A Brief history of the city of Lancaster : containing an introduction to the settlement of the county, reminiscences of the past and present of the city, the poor house and hospital, the court house, the county jail, the water works, the railroad, the Franklin and Marshall College, the manufactories, the gas works and agricultural park, with many of the old land marks, &c. ; also, the business cards of the principal merchants and manufacturers
Published by Francis Kilburn ; Pearsol & Geist, printers,
Date of Publication
1870.
Physical Description
40 p. : ill. ; 27 cm.
Notes
Bound with The Bible in Iron (1914) and Old Home Week Manheim, Pa. (1912) -- this copy is missing as of 4/11/2024. Please access using the electronic copy.
"These excerpts from ... [the author's] 'Journal' are now published for the first time by courtesy of his great-grandson, Mr. Lawrence Richardson of Boston."--Foreword signed: William Bell Wait.
"Limited edition ... no. 80 [and] 398."
Description of travel from Philadelphia to Ohio (p. 3 - 7).
A biographical history of Lancaster County : being a history of early settlers and eminent men of the county; as also much other unpublished historical information, chiefly of a local character
[Contributions to the historical literature of Dauphin County ; v. 1]
Contents
Ecclesiastical history of Dauphin County / by Thomas H. Robinson -- The Revolutionary soldiers of Dauphin County / by A. Boyd Hamilton -- Historical review of Dauphin County / by William H. Egle.
Publishers: George H. Ranck & J.W. Sandoe, 1873-1878; George H. Ranck, 1878-1903; C. R. Martin and H. A. Showalter, 1903-1931; and the Raymond Evers Whitmore family, 1931-1984.
Electronic reproduction. Vol. 1, no. 1 (Jan. 18, 1873)-v. 77, no. 52 (Dec. 29, 1950). Lancaster, Pa. : Lancaster County Historical Society, 2008. Mode of access: World Wide Web.
Summary
The New Holland Clarion was published weekly in New Holland, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania from 1873-1984. Until the 1950s, it was the only newspaper for New Holland and chronicles the history of that municipality beginning in 1873. The newspaper provided the local news, world and regional news, information on social events and businesses, and historical sketches of New Holland.
Rights
Digital images copyright Lancaster County Historical Society, Lancaster, Pa. and Eastern Lancaster County Library, New Holland, Pa. All rights reserved. May be used for educational purposes as long as a credit statement is included. For all other uses, contact the Lancaster County Historical Society, 230 North President Ave., Lancaster, PA 17603. Phone: (717) 392-4633. Web site: www.lancasterhistory.org.
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
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 ...
A detailed history of Dauphin County with many primary sources quoted. Though the title states that the period covered is 1785 to 1876, the book also addresses the Native Americans in the area before Europeans arrived. The French and Indian War and the American Revolution are also included.
"No license." The great pending question. Taxpayers! Look to your interests. What the liquor traffic costs the people. An address to the citizens of Lancaster County, adopted by the No-license Convention, held in Lancaster
