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The history of Pennsylvania, in North America, from the original institution and settlement of that province, under the first proprietor and governor, William Penn, in 1681, till after the year 1742 : with an introduction, respecting, the life of W. Penn, prior to the grant of the province, and the religious society of the people called Quakers : with the first rise of the neighbouring colonies, more particularly of West-New-Jersey, and the settlement of the Dutch and Swedes on Delaware : to which is added, a brief description of the said province, and of the general states, in which it flourished, principally between the years 1760 and 1770 : the whole including a variety of things, useful and interesting to be known, respecting that country in early time, &c. : with an appendix

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Author
Proud, Robert,
Date of Publication
1797-1798.
Call Number
974.8 P544 1797
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Responsibility
written principally between the years 1776 and 1780, by Robert Proud.
Author
Proud, Robert,
Place of Publication
Philadelphia
Publisher
Printed and sold by Zachariah Poulson, Junior ...,
Date of Publication
1797-1798.
Physical Description
2 v. : 1 map, 1 port. ; 22 cm. (8vo)
Notes
Library has: vol. 1.
Full leather binding with red spine label stamped in gold.
Bookplate of Redmond Conygnham, No. 2435.
Evans
Contents
I. Introduction. The history of Pennsylvania, 1676-1709.--II. The history of Pennsylvania, 1709-1763. A view of the province of Pennsylvania ... between the years 1760 and 1770. Extract from two short Latin poems ... by Thomas Makin. Appendix.
Subjects
Penn, William, - 1644-1718.
Society of Friends.
Pennsylvania - History - Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775.
New Jersey - History - Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775.
New Sweden - History.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Rare Books
Call Number
974.8 P544 1797
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The history of Pennsylvania, in North America, from the original institution and settlement of that province, under the first proprietor and governor, William Penn, in 1681, till after the year 1742; with an introduction respecting the life of W. Penn, prior to the grant of the province, and the religious society of the people called Quakers, with the first rise of the neighbouring Colonies, more particularly of West-New-Jersey and the settlement of the Dutch and Swedes on Delaware. To which is added a brief description of the said province, and the general state in which it flourished, principally between the years 1760-1770 ... With an appendix. Written principally between the years 1776 and 1780

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Author
Proud, Robert,
Date of Publication
1798.
Call Number
974.802 P968
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Author
Proud, Robert,
Place of Publication
Philadelphia
Publisher
Printed and sold by Z. Poulson,
Date of Publication
1798.
Physical Description
2 v. map (on lining papers), port. 22 cm.
Series
Pennsylvania heritage series
Notes
Photoreproduction. Spartanburg, S.C., Reprint Co., 1967.
Subjects
Penn, William, - 1644-1718
Society of Friends.
Pennsylvania - History - Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775.
New Jersey - History - Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775.
New Sweden - History.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
974.802 P968
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Life and times in colonial Philadelphia

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Author
Kelley, Joseph J.
Date of Publication
[1973]
Call Number
974.811 K29
Responsibility
[by] Joseph J. Kelley, Jr.
ISBN
0811709493
Author
Kelley, Joseph J.
Place of Publication
[Harrisburg, Pa.]
Publisher
Stackpole Books
Date of Publication
[1973]
Physical Description
256 p. illus. 24 cm.
Notes
Bibliography: p. 243-256.
Contents
Chapter subtitles: Wm Penn founds a new world "Experiment " --- Penn's Philadelphia becomes a living community -- Business and community grow together-- Medicine and progress didn't always march hand in hand -- Philadelphia loved the theater, but not all Philadelphians -- Music calmed many a savage Philadelphian -- The painter's brush found fertile ground in Penn's model city -- The battle between good andevil is well fought in Philadelphia -- Pleasure was where theyfound it, and often in a noggin -- Love wasn't always brotherly in Philadelphia -- Philadelphia's press reflected the growing Colonial metropolis -- Politics, as everywhere, consumed the "Holy Experiment"
Summary
The author says that he wished to portray a more realistic view of 18th century Philadelphia, rather than the often seen, romanticized version of the city. He wanted to show the down to earth life in a bustling, but less than perfect, community.
Subjects
Philadelphia (Pa.) - History - Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775.
Philadelphia (Pa.) - Social life and customs - To 1775.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
974.811 K29
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Items of local interest in the Pennsylvania Gazette : 1750 to 1760 inclusive

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Author
Eshleman, Henry Frank,
Date of Publication
1919
): Pennsylvania gazette. Newspapers--Pennsylvania. Pennsylvania--Social life and customs--To 1775. Lancaster County (Pa.)--Social life and customs--Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775. Publisher: Lancaster, Pa. : Lancaster County Historical Society, 1919 Description: 133-148 p. ; 23 cm. Series: Journal of the
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Responsibility
copies by H. Frank Eshleman.
Author
Eshleman, Henry Frank,
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Lancaster County Historical Society,
Date of Publication
1919
Physical Description
133-148 p. ; 23 cm.
Series
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 23, no. 8
Subjects
Newspapers - Pennsylvania.
Pennsylvania - Social life and customs - To 1775.
Lancaster County (Pa.) - Social life and customs - Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775.
Contained In
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 23, number 8 (1919), p. 133-148Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.23
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Military uniforms in America : the era of the American Revolution, 1755-1795, from the series produced by the Company of Military Historians

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Corporate Author
Company of Military Historians.
Date of Publication
1974.
Call Number
355.14 E51
Responsibility
John R. Elting, editor.
Corporate Author
Company of Military Historians.
Place of Publication
San Rafael, Calif
Publisher
Presidio Press,
Date of Publication
1974.
Physical Description
140 p. : col. ill.
Subjects
Military uniforms.
United States - History - Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775.
United States - History - Revolution, 1775-1783.
Additional Author
Elting, John Robert.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
355.14 E51
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Early local historical items

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Author
Eshleman, Henry Frank,
Date of Publication
1913
, ca. 1600-1775. Lancaster County (Pa.)--Social life and customs--Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775. Publisher: Lancaster, Pa. : Lancaster County Historical Society, 1913 Description: 123-137 p. ; 23 cm. Series: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 17, no. 5 Call Number: 974.9 L245 v.17
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Responsibility
by H. Frank Eshleman, Esq.
Author
Eshleman, Henry Frank,
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Lancaster County Historical Society,
Date of Publication
1913
Physical Description
123-137 p. ; 23 cm.
Series
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 17, no. 5
Subjects
American Weekly Mercury (Philadelphia, Pa.)
Newspapers - Pennsylvania.
Pennsylvania - History - Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775.
Lancaster County (Pa.) - Social life and customs - Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775.
Contained In
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 17, number 5 (1913), p. 123-137Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.17
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Founding mothers : women in America in the Revolutionary era

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Author
De Pauw, Linda Grant.
Date of Publication
1975.
Call Number
973.3 D419
Responsibility
Linda Grant de Pauw ; wood engravings by Michael McCurdy.
ISBN
0395218969 :
Author
De Pauw, Linda Grant.
Place of Publication
Boston
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin,
Date of Publication
1975.
Physical Description
xi, 228 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.
Notes
Includes index.
Bibliography: p. [220]-222.
African American reources at Lancaster County Historical Society.
Summary
Describes the daily lives, social roles, and contributions of women living during the revolutionary period.
Subjects
Women - United States
Women's rights - United States
Women
United States - Social life and customs - To 1775 - Juvenile literature.
United States - Social life and customs - To 1775.
Additional Author
McCurdy, Michael.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
973.3 D419
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Date of Publication
c1975.
Call Number
974.8029 P412
Responsibility
Robert Secor, general editor ; John M. Pickering, associate editor ; Irwin Richman, picture editor ; Glenn Ruby, designer ; editorial board, Irwin Feller ... [et al.].
ISBN
027101217X
Place of Publication
University Park
Publisher
Pennsylvania State University Press,
Date of Publication
c1975.
Physical Description
380 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 29 cm.
Notes
Includes index.
Bibliography: p. 367-372.
Subjects
Arts, Colonial - Pennsylvania.
Pennsylvania - History - Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775.
Pennsylvania - Social life and customs - To 1775.
Additional Author
Secor, Robert.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
974.8029 P412
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Narratives of early Pennsylvania, West New Jersey and Delaware, 1630-1707

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Author
Myers, Albert Cook,
Date of Publication
1912.
Call Number
974.8028 M996
Responsibility
ed. by Albert Cook Myers ...
Author
Myers, Albert Cook,
Place of Publication
New York
Publisher
C. Scribner's Sons,
Date of Publication
1912.
Physical Description
xiv p., 2 β., 3-476 p. fold. map, fold. plan, facsim. 24 cm.
Series
Original narratives of early American history
Notes
Series title also at head of t.-p.
--A further account of the province of Pennsylvania, by William Penn, 1685.--Letters of Doctor Nicholas More, and others, 1686.--A short description of Pennsylvania, by Richard Frame, 1692.--An historical and geographical account of Pennsylvania and West-New-Jersey, by Gabriel Thomas, 1698.--Circumstantial geographical description of Pennsylvania, by Francis Daniel Pastorius, 1700.--Letter of John Jones, 1725.
Contents
From the "Korte historiael ende journaels aenteyckenings," by David Pietersz, de Vries, 1630-1633, 1644 (1665).--Relation of Captain Thomas Young, 1634.--From the "Account of the Swedish churches in New Sweden," by Reverend Israel Acrelius, 1759.--Affidavit of four men from the "Key of Calmar," 1638.--Report of Governor Johan Printz, 1644.--Report of Govern John Printz, 1647.--Report of Govenor Johan Rising. 1654.--Report of Governor Johan Rising, 1655.--Relation of the surrender of New Sweden, by Governor Johan Clason Rising, 1655.--The epistle of Penn. Lawrie and Lucas, respecting West Jersey, 1676.--The present stae of the colony of West-Jersey, 1681.--Some account of the province of Pennsylvania, by William Penn, 1681.--Letters from William Penn to the committee of the Free Society of Trades, 1683.--Letter of Thomas Paschall, 1683.
Subjects
Delaware River (N.Y.-Del. and N.J.) - History.
Delaware - History - Sources.
Pennsylvania - History - Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775 - Sources.
Delaware - History - Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775 - Sources.
New Jersey - History - Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775 - Sources.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
974.8028 M996
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Child life in colonial days

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Author
Earle, Alice Morse,
Date of Publication
1976.
Call Number
973.2 E12ch
Responsibility
written by Alice Morse Earle.
ISBN
0848206738 :
Author
Earle, Alice Morse,
Place of Publication
Norwood, Pa
Publisher
Norwood Editions,
Date of Publication
1976.
Physical Description
xxi, 418 p. [52] leaves of plates : ill. ; 24 cm.
Notes
Reprint of the 1899 ed. published by Macmillan, New York.
Includes index.
"Limited 100 copies."
Subjects
Children - United States.
United States - Social life and customs - To 1775.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
973.2 E12ch
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The German and Swiss settlements of colonial Pennsylvania : a study of the so-called Pennsylvania Dutch

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Author
Kuhns, Levi Oscar,
Edition
New ed.
Date of Publication
1914.
Call Number
974.802812 K96
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Responsibility
by Oscar Kuhns.
Author
Kuhns, Levi Oscar,
Edition
New ed.
Place of Publication
New York
Publisher
Eaton & Mains,
Date of Publication
1914.
Physical Description
268 p. ; 20 cm.
Notes
Bibliography: p. 247-257.
The author was born in Columbia,Pa and is a descendant of Swiss immigrants who in the early 18th century came to live in Lancaster County, Pa.
Subjects
Pennsylvania Dutch.
Swiss in Pennsylvania.
Pennsylvania - History - Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
974.802812 K96
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Author
Barons, Richard I.
Date of Publication
[1976?]
Call Number
643.3 B871
Author
Barons, Richard I.
Place of Publication
[Binghamton, N.Y.]
Publisher
Broome County Historical Society,
Date of Publication
[1976?]
Physical Description
[96] p. : ill. ; 28 cm.
Notes
Catalogue of an exhibition sponsored by the Roberson Center for the Arts and Sciences.
Subjects
Kitchen utensils - United States
Kitchen utensils - United States.
United States - Social life and customs - To 1775.
Additional Corporate Author
Broome County Historical Society.
Roberson Center for the Arts and Sciences
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
643.3 B871
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In small things forgotten : the archaeology of early American life

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Author
Deetz, James.
Edition
1st ed.
Date of Publication
1977.
Call Number
972.02 D312
Responsibility
James Deetz ; drawings by Charles Cann.
ISBN
038508031X :
Author
Deetz, James.
Edition
1st ed.
Place of Publication
Garden City, N.Y
Publisher
Anchor Press/Doubleday,
Date of Publication
1977.
Physical Description
184 p. : ill. ; 18 cm.
Notes
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary
First published in 1977 and expanded in 1995, James Deetz’s "In Small Things Forgotten: An Archaeology of Early American Life" begins with a memorable anecdote of a New England appraiser who in 1658 included as his final entry to an estate’s listing—“In small things forgotten, eight shillings six pence”— in which Deetz calls attention to the appraiser’s acknowledgment that “things that he may have overlooked...nevertheless have value”. Drawing from a variety of sources including ceramic dishes, funerary art on gravestones, earthfast foundation construction, shot gun houses, and tobacco pipe diameters, and with the aid of clear sketches and diagrams by Amy Elizabeth Grey, Deetz demonstrates how historical archaeology offers a fruitful lens for conducting history as an engaging and insightful alternative to textual analysis. As a colleague and friend of Henry Glassie as admitted to in his introduction, Deetz also points out how “not all the people [of modern history] were able to read and write” and thus material culture analysis—particularly historical archaeology—has the potential for a more accurate and democratic representation of history. He speaks directly to this point with his chapter entitled “the African American past” that among other points contends that historical archaeological evidence as well as textual sources suggest that the veranda, or porch, that became such a pervasive feature in the architecture of the American South during the late eighteenth century most likely came from West Africa influences rather than European traditions. Deetz reveals how rather than simply reading American slave history as one dominant culture forcing its “superior” ways upon the captive, the small everyday common objects left behind and discarded tell a very different story of how both European and African cultural traditions contributed to the distinctive Southern culture shared by both races despite written narratives contending for their separateness. Historical corrections, especially ones that restore the contributions of oppressed minorities, are prime examples of the importance and potential of looking first to material culture before turning to the written record that tends to speak less honestly than objects do. [from goodreads.com]
Subjects
New England - Antiquities.
New England - Social life and customs - To 1775.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
972.02 D312
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Guide to the microfilm of the miscellaneous manuscripts of the Revolutionary War era, 1771-1791 (manuscript group 275) in the Pennsylvania State Archives, 1 roll : a microfilm project of the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission

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Corporate Author
Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission. Division of Archives and Manuscripts.
Date of Publication
1978.
Call Number
016.9748 P415mrw

The Pennsylvania-German in the settlement of Maryland

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Author
Nead, Daniel Wunderlich,
Date of Publication
1975.
Call Number
975.2 N338
Responsibility
by Daniel Wunderlich Nead.
ISBN
0806306785
Author
Nead, Daniel Wunderlich,
Place of Publication
Baltimore
Publisher
Genealogical Pub. Co.,
Date of Publication
1975.
Physical Description
xii, 304 p., [16] leaves of plates : ill. ; 22 cm.
Notes
Reprint of the 1914 ed. published by the Pennsylvania-German Society, Lancaster, Pa.
Includes indexes.
Bibliography: p. xi-xii.
Subjects
Pennsylvania Dutch - Maryland.
Maryland - History - Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775.
Maryland - History - Revolution, 1775-1783.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
975.2 N338
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Colonial Pennsylvania : a history

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Author
Illick, Joseph E.
Date of Publication
c1976.
Call Number
974.8028 I29
Responsibility
Joseph E. Illick.
ISBN
0684145650 :
Author
Illick, Joseph E.
Place of Publication
New York
Publisher
Scribner,
Date of Publication
c1976.
Physical Description
xix, 359 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Series
A History of the American colonies
Notes
Includes index.
Bibliography: p. 322-338.
Subjects
Pennsylvania - History - Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775.
Pennsylvania - History - Revolution, 1775-1783.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
974.8028 I29
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The early settlers of Maryland; an index to names of immigrants compiled from records of land patents, 1633-1680, in the Hall of Records, Annapolis, Maryland

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Author
Skordas, Gust,
Date of Publication
1979.
Call Number
975.2 S628
Responsibility
Edited with an introd. by Gust Skordas and a foreword by Morris L. Radoff.
Author
Skordas, Gust,
Place of Publication
Baltimore
Publisher
Genealogical Pub. Co.,
Date of Publication
1979.
Physical Description
xi, 525 p. 22 cm.
Notes
Based on List of early Maryland settlers, 1634-1682, compiled by J. M. Brewer, and others, and completed by A. Trader.
Reprint of the 1968 edition.
Subjects
Land grants - Maryland.
Maryland - History - Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775 - Sources.
Additional Author
Brewer, John M.
Trader, Arthur,
Additional Corporate Author
Maryland. Hall of Records Commission.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
975.2 S628
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Forges and furnaces in the province of Pennsylvania

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Corporate Author
National Society of the Colonial Dames of America. Pennsylvania.
Date of Publication
1914.
Call Number
671.33 C734
Responsibility
prepared by the Committee on historical research.
Corporate Author
National Society of the Colonial Dames of America. Pennsylvania.
Place of Publication
Philadelphia
Publisher
Printed for the Society,
Date of Publication
1914.
Physical Description
vii, 204 p. illus. 25 cm.
Series
Publications of the Pennsylvania society of the colonial dames of America. III
Subjects
Iron industry and trade - Pennsylvania.
Pennsylvania - History - Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
671.33 C734
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Journal of the Senate of the United States of America; : being the second session of the Second Congress, begun and held at the city of Philadelphia, November 5th, 1792, and in the seventeenth year of the sovereignty of the said United States

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Corporate Author
United States. Congress Senate.
Date of Publication
MDCCXCII [i.e. 1793].
Call Number
Book 841 1792
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Corporate Author
United States. Congress Senate.
Place of Publication
Philadelphia
Publisher
Printed by John Fenno, in Fifth-Street.,
Date of Publication
MDCCXCII [i.e. 1793].
Physical Description
100 p. ; 33 cm (fol.)
Notes
Second Congress, 2nd Session: from 5 November 1792 to 2 March 1793.
Speech of President Washington to Congress, Nov. 6, 1792: p. 5-9.
Signed on p. 89: Samuel A. Otis, secretary [of the Senate].
Signatures: [A]² B-2B².
Appendix: Titles of the acts passed at the second session of the Second Congress of the United States, begun and held at Philadelphia, in the state of Pennsylvania, on Monday the 5th day of November 1792. -- Bills originated during the session, but were either rejected or postponed. -- The classes of the Senators of the United States, on the 4th day of March 1793.
Jasper Yeates's Colonial Law Library.
Yeates's signature at top of title page.
Book number 841 as assigned by Yeates.
Includes index: pages 93-100.
English short title catalogue,
Evans, C. American bibliography,
Subjects
United States. - Congress. - Senate - Periodicals.
United States. - Congress. - Senate.
Constitutions - United States.
Constitutional law - United States.
Legislation - United States - Periodicals.
Constitutional law.
Constitutions.
Legislation.
Politics and government.
United States - Politics and government - 1789-1797 - Sources.
United States - History - Constitutional period, 1789-1809 - Sources.
United States.
History.
Periodicals.
Sources.
Half leather on boards (Binding)
Additional Author
Otis, Samuel Allyne,
Fenno, John,
Yeates, Jasper,
Additional Corporate Author
United States. President (1789-1797 : Washington)
Place
United States Pennsylvania Philadelphia.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Yeates Collection
Call Number
Book 841 1792
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The Scotch-Irish of colonial Pennsylvania

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Author
Dunaway, Wayland Fuller,
Date of Publication
1979, c1944.
Call Number
974.802813 D897
Responsibility
by Wayland F. Dunaway.
Author
Dunaway, Wayland Fuller,
Place of Publication
Baltimore
Publisher
Genealogical Pub. Co.,
Date of Publication
1979, c1944.
Physical Description
vi, 273 p. ; 23 cm.
Notes
Reprint of the ed. published by the University of North Carolina Press, Chapel Hill.
Includes index.
Bibliography: p. 233-257.
Subjects
Scots-Irish - Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania - History - Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
974.802813 D897
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