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Collection
Photography Collection: Lantern Slides
Object ID
2002.091.009
Date Range
1889-1920
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Collection
Photography Collection: Lantern Slides
Description
Revolutionary British prison
Date Range
1889-1920
Year Range From
1889
Year Range To
1920
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Storage Room
Archives West
Subcategory
Documentary Artifact
Search Terms
Prisons
Object Name
Transparency, Lantern Slide
Material
Glass, Paper
Height (in)
3.25
Width (in)
4
Depth (in)
0.125
Object ID
2002.091.009
Credit
Courtesy of LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.
Accession Number
2002.091
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Records of the revolutionary war: containing the military and financial correspondence of distinguished officers; names of the officers and privates of regiments, companies, and corps, with the dates of their commissions and enlistments; general orders of Washington, Lee, and Greene, at Germantown and Valley Forge; with a list of distinguished prisoners of war; the time of their capture, exchange, etc. To which is added the half-pay acts of the Continental Congress; the revolutionary pension laws; and a list of the officers of the Continental Army who acquired the right to half-pay, commutation, and lands

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo1162
Author
Saffell, William Thomas Roberts,
Date of Publication
1860.
Call Number
973.3 S128
Responsibility
By W. T. R. Saffell.
Author
Saffell, William Thomas Roberts,
Place of Publication
Philadelphia
Publisher
G. G. Evans,
Date of Publication
1860.
Physical Description
554 p. 20 cm.
Notes
First published 1858.
Subjects
Pensions, Military - United States
United States - History - Revolution, 1775-1783 - Sources.
United States - History - Revolution, 1775-1783 - Biography.
United States - History - Revolution, 1775-1783 - Registers, lists, etc.
United States - History - Revolution, 1775-1783 - Prisoners and prisons.
Additional Author
Washington, George,
Lee, Charles,
Greene, Nathanael,
Additional Corporate Author
United States. Continental Congress.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
973.3 S128
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Life in southern prisons; from the diary of Corporal Charles Smedley, of Company G, 90th regiment Penn'a volunteers, commencing a few days before the "battle of the Wilderness", in which he was taken prisoner, in the evening of the fifth month fifth, 1864: also, a short description of the march to and battle of Gettysburg, together with a biographical sketch of the author

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo1934
Author
Smedley, Charles,
Date of Publication
1865.
Call Number
973.781 S637
Author
Smedley, Charles,
Place of Publication
[Lancaster? Pa.]
Publisher
Ladies' and gentlemen's Fulton aid society,
Date of Publication
1865.
Physical Description
60 p. front. (port.) 19 cm.
Notes
LCHS copy - photocopy. Original in MG-18, Box 9 - Folder 8.
Subjects
United States - History - Civil War, 1861-1865 - Prisoners and prisons.
United States - History - Civil War, 1861-1865 - Personal narratives.
Additional Corporate Author
Pearsol & Geist.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
973.781 S637
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Loyalists, pacifists, and prisoners

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo14108
Author
Steinmetz, Rollin C.
Date of Publication
1976.
Call Number
974.815 LACO L245re
Responsibility
by Rollin C. Steinmetz ; original ill. by Grace T. Steinmetz.
ISBN
0915010127
Author
Steinmetz, Rollin C.
Place of Publication
Lancaster [Pa.] : Lititz, Pa
Publisher
Lancaster County Bicentennial Committee ; distributed by Sutter House,
Date of Publication
1976.
Physical Description
81 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.
Series
Lancaster County during the American Revolution ;
Notes
At head of cover title: Revolutionary Lancaster.
"A Bicentennial book."
Spine title: Lancaster County during the American Revolution; Joseph E. Walker, editor.
Subjects
American loyalists - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
Lancaster County (Pa.) - History - Revolution, 1775-1783 - Religious aspects.
Lancaster County (Pa.) - History - Revolution, 1775-1783 - Prisoners and prisons.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
974.815 LACO L245re
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Collection
General Collection
Object ID
1-10-01-27
Date Range
December 13, 1977
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Object Name
Negative
Collection
General Collection
Description
Lancaster County Jail, exterior.
Date Range
December 13, 1977
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Subcategory
Documentary Artifact
Search Terms
Prisons
Jails
Place
Lancaster
Object Name
Negative
Print Size
2 x 3 inches
Object ID
1-10-01-27
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Collection
General Collection
Object ID
1-10-01-28
Date Range
December 13, 1977
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Object Name
Negative
Collection
General Collection
Description
Lancaster County Jail, exterior.
Date Range
December 13, 1977
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Subcategory
Documentary Artifact
Search Terms
Prisons
Jails
Place
Lancaster
Object Name
Negative
Print Size
2 x 3 inches
Object ID
1-10-01-28
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Collection
General Collection
Object ID
1-10-01-29
Date Range
December 13, 1977
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Object Name
Negative
Collection
General Collection
Description
Lancaster County Jail, exterior.
Date Range
December 13, 1977
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Subcategory
Documentary Artifact
Search Terms
Prisons
Jails
Place
Lancaster
Object Name
Negative
Print Size
2 x 3 inches
Object ID
1-10-01-29
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Collection
General Collection
Object ID
1-10-01-30
Date Range
December 13, 1977
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Object Name
Negative
Collection
General Collection
Description
Lancaster County Jail, exterior.
Date Range
December 13, 1977
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Subcategory
Documentary Artifact
Search Terms
Prisons
Jails
Place
Lancaster
Object Name
Negative
Print Size
2 x 3 inches
Object ID
1-10-01-30
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Collection
General Collection
Object ID
1-10-03-03
Date Range
November 22, 1977
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Object Name
Negative
Collection
General Collection
Description
Interior view of Lancaster County Prison
Date Range
November 22, 1977
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Subcategory
Documentary Artifact
Search Terms
Prisons
Jails
Place
Lancaster
Object Name
Negative
Print Size
2 x 3 inches
Object ID
1-10-03-03
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Collection
General Collection
Object ID
1-10-03-04
Date Range
November 22, 1977
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Object Name
Negative
Collection
General Collection
Description
Interior view of Lancaster County Prison
Date Range
November 22, 1977
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Subcategory
Documentary Artifact
Search Terms
Prisons
Jails
Place
Lancaster
Object Name
Negative
Print Size
2 x 3 inches
Object ID
1-10-03-04
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