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Southeastern Pennsylvania, a history of the counties of Berks, Bucks, Chester, Delaware, Montgomery, Philadelphia and Schuylkill

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo3801

Author: Nolan, J. Bennett

Date of Publication: [1943]

Call Number: 974.800912 N791

Responsibility: J. Bennett Nolan, supervising editor ...

Author: Nolan, J. Bennett

Place of Publication: Philadelphia, New York

Publisher: Lewis historical publishing company, inc.

Date of Publication: [1943]

Physical Description: 3 v. fronts., ill. (incl. maps) plates, ports., facsims. (part col. 1 double) col. coats of arms, col. geneal. tables. 27 1/2 cm.

Notes: Vols. 1 and 2 paged continuously.; Vol. 3 consists of biographies.; LCHS has vols. 1 and 3 only.; Includes bibliographies.

Subjects: Berks County (Pa.) - History.; Bucks County (Pa.) - History.; Chester County (Pa.) - History.; Delaware County (Pa.) - History.; Montgomery County (Pa.) - History.; Philadelphia County (Pa.) - History.; Schuylkill County (Pa.) - History.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 974.800912 N791

History of Ephrata and Lebanon Street Railway Company, Ephrata and Lebanon Traction Company, Lancaster, Ephrata and Lebanon Street Railway Company : and any other trolley roads in Lebanon and Lancaster Counties, Pennsylvania

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo6276

Date of Publication: 1944.

Call Number: 388.4 L574

Responsibility: compiled by Harry David Lentz, Jr.

Place of Publication: Lebanon [Pa.]

Publisher: Lentz,

Date of Publication: 1944.

Physical Description: 2 v. in 1 : ill. ; 21 cm.

Notes: Cover title: Trolley roads in Lebanon and Lancaster Counties.

Subjects: Ephrata and Lebanon Street Railway Company - History.; Ephrata and Lebanon Traction Company - History.; Lancaster Ephrata and Lebanon Street Railway Company - History.; Street-railroads - Pennsylvania - Lebanon County; Street-railroads - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County

Additional Author: Lentz, Harry David,

Location: Lancaster History Library - Lancaster County

Call Number: 388.4 L574

Industrial Berks County, 1748-1948. Presented to: the people of Reading and Berks County on the occasion of the two hundredth anniversary of the city of Reading

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo6923

Author: Graeff, Arthur Dundore,

Date of Publication: 1948.

Call Number: 974.816 B513i

Author: Graeff, Arthur Dundore,

Place of Publication: [Reading? Pa.]

Date of Publication: 1948.

Physical Description: 35 p. : illus., map (on lining-papers) ; 23 x 28 cm.

Notes: Click on Table of Contents for more information.; Appropriate for juvenile literature.; Illustrations for Sally Ann Furnace, Robesonia Slag Bank, Fisher Mansion, Canal locks at Leesport, The Bernville stage.

Contents: The giant's ribs: the iron industry--To milady's taste: clothing--Not only for today: shelter--Shoofly: food--An omer for everyman: agriculture--Berks County speaking: communication--Two hours to anywhere: transportation.

Subjects: Berks County (Pa.) - History.; Berks County (Pa.) - Industries.; Reading (Pa.) - History.

Additional Author: Taylor, Francis Starr

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 974.816 B513i

Churches of the valley : or, an historical sketch of the old Presbyterian congregations of Cumberland and Franklin counties, in Pennsylvania

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo10113

Author: Nevin, Alfred,

Date of Publication: 1852.

Call Number: 974.843 N526

Responsibility: by the Rev. Alfred Nevin.

Author: Nevin, Alfred,

Place of Publication: Philadelphia

Publisher: Joseph M. Wilson,

Date of Publication: 1852.

Physical Description: xix, [13]-338 p. ; 20 cm.

Subjects: Presbyterian Church - Pennsylvania.; Cumberland County (Pa.); Franklin County (Pa.)

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 974.843 N526

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

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo4508

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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Historical papers, Franklin County and the Cumberland Valley, Pennsylvania

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo8097

Author: Stoner, Jacob H.,

Date of Publication: [1947]

Call Number: 974.844 S877

Responsibility: by Jacob H. Stoner. Comp. by his wife, Lu Cole Stoner.

Author: Stoner, Jacob H.,

Place of Publication: Chambersburg, Pa

Publisher: Craft Press

Date of Publication: [1947]

Physical Description: 549 p. port., map 24 cm.

Subjects: Franklin County (Pa.) - History.; Cumberland Valley - History.

Additional Author: Stoner, Lu Cole,

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 974.844 S877

Warrant registers (for Pennsylvania Counties)

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo13303

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

William Penn in the Conestoga Valley

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo620

Author: Heisey, M. Luther,

Date of Publication: 1944

were taught gratuitously, and its doors were open to all. By an Act of Assembly it was required that the laws should be read in the schools." William Penn in the Conestoga Valley On the tablet erected in Manor Township by the Lancaster County His- torical Society, marking the site of Conestoga

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Responsibility: by M. Luther Heisey.

Author: Heisey, M. Luther,

Place of Publication: Lancaster, Pa

Publisher: Lancaster County Historical Society,

Date of Publication: 1944

Physical Description: [140]-144 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

Series: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 48, no. 6

Subjects: Penn, William, - 1644-1718.; Pennsylvania - History - Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775.; Lancaster County (Pa.) - History.

Contained In: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 48, number 6 (1944), p. 140-144Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.48