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The underground railroad. A record of facts, authentic narratives, letters, &c., narrating the hardships, hair-breadth escapes and death struggles of the slaves in their efforts for freedom, as related by themselves and others, or witnessed by the author; together with sketches of some of the largest stockholders, and most liberal aiders and advisers, of the road

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Author: Still, William,

Edition: Rev. ed.

Date of Publication: [c1871]

Call Number: 973.7115 S857

Responsibility: By William Still . . . Illustrated with 70 fine engravings by Bensell, Schell and others, and portraits from photographs from life . . .

Author: Still, William,

Edition: Rev. ed.

Place of Publication: Philadelphia, Pa., Cincinnati, O. [etc.]

Publisher: People's Publishing Company

Date of Publication: [c1871]

Physical Description: 780, [5] p. incl. front., illus. plates, ports. 25 cm.

Notes: African American resources at Lancaster County Historical Society

Subjects: Underground railroad.; Fugitive slaves - United States.; Slavery - United States

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 973.7115 S857

Gottlieb Mittelberger's journey to Pennsylvania in the year 1750 and return to Germany in the year 1754 : containing not only a description of the country according to its present condition, but also a detailed account of the sad and unfortunate circumstances of most of the Germans that have emigrated, or are emigrating to that country

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Author: Mittelberger, Gottlieb.

Date of Publication: 1898.

Call Number: 917.48 M685

Responsibility: translated from the German by Carl Theo. Eben.

Author: Mittelberger, Gottlieb.

Uniform Title: Gottlieb Mittelbergers Reise nach Pennsylvanien im Jahr 1750.

Place of Publication: Philadelphia

Publisher: J.J. McVey,

Date of Publication: 1898.

Physical Description: 129 p. : facsim. ; 21 cm.

Notes: With facsimile t.p. of original German ed.: Stuttgard : Gedrukt ben Gottlieb Friderich Jenisch, 1756.

Summary: "Mittelberger's travelogue provides a firsthand historic account of the misery and exploitation of German immigrants during the US colonial period. In his work, he tries to convince his fellow Germans not to immigrate to the American colonies, as the forfeiture of freedom, cost of money, lack of health, and loss of life are too exorbitant to risk and sacrifice. Although never an indentured servant, Mittelberger's written testament is one of several surviving historic works describing the hardships of the redemption system. His meticulous account of his sea voyage to the British Atlantic colonies and subsequent experiences in Pennsylvania has become academically notable, due to the scarcity in primary source material concerning several of the issues he details. Such topics include religious practices in colonial Pennsylvania, European passenger fares for children and adults, as well as the nature and consequences of epidemics on colonial era ships.The work is also noted for its lengthy discussion of sexuality and social mores, including an account of a bigamous threesome and the status of illegitimate children, as evidencing the religious and sexual tolerance of colonial America. Gottlieb Mittelberger traveled to Pennsylvania from Germany in 1750 on a ship primarily filled with poorer immigrants who would become indentured servants upon arriving in Philadelphia. Mittelberger was not a servant, and worked as a school master and organist for three years before returning to Germany in 1754." [from Wikipedia]

Subjects: Mittelberger, Gottlieb - Travel - Pennsylvania.; Germans - Pennsylvania.; Pennsylvania - Description and travel - Early works to 1800.; Pennsylvania - Emigration and immigration.

Additional Author: Eben, Carl Theodor,

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 917.48 M685

Gottlieb Mittelberger's journey to Pennsylvania in the year 1750 and return to Germany in the year 1754 : containing not only a description of the country according to its present condition, but also a detailed account of the sad and unfortunate circumstances of most of the Germans that have emigrated, or are emigrating to that country

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Author: Mittelberger, Gottlieb.

Date of Publication: 1898.

Call Number: 974.802812 M685

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Responsibility: translated from the German by Carl Theo. Eben.

Author: Mittelberger, Gottlieb.

Uniform Title: Gottlieb Mittelbergers Reise nach Pennsylvanien im Jahr 1750.

Place of Publication: Philadelphia

Publisher: J.J. McVey,

Date of Publication: 1898.

Physical Description: 129 p. : facsim. ; 21 cm.

Notes: With facsimile t.p. of original German ed.: Stuttgard : Gedrukt ben Gottlieb Friderich Jenisch, 1756.

Summary: Gottlieb Mittelberger (1714-1758) was a German author, schoolmaster, organist, and Lutheran pastor. He was best known for his work Journey to Pennsylvania (1756). Mittelberger's travelogue provides a firsthand historic account of the misery and exploitation of German immigrants during the US colonial period. In his work, he tries to convince his fellow Germans not to immigrate to the American colonies, as the forfeiture of freedom, cost of money, lack of health, and loss of life are too exorbitant to risk and sacrifice.

Subjects: Mittelberger, Gottlieb - Journeys - Pennsylvania.; Germans - Pennsylvania.; Pennsylvania - Description and travel.; Pennsylvania - Emigration and immigration.

Additional Author: Eben, Carl Theodor,

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 974.802812 M685

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Pennsylvania and the Centennial exposition: comprising the preliminary and final reports of the Pennsylvania board of Centennial managers, made to the Legislature at the sessions of 1877-8; together with a list of the officers and members of the Board and of the associated committees; and historical sketch of the exhibition; an alphabetical catalogue of Pennsylvania exhibitors; and a series of articles relative to the industries, resources and capabilities of the commonwealth

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Corporate Author: Pennsylvania. Board of Centennial managers.

Date of Publication: 1878.

Call Number: 974.80421 P415

Corporate Author: Pennsylvania. Board of Centennial managers.

Place of Publication: Philadelphia

Publisher: Printed for the Pennsylvania board of Centennial managers, by Gillin & Nagle,

Date of Publication: 1878.

Physical Description: 3 pt. in 2 v. fronts. (v. 2; fold. map) plates, plans. 26 cm.

Subjects: Pennsylvania - Industries.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 974.80421 P415

A sketch of the early life and of the civil and military services of Maj. Gen. John W. Geary, candidate of the National Union Party for governor of Pennsylvania

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Date of Publication: 1866.

Call Number: 973.891 B628

Place of Publication: [Philadelphia

Publisher: King & Baird, printers],

Date of Publication: 1866.

Physical Description: 32 p. : port ; 23 cm.

Subjects: Geary, John White, - 1819-1873.; Campaign literature, 1866 - Pennsylvania.; Kansas - Politics and government - 1854-1861.

Additional Corporate Author: King & Baird, printers.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Rare Books

Call Number: 973.891 B628

Archive

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Collection: Broadsides Collection

Title: Broadsides Collection

Object ID: MG0357

Date Range: 1775-1958

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Collection: Broadsides Collection

Title: Broadsides Collection

Description: This collection contains broadsides for lectures, stores, businesses, and organizations.

Date Range: 1775-1958

Year Range From: 1775

Year Range To: 1958

Date of Accumulation: 1775-1958

Creator: LancasterHistory (Organization)

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives South

Storage Wall: Side 09

People: Bailey, Francis; Becker, John; Bomberger, M.; Bowman, Michael; Brinton, F.; Bryson, J. H.; Chryst, Drue Young; Chryst, James; Conyngham, Redmond; Cromwell, J.; Deshong, P. M.; Eply, John; Eshleman, Elam Witmer; Fahnestock, William B.; Funk, Amos H.; Gable, Jacob; Haines, Samuel B.; Harbaugh, Henry; Hershey, Benjamin; Jefferies, Thomas; Kennedy, J. P. M.; Landis, Benjamin; Landis, David; Landis, Jesse; Landis, John; Lefever, John; Lehman, John S.; Lindsay, John J.; List, Friedrich; Mathiot, John; Maxwell, Hugh; McCall, H. W.; Mercer, J. Q.; Messersmith, Jacob; Metzler, Christian E.; Michael, J.; Roosevelt, Theodore; Scott, Joseph; Shreiner, Martin; Steele, John F.; Stevens, Enos; Witmer, A. K.; Witmer, Henry; Wylie, S. A.

Subjects: Broadsides; Political posters; Posters

Search Terms: Advertisements; Announcements; Arithmetic; Boys Work Fund; Broadsides; Camons Island; Cheap Job Printer, Lancaster Inquirer; Court of Quarter Sessions; Cromwell & Bomberger; Finding aids; Flyers; Frantz's Mill; Ku Klux Klan (1915- ); Lancaster Adler; Lancaster County Prison; Lancaster Soil Conservation District; Lancaster Unemployed Council; Lititz Turnpike Company; Manor Turnpike Company; Manuscript groups; Mayors; Mount Vista Gold and Silver Mining Company; New York and Pennsylvania Oil and Coal Mining Company; Newspapers; Notices; Paradise Lyceum; Pennsylvania General Assembly, House of Representatives; Petitions; Philadelphia Mourning Store, Jones & Fisher; Poetry; Political posters; Posters; Programs; Railroads; Reports; Review Print; Russel & Myers; S. B. Cox and Company; Sheriffs; Slackwater Turnpike; Steam Book and Job Printing; Stockholders; Stocks; Tolls; Union and Tribune Office; Youth Appreciation Week

Extent: 2 boxes, 23 folders, 1 cubic ft.

Object Name: Archive

Language: English, German, and Pennsylvania German

Object ID: MG0357

Location of Originals: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania

Notes: Preferred Citation: Title or description of item, date (day, month, year), Collection Title (MG#), Folder #, (or Object ID), LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania. URL if applicable. Date accessed (day, month, year).

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Other Numbers: MG-357

Classification: MG0357

Description Level: Fonds

Custodial History: Added to database 3 January 2022.

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Annals of Philadelphia and Pennsylvania in the olden time : being a collection of memoirs, anecdote, and incidents of the city and its inhabitants, and of the earliest settlements of the inland part of Pennsylvania, from the days of the founders : intended to preserve the recollections of olden time, and to exhibit society in its changes and manners and customs, and the city and country in their local changes and improvements

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Author: Watson, John F.

Date of Publication: 1860.

Call Number: 974.8 P544 1860

Responsibility: by John F. Watson ; embellished with engravings by T.H. Mumford.

Author: Watson, John F.

Place of Publication: Philadelphia

Publisher: Elijah Thomas,

Date of Publication: 1860.

Physical Description: 3 v., [28] leaves of plates : ill., map, ports. ; 25 cm.

Notes: Spine title: Watson's annals of Philadelphia.; Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Subjects: Pennsylvania - History.; Philadelphia (Pa.) - History.; Philadelphia (Pa.) - Social life and customs.

Additional Author: Mumford, Thomas Howland,

Location: Lancaster History Library - Rare Books

Call Number: 974.8 P544 1860

The Holy Bible : containing the Old and New Testaments, translated out of the original tongues, with a complete concordance ... 100,000 marginal references and readings. Apocrypha and Psalms in metre. Dr. William Smith's Standard Bible dictionary ... A comprehensive and critical description of the tabernacle and its sacred furniture ; together with an account of the priesthood and the worship and sacrifices of the Israelites. Compiled expressly for this edition of the Holy Bible, chiefly from the writings of Dr. William Smith, Dean Milman, Rev. John Kitto ... [et al.] ... A history of all the religious denominations of the world, and many other important and useful aids to the study of the Holy Scriptures ... with over 2500 ... illustrations, on steel, wood, and in colors

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Date of Publication: 1870.

Call Number: 220 F534 1870

Place of Publication: Millersville, PA

Publisher: B.R. Witmer,

Date of Publication: 1870.

Physical Description: [1690] pages : color frontispiece, illustrations (inc. portraits) plates (some color), map ; 32 x 24 cm

Notes: Pagination : 2p. l., 9-11, [1], v-viii, [2], 14, 18, 32, 128, 16, 178, 10, 12, 9-740, 104, [24], 33-48, viii, 643-1029. [4], 12, 44, 36 p.; Album for "Family portraits" (2 leaves at end).; New Testament has special t.p. :[Contrasted editions]. Both versions of the New Testament of Our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, translated out of the original Greek ; being the version set forth A.D. 1611. Compared with the most ancient authorities and revised A.D. 1881. The old (King James)--version and the revised version arranged in parallel columns for convenience in reference and comparison ...; Genealogy of John R. Fisher and Alice Herr on four pages following the Apocrypha.; Viewing bibles contingent of staff availability, an appointment may be required.; Full morocco binding with elababote gold tooling on both covers, Holy Bible in circular recess; part of tooling at base of spine missing; edge gilding.

Subjects: Fisher family - Genealogy.; Concordances.; Dictionaries.

Additional Author: Fisher, John B.; Herr, Alice

Additional Title: Bible.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Bible

Call Number: 220 F534 1870

Annals of Philadelphia and Pennsylvania, in the olden time; being a collection of memoirs, anecdotes, and incidents of the city and its inhabitants, and of the earliest settlements of the inland part of Pennsylvania, from the days of the founders

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo6324

Author: Watson, John F.

Date of Publication: 1891.

Call Number: 974.811 W339

Responsibility: By John F. Watson ... Enlarged, with many revisions and additions, by Willis P. Hazard...

Author: Watson, John F.

Place of Publication: Philadelphia

Publisher: E. S. Stuart,

Date of Publication: 1891.

Physical Description: 3 v. fronts., illus., plates, port. 25 cm.

Notes: The third volume of this ed. was prepared at the publisher's request, by W. P. Hazard.

Subjects: Pennsylvania - History.; Philadelphia (Pa.) - History.; Philadelphia (Pa.) - Social life and customs.

Additional Author: Hazard, Willis P.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 974.811 W339

The complete analysis of the Holy Bible : or, how to comprehend Holy Writ from its own interpretation, containing the whole of the Old and New Testaments, collected and systematically arranged in thirty books, together with an introduction setting forth the character of the work, and the immense facility this method affords the reader for understanding the word of God. Also, three different tables of contents prefixed, a general index of subjects and a scripture index subjoined, so elaborated and arranged in alphabetical order as to direct at once to any subject required

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo19610

Author: West, Nathaniel,

Date of Publication: 1868.

Call Number: 220 L493 1868

Alternate Title: Holy Bible complete and how to understand it

Responsibility: by Nathaniel West.

Author: West, Nathaniel,

Place of Publication: New York : Cleveland, Ohio

Publisher: A.J. Johnson ; F.G. & A.C. Rowe,

Date of Publication: 1868.

Physical Description: lxiv, 1097, [6] pages : maps, tables ; 27 cm

Notes: Includes indexes.; Viewing bibles contingent on staff availability, an appointment may be required.; Lefevre family Bible.; On inside cover and repeated on lst endpaper: "The Property of David Lefevre A. D. 1868, Price $7.50".; Affixed to back endpapers: Ancestry of Robert G. LeFevre, M. D, 1570-1899.; Half morocco binding with gold title on front and spine; gilt edges.

Subjects: Lefevre family - Genealogy.; Concordances.

Additional Title: Bible.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Bible

Call Number: 220 L493 1868

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