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Reconstruction : speech of Hon. J.M. Broomall, of Pa., delivered in the House of Representatives, Jan. 8, 1867

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Author
Broomall, John M.
Date of Publication
1867]
Call Number
973.891 B628
Alternate Title
Speech of Hon. J.M. Broomall, of Pa., delivered in the House of Representatives, Jan. 8, 1867
Author
Broomall, John M.
Place of Publication
[Washington?
Publisher
McGill & Witherow,
Date of Publication
1867]
Physical Description
8 p. ; 23 cm.
Notes
Caption title.
Subjects
Reconstruction
Location
Lancaster History Library - Rare Books
Call Number
973.891 B628
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Old churches, ministers and families of Virginia

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Author
Meade, William,
Date of Publication
1861.
Call Number
975.5 M481
Responsibility
By Bishop Meade.
Author
Meade, William,
Place of Publication
Philadelphia
Publisher
J.B. Lippincott & co.,
Date of Publication
1861.
Physical Description
2 v. plates, 2 port. (incl. front.) 24 cm.
Notes
LCHS has v.1 only.
Subjects
Episcopal Church - Virginia.
Virginia - Church history.
Virginia - Genealogy.
Virginia - History - Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
975.5 M481
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Regina, the German captive, or, True piety among the lowly

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Author
Weiser, R.
Date of Publication
1860.
Call Number
920.7 W427 1860
  1 website  
Responsibility
by Rev. R. Weiser.
Author
Weiser, R.
Place of Publication
Baltimore
Publisher
T. Newton Kurtz,
Date of Publication
1860.
Physical Description
252 p. illus., 16 cm.
Summary
A story of the Hartman family's immigration to America from Germany, the attack by Indians in their American home, and the abduction of two daughters by native Indians.
Subjects
United States - History - French and Indian War, 1755-1763 - Personal narratives.
Pennsylvania - History - French and Indian War, 1755-1763. - Personal narratives.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Rare Books
Call Number
920.7 W427 1860
Websites
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Bericht des Superintenden der Volks-Schulen des Staates Pennsylvanien

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo176
Date of Publication
1867
Call Number
370 B511
Place of Publication
Harrisburg
Publisher
Singerly and Myers
Date of Publication
1867
Physical Description
lxviii, 263, 111 p. 25 cm.
Notes
This report of the schools is for period before June 4, 1866
Subjects
Education - Pennsylvania.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Rare Books
Call Number
370 B511
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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
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Plan of Lancaster Penna 1800

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo1731
Date of Publication
1800.
Call Number
974.815 LACI 116
Responsibility
P.E.M.
Place of Publication
[S.l.]
Publisher
[s.l.] ,
Date of Publication
1800.
Physical Description
1 map. photocopy : 35 x 28 cm.
Subjects
Buildings - Pennsylvania - Lancaster
Lancaster (Pa.) - Maps.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Map
Call Number
974.815 LACI 116
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Manual of instruction for the volunteers and militia of the United States

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Author
Gilham, William,
Date of Publication
1861.
Call Number
355 G474
Responsibility
By William Gilham.
Author
Gilham, William,
Place of Publication
Philadelphia
Publisher
C. Desilver,
Date of Publication
1861.
Physical Description
xxvi, 743 p. illus., plates (part fold.) diagrs. 21 cm.
Notes
Music: p. 717-730.
Subjects
Military art and science.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Rare Books
Call Number
355 G474
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Author
Parker, William.
Date of Publication
1866
Call Number
920.9 P244
Author
Parker, William.
Place of Publication
Boston
Publisher
Atlantic Monthly
Date of Publication
1866
Physical Description
152-295 p. 30 cm.
Notes
From: The Atlantic Monthly, a magazine of literature, science, art and politics, v.17
Subjects
Riots - Pennsylvania - Christiana.
Christiana (Pa.) - History.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
920.9 P244
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Annual report of the Executive Office, Military Department, of the commonwealth of Pennsylvania, for the year ending Dec. 1, 1864

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo1899
Corporate Author
Pennsylvania. Executive Office. Military Dept.
Date of Publication
1865.
Call Number
353.6 P415m
Corporate Author
Pennsylvania. Executive Office. Military Dept.
Place of Publication
Harrisburg
Publisher
Singerly & Myers,
Date of Publication
1865.
Physical Description
263 p.
Notes
"Roster of commissions issued to officers of Pennsylvania volunteers from Dec. 1, 1863 to Dec. 1, 1864."
Subjects
Pennsylvania. - Militia.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Rare Books
Call Number
353.6 P415m
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Revised report made to the legislature of Pennsylvania , relative to the Soldiers' national cemetery, at Gettysburg, embracing an account of the origin of the undertaking

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo1932
Corporate Author
Pennsylvania. General assembly. House of representatives. Select committee relative to the Soldiers' national cemetery.
Date of Publication
1867.
Call Number
973.7349 P415
Responsibility
address of Hon. Edward Everett, at its consecration, with the dedicatory speech of President Lincoln, and the other exercises of that event; together with the address of Maj. Gen. O. O. Howard, delivered July 4, 1866 [i. e. 1865], upon the dedication of the Soldiers' national monument, and the other proceedings upon that occasion.
Corporate Author
Pennsylvania. General assembly. House of representatives. Select committee relative to the Soldiers' national cemetery.
Place of Publication
Harrisburg
Publisher
Singerly & Myers, state printers,
Date of Publication
1867.
Physical Description
282 p. front., plans (1 fold.) 25 cm.
Notes
Reports of David Wills, made to the committee of the legislature, sessions of 1864 and 1865, with accompanying documents: p. [5]-171.
List of names of Pennsylvanians buried in the cemetery, p.21-43 in the 1867 edition.
Subjects
Gettysburg. - National cemetery.
Gettysburg, Battle of, 1863.
Additional Author
Everett, Edward,
Howard, Oliver Otis,
Wills, David
Location
Lancaster History Library - Rare Books
Call Number
973.7349 P415
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Life in southern prisons; from the diary of Corporal Charles Smedley, of Company G, 90th regiment Penn'a volunteers, commencing a few days before the "battle of the Wilderness", in which he was taken prisoner, in the evening of the fifth month fifth, 1864: also, a short description of the march to and battle of Gettysburg, together with a biographical sketch of the author

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo1934
Author
Smedley, Charles,
Date of Publication
1865.
Call Number
973.781 S637
Author
Smedley, Charles,
Place of Publication
[Lancaster? Pa.]
Publisher
Ladies' and gentlemen's Fulton aid society,
Date of Publication
1865.
Physical Description
60 p. front. (port.) 19 cm.
Notes
LCHS copy - photocopy. Original in MG-18, Box 9 - Folder 8.
Subjects
United States - History - Civil War, 1861-1865 - Prisoners and prisons.
United States - History - Civil War, 1861-1865 - Personal narratives.
Additional Corporate Author
Pearsol & Geist.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
973.781 S637
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History of the Pennsylvania reserve corps: a complete record of the organization; and of the different companies, regiments and brigades; containing descriptions of expeditions, marches, skirmishes, and battles; together with biographical sketches of officers and personal records of each man during his term of service

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo4287
Author
Sypher, J. R.
Date of Publication
[1864]
Call Number
974.8033 S994
Responsibility
Compiled from official reports and other documents. By J. R. Sypher, esq.
Author
Sypher, J. R.
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Published by E. Barr & co.
Date of Publication
[1864]
Physical Description
723 p. illus. 23 cm.
Subjects
Pennsylvania. - Militia.
United States - History - Civil War, 1861-1865 - Regimental histories - Pa.
Pennsylvania - History - Civil War, 1861-1865.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Rare Books
Call Number
974.8033 S994
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Regulations and catalogue of books of the Shoch Library, of the public schools of Columbia, Penn'a. January, 1869

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo4370
Date of Publication
1869 (printed at Herald office).
Call Number
017.5 R344
Place of Publication
Columbia, Pa
Publisher
[s.n.],
Date of Publication
1869 (printed at Herald office).
Physical Description
31 p. : 22 cm.
Subjects
Shoch Library - Catalogs and collections.
Library rules and regulations - Pennsylvania - Columbia.
Library catalogs - Pennsylvania - Columbia.
Additional Corporate Author
Columbia Borough School District (Pa.)
Location
Lancaster History Library - Rare Books
Call Number
017.5 R344
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Parish register of Christ Church, Leacock, Pa

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Date of Publication
1828-1879.
Call Number
283 C554Le
Place of Publication
[Leacock, Pa.]
Publisher
Christ Church,
Date of Publication
1828-1879.
Physical Description
2, 279 l. (some blank); 23 x 35 cm.
Notes
Photocopy.
"Original records are located at St. James' Church, Lancaster, Pa."
Rineer's "Churches and Cemeteries of Lancaster County" page 246 #2.
Contents
Baptisms (Dec. 23, 1828 - June 2, 1879), pages 30-69 - Confirmations (June 12,1833 - April 9, 1873, pages 127-132 - Communicants (Dec. 25, 1828 - Alpril 17, 1878, pages 170-185 - Marriages (March 26, 1829 - June 21 1866, pages 194-197 - Marriages (June 10, 1873 - June 10, 1879), pages 198-199 - Burials (April 23, 1837 - April 20, 1872), pages 243-247 - Burials (April 26, 1873 -April 18, 1879), pages 248-249.
Subjects
Christ Episcopal Church (Leacock, Lancaster County, Pa.)
Chuch records and registers - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
Registers of births, etc. - Pennsylvania - Leacock (Township)
Episcopal Church - Pennsylvania - Lancaster Couinty.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Church Record
Call Number
283 C554Le
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Collection
Quarter Sessions
Title
Quarter Sessions
Object ID
NOV 1802 F008 QS
Collection
Quarter Sessions
Title
Quarter Sessions
System of Arrangement
Organized by Court of Quarter Sessions term.
Arranged by case number within each term.
Year
1802
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
People
Brien, Edward
Lefever, Joseph
Witmore, David
Subcategory
Documentary Artifact
Search Terms
Quarter Sessions
Recognizance
Charge: threatening a person
Object Name
Record, Judicial
Language
English
Condition
Fair
Object ID
NOV 1802 F008 QS
Additional Notes
Recognizance, charged with threatening Joseph Lefever.
Additional name: David Witmore.
See NOV 1802 F009 QS.
1 item, 1 piece
Access Conditions / Restrictions
Request at Reference Desk; photocopy made by staff member.
Classification
RG 02-00 0908
Description Level
Item
Less detail
Collection
Quarter Sessions
Title
Quarter Sessions
Object ID
NOV 1802 F009 QS
Collection
Quarter Sessions
Title
Quarter Sessions
System of Arrangement
Organized by Court of Quarter Sessions term.
Arranged by case number within each term.
Year
1802
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
People
Witmore, David
Lefever, Joseph
Brien, Edward
Subcategory
Documentary Artifact
Search Terms
Quarter Sessions
Recognizance
Charge: threatening a person
Charge: assault
Object Name
Record, Judicial
Language
English
Condition
Fair
Object ID
NOV 1802 F009 QS
Additional Notes
Recognizance, charged with assault and threatening Joseph Lefever.
Additional name: Edward Brien.
See NOV 1802 F008 QS.
1 item, 1 piece
Access Conditions / Restrictions
Request at Reference Desk; photocopy made by staff member.
Classification
RG 02-00 0908
Description Level
Item
Less detail
Collection
Quarter Sessions
Title
Quarter Sessions
Object ID
NOV 1802 F010 QS
Collection
Quarter Sessions
Title
Quarter Sessions
System of Arrangement
Organized by Court of Quarter Sessions term.
Arranged by case number within each term.
Year
1802
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
People
Robinson, William
Xander, John
Xander, John Jr.
Orendorf, Mathias
Subcategory
Documentary Artifact
Search Terms
Quarter Sessions
Recognizance
Warrants
Charge: threatening a person
Object Name
Record, Judicial
Language
English
Condition
Fair
Object ID
NOV 1802 F010 QS
Additional Notes
Warrant, charged with threatening to set fire to John Xander's property.
Recognizance of John Xander to testify.
Additional names: John Xander Jr., Mathias Orendorf.
2 items, 2 pieces
Access Conditions / Restrictions
Request at Reference Desk; photocopy made by staff member.
Classification
RG 02-00 0908
Description Level
Item
Less detail
Collection
Quarter Sessions
Title
Quarter Sessions
Object ID
NOV 1802 F011 QS
Collection
Quarter Sessions
Title
Quarter Sessions
System of Arrangement
Organized by Court of Quarter Sessions term.
Arranged by case number within each term.
Year
1802
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
People
Shank, Abraham
Stoner, Jacob
McCreary, James
Subcategory
Documentary Artifact
Search Terms
Quarter Sessions
Recognizance
Charge: erecting a dam
Susquehanna River
Object Name
Record, Judicial
Language
English
Condition
Fair
Object ID
NOV 1802 F011 QS
Additional Notes
Also: Jacob Stoner, James McCreary.
Recognizance, charged with erecting a fish dam on the Susquehanna River.
1 item, 1 piece
Access Conditions / Restrictions
Request at Reference Desk; photocopy made by staff member.
Classification
RG 02-00 0908
Description Level
Item
Less detail
Collection
Quarter Sessions
Title
Quarter Sessions
Object ID
NOV 1802 F012 QS
Collection
Quarter Sessions
Title
Quarter Sessions
System of Arrangement
Organized by Court of Quarter Sessions term.
Arranged by case number within each term.
Year
1802
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
People
Farmer, Jane
Farmer, Julius
Nauman, George
Ehler, Daniel
Subcategory
Documentary Artifact
Search Terms
Quarter Sessions
Recognizance
Charge: suspicion of theft
Object Name
Record, Judicial
Language
English
Condition
Fair
Object ID
NOV 1802 F012 QS
Additional Notes
Wife of Julius Farmer.
Recognizance, charge on suspicion of stealing items from George Nauman's house.
Additional name: Daniel Ehler.
1 item, 1 piece
Access Conditions / Restrictions
Request at Reference Desk; photocopy made by staff member.
Classification
RG 02-00 0908
Description Level
Item
Less detail
Collection
Quarter Sessions
Title
Quarter Sessions
Object ID
NOV 1802 F013 QS
Collection
Quarter Sessions
Title
Quarter Sessions
System of Arrangement
Organized by Court of Quarter Sessions term.
Arranged by case number within each term.
Year
1802
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Subcategory
Documentary Artifact
Search Terms
Quarter Sessions
Constables
Object Name
Record, Judicial
Language
English
Condition
Fair
Object ID
NOV 1802 F013 QS
Additional Notes
List of Constables.
1 item, 1 piece
Access Conditions / Restrictions
Request at Reference Desk; photocopy made by staff member.
Classification
RG 02-00 0908
Description Level
Item
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38447 records – page 1 of 1923.