newspapers of Lancaster County / by F. R. Diffenderffer. Primary Material: Book Subject(s): American newspapers--Pennsylvania--Lancaster County. German American newspapers--Pennsylvania--Lancaster County. Lancaster County (Pa.)--Newspapers. Lancaster (Pa.)--Newspapers. Publisher: Lancaster, Pa. : Lancaster

The Militia Muster, or Battalion Day. Sixty or seventy-five years ago neither legal nor other holidays were as common in Lancaster county as they are to-day. It is true that New Year's Day received some attention at the hands of those who owned firearms; Good Friday was observed by a ma- jority of

County (Pa.)--Buildings, structures, etc. Publisher: Lancaster, Pa. : Lancaster County Historical Society, 1904/1905 Description: [3]-24 p. : ill. ; 23 cm. Series: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 9, no. 1 Call Number: 974.9 L245 v.9 Location: LCHSJL -- Journal Article (reading

AN EARLY NEWSPAPER The importance and value of news- papers in the study of local history can not well be overrated. They come next in importance to the original records of State and county. In more recent times they have lost somewhat of their value from the coloring given to public questions as

/Pwebrecon.cgi.txt Author: Diffenderffer, Frank Ried, 1833-1921. Title: Date stones, with examples / by F. R. Diffenderfferk Litt.D. Primary Material: Book Subject(s): Date stones (Building)--Pennsylvania--Lancaster County. Folk art--Pennsylvania--Lancaster County. Lancaster County (Pa.)--Buildings, structures, etc

newspapers and books. Their influence was unquestionably great, as we know from the very general circu- �lation of their weekly papers, and from the further fact that there is hardly a family in the county to-day, whose his- tory goes back a hundred years or more, that has not a number of old books printed

Buchanan letters / by F. R. Diffenderffer, Litt.D. Primary Material: Book Subject(s): Buchanan, James, 1791-1868 --Correspondence. Caldwell, James A. Barton, George W., 1807-1851. Lancaster County (Pa.)--Biography. Publisher: Lancaster, Pa. : Lancaster County Historical Society, 1904/1905 Description: [37

glass factory in the colonies, near Salem, New Jersey. That person owned lands in what is now Berks county, which he sold to various purchasers. In making his deeds, in addition to the stipulated amounts of purchase money, he also exacted the payment of a red rose. One purpose of this correspondent was

movement toward the organization of the county for defence he was elect- ed a member of the Committee on Ob- servation and Correspondence; he rep- resented Donegal in a provincial con- vention held in Philadelphia in 1775; he was Lieutenant of Lancaster county and as such was charged with grave and

was the late Chris- tian Zecher, whom some here, no doubt, remember. Some years before his death Dr. D. McNeely Stauffer, of New York, a native of this county, a learned archaeologist and excellent draughtsman, purposely interviewed Mr. Zecher, and procured from him all the facts and particulars