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Gravestones of early New England and the men who made them, 1653-1800

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Author
Forbes, Harriette Merrifield,
Date of Publication
1955.
Call Number
736.5 F693
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by Harriette Merrifield Forbes, with illustrations from photographs by the author.
Author
Forbes, Harriette Merrifield,
Place of Publication
Princeton
Publisher
The Pyne Press,
Date of Publication
1955.
Physical Description
5 p. l., 141 p. front., plates. 27 cm.
Notes
"An unabridged republication of the first edition published by Houghton Mifflin Comapny in 1927, this Pyne Press edition is published by special arrangement with Houghton Miffiln Company."
Subjects
Sepulchral monuments - New England.
Sepulchral monuments - Massachusetts - Boston.
Stone-cutters - New England.
Boston (Mass.) - Buildings, structures, etc.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
736.5 F693
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Patriot's Day Ephrata, Penna., Sept. 11th, 1895 : 1777-1845

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Edition
[2nd ed.]
Date of Publication
1895?].
Call Number
974.815 EPHB P314a
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Edition
[2nd ed.]
Place of Publication
[Ephrata, Pa
Publisher
Monument Association,
Date of Publication
1895?].
Physical Description
32, 80 p. : ill., port. ; 23 cm.
Notes
Cover title.
Caption title: Patriot's Day at Ephrata, Pa.
Second paging sequence has own t.p. and was originally issued separately. Philadelphia : H. Ferkler, printer, 1894.
Advertising matter interspersed.
Contents
Programme -- Historical address : delivered at Ephrata on Patriot's Day 1894 / by A.F. Hostetter -- Memorial address : delivered at Ephrata, Pa., on Patriot's Day 1894 / by J.H. Dubbs -- History of Ephrata, Penna. / by D.R. Hertz.
Subjects
Soldiers' monuments - Pennsylvania - Ephrata.
Patriots' Day.
Ephrata (Pa.) - History.
United States - History - Revolution, 1775-1783 - Monuments.
Ephrata (Pa.) - Anniversaries, etc.
Pennsylvania - History - Revolution, 1775-1783 - Monuments.
Additional Author
Hostetter, A. F.
Dubbs, J. H.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
974.815 EPHB P314a
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Patriot's Day Ephrata, Penna., Sept. 11th, 1894

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Date of Publication
1894.
Call Number
974.815 EPHB P314
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Place of Publication
Philadelphia
Publisher
H. Ferkler, Printer,
Date of Publication
1894.
Physical Description
80 p. : ill., port. ; 23 cm.
Notes
Cover title.
Caption title: Patriot's Day at Ephrata, Pa.
Advertising matter interspersed.
Contents
Programme -- Historical address : delivered at Ephrata on Patriot's Day 1894 / by A.F. Hostetter -- Memorial address : delivered at Ephrata, Pa., on Patriot's Day 1894 / by J.H. Dubbs -- History of Ephrata, Penna. / by D.R. Hertz.
Subjects
Soldiers' monuments - Pennsylvania - Ephrata.
Patriots' Day.
Ephrata (Pa.) - History.
United States - History - Revolution, 1775-1783 - Monuments.
Ephrata (Pa.) - Anniversaries, etc.
Pennsylvania - History - Revolution, 1775-1783 - Monuments.
Additional Author
Hostetter, A. F.
Dubbs, J. H.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
974.815 EPHB P314
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History of the Donegal Church

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Author
Zeigler, J. L.
Date of Publication
1897
Donegal, Pa.)--History. Presbyterians--Pennsylvania--Lancaster County. Presbyterian Church--Pennsylvania--Lancaster County. Sepulchral monuments--Pennsylvania--Lancaster County. Cemeteries--Pennsylvania--Lancaster County. East Donegal (Pa. : Township)--History. Lancaster County (Pa.)--Church history
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by Dr. J. L. Ziegler.
Author
Zeigler, J. L.
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Lancaster County Historical Society,
Date of Publication
1897
Physical Description
[258]-279 p. ; 23 cm.
Series
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 1, no. 6
Subjects
Donegal Presbyterian Church (East Donegal, Pa.) - History.
Presbyterians - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
Presbyterian Church - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
Sepulchral monuments - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
Cemeteries - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
East Donegal (Pa. : Township) - History.
Lancaster County (Pa.) - Church history.
Contained In
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 1, number 6 (1897), p. 258-279Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.1
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The old Welsh graveyard

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Author
Owen, B. F.
Date of Publication
1897
/Pwebrecon.cgi.txt Author: Owen, B. F. Title: The old Welsh graveyard / by B. F. Owen. Primary Material: Book Subject(s): Old Welsh Graveyard (East Earl Township, Pa.) Cemeteries--Pennsylvania--Lancaster. Cemeteries--Pennsylvania--Lancaster County. Sepulchral monuments--Pennsylvania--Lancaster County. Welsh
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Responsibility
by B. F. Owen.
Author
Owen, B. F.
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Lancaster County Historical Society,
Date of Publication
1897
Physical Description
[361]-373 p. ; 23 cm.
Series
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 1, no. 9
Subjects
Old Welsh Graveyard (East Earl Township, Pa.)
Cemeteries - Pennsylvania - Lancaster.
Cemeteries - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
Sepulchral monuments - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
Welsh - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
Contained In
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 1, number 9 (1897), p. 361-373Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.1
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Epitaphs

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Author
Zell, Lydia D.
Date of Publication
1898
of kind towards kind, could not have produced it: In this same spirit we collect epitaphs: Epitaphs are not without general interest, as Is evi- denced by the number of collections of them which have been published in book form. A quaint inscription found upon a slab in St: James' Church, Piccadilly
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by Mrs. Lydia D. Zell.
Author
Zell, Lydia D.
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Lancaster County Historical Society,
Date of Publication
1898
Physical Description
[244]-247 p. ; 23 cm.
Series
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 2, no. 8
Subjects
Sepulchral monuments - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
Cemeteries - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
Epitaphs - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
Contained In
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 2, number 8 (1898), p. 244-247Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.2
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Centenary journal : Shaarai Shomayim 5617-5717 (1856-1957)

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Corporate Author
Congregation Shaarai Shomayim (Lancaster, Pa.)
Date of Publication
1957?]
Call Number
296.8 S524L
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Corporate Author
Congregation Shaarai Shomayim (Lancaster, Pa.)
Place of Publication
[Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Shaarai Shomayim,
Date of Publication
1957?]
Physical Description
40 p. : ill., ports. ; 23 cm.
Notes
"This centenary journal is dedicated to the men and women who, during the past one hundred years, gave of their heart and soul to the building of the Shaarai Shomayim House of God."
Subjects
Congregation Shaarai Shomayim (Lancaster, Pa.) - Anniversaries, etc.
Congregation Shaarai Shomayim (Lancaster, Pa.) - History.
Jews - Pennsylvania - Lancaster.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Lancaster County
Call Number
296.8 S524L
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The old Dutch burying ground of Sleepy Hollow in North Tarrytown, New York; a record of the early gravestones and their inscriptions

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Author
Perry, William Graves,
Date of Publication
1953.
Call Number
974.727 T192
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Author
Perry, William Graves,
Place of Publication
[Boston]
Date of Publication
1953.
Physical Description
175 p. illus., fold. map. 23 cm.
Notes
"Privately printed as a contribution ... to the permanent records of the First Reformed Church of Tarrytown, New York."
"In 1926 the History Research Society of the Tappan Zee had published ... 'The old Dutch burying ground of Sleepy Hollow' ... a partial record."
Subjects
Registers of births, etc. - New York (State) - Tarrytown.
Sleepy Hollow Cemetery (North Tarrytown, N.Y.)
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
974.727 T192
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Yearbook and directory of St. Paul's Reformed Church (Evangelical and Reformed) : Duke and Orange Streets, Lancaster, Pa

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Date of Publication
1950.
Call Number
285.8 S149La 1950
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Alternate Title
Program of the one hundredth anniversary of the founding of the church.
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Rudisill and Smith Co,,
Date of Publication
1950.
Physical Description
63 p. : ill., ports. ; 23 cm.
Notes
Cover title.
Subjects
St. Paul's Evangelical and Reformed Church (Lancaster, Pa.) - Anniversaries, etc.
St. Paul's Evangelical and Reformed Church (Lancaster, Pa.) - History.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Lancaster County
Call Number
285.8 S149La 1950
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A history of the Garden Spot High School area

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Date of Publication
1958
Call Number
975.815 EARL H674
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Responsibility
by the Garden Spot Chapter Pennsylvania Federation of Junior Historians
Place of Publication
[S.l
Publisher
s.n.] ;
Date of Publication
1958
Physical Description
27 p. ; 15 cm.
Notes
Includes advertising
Subjects
Pennsylvania Federation of Junior Historians
New Holland (Pa.) - History
Terre Hill (Pa.) - History
Brecknock Township - Lancaster County, Pa. - History
Caernarvon Township - Lancaster County, Pa. - History
Earl Township - Lancaster County, Pa. - History
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
975.815 EARL H674
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Early Marriage Records, Lancaster County, Pa. : copies as shown on church records Trinity Lutheran Church, New Holland; Zion Lutheran Church, Manheim Boro and St. John's Lutheran Church, Maytown

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Date of Publication
April 1951
Call Number
284.1 E121
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Responsibility
prepared by the Donegal Chapter of the DAR, Lancaster Pennsylvania.
Place of Publication
Typescript
Date of Publication
April 1951
Physical Description
20 p. : 29 cm.
Notes
Indexed.
Marriages, Trinity Lutheran, 1730-1752; Zion Lutheran, 1780-1812 and St. John's 1827-1832.
Rineer's "Churches and Cemeteries of Lancaster County ", Trinity pg. 336 #2A; Zion Evangelical pg. 261 #3 and St. John's Evangelical pg. 117 #3.
Subjects
Trinity Lutheran Church (New Holland, Pa.)
Zion Evangelical Lutheran Church (Manheim, Pa.)
St. John's Evangelical Lutheran Church (Maytown, Pa.)
Registers of births, etc. - Pennsylvania - New Holland
Registers of births, etc. - Pensylvania - Manheim
Registers of births, etc - Pennsylvania - Maytown
Location
Lancaster History Library - Church Record
Call Number
284.1 E121
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Pennsylvania German tombstones : A study in folk art

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Author
Barba, Preston Albert,
Date of Publication
c1954.
Call Number
905.748 PGFS v.18
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by Preston A. Barba. Drawings by Eleanor Barba.
Author
Barba, Preston Albert,
Place of Publication
Allentown, Pa
Publisher
Pennsylvania German Folklore Society,
Date of Publication
c1954.
Physical Description
v. 232 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Series
Pennsylvania German Society (Yearbook) v. 18.
Notes
Bibliography : p. 29-30.
Subjects
Sepulchral monuments - Pennsylvania
Cemeteries - Pennsylvania
Germans - Pennsylvania.
Additional Corporate Author
Barba, Eleanor.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
905.748 PGFS v.18
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The oldest daily paper of Lancaster County

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Author
Diffenderffer, Frank Ried,
Date of Publication
1897
no more inter- esting chapter in our local history than that which shall fully go into the details of the newspaper history of Lancaster county. There cannot be a more fruitful or interesting field. Has any one here any idea of the number of newspapers and other publications that have been born in
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Responsibility
by F. R. Diffenderffer.
Author
Diffenderffer, Frank Ried,
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Lancaster County Historical Society,
Date of Publication
1897
Physical Description
[72]-84 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Series
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 1, no. 3
Subjects
Lancaster Gazette (Lancaster, Pa.)
American newspapers - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
German American newspapers - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
Lancaster County (Pa.) - History - 18th century.
Lancaster County (Pa.) - History - 19th century.
Contained In
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 1, number 3 (1897), p. 72-84Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.1
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Wheatland centennial celebration : commemorating the 100th anniversary of the election of James Buchanan 15th president of the United States 1856-1956

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Date of Publication
1956?]
Call Number
728.37 W557c
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Place of Publication
[S.l
Publisher
S.n.,
Date of Publication
1956?]
Physical Description
[10] p. : ill. (some col.) ; 29 cm. + reprint ([8] p. : ill. (some col.) ; 28 cm.)
Notes
Cover title.
Includes the Wheatland commemorative stamp.
"Reprint from American Heritage, Volume 5, number 3, published by the American Association for State and Local History"--P. [8] of reprint.
Subjects
Buchanan, James, - 1791-1868.
Wheatland (Lancaster, Pa.)
Historic buildings - Pennsylvania - Lancaster.
Postage stamps - Pennsylvania - Lancaster.
Additional Corporate Author
James Buchanan Foundation for the Preservation of Wheatland.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Lancaster County
Call Number
728.37 W557c
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The labor leader

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Date of Publication
1892-
Call Number
Drawer #18, Sec. 1
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Alternate Title
Lancaster labor leader
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
[s.n.],
Date of Publication
1892-
Physical Description
v. : ill. (chiefly advertisements) ; 53 cm.
Publication Frequency
Weekly
Dates of Publication
Vol. 1, no. 1 (Jan. 30, 1892)-
Ceased in 1919?
Notes
LCHS has: Jan. 1896 - Sept. 1917.
Labeled on box N101-N105.
See Bound Newspaper Database for additional issues.
Subjects
Labor - Pennsylvania - Lancaster - Newspapers.
Lancaster (Pa.) - Newspapers.
Additional Corporate Author
Lancaster Central Labor Union.
Place
United States Pennsylvania Lancaster Lancaster.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Microfilm
Call Number
Drawer #18, Sec. 1
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James Buchanan, "Big wheel" of the railroads

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Author
Sprout, Oliver S.
Date of Publication
1952.
receiving a charter to construct the Columbia, Lancaster and Philadelphia Railroad, capitalized for $650,000, with permission to in- crease that figure to one million dollars. (5) Included in that group were James Buchanan, General George Porter, member of the Legislature, and Amos Ellmaker, all of
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by Oliver S. Sprout.
Author
Sprout, Oliver S.
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Lancaster County Historical Society,
Date of Publication
1952.
Physical Description
[21]-34 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Series
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 56, no. 2
Subjects
Buchanan, James, - 1791-1868.
Columbia, Lancaster and Philadelphia Railroad (Pa.)
Harrisburg, Portsmouth, Mt. Joy and Lancaster Railroad Company (Pa.)
Pennsylvania Railroad.
Canals - Pennsylvania
Contained In
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 56, number 2 (1952), p. 21-34Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.56
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Orange street

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Author
Reninger, Marion Wallace,
Date of Publication
1954.
Call Number
974.815 LACI R413o
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Responsibility
Marion Wallace Reninger.
Author
Reninger, Marion Wallace,
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Rudisill & co.,
Date of Publication
1954.
Physical Description
82 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Contents
Chapters : " Panorama " --- " Peggy Shippen " --- " Properties " --- "Processions " --- " Presidential Romance " --- " People " --- "Prisoner and Counterfeiter " --- " Philanthropists "
Summary
The book is written about an old street in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, on which many historic and interesting events took place - from before the Revolutionary War up to the present time. This series of sketches recounts stories of national interest as well as local tradition. [from the foreward]
Subjects
Kepler family.
North family.
Shand family.
Kendig, William.
Arnold, Margaret Shippen
Shippen family.
Passmore, John.
Andre, John.
Marshall, Christopher.
Coleman, Ann
Jacobs, William.
Reilly, Richard M.
Smith, Amos Herr.
Henry, Ann Wood.
Stevens, Thaddeus
Buchanan, James
Hensel, W. U.
Rettew, Mary
Long, Catherine.
Williamson, Henry S.
Watt, Peter T.
Orange Street (Lancaster, Pa.)
Lancaster (Pa.) - Streets.
Memoirs.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
974.815 LACI R413o
Websites
https://archive.org/details/ReningerOrangeStreet1954
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Wheatland, 1848-1868; the home of James Buchanan

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Author
Butler, Joseph Thomas.
Date of Publication
1957.
Call Number
728.37 B985
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Author
Butler, Joseph Thomas.
Place of Publication
Delaware
Publisher
Univ. of Delaware,
Date of Publication
1957.
Physical Description
57 p. ; 28 cm.
Notes
Bibliography:
. 53-57.
Contents
2 pgs missing; pages from unknown document in their place.
Subjects
Buchanan, James, - 1791-1868.
Wheatland (Lancaster, Pa.)
Historic buildings - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Lancaster County
Call Number
728.37 B985
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Address in commemoration of the inauguration of George Washington as first president of the United States, delivered before the two houses of Congress, December 11, 1889

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Author
Fuller, Melville Weston,
Date of Publication
1890.
Call Number
923.173 W318fu
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Responsibility
by Melville Weston Fuller, chief-justice of the United States.
Author
Fuller, Melville Weston,
Place of Publication
Washington
Publisher
Govt. Print. Off.,
Date of Publication
1890.
Physical Description
39 p. 24 cm.
Subjects
Washington, George, - 1732-1799 - Anniversaries, etc.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
923.173 W318fu
Websites
https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=loc.ark:/13960/t02z1nx3v&view=1up&seq=7
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The centennial brochure of St. Paul's Evangelical and Reformed Church : Quarryville, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania

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Date of Publication
1952.
Call Number
285.8 C397
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Place of Publication
Quarryville, PA
Publisher
The Church,
Date of Publication
1952.
Physical Description
50 p. : ill., ports. ; 23 cm.
Notes
Cover title: 100th anniversary of the founding, cornerstone laying, dedication and first communion service.
Printed by Ensinger Printing Service, Adamstown, PA.
Subjects
St. Paul's Evangelical and Reformed Church (Quarryville, Pa.) - Anniversaries, etc.
St. Paul's Evangelical and Reformed Church (Quarryville, Pa.) - History.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Lancaster County
Call Number
285.8 C397
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