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Gottlieb Mittelberger's journey to Pennsylvania in the year 1750 and return to Germany in the year 1754 : containing not only a description of the country according to its present condition, but also a detailed account of the sad and unfortunate circumstances of most of the Germans that have emigrated, or are emigrating to that country

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Author
Mittelberger, Gottlieb.
Date of Publication
1898.
Call Number
974.802812 M685
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Responsibility
translated from the German by Carl Theo. Eben.
Author
Mittelberger, Gottlieb.
Uniform Title
Gottlieb Mittelbergers Reise nach Pennsylvanien im Jahr 1750.
Place of Publication
Philadelphia
Publisher
J.J. McVey,
Date of Publication
1898.
Physical Description
129 p. : facsim. ; 21 cm.
Notes
With facsimile t.p. of original German ed.: Stuttgard : Gedrukt ben Gottlieb Friderich Jenisch, 1756.
Summary
Gottlieb Mittelberger (1714-1758) was a German author, schoolmaster, organist, and Lutheran pastor. He was best known for his work Journey to Pennsylvania (1756). Mittelberger's travelogue provides a firsthand historic account of the misery and exploitation of German immigrants during the US colonial period. In his work, he tries to convince his fellow Germans not to immigrate to the American colonies, as the forfeiture of freedom, cost of money, lack of health, and loss of life are too exorbitant to risk and sacrifice.
Subjects
Mittelberger, Gottlieb - Journeys - Pennsylvania.
Germans - Pennsylvania.
Pennsylvania - Description and travel.
Pennsylvania - Emigration and immigration.
Additional Author
Eben, Carl Theodor,
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
974.802812 M685
Websites
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Journal of an English emigrant farmer : a record of the journey of an unknown Englishman to America in the year 1838 and his sojourn for a summer among the early pioneer settlers of Muncy Valley

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Date of Publication
1928.
Call Number
974.851 J86
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Responsibility
edited by T. Kenneth Wood.
Place of Publication
Williamsport [Pa.]
Publisher
Lycoming Historical Society,
Date of Publication
1928.
Physical Description
38 p., [7] leaves of plates : ill. ; 24 cm.
Series
Proceedings and papers - Lycoming Historical Society ; no. 6
Notes
"Occasional Publication No. 6."
Subjects
Farmers
United States - Description and travel - 1783-1848.
Pennsylvania - Description and travel - Personal narratives.
Additional Author
Wood, T. Kenneth.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
974.851 J86
Websites
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Pleasant places on the Reading Railroad : a directory of summer resorts, summer boarding houses, summer hotels

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Date of Publication
1895 -.
Call Number
917.48 P544
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Responsibility
compiled and published by the General Passenger Department, Philadelphia & Reading Railroad.
Place of Publication
[Philadelphia]
Publisher
The Dept.,
Date of Publication
1895 -.
Physical Description
v. : ill. ; 23 cm. or smaller.
Notes
Library has: 1897, 1902, 1906.
Contents
CONTENTS: THROUGH THE VALLEY OF THE SCHUYLKILL, Norristown Branch and Main Line PICKERING AND FRENCH CREEK VALLEYS, Pickering Valley Branch ON PERKIOMEN'S SHADY BANKS, Perkiomen Railroad ALONG THE MANATAWNY, Colebrookdale Branch 'TWIXT SOUTH MOUNTAIN AND THE BLUE RIDGE, Lebanon Valley Branch THE CONESTOGA REGION, Reading & Columbia Division HISTORIC VALE OF CUMBERLAND, Gettysburg and Shippensburg Lines. ON THE CREST OF THE ALLEGHENIES AMID COLONIAL SCENES, Germantown and Chestnut Hill Branch PENNSYLVANIA'S GARDEN LANDS, Bethlehem Branch NEAR THE NESHAMINY, Northeast Penna, Railroad OUT IN BUCKS COUNTY, Doylestown Branch THE PICTURESQUE DELAWARE VALLEY, New York Branch FOXCHASE AND THEREABOUTS, Philada., Newtown and N. Y. Railroad IN THE PINES AND BY THE SEA, Atlantic City Railroad and Branches ALONG THE LOWER COAST, Cape May Division PICNIC GROUNDS, One Day Outing Resorts
Subjects
Summer resorts - New Jersey - Directories.
Summer resorts - Pennsylvania - Directories.
New Jersey - Description and travel.
Pennsylvania - Description and travel.
Additional Corporate Author
Philadelphia & Reading Railroad Co.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
917.48 P544
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Documentary history of the Evangelical Lutheran ministerium of Pennsylvania and adjacent states. Proceedings of the annual conventions from 1748 to 1821. Compiled and translated from records in the archives and from the written protocols

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Corporate Author
Evangelical Lutheran Ministerium of Pennsylvania and the Adjacent States.
Date of Publication
1898.
Call Number
284.1 E92
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Corporate Author
Evangelical Lutheran Ministerium of Pennsylvania and the Adjacent States.
Place of Publication
Philadelphia
Publisher
Board of Publication of the General Council of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in North America,
Date of Publication
1898.
Physical Description
iv, 619 p. 24 cm.
Notes
Lettered on cover: Jubilee memorial, 1748-1898.
"Sources": p. 1-2.
Subjects
Evangelical Lutheran Ministerium of Pennsylvania and the Adjacent States - History.
Lutheran Church
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
284.1 E92
Websites
https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=hvd.ah5cvu;view=1up;seq=7
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The genealogical record of the Schwenkfelder families, seekers of religious liberty who fled from Silesia to Saxony and thence to Pennsylvania in the years 1731-1737

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Author
Brecht, Samuel Kriebel,
Date of Publication
1923.
Call Number
929 S414b
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Responsibility
edited by Samuil Kriebel Brecht...
Author
Brecht, Samuel Kriebel,
Place of Publication
New York, Chicago
Publisher
Printed for the Board of publication of the Schwenkfelder church, Pennsburg, Pennsylvania [by] Rand McNally & company,
Date of Publication
1923.
Physical Description
xx, 1752 p. front., illus. (coat of arms) plates, ports., maps, facsims. 29 cm.
Notes
A revision of the Genealogical record of the descendants of the Schwenkfelders, by R. Kriebel.
The Genealogical Record of the Schwenkfelder Families: Seekers of Religious Liberty Who Fled From Silesia to Saxony and Thence to Pennsylvania in the Years 1731 to 1737 by Samuel Kriebel Brecht chronicles the genealogy of the followers of Caspar Schwenkfelder, German religious reformer. The book also includes photographs of people, places, and documents; historical sketches; church organization, maps, and other information
Bibliography: p. xix-xx.
Subjects
Schwenckfeld, Caspar, - 1489-1561.
Schwenkfelders - Pennsylvania.
Pennsylvania - Genealogy.
Additional Author
Kriebel, Reuben,
Additional Corporate Author
Schwenkfelder Church.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
929 S414b
Websites
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Life of Whittier's heroine, Barbara Fritchie : including a brief but comprehensive sketch of historic "Old Frederick"

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Author
Nixdorff, Henry M.
Edition
2d ed.
Date of Publication
1897.
Call Number
920.7 F912n 1897
920.7 F912n 1906
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Responsibility
by Henry M. Nixdorff.
Author
Nixdorff, Henry M.
Edition
2d ed.
Place of Publication
Frederick, Md
Publisher
Great Southern Ptg. & Mfg. Co.,
Date of Publication
1897.
Physical Description
88 p., [6] leaves of plates : ill., ports. ; 17 cm.
Notes
Barbara Fritchie was born Barbara Hauer in Lancaster, PA, and lived in Frederick, Maryland .She became well known after a poem by John Greenleaf Whittier was written about her.
Subjects
Fritchie, Barbara, - 1766-1862.
Frederick (Md.) - Description and travel.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Rare Books
Call Number
920.7 F912n 1897
920.7 F912n 1906
Websites
https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=osu.32435059029983;view=1up;seq=7
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The awakening and the early progress of the Pequea, Conestoga and other Susquehanna Valley settlements : as shown by official letters, etc., of the time

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Author
Landis, David M.
Date of Publication
1921.
order is directed by Jacob Taylor to Isaac Taylor, sur- veyor of Chester County. It is No. 572. A similar order bearing like date reciting a like warrant requests 500 acres to be surveyed adjoining the large tract, to Bundely and company. It is No. 573. These are the orders on which the original
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Responsibility
by David M. Landis.
Author
Landis, David M.
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Lancaster County Historical Society,
Date of Publication
1921.
Physical Description
5-16 p. ; 23 cm.
Series
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 25, no. 1
Subjects
Land settlement - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
Taylor papers.
Lancaster County (Pa.) - History - 17th century.
Contained In
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 25, number 1 (1921), p. 5-16Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.25
Websites
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A brief historical review of the achievements of German nationals in the early days of American colonization. The period from 1564 to 1682 inclusive

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Author
Lohr, Otto,
Date of Publication
1923.
Call Number
974.8002 L833
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Responsibility
by Otto Lohr.
Author
Lohr, Otto,
Place of Publication
Hoboken [N.J.]
Date of Publication
1923.
Physical Description
7, [1] p. 21 cm.
Series
Historical bulletin ; no. 1
Subjects
Germans - United States.
United States - History - Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
974.8002 L833
Websites
http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.gdc/scd0001.20011010004br.1
http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.gdc/scd0001.20011010004br.2
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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
Websites
https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015082405385&view=1up&seq=13
https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=nyp.33433058743034&view=1up&seq=7
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Memorial addresses on the life and character of Samuel J. Randall, a representative from Pennsylvania, delivered in the House of representatives and in the Senate, Fifty-first Congress, first session

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Corporate Author
United States. Congress
Date of Publication
1891.
Call Number
923.2 R188
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Corporate Author
United States. Congress
Place of Publication
Washington
Publisher
Govt. print off.,
Date of Publication
1891.
Physical Description
157 p. front. (port.) 26 cm.
Series
51st. Cong., 1st sess. House. Misc. doc. 265
Notes
Published by order of Congress.
Subjects
Randall, Samuel J. - 1828-1890.
Additional Corporate Author
United States. Congress. Memorial address.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
923.2 R188
Websites
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