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Estate of Thaddeus Stevens, deceased : audit, notes of testimony

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo22231
Date of Publication
1893.
Call Number
923.2 S846e
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Place of Publication
Lancaster, PA
Publisher
Examiner Pub. House,
Date of Publication
1893.
Physical Description
105 pages ; 23 cm
Subjects
Stevens, Thaddeus, - 1792-1868 - Estate.
Stevens, Thaddeus, - 1792-1868
Decedents' estates.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
923.2 S846e
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The ladies of the White House, or, In the home of the presidents : being a complete history of the social and domestic lives of the presidents from Washington to the present time

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo1678
Author
Holloway, Laura C.
Date of Publication
1881.
Call Number
920.7 H745
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by Laura C. Holloway.
Author
Holloway, Laura C.
Place of Publication
Philadelphia
Publisher
Bradley, Garretson,
Date of Publication
1881.
Physical Description
736 p., [30] leaves of plates : ill., ports. ; 23 cm.
Summary
Biographical sketches of the First Ladies of the White House from presidents Washington to Garfield.
Subjects
Johnston, Harriet Lane, - 1830-1903.
Presidents - United States
Women
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
920.7 H745
Websites
https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=gri.ark:/13960/t1mh0kz1w&view=1up&seq=13
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The survival of the medieval art of illuminative writing among Pennsylvania Germans

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo18416
Author
Mercer, Henry C.,
Date of Publication
1897]
Call Number
096 M534
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Henry C. Mercer.
Author
Mercer, Henry C.,
Place of Publication
[Doylestown, Pa
Publisher
Bucks County Historical Society,
Date of Publication
1897]
Physical Description
[423]-432 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Subjects
Illumination of books and manuscripts.
Pennsylvania Dutch.
Additional Corporate Author
Marian S. Carson Collection (Library of Congress)
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
096 M534
Websites
https://archive.org/details/jstor-983391/page/n1/mode/2up
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Catalogue of the Lancaster Law Library

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo19740
Corporate Author
Lancaster Law Library Association.
Date of Publication
1883.
Call Number
016.34 C357 1883
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Alternate Title
Lancaster Law Library
Corporate Author
Lancaster Law Library Association.
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
J.A. Hiestand, printer ,
Date of Publication
1883.
Physical Description
55, 18 p. ; 22 cm.
Notes
Catalogue of Yeates library: 18 p. at end.
Library copy has no cover title or title page.
The Jasper Yeates Colonial Law Library is housed in the Library of LancasterHistory.org. Catalog for the collection at LC 016.34 Y41.
Subjects
Yeates, Jasper, - 1745-1817.
Law - Bibliography - Catalogs.
Catalogs, Law library.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Lancaster County
Call Number
016.34 C357 1883
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Shall Pennsylvania be Mississippi-ized? : Speech of Hon. John H. Landis in the House of Representatives, July 24, 1883

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo15027
Author
Landis, John H. ,
Date of Publication
1883?
Call Number
814 L257s
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Responsibility
by John H. Landis.
Author
Landis, John H. ,
Place of Publication
[s.l
Publisher
s.n.]
Date of Publication
1883?
Physical Description
8 p. ; 22 cm.
Notes
At head of title: Gov. Pattison's extra sessions.
Subjects
Representative government and representation - Pennsylvania.
Apportionment (Election law) - Pennsylvania.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
814 L257s
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Life of James Buchanan, fifteenth President of the United States

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo1045
Author
Curtis, George Ticknor,
Date of Publication
1883.
Call Number
923.173 B918c
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Responsibility
by George Ticknor Curtis ...
Author
Curtis, George Ticknor,
Place of Publication
New York
Publisher
Harper & Brothers,
Date of Publication
1883.
Physical Description
2 v. fronts. (ports.) 23 cm.
Notes
Includes note of explanation on p. 625-626 of v. 1, not found in another issue of the same year.
Subjects
Buchanan, James, - 1791-1868.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
923.173 B918c
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Purpart E in the partition of the Cornwall estate allotted to Anne C. Alden, Marg C. Freeman and Sarah H. Coleman Dec. 31st 1881

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo8433
Date of Publication
1881 ?]
Call Number
974.815 LACO 131
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Place of Publication
[s.l
Publisher
s.n. ,
Date of Publication
1881 ?]
Physical Description
1 plan : ms., col. ; 29 x 49 cm.
Notes
"Kendal Bros. Reading, Pa. "
Situation date : 1881.
Includes index.
Subjects
Cornwall Estate - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County
Cornwall Estate (Lancaster County, Pa. )
Location
Lancaster History Library - Map
Call Number
974.815 LACO 131
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The prize painting book, Good times

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/18074270
Author
Wheeler, Dora.
Date of Publication
c1881.
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Responsibility
pictures by Dora Wheeler ; words by Candace Wheeler.
Author
Wheeler, Dora.
Place of Publication
New York
Publisher
White & Stokes, Publishers,
Date of Publication
c1881.
Physical Description
64 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 24 cm.
Notes
The words are in verse.
Title page illustrated in colors; facing page with outline of the same design.
Some of the outline pages in the text are accompanied by the same illustration colored to serve as guides to the student.
Illustrations were colored in.
Subjects
Coloring books.
Additional Author
Wheeler, Candace,
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Catalogue of the Mechanics' Library Association of Lancaster, Penna

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo206
Date of Publication
1884.
Call Number
020 M486
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Place of Publication
Lancaster
Publisher
Press of Inquirer Printing Company
Date of Publication
1884.
Physical Description
unp. 14 cm.
Notes
Instituted 1828.
Supplement 1 entitled Catalogue of Mechanics' Library Society of Lancaster City, with Supplement containing list of books purchased from 1884 to 1889 inclusive (1890); Supplement 2 entitled Supplement to catalogue of Mechanics' Library Society of Lancaster City,containing list of books purchased from 1889 to 1889 inclusive (1890).
Subjects
Library catalogs - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
Mechanics' Library, Lancaster, Pa.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Rare Books
Call Number
020 M486
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Acts of Assembly concerning the Lancaster, Elizabethtown and Middletown Turnpike Road

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo13647
Corporate Author
Pennsylvania. General Assembly.
Date of Publication
1893.
Call Number
625.71 E43
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Corporate Author
Pennsylvania. General Assembly.
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Printed by John Baer,
Date of Publication
1893.
Physical Description
17 p. ; 23 cm.
Subjects
Highway law - Pennsylvania.
Roads - Pennsylvania.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
625.71 E43
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Lilliput Land : or, The children's peep-show

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/2013
Date of Publication
[c. 1880]
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Alternate Title
Lilliput land or, peep-show for the young.
Pleasure book for the young.
Responsibility
edited by the author of "Lilliput Levee" (William Brighty Rands).
Place of Publication
New York
Publisher
Baker, Pratt & Co.
Date of Publication
[c. 1880]
Physical Description
383 pages : illustrations (black and white) and music scores ; 25 cm
Notes
Inscribed: "Lillian M. Sprecher / bought at / South Bend, IN. Oct. 1881."
Contents
300 illustrations; contains index.
Subjects
Children's literature.
Literature - Collections.
Poetry.
Short stories.
Additional Author
Rands, William Brighty,
Additional Corporate Author
Baker, Pratt & Co.,
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Travels in the years 1791 and 1792 in Pennsylvania, New York and Vermont; journals of John Lincklaen, agent of the Holland land company

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo4300
Author
Lincklaen, John,
Date of Publication
1897.
Call Number
974.80091 L736
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Responsibility
with a biographical sketch and notes.
Author
Lincklaen, John,
Place of Publication
New York, London
Publisher
G.P. Putnam's Sons,
Date of Publication
1897.
Physical Description
1 p. ø., xi, 162, 4 p. ports., fold. maps, facsim. 22 cm.
Notes
500 copies printed.
Edited by Helen L. Fairchild.
"List of principal authorities consulted": p. ix-xi.
Subjects
Holland Purchase.
Pennsylvania - Description and travel.
New York (State) - Description and travel.
Vermont - Description and travel.
Additional Author
Fairchild, Helen L.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
974.80091 L736
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Hand-book of political information : containing the Declaration of Independence, Constitution of the United States and Pennsylvania, election laws of the State of Pennsylvania, officers of the general and state governments

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo17664
Date of Publication
1888.
Call Number
352 H236
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Responsibility
compiled by John H. Landis.
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
New Era Printing House ,
Date of Publication
1888.
Physical Description
143 p. : ill. ; 18 cm.
Notes
Includes advertisements.
Subjects
Federal government - United States.
United States - Politics and government.
Pennsylvania - Politics and government.
Lancaster (Pa.) - Politics and government.
Additional Author
Landis, John H.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Lancaster County
Call Number
352 H236
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Constitution and by laws of the Mechanics' Library Association

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo9675
Date of Publication
1888
Call Number
020 M486c
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Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Lancaster Intelligencer Print,
Date of Publication
1888
Physical Description
11 pgs.; 19 cm.
Subjects
Mechanics Library Association (Lancaster, Pa.).
Libraries - Pennsylvania - Lancaster.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Lancaster County
Call Number
020 M486c
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In memoriam, David Buchanan Wilson

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo12534
Author
M.K.B.
Date of Publication
ca 1885.
Call Number
922.3 W742
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Author
M.K.B.
Place of Publication
Philadelphia
Publisher
Times Printint House ,
Date of Publication
ca 1885.
Physical Description
12 p. ; 18 cm.
Subjects
Willson, David Buchanan, - 1849-1882.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
922.3 W742
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The Republican manual : history, principles, early leaders, achievements of the Republican Party : with biographical sketches of James A. Garfield and Chester A. Arthur

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo1730
Author
Smalley, E. V.
Date of Publication
1880.
Call Number
329.6 S635
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Responsibility
by E.V. Smalley.
Author
Smalley, E. V.
Place of Publication
New York
Publisher
American Bk. Exchange,
Date of Publication
1880.
Physical Description
341 p., [2] leaves of plates : ports. ; 16 cm.
Subjects
Garfield, James A. - 1831-1881.
Arthur, Chester Alan, - 1829-1886.
Republican Party (U.S. : 1854- ) - History.
Campaign literature.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
329.6 S635
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Colonel James Crawford, a Revolutionary soldier

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo4398
Author
Shaeffer, J. W.
Date of Publication
1899
confirm army officers. In December, 1777, General Anthony Wayne's troops were in camp at Mount Joy, Lancaster county, Pa., and were suffering severely from want of clothing. Col. James Crawford was designated by Congress as one of a committee to procure blankets and clothing for the perishing patriots
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Responsibility
by J. W. Shaeffer.
Author
Shaeffer, J. W.
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Lancaster County Historical Society,
Date of Publication
1899
Physical Description
[17]-19 p. ; 23 cm.
Series
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 3, no. 1
Subjects
Crawford, James, - 1724-1804.
Lancaster County (Pa.) - History - 17th century.
Contained In
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 3, number 1 (1899), p. 17-19Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.3
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Biography of James G. Blaine

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo3520
Author
Hamilton, Gail,
Date of Publication
1895.
Call Number
923.273 B634d
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by Gail Hamilton.
Author
Hamilton, Gail,
Place of Publication
Norwich, Conn
Publisher
H. Bill Pub. Co., ;
Date of Publication
1895.
Physical Description
iv, 722 p., [20] leaves of plates : ill., ports. ; 24 cm.
Summary
The author is the cousin of Mr Blaine's wife.James Blaine was born in West Brownsville,Pa in 1830 . He moved to Maine after college. He died in 1893.Chapters discuss his service in the U.S. House of Representatives where he was Speaker of the House for 6 years ; also his service in the U.S. Senate and his time as U.S. Secretary of State.No bibliography or footnotes
Subjects
Blaine, James Gillespie, - 1830-1893.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
923.273 B634d
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The life of James Gillespie Blaine. By John H. Landis and Israel Smith Clare

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Author
Landis, John Herr,
Edition
Rev. ed.
Date of Publication
1884.
Call Number
923.273 B634L
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Author
Landis, John Herr,
Edition
Rev. ed.
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
New Era printing house,
Date of Publication
1884.
Physical Description
iv, 270 p. front. (port.) 19 cm.
Subjects
Blaine, James Gillespie, - 1830-1893.
Logan, John A.
Additional Author
Clare, Israel Smith,
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
923.273 B634L
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A few incidents in the life of Professor James P. Espy

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo3922
Author
Morehead, L. M.
Date of Publication
1888.
Call Number
923.7 E77m
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Responsibility
by his niece, Mrs. L.M. Morehead.
Author
Morehead, L. M.
Place of Publication
Cincinnati
Publisher
R. Clarke & Co., Printers,
Date of Publication
1888.
Physical Description
5-22 p. ; 19 cm.
Summary
Mrs L.M. Moorehead wrote this short memoir of the life of her uncle James Pollard Espy. Mr Espy was born in Cumberland County in Pennsylvania in 1785. He trained as a lawyer and taught school for a time, but was best known for his work as a meteorologist. He worked at this for the U.S. War Department and the U.S. Navy. He continued this work at the Smithsonian Institute.Mr Espy developed a theory about the science of cloud formation and how storms were born. He began the use of the telegraph to collect weather data. His book "The Philosophy of Storms " was published in 1841.
Subjects
Espy, James P. - 1785-1860.
Meteorologists - United States.
Cumberland County (Pa.) - History.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
923.7 E77m
Websites
https://play.google.com/books/reader?id=0dE4AAAAMAAJ&printsec=frontcover&pg=GBS.PA7
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