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Clockmakers of Lancaster County and their clocks, 1750-1850

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Author
Wood, Stacy B. C.
Date of Publication
1977.
Call Number
681 W879
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Stacy B. C. Wood, Jr., Stephen E. Kramer, III ; with a study of Lancaster County clock cases by John J. Snyder, Jr.
ISBN
0442295316
Author
Wood, Stacy B. C.
Place of Publication
New York
Publisher
Van Nostrand Reinhold,
Date of Publication
1977.
Physical Description
224 p. : ill. ; 29 cm.
Notes
Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Subjects
Clock and watch makers - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
Clock and watch making - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County
Lancaster County (Pa.) - Biography.
Additional Author
Kramer, Stephen E.
Snyder, John J.,
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
681 W879
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Chester County clocks and their makers

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Author
James, Arthur Edwin,
Edition
2d, enl. and rev. ed.
Date of Publication
c1976.
Call Number
974.813 J28
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by Arthur E. James.
ISBN
0916838048
Author
James, Arthur Edwin,
Edition
2d, enl. and rev. ed.
Place of Publication
Exton, Pa
Publisher
Schiffer Pub.,
Date of Publication
c1976.
Physical Description
222 p. : ill., map (on lining papers) ; 23 cm.
Notes
Bibliography: p. 217-219.
Subjects
Clock and watch making - Pennsylvania - Chester County.
Clock and watch makers - Pennsylvania - Chester County.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
974.813 J28
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Possible Joseph Gorgas tall case clock located

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Author
Wood, Stacy B. C.
Date of Publication
1973.
records, unless otherwise noted. �CLOCK AND WATCH MAKERS OF LANCASTER COUNTY, 1750-1850 NAME LOCATION DATES TRADE SOURCE A Amont, Henry Strasburg 1824-1825 Watch Lanco. Tax Register Amont, Jacob Strasburg 1825 Watch Lanco. Tax Register Andrews, Joseph W. Donegal 1838 Clock Lanco. Tax Register Atkinson
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Clock and watchmakers of Lancaster County, 1750-1850
Responsibility
by Stacy B. C. Wood, Jr., certified clockmaker.
Author
Wood, Stacy B. C.
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Lancaster County Historical Society,
Date of Publication
1973.
Physical Description
[171]-182 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Series
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 77, no. 4
Subjects
Gorgas, Joseph, - 1770-
Clock and watch makers - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County
Clock and watch making - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County
Contained In
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 77, number 4 (1973), p. 171-182Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.77
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100 years of camera scenes: views of eastern Lancaster county in our nation's second century. A bicentennial project of the eastern Lancaster county chapter of the Lancaster County Bicentennial Committee, inc

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Corporate Author
Lancaster County Bicentennial Committee. Eastern Lancaster County Chapter. Historic Research Committee.
Date of Publication
1978]
Call Number
974.815 LACO E13
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Corporate Author
Lancaster County Bicentennial Committee. Eastern Lancaster County Chapter. Historic Research Committee.
Place of Publication
[Lancaster, Pa.?
Publisher
George Roland ;
Date of Publication
1978]
Physical Description
X, 192 p. : ill. ; 28 cm.
Subjects
Lancaster County (Pa.) - Description and travel.
Lancaster County (Pa.) - Pictorial works.
Caernarvon (Lancaster County, Pa. : Township) - Pictorial works.
East Earl (Pa. : Township) - Pictorial works.
West Earl (Pa. : Township) - Pictorial works.
Earl (Lancaster County, Pa. : Township) - Pictorial works.
New Holland (Pa.) - Pictorial works.
Terre Hill (Pa.) - Pictorial works.
Brecknock (Pa. : Township) - Pictorial works.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
974.815 LACO E13
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The Hoff Family : master clockmakers of Lancaster Borough

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Author
Wood, Stacy B. C.
Date of Publication
1977
The Hoff Family: Master Clock- makers of Lancaster Borough by Stacy B. C. Wood, Jr. On August 24, 1765, Johann Georg Hoff, his wife and their two- year-old daughter arrived in Philadelphia after a voyage across the At- lantic on the ship "Polly."1 He was not the first Hoff to arrive in Phila
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Responsibility
by Stacy B.C. Wood, Jr.
Author
Wood, Stacy B. C.
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Lancaster County Historical Society,
Date of Publication
1977
Physical Description
[169]-225 p.: ill. ; 23 cm.
Series
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 81, no. 4
Subjects
Hoff, John George, - 1733-1816.
Hoff family.
Clock and watch makers - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
Contained In
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 81, number 4 (1977), p. 169-225Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.81
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Pre-Revolutionary slate gravestones in southern Lancaster County : a lasting legacy of the earliest Scots-Irish settlers

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Author
Gerhart, James M.
Date of Publication
2013.
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Responsibility
James M. Gerhart.
Author
Gerhart, James M.
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
LancasterHistory,
Date of Publication
2013.
Physical Description
pp. 120-144.
Notes
Rineer's "Churches and Cemeteries of Lancaster County" page 98 #5.
Rineer's "Churches and Cemeteries of Lancaster County" page 97 #1A.
Rineer's "Churches and Cemeteries of Lancaster County" page 186 #1A.
Subjects
Bigham, William.
Carmichael Cemetery, (Fulton Township, Pa.)
Morrison Cemetery, (Drumore Township, Pa).
Chestnut Level Cemetery, (Drumore Township, Pa).
Cemeteries - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
Scots-Irish - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
Slate industry - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
Stone-cutters - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County
Drumore (Pa. : Township) - Cemeteries
Fulton (Pa. : Township) - Cemeteries.
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Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 114, number 3 (2013), p. 120-144Lancaster History Library - Journal974.8 245 v 114
Websites
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Archive

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Collection
John Hoff Records
Title
John Hoff Records
Object ID
MG0572
Date Range
1797-1817
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Collection
John Hoff Records
Title
John Hoff Records
Description
This collection contains records from John Hoff's clockmaking business. The account book, 1800-1816, shows the new clocks made in Lancaster and his clients. There is also a treasurer's account for Trinity Lutheran Church, 1816-1817. The flute book, 1797-1799, contains the music for Hoff's musical clocks.
Date Range
1797-1817
Creation Date
1797-1817
Year Range From
1797
Year Range To
1817
Creator
Hoff, John
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Storage Room
Archives South
Storage Wall
Side 12
People
Hoff, John
Keller, Kate Van Winkle
Wood, Stacy B. C.
Subjects
Business records
Clock and watch makers
Clock chime music
Search Terms
Business records
Clocks
Correspondence
Letters
Clock and watch makers
Clock chime music
Music
Finding aids
Manuscript groups
Extent
1 box, 2 folders, .2 cubic ft.
Object Name
Archive
Language
English, German
Object ID
MG0572
Related Item Notes
Images of New Instructions for the German Flute are in the Photograph Collections: John Hoff Flute Album, A-49-01-01 to A-49-01-143
John Hoff Flute Album, A-49-01-01 to A-49-01-143
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Credit
Courtesy of LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.
Other Numbers
MG-572
Classification
MG0572
Description Level
Fonds
Custodial History
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Rudy Stoner, 1728-1769, early Lancaster, Pennsylvania, clockmaker

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Author
Wood, Stacy B. C.
Date of Publication
1976.
County, Pennsylvania, is vast. The rifle- makers, the silversmiths, the cabinetmakers, the artists, the inventors, the patriots—two hundred years ago these men worked to make it axio- matic that "without incurring the censure of Partiality, Lancaster stands foremost of all the other Inland Towns on the
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Responsibility
by Stacy B.C. Wood, Jr.
Author
Wood, Stacy B. C.
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Lancaster County Historical Society,
Date of Publication
1976.
Physical Description
[112]-127 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Series
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 80, no. 2
Subjects
Stoner, Rudy, - 1728-1769.
Clock and watch makers - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
Contained In
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 80, number 2 (1976), p. 112-127Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.80
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A biographical history of Lancaster County: being a history of early settlers and eminent men of the county; as also much other unpublished historical information, chiefly of a local character

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Author
Harris, Alexander,
Date of Publication
1974.
Call Number
920 H313 1977
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ISBN
0806305908
9780806305905
Author
Harris, Alexander,
Place of Publication
Baltimore
Publisher
Genealogical Pub. Co.,
Date of Publication
1974.
Physical Description
638 p. 23 cm.
Notes
Reprint of the 1872 ed. published by E. Barr, Lancaster, Pa.
Subjects
Frontier and pioneer life - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
Lancaster County (Pa.) - Biography.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Reference
Call Number
920 H313 1977
Websites
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Lancaster County, PA connections : evidence of persons residing in other states or countries with a connection to Lancaster County, Pennsylvania : compiled from deeds recorded in Lancaster from 1770 to 1830

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Author
Wevodau, Edward N.
Edition
1st ed.
Date of Publication
2010.
Call Number
974.815 LACO W544c
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Responsibility
by Edward N. Wevodau.
ISBN
9781558565173 (v. 1)
1558565175 (v. 1)
9781558565197 (v. 2)
1558565191 (v. 2)
Author
Wevodau, Edward N.
Edition
1st ed.
Place of Publication
Apollo, Pa
Publisher
Closson Press,
Date of Publication
2010.
Physical Description
2 v. : map ; 28 cm.
Notes
Includes indexes.
Subjects
Deeds - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
Migration, Internal - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
Lancaster County (Pa.) - Emigration and immigration.
Lancaster County (Pa.) - Genealogy.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Reference
Call Number
974.815 LACO W544c
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