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Boyd's directory of Lancaster, Columbia, Chester and West Chester

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo16990
Date of Publication
1874-75
Call Number
917.4815 D598 1874-75 reprint
Responsibility
To which is added a business directory of the principal places in Lancaster, Chester and Delaware Counties. Compiled by Wm. H. Boyd.
Place of Publication
Lancaster [Pa.]
Publisher
J.M. Westhaeffer,
Date of Publication
1874-75
Physical Description
v. 23 cm.
Notes
Reprint.
Subjects
Lancaster, Pa. - Directories.
Columbia Co., Pa. - Directories.
Chester, Pa. - Directories.
West Chester, Pa. - Directories.
Additional Author
Boyd, William Henry,
Location
Lancaster History Library - Reference
Call Number
917.4815 D598 1874-75 reprint
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Young's directory of Columbia : Embracing a full list of all the adult males and heads of families, with their occupation and residence, for 1874

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo15442
Date of Publication
1874.
Call Number
917.4815 D589c 1874 reprint
Responsibility
compiled by Charles F. Young.
Place of Publication
Columbia, Pa
Publisher
Grier & Moderwell ;
Date of Publication
1874.
Physical Description
68, [17] p. ; 28 cm.
Notes
Advertising matter at front and back.
Reprint from original.
Subjects
Columbia (Pa.) - Directories.
Additional Author
Charles F. Young.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Reference
Call Number
917.4815 D589c 1874 reprint
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Borough of Columbia, Lancaster County, Pa : Act of incorporation and supplements, borough ordinances, general resolutions, rules of order, organization of council, digest of local public corporations, and other miscellaneous information

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo2465
Date of Publication
1878.
Call Number
352.96 C726
Responsibility
compiled by J. W. Yocum.
Place of Publication
Columbia [Pa.]
Publisher
Columbia Spy and Job Print,
Date of Publication
1878.
Physical Description
124 p. ; 16 cm.
Subjects
Municipal corporations - Pennsylvania.
Columbia (Pa.)
Location
Lancaster History Library - Lancaster County
Call Number
352.96 C726
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Barnes' directory of Lancaster County : embracing a full list of all the adult males and heads of families with their occupation, residence, and P.O. address, and a classified business directory : also, an appendix, containing a descriptive list of the courts, banking houses, public buildings, churches, educational and benevolent institutions, secret and other societies, &c., &c., 1875-76

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo18004
Date of Publication
1875.
Call Number
917.4815 D598 1875-76 reprint
Alternate Title
Directory of Lancaster County
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Jno. H. Barnes,
Date of Publication
1875.
Physical Description
508 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Notes
Advertisements throughout text.
Includes index.
Reprint.
Subjects
Business enterprises - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
Directories - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
Lancaster County (Pa.) - Directories.
Lancaster County (Pa.) - Commerce - Directories.
Additional Corporate Author
Jno. H. Barnes (Firm)
Location
Lancaster History Library - Reference
Call Number
917.4815 D598 1875-76 reprint
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A celebrated case : the Raber murder : containing a detailed and accurate account of the murder of Joseph Raber by drowning in Indiantown Creek, Union Township, Lebanon Co., PA., on the 7th day of December, 1878, for the amount of insurance money upon his life, with a verbatim report of the trial and conviction of six men for the crime, and a full history of their lives and confessions

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo19555
Author
Drews, Charles,
Date of Publication
1879.
Call Number
345.02523 L442 1879
Alternate Title
Raber murder
Author
Drews, Charles,
Place of Publication
Lebanon, Pa
Publisher
C.M. Bowman,
Date of Publication
1879.
Physical Description
65, [1], 81 p. : ill., ports. ; 23 cm.
Notes
McDade, T.M. Murder,
Subjects
Raber, Joseph, - d. 1878.
Drews, Charles, - 1820-1879
Stichler, Franklin, - 1859-1879
Wise, Henry F., - 1845-
Trials (Murder) - Pennsylvania - Lebanon.
Additional Author
Stichler, Franklin,
Wise, Henry F.,
Location
Lancaster History Library - Rare Books
Call Number
345.02523 L442 1879
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Directory of Lancaster city, 1871

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo18012
Date of Publication
1871]
Call Number
917.4815 D598 1871 reprint
Place of Publication
[Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
s.n. ;
Date of Publication
1871]
Physical Description
[1] - 128 p. : ill. : 28 cm.
Notes
Includes index.
Reprint from original.
Subjects
Lancaster (Pa.) - Directories
Location
Lancaster History Library - Reference
Call Number
917.4815 D598 1871 reprint
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Date of Publication
1854-1922.
Call Number
974.815 LACO L245i
Date of Publication
1854-1922.
Physical Description
2 vol. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Notes
A series of pamphlets bound together.
Contents
Vol 1: Father Ferdinand Farmer, an apostolic missionary in three states by John F. Quirk--A discourse, delivered in the Leacock Presbyterian Church, Lancaster County, Pa., on Thanksgiving Day, November 23, 1854 by P.J. Timlow--A discourse delivered in the Leacock Presbyterian Church, July 21st, 1892 by P.J. Timlow--Christ Lutheran Church, Lancaster, Pa.--Report of the commissioners appointed to examine the affairs of the Lancaster Savings Institution.
Vol.2: Resources and industries of the City of Lancaster, Lancaster County, Pa.--Historical sketch of St. Anthony's Church, Lancaster, Penna., 1870-1895 by Anthony F. Dorley--A discourse delivered in the Leacock Presbyterian Church, Lancaster County, Pa., on Thanksgiving Day, November 23, 1854--A discourse delivered in the Leacock Presbyterian Church, July 21st, 1892 by P.J. Timlow--Historical sketch of Zion's Reformed Church [Millersville] by D.H. Landis.
Subjects
Timlow, P.J.
St. Anthony's Church (Lancaster, Pa.) - History.
Christ Lutheran Church (Lancaster, Pa.) - History.
Lancaster Savings Institution - Report.
Leacock Presbyterian Church (Lancaste County, Pa.) - History.
Sacred Heart Academy (Lancaster, Pa.) - History.
St. Anthony's Parochial School (Lancaster, Pa.) - History.
Presbyterian Church (Lancaste County, Pa.)
Reformed Church (Lancaster County, Pa.)
Roman Catholic Church (Lancaster County, Pa.)
Lutheran Church (Lancaster County, Pa.)
Millersville (Pa.) - History.
Lancaster (Pa.) - Directories.
Lancaster County (Pa.) - Genealogy.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
974.815 LACO L245i
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Date of Publication
1876.
Call Number
974.815 COLU 101
Place of Publication
[s.l.]
Publisher
s.n.]
Date of Publication
1876.
Physical Description
1 map : photocopy; 50 x 67 cm.
Notes
Poor quality photocopy.
Shows lot numbers.
Location of original map unknown.
Appears to be photocopy of Original Plan of "Old Columbia".
See also LCHS Map 915 100.
Subjects
Real property
Columbia (Pa.) - Maps.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Map
Call Number
974.815 COLU 101
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[Lancaster city business directory, 1879-80]

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo17000
Date of Publication
1879]
Call Number
917.4815 D598 1879-80 reprint
Place of Publication
[Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
s.n. ;
Date of Publication
1879]
Physical Description
[1] - 45 p. : ill. : 28 cm.
Notes
Includes index.
Reprint from original.
Subjects
Lancaster (Pa.) - Directories
Location
Lancaster History Library - Reference
Call Number
917.4815 D598 1879-80 reprint
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The Holy Bible : containing the Old and New Testaments, translated out of the original tongues, with a complete concordance ... 100,000 marginal references and readings. Apocrypha and Psalms in metre. Dr. William Smith's Standard Bible dictionary ... A comprehensive and critical description of the tabernacle and its sacred furniture ; together with an account of the priesthood and the worship and sacrifices of the Israelites. Compiled expressly for this edition of the Holy Bible, chiefly from the writings of Dr. William Smith, Dean Milman, Rev. John Kitto ... [et al.] ... A history of all the religious denominations of the world, and many other important and useful aids to the study of the Holy Scriptures ... with over 2500 ... illustrations, on steel, wood, and in colors

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo19858
Date of Publication
1870.
Call Number
220 F534 1870
Place of Publication
Millersville, PA
Publisher
B.R. Witmer,
Date of Publication
1870.
Physical Description
[1690] pages : color frontispiece, illustrations (inc. portraits) plates (some color), map ; 32 x 24 cm
Notes
Pagination : 2p. l., 9-11, [1], v-viii, [2], 14, 18, 32, 128, 16, 178, 10, 12, 9-740, 104, [24], 33-48, viii, 643-1029. [4], 12, 44, 36 p.
Album for "Family portraits" (2 leaves at end).
New Testament has special t.p. :[Contrasted editions]. Both versions of the New Testament of Our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, translated out of the original Greek ; being the version set forth A.D. 1611. Compared with the most ancient authorities and revised A.D. 1881. The old (King James)--version and the revised version arranged in parallel columns for convenience in reference and comparison ...
Genealogy of John R. Fisher and Alice Herr on four pages following the Apocrypha.
Viewing bibles contingent of staff availability, an appointment may be required.
Full morocco binding with elababote gold tooling on both covers, Holy Bible in circular recess; part of tooling at base of spine missing; edge gilding.
Subjects
Fisher family - Genealogy.
Concordances.
Dictionaries.
Additional Author
Fisher, John B.
Herr, Alice
Additional Title
Bible.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Bible
Call Number
220 F534 1870
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Memoir and genealogy of the Maryland and Pennsylvanian family of Mayer which originated in the free imperial city of Ulm, Würtemberg: 1495-1878

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo9414
Author
Mayer, Brantz,
Date of Publication
1878]
Call Number
929 M468
Responsibility
By Brantz Mayer.
Author
Mayer, Brantz,
Place of Publication
[Baltimore, Md
Publisher
Priv. print. for the family by W.K. Boyle & Son,
Date of Publication
1878]
Physical Description
1 p. l., [5]-179 p. front., illus., pl. 26 cm.
Subjects
Myers family.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
929 M468
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Historical sketch of old Hanover church

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo5742
Author
T. H. R.
Date of Publication
1878.
Call Number
974.818 R664
  1 website  
Responsibility
by Rev. Thomas H. Robinson, D.D. With a notice of the church at Conewago, by A. Boyd Hamilton.
Author
T. H. R.
Place of Publication
Harrisburg, Pa
Publisher
Dauphin County Historical Society,
Date of Publication
1878.
Physical Description
59 p. illus. 26 cm.
Subjects
Hanover Presbyterian Church, Dauphin Co., Pa.
Conewago Church, Dauphin Co., Pa.
Registers of births, etc. - Pennsylvania - Dauphin County.
Dauphin County (Pa.) - Genealogy.
Additional Author
Hamilton, A. Boyd
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
974.818 R664
Websites
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Annals of Buffalo Valley [Pennsylvania] 1755-1855

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo1941
Author
Linn, John Blair,
Date of Publication
[1877] 1968.
Call Number
974.848 L758
Responsibility
Collated by John Blair Linn.
Author
Linn, John Blair,
Place of Publication
Harrisburg, Pa., Milton, Pa
Publisher
L. S. Hart, printer M.B. Lontz,
Date of Publication
[1877] 1968.
Physical Description
596, [116] p. illus., map.
Notes
"Index-Copyright Mary Belle Lontz 1965."
Subjects
Buffalo Valley (Pa.) - History.
Buffalo Valley (Pa.) - Genealogy - Sources.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
974.848 L758
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A history of the rise, progress, and present condition of the Moravian Seminary for Young Ladies at Bethlehem, Pa. : with a catalogue of its pupils, 1785-1858

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo1903
Author
Reichel, William Cornelius,
Edition
2nd ed., rev. and enl.,
Date of Publication
1870.
Call Number
373.74822 M831r
Responsibility
by William C. Reichel.
Author
Reichel, William Cornelius,
Edition
2nd ed., rev. and enl.,
Place of Publication
Philadelphia
Publisher
J.B. Lippincott & Co.,
Date of Publication
1870.
Physical Description
570 p., [20] leaves of plates : ill. ; 25 cm.
Notes
Includes index.
On flyleaf: presented to Annie E. Dillman, 1873.
Subjects
Moravian Seminary for Young Ladies (Bethlehem, Pa.) - History.
Additional Author
Bigler, William H.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Rare Books
Call Number
373.74822 M831r
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Pennsylvania civil service. A digest of the general statutes of the commonwealth of Pennsylvania expressly relating to public officers, state, county, city, township, and borough; with statutory forms

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo2641
Author
Spalding, Hugh M.
Date of Publication
[1879]
Call Number
352.005 S734
Responsibility
By Hugh M. Spalding ...
Author
Spalding, Hugh M.
Place of Publication
Philadelphia
Publisher
J.C. Clark & sons
Date of Publication
[1879]
Physical Description
2 v. 24 cm.
Subjects
Civil service - Pennsylvania.
Local government - Pennsylvania.
Pennsylvania - Officials and employees.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Rare Books
Call Number
352.005 S734
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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

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
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Caernarvon 1754-1845/Elizabeth 1780 [Tax records]

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo20751
Author
Lancaster County Tax Collection Bureau
Date of Publication
1877
Call Number
Drawer 6, sec. 2: #3
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Alternate Title
Caernarvon twp. tax lists
Caernarvon Township taxes
Author
Lancaster County Tax Collection Bureau
Place of Publication
Harrisburg, Pa
Publisher
Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission
Date of Publication
1877
Physical Description
Microfilm. 693 frames. Labeled as "Pos. 3"
Series
Lancaster County Pa. Tax Records, 1748-1855.
Notes
"The tax records for this township [Caernarvon] which are here reporduced cover the following years: 1754, 1756-1759, 1769-1770, 1772-1773, 1775, 1777-1783, 1785-1793, 1797-1798, 1800-1803, 1805-1816, 1818-1822, 1824-1828, 1830-1832, 1834, 1836, 1839-1841, 1845."
There is one entry for "Elizabeth Township" in the 1780 PDF file. The entry for Elizabeth Township can be found starting on the 22nd page of the 1780 PDF file.
Subjects
Taxation - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County
Elizabeth (Lancaster County, Pa. : Township) - Genealogy.
Caernarvon (Lancaster County, Pa. : Township) - Genealogy.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Microfilm
Call Number
Drawer 6, sec. 2: #3
Documents

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Centennial anniversary of the Pennsylvania Society, for Promoting the Abolition of Slavery, the relief of free Negroes unlawfully held in bondage, and for improving the condition of the African race

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo13696
Corporate Author
Pennsylvania Society for Promoting the Abolition of Slavery.
Edition
Reprint.
Date of Publication
1875.
Call Number
326 M533
Corporate Author
Pennsylvania Society for Promoting the Abolition of Slavery.
Edition
Reprint.
Place of Publication
Philadelphia
Publisher
Grant, Faires & Rodgers, printers,
Date of Publication
1875.
Physical Description
82 p. ; 23 cm.
Notes
Pages 51-67 contain a list of those who have been elected Members of the Society since its organization, including residents of Lancaster, York, and surrounding counties.
Subjects
Slavery - United States
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
326 M533
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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.
  1 website  
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.
Websites
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The American printer : a manual of typography, containing practical directions for managing all departments of a printing office, as well as complete instructions for apprentices ; with several useful tables, numerous schemes for imposing forms in every variety, hints to authors, etc

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo2767
Author
MacKellar, Thomas,
Edition
Twelfth edition, revised and enlarged.
Date of Publication
1879 [c1878]
Call Number
655.2 M154
Responsibility
by Thomas MacKellar.
Author
MacKellar, Thomas,
Edition
Twelfth edition, revised and enlarged.
Place of Publication
Philadelphia
Publisher
MacKellar, Smiths & Jordan,
Date of Publication
1879 [c1878]
Physical Description
384, [6] p. : ill. ; 20 cm.
Notes
Edition statement from verso of t.-p.
Includes index.
T.-p. in red and black.
Advertisements on p. [1]-[6] at end.
Original pictorial maroon cloth.
Subjects
Printing, Practical.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
655.2 M154
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