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Our first century: being a popular descriptive portraiture of the one hundred great and memorable events of perpetual interest in the history of our country, political, military, mechanical, social, scientific and commercial: embracing also delineations of all the great historic characters celebrated in the annals of the republic; men of heroism, statesmanship, genius, oratory, adventure and philanthropy

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Author: Devens, R. M.

Date of Publication: 1879.

Call Number: 973 D489

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Author: Devens, R. M.

Place of Publication: Springfield, Mass

Publisher: C. A. Nichols,

Date of Publication: 1879.

Physical Description: 1004 p. illus., ports.

Subjects: United States - History.; United States - History - 1783-1865.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 973 D489

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The American statesman: a political history, exhibiting the origin, nature and practical operation of constitutional government in the United States; the rise and progress of parties, the legislation relating to all matters of national importance, with views of distinguished statesmen on questions of foreign and domestic policy

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Author: Young, Andrew W.

Edition: Rev. and enl.

Date of Publication: [1877]

Call Number: 973 Y68

Responsibility: By Andrew W. Young ...

Author: Young, Andrew W.

Edition: Rev. and enl.

Place of Publication: New York [etc.]

Publisher: H.S. Goodspeed & Company

Date of Publication: [1877]

Physical Description: xxxv, [21]-1594, 70 p. 10 port. (incl. front.) 24 cm.

Subjects: United States - Politics and government.; United States - History.; United States - Politics and government - 1783-1865.; United States - History - 1783-1865.; United States - Constitutional history.

Additional Author: Ferris, George T.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 973 Y68

A review of the political conflict in America, from the commencement of the anti-slavery agitation to the close of southern reconstruction; comprising also a resume of the career of Thaddeus Stevens: being a survey of the struggle of parties which destroyed the republic and virtually monarchized its government

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Author: Harris, Alexander,

Date of Publication: 1876.

Call Number: 923.2 S846ha

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Responsibility: By Alexander Harris.

Author: Harris, Alexander,

Place of Publication: New York

Publisher: T.H. Pollock,

Date of Publication: 1876.

Physical Description: vii, [9]-517 p. 24 cm.

Notes: African American resources at Lancaster County Historical Society

Subjects: Stevens, Thaddeus, - 1792-1868.; United States - History - 1849-1877.; United States - Politics and government - 1849-1877.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 923.2 S846ha

Websites

https://archive.org/details/reviewofpolitica01harr/page/n3

Picturesque America; or, The land we live in. A delineation by pen and pencil of the mountains, rivers, lakes, forests, water-falls, shores, caÃ±ons, valleys, cities, and other picturesque features of our country

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Author: Bryant, William Cullen,

Date of Publication: [c1872-74]

Call Number: 913.3 B915 Oversize

Alternate Title: Picturesque America; Land we live in

Responsibility: With illustrations on steel and wood, by eminent American artists. Edited by William Cullen Bryant.

Author: Bryant, William Cullen,

Place of Publication: New York

Publisher: D. Appleton and company

Date of Publication: [c1872-74]

Physical Description: 2 v. frontispiece, ill., plates. 33 cm.

Notes: Added t.p., engraved, in each volume.; The main literary work on this publication was done by Oliver B. Bunce. The introduction was written and proofsheets read by W.C. Bryant. Cf. J.C. Derby's "Fifty years among authors ..."; "Contents" in each vol. includes names of authors and artists. "List of engravings on steel" in each vol. includes names of artists and engravers.; Inscribed to daughter Mary Ann by Jacob Stauffer, Dec. 25, 1874.; Library has vol. 2 only.

Subjects: United States - Description and travel.; QuÃ©bec (Province) - Description and travel.; Steel engravings - New York (N.Y.) - 1870-1880.

Additional Author: Bunce, Oliver Bell,

Location: Lancaster History Library - Rare Books

Call Number: 913.3 B915 Oversize

Lightning and the lightning rod : use and abuse of the rod ; thunder and thunderstorms ; thirty years in the clouds, with observations on thunderstorms-- feeling, seeing and smelling them ; formation of rain, hail, snow and thunderbolts

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Author: Wise, John,

Date of Publication: 1870.

Call Number: 621.317 W812

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Alternate Title: Thunder and thunderstorms

Responsibility: by J. Wise.

Author: Wise, John,

Place of Publication: Lancaster, Pa

Publisher: Pearsol & Geist,

Date of Publication: 1870.

Physical Description: 39 p. ; 22 cm.

Summary: The author of this text is a well known balloonist of Lancaster County.

Subjects: Lightning.; Thunderstorms.; Atmospheric electricity.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Rare Books

Call Number: 621.317 W812

Websites

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The underground railroad. A record of facts, authentic narratives, letters, &c., narrating the hardships, hair-breadth escapes and death struggles of the slaves in their efforts for freedom, as related by themselves and others, or witnessed by the author; together with sketches of some of the largest stockholders, and most liberal aiders and advisers, of the road

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Author: Still, William,

Edition: Rev. ed.

Date of Publication: [c1871]

Call Number: 973.7115 S857

Responsibility: By William Still . . . Illustrated with 70 fine engravings by Bensell, Schell and others, and portraits from photographs from life . . .

Author: Still, William,

Edition: Rev. ed.

Place of Publication: Philadelphia, Pa., Cincinnati, O. [etc.]

Publisher: People's Publishing Company

Date of Publication: [c1871]

Physical Description: 780, [5] p. incl. front., illus. plates, ports. 25 cm.

Notes: African American resources at Lancaster County Historical Society

Subjects: Underground railroad.; Fugitive slaves - United States.; Slavery - United States

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 973.7115 S857

Addresses at the semi-centiennial celebration of the founding of the theological seminary of the Reformed Church in the United States : held at Lancaster, Pa., November 5th 1875

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Author: Weiser, C. Z.

Date of Publication: 1876.

Call Number: 285.8 T391a

Responsibility: [by C. Z. Weiser].

Author: Weiser, C. Z.

Place of Publication: Philadelphia

Publisher: Reformed Church Publication Board,

Date of Publication: 1876.

Physical Description: 85 p.

Notes: Attributed to C. Z. Weiser.

Subjects: Theology.; Education (Higher) - United States; Reformed Church - United States.

Additional Corporate Author: Reformed Church

Location: Lancaster History Library - Lancaster County

Call Number: 285.8 T391a

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Collection: Geist Family Papers

Title: Geist Family Papers

Object ID: MG0294

Date Range: 1865-1961

. Geist to Charles W. Rush, Miami, Florida. Response to 29 January letter. Discusses issues surrounding bill of complaint filed by Charles W. Rush. Informs Rush of plans to appear in Florida’s Eleventh Circuit court. Comments on several individuals’ health issues. (carbon copy) 2 March 1942. Final decree

1 document

Collection: Geist Family Papers

Title: Geist Family Papers

Description: The Geist Family Papers include correspondence, tax records, legal documents, and other items related to the Geist family. Some correspondence is personal, while other letters relate to legal proceedings concerning estates and inheritances. A number of wills and associated materials, generally related to adjudications involving family members. Numerous local tax notices and federal income tax returns largely pertain to Daniel W. and Bertha W. Geist. Other materials include notebooks and receipts from Daniel W. Geist's time at Millersville State Normal School, visiting cards, and newspaper clippings.

Date Range: 1865-1961

Year Range From: 1865

Year Range To: 1961

Date of Accumulation: 1865-1961

Creator: Geist family

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives South

Storage Wall: Side 08

People: Alexander, James K.; Anderson, Howard; Bachman, Julie C.; Bard, Bertha; Brown, George; Bulleit, Edward Banister; Dague, Isaac W.; Dague, Lily C. Geist; Diller, Luther R.; Eshleman, John H.; Fox, Christian, Jr.; Geist, Adam; Geist, Agnes; Geist, Bertha Wanner; Geist, Daniel W.; Geist, Ettie G.; Geist, Everett S.; Geist, Harry Kohler; Geist, Lilly Kate; Groff, John M.; Heisher, Daniel; Hobson, Jesse; Hobson, Maria; Horst, Jacob G.; Kjorlien, Alvin C.; Leaman, William; Lyte, Eliphalet Oram; Martin, Luke W.; Milledge, Stanley; Miller, Helen Mildred Diller; Miller, Leon H. B.; Miller, Ruth; Ott, Janet F.; Overly, Herman Witmer; Overly, Richard Geist; Pond, B. C.; Pool, Virginia L.; Roosevelt, Franklin Delano; Rush, Charles William; Rush, Harriet Geist; Shaub, Sadie; Shirk, H. S.; Shirk, Henry; Shirk, Lawrence; Stoner, H. K.; Weaver, C. R.; Weaver, George A.; Werner, John Thomas; Witmer, Clara; Wolf, Lemon A.; Wolfe, Helen

Subjects: Decedents' estates; Estates (Law); Letters; Receipts (Acknowledgments); Taxation

Search Terms: A. Geist and Son; Adams County, Pennsylvania; Albert Pick Company; Births; Bismarck, North Dakota; Blue Ball Bank; Blue Ball, East Earl Twp.; Calling cards; Clippings (Books, newspapers, etc.); Coatesville, Chester County, Pennsylvania; Correspondence; Death; Decedents' estates; Earl Twp.; East Earl Twp.; Ephrata; Estate settlement; Farmers National Bank; Finding aids; Florida; Franklin Twp., Adams County, Pennsylvania; Funerals; Gap, Salisbury Twp.; Grand Forks Herald; Grand Forks, Grand Forks County, North Dakota; Health; Hotel Gladstone; Hunters; Inheritance; Internal Revenue Service; Jamestown, Stutsman County, North Dakota; Johnson City, Broome County, New York; K. Aslesen Company; Lancaster; Lancaster New Era; Leland-Parker Hotel; Letters; Manuscript groups; Masons; McClure House; Miami, Florida; Millersville; Millersville State Normal School; Millersville University; Minneapolis, Minnesota; Minot, Ward County, North Dakota; Mountville Farm Women's Society; New Berlin, Ephrata Twp.; New Holland; Newspaper clippings; Ocean City, Cape May County, New Jersey; Parades; Patterson Hotel; Pennsylvania State Normal School; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Postage stamps; Pottsville, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania; Receipts; Republican Party; San Francisco, California; Schools; Stamps; Stevens, East Cocalico Twp.; Stocks; Tax returns; Taxation; Trusts and trustees; United Commercial Travelers of America; Vienna Bakery Company; Visiting cards; Washington, DC; West Cocalico School District; Wheeling, West Virginia; Wills; YMCA; Young Men's Christian Association

Extent: 1 box, 12 folders, .5 cubic ft.

Object Name: Archive

Language: English

Object ID: MG0294

Location of Originals: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania

Notes: Preferred Citation: Title or description of item, date (day, month, year), Collection Title (MG#), Folder #, (or Object ID), LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania. URL if applicable. Date accessed (day, month, year).

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Credit: Courtesy of LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania

Accession Number: 2002.Hawbaker

Other Numbers: MG-294

Classification: MG0294

Description Level: Fonds

Custodial History: Added to database 19 January 2022.

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Heroes of three wars: Comprising a series of biographical sketches of the most distinguised soldiers of the War of the Revolution, the War with Mexico, and the War for the Union, who have contributed their valor to establish and perpetuate the Republic of the United States

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Author: Glazier, Willard W.,

Date of Publication: 1878.

Call Number: 920.1 G553

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Author: Glazier, Willard W.,

Place of Publication: Philadelphia

Publisher: Hubbard Bros.

Date of Publication: 1878.

Physical Description: 450 p. illus.

Subjects: United States. - Army - Biography.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 920.1 G553

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A history of the origin of the appellation Keystone State as applied to the commonwealth of Pennsylvania : together with extracts from many authorities relative to the adoption of the Declaration of Independence by the Continental Congress, July 4th, 1776 ; to which is appended the New Constitution of Pennsylvania with an alphabetical contents

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Author: Morton, John S.,

Date of Publication: 1874.

Call Number: 974.8029 P415

Author: Morton, John S.,

Place of Publication: Philadelphia

Publisher: Claxton, Remsen & Haffelfinger,

Date of Publication: 1874.

Physical Description: 190 p. ; 19 cm.

Subjects: Morton, John, - 1724-1777.; Pennsylvania - History - Revolution, 1775-1783.; United States - History - Revolution, 1775-1783.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 974.8029 P415

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Picturesque America; or, The land we live in. A delineation by pen and pencil of the mountains, rivers, lakes, forests, water-falls, shores, caÃ±ons, valleys, cities, and other picturesque features of our country

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo18366

Lightning and the lightning rod : use and abuse of the rod ; thunder and thunderstorms ; thirty years in the clouds, with observations on thunderstorms-- feeling, seeing and smelling them ; formation of rain, hail, snow and thunderbolts

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo19255

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Addresses at the semi-centiennial celebration of the founding of the theological seminary of the Reformed Church in the United States : held at Lancaster, Pa., November 5th 1875

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo17901

Archive

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Documents

Heroes of three wars: Comprising a series of biographical sketches of the most distinguised soldiers of the War of the Revolution, the War with Mexico, and the War for the Union, who have contributed their valor to establish and perpetuate the Republic of the United States

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo922

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https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo4121