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Wheatland centennial celebration : commemorating the 100th anniversary of the election of James Buchanan 15th president of the United States 1856-1956

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Date of Publication
1956?]
Call Number
728.37 W557c
Place of Publication
[S.l
Publisher
S.n.,
Date of Publication
1956?]
Physical Description
[10] p. : ill. (some col.) ; 29 cm. + reprint ([8] p. : ill. (some col.) ; 28 cm.)
Notes
Cover title.
Includes the Wheatland commemorative stamp.
"Reprint from American Heritage, Volume 5, number 3, published by the American Association for State and Local History"--P. [8] of reprint.
Subjects
Buchanan, James, - 1791-1868.
Wheatland (Lancaster, Pa.)
Historic buildings - Pennsylvania - Lancaster.
Postage stamps - Pennsylvania - Lancaster.
Additional Corporate Author
James Buchanan Foundation for the Preservation of Wheatland.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Lancaster County
Call Number
728.37 W557c
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Wheatland, 1848-1868; the home of James Buchanan

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Author
Butler, Joseph Thomas.
Date of Publication
1957.
Call Number
728.37 B985
Author
Butler, Joseph Thomas.
Place of Publication
Delaware
Publisher
Univ. of Delaware,
Date of Publication
1957.
Physical Description
57 p. ; 28 cm.
Notes
Bibliography:
. 53-57.
Contents
2 pgs missing; pages from unknown document in their place.
Subjects
Buchanan, James, - 1791-1868.
Wheatland (Lancaster, Pa.)
Historic buildings - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Lancaster County
Call Number
728.37 B985
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Date of Publication
1854-1922.
Call Number
974.815 LACO L245i
Date of Publication
1854-1922.
Physical Description
2 vol. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Notes
A series of pamphlets bound together.
Contents
Vol 1: Father Ferdinand Farmer, an apostolic missionary in three states by John F. Quirk--A discourse, delivered in the Leacock Presbyterian Church, Lancaster County, Pa., on Thanksgiving Day, November 23, 1854 by P.J. Timlow--A discourse delivered in the Leacock Presbyterian Church, July 21st, 1892 by P.J. Timlow--Christ Lutheran Church, Lancaster, Pa.--Report of the commissioners appointed to examine the affairs of the Lancaster Savings Institution.
Vol.2: Resources and industries of the City of Lancaster, Lancaster County, Pa.--Historical sketch of St. Anthony's Church, Lancaster, Penna., 1870-1895 by Anthony F. Dorley--A discourse delivered in the Leacock Presbyterian Church, Lancaster County, Pa., on Thanksgiving Day, November 23, 1854--A discourse delivered in the Leacock Presbyterian Church, July 21st, 1892 by P.J. Timlow--Historical sketch of Zion's Reformed Church [Millersville] by D.H. Landis.
Subjects
Timlow, P.J.
St. Anthony's Church (Lancaster, Pa.) - History.
Christ Lutheran Church (Lancaster, Pa.) - History.
Lancaster Savings Institution - Report.
Leacock Presbyterian Church (Lancaste County, Pa.) - History.
Sacred Heart Academy (Lancaster, Pa.) - History.
St. Anthony's Parochial School (Lancaster, Pa.) - History.
Presbyterian Church (Lancaste County, Pa.)
Reformed Church (Lancaster County, Pa.)
Roman Catholic Church (Lancaster County, Pa.)
Lutheran Church (Lancaster County, Pa.)
Millersville (Pa.) - History.
Lancaster (Pa.) - Directories.
Lancaster County (Pa.) - Genealogy.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
974.815 LACO L245i
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James Buchanan, "Big wheel" of the railroads

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Author
Sprout, Oliver S.
Date of Publication
1952.
Susquehanna Rivers," without mentioning the Conestoga, Swatara, or any other particular route. They, if you please, were planning a state-wide arch for traffic; but, omitting the keystone. While bewildered solons debated, James Buchanan was born at Stony Batter, near Mercersburg, Pa. He finished at
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Responsibility
by Oliver S. Sprout.
Author
Sprout, Oliver S.
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Lancaster County Historical Society,
Date of Publication
1952.
Physical Description
[21]-34 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Series
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 56, no. 2
Subjects
Buchanan, James, - 1791-1868.
Columbia, Lancaster and Philadelphia Railroad (Pa.)
Harrisburg, Portsmouth, Mt. Joy and Lancaster Railroad Company (Pa.)
Pennsylvania Railroad.
Canals - Pennsylvania
Contained In
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 56, number 2 (1952), p. 21-34Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.56
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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
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Caernarvon 1754-1845/Elizabeth 1780 [Tax records]

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Author
Lancaster County Tax Collection Bureau
Date of Publication
1877
Call Number
Drawer 6, sec. 2: #3
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Alternate Title
Caernarvon twp. tax lists
Caernarvon Township taxes
Author
Lancaster County Tax Collection Bureau
Place of Publication
Harrisburg, Pa
Publisher
Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission
Date of Publication
1877
Physical Description
Microfilm. 693 frames. Labeled as "Pos. 3"
Series
Lancaster County Pa. Tax Records, 1748-1855.
Notes
"The tax records for this township [Caernarvon] which are here reporduced cover the following years: 1754, 1756-1759, 1769-1770, 1772-1773, 1775, 1777-1783, 1785-1793, 1797-1798, 1800-1803, 1805-1816, 1818-1822, 1824-1828, 1830-1832, 1834, 1836, 1839-1841, 1845."
There is one entry for "Elizabeth Township" in the 1780 PDF file. The entry for Elizabeth Township can be found starting on the 22nd page of the 1780 PDF file.
Subjects
Taxation - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County
Elizabeth (Lancaster County, Pa. : Township) - Genealogy.
Caernarvon (Lancaster County, Pa. : Township) - Genealogy.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Microfilm
Call Number
Drawer 6, sec. 2: #3
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Faith and works at Middle Octorara since 1727 : a history of Middle Octorara Presbyterian Church, R.D. 3, Quarryville, Pa. Edited by Sanders P. McComsey

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Author
McElwain, Madison E.
Date of Publication
1956]
Call Number
285.1 M627 index
Alternate Title
Middle Octorara presbyterian cemeteries old and new, United Presbyterian 1717, taken from Faith and Works by Madison E. McElwain, Bart Township, Lancaster County, Penna.
Author
McElwain, Madison E.
Place of Publication
[Manheim? Pa
Date of Publication
1956]
Physical Description
582 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Notes
Library has a photocopy of the cemetery abstract (p. 451-581) with index added locally,and an updated abstract incorporating new graves (no date).
Subjects
Middle Octorara Presbyterian Church (Quarryville, Pa.)
Presbyterian Church - Pennsylvania.
Registers of birth, etc., Lancaster County, Pa.
Bart (Lancaster County, Pa. : Township) - Genealogy.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Lancaster County
Call Number
285.1 M627 index
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Baptismal records of Jerusalem Lutheran and Reformed Church, Berks County, Pennsylvania

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Corporate Author
Jerusalem Lutheran and Reformed Church (Kempton, Pa.)
Date of Publication
1959.
Call Number
974.816 J56
Responsibility
by John L. Kistler.
Corporate Author
Jerusalem Lutheran and Reformed Church (Kempton, Pa.)
Place of Publication
Washington, D.C
Publisher
National Genealogical Society,
Date of Publication
1959.
Physical Description
62 p. ; 26 cm.
Series
Special publications of the National Genealogical Society ;
Notes
Transcribed from the church's 1st record book, Jan. 24, 1768-Feb. 14, 1863.
"Reprinted from the National Genealogical Society quarterly."
Subjects
Jerusalem Lutheran and Reformed Church (Kempton, Pa.)
Baptismal records - Pennsylvania - Kempton.
Berks County (Pa.) - Genealogy.
Lehigh County (Pa.) - Genealogy.
Additional Author
Kistler, John L.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
974.816 J56
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Author
Shortlidge, Helen W.
Date of Publication
1954
Call Number
289.6 E13
Responsibility
by Helen W. Shortlidge
Author
Shortlidge, Helen W.
Place of Publication
Typescript
Date of Publication
1954
Physical Description
9 p. : 29 cm.
Notes
Rineer's "Churches and Cemeteries of Lancaster County"page 258 # 1.
Bound with: Extracts from the Nottingham Monthly minutes concerning Eastland Meeting; Eastland Names: Names of Persons connected with Eastland with date of first appearance in the Men's Minutes; Officers of East[l]and Preparative Meeting 1803-1954; Information from the Minutes of Eastland Preparative Meeting and Little Britain Monthly Meeting on the Buckingham School in Little Britain Township; Marriages at Eastland under the care of Nottingham Monthly Meeting; and Marriages at Eastland under the care of Little Britain Monthly Meeting.
Subjects
Nottingham Monthly Meeting
Little Britain Monthly Meeting (Lancaster County, Pa.)
Quakers - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County - Genealogy
Location
Lancaster History Library - Church Record
Call Number
289.6 E13
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Certification of the Adams - Musser towns area for redevelopment

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Corporate Author
Lancaster City Planning Commission (Pa.)
Date of Publication
1958.
Call Number
307.1 L244ca
Responsibility
Lancaster City Planning Commission.
Corporate Author
Lancaster City Planning Commission (Pa.)
Place of Publication
Lancaster, PA
Publisher
The Commission,
Date of Publication
1958.
Physical Description
10 p. ; 28 cm.
Series
Lancaster City Planning Commission (Pa.)
Subjects
Urban renewal - Pennsylvania - Lancaster.
Community development - Lancaster (City), Pa.
Housing - Lancaster (City), Pa.
Lancaster (Pa.) - Urban renewal.
Adams Town Area - Lancaster (City), Pa.
Musser Town Area - Lancaster (City), Pa.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Lancaster County
Call Number
307.1 L244ca
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The Heindel (Heindle, Haindel, Hindel, Heindell) family of Windsor Township, York County, Pennsylvania

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Author
Knipe, James Lloyd.
Date of Publication
1953.
Call Number
Drawer 1, sec. 2: #31
Responsibility
James Lloyd Knipe.
Author
Knipe, James Lloyd.
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
[s.n.],
Date of Publication
1953.
Physical Description
1 reel , 35 mm.
571 leaves
Notes
Typescript.
Includes index.
Subjects
Heindel family.
Heindel, John, - d.1785 - Family.
Bricker family
Frey family
Hindal family
Kauffman family
Miller family
Rohrbaugh family
Smith family
Snyder family
Strayer family
Williams family
Windsor (Pa.) - Genealogy.
York County (Pa.) - Genealogy.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Microfilm
Call Number
Drawer 1, sec. 2: #31
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The law in Judge Jasper Yeates's library

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Author
Rengier, John B.
Date of Publication
1958.
Law School. He was admitted to the Bar of Lancaster County in 1936, and is associated with the law firm of Rengier and Musser. His numerous civic responsibilities include serving as president of The James Buchanan Founda- tion for the Preservation of Wheatland, secretary of the Lancaster Heart
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Responsibility
by John Rengier.
Author
Rengier, John B.
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Lancaster County Historical Society,
Date of Publication
1958.
Physical Description
96-108 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Series
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 62, no. 2
Subjects
Yeates, Jasper, - 1745-1817.
Yeates Colonial Law Library (Lancaster, Pa.)
Law libraries - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County
Contained In
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 62, number 2 (1958), p. 96-108Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.62
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A history of Ream's cemetery : also known locally as Reddig's cemetery

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Author
Lesher, Paul S.
Date of Publication
1957.
Call Number
310.35 R288L
Author
Lesher, Paul S.
Place of Publication
Reamstown, Pa
Publisher
N.p.,
Date of Publication
1957.
Physical Description
16 p. : map ; 31 cm.
Notes
Rineer's "Churches and Cemeteries of Lancaster County", p. 115, #18.
Subjects
Ream family.
Lancaster County (Pa.) - Genealogy.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Reference
Call Number
310.35 R288L
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The Tanger-Metzger genealogy, with a record of the descendants of John and Catharine (Metzger) Tanger, 1773-1950, and data on the Lottmann, Rudisill, Snavely, Hess, Harnish, Zercher, and Gall families of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania

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Author
Weiser, Frederick Sheely,
Date of Publication
1955.
Call Number
929 T164w
Author
Weiser, Frederick Sheely,
Place of Publication
Gettysburg, Pa
Date of Publication
1955.
Physical Description
90 p. illus. 24 cm.
Subjects
Tanger family.
Lancaster County (Pa.) - Genealogy.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
929 T164w
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A history of the Garden Spot High School area

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Date of Publication
1958
Call Number
975.815 EARL H674
Responsibility
by the Garden Spot Chapter Pennsylvania Federation of Junior Historians
Place of Publication
[S.l
Publisher
s.n.] ;
Date of Publication
1958
Physical Description
27 p. ; 15 cm.
Notes
Includes advertising
Subjects
Pennsylvania Federation of Junior Historians
New Holland (Pa.) - History
Terre Hill (Pa.) - History
Brecknock Township - Lancaster County, Pa. - History
Caernarvon Township - Lancaster County, Pa. - History
Earl Township - Lancaster County, Pa. - History
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
975.815 EARL H674
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The Three Earls : an historical sketch, and proceedings of the centennial jubilee, held at New Holland, Pa., July 4, 1876

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Date of Publication
1876.
Call Number
974.815 EARL D569
Place of Publication
New Holland, [Pa.]
Publisher
Ranck & Sandoe,
Date of Publication
1876.
Physical Description
115 p. ; 18 cm.
Notes
The 1986 reprint includes a new index.
"Historical sketch prepared by Frank R. Diffenderffer": p. [15]-76.
Includes bibliographical references.
Subjects
Fourth of July orations.
Earl (Lancaster County, Pa. : Township) - History.
West Earl (Lancaster County, Pa. : Township) - History.
East Earl (Lancaster County, Pa. : Township)) - History.
New Holland (Pa.) - History.
Additional Author
Diffenderffer, Frank R.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Rare Books
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
974.815 EARL D569
Copy Info
1876
1986 [reprint]
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Map of Lancaster and environs

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Corporate Author
C.S. Hammond & Company.
Date of Publication
[1957?]
Call Number
974.815 LACI 525
Corporate Author
C.S. Hammond & Company.
Place of Publication
Maplewood, N.J. : [Lancaster, Pa.]
Publisher
C.S. Hammond & Co. ; Issued through the co-operation of the Lancaster Chamber of Commerce,
Date of Publication
[1957?]
Physical Description
1 map : col. ; 56 x 72 cm., on sheet 74 x 107 cm., folded to 27 x 19 cm.
Notes
Panel title: Map of the Lancaster area and Lancaster County.
Includes street indexes and advertisements.
Text, business directory, tourist "Map of Lancaster County" with indexed col. ill., street map of "Lancaster business center," publisher's map list, and advertisements on verso.
Subjects
Central business districts - Pennsylvania - Lancaster - Maps.
Lancaster (Pa.) - Maps.
Lancaster Metropolitan Area (Pa.) - Maps.
Lancaster County (Pa.) - Maps.
Tourist maps.
Additional Corporate Author
Lancaster Chamber of Commerce (Pa.)
Location
Lancaster History Library - Map
Call Number
974.815 LACI 525
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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

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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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Corporate Author
League of Women Voters of Lancaster County, Pa.
Date of Publication
1953-
Call Number
362.65 L433
farmers' markets are unique. Within a twenty mile radius of the city, history offers to tourists the birthplace of 3 �Robert Fulton; Wheatland, the home of James Buchanan; the furnaces of the old Iron Masters of Pennsylvania, and Baron Stiegel's home; old Pequea and Donegal churches; the Cornwall mine
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Corporate Author
League of Women Voters of Lancaster County, Pa.
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
The League,
Date of Publication
1953-
Physical Description
v. : ill., maps ; 23-25 cm.
Notes
Title varies.
LCHS has 1953, revised 1958, 1964,1970, 1975, 1977, 1982, 1986, 2005.
Subjects
Social service - Lancaster (City), Pa.
Social service - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
Lancaster (Pa.) - Politics and government.
Lancaster County (Pa.) - Politics and government.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Lancaster County
Call Number
362.65 L433
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Historical sketch of old Hanover church

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Author
T. H. R.
Date of Publication
1878.
Call Number
974.818 R664
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Responsibility
by Rev. Thomas H. Robinson, D.D. With a notice of the church at Conewago, by A. Boyd Hamilton.
Author
T. H. R.
Place of Publication
Harrisburg, Pa
Publisher
Dauphin County Historical Society,
Date of Publication
1878.
Physical Description
59 p. illus. 26 cm.
Subjects
Hanover Presbyterian Church, Dauphin Co., Pa.
Conewago Church, Dauphin Co., Pa.
Registers of births, etc. - Pennsylvania - Dauphin County.
Dauphin County (Pa.) - Genealogy.
Additional Author
Hamilton, A. Boyd
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
974.818 R664
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