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The war that started one hundred years ago : Mount Joy men in WW1

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo19246
Author
Albert, Vera E.
Date of Publication
2014.
Call Number
974.815 MOJT H673 v. 19 # 1
Alternate Title
War that started 100 years ago
Responsibility
by Vera E. Albert.
Author
Albert, Vera E.
Place of Publication
[Mount Joy, PA?]
Publisher
Mount Joy Area Historical Society,
Date of Publication
2014.
Physical Description
ii, 36 p. : ill., ports. ; 28 cm.
Notes
Vol. 19, no. 1, 2014.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 36).
Subjects
World War, 1939-1945.
Soldiers - Pennsylvania - Mount Joy (Lancaster County)
Mount Joy (Lancaster County, Pa.) - History - World War, 1939-1945.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
974.815 MOJT H673 v. 19 # 1
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Women for victory : American servicewomen in World War II, history & uniforms series

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo22185
Author
Goebel, Kay Endruschat.
Date of Publication
2011.
Call Number
940.5382 G593
940.5302 G593
Alternate Title
American servicewomen in World War II, history & uniforms series
Responsibility
by Katy Endruschat Goebel.
ISBN
9780764339592
0764339591
9780764352034
0764352032
Author
Goebel, Kay Endruschat.
Place of Publication
Atglen, PA
Publisher
Schiffer Pub.,
Date of Publication
2011.
Physical Description
volumes <1-2> : illustrations (some color) ; 32 cm
Notes
Includes bibliographical references.
Summary
"[This work serves as a] reference for American servicewomen's history and uniforms of WWII, and is designed for scholars of women's or military history, veterans, collectors, re-enactors and others interested in the history and dress of servicewomen on active military service. Carefully researched historical background information about the female wartime services is combined with comprehensive documentation of their distinctive uniforms. Color photos of original clothing and accessories, modeled in full-length studies and supported by close-up views, show various uniforms and insignia in detail. The text and color photographic portions are supplemented by original wartime photos, many previously unpublished, as well as documents, tables, and drawings"--Publisher's description.
Subjects
World War, 1939-1945 - United States.
Armed Forces
Women.
Military Personnel
Women
Clothing
History of Nursing.
World War II.
United States - Armed Forces - Women - History - 20th century.
United States - Armed Forces - Women - Uniforms - History - 20th century.
United States - Armed Forces - Women - Uniforms - Pictorial works.
United States - Armed Forces - Women - Insignia - Pictorial works.
United States - Armed Forces - Nurses - Pictorial works.
United States.
History.
Pictorial works.
Pictorial Work.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
940.5382 G593
940.5302 G593
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Phase IB/II and data-recovery archaeological excavation at Site 36LA1494 Queen Street Station Phase II (RRTA) North Queen Street and East Chestnut Street, Lancaster, Pennsylvania

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo17911
Corporate Author
URS Corporation
Date of Publication
2010.
Call Number
385.314 U82 CD
385.314 U82
Responsibility
prepared for Red Rose Transit Authority, Lancaster, Pennsylvania by URS.
Corporate Author
URS Corporation
Place of Publication
Burlington, N.J
Publisher
URS,
Date of Publication
2010.
Physical Description
1 v. (various paging) : col. maps ; 28 cm.
Notes
"September 2010" -- Cover.
Spiral bound.
Hamilton Lot #103 and #104.
Also includes CD stored with Media.
Subjects
Railroad stations - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
Excavations (Archaeology) - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
Urban archaeology - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
Archaeology - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County..
Location
Lancaster History Library - Media
Lancaster History Library - Lancaster County
Call Number
385.314 U82 CD
385.314 U82
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Through the years : Photographic views of the Cocalico Valley

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo17468
Author
Marquet, Cyntha.
Date of Publication
2011.
Call Number
974.815 EPH M357
Responsibility
by Cynthia Marquet.
Author
Marquet, Cyntha.
Place of Publication
Ephrata (Pa.,)
Publisher
The Historical Society of the Cocalico Valley ;
Date of Publication
2011.
Physical Description
240 p. : ill. , 29 cm.
Notes
Includes endnotes.
Ninth in a series of books based on the collections of photographs held by the Historical Society of the Cocalico Valley.
Limitedv edition No. 354 of 700 copies.
Summary
"Fascinating book containing over 175 previously unpublished photographs from around the Cocalico Valley. The photographs are arranged by municipality, span the years 1870 through the 1960's, and represent local events, buildings, and even a few personalities from bygone days. Each photograph is accompanied by text that records the history of the image." [from the Journal of the Historical Society Of The Cocalico Valley]
Subjects
Cocalico Valley (Pa.) - History.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
974.815 EPH M357
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Journals of the House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. Beginning the twenty-eighth day of November, 1776, and ending the second day of October, 1781. With the proceedings of the several committees and conventions, before and at the commencement of the American Revolution. Volume the first

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo19355
Corporate Author
Pennsylvania. General Assembly. House of Representatives.
Date of Publication
MDCCLXXXII. [1782]
Call Number
342.05 P544 1782 Oversize
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Corporate Author
Pennsylvania. General Assembly. House of Representatives.
Uniform Title
Journal
Place of Publication
Philadelphia
Publisher
Printed by John Dunlap,
Date of Publication
MDCCLXXXII. [1782]
Physical Description
[2], 698 [i.e. 697, 1] p. ; 2°.
Notes
No more published.
Title vignette: state seal.
Error in paging: page number 623 omitted from pagination.
"Errata."--Verso of last leaf.
First three pages after title page partially covered by cuttings from the Philadelphia Sunday Courier. Other cuttings partially or totally removed from pages 31-59 resulting in faded of text.
Evans,
Hildeburn, C.R. Pennsylvania,
Three quarters leather over boards both badly worn; front cover loose; paper label on spine.
Subjects
Political science.
Pennsylvania - Politics and government.
Pennsylvania.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Rare Books
Call Number
342.05 P544 1782 Oversize
Websites
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Massacre of the Conestogas : on the trail of the Paxton Boys in Lancaster County

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo17894
Author
Brubaker, John H.
Date of Publication
2010.
Call Number
974.802 B886
Responsibility
by Jack Brubaker.
ISBN
9781609490614
1609490614
Author
Brubaker, John H.
Place of Publication
Charleston, SC
Publisher
History Press,
Date of Publication
2010.
Physical Description
188 p. : ill., facsims., ports. ; 23 cm.
Notes
Includes index.
Bibliography: p. [177]-188.
Contents
pt. 1. Telling the story -- "Drive the heathen out of the land" -- "Some hot headed ill advised persons" -- "The same spirit & frantic rage" -- "Persons of undoubted probity & veracity" -- pt. 2. Retelling the story -- "I never heard one word of it till it was just over" -- "A mighty noise and hubbub" -- "Shot, scalped, hacked, and cut to pieces" -- "One of those youthful ebullitions of wrath" -- "The innocent were destined to share the fate of the guilty" -- "A zone of vicious racial violence" -- pt. 3. Killers and abettors -- "The most respectable of men" -- "They had possession and would keep it" -- "Eternal shame & reproach" -- pt. 4. Death and reconciliation -- "The remains of the victims of a terrible crime" -- "Slaughter'd, kill'd, and cut off a whole tribe" -- "Who was left to mourn for these people?"
Subjects
Paxton Boys.
Conestoga Indians - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County
Massacres - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County
Lancaster County (Pa.) - History - 18th century.
Lancaster County (Pa.) - Race relations - History - 18th century.
Pennsylvania - History - Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
974.802 B886
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Journals of the House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. Beginning the twenty-eighth day of November, 1776, and ending the second day of October, 1781. With the proceedings of the several committees and conventions, before and at the commencement of the American Revolution. Volume the first

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo19045
Corporate Author
Pennsylvania. General Assembly. House of Representatives.
Date of Publication
MDCCLXXXII. [1782]
Call Number
Book 11 1782
Corporate Author
Pennsylvania. General Assembly. House of Representatives.
Uniform Title
Journal
Place of Publication
Philadelphia
Publisher
Printed by John Dunlap,
Date of Publication
MDCCLXXXII. [1782]
Physical Description
[2], 698 [i.e. 697, 1] pages ; 43 cm.
Notes
No more published.
Title vignette: state seal.
Error in paging: page number 623 omitted from pagination.
"Errata."--Verso of last leaf.
Jasper Yeates's Colonial Law Library.
Signature of Yeates at top of title page.
Book number 11 as arranged by Yeates.
Evans,
Hildeburn, C.R. Pennsylvania,
One-quarter leather with board covers; tile in gold on maroon leather.
Subjects
Pennsylvania - Politics and government.
Additional Author
Yeates, Jasper,
Location
Lancaster History Library - Yeates Collection
Call Number
Book 11 1782
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Essays upon I. The Law of Evidence. II. New Trials. III. Special Verdicts. IV. Trials at Bar. and V. Repleaders. In three volumes. By John Morgan, of the Inner Temple, Barrister at Law

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo22140
Author
Morgan, John,
Date of Publication
MDCCLXXXIX. [1789]
Call Number
Book 1001 1789
Book 1002 1789
Book 1003 1789
Author
Morgan, John,
Place of Publication
London
Publisher
Printed for J. Johnson, No. 72, St. Paul's Church-yard,
Date of Publication
MDCCLXXXIX. [1789]
Physical Description
3 volumes ; 22 cm
Notes
Jasper Yeates's Colonial Law Library.
Yeates's signatureat top of title page.
Book numbers 1001, 1002, and 1003 as assigned by Yeates.
ESTC,
Contents
Vol. 1: Containing the law of evidence. -- vol. 2: Containing the first VIII. Divisions of the IId. Essay. -- vol. 3: Containing the IXth Division of Essay II. with Essays III. IV. and V.
Subjects
Evidence (Law) - Great Britain.
Jury - Great Britain.
New trials - Great Britain.
Trial practice - Great Britain.
Evidence (Law)
Jury.
New trials.
Trial practice.
Great Britain.
Full leather (Binding)
Gilt title on maroon spine label (Binding)
Additional Author
Yeates, Jasper,
Additional Corporate Author
University of St. Andrews. Library. Copyright Deposit Collection.
Place
Great Britain England London.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Yeates Collection
Call Number
Book 1001 1789
Book 1002 1789
Book 1003 1789
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Beyond the seventh gate : Exploring Toad Road, the Seven Gates of Hell, and other strangeness in York, Lancaster, and Adams Counties

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo20681
Author
Renner, Thimothy.
Date of Publication
CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, 2016.
Call Number
974.80091 R414
Responsibility
by Timothy Renner.
Author
Renner, Thimothy.
Place of Publication
Middletown, DE
Date of Publication
CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, 2016.
Physical Description
166 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Summary
"One of the best known legends from York County, Pennsylvania, is Toad Road and the Seven Gates of Hell. What is the real story? Where are the Seven Gates of Hell? Where is Toad Road? Extensive research and on site exploration is combined to dispel urban legends while revealing stranger truths. Journey beyond the Seventh Gate and into other weird places in York, Lancaster, and Adams Counties. Explore Hex Hollow, Chickies Rock, lonely graveyards, and old iron forges. Read true tales of bigfoot creatures, witches, ghosts, werewolves, and flying phantoms. Sometimes they haunt the woods behind you. Sometimes they are in your own back yard." [from the publisher]
Subjects
Curiosities and wonders - Pennsylvania - York County.
Curiosities and wonders - Pennsylvania - Adams County.
Legends - Pennsylvania - York County.
Legends - Pennsylvania - Adams County.
Folklore - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
Legends - Pennslvania - Lancaster County.
Curiosities and wonders - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
974.80091 R414
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The present practice of the Court of King's Bench : containing ample and complete instructions for commencing and defending the various kinds of suits and actions, entering up judgement, suing out execution, proceeding in error from the King's Bench, Common Pleas, Exchequer Chamber, and Parliament, &c., and calculated not only to guide the attorney in the course of his practice in cases already settled, but also by pointing out the rise and ground of the various proceedings, and the several cases in each already adjudged, to enable him by analogy to conduct any new matters that may occur : containing rules of court down to Michaelmas Term, 1784, and enriched with a number of very curious and special precedents of the various writs, pleadings, entries, &c. in use in the Court of King's Bench : and particularly of declarations, a great number of which are very special, and settled by the most eminent pleaders : to which is added a complete index

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo22130
Author
Sheridan, John.
Date of Publication
MDCCLXXXV [1785]
Call Number
Book 985 1785
Responsibility
by John Sheridan ... ; with the assistance of other gentlemen of the law.
Author
Sheridan, John.
Place of Publication
London
Publisher
Printed for W. Flexney ... and J. Walker ...,
Date of Publication
MDCCLXXXV [1785]
Physical Description
[3], 16-614, [18] p. ; 22 cm (8vo)
Notes
Signatures: pi² D-2Z⁴ ²2A-²2Z⁴ 3A-3K⁴.
Jasper Yeates's Colonial Law Library.
Yeates's signature at top of title page.
Book number 985 as assigned by Yeates.
ESTC
Subjects
Courts - Great Britain - Early works to 1800.
Civil procedure - Great Britain - Early works to 1800.
Criminal procedure - Great Britain - Early works to 1800.
Court rules - Great Britain - Early works to 1800.
Pleading - Great Britain - Early works to 1800.
Courts
Civil procedure.
Court rules.
Criminal procedure.
Pleading.
Great Britain.
Early works.
Full blind-tooled leather (Binding)
Gilt title on maroon spine label (Binding)
Additional Author
Yeates, Jasper,
Location
Lancaster History Library - Yeates Collection
Call Number
Book 985 1785
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