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Psalms and hymns : adapted to social, private, and public worship in the Presbyterian Church in the United States of America : approved and authorized by the General Assembly

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Corporate Author
Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A.
Date of Publication
©1843.
Call Number
245.2 P544p 1843
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Corporate Author
Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A.
Place of Publication
Philadelphia
Publisher
Presbyterian Board of Publication,
Date of Publication
©1843.
Physical Description
853 pages in various pagings ; 14 cm
Notes
Without music.
Includes indexes.
"Selections from the book of Psalms, in metre, according to the version used in the church of Scotland" (36 p.) has special t.p. and separate paging.
"Form of government of the Presbyterian Church. Directory for worship. Shorter catechism" [etc.]. 82 p. at end.
Copy 1: Inscription on back of front cover: "George F. Breneman from Presbyterian Friends, Lancaster, Pa. Christmas 1865."
Copy 2: Inscription on front of first flyleaf: Sara S Shaffer/ her book/ 1865.
Copy 2: From the collection of the Heritage Center Museum G99.34.2.
Copy 1: Full leather gold tooled; Geo. F. Breneman, Christmas 1865 on front cover; clasp missing.
Copy 2: Full leather blind tooled' Spine title in gold, repaired professionally.
Subjects
Copy 1: Beneman family.
Copy 2: Shaffer family.
Presbyterian Church - Hymns.
Hymns, English.
Additional Corporate Author
Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. (Old School). General Assembly.
Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. (Old School). Board of Publication.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Rare Books
Call Number
245.2 P544p 1843
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History of Lancaster and York Counties : from the earliest settlements made within them; in the former, from 1709; in the latter from 1719, to the present time; to which is prefixed a brief sketch of the early history of Pennsylvania, from A.D., 1681, to the year 1710: with an appendix

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Author
Rupp, I. Daniel
Date of Publication
1845.
Call Number
090 L244hi 1845
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Responsibility
Compiled from authentic sources by I. Daniel Rupp.
Author
Rupp, I. Daniel
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Gilbert Hills,
Date of Publication
1845.
Physical Description
743, [4] p. : ill.; 21 cm.
Notes
"History of York County, from one thousand seven hundred and nineteen to the present time...by I. Daniel Rupp, Lancaster, Pa., G. Hills, 1845": p. [526]--743.
Subjects
Lancaster County (Pa.) - History.
York County (Pa.) - History.
Additional Author
Rupp, I. Daniel
Location
Lancaster History Library - Rare Books
Call Number
090 L244hi 1845
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A pioneer church of the United Brethren in Christ in the upper end of York County : a history of Salem or "Stone Church" from, its beginning, 1844, to 1908

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Author
Betz, J. H.
Date of Publication
[1906] .
Call Number
974.841 Y61m
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Responsibility
by J. H. Betz.
Author
Betz, J. H.
Place of Publication
[York, Pa.]
Publisher
[s. n.] ,
Date of Publication
[1906] .
Physical Description
16 p. ; 22 cm.
Notes
"Read at the dedication" (title page) .
Bound with LCHS volume with title: York County pamphets.
Bound with: Inundation of York, Penn'a : a graphic description of the great flood, with an account of the violent rain storm of June 25, 1884 / by F. L. Spangler ; Historic St. John's : centennial sermon preached in St. John's Episcopal Church, York, Pa. / Arthur Chilton Powell ; Frederick Valentine Melsheimer : a pioneer entomologist , and a noted clergyman and author / by George R. Prowell ; Proceedings and collections of the Historical Society of York County v. 1 : York in its relation to the revolution ; Historical citizen : career of Phineas Davis, the noted inventor / by John C. Jordan ; Thirtieth annual catalogue...York Collegiate academic year 1902 - 1903.
Subjects
Salem Church of the United Brethren in Christ (York, Pa.)
Stone Church of the United Brethren in Christ (York, Pa.)
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
974.841 Y61m
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Alta California : embracing notices of the climate, soil, and agricultural products of northern Mexico and the Pacific seaboard : also, a history of the military and naval operations of the United States directed against the territories of northern Mexico, in the year 1846-'47 : with documents declaratory of the policy of the present administration of the national government in regard to the annexation of conquered territory to this union, and the opinion of the Hon. James Buchanan on the Wilmot Proviso, &c

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Author
Captain of volunteers.
Date of Publication
1847.
Call Number
979.4403 C254
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Responsibility
by a Captain of volunteers.
Author
Captain of volunteers.
Place of Publication
Philadelphia
Publisher
H. Packer & Co. ...,
Date of Publication
1847.
Physical Description
[2], 5-64 p. (first leaf blank) ; 25 cm.
Notes
This copy is a reproduction ISBN 0548410593.
Description of area: p. 9-12; history and documentation: p. 13-64.
Anti-annexation tract.
Summary
The 1847 publication briefly address climate soil and agriculture in Alta and Baja California in chapter I. The following eight chapters consist of communications from the U.S. Government consisting of instructions in the event Mexico declared war, justification of and motives for war, various reports to Washington, communications with Mexican officials in Alta California, accounts of the military operations in California, the articles of capitulation entered into at Rancho of Cowanga on January 13, 1847, all of which are interspersed with personal observations and comments by the author. The final chapter deals with the question of whether slavery would be allowed in California, the policy of the South and its motive for a slave market and emigrants to California and Northern Mexico [from California State University's Digital Commons]
Subjects
Buchanan, James, - 1791-1868.
Mexican War, 1846-1848.
California - Description and travel.
California - History - 1846-1850.
Mexico, North - Description and travel.
California - Annexation to the United States.
Place
United States Pennsylvania Philadelphia.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
979.4403 C254
Websites
https://archive.org/details/altcaliforniembr00strerich/page/n7/mode/2up
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Souvenir program of the one hundredth anniversary of the First M. E. Church, Lancaster, Pa.: and a condensed history of the church from the organization of the first class in 1897, to the present date, Oct 13, 1907

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Date of Publication
1907.
Call Number
287 M592s
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Alternate Title
Centennial jubile souvenir program First M. C. Church, Lancaster, Pa. 1807-1907.
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
The New Era Printing Company,
Date of Publication
1907.
Physical Description
28 p. : ill. ; 20 cm.
Subjects
First Methodist Episcopal Church (Lancaster, Pa.) - History.
Lancaster (Pa.) - Church history.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Lancaster County
Call Number
287 M592s
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Map showing location and date of the earliest highways leading from the Delaware and Schulkill Rivers to the Susquehanna River and it's branches / by H. Frank Eshleman

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Author
Eshleman, H. Frank
Date of Publication
1907.
Call Number
974.815 SEPA 100
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Author
Eshleman, H. Frank
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
H. Frank Eshleman,
Date of Publication
1907.
Physical Description
1 map ; 22 x 41 cm.
Notes
Scale on map [ca. 1:418,176]. 3/4 in. = 5 mi.
May be a reduced reproduction of the original map.
Subjects
Roads - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County - Maps.
Roads - Pennsylvania - Chester County - Maps.
Roads - Pennsylvania - Delaware County - Maps.
Lancaster County (Pa.) - Maps.
Chester County (Pa.) - Maps.
Delaware County (Pa.) - Maps.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Map
Call Number
974.815 SEPA 100
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The history and topography of Dauphin, Cumberland, Franklin, Bedford, Adams, and Perry Counties; containing a brief history of the first settlers, notices of the leading events, incidents and interesting facts, both general and local, in the history of these counties, general & statistical descriptions of all the principal boroughs, towns, villages, &c. with an appendix, embellished with several engravingsj compiled from numerous authentic sources by I. Daniel Rupp

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Author
Rupp, I. Daniel
Date of Publication
1846.; 1975]
Call Number
974.84 R946
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Author
Rupp, I. Daniel
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa. [Carlisle, Pa
Publisher
Gilbert Hills, Cumberland Historical Society
Date of Publication
1846.; 1975]
Physical Description
xii, 723 p.; illus; 22 cm.
Notes
Includes index by John Cecil Fralish, Jr.; p. 609-723.
Another edition, pub. the same year, includes the history of Somerset, Cambria and Indiana counties.
Subjects
Dauphin Co., Pa. - History.
Cumberland County, Pa. - History.
Franklin County, Pa. - History.
Bedford Co., Pa. - History.
Adams Co., Pa. - History.
Perry Co., Pa. - History.
Additional Author
Fralish, John Cecil.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
974.84 R946
Websites
https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=loc.ark:/13960/t7zk5mr2f&view=1up&seq=9
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Lancaster county Indians; annals of the Susquehannocks and other Indian tribes of the Susquehanna territory from about the year 1500 to 1763, the date of their extinction. An exhaustive and interesting series of historical papers descriptive of Lancaster county's Indians prior to and during the advent of the paleface

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Author
Eshleman, Henry Frank,
Date of Publication
1908.
Call Number
974.8011 E75
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Responsibility
by H. Frank Eshleman.
Author
Eshleman, Henry Frank,
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Date of Publication
1908.
Physical Description
2 p. β., [3]-415 p. 23 cm.
Notes
LCHS copy inscribed by author.
Subjects
Indians of North America - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
Susquehanna Indians.
Conestoga Indians.
Pennsylvania - History - Colonial Period, ca. 1600-1775.
Lancaster County (Pa.) - Antiquities
Lancaster County (Pa.) - History.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
974.8011 E75
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Pennsylvania at Antietam : report of the Antietam Battlefield Memorial Commission of Pennsylvania and ceremonies at the dedication of the monuments erected by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania to mark the position of Thirteen of the Pennsylvania Commands engaged in the battle

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Corporate Author
Antietam Battlefield Memorial Commission.
Date of Publication
1906.
Call Number
973.735 P415a
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Corporate Author
Antietam Battlefield Memorial Commission.
Place of Publication
Harrisburg, Pa
Publisher
The Commission,
Date of Publication
1906.
Physical Description
260 p. : ill., col. map ; 25 cm.
Subjects
Antietam Pennsylvania Day, Sept. 17, 1904.
Antietam, Battle of, Md., 1862.
Soldiers' monuments - Maryland - Antietam.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
973.735 P415a
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The paving of East King Street by lottery, in 1802

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Author
Diffenderffer, Frank Ried,
Date of Publication
1900
provision was made. Of course, turnpikes could be built by the stock subscription plan through the county, but as the streets in the town were owned by the bor- ough itself, that plan was not feasible, and some other plan was necessary to accomplish the task. Aid of Lotteries Invoked. Our enterprising
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Responsibility
by F. R. Diffenderffer.
Author
Diffenderffer, Frank Ried,
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Lancaster County Historical Society,
Date of Publication
1900
Physical Description
[3]-22 p. ; 23 cm.
Series
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 4, no. 1
Summary
The article discusses the use of lotteries, in general, in Colonial America and, in particular, to pave the roads within the city. Corporations had been used to finance the roads into Lancaster, such as the Philadelphia and Lancaster Turnpike Road Co. which was responsible for the road coming from the east and the Susquehanna Turnpike Company which was responsible for the road from Lancaster to Columbia.
Subjects
King Street (Lancaster, Pa.)
Lotteries - Pennsylvania - Lancaster
Lancaster (Pa.) - History - 19th century.
Contained In
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 4, number 1 (1900), p. 3-22Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.4
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