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Retrospect of western travel

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo757
Author
Martineau, Harriet,
Date of Publication
1838.
Call Number
917.3 M384
  2 websites  
Responsibility
By Harriet Martineau ...
Author
Martineau, Harriet,
Place of Publication
London, New York
Publisher
Saunders and Otley; Sold by Harper & Brothers,
Date of Publication
1838.
Physical Description
2 v. 19 cm.
Notes
LCHS copyinscribed: Catharine Yeates, 1839.
Summary
This English journalist travelled in the United States in the early 19th century making observations about its politics and social customs.
Subjects
United States - Description and travel.
United States - Social life and customs.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Rare Books
Call Number
917.3 M384
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Heroes of three wars: Comprising a series of biographical sketches of the most distinguised soldiers of the War of the Revolution, the War with Mexico, and the War for the Union, who have contributed their valor to establish and perpetuate the Republic of the United States

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo922
Author
Glazier, Willard W.,
Date of Publication
1878.
Call Number
920.1 G553
  1 website  
Author
Glazier, Willard W.,
Place of Publication
Philadelphia
Publisher
Hubbard Bros.
Date of Publication
1878.
Physical Description
450 p. illus.
Subjects
United States. - Army - Biography.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
920.1 G553
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A review of the political conflict in America, from the commencement of the anti-slavery agitation to the close of southern reconstruction; comprising also a resume of the career of Thaddeus Stevens: being a survey of the struggle of parties which destroyed the republic and virtually monarchized its government

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo1136
Author
Harris, Alexander,
Date of Publication
1876.
Call Number
923.2 S846ha
  1 website  
Responsibility
By Alexander Harris.
Author
Harris, Alexander,
Place of Publication
New York
Publisher
T.H. Pollock,
Date of Publication
1876.
Physical Description
vii, [9]-517 p. 24 cm.
Notes
African American resources at Lancaster County Historical Society
Subjects
Stevens, Thaddeus, - 1792-1868.
United States - History - 1849-1877.
United States - Politics and government - 1849-1877.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
923.2 S846ha
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My family tree workbook : genealogy for beginners

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo17487
Author
Chorzempa, Rosemary A.,
Date of Publication
c1982.
Call Number
929.1 C551m
  1 website  
Responsibility
Rosemary A. Chorzempa.
ISBN
0486242293 (pbk.)
9780486242293 (pbk.)
Author
Chorzempa, Rosemary A.,
Place of Publication
New York
Publisher
Dover Publications,
Date of Publication
c1982.
Physical Description
57 p. : chiefly ill. ; 28 cm.
Notes
Bibliography: p. 55.
Summary
Explains how to create a family tree, discussing getting started and conducting genealogical research.
Subjects
Genealogy.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
929.1 C551m
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The Hebron diary during the Revolutionary period

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo17977
Author
Schantz, F. J. F.
Date of Publication
1989.
Call Number
974.819 L441 v. 1, p. 8-16
  1 website  
Responsibility
/ by J.H. Redsecker.
Author
Schantz, F. J. F.
Place of Publication
Lebanon, PA
Publisher
Press of report Pub. Co.,
Date of Publication
1989.
Physical Description
16 p. ; 24 cm.
Series
Historical papers and addresses / Lebanon County Historical Society) ; v. 1, no. 1
Notes
"Addresses delivered at the first stated meeting of the Lebanon County Historical Society, held in the Court House, Lebanon, PA., Friday, Feberuary 18, 1898."
Summary
The Hebron Diary tells of events during the Revolutionary War period in Hebron, the settlement that later became Lebanon, PA. The author gives commentary about entries in the diary.
Subjects
Lebanon County Historical Society (Lebanon County, Pa.) - History.
Moravians - Pennsylvania - Lebanon County.
United States - History - Revolution, 1775-1783.
Lebanon (Pa.) - History.
Additional Author
Redsecker, J. H.
Additional Corporate Author
Lebanon County Historical Society (Lebanon County, Pa.)
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
974.819 L441 v. 1, p. 8-16
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The Gift : a Christmas and New Year's present for 1836

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo18466
Date of Publication
[1835]
Call Number
810 P544ch 1836
  1 website  
Responsibility
edited by Miss Leslie.
Place of Publication
Philadelphia
Publisher
E.L. Carey & A. Hart,
Date of Publication
[1835]
Physical Description
x, [2], [17]-292 p., [9] leaves of plates : ill. ; 16 cm.
Notes
Publication date suggested by the Preface (p. [v]-vii), signed "Philadelphia, October, 1835."
The Gift was published annually in eight issues dated 1836 to 1845, with none for 1838 and 1841.
Faded inscription on second fly leaf.
Library has 1836 volume.
Faxon, F.W. Literary Annuals and Gift Books,
Thompson, R. Annuals,
BAL,
Heartman, C.F., & Canny, J.R. Bibliography of first printings of the writings of Edgar Allan Poe,
Eliza Leslie was a writer of fiction and nonfiction works for juveniles and adults. Almost yearly, between 1836-1845, she edited an annual gift book called The Gift: A Christmas and New Year's Present, with contributions from Edgar Allan Poe , Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Ralph Waldo Emerson and other authors.
Subjects
American literature.
Gift books - Specimens.
Gift books - Pennsylvania - Philadelphia - 19th century.
Additional Author
Leslie, Eliza,
Poe, Edgar Allan,
Irving, Washington,
Additional Corporate Author
Carey & Hart.
Sherman & Co. (Philadelphia, Pa.)
Place
United States Pennsylvania Philadelphia.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Rare Books
Call Number
810 P544ch 1836
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Date of Publication
1985-
Call Number
974.816 T928
  1 website  
Place of Publication
Wormelsdorf, Pa
Publisher
Tulpehocken Settlement Historical Society,
Date of Publication
1985-
Physical Description
v. : ill. ; 22 cm.
Publication Frequency
Quarterly
Dates of Publication
no. 1 (Summer 1985)-
Notes
Caption title.
Library has: Winter, 1999, No. 59 to date.
Subjects
Tulpehocken Settlement Historical Society - Periodicals.
Tulpehocken Creek Watershed (Pa.) - History - Periodicals.
Womelsdorf (Pa.) - History - Periodicals.
Additional Corporate Author
Tulpehocken Settlement Historical Society.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
974.816 T928
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The Allgaier family history and genealogy : Austria to Berks County, Pennsylvania, 1751

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo18588
Author
Allgaier, George P.
Edition
1st ed.
Date of Publication
c1983.
Call Number
929 A435a
  1 website  
Responsibility
by George P. Allgaier.
Author
Allgaier, George P.
Edition
1st ed.
Place of Publication
[Kenneth City, Fla.] (4745 Lake Charles Way, N., Kenneth City 33709)
Publisher
G.P. Allgaier,
Date of Publication
c1983.
Physical Description
1 v. (various pagings) : ill. ; 29 cm.
Subjects
Allgaier family.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
929 A435a
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Our heritage, a history of the Bachmans of Lititz, Pennsylvania : ancestors and descendents [sic] of Aaron Eugene and Fannie Ritter Bachman, Monroe Eugene and Clara Weidman Bachman

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo18639
Author
Mann, Pauline Bachman,
Date of Publication
c1981.
Call Number
929 B124m
  1 website  
Responsibility
by Pauline Bachman Mann.
Author
Mann, Pauline Bachman,
Place of Publication
Des Moines, Iowa
Publisher
P.B. Mann,
Date of Publication
c1981.
Physical Description
x, 215 p. : ill. ; 29 cm.
Notes
On spine: The Bachmans of Lititz, Pennsylvania.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Subjects
Bachman family.
Pennsylvania - Genealogy.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
929 B124m
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The history of Pennsylvania from the earliest discovery to the present time. Including an account of the first settlements by the Dutch, Swedes, and English, and of the colony of William Penn, his treaty and pacific measures with the Indians; and the gradual advancement of the state to its present aspect of opulence, culture and refinement. By William Mason Cornell

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo3100
Author
Cornell, William Mason,
Date of Publication
1876.
Call Number
974.8009 C814
  1 website  
Author
Cornell, William Mason,
Place of Publication
Philadelphia
Publisher
Quaker City Pub. House,
Date of Publication
1876.
Physical Description
575, [1] p. illus. 24 cm.
Notes
Bibliography: p. [576]
Subjects
Pennsylvania - History.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
974.8009 C814
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