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Warrant registers (for Pennsylvania Counties)

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo13303
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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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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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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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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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

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo2041
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
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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 biographical history of Lancaster County : being a history of early settlers and eminent men of the county; as also much other unpublished historical information, chiefly of a local character

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo10438
Author
Harris, Alexander,
Date of Publication
1872.
Call Number
090 L244bar 1872
  1 website  
Responsibility
by Alex. Harris.
Author
Harris, Alexander,
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Elias Barr,
Date of Publication
1872.
Physical Description
638 p. ; 23 cm.
Subjects
Lancaster County (Pa.) - Biography.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Rare Books
Call Number
090 L244bar 1872
Websites
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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
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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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A tribute to the principles, virtues, habits and public usefulness of the Irish and Scotch early settlers of Pennsylvania

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo3472
Author
Chambers, George,
Date of Publication
1871.
Call Number
974.80091 P412
Responsibility
By a descendant.
Author
Chambers, George,
Place of Publication
Chambersburg, Pa
Publisher
M. A. Foltz, printer,
Date of Publication
1871.
Physical Description
172 p. 22 cm.
Notes
"Preface" signed: G. C.
First edition published 1856.
Subjects
Scotch-Irish in Pennsylvania.
Pennsylvania - History - Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
974.80091 P412
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