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Still family history -- 1770's -- 2017: Pennsylvania - Maryland - New Jersey - Virginia : connecting to Dauphin County families of : Bowman, Shade, Wert, Weltmer, Dunkel; Bailey - Lancaster County; connecting to Maryland families of : (4th. generation) William W. Still / Sophia Wert, (7th. generation) Smith / Simpson / Howard, Getzendanner / Ridgley / Worthington / Hall / Duvall; connecting to Virginia families of : (8th. generation) Madigan, Neathery, Brooks / Dow / Higdon : a genealogical publication for the above families, published and revised in 2017

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Author
Still, Joseph Norwood.
Edition
Rev.
Date of Publication
2018.
Call Number
929 S857
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Beginning Still family history
The Still famiy : our history from the 1770's.
Responsibility
prepared by Joseph Norwood Still.
Author
Still, Joseph Norwood.
Edition
Rev.
Place of Publication
Place not identified
Publisher
J.N. Still,
Date of Publication
2018.
Physical Description
174 l. in various pagings : ill., facsims., geneal. tables, maps, ports.
Summary
Isaac Still (1774-1854), son of David Still/Steel and Catherine, married Mary Kelly (1779-1853), daughter of James Kelly. They had six children.
Subjects
Still.
Bowman.
Brooks.
Dow.
Dunkel.
Duvall.
Enders.
Getzendanner.
Hall.
Higdon.
Howard.
Madigan.
Neathery.
Ridgley.
Seiders
Shade.
Simpson.
Smith
Weltmer.
Wert.
Worthington.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
929 S857
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A geography of Pennsylvania : containing an account of the history, geographical features, soil, climate, geology, botany, zoology, population, education, government, finances, productions, trade, railroads, canals &c. of the state : with a separate description of each county, and questions for the convenience of teachers : to which is appended, a travellers' guide, or table of distances on the principal rail road, canal and stage routes in the state

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Author
Trego, Charles B.,
Date of Publication
1843.
Call Number
917.48 T784
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by Charles B. Trego ; illustrated by a map of the state and numerous engravings.
Author
Trego, Charles B.,
Place of Publication
Philadelphia
Publisher
Edward C. Biddle,
Date of Publication
1843.
Physical Description
384 p. : ill., fold. map ; 20 cm.
Subjects
Travel.
Pennsylvania - Description and travel.
Pennsylvania - History.
Pennsylvania.
History.
Additional Corporate Author
Marian S. Carson Collection (Library of Congress)
Location
Lancaster History Library - Rare Books
Call Number
917.48 T784
Websites
http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.gdc/scd0001.00142072610
http://digital.library.pitt.edu/cgi-bin/t/text/text-idx?c=darltext;view=toc;idno=31735056287273
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A description of the true and of the false church : as outlined in a certain history, properly named The bloody theatre, or Martyrs mirror, by Thieleman J. van Braght, 1660, and A solution to wor[l]d problems

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Author
Braght, Thieleman J. van
Edition
3d ed.
Date of Publication
1945.
Call Number
272 B813
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Responsibility
compiled by Menno Sauder.
Author
Braght, Thieleman J. van
Edition
3d ed.
Place of Publication
Elmira, Ont
Publisher
Menno Sauder,
Date of Publication
1945.
Physical Description
viii, 228 p. ; 23 cm.
Notes
Cover title: The true and the false church ...
Subjects
Church history.
Martyrs.
Additional Author
Sauder, Menno,
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
272 B813
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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

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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
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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
https://hdl.handle.net/2027/njp.32101079879183
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English colloquial phrases, alphabetically arranged, with a free translation into the German, a literal translation of the German into the English, and the position of the German words in English. Together with a complete explanation of the sounds and the accentuation of the German, for facilitating the study of the German language, and intended especially for those who are desirous of obtaining a knowledge of it without the assistance of a teacher

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Author
Ertheiler, Moritz.
Date of Publication
1843.
Call Number
090 L244er 1843
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By Mortiz Ertheiler...
Author
Ertheiler, Moritz.
Place of Publication
Lancaster[Pa.]
Publisher
The author,
Date of Publication
1843.
Notes
Gold-tooled full leather binding.
Subjects
English language - Conversation and phrase books
German language - Conversation and phrase books
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
090 L244er 1843
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History of the Reformed Mennonite Church

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Author
Eshleman, Wilmer J.
Date of Publication
1945
as the Reformed Mennonite Church, which had its beginning in 1812 on a quiet, peaceful farm in the beautiful countryside on the edge of the historic borough of Strasburg, when John Herr, Abraham Lan- dis and Abraham Groff became the leaders of a new denomina- tion, it seems altogether proper that an
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by Wilmer J. Eshleman.
Author
Eshleman, Wilmer J.
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Lancaster County Historical Society,
Date of Publication
1945
Physical Description
[85]-[117] p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Series
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 49, no. 4
Subjects
Reformed Mennonite Church.
Mennonites - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
Old Order Mennonites - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
Contained In
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 49, number 4 (1945), p. 85-117Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.49
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The experienced botanist or Indian physician, being a new system of practice, founded on botany; containing: 1. A description of medicinal plants--their properties, &c. and the method of preparing and using them. 2. A treatise on the causes, symptoms and cure of disease incident to the human frame; with a safe and sovereign mode of treatment. For the use of families and practitioners

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Author
Cooper, J. W.
Date of Publication
1840.
Call Number
580 C777
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Responsibility
By J. W. Cooper.
Author
Cooper, J. W.
Place of Publication
Lancaster
Publisher
Printed for the author and publishers. J. Bear, printer,
Date of Publication
1840.
Physical Description
xxi, [23]-303 p. 16 cm.
Subjects
Botany, Medical
Medicine, Popular.
Plants, Medicinal
Location
Lancaster History Library - Rare Books
Call Number
580 C777
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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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Geologic notes on the Pequea Silver Mine, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania : A brief history of the Pequea Silver Mine Lancaster County, Pennsylvania

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Author
Foose, Richard Martin,
Date of Publication
1947.
Call Number
550 F686
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Responsibility
Richard M. Foose.
Author
Foose, Richard Martin,
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa. : Franklin and Marshall College
Date of Publication
1947.
Physical Description
[13 p] ; 25 cm.
Notes
From the proceedings of the Pennsylvania Academy of Science : Vol. XXL, 1947.
Includes index.
Summary
Refers to several mines in a half mile square area in Lancaster County marked by Pequea Creek in the south, Silver Mine Run in the east , and an unnamed tributary to Pequea Creek to the west.
Subjects
Geology - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
Mines and mineral resources - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
Silver mines and mining - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
Additional Author
Price, John W.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Lancaster County
Call Number
550 F686
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In the interest of History: Corrections to the published history of the 3rd USCT in the Civil War

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Author
Hawkins, Katherine.
Date of Publication
2017.
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by Katherine Hawkins.
Author
Hawkins, Katherine.
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
LancasterHistory.org,
Date of Publication
2017.
Physical Description
38-49 p.
Summary
This article states that there are errors in two books about the Civil War regarding the 3rd United States Colored Troops. The author says that the book "Lancaster County Pennsylvania In The Civil War" confuses the Corps de Afrique's with the 3rd United States Colored Troops. And the author finds that the "History of Lancaster County Pennsylvania" by Ellis and Evans also has errors regarding the 3rd United States Colored Troops. The author provides corrections to both books.
Subjects
United States - History - Civil War, 1861-1865.
Contained In
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 118, number 1 (2017), p. 38-49Lancaster History Library - Periodical Article974.9 L245 v. 118, no. 1
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