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Window tax and Fries' treason trial

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Author
Hensel, W. U.
Date of Publication
1914
Call Number
974.9 L245 v.18
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Responsibility
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
87-89 p. ; 23 cm.
Series
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 18, no. 4
Summary
This journal article contains a letter sent by German-American citizens in Pennsylvania to President John Adams. In the letter, they ask for his help in being compensated for their imprisonment that was imposed for their participation in the protest against the tax imposed upon their property. Their protest is known as Fries's Rebellion after the leader of the protest, John Fries. The article also describes Fries's trial and conviction for treason and his pardon by President Adams.
Notes
From Britanica.com: "Fries's Rebellion, (1799), uprising, in opposition to a direct federal property tax, by farmers in eastern Pennsylvania led by John Fries (c. 1750-1818). In July of 1798, the Federalist-controlled U.S. Congress, which greatly needed revenues for an anticipated war with France, had voted a direct federal tax on all real property, including land, buildings, and slaves. This tax, which caused widespread national resentment against the John Adams administration, infuriated the German farmers of Bucks, Northampton, and Montgomery counties in Pennsylvania. Eventually, several hundred farmers took up arms under the leadership of John Fries. At Bethlehem, Pa., Fries and his men forced, by intimidation rather than by actual violence, the release of a group of tax resisters who had been imprisoned under the custody of the federal marshal. In response, President Adams called out a force of federal troops and militia, who marched into the rebellious counties and began making wholesale arrests of the insurgents. John Fries was captured and subsequently tried twice, convicted of treason on each occasion, and sentenced to hang. He was pardoned by Adams in April 1800, when the president declared a general amnesty for all those who had been involved in the 'rebellion'."
Subjects
Fries, John, - ca. 1750-1818.
Taxation.
Treason.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Journal
Call Number
974.9 L245 v.18
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Sidelights on an early political campaign

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Author
Hensel, W. U.
Date of Publication
1914
Call Number
974.9 L245 v.18
  1 website  
Responsibility
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
90-95 p. ; 23 cm.
Series
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 18, no. 4
Summary
This article features letters from James Buchanan to Henry A. Muhlenberg and letters from Simon Cameron to Muhlenberg indicating their support for him in the upcoming election for governor of Pennsylvania in 1844. Muhlenberg was nominated by the Democratic party for that position, but he died prior to the election.
Subjects
Muhlenberg, Henry Augustus Philip, - 1782-1844.
Buchanan, James, - 1791-1868 - Correspondence.
Cameron, Simon, - 1799-1889 - Correspondence.
Electioneering - Pennsylvania
Location
Lancaster History Library - Journal
Call Number
974.9 L245 v.18
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Washington's Farewell address, and Webster's Bunker Hill orations

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Author
Washington, George,
Date of Publication
1906, 1918 printing.
Call Number
923.173 W318
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Responsibility
ed. with introduction and notes by William T. Peck.
Author
Washington, George,
Place of Publication
New York, London
Publisher
The Macmillan Co.,
Date of Publication
1906, 1918 printing.
Physical Description
lxix, 131 p. front. (port.) 15 cm.
Series
Macmillan's pocket American and English classics
Notes
Bibliography: p. lxvi-lxvii.
Additional Author
Webster, Daniel,
Peck, William T.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
923.173 W318
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Franklin's contribution to medicine, being a collection of letters written by Benjamin Franklin bearing on the science and art of medicine and exhibiting his social and professional intercourse with various physicians of Europe and America

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Author
Diller, Theodore,
Date of Publication
1912.
Call Number
923.2 F831d
  1 website  
Responsibility
by Theodore Diller.
Author
Diller, Theodore,
Place of Publication
Brooklyn, N.Y
Publisher
A.T. Huntington,
Date of Publication
1912.
Physical Description
5 p.l., [9]-89, [1] p. front. (port.) illus. 25 cm.
Notes
"Of this book three hundred copies have been printed of which this is copyright no. 2."
References: p. 89.
Contents
The author is convinced that "Benjamin Franklin was one of the greatest benefactors, friends and patrons of the medical profession." This book is a collection of letters "exhibiting his social and professional intercourse with various physicians of Europe and America."
Subjects
Franklin, Benjamin, - 1706-1790
Additional Author
Franklin, Benjamin,
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
923.2 F831d
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The confidential correspondence of Robert Morris, the great financier of the revolution and signer of the Declaration of Independence

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Author
Morris, Robert,
Date of Publication
[1917?]
Call Number
973.3 H513
  1 website  
Responsibility
embracing letters of the most vital historical importance from signers of the Declaration of Independence (many of them written in 1776) members of the Continental Congress, generals, commodores, other officers and patriots in the revolution ... to be sold Tuesday afternoon and evening, Jan. 16th, 1917.
Author
Morris, Robert,
Place of Publication
Philadelphia, Pa
Publisher
S. V. Henkels
Date of Publication
[1917?]
Physical Description
xvi, 208 p. illus. 28 cm.
Subjects
Morris, Robert, - 1734-1806.
Autographs
United States - History - Revolution, 1775-1783 - Sources - Bibliography.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
973.3 H513
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Home authors - Pennsylvania

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Author
Straughn, William R.
Date of Publication
1913
Call Number
810 S912
  1 website  
Author
Straughn, William R.
Place of Publication
Chautauqua, N.Y
Publisher
Union Book Company
Date of Publication
1913
Physical Description
192 p. ill. 19 cm.
Notes
Includes appendix
Contents
Peace to the brave (Poem) - Give us a place to play (Poem) - I've gotta go to school (Poem) - Be a good boy; Good-bye (Poem)
Summary
The book , written in 1913 , was intended by the author to show school students that there was good litterature being written in their time in their state. Writings by the following authors are included: Bayard Taylor -- Thomas Buchanan Read -- Charles Godfrey Leland -- Stephen Collins Foster -- Frank R. Stockton -- S. Wier Mitchell -- Lloyd Mifflin -- Elizabeth Lloyd -- Thomas Allibone Janvier -- Henry van Dyke-- Owen Wister -- John L. Shroy -- Richard Harding Davis -- Elsie Singmaster
Subjects
Mifflin, Lloyd, - 1846-1921.
Shroy, John L, - 1864-
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
810 S912
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Alexander Viets Griswold Allen, 1841-1908

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Author
Slattery, Charles Lewis,
Date of Publication
1911.
Call Number
922.3 A425s
  1 website  
Responsibility
by Charles Lewis Slattery.
Author
Slattery, Charles Lewis,
Place of Publication
New York
Publisher
Longmans, Green,
Date of Publication
1911.
Physical Description
xii, 296 p. plates, 2 port. (incl. front.) 22cm.
Notes
Bibliography: p. 283-285.
Contents
CONTENTS: A NEW ENGLAND RECTORY A WESTERN COLLEGE BEXLEY HALL ANDOVER AND LAWRENCE BEGINNINGS OF THE CAMBRIDOR THEOLOGICAL SCHOOL THE UNKNOWN TEACHER BECOMING KNOWN RECOGNITION. FAME A THEOLOGICAL PORTRAIT. THE APPROACH OF A GREAT SORROW TRIALS AND VICTORIES CHRISTIAN INSTITUTIONS THE LIFE OF PHILLIPS BROOKs ROME WARNINGS CHICAGO THE APPEAL FOR HELP FREEDOM IN THE CHURCH HAPPINESS AND PEACE
Subjects
Allen, Alexander Viets Griswold, - 1841-1908.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
922.3 A425s
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Return of the sick at Lititz Hospital, August 23, 1778

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Author
Jordan, John W.
Date of Publication
1912.
Call Number
905.748 HSP
  1 website  
Responsibility
John W. Jordan.
Author
Jordan, John W.
Place of Publication
Philadelphia, Pa
Publisher
Historical Society of Pennsylvania ,
Date of Publication
1912.
Physical Description
pp. 379-381 ; 23 cm.
Notes
In: Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography, v.36.
"A list of men's names remaining in the Gen. Hospital at Lititz in Brigades, Regt., Compys., 8c. August 23, 1778."
Subjects
Military hospitals - Pennsylvania - Lititz
Location
Lancaster History Library - Periodical Article
Call Number
905.748 HSP
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The building and furniture trades in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, 1750-1800

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Author
Fanelli, Doris Devine.
Date of Publication
1979.
Call Number
690 F211
  1 website  
Responsibility
by Doris Devine Fanelli.
Author
Fanelli, Doris Devine.
Place of Publication
[Newark, Del.]
Publisher
Fanelli,
Date of Publication
1979.
Physical Description
iii, 77 leaves : ill. ; 28 cm.
Notes
Principal faculty advisor: Benno M. Forman, Dept. of Art History.
Bibliography: leaves 50-55.
Contents
Chapters: Introduction - History of Lancaster Borough - The building and furniture trades in Lancaster - Economic Status of the Furniture and Building Trades in Lancaster - Success and Kinship - Products , perception , and use of material culture - Conclusion.
Summary
"Lancaster, Pennsylvania, flourished during the last half ofthe eighteenth century. The borough had been founded in 1729 as an inland supply center for the lucrative fur trade and as a gateway to western expansion. The financial opportunities Lancaster offered attracted merchants, professional men, tradesmen, and artisans. This thesis focuses on one group of craftsmen, woodworkers involved in thebuilding and furniture trades between 1750 and 1800. German immigration to southeastern Pennsylvania was high during the eighteenth century, and many of them settled in Lancaster. The ethnic ratio of the woodworkers reflected the town's five-to-one, German-to-British (that is, English, Irish, and Scotch-Irish ) ratio. These artisans shared a common technological skill and, in most cases, a common cultural heritage. This study will examine the growth of thewoodworking trade and will isolate factors that contributed to thewoodworkers' success or failure in the borough. The craftsmen's products will be discussed to determine the extent the Germans adaptedto the British culture and simultaneously retained their ethnic identity. [from the introduction]
Subjects
Woodworkers - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
Furniture industry and trade - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
Lancaster (Pa.) - History.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Lancaster County
Call Number
690 F211
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Tin, tole --independence

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Author
Robacker, Ada F.
Date of Publication
1976.
  1 website  
Responsibility
by Ada F. and Earl F. Robacker.
Author
Robacker, Ada F.
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Pennsylvania Folklife Society, Inc.
Date of Publication
1976.
Physical Description
p. 48-56.
Summary
Discusson of artistic painting of metal objects.
Subjects
Tole painting - United States.
Tinware - United States
Folk art, PennsylvaniaDutch.
Decorative arts - Pennsylvania.
Additional Author
Robacker, Earl Francis.
Contained In
Pennsylvania Folklife Magazine. Volume 25, Folk Festival Supplement (Summer 1976), p. 48-56Lancaster History Library - Periodical Article905.748 PDF v. 25
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