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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

A Correct account of the trials of Charles M'Manus, John Hauer, Elizabeth Hauer, Patrick Donagan, Francis Cox, and others; at Harrisburgh -- June Oyer and Terminer, 1798. For the murder of Francis Shitz, on the night of the 28th December, 1797, at Heidelberg Township, Dauphin County, in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. Containing, the whole evidence, and the substance of all the law arguments in those celebrated trials

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Date of Publication: 1798. (Entered according to law)

Call Number: Book 606 1798

Place of Publication: [Harrisburgh]

Publisher: Printed at Harrisburgh [Pa.] by John Wyeth,

Date of Publication: 1798. (Entered according to law)

Physical Description: [2], 163, [1] pages ; 8vo.

Notes: "The following is the last speech and dying confession of Charles M'Manus ."--Page 161-163.; Half-title: Trials and confessions of John Hauer, Charles M'Manus, &c. for the murder of Francis Shitz.; Parentheses substituted for square brackets in imprint transcription.; Handwritten contents on front flyleaf.; Jasper Yeates's Colonial Law Library.; Book number 606 as assigned by Yeates.; ESTC; Evans

Summary: This is an account of the first murder trial in Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, for a crime that took place just outside of Harrisburg in December 1797. "The will of Peter Shitz left most of his estate to his sons Francis and Peter, but if they died without children, part went to his daughter Elizabeth. Hauer was the husband of Elizabeth, and he hired four Irishmen, newly arrived in the country, to kill his brothers-in-law. Two masked men raided the house one night and killed Francis with an ax, but Peter escaped. M'Manus and Hauer were hanged." [Williamreesecompany.com]

Subjects: M'Manus, Charles, - -1798.; Hauer, John, - -1798.; Hauer, Elizabeth.; Donagan, Patrick.; Cox, Francis.; Shitz, Francis, - -1797.; Trials (Murder) - Pennsylvania.; Murder - Pennsylvania - Heidelberg.; Crime - Pennsylvania - Heidelberg.; Executions and executioners - Pennsylvania - Harrisburg.; Crime.; Executions and executioners.; Murder.; Trials (Murder); Pennsylvania.; Pennsylvania - Harrisburg.; Pennsylvania - Heidelberg.; Three-quarters leather on marbled boards (Binding)

Additional Author: M'Manus, Charles,; Yeates, Jasper,

Additional Corporate Author: Pennsylvania. Court of Oyer and Terminer (Dauphin County)

Location: Lancaster History Library - Yeates Collection

Call Number: Book 606 1798

Pastoral records 1808-1835

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Author: Shaffner, Henry B.

Date of Publication: 1808-1835.

Call Number: 285.8 S525

Author: Shaffner, Henry B.

Date of Publication: 1808-1835.

Physical Description: 3 vol.; 28 x40 cm.

Notes: Photocopy of manuscripts at Maytown Reformed Church; each page of photocopy contains two pages of manuscript.

Contents: v. 1. Baptisms (Marietta) 1808-1833 (Rineer page 302 #2); Baptisms (Elizabethtown) 1809-1839 (Riner page 165 #1); Baptisms (Manheim) 1810-1837 (Rineer page 260 #2);, Baptisms (Rapho) 1810-1833, Marriages 1808-1837, Burials 1807-1837 (Rineer page 366 #1); v. 2. Baptisms, Baptisms (Elizabethtown); Baptisms (Columbia), (Rineer page 67 #3); Baptisms (Manheim), Marriages 1830-1847, Burials; v. 3. Record of Preaching.

Subjects: Registers of births, etc. - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.; Church records and registers - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Church Record

Call Number: 285.8 S525

Archive

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Collection: Transportation Collection

Title: Transportation Collection

Object ID: MG0123

Date Range: 1819-1977

Subject Headings: Letters Minutes (Records) Philadelphia & Reading Railroad Co. Philadelphia and Lancaster Turnpike (Pa.) Posters Railroads Rates and tolls Reading & Columbia Railroad Company Street-railroads Trolley cars Search Terms: Adamstown Bittersville, Lower Windsor Twp., York County Blueprints

1 document

Collection: Transportation Collection

Title: Transportation Collection

Description: The Transportation Collection contains documents regarding turnpikes, railroads, Conestoga Traction Co., Conestoga Transportation Co., and the Red Rose Transit Authority. The types of items include correspondence, financial papers, business papers, stock certificates, tickets, schedules, maps of routes, and a blueprint.

Date Range: 1819-1977

Year Range From: 1819

Year Range To: 1977

Date of Accumulation: 1819-1977

Creator: LancasterHistory (Organization)

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives South

Storage Wall: Side 04

People: Bitner, John R.; Boardman, Harris; Bowman, John Jacob; Boyer, Zaccur Prall; Cirt, Anna N.; Griest, William Walton; Hostetter, Albert Keller; Kemrer, Clarence M.; Knapp, Walter; Kreider, Kate; Kriebel, Howard Wiegner; McClellan, Oliver Eldridge; Royer, David; Shuman, James P.; Wohlsen, Anna; Wohlsen, Peter

Subjects: Letters; Minutes (Records); Philadelphia & Reading Railroad Co.; Philadelphia and Lancaster Turnpike (Pa.); Posters; Railroads; Rates and tolls; Reading & Columbia Railroad Company; Street-railroads; Trolley cars

Search Terms: Adamstown; Bittersville, Lower Windsor Twp., York County, Pennsylvania; Blueprints; Booklets; Brochures; Campbelltown, South Londonderry Twp., Lebanon County, Pennsylvania; Center Square Road Station; Chestnut Street; Christiana; Coatesville, Chester County, Pennsylvania; Columbia; Columbia, Ironville and Mount Joy Railroad; Conestoga Traction Company; Conestoga Transportation Company; Conewago Water and Power Company; Correspondence; Dallastown, York County, Pennsylvania; Drawings; Duke Street; East Belt line; East King Street; East Petersburg, East Hempfield Twp.; Elizabethtown; Engleside, Lancaster Twp.; Ephemera; Ephrata; Express Printing Company; Greeting cards; Hanover, York County, Pennsylvania; Hershey, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania; Ironville, West Hempfield Twp.; J. G. Brill Company; Kinport Road; Lancaster; Lancaster and York Furnace Street Railway; Lancaster and Columbia Division, Conestoga Transportation Company; Lancaster and Lititz Passenger Railroad Company; Lancaster, Elizabethtown, and Middletown Turnpike; Lebanon, Lebanon County, Pennsylvania; Letters; Lititz; Maple Grove; Maps; Marietta Avenue; North Market Street; Mechanicsburg, Upper Leacock Twp.; Mechanicsville, East Hempfield Twp.; Minutes; Mount Joy; Mulberry Street; National Railway Historical Society; Neffsville, Manheim Twp.; North End Photo Finishing House; North Lime Street; North Queen Street; Palmyra, Lebanon County, Pennsylvania; Parkesburg, Chester County, Pennsylvania; Penn Square; Pequea Twp.; Philadelphia and Lancaster Turnpike Company; Philadelphia and Reading Railroad Company; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Photographs; Placards; Substations; President Avenue; Princess Street; Prospect Street; Quarryville; Railroads; Rates and tolls; Reading and Columbia Railroad Company; Receipts; Red Rose Transit Authority; Reports; Roads; Rocky Springs Railroad Company; Schuylkill Navigation Company; Scrapbooks; South Mountain Railroad; South Queen Street; Stock certificates; Susquehanna Railroad; Tickets; Tolls; Trolley car barns; Trolley car yards; Trolley cars; Trolleys; Turnpikes; Walnut Street; WGAL (television station); Williams Park Station; Willow Street Turnpike; Windsor Twp., York County, Pennsylvania; WLAN (radio station); Wrightsville, York County, Pennsylvania; York Bus Company; York Fair; York Railway Company

Extent: 2 boxes, 31 folders, 1 cubic ft.

Object Name: Archive

Language: English

Object ID: MG0123

Location of Originals: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania

Notes: Preferred Citation: Title or description of item, date (day, month, year), Transportation Collection (MG0123), Folder #, LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.

Access Conditions / Restrictions: Restrictions are noted at the item level.

Copyright: Collection may not be photocopied. Please direct questions to Research Center Staff at research@lancasterhistory.org.; Permission for reproduction and/or publication must be obtained in writing from LancasterHistory.

Credit: Courtesy of LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.

Other Numbers: MG-123

Classification: MG0123

Description Level: Fonds

Custodial History: Added to database 23 September 2021.

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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

2 websites

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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https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=pst.000027692288&view=1up&seq=11

Journal of the Senate of the commonwealth of Pennsylvania, : which commenced at Harrisburg the seventh day of December, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirteen, and of the independence of the United States of America the thirty-eighth. : Volume XXIV

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Corporate Author: Pennsylvania. General Assembly. Senate.

Date of Publication: 1813.

Call Number: Book 36 1813

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Corporate Author: Pennsylvania. General Assembly. Senate.

Place of Publication: Harrisburg [Pa.]

Publisher: Printed by Christian Gleim,

Date of Publication: 1813.

Physical Description: 560, 42 [i.e. 24] p. ; 23 cm.

Notes: Journal of the session which began Dec. 7, 1813 and concluded Mar. 28, 1814.; Error in paging: p. 24, 2nd count, misnumbered 42.; "Index to the Journal of the Senate of the commonwealth of Pennsylvania, session 1813-14"--24 p., 2nd count. Recorded separately by Shaw & Shoemaker as entry 32469.; "Members of Senate, whose seats will be vacated."--Page 560.; Jasper Yeates Colonial Law Library.; Yeates's signature at top of title page.; Book number 36 as assigned by Yeates.; Shaw & Shoemaker

Subjects: Legislative journals - Pennsylvania.; Legislative journals.; Politics and government; Pennsylvania - Politics and government - 1775-1865.; Pennsylvania.; Full leather (Binding); Blind tooling with maroon spine label (Binding)

Additional Author: Gleim, Christian,; Yeates, Jasper,

Additional Title: Index to the Journal of the Senate of the commonwealth of Pennsylvania, session 1813-14.

Place: United States Pennsylvania Harrisburg.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Yeates Collection

Call Number: Book 36 1813

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Journal of the twenty sixth House of Representatives of the commonwealth of Pennsylvania. : Commenced at Harrisburg, Tuesday the fifth of December, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifteen, and of the commonwealth the fortieth

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Corporate Author: Pennsylvania. General Assembly. House of Representatives.

Date of Publication: 1815 [i.e. 1816].

Call Number: Book 37 1815

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Corporate Author: Pennsylvania. General Assembly. House of Representatives.

Place of Publication: Harrisburg [Pa.]

Publisher: Printed by James Peacock.,

Date of Publication: 1815 [i.e. 1816].

Physical Description: 715, [1], 84, lvii [i.e. lix], [1] p. ; 23 cm.

Notes: Journal of the session which began Dec. 5, 1815 and concluded Mar. 19, 1816.; Errors in paging: p. 329 misnumbered 229; numbers lv-lvi repeated.; Last page blank.; Jasper Yeates Colonial Law Library.; Yeates's signature at tope of title page.; Book number 37 as assigned by Yeates.; Shaw & Shoemaker records the Appendix (84 p., 2nd count) separately as entry 38577.; "Appendix to the Journal of the twenty sixth House of Representatives of the commonwealth of Pennsylvania. 1815-16"--Page [1]-84, 2nd count.; "Index to the Journal of the twenty sixth House of Representatives of the commonwealth of Pennsylvania. 1815-16"--Page [i]-lvii, 3rd count.; Shaw & Shoemaker

Subjects: Legislative journals - Pennsylvania.; Legislative journals.; Politics and government; Pennsylvania - Politics and government - 1775-1865.; Pennsylvania.; Full leather (Binding); Blind tooling with maroon title (Binding)

Additional Author: Peacock, James,; Yeates, Jasper,

Additional Title: Appendix to the Journal of the twenty sixth House of Representatives of the commonwealth of Pennsylvania. 1815-16.

Place: United States Pennsylvania Harrisburg.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Yeates Collection

Call Number: Book 37 1815

Websites

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http://opac.newsbank.com/select/shaw/38582

Journal of the Senate of the commonwealth of Pennsylvania, : which commenced at Harrisburg, the first day of December, in the year of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and twelve, and of the independence of the United States of America the thirty-seventh. : Volume XXIII

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Corporate Author: Pennsylvania. General Assembly. Senate.

Date of Publication: 1812 [i.e. 1813].

Call Number: Book 35a 1812

1 website

Corporate Author: Pennsylvania. General Assembly. Senate.

Place of Publication: Harrisburg [Pa.]

Publisher: Printed by William Greer.,

Date of Publication: 1812 [i.e. 1813].

Physical Description: 620 [i.e. 618], [2], 24 p. ; 23 cm.

Notes: Journal of the session which began Dec. 1, 1812 and concluded Mar. 29, 1813.; Errors in paging: numbers 465-466 omitted; p. 306, 313, 314, 496 misnumbered 506, 213, 214, 696.; "Index to the Journal of the Senate of the commonwealth of Pennsylvania. Session, 1812-13. Harrisburg: Printed by William Greer. 1813"--24 p., 2nd count. Recorded separately by Shaw & Showmaker as entry 29472.; Jasper Yeates Colonial Law Library.; Yeates signature at top of title page.; Book number 35 as assigned by Yeates.; "Expiration of the appointments of the members of Senate."--Page 620.; Shaw & Shoemaker

Subjects: Legislative journals - Pennsylvania.; Politics and government; Pennsylvania - Politics and government - 1775-1865.

Additional Author: Greer, William,; Yeates, Jasper,

Additional Title: Index to the Journal of the Senate of the commonwealth of Pennsylvania. Session, 1812-13.

Place: United States Pennsylvania Harrisburg.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Yeates Collection

Call Number: Book 35a 1812

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Warrant registers (for Pennsylvania Counties)

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Pastoral records 1808-1835

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Archive

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Journal of the Senate of the commonwealth of Pennsylvania, : which commenced at Harrisburg the seventh day of December, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirteen, and of the independence of the United States of America the thirty-eighth. : Volume XXIV

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Journal of the twenty sixth House of Representatives of the commonwealth of Pennsylvania. : Commenced at Harrisburg, Tuesday the fifth of December, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifteen, and of the commonwealth the fortieth

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Journal of the Senate of the commonwealth of Pennsylvania, : which commenced at Harrisburg, the first day of December, in the year of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and twelve, and of the independence of the United States of America the thirty-seventh. : Volume XXIII

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