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History and topography of Northumberland, Huntingdon, Mifflin, Centre, Union, Columbia, Juniata and Clinton counties, Pa. : embracing local and general events, leading incidents, description of the principal boroughs, towns, villages, etc., etc. ; with a copious appendix: embellished by engravings

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Date of Publication
1847.
Call Number
974.8009 R946
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compiled from authentic sources by I. D. Rupp.
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Published by G. Hills,
Date of Publication
1847.
Physical Description
551 p., [9] p. of plates : ill. ; 22 cm.
Notes
"Names of subscribers": p. [557]-566.
Includes index.
Pages 1-145 general history of Pennsylvania, chiefly during the colonial period.
Subjects
Northumberland County (Pa.) - History.
Huntingdon County (Pa.) - History.
Mifflin County (Pa.) - History.
Centre County (Pa.) - History.
Union County (Pa.) - History.
Columbia County (Pa.) - History.
Juniata County (Pa.) - History.
Clinton County (Pa.) - History.
Pennsylvania - History - Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775.
Additional Author
Rupp, I. Daniel
Location
Lancaster History Library - Rare Books
Call Number
974.8009 R946
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The great Conestoga road

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Author
Eshleman, Henry Frank,
Date of Publication
1908
Quarter Sessions of Ches- ter County, something of the condi- tion of this Conestoga road at this time is shown to us, for in these rec- ords appears the following: "Ordered that the Superintendents of Sadsbury (Township) be fined 20 Shillings un- less they clear ye road laid out from Conestoga to ye
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by H. Frank Eshleman, Esq.
Author
Eshleman, Henry Frank,
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Lancaster County Historical Society,
Date of Publication
1908
Physical Description
[215]-232 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Series
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 12, no. 6
Subjects
Conestoga Turnpike (Pa.)
Roads - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
Lancaster County (Pa.) - Maps.
Lancaster County (Pa.) - History - 17th century.
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Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 12, number 6 (1908), p. 215-232Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.12
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Earliest Reformed Church in Lancaster County

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Author
Dubbs, J. H.
Date of Publication
1901
County. Reformed Church--Pennsylvania--Lancaster County. Church buildings--Pennsylvania--Lancaster County. Conestoga (Pa. : Township)--History. Lancaster County (Pa.)--History--17th century. Publisher: Lancaster, Pa. : Lancaster County Historical Society, 1900/1901 Description: [3]-16 p. ; 23 cm. Series
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by Rev. Joseph H. Dubbs, D.D.
Author
Dubbs, J. H.
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Lancaster County Historical Society,
Date of Publication
1901
Physical Description
[3]-16 p. ; 23 cm.
Series
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 5, no. 1
Subjects
Heller's Church - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
Reformed Church - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
Church buildings - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
Conestoga (Pa. : Township) - History.
Lancaster County (Pa.) - History - 17th century.
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Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.5
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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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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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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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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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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
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Why was Postlethwaite's chosen and then abandoned as the county seat of Lancaster County?

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Author
Landis, David H.,
Date of Publication
1908
, as at that period this road was still only an Indian trail." In 1714 it was opened as a road to the Brandywine, and in 1718 it was opened from the Brandywine to Conestoga. It was called "The (34)Rupp's History of Lancaster Coun- ty. pp. 87-88; Rupp's Thirty Thousand Names, p. x. (35)Day's Historical
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by D. H. Landis.
Author
Landis, David H.,
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Lancaster County Historical Society,
Date of Publication
1908
Physical Description
[137]-167 p. ; 23 cm.
Series
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 12, no. 4
Summary
"Giving an authentic sketch of the conditions as they appeared here before the scenes were changed by the first Europeans. Also, brief sketches of the Susquehannock or Conestoga Indians, the Traders, Penn's Troubles, the Palatines, Councils held at the Indian Town of Conestoga, Beginning of Lancaster City, Conestoga Manor and the location and present owners of prominent places which were intimately associated with Postlethwaite's; adding a sketch of John Cartlege, the King's first magistrate of what is now Lancaster County."
Subjects
Postlethwaite, John.
Postlethwaite Tavern (Conestoga Township, Pa.)
Indians of North America.
Lancaster County (Pa.) - History - 17th century.
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Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 12, number 4 (1908), p. 137-167Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.12
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Early Conestoga navigation

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Author
Clark, Martha Bladen.
Date of Publication
1908
-6- 144); from Abram Brenneman (N-6- 155; from Henry Rohrer (P-6-91); and from Adam Lefevre (T-6-159). The Thomas, Shenk, Brenneman and Lefevre purchases were in Manor township, and the Warfel, Brenneman �and Rohrer purchases in Conestoga township. The purchase from Abram Brenneman recites that the
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by Miss Martha B. Clark.
Author
Clark, Martha Bladen.
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Lancaster County Historical Society,
Date of Publication
1908
Physical Description
[315]-329 p. ; 23 cm.
Series
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 12, no. 9
Subjects
Conestoga Navigation Company.
Lancaster County (Pa.) - Commerce.
Conestoga River (Pa.)
Contained In
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 12, number 9 (1908), p. 315-329Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.12
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A historical account of Christ Church, Philadelphia : from its foundation, A.D. 1695, to A.D. 1841 : and of St. Peter's and St. James's, until the separation of the churches

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Author
Dorr, Benjamin,
Date of Publication
1841.
Call Number
974.811 C554d
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by Benjamin Dorr.
Author
Dorr, Benjamin,
Place of Publication
New York
Publisher
Swords, Stanford, and Co.,
Date of Publication
1841.
Physical Description
x, 430 p. ; 20 cm.
Notes
Includes bibliographical references.
Subjects
Christ Church (Philadelphia, Pa.) - History.
St. Peter's Church (Philadelphia, Pa.) - History.
St. James's Church (Philadelphia, Pa.) - History.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Rare Books
Call Number
974.811 C554d
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Map of Lancaster County, Pa. showing lines of Conestoga Traction Company

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Corporate Author
Conestoga Traction Company.
Date of Publication
1909.
Call Number
974.815 LACO 141
cO · LED ANON - - ··-··- ~ · · / • • - · · - ! JOY O•# 1,.1;1,r ~ l'IIA..IIW"'"""l"''J' MAP OF .Lapcaster County, Pa. Showing Lines of Conestoga Traction Company Figures Give Population of Townships Scale I inch = 4.61 miles SUPPLEMENT OF THE PENNSYLVANIA-GERMAN AUGUST, 1909 Courtesy, Conestoga
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courtesy, Conestoga Traction Company.
Corporate Author
Conestoga Traction Company.
Place of Publication
[Lititz, Pa
Publisher
Express Printing Co.,],
Date of Publication
1909.
Physical Description
1 map ; 23 x 27 cm.
Notes
Scale on map: 1 in. = 4.61 miles.
"Supplement of the Pennsylvania German, August, 1909."
"Figures give population of townships."
Reduced reprinting of original map.
Subjects
Conestoga Traction Company.
Electric railroads - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County - Maps.
Lancaster County (Pa.) - Population - Maps.
Lancaster County (Pa.) - Maps.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Map
Call Number
974.815 LACO 141
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