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Collection: Frank R. Diffenderffer Collection

Title: Frank R. Diffenderffer Collection

Object ID: MG0166

Date Range: 1738-1920

Straw Market Association Finance, Personal Finding aids Franklin Savings and Building Association Grosh & Levering Hamilton Estate Indentures Indian Queen Hotel Invoices Lancaster Cemetery Lancaster County Agricultural Park Lancaster County Historical Society Lancaster, Elizabethtown & Middletown

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Collection: Frank R. Diffenderffer Collection

Title: Frank R. Diffenderffer Collection

Description: The Frank R. Diffenderffer Collection contains documents collected by Mr. Diffenderffer. These documents are primarily from the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries and include letters, legal and court papers, indentures, receipts, property and probate records, and financial and military papers. The people and businesses represented include George Ross, Jasper Yeates, A. Herr Smith, Timothy Matlack, Mount Hope Furnace, and the Lancaster, Elizabethtown & Middletown Turnpike Road Company.

System of Arrangement: Collection retains original arrangement.

Date Range: 1738-1920

Year Range From: 1738

Year Range To: 1920

Date of Accumulation: 1738-1920

Creator: Diffenderffer, Frank Ried, 1833-1921

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives South

Storage Wall: Side 04

People: Adams, John Quincy; Adreas, Agnes; Albright, W.; Anderson, James; Andrews, Jacob W.; Andrews, James P.; Ashbridge, Elizabeth; Ashbridge, J. H.; Ashbridge, Sarah; Ashbridge, Sidney; Atlee, Samuel; Attlee, Samuel; Autstch, Adam; Bare, Martin; Barlow, Thomas; Barnitz, Joseph; Barr, John; Barton, David R.; Barton, W.; Bauer, Adam; Beams, Jacob; Beard, Robert; Bearn, John; Beck, Martha; Beck, Paul; Beck, Samuel; Bender, Leonard; Benezet, Daniel; Benner, Henrich; Berntheisel, Henry; Berry, William; Bickham, F. A.; Bickman, George; Bletz, Jacob; Blumer, Abraham; Bollinger, Esther; Bombarger, Martin; Bomberger, John; Bower, Samuel P.; Bowman, Henry; Bowman, J.; Bowman, Samuel; Bowman, W.; Boyd, James; Boyd, Samuel; Bradford, Samuel J.; Breck, Samuel; Bredenstein, Philip; Brown, David; Brown, Matthew; Brown, William; Broud, Bill; Bruener, G.; Bryan, George; Bryan, George I.; Burd, Edward; Burkholder, E.; Burt, Nathaniel; Caldwell, James; Caldwell, Oliver; Caldwell, Robert; Calhoun, John C.; Cameron, James; Cameron, John; Campbell, Sarah; Carpenter, Abraham; Carpenter, Daniel; Carpenter, Jacob; Carpenter, William; Cather, Robert; Chambers, Stephen; Chambers, W.; Charlton, Thomas; Clark, Brice; Clark, John; Clark, Washington; Clemson, Joseph; Cochran, A.; Cochran, William; Coleman, William; Connor, Kitty; Cookson, Thomas; Cooper, William; Creasy, Solomon; Creasy, Solomon M.; Crone, Robert; Cunningham, Hugh; Cunningham, Thomas; Damant, James; Damisch, Fred; Davis, Zaccheus; Deckert, Jacob; Dederick, Henry; Dering, Henry; Derward, Jonas; Detrick, P.; Dickert, Jacob; Dieterick, Jacob; Diffenderffer, David; Diffenderffer, Frank Ried; Diffenderffer, Harold F.; Diffenderfer, Michael; Diffenderfer, Philip; Diller, Peter; Doerses, Frederick; Dougherty, William; Douglass, George; Douglass, James; Doyle, Thomas; Dryer, Andrew; Dubbs, Joseph H.; Duck, Geotge; Duncan, Daniel; Eagen, James; Eagen, Thomas; Eberman, John; Eberman, Philip; Eckert, George; Eckman, John; Eftwein, Johannes; Eichholtz, H.; Eichholtz, Leonard; Eliot, Daniel; Emanuel, John; Ench, Jacob; Espy, George R.; Evans, Frances; Evans, Isaac; Evans, James C.; Evans, Samuel; Ewing, John; Faghterin, Mary; Fahnestock, Samuel; Fehl, Andrew; Feltman, George; Ferree, Conrad; Ferree, Polly; Fissel, Michael; Flowers, Christian; Foltz, Bernard; Fordney, Casper; Fouts, Martin; Franklin, Thomas; Franklin, Thomas E.; Franklin W. B.; Frantz, Phil; Frey, J.; Fultz, John; Galbraith, Bertram; Galloway, Joseph; Geddis, Samuel; Gibble, L. W.; Gibbons, William; Gildersleve, Jonathan H.; Gildersleve Sarah; Gill, Deborah; Gill, Eramus; Gill, James; Gill, Matthew; Givler, Mary; Golden, Jeffery; Graass, Jacob; Graeff, Matthias; Graeff, W.; Graff, Benjamin; Graff, Henry; Graff, Jacob; Gratz, Hyman; Groff, Abraham; Groff, David; Groff, Isaac; Gross, Michael; Grove, Abraham; Grubb, Baird; Grubb, Curtis; Grubb, Henry; Habacker, George; Habacker, Wager; Hartz, John; Hake, Elizabeth; Hake, Jacob; Hale, Charles; Hambright, Henry; Hamilton, James; Hamilton, William; Hand, Edward; Hart, Elizabeth; Hartand, John; Hartmyer, Frederick; Haton, James; Hatz, John; Hayn, Christopher; Hehl, Matthew; Henderson, Mary; Henry, Christopher; Henry, Elizabeth; Henry, Joseph; Henry, Josiah; Henry, John Joseph; Henry, Mary; Herr, Christian; Hensel, William Uhler; Hibshman, Henry; Hoff, John; Hoofnagle, P.; Hoover, Jacob; Host, Catharine; Host, Michael; Howell, William H.; Howell, William Wilson; Huber, J.; Huber, John; Hubley, Adam; Hubley, John; Hubley, Joseph; Hubley, M.; Hubner, Nathanael; Huston, Alex; Hutchinson, E.; Jacks, James; Jenkins, Ron; Johns, Elizabeth; Johns, Jacob; Johns, Paul; Johnston, Sam; Jones, John; Jones, Owen; Jones, Paul T.; Jordan, J.; Kauffman, Abraham; Kauffman, Joseph; Kehler, Andrew; Kelly, Joseph P.; Kelly, William; Kenedy, John; Kittera, John Wilkes; Kittera, Thomas; Kline, David; Kline, George; Kline, Michael; Kling, M.; Konigmaker, James; Krebil, John; Krieg, Philip; Krug, Edward; Krug, H. V.; Krug, Jacob; Krug, Valentine; Kuhn, Frederick; Kuhn, Jacob; Lanck, Jacob; Landes, John; Lauman, Ludwig; Lechler, John; Leman, H. E.; Lewis, Abraham; Lewis, Ellis; Liews, Eliza; Lightner, Nathaniel; Likens, James; Lind, John; Long, Charles E.; Long, Jacob; Longenecker, David; Lowery, Alexander; Lowery, Lazarus; Lowman, Ludwig; Lutz, Peter; Lynch, Thomas; MacGonigle, Jonathan T.; MacGregor, John; MacGregor, Peter; Machold, Lewis Frederick; Marshall, Christopher; Matlack, Timothy; Mattes, George; Mauer, Peter; Maus, Peter; Mayer, John; Mayer, Lewis; McGown, William; McClure, David; McClure, Randle; McKim, James; McKinney, Mordecai; Mease, James; Mease, John; Mercer, John Q.; Messersmith, George; Metzer, Jonas; Metzer, Norman; Miller, David; Miller, Harry; Miller, Henry; Miller, James; Miller, John; Miller, T. H.; Minnich, Lizzie; Mohler, Henry; Montgomery, Jane; Montgomery, S. H.; Moore, James; Moore, John; Musser, John; Myer, John; Myer, John P.; Myer, Josephine; Myers, Christian; Myers, Eckert; Myers, Henry; Myers, Jacob; Myers, John; Myers, Joseph; Myers, Josephine; Myers, S. H.; Myers, Sidney; Muhlenberg, F. A.; Muhlenberg, G. H. E.; Muhlenberg, Henry; Muhlenberg, Henry A.; Munster, Paul; Nager, Ben Willis; Nagle, John; Neal, John; Nees, Adam; Neisser, G. Br.; Nelson, William; Nicholson, John; Norgrave, H.; Odonel, Charles; Old, James; Parvin, Francis; Passmore, John; Patton, James; Pendleton, George H.; Pennypacker, Samuel W.; Penrose, Clement; Petersby, Richard; Physick, Edmund; Pine, Michael; Pohlman, Abraham; Price, Eli K.; Purviance, Samuel; Ralston, Robert; Ramsay, Catharine; Ramsay, David; Ramsay, James; Ramsay, Nathaniel; Ramsay, William; Randall, Samuel; Rank, Samuel; Redsecker, Jacob; Reed, E. L.; Reed, George; Reedly, George; Reedly, John; Reigart, Adam; Reigart, Emanuel; Reigart, Jacob; Riche, Thomas; Rieger, Ann; Rohrer, John; Ross, George; Ross, James; Roth, Jacob; Schaum, Philip; Scheaffer, John; Schnierer, John, Mrs.; Schweinhaupt, Br.; Sell, Henry; Seward, Hugh; Shafer, John; Shaffer, Jacob; Sharer, David; Shearer, Jacob; Sheef, William; Sheldon, William; Shippen, Edward; Shireman, Jacob; Shol, Peter; Shware, Peter; Simon, Joseph; Simon, William; Sindersmith, S. V.; Singer, Casper; Singer, Emanuel; Skiles, William; Slaugher, Hiram; Slaymaker, Amos; Slaymaker, Henry; Slough, Matthias; Smith, A. Herr; Smith, Eliza; Smith, Joanna; Smith, Thomas; Smith, William; Snapp, Samuel; Solomon, Myer; Spencer, S. S.; Sprecher, Frank L.; Stauffer, Henry; Stedman, Alex; Stedman, Charles; Steinert, Christian; Steinman, Charles; Steinman, Frederick; Steinman, George; Steinman, John F.; Stevens, R. S.; Stevenson, George; Stone, John; Stoneman, Tobias; Stones, John; Stuart, Robert; Swan, John G.; Swain, R.; Swentzel, H. Y.; Swift, Joseph; Tanger, David R.; Titball, Joseph; Trimble, James; Trissler, John; Trissler, Joseph David; Turner, Ambrose; Turner, Catharine; Wagen, Philip; Walk, Deetrick; Walker, John; Wallace, John; Wallace, William; Warden, M.; Warfel, John; Washington, Samuel; Watson, David; Webb, James; Weber, Adam; Wegman, Mary; Weitzel, George; Wenger, Roland; Werner, Jacob; Wertsburger, Henry; West, William; Wetherill, Samuel P.; White, George; White, T.; Whitaker, George; Wildred, Daniel; Williams, Evans P.; Williams, John; Wistar, Thomas; Witlow, Hugh; Witman, John; Witman, Michael; Witmer, Abraham; Witmer, Benjamin; Witmer, David; Witmer, Henry; Wolford, Ludwig; Wood, George; Work, Joseph; Wright, James; Wright, John; Wright, S. W.; Yaner, Jacob; Yeates, Jasper; Yeates, John; Young, Henry; Young, Mattias; Zahm, Godfrey; Zantzinger, Adam; Zantzinger, Ester; Zeigler, George; Zimmer, Henry

Subjects: Bonds; Business records; Certificates; Court records; Finance, Personal; Invoices; Letters; Lotteries; Minutes (Records); Probate records; Receipts (Acknowledgments); Schools; Stocks

Search Terms: Accounts; African Methodist Episcopal Church; Armor's Old Bookstore; Articles of agreement; Beaver Creek; Black Horse Farm; Bonds; Business records; Certificates; Charles E. Wentz and Bros.; Christ Lutheran Church; Cocalico Creek; Conestoga Steam Mills; Constables; Correspondence; Court records; Farmers Bank of Lancaster; Farmer's Hay and Straw Market Association; Finance, Personal; Finding aids; Franklin Savings and Building Association; Grosh and Levering; Hamilton Lots; Indentures; Indian Queen Hotel; Invoices; Lancaster Cemetery; Lancaster County Agricultural Park; Lancaster County Historical Society; Lancaster, Elizabethtown and Middletown Turnpike Company; Letters; Lotteries; Manuscript groups; McDowell's Mill; Minutes; Mount Hope Furnace; Northern Central Railway Company; Pennsylvania Council; Philadelphia and Reading Railroad Company; Probate records; Protestant Episcopal Church; Receipts; Sam Wetherill and Sons; Schools; Shaffner and Ziegler; St. James Episcopal Church; Steinman and Son; Stocks; Trinity Lutheran Church; W. Kirkpatrick and Company; Zahm and Jackson Jewelers

Extent: 1 box, 27 folders, 1 cubic ft.

Object Name: Archive

Language: English

Object ID: MG0166

Location of Originals: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania

Notes: Preferred Citation: Frank R. Diffenderfer Collection (MG0166), Folder #, LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.

Access Conditions / Restrictions: No restrictions.

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.

Accession Number: 1964.013

Other Numbers: MG-166

Classification: MG0166

Description Level: Fonds

Custodial History: This collection was cataloged prior to 1997. Added to database 23 September 2021.; Accession # L64-13

Documents

Finding Aid

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Two Buchanan letters

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Author: Diffenderffer, Frank Ried,

Date of Publication: 1905

Buchanan letters / by F. R. Diffenderffer, Litt.D. Primary Material: Book Subject(s): Buchanan, James, 1791-1868 --Correspondence. Caldwell, James A. Barton, George W., 1807-1851. Lancaster County (Pa.)--Biography. Publisher: Lancaster, Pa. : Lancaster County Historical Society, 1904/1905 Description: [37

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Responsibility: by F. R. Diffenderffer, Litt.D.

Author: Diffenderffer, Frank Ried,

Place of Publication: Lancaster, Pa

Publisher: Lancaster County Historical Society,

Date of Publication: 1905

Physical Description: [37]-42 p. ; 23 cm.

Series: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 9, no. 2

Subjects: Buchanan, James, - 1791-1868 - Correspondence.; Caldwell, James A.; Barton, George W., - 1807-1851.; Lancaster County (Pa.) - Biography.

Contained In: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 9, number 2 (1905), p. 37-42Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.9

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Donegal in the Revolution--patriotism and piety

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Author: Brosius, Marriott,

Date of Publication: 1900

movement toward the organization of the county for defence he was elect- ed a member of the Committee on Ob- servation and Correspondence; he rep- resented Donegal in a provincial con- vention held in Philadelphia in 1775; he was Lieutenant of Lancaster county and as such was charged with grave and

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Responsibility: by Hon. Marriott Brosius.

Author: Brosius, Marriott,

Place of Publication: Lancaster, Pa

Publisher: Lancaster County Historical Society,

Date of Publication: 1900

Physical Description: [44]-62 p. ; 23 cm.

Series: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 4, no. 2

Notes: Contains poem "Peace to the Brave" by Lloyd Mifflin.

Subjects: Mifflin, Lloyd, - 1846-1921.; Lowry family.; Galbraith family.; Daughters of the American Revolution. - Witness Tree Chapter (Lancaster, Pa.); Scots-Irish - Pennsylvania.; Historical markers - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.; Donegal (Pa.) - History.; Lancaster County (Pa.) - History - 17th century.

Additional Author: Diffenderffer, Frank Ried,; Mifflin, Lloyd,

Contained In: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 4, number 2 (1900), p. 44-62Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.4

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The Wabank House : the story of a Lancaster County summer resort

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Author: Diffenderffer, Frank Ried,

Date of Publication: 1905

property at a very low price, as the sale will be peremptory and without reserve. �Persons desiring to view the prem- ises or any information respecting it, will please call on or address either of the undersigned, Lancaster, Pa. JACOB BAUSMAN, JACOB M. FRANTZ, WM. CARPENTER, Committee to sell. Foreclosure

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Responsibility: by F. R. Diffenderffer, Litt.D.

Author: Diffenderffer, Frank Ried,

Place of Publication: Lancaster, Pa

Publisher: Lancaster County Historical Society,

Date of Publication: 1905

Physical Description: [3]-24 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

Series: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 9, no. 1

Subjects: Wabank House (Lancaster, Pa.); Historic buildings - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.; Resorts - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.; Lancaster County (Pa.) - Buildings, structures, etc.

Contained In: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 9, number 1 (1905), p. 3-24Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.9

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The newspapers of Lancaster County

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Author: Diffenderffer, Frank Ried,

Date of Publication: 1902

. Intelligencer and Weekly Ad- vertiser, founded by Robert and William Dickson. (File in State Library. (1792 and 1794 are erroneously given as the dates of the founding of this paper.) 1799. Der Lancaster Correspondent. 1805. The Constitutional Democrat, founded in July, 1805, by John Matthews. File in State

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Responsibility: by F. R. Diffenderffer.

Author: Diffenderffer, Frank Ried,

Place of Publication: Lancaster, Pa

Publisher: Lancaster County Historical Society,

Date of Publication: 1902

Physical Description: [103]-113 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

Series: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 6, no. 8

Subjects: American newspapers - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.; German American newspapers - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.; Lancaster County (Pa.) - Newspapers.; Lancaster (Pa.) - Newspapers.

Contained In: Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.6

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The red rose question

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Author: Diffenderffer, Frank Ried,

Date of Publication: 1902

--Pennsylvania--Lancaster County. Debt--Pennsylvania--Lancaster County. Lancaster County (Pa.)--History--17th century. Lancaster County (Pa.)--Social life and customs--Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775. Publisher: Lancaster, Pa. : Lancaster County Historical Society, 1901-1902 Description: [3]-7 p. ; 23 cm. Series

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Responsibility: by F. R. Diffenderffer.

Author: Diffenderffer, Frank Ried,

Place of Publication: Lancaster, Pa

Publisher: Lancaster County Historical Society,

Date of Publication: 1902

Physical Description: [3]-7 p. ; 23 cm.

Series: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 6, no. 1/2

Subjects: Roses - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.; Debt - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.; Lancaster County (Pa.) - History - 17th century.; Lancaster County (Pa.) - Social life and customs - Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775.

Contained In: Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.6

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The story of a picture

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Author: Diffenderffer, Frank Ried,

Date of Publication: 1905

tract of land bounded by what is now Fairmount, Vine, Twentieth and Twelfth streets. Edward Shippen and James Hamil- ton were life-long friends, and the for- mer, as seems to be implied in one of the letters quoted, had promised to keep the latter informed of what was going on in Lancaster Town, which

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Responsibility: by F. R. Diffenderffer, Litt.D.

Author: Diffenderffer, Frank Ried,

Place of Publication: Lancaster, Pa

Publisher: Lancaster County Historical Society,

Date of Publication: 1905

Physical Description: [182]-230 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

Series: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 9, no. 7

Subjects: Church buildings - Pennsylvania - Lancaster.; Lancaster (Pa.) - History - 1775-1865.; Lancaster (Pa.) - Buildings, structures, etc.

Contained In: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 9, number 7 (1905), p. 182-230Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.9

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The paving of East King Street by lottery, in 1802

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Author: Diffenderffer, Frank Ried,

Date of Publication: 1900

apparently first formu- lated: At a meeting of the Commissioners of the Lancaster Street Lottery, held at the House of. Peter Diller, January 23, 1802. PRESENT. EDWARD HAND, JACOB KRUG, JOHN MILLER, ADAM REIGART, JR., ABRAM WITMER, ADAM WEAVER, JOHN HUBER, PHILIP DIFFENDERFER, JAMES CRAWFORD, CASPER SHAFFNER

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Responsibility: by F. R. Diffenderffer.

Author: Diffenderffer, Frank Ried,

Place of Publication: Lancaster, Pa

Publisher: Lancaster County Historical Society,

Date of Publication: 1900

Physical Description: [3]-22 p. ; 23 cm.

Series: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 4, no. 1

Summary: The article discusses the use of lotteries, in general, in Colonial America and, in particular, to pave the roads within the city. Corporations had been used to finance the roads into Lancaster, such as the Philadelphia and Lancaster Turnpike Road Co. which was responsible for the road coming from the east and the Susquehanna Turnpike Company which was responsible for the road from Lancaster to Columbia.

Subjects: King Street (Lancaster, Pa.); Lotteries - Pennsylvania - Lancaster; Lancaster (Pa.) - History - 19th century.

Contained In: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 4, number 1 (1900), p. 3-22Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.4

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The early settlement and population of Lancaster county and city

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Author: Diffenderffer, Frank Ried,

Date of Publication: 1905

manuscript diary In the library at Harrisburg, will serve to show how we appeared in the eyes of the foreigners and what they had to say about us: Lieutenant Anbury's Account. "December, 1778. At Lancaster met with a curious reception. Story afloat that the country round about was to be given to Baron

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Responsibility: by F. R. Diffenderffer, Litt.D.

Author: Diffenderffer, Frank Ried,

Place of Publication: Lancaster, Pa

Publisher: Lancaster County Historical Society,

Date of Publication: 1905

Physical Description: [151]-171 p. ; 23 cm.

Series: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 9, no. 6

Subjects: Lancaster County (Pa.) - Population.; Lancaster (Pa.) - Population.

Contained In: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 9, number 6 (1905), p. 151-171Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.9

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Langdon Cheves

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Author: Diffenderffer, Frank Ried,

Date of Publication: 1907

LANGDON CHEVES. Lancaster county is justly proud os the long roll of eminent men who have from time to time lived within her borders. These may naturally be divided into several groups. First, those who were born here and lived most os their lives elsewhere, like Robert Fulton, David Ramsey, the

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Responsibility: by F. R. Diffenderffer, Litt.D.

Author: Diffenderffer, Frank Ried,

Place of Publication: Lancaster, Pa

Publisher: Lancaster County Historical Society,

Date of Publication: 1907

Physical Description: [45]-58 p. ; 23 cm.

Series: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 11, no. 2

Subjects: Cheves, Langdon, - 1776-1857.; Abbeville (Lancaster, Pa.); Lancaster (Pa.) - Biography.

Contained In: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 11, number 2 (1907), p. 45-58Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.11

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Early German printers in Lancaster

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Author: Diffenderffer, Frank Ried,

Date of Publication: 1904

in the same year, 1799, that the Dicksons founded the English lntelligencer. Its name was The Lancaster Correspon- dent. lts motto was, "Outspoken, Steadfast and Moderate." The paper first appeared on May 25, 1799, and was discontinued September 3, 1803. The Mechanics' Library contains a complete

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Responsibility: by F. R. Diffenderffer, Litt. D.

Author: Diffenderffer, Frank Ried,

Place of Publication: Lancaster, Pa

Publisher: Lancaster County Historical Society,

Date of Publication: 1904

Physical Description: [53]-83 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

Series: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 8, no. 3

Subjects: Newspapers - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.; Printing - Pennsylvania - Lancaster.; Printers - Pennsylvania - Lancaster.; Lancaster (Pa.) - Biography.

Contained In: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 8, number 3 (1904), p. 53-83Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.8

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Date stones, with examples

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Author: Diffenderffer, Frank Ried,

Date of Publication: 1905

erection, "1779." This has a personal interest for me, be- cause my father, then a lad of sixteen years, "dipped" the bricks, as was customary then, preparatory to their being laid in the walls by the brick masons. The Moravian Church was one of the early places of worship erected in Lancaster. This church

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Responsibility: by F. R. Diffenderfferk Litt.D.

Author: Diffenderffer, Frank Ried,

Place of Publication: Lancaster, Pa

Publisher: Lancaster County Historical Society,

Date of Publication: 1905

Physical Description: [359]-385 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

Series: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 9, no. 12

Subjects: Date stones (Building) - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.; Folk art - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.; Lancaster County (Pa.) - Buildings, structures, etc.

Contained In: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 9, number 12 (1905), p. 359-385Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.9

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Who was who in Lancaster one hundred years old

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Author: Landis, James D.,

Date of Publication: 1907

; Treasurer, Mrs, A, K. Spurrier. Mrs. Brosius died on December 4, 1907, The Poor Coal Fund. A still earlier public benefaction is the coal fund, founded by our former eminent citizen, President James Buchanan, who gave $6,000, the in- terest of which was to be used for the purchase of coal for the needy poor

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Responsibility: by Mrs. James D. Landis.

Author: Landis, James D.,

Place of Publication: Lancaster, Pa

Publisher: Lancaster County Historical Society,

Date of Publication: 1907

Physical Description: [363]-371 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

Series: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 11, no. 10

Subjects: Female Benevolent Society of Lancaster.; Women - Pennsylvania - Lancaster; Lancaster (Pa.) - Biography.

Additional Author: Diffenderffer, Frank Ried,

Contained In: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 11, number 10 (1907), p. 363-371Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.11

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The Historical Society's first pilgrimage

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Author: Diffenderffer, Frank Ried,

Date of Publication: 1903/1904

Call Number: 974.9 L245 v.8, no. 8

Responsibility: by F. R. Diffenderffer, Litt.D.

Author: Diffenderffer, Frank Ried,

Place of Publication: Lancaster, Pa

Publisher: Lancaster County Historical Society,

Date of Publication: 1903/1904

Physical Description: [267]-272 p. ; 23 cm.

Series: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 8, no. 8

Subjects: Lancaster County Historical Society (Pa.); Ephrata (Pa.) - History.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Journal

Call Number: 974.9 L245 v.8, no. 8

A new Ephrata imprint--Donegal Street, Lancaster

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Author: Diffenderffer, Frank Ried,

Date of Publication: 1900-1901

Call Number: 974.9 L245 v.5

Responsibility: by F. R. Diffenderffer.

Author: Diffenderffer, Frank Ried,

Place of Publication: Lancaster, Pa

Publisher: Lancaster County Historical Society,

Date of Publication: 1900-1901

Physical Description: [134]-143 p. ; 23 cm.

Series: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 5, no. 6

Subjects: Beissel, Conrad, - 1690-1768.; Ephrata Cloister.; Donegal Street (Lancaster, Pa.); Ephrata (Pa.) - History.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Journal

Call Number: 974.9 L245 v.5

Early Lancaster playbills and playhouses

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Author: Diffenderffer, Frank Ried,

Date of Publication: 1903

what basis the statement is found. Of the general fact, however, there can be no reason- able doubt. In the manuscript narrative of Mrs. Christian Wolf (before her marriage, Anna Maria Krause), we have satis- �factory evidence of this fact. Her un- cle, Henry Dering, in 1777, came to Lancaster and

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Responsibility: by F. R. Diffenderffer.

Author: Diffenderffer, Frank Ried,

Place of Publication: Lancaster, Pa

Publisher: Lancaster County Historical Society,

Date of Publication: 1903

Physical Description: [24]-43 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

Series: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 7, no. 2/3

Subjects: Theater - Pennsylvania - Lancaster.; Lancaster (Pa.) - Social life and customs.

Contained In: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 7, number 2/3 (1903), p. 24-43Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.7

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Notes on Colonel Houssacker

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Author: Diffenderffer, Frank Ried,

Date of Publication: 1906

loyalists--Pennsylvania--Lancaster County. Lancaster County (Pa.)--Biography. Publisher: Lancaster, Pa. : Lancaster County Historical Society, 1905/1906 Description: 304-309 p. ; 23 cm. Series: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 10, no. 8 Call Number: 974.9 L245 v.10 Location: LCHSJL

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Author: Diffenderffer, Frank Ried,

Place of Publication: Lancaster, Pa

Publisher: Lancaster County Historical Society,

Date of Publication: 1906

Physical Description: 304-309 p. ; 23 cm.

Series: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 10, no. 8

Subjects: Houssacker, k Nicholas, - d. 1786.; American loyalists - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.; Lancaster County (Pa.) - Biography.

Contained In: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 10, number 8 (1906), p. 304-309Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.10

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An early newspaper / by F. R. Diffenderffer, Litt.D

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Author: Diffenderffer, Frank Ried,

Date of Publication: 1907

must blame them- selves for the disagreeable conse- quences that must follow. "JAMES ROSS." "Lieutenant of Lancaster County." Those were the good old times, when "Battalion Day" was one of the great epochs of the year. I remem- ber them well, for they were notable events in my boyhood. I have special

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Author: Diffenderffer, Frank Ried,

Place of Publication: Lancaster, Pa

Publisher: Lancaster County Historical Society,

Date of Publication: 1907

Physical Description: [175]-194 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

Series: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 11, no. 5

Subjects: Newspapers - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.; Lancaster County (Pa.) - Social life and customs.

Contained In: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 11, number 5 (1907), p. 175-194Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.11

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The Militia Muster, or Battalion Day

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Author: Diffenderffer, Frank Ried,

Date of Publication: 1900

submitted to Dr. J. Augustus Ehler, as one of the few liv- ing men in this city whose memories reach back to the period covered by the poem, and who had a personal knowledge of all the persons referred to. The "Captain D. and Captain C alluded to in verse two were James Donnelly, a lively, gay-hearted

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Responsibility: by F. R. Diffenderffer.

Author: Diffenderffer, Frank Ried,

Place of Publication: Lancaster, Pa

Publisher: Lancaster County Historical Society,

Date of Publication: 1900

Physical Description: [33]-43 p. ; 23 cm.

Series: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 4, no. 2

Subjects: Battalion Day.; Militia Day.; Battalion Day - Poetry.; Militia Day - Poetry.; Holidays - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County; Lancaster County (Pa.) - Militia.

Contained In: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 4, number 2 (1900), p. 33-43Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.4

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Lancaster County loyalists

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Author: Diffenderffer, Frank Ried,

Date of Publication: 1908

Loyalists were at- tainted from our county. Their names were Michael Whitman, of Cocalico township; George Reine. of Earl town- ship; John Reine, his brother, also of Earl; Ingelholt Holsinger, Michael Worman, Francis Sanderson,Christian Voight, of Lancaster borough; Henry Skyles, of Salisbury; James Hender

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Author: Diffenderffer, Frank Ried,

Place of Publication: Lancaster, Pa

Publisher: Lancaster County Historical Society,

Date of Publication: 1908

Physical Description: [243]-278 p. ; 23 cm.

Series: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 12, no. 7

Subjects: American loyalists - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.; Pennsylvania - History - Revolution, 1775-1783.; Pennsylvania - Politics and government - 1775-1783.; Lancaster County (Pa.) - Biography.

Contained In: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 12, number 7 (1908), p. 243-278Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.12

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The Militia Muster, or Battalion Day

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Lancaster County loyalists

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