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The diaries of Peter C. Hiller, Conestoga, Pennsylvania, 1875-1898 : a reflection of the life and times in Conestoga, Pennsylvania during the late 1800s

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Author: Hiller, Peter C.,

Date of Publication: 1994.

Call Number: 974.815 CONE H652

Responsibility: [edited by] Pauline Benedict Eshelman.

Author: Hiller, Peter C.,

Place of Publication: Lancaster, PA

Publisher: P.B. Eshelman,

Date of Publication: 1994.

Physical Description: xx, 420 p. : ill. ; 29 cm.

Notes: Includes indexes.; Library's copy inscribed by Pauline Benedict Eshelman.

Summary: Peter Clinger Hiller was born in Conestoga, PA, and lived there with his wife and four daughters. He was a teacher and farmer. He also sold and repaired organs, bought and sold tobacco, was a clerk in the Internal Revenue office selling cigar stamps along with other duties, wrote deeds for the county Recorder's office, and served as Justice of the Peace. He belonged to several civic organization and had many hobbies.

Subjects: Hiller, Peter C., - 1847-1898 - Diaries.; Hiller family.; Conestoga (Lancaster County, Pa. : Township) - History - Sources.; Conestoga (Lancaster County, Pa. : Township) - History - 19th century - Personal narratives.; Diaries.

Additional Author: Eshelman, Pauline Benedict.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 974.815 CONE H652

A Pennsylvanian in blue : the Civil War diary of Thomas Beck Walton

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/32544711

Author: Walton, Thomas Beck,

Date of Publication: 1995

Responsibility: edited by Robert A. Taylor

ISBN: 0942597826 (softcover : alk. paper)

Author: Walton, Thomas Beck,

Place of Publication: Shippensburg, PA

Publisher: Burd Street Press,

Date of Publication: 1995

Physical Description: xiv, 65 p. : ill ; 23 cm

Series: Civil War heritage series ;

Notes: Includes bibliographical references

Subjects: Walton, Thomas Beck, - 1840-1913 - Diaries; United States. - Army. - Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment, 195th (1864-1865); Soldiers - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County; United States - History - Civil War, 1861-1865 - Personal narratives; Pennsylvania - History - Civil War, 1861-1865 - Personal narratives; Lancaster County (Pa.) - Biography

Additional Author: Taylor, Robert A.,

Caldwell family newsletter for the descendants of Andrew and Martha Caldwell of Lancaster County, PA : descendants to North Carolina and Tennessee

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo18763

Author: Faler, June,

Date of Publication: [1990]

Call Number: 929 C146n

Responsibility: edited by June Faler (1981-1986), Betty Sedgley (1981-present), Donelle Meyer (1982-present).

Author: Faler, June,

Place of Publication: [Fairhope, AL]

Publisher: Caldwell Family Committee of the Caldwell Family Association,

Date of Publication: [1990]

Physical Description: 169 p. : ill., maps ; 28 cm.

Notes: Cover title: Caldwell family newsletter, 1981-1990.; "December 1990."; Includes bibliographical references and index.

Subjects: Caldwell family.; Caldwell, Andrew, - d. 1757 - Family.; Pennsylvania - Lancaster County - Genealogy.; North Carolina - Genealogy.; Tennessee - Genealogy.

Additional Author: Sedgley, Betty.; Meyer, Donelle.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 929 C146n

Peter Baker of Springhill : the descendants of Peter and Mary Baker of Springhill Township, Fayette County, Pennsylvania

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo7134

Author: Baker, Gordon C.,

Date of Publication: 1998.

Call Number: 929 B168g

Responsibility: Gordon C. Baker.

Author: Baker, Gordon C.,

Place of Publication: [Rockville, Md.] : G.C. Baker

Date of Publication: 1998.

Physical Description: 350 p. : ill., maps, ports., geneal. tables ; 28 cm.

Notes: Includes the related families of Blosser, Bowers, Brooks, Deffenbaugh, Dick, Everly, Jackson, Larch, Nichols, Saddler and Shechter familes.; Includes bibliographical references (p. 323-324) and index.

Subjects: Brooks family.; Baker family.; Baker, Peter, - d. 1812 - Family.; Pennsylvania - Genealogy.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 929 B168g

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

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo16919

Author: Kilburn, Francis,

Date of Publication: 1870.

Call Number: 974.815 L244p 1870

Author: Kilburn, Francis,

Place of Publication: Lancaster, Pa

Publisher: Pearsol and Geist, printers,

Date of Publication: 1870.

Physical Description: 40 [2] p. ; 27 cm.

Notes: Cover title.; Includes local business cards and advertisements.; Not in Wilkinson.

Subjects: Lancaster County (Pa.) - History.; Lancaster (Pa.) - History.; Lancaster (Pa.) - Commerce.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Rare Books

Call Number: 974.815 L244p 1870

From Rocky Springs Park to the Orange Street Convention Hall : the origins of Pentecostalism in Lancaster

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo342

Author: Armstrong, Karl Daniel.

Date of Publication: 1992.

From Rocky Springs Park to the Orange Street Convention Hall: The Origins Of Pentecostalism in Lancaster By K. Daniel Armstrong Change permeated the air of America at the beginning of the twentieth century. "The Progressive Era," as it came to be known, was marked by political, economic, and social

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Responsibility: by K. Daniel Armstrong.

Author: Armstrong, Karl Daniel.

Place of Publication: Lancaster, Pa

Publisher: Lancaster County Historical Society,

Date of Publication: 1992.

Physical Description: [34]-51 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

Series: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 94, no. 2

Subjects: Pentecostalism - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.

Contained In: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 94, number 2 (1992), p. 34-51Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.94

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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

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo16047

Date of Publication: 1870.

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Place of Publication: Lancaster, Pa

Publisher: 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.

Subjects: Lancaster County (Pa.) - History.; Lancaster (Pa.) - History.

Additional Author: Kilburn, Francis.

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The Olden time : a monthly publication devoted to the preservation of documents and other authentic information in relation to the early explorations and the settlement and improvement of the country around the head of the Ohio

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo3099

Date of Publication: 1876.

Call Number: 974.80083 O44

Responsibility: edited by Neville B. Craig, esq.

Place of Publication: Cincinnati

Publisher: Reprinted by Robert Clarke & Co.,

Date of Publication: 1876.

Physical Description: 2 v. : fold. map, fold. facsim. ; 25 cm.

Notes: A reprint of the periodical issued Jan. 1846-Dec. 1847.

Subjects: Ohio River Valley - History - Sources.; Pennsylvania - History - Sources.; Northwest, Old - History - Sources.

Additional Author: Craig, Neville B.,

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 974.80083 O44

The 1869 diary of Samuel R. Hess of Clay Township, Lancaster County : Mennonite, farmer & nurseryman

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo5667

Author: Hess, Samuel R.,

Date of Publication: c1997

Call Number: 905.748 JHSCV v. 22

Responsibility: introduction, transcribed & indexed by Clarence Edwin Spohn.

Author: Hess, Samuel R.,

Place of Publication: Ephrata, Pa

Publisher: Historical Society of the Cocalico Valley,

Date of Publication: c1997

Physical Description: viii, 48 p. : ill. ; 28 cm.

Series: Journal of the Historical Society of the Cocalico Valley ;

Notes: Includes index.

Summary: This issue contains the transcription of the 1869 diary of Clay Township resident Samuel R. Hess, and provides a day-to-day look at the life of a typical Mennonite farmer and businessman. The diary has been indexed by name and provides a list of local residents with whom Hess had contact with.

Subjects: Hess, Samuel R., - 1830-1906 - Diaries.; Mennonites - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.; Farmers - Pennsylvania; Lancaster County (Pa.) - History - 19th century - Personal narratives.

Additional Author: Spohn, Clarence E.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 905.748 JHSCV v. 22

[A memoir]

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo16023

Author: Van Nest, Magaretta.

Date of Publication: 1990?

Call Number: 929 V266

Author: Van Nest, Magaretta.

Place of Publication: Carbon typescript

Date of Publication: 1990?

Physical Description: 14, [11] leaves ; 28 cm.

Notes: "Levi Henry Crouse and Mary Louise Worrest were married marh 7, 1843 at the ages 26 and 18 years in Paradise, Lancaster co [sic] Pa. by Rev., Edward y. Buchanan of the Epsicopal church [sic], a brother of the President James Buchanan. Our parents named their first born -- a boy for that minister, Edward Buchanan."; "Aunt Kate was a teacher for some time at Millersville, Pennsylvania Normal School. The school published a magazine entitles [sic] 'The Page Monthly.' Her intimate frind on the faculty was Rose Budd, who wrote an article for the magazine entitled 'Let me die in Autumn.' It was Clara's last school days that she choose [sic] that poem for her recitation. Her wich was granted when she passed away Sept. 1, 1860."

Subjects: Crouse family.; Agriculture - Pennsylvania - Chester County; Agriculture - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County; Genealogy - Pennsylvania - Chester County.; Genealogy - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.; Chester County (Pa.) - History.; Lancaster County (Pa.) - History.; Chester County (Pa.) - Personal recollections.; Lancaster (Pa.) - Personal recollections.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 929 V266

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