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Annals of Philadelphia and Pennsylvania, in the olden time; being a collection of memoirs, anecdotes, and incidents of the city and its inhabitants, and of the earliest settlements of the inland part of Pennsylvania, from the days of the founders

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Author
Watson, John F.
Date of Publication
1891.
Call Number
974.811 W339
Responsibility
By John F. Watson ... Enlarged, with many revisions and additions, by Willis P. Hazard...
Author
Watson, John F.
Place of Publication
Philadelphia
Publisher
E. S. Stuart,
Date of Publication
1891.
Physical Description
3 v. fronts., illus., plates, port. 25 cm.
Notes
The third volume of this ed. was prepared at the publisher's request, by W. P. Hazard.
Subjects
Pennsylvania - History.
Philadelphia (Pa.) - History.
Philadelphia (Pa.) - Social life and customs.
Additional Author
Hazard, Willis P.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
974.811 W339
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Side glimpses from the colonial meeting-house

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Author
Bliss, William Root,
Date of Publication
1894.
Call Number
973.2 B649
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Responsibility
by William Root Bliss.
Author
Bliss, William Root,
Place of Publication
Boston, New York
Publisher
Houghton, Mifflin and Company,
Date of Publication
1894.
Physical Description
256 p. 20 cm.
Contents
Chapters: The Meeting House Devil // Rum and Slavery // The Composite Puritan // The Personality of the Meeting House // The Summons To Worship // The Seating of the People // The Wretched Boys // Disturbers of Public Worship // The Neighbors of the Meeting House // The Comedy and Tragedy of the Pulpit // The Poor Parsons // The Notorious Ministers // The Simple Evangelist // The Muse of Choral Song // The Bible and the Confessional // The Hour Glass
Summary
The author uses the Colonial Meeting House as a central focus of the New England town and from it looks to other practices and customs to better illuminate life in the town and New England.
Subjects
Puritans.
Witchcraft - New England.
Slavery - New England.
New England - Social life and customs - Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
973.2 B649
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Home life in colonial days

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Author
Earle, Alice Morse,
Date of Publication
1898.
Call Number
973.2 E12
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Responsibility
written by Alice Morse Earle ; illustrated by photographs gathered by the author, of real things, works, and happenings of olden times.
Author
Earle, Alice Morse,
Place of Publication
New York
Publisher
Grosset & Dunlap,
Date of Publication
1898.
Physical Description
xvi, 470 p. , [26] leaves of plates : ill. ; 20 cm.
Series
Macmillan's standard library
Notes
Includes index.
Contents
Chapters: Homes of the colonists / How homes were lighted / The kitchen fireside / Foods and the serving of food / Flax and wool culture and spinning / Girls occupations / Hand weaving / Clothing / Travel, transportation and taverns / How Sundays were spent / Colonial neighborliness. With many photos and illustrations.
Subjects
Manners and customs.
Home.
United States - Social life and customs - To 1775.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
973.2 E12
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Papers relating to provincial affairs in Pennsylvania, 1682-1750

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Date of Publication
1891.
Call Number
974.802 P415
Place of Publication
Harrisburg
Publisher
Edwin K. Myers, State Printer,
Date of Publication
1891.
Physical Description
887 p. ; 25 cm.
Subjects
Pennsylvania - History - Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775 - Sources.
Pennsylvania - Politics and government - Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775 - Sources.
Great Britain - Colonies - Pennsylvania.
Great Britain - Colonies - Administration.
Pennsylvania - History - Sources.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
974.802 P415
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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
917.48 M685
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
"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. Although never an indentured servant, Mittelberger's written testament is one of several surviving historic works describing the hardships of the redemption system. His meticulous account of his sea voyage to the British Atlantic colonies and subsequent experiences in Pennsylvania has become academically notable, due to the scarcity in primary source material concerning several of the issues he details. Such topics include religious practices in colonial Pennsylvania, European passenger fares for children and adults, as well as the nature and consequences of epidemics on colonial era ships.The work is also noted for its lengthy discussion of sexuality and social mores, including an account of a bigamous threesome and the status of illegitimate children, as evidencing the religious and sexual tolerance of colonial America. Gottlieb Mittelberger traveled to Pennsylvania from Germany in 1750 on a ship primarily filled with poorer immigrants who would become indentured servants upon arriving in Philadelphia. Mittelberger was not a servant, and worked as a school master and organist for three years before returning to Germany in 1754." [from Wikipedia]
Subjects
Mittelberger, Gottlieb - Travel - Pennsylvania.
Germans - Pennsylvania.
Pennsylvania - Description and travel - Early works to 1800.
Pennsylvania - Emigration and immigration.
Additional Author
Eben, Carl Theodor,
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
917.48 M685
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Men, women & manners in colonial times

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Author
Fisher, Sydney George,
Date of Publication
1897.
Call Number
973.2 F917
Responsibility
By Sydney Geo. Fisher. Illustrated with photogravures and with decorations by Edward Stratton Holloway ...
Author
Fisher, Sydney George,
Place of Publication
Philadelphia
Publisher
J.B. Lippincott Co.,
Date of Publication
1897.
Physical Description
2 v. fronts., illus., plates. 18 cm.
Subjects
United States - Description and travel.
United States - Social life and customs - To 1775.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
973.2 F917
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Through colonial doorways

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Author
Wharton, Anne Hollingsworth,
Edition
9th ed.
Date of Publication
1893.
Call Number
973.2 W298
Responsibility
By Anne Hollingsworth Wharton.
Author
Wharton, Anne Hollingsworth,
Edition
9th ed.
Place of Publication
Philadelphia
Publisher
J.B. Lippincott Co.,
Date of Publication
1893.
Physical Description
xiii, 237 p. front., 21 cm.
Contents
Through colonial doorways.--The meschianza.--New York balls and receptions.--The American philosophical society.--The Wistar parties.--A bundle of old love letters.--The Philadelphia dancing assemblies.
Subjects
United States - Social life and customs - To 1775.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
973.2 W298
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Colonial days and dames

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Author
Wharton, Anne Hollingsworth,
Date of Publication
1895.
Call Number
973.2 W298c
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Responsibility
by Anne Hollingsworth Wharton. With illustrations by E.S. Holloway.
Author
Wharton, Anne Hollingsworth,
Place of Publication
Philadelphia
Publisher
J.B. Lippincott Co.,
Date of Publication
1895.
Physical Description
xiii, [11]-248 p. front., illus., plates, ports. 21 cm.
Notes
Édition de luxe; 508 copies printed for subscribers.
Contents
CONTENTS: COLONIAL DAYS WOMEN IN THE EARLY SETTLEMENT A GROUP OF EARLY POETESSES COLONIAL DAMES. OLD LANDMARKS WEDDINGS AND MERRY-MAKINGS LEGEND AND ROMANCE
Subjects
Women in the United States.
United States - Social life and customs - To 1775.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
973.2 W298c
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Extracts from the diary of Jacob Hiltzheimer, of Philadelphia. 1765-1798

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Author
Hiltzheimer, Jacob,
Date of Publication
1893.
Call Number
974.80092 P267
Responsibility
Ed. by his great-grandson, Jacob Cox Parsons.
Author
Hiltzheimer, Jacob,
Place of Publication
Philadelphia
Publisher
Press of W. F. Fell & co.,
Date of Publication
1893.
Physical Description
viii, 270 p. 23 cm.
Notes
Also see LCHS Journal article "An Old Time Worthy" by W. U. Hensel.(v.11, p. 328).
Subjects
Hiltzheimer, Jacob - 1729?-1798.
Philadelphia (Pa.) - History - Sources.
Pennsylvania - History - Revolution - Sources.
Pennsylvania - Politics and government - 1775-1865.
Additional Author
Parsons, Jacob Cox.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
974.80092 P267
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Early schools in the valley of the Octorara

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Author
Houston, J. W.
Date of Publication
1898
influence limited to his schoolroom, but the entire com- munity was environed by emanations from the Professor's life, leading up to a higher intellectual and moral plane. Princeton College honored Prof. An- drews with the degree of Master of Arts in 18 The early settlers of Chester county seem to have been
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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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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
  1 website  
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
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The making of Pennsylvania; an analysis of the elements of the population and the formative influences that created one of the greatest of the American states

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Author
Fisher, Sydney George,
Edition
[8th ed.]
Date of Publication
1908 [c1896]
Call Number
974.8009 F536
Author
Fisher, Sydney George,
Edition
[8th ed.]
Place of Publication
Philadelphia
Publisher
J.B. Lippincott,
Date of Publication
1908 [c1896]
Physical Description
viii, 380 p. front. (map) 20 cm.
Subjects
Pennsylvania - History - Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775.
Pennsylvania - Population.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
974.8009 F536
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Impress of early names and traits

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Author
Franklin, Walter M.
Date of Publication
1899
Impress of Early Names and Traits From an early period in its history the population of Pennsylvania was composed of people representing vari- ous nationalities. They have all left an impress which is discerned distinc- tively in many localities. Our earliest pioneers were the Dutch, who settled
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Responsibility
by Walter M. Franklin, Esq.
Author
Franklin, Walter M.
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Lancaster County Historical Society,
Date of Publication
1899
Physical Description
[45]-53 p. ; 23 cm.
Series
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 3, no. 2/3
Summary
The author of this journal article wishes to show the importance of various nationalities that settled in Pennsylvania - the Dutch, English, German and Scotch Irish are discussed.
Subjects
Names, Geographical.
Pennsylvania - Names.
Pennsylvania - History - Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775.
Lancaster County (Pa.) - Names.
Contained In
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 3, number 2/3 (1899), p. 45-53Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.3
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The survival of the medieval art of illuminative writing among Pennsylvania Germans

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Author
Mercer, Henry C.,
Date of Publication
1897]
Call Number
096 M534
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Responsibility
Henry C. Mercer.
Author
Mercer, Henry C.,
Place of Publication
[Doylestown, Pa
Publisher
Bucks County Historical Society,
Date of Publication
1897]
Physical Description
[423]-432 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Subjects
Illumination of books and manuscripts.
Pennsylvania Dutch.
Additional Corporate Author
Marian S. Carson Collection (Library of Congress)
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
096 M534
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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
  1 website  
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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A Quaker experiment in government

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Author
Sharpless, Isaac,
Date of Publication
1898.
Call Number
974.802 S532
  1 website  
Author
Sharpless, Isaac,
Place of Publication
Philadelphia
Publisher
Ferris,
Date of Publication
1898.
Physical Description
4 p. 1., 280 p. illus. 20 cm.
Series
History of Quaker government in Pennsylvania. v.1
Notes
Continued under title: A history of Quaker government in Pennsylvania. Vol. II: The Quakers in the revolution.
Subjects
Society of Friends - History.
Pennsylvania - History - Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775.
Pennsylvania - Politics and government.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
974.802 S532
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Selections from letters written by Edward Burd, 1763-1828

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Author
Burd, Edward,
Date of Publication
1899.
Call Number
923.4 B949w
Responsibility
Edited by Lewis Burd Walker.
Author
Burd, Edward,
Place of Publication
[Pottsville, Pa
Publisher
Standard Pub. Co.]
Date of Publication
1899.
Physical Description
253 p. port. 24 cm.
Series
The Burd papers
Subjects
Burd, Edward, - 1751-1833.
Philadelphia (Pa.) - History - Sources.
Pennsylvania - History - 1775-1865 - Sources.
Additional Author
Walker, Lewis Burd,
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
923.4 B949w
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The Lancaster barracks : where the British and Hessian prisoners were detained during the Revolution

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Author
Sener, Samuel Miller,
Date of Publication
1895.
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Responsibility
by Samuel M. Sener.
Author
Sener, Samuel Miller,
Place of Publication
Harrisburg, Pa
Publisher
Harrisburg Pub. Co.,
Date of Publication
1895.
Physical Description
20 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
Notes
"Reprinted from Notes and queries, Harrisburg daily telegraph."
"Rolls of prisoners": p. 14-20.
Bound with other pamphlets by the author: The Catholic Church at Lancaster, Penn'a (1894, 52 p.) -- Historical sketch of the ancient parish of St. Mary's, Lancaster, Pa. (n. d., 12 p) -- Additional historical notes in reference to St. Mary's at Lancaster (n. d., 5 p.) -- Some Lancaster Catholics, adn other historical notes (n.d ., 6 p.) -- Very Rev. Bernard Keenan, V. G. Sketch of one of the pioneer priest's [sic] of Pennsylvania (n. d. 10 p.) -- The Acadians in Lancaster County, Paper read before Lancaster County Historical Society, September 4, 1896 (1896, 8 p.) -- Simon S. Rathvon, Ph.D: Lancaster's oldest living devotee of science (n. d. 8 p.) -- Old time heroes of the War of the Revolution and War of 182-14 (1895, 11 p.) -- The Lancaster barracks where the British and Hesian prisoners were detained during the Revolution (1895, 20 p.
Subjects
Lancaster (Pa.) - History - Revolution, 1775-1783.
United States - History - Revolution, 1775-1783 - Prisoners and prisons.
 United States  - History y Revolution, 1775-1783 x Participation, German.
United States - History - Revolution, 1775-1783 - Registers.
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The Lancaster barracks : where the British and Hessian prisoners were detained during the Revolution

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Author
Sener, Samuel Miller,
Date of Publication
1895.
Call Number
973.37 S475
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Responsibility
by Samuel M. Sener.
Author
Sener, Samuel Miller,
Place of Publication
Harrisburg, Pa
Publisher
Harrisburg Pub. Co.,
Date of Publication
1895.
Physical Description
20 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
Notes
"Reprinted from Notes and queries, Harrisburg daily telegraph."
"Rolls of prisoners": p. 14-20.
Subjects
Lancaster (Pa.) - History - Revolution, 1775-1783.
United States - History - Revolution, 1775-1783 - Prisoners and prisons.
United States - History - Revolution, 1775-1783 - Registers.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Lancaster County
Call Number
973.37 S475
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Penn's city on the Susquehanna

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Author
Sachse, Julius Friedrich,
Date of Publication
1898
settlement of the Province to the dis- cretion of some subaltern whom they sent out for the purpose. There is a strong basis for the assumption that in the early days of the movement, some, if not all, of the principals favored the Susquehanna as the best site for the commericial and political capital of
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Responsibility
by Julius F. Sachse, Esq.
Author
Sachse, Julius Friedrich,
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Lancaster County Historical Society,
Date of Publication
1898
Physical Description
[223]-237 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Series
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 2, no. 8
Subjects
Penn, William, - 1644-1718.
Susquehanna River.
Pennsylvania - History - Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775.
Contained In
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 2, number 8 (1898), p. 223-237Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.2
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