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Author
Diffenderffer, Frank Ried,
Date of Publication
1902
Between Martin Bowman and Elizabeth his wife of the Town- ship of Lebanon in the County of Lan- caster and Province of Pennsylvania, of the one part and Abraham Miller of Lebanon Township county and prov- ince aforesaid of the other part— Whereas William Penn formerly of London and then of Dublin, Esquire
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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.
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Diffenderffer, Frank Ried,
Date of Publication
1905
rate, it is open to ques- tion. At that time Lancaster was a mere hamlet, with perhaps a score or two of people, many of whom were Menno- nites, and, therefore, non-combatants, and hardly likely to have engaged in the manufacture of firearms the in- stant they touched the soil of this county. From its
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prepared 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
[67]-73 ; 23 cm.
Series
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 9, no. 3
Subjects
Leman, Henry Eichholtz, - 1812-1887.
Gunsmiths - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
Rifles
Industries - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County
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Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 9, number 3 (1905), p. 67-73Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.9
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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
THE WABANK HOUSE. Lancaster city enjoys almost un- equalled advantages of location in many respects. She sits on an ele- vated limestone ridge, which secures her the advantage of excellent health and satisfactory drainage. Along her eastern and southern borders winds one of the most beautiful
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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.
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The newspapers of Lancaster County

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Author
Diffenderffer, Frank Ried,
Date of Publication
1902
THE NEWSPAPERS OF LAN- CASTER COUNTY. In 1896 1 was induced to attempt the compilation of a bibliography of the newspapers, magazines and other pe- riodical issues of the press in the city of Lancaster from 1752 down to that time. Two or three previous attempts, and very successful ones, too, had
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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.
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Donegal in the Revolution--patriotism and piety

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Author
Brosius, Marriott,
Date of Publication
1900
, Lancaster county, Pennsylvania, October 5, 1899. Peace to the Brave! They do not need our praising, For in all hearts is treasured every name; Yet for the future we to-day are raising A tablet to their fame. And while the trees put on their fading splendors And trail their banners like to knights of old
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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,
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Lancaster County loyalists

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Author
Diffenderffer, Frank Ried,
Date of Publication
1908
agent. Received into the secretary's Office the 15th of May, 1779. The sale of the above goods brought £1,745.37, and the net proceeds, £1,- 333.17 were paid to Treasurer David Rittenhouse. Memorandum of Michael Witman's Estate Lying in Cocalico Township Lancaster County. One Tract of Land Containing 49
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by F. R. Diffenderffer, Litt.D.
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.
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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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Author
Hart, Albert Bushnell,
Date of Publication
1908
county nearly all of them take English newspapers, and read them, too. What he means when he says "The Pennsylvania Dutchman (we are certain he did not see one during his visit to Lancaster county) does not favor too much education for young people," we do not know, but we do know that all their children
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by Prof. Albert Bushnell Hart with notes by F. R. Diffenderffer, Litt. D.
Author
Hart, Albert Bushnell,
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Lancaster County Historical Society,
Date of Publication
1908
Physical Description
[82]-100 p. ; 23 cm.
Series
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 12, no. 2
Subjects
Pennsylvania Dutch.
Lancaster County (Pa.) - Emigration and immigration.
Additional Author
Diffenderffer, Frank Ried,
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The Militia Muster, or Battalion Day

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Author
Diffenderffer, Frank Ried,
Date of Publication
1900
divided the State into sixteen military districts. Lancaster county comprised a district by itself, the Fourth. Each division consisted of two brigades; the latter consisted of not less than three regi- ments and of not more than five. Every regiment was divided into two bat- talions. The number of
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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.
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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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An early newspaper / by F. R. Diffenderffer, Litt.D

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Author
Diffenderffer, Frank Ried,
Date of Publication
1907
): Newspapers--Pennsylvania--Lancaster County. Lancaster County (Pa.)--Social life and customs. Publisher: Lancaster, Pa. : Lancaster County Historical Society, 1907 Description: [175]-194 p. : ill. ; 23 cm. Series: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 11, no. 5 Call Number: 974.9 L245 v.11
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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.
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Date stones, with examples

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Author
Diffenderffer, Frank Ried,
Date of Publication
1905
new homestead was builded- Some- thing of this is to be seen in the vi- cinity of Lancaster, where buildibg stone was both good and abundant, but to realize this fact in the fullest measure one must go into the sand- stone regions of the northeastern part of Lancaster county and into the adjacent
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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.
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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
INTRODUCTORY. As was to be expected from a popu- lation so conglomerate as that which comprised the early and later set- tlers of Lancaster county and city, German, Scotch-Irish and Quakers, Protestants, Catholics, with a sprink- ling of Jews, and, perhaps, still other nationalities, it was a
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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,
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Early German printers in Lancaster

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Author
Diffenderffer, Frank Ried,
Date of Publication
1904
steady suc- cession of both German and English newspapers ever since, until the total number started in Lancaster borough and city up to the present time has been about 175. That, mind you, takes no account of those published in Lan- caster county, outside the city limits, which number 100 or more
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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.
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The German immigration into Pennsylvania through the port of Philadelphia, 1700 to 1775. Part II. The redemptioners. Prepared at the request of the Pennsylvania-German society

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Author
Diffenderffer, Frank Ried,
Date of Publication
1900.
Call Number
974.802812 D569g
Responsibility
By Frank Ried Diffenderffer.
Author
Diffenderffer, Frank Ried,
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
The author,
Date of Publication
1900.
Physical Description
ix, 7-330 p. illus. (incl. facsims.) 16 pl., 6 port. (incl. front.) 25 cm.
Notes
Also published as pt. VII of Pennsylvania: the German influence in its settlement and development in The Pennsylvania-German society proceedings and addresses ... vol. X. 1900.
Subjects
Germans - Pennsylvania.
Redemptioners.
Pennsylvania - Emigration and immigration.
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Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
974.802812 D569g
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The Philadelphia and Lancaster Turnpike : and biographical sketch of Col. Matthias Slough

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Author
Diffenderffer, Frank Ried,
Date of Publication
1902
Managers at the last election, I deem it my duty to lay before you these facts, to shew the treatment a worthy Citizen of Chester County received; the neglect shewn me, as one of your Managers, and one, who had a right to be consulted; that you may draw from them such conclusions as you may judge necessary
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by F. R. Diffenderffer.
Author
Diffenderffer, Frank Ried,
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Lancaster County Historical Society,
Date of Publication
1902
Physical Description
[116]-149 p. ; 23 cm.
Series
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 6, no. 8
Subjects
Slough, Matthias, - 1733-1812.
Toll roads - Pennsylvania.
Philadelphia and Lancaster Turnpike Road.
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Notes on Colonel Houssacker

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Author
Diffenderffer, Frank Ried,
Date of Publication
1906
one, Wil- liam Bailey, a two-story house and lot of ground, sold as the property of Nicholas Houssacker, an attainted traitor, "situated in the town of Leba- non, in the county of Lancaster," for the sum of £2,200, subject to one- fourth of the said sum to be reduced to a yearly ground rent payable to
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by F. R. Diffenderffer.
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.
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Diffenderffer, Frank Ried,
Date of Publication
1905
. "Lancaster "Go. Washington." The Reasons For Their Arrest. After this introduction and the pre- sentation of the foregoing letters it will not be amiss to relate the causes and events that led up to the arrest and imprisonment of the persons re- ferred to and the sending of them to Virginia. Pennsylvania was
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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
[77]-117 p. ; 23 cm.
Series
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 9, no. 4
Subjects
Quakers - Pennsylvania.
Pennsylvania - History - Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775.
Pennsylvania - Politics and government - To 1775.
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The story of a picture

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Author
Diffenderffer, Frank Ried,
Date of Publication
1905
first elected Sheriff of the county, erected one of logs at his own expense, on his prop- erty, at Columbia, hoping to get the county seat located there, but he, too, was disappointed. The first one built in Lancaster town was erected in 1739. It also was of logs, and had to be enlarged several times
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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.
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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
of Lancaster and once in one of the Newspapers printed in the City of Philadelphia. Resolved, that the above named Committee be empowered to wait on the Directors of the Poor House and the Court, if necessary, and the Grand Jury of this County to endeavor to procure permission to Open such Stone
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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.
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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
the extent and the direc- tion it took in order to show that when George Gibson and Lancaster †own loomed up the county throughout the greater part of its extent was 5 Colonial Records . vol. 2, D. 533. �dotted with the farms and homes of German, Scotch-Irish and Quaker set- tlers. One Rudy Mayer
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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.
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Early Lancaster playbills and playhouses

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Author
Diffenderffer, Frank Ried,
Date of Publication
1903
to frugality and industry." In accordance with this recommendation, the King dis- approved of the proposed law, and theatrical representations have pre- vailed in Pennsylvania ever since. When theatrical performances, or what purported to be such,were first �given in Lancaster I have not been able to
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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.
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