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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

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo2041
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
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The American statesman: a political history, exhibiting the origin, nature and practical operation of constitutional government in the United States; the rise and progress of parties, the legislation relating to all matters of national importance, with views of distinguished statesmen on questions of foreign and domestic policy

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo683
Author
Young, Andrew W.
Edition
Rev. and enl.
Date of Publication
[1877]
Call Number
973 Y68
Responsibility
By Andrew W. Young ...
Author
Young, Andrew W.
Edition
Rev. and enl.
Place of Publication
New York [etc.]
Publisher
H.S. Goodspeed & Company
Date of Publication
[1877]
Physical Description
xxxv, [21]-1594, 70 p. 10 port. (incl. front.) 24 cm.
Subjects
United States - Politics and government.
United States - History.
United States - Politics and government - 1783-1865.
United States - History - 1783-1865.
United States - Constitutional history.
Additional Author
Ferris, George T.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
973 Y68
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Collection
City of Lancaster Records
Title
City of Lancaster Records
Object ID
MG0420
Date Range
1763-1919
1774; oaths of office sworn by various men from 1764 to 1769; and an extract of Lancaster Borough laws enacted 22 January 1774 reporting the regulations and fines of this borough. Creators: City Council (Lancaster, Pa.); Tax Assessor (Lancaster, Pa.); Bureau of Police (Lancaster, Pa.) System of
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Collection
City of Lancaster Records
Title
City of Lancaster Records
Description
Series 1 contains invoices, arrest warrants, and tax collector books for the city of Lancaster. Invoices that were approved by the city council in 1878, 1883 and 1884 for payroll and supplies include road and bridge maintenance, water works, fire departments, clerk and inspection work, and costs incurred by the city during an outbreak of small pox. Arrest warrants for 1918-1919 show names of defendant(s) and police officer, the charge, date and case number. There are also tax collector records for 1860-1889, incomplete.
Series 2 contains documents regarding the market houses, waterworks, lamps, roads, railroad and city ordinances. Petitions support a candidate for night watchman, seek to repeal an ordinance for hanging signs and regulations for public scales, and request a reward for the apprehension of a murderer. There is an 1815 naturalization certificate for James Williams and a resolution regarding a visit of Gen. Andrew Jackson.
Series 3 contains miscellaneous items related to the Borough of Lancaster (1742 to 1818) found in the Document Collection. Items include an act regulating the buildings and keeping in repair the streets, lanes, and alley of Lancaster, passed 14 January 1774; oaths of office sworn by various men from 1764 to 1769; and an extract of Lancaster Borough laws enacted 22 January 1774 reporting the regulations and fines of this borough.
Date Range
1763-1919
Year Range From
1763
Year Range To
1919
Creator
City Council (Lancaster, Pa.)
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Storage Room
Archives South
Storage Wall
Side 10
People
Able, John F.
Allen, Samuel
Althouse, Henry F.
Amer, William
Amwake, William F. H.
Arnold, John. L.
Atkins, Bessie
Aument, Charles F.
Baer, John
Bair, G. D.
Bair, L. D.
Baker, Edward W.
Barber, Samuel
Barr, Charles H.
Barr, J. K.
Barr, Jacob K.
Bauer, Peter J.
Bauman, Ray
Beamsderfer, Howard
Beck, William
Beck, William D.
Beidle, John
Beitz, Philip
Bender, Frantz
Benedict, H. F.
Best, John
Betz, Philip
Bickham, James
Bitner, D. P.
Bitner, David
Bletz, David
Blickenderfer, R.
Bolbach, Philip
Bolenius, R. M.
Bowman, Martin
Bowman, William
Brimmer, Frederick
Brown, B. J.
Brown, C. H.
Brown, George W.
Brown, J. S.
Brown, Jesse S.
Burkholder, Clayton
Burrowes, F. S.
Bushong, Walter G.
Calder, George
Callahan, George B.
Carpenter, James C.
Carr, James
Casini, Frank
Cassel, A. N.
Castner, Frank
Charles, Walter
Cherry, Patrick
Churchill, Marion
Clark, William
Clendman, E. S.
Cochran, H. B.
Cooper, Thomas F.
Cranley, Ambrogi
Cummings, Samuel
Curry, Joseph
Daily, D. G.
Daily, David G.
Deacon, Edward
Deem, David L.
Deen, D. L.
Deiby, Philip
Deichler, Harry
Dickee, Frederick
Dickle, Fred
Diffenbaugh, A. L.
Diller, Harry A.
Doerley, Henry
Doerson, Philip
Dommel, Harry
Dorley, Harry
Dorley, Henry
Dornbaugh, Graybill
Douts, Walter
Druckemiller, Jacob
Dull, Walter W.
Eaby, George W.
Eberman, H. F.
Eberts, Jasper
Eckert, Henry
Eckert, Leonard
Ehler, Henry
Eichholtz, Robert L.
Eleight, James M.
Elligott, James M.
Elliott, Samuel
Ellis, Charles T.
Embich, Christian
Ensurian, H. M.
Erb, J. B.
Erisman, C. Y.
Eshleman, D. Y.
Evans, Samuel
Faesig, Frank J.
Fellman, John
Fetter, Jacob
Finefrock, B. Frank
Finney, W. B.
Finney, William B.
Fisher, William
Fisher, Henry
Fisher, Wilson
Fitzpatrick, J. A.
Flora, Charles W.
Fondersmith, G. L.
Fox, Benjamin
Franciscus, Stofel
Franklin, Witney
Frantz, Andrew F.
Freh, John
Fries, George
Fritchey, J. U.
Furniss, Joseph
Gable, Jacob
Gerhart, William R.
Gill, John
Goodman, Jonas
Gorman, John
Gormley, Charles
Grauer, George
Greenwalt, Charles
Greivetz, D.
Groff, B. F.
Groff, H. D.
Groff, H. L.
Groff, Raymond
Grubley, John
Gundaker, Jacob
Hagen, Patrick
Haines, Harry
Halbach, J.
Halbach, Jacob
Haley, James
Hamilton, J. A.
Hamilton, John A.
Hardy, George
Harkins, W. E.
Harsh, Benjamin
Hart, John
Hartman, J.
Heinitsh, Charles A.
Henry, Benjamin
Henry, William
Herr, L. B.
Hinchey, Edward
Hindie, Robert
Hogarth, Joseph
Holman, I. D.
Holman, Janice
Hopson, John
Hostetter, Simon
Howell, H. N.
Howell, Henry H.
Huber, Joseph H.
Hubley, Isaac
Jeffries, John R.
Johnson, George
Johnson, J. W.
Johnson, John F.
Kachel, Elvin
Kahle, William
Karer, Henry
Kauffman, Isaac
Kauffman, J. R.
Keller, John
Keller, Kauffman
Kepler, Aaron Conrad
Kiehl, John C.
Kirkpatrick, William
Kirsch, John
Kitch, Davis
Kline, G. M.
Kreckovich, Michael
Kuhns, John
Kurtz, George
Landis, D. B.
Landis, F. F.
Landis, A. B.
Landis, Philip
Laucks, John H.
Lauman, Ludwig
Lawrence, George
Lawrence, William
Lebzelter, Philip
Leonard, H.
Leonard, Henry
Levan, S. H.
Levan, William A.
Levengood, John
Lichty, J. B.
Long, Abram
Long, John F.
Lorentz, William
Loucks, J. H.
Loucks, John H.
Lyons, Harry
MacGonigle, John T.
Madden, Thomas
Markley, J. B.
Martin, Henry
Massaline, Frank
Mastenna, Antonio
Maxwell, Abram
May, Henry
Mayer, David M.
Mayer, George
Maynard, Walter
McDonald, Alexander
McCarter, A. W.
McCarter, Arthur
McCormick, D. R.
McCue, George W.
McCulley, R. C.
McCully, R. G.
McDonnell, Samuel
McElligott, Thomas F.
McGeehan, John
McKilchey, Charles
McLaughlin, Daniel
Mencher, M. H.
Metzger, M. A.
Metzger, M. I.
Miller, Fred J.
Miller, H.
Miller, Harry
Miller, Herman
Miller, Howard
Miller, Philip
Mohr, Malin
Montooth, Samuel
Montor, Benny
Moore, Harry
Moowawer, Oliver
Morgan, Thomas H.
Morrow, R. M.
Moyer, H. M.
Murray, John
Musser, F. W.
Musser, John
Myers, C. F.
Myers, John C.
Myers, William
Nagle, Peter
Neff, Abraham
Negley, Frank L.
Netscher, C. E.
Nickel, Albert
Noll, Lewis
Nolls, F. Lewis
O'Conner, Thomas
O'Donell, Frank
Orem, William
Orem, William J.
Oster, R. S.
Ostheim, Joseph
Overly, H.
Pavenger, Gertrude
Pearsol, John H.
Pennington, William
Pinkerton, Elizabeth
Pool, Samuel J.
Price, Thomas P.
Price, William W.
Pryor, Fred
Puck, Thomas P.
Pyott, J. D.
Quade, C. F.
Raub, M. W.
Raum, Samuel
Rawlings, Henry
Rawlins, John
Reeder, T. L.
Reily, James
Reiner, Henry
Reinir, Anslem
Remley, John
Richardson, William
Ricker, Frank A.
Ringwalt, Amos
Rogers, Harry
Rogers, Henry
Rohrer, DuBois
Rohrer, J. B.
Roy, William H.
Rudy, Philip
Ruhl, Cyrus
Russel, Charles
Samson, Benjamin
Schaum, George H.
Schindler, A.
Schwartz, John
Schwebel, Charles
Sehner, George
Seibley, Andrew
Seran, S. H.
Sevan, S. H.
Shaffner, Caspar
Sheil, Raymond F.
Shenck, H. C.
Shenk, Joseph
Shroder, F.
Shulmyer, Russel
Siegler, John A.
Skinner, John
Smallvachs, Alexander
Smith, C. Henry
Smith, John
Smith, Michael
Snyder, E. E.
Snyder, Elmer
Snyder, George
Solsky, Samuel
Sorenze, William
Spurrier, A. K.
Staices, George
Stainz, George W.
Stauffer, John F.
Steel, Charles
Stehman, W. H.
Steinman, G. M.
Steinman, George M.
Steinwandel, A.
Stone, John
Stone, Lodwick
Sussner, Henry
Thran, John W.
Thurlow, Thomas
Tillinghast, B. C.
Tillotson, L. G.
Tomlinson, George
Trapnell, David N.
Voght, Christian
Waitz, Gustave
Walker, Edward
Warfel, Bertha
Weiles, Lewis F.
Welchans, Edward
Wenger, D. H.
Westhaffer, H. E.
Wetzel, Edward
Wetzel, John
White, Henry A.
Whitlock, Isaac
Wiley, W. B.
Wilhelm, F.H.
Wimer, J. A.
Winower, Harry J.
Winower, Peter
Wise, Christian
Wisler, J. L.
Wolf, Joseph
Wolpert, L.
Worthington, Henry P.
Worthington, Henry R.
Zell, William D.
Ziegler, J. A.
Other Creators
Tax Assessor (Lancaster, Pa.); Bureau of Police (Lancaster, Pa.).
Subjects
Business records
Criminal records
Lancaster (Pa.)--Bureau of Police
Lancaster (Pa.)--Tax Assessor
Tax collection
Search Terms
American Fire Engine and Hose Company
American Life Insurance Company
Arrests
Bartle and Snyder
Baumgardner, Eberman and Company
Bowers and Hurst
Brimmer and Tucker
Chain Carrier
Christian Wise and Brothers
Common Sense Metallic Packing Manufacturing Company
Conestoga Steam Mills
D. H. Wenger and Brother
Declarations
Directors of the Poor of Lancaster County
Empire Hook and Ladder Company
Everts and Overdeer
F. Shroder and Company
Fines
Flinn and Breneman
Friendship Fire Company
G. L. FonDersmith
G. Sener and Sons
George Fries and Company
George M. Steinman and Company
George Martin and Company
Givler, Bowers and Hurst
Gorrecht and Company
H. Baumgardner and Company
Humane Fire Company
Humphreville and Keiffer
Invoices
J. Stewart and Son
James W. Queen and Company
John Baer's Sons
John Best and Son
John Mingle and Son
Kauffman and Keller
Kauffman Keller and Company
Kepler and Slaymaker
L. G. Tillotson and Company
Lancaster and Williams Town Pike Company
Lancaster City Bureau of Police
Lancaster City Steam Soap and Candle Works
Lancaster County Prison
Lancaster Examiner
Lancaster Freie Presse
Lancaster Gas Light and Fuel Company
Lancaster Intelligencer
Lancaster Lamp Committee
Lancaster New Era
Lancaster Waterworks
Leonard and Ellis
Market House No. 1
Market House No. 2
Market House No. 3
Maxim Electric Light and Power Company
Mellert and Company
Miller and Detz Contractors
Mrs. H. Miller and Son
Oaths of office
Payroll
Pennsylvania Globe Gas Light Company
Pennsylvania Railroad
Pennsylvania Telephone Company
Philadelphia and Reading Railroad Company
Philip Lebzelter and Company
Pontz and Brothers
Regulations
Regulators
Shiffler Fire Company
Snyder and Price
Sprecher and Pfeiffer
Station houses
Steinman and Hensel
Stoner, Shreiner and Company
Sun Fire Company
Union Fire Company
Washington Fire Company
Weimer and Carter
West Reading Pipe and Machine Works
Extent
3 boxes 37 folders 1 cubic ft.
Object Name
Archive
Language
English
Object ID
MG0420
Location of Originals
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania
Related Item Notes
Lancaster City Archives
George and Rhonda Andreadis Collection of Lancaster City Records (MG0545)
Notes
Preferred Citation: Title or description of item, date (day, month, year), Collection Title (MG#), Series #, Box #, Folder #, (or Object ID), LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania. URL if applicable. Date accessed (day, month, year).
Access Conditions / Restrictions
Please use digital images and transcriptions when available. Original documents may be used by appointment--contact Research@LancasterHistory.org prior to visit.
Copyright
Collection may not be photocopied. Please direct questions to Research Center Staff at Research@LancasterHistory.org.
Permission for reproduction and/or publication must be obtained in writing from LancasterHistory.
Credit
Courtesy of LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.
Other Numbers
MG-420
Classification
MG0420
Description Level
Fonds
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Letters from an American farmer ; and Sketches of eighteenth-century America : more letters from an American farmer

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo9183
Author
St. John de Crèvecoeur, J. Hector,
Date of Publication
c1963.
Call Number
818.103 C926
Responsibility
by Hector St. John de Crèvecoeur ; with a foreword by Albert E. Stone, Jr.
Author
St. John de Crèvecoeur, J. Hector,
Uniform Title
Letters from an American farmer
Place of Publication
New York
Publisher
New American Library,
Date of Publication
c1963.
Physical Description
477, [3] p. ; 18 cm.
Series
A Signet classic ; CQ136
Notes
Includes index.
"Landscapes", dramatic sketches: p. 398-463.
Subjects
St. John de Crèvecoeur, J. Hector, - 1735-1813.
Farm life - United States.
United States - Social life and customs - 1775-1783.
United States - Description and travel - To 1783.
Nantucket (Mass.) - Social life and customs.
Additional Author
Stone, Albert E.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
818.103 C926
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Postage stamps of the United States : an illustrated description of all United States postage and special service stamps issued by the Post Office Department from July 1, 1847 to December 31, 1961

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo2846
Corporate Author
United States. Post Office Dept. Office of Special Assistant to the Postmaster General.
Date of Publication
1962.
Call Number
383.22 U58
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1795-1895. One hundred years of American commerce ... a history of American commerce by one hundred Americans, with a chronological table of the important events of American commerce and invention within the past one hundred yeras

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo128
Author
Depew, Chauncey M.
Date of Publication
1968.
Call Number
380 D419
Alternate Title
One hundred years of American commerce
Responsibility
ed. by Chauncey M. Depew ... Issued in commemoration of the completion of the first century of American commercial progress as inaugurated by the treaty ... negotiated by Chief Justice Jay and approved by President Washington in 1795.
Author
Depew, Chauncey M.
Place of Publication
New York
Publisher
Greenwood,
Date of Publication
1968.
Physical Description
2 v. illus. (part col.) 30 cm.
Notes
Paged continuously.
Subjects
Commerce
Inventions - United States
United States - Economic conditions - To 1865.
United States - Economic conditions - 1865-1918.
United States - Commerce - History.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
380 D419
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Collection
Geist Family Papers
Title
Geist Family Papers
Object ID
MG0294
Date Range
1865-1961
Geist Family Papers include correspondence, tax records, legal documents, and other items related to the Geist family. Some correspondence is personal, while other letters relate to legal proceedings concerning estates and inheritances. A number of wills and associated materials, generally related to
  1 document  
Collection
Geist Family Papers
Title
Geist Family Papers
Description
The Geist Family Papers include correspondence, tax records, legal documents, and other items related to the Geist family. Some correspondence is personal, while other letters relate to legal proceedings concerning estates and inheritances. A number of wills and associated materials, generally related to adjudications involving family members. Numerous local tax notices and federal income tax returns largely pertain to Daniel W. and Bertha W. Geist. Other materials include notebooks and receipts from Daniel W. Geist's time at Millersville State Normal School, visiting cards, and newspaper clippings.
Date Range
1865-1961
Year Range From
1865
Year Range To
1961
Date of Accumulation
1865-1961
Creator
Geist family
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Storage Room
Archives South
Storage Wall
Side 08
People
Alexander, James K.
Anderson, Howard
Bachman, Julie C.
Bard, Bertha
Brown, George
Bulleit, Edward Banister
Dague, Isaac W.
Dague, Lily C. Geist
Diller, Luther R.
Eshleman, John H.
Fox, Christian, Jr.
Geist, Adam
Geist, Agnes
Geist, Bertha Wanner
Geist, Daniel W.
Geist, Ettie G.
Geist, Everett S.
Geist, Harry Kohler
Geist, Lilly Kate
Groff, John M.
Heisher, Daniel
Hobson, Jesse
Hobson, Maria
Horst, Jacob G.
Kjorlien, Alvin C.
Leaman, William
Lyte, Eliphalet Oram
Martin, Luke W.
Milledge, Stanley
Miller, Helen Mildred Diller
Miller, Leon H. B.
Miller, Ruth
Ott, Janet F.
Overly, Herman Witmer
Overly, Richard Geist
Pond, B. C.
Pool, Virginia L.
Roosevelt, Franklin Delano
Rush, Charles William
Rush, Harriet Geist
Shaub, Sadie
Shirk, H. S.
Shirk, Henry
Shirk, Lawrence
Stoner, H. K.
Weaver, C. R.
Weaver, George A.
Werner, John Thomas
Witmer, Clara
Wolf, Lemon A.
Wolfe, Helen
Subjects
Decedents' estates
Estates (Law)
Letters
Receipts (Acknowledgments)
Taxation
Search Terms
A. Geist and Son
Adams County, Pennsylvania
Albert Pick Company
Births
Bismarck, North Dakota
Blue Ball Bank
Blue Ball, East Earl Twp.
Calling cards
Clippings (Books, newspapers, etc.)
Coatesville, Chester County, Pennsylvania
Correspondence
Death
Decedents' estates
Earl Twp.
East Earl Twp.
Ephrata
Estate settlement
Farmers National Bank
Finding aids
Florida
Franklin Twp., Adams County, Pennsylvania
Funerals
Gap, Salisbury Twp.
Grand Forks Herald
Grand Forks, Grand Forks County, North Dakota
Health
Hotel Gladstone
Hunters
Inheritance
Internal Revenue Service
Jamestown, Stutsman County, North Dakota
Johnson City, Broome County, New York
K. Aslesen Company
Lancaster
Lancaster New Era
Leland-Parker Hotel
Letters
Manuscript groups
Masons
McClure House
Miami, Florida
Millersville
Millersville State Normal School
Millersville University
Minneapolis, Minnesota
Minot, Ward County, North Dakota
Mountville Farm Women's Society
New Berlin, Ephrata Twp.
New Holland
Newspaper clippings
Ocean City, Cape May County, New Jersey
Parades
Patterson Hotel
Pennsylvania State Normal School
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Postage stamps
Pottsville, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania
Receipts
Republican Party
San Francisco, California
Schools
Stamps
Stevens, East Cocalico Twp.
Stocks
Tax returns
Taxation
Trusts and trustees
United Commercial Travelers of America
Vienna Bakery Company
Visiting cards
Washington, DC
West Cocalico School District
Wheeling, West Virginia
Wills
YMCA
Young Men's Christian Association
Extent
1 box, 12 folders, .5 cubic ft.
Object Name
Archive
Language
English
Object ID
MG0294
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).
Access Conditions / Restrictions
Original documents may be used by researchers--contact Research@LancasterHistory.org prior to visit or request at Reference Desk.
Copyright
Collection items may be photographed. Please direct questions to Research Center Staff at Research@LancasterHistory.org. Permission for reproduction and/or publication must be obtained in writing from LancasterHistory. Persons wishing to publish any material from this collection must assume all responsibility for identifying and satisfying any claimants of copyright or other use restrictions. Publication fees may apply.
Credit
Courtesy of LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania
Accession Number
2002.Hawbaker
Other Numbers
MG-294
Classification
MG0294
Description Level
Fonds
Custodial History
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The Twenty-eighth division, Pennsylvania's guard in the world war; forewards by the commanding generals. The history of the Keystone or Iron division in the world war. Also the history and traditions of the Pennsylvania national guard and its predecessor the Pennsylvania militia

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo17656
Author
Martin, Edward,
Date of Publication
[c1923-24]
Call Number
940.412 M379 Oversize
Responsibility
Compiled from official and private records, by Colonel Edward Martin, assisted by officers and men of the various units; E.S. Wallace ... editor ...
Author
Martin, Edward,
Place of Publication
Pittsburgh, Pa
Publisher
28th division Pub. Co.
Date of Publication
[c1923-24]
Physical Description
5 v. fronts., illus. (incl. ports., maps) 2 col. pl. 35 cm.
Subjects
United States. - Army. - Infantry Division, 28th.
World War, 1914-1918 - United States.
Additional Author
Wallace, Edwin Sherman,
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
940.412 M379 Oversize
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Picturesque America; or, The land we live in. A delineation by pen and pencil of the mountains, rivers, lakes, forests, water-falls, shores, cañons, valleys, cities, and other picturesque features of our country

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo18366
Author
Bryant, William Cullen,
Date of Publication
[c1872-74]
Call Number
913.3 B915 Oversize
Alternate Title
Picturesque America
Land we live in
Responsibility
With illustrations on steel and wood, by eminent American artists. Edited by William Cullen Bryant.
Author
Bryant, William Cullen,
Place of Publication
New York
Publisher
D. Appleton and company
Date of Publication
[c1872-74]
Physical Description
2 v. frontispiece, ill., plates. 33 cm.
Notes
Added t.p., engraved, in each volume.
The main literary work on this publication was done by Oliver B. Bunce. The introduction was written and proofsheets read by W.C. Bryant. Cf. J.C. Derby's "Fifty years among authors ..."
"Contents" in each vol. includes names of authors and artists. "List of engravings on steel" in each vol. includes names of artists and engravers.
Inscribed to daughter Mary Ann by Jacob Stauffer, Dec. 25, 1874.
Library has vol. 2 only.
Subjects
United States - Description and travel.
Québec (Province) - Description and travel.
Steel engravings - New York (N.Y.) - 1870-1880.
Additional Author
Bunce, Oliver Bell,
Location
Lancaster History Library - Rare Books
Call Number
913.3 B915 Oversize
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Collection
Revolutionary War Collection
Title
Revolutionary War Collection
Object ID
MG0098
Date Range
1776-1976
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Collection
Revolutionary War Collection
Title
Revolutionary War Collection
Description
The Revolutionary War Collection contains a variety of materials from and about the Revolutionary War in Lancaster County and Pennsylvania. The original records include correspondence, military pay certificates, court records, and an orderly book kept by Lt. Col. Adam Hubley, Jr. during the Sullivan Campaign of 1779. There are also research notes and secondary sources, including a list of prisoners of war, a list of males in Lancaster County in 1776, Continental Hospital Returns 1777-1780, articles, information on soldiers buried in Lancaster County, and an article about John Paul Jones.
Date Range
1776-1976
Creation Date
1776-1976
Year Range From
1776
Year Range To
1976
Creator
LancasterHistory (Organization)
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Storage Room
Archives South
Storage Wall
Side 03
People
Beddulph, Robert
Boyd, John
Burd, James Edward
Chambers, Stephen
Coedans, James
Cooke, William
Ferree, John
Getty, Christian
Gurney, Francis
Hubley, Adam
Jolly, James A. "Jim"
Joy, Daniel
Kieffer, Henry Martyn
Moore, William
Neal, James
Patterson, Alex
Porter, Thomas
Ramsay, David
Rapp, Brandon
Reid, George W.
Worner, William Frederic
Zellty, John A.
Subjects
Cemeteries
Letters
Military history
Military regulations
Newtown, Battle of, Newtown, N.Y., 1779
Prisoners of war
Soldiers
Stony Point, Battle of, Stony Point, N.Y., 1779
Sullivan's Indian Campaign, 1779
United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783
United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Campaigns
United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Prisoners and prisons
Search Terms
Battle of Newtown
Battle of Stony Point
Cemeteries
Clippings (Books, newspapers, etc.)
Correspondence
Finding aids
Haudenosaunee Confederacy
Letters
Manuscript groups
Military history
Military records
Military regulations
Prisoners of war
Receipts
Revolutionary War
Soldiers
Sullivan Campaign, 1779
Extent
3 boxes, 40 folders, 1.25 cubic ft.
Object Name
Archive
Language
English
Object ID
MG0098
Notes
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Credit
Revolutionary War Collection (MG-98), Box #, Folder #, LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pa.
Other Numbers
MG-98
Other Number
MG-98
Classification
MG0098
Description Level
Fonds
Custodial History
Cataloged prior to 1997. Items have been added and the finding aid has been updated since 1997.
Documents
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Seeing America and its great men; the journal and letters of Count Francesco dal Verme, 1783-1784

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo12417
Author
Dal Verme, Francesco,
Date of Publication
[1969]
Call Number
917 D313
Responsibility
Translated and edited by Elizabeth Cometti.
ISBN
081390255X
Author
Dal Verme, Francesco,
Place of Publication
Charlottesville
Publisher
University Press of Virginia
Date of Publication
[1969]
Physical Description
xxxiii, 147 p. illus., maps, ports. 25 cm.
Notes
Library has photocopy of p. 32-35; 118-123: The Middle States and New England.
Mention is made of his visits to Ephrata, Lititz, Manheim and Lancaster.
Bibliographical references included in "Notes" (p. [95]-136)
Subjects
United States - Description and travel - Early works to 1800.
West Indies - Description and travel - Early works to 1800.
Additional Author
Cometti, Elizabeth,
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
917 D313
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A review of the political conflict in America, from the commencement of the anti-slavery agitation to the close of southern reconstruction; comprising also a resume of the career of Thaddeus Stevens: being a survey of the struggle of parties which destroyed the republic and virtually monarchized its government

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo1136
Author
Harris, Alexander,
Date of Publication
1876.
Call Number
923.2 S846ha
  1 website  
Responsibility
By Alexander Harris.
Author
Harris, Alexander,
Place of Publication
New York
Publisher
T.H. Pollock,
Date of Publication
1876.
Physical Description
vii, [9]-517 p. 24 cm.
Notes
African American resources at Lancaster County Historical Society
Subjects
Stevens, Thaddeus, - 1792-1868.
United States - History - 1849-1877.
United States - Politics and government - 1849-1877.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
923.2 S846ha
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Letters of the Continental Congress in Lancaster

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo3992
Author
Worner, William Frederic.
Date of Publication
1927
, to meet in Lancaster, Pa. To prevent them from being captured by the British, the governmental documents and the small amount of money then in the treasury, were sent to Bethlehem in wagons, carefully guarded by troops. Shortly after midnight, September 18th, or, more correctly, very early on morning
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Responsibility
by William Frederic Worner.
Author
Worner, William Frederic.
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Lancaster County Historical Society,
Date of Publication
1927
Physical Description
31-34 p. ; 23 cm.
Series
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 31, no. 3
Subjects
United States. - Continental Congress.
Constitutional history - United States.
United States - Politics and government - 1775-1783.
Lancaster (Pa.) - History - 18th century.
Contained In
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 31, number 3 (1927), p. 31-34Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.31
Documents

vol31no3pp31_34.pdf

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The Indian wars of Pennsylvania : an account of the Indian events, in Pennsylvania, of the French and Indian war, Pontiac's war, Lord Dunmore's war, the revolutionary war, and the Indian uprising from 1789 to 1795 ; tragedies of the Pennsylvania frontier based primarily on the Penna. archives and colonial records / by C. Hale Sipe ; introduction by Dr. George P. Donehoo

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo4506
Author
Sipe, C. Hale
Date of Publication
1929.
Call Number
974.8011 S618w
Author
Sipe, C. Hale
Place of Publication
Harrisburg
Publisher
The Telegraph Press,
Date of Publication
1929.
Physical Description
793 p., [16] p. of plates : ill., fold. map (in pocket) ; 23 cm.
Notes
Tail-pieces.
"Principal sources utilized in the preparation of this work": p. [6]
"Officers of the colonies of the Delaware before the time of William Penn, and the governors of the province and the commonwealth from 1681 to 1799": p. [745]-746.
"Principal Indian towns in Pennsylvania": p. [747]-754.
"List of blockhouses not mentioned in the text of this history": p. [755]-761.
Includes information on the Conoy Indians, Conestoga Indians, Susquehanna Indians and Delaware Indians.
Subjects
Indians of North America - Pennsylvania.
Indians of North America
Fortification - Pennsylvania.
Pennsylvania - History - Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775.
Pennsylvania - History - Revolution, 1775-1783.
Pennsylvania - Historic houses, etc.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
974.8011 S618w
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The Reading militia in the great war / by J. Bennett Nolan ... published under the auspices of the Historical society of Berks county

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo4730
Author
Nolan, J. Bennett
Date of Publication
[1921]
Call Number
974.816 R287n
Author
Nolan, J. Bennett
Place of Publication
Reading, Pa
Publisher
Printed by F. A. Woerner
Date of Publication
[1921]
Physical Description
206 p. ; 19 cm.
Contents
The career of Company I, later known at Company D, 150th machine gun battalion, Forty-second division, American expeditionary force.--The career of Company A, later known as Company B, 106th machine gun battalion, Twenty-eighth division, American expeditionary force.
Subjects
United States. - Army. - Machine Gun Battalion, 10th.
United States. - Army. - Machine Gun Battalion, 135th.
World War, 1914-1918 - Pennsylvania - Reading.
World War, 1914-1918 - United States
Additional Corporate Author
Historical Society of Berks County.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
974.816 R287n
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Oration by Mr. John W. Forney : at the 101st celebration of American Independence, July 4, 1877, in the International Exhibition Building, Fairmount Park, by invitation of the Board of Managers

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo11976
Author
Forney, John W.
Date of Publication
1877.
Call Number
814 F727i
Author
Forney, John W.
Place of Publication
Philadelphia
Publisher
Vallette, Haslam,
Date of Publication
1877.
Physical Description
23 p. ; 23 cm.
Subjects
Fourth of July orations.
United States - History.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
814 F727i
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The Old land and the new: the journals of two Swiss families in America in the 1820's

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo926
Date of Publication
1965
Call Number
917.3 B598
Responsibility
edited and translated by Robert H. Billigmeier & Fred Altschuler Picard. Sketches by Hans Erni.
Place of Publication
Minneapolis
Publisher
University of Minnesota Press
Date of Publication
1965
Physical Description
281 p. illus. 24 cm.
Notes
Bibliographical footnotes.
Contents
Note on translation.--Introduction, by R.H. Billigmeier.--Account of a journey to North America and through the most significant parts thereof, by J. Schweizer.--Day book on a journey to North America in the year 1823, by J.J. Rutlinger.
Summary
"In the 1820's, when the flow of immigration was still small, two Swiss immigrant families wrote accounts of what seemed to them to be the most decisive experiences of their lives. These particular accounts relate to a period in the history of American immigration that is less well known than the more spectacular colonial and post- Civil War movements. They are particularly vivid and insightful personal documents affording valuable perspectives of the integration of the 'Old Immigration' of ante-bellum days." [from the introduction]
Subjects
Swiss in the United States.
United States - Description and travel - 1783-1848.
United States - Emigration and immigration - Personal narratives.
Additional Author
Schweizer, Johannes,
Rutlinger, Johann Jakob,
Billigmeier, Robert Henry,
Picard, Fred Altschuler,
Erni, Hans,
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
917.3 B598
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Colonial craftsmen and the beginnings of American industry

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo6421
Author
Tunis, Edwin,
Edition
[1st ed.]
Date of Publication
[1965]
Call Number
609.73 T926 Oversize
Responsibility
written and illustrated by Edwin Tunis.
Author
Tunis, Edwin,
Edition
[1st ed.]
Place of Publication
Cleveland
Publisher
World Pub. Co.
Date of Publication
[1965]
Physical Description
159 p. illus. 31 cm.
Summary
Describes and illustrates the work of craftsmen and artisans in Colonial America. Shows types of work done in town shops and manufacturies, as well as, in homes, village shops, and country forges.
Subjects
Technology - United States
Industries - United States
Decorative arts, Early American.
United States - Social life and customs - To 1775.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
609.73 T926 Oversize
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Wrightsville's book of facts : a souvenir inspired by the sixtieth anniversary of an event of the Civil War which occurred at Wrightsville, York County, PA known as "Farthest east reached by the Confederate Army" June 28th 1863-1923 including a classified professional and business directory

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo16462
Corporate Author
Historical Committee (Wrightsville, Pa.)
Date of Publication
1923.
Call Number
974.841 W947
Responsibility
prepared by the Historical Committee.
Corporate Author
Historical Committee (Wrightsville, Pa.)
Place of Publication
Wrightsville, Pa
Publisher
The Committee,
Date of Publication
1923.
Physical Description
96 p. ; 20 cm.
Subjects
Wright, John, - 1667-1749.
Confederate States of America. - Army.
Wrightsville (York County, Pa.) - Centennial celebrations, etc.
Wrightsville (York County, Pa.) - History.
Wrightsville (York County, Pa.) - History - Civil War, 1861-1865.
Wrightsville (York County, Pa.) - Directories.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
974.841 W947
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Our first century: being a popular descriptive portraiture of the one hundred great and memorable events of perpetual interest in the history of our country, political, military, mechanical, social, scientific and commercial: embracing also delineations of all the great historic characters celebrated in the annals of the republic; men of heroism, statesmanship, genius, oratory, adventure and philanthropy

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo11825
Author
Devens, R. M.
Date of Publication
1879.
Call Number
973 D489
  2 websites  
Author
Devens, R. M.
Place of Publication
Springfield, Mass
Publisher
C. A. Nichols,
Date of Publication
1879.
Physical Description
1004 p. illus., ports.
Subjects
United States - History.
United States - History - 1783-1865.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
973 D489
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