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The dying confession of John Lechler : who was convicted for the murder of his wife Mary Lechler and sentenced to be executed on the 25th day of October, 1822, made in the presence of Samuel Carpenter, mayor of the city of Lancaster & others

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo19553
Author
Lechler, John,
Date of Publication
1822.
Call Number
090 L244st 1822
Author
Lechler, John,
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Penn
Publisher
S.C. Stambaugh, printer,
Date of Publication
1822.
Physical Description
16 pages ; 23 cm
Notes
Inscriped on first page: Jacob Bucher his book.
Bound with: A Report of the trial of John Lechler.
Subjects
Criminals - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
Confession of judgment - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
Confession of judgment.
Criminals.
Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Rare Books
Call Number
090 L244st 1822
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Parish register of Christ Church, Leacock, Pa

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo4675
Date of Publication
1828-1879.
Call Number
283 C554Le
Place of Publication
[Leacock, Pa.]
Publisher
Christ Church,
Date of Publication
1828-1879.
Physical Description
2, 279 l. (some blank); 23 x 35 cm.
Notes
Photocopy.
"Original records are located at St. James' Church, Lancaster, Pa."
Rineer's "Churches and Cemeteries of Lancaster County" page 246 #2.
Contents
Baptisms (Dec. 23, 1828 - June 2, 1879), pages 30-69 - Confirmations (June 12,1833 - April 9, 1873, pages 127-132 - Communicants (Dec. 25, 1828 - Alpril 17, 1878, pages 170-185 - Marriages (March 26, 1829 - June 21 1866, pages 194-197 - Marriages (June 10, 1873 - June 10, 1879), pages 198-199 - Burials (April 23, 1837 - April 20, 1872), pages 243-247 - Burials (April 26, 1873 -April 18, 1879), pages 248-249.
Subjects
Christ Episcopal Church (Leacock, Lancaster County, Pa.)
Chuch records and registers - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
Registers of births, etc. - Pennsylvania - Leacock (Township)
Episcopal Church - Pennsylvania - Lancaster Couinty.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Church Record
Call Number
283 C554Le
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Warrant registers (for Pennsylvania Counties)

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo13303
Date of Publication
1734 - 1935.
Call Number
Drawer 15, Sec. 1
Responsibility
Prepared by Wm. W. Britton, begun 1734, completed May 30, 1935 ;
Date of Publication
1734 - 1935.
Physical Description
4 reels ; 35 mm.
Notes
Microfilmed in 1957. Contains 20 volumes. Lancaster County warrants are on V. 16.
Labeled on box # 257 - # 261.
Material arranged by county and includes names of warrantee, date, acreage, location, date of return, name of patentee, where patent recorded, and where survey is copied.
Subjects
Pennsylvania. Department of Internal Affairs. Bureau of Land Records.
Registers of births, etc. - Pennsylvania.
Land grants - Pennsylvania.
Land grants - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
Land grants - Pennsylvania - Berks County.
Land grants - Pennsylvania - Dauphin County.
Land grants - Pennsylvania - Chester County.
Land grants - Pennsylvania - Lebanon County.
Land grants - Pennsylvania - York County.
Land grants - Pennsylvania - Cumberland County.
Land grants - Pennsylvania - Adams County.
Additional Author
Britton, William W.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Microfilm
Call Number
Drawer 15, Sec. 1
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A report of the trial of John Lechler : on an indictment for the murder of his wife, Mary Lechler, before the Court of oyer & terminer of Lancaster County, held in the city of Lancaster on the third Monday of August 1822

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo19554
Author
Lechler, John,
Date of Publication
1822.
Call Number
090 L244st 1822
Responsibility
reported by a gentleman of the bar.
Author
Lechler, John,
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Printed by William Albright,
Date of Publication
1822.
Physical Description
40 p. ; 23 cm.
Notes
Ends with page 36.
Bound with: The Dying confession of John Lechler.
Subjects
Lechler, Mary, - -1822.
Trials (Murder) - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
Murder - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
Murder.
Trials (Murder)
Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
Additional Corporate Author
Pennsylvania. Court of oyer and terminer (Lancaster Co.)
Location
Lancaster History Library - Rare Books
Call Number
090 L244st 1822
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Trial of John Lechler for the murder of his wife, Mary Lechler : before the Court of Oyer and Terminer, held for the county of Lancaster, on the nineteenth day of August, 1822 : containing all the evidence with the particulars of the murder of Mrs. Haag : including the speeches of counsel, the charge and sentence of the court

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo16135
Author
Lechler, John.
Date of Publication
1822.
Call Number
090 L244m 1822
Responsibility
reported by Daniel Fuller.
Author
Lechler, John.
Place of Publication
Lancaster [Pa.]
Publisher
Printed and published by Hugh Maxwell,
Date of Publication
1822.
Physical Description
64 p. ; 21 cm.
Notes
Bound in green three-quarter leather and green linen with marbled end papers.
Bookplate of Redmond Conyngham, No. 2671.
Shoemaker
McDade, T.M. Murder,
Subjects
Lechler, Mary, - d. 1822.
Haag, - Mrs., - d. 1822.
Murder - Pennsylvania - Lancaster.
Trials (Murder) - Pennsylvania - Lancaster.
Uxoricide - Pennsylvania - Lancaster.
Additional Author
Fuller, Daniel.
Additional Corporate Author
Pennsylvania. Court of Oyer and Terminer (Lancaster County)
Location
Lancaster History Library - Rare Books
Call Number
090 L244m 1822
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Pastoral records 1808-1835

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo1426
Author
Shaffner, Henry B.
Date of Publication
1808-1835.
Call Number
285.8 S525
Author
Shaffner, Henry B.
Date of Publication
1808-1835.
Physical Description
3 vol.; 28 x40 cm.
Notes
Photocopy of manuscripts at Maytown Reformed Church; each page of photocopy contains two pages of manuscript.
Contents
v. 1. Baptisms (Marietta) 1808-1833 (Rineer page 302 #2); Baptisms (Elizabethtown) 1809-1839 (Riner page 165 #1); Baptisms (Manheim) 1810-1837 (Rineer page 260 #2);, Baptisms (Rapho) 1810-1833, Marriages 1808-1837, Burials 1807-1837 (Rineer page 366 #1); v. 2. Baptisms, Baptisms (Elizabethtown); Baptisms (Columbia), (Rineer page 67 #3); Baptisms (Manheim), Marriages 1830-1847, Burials; v. 3. Record of Preaching.
Subjects
Registers of births, etc. - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
Church records and registers - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Church Record
Call Number
285.8 S525
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Articles of association of the Lancaster Reading Room to which are added, the rules and regulations of the room, and of the library; a list of the officers and subscribers, &/ together with a catalogue of the books, & belongint to the Institution

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo1545
Date of Publication
1827
Call Number
021 R287
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
printed by Hugh Maxwell,
Date of Publication
1827
Physical Description
19 pgs.; 19 cm.
Notes
Inscribed on front cover "Doctor I. Carpenter' and inside front cover has a small label "Library of Julius F. Sachse, Section Americana".
Subjects
Libraries - Pennsylvania - Lancaster.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Lancaster County
Call Number
021 R287
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Constitution and by-laws

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo15576
Corporate Author
Franklin Beneficial Association of Lancaster.
Date of Publication
1829.
Call Number
090 L244fe 1829
Corporate Author
Franklin Beneficial Association of Lancaster.
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Fenn & Fenton, printers
Date of Publication
1829.
Physical Description
22 p. 18 cm.
Subjects
Franklin Beneficial Association of Lancaster.
Clubs - Pennsylvania - Lancaster.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Rare Books
Call Number
090 L244fe 1829
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Collection
Lancaster County Historical Government Records
Title
Naturalization Petitions
Object ID
RG 01-00 0103
Date Range
1800-1940
Collection
Lancaster County Historical Government Records
Title
Naturalization Petitions
Description
Petitions filed for admission to citizenship. Documents may contain: petition number, date, name, nationality, declaration of intention, oath of allegiance, affidavits of witnesses, date admitted in court, and official signatures. Twentieth century petitions may include notes of testimony.
System of Arrangement
Arranged numerically by petition number.
Date Range
1800-1940
Creation Date
1800-1940
Year Range From
1800
Year Range To
1940
Creator
Lancaster County Court of Common Pleas, Office of the Prothonotary
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Storage Room
Microfilm Room
Subjects
Emigration and immigration
Naturalization--United States
Pennsylvania. Court of Common Pleas (Lancaster County)
Search Terms
Court of Common Pleas
Immigration
Naturalization papers
Notes of testimony
Extent
Microfilm
Object Name
Petition
Language
English
Object ID
RG 01-00 0103
Location of Originals
Lancaster County Archives, Lancaster, Pennsylvania
Copies
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania
Notes
Preferred Citation: Title or description of item, date (day, month, year), Collection, Title and Object ID, Box #, Folder #, LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.
Access Conditions / Restrictions
Please request at Reference Desk or Research@LancasterHistory.org.
Copyright
Copies of historic Lancaster County, Pennsylvania government records held by LancasterHistory may be published without special permission. There is no fee for publication. Proper credit lines are encouraged in the interest of good documentation.
Credit
Courtesy of Lancaster County Archives and LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.
Classification
RG 01-00 0103
Description Level
Series
Custodial History
Added to database 09 December 2023.
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Das Neue Testament unsers Herrn und Heilandes Jesu Christi

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo19032
Edition
Erste mit Stereotypen gedruckt Auflage.
Date of Publication
[1824]
Call Number
225 C283 1824
Responsibility
Nach der deutschen Uebersetzung von. D. Martin Luther. ; Mit kurzem Inhalt eines jeden Capitels, vollständiger Anweisung gleicher Schriftstellen, und aller sonn- und festtäglichen Evangelien und Episteln. ; Mit 12 Bildern geziert.
Edition
Erste mit Stereotypen gedruckt Auflage.
Place of Publication
Carlisle, (Pa.)
Publisher
1824. Gedruckt und zu haben bey Moser und Peters.,
Date of Publication
[1824]
Physical Description
511, 5 p., [12] leaves of plates : ill. ; 17 cm.
Notes
Printed in two columns.
From the collection of the Heritage Center Museum, G77.50.5
Hand-drawn bookplate on inside front cover reading Maragaret Weidman/her/Testament in black ink intertwined with red and green vining tulips growing from a red base at the bottom.
Two advertising cards for Hirneisen & Wolf, dealers in poultry, calves, etd, Clay, Lanc. Co. Pa. and Allen's superior knitting cotton No. 12 and second clasp removed and placed in Heritage Center file.
Shoemaker
Bötte & Tannhof. German printing,
Subjects
Weidman, Margaret.
Bookplates - American - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
Fraktur (Provenance)
Relief prints.
Ornate types (Type evidence)
Leather bindings (Binding)
Bookplates (Provenance)
Clasps (Binding)
Additional Author
Luther, Martin,
Additional Corporate Author
Moser and Peters,
Place
United States Pennsylvania Carlisle.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Rare Books
Call Number
225 C283 1824
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Collection
Lancaster County Historical Government Records
Title
Petitions to Make Sheriff's Deeds
Object ID
RG 01-00 [1840]
Date Range
1783-1902
Collection
Lancaster County Historical Government Records
Title
Petitions to Make Sheriff's Deeds
Description
Petitions from landowners to the Court of Common Pleas requesting an order to the sheriff to issue deeds for property purchased at the previous sheriff's land sales. Petitions show names of petitioner, former owner, and former sheriff; signature of petitioner; a brief description of the property; location; purchase price; and date. Most are handwritten on printed forms.
System of Arrangement
Arranged chronologically by year, then alphabetically by purchaser's name.
Date Range
1783-1902
Year Range From
1783
Year Range To
1902
Date of Accumulation
1783, 1800, 1823-1827, 1895, 1902
Creator
Lancaster County Court of Common Pleas, Office of the Prothonotary
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Storage Room
Archives West
Subjects
Pennsylvania. Court of Common Pleas (Lancaster County)
Petitions
Real property
Search Terms
Court of Common Pleas
Petitions
Real estate
Sheriff's sales
Sheriffs
Extent
1 Box
Object Name
Petition
Language
English
Object ID
RG 01-00 [1840]
Location of Originals
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania
Notes
Preferred Citation: Title or description of item, date (day, month, year), Collection, Title and Object ID, Box #, Folder #, LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.
Petitions to Make Sheriff's Deeds may be searched in the online collection database. https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/
Access Conditions / Restrictions
Please request at Reference Desk or Research@LancasterHistory.org.
Copyright
Copies of historic Lancaster County, Pennsylvania government records held by LancasterHistory may be published without special permission. There is no fee for publication. Proper credit lines are encouraged in the interest of good documentation.
Credit
Courtesy of Lancaster County Archives and LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.
Classification
RG 01-00 [1840]
Description Level
Series
Custodial History
Added to database 03 Feb 2024.
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Collection
Bridge Records
Title
Bridge Records
Object ID
Bridge F0230 I003
Date Range
1820
Collection
Bridge Records
Title
Bridge Records
Date Range
1820
Year
1820
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Storage Room
Archives West
Storage Container
Box 0003
Subcategory
Documentary Artifact
Search Terms
Bridges
Cocalico Creek
Creeks
Earl Twp.
Inspections
Lancaster
Orders
Petitions
Reading, Berks County, Pennsylvania
Reports
Warwick Twp.
Place
Earl Twp. and Warwick Twp.
Object Name
Petition
Language
English
Condition
Fair
Object ID
Bridge F0230 I003
Box Number
003
Additional Notes
[Earl Twp. and Warwick Twp.]
Location: On road from Lancaster to Reading, Berks County.
Document types: Petition for appointment of inspectors.
Order for inspection and inspection report.
2 items, 2 pieces
Access Conditions / Restrictions
Request at Reference Desk; photocopy made by staff member.
Classification
RG 02-00 0324
Description Level
Item
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The Register of Pennsylvania : devoted to the preservation of facts and documents and every other kind of useful information respecting the state of Pennsylvania

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo8828
Date of Publication
1828-36.
Call Number
974.80083 H428
Responsibility
edited by Samuel Hazard.
Place of Publication
Philadelphia
Publisher
Printed by W.F. Geddes ;
Date of Publication
1828-36.
Physical Description
16 v. ; 27 cm.
Notes
Includes indexes.
Vols. 9-16 have title: Hazard's Pregister of Pennsylvania ...
Subjects
Pennsylvania - History.
Additional Author
Hazard, Samuel,
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
974.80083 H428
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Report of Charles Trcziyulny appointed to explore the river Susquehanna, in pursuance of an act of the General Assembly, with a view to its improvement, from the New York to the Maryland line

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo3803
Author
Trcziyulny, Charles.
Date of Publication
1827.
Call Number
974.800912 T784
Author
Trcziyulny, Charles.
Place of Publication
Harrisburg
Publisher
Cameron & Krause,
Date of Publication
1827.
Physical Description
19 p. ; 21 cm.
Notes
"Printed for the senate."
Subjects
Susquehanna River.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
974.800912 T784
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The proceedings of the General County Anti-Masonic Meeting : held in Lancaster, Penn. April 23, 1829

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo17558
Date of Publication
1829.
Call Number
324.274 A629
Meeting
General County Anti-Masonic Meeting (1829 : Lancaster, Pa.)
Place of Publication
Lancaster [Pa.]
Publisher
Fenn and Fenton, printers,
Date of Publication
1829.
Physical Description
28 p. ; 17 cm.
Subjects
Antimasonic Party (Pa.).
Freemasonry
Freemasonry - Pennsylvania
Location
Lancaster History Library - Lancaster County
Call Number
324.274 A629
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Opinion of the Supreme Court of the United States in the case of Robert W. Houston, plaintiff in error, versus Daniel Moore and others, defendants in error

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo18725
Corporate Author
United States. Supreme Court.
Date of Publication
1820.
Call Number
090 L244di 1820
345.025 H843m
Responsibility
delivered by Bushrod Washington.
Corporate Author
United States. Supreme Court.
Place of Publication
Lancaster
Publisher
Printed by Wm. Dickson,
Date of Publication
1820.
Physical Description
16 p. ; 21 cm.
Notes
Original housed in Rare Books (090 L244di 1820).
Subjects
Moore, Daniel
Houston, Robert W.
Trials (Military offenses) - Pennsylvania.
Additional Author
Houston, Robert W.
Moore, Daniel.
Washington, Bushrod,
Location
Lancaster History Library - Rare Books
Lancaster History Library - Lancaster County
Call Number
090 L244di 1820
345.025 H843m
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Collection
Bridge Records
Title
Petition to repair a bridge
Object ID
Bridge F0710 I004
Date Range
1825/08
Collection
Bridge Records
Title
Petition to repair a bridge
Date Range
1825/08
Year
1825
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Storage Room
Archives West
Storage Container
Box 0011
Subcategory
Documentary Artifact
Search Terms
Andrews Ford
Bridges
Chester County, Pennsylvania
Creeks
Fords
Octoraro Creek
Petitions
Sadsbury Twp.
Place
Sadsbury Twp. and Chester County
Object Name
Petition
Language
English
Condition
Fair
Object ID
Bridge F0710 I004
Box Number
011
Additional Notes
[Sadsbury Twp.] and Chester County
Court term: August 1825.
Location: Near Andrew's Ford.
Document type: Petition to repair a bridge.
1 item, 1 piece
Access Conditions / Restrictions
Request at Reference Desk; photocopy made by staff member.
Classification
RG 02-00 0324
Description Level
Item
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Collection
Bridge Records
Title
Bridge Records
Object ID
Bridge F0190 I008
Date Range
1824/04
Collection
Bridge Records
Title
Bridge Records
Date Range
1824/04
Year
1824
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Storage Room
Archives West
Storage Container
Box 0003
Subcategory
Documentary Artifact
Search Terms
Bridges
Conewago Creek
Conoy Twp.
Creeks
Dauphin County, Pennsylvania
Inspections
Orders
Petitions
Reports
Place
Donegal Twp. and Dauphin County
Object Name
Petition
Language
English
Condition
Fair
Object ID
Bridge F0190 I008
Box Number
003
Additional Notes
Court term: April 1824.
Location: At mouth of creek.
Document types: Petition for appointment of inspectors.
Order for inspection and inspection report.
2 items, 2 pieces
Access Conditions / Restrictions
Request at Reference Desk; photocopy made by staff member.
Classification
RG 02-00 0324
Description Level
Item
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MacKenzie's five thousand receipts in all the useful and domestic arts : constituting a complete practical library ... : a new American, from the latest London edition : with numerous and important additions generally : and the medical part carefully revised and adapted to the climate of the U. States : and also a new and most copious index

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo18286
Author
Mackenzie, Colin,
Edition
Kay's improved and enl. edit.
Date of Publication
1829.
Call Number
641 P682 1829
Alternate Title
Universal receipt book
Five thousand receipts in all the useful and domestic arts
Responsibility
by an American physician.
Author
Mackenzie, Colin,
Edition
Kay's improved and enl. edit.
Place of Publication
[Philadelphia] : [Pittsburgh]
Publisher
Published by James Kay, Jun. and Brother, Philadelphia ... ; John I. Kay & Co., Pittsburgh,
Date of Publication
1829.
Physical Description
456 p. : ill. ; 23 cm. (12mo)
Notes
Copyright: Sept. 25, 1829, James Kay Jr. & Co.
Ed. statement at head of title.
Running title: Universal receipt book.
Text in 2 columns.
Includes index.
Bitting, K.G. Gastronomic bib.,
Lincoln, W. American cookery books (rev. ed.),
Shoemaker
Contents
(from t. p.) Agriculture, bees, bleaching, brewing, calico printing, carving at table, cements, confectionary, cookery, crayons, dairy, diseases, distillation, dying, enamelling, engraving, farriery, food, gardening, gilding, glass, health, inks, &c., jewellers' pastes, lithography, medicines, metallurgy, oil colours, oils, painting, pastry, perfumery, pickling, pottery, preserving, scouring, silk, silk worms, silvering, tanning, trees of all kinds, varnishing, water colours, wines, &c. &c. &c.
Subjects
Agriculture - Handbooks.
Agriculture - Popular Works.
Cookery - Handbooks.
Cookery - Popular Works.
Housekeeping - Handbooks.
Housekeeping - Popular Works.
Pharmaceutical Preparations - Handbooks.
Pharmaceutical Preparations - Popular Works.
Recipes.
Home economics - Handbooks, manuals, etc.
Cooking, American.
Cookbooks.
Medical formularies.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Rare Books
Call Number
641 P682 1829
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The English reader : or, Pieces in prose and poetry, from the best writers; designed to assist young persons to read with propriety and effect; improve their language and sentiments, and to inculcate the most important principles of piety and virtue

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo9175
Author
Murray, Lindley,
Date of Publication
1826.
Call Number
817.5 M982e 1826
Responsibility
With a few preliminary observations on the principles of good reading. By Linsley Murray.
Author
Murray, Lindley,
Place of Publication
Philadelphia
Publisher
S. Probasco,
Date of Publication
1826.
Physical Description
209 p. ; 19 cm.
Subjects
Readers and speakers
Location
Lancaster History Library - Rare Books
Call Number
817.5 M982e 1826
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