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The diplomatic correspondence of the American revolution: being the letters of Benjamin Franklin, Silas Deane, John Adams, John Jay, Arthur Lee, William Lee, Ralph Izard, Francis Dana, William Carmichael, Henry Laurens, John Laurens, M. Dumas, and others, concerning the foreign relations of the United States during the whole revolution; together with the letters in reply from the secret committee of Congress, and the secretary of foreign affairs. Also, the entire correspondence of the French ministers, Gerard and Luzerne, with Congress

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo12887
Corporate Author
United States. Dept. of State.
Edition
New ed.
Date of Publication
1857.
Call Number
973.32 U58
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Responsibility
Pub. under the direction of the President of the United States, from the original manuscripts in the Department of State, conformably to a resolution of Congress, of March 27th, 1818. Ed. by Jared Sparks.
Corporate Author
United States. Dept. of State.
Edition
New ed.
Place of Publication
Washington
Publisher
J.C. Rives,
Date of Publication
1857.
Physical Description
6 v. 24 cm.
Notes
The same correspondence, with Sparks' omissions supplied, was published under direction of Congress by Francis Wharton as "The revolutionary diplomatic correspondence of the United States", Washington, 1889.
Each volume autographed by Thaddeus Stevens.
Subjects
United States - Foreign relations - 1775-1783.
United States - History - Revolution, 1775-1783 - Sources.
Additional Author
Sparks, Jared,
Location
Lancaster History Library - Rare Books
Call Number
973.32 U58
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The panic of 1857 and the coming of the Civil War

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Author
Huston, James L.,
Date of Publication
c1987.
Call Number
338.5 H972
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James L. Huston.
ISBN
0807113689
9780807113684
0807124923
9780807124925
Author
Huston, James L.,
Place of Publication
Baton Rouge
Publisher
Louisiana State University Press,
Date of Publication
c1987.
Physical Description
xviii, 315 p. ; 24 cm.
Notes
Includes index.
Bibliography: p. [283]-306.
Subjects
Depressions
United States - Economic conditions - To 1865.
United States - Politics and government - 1857-1861.
Depressions - 1857 - United States
United States - Economic conditions - To 1865
United States - Politics and government - 1857-1861
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
338.5 H972
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Index to the Guide to the microfilm of the records of Pennsylvania's revolutionary governments, 1775-1790, in the Pennsylvania State Archives

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Corporate Author
Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission.
Date of Publication
1980.
Call Number
016.9748 P415prg Index
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Alternate Title
Records of Pennsylvania's revolutionary governments, 1775-1790.
Guide to microfilm of Pennsylvania's revolutionary governments, 1775-1790.
Responsibility
compiled and edited by Roland M. Baumann [and] Diane Smith Wallace.
ISBN
0892710128
Corporate Author
Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission.
Place of Publication
Harrisburg
Publisher
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission,
Date of Publication
1980.
Physical Description
77 p. ; 23 cm.
Notes
Pa. State Docs. class. no. PY H673.2:G946miR, Index
Subjects
Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission - Microform catalogs - Indexes.
Pennsylvania - Politics and government - 1775-1783 - Sources - Microform catalogs - Indexes.
Pennsylvania - Politics and government - 1775-1865 - Sources - Microform catalogs - Indexes.
Additional Author
Baumann, Roland M.
Wallace, Diane S.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
016.9748 P415prg Index
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Reconstruction : America's unfinished revolution, 1863-1877

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Author
Foner, Eric.
Edition
1st ed.
Date of Publication
c1988.
Call Number
973.8 F673
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Responsibility
Eric Foner.
ISBN
0060158514 :
006091453X (pbk.) :
Author
Foner, Eric.
Edition
1st ed.
Place of Publication
New York
Publisher
Harper & Row,
Date of Publication
c1988.
Physical Description
xxvii, 690 p., [16] p. of plates : ill. ; 25 cm.
Series
The New American Nation series
Notes
Includes index.
Bibliography: p. 615-641.
African American resources at Lancaster County Historical Society
The author, Eric Foner, is an American historian. He writes extensively on American political history, the history of freedom, the early history of the Republican Party, African American biography, Reconstruction, and historiography, and has been a member of the faculty at the Columbia University Department of History since 1982. [wikipedia]
Contents
Chapters: The world the war made -- Rehearsals for reconstruction -- The meaning of freedom -- Ambiguities of labor -- The failure of presidential reconstruction -- The making of radical reconstruction -- Blueprints for a Republican south -- Reconstruction : political and economic -- The challenge of enforcement -- The reconstruction of the north -- The politics of depression -- Redemption and after
Summary
"Reconstruction chronicles the way in which Americans-black and white-responded to the unprecedented changes unleashed by the war and the end of slavery. It addresses the ways in which the emancipated slaves' quest for economic autonomy and equal citizenship shaped the political agenda of Reconstruction; the remodeling of Southern society and the place of planters, merchants, and small farmers within it; the evolution of racial attitudes and patterns of race relations; and the emergence of a national state possessing vastly expanded authority and committed, for a time, to the principle of equal rights for all Americans." [from the publisher]
Subjects
Reconstruction.
African Americans
United States - Politics and government - 1865-1877.
United States - Politics and government - Civil War, 1861-1865.
United States - Politics and government - 1865-1869.
United States - Political events, 1861-1901
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
973.8 F673
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Speech of Hon. John J. Crittenden, of Kentucky, on the admission of the state of Kansas

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Author
Crittenden, John J.
Date of Publication
[1858]
Call Number
973.891 B628
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Responsibility
Delivered in the Senate of the United States, March 17, 1858.
Author
Crittenden, John J.
Place of Publication
[Washington]
Publisher
Printed by L. Towers
Date of Publication
[1858]
Physical Description
16 p. 25 cm.
Notes
Caption title.
Also published under title: Kansas -- the Lecompton constitution. Speech ...
Subjects
Kansas - Politics and government - 1854-1861 - Speeches in Congress.
United States - Politics and government - 1857-1861.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Rare Books
Call Number
973.891 B628
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Visitation of American vessels by officers of the British navy : message from the President of the United States, transmitting, in answer to a resolution of the House of Representatives calling for information in reference to reported acts of visitation by officers of the British navy of American vessels in the waters of the Gulf of Mexico

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Corporate Author
United States. President (1857-1861 : Buchanan)
Date of Publication
1858]
Call Number
923.173 B918 1858 Oversize
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Alternate Title
Message from the President of the United States, transmitting, in answer to a resolution of the House of Representatives calling for information in reference to reported acts of visitation by officers of the British navy of American vessels in the waters of the Gulf of Mexico.
Corporate Author
United States. President (1857-1861 : Buchanan)
Place of Publication
[Washington? D.C
Publisher
s.n.,
Date of Publication
1858]
Physical Description
16 p.
Series
Doc. / 35th Congress, 2d session, House of Representatives. Ex. Doc ; no. 11.
Notes
Caption title.
"December 16, 1858. -- Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs and orderd to be printed."
Subjects
Buchanan, James, - 1791-1868.
United States - Foreign relations, - 1857-1861.
United States - Foreign relations - United Kingdom..
Location
Lancaster History Library - Rare Books
Call Number
923.173 B918 1858 Oversize
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The meeting of the Continental Congress in Lancaster

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Author
Beck, Herbert Huebener,
Date of Publication
1927
and government--1775-1783. Lancaster (Pa.)--History--18th century. Publisher: Lancaster, Pa. : Lancaster County Historical Society, 1927 Description: 101-103 p. ; 23 cm. Series: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 31, no. 7 Call Number: 974.9 L245 v.31 Location: LCHSJL -- Journal
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Responsibility
by Herbert H. Beck.
Author
Beck, Herbert Huebener,
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Lancaster County Historical Society,
Date of Publication
1927
Physical Description
101-103 p. ; 23 cm.
Series
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 31, no. 7
Subjects
United States. - Continental Congress.
Constitutional history - United States.
United States - Politics and government - 1775-1783.
Lancaster (Pa.) - History - 18th century.
Contained In
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 31, number 7 (1927), p. 101-103Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.31
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The life of Benjamin Franklin : containing the autobiography, with notes and a continuation

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Author
Franklin, Benjamin,
Date of Publication
1856.
Call Number
923.2 F831s
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Alternate Title
Sparks's Life of Franklin
Responsibility
by Jared Sparks.
Author
Franklin, Benjamin,
Place of Publication
Boston
Publisher
Whittemore, Niles, and Hall,
Date of Publication
1856.
Physical Description
xv, 612 p. : 2 ports., 1 facsim. ; 24 cm.
Notes
On verso of title page: "Entered according to the act of Congress, in the year one thousand eight hundred and forty, by Hilliard, Gray, and Company."
First published as v. 1 of Sparks' edition of Franklin's works.
Subjects
Unites States foreign relations
United States history, 1600-1775 (Colonial Period)
United States history, 1783-1789 (Confederation)
Additional Author
Sparks, Jared,
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
923.2 F831s
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Letters of the Continental Congress in Lancaster

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Author
Worner, William Frederic.
Date of Publication
1927
, September 27th, in the court house, which stood in the center of Penn square. For this reason Lancaster claims the distinction of having been the capital of the United States, even though it was but for a day. As Howe was in possession of Philadelphia, then the largest city in America, only 62 miles distant
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Responsibility
by William Frederic Worner.
Author
Worner, William Frederic.
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Lancaster County Historical Society,
Date of Publication
1927
Physical Description
31-34 p. ; 23 cm.
Series
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 31, no. 3
Subjects
United States. - Continental Congress.
Constitutional history - United States.
United States - Politics and government - 1775-1783.
Lancaster (Pa.) - History - 18th century.
Contained In
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 31, number 3 (1927), p. 31-34Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.31
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Boss rule in the gilded age : Matt Quay of Pennsylvania

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Author
Kehl, James A.
Date of Publication
1981.
Call Number
923.2 Q2k
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Responsibility
James A. Kehl.
ISBN
0822934264
Author
Kehl, James A.
Place of Publication
Pittsburgh, Pa
Publisher
University of Pittsburgh Press,
Date of Publication
1981.
Physical Description
xx, 295 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Notes
Includes index. The author was a professor of history at the University of Pittsburgh.
Bibliography: p. 281-289.
Summary
Matt Quay was called "the ablest politician this country has ever produced." He served as a United States senator representing Pennsylvania from 1887 to 1904. His career as a Republican Party boss, however, spanned nearly half a century, during which numerous governors and one president owed their election success to his political skills. James A. Kehl was given the first public access to Quay's own papers, and herein presents the inside story of this controversial man who was considered a political Robin Hood for his alleged bribe-taking, misappropriations of funds, and concern for the underprivileged-yet he emerged as the most powerful member of the Republican Party in his state. [from the publisher]
Subjects
Quay, Matthew Stanley, - 1833-1904.
United States. - Congress. - Senate - Biography.
Legislators - United States
United States - Politics and government - 1865-1900.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
923.2 Q2k
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