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General index to the Colonial records, in 16 volumes, and to the Pennsylvania archives, in 12 volumes

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo20687
Date of Publication
1860.
Call Number
974.8 P415 Index
Responsibility
prepared and arranged by Samuel Hazard under an act of the General Assembly of Pennsylvania.
Place of Publication
Philadelphia
Publisher
Printed by J. Stevens,
Date of Publication
1860.
Physical Description
vi, 653 pages ; 23 cm
Subjects
History
Pennsylvania - History - Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775 - Sources - Indexes.
Pennsylvania - History - Revolution, 1775-1783 - Sources - Indexes.
Pennsylvania - History - Sources - Indexes.
United States
Pennsylvania.
History.
Indexes.
Additional Author
Hazard, Samuel,
Location
Lancaster History Library - Reference
Call Number
974.8 P415 Index
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Regina, the German captive, or, True piety among the lowly

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo14321
Author
Weiser, R.
Date of Publication
1860.
Call Number
920.7 W427 1860
  1 website  
Responsibility
by Rev. R. Weiser.
Author
Weiser, R.
Place of Publication
Baltimore
Publisher
T. Newton Kurtz,
Date of Publication
1860.
Physical Description
252 p. illus., 16 cm.
Summary
A story of the Hartman family's immigration to America from Germany, the attack by Indians in their American home, and the abduction of two daughters by native Indians.
Subjects
United States - History - French and Indian War, 1755-1763 - Personal narratives.
Pennsylvania - History - French and Indian War, 1755-1763. - Personal narratives.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Rare Books
Call Number
920.7 W427 1860
Websites
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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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Old churches, ministers and families of Virginia

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo14103
Author
Meade, William,
Date of Publication
1861.
Call Number
975.5 M481
Responsibility
By Bishop Meade.
Author
Meade, William,
Place of Publication
Philadelphia
Publisher
J.B. Lippincott & co.,
Date of Publication
1861.
Physical Description
2 v. plates, 2 port. (incl. front.) 24 cm.
Notes
LCHS has v.1 only.
Subjects
Episcopal Church - Virginia.
Virginia - Church history.
Virginia - Genealogy.
Virginia - History - Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
975.5 M481
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Names of persons who took the oath of allegiance to the State of Pennsylvania, between the years 1777 and 1789, with a history of the "Test laws" of Pennsylvania

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo4124
Author
Westcott, Thompson.
Date of Publication
1865.
Call Number
974.80293 W524
Responsibility
By Thompson Westcott.
Author
Westcott, Thompson.
Place of Publication
Philadelphia
Publisher
J. Campbell,
Date of Publication
1865.
Physical Description
xlii, 145 p. 24 cm.
Notes
"Edition of 250 copies." This copy not numbered.
Subjects
Loyalty oaths - Pennsylvania.
Test law - Pennsylvania.
Pennsylvania - History - Revolution, 1775-1783 - Registers, lists, etc.
Pennsylvania - Politics and government - 1775-1783.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
974.80293 W524
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History of Delaware County, Pennsylvania, from the discovery of the territory included within its limit to the present time, with a notice of the geology of the county, and catalogues of its minerals, plants, quadrupeds, and birds, written under the direction and appointment of the Delaware County Institute of Science

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo6921
Author
Smith, George,
Date of Publication
1862.
Call Number
974.814 S648
  1 website  
Responsibility
by George Smith, M.D.
Author
Smith, George,
Place of Publication
Philadelphia
Publisher
Printed by H.B. Ashmead,
Date of Publication
1862.
Physical Description
vii, [1], 581, [1] p. front., plates, maps (part fold.) facsims. 22 cm.
Notes
Frontispiece (map) wanting.
Subjects
Natural history - Pennsylvania - Delaware County.
Delaware County (Pa.) - History.
Additional Corporate Author
Delaware County Institute of Science (Media, Pa.)
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
974.814 S648
Websites
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The history, civil, political and military, of the southern rebellion, from its incipient stages to its close. Comprehending, also, all important state papers, ordinances of secession, proclamations, proceedings of Congress, official reports of commanders, etc., etc

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo19653
Author
Victor, Orville J.
Date of Publication
[©1861-68?]
Call Number
973.7 N552 1861
Responsibility
By Orville J. Victor.
Author
Victor, Orville J.
Place of Publication
New York
Publisher
J.D. Torrey
Date of Publication
[©1861-68?]
Physical Description
4 volumes frontispieces, plates, portraits, maps (some folded) 26 cm
Notes
Added t.p. engraved, with vignette, in each volume.
Subjects
United States - History - Civil War, 1861-1865.
United States.
History.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Rare Books
Call Number
973.7 N552 1861
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Life of Jefferson Davis, with a seceret history of the Southern Confederacy, gathered "behind the scenes in Richmond." Containing curous and extraordinary information of the principal southern characters in the late war, in connection with President Davis, and in relation to the various intrigues of his administration

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo3925
Author
Pollard, Edward Alfred,
Date of Publication
[1869]
Call Number
923.5 D262p
  1 website  
Responsibility
By Edward A. Pollard...
ISBN
0836950747
Author
Pollard, Edward Alfred,
Place of Publication
Philadelphia, Chicago [etc]
Publisher
National Pub. Co.
Date of Publication
[1869]
Physical Description
viii, 536 p. front. (port.) 23 cm.
Notes
LCHS copy lacks title page.
The author was a pro-slavery and pro-secession journalist and writer. A detailed article about him can be found at Encyclopedia.com : https://www.encyclopedia.com/history/energy-government-and-defense-magazines/edward-pollard
Subjects
Davis, Jefferson, - 1808-1889.
Confederate States of America - History.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Rare Books
Call Number
923.5 D262p
Websites
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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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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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