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History of the Philadelphia and Lancaster Turnpike : the first long turnpike in the United States

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Author
Landis, Charles Israel ,
Date of Publication
1919.
Call Number
905.748 HSP, vols. 42 & 43
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Responsibility
Charles I. Landis.
Author
Landis, Charles Israel ,
Place of Publication
Philadelphia, Pa
Publisher
Historical Society of Pennsylvania ,
Date of Publication
1919.
Physical Description
pp. 84-90 , 182-190 : ill. ; 23 cm.
Notes
This article was serialized across several issues. This record provides links to each installment. Most of the links are from the publisher's official online repository, although two parts were only available on the HathiTrust online depository.
In: Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography, volumes 42 (p. 1-28, 127-140, 235-258, & 358-360) & 43 (p. 84-90 and 182-190).
Summary
The author writes about the " Kings Highway ", the first road from Philadelphia to the Lancaster area, and he then recounts the building of the Philadelphia to Lancaster Turnpike. The third part of his article describes the various taverns and points of interest along the Lancaster County portion of the Turnpike.
Subjects
Philadelphia and Lancaster Turnpike Road Company.
Roads - Pennsylvania.
Toll roads - Pennsylvania.
Phladelphia and Lancaster Turnpike Road.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Periodical Article
Call Number
905.748 HSP, vols. 42 & 43
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History of the Philadelphia and Lancaster Turnpike : the first long turnpike in the United States

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Author
Landis, Charles Israel ,
Date of Publication
1918.
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Responsibility
Charles I. Landis.
Author
Landis, Charles Israel ,
Place of Publication
Philadelphia, Pa
Publisher
Historical Society of Pennsylvania ,
Date of Publication
1918.
Physical Description
pp. 1-28 : ill. ; 23 cm.
Notes
In: Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography, v.42.
This record provides a link to this resuorce on the publisher's official online repository.
Subjects
Philadelphia and Lancaster Turnpike Road Company.
Toll roads - Pennsylvania.
Philadelphia and Lancaster Turmpike Road.
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A list of the original Lancaster subscribers to the capital stock of the Philadelphia Turnpike

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Author
Landis, Charles Israel,
Date of Publication
1918
stock of the Philadelphia Turnpike / by Charles I. Landis. Primary Material: Book Subject(s): Roads--Pennsylvania--History. Stocks--Pennsylvania--Lancaster. Philadelphia and Lancaster Turnpike Road. Publisher: Lancaster, Pa. : Lancaster County Historical Society, 1918 Description: 93-100 p. ; 23 cm
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Responsibility
by Charles I. Landis.
Author
Landis, Charles Israel,
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Lancaster County Historical Society,
Date of Publication
1918
Physical Description
93-100 p. ; 23 cm.
Series
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 22, no. 6
Subjects
Roads - Pennsylvania
Stocks - Pennsylvania - Lancaster.
Philadelphia and Lancaster Turnpike Road.
Contained In
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 22, number 6 (1918), p. 93-100Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.22
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The first long turnpike in the United States

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Author
Landis, Charles I.
Date of Publication
1917.
Call Number
974.802823 L257
Author
Landis, Charles I.
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Date of Publication
1917.
Physical Description
3 pt. illus., plates, plans (part fold.) 25 cm.
Series
Papers read before the Lancaster County historical society ... October 6 [November 3 and December 1] 1916. vol. xx, nos. 8-10
Notes
Pt. 3 has title: Survey of the Philadelphia and Lancaster turnpike road.
"Minutes of the October meeting": p. 227-228. "Minutes of the November meeting": p. 259. "Minutes of the December meeting": p. 341-342.
Subjects
Philadelphia and Lancaster turnpike.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
974.802823 L257
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Author
Evans, Allen
Date of Publication
1918.
Call Number
386 E82
Responsibility
by Allen Evans.
Author
Evans, Allen
Place of Publication
[s.l
Publisher
s.n.]
Date of Publication
1918.
Notes
Read at the meeting of the Numismatic and Antiquarian Society of Philadelphia, November 18, 1918.
Subjects
Montgomery County
Chester County
Lancaster County
Roads - Pennsylvania
Old Gulph Road (Montgomery County, Pa.)
Old Gulph Road (Chester County, Pa.)
Old Gulph Road (Lancaster County, Pa.)
Pennsylvania - Transportation.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
386 E82
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The Whitehills and Robert Jenkins in Congress

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Author
Clark, Martha Bladen.
Date of Publication
1911
the Farmers' Bank, of Lancaster. He filled the office of Prosecuting Attor- ney for Lancaster county, being ap- pointed in 1817. He was also Re- corder of the Mayor's Court from 1848 and 1849. He married Mary Hubley, daughter of Lieutenant- Colonel Adam Hubley,of the Eleventh Pennsylvania Battalion of
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Responsibility
by Miss Martha B. Clark.
Author
Clark, Martha Bladen.
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Lancaster County Historical Society,
Date of Publication
1911
Physical Description
266-273 p. ; 23 cm.
Series
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 15, no. 9
Subjects
Whitehill, John, - 1729-1805.
Whitehill, James, - 1762-1822.
Whitehill, Robert, - 1735-1813.
Jenkins, Robert, - 1769-1848.
Legislators - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
Lancaster County (Pa.) - Biography.
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Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 15, number 9 (1911), p. 266-273Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.15
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The story of Caernarvon

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Author
Lincoln, J. B.
Date of Publication
1914
the fam- ily, especially to one of the male mem- bers, whom I remembered very well in my boyhood days. In the course of conversation she remarked that she was a native of Lancaster county, and further inquiry led to the fact that at one time she lived at Windsor Man- sion, when it was in its bloom
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Responsibility
by J. B. Lincoln, M.D.
Author
Lincoln, J. B.
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Lancaster County Historical Society,
Date of Publication
1914
Physical Description
59-79 p. ; 23 cm.
Series
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 18, no. 3
Summary
Caernarvon is the easternmost township of Lancaster County, PA. The article, written in 1914, describes the geography, people, houses, and industry of the past.
Subjects
Episcopal Church of Bangor (Churchtown, Pa.)
Episcopal Church - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
Iron industry and trade - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
Mills and mill-work - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
Caernarvon (Lancaster County, Pa. : Township) - Description and travel.
Caernarvon (Lancaster County, Pa. : Township) - History.
Churchtown (Pa.)
Contained In
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 18, number 3 (1914), p. 59-79Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.18
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Short sketches of the president judges of Lancaster County whose portraits have been placed in the county court house, by Hon. Charles I. Landis

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Author
Landis, Charles I.
Date of Publication
1913.
Call Number
923.4 L257
Author
Landis, Charles I.
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Press of the New era printing company,
Date of Publication
1913.
Physical Description
20 p. 24 cm.
Notes
Biographical sketches include: William Augustus Atlee, John Joseph Henry, Walter Franklin, Oristus Collins, Benjamin Champneys, Ellis Lewis, Henry Grimler Long, John Boyd Livingston.
Subjects
Judges - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
Lancaster County (Pa.) - Biography.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
923.4 L257
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Short sketches of the president judges of Lancaster County whose portraits have been placed in the county court house, by Hon. Charles I. Landis

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Author
Landis, Charles I.
Date of Publication
1913.
Call Number
343.334 L257
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Author
Landis, Charles I.
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Press of the New era Print. Co.,
Date of Publication
1913.
Physical Description
20 p. 24 cm.
Notes
Rebound in one-quarter brown leather and linen with marbled end papers.
Rebound with original letters from the judges, signatures cut from other documents affixed under photrographs of the judges, inerspersed photograms and engravings taken from other texts.
With: History of the District Court of the city and county of Lancaster / Charles I Landis. Lancaster, Pa. : The New Era Printing Company, 1914.
Subjects
Judges - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
Lancaster County (Pa.) - Biography.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Rare Books
Call Number
343.334 L257
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The Lancaster Stage Dispatch

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Author
Landis, Charles Israel,
Date of Publication
1915
give to you the result of my inquiries concerning this subject. I know you will pardon all deficiencies. Dr. Julius F. Sachse, in his inter- esting article, entitled "Wayside Inns on the Lancaster Pike," published in volumes 21 and 22 of the proceedings of the Pennsylvania German Society, says that in
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Responsibility
by Judge Charles I. Landis.
Author
Landis, Charles Israel,
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Lancaster County Historical Society,
Date of Publication
1915
Physical Description
127-152 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Series
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 19, no. 5
Subjects
Lancaster Stage Dispatch (Lancaster, Pa.)
Roads - Pennsylvania
Coaching - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
Transportation - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County
Contained In
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 19, number 5 (1915), p. 127-152Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.19
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