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An act to incorporate the city of Lancaster with the several subsequent acts relating thereto; and the ordinances for the regulation of the said city, passed by the Select and Common Councils

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo17638
Corporate Author
Lancaster (Pa.).
Date of Publication
1834.
Call Number
090 L224mh 1834
Responsibility
Arr. and published by Councils.
Corporate Author
Lancaster (Pa.).
Place of Publication
Lancaster
Publisher
Printed by Hugh Maxwell,
Date of Publication
1834.
Physical Description
1 v. (various pagings) 20 cm.
Notes
Library copy missing title page.
Subjects
Lancaster (Pa.). - H. Maxwell - (1834)
Ordinances, Municipal - Pennsylvania - Lancaster.
Lancaster (Pa.) - History.
Lancaster (Pa.) - Politics and government.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Rare Books
Call Number
090 L224mh 1834
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A history of Maryland; from its settlement in 1634 to the year 1848, with an account of its first discovery, and the various explorations of the Chesapeake Bay, anterior to its settlement; to which is added, a copious appendix, containing the names of the officers of the old Maryland line: the lords proprietary of the province, and the governors of Maryland, from its settlement to the present time ... For the use of schools

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo20682
Author
McSherry, James,
Date of Publication
1852.
Call Number
975.2 B197 1852
  1 website  
Responsibility
By James McSherry, esq.
Author
McSherry, James,
Place of Publication
Baltimore
Publisher
J. Murphy & Co.; Cushings & Bailey [etc]
Date of Publication
1852.
Physical Description
418 pages 20 cm
Notes
Lists of Maryland officers in service during the revolution, 1776-1781: p. 381-393.
Discarded from the Pennsylvania Farm Museum, Lancaster, :Pa.
Subjects
Maryland. - Militia.
Maryland - History.
Untied States - History - Revolution, 1775-1783 - Regimental histories.
History.
Annotations (Provenance)
Location
Lancaster History Library - Rare Books
Call Number
975.2 B197 1852
Websites
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Essays, read before the Lancaster County teachers' institute, held in Fulton Hall, Lancaster City, January 26th, to January 31st, 1857, inclusive. Together with the names of the members of the institute

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo9496
Date of Publication
1857.
Call Number
370 L245e
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Theo. Fenn, printer,
Date of Publication
1857.
Physical Description
32 p. ; 21 cm.
Subjects
Education - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
Additional Corporate Author
Teachers' Institute of Lancaster County.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Lancaster County
Call Number
370 L245e
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Introductory lecture delivered at the opening of the Lancaster Convservatory of the Arts and Sciences and City Lyceum on the evening of July 3d, 1837

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo15936
Author
Cruse, Christian Frederick,
Date of Publication
1837.
Call Number
121 C957
Responsibility
by the Rev. C. Fr. Cruse.
Author
Cruse, Christian Frederick,
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Printed by C. M'Cleery,
Date of Publication
1837.
Physical Description
28 p. ; 19 cm.
Notes
Includes Constitution of the Lancaster Conservatory of Arts and Sciences and City Lyceum.
Subjects
Lancaster Conservatory of Arts and Sciences and City Lyceum (Lancaster, Pa.)
Knowledge, Theory of.
Learning and scholarship.
Learned institutions and societies - Pennsylvania - Lancaster.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Lancaster County
Call Number
121 C957
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The doctrine of the new birth, : exemplified in the life and religious experience of Onesimus, from the eleventh to the twenty-fifth year of his age, or from the year 1779 to 1793, inclusive. : Also, the visions which he saw concerning the city of Philadelphia, in the state of Pennsylvania, in the days when George Washington was the president of the United States of North America, and in the year of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, 1792. The visions with several of the special events of his life shall be illustrated with twenty plates, and the whole designed as a defence of the truth of the Gospel, and proof of the immortality of the human soul. Written in twenty letters, and dedicated to Elder Joseph Maylin. Onesimus

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo19440
Author
Hewson, John,
Date of Publication
1839.
Call Number
248 P544 1839
Author
Hewson, John,
Place of Publication
Philadelphia
Publisher
Printed by William F. Rackliff. Corner of George and Swanwick streets.,
Date of Publication
1839.
Physical Description
164 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.
Notes
Copyright 1839 by John Hewson.
Error in paging: p. 84 misnumbered 48.
Missing title page through page 2.
Yellow fever in Philadelphia page 156.
Checklist Amer. imprints
Subjects
Immortality.
Yellow fever - Pennsylvania - Philadelphia.
Visions.
Authority
Yellow fever.
Pennsylvania - Philadelphia.
Half-cloth bindings (Binding) - 1839.
Letters.
Allegories.
Additional Author
Maylim, Joseph.
Rackliff, William F.,
Place
United States Pennsylvania Philadelphia.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Rare Books
Call Number
248 P544 1839
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The Holy Bible, containing the Old and New Testaments : translated out of the original tongues, and with the former translations diligently compared and revised ; with Canne's marginal notes and references ; to which are added, an index ; an alphabetical table of all the names in the Old and New Testaments, with their significations ; tables of Scripture weights, measures, and coins, &c

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo19874
Edition
Kimber and Sharpless' stereotype ed.
Date of Publication
[1835?]
Call Number
220 W363 1835?
Edition
Kimber and Sharpless' stereotype ed.
Place of Publication
Philadelphia : New York
Publisher
Kimber and Sharpless ; Stereotyped by E. White,
Date of Publication
[1835?]
Physical Description
4 (6), 5-570, 112, [8], 573-768, 18, 54 pages, [8 leaves of plates : illustrations ; 30 cm
Notes
At head of title: Kimber and Sharpless Ì“ stereotype edition.
New Testament has special t.p.: ... The New Testament of Our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, translated out of the original Greek ...
Plates engraved by Anderson after illustrations by Bruegel, Guercino, Craig, Coning, Bloemart, Dominichini, and B. Picart.
Includes Apocrypha and Psalms of David in metre.
"Apocrypha" (112 p.) inserted after Old Testament.
T.p.of Old Testament precedes t.p. of entire bible.
Some water damaged and/or mold on most pages.
Viewing bibles contingent on staff availability, an aqppointment may be required.
Weaver family bible.
Twelve loose items including one minature of a young woman removed to MG399 Family History Collection.
Genealogy of Isaac Weaver family 1824-1863.
With this is bound: Brown, John. A brief concordance to the Holy Scriptures of the Old and New Testaments. Philadelphia : Kimber and Sharpless, n.d.
Damaged tree binding with maroon spine title.
Subjects
Weaver family - Genealogy.
Weaver, Isaac, - 1824 .
Weaver, Martha, - 1825.
Additional Author
Canne, John,
Anderson, Alexander,
White, Elihu,
Brown, John,
Additional Corporate Author
Kimber & Sharpless,
Additional Title
Bible.
Place
United States Pennsylvania Philadelphia.
United States New York New York.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Bible
Call Number
220 W363 1835?
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Report of the trial of Castner Hanway for treason, in the resistance of the execution of the Fugitive slave law of September 1850. Before Judges Grier and Kane, in the Circuit Court of the United States for the eastern district of Pennsylvania. Held at Philadelphia in November and December, 1851. To which is added an Appendix, containing the laws of the United States on the subject of fugitives from labor, the charges of Judge Kane to the grand juries in relation thereto, and a statement of the points of law decided by the court during the trial

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo2052
Author
Hanway, Castner,
Date of Publication
1852.
Call Number
974.8032 R634
Responsibility
By James J. Robbins. From the notes of Arthur Cannon and Samuel B. Dalrymple, phonograpic reporters appointed by the court for this case.
Author
Hanway, Castner,
Place of Publication
Philadelphia
Publisher
King & Baird,
Date of Publication
1852.
Physical Description
2 p.l., 9-275 p. 23 cm.
Notes
The charge was in connection with an attempt to arrest Noah Buley, Nelson Ford, Joshua Hammond, and George Hammond on a warrant issued under the Fugitive slave law, claiming them as slaves of Edward Gorsuch of Maryland.
African American resources at Lancaster County Historical Society
Subjects
Buley, Noah.
Fugitive slave law of 1850.
Additional Author
Robbins, James J.
Cannon, Arthur.
Dalrymple, Samuel B.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Rare Books
Call Number
974.8032 R634
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The life and confession of Henry Smith, who was found guilty in the Court of Quarter Sessions of the County of Lancaster, Pa. in January, 1838 : of the murder of Benjamin Peart, and sentenced to be executed within the walls of the Lancaster County Jail, on the 11th of May 1838

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo5981
Author
Smith, Henry,
Date of Publication
1838.
Call Number
347.072643 S649
Author
Smith, Henry,
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa. :b John K. Reed
Date of Publication
1838.
Physical Description
12 p. , 2cm.
Notes
Photocopy of the original.
Subjects
Smith, Henry, - 1809-1838.
Peart, Benjamin.
Trials (murder) - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Lancaster County
Call Number
347.072643 S649
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Proceedings of the manufacturers, mechanics, merchants, traders and others of the City and County of Philadelphia signers of the memorial to Congress asking for the return of the government deposites to the Bank of the United States : with a report of the delegates appointed to represent at Washington the views and wishes of the memorialists, and a statement of their interview with Andrew Jackson

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo15592
Date of Publication
1834.
Call Number
815 P769 # 2
Place of Publication
Philadelphia
Publisher
[s.n.],
Date of Publication
1834.
Physical Description
15 p. ; 24 cm.
Notes
Signed: John A. Brown, President.
Sabin 62089.
In: Political Speeches.
Subjects
Brown, John A.
Bank of the United States (1816-1836)
Banks and banking, Central - United States
Additional Author
Jackson, Andrew,
Location
Lancaster History Library - Rare Books
Call Number
815 P769 # 2
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The life and confession of Daniel Shaeffer, who was found guilty, in the Court of Quarter Sessions of the County of Lancaster, Pa. in November, 1831, of the murder of Elizabeth Bowers and sentenced to be executed on the 13th of April, 1832

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo19389
Author
Shaeffer, Daniel ,
Date of Publication
1832.
Call Number
090 L244ro 1832
345.02523 S524
Author
Shaeffer, Daniel ,
Place of Publication
Lancaster
Publisher
Published by Peter Reed, Jr. and A.F. Osterlon ,
Date of Publication
1832.
Physical Description
23 p. ; 17 cm.
Notes
Original document housed with Rare Books. (090 L244ro 1832)
Subjects
Executions and executioners.
Crime and criminals - Pennsylvania - Lancaster.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Rare Books
Lancaster History Library - Lancaster County
Call Number
090 L244ro 1832
345.02523 S524
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