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The settler's farmstead : a compendium of information relating to properties in Manheim Township containing log dwellings

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Author: Messimer, Susan Sharpless.

Date of Publication: 1986.

Call Number: 728.6 M585 pt. 2

Responsibility: Susan Sharpless Messimer.

Author: Messimer, Susan Sharpless.

Place of Publication: Typescript

Date of Publication: 1986.

Physical Description: Unpaged ; 29 cm.

Notes: Bound with: The Federal Farmhouse: a reappraisal: site report; Landis Valley Museum/Susan Sharpless Messimer; summer internship report/Susan Sharpless Messimer.

Subjects: Kurtz family.; Lehn family.; Buch family.; Long family.; Architecture, Domestic - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.; Log cabins - Manheim Township (Pa.); Taxation - Lists.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Lancaster County

Call Number: 728.6 M585 pt. 2

Gunsmiths of Adams, Franklin and Cumberland Counties, Pennslvania by James B. Whisker

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo474

Author: Whisker, James B.,

Date of Publication: 1989

Call Number: 683.4 W576g

Author: Whisker, James B.,

Place of Publication: Bedford, PA

Publisher: Old Bedford Village Press

Date of Publication: 1989

Physical Description: 126p. ill. 28cm.

Subjects: Gunsmiths - Pennsylvania - Adams County.; Gunsmiths - Pennsylvania - Franklin County.; Gunsmiths - Pennsylvania - Cumberland County.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 683.4 W576g

James Buchanan and his family at Wheatland

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Author: Cahalan, Sally Smith.

Date of Publication: c1988.

Call Number: 728.37 C132j

Alternate Title: James Buchanan's Wheatland

Responsibility: by Sally Smith Cahalan ; [photography by John P. Herr].

Author: Cahalan, Sally Smith.

Place of Publication: Lancaster, Pa

Publisher: James Buchanan Foundation,

Date of Publication: c1988.

Physical Description: 100 p. : ill. (some col.), ports. (some col.) ; 26 cm.

Notes: Cover title: James Buchanan's Wheatland.

Subjects: Buchanan, James, - 1791-1868 - Homes and haunts - Pennsylvania - Lancaster.; Buchanan, James, - 1791-1868 - Family.; Buchanan family.; Johnston, Harriet Lane, - 1830-1903.; Buchanan, James, - 1791-1868.; Wheatland (Lancaster, Pa.); Presidents - United States; Lancaster (Pa.) - Buildings, structures, etc.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Lancaster County

Call Number: 728.37 C132j

Tales told out of school : An informal history of the Lancaster Country Day School and the Shippen School

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo13433

Date of Publication: 1984.

Call Number: 370 C855

Responsibility: compiled by Anna Downey Gardner.

Place of Publication: Lancaster, Pa

Publisher: The School ,

Date of Publication: 1984.

Physical Description: 52 pages : ill. ; 21 x 28 cm.

Subjects: Lancaster Country Day School (Lancaster County, Pa.); The Shippen School (Lancaster, Pa.); Miss Stahr's School (Lancaster, Pa.); Lancaster College (Lancaster, Pa.); Franklin and Marshall Academy (Lancaster, Pa.); Private schools - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.; Education - Pennsylvania - Lancaster.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Lancaster County

Call Number: 370 C855

Down the pike : a history of the Chambersburg-Bedford Turnpike Company

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Author: Nelson, John H.

Date of Publication: 1989.

Call Number: 388 N427

Responsibility: written by John H. Nelson.

Author: Nelson, John H.

Place of Publication: McConnellsburg, PA

Publisher: Fulton County Historical Society,

Date of Publication: 1989.

Physical Description: 65, 35 p. : ill., facsims. ; 22 cm.

Series: Fulton County Historical Society (Pa.) (Series) ;

Notes: Includes text of: Laws relating to the Chambersburg and Bedford Turnpike Road Company (Chambersburg, Pa. : M. Kieffer, 1860).; Bibliography: p. 63-64.

Contents: Contents: 1. A brief look at the development of turnpikes -- 2. The origination of the Chambersburg-Bedford Turnpike Company -- 3. Growth and demise of the company -- 4. End of an era -- 5. Bridges -- 6. Tollgates and tollhouses -- 7. Incidents along the pike -- Stockholders, managers and toolkeepers -- Sources -- Laws of the Chambersburg and Bedford Turnpike Road Company

Subjects: Chambersburg-Bedford Turnpike Company - History.; Toll roads - Pennsylvania.; Bedford County (Pa.) - History.; Fulton County (Pa.) - History.; Franklin County (Pa.) - History.

Additional Corporate Author: Fulton County Historical Society (Pa.)

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 388 N427

At home with James Buchanan

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo4013

Author: Cahalan, Sally Smith.

Date of Publication: c1989.

Call Number: 728.37 C132

Responsibility: Sally Smith Cahalan.

Author: Cahalan, Sally Smith.

Place of Publication: Ephrata, Pa

Publisher: Science Press,

Date of Publication: c1989.

Physical Description: 120 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Series: Science Press Keepsake ; no.20.

Subjects: Buchanan, James, - 1791-1868.; Buchanan, James, - 1791-1868 - Homes and haunts - Pennsylvania - Lancaster.; Wheatland (Lancaster, Pa.); Presidents - United States

Location: Lancaster History Library - Lancaster County

Call Number: 728.37 C132

Bethel African Methodist Church in Lancaster : prolegomenon to a social history

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Author: Hopkins, Leroy.

Date of Publication: 1986.

- distinguishable from the many churches that populate Lancaster City and County. The following essay is an attempt to correct this situation by enumerating readily available facts, analyzing recently discovered informa- tion, and indicating problem areas for future research. Currently it is not possible to

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Responsibility: by Leroy Hopkins, Ph.D.

Author: Hopkins, Leroy.

Place of Publication: Lancaster, Pa

Publisher: Lancaster County Historical Society,

Date of Publication: 1986.

Physical Description: 205-236 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

Series: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 90, no. 4

Subjects: Bethel African Methodist Episcopal Church (Lancaster, Pa.) - History.; St. James' African Church (Lancaster, Pa.) - History.; African Americans - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.; African Americans - Pennsylvania - Columbia.

Contained In: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 90, number 4 (1986), p. 205-236Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.90

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Guide to the genealogical materials of the Hauck Memorial Library : housed in the Lebanon County Historical Society 1984

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo5605

Author: Smith, William E.

Date of Publication: c1984.

Call Number: 974.819 G946s

Responsibility: prepared by William E. Smith and Lenora Adam for the Lebanon County Historical Society.

Author: Smith, William E.

Place of Publication: Lebanon, Pa

Publisher: The Society,

Date of Publication: c1984.

Physical Description: 64 p. ; 22 cm.

Notes: Cover title.

Subjects: Hauck Memorial Library - Catalogs.; Lebanon County (Pa.) - History - Sources - Bibliography - Catalogs.; Lebanon County (Pa.) - Genealogy - Sources - Bibliography - Catalogs.; Pennsylvania - History - Sources - Bibliography - Catalogs.; Pennsylvania - Genealogy - Sources - Bibliography - Catalogs.

Additional Author: Adam, Lenora.

Additional Corporate Author: Lebanon County Historical Society (Pa.)

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 974.819 G946s

The engineer as promoter : Charles Tillinghast James and the gospel of steam cotton mills

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo8747

Author: Winpenny, Thomas R.

Date of Publication: c1981.

Call Number: 677 W776e

Responsibility: by Thomas R. Winpenny.

Author: Winpenny, Thomas R.

Place of Publication: Philadelphia, Pa

Publisher: Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography ,

Date of Publication: c1981.

Physical Description: 181 p. 25 cm.

Notes: Offprint from the magazine published by the Historical Society of Pa., v. 105, no. 2 (April 1981).

Subjects: James, Charles Tillinghast.; Cotton manufacturing.; Steam engineering.; Industry - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.; Manufactures - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.; Conestoga steam mills (Lancaster, Pa.)

Location: Lancaster History Library - Lancaster County

Call Number: 677 W776e

Warrant registers (for Pennsylvania Counties)

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Date of Publication: 1734 - 1935.

Call Number: Drawer 15, Sec. 1

Responsibility: Prepared by Wm. W. Britton, begun 1734, completed May 30, 1935 ;

Date of Publication: 1734 - 1935.

Physical Description: 4 reels ; 35 mm.

Notes: Microfilmed in 1957. Contains 20 volumes. Lancaster County warrants are on V. 16.; Labeled on box # 257 - # 261.; Material arranged by county and includes names of warrantee, date, acreage, location, date of return, name of patentee, where patent recorded, and where survey is copied.

Subjects: Pennsylvania. Department of Internal Affairs. Bureau of Land Records.; Registers of births, etc. - Pennsylvania.; Land grants - Pennsylvania.; Land grants - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.; Land grants - Pennsylvania - Berks County.; Land grants - Pennsylvania - Dauphin County.; Land grants - Pennsylvania - Chester County.; Land grants - Pennsylvania - Lebanon County.; Land grants - Pennsylvania - York County.; Land grants - Pennsylvania - Cumberland County.; Land grants - Pennsylvania - Adams County.

Additional Author: Britton, William W.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Microfilm

Call Number: Drawer 15, Sec. 1

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