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Andrew Ellicott, his life and letters

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Author: Mathews, Catharine Van Cortlandt.

Date of Publication: 1908

Call Number: 925 E46m

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Responsibility: by Catharine Van Cortlandt Mathews.

Author: Mathews, Catharine Van Cortlandt.

Place of Publication: New York

Publisher: The Grafton press

Date of Publication: 1908

Physical Description: x, 256 p. front., plates, ports., maps (1 fold.) plans, facsims. 23cm.

Notes: "One thousand copies of this book have been printed from type and the type distributed."

Summary: A U.S. surveyor who resided in Lancaster County. He helped map many of the territories west of the Appalachians, surveyed the boundaries of the District of Columbia, continued and completed Pierre Charles L'Enfant's work on the plan for Washington, D.C., and served as a teacher in survey methods for Meriwether Lewis.; Contents: 1. Parentage and early life 1754 - 1784. 2. Baltimore and the western boundary of Pennsylvania 1785. 3. Three boundaries and the first measurement of Niagara 1786-1790. 4. The city of Washington in the Territory of Columbia. 5. The road to Presqu' Isle Fort. 6. The Florida boundary 1796 - 1800. 7. The Florida boundary (continued). 8. The Florida boundary (continued). 9. The land office of Pennsylvania 1800 - 1812. 10. West Point and the last surveys 1812-1820. The book contains footnotes and an index.

Subjects: Ellicott, Andrew, - 1754-1820.; Atlantic States - Surveys.; Southern boundary of the United States.; Washington (D.C.) - Surveys.; Pennsylvania - Boundaries.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 925 E46m

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Mirror for Americans; likeness of the eastern seaboard, 1810

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Author: Brown, Ralph H.

Date of Publication: 1943.

Call Number: 917 B877

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Responsibility: by Ralph H. Brown ...

Author: Brown, Ralph H.

Place of Publication: New York

Publisher: American Geographical Society,

Date of Publication: 1943.

Physical Description: xxxii p. [5]-312 p. front., illus. (incl. ports., maps) 26 x 20 cm.

Series: American Geographical Society. Special publication, no. 27

Notes: An account of the period told as if written by Thomas Pownall Keystone, a fictitious character, presenting, as a composite observer, the contempomary scene.; Bibliography: p. [248]-259. Bibliographical references included in "Notes" (p. [260]-298)

Summary: European travel narratives of America. Visitors from Europe seeking to learn about this new and different nation.

Subjects: Ellicott, Andrew, - 1754-1820.; Atlantic States - Description and travel.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 917 B877

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The new capitol at Harrisburg, Pa

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Date of Publication: Â©1906.

Call Number: 974.8 P415ne Oversize

Place of Publication: Harrisburg, Pa

Publisher: J.W. Roshon,

Date of Publication: Â©1906.

Physical Description: 1 preliminary leaf, 48 plates ; 27 x 31 cm

Notes: Preliminary leaf missing.; Cover title.

Subjects: Architecture - Pennsylvania - Harrisburg; Architecture.; Buildings.; Capitals (Cities); Pennsylvania - Capital and capitol.; Harrisburg (Pa.) - Buildings, structures, etc.; Pennsylvania.; Pennsylvania - Harrisburg.; Photomechanical prints.; History.; Viewbooks - Pennsylvania - Harrisburg - 20th century.; Stabbing (Binding)

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 974.8 P415ne Oversize

The American rifle

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Author: Hensel, W. U.

Date of Publication: 1905

. In 1792 Mr. Ellicott was appointed Surveyor General of the United States. In 1795 he superintended the construction of Fort Erie, now Erie, Pa., and was also employed to lay out the towns of Warren and Franklin. In 1796 his friend, Washington, appointed him United States Commissioner to determine the

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Responsibility: by prepared by Hon. W. U. Hensel.

Author: Hensel, W. U.

Place of Publication: Lancaster, Pa

Publisher: Lancaster County Historical Society,

Date of Publication: 1905

Physical Description: [59]-66 p. ; 23 cm.

Series: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 9, no. 3

Subjects: Ellicott, Andrew, - 1754-1820.; Gunsmiths - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.; Rifles; Industries - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County

Contained In: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 9, number 3 (1905), p. 59-66Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.9

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The nine capitals of the United States

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Author: Fortenbaugh, Robert,

Date of Publication: 1948.

Call Number: 973.3 F737

Author: Fortenbaugh, Robert,

Place of Publication: York, Pa

Publisher: Maple Press Co.,

Date of Publication: 1948.

Physical Description: ix, 104 p. col. illus. 27 cm.

Notes: Click on Table of Contents for more information.

Contents: Philadelphia -- Baltimore -- Lancaster -- York -- Princeton -- Annapolis -- Trenton -- New York -- Washington

Subjects: United States. - Continental Congress.; United States. - Congress - History.; United States - Capital and capitol.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 973.3 F737

John Fulton Reynolds

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Author: Scott, John F. R.

Date of Publication: 1948

Fredericks- burg, Virginia, and carried the enemy's works on the left. He was appointed military governor of that city , and his administration of affairs was so vigorous and equitable, that the loyal citizens rejoiced in the establishment of the authority of the United States in their midst. His troops were

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Responsibility: by Col. John Fulton Reynolds Scott (U.S. Army, retired).

Author: Scott, John F. R.

Place of Publication: Lancaster, Pa

Publisher: Lancaster County Historical Society,

Date of Publication: 1948

Physical Description: [21]-46 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

Series: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 52, no. 2

Subjects: Reynolds, John Fulton, - 1820-1863.; United States. - Army.; Memorials - United States.; Monuments - United States.; United States - History - Civil War, 1861-1865.

Contained In: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 52, number 2 (1948), p. 21-46Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.52

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Collection: World War I Collection

Title: World War I Collection

Object ID: MG0045

Date Range: 1916-1972

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Collection: World War I Collection

Title: World War I Collection

Description: The World War I Collection contains the contents of a scrapbook assembled by an unknown WWI veteran. Included are military draft cards, photographs of Ambulance Co. No. 111, 28th Division, photographs and programs for dedication of memorial monument to Ambulance Co. No. 111, postcards of France, newspaper clippings, and posters.

Date Range: 1916-1972

Year Range From: 1916

Year Range To: 1972

Creator: LancasterHistory (Organization)

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives South

Storage Wall: Side 02

People: Andrews, David F.; Benda, W. T.; Beneker, Gerrit A.; Boyce, C. M.; Breitigan, Abraham; Brenner, William A.; Brown, Arthur William; Bryson, Raymond; Bull, Charles Livingston; Carbaugh, Calvin A.; Chambers, Charles E.; Christy, Howard Chandler; Cover, Martin; Culp, Guy; Daugherty, James A.; Davis, Robert Courtney; De Maris, Walter; Dommel, Elmer; Drepperd, C. W.; Eschbach, H. H.; Fergeson, George; Fisher, Harrison; Foringer, A. E.; Forsythe, Clyde; France, Charles; Fulton, Hugh R.; Gibble, Ammon; Griest, William Walton; Habel, Albert A.; Harner, Marvin; Helwig, John W.; Hendee, A.; Hiemenz, Edward A.; Hiestand, Benjamin; Hottenstein, H.; Kahl, William; Kellish, William; Kimmel, Harry; Krone, Herbert D.; Landis, Estes B.; Leber, Paul Revere; Lundy, Edwin H.; Lyons, Julius; Matricardi, Frank; McFarland, Owen; McKee, W. M.; Miller, Peter; Moore, Luther; Musser, John W.; Myers, S. W.; O'Bryen, Benjamin Frank; Orr, Alfred Everitt; Palm, Elam B.; Shafer, L. A.; Shenk, Roy; Shoop, J. M.; Small, W. F.; Snyder, James H.; Tittle, Walter; Usner, Isaac L.; Volk, Douglas; Wauk, S. J.; Worthington, Henry H.; Zellers, George

Subjects: Alco-Gravure; American Lithographic Co.; E. Ketterlinus & Co.; Edwards & Deutsch Litho. Co.; Fatherless Children of France (Organization); Lithography; Posters; Rusling Wood, Litho.; Sackett & Wilhelms Litho. & Prt. Co.; Scrapbooks; Strobridge Lithographing Company; United States. Army; United States. Army. American Expeditionary Forces; United States. Army. Infantry Division, 28th; Veterans--Pennsylvania--Lancaster County; W.F. Powers Co.; William H. Forbes & Company; World War, 1914-1918; World War, 1914-1918--Pennsylvania--Lancaster County; YMCA of the USA

Search Terms: 28th Division; Alco-Gravure; Ambulance Company No. 111; American Expeditionary Forces, Ambulance Company No. 111; American Lithographic Company; American Red Cross; Committee on Public Information Division of Pictorial Society; E. Ketterlinus and Company; Edwards and Deutsch Lithographic Company; Emergency Fleet Corporation; Fatherless Children of France (Organization); Finding aids; Haywood Strasser and Voigt Lithographic Company; Lithography; Manuscript groups; Military draft cards; Posters; Prohibition; Rotoprint Gravure Company; Rusling Wood, Litho.; Sackett and Wilhelms Lithographing and Printing Company; Scrapbooks; Strobridge Lithographing Company; United States Army; United States Army, American Expeditionary Forces; United States Army, Infantry Division, 28th; Veterans; W. F. Powers Company; William H. Forbes and Company; World War I; WWI; YMCA; Commission for Relief in Belgium

Extent: 1 box, 49 folders, 31 posters, 2 cubic ft.

Object Name: Archive

Language: English

Object ID: MG0045

Related Item Notes: MG-28 The Society of the 28th Division, American Expeditionary Forces; MG-0028 The Society of the 28th Division, American Expeditionary Forces

Additional Notes: The World War I Collection contains the contents of a scrapbook assembled by an unknown WWI veteran. Included are military draft cards, photographs of Ambulance Co. No. 111, 28th Division, photographs and programs for dedication of memorial monument to Ambulance Co. No. 111, postcards of France, newspaper clippings, and posters.

Access Conditions / Restrictions: Restrictions are noted at the item level.

Copyright: Collection may not be photocopied. Please direct questions to Research Center Staff at research@lancasterhistory.org.; Permission for reproduction and/or publication must be obtained in writing from LancasterHistory.

Credit: Courtesy of LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.

Other Numbers: MG-45

Classification: MG0045

Description Level: Fonds

Custodial History: Cataloged before 1997. Items have been added to the collection since 1997 and the finding aid has been revised accordingly. Added to database on 19 July 2017.

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Collection: Mary Kilhefner Papers

Title: Mary Kilhefner Papers

Object ID: MG0416

Date Range: 1916-1958

title to a portion of Memorial Park cemetery. 19 November 1938. Folder 2, Insert 1 Cancelled Check Check. National Capital Company of Washington, D.C. $15.01 to Mary Kilhefner. Endorsed by L. A. Mitchell. 8 April 1938. �230 North President Avenue • Lancaster, Pennsylvania 17603-3125 717.392.4633

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Collection: Mary Kilhefner Papers

Title: Mary Kilhefner Papers

Description: This collection contains documents related to Mary Kilhefner, a resident of East Cocalico Township. The majority of these documents are financial in nature. A passbook records transactions in an early savings account. A decade of school tax receipts track tax rates in East Cocalico Township. As a stockholder in Lancaster Iron Works, Kilhefner received numerous items of correspondence regarding that company's operations, including its Depression-era bankruptcy and 1948 name change to Posey Iron Works. Other stock-related materials include an alleged case of fraud by an agent of National Capital Company and National Capital Memorial Park, Inc. Other materials include Ms. Kilhefner's will and invoices for coal, medical care, and Kilhefner's funeral.

Date Range: 1916-1958

Year Range From: 1916

Year Range To: 1958

Date of Accumulation: 1916-1958

Creator: Kilhefner, Mary, 1869-1957

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives South

Storage Wall: Side 10

People: Adams, Harvey; Brubaker, A. R.; Burrows, C. H.; Gausch, J. W.; Heisey, Amos; Heisey, Richard B.; Kilhefner, John C.; Kilhefner, Mary Garman; Kissinger, Mabel; Leid, Henry H.; Lynch, Anna M. Martin; Lynch, Ross Barton; Martin, Joseph Weaver; Martin, Levi B.; Mitchell, L. A.; Musser, M. E.; Neidhart, Paul Wolfgang; Oberholtzer, Harry B.; Oberholtzer, Richard E.; Schlock, Adam G.; Smith, W. J. B.; Sweet, William H.; Wolf, S.

Subjects: Letters; Receipts (Acknowledgments); Stockholders; Stocks

Search Terms: Annual reports; Bonds; Checks; Correspondence; DeWalt, Inc.; East Cocalico Twp.; Ephrata Hospital; Ephrata National Bank; Ernst and Ernst; Finding aids; Fire insurance; George Birkins Company; H. Good and Son; Hahnstown United Zion Church; Investments; Invoices; Keystone Mill; Lancaster Iron Works; Letters; Lutheran and Reformed Church Cemetery; Manuscript groups; National Capital Company; National Capital Memorial Park, Inc.; Nazarene Church; Pamphlets; Philadelphia National Bank; Posey Iron Works; Probate records; Real estate; Reamstown Fire Company Ambulance Service; Receipts; Reynolds and Company; Stockholders; Stocks; Taxes; Wills

Extent: 1 box, 3 folders

Object Name: Archive

Language: English

Object ID: MG0416

Location of Originals: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania

Notes: Preferred Citation: Title or description of item, date (day, month, year), Collection Title (MG#), Folder #, (or Object ID), LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania. URL if applicable. Date accessed (day, month, year).

Access Conditions / Restrictions: Original documents may be used by researchers--contact Research@LancasterHistory.org prior to visit or request at Reference Desk.

Copyright: Collection items may be photographed. Please direct questions to Research Center Staff at Research@LancasterHistory.org. Permission for reproduction and/or publication must be obtained in writing from LancasterHistory. Persons wishing to publish any material from this collection must assume all responsibility for identifying and satisfying any claimants of copyright or other use restrictions. Publication fees may apply.

Credit: Courtesy of LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.

Accession Number: 2007.MG0416

Other Numbers: MG-416

Classification: MG0416

Description Level: Fonds

Custodial History: Added to database 22 February 2022.

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Courts as well as Congress

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Date of Publication: 1904.

Material: Book Subject(s): Lancaster (Pa.)--Politics and government--1775-1783. Lancaster (Pa.)--Capital and capitol. Publisher: Lancaster, Pa. : Lancaster County Historical Society, 1903/1904 Description: [110]-111 p. ; 23 cm. Series: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 8, no. 4 Call

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Place of Publication: Lancaster, Pa

Publisher: Lancaster County Historical Society,

Date of Publication: 1904.

Physical Description: [110]-111 p. ; 23 cm.

Series: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 8, no. 4

Summary: This is a brief article explaining how the Pennsylvania General Assembly during the American Revolution authorized the courts of Philadelphia and Chester County to hold court away from their home area. This was due to the occupation of Philadelphia by the British army, which also forced the Continental Congress to abandon Philadelphia and take up residence in York, PA.

Subjects: Lancaster (Pa.) - Politics and government - Revolution, 1775-1783.; Lancaster (Pa.) - Capital and capitol.

Contained In: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 8, number 4 (1904), p. 110-111Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.8

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Country life in America as lived by ten presidents of the United States. John Adams, George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Andrew Jackson, Martin Van Buren, William Henry Harrison, James Buchanan, Abraham Lincoln, Theodore Roosevelt, Calvin Coolidge

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Author: Booth, Edward Townsend,

Edition: [1st ed.].

Date of Publication: 1947.

Call Number: 923.173 B725

Author: Booth, Edward Townsend,

Edition: [1st ed.].

Place of Publication: New York

Publisher: A.A. Knopf,

Date of Publication: 1947.

Physical Description: xviii, 264 p., xii p. 22 cm.

Notes: Bibliography: p. [249]-264.

Subjects: Presidents - United States - Biography.; Country life - United States.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 923.173 B725

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Andrew Ellicott, his life and letters

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Mirror for Americans; likeness of the eastern seaboard, 1810

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The new capitol at Harrisburg, Pa

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The American rifle

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The nine capitals of the United States

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John Fulton Reynolds

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Archive

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Archive

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Courts as well as Congress

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Country life in America as lived by ten presidents of the United States. John Adams, George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Andrew Jackson, Martin Van Buren, William Henry Harrison, James Buchanan, Abraham Lincoln, Theodore Roosevelt, Calvin Coolidge

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