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History of the early settlement of the Juniata valley: embracing an account of the early pioneers, and the trials and privations incident to the settlement of the valley, predatory incursions, massacres, and abductions by the Indians during the French and Indian wars, and the war of the revolution, &c

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Author
Jones, U. J.
Date of Publication
c1940]
Call Number
974.802 P968 1940
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Responsibility
By U. J. Jones. With notes and extensions compiled as a glossary from the memoirs of early settlers, the pension statements of revolutionary war soldiers, and other source material, by Floyd G. Hoenstine ...
Author
Jones, U. J.
Place of Publication
[Harrisburg, Pa
Publisher
The Telegraph Press,
Date of Publication
c1940]
Physical Description
440 p. incl. illus., plates, front. 24 cm.
Notes
Maps on lining-papers.
First edition published at Philadelphia, 1856.
Appendix, prepared by William H. Egle (including a biographical sketch of U. J. Jones and The Pattersons of Juniata): p. [351]-421.
Subjects
Frontier and pioneer life - Pennsylvania.
Indians of North America - Pennsylvania.
Juniata River Valley (Pa.) - History.
Additional Author
Egle, William Henry,
Hoenstine, Floyd G.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
974.802 P968 1940
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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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Responsibility
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
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The ironmasters of Marietta and vicinity during the period 1848-1878

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Author
Gramm, Bertha Sue.
Date of Publication
1948
the inscription : "Dr. Henry S. Son of Henry and Anna B. Musselman, Died April 6, 1870 in Schwetzinger, Grand Duchy of Baden, Germany In the 27th year of his age. Formerly of this place.") In the early years of his children, a governess directed their edu- cation, and lived with the family, occupying
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Responsibility
by Bertha Sue Gramm.
Author
Gramm, Bertha Sue.
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Lancaster County Historical Society,
Date of Publication
1948
Physical Description
[137]-167 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Series
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 52, no. 6
Subjects
Musselman family.
Watt family.
Haldeman family.
Historic buildings - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
Furnaces - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
Lancaster County (Pa.) - History - 19th century.
Contained In
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 52, number 6 (1948), p. 137-167Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.52
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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
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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
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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The army and navy of America: containing a view of the heroic adventures, battles, naval engagements, remarkable incidents, and glorious achievements in the cause of freedom, from the period of the French and Indian Wars to the close of the Mexican War; independent of an account of warlike operations on land and sea

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Author
Neff, Jacob K.
Date of Publication
1849.
Call Number
090 L244hi 1849
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Author
Neff, Jacob K.
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
G. Hills,
Date of Publication
1849.
Physical Description
684 p. illus. 22 cm.
Subjects
Military art and science.
United States - History, Military - To 1900.
United States - History, Naval - To 1900.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Rare Books
Call Number
090 L244hi 1849
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State-book of Pennsylvania : containing an account of the geography, history, government, resources, and noted citizens of the state : with a map of the state and of each county : for the use of schools and families

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Author
Burrowes, Thomas H.
Date of Publication
1846.
Call Number
817.5 B972
Responsibility
by Thomas H. Burrowes.
Author
Burrowes, Thomas H.
Place of Publication
Philadelphia : Pittsburg
Publisher
Uriah Hunt & Son ; Luke Loomis,
Date of Publication
1846.
Physical Description
314 p. : ill., maps ; 19 cm.
Subjects
Pennsylvania - Description and travel.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Rare Books
Call Number
817.5 B972
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The United States album embellished with the arms of each state and other appropriate engravings, containing the autographs of the President and Cabinet, Twenty-eighth Congress, Supreme Court, ministers, and other officers of government

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Author
Reigart, J. Franklin
Date of Publication
1844-45.
Call Number
973 R361
Responsibility
arranged and designed by J. Franklin Reigart.
Author
Reigart, J. Franklin
Place of Publication
Lancaster City, Pa
Publisher
[s. n.],
Date of Publication
1844-45.
Physical Description
[52] blank leaves, [63] leaves of plates (part col.) : coats of arms, facsims., col. ports. ; 26 cm.
Notes
"One hundred pages of the finest writing paper are attached, intended for the insertion of the signatures of the governors, heads of departments, and members of the legislatures of each state..." Cf. Preface.
Includes text of the Constitution of the United States.
Subjects
Statesmen - United States
Heraldry - United States.
Additional Author
Duval, P. S.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Rare Books
Call Number
973 R361
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State-book of Pennsylvania : containing an account of the geography, history, government, resources, and noted citizens of the state : with a map of the state and of each county

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Author
Burrowes, Thomas H.
Edition
Library ed.
Date of Publication
1847.
Call Number
817.5 B972 1847
Responsibility
by Thomas H. Burrowes.
Author
Burrowes, Thomas H.
Edition
Library ed.
Place of Publication
Philadelphia
Publisher
U. Hunt & Son,
Date of Publication
1847.
Physical Description
314 p. : ill., maps ; 19 cm.
Subjects
Pennsylvania - Description and travel.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Rare Books
Call Number
817.5 B972 1847
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A sketch of the life and character of the Rev. David Caldwell, D. D. near sixty years pastor of the churches of Buffalo and Alamance. Including two of his sermons; some account of the Regulation, together with the revolutionary ... incidents in which he was concerned; and a very brief notice of the ecclesiastical and moral condition of North-Carolina while in its colonial state

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Author
Caruthers, E. W.
Date of Publication
1842.
Call Number
922.3 C147c
Responsibility
by the Rev. E. W. Caruthers, A. M.
Author
Caruthers, E. W.
Place of Publication
Greensborough, N.C
Publisher
Printed by Swaim and Sherwood,
Date of Publication
1842.
Physical Description
vi, [7]-302 p. 1 β. 23 cm.
Subjects
Caldwell, David, - 1725-1824.
North Carolina - History - Regulator Insurrection, 1766-1771.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Rare Books
Call Number
922.3 C147c
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