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Author
Reninger, Marion Wallace,
Date of Publication
1954.
Call Number
974.815 LACI R413o
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Responsibility
Marion Wallace Reninger.
Author
Reninger, Marion Wallace,
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Rudisill & co.,
Date of Publication
1954.
Physical Description
82 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Contents
Chapters : " Panorama " --- " Peggy Shippen " --- " Properties " --- "Processions " --- " Presidential Romance " --- " People " --- "Prisoner and Counterfeiter " --- " Philanthropists "
Summary
The book is written about an old street in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, on which many historic and interesting events took place - from before the Revolutionary War up to the present time. This series of sketches recounts stories of national interest as well as local tradition. [from the foreward]
Subjects
Kepler family.
North family.
Shand family.
Kendig, William.
Arnold, Margaret Shippen
Shippen family.
Passmore, John.
Andre, John.
Marshall, Christopher.
Coleman, Ann
Jacobs, William.
Reilly, Richard M.
Smith, Amos Herr.
Henry, Ann Wood.
Stevens, Thaddeus
Buchanan, James
Hensel, W. U.
Rettew, Mary
Long, Catherine.
Williamson, Henry S.
Watt, Peter T.
Orange Street (Lancaster, Pa.)
Lancaster (Pa.) - Streets.
Memoirs.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
974.815 LACI R413o
Websites
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Map of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo19526
Author
Scott, Joshua.
Date of Publication
1824.
Call Number
912.74815 L244 1824
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Responsibility
respectfully dedicated to the inhabitants by Joshua Scott.
Author
Scott, Joshua.
Place of Publication
Lancaster
Publisher
[s.n.],
Date of Publication
1824.
Physical Description
1 map : hand col., cloth backing ; 87 x 115 cm., folded to 93 x 61 cm.
Notes
General-content county map also showing election districts.
Hand col. to emphasize township boundaries and territories.
Relief shown by hachures.
Orientated with north toward the upper left.
Prime meridian: Washington (D.C.).
Published "Lancaster January 1st 1824".
Originally printed on 4 sheets (later conjoined).
Copy 2: From the collections of the Heritage Center, P05.29.1.
LC Land ownership maps,
Copy 2: green boards.
Copy 1: Marble boards, three-quarater red leather, spine taped.
Subjects
Election districts - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County - Maps.
Landowners - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County - Maps.
Election districts.
Landowners.
Lancaster County (Pa.) - Maps.
Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
Maps.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Rare Books
Call Number
912.74815 L244 1824
Websites
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James Buchanan and public office : an appraisal

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo11523
Author
Carlson, Robert Eugene
Date of Publication
1957.
Call Number
905.748 HSP v.81
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Responsibility
by Robert E. Carlson.
Author
Carlson, Robert Eugene
Place of Publication
Philadelphia, Pa
Publisher
Historical Society of Pennsylvania,
Date of Publication
1957.
Physical Description
pp. 255-279 ; 23 cm.
Notes
In: Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography, v.81 (1957)
Discusses Buchanan's public service, and particularly his position on being nominated for the presidency over several years.
This record provides a link to this resuorce on the publisher's official online repository.
Subjects
Buchanan, James, - 1791-1868.
United States - Politics and government - 1815-1861.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Periodical Article
Call Number
905.748 HSP v.81
Websites
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