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Warrant registers (for Pennsylvania Counties)

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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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The oldest daily paper of Lancaster County

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Author
Diffenderffer, Frank Ried,
Date of Publication
1897
no more inter- esting chapter in our local history than that which shall fully go into the details of the newspaper history of Lancaster county. There cannot be a more fruitful or interesting field. Has any one here any idea of the number of newspapers and other publications that have been born in
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Responsibility
by F. R. Diffenderffer.
Author
Diffenderffer, Frank Ried,
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Lancaster County Historical Society,
Date of Publication
1897
Physical Description
[72]-84 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Series
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 1, no. 3
Subjects
Lancaster Gazette (Lancaster, Pa.)
American newspapers - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
German American newspapers - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
Lancaster County (Pa.) - History - 18th century.
Lancaster County (Pa.) - History - 19th century.
Contained In
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 1, number 3 (1897), p. 72-84Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.1
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Date of Publication
1896
Call Number
284 G776
Responsibility
copied by B.F. Owens in 1896.
Place of Publication
Manuscript
Date of Publication
1896
Physical Description
150 p. : 23 cm.
Notes
This handwritten volume is a copy made in 1896.
Gravestone inscriptions from a variety of church cemeteries in Eastern Lancaster County and Western Chester County. Churchtown is in Caernarvon Township, Lancaster County.
Subjects
Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Church (New Holland, Pa.)
Pequea Presbyterian Church (Salisbury Township)
St. John's Protestant Episcopal Chuch (Chester County)
Caernarvon Presbyterian Chuch (Churchtown, Pa.)
Churchtown Methodist Episcopal Church (Churchtown, Pa.)
Great Valley Baptist Church (Chester County)
Cemeteries - Pennsylvania
Caernarvon (Lancaster County, Pa. : Township) - Genealogy.
Salisbury (Lancaster County, Pa. : Township) - Genealogy.
New Holland (Lancaster County, Pa. : Borough) - Genealogy.
Chester County - Genealogy.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Rare Books
Call Number
284 G776
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Author
Hensel, L. W.
Date of Publication
1898
/Pwebrecon.cgi.txt Author: Hensel, L. W. Title: An old oil mill / by L. W. Hensel. Primary Material: Book Subject(s): Old Oil Mill (Lancaster County, Pa.) Water mills--Pennsylvania--Lancaster County--History. Linseed oil. Flour mills--Pennsylvania--Lancaster County. Publisher: Lancaster, Pa. : Lancaster County
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Responsibility
by L. W. Hensel.
Author
Hensel, L. W.
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Lancaster County Historical Society,
Date of Publication
1898
Physical Description
213-215 p. ; 23 cm.
Series
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 2, no. 7
Summary
This article discusses a mill property in Eden Township , Lancaster County. The mill had several owners during the 19th century, and the mill was used for various purposes: Processing wool, sawing wood, making whiskey, and pressing oil from flax seeds [hence the name "oil mill"].
Subjects
Old Oil Mill (Lancaster County, Pa.)
Water mills - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County
Oil mills - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
Mills and mill-work - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
Linseed oil.
Flour mills - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
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Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 2, number 7 (1898), p. 213-215Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.2
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Early schools in the valley of the Octorara

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Author
Houston, J. W.
Date of Publication
1898
deceased, Rev. William Campbell, Prof. E. 0. Dare' of Harrisburg, and R. J. Houston, of Lancaster. After an other term at New Garden Academy, Prof. McCullough removed his school to Bartville' where he remained one term, many of his former pupils being in attendance whilst new arrivals aug- mented the list
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Responsibility
by J. W. Houston, M.D.
Author
Houston, J. W.
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Lancaster County Historical Society,
Date of Publication
1898
Physical Description
[31]-51 p. ; 23 cm.
Series
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 2, no. 2
Summary
Contains interesting and entertaining vignettes of some of the school teachers , and schools established in the Octorar Valley, in the years before public education. Schools in Lancaster County, PA, and some bordering the county in Chester County are discussed.
Subjects
Teachers - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County
Private schools - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County
Public schools - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County
Schools - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County
Octoraro Creek (Pa. and Md.)
Octorara Valley (Pa.) - History.
Contained In
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 2, number 2 (1898), p. 31-51Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.2
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Register of marriages and baptisms kept by Rev. Traugott Frederick Illing : In connection with the churches of St. Peter's (Lutheran) Middletown, and Caenarvon (Episcopal) Lancaster County, Penna

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Date of Publication
1891.
Call Number
283 B216i
Place of Publication
Harrisburg, Pa
Publisher
Harrisburg Publishing Company ,
Date of Publication
1891.
Physical Description
43 p. ; 28 cm.
Notes
Photocopy.
Rineer's "Churchs and Cemeteries of Lancaster County" page 51 #1, and page 117 #3 and page 165 #2.
Subjects
St. Peter's Lutheran Church (Middletown, Pa.)
Bangor Episcopal Church (Caernarvon Twp. , Pa.)
Registers of births, etc. - Pennsylvania - Dauphin County.
Registers of births, etc. - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
Additional Author
Illing, Traugott Frederick Illing.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Church Record
Call Number
283 B216i
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Travels in the years 1791 and 1792 in Pennsylvania, New York and Vermont; journals of John Lincklaen, agent of the Holland land company

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Author
Lincklaen, John,
Date of Publication
1897.
Call Number
974.80091 L736
Responsibility
with a biographical sketch and notes.
Author
Lincklaen, John,
Place of Publication
New York, London
Publisher
G.P. Putnam's Sons,
Date of Publication
1897.
Physical Description
1 p. ø., xi, 162, 4 p. ports., fold. maps, facsim. 22 cm.
Notes
500 copies printed.
Edited by Helen L. Fairchild.
"List of principal authorities consulted": p. ix-xi.
Subjects
Holland Purchase.
Pennsylvania - Description and travel.
New York (State) - Description and travel.
Vermont - Description and travel.
Additional Author
Fairchild, Helen L.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
974.80091 L736
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The Chickies furnaces : the first furnace using coal

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Author
Haldeman, Horace L.
Date of Publication
1897
Columbia to Chickies Rock, where it as- cended and curved around a large rock down to the face of Chickies Rock, thence along the canal level. This was one of the finest drives in the county. The Pennsylvania Railroad Company having purchased the road bed, the turnpike was changed to its present location
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Alternate Title
Historical paper: The first furnace using coal.
Responsibility
by Horace L. Haldeman.
Author
Haldeman, Horace L.
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Lancaster County Historical Society,
Date of Publication
1897
Physical Description
[14]-23 p. ; 23 cm.
Series
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 1, no. 1
Subjects
Chickies Furnace (Lancaster County, Pa.)
Iron industry and trade - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County
Iron foundries - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County
Contained In
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 1, number 1 (1897), p. 14-23Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.1
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History of the Donegal Church

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Author
Zeigler, J. L.
Date of Publication
1897
born in York county, Pa., May 16, 1755. His son, James McKinley, born September 19, 1783, was an Elder in a Presbyterian church in Ohio, and his �eldest son, William McKinley, is the f a t h e r o f M a j o r W i l l i a m M c K i n l e y , President-elect of the United States. The Patterson family
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Responsibility
by Dr. J. L. Ziegler.
Author
Zeigler, J. L.
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Lancaster County Historical Society,
Date of Publication
1897
Physical Description
[258]-279 p. ; 23 cm.
Series
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 1, no. 6
Subjects
Donegal Presbyterian Church (East Donegal, Pa.) - History.
Presbyterians - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
Presbyterian Church - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
Sepulchral monuments - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
Cemeteries - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
East Donegal (Pa. : Township) - History.
Lancaster County (Pa.) - Church history.
Contained In
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 1, number 6 (1897), p. 258-279Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.1
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Corporate Author
Yeates Institute (Lancaster, Pa.)
Date of Publication
1898.
Call Number
371.805 Y41
Responsibility
pub. monthly.
Corporate Author
Yeates Institute (Lancaster, Pa.)
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
The Institute ;
Date of Publication
1898.
Physical Description
v. 23-25 cm.
Notes
Includes local advertisements.
Information from 1901.
Library has: v. 3 (1901-1902) 1-2, 4-7; v. 4 (1902-1903) 1, 3, 5-7; v.6 (1904-1905) 8; v. 13 (1911-1912) 4-5, 7; v. 20 (1918-1919) 6; (1919--1920) 1-7 bound.
Summary
This is a monthly publication of the Yeates Episcopal School citing activities of the school and its students. It was established with money donated by Jasper Yeate's daughter Catherine in 1857. The school was located on grounds presently occupied by the Lancaster Mennonite High School.
Subjects
Student newspapers and periodicals - Pennsylvania - Lancaster.
Yeates Institute (Lancaster, Pa.)
Yeates School (Lancaster, Pa.)
Yeates Episcopal School (Lancaster, Pa.)
Location
Lancaster History Library - Lancaster County
Call Number
371.805 Y41
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