Black tie affairs -- From earth to earth -- A hand from the grave -- Say it gently : words, sayings, & poetry about the dead.
Subjects
Death.
Autopsy.
Undertakers and undertaking.
Mortuary Practice.
Attitude to Death.
Funeral Rites.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
306.9 I78
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This list of deaths is from the ledger of Johannes Bachman, 1769-1829/ List of deaths copied from "Washington House Registers" of Strasburg

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo7903
Author
Bachman, Johannes ,
Date of Publication
2000.
Call Number
310.35 B124
Author
Bachman, Johannes ,
Place of Publication
Strasburg, Pa
Publisher
Ellis R. Bachman ,
Date of Publication
2000.
Physical Description
10 p. : 29 cm.
Notes
"The original ledger is written in German script. The translation and copy has been by Noah G. Good."
Also contains list of deaths copied from "Washington House Registers" of Strasburg. The range is fro February 1875 through August 1880.
Subjects
Death notices - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
Registers of births, etc. - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
Strasburg (Lancaster County, Pa. : Township) - Genealogy.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Lancaster County
Call Number
310.35 B124
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Index to marriage and death notices in the New-Yorker Staats-Zeitung, 1836-1870

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo20736
Author
Biebel, Frank A.
Date of Publication
2000.
Call Number
929.3 B586
Responsibility
compiled, researched and written by Frank A. Biebel.
ISBN
1877692077
9781877692079
Author
Biebel, Frank A.
Place of Publication
New York
Publisher
New York Genealogical and Biographical Society,
Date of Publication
2000.
Physical Description
viii, 496 pages ; 24 cm
Notes
Includes bibliographical references (pages 483-488).
Subjects
German Americans - New York (State) - Genealogy.
Marriage records - New York (State) - Indexes.
Death notices - New York (State) - Indexes.
New York (State) - Genealogy.
United States, New York - Newspapers - Indexes.
United States, New York, New York (City) - Newspapers - Indexes.
Additional Corporate Author
New York Genealogical and Biographical Society.
Additional Title
New-Yorker Staats-Zeitung (New York, N.Y. : Daily)
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
929.3 B586
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Obituaries in American culture

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo15353
Author
Hume, Janice.
Date of Publication
c2000.
Call Number
929.1 H657
Responsibility
Janice Hume.
ISBN
1578062411 (cloth : alk. paper)
157806242X (paper : alk. paper)
Author
Hume, Janice.
Place of Publication
Jackson
Publisher
University Press of Mississippi,
Date of Publication
c2000.
Physical Description
198 p. ; 23 cm.
Notes
Includes bibliographical references (p. 184-190) and index.
Subjects
Obituaries - United States
Death - United States.
Memory - United States.
United States - Civilization - 19th century.
United States - Civilization - 20th century.
United States - Civilization - Sources.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
929.1 H657
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Reports of cases argued and determined in the Court of King's Bench : from Michaelmas term, 26th George III, to Easter term ... George III, both inclusive

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo20981
Corporate Author
Great Britain. Court of King's Bench.
Date of Publication
1787-1800.
Call Number
Bookk 145 1787
Book 148 1797
Book 146 1789
Book 147 1790
Book 149 1794
Alternate Title
Durnford & East's reports
Responsibility
by Charles Durnford and Edward Hyde East.
Corporate Author
Great Britain. Court of King's Bench.
Place of Publication
London
Publisher
Printed by His Majesty's law-printers, for T. Whieldon,
Date of Publication
1787-1800.
Physical Description
8 volumes ; 32 cm
Notes
Reports cover the period 1785-1800.
Issued at the end of each term, and usually cited as "Term reports", with later editions appearing under that title.
Vol. 3 printed by A. Strahan and W. Woodfall for T. Whieldon; v. 4, by A. Strahan and W. Woodfall for Whieldon and Butterworth; v. 5, by A. Strahan and W. Woodfall for J. Butterworth; v. 6-8, by A. Strahan for J. Butterworth.
Vol. 7 and 8 to "Trinity Term."
Includes indexes.
Jasper Yeates's Colonial Law Library.
Yeates's signature at top of title page.
Book numbers 145, 146, 147,148, and 149 assigned by Yeates.
Four-line poem on front of flyleaf of vol. 2.
Yeates's library lacks volumes 6-8.
Subjects
Law reports, digests, etc. - Great Britain.
Law reports, digests, etc.
Great Britain.
Full blind-tooled leather (Binding)
Vols 3 and 4 have marbled end papers.
Gilt title on maroon spine label (Binding)
Additional Author
Yeates, Jasper,
Durnford, Charles.
East, Edward Hyde,
Location
Lancaster History Library - Yeates Collection
Call Number
Bookk 145 1787
Book 148 1797
Book 146 1789
Book 147 1790
Book 149 1794
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Into the American woods : negotiators on the Pennsylvania frontier

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo13456
Author
Merrell, James Hart,
Date of Publication
2000, c1999.
Call Number
974.802 M568
Alternate Title
Negotiators on the Pennsylvania frontier
Responsibility
James H. Merrell.
ISBN
0393046761
Author
Merrell, James Hart,
Place of Publication
New York
Publisher
Norton,
Date of Publication
2000, c1999.
Physical Description
463 p. : ill., maps ; 21 cm.
Notes
"1st pub. as a Norton paperback 2000"--T.p. verso.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 329-438) and index.
Subjects
Frontier and pioneer life - Pennsylvania.
Pioneers - Pennsylvania
Negotiation - Pennsylvania
Indians of North America - Pennsylvania
Intercultural communication - Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania - History - Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
974.802 M568
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Practice common-placed, or, The rules and cases of practice in the courts of King's Bench and Common Pleas, methodically arranged

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo21060
Author
Crompton, George,
Edition
The third edition,
Date of Publication
MDCCLXXXVI [1786]
Call Number
Book 297 1786
Book 296 1786
Alternate Title
Practice common-placed
Rules and cases of practice in the Courts of King's Bench and Common Pleas, methodically arranged
Responsibility
by George Crompton ...
Author
Crompton, George,
Edition
The third edition,
Place of Publication
London
Publisher
Printed for T. Whieldon ...,
Date of Publication
MDCCLXXXVI [1786]
Physical Description
2 v. ; 23 cm. (8vo)
Notes
Jasper Yeates's Colonial Law Library.
Yeates's signature at top of title page.
Book numbers 296 and 297 as assigned by Yeates.
After Crompton's death the copyright of this work was purchased by Baker John Sellon who subsequently revised and expanded the work and published it under his own name as The practice of the Courts of King's Bench and Common Pleas. Cf. ESTC.
Vol. 1: [8], cxv, [1], 379, [9] p. (last leaf blank); v. 2: [2], 480, [8] p.
ESTC
Subjects
Great Britain. - Court of King's Bench.
Great Britain. - Court of Common Pleas.
Civil procedure - England - Early works to 1800.
Civil procedure.
England.
Full blind-tooled leather (Binding)
Gilt title on maroon spine label (Binding)
Early works.
Additional Author
Yeates, Jasper,
Chase, Samuel,
Location
Lancaster History Library - Yeates Collection
Call Number
Book 297 1786
Book 296 1786
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150 years of MU faces : commemorative publication 1855-2005

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo15558
Date of Publication
2005.
Call Number
370 M652on
Alternate Title
One hundred fifty years of MU faces
Responsibility
written by Steven A. DiGuiseppe ... [et al.].
Place of Publication
[Millersville, Pa.]
Publisher
Millersville University Alumni Association,
Date of Publication
2005.
Physical Description
128 p. : ill., ports. ; 26 cm.
Contents
Message from MU Alumni Association -- History of Millersville University -- History of MU Alumni Association -- Historical timeline -- "Row, Row, Row Your Boat" -- Millersville Alma Mater -- Guide to the profiles -- Alumni profiles -- Index.
Summary
"This special publication highlights the accomplishments of 150 Millersville University alumni."--P. 4.
Subjects
Lancaster County Normal School (Millersville, Pa.) - Alumni and alumnae.
Pennsylvania State Normal School of the Second District (Millersville, Pa.) - Alumni and alumnae.
State Teachers College (Millersville, Pa.) - Alumni and alumnae.
Millersville State College (Pa.) - Alumni and alumnae.
Millersville University of Pennsylvania - Alumni and alumnae.
Millersville University of Pennsylvania - History.
Millersville University Alumni Association - History.
Additional Author
DiGuiseppe, Steven A.
Additional Corporate Author
Millersville University Alumni Association.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Lancaster County
Call Number
370 M652on
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Ethnographies and exchanges : Native Americans, Moravians, and Catholics in early North America

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo16475
Date of Publication
c2008.
Call Number
970.004 E84
  1 website  
Responsibility
edited by A.G. Roeber.
ISBN
9780271033464 (cloth : alk. paper)
0271033460 (cloth : alk. paper)
Place of Publication
University Park, Pa
Publisher
Pennsylvania State University Press,
Date of Publication
c2008.
Physical Description
xxiv, 216 p. ; 24 cm.
Series
Max Kade German-American Research Institute series
Notes
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Subjects
Jesuits - Missions - New France.
Jesuits - New France - Historiography.
Indians of North America
Moravians - North America.
Moravians - North America
North America - History - 17th century.
North America - History - 17th century - Historiography.
Additional Author
Roeber, A. G.
Additional Corporate Author
Max Kade German-American Research Institute.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
970.004 E84
Websites
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