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Industrial Berks County, 1748-1948. Presented to: the people of Reading and Berks County on the occasion of the two hundredth anniversary of the city of Reading

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Author: Graeff, Arthur Dundore,

Date of Publication: 1948.

Call Number: 974.816 B513i

Author: Graeff, Arthur Dundore,

Place of Publication: [Reading? Pa.]

Date of Publication: 1948.

Physical Description: 35 p. : illus., map (on lining-papers) ; 23 x 28 cm.

Notes: Click on Table of Contents for more information.; Appropriate for juvenile literature.; Illustrations for Sally Ann Furnace, Robesonia Slag Bank, Fisher Mansion, Canal locks at Leesport, The Bernville stage.

Contents: The giant's ribs: the iron industry--To milady's taste: clothing--Not only for today: shelter--Shoofly: food--An omer for everyman: agriculture--Berks County speaking: communication--Two hours to anywhere: transportation.

Subjects: Berks County (Pa.) - History.; Berks County (Pa.) - Industries.; Reading (Pa.) - History.

Additional Author: Taylor, Francis Starr

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 974.816 B513i

Inventory of the county archives of Pennsylvania

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Date of Publication: 1941.

Call Number: 974.816 P415

Responsibility: prepared by the Pennsylania Historical Survey, Division of Community Service Programs, Work Projects Administration .

Place of Publication: Reading, Pa

Publisher: Board of County Commissioners,

Date of Publication: 1941.

Physical Description: 409 p.: ill. ; 23 cm.

Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.

Subjects: Archives - Pennsylvania - Berks County; Berks Count (Pa.) - Genealogy.; Berks County (Pa.) - Politics and government - Sources.

Additional Corporate Author: Pennsylania Historical Survey.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 974.816 P415

Southeastern Pennsylvania, a history of the counties of Berks, Bucks, Chester, Delaware, Montgomery, Philadelphia and Schuylkill

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Author: Nolan, J. Bennett

Date of Publication: [1943]

Call Number: 974.800912 N791

Responsibility: J. Bennett Nolan, supervising editor ...

Author: Nolan, J. Bennett

Place of Publication: Philadelphia, New York

Publisher: Lewis historical publishing company, inc.

Date of Publication: [1943]

Physical Description: 3 v. fronts., ill. (incl. maps) plates, ports., facsims. (part col. 1 double) col. coats of arms, col. geneal. tables. 27 1/2 cm.

Notes: Vols. 1 and 2 paged continuously.; Vol. 3 consists of biographies.; LCHS has vols. 1 and 3 only.; Includes bibliographies.

Subjects: Berks County (Pa.) - History.; Bucks County (Pa.) - History.; Chester County (Pa.) - History.; Delaware County (Pa.) - History.; Montgomery County (Pa.) - History.; Philadelphia County (Pa.) - History.; Schuylkill County (Pa.) - History.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 974.800912 N791

Annals of the Conestoga Valley in Lancaster, Berks, and Chester Counties, Pennsylvania / compiled and published by C.Z. Mast and Robert E. Simpson

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Date of Publication: 1942.

Call Number: 974.815 CAER M423

Place of Publication: Elverson, Pa. ; Churchtown, Pa

Publisher: The Authors,

Date of Publication: 1942.

Physical Description: xviii, 689 p. : ill., map ; 23 cm.

Notes: Separate index volume compiled by J. Lemar and Lois Ann Mast in 1981.

Subjects: Lancaster County (Pa.) - History.; Berks County (Pa.) - History.; Chester County (Pa.) - History.; Conestoga Valley (Pa.) - History.

Additional Author: Mast, C. Z.; Simpson, Robert Emmett,

Location: Lancaster History Library - Rare Books; Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 974.815 CAER M423

The constitution and ordinances of the city of Philadelphia

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Corporate Author: Philadelphia (Pa.)

Date of Publication: MDCCXC. [1790]

Call Number: Book 615 1790

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Corporate Author: Philadelphia (Pa.)

Place of Publication: Philadelphia

Publisher: Printed by Hall & Sellers, in Market between Front and Second-Streets.,

Date of Publication: MDCCXC. [1790]

Physical Description: xxxii, 87, [1] p. ; 20 cm. (12mo)

Notes: Jasper Yeates's Colonial Law Library.; Yeates's signature at top of title page.; Book number 615 as assigned by Yeates.; Evans

Subjects: Philadelphia (Pa.). - Councils. - Common Council - Rules and practice.; Philadelphia (Pa.). - Mayor.; Philadelphia (Pa.). - Councils. - Common Council.; Ordinances, Municipal - Pennsylvania - Philadelphia.; Municipal corporations - Pennsylvania - Philadelphia.; Municipal corporations.; Ordinances, Municipal.; Politics and government.; Philadelphia (Pa.) - Politics and government.; Pennsylvania - Philadelphia.; Rules.; Full blind-tooled leather (Binding); Gilt title on maroon spine label (Binding)

Additional Author: Hall, David,; Hall, William,; Sellers, William,; Yeates, Jasper,

Place: United States Pennsylvania Philadelphia.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Yeates Collection

Call Number: Book 615 1790

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Geologic notes on the Pequea Silver Mine, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania : A brief history of the Pequea Silver Mine Lancaster County, Pennsylvania

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Author: Foose, Richard Martin,

Date of Publication: 1947.

Call Number: 550 F686

Responsibility: Richard M. Foose.

Author: Foose, Richard Martin,

Place of Publication: Lancaster, Pa. : Franklin and Marshall College

Date of Publication: 1947.

Physical Description: [13 p] ; 25 cm.

Notes: From the proceedings of the Pennsylvania Academy of Science : Vol. XXL, 1947.; Includes index.

Summary: Refers to several mines in a half mile square area in Lancaster County marked by Pequea Creek in the south, Silver Mine Run in the east , and an unnamed tributary to Pequea Creek to the west.

Subjects: Geology - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.; Mines and mineral resources - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.; Silver mines and mining - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.

Additional Author: Price, John W.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Lancaster County

Call Number: 550 F686

Two-hundredth anniversary of Lancaster's incorporation as a borough

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Author: Heisey, M. Luther,

Date of Publication: 1942

an impressive expression of a people's belief in a government organized on the basis of the Common Law. We celebrate tonight the Two-hundredth Anniversary of the granting of a Charter to the borough of Lancaster. What is a Charter? It is an instru- ment for permitting and encouraging the free

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Responsibility: by M. Luther Heisey.

Author: Heisey, M. Luther,

Place of Publication: Lancaster, Pa

Publisher: Lancaster County Historical Society,

Date of Publication: 1942

Physical Description: [83]-[97] p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

Series: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 46, no. 2 & 3

Subjects: Lancaster Corporation Book.; Holidays.; Charters.; Lancaster (Pa.) - History.; Lancaster (Pa.) - Social life and customs.; Lancaster (Pa.) - Politics and government.

Contained In: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 46, number 2/3 (1942), p. 83-97Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.46

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The Amish of Lancaster County : a brief, but truthful account of the actual life and customs of the most unique class of people in the United States

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Author: Steinfeldt, Berenice.

Date of Publication: c1940.

Call Number: 289.71 S819

Responsibility: by Berenice Steinfeldt.

Author: Steinfeldt, Berenice.

Place of Publication: Lancaster, Pa

Publisher: Conestoga Pub. Co.,

Date of Publication: c1940.

Physical Description: 32, [4] p. of plates : ill. ; 21 cm.

Notes: "Published in Lancaster County, Pa. by Arthur G. Steinfeldt.; c. 1 copyright 1940 "9th printing"; c. 2 copyright 1937 "2nd printing".

Subjects: Mennonites - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.; Amish - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Lancaster County

Call Number: 289.71 S819

The pretensions of Thomas Jefferson to the presidency examined ; and the charges against John Adams refuted : addressed to the citizens of America in general ; and particularly to the electors of the president

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Author: Smith, William Loughton,

Date of Publication: October 1796.

Call Number: Yeates Book 459 1796

Alternate Title: Thacher's tracts

Author: Smith, William Loughton,

Place of Publication: United States [Philadelphia]

Publisher: [Printed by John Fenno],

Date of Publication: October 1796.

Physical Description: 64 pages ; 22 cm (8vo)

Notes: Attributed to William Smith by Evans. "In their preparation Mr. Smith is said to have been assisted by Oliver Wolcott."; "End of first part."--Foot of p. 64. The second part was published in November.; Place of publication and printer's name suggested by Evans.; Jasper Yeate's Colonial Law Library.; Yeates's signature as Judge Yeates at top of title page.; Book number 459 as assigned by Yeates.; Bound with An examaination of the Constitution for the United States of America, submitted to the people fy the General Convention....Philadelphia: Printed by Zacharariah Poulson, Junr...1788 -- Proceedings in the House of Representatives of the United States of America respecting the contested election for the eastern district of Georgia. : Philadelphia, printed by Parry Hall...1792 -- A calm appeal to the people of the State of Delaware. ... Philadelphia: Printed by Zachariah Poulson, Junr... date not specified -- An enquiry into the principles and tendency of certain public measures. Philadelphia: Printed by Thomas Dobson... 1784 -- Observations on the speech of Albert Gallatin, in the House of Representatives of the United States, on the foreign intercourse bill. Washington: Printed by John Colerick, 1798 -- The speech of Mr. Bayard on the foreign intecourse bill delivered in the House of Representatives of the United States on the third day of March 1798. -- The address of the minority in the Virginia Legislature to the people of that state; containing a vindication of the constitutionality of the alien and sedition laws Printer not specified, date not specified -- Letter from the Secfretary of State enclosing the reports of the late and present director of the mint....Philadelphia: Printed by Francis and Robert Bailey...1795 -- Analysis of the report of the committee of the Virginia Assembly, on the preceedings of sundry of the other States in answer to their resolutions. Philadelphia, printed by Zachariah Poulson, junior, 1800 -- Proceedings of the Virginia Assembly, on the answers of sundry states to their resolutions, passed in December, 1798. Philadelphia, printed by James Carey, 1800; Evans,

Subjects: Adams, John, - 1735-1826.; Jefferson, Thomas, - 1743-1826.; Politics and government; United States - Politics and government - 1789-1797.; United States.; Three-quarters leather on marbled boards.

Additional Author: Wolcott, Oliver,; Fenno, John,; Thacher, George,; Yeates, Jasper,

Place: United States Pennsylvania Philadelphia.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Yeates Collection

Call Number: Yeates Book 459 1796

The Trial of Mr. Thomas Hardy, for high treason ; containing the whole proceedings, from the opening of the special commission, the judge's charge to the grand jury, lists of the witnesses, jurors, and the bills of indictment ... together with the arguments of counsel on the part of the Crown, and in defence of the prisoner

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Author: Hardy, Thomas,

Date of Publication: 1794.

Call Number: Book 607 1794

Responsibility: Accurately taken in short-hand, by Manoah Sibly ...

Author: Hardy, Thomas,

Place of Publication: Dublin

Publisher: Printed by P. Byrne ...,

Date of Publication: 1794.

Physical Description: [9]-286 pages ; octavo

Notes: Jasper Yeates's Colonial Law Library.; Yeates's signature at top of title page.; Book number 607 as assigned by Yeates.

Subjects: Treason - Great Britain.; Politics and government; Treason.; Great Britain - Politics and government - 1789-1840.; Great Britain.; Full blind-tooled leather (Binding); Gilt title on maroon spine label (Binding)

Additional Author: Sibly, Manoah,; Yeates, Jasper,

Location: Lancaster History Library - Yeates Collection

Call Number: Book 607 1794

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