The Key-stone collection of church music : a complete collection of hymn tunes, anthems, psalms, chants, &c. : to which is added the Physiological system for training choirs and teaching singing schools : and the cantata, The morning of freedom
A history of Maryland; from its settlement in 1634 to the year 1848, with an account of its first discovery, and the various explorations of the Chesapeake Bay, anterior to its settlement; to which is added, a copious appendix, containing the names of the officers of the old Maryland line: the lords proprietary of the province, and the governors of Maryland, from its settlement to the present time ... For the use of schools
A dictionary of the English and German languages, with a synopsis of English words differently pronounced by different orthoepists, to which is added a supplement containing a history of the English language
Report of the trial of Castner Hanway for treason, in the resistance of the execution of the Fugitive slave law of September 1850. Before Judges Grier and Kane, in the Circuit Court of the United States for the eastern district of Pennsylvania. Held at Philadelphia in November and December, 1851. To which is added an Appendix, containing the laws of the United States on the subject of fugitives from labor, the charges of Judge Kane to the grand juries in relation thereto, and a statement of the points of law decided by the court during the trial
The charge was in connection with an attempt to arrest Noah Buley, Nelson Ford, Joshua Hammond, and George Hammond on a warrant issued under the Fugitive slave law, claiming them as slaves of Edward Gorsuch of Maryland.
African American resources at Lancaster County Historical Society
A history of colonial Virginia, the first permanent colony in America, to which is added the genealogy of the several shires and counties and population in Virginia from the first Spanish colony to the present time
A brief description of Indian life and Indian trade of the Susquehannock Indians. The tribe which inhabited what is now Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. A compilation of pen pictures by the earliest Europeans with whom they came in contact. Also giving a study of the exact location and period of occupation of their villages and fort stes based on the articles found in Indian graves here
A discourse delivered in the Leacock Presbyterian Church, Lancaster County, Pa., on Thanksgiving Day, November 23, 1854 : In which is sketched a history of that church and congregation from 1741 to the present time
Comb making in America, an account of the origin and development of the industry for which Leominster has become famous, to which are added pictures of many of the early comb makers and views of the old time comb shops
compiled and privately printed for Bernard W. Doyle, president of the Viscoloid company, inc., in commemoration of the one hundred and fiftieth anniversary of the founding of the comb industry in Leominster, Massachusetts.
xiv, 158 p. incl. front., illus., ports. pl. 27 cm.
Notes
"Compiled, written and printed under direction of Perry Walton."
Contents
Antiquity of combs -- Establishment of the comb industry in America -- Growth of the comb industry in West Newbury -- The Noyes family : their relation to the comb industry -- Improvements in the manufacture of combs -- The Hills family and the comb industry in Leominster -- Comb-making in Clinton, Massachusetts, and other industrial centers -- Horn, tortoise shell, ivory and their substitutes -- The town of Leominster.
Pioneer life; or, Thirty years a hunter. Being scenes and adventures in the life of Philip Tome, fifteen years interpreter for Cornplanter and Gov. Blacksnake, Chiefs of the Allegany River
Chapters: Parentage and early life / Hunting the elk / Capturing a live elk / Face of the country / Danger from rattlesnakes / Wolf and deer hunting / Another elk hunt / Elk hunting on the Susquehannah / Nature habits, and manner of hunting the elk / Elk and bear hunting in winter / Hunting on the Clarion River / Hunting and trapping / The bear-its nature and habits / Hunting deer at different seasons / Nature and habits of the panther, wolf and fox / Rattlesnakes and their habits / Distinguished lumbermrn, &C. / Reminiscences of cornplanter / Indian eloquence
Summary
"I was born March 22d, 1782, in Dauphin county, Pennsylvania, near where the city of Harrisburg now stands. My parents were both of German extraction. They moved up the Susquehannah River about ninety miles in 1786, traveling in a keel boat, there being no roads or other mode of conveyance. They landed at a place called Farris Creek in what was then Northumberland county, and remained there about four months, when the Six Nations of Indians began to trouble the inhabitants on the west branch of the Susquehannah."
A system of aeronautics, comprehending its earliest investigations, and modern practice and art. Designed as a history for the common reader, and guide to the student of the art. In three parts. Containing an account of the various attempts in the art of flying by artificial means, from the earliest period down to the discovery of the aeronautic machine by the Montgolfiers, in 1782, and to a later period. With a brief history of the author's fifteen years' experience in aerial voyages. Also, full instructions in the art of making balloons
