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Southeastern Pennsylvania, a history of the counties of Berks, Bucks, Chester, Delaware, Montgomery, Philadelphia and Schuylkill

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Author: Nolan, J. Bennett

Date of Publication: [1943]

Call Number: 974.800912 N791

Responsibility: J. Bennett Nolan, supervising editor ...

Author: Nolan, J. Bennett

Place of Publication: Philadelphia, New York

Publisher: Lewis historical publishing company, inc.

Date of Publication: [1943]

Physical Description: 3 v. fronts., ill. (incl. maps) plates, ports., facsims. (part col. 1 double) col. coats of arms, col. geneal. tables. 27 1/2 cm.

Notes: Vols. 1 and 2 paged continuously.; Vol. 3 consists of biographies.; LCHS has vols. 1 and 3 only.; Includes bibliographies.

Subjects: Berks County (Pa.) - History.; Bucks County (Pa.) - History.; Chester County (Pa.) - History.; Delaware County (Pa.) - History.; Montgomery County (Pa.) - History.; Philadelphia County (Pa.) - History.; Schuylkill County (Pa.) - History.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 974.800912 N791

History of Ephrata and Lebanon Street Railway Company, Ephrata and Lebanon Traction Company, Lancaster, Ephrata and Lebanon Street Railway Company : and any other trolley roads in Lebanon and Lancaster Counties, Pennsylvania

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Date of Publication: 1944.

Call Number: 388.4 L574

Responsibility: compiled by Harry David Lentz, Jr.

Place of Publication: Lebanon [Pa.]

Publisher: Lentz,

Date of Publication: 1944.

Physical Description: 2 v. in 1 : ill. ; 21 cm.

Notes: Cover title: Trolley roads in Lebanon and Lancaster Counties.

Subjects: Ephrata and Lebanon Street Railway Company - History.; Ephrata and Lebanon Traction Company - History.; Lancaster Ephrata and Lebanon Street Railway Company - History.; Street-railroads - Pennsylvania - Lebanon County; Street-railroads - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County

Additional Author: Lentz, Harry David,

Location: Lancaster History Library - Lancaster County

Call Number: 388.4 L574

Industrial Berks County, 1748-1948. Presented to: the people of Reading and Berks County on the occasion of the two hundredth anniversary of the city of Reading

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Author: Graeff, Arthur Dundore,

Date of Publication: 1948.

Call Number: 974.816 B513i

Author: Graeff, Arthur Dundore,

Place of Publication: [Reading? Pa.]

Date of Publication: 1948.

Physical Description: 35 p. : illus., map (on lining-papers) ; 23 x 28 cm.

Notes: Click on Table of Contents for more information.; Appropriate for juvenile literature.; Illustrations for Sally Ann Furnace, Robesonia Slag Bank, Fisher Mansion, Canal locks at Leesport, The Bernville stage.

Contents: The giant's ribs: the iron industry--To milady's taste: clothing--Not only for today: shelter--Shoofly: food--An omer for everyman: agriculture--Berks County speaking: communication--Two hours to anywhere: transportation.

Subjects: Berks County (Pa.) - History.; Berks County (Pa.) - Industries.; Reading (Pa.) - History.

Additional Author: Taylor, Francis Starr

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 974.816 B513i

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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Responsibility: 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

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Historical papers, Franklin County and the Cumberland Valley, Pennsylvania

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Author: Stoner, Jacob H.,

Date of Publication: [1947]

Call Number: 974.844 S877

Responsibility: by Jacob H. Stoner. Comp. by his wife, Lu Cole Stoner.

Author: Stoner, Jacob H.,

Place of Publication: Chambersburg, Pa

Publisher: Craft Press

Date of Publication: [1947]

Physical Description: 549 p. port., map 24 cm.

Subjects: Franklin County (Pa.) - History.; Cumberland Valley - History.

Additional Author: Stoner, Lu Cole,

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 974.844 S877

Archive

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Collection: George Steinman Papers

Title: George Steinman Papers, Series 1 and 2

Object ID: MG0184

Date Range: 1738-1955

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Collection: George Steinman Papers

Title: George Steinman Papers, Series 1 and 2

Description: The George Steinman Papers, Series 1 contains an album, compiled by George Steinman, with many photographs of buildings, tombstones, monuments and scenes of Lancaster city and county. Ephemera and newspaper articles are among the photographs. Represented in the album are Postlethwaite's Tavern, hotels and taverns, fire houses, the Conestoga massacre, churches, cemeteries, Ephrata Cloister, prominent citizens and their homes, Stehli Silk Mill, and schools. The four boxes contain orginal correspondence, documents, photographs and ephemera or and pertaining to the same subject matter as the album.; The George Steinman Papers, Series 2 is a collection of original correspondence, documents, photographs, and ephemera primarily compiled by George Steinman. The contents of Series 2 represent Lancaster city and county events, prominent citizens, buildings, monuments, churches, cemeteries, schools, and businesses. Most of what Steinman collected relates to 18th and 19th century Pennsylvania, highlighting Lancaster and Philadelphia. One of the key events highlighted is the Revolutionary war; with documents and images related to Philadelphia, George Washington, the Atlee family, and General Edward Hand. There are images relating to the Christiana Riot and to various buildings in early Lancaster; including but not limited to the Old Jail, the British Prison, and Postlethwaite's Tavern. Also included in the collection is currency printed by Benjamin Franklin in Philadelphia in 1764, and Confederate States currency and bonds.

System of Arrangement: This collection is divided into two series:; Series 1 The Steinman Album; Series 2 Documents, Photographs, Ephemera

Date Range: 1738-1955

Year Range From: 1738

Year Range To: 1955

Date of Accumulation: ca. 1860-1920

Creator: Steinman, George Michael, 1847-1920

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives South

Storage Wall: Side 04

People: Altee, John; André, John; Appel, T. Roberts; Armstrong, Elizabeth; Atlee, Samuel John; Atlee, Washington Lemuel; Atlee, William Augustus; Atlee, William Pitt; Baer, John; Baily, Francis; Bair, Daniel; Baker, James G.; Baldwin, Edith L.; Barr, Elias; Barton, Thomas; Bausman, Elizabeth; Bausman, William; Bear, Henry; Beck, Herbert Huebener; Beck, Martin; Beecher, William C.; Beissel, Conrad; Beissel, John Conrad; Bender, Henry; Bethel, Samuel; Bezellon, Martha Coombe; Bezellon, Peter; Boehm, Henry; Boyle, Philip; Breneman, Benjamin Franklin; Breneman, Gideon; Breneman, Franklin Henry; Broll, John; Brown, J. H.; Bryan, George; Buchanan, James; Buchmiller, Dulon Frank; Burkhart, Anna Margarita; Burkhart, George; Burrowes, Francis Smith; Burrowes, Thomas Henry; Burt, Nathaniel; Calder, George, Jr.; Cameron, James; Carpenter, John; Carpenter, William; Cheves, Langdon; Clay, Henry; Clemson, James; Coleman, Elizabeth; Coleman, Robert; Coleman, William; Cope, Caleb; Cope, Thomas P.; Cox, John; Crawford, James; Crowel, Mary R.; Damant, James; Davis, Benjamin Franklin; Dering, Henry; Detwiler, Thomas Craig; Diffenbaugh, Henry; Diffenderfer, Milton Hess; Diffenderffer, Frank Reid; Diller, Graybill; Donnley, Felix; Downing, Samuel; Dufresne, Samuel; Duvel, P. S.; Eberly, Michael; Edge, Walter Warren; Eichholtz, Jacob; Ellicott, Andrew; Elliot, Robert; Ellmaker, Nathaniel; Eshleman, Frank; Fahnestock, Samuel; Ferree, Philip; Fordney, Melchoir; Forney, J. A.; Fox, Cyrus; Frailey, Jacob; Franklin, George F.; Franklin, Walter; Fraser, Susan; Frazer, Reah; Fulton, Robert; Funck, John; Funk, John; Galbreath, John; Geist, M. W.; Germon, W. L.; Gill, William; Gingrich, Amos; Graff, Andreas; Grant, Hamilton; Graybill, Jacob; Groff, John M.; Groff, Sebastian; Grosh, John; Grove, Annie C.; Grubb, Daisy; Grubb, Peter; Hager, Walter C.; Haldeman, Samuel Steman; Hall, Charles; Hamilton, Andrew; Hamilton, James; Hammond, Frederick W.; Hamond, E. R.; Hand, Edward; Hand, John; Hand, Mollie; Harpel, Charlotte; Hayes, Alexander Laws; Hazen, Moses; Heinitsh, August; Heintzelman, Samuel Peter; Heister, Joseph; Henderson, Barton; Henderson, Thomas G.; Henry, John Joseph; Hensel, George Washington, Jr.; Hensel, William Uhler; Herr, Christian; Herr, Hans; Herr, Rudy; Hews, George H.; Hoffnagle, Peter; Hood, Alexander H.; Hostetter, Albert Keller; Hughes, Edward; Hutter, Christian; Jacobs, Cyrus; Jenkins, David; Jenkins, William; Kevinski, John B.; King, George H.; Kirkpatrick, William; Konigmacher, Joseph; Kroome, Hiram; Krug, George; Kuhn, Simon; Kuhn, Simon Adam; Landis, David Bachman; Landis, David H.; Landis, Harry; Landis, Jacob; Light, John B.; Lightner, Michael; Lincoln, Abraham; Lippold, John W.; Loeb, Jacob; Long, Henry Grimler; Long, Isaac; Lowery, Alexander; Lowery, Lazarus; Ludlow, Robert Fulton; Magee, David Francis; Marshall, Christopher; Marshall, John; Martin, C. H.; Mason, S.; Mathiot, John; Matlack, Timothy; Mayer, Christian B.; McCaskey, John Piersol "Jack"; McClain, Francis Bernard; McClellan, George Brinton; McCormick, D. R.; McFarquahr, Colin; McGrann, Bernard John; Melsheimmer, Frederick Valentine; Metzger, Samuel H.; Mifflin, Thomas; Miller, Dave "Devil"; Miller, John; Miller, Susanna; Mishler, Benjamin; Montgomery, John R.; Montgomery, William; Morton, William Augustus; Mulhatten, Barney; Musser, Yost; Myers, Albert; Mylin, Martin; Neff, John; Nevin, John D.; North, Hugh McAlister; Old, James; Parks, Jake; Pastor, John; Peiper, William L.; Penn, William; Pitt, William; Porter, Andrew; Porter, George B.; Pyle, Howard; Ramsey, David; Raub, Galen John Peoples; Reigart, Adam; Reigart, Emanuel C.; Reilly, Mary Gertrude Costigan; Reinmansnyder, Helen; Reynolds, George Nelson; Reynolds, John Fulton; Reynolds, William; Rogers, Milton C.; Rose, Frederick; Ross, George; Ross, Patton; Sauber, Charles Alvin; Sener, Samuel Miller; Seyfert, Augustus G.; Shober, Emanuel; Shreiner, Philip; Slaymaker, Henry; Slaymaker, Henry Edwin; Slaymaker, L.; Slaymaker, William; Sloane, S.; Slough, Elizabeth; Smith, Charles; Snavely, Harry H.; Stahr, John Summers; Stambauch, Samuel; Stauffer, David McNeely; Stedman, Alexander; Steinman, George Michael; Stevens, Thaddeus; Stiegel, Henry William; Strong Wolf, Chief; Summy, Levi; Sutter, John Augustus; Tener, John C.; Thornburg, Robert; Todd, Charles; Tomlinson, George; Urban, John; Vogan, John; Washington, George; Webb, James; West, Benjamin; Wharton, Thomas; Whiteside, John; Wiley, William; Williamson, Henry Stackhouse; Willson, George Bolivar; Willson, John; Winover, Peter; Wise, Charles; Wise, John; Witmer, Abraham; Witmer, David; Witmer, Esther Elizabeth; Worner, William Frederic; Wright, James; Wright, John; Yeates, Catharine; Yeates, Jasper; Zahm, Godfried; Zahm, Mathias; Zahm, Samuel H.; Zantzinger, Paul; Zehmer, Anthony; Zinzendorf, Nicholaus

Subjects: Ephemera; Photographs; Scrapbooks

Search Terms: Abbeville (Historic estate); Abbeville Mill; Advent Lutheran Church; Albright's Transportation Depot; All Saints Episcopal Church; American Hose Company; Balloons; Bangor Episcopal Church; Berks County Historical Society; Binkley's Bridge; Bird-In-Hand Friends Meetinghouse; Boehm's Chapel; Buch Tavern; Buchanan Park; Caledonia Furnace; Carpenter's Union Church; Cat Tavern; Cemeteries; Central Cigar Store; Chalices; Chestnut Level Presbyterian Church; Christ Lutheran Church; Christian Herr House; Christiana Resistance; Churches; Clare Point Stock Farm; Columbia - Wrightsville Bridge; Columbia Friends Meetinghouse; Conestoga Furnace; Conestoga Glue Factory; Conestoga Navigation Company; Conestoga wagon; Cosgrove's Tavern; County House; Courthouses; Covered bridges; Disasters; Donegal Presbyterian Church; Downing's Mill; Eagle Hotel; Eden Iron Works; Edge Tool Forge; Elizabeth Furnace; Emmanuel Lutheran Church; Engleside, Lancaster Twp.; Ephemera; Ephrata Cloister; Ephrata Mountain Springs Hotel; Exchange Hotel; Feagleyville; Federal Hall; Finding aids; Fire departments; Fires; First National Store; First Presbyterian Church, Lancaster; First Reformed Church, Lancaster; Fites Eddy Hotel; Fountain Inn; Franklin and Marshall College; Franklin College; Franklin House; Fulton Cotton Mill; General Sutter Inn; Golden Swan Hotel; Grace Lutheran Church; Graeff's Landing; Grape Tavern; Gravestones; Graveyards; Green Cottage; Grubb Mansion; Halfway House; Hans Herr House; Hardwicke; Harmony Hall; Heinitsh Drug Store; Historical markers; Hope Episcopal Church; Hopewell Forge; Hotels; Humane Fire Company; Humes Woolen Mill; Hutter's Folly; Indian Queen Tavern; Indigenous peoples; J. B. Distillery; Keener's Mill; Kepler Lodge; Krug House; Lafayette Hill; Lamb Tavern; Lamparter's Row; Lancaster Academy; Lancaster County Courthouse; Lancaster County Historical Society; Lancaster County National Bank; Lancaster County Prison; Lancaster Curling Club; Lancaster Fencibles; Lancaster Moravian Church; Landisville Mennonite Meetinghouse; Leacock Presbyterian Church; Linden Hall; Lititz Moravian Church; Manuscript groups; Marietta and Susquehanna Trading Company; Markets; Martic Forge, Martic Twp.; Martin Meylin's Gunshop; Masonic halls; Masonic lodges; Massasoit Hall; Mechanics Library; Mellinger Mennonite Church; Middle Octorara Presbyterian Church; Millersville Academy; Millersville State Normal School; Millersville University; Mills; Mischler's Exchange; Mishler's Beer Garden; Montgomery House; Monuments; Moss Cigar Factory; Mount Bethel Mansion; Mount Hope Furnace; Native Americans; Odd Fellows Hall; Old City Hall; Old Welsh Graveyard; Paper mills; Parish houses; Paxton Boys; Penn Square; Pennsbury Manor; Pennsylvania Railroad; Pequea Presbyterian Church; Petroglyphs; Photographs; Plough Tavern; Poole Forge; Postlethwaite's Tavern; Powder houses; Practical Farmer Hotel; Ranck's Mill; Reigart's Landing; Reigart's Old Wine Store; Relay Hotel; Revolutionary War; Rock Ford; Ruth's Fine Groceries; Sadsbury Friends Meetinghouse; Safe Harbor Rolling Mill; Schools; Scrapbooks; Shiffler Fire Company; Ship Tavern; Shippen School; Sign of the Bull Tavern; Sign of the Hat Tavern; Sorrel Horse Hotel; St. Catherine of Siena Catholic Church; St. James Episcopal Church; St. John's Episcopal Church; St. John's Lutheran Church; St. John's United Church of Christ; St. Mary's Catholic Church; St. Michael's Lutheran Church; St. Paul's United Church of Christ; St. Peter's Catholic Church; Stamps; Stehli Silk Mill; Stock certificates; Strasburg Academy; Strasburg Mennonite Cemetery; Strasburg Methodist Episcopal Church; Sunflower Inn; Swamp Church; Swan Hotel; Tavern signs; Taverns; Ten Hour House; Three Crowns Tavern; Trinity Lutheran Church; Union Bethel Church; Union Fire Company; Union Hotel; Valley Forge, Chester County, Pennsylvania; Vermont Historical Society; Voganville Hotel; Wabank House; Washington Hotel; Washington Memorial Chapel; Waterloo Tavern; Waterworks; Watt and Shand; Weaverland Mennonite Church; Wheatland; White Horse Hotel; White Swan Hotel; William Pitt Tavern; Windsor Forge; Witmer's Bridge; Witness Tree; Woodward Hill Cemetery; F. W. Woolworth Co.; York Furnace; Young Men's Christian Association; Zion Lutheran Church

Extent: 1 scrapbook, 4 boxes, 112 folders, 3.5 cubic ft.

Object Name: Archive

Language: English

Object ID: MG0184

Location of Originals: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania

Copies: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania

Notes: Preferred Citation: Title or description of item, date (day, month, year), Collection Title (MG#), Series #, Box #, Folder #, (or Object ID), LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania. URL if applicable. Date accessed (day, month, year).; "Mr. Geo. Steinman who started this collection of pictures. This book was presented to the Lanc. Co. Historical Society after his death by Mr. Geo. S. Franklin."; John M. Gibson is recorded as the donor, 1968, in LancasterHistory's accession records.; LancasterHistory is committed to preserving and providing access to materials chronicling Lancaster County's heritage. As a historical resource, this document reflects the racial prejudices and actions of the era. In order to maintain the historical integrity and context of collection items, LancasterHistory does not censor historical documents or edit language, titles, or organization names when transcribing original content.

Access Conditions / Restrictions: Please use digital images and transcriptions when available.; The use of the original album is restricted. Please contact Research@LancasterHistory.org with questions.

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Credit: Courtesy of LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.

Other Numbers: MG-184

Classification: MG0184

Description Level: Fonds

Custodial History: Series 1 processed and finding aid prepared PK and MSH, 2008. Series 2 finding aid prepared by JE, 2018. Added to database 20 July 2021.; Digitization of this document was funded by the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, PHMC Appl ID # C980002119, 2021-2024.

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Acts of the General Assembly of the commonwealth of Pennsylvania, : passed at a session which was begun and held at the borough of Lancaster, on Tuesday the sixth day of December, in the year of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and eight, and of the independence of the United States of America, the thirty-third. : Published by authority

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Corporate Author: Pennsylvania.

Date of Publication: 1809.

Call Number: Book 317 1809

Corporate Author: Pennsylvania.

Uniform Title: Laws, etc. (Session laws : 1808)

Place of Publication: Philadelphia

Publisher: Printed by John Bioren, no. 88, Chesnut-Street.,

Date of Publication: 1809.

Physical Description: vii, [1], 210, [6] p. ; 21 cm.

Notes: "Index."--Page [211-216].; Jasper Yeates's Colonial Law Library.; Yeates's signature at top of title page.; Book number 317 as assigned by Yeates.; Shaw & Shoemaker

Subjects: Law - Pennsylvania.; Law.; Pennsylvania.; Full blind-tooled leather (Binding); Gilt title on maroon pine label (Binding)

Additional Author: Bioren, John,; Yeates, Jasper,

Place: United States Pennsylvania Philadelphia.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Yeates Collection

Call Number: Book 317 1809

Warrant registers (for Pennsylvania Counties)

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Date of Publication: 1734 - 1935.

Call Number: Drawer 15, Sec. 1

Responsibility: Prepared by Wm. W. Britton, begun 1734, completed May 30, 1935 ;

Date of Publication: 1734 - 1935.

Physical Description: 4 reels ; 35 mm.

Notes: Microfilmed in 1957. Contains 20 volumes. Lancaster County warrants are on V. 16.; Labeled on box # 257 - # 261.; Material arranged by county and includes names of warrantee, date, acreage, location, date of return, name of patentee, where patent recorded, and where survey is copied.

Subjects: Pennsylvania. Department of Internal Affairs. Bureau of Land Records.; Registers of births, etc. - Pennsylvania.; Land grants - Pennsylvania.; Land grants - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.; Land grants - Pennsylvania - Berks County.; Land grants - Pennsylvania - Dauphin County.; Land grants - Pennsylvania - Chester County.; Land grants - Pennsylvania - Lebanon County.; Land grants - Pennsylvania - York County.; Land grants - Pennsylvania - Cumberland County.; Land grants - Pennsylvania - Adams County.

Additional Author: Britton, William W.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Microfilm

Call Number: Drawer 15, Sec. 1

William Penn in the Conestoga Valley

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Author: Heisey, M. Luther,

Date of Publication: 1944

were taught gratuitously, and its doors were open to all. By an Act of Assembly it was required that the laws should be read in the schools." William Penn in the Conestoga Valley On the tablet erected in Manor Township by the Lancaster County His- torical Society, marking the site of Conestoga

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Responsibility: by M. Luther Heisey.

Author: Heisey, M. Luther,

Place of Publication: Lancaster, Pa

Publisher: Lancaster County Historical Society,

Date of Publication: 1944

Physical Description: [140]-144 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

Series: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 48, no. 6

Subjects: Penn, William, - 1644-1718.; Pennsylvania - History - Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775.; Lancaster County (Pa.) - History.

Contained In: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 48, number 6 (1944), p. 140-144Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.48

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Erosion and related land use conditions in the Conestoga area, Pennsylvania / by Jay A. Bonsteel ... and Turner C. Bass ... Field survey by T. C. Bass and party ... United States Department of agriculture, Soil conservation service

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Author: Bonsteel, Jay A.

Date of Publication: 1940]

Call Number: 550 E65

Author: Bonsteel, Jay A.

Place of Publication: Washington

Publisher: U.S. Govt. print. off.,

Date of Publication: 1940]

Physical Description: 52 p. : incl. illus., plas, tables, 79 maps (78 fold. in pocket) ; 26 cm.

Series: U. S. Soil conservation service. Erosion survey no. 15

Subjects: Soil conservation - Pennsylvania.

Additional Author: Bass, Turner Cheshire,

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 550 E65

The potters and potteries of Chester County, Pennsylvania

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Author: James, Arthur Edwin,

Edition: [1st ed.

Date of Publication: 1945.

Call Number: 974.813 J28p

Responsibility: by Arthur E. James.

Author: James, Arthur Edwin,

Edition: [1st ed.

Place of Publication: West Chester, Pa.]

Publisher: Pub. under the auspices of the Chester County Historical Society,

Date of Publication: 1945.

Physical Description: 116 p. illus. (incl. ports.) double map. 24 cm.

Notes: Bibliography: p. 115-116.

Subjects: Pottery - Pennsylvania - Chester County.; Potters - Pennsylvania - Chester County.

Additional Corporate Author: Chester County Historical Society (West Chester, Pa.)

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 974.813 J28p

West Chester 100 years ago : an address delivered

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Author: MacElree, Wilmer W., 1859-1960.

Date of Publication: 1944]

Call Number: 974.813 W524

Responsibility: by Wilmer W. MacElree to the members of the Chester County Historical Society on April 18, 1944.

Author: MacElree, Wilmer W., 1859-1960.

Place of Publication: [West Chester, Pa

Publisher: s.n.,

Date of Publication: 1944]

Physical Description: 12 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

Notes: Autographed by the author.

Subjects: Chester County Historical Society (Pa.); West Chester (Pa.) - History.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 974.813 W524

Stricklers of Pennsylvania; a history of the Strickler famielies who emigrated from Switzerland and settled principally in Bucks, Lancaster, York, and Lebanon counties in Pennsylvania

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Author: Strickler, Abigail H.

Date of Publication: 1942.

Call Number: 929 S917s

Responsibility: by Abigail H. Strickler, Jacob S. Strickler, Alice N. Strickler [and] Mame E. Strickler.

Author: Strickler, Abigail H.

Place of Publication: [Scottdale, Penna.]

Publisher: The Strickler Reunion Association of Pennsylvania [Printed by the Mennonite Publishing House]

Date of Publication: 1942.

Physical Description: 5 p., leaf, 420 p. frontispiece, illustrations, (facsimiles, coat of arms) plates, portraits. 24 cm.

Notes: Begun by Mrs. Abigail M. Strickler, completed by Alice N. Strickler and Mame E. Strickler; the data of Henry Strickler, son of the immigrant, gathered by Jacob S. Strickler.

Subjects: Strickler family.

Additional Author: Strickler, Jacob Stouffer,; Strickler, Alice N.,; Strickler, Mary E.,

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 929 S917s

A geographical description of Pennsylvania: also of the counties respectively, in the order in which they were established by the legislature. With an alphabetical list of the townships in each county; and their population in 1800

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Author: Scott, Joseph.

Date of Publication: 1806.

Call Number: 810 P544s 1806

Author: Scott, Joseph.

Place of Publication: Philadelphia

Publisher: Printed by Robert Cochran.

Date of Publication: 1806.

Physical Description: [5],6-147,[1]p. fold. map. 14cm.

Notes: Last page contains errata.

Subjects: Pennsylvania - Description and travel.; Pennsylvania - Gazetteers.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Rare Books

Call Number: 810 P544s 1806

The history of the gas and electric industries in Lancaster County

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Author: Barnes, Horace Richards.

Date of Publication: 1948

The History of the Gas and electric industries in Lancaster County By HORACE RICHARDS BARNES Introduction STUDENTS of economics and business are familiar with con- solidations and mergers. Indeed integration, either horizontal or vertical, or a combination of the two types of integration, is an

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Responsibility: 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

Contained In: 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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An important statement of facts : relative to the invalidity of the pretensions formerly made upon the Pennsylvania lands by the unincorporated companies of Connecticut claimants and by those who claimed under those companies, in a letter from the secretary of the Land-office, to the Pennsylvania commissioners, intended to evince the liberality of the government and landholders of Pennsylvania in the act of the 4th of April, 1799, and the releases of 120 to 180,000 acres under the same

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Corporate Author: Pennsylvania. Land Office.

Date of Publication: 1801]

Call Number: 090 L244di 1801

Corporate Author: Pennsylvania. Land Office.

Place of Publication: [Lancaster, Pa

Publisher: Printed by W. & R. Dickson,

Date of Publication: 1801]

Physical Description: 40 p. ; 20 cm.

Notes: Caption title.; Imprint and printer's statement from colophon.; Letter of the Secretary of the Land Office signed (p. 21): Tench Coxe.; Sabin 17299.; Cover missing.

Subjects: Susquehanna claim, 1753-1808.; Land tenure - Pennsylvania.

Additional Author: Coxe, Tench,

Location: Lancaster History Library - Rare Books

Call Number: 090 L244di 1801

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

Responsibility: 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

Early presidential elections in Lancaster County

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Author: Martin, C. H.

Date of Publication: 1943.

conference be held at Lancaster since there were few communities in Pennsylvania wherein George Washington had more close friends and former comrades in arms. In 1788, Pennsylvania had nineteen counties. In the census of 1790, Lancaster County was within a small margin of ranking second in population in the

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Responsibility: by C. H. Martin.

Author: Martin, C. H.

Place of Publication: Lancaster, Pa

Publisher: Lancaster County Historical Society,

Date of Publication: 1943.

Physical Description: [93]-105 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

Series: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 47, no. 5

Subjects: Presidents - United States; Elections - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.; Lancaster County (Pa.) - History - 18th century.; Lancaster County (Pa.) - History - 19th century.

Contained In: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 47, number 5 (1943), p. 93-105Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.47

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Patriotic background : an address by Hon. William H. Keller, Superior Court of Pennsylvania, St. James Church, Lancaster (Pa.) May 28, 1944 : under the auspices of the Pennsylvania Society of Sons of the Revolution

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Author: Keller, William H.

Date of Publication: May 28, 1944.

Call Number: 369.13 P314

Responsibility: by William H. Keller.

Author: Keller, William H.

Place of Publication: Lancaster, Pa

Publisher: [s.n.]

Date of Publication: May 28, 1944.

Physical Description: 8 p. ; 25 cm.

Subjects: St. James Episcopal Church (Lancaster, Pa.); Lancaster (Pa.) - History.

Additional Corporate Author: Sons of the Revolution Pennsylvania Society.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Lancaster County

Call Number: 369.13 P314

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Patriotic background : an address by Hon. William H. Keller, Superior Court of Pennsylvania, St. James Church, Lancaster (Pa.) May 28, 1944 : under the auspices of the Pennsylvania Society of Sons of the Revolution