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The long lost friend : containing mysterious and invaluable arts and remedies for man as well as animals with many proofs of their virtue and efficacy in healing diseases

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo17637
Author
Hohman, Johann Georg.
Edition
1st ed.
Date of Publication
1877.
Call Number
615.89 H719 1877
Responsibility
John George Hohman.
Author
Hohman, Johann Georg.
Edition
1st ed.
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
[s.n.],
Date of Publication
1877.
Physical Description
127 p. ; 13 cm.
Summary
"An interesting compilation of charms, prayers, preventative measures and remedies centuries old, many that had never been published, are reproduced here. They have been left in the original form they were first published, with old language and symbols left unaltered." [from Goodreads]
Subjects
Medicine, Magic, mystic, and spagiric.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
615.89 H719 1877
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The long lost friend : containing mysterious and invaluable arts and remedies for man as well as animals with many proofs of their virtue and efficacy in healing diseases

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo16269
Author
Hohman, Johann Georg.
Edition
1st ed.
Date of Publication
1877.
Call Number
090 L244 1877
Responsibility
John George Hohman.
Author
Hohman, Johann Georg.
Edition
1st ed.
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
[s.n.],
Date of Publication
1877.
Physical Description
94 p. ; 13 cm.
Summary
An interesting compilation of charms, prayers, preventative measures and remedies centuries old, many that had never been published, are reproduced here. They have been left in the original form they were first published, with old language and symbols left unaltered. [from Goodreads]
Subjects
Medicine, Magic, mystic, and spagiric.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Rare Books
Call Number
090 L244 1877
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French and Belgians / by Phebe Earle Gibbons

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo9173
Author
Gibbons, Phebe Earle,
Date of Publication
1879.
Call Number
814 G441
Author
Gibbons, Phebe Earle,
Place of Publication
Philadelphia
Publisher
J.B. Lippincott & Co.,
Date of Publication
1879.
Physical Description
414 p. 19 cm.
Notes
The R. Theodore Bixlers' Collection of Lancaster Authors.
Summary
The visit of this Lancaster native, Ms. Phebe Earle Gibbons, to France and Belgium in 1878 is described in detail. It includes her visit to the Paris World's Fair, though that is just one stop on a journey to absorb the way of life in these two countries.
Subjects
France - Description and travel.
France - Social life and customs.
Belgium - Social life and customs.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
814 G441
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"Pennsylvania Dutch", and other essays

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo4007
Author
Gibbons, Phebe Earle,
Date of Publication
1872.
Call Number
301.452 G441 1872
301.452 G441 1874
301.452 G441 1882
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Responsibility
/ by Phebe Earle Gibbons.
Author
Gibbons, Phebe Earle,
Place of Publication
Philadelphia
Publisher
Lippincott,
Date of Publication
1872.
Physical Description
vii, 207 p. 18 cm.
Notes
First edition 1872. Second edition 1874. Third edition 1882.
Ms Gibbons lived in Bird In Hand, PA, Lancaster County.
Contents
"Pennsylvania Dutch".--An Amish meeting.--Swiss exiles.--The Dunker love-feast.--Ephrata.--A friend.--Cousin Jemima.
Subjects
Church of the Brethren - Pennsylvania.
Pennsylvania Dutch.
Mennonites - Pennsylvania.
Amish.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
301.452 G441 1872
301.452 G441 1874
301.452 G441 1882
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