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Historical sketch of the Union fire company, no. 1, of the city of Lancaster, Penna., from 1760 to 1879

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Author
Sanderson, Alfred.
Date of Publication
1879.
Call Number
352.3 U58s
Responsibility
By Alfred Sanderson.
Author
Sanderson, Alfred.
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
The Company,
Date of Publication
1879.
Physical Description
viii, 9-153 p. : fronts., illus., ports. ; 23 cm.
Subjects
Union Fire Company, No. 1 (Lancaster, Pa.)
Lancaster (Pa.) - Fires and fire prevention.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Rare Books
Lancaster History Library - Lancaster County
Call Number
352.3 U58s
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Charter and by-laws of the Washington Steam Fire Engine and Hose Company, No. 4, of the city of Lancaster instituted March 4, A. D 1820, incorporated Sept. 23 A. D. 1852

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Corporate Author
Washington Steam Fire Engine Co. No. 4 (Lancaster, Pa.)
Date of Publication
1870.
Call Number
353.3 W517
Corporate Author
Washington Steam Fire Engine Co. No. 4 (Lancaster, Pa.)
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Examiner & Herald Print.,
Date of Publication
1870.
Physical Description
31 p. ; 11 cm.
Notes
Blank election of member form precedes title page.
List of honorary members, active members and contributing members.
Subjects
Washington Steam Fire Engine Co. No. 4 (Lancaster, Pa.)
Fire departments - Pennsylvania - Lancaster - By-laws.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Rare Books
Call Number
353.3 W517
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Catalogue of the Library of the Young Men's Christian Association of Lancaster

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Corporate Author
YMCA of the USA.
Date of Publication
1879.
Call Number
267.3 C357 1879
Corporate Author
YMCA of the USA.
Place of Publication
Lancaster
Publisher
The New Era Steam Power Book & Job Print,
Date of Publication
1879.
Physical Description
192 p. 14 cm.
Subjects
Young Men's Christian Associations - Pennsylvania - Lancaster.
Lancaster (Pa.) - Libraries.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Lancaster County
Call Number
267.3 C357 1879
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Catalogue of the Library of the Young Men's Christian Association of Lancaster

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Date of Publication
1874.
Call Number
267.3 C357 1874
Place of Publication
Lancaster
Publisher
Pearsol & Geist,
Date of Publication
1874.
Physical Description
104 p. ; 14 cm.
Subjects
Young Men's Christian Associations - Pennsylvania - Lancaster.
Lancaster (Pa.) - Libraries.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Lancaster County
Call Number
267.3 C357 1874
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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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Parish register of Christ Church, Leacock, Pa

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Date of Publication
1828-1879.
Call Number
283 C554Le
Place of Publication
[Leacock, Pa.]
Publisher
Christ Church,
Date of Publication
1828-1879.
Physical Description
2, 279 l. (some blank); 23 x 35 cm.
Notes
Photocopy.
"Original records are located at St. James' Church, Lancaster, Pa."
Rineer's "Churches and Cemeteries of Lancaster County" page 246 #2.
Contents
Baptisms (Dec. 23, 1828 - June 2, 1879), pages 30-69 - Confirmations (June 12,1833 - April 9, 1873, pages 127-132 - Communicants (Dec. 25, 1828 - Alpril 17, 1878, pages 170-185 - Marriages (March 26, 1829 - June 21 1866, pages 194-197 - Marriages (June 10, 1873 - June 10, 1879), pages 198-199 - Burials (April 23, 1837 - April 20, 1872), pages 243-247 - Burials (April 26, 1873 -April 18, 1879), pages 248-249.
Subjects
Christ Episcopal Church (Leacock, Lancaster County, Pa.)
Chuch records and registers - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
Registers of births, etc. - Pennsylvania - Leacock (Township)
Episcopal Church - Pennsylvania - Lancaster Couinty.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Church Record
Call Number
283 C554Le
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Annals of Buffalo Valley [Pennsylvania] 1755-1855

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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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Centennial biography : Men of mark of Cumberland Valley, Pa., 1776-1876

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Author
Nevin, Alfred,
Date of Publication
1876.
Call Number
974.80092 N526
Responsibility
Alfred Nevin.
Author
Nevin, Alfred,
Place of Publication
Philadelphia
Publisher
Fulton Publishing Company,
Date of Publication
1876.
Physical Description
vii, 5-450 p., [7] p. of plates : ill. ; 27 cm.
Subjects
Craighead, Thomas
Findlay, William
Whitehill, Robert
Ritner, Joseph
Stevens, Thaddeus
Cumberland Valley (Md. and Pa.) - Biography.
Cumberland Valley (Md. and Pa.) - History.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
974.80092 N526
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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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Caernarvon 1754-1845/Elizabeth 1780 [Tax records]

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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
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Common Pleas of lancaster County sitting in equity between Clement B. Grubb, plaintiff, and Alfred Bates Grubb, defendant: Defendant's answer

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Corporate Author
Pennsylvania. Court of Common Pleas (Lancaster County)
Date of Publication
[1875]
Call Number
347.0770269 G885
Corporate Author
Pennsylvania. Court of Common Pleas (Lancaster County)
Place of Publication
[Lancaster, Pa.]
Publisher
[s.n.],
Date of Publication
[1875]
Physical Description
12 p.; 27 cm.
Notes
Also see volume with call number 347.0770269 G855d in the Rare Books Collection.
Also see volume with call number 343.0770269 G885e in the Rare Books Collection.
Multiple estates or entities are mentioned in this legal document: "Ore Banks and Mine Hills", Mount Hope Estate, Mount Hope Furnace, Elizabeth Furnace, Cornwall Mine Holes, Cornwall Furnace Estate, Mount Vernon Estate, Codorus Estate, Manada Estate.
Subjects
Cornwall Ore Bank Company.
Mount Hope Furnace (Mount Hope, Pa.)
Iron ores - Pennsylvania - Lebanon County.
Lebanon County (Pa.)
Additional Author
Coleman, Robert.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Rare Books
Call Number
347.0770269 G885
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Regulations, by-laws and charter of the Lancaster cemetery, Lancaster, Pa

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Corporate Author
Lancaster (Pa.). Lancaster Cemetery.
Date of Publication
1879.
Call Number
310.35 L244n 1879
Corporate Author
Lancaster (Pa.). Lancaster Cemetery.
Place of Publication
Lancaster
Publisher
The New Era Steam Power Book and Job Print.,
Date of Publication
1879.
Physical Description
15 p. ; 18cm.
Notes
Ex Lib. plate: Library and Museum of Lancaster County Historical Society. Library number 224, Donated by S. M. Sener, Received Oct 7/98.
Subjects
Lancaster cemetery (Lancaster Pa).
Cemeteries - Pennsylvania - Lancaster.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Reference
Call Number
310.35 L244n 1879
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Memorial sermon delivered at Lancaster, Pa., June 30, 1872 : to the memory of Stuart A. Wylie, who died June 12th, 1872

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Author
Kremer, A.H.
Date of Publication
1873.
Call Number
926.55 W983k
Responsibility
by Rev. A.H. Kremer, D.D.
Author
Kremer, A.H.
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Inquirer Printing House ,
Date of Publication
1873.
Physical Description
47 p. ; 28 cm.
Subjects
Wylie, Stuart A. , - 1840-1872.
Daily Inquirer (Lancaster, Pa.)
Newspaper publishing - Pennsylvania - Lancaster.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
926.55 W983k
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The Three Earls : an historical sketch, and proceedings of the centennial jubilee, held at New Holland, Pa., July 4, 1876

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo1143
Date of Publication
1876.
Call Number
974.815 EARL D569
Place of Publication
New Holland, [Pa.]
Publisher
Ranck & Sandoe,
Date of Publication
1876.
Physical Description
115 p. ; 18 cm.
Notes
The 1986 reprint includes a new index.
"Historical sketch prepared by Frank R. Diffenderffer": p. [15]-76.
Includes bibliographical references.
Subjects
Fourth of July orations.
Earl (Lancaster County, Pa. : Township) - History.
West Earl (Lancaster County, Pa. : Township) - History.
East Earl (Lancaster County, Pa. : Township)) - History.
New Holland (Pa.) - History.
Additional Author
Diffenderffer, Frank R.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Rare Books
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
974.815 EARL D569
Copy Info
1876
1986 [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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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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The people's standard edition of the Holy Bible : containing the Old and New Testaments and the Apocryphal writings ... the whole prepared expressly for this edition

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Edition
Parallel-column ed.
Date of Publication
â„—â™­1872.
Call Number
220 L257 1872
Edition
Parallel-column ed.
Place of Publication
Philadelphia
Publisher
J. C McCurdy & Co.,
Date of Publication
â„—â™­1872.
Physical Description
[2], 22, [6], 74, 67, iv-viii, 9-640, 104, [6], 643-848, 44, 55 [4] pages ; 31 cm
Notes
Four pages at end for family portraits.
Five pages for family history follows Aprocrypha.
Viewing bibles contingent on staff availability, an appointment may be required.
From the Collection of the Heritage Center Museum, P95.20.1
Landis family bible.
Genealogy of the Landis family, 1835-1931.
A portrait of D. B. Landis (removed from a book) and a manuscript of the marriage of David Musselman (second time) and Susan Schmeling (1832) and the death of Susan M. Kline (1849) removed and placed in Heritage Center file.
Light brown leather with dark brown stamped ornamentation with gold-stamped ornamentation including Israel C. Landis on front cover; heavy brass clasp, gild eged pages. Like new condition.
Contents
Literature, history, and inspiration of the Holy Bible / James P Boyd -- Civil, social, and domestic life of the Hebrews ... -- Names and order of all the books of the Old and New Testaments, and of the Aprocrypha ... -- Guide to illustrations -- Scripture illustrations and the descriptions of scenes and events in the life of Christ and the apostle Paul ... / Albert Leighton Rawson -- A new and concise dictionary of the Bible ... -- Denominations, sects, and creeds in all ages of the world ... / James P. Boyd -- Contents of tabular aids -- Analytical and chronological aids to the study of the holy scriptures ... -- Contents of the books of the Old and New Testaments -- Family history pages -- A chronological index to the Holy Bible ... -- Offices and sects mentioned in the scriptures -- Concordance to the Old and New Testaments -- The Psalms of David in metre.
Subjects
Landis, Israel C. , - 1835-1995.
Musselman, Mary M. , - 1839-1909
Musselman, David.
Shmeling, Susan.
Kline, Susan, M.
Landis family - Bible.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Bible
Call Number
220 L257 1872
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Warrant registers (for Pennsylvania Counties)

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Date of Publication
1734 - 1935.
Call Number
Drawer 15, Sec. 1
Responsibility
Prepared by Wm. W. Britton, begun 1734, completed May 30, 1935 ;
Date of Publication
1734 - 1935.
Physical Description
4 reels ; 35 mm.
Notes
Microfilmed in 1957. Contains 20 volumes. Lancaster County warrants are on V. 16.
Labeled on box # 257 - # 261.
Material arranged by county and includes names of warrantee, date, acreage, location, date of return, name of patentee, where patent recorded, and where survey is copied.
Subjects
Pennsylvania. Department of Internal Affairs. Bureau of Land Records.
Registers of births, etc. - Pennsylvania.
Land grants - Pennsylvania.
Land grants - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
Land grants - Pennsylvania - Berks County.
Land grants - Pennsylvania - Dauphin County.
Land grants - Pennsylvania - Chester County.
Land grants - Pennsylvania - Lebanon County.
Land grants - Pennsylvania - York County.
Land grants - Pennsylvania - Cumberland County.
Land grants - Pennsylvania - Adams County.
Additional Author
Britton, William W.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Microfilm
Call Number
Drawer 15, Sec. 1
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Boyd's directory of Lancaster, Columbia, Chester and West Chester

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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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Historical sketch of old Hanover church

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Author
T. H. R.
Date of Publication
1878.
Call Number
974.818 R664
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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
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