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Records of the revolutionary war: containing the military and financial correspondence of distinguished officers; names of the officers and privates of regiments, companies, and corps, with the dates of their commissions and enlistments; general orders of Washington, Lee, and Greene, at Germantown and Valley Forge; with a list of distinguished prisoners of war; the time of their capture, exchange, etc. To which is added the half-pay acts of the Continental Congress; the revolutionary pension laws; and a list of the officers of the Continental Army who acquired the right to half-pay, commutation, and lands

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo1162
Author
Saffell, William Thomas Roberts,
Date of Publication
1860.
Call Number
973.3 S128
Responsibility
By W. T. R. Saffell.
Author
Saffell, William Thomas Roberts,
Place of Publication
Philadelphia
Publisher
G. G. Evans,
Date of Publication
1860.
Physical Description
554 p. 20 cm.
Notes
First published 1858.
Subjects
Pensions, Military - United States
United States - History - Revolution, 1775-1783 - Sources.
United States - History - Revolution, 1775-1783 - Biography.
United States - History - Revolution, 1775-1783 - Registers, lists, etc.
United States - History - Revolution, 1775-1783 - Prisoners and prisons.
Additional Author
Washington, George,
Lee, Charles,
Greene, Nathanael,
Additional Corporate Author
United States. Continental Congress.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
973.3 S128
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Eighty years' progress of the United States : a family record of American industry, energy and enterprise

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo3228
Date of Publication
1869.
Call Number
609.73 E34
Responsibility
with a large amount of statistical information ... by eminent literary men.
Place of Publication
Hartford, Conn
Publisher
L. Stebbins,
Date of Publication
1869.
Physical Description
465 p. [18] leaves of plates : ill. ; 25 cm.
Notes
Includes index.
Subjects
Education - United States.
United States - Economic conditions.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Rare Books
Call Number
609.73 E34
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Message from the President of the United States to the two Houses of Congress, at the commencement of the first session of the thirty-sixth Congress

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo19834
Corporate Author
United States. President (1857-1861 : Buchanan)
Date of Publication
1860.
Call Number
923.173 B918 1860 36th, 1st
Corporate Author
United States. President (1857-1861 : Buchanan)
Place of Publication
Washington, [D.C.]
Publisher
George W. Bowman, printer,
Date of Publication
1860.
Physical Description
v. ; 23 cm.
Series
36th Congress. 1st session. Senate Ex. Doc ; no. 2
Notes
Library has Vol. 1 only.
Contents
v. 1. Annual message of the President ; Report of the Secretary of the Interior ; Report of the Secretary of War ; Report of the Secretary of the Navy ; Report of the Postmaster-General -- v. 2. Report of the Secretary of War --
Subjects
Buchanan, James, - 1791-1868.
Presidents - United States - Messages.
Political science.
Presidents.
United States - Politics and government - 1857-1861 - Sources.
United States - History - 1849-1877 - Sources.
United States.
History.
Sources.
Additional Corporate Author
United States. Department of the Interior.
United States. War Department.
United States. Navy Department.
United States. Postmaster General.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Rare Books
Call Number
923.173 B918 1860 36th, 1st
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The cause of the war shown; or, The inquiries: Who are responsible for the Civil War in America? and, What are the designs of its authors? answered

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo2557
Author
Harris, Alexander,
Date of Publication
1863.
Call Number
090 P544 1863
Responsibility
By Alex. Harris.
Author
Harris, Alexander,
Place of Publication
Philadelphia
Date of Publication
1863.
Physical Description
86 p. 22 cm.
Notes
African American resources at Lancaster County Historical Society
Subjects
Slavery - United States
United States - History - Civil War, 1861-1865 - Causes.
United States - Politics and government - 1815-1861.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Rare Books
Call Number
090 P544 1863
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Life in southern prisons; from the diary of Corporal Charles Smedley, of Company G, 90th regiment Penn'a volunteers, commencing a few days before the "battle of the Wilderness", in which he was taken prisoner, in the evening of the fifth month fifth, 1864: also, a short description of the march to and battle of Gettysburg, together with a biographical sketch of the author

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo1934
Author
Smedley, Charles,
Date of Publication
1865.
Call Number
973.781 S637
Author
Smedley, Charles,
Place of Publication
[Lancaster? Pa.]
Publisher
Ladies' and gentlemen's Fulton aid society,
Date of Publication
1865.
Physical Description
60 p. front. (port.) 19 cm.
Notes
LCHS copy - photocopy. Original in MG-18, Box 9 - Folder 8.
Subjects
United States - History - Civil War, 1861-1865 - Prisoners and prisons.
United States - History - Civil War, 1861-1865 - Personal narratives.
Additional Corporate Author
Pearsol & Geist.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
973.781 S637
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Message from the President of the United States to the two houses of Congress at the commencement of the second session of the thirty-sixth Congress

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo16223
Corporate Author
United States. President (1857-1861 : Buchanan)
Date of Publication
1860.
Call Number
923.173 B918 1860
Alternate Title
Message of the President of the United States, December 3, 1860
Annual message of the President
Corporate Author
United States. President (1857-1861 : Buchanan)
Place of Publication
Washington
Publisher
George W. Bowman,
Date of Publication
1860.
Physical Description
28 p. ; 23 cm.
Subjects
Buchanan, James, - 1791-1868.
Slavery - United States
United States - Politics and government - 1857-1861.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Rare Books
Call Number
923.173 B918 1860
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The state of the country : speech of William H. Seward in the United States Senate, February 29, 1860

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo11242
Author
Seward, William Henry,
Date of Publication
1860?]
Call Number
973.891 B628
Author
Seward, William Henry,
Place of Publication
[S.l
Publisher
s.n.,
Date of Publication
1860?]
Physical Description
8 p. ; 25 cm.
Notes
Caption title.
Subjects
Slavery - United States
United States - Politics and government - 1857-1861.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Rare Books
Call Number
973.891 B628
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The Covode investigation

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo14624
Corporate Author
United States. Congress. House. Select Committee on Alleged Corruptions in Government.
Date of Publication
1860]
Call Number
351.994 U58
Corporate Author
United States. Congress. House. Select Committee on Alleged Corruptions in Government.
Place of Publication
[Washington
Date of Publication
1860]
Physical Description
838 p.
Series
United States. 36th Congress, 1st sess. House. Rept. 648
Notes
Famous investigation headed by Rep. John Covode, of Pennsylvania, into President James Buchanan's actions leading to the secession of the South and the start of the Civil War.
Subjects
United States. - Navy Dept.
Printing, Public - United States.
United States - Politics and government - 1857-1861.
Additional Author
Covode, John,
Train, Charles Russell,
Location
Lancaster History Library - Rare Books
Call Number
351.994 U58
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McClellan's military career reviewed and exposed : the military policy of the administration set forth and vindicated

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo10421
Author
Swinton, William,
Date of Publication
1864
Call Number
973.891 B628
Author
Swinton, William,
Place of Publication
Washington
Publisher
Union Congressional Committee,
Date of Publication
1864
Physical Description
32 p. ; 24 cm.
Notes
"Published by the Union Congressional Committee."
"A condensation and revision of the series of twelve articles in review of McClellan's report, by William Swinton, published in the New York times ... February, March, and April, 1864."
Published the same year under title: The "Times" review of McClellan: his military career reviewed and exposed.
Subjects
McClellan, George Brinton, - 1826-1885.
Campaign literature - United States.
United States - History - Civil War, 1861-1865 - Campaigns.
Additional Corporate Author
Union Congressional Committee.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Rare Books
Call Number
973.891 B628
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Annual report of the Adjutant-General of Pennsylvania ... for the year 1866

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo19162
Corporate Author
Pennsylvania. Adjutant-General's Office.
Date of Publication
1867.
Call Number
355.37 H313 1866
Corporate Author
Pennsylvania. Adjutant-General's Office.
Place of Publication
Harrisburg, PA
Publisher
Singerly & Myers,
Date of Publication
1867.
Physical Description
1221 p. ; 25 cm.
Contents
Includes index.
Subjects
Pennsylvania. - Militia.
Regimental histories.
United States - History - Civil War, 1861-1865 - Regimental histories.
Pennsylvania.
United States.
History.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Rare Books
Call Number
355.37 H313 1866
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