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John Passmore : Lancaster's first mayor and his councils

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Author
Evans, Melvern R.
Date of Publication
1987.
several turnpike companies and as president of the Con- estoga Navigation Company, a firm that developed and operated a slackwater canal along the Conestoga River between Lancaster and Safe Harbor. He served on the Board of the Lancaster County Academy, Franklin College, and the Lancaster School District
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by Melvern R. Evans, Jr.
Author
Evans, Melvern R.
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Lancaster County Historical Society,
Date of Publication
1987.
Physical Description
10-23 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Series
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 91, no. 1
Subjects
Passmore, John Arthur.
Municipal government - Pennsylvania - Lancaster.
Lancaster (Pa.) - Politics and government.
Lancaster (Pa.) - Officials and employees.
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Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 91, number 1 (1987), p. 10-23Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.91
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Protectionism, wages and strikes in the anthracite iron industry of Lancaster County : 1840-1900

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Author
Loose, John Ward Willson.
Date of Publication
1982
Protectionism, Wages and Strikes in the Anthracite Iron Industry of Lancaster County: 1840-1900 By John Ward Willson Loose This article has been excerpted from the author's master's thesis completed in 1967 • The Anthracite Iron Industry of Lancaster County, Pa.: 1840-1900. During much of the
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by John Ward Willson Loose.
Author
Loose, John Ward Willson.
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Lancaster County Historical Society,
Date of Publication
1982
Physical Description
2-23 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Series
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 86, no. 1
Subjects
Iron industry and trade - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
Coal-fired furnaces.
Rolling-mills.
Strikes and lockouts
Protectionism - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
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Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 86, number 1 (1982), p. 2-23Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.86
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Twenty feet high and ten years wide : a history of prison escapes from the Lancaster County Jail

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Author
McSherry, Patrick M.
Date of Publication
1983
Twenty Feet High and Ten Years Wide: AHistory of Prison Escapes From The Lancaster County Jail By Patrick M. McSherry The Lancaster Prison—What a lovely place. Why would anyone want to leave? One would think that the walls were to keep people out, not in! Well, believe it or not, many people have
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by Patrick M. McSherry.
Author
McSherry, Patrick M.
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Lancaster County Historical Society,
Date of Publication
1983
Physical Description
126-157 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Series
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 87, no. 4
Subjects
Lancaster County Prison (Pa.)
Escapes.
Prisons - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County
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Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 87, number 4 (1983), p. 126-157Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.87
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Historical notes on the construction industry in Lancaster, Pa

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Author
Wohlsen, Robert S.
Date of Publication
1985
Historical Notes on the Construction Industry in Lancaster, Pa. By Robert S. Wohlsen in comparing the building procedures and practices of the 17th and 18th centuries in and around Lancaster County and relate them to today's methods, unbelievably they turn out to be the same. I am glad to have had
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by Robert S. Wohlsen.
Author
Wohlsen, Robert S.
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Lancaster County Historical Society,
Date of Publication
1985
Physical Description
38-45 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Series
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 89, no. 2
Subjects
Mechanics' Society of the City and County (Lancaster, Pa.)
Building - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County
Construction industry - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County
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Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 89, number 2 (1985), p. 38-45Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.89
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Lancaster County observes Pennsylvania's tercentenary

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Date of Publication
1982?]
- caster County presented challenges unknown or unthought of in 1682. The wilderness and all that the frontier suggested between the Octorara Creek and the Susquehanna River, not to mention the wild lands of the central and western portions of Pennsylvania, hardly was appropriate �for English local
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[Pa.?
Publisher
s.n.,
Date of Publication
1982?]
Physical Description
40 p. : ill., maps ; 28 cm.
Notes
Cover title.
"... reprinted from a supplement that appeared in the Lancaster Intelligencer Journal and New Era on May 8, 1979." -- p.1.
Subjects
Lancaster County (Pa.) - History.
Lancaster County (Pa.) - Biography.
Lancaster County (Pa.) - Genealogy.
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Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 86, number 2 (1982), p. 42-49Lancaster History Library - BookLancaster History Library - Reference974.815 LACO L245t974.815 LACO L245t
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Early photography in Lancaster

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Author
Patterson, Rosemary A.
Date of Publication
1983.
, who, in 1795, obtained the Legislative charter enabling him to erect it and charge tolls until such time as he was recompensed or the county bought it; which it did in 1817, at a cost of $58,444.41. The beauty and endurance of this structure have commanded encomiums from architects and engineers; and
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by Rosemary A. Patterson.
Author
Patterson, Rosemary A.
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Lancaster County Historical Society,
Date of Publication
1983.
Physical Description
34-52 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Series
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 87, no. 2
Subjects
Lancaster Camera Club (Lancaster, Pa.)
Photography - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
Photography
Photographers - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
Lancaster County (Pa.) - Pictorial works.
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Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 87, number 2 (1983), p. 34-52Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.87
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Tax Lists: Salisbury Twp., Strasburg Boro

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Author
Lancaster County Tax Collection Bureau
Date of Publication
1985
Call Number
Drawer 6, sec. 5: #43
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Alternate Title
Strasburg Borough taxes
Salisbury Township taxes
Author
Lancaster County Tax Collection Bureau
Place of Publication
Harrisburg, PA
Publisher
Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission
Date of Publication
1985
Physical Description
Microfilm
Series
Lancaster County Pa. Tax Records, 1748-1855
Notes
Salisbury Twp 1824, 1826-30, 1832-35, 1837, 1839-46.
Strasburg Borough 1838-39, 1844-45, 1848.
Subjects
Taxation - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County
Salisbury (Lancaster County, Pa. : Township) - Genealogy.
Strasburg (Lancaster County, Pa. : Borough) - Genealogy.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Microfilm
Call Number
Drawer 6, sec. 5: #43
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Harrisburg imprints from the German American Imprint Collection in the Franklin and Marshall College Library

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Author
Kramer, Marilyn M.
Date of Publication
1981
books and periodicals printed in Harrisburg, Pa. Although Douglas C. McMur- trie2 establishes 1799 as the date of the first German printing done in Harris- burg, the Franklin and Marshall collection contains a book printed by John Wyeth with an imprint of 1797. A total of 181 books from the Harrisburg
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by Marilyn M. Kramer and Elaine K. Pease.
Author
Kramer, Marilyn M.
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Lancaster County Historical Society,
Date of Publication
1981
Physical Description
63-80 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Series
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v.85, no. 2
Subjects
German imprints - Pennsylvania.
Imprints (Publishers' and printers' statements)
Harrisburg (Pa.) - Imprints.
Additional Author
Pease, Elaine K.
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Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 85, number 2 (1981), p. 63-80Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.85
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The Lancaster Crematorium : first in the USA

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Author
Loose, John Ward Willson.
Date of Publication
1985.
to the crematorium: the Penn Iron Works, a rolling mill headed by A.J. Stein- man; and the Inquirer Printing Co., the largest job printing plant in Penn- sylvania (later to become the Wickersham Printing Co.). Political an- tagonists such as A.J. Steinman, W.U. Hensel, M.T. Garvin, and W.W. Griest
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by John Ward Willson Loose.
Author
Loose, John Ward Willson.
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Lancaster County Historical Society,
Date of Publication
1985.
Physical Description
46-52 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Series
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 89, no. 2
Subjects
Lancaster Cremation and Funeral Reform Society (Lancaster, Pa.)
Crematoriums - Pennsylvania - Lancaster.
Cremation - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
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Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 89, number 2 (1985), p. 46-52Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.89
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Bethel African Methodist Church in Lancaster : prolegomenon to a social history

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Author
Hopkins, Leroy.
Date of Publication
1986.
generically as "Valley" in Chester County (see above map). The constellation of A.M.E. churches throughout Lancaster and neighboring counties to the East, North, and West raises a hypothetical situation which, until more information has been gathered, can only be a matter for speculation. Tradition and
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by Leroy Hopkins, Ph.D.
Author
Hopkins, Leroy.
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Lancaster County Historical Society,
Date of Publication
1986.
Physical Description
205-236 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Series
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 90, no. 4
Subjects
Bethel African Methodist Episcopal Church (Lancaster, Pa.) - History.
St. James' African Church (Lancaster, Pa.) - History.
African Americans - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
African Americans - Pennsylvania - Columbia.
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Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 90, number 4 (1986), p. 205-236Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.90
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