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An outline with excerpts from "The life of Eugenius Laude Watts," : a poem by Edwin Augustus Atlee, M.D

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Author: Spindler, Adaline Bream.

Date of Publication: 1920

An Outline with Excerpts from " The Life of Eugenius Laude Watts," A Poem by Edwin Augustus Atlee, M.D. By ADALINE BREAM SPINDLER. An incident as related some few years ago by our esteemed fellow mem- ber, now departed, Hon. W. U. Hensel, made quite an impression on the writer of this paper. He

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Responsibility: by Adaline Bream Spindler.

Author: Spindler, Adaline Bream.

Place of Publication: Lancaster, Pa

Publisher: Lancaster County Historical Society,

Date of Publication: 1920

Physical Description: 214-227 p. ; 23 cm.

Series: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 24, no. 10

Subjects: Watts, Eugenius Laude.

Additional Author: Atlee, Edwin Augustus.

Contained In: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 24, number 10 (1920), p. 214-227Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.24

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The Taufers: or, The German Baptist brethren. The origin, history, religious beliefs and achievements of one of the prominent religious denominations in the United States

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Author: Diffenderffer, Frank Ried,

Date of Publication: 1899.

Call Number: 286.5 D569

Author: Diffenderffer, Frank Ried,

Place of Publication: Lancaster, Pa

Publisher: Reprinted from the New era,

Date of Publication: 1899.

Physical Description: 23 p. 24 cm.

Notes: Signed: F.R.D.; A review of "A history of the German Baptist brethren in Europe and America." By M.G. Brumbaugh.

Subjects: Brumbaugh, Martin Grove, - 1862-1930.; Church of the Brethren.; German Baptist Brethren (U.S.)

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 286.5 D569

The earliest German newspapers of Baltimore

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Author: Keidel, George C.

Date of Publication: 1927-

Call Number: 010.070 K27

Responsibility: an essay by George C. Keidel ...

Author: Keidel, George C.

Place of Publication: Washington, D.C

Publisher: Priv. Print.,

Date of Publication: 1927-

Physical Description: v. facsims. 25 cm.

Contents: I. The eighteenth century.

Subjects: German American newspapers.; American newspapers - Maryland - Baltimore.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 010.070 K27

Commemorative biographical encyclopedia of Dauphin County, Pennsylvania : containing sketches of prominent and representative citizens and many of the early Scotch-Irish and German settlers

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Date of Publication: 1896.

Call Number: 974.818 C734

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Place of Publication: Chambersburg, Pa

Publisher: J.M. Runk & Co.,

Date of Publication: 1896.

Physical Description: xix, 1196 p. : ports. ; 28 cm.

Notes: "In the compilation of the biographies we were ably assisted by William H. Egle ... Rev. A.S. Dudley ... Harry I. Huber ... and Miss R.H. Schively"--Prefatory note.

Subjects: Dauphin County (Pa.) - Biography.

Additional Author: Egle, William Henry,; Dudley, A. S.; Huber, Harry I.; Schively, R. H.

Additional Corporate Author: J.M. Runk & Company.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 974.818 C734

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The German Pietists of provincial Pennsylvania : 1694-1708

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Author: Sachse, Julius Friedrich,

Date of Publication: 1895

Call Number: 974.802814 S121g

Responsibility: by Julius Friedrich Sachse.

Author: Sachse, Julius Friedrich,

Place of Publication: Philadelphia

Publisher: Printed for the author,

Date of Publication: 1895

Physical Description: xviii, 504 p., [22] leaves of plates : ill. ; 25 cm.

Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.

Subjects: Pietism - Pennsylvania.; Pennsylvania Dutch.; Pennsylvania - History - Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 974.802814 S121g

The German soldier in the wars of the United States

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Author: Rosengarten, J. G.

Edition: 2d ed., rev. and enl.

Date of Publication: 1890.

Call Number: 923.5 R813

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Responsibility: By J. G. Rosengarten.

Author: Rosengarten, J. G.

Edition: 2d ed., rev. and enl.

Place of Publication: Philadelphia

Publisher: J.B. Lippincott company,

Date of Publication: 1890.

Physical Description: 298 p. 19 cm.

Summary: Published in 1890, the book tells the history of the Germans who took part in the wars of the United States, from the early Colonial days until the book's publication in 1890.

Subjects: United States. - Army - History.; Germans - United States.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 923.5 R813

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https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=yale.39002060197416&view=1up&seq=7

The Pennsylvania German names of birds

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Author: Beck, Herbert Huebner,

Date of Publication: 1924]

Call Number: 437.9748 B393

Author: Beck, Herbert Huebner,

Place of Publication: [Boston

Publisher: The Auk,

Date of Publication: 1924]

Physical Description: 288-295 p. 25 cm.

Series: The Auk, vol. 41, no. 2, April, 1924

Subjects: Pennsylvania German dialect - Pennsylvania.; Birds - Pennsylvania.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 437.9748 B393

In Pennsylvania-German land, 1928-29

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Author: Rosenberger, Jesse Leonard,

Date of Publication: [1929]

Call Number: 974.800912 R813

Responsibility: by Jesse Leonard Rosenberger.

Author: Rosenberger, Jesse Leonard,

Place of Publication: Chicago, Ill

Publisher: The University of Chicago press

Date of Publication: [1929]

Physical Description: xiii, 90, [1] p. front., illus. 21 cm.

Notes: "This first edition, printed on permanent all-rag paper, is limited to five hundred copies." --Pref.; The region described comprises mainly the counties of Lancaster, York, Berks, and Montgomery and some portions of Bucks and several other counties, without completely covering any county.; The last chapter contains a brief account of the author's maternal great-grandfather, Matthias Helm of Freeburg, Pennsylvania.

Subjects: Helm, Matthias, - 1769-1838.; Germans - Pennsylvania.; Pennsylvania - Description and travel.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 974.800912 R813

The life of (John) Conrad Weiser, the German pioneer, patriot, and patron of two races

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Author: Weiser, C. Z.

Date of Publication: 1899.

Call Number: 923.2 W427we

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Responsibility: By C. Z. Weiser.

Author: Weiser, C. Z.

Place of Publication: Reading, Pa

Publisher: D. Miller,

Date of Publication: 1899.

Contents: Contents : INTRODUCTION - THE INDIGENES --- CONRAD WEISER'S REMOTE ANCESTRY AND NATIVE PLACE --- CONRAD WEISER'S PARENTS-HIS FATHER AND MOTHER --- THE EXODUS OF CONRAD WEISER'S FATHER --- CONRAD'S FATHER CHIEF OF THE COLONY AT LIVINGSTONE MANOR --- CONRAD'S FATHER CHIEF OF THE COLONY AT SCHOHARIE --- CONRAD WEISER"S FATHER THE DEFENDER OF THE RIGHTS AND LIBERTIES OF HIS COUNTRYMEN AT SCHOHARIE--- CONRAD'S FATHER LEADS A COLONY TO TULPEHOCKEN , PENNSYLVANIA , HIS RETURN AND WANDERING, HIS VISIT TO TULPEHOCKEN , HIS DEATH --- JOHN CONRAD WEISER JUNIOR, HIS NAME, BIRTHPLACE, BAPTISM -- CONRAD'S ARRIVAL IN AMERICA - HIS STAY WITH THE MAQUA INDIANS --- CONRAD WEISER AND HIS STEPMOTHER --- CONRAD WEISER'S BROTHERS AND SISTERS, HIS OCCUPATION, HIS MARRIAGE, HIS DEPARTURE FOR PENNSYLVANIA --- CONRAD WEISER'S ADVENT IN PENNSYLVANIA , THE BEGINNING OF HIS OFFICIAL HISTORY --- CONRAD WEISER PROVINCIAL INTERPRETER, JUSTICE OF THE PEACE 1732 to1743 --- TEN MORE YEARS OF INDIAN INTERCOURSE , MISSIONS AND DUTIES1744 to 1754 --- THE FRENCH AND INDIAN WAR, CONRAD WEISER SUPERINTENDENT OF THE INDIAN BUREAU, COLONEL, HIS DEATH ANNOUNCED 1754 to 1760 --- CONRAD WEISER'S FAILING HEALTH, HIS DEATH, HIS BURIAL PLACE --- CONRAD WEISER AS A RELIGIOUS FIGURE --- CONRAD WEISER's WILL , HIS POSSESSIONS , HIS SONS AND DAUGHTERS,HIS POSTERITYALSO, WEISER's LETTERS AND JOURNALS

Subjects: Weiser, Conrad, - 1691-1760.; Germans - Pennsylvania.; Pennsylvania - History - Colonial period.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 923.2 W427we

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The German sectarians of Pennsylvania : a critical and legendary history of the Ephrata Cloister and the Dunkers

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Author: Sachse, Julius Friedrich,

Date of Publication: 1899-1900.

Call Number: 974.802814 S121

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Responsibility: by Julius Friedrich Sachse.

Author: Sachse, Julius Friedrich,

Place of Publication: Philadelphia

Publisher: Printed for the author,

Date of Publication: 1899-1900.

Physical Description: 2 v. : ill., ports. ; 25 cm.

Notes: LCHS has no. 326.; Click on Table of Contents for more information.; Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Contents: v. 1. 1708-1742 -- I. Ephrata of the present day -- II. Beyond the Cocalico -- III. Advent of the Palatines -- IV. German pilgrims -- V. The Weaver's apprentice -- VI. The Labadists on the Bohemia Manor -- VII. The hut in the forest -- VIII. The German Baptist Brethren -- IX. The New Dunkers on the Conestoga -- X. The Cradle of German literature -- XI. Alexander Mack -- XII. Koch-Halekung, the serpent's den -- XIII. A retrospect -- XIV. A eventful year -- XV. The awakening of the Tulpehoken -- XVI. Kedar -- XVII. Jacob's Kampff und Ritter-platz -- XVIII. The monastery on the Wissahickon -- XIX. Unitas Fratrum -- XX. The habits of the orders -- XXI. Roster of the celibates -- XXII. The Weyrauchs Hugel -- XXIII. The Zionitic Brotherhood -- XXIV. The Amwell Dunkers -- XXV. The house of prayer -- XXVI. Peniel -- XXVII. A celestial visit -- XXVIII. The Skippack Brethren -- XXIX. The Pennsylvania Synods -- XXX. The order of the mustard seed -- XXXI. Hebron -- XXXII. Saron -- XXXIII. Bethania.; v.2. 1742-1800 -- I. Christopher Sauer and his German Bible -- II. Magister Johannes Hildebrand -- III. The great comet of 1743 -- IV. The pilgrimage to New England -- V. Industrial feature of the community -- VI. The music of the Cloister -- VII. The mystic of the Cocalico -- VIII. The rule of the Sisterhood -- IX. The Eckerlins -- X. The Ephrata Press -- XI. The Nantmel revival -- XII. The Gimsheim revival -- XIII. Conrad Weiser -- XIV. Educational departments -- XV. The visit of Israel Acrelius -- XVI. The Valleys of Virginia -- XVII. Snow Hill -- XVIII. Exoricism of fire -- XIX. Friedsam Gottrecht -- XX. Prior Jaebez -- XXI. Issues of the Kloster Press -- The Ephrata register (burial record)

Subjects: Ephrata Cloister.; Church of the Brethren.; Pennsylvania Dutch.; German Americans - Pennsylvania.; Printing - Pennsylvania; Ephrata (Pa.)

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 974.802814 S121

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The German exodus to England in 1709. (Massenauswanderung der PfÃ¤lzer.)

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Author: Diffenderffer, Frank Ried,

Date of Publication: 1897.

Call Number: 974.802812 D567

Responsibility: Prepared at the request of the Pennsylvania-German Society. By Frank Reid Diffenderffer.

Author: Diffenderffer, Frank Ried,

Place of Publication: Lancaster, Pa

Publisher: [The Society]

Date of Publication: 1897.

Physical Description: [159] p. illus. (incl. facsims.) 4 pl., 7 port., 2 maps, plan, facsim. 26 cm.

Series: Pennsylvania: the German influence in its settlement and development ... pt. I

Notes: In Pennsylvania-German Society. Proceedings and addresses ... 1896, v. 7, 1 p.l., p. [257]-413.; Also published separately, with additions, the same year.

Subjects: Palatines in England.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 974.802812 D567

Pennsylvania-German letters

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Author: Light, Joseph Horst,

Date of Publication: [c1928-

Call Number: 437.9748 L723

Responsibility: penned by Joseph H. Light under the nom de plume Der alt schuhlmeshter.

Author: Light, Joseph Horst,

Place of Publication: Lebanon, Pa

Publisher: F. G. Light

Date of Publication: [c1928-

Physical Description: v. 22 cm.

Notes: Title vignette.; Preface signed: Frank G. Light.; "Reprinted from the files of the Lebanon semi-weekly news of the late nineties."

Subjects: German-American literature - Pennsylvania.; Pennsylvania German dialect.

Additional Author: Light, Frank George,

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 437.9748 L723

Pennsylvania German and Huguenot antiques; a list of articles giving Pennsylvania "Dutch" and English names and uses as employed by ancestors of many living folk

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Author: Stephen, Walker Lewis.

Edition: 2d ed.,

Date of Publication: c1925.

Call Number: 427.9 S829

Responsibility: Compiled as a reference for antiquarians and collectors of elaborate and crude antiques for Henry W. Shoemaker, chairman Pennsylvania Historical commission by Walker Lewis Stephen, PH. G.

Author: Stephen, Walker Lewis.

Edition: 2d ed.,

Place of Publication: Reading, Pa

Publisher: Reading eagle press,

Date of Publication: c1925.

Physical Description: 32 p. illus. 23 cm.

Series: Pennsylvania folk-lore society. Publications, v. 1, no. 1

Notes: "Origin of the Pennsylvania Germans and his language, by Walker Lewis Stephen": p. 30-32.; "Compiled as a Reference for Antquarians and Collectors of Elaborate and Crude Antiques."; LCHS has photocopy of original.