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Records of the American Catholic Historical Society of Philadelphia

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo15816
Date of Publication
1887-c2000.
Call Number
905.748 CHS
  1 website  
ISSN
0002-7790
Place of Publication
Philadelphia
Publisher
American Catholic Historical Society of Philadelphia,
Date of Publication
1887-c2000.
Physical Description
109 v. : ill., ports., facsims. ; 23-25 cm.
Publication Frequency
Twice a year, <1998>
Dates of Publication
Vol. 1 (1884-86)-v. 109, no. 3-4 (fall-winter 1998).
Notes
These volumes are in the "library work room". They are not on the open shelves. However, there is an index on the open shelves. Its call number is 905.748 CHS Index. Patrons should consult the index first. If there is a volume that they want to see, the library attendant should pull the volume from the shelves in the "library work room".
Library has: Vol. 1 (1884-1886) - Vol. 109, no. 3-4 (Fall-Winter 1998)
Vols. 1 (1884-86)-31 (1920). 1 v.; Vols. 32 (1921)-41 (1930). 1 v.
Subjects
Catholic Church - History - Societies, etc. - Periodicals.
Catholic Church - United States - History - Periodicals.
Catholic Church - Pennsylvania - Philadelphia - Periodicals.
Additional Corporate Author
American Catholic Historical Society of Philadelphia.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
905.748 CHS
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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
  1 website  
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
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The Fair Play settlers of the West Branch Valley, 1769-1784: a study of frontier ethnography

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo3083
Author
Wolf, George D.,
Date of Publication
1969.
Call Number
974.80069 W853
  1 website  
Responsibility
by George D. Wolf.
Author
Wolf, George D.,
Place of Publication
Harrisburg
Publisher
Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission,
Date of Publication
1969.
Physical Description
x, 122 p. map. 24 cm.
Notes
Bibliography: p. 113-118.
Contents
Chapters: Fair Play Territory: Geography and Topography --- The Fair Play Settlers: Demographic Factors --- The Politics of Fair Play --- The Farmers' Frontier --- Fair Play Society --- Leadership and the Problems of the Frontier --- Democracy on the Pennsylvania Frontier --- Frontier Ethnography and the Turner Thesis
Summary
The book discusses a self-governing community established in an area that was between today's Williamsport and Lock Haven, settled primarily by Scotch-Irish immigrants who had felt unwelcome in the Province of Pennsylvania.
Subjects
Frontier and pioneer life - Pennsylvania.
Lycoming County (Pa.) - History.
Additional Corporate Author
Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
974.80069 W853
Websites
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Postage stamps of the United States : an illustrated description of all United States postage and special service stamps issued by the Post Office Department from July 1, 1847 to December 31, 1961

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo2846
Corporate Author
United States. Post Office Dept. Office of Special Assistant to the Postmaster General.
Date of Publication
1962.
Call Number
383.22 U58
  1 website  

Historic heart of Lancaster

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo648
Author
Lestz, Gerald
Date of Publication
[c1962]
Call Number
974.815 LACI L642
  1 website  
Author
Lestz, Gerald
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
John Baer
Date of Publication
[c1962]
Physical Description
56 p. illus.
Summary
" A do-it-yourself guide for a walking tour of the central section of Lancaster,Pennsylvania , America's oldest inland city and county seat of the Garden Spot of The World " [from the title page]
Subjects
Lancaster (Pa.) - History.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
974.815 LACI L642
Websites
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The Molly Maguires: a thrilling narrative of the rise, progress and fall of the most noted band of cut-throats of modern times

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo12656
Date of Publication
1969.
Call Number
364.14 M727
  1 website  
Place of Publication
St. Clair, Pa
Publisher
Kelly Printing,
Date of Publication
1969.
Physical Description
44 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Notes
Reprint. Originally published: Tamaqua, Pa. : Eveland and Harris, [n.d.]
"The Molly Maguires were an Irish 19th-century secret society active in Ireland, Liverpool and parts of the Eastern United States, best known for their activism among Irish-American and Irish immigrant coal miners in Pennsylvania. After a series of often violent conflicts, twenty suspected members of the Molly Maguires were convicted of murder and other crimes and were executed by hanging in 1877 and 1878. This history remains part of local Pennsylvania lore." [from Wikipedia]
Subjects
Molly Maguires.
Coal miners - Pennsylvania.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
364.14 M727
Websites
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Fool's gold; the decline and fall of Captain John Sutter of California

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo16593
Author
Dillon, Richard H.
Date of Publication
[1967]
Call Number
923.9 S967d
  1 website  
Responsibility
by Richard Dillon.
Author
Dillon, Richard H.
Place of Publication
New York
Publisher
Coward-McCann
Date of Publication
[1967]
Physical Description
380 p. illus., maps, ports. 22 cm.
Notes
"Bibliographical reprise": p. 357-363.
Subjects
Sutter, John Augustus, - 1803-1880.
Pioneers - California
California - History - To 1846.
California - History - 1846-1850.
California - Biography.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
923.9 S967d
Websites
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A narrative of the mission of the United Brethren among the Delaware and Mohegan Indians : from its commencement, in the year 1740, to the close of the year 1808 ; comprising all the remarkable incidents which took place at their missionary stations during that period ; interspersed with anecdotes, historical facts, speeches of Indians, and other interesting matter

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo4200
Author
Heckewelder, John Gottlieb Ernestus,
Date of Publication
1820.
Call Number
974.8011 H449
  1 website  
Responsibility
by John Heckewelder.
Author
Heckewelder, John Gottlieb Ernestus,
Place of Publication
Philadelphia
Publisher
McCarty & Davis,
Date of Publication
1820.
Physical Description
xii, 429 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.
Subjects
Moravian Indians
Delaware Indians
Mohegan Indians
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
974.8011 H449
Websites
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The political writings of Thomas Paine : secretary to the Committee of Foreign Affairs in the American Revolution : to which is prefixed a brief sketch of the author's life

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo2529
Author
Paine, Thomas,
Date of Publication
1824.
Call Number
973.402 P147
  2 websites  
Author
Paine, Thomas,
Place of Publication
Charlestown (Ms.)
Publisher
G. Davidson,
Date of Publication
1824.
Physical Description
2 v. ; 22 cm.
Notes
On spine: Paine's works.
"In two volumes."
Contents
Volume I chapters: Sketch of the Life of Thomas Paine // Common Sense // Epistle to the Quakers // "The Crisis" numbers 1 through 16 // Public Good. On The Claim of Virginia to the Western Territory // Letter to the abbe Raynal // Dissertations on government , the affairs of the bank , and paper money // Miscellaneous
Volume II chapters: Prospects of the Rubicon // Rights of man Part 1. Being an answer to Mr Burke 's attack on the French Revolution // Rights of Man Part 2. Combining principles and practice // Letter to theauthors of The Republican // Letter to the abbe Sieyes // Address to the Addressers // Letters to Lord Onslow // Dissertation on First Principles of government // Speech delivered to the French National Convention // Letter to Mr Secretary Dundas // The Decline and Fall of the English system of Finance // Letter to the People of France // Reasons for preserving the life of Louis Capet as delivered to the national convention // Agrarian justice, opposed to agrarian law, and to agrarian monopoly.
Subjects
Paine, Thomas, - 1737-1809.
Political science
Location
Lancaster History Library - Rare Books
Call Number
973.402 P147
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Pennsylvania and the Civil War : a handbook

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo4485
Author
Higginbotham, Sanford Wilson,
Date of Publication
1961.
Call Number
974.8033 H635
  1 website  
Responsibility
by Sanford W. Higginbotham, William A. Hunter, Donald H. Kent ; artwork by Florence Vinyard.
Author
Higginbotham, Sanford Wilson,
Place of Publication
Harrisburg, Pa
Publisher
Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission,
Date of Publication
1961.
Physical Description
22 p. : maps, port. ; 23 cm.
Notes
"Suggestions for reading and research": p. 16-17.
Subjects
Pennsylvania - History - Civil War, 1861-1865.
Additional Author
Hunter, William A.
Kent, Donald H.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
974.8033 H635
Websites
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