(Lancaster, Pa.) Lancaster (Pa.)--History--18th century. Lancaster (Pa.)--History--19th century. Lancaster (Pa.)--History--Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775. Lancaster County (Pa.)--History--17th century. Publisher: Lancaster, Pa. : Lancaster County Historical Society, 1900/1901 Description: [121]-133 p. : ill

: Lancaster Borough / by George Steinman, Esq. Primary Material: Book Subject(s): Lancaster (Pa.)--History--18th century. Lancaster (Pa.)--History--19th century. Lancaster (Pa.)--History--Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775. Publisher: Lancaster, Pa. : Lancaster County Historical Society, 1899-1900 Description

Catholic) was begun. The Presbyterians date back to 1763, and the Hebrews had a con- gregation and cemetery as early as 1747, the third in point of age in the United States. In their quiet grave- yard are interred the parents of Re- becca Gratz, the heroine of "Ivanhoe." In 1754 Lancaster contained 500

--Lancaster--History. Lancaster (Pa.)--History--19th century. Publisher: Lancaster, Pa. : Lancaster County Historical Society, 1899-1900 Description: [3]-22 p. ; 23 cm. Series: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 4, no. 1 Call Number: 974.9 L245 v.4 Location: LCHSJL -- Journal Article

: Book Subject(s): Hessians--United States. Hessians--Pennsylvania--Lancaster County. United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783 --Participation, German. Lancaster (Pa.)--History--18th century--German mercenaries. Publisher: Lancaster, Pa. : Lancaster County Historical Society, 1899-1900 Description

, but it is convinc- ing. Consider it as we will, there is but one conclusion. The old Conestoga �Church passed out of history more than a century ago, but the line of his- toric descent was never entirely broken, and Heller's Church now occu- pies the site of the earliest Reformed Church in Lancaster

a paper, together with anything else pertaining to the Presbyterians of Lancaster, our moth- er and daughter counties. In obedi- ence to his command I herewith pre- sent to the Society the following sketch of Rev. Alexander Craighead and other distinguished Presbyterians, almost unknown in history

, but, as he was good natured at heart, everybody was his friend. For more than forty years he was the crier in the Lancaster Courts. Prior to becoming such he had been a tipstaff, and, in consequence, he had been an officer of the Court for a full half century. He was rarely sick, and never absent from

-Irish--Pennsylvania. Historical markers--Pennsylvania--Lancaster County. Donegal (Pa.)--History. Lancaster County (Pa.)--History--17th century. Publisher: Lancaster, Pa. : Lancaster County Historical Society, 1899-1900 Description: [44]-62 p. ; 23 cm. Series: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical