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History of the early settlement of the Juniata valley: embracing an account of the early pioneers, and the trials and privations incident to the settlement of the valley, predatory incursions, massacres, and abductions by the Indians during the French and Indian wars, and the war of the revolution, &c

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Author
Jones, U. J.
Date of Publication
c1940]
Call Number
974.802 P968 1940
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By U. J. Jones. With notes and extensions compiled as a glossary from the memoirs of early settlers, the pension statements of revolutionary war soldiers, and other source material, by Floyd G. Hoenstine ...
Author
Jones, U. J.
Place of Publication
[Harrisburg, Pa
Publisher
The Telegraph Press,
Date of Publication
c1940]
Physical Description
440 p. incl. illus., plates, front. 24 cm.
Notes
Maps on lining-papers.
First edition published at Philadelphia, 1856.
Appendix, prepared by William H. Egle (including a biographical sketch of U. J. Jones and The Pattersons of Juniata): p. [351]-421.
Subjects
Frontier and pioneer life - Pennsylvania.
Indians of North America - Pennsylvania.
Juniata River Valley (Pa.) - History.
Additional Author
Egle, William Henry,
Hoenstine, Floyd G.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
974.802 P968 1940
Websites
https://www.gutenberg.org/files/41392/41392-h/41392-h.htm
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Blue book of Schuylkill County : who was who and why, in interior eastern Pennsylvania, in Colonial days, the Huguenots and Palatines, their service in Queen Anne's French and Indian, and Revolutionary Wars : history of the Zerbey, Schwalm, Miller, Merkle, Minnich, Staudt, and many other representative families

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Author
Elliott, Ella Zerbey
Date of Publication
1916.
Call Number
974.817 E46
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by Mrs. Ella Zerbey Elliott.
Author
Elliott, Ella Zerbey
Place of Publication
Pottsville, Pa
Publisher
Pottsville, Pa. "Republican", Joseph Zerbey, proprietor,
Date of Publication
1916.
Physical Description
456 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Subjects
Genealogy - Pennsylvania.
Schuylkill County (Pa.) - History.
Schuylkill County (Pa.) - Genealogy.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
974.817 E46
Websites
https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=wu.89060732906&view=1up&seq=13
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The history of the gas and electric industries in Lancaster County

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Author
Barnes, Horace Richards.
Date of Publication
1948
Pennsylvania Power and Light Company. Part II—The Gas Industry in Lancaster County The first gas company to successfully operate in Lancaster County was The Lancaster Gas Company chartered April 7, 1849. A gas plant was built on land purchased in the southwestern part of the city of Lancaster near Hoffman's
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by Horace Richards Barnes.
Author
Barnes, Horace Richards.
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Lancaster County Historical Society,
Date of Publication
1948
Physical Description
[101]-131 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Series
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 52, no. 5
Subjects
Pennsylvania Power & Light Company - History.
Lancaster Gas Company (Lancaster, Pa.)
Edison Electric Illuminating Company of Lancaster (Pa.)
Electric utilities - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County
Public utilities - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County
Gas companies - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County
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Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 52, number 5 (1948), p. 101-131Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.52
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The wilderness trail; or, The ventures and adventures of the Pennsylvania traders on the Allegheny path

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Author
Hanna, Charles A.
Date of Publication
1911.
Call Number
974.8028 H243
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with some new annals of the old West, and the records of some strong men and some bad ones, by Charles A. Hanna ... with eighty maps and illustrations.
Author
Hanna, Charles A.
Place of Publication
New York, London
Publisher
G. P. Putnam's sons,
Date of Publication
1911.
Physical Description
2 v. fronts., plates, maps (part fold.) facsim. 25 cm.
Notes
"Of this work one thousand copies have been printed from type, and the type destroyed."
Contents
Chapters in volume 1: The debatable land // The Iroquoians of the Susquehanna // The Petticoat indians of Petticoat land // The Shawnees // The early traders of Conestoga, Donegal and Paxtang // The young red man goes west // The Shamokin traders and the Shamokin Path // Andrew Montour, the "Half Indian" // The Frankstown Path // The Raystown Path // The traders at Allegheny on the main path; with some annals of Kittanning and Chartier's Town // The Ohio Mingoes of the White River and the Wendats // Kuskuskies on the the Beaver // Logstown on the Ohio.
Chapters in volume 2: George Croghan , the king of the traders // The Ohio Valley before the white man came // The Lower Shanee town; or Chillicothe on the Ohio // The Chonchake Route and other Ohio paths // John Finley and Kentucky before Boone // Pickawillany Path // The Indian trade and Pennsylvania traders // The perils of the path.
Subjects
Indians of North America - Pennsylvania.
Indians of North America - Ohio River Valley.
Pennsylvania - History - Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775.
Ohio River Valley - History - To 1795.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
974.8028 H243
Websites
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Our aboriginal predecessors : on the origin and relation of the various Indian tribes of North America

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Author
Spindler, Adaline Bream.
Date of Publication
1917
. Iroquois Indians--History. Indians of North America--Wars. Publisher: Lancaster, Pa. : Lancaster County Historical Society, 1917 Description: 85-92 p. ; 23 cm. Series: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 21, no. 5 Call Number: 974.9 L245 v.21 Location: LCHSJL -- Journal Article (reading
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by Miss Adaline Bream Spindler.
Author
Spindler, Adaline Bream.
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Lancaster County Historical Society,
Date of Publication
1917
Physical Description
85-92 p. ; 23 cm.
Series
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 21, no. 5
Subjects
Indians of North America
Algonquian Indians
Iroquois Indians
Contained In
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 22, number 5 (1917), p. 85-92Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.21
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Report of the committee having in charge the marking of the site of the Postlethwaite Tavern where the first Courts of Justice in Lancaster County were held

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Date of Publication
1915
led from Philadelphia through the Gap to the Indian town in the Manor. In 1718 Conestoga township was laid off, embracing all that part of what is now Lancaster county between Octo- �raro creek and the main branch of the Conestoga. Postlethwaite must have come to Conestoga after that date, because his
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Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Lancaster County Historical Society,
Date of Publication
1915
Physical Description
219-301 : ill. ; 23 cm.
Series
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 19, no. 8
Subjects
Postlethwaite, John.
Postlethwaite Tavern (Conestoga Township, Pa.)
Courts - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County
Speeches, addresses, etc., American.
Courthouses - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County
Dedication services.
Lancaster County (Pa.) - History.
Contained In
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 19, number 8 (1915), p. 219-301Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.19
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The early settlement and history of Little Britain Township, including Fulton Township

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Author
Magee, Daniel F.
Date of Publication
1913
The Early Settlement and History of Little Britain Township, Including Fulton Township The first survey and grant of lands in Lancaster county was in this town- ship, Little Britain, which included in its early settlement the territory now called Fulton township, and consti- tutes the extreme
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by D. F. Magee, Esq.
Author
Magee, Daniel F.
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Lancaster County Historical Society,
Date of Publication
1913
Physical Description
138-151 p. ; 23 cm.
Series
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 17, no. 5
Subjects
Lewis, John C., - d. 1892.
Little Britain (Lancaster County, Pa. : Township)
Fulton (Lancaster County, Pa. : Township)
Lancaster County (Pa.) - History - 17th century.
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Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 17, number 5 (1913), p. 138-151Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.17
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Commemoration of Lancaster County in the Revolution : at "Indian Rock", Williamson Park, near "Rockford", the home of General Edward Hand, M.D., Friday P.M., September 20, cmmxii

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Date of Publication
1912.
Call Number
923.5 H236c
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Place of Publication
[Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
s.l.]
Date of Publication
1912.
Physical Description
8 p. : ill. ; 30 cm.
Notes
Order of exercises and songs laid in.
Summary
Program from the ceremony to commemorate Lancaster County's involvement in the American Revolution. The order of events in the ceremony is included. Also includes a chronology of Lancaster County's participation in events related to the French and Indian War and the American Revolution, citing General Edward Hand's activities. A genealogy of the Hand family is included in the program.
Subjects
Hand, Edward , - 1744-1802.
Lancaster County Historical Society (Pa.)
Historical markers - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
United States - History - Revolution, 1775-1783.
Lancaster County (Pa.) - History - 18th century.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
923.5 H236c
Websites
https://archive.org/details/commemoration00lanc/page/n5
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Plan of Bangor Episcopal Church and Churchyard : Churchtown, Lancaster County Pennsylvania showing the relative position of the tombstones as they were in October, 1940

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Date of Publication
1940.
Call Number
974.815 CAER 700
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William Frederic Worner.
Place of Publication
[s.l.]
Publisher
[s.n.],
Date of Publication
1940.
Physical Description
1 map : col. ; 75 cm x 105 cm.
Notes
Shows location of numbered burial plots.
Rineers "Churches and Cemeteries of Lancaster County", page 51, #1.
Tombstone numbers corrolate with the names numbered in Vol. 8, page 185 of Worners "Tombstone Inscriptions from Graveyards in Lancaster County Pennsylvania".
Subjects
Bangor Protestant Episcopal Church Cemetery (Churchtown, Pa.) - Maps.
Cemeteries - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County - Caernarvon Township
Church records and registers - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County - Caernarvon township
Additional Author
Worner, William Frederic.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Map
Call Number
974.815 CAER 700
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[Frontier forts of Pennsylvania]: Indian forts of the Blue Mountains

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Author
Richards, H. M. M.
Edition
2d. ed.
Date of Publication
1916
Call Number
974.80324 P415 1916 V. 1
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Author
Richards, H. M. M.
Edition
2d. ed.
Place of Publication
Harrisburg, PA
Publisher
Wm. Stanley Ray, state printer
Date of Publication
1916
Physical Description
maps and col. plates
Series
Report of the Commission to locate the site of the frontier forts of Pennsylvania
Notes
p. 3-347.
Subjects
Fortifications - Pennsylvania
Indians of North America - Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania - History - Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
974.80324 P415 1916 V. 1
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A study of Delaware Indian medicine practice and folk beliefs

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Author
Tantaquidgeon, Gladys.
Date of Publication
1942.
Call Number
974.8011 T169
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[by] Gladys Tantaquidgeon.
Author
Tantaquidgeon, Gladys.
Place of Publication
Harrisburg
Publisher
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Dept. of Public Instruction, Pennsylvania Historical Commission,
Date of Publication
1942.
Physical Description
xi, 91 p. 23 cm.
Notes
"Authorities cited": p. 70-73.
Contents
Chapters: Delaware Medical Beliefs and Practices --- Curative practices and herbal remedies --- Witchcraft ---- Dreams ---Natural signs and omens --- Delaware food resources -- Appendices include: Nanticoke folk beliefs -- Weather signs -- Three Oklahoma Delaware myths -- and others
Subjects
Delaware Indians.
Indians of North America
Additional Corporate Author
Pennsylvania Historical Commission.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
974.8011 T169
Websites
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[Frontier forts of Pennsylvania]: Frontier forts in the Cumberland and Juniata Valleys

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Author
Weiser, Jay Gilfillan
Edition
2d. ed.
Date of Publication
1916
Call Number
974.80324 P415 1916 V. 1
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Author
Weiser, Jay Gilfillan
Edition
2d. ed.
Place of Publication
Harrisburg, PA
Publisher
Wm. Stanley Ray, state printer
Date of Publication
1916
Physical Description
maps and col. plates
Series
Report of the Commission to locate the site of the frontier forts of Pennsylvania
Notes
p. 466-627
Subjects
Fortifications - Pennsylvania
Indians of North America - Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania - History - Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
974.80324 P415 1916 V. 1
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The story of Caernarvon

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Author
Lincoln, J. B.
Date of Publication
1914
, blacksmiths, Conestoga wagon builders and nearby fulling mills gave employment to many per- sons, and an air of prosperity was evident to the traveler. The Pennsylvania Gazeteer of 1798 thus describes the town at that date: "A post town in Caernarvon township, Lancaster county, Pa., distant twenty miles from
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by J. B. Lincoln, M.D.
Author
Lincoln, J. B.
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Lancaster County Historical Society,
Date of Publication
1914
Physical Description
59-79 p. ; 23 cm.
Series
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 18, no. 3
Summary
Caernarvon is the easternmost township of Lancaster County, PA. The article, written in 1914, describes the geography, people, houses, and industry of the past.
Subjects
Episcopal Church of Bangor (Churchtown, Pa.)
Episcopal Church - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
Iron industry and trade - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
Mills and mill-work - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
Caernarvon (Lancaster County, Pa. : Township) - Description and travel.
Caernarvon (Lancaster County, Pa. : Township) - History.
Churchtown (Pa.)
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History of the District court of the city and county of Lancaster : and also sketches of the judges of this court and of the associate and additional law judges of the second judicial district of Pennsylvania

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Author
Landis, Charles I.
Date of Publication
1914.
Call Number
343.334 L257
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by Hon. Charles I. Landis.
Author
Landis, Charles I.
Place of Publication
Lancaster
Publisher
New Era Print. Co.,
Date of Publication
1914.
Physical Description
16 p. ; 24 cm.
Notes
Rebound in one-quarter brown leather and linen with marbled end papers.
Rebound with original letters from the judges, signatures cut from other documents affixed under photrographs of the judges, inerspersed photograms and engravings taken from other texts.
With: Short sketches of the judges of Lancaster County whose portraits have been placed in the county courthouse/ Charles I. Landis. Lancaster, Pa.: The New Era Printing Company, 1913.
Subjects
Lancaster County (Pa.). - District court.
Courts - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Rare Books
Call Number
343.334 L257
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Historical events in the vicinity of Philadelphia, participated in by the Scotch-Irish in the latter part of the year 1777. Also a brief account of Braddock's defeat in the French and Indian war, 1755

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Author
Sharp, Thomas.
Date of Publication
1914]
Call Number
974.843 C969m v. 3
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By Thomas Sharp. Read before the Hamilton Library Association, Carlisle, Pa., October 16, 1914, by J. Webster Henderson, esq.
Author
Sharp, Thomas.
Place of Publication
[Carlisle?
Date of Publication
1914]
Physical Description
12 p. 24 cm.
Notes
Cover title.
An account of the engagement at Chestnut Hill, Pa., Dec. 5, 1777.
Subjects
Chestnut Hill, Battle of, Philadelphia, Pa., 1777.
Braddock's Campaign, 1755.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
974.843 C969m v. 3
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[Frontier Forts of Pennsylvania]: Frontier forts within the north and west branches of the Susquehanna River

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Author
Buckalew, John M.
Edition
2d. ed.
Date of Publication
1916
Call Number
974.80324 P415 1916 V. 1
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Author
Buckalew, John M.
Edition
2d. ed.
Place of Publication
Harrisburg, PA
Publisher
Wm. Stanley Ray, state printer
Date of Publication
1916
Physical Description
maps and col. plates
Series
Report of the Commission to locate the site of the frontier forts of Pennsylvania
Notes
p. 348-418
Subjects
Fortifications - Pennsylvania
Indians of North America - Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania - History - Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
974.80324 P415 1916 V. 1
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Report on the true character, time and place of the first regular settlement in Lancaster County

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Author
Eshleman, Henry Frank,
Date of Publication
1910
home in Pennsylvania, largely in Lancaster county. 2. Who These Pioneers of Lancas- ter County Settlement Were; and Where They Came From. 3. When They Began the Settle- ment of Lancaster County; and, 4. With Exactness, Where They First Settled in This County. PART ONE. The European Historical
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by Henry Frank Eshleman.
Author
Eshleman, Henry Frank,
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Lancaster County Historical Society,
Date of Publication
1910
Physical Description
21-71 p. ; 23 cm.
Series
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 14, no. 2
Subjects
Mennonites - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
Lancaster County (Pa.) - History - 17th century.
Lancaster County (Pa.) - Biography.
Additional Author
Hostetler, A. K.
Steigerwalt, Charles T.
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History of St. Mary's Church, Lancaster, Pa.: published in connection with the one hundred and sixty-ninth anniversary of the organization of the parish and fifty-seventh anniversary of the consecration of the present church, 1742-1854

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Date of Publication
1911.
Call Number
282 M393h 1911
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Place of Publication
[Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
the Church]
Date of Publication
1911.
Physical Description
15 p. : ill. ; 19 cm.
Notes
"Sunday, March 26, 1911."
Subjects
St. Mary's Church (Lancaster, Pa.) - History
Pennsylvania - Lancaster - Church history.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Lancaster County
Call Number
282 M393h 1911
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Lititz-Warwick directory and surrounding country 1913: a census or list of the names of every member of the families of Lititz, Warwick, Broad Street addition to Lititz, the six rural free delivery routes from Lititz, Lexington, Brunnerville, Rothsville, Brickerville, Millway, Neffsville and Kissel Hill

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Date of Publication
1913.
Call Number
917.4815 D598L
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Alternate Title
Lititz-Warwick directory and surrounding country
Place of Publication
Lititz, Pa
Publisher
Express Print. Co.,
Date of Publication
1913.
Physical Description
224 pages : illustrations ; 17 cm
Notes
Foreword signed: John G. Zook, editor.
Advertising matter interspersed.
Subjects
Lititz (Pa.) - Directories.
Warwick (Lancaster County, Pa. : Township) - Directories.
Pennsylvania - Lititz.
Pennsylvania - Warwick (Lancaster County : Township)
Directories.
Additional Author
Zook, John G.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Reference
Call Number
917.4815 D598L
Copy Info
1913
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Stories of old Stumpstown : a history of interesting events, traditions and anecdotes of early Fredericksburg known for many years as Stumpstown read before the Lebanon County Historical Society in three installments on October 15, 1909, on June 17 and on August 19, 1910

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Author
Grumbine, E.
Date of Publication
1909 - 1912.
Call Number
974.819 L441 v. 5
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by E. Grumbine.
Author
Grumbine, E.
Place of Publication
[Lebanon, Pa. : s. n.]
Date of Publication
1909 - 1912.
Physical Description
p. [ 154 ] - 276 : ill. , 24 cm.
Series
Lebanon County Historical Society papers and addresses v. V, no. 5.
Subjects
Stumpstown - Pennsylvania - Lebanon County - History.
Fredericksburg - Pennsylvania - Lebanon County - History.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
974.819 L441 v. 5
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