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History of the Underground railroad in Chester and the neighboring counties of Pennsylvania

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo4319
Author
Smedley, Robert C.,
Date of Publication
1883.
Call Number
973.7115 S637
Responsibility
By R.C. Smedley, M.D. ...
Author
Smedley, Robert C.,
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Office of the Journal,
Date of Publication
1883.
Physical Description
3 p. ø., [ix]-xxiv, [25]-407 p. front., illus., ports. 19 cm.
Notes
African American resources at Lancaster County Historical Society.
Subjects
Underground railroad - Pennsylvania.
African Americans - Pennsylvania
Abolitionists - Pennsylvania - Biography.
Fugitive salves - Pennsylvania
Chester County (Pa.) - Biography.
Chester County (Pa.) - History.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Rare Books
Call Number
973.7115 S637
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A Christmas reminder : being the names of about eight thousand persons, a small portion of the number confined on board the British prison ships during the war of the Revolution

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo1583
Corporate Author
Society of Old Brooklynites (Brooklyn, New York, N.Y.)
Date of Publication
1888.
Call Number
973.371 B872
  1 website  
Responsibility
with the compliments of the Society of Old Brooklynites.
Corporate Author
Society of Old Brooklynites (Brooklyn, New York, N.Y.)
Place of Publication
Brooklyn, N.Y
Publisher
Eagle print.,
Date of Publication
1888.
Physical Description
61 p. ; 23 cm.
Subjects
Jersey (Prison-ship)
Great Britain. - Royal Navy - Prisons.
Prison Ship Martyrs Monument (Brooklyn, New York, N.Y.)
Prison hulks - New York (State) - New York.
Prisoners of war - United States.
United States - History - Revolution, 1775-1783 - Prisoners and prisons.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
973.371 B872
Websites
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Reports of the United German Evangelical Lutheran congregations in North America, specially in Pennsylvania; with preface by Dr. John Ludwig Schulze ... Volume I

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo12393
Corporate Author
Hallesche Nachrichten.
Date of Publication
[c1882]
Call Number
284.1 R425 1882
Corporate Author
Hallesche Nachrichten.
Place of Publication
Reading, Pa
Publisher
Pilger Book-Store
Date of Publication
[c1882]
Physical Description
220 p. illus. 22 cm.
Notes
Added t.p.: Halle reports. New ed., with extensive historical, critical and literary annotations, and numerous documents, copied from the manuscripts in the archives of the Francke institutions at Halle. By Rev. W.J. Mann ... and Rev. B.M. Schmucker ... assisted by Rev. W. Germann ... Translated from the German by Rev. C.W. Schaeffer ...
No more published.
Reports of the Lutheran pastors in Pennsylvania to the authorities in Halle. This translation contains the first "Brief report" and the first and second "continuations."
Subjects
Lutheran Church in the United States - History - Sources.
Evangelical Lutheran Ministerium of Pennsylvania and the Adjacent States - History - Sources.
Additional Author
Mann, W. J.
Schmucker, B. M.
Germann, Wilhelm,
Schaeffer, Charles William,
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
284.1 R425 1882
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Journal of Capt. Jonathan Heart on the march with his company from Connecticut to Fort Pitt, in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, from the seventh of September, to the twelfth of October, 1785, inclusive : to which is added the Dickinson-Harmar correspondence of 1784-5 ; the whole illustrated with notes and preceded by a biographical sketch of Captain Heart by Consul Willshire Butterfield

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo3954
Author
Heart, Jonathan,
Date of Publication
1885.
Call Number
923.5 H436b
Author
Heart, Jonathan,
Place of Publication
Albany
Publisher
J. Munsell's Sons,
Date of Publication
1885.
Physical Description
xv, 94 p. ; 22 cm.
Notes
"Edition of 150 copies."
Includes Dickinson-Harmar correspondence of 1784-5.
Subjects
Heart, Jonathan, - 1748-1791.
United States. - Army. - Infantry, 1st.
Indians of North America - Ohio River Valley.
Ohio River Valley - History.
Pennsylvania - Description and travel.
Pittsburgh (Pa.) - History.
United States - History - Confederation, 1783-1789.
Additional Author
Butterfield, Consul Willshire,
Dickinson, John,
Harmar, Josiah,
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
923.5 H436b
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Register of the Commandery of the State of Pennsylvania from April 15, 1865 to May 5, 1887

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo4483
Corporate Author
Military Order of the Loyal Legion of the United States. Commandery of the State of Pennsylvania.
Date of Publication
1887.
Call Number
974.8033 M644
Responsibility
John P. Nicholson, recorder.
Corporate Author
Military Order of the Loyal Legion of the United States. Commandery of the State of Pennsylvania.
Place of Publication
Philadelphia
Publisher
The Commandery,
Date of Publication
1887.
Physical Description
179, [10] p. ; 22 cm.
Notes
Includes index.
Subjects
Military Order of the Loyal Legion of the United States. - Commandery of the State of Pennsylvania - Registers.
Additional Author
Nicholson, John P.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
974.8033 M644
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A short biography of John Leith, with a brief account of his life among the Indians

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo11978
Author
Leeth, John,
Date of Publication
1883.
Call Number
977.1102 L533
Responsibility
A reprint with illustrative notes by C. W. Butterfield.
Author
Leeth, John,
Place of Publication
Cincinnati
Publisher
R. Clarke & co.,
Date of Publication
1883.
Physical Description
90 p. 25 cm.
Notes
"One hundred and forty-three copies printed.
LCHS has no.66 of 143 copies.
Includes references to York and Pittsburgh.
Subjects
Leeth, John, - 1755-1832.
Indians of North America
Indians of North America - Northwest, Old.
Dunmore's Expedition, 1774.
Northwest, Old - History.
Additional Author
Butterfield, Consul Willshire,
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
977.1102 L533
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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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Record of deaths kept by Michael W. Groff of West Earl Township, Lancaster County, Pa

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo18120
Date of Publication
1884
Call Number
310.35 R311
Responsibility
published by his friends.
Place of Publication
Farmersville, Pa
Publisher
E. H. Burkholder, PR.
Date of Publication
1884
Physical Description
29 pgs. : 16 cms.
Notes
Deaths from 1854-1883.
Continued by deaths kept by Mary Weaver.
Also on microfilm # 153 part 15.
Subjects
Death notices - Pennsylvnia - Lancasater
Registers of births, etc. - Pennsylvania - Lancaster
Additional Author
Groff, Michael W.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Lancaster County
Call Number
310.35 R311
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Mrs. Rorer's Philadelphia cook book. A manual of home economics

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo16895
Author
Rorer, Sarah Tyson Heston,
Date of Publication
[c1886].
Call Number
640 R787 no. 18
Responsibility
by Mrs. S.T. Rorer ...
Author
Rorer, Sarah Tyson Heston,
Place of Publication
Philadelphia
Publisher
Arnold and Co.,
Date of Publication
[c1886].
Physical Description
viii, 581 p. front. (port.) 18 cm.
Notes
From the Sarah Tyson Rorer's collection of books on cooking and homemaking.
Cover vignette.
Subjects
Cookery, American.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
640 R787 no. 18
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The beginnings of the Theological Seminary of the Reformed Church in the United States from 1817 to 1832

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo1723
Author
Appel, Theodore,
Date of Publication
1886.
Call Number
285.8 A646
Responsibility
by Theodore Appel.
Author
Appel, Theodore,
Place of Publication
Philadelphia
Publisher
Reformed Church Publication Board,
Date of Publication
1886.
Physical Description
116p. ; 24cm.
Subjects
Theological Seminary of the German Reformed Church in the United States (Carlisle, Pa.)
Theological Seminary of the German Reformed Church in the United States (York, Pa.)
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
285.8 A646
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