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Lancaster county Indians; annals of the Susquehannocks and other Indian tribes of the Susquehanna territory from about the year 1500 to 1763, the date of their extinction. An exhaustive and interesting series of historical papers descriptive of Lancaster county's Indians prior to and during the advent of the paleface

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Author
Eshleman, Henry Frank,
Date of Publication
1908.
Call Number
974.8011 E75
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Responsibility
by H. Frank Eshleman.
Author
Eshleman, Henry Frank,
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Date of Publication
1908.
Physical Description
2 p. β., [3]-415 p. 23 cm.
Notes
LCHS copy inscribed by author.
Subjects
Indians of North America - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
Susquehanna Indians.
Conestoga Indians.
Pennsylvania - History - Colonial Period, ca. 1600-1775.
Lancaster County (Pa.) - Antiquities
Lancaster County (Pa.) - History.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
974.8011 E75
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Historic towns and villages of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo14731
Date of Publication
2003.
Call Number
974.815 LACO H673t
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Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Lancaster County Heritage,
Date of Publication
2003.
Physical Description
130 p. : ill. ; 27 cm.
Notes
Includes brief history, timeline and historic sites of Churchtown, Columbia, East Petersburg, Elizabethtown, Lancaster, Lititz, Manheim, Marietta, Maytown, Mounty Joy and Strasburg.
Subjects
Lancaster County (Pa.) - Description and travel.
Lancaster County (Pa.) - History.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
974.815 LACO H673t
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Historical points of interest along the Strasburg trolley road

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Author
Franklin, Walter M.
Date of Publication
1903
, as a young man, he began the occupation of surveying. An interesting incident with regard to the village of Paradise is in con- nection with the well-known and pop- ular ballads of Stephen G. Foster, who was the author of "My Old Ken- tucky Home," "Old Dog Tray," and other familiar songs. Mr. Foster
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by Walter M. Franklin, Esq.
Author
Franklin, Walter M.
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Lancaster County Historical Society,
Date of Publication
1903
Physical Description
[3]-14 p. ; 23 cm.
Series
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 7, no. 1
Subjects
Street-railroads - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
Lancaster County (Pa.) - Description and travel.
Lancaster County (Pa.) - History.
Contained In
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 7, number 1 (1903), p. 3-14Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.7
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A brief history of Lancaster County, with special reference to the growth and development of ist institutions, designed for the school and home

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Author
Clare, Israel Smith,
Date of Publication
1892.
Call Number
974.815 LACO C591
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By Israel Smith Clare. Edited by Anna Lyle ...
Author
Clare, Israel Smith,
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Argus publishing company,
Date of Publication
1892.
Physical Description
vi, p., 1 l., 317 p. : illus., 3 double maps ; 19 cm.
Subjects
Lancaster County (Pa.) - History.
Additional Author
Lyle, Anna.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
974.815 LACO C591
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Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, the garden spot of the United States : the picturesque and historical east end

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Date of Publication
1908]
Call Number
974.815 LACO L245c
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Place of Publication
[Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
s.n.,
Date of Publication
1908]
Physical Description
[2], 28 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Notes
Cover title.
Meynen, Bibliography on German settlements in colonial North America, no. 4266.
Includes photographs--Lancaster County's Almshouse and Insane Hospital--The City Hall, Lancaster, PA--Center Square--Boat Landing, Rocky Springs--Old Toll House--Witmer's Bridge--First Milestone--Rockford--Home of George L. Buckwalter--Oak Hill-Home of Justice J. Hay Brown--Home of Mr. N.M. Woods--Farm House of P.E. Slaymaker--Bleak House-Country Home of W.U. Hensel--White Chimneys-Home of S.R. Slaymaker--Gap Clock Tower--Where Wm. Penn met the Schwanka Chiefs in1700--Old Riot House--
Subjects
Lancaster County (Pa.) - History.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
974.815 LACO L245c
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"The wealth of years" : collecting and remembering Lancaster County; an exhibit at the Lancaster County Historical Society December 2000-June 2001

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Date of Publication
2001.
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Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Lancaster County Historical Society ,
Date of Publication
2001.
Physical Description
52-104 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Series
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society v.103, no.2.
Contents
From slavery to freedom--middle class African-Americans in Lancaster County (Hannah Bosley, William Whipper, Stephen Smith, Dinah McIntire)--Joseph Simon: Jewish merchant and philanthropist of the eighteenth century--Firefighting in early Lancaster--Family history at the Lancaster County Historical Society (Demuth family history)--Cooking in the County--Blanche Nevin--Lloyd Mifflin: artist and sonneteer--The bridge at Columbia--Ephrata Cloister--A distinguished military family (Henry A. Hambright)--A midwife (Susana Rohrer Mueller)--John Wise, balloonist (1808-1879)--Jasper Yeates, attorney and Pennsylvania Supreme Court Justice--Thaddeus Stevens--Robert Fulton, engineer and artist--"Gold!" (John Augustus Sutter)--George Washington--Oddities and the END.
Subjects
Lancaster County Historical Society (Pa.) - Exhibitions.
Lancaster County (Pa.) - History.
Lancaster County (Pa.) - Biography.
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Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 103, number 2 (2001), p. 52-104Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.103, no.2
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1712 Pequea settlement tour : eastern 4000 acre section of the Martin Kendig tract settled by the Ferree and LeFevre families

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Author
Wenger, Samuel Esbenshade.
Date of Publication
2001]
Call Number
974.815 WLAM W474b
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Pequea settlement tour
Seventeen-twelve Pequea settlement tour
1712 Pequea settlement tour (eastern portion)
Responsibility
... written and compiled by Samuel E. Wenger.
Author
Wenger, Samuel Esbenshade.
Place of Publication
[Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Lancaster Mennonite Historical Society,
Date of Publication
2001]
Physical Description
ii, 20 p. ; 28 cm. + 2 folded maps ; 28 x 44 cm.
Notes
"This tour is sponsored by Lancaster Mennonite Historical Society ...."
Subjects
Ferree family.
Ferree, Daniel, - 1652-1708 - Family.
Ferree, Marie Warrenberre, - ca. 1653-1716 - Family.
Lefevre family.
LeFevre, Isaac, - b. 1669 - Family.
LeFevre, Catherine Ferree, - 1679-1749 - Family.
Lancaster County (Pa.) - Genealogy.
Lancaster County (Pa.) - History.
Additional Corporate Author
Lancaster Mennonite Historical Society.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
974.815 WLAM W474b
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Commemorative anniversary book, Intercourse, Pennsylvania, 1754-2004 : includes a faithful reproduction of the 200th anniversary souvenir book of 1954

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Date of Publication
2004.
Call Number
974.815 LEAC I61c
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Place of Publication
[S.l
Publisher
s.n.]
Date of Publication
2004.
Physical Description
32, 194 p. : ill. ; 28 cm.
Notes
Includes advertisements.
Historical souvenir book and tourist guide.
Subjects
Amish.
Intercourse (Pa.) - History - Pictorial works.
Lancaster County (Pa.) - History.
Leacock (Pa. : Township) - History.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
974.815 LEAC I61c
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Letter of Edward Shippen of Lancaster, 1754

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Author
Shippen, Edward,
Date of Publication
1906.
Call Number
905.748 HSP v.30
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Author
Shippen, Edward,
Place of Publication
Philadelphia, Pa
Publisher
Historical Society of Pennsylvania ,
Date of Publication
1906.
Physical Description
pp. 85-90 ; 23 cm.
Notes
In: Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography, v. 30.
Summary
The article focuses on a letter from Edward Shippen lll to his son, Edward Shippen lV (who would later become the Chief Justice of Pennsylvania). The letter contains advice on how to live a good and productive life both in business and family life.
Subjects
Shippen, Edward, - 1639-1712 - Correspondence.
Lancaster County (Pa.) - Social life and customs.
Lancaster County (Pa.) - History.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Periodical Article
Call Number
905.748 HSP v.30
Websites
https://www.jstor.org/stable/pdf/20085324.pdf
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Hamlets, villages and ghost towns in Lancaster County

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Author
Loose, John Ward Willson
Date of Publication
2002.
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Responsibility
by John Ward Willson Loose.
Author
Loose, John Ward Willson
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Lancaster County Historical Society ,
Date of Publication
2002.
Physical Description
p.156-157 : ill. ; 23 cm.
Series
In: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society 104, no.3 (Fall 2002)
Subjects
Names, Geographical - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
Lancaster County (Pa.) - History.
Contained In
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 104, number 3 (2002), p. 156-157Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.104 no.3
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