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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

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo1136
Author
Harris, Alexander,
Date of Publication
1876.
Call Number
923.2 S846ha
  1 website  
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
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Through the air: a narrative of forty years' experience as an aeronaut. Comprising a history of the various attempts in the art of flying by artificial means from the earliest period down to the present time. With an account of the author's most important air-voyages and his many thrilling adventures and hairbreadth escapes. Also, an appendix, in which are given full instructions for the manufacture and management of balloons

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo7420
Author
Wise, John,
Date of Publication
1873.
Call Number
629.13322 W812t
  1 website  
Responsibility
By John Wise. Profusely illustrated.
Author
Wise, John,
Place of Publication
Philadelphia, New York, [etc.]
Publisher
To-day publishing company,
Date of Publication
1873.
Physical Description
650 p. incl. col. front., plates, ports., facsim. 24 cm.
Notes
An enlarged edition of the author's "System of aeronautics", issued in 1850.
John wise was an accomplished 19th century balloonist who lived in Lancaster, PA.
Subjects
Aeronautics
Balloons.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Rare Books
Call Number
629.13322 W812t
Websites
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Centennial biography : Men of mark of Cumberland Valley, Pa., 1776-1876

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo3825
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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The history of Pennsylvania from the earliest discovery to the present time. Including an account of the first settlements by the Dutch, Swedes, and English, and of the colony of William Penn, his treaty and pacific measures with the Indians; and the gradual advancement of the state to its present aspect of opulence, culture and refinement. By William Mason Cornell

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo3100
Author
Cornell, William Mason,
Date of Publication
1876.
Call Number
974.8009 C814
  1 website  
Author
Cornell, William Mason,
Place of Publication
Philadelphia
Publisher
Quaker City Pub. House,
Date of Publication
1876.
Physical Description
575, [1] p. illus. 24 cm.
Notes
Bibliography: p. [576]
Subjects
Pennsylvania - History.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
974.8009 C814
Websites
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Charter to William Penn, and laws of the province of Pennsylvania, passed between the years 1682 and 1700, preceded by Duke of York's laws in force from the year 1676 to the year 1682, with an Appendix containing laws relating to the organization of the provincial courts and historical matter

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo3413
Corporate Author
Zonnehof Cultureel Centrum.
Date of Publication
1879.
Call Number
340.9 C486
Responsibility
Pub. under the direction of John Blair Linn, Secretary of the Commonwealth. Comp. and ed. By Staughton George, Benjamin M. Nead, Thomas McCamant.
Corporate Author
Zonnehof Cultureel Centrum.
Place of Publication
Harrisburg
Publisher
L.S. Hart, State Printer,
Date of Publication
1879.
Physical Description
iv, 614 p. front. (port.) illus., facsims. (part fold.) 25 cm.
Notes
In pocket of volume is a "Fac-simile of the charter granted by Charles the Second to William Penn for the 'province of Pensilvania,' engraved from the original on file in the office of the secretary of the commonwealth."
Subjects
Pennsylvania. - Courts.
Law - Pennsylvania.
Pennsylvania - History - Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775.
New Sweden - History.
Additional Author
George, Staughton.
Nead, Benjamin Matthias,
McCamant, Thomas,
Additional Corporate Author
Pennsylvania.
Great Britain.
Pennsylvania. Secretary of the Commonwealth.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
340.9 C486
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"No license." The great pending question. Taxpayers! Look to your interests. What the liquor traffic costs the people. An address to the citizens of Lancaster County, adopted by the No-license Convention, held in Lancaster

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo20654
Date of Publication
1873 [?].
  1 website  
Place of Publication
Lancaster [?]
Date of Publication
1873 [?].
Notes
Signed: Herbert Thomas, president.
Subjects
Temperance - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Electronic Resources
Websites
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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

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo4121
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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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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Oration by Mr. John W. Forney : at the 101st celebration of American Independence, July 4, 1877, in the International Exhibition Building, Fairmount Park, by invitation of the Board of Managers

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo11976
Author
Forney, John W.
Date of Publication
1877.
Call Number
814 F727i
Author
Forney, John W.
Place of Publication
Philadelphia
Publisher
Vallette, Haslam,
Date of Publication
1877.
Physical Description
23 p. ; 23 cm.
Subjects
Fourth of July orations.
United States - History.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
814 F727i
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The devotional family Bible : containing the Old and New Testaments according to the most approved copies of the Authorized version, with practical and experimental reflections on each verse and rich marginal references and readings

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo19695
Date of Publication
[1872?]
Call Number
220 M651 1872
Responsibility
by the Rev. Alexander Fletcher, D.D.
Place of Publication
New York
Publisher
Virtue and Company,
Date of Publication
[1872?]
Physical Description
Vol. 1: [4], 908 p.: plates ; 37 cm.
Notes
Engraved frontispiece (Moses with the tablets of the law).
Plates engraved by Edwards, Hart, Armytage, Bannister, Greatbach, and others.
Date of publication from dedication on fly-leaf.
With the references arranged in a double central column, and the readings and reflections arranged in the form of foot-notes.
Viewing bibles contingent on staff availability, an appointment may be required.
Inscription on second flyleaf: "Eliza Sener Miller from her Husband Samuel Miller, Spring 1872."
Bound in stamped leather, blind tooled front and back; decorative gilt tooling on inner margins of covers; front cover detached.
Contents
V.1, Genesis-Psalms.
Subjects
Miller family - Bible.
Miller, Samuel.
Commentaries.
Illustrated works.
Additional Author
Fletcher, Alexander,
Location
Lancaster History Library - Bible
Call Number
220 M651 1872
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