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The diaries of Peter C. Hiller, Conestoga, Pennsylvania, 1875-1898 : a reflection of the life and times in Conestoga, Pennsylvania during the late 1800s

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Author: Hiller, Peter C.,

Date of Publication: 1994.

Call Number: 974.815 CONE H652

Responsibility: [edited by] Pauline Benedict Eshelman.

Author: Hiller, Peter C.,

Place of Publication: Lancaster, PA

Publisher: P.B. Eshelman,

Date of Publication: 1994.

Physical Description: xx, 420 p. : ill. ; 29 cm.

Notes: Includes indexes.; Library's copy inscribed by Pauline Benedict Eshelman.

Summary: Peter Clinger Hiller was born in Conestoga, PA, and lived there with his wife and four daughters. He was a teacher and farmer. He also sold and repaired organs, bought and sold tobacco, was a clerk in the Internal Revenue office selling cigar stamps along with other duties, wrote deeds for the county Recorder's office, and served as Justice of the Peace. He belonged to several civic organization and had many hobbies.

Subjects: Hiller, Peter C., - 1847-1898 - Diaries.; Hiller family.; Conestoga (Lancaster County, Pa. : Township) - History - Sources.; Conestoga (Lancaster County, Pa. : Township) - History - 19th century - Personal narratives.; Diaries.

Additional Author: Eshelman, Pauline Benedict.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 974.815 CONE H652

A Pennsylvanian in blue : the Civil War diary of Thomas Beck Walton

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Author: Walton, Thomas Beck,

Date of Publication: 1995

Responsibility: edited by Robert A. Taylor

ISBN: 0942597826 (softcover : alk. paper)

Author: Walton, Thomas Beck,

Place of Publication: Shippensburg, PA

Publisher: Burd Street Press,

Date of Publication: 1995

Physical Description: xiv, 65 p. : ill ; 23 cm

Series: Civil War heritage series ;

Notes: Includes bibliographical references

Subjects: Walton, Thomas Beck, - 1840-1913 - Diaries; United States. - Army. - Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment, 195th (1864-1865); Soldiers - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County; United States - History - Civil War, 1861-1865 - Personal narratives; Pennsylvania - History - Civil War, 1861-1865 - Personal narratives; Lancaster County (Pa.) - Biography

Additional Author: Taylor, Robert A.,

Caldwell family newsletter for the descendants of Andrew and Martha Caldwell of Lancaster County, PA : descendants to North Carolina and Tennessee

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Author: Faler, June,

Date of Publication: [1990]

Call Number: 929 C146n

Responsibility: edited by June Faler (1981-1986), Betty Sedgley (1981-present), Donelle Meyer (1982-present).

Author: Faler, June,

Place of Publication: [Fairhope, AL]

Publisher: Caldwell Family Committee of the Caldwell Family Association,

Date of Publication: [1990]

Physical Description: 169 p. : ill., maps ; 28 cm.

Notes: Cover title: Caldwell family newsletter, 1981-1990.; "December 1990."; Includes bibliographical references and index.

Subjects: Caldwell family.; Caldwell, Andrew, - d. 1757 - Family.; Pennsylvania - Lancaster County - Genealogy.; North Carolina - Genealogy.; Tennessee - Genealogy.

Additional Author: Sedgley, Betty.; Meyer, Donelle.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 929 C146n

Peter Baker of Springhill : the descendants of Peter and Mary Baker of Springhill Township, Fayette County, Pennsylvania

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Author: Baker, Gordon C.,

Date of Publication: 1998.

Call Number: 929 B168g

Responsibility: Gordon C. Baker.

Author: Baker, Gordon C.,

Place of Publication: [Rockville, Md.] : G.C. Baker

Date of Publication: 1998.

Physical Description: 350 p. : ill., maps, ports., geneal. tables ; 28 cm.

Notes: Includes the related families of Blosser, Bowers, Brooks, Deffenbaugh, Dick, Everly, Jackson, Larch, Nichols, Saddler and Shechter familes.; Includes bibliographical references (p. 323-324) and index.

Subjects: Brooks family.; Baker family.; Baker, Peter, - d. 1812 - Family.; Pennsylvania - Genealogy.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 929 B168g

From Rocky Springs Park to the Orange Street Convention Hall : the origins of Pentecostalism in Lancaster

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Author: Armstrong, Karl Daniel.

Date of Publication: 1992.

From Rocky Springs Park to the Orange Street Convention Hall: The Origins Of Pentecostalism in Lancaster By K. Daniel Armstrong Change permeated the air of America at the beginning of the twentieth century. "The Progressive Era," as it came to be known, was marked by political, economic, and social

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Responsibility: by K. Daniel Armstrong.

Author: Armstrong, Karl Daniel.

Place of Publication: Lancaster, Pa

Publisher: Lancaster County Historical Society,

Date of Publication: 1992.

Physical Description: [34]-51 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

Series: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 94, no. 2

Subjects: Pentecostalism - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.

Contained In: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 94, number 2 (1992), p. 34-51Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.94

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The 1869 diary of Samuel R. Hess of Clay Township, Lancaster County : Mennonite, farmer & nurseryman

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Author: Hess, Samuel R.,

Date of Publication: c1997

Call Number: 905.748 JHSCV v. 22

Responsibility: introduction, transcribed & indexed by Clarence Edwin Spohn.

Author: Hess, Samuel R.,

Place of Publication: Ephrata, Pa

Publisher: Historical Society of the Cocalico Valley,

Date of Publication: c1997

Physical Description: viii, 48 p. : ill. ; 28 cm.

Series: Journal of the Historical Society of the Cocalico Valley ;

Notes: Includes index.

Summary: This issue contains the transcription of the 1869 diary of Clay Township resident Samuel R. Hess, and provides a day-to-day look at the life of a typical Mennonite farmer and businessman. The diary has been indexed by name and provides a list of local residents with whom Hess had contact with.

Subjects: Hess, Samuel R., - 1830-1906 - Diaries.; Mennonites - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.; Farmers - Pennsylvania; Lancaster County (Pa.) - History - 19th century - Personal narratives.

Additional Author: Spohn, Clarence E.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 905.748 JHSCV v. 22

[A memoir]

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Author: Van Nest, Magaretta.

Date of Publication: 1990?

Call Number: 929 V266

Author: Van Nest, Magaretta.

Place of Publication: Carbon typescript

Date of Publication: 1990?

Physical Description: 14, [11] leaves ; 28 cm.

Notes: "Levi Henry Crouse and Mary Louise Worrest were married marh 7, 1843 at the ages 26 and 18 years in Paradise, Lancaster co [sic] Pa. by Rev., Edward y. Buchanan of the Epsicopal church [sic], a brother of the President James Buchanan. Our parents named their first born -- a boy for that minister, Edward Buchanan."; "Aunt Kate was a teacher for some time at Millersville, Pennsylvania Normal School. The school published a magazine entitles [sic] 'The Page Monthly.' Her intimate frind on the faculty was Rose Budd, who wrote an article for the magazine entitled 'Let me die in Autumn.' It was Clara's last school days that she choose [sic] that poem for her recitation. Her wich was granted when she passed away Sept. 1, 1860."

Subjects: Crouse family.; Agriculture - Pennsylvania - Chester County; Agriculture - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County; Genealogy - Pennsylvania - Chester County.; Genealogy - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.; Chester County (Pa.) - History.; Lancaster County (Pa.) - History.; Chester County (Pa.) - Personal recollections.; Lancaster (Pa.) - Personal recollections.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 929 V266

The ordinances of the corporation of the city of Philadelphia. To which are prefixed, the Act of incorporation, and the several supplements thereto: together with other acts of Assembly, now in force, relative to the city of Philadelphia. With marginal notes and references

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Corporate Author: Philadelphia.

Date of Publication: 1805.

Call Number: Book 1017 1805

Corporate Author: Philadelphia.

Place of Publication: Philadelphia

Publisher: Printed by William Duane,

Date of Publication: 1805.

Physical Description: 267, xxiii pages 22 cm

Notes: Jasper Yeates's Colonial Law Library.; Yeates's signature at top of title page.; Book number 1017 as assigned by Yeates.

Subjects: Philadelphia (Pa.). - William Duane - (1805); Politics and government.; Philadelphia (Pa.) - Politics and government.; Pennsylvania - Philadelphia.; Three-quarters leather on linen boards (Binding); No spine label.

Additional Author: Yeates, Jasper,

Additional Corporate Author: Pennsylvania.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Yeates Collection

Call Number: Book 1017 1805

Tell General Lane to come in, Joseph Farmer Knipe at Chancellorsville and other Civil War stories

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Author: Ellis, Jean H.

Edition: Fourth booklet publication.

Date of Publication: 1999.

Call Number: 974.815 MOJT H673 V. 3 # 2

Responsibility: researched and edited by Jean H. Ellis.

Author: Ellis, Jean H.

Edition: Fourth booklet publication.

Place of Publication: [Mount Joy, Pa.?]

Publisher: Mount Joy Area Historical Society,

Date of Publication: 1999.

Physical Description: 61 p. : ill., maps, ports. ; 22 cm.

Series: Remember when ;

Notes: Includes a list of Civil War veterans buried in Mount Joy, Pa., and the names of additional Mount Joy veterans.; Includes bibliographical references (p.60-61).

Subjects: Knipe, Joseph Farmer - 1823-1901.; United States; Veterans - Pennsylvania - Mount Joy.; Mount Joy (Pa.) - History - Civil War, 1861-1865.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 974.815 MOJT H673 V. 3 # 2

Don't forget it the Civil War military correspondence of Private John W. Bookman, 45th regiment, Pennsylvania volunteer infantry

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo316

Date of Publication: 1997

Call Number: 973.781 B724

Publisher: Typescript

Date of Publication: 1997

Physical Description: 7, unp. 28 cm.

Subjects: Personal narratives; United States - History - Civil War, 1861-1865 - Personal narratives.; United States - History - Civil War, 1861-1865.; Diaries

Additional Author: Lenox, Ronald S.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 973.781 B724

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