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George Washington and the town of Reading in Pennsylvania

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Author: Nolan, J. Bennett

Date of Publication: 1931.

Call Number: 974.816 N788g

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Responsibility: by J. Bennett Nolan.

Author: Nolan, J. Bennett

Place of Publication: [Reading, Pa.]

Publisher: Pub. under the auspices of the Chamber of Commerce of Reading, Pennsylvania,

Date of Publication: 1931.

Physical Description: p. 7-162 p. front., illus., pl., ports., facsims. 24 cm.

Notes: Illustrated lining-papers.; "Notes and authorities": p. 151-156.

Contents: Chapters: Early Association // The Garrison Village // The campaign of the upper schuylkill // The choice of winter quarters- Reading or Valley Forge // The Conway Cabal // Warriors in undress , Part One, The native born // Warriors in undress , part 2 , The soldiers of fortune // Washington's visit to Reading in 1793 // Washington's visit to Reading in 1794 // The catafalque (response to Washington's death )

Subjects: Washington, George, - 1732-1799 - Journeys - Pennsylvania.; Reading (Pa.) - History.; Reading (Pa.) - History - Revolution, 1775-1783.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 974.816 N788g

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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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A record of the officers, enlisted men and nurses of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania who served in the armed forces of the United States in the World War 1917-1918. Prepared by a committee appointed at a public meeting in 1919, assisted by the Bureau of War Records of the Adjutant General's Office of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania

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Corporate Author: Pennsylvania. Adjutant General's Office. Bureau of War Records.

Date of Publication: [1932]

Call Number: 940.4009 R311

Corporate Author: Pennsylvania. Adjutant General's Office. Bureau of War Records.

Place of Publication: Harrisburg, Pa

Date of Publication: [1932]

Physical Description: 297 p. :

Notes: The list of African Americans begins on page 237, "Colored Enlisted Men of the U.S. Army".; African American resources at Lancaster County Historical Society

Subjects: World War, 1914-1918 - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.; Lancaster County (Pa.) - History - 1914-1918.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Lancaster County

Call Number: 940.4009 R311

Historical sketches of Reading and Berks County

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Date of Publication: 1939.

Call Number: 974.816 H673r

Responsibility: collected by the Historical Society of Berks County for use in the public schools.

Place of Publication: [Reading]

Publisher: Printed and distributed by the Reading School District,

Date of Publication: 1939.

Physical Description: 43 p. ; 24 cm.

Notes: "With bibliography of historical subjects pertaining to Reading and Berks County".

Subjects: Berks County (Pa.) - History.; Reading (Pa.) - History.

Additional Corporate Author: Historical Society of Berks County (Pa.).; Reading School District (Pa.).

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 974.816 H673r

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

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo11868

Author: Rupp, I. Daniel

Date of Publication: 1845.

Call Number: 090 L244hi 1845

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

Archive

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Collection: Transportation Collection

Title: Transportation Collection

Object ID: MG0123

Date Range: 1819-1977

instructions. May be one of several volumes regarding rail operations in Pennsylvania for 1874. There is some data regarding the Philadelphia & Reading Railroad Co. (p. 413) and the Reading & Columbia Railroad Co. (p. 487). Insert 1 Railroad Report. 1874. Insert 2 The loose pages with paste-overs. �230 North

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Collection: Transportation Collection

Title: Transportation Collection

Description: The Transportation Collection contains documents regarding turnpikes, railroads, Conestoga Traction Co., Conestoga Transportation Co., and the Red Rose Transit Authority. The types of items include correspondence, financial papers, business papers, stock certificates, tickets, schedules, maps of routes, and a blueprint.

Date Range: 1819-1977

Year Range From: 1819

Year Range To: 1977

Date of Accumulation: 1819-1977

Creator: LancasterHistory (Organization)

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives South

Storage Wall: Side 04

People: Bitner, John R.; Boardman, Harris; Bowman, John Jacob; Boyer, Zaccur Prall; Cirt, Anna N.; Griest, William Walton; Hostetter, Albert Keller; Kemrer, Clarence M.; Knapp, Walter; Kreider, Kate; Kriebel, Howard Wiegner; McClellan, Oliver Eldridge; Royer, David; Shuman, James P.; Wohlsen, Anna; Wohlsen, Peter

Subjects: Letters; Minutes (Records); Philadelphia & Reading Railroad Co.; Philadelphia and Lancaster Turnpike (Pa.); Posters; Railroads; Rates and tolls; Reading & Columbia Railroad Company; Street-railroads; Trolley cars

Search Terms: Adamstown; Bittersville, Lower Windsor Twp., York County, Pennsylvania; Blueprints; Booklets; Brochures; Campbelltown, South Londonderry Twp., Lebanon County, Pennsylvania; Center Square Road Station; Chestnut Street; Christiana; Coatesville, Chester County, Pennsylvania; Columbia; Columbia, Ironville and Mount Joy Railroad; Conestoga Traction Company; Conestoga Transportation Company; Conewago Water and Power Company; Correspondence; Dallastown, York County, Pennsylvania; Drawings; Duke Street; East Belt line; East King Street; East Petersburg, East Hempfield Twp.; Elizabethtown; Engleside, Lancaster Twp.; Ephemera; Ephrata; Express Printing Company; Greeting cards; Hanover, York County, Pennsylvania; Hershey, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania; Ironville, West Hempfield Twp.; J. G. Brill Company; Kinport Road; Lancaster; Lancaster and York Furnace Street Railway; Lancaster and Columbia Division, Conestoga Transportation Company; Lancaster and Lititz Passenger Railroad Company; Lancaster, Elizabethtown, and Middletown Turnpike; Lebanon, Lebanon County, Pennsylvania; Letters; Lititz; Maple Grove; Maps; Marietta Avenue; North Market Street; Mechanicsburg, Upper Leacock Twp.; Mechanicsville, East Hempfield Twp.; Minutes; Mount Joy; Mulberry Street; National Railway Historical Society; Neffsville, Manheim Twp.; North End Photo Finishing House; North Lime Street; North Queen Street; Palmyra, Lebanon County, Pennsylvania; Parkesburg, Chester County, Pennsylvania; Penn Square; Pequea Twp.; Philadelphia and Lancaster Turnpike Company; Philadelphia and Reading Railroad Company; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Photographs; Placards; Substations; President Avenue; Princess Street; Prospect Street; Quarryville; Railroads; Rates and tolls; Reading and Columbia Railroad Company; Receipts; Red Rose Transit Authority; Reports; Roads; Rocky Springs Railroad Company; Schuylkill Navigation Company; Scrapbooks; South Mountain Railroad; South Queen Street; Stock certificates; Susquehanna Railroad; Tickets; Tolls; Trolley car barns; Trolley car yards; Trolley cars; Trolleys; Turnpikes; Walnut Street; WGAL (television station); Williams Park Station; Willow Street Turnpike; Windsor Twp., York County, Pennsylvania; WLAN (radio station); Wrightsville, York County, Pennsylvania; York Bus Company; York Fair; York Railway Company

Extent: 2 boxes, 31 folders, 1 cubic ft.

Object Name: Archive

Language: English

Object ID: MG0123

Location of Originals: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania

Notes: Preferred Citation: Title or description of item, date (day, month, year), Transportation Collection (MG0123), Folder #, LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.

Access Conditions / Restrictions: Restrictions are noted at the item level.

Copyright: Collection may not be photocopied. Please direct questions to Research Center Staff at research@lancasterhistory.org.; Permission for reproduction and/or publication must be obtained in writing from LancasterHistory.

Credit: Courtesy of LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.

Other Numbers: MG-123

Classification: MG0123

Description Level: Fonds

Custodial History: Added to database 23 September 2021.

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Map of the public roads in Lebanon County, Pennsylvania : constructed from actual surveys made under direction of the Department of Highways, by authority of an Act of Assembly approved May 31, 1911

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Corporate Author: Pennsylvania. Dept. of Highways.

Edition: Rev. Feb. 1931.

Date of Publication: 1931.

Call Number: Under Review

Corporate Author: Pennsylvania. Dept. of Highways.

Edition: Rev. Feb. 1931.

Place of Publication: [Harrisburg]

Publisher: Pennsylvania Department of Highways,

Date of Publication: 1931.

Physical Description: 1 map : col. ; 68 x 73 cm.

Notes: Map includes route numbers, railroads, streams, and important building locations.; Oriented with north toward top.; "March 1, 1914."

Subjects: Transportation - Pennsylvania - Lebanon County - Maps.; Railroads - Pennsylvania - Lebanon County - Maps.; Roads - Pennsylvania - Lebanon County - Maps.; Lebanon County (Pa.) - Maps.

Location: Lancaster History Library - To be Reviewed

Call Number: Under Review

Map of the public roads in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania : constructed from actual surveys made under direction of the State Highway Department by authority of an Act of Assembly approved May 31, 1911

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Corporate Author: Pennsylvania. Dept. of Highways.

Edition: Rev. Feb. 1931.

Date of Publication: 1931.

Call Number: 974.815 LACO 514 Oversize

Corporate Author: Pennsylvania. Dept. of Highways.

Edition: Rev. Feb. 1931.

Place of Publication: [Harrisburg, Pa.]

Publisher: Pennsylvania Dept. of Highways,

Date of Publication: 1931.

Physical Description: 1 map : col. ; 116 x 114 cm.

Notes: Map includes route numbers, railroads, streams, and important building locations.; "January 1912."

Subjects: Transportation - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County - Maps.; Railroads - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County - Maps.; Lancaster County (Pa.) - Maps.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Map

Call Number: 974.815 LACO 514 Oversize

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

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo1974

Date of Publication: 1847.

Call Number: 974.8009 R946

Responsibility: 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

Count Nicholaus Ludwig von Zinzendorf : an account of the exercise incident to the unveiling of the tablet in his memory

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Author: Heisey, M. Luther,

Date of Publication: 1936

Danish West Indies in 1739, and Pennsylvania where he arrived in 1741, after landing in New York. A good part of the two years in America he resided in Philadelphia, from which point he visited or estab- lished many, if not all, of the well known Moravian settlements in Pennsylvania ; and it was during

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Responsibility: by M. Luther Heisey.

Author: Heisey, M. Luther,

Place of Publication: Lancaster, Pa

Publisher: Lancaster County Historical Society,

Date of Publication: 1936

Physical Description: [73]-78 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

Series: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 40, no. 5

Subjects: Zinzendorf, Nicolaus Ludwig, - Graf von, - 1700-1760.; Lancaster County Historical Society (Pa.); Moravian Church - History.; Historical markers - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.; Lititz (Pa.) - History.

Contained In: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 40, number 5 (1936), p. 73-78Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.40

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George Washington and the town of Reading in Pennsylvania

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo4919

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https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo16890

Websites

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo3276

Historical sketches of Reading and Berks County

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo6924

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

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo11868

Archive

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/ebadea02-7f2c-4998-b1d2-392759509150

Documents

Map of the public roads in Lebanon County, Pennsylvania : constructed from actual surveys made under direction of the Department of Highways, by authority of an Act of Assembly approved May 31, 1911

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo20365

Map of the public roads in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania : constructed from actual surveys made under direction of the State Highway Department by authority of an Act of Assembly approved May 31, 1911

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo15375

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

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo1974

Count Nicholaus Ludwig von Zinzendorf : an account of the exercise incident to the unveiling of the tablet in his memory

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo3697

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