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Redemptioners and indentured servants in the colony and commonwealth of Pennsylvania

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo131
Author
Geiser, Karl Frederick,
Date of Publication
[1901]
Call Number
331.62 G313
Responsibility
by Karl Frederick Geiser.
Author
Geiser, Karl Frederick,
Place of Publication
New Haven, Conn
Publisher
The Tuttle, Morehouse & Taylor co.
Date of Publication
[1901]
Physical Description
128 p. 23 cm.
Notes
At head of title: Supplement to the Yale review, vol. X, no. 2, August, 1901.
Bibliography: p. 120-125.
Summary
Written in 1901, this books describes the systems that were developed to bring willing workers to the American colonies from Europe when they did not have the money to travel and to establish themselves in a new home.
Subjects
Redemptioners.
Indentured servants - Pennsylvania.
Ocean travel
Pennsylvania - Emigration and immigration.
Pennsylvania - History - Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
331.62 G313
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Claims of Connecticut to Pennsylvania territory

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo4240
Author
Reilly, R. M.
Date of Publication
1901
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Responsibility
by R. M. Reilly, Esq.
Author
Reilly, R. M.
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Lancaster County Historical Society,
Date of Publication
1901
Physical Description
[27]-35 p. ; 23 cm.
Series
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 5, no. 2
Subjects
Pennsylvania - History - Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775.
Connecticut - History - Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775.
Contained In
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 5, number 2 (1901), p. 27-35Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.5
Documents

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Pennsylvania : a primer

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo4299
Author
Ferree, Barr,
Date of Publication
1904.
Call Number
974.80091 F382
Responsibility
by Barr Ferree.
Author
Ferree, Barr,
Place of Publication
New York
Publisher
L. Scott Publication Co.,
Date of Publication
1904.
Physical Description
256 p. : ill., ports., maps, plans ; 24 cm.
Subjects
Pennsylvania - History.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
974.80091 F382
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Author
Eshleman, Henry Frank,
Date of Publication
1907
  1 document  
Responsibility
by H. Frank Eshleman, Esq.
Author
Eshleman, Henry Frank,
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Lancaster County Historical Society,
Date of Publication
1907
Physical Description
[281]-296 p. ; 23 cm.
Series
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 11, no. 8
Subjects
Newspapers - Pennsylvania.
Pennsylvania - History - Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775.
Lancaster County (Pa.) - Social life and customs - Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775.
Contained In
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 11, number 8 (1907), p. 281-296Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.11
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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

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo3077
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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Two centuries of Pennsylvania history

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo16218
Author
Sharpless, Isaac,
Date of Publication
[1900]
Call Number
974.8 S531
  1 website  
Responsibility
by Isaac Sharpless.
Author
Sharpless, Isaac,
Place of Publication
Philadelphia
Publisher
J.B. Lippincott,
Date of Publication
[1900]
Physical Description
385 p. front., ports., map. 20 cm.
Series
Half-title: Lippincott educational series ... v. II.
Notes
Series title also at head of title page.
Subjects
Pennsylvania - History.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
974.8 S531
Websites
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"Historic Pennsylvania" : An address delivered before the Pennsylvania association of Washington, Alaska-Yukon Pacific exposition. Seattle, Washington, on "Pennsylvania day" August 16th, 1909

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo3459
Author
Hensel, W. U.
Date of Publication
1909]
Call Number
974.8009 H526
Author
Hensel, W. U.
Place of Publication
[Lancaster?
Date of Publication
1909]
Physical Description
25 p. :
Subjects
Pennsylvania - History.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
974.8009 H526
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A history of Pennsylvania, by L.S. Shimmell

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo16674
Author
Shimmell, Lewis Slifer,
Date of Publication
1900.
Call Number
974 S556
Author
Shimmell, Lewis Slifer,
Place of Publication
Harrisburg, Pa
Publisher
R.L. Myers & Co.,
Date of Publication
1900.
Physical Description
vii, 348 p. front., illus. 19 cm.
Subjects
Pennsylvania - Biography.
Pennsylvania - History.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
974 S556
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Papers read before the Kittochtinny Historical Society

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo17819
Corporate Author
Kittochtinny Historical Society.
Date of Publication
1900-
Call Number
974.844 K62
Corporate Author
Kittochtinny Historical Society.
Place of Publication
Chambersburg, Pa
Date of Publication
1900-
Physical Description
v. front., ill., plates. 24 cm.
Dates of Publication
v. [1]- 1898/99-
Notes
Papers for 1908/10-1910/12 include a general index of all Papers published since the organization of the society.
Library has: v. 2 [?] (1899-1901), v. 4 (1903-1905) - v. 6 (1908-1910), v. 9 (1915-1922), v. 10, no. 1, 3-7 (1922-1923).
Volume 10 bound with: Franklin County newspapers and the men who made them / by M. A. Foltz; Judiciary of Franklin County, Pennsylvania.
Subjects
Franklin County (Pa.) - History.
Pennsylvania - History.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
974.844 K62
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Massacre of the Conestogas : on the trail of the Paxton Boys in Lancaster County

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Author
Brubaker, John H.
Date of Publication
2010.
Call Number
974.802 B886
Responsibility
by Jack Brubaker.
ISBN
9781609490614
1609490614
Author
Brubaker, John H.
Place of Publication
Charleston, SC
Publisher
History Press,
Date of Publication
2010.
Physical Description
188 p. : ill., facsims., ports. ; 23 cm.
Notes
Includes index.
Bibliography: p. [177]-188.
Contents
pt. 1. Telling the story -- "Drive the heathen out of the land" -- "Some hot headed ill advised persons" -- "The same spirit & frantic rage" -- "Persons of undoubted probity & veracity" -- pt. 2. Retelling the story -- "I never heard one word of it till it was just over" -- "A mighty noise and hubbub" -- "Shot, scalped, hacked, and cut to pieces" -- "One of those youthful ebullitions of wrath" -- "The innocent were destined to share the fate of the guilty" -- "A zone of vicious racial violence" -- pt. 3. Killers and abettors -- "The most respectable of men" -- "They had possession and would keep it" -- "Eternal shame & reproach" -- pt. 4. Death and reconciliation -- "The remains of the victims of a terrible crime" -- "Slaughter'd, kill'd, and cut off a whole tribe" -- "Who was left to mourn for these people?"
Subjects
Paxton Boys.
Conestoga Indians - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County
Massacres - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County
Lancaster County (Pa.) - History - 18th century.
Lancaster County (Pa.) - Race relations - History - 18th century.
Pennsylvania - History - Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
974.802 B886
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