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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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Battle field and prison pen, or Through the war, and thrice a prisoner in rebel dungeons. A graphic recital of personal experiences throughout the whole period of the late war for the Union

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Author
Urban, John W.
Date of Publication
[1882]
Call Number
817 U72b
Responsibility
By John W. Urban ...
Author
Urban, John W.
Place of Publication
Philadelphia
Publisher
Hubbard Brothers,
Date of Publication
[1882]
Physical Description
xii, 13-422 p. front., plates. ports. 19 1/2 cm.
Subjects
United States - History - Civil War, 1861-1865 - Personal narratives.
United States - History - Civil War, 1861-1865 - Prisoners and prisons.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Rare Books
Call Number
817 U72b
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Reports of the United German Evangelical Lutheran congregations in North America, specially in Pennsylvania; with preface by Dr. John Ludwig Schulze ... Volume I

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Corporate Author
Hallesche Nachrichten.
Date of Publication
[c1882]
Call Number
284.1 R425 1882
Corporate Author
Hallesche Nachrichten.
Place of Publication
Reading, Pa
Publisher
Pilger Book-Store
Date of Publication
[c1882]
Physical Description
220 p. illus. 22 cm.
Notes
Added t.p.: Halle reports. New ed., with extensive historical, critical and literary annotations, and numerous documents, copied from the manuscripts in the archives of the Francke institutions at Halle. By Rev. W.J. Mann ... and Rev. B.M. Schmucker ... assisted by Rev. W. Germann ... Translated from the German by Rev. C.W. Schaeffer ...
No more published.
Reports of the Lutheran pastors in Pennsylvania to the authorities in Halle. This translation contains the first "Brief report" and the first and second "continuations."
Subjects
Lutheran Church in the United States - History - Sources.
Evangelical Lutheran Ministerium of Pennsylvania and the Adjacent States - History - Sources.
Additional Author
Mann, W. J.
Schmucker, B. M.
Germann, Wilhelm,
Schaeffer, Charles William,
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
284.1 R425 1882
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Transactions of the first annual reunion of the 122d Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteers: Held at Lancaster, Pa., Thursday, May 17, 1883

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Corporate Author
United States. Army. Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment, 122nd (1862-1863)
Date of Publication
1884.
Call Number
973.748 T772
Corporate Author
United States. Army. Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment, 122nd (1862-1863)
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
The New Era Steam Printing House,
Date of Publication
1884.
Physical Description
49 pages ; 23 cm
Notes
Caption title.
Reproduction by Scholar Select.
Summary
This volume includes the complete text of two orations made at the reunion as well as a history of the regiment. There are many details concerning the formation, the logistics, and the tasks of the 122d Regiment.
Subjects
United States. - Army. - Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment, 122nd (1862-1863)
Regimental histories.
United States - History - Civil War, 1861-1865 - Regimental histories.
Pennsylvania - History - Civil War, 1861-1865 - Regimental histories.
Pennsylvania.
United States.
History.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
973.748 T772
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Constitution of the United States of America : the Constitution of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, and rules for the government of the house of representatives of said commonwealth

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Corporate Author
United States.
Date of Publication
1835.
Call Number
342.02 H313 1835
Corporate Author
United States.
Uniform Title
Constitution.
Place of Publication
Harrisburg, Pa
Publisher
Printed by Patterson & Small,
Date of Publication
1835.
Physical Description
69 p. ; 17 cm.
Notes
Results of the election of the President Van Buren glued on inside front cover.
On front flyleaf: "Abraham Kauffman, member of House of Reprensentatives. Donated Kauffman's Park to the Borough of Manheim. His farm and land to the Mennonite Chuch along Manheim Pike and bears his name."
List of the committees of the House glued on inside back cover.
Subjects
Harrisburg (Pa.). - Patterson & Small - (1835)
Pennsylvania.
United States.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Rare Books
Call Number
342.02 H313 1835
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The Military adventures of Enoch Crosby: a moral tale of the Revolution, for the young

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Date of Publication
1842 [c1831].
Call Number
811.2 C949
Place of Publication
Rochester
Publisher
William Alling,
Date of Publication
1842 [c1831].
Physical Description
104 p. illus. 14 cm.
Subjects
Crosby, Enoch, - 1750-1835 - Fiction.
United States - History - Revolution - Fiction.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
811.2 C949
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The Philadelphia Negro; a social study

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Author
Du Bois, W. E. B.
Date of Publication
1899.
Call Number
326 D816
Responsibility
by W. E. Burghardt Du Bois. Together with a special report on domestic service by Isabel Eaton.
Author
Du Bois, W. E. B.
Place of Publication
Philadelphia
Publisher
Published for the University,
Date of Publication
1899.
Physical Description
xx, 520 p. illus. 26 cm.
Series
Publications of the University of Pennsylvania. Series in political economy and public law, no. 14
Contents
Chapters: CHAPTER I. THE SCOPE OF THIS STUDY / CHAPTER II / THE PROBLEM / CHAPTER III. THE NEGRO IN PHILADELPHIA, 1638-1820 / CHAPTER IV. THE NEGRO IN PHILADELPHIA, 1820-1896 / CHAPTER V. THE SIZE, AGE AND SEX OF THE NEGRO POPULATION / CHAPTER VI. CONJUGAL CONDITION / CHAPTER VII. SOURCES OF THE NEGRO POPULATION / CHAPTER VIII. EDUCATION AND ILLITERACY / CHAPTER IX. THE OCCUPATIONS OF NEGROES / CHAPTER X. THE HEALTH OF NEGROES / CHAPTER XI. THE NEGRO FAMILY / CHAPTER XII. THE ORGANIZED LIFE OF NEGROES.CHAPTER / XIII. THE NEGRO CRIMINAL.CHAPTER / XIV. PAUPERISM AND ALCOHOLISM.CHAPTER / XV. THE ENVIRONMENT OF THE NEGRO.CHAPTER / XVI. THE CONTACT OF THE RACESCHAPTER / XVII. NEGRO SUFFRAGE.CHAPTER / XVIII. A FINAL WORD.
Subjects
Afro-Americans - Pennsylvania - Philadelphia.
Domestics.
Slavery - Pennsylvania.
African Americans
United States - Race relations.
Philadelphia (Pa.) - History.
Additional Author
Eaton, Isabel.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
326 D816
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The ladies of the White House, or, In the home of the presidents : being a complete history of the social and domestic lives of the presidents from Washington to the present time

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Author
Holloway, Laura C.
Date of Publication
1881.
Call Number
920.7 H745
  1 website  
Responsibility
by Laura C. Holloway.
Author
Holloway, Laura C.
Place of Publication
Philadelphia
Publisher
Bradley, Garretson,
Date of Publication
1881.
Physical Description
736 p., [30] leaves of plates : ill., ports. ; 23 cm.
Summary
Biographical sketches of the First Ladies of the White House from presidents Washington to Garfield.
Subjects
Johnston, Harriet Lane, - 1830-1903.
Presidents - United States
Women
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
920.7 H745
Websites
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The Lancaster barracks : where the British and Hessian prisoners were detained during the Revolution

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Author
Sener, Samuel Miller,
Date of Publication
1895.
  1 website  
Responsibility
by Samuel M. Sener.
Author
Sener, Samuel Miller,
Place of Publication
Harrisburg, Pa
Publisher
Harrisburg Pub. Co.,
Date of Publication
1895.
Physical Description
20 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
Notes
"Reprinted from Notes and queries, Harrisburg daily telegraph."
"Rolls of prisoners": p. 14-20.
Bound with other pamphlets by the author: The Catholic Church at Lancaster, Penn'a (1894, 52 p.) -- Historical sketch of the ancient parish of St. Mary's, Lancaster, Pa. (n. d., 12 p) -- Additional historical notes in reference to St. Mary's at Lancaster (n. d., 5 p.) -- Some Lancaster Catholics, adn other historical notes (n.d ., 6 p.) -- Very Rev. Bernard Keenan, V. G. Sketch of one of the pioneer priest's [sic] of Pennsylvania (n. d. 10 p.) -- The Acadians in Lancaster County, Paper read before Lancaster County Historical Society, September 4, 1896 (1896, 8 p.) -- Simon S. Rathvon, Ph.D: Lancaster's oldest living devotee of science (n. d. 8 p.) -- Old time heroes of the War of the Revolution and War of 182-14 (1895, 11 p.) -- The Lancaster barracks where the British and Hesian prisoners were detained during the Revolution (1895, 20 p.
Subjects
Lancaster (Pa.) - History - Revolution, 1775-1783.
United States - History - Revolution, 1775-1783 - Prisoners and prisons.
 United States  - History y Revolution, 1775-1783 x Participation, German.
United States - History - Revolution, 1775-1783 - Registers.
Contained In
Sketches by Samuel M. SenerLancaster History Library - Lancaster County282 S475
Websites
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A Christmas reminder : being the names of about eight thousand persons, a small portion of the number confined on board the British prison ships during the war of the Revolution

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Corporate Author
Society of Old Brooklynites (Brooklyn, New York, N.Y.)
Date of Publication
1888.
Call Number
973.371 B872
  1 website  
Responsibility
with the compliments of the Society of Old Brooklynites.
Corporate Author
Society of Old Brooklynites (Brooklyn, New York, N.Y.)
Place of Publication
Brooklyn, N.Y
Publisher
Eagle print.,
Date of Publication
1888.
Physical Description
61 p. ; 23 cm.
Subjects
Jersey (Prison-ship)
Great Britain. - Royal Navy - Prisons.
Prison Ship Martyrs Monument (Brooklyn, New York, N.Y.)
Prison hulks - New York (State) - New York.
Prisoners of war - United States.
United States - History - Revolution, 1775-1783 - Prisoners and prisons.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
973.371 B872
Websites
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