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The passing of an old landmark

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Author
Hensel, W. U.
Date of Publication
1914
. Primary Material: Book Subject(s): Shippen family. Architecture, Domestic--Pennsylvania--Lancaster County. Lancaster (Pa.)--Social life and customs. Publisher: Lancaster, Pa. : Lancaster County Historical Society, 1914 Description: 251-274 p. : ill. ; 23 cm. Series: Journal of the Lancaster County
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by W. U. Hensel, Esq.
Author
Hensel, W. U.
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Lancaster County Historical Society,
Date of Publication
1914
Physical Description
251-274 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Series
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 18, no. 10
Summary
This journal article of 1914 laments the demolition of the historic Shippen family home at the northwest corner of the intersection of Lime and Orange streets in Lancaster,Pa. He gives a history of several other buildings in Lancaster which have disappeared as well over the years, though he writes in most detail about the Shippen house and the various people who have lived there.
Subjects
Shippen family.
Architecture, Domestic - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
Lancaster (Pa.) - Social life and customs.
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Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 18, number 10 (1914), p. 251-274Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.18
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A reminiscence of Langdon Cheves

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Author
Hensel, W. U.
Date of Publication
1911
Author: Hensel, W. U. (William Uhler), 1851-1915. Title: A reminiscence of Langdon Cheves / by W. U. Hensel. Primary Material: Book Subject(s): Cheves, Langdon, 1776-1857. Legislators--United States--Biography. Slavery--Law and legislation--Pennsylvania. Publisher: Lancaster, Pa. : Lancaster County
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by W. U. Hensel.
Author
Hensel, W. U.
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Lancaster County Historical Society,
Date of Publication
1911
Physical Description
120-122 ; 23 cm.
Series
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 15, no. 4
Subjects
Cheves, Langdon, - 1776-1857.
Legislators - United States
Slavery - Pennsylvania.
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Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 15, number 4 (1911), p. 120-122Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.15
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The Christiana Riot and the treason trials of 1851 : an historical sketch

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Author
Hensel, W. U.
Date of Publication
1911
difficulties, and by friendly jurisdictions North or South. A case pregnant with great legal and political conse­ quences finally arose under the conflicting claims of Mary­ land and Harford County on one side and Pennsylvania and York County on the other. It reached the Supreme Court of the United States and
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by W. U. Hensel.
Author
Hensel, W. U.
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Lancaster County Historical Society,
Date of Publication
1911
Physical Description
iii, 1-134 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Series
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 15, no. 8 [supplement]
Notes
Supplement to Lancaster County Historical Journal of October 1911
Subjects
United States.
Trials.
Riots - Pennsylvania - Christiana.
Slavery - Pennsylvania.
African Americans - Pennsylvania - Christiana
Fugitive slaves - Pennsylvania - Christiana
Fugitive slaves - Legal status, laws, etc. - Pennsylvania.
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Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 15, number 8 [supplement] (1911), p. 1-134Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.15
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An Italian artist in old Lancaster : (Louigi Persico-1820)

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Author
Hensel, W. U.
Date of Publication
1912
toward the magnificent Congressional Library building. James Buchanan, then a United States Sena- tor from Pennsylvania, and who for a long time had been a citizen of Lan- caster, moved in the Senate to take up the resolution directing the Com- mittee on Finance to inquire into the expediency of
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by W. U. Hensel.
Author
Hensel, W. U.
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Lancaster County Historical Society,
Date of Publication
1912
Physical Description
67-101 p. ; 23 cm.
Series
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 16, no. 3
Subjects
Persico, Luigi.
United States Capitol (Washington, D.C.)
Lancaster (Pa.) - History.
United States - Politics and government - 19th century.
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Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 16, number 3 (1912), p. 67-101Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.16
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The attitude of James Buchanan (a citizen of Lancaster County) towards the institution of slavery in the United States

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Author
Hensel, W. U.
Date of Publication
1911
the master to follow and reclaim his flee- ing bondsmen wherever found, but re- quiring the State Courts and legal authorities to enforce this ri ght. In construing that Act in 1842, in Prigg vs. Pennsylvania, 16 Peters, 539, the Supreme Court of the United States— a Massachusetts Whig, Mr. Justice
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by W. U. Hensel, Esq.
Author
Hensel, W. U.
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Lancaster County Historical Society,
Date of Publication
1911
Physical Description
142-159 p. ; 23 cm.
Series
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 15, no. 5
Subjects
Buchanan, James, - 1791-1868 - Views on slavery.
Slavery - United States
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Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 15, number 5 (1911), p. 142-159Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.15
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An artistic aftermath

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Author
Hensel, W. U.
Date of Publication
1913
AN ARTISTIC AFTERMATH I am indebted to Mr. John D. Chal- fant, artist, of Wilmington, Deh, for an opportunity to see a catalogue of the "First Annual Exhibition of the Society of Artists of the United States." which was held in Philadelphia, under the auspices of what is now the Academy of Fine
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by W. U. Hensel.
Author
Hensel, W. U.
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Lancaster County Historical Society,
Date of Publication
1913
Physical Description
106-111 p. ; 23 cm.
Series
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 17, no. 4
Subjects
Eichholtz, Jacob, - 1776-1842.
Society of Artists of the United States - Exhibitions.
Artists - Pennsylvania - Lancaster.
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Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 17, number 4 (1913), p. 106-111Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.17
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An anti-slavery reminiscence

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Author
Hensel, W. U.
Date of Publication
1911
the United States in the Eastern District of Penn- sylvania, at Philadelphia. After serv- ing on several juries a fugitive slave case name up that was first tried in Cumberland county several times and was finally heard by the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania. It decided the State Courts had no
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by W. U. Hensel.
Author
Hensel, W. U.
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Lancaster County Historical Society,
Date of Publication
1911
Physical Description
123-127 p. ; 23 cm.
Series
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 15, no. 4
Subjects
United States.
Trials.
Riots - Pennsylvania - Christiana.
Additional Author
Cassel, Abraham Harley,
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Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 15, number 4 (1911), p. 123-127Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.15
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Gentle Jimmy Brown : the bashful bard of Bart

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Author
Hensel, W. U.
Date of Publication
1915
locality of his birth, life and death. The leading poem, which furnishes the title, is ill the Wordsworthian strain; it shows that he was a student and lover of nature, of the quiet and peaceful. He liked "bright, morning colors glitter- ing o'er the dew." He heard the echoes and saw the visions of out
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by W. U. Hensel.
Author
Hensel, W. U.
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Lancaster County Historical Society,
Date of Publication
1915
Physical Description
[4]-15 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Series
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 19, no. 1
Notes
Although the subtitle for this article is absent from the first page, the table of contents for this issue does include the subtitle "the Bashful Bard of Bart".
Subjects
Brown, James Scott, - 1826-1890.
Poets, American - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
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Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 19, number 1 (1915), p. 5-15Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.19
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Aftermath supplementary to Christiana Riot, 1851

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Author
Hensel, W. U.
Date of Publication
1912
fled from the justice of this State, and has taken refuge within the State of Pennsylvania. Now, Therefore, Pursuant to the provisions of the Constitution and Laws of the United States in such case made and provided, I do here- by request that the said Abraham Johnson (colored) be apprehended and
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by W. U. Hensel.
Author
Hensel, W. U.
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Lancaster County Historical Society,
Date of Publication
1912
Physical Description
133-141 p. ; 23 cm.
Series
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 16, no. 5
Subjects
Riots - Pennsylvania - Christiana.
Slavery - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
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Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 16, number 5 (1912), p. 133-141Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.16
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A withered twig

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Author
Hensel, W. U.
Date of Publication
1915
vote was taken here for the local choice of State can- didates. James Pollock, for Governor, and Henry L. Mott, for Canal Com- missioner were the favorite candi- dates and had the local support. Pol- lock, be it remembered, became Gov- ernor of Pennsylvania, by election as an American, just before the
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by W. U. Hensel, Esq.
Author
Hensel, W. U.
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Lancaster County Historical Society,
Date of Publication
1915
Physical Description
174-181 p. ; 23 cm.
Series
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 19, no. 6
Subjects
American Party.
Politics, Practical - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
Elections - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
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Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 19, number 6 (1915), p. 174-181Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.19
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An early canal project

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Author
Hensel, W. U.
Date of Publication
1913
,in his "Description of the Canals and Railroads of the United States" (1840), says that "ap- plication was made to the Provincial Legislature for authority to open a water communication between the Schuylkill and the Susquehanna rivers, and in the year 1762 a survey with a view to this object was
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by W. U. Hensel, Esq.
Author
Hensel, W. U.
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Lancaster County Historical Society,
Date of Publication
1913
Physical Description
101-105 p. ; 23 cm.
Series
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 17, no. 4
Subjects
Canals - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
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Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 17, number 4 (1913), p. 101-105Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.17
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