Skip header and navigation

Revise Search

33 records – page 1 of 4.

The Bible in iron : pictured stoves and stoveplates of the Pennsylvania Germans; notes on colonial firebacks in the United States, the ten-plate stove, Franklin's fireplace, and the tile stoves of the Moravians in Pennsylvania and North Carolina, together with a list of colonial furnaces in the United States and Canada

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo8227
Author
Mercer, Henry Chapman,
Edition
Rev. corr. and enl. by Horace M. Mann. 2d ed.
Date of Publication
1941.
Call Number
749 D754 1914
749 M554
  1 website  
Author
Mercer, Henry Chapman,
Edition
Rev. corr. and enl. by Horace M. Mann. 2d ed.
Place of Publication
Doylestown, Pa
Publisher
Bucks County Historical Society,
Date of Publication
1941.
Physical Description
[6] 216 p. : plates, port. ;
Notes
Bound with: Old Home Week , Manheim, Pa. (1912) and History of Lancaster (1870)
Bibliography: p. 206-208.
Contents
Chapters : The decorated iron stoves of Europe /// The decorated iron stoves of colonial America /// Notes on colonial firebacks, date plates and miscellaneous stoves
Summary
Contains notes on colonial firebacks in the US, the ten-plate stove, Franklin's fireplace and the tile stoves of the Moravians in Pennsylvania and North Carolina, together with a list of colonial furnaces in the US and Canada.
Subjects
Stoves.
Stove-plates.
Christian art and symbolism.
Germans - Pennsylvania.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Rare Books
Call Number
749 D754 1914
749 M554
Websites
Less detail

American engraved powder horns; a study based on the J. H. Grenville Gilbert collection

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo11827
Corporate Author
Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.)
Edition
New printing.
Date of Publication
1965 [c1946]
Call Number
736.6 M594
  1 website  
Responsibility
by Stephen V Grancsay, curator emeritus, Dept. of Arms and Armor.
Corporate Author
Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.)
Edition
New printing.
Place of Publication
Philadelphia
Publisher
R. Riling Arms Books Co.,
Date of Publication
1965 [c1946]
Physical Description
viii, 96 p. illus., map, 47 plates, port. 30 cm.
Notes
Cover title: American powder horns.
"Annotated bibliography": p. 89-96.
Subjects
Gilbert, J. H. Grenville.
Powder flasks.
Bone carving.
Additional Author
Grancsay, Stephen V.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
736.6 M594
Websites
Less detail

Bamford zinc mine, Lancaster County, Pa

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo20644
Author
Mosier, McHenry
Date of Publication
1948.
  1 website  
Responsibility
McHenry Mosier
Author
Mosier, McHenry
Place of Publication
Washington, D.C
Publisher
US Dept. of the Interior, Bureau of Mines
Date of Publication
1948.
Subjects
Mine examination - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
Zinc mines and mining - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Electronic Resources
Websites
Less detail

[Colonial records of Pennsylvania]

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo20686
Date of Publication
1838-1853.
Call Number
974.8 P415
  1 website  
Place of Publication
Harrisburg
Publisher
Printed by T. Fenn,
Date of Publication
1838-1853.
Physical Description
16 volumes illustrations (volumes 7) tables 22 cm
Notes
The first three volumes of the Colonial records are from the first edition. Their pagination does not correspond to the references from Dunn's "Index to the Colonial Records". Dunn's index refers to the second edition. Patrons can find the second editions of volumes 1-3 online at https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/010447960. A link to this webpage is near the bottom of this library record. Look for the field "Electronic Location".
Collection of documents, supplemented by the companion series "Pennsylvania archives". (See preliminary reports of the committees, and of the editors, S. Hazard, and the Act providing for the publication, 1837, in Pennsylvania archives, v. 1, p. 1-23, especially p. 7 and 17-23, where the present collection is officially designated as the "Colonial records", a title not used in printing, the volumes having special titles only, as given in "Contents" below).
Errors in paging: nos. 158-167, 499 ommitted, v. 3; nos. 209-224 repeated, v. 16; numerous other errors.
V. 12, minutes of the Supreme executive council from May 21, 1779-July 12, 1781; v. 13, July 13, 1781-Dec. 31, 1783; v. 14, Jan. 1, 1784-Apr. 3, 1786; v. 15, July 4, 1786-Feb. 6, 1789; v. 16, Feb. 7, 1789-Dec. 20, 1790.
Contents
v. 1-10. Minutes of the Provincial council of Pennsylvania, from the organization to the termination of the proprietary government: v. 1, Mar. 10, 1683-Nov. 27, 1700; v. 2, Dec. 18, 1700-May 16, 1717; v. 3, May 31, 1717-Jan. 23, 1735-6: v. 4, Feb. 7, 1735-6-Oct. 15, 1745: v. 5, Dec. 17, 1745-Mar. 20, 1754: v. 6, Apr. 2, 1754-Jan. 29, 1756: v. 7, Jan. 29, 1756-Jan. 11, 1758: v. 8,Jan. 13, 1758-Oct. 4, 1762; v. 9, Oct. 15, 1762-Oct. 17, 1771; v. 10, Oct. 18, 1771-Sept. 27, 1775, with minutes of the Council of safety from June 30, 1775, to Nov. 12, 1776.--v. 11-16. Minutes of the Supreme executive council of Pennsylvania, from its organization to the termination of the revolution: v. 11, Proceedings of Council of safety, Nov. 13, 1776-Mar. 17 [i.e. 13] 1777, Oct. 17-Dec. 4, 1777; memorandum from Dec. 31, 1776-Mar. 17, 1777; minutes of the Supreme executive council Mar. 4, 1777-May 20, 1779.
Subjects
Pennsylvania - History - Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775 - Sources.
Pennsylvania - History - Revolution, 1775-1783 - Sources.
Pennsylvania.
United States.
History.
Sources.
Additional Author
Hazard, Samuel,
Additional Corporate Author
Pennsylvania. Provincial Council.
Pennsylvania. Committee of Safety.
Pennsylvania. Supreme Executive Council.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Reference
Call Number
974.8 P415
Websites
Less detail
Date of Publication
1836-1840.
Call Number
630.5 F23
  1 website  
Place of Publication
Philadelphia, Pa
Publisher
Moore & Waterhouse,
Date of Publication
1836-1840.
Physical Description
4 v. : ill. ; 22 cm.
Publication Frequency
Monthly, Feb. 15, 1838-July 15, 1840
Dates of Publication
Vol. 1, no. 1 (July 1, 1836)-v. 4, no. 12 (July 15, 1840) = [whole no. 1]-whole no. 66.
Notes
Library has Vol. 1, no.w (July 1,1836-July 1, 1837)
Title from caption.
"Devoted to agriculture, horticulture, and rural economy."
Later issues published by Kimber & Sharpless.
Subjects
Agriculture - Periodicals.
Agriculture - United States - Periodicals.
Livestock - United States - Periodicals.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Rare Books
Call Number
630.5 F23
Websites
Less detail

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
Websites
Less detail

Mirror for Americans; likeness of the eastern seaboard, 1810

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo924
Author
Brown, Ralph H.
Date of Publication
1943.
Call Number
917 B877
  1 website  
Responsibility
by Ralph H. Brown ...
Author
Brown, Ralph H.
Place of Publication
New York
Publisher
American Geographical Society,
Date of Publication
1943.
Physical Description
xxxii p. [5]-312 p. front., illus. (incl. ports., maps) 26 x 20 cm.
Series
American Geographical Society. Special publication, no. 27
Notes
An account of the period told as if written by Thomas Pownall Keystone, a fictitious character, presenting, as a composite observer, the contempomary scene.
Bibliography: p. [248]-259. Bibliographical references included in "Notes" (p. [260]-298)
Summary
European travel narratives of America. Visitors from Europe seeking to learn about this new and different nation.
Subjects
Ellicott, Andrew, - 1754-1820.
Atlantic States - Description and travel.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
917 B877
Websites
Less detail

History of the United States of America

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo693
Author
Elson, Henry William,
Date of Publication
1945.
Call Number
973 E49
  2 websites  
Author
Elson, Henry William,
Place of Publication
New York
Publisher
The Macmillan company,
Date of Publication
1945.
Physical Description
xxv, 1971, lxvl p. maps (1 double) 21 cm.
Notes
Includes bibliographies.
Summary
Henry William Elson (1857-1935) was a professor of history at Ohio State University. He states in the preface that he has endeavored to write this history for the general reader . He says that he has tried to include information about the lives of the people and not just politics, government and industry.
Subjects
United States - History.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
973 E49
Websites
Less detail

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
Websites
Less detail

Journal from Boston to the western country and down the Ohio and Mississippi rivers to New Orleans

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo758
Author
Richardson, William,
Date of Publication
1940.
Call Number
917.3 R521
  1 website  
Responsibility
by William Richardson, 1815-1816.
Author
Richardson, William,
Place of Publication
New York
Publisher
Priv. print. for Vale pilot corporation,
Date of Publication
1940.
Physical Description
2 p., 40 p. port., 4 facsim., fold. map. 25 cm.
Notes
"These excerpts from ... [the author's] 'Journal' are now published for the first time by courtesy of his great-grandson, Mr. Lawrence Richardson of Boston."--Foreword signed: William Bell Wait.
"Limited edition ... no. 80 [and] 398."
Description of travel from Philadelphia to Ohio (p. 3 - 7).
Subjects
United States - Description and travel.
Mississippi River - Description and travel.
Lancaster County (Pa.) - Description and travel.
Additional Author
Wait, William Bell,
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
917.3 R521
Websites
Less detail

33 records – page 1 of 4.