Presents a biography of James Buchanan's niece who was the White House hostess during her uncle's presidency, helped create the National Gallery of Art, and started the first pediatrics hospital.
Guide to records of the Court of Quarter Sessions, Chester County, Pennsylvania, 1681-1969 : records of the clerk of courts, records of the Court of Oyer and Terminer and General Jail Delivery, criminal records of the sheriff
Guide to records of the Court of Common Pleas, Chester County, Pennsylvania, 1681-1900 : records of the prothonotary, civil records of the sheriff, select civil records of the Circuit Court of Chester County, and the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
T.p. consists of reduced facsim. of t.p. of atlas.
"Index to the Illustrated historical atlas of Berks County, Pennsylvania compiled & drawn from personal examinations & surveys by F.A. Davis under the personal supervision of H.L. Kochersperger, published by the Reading Publishing House, Reading, Pennsylvania, 1876"--T.p. verso.
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.
Historical Museum Commission, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania ,
Date of Publication
1985.
Physical Description
1 map ; 1985.
Notes
Photocopy.
"A draft: of eighty five (85) tracts of land, which when surveyed, were situate in the City of Lancaster and part of the Conestoga Manor in Lancaster County."
782, xliv, 153 p., [105] p. of plates : ill. ; 32 cm.
Notes
Facsim. of: Philadelphia : L.H. Everts, 1881.
Includes index compiled by Lucy I. Smedley and Arabella Cleveland, originally published in 1971.
Summary
"The first section of the book is a general history of the county dealing with such topics as: religion, education, agriculture, masons, mills, banks, judges, county officials, lawyers, doctors, etc. The second section of the book provides over three hundred pages of brief genealogical and biographical sketches of county residents." [Worldcat.org]
