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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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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
Websites
https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uva.x000276579;view=1up;seq=13
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The new capitol at Harrisburg, Pa

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Date of Publication
©1906.
Call Number
974.8 P415ne Oversize
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Place of Publication
Harrisburg, Pa
Publisher
J.W. Roshon,
Date of Publication
©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
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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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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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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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Yearbook of the United States Department of Agriculture, 1905

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Date of Publication
1906.
Call Number
630 Y39 1905
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Place of Publication
Washington, D.C
Publisher
U.S. G.P.O.,
Date of Publication
1906.
Physical Description
815 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Series
Yearbook of Agriculture ;
Notes
Includes index.
Contents
The gypsy and brown-tail moths and their European parasites--How parasites are transmitted--How to grow young trees for forest planting--Diversified farming in the cotton belt--Dark fire-cured tobacco of Virginia and the possibilities for its improvement--Insect enemies of forest reproduction--New fruit productions of the Department of Agriculture--Fruit and its uses as food--The principal insect enemies of the peach--New opportunities in subtropical fruit growing--Farm practice in the control of field-crop insects--Promising new fruits.
Subjects
Insects, Injurious and beneficial - United States.
Forests and forestry - United States.
Cotton - United States.
Tobacco industry - United States.
Floods - United States.
Fruit - United States.
Additional Corporate Author
United States. Dept. of Agriculture.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
630 Y39 1905
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Pennsylvania's new capitol at Harrisburg

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Date of Publication
[1906?]
Call Number
974.818 H297
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Place of Publication
Harrisburg
Publisher
Telegraph,
Date of Publication
[1906?]
Physical Description
16 p. : ill. ; 31 cm.
Subjects
Pennsylvania - Capital and capitol.
Additional Corporate Author
Harrisburg (Pa.) Telegraph.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
974.818 H297
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A calendar of Washington manuscripts in the Library of Congress

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Date of Publication
1901.
Call Number
923.173 W318un
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Responsibility
compiled under the direction of Herbert Friedenwald.
Place of Publication
Washington
Publisher
G.P.O.,
Date of Publication
1901.
Physical Description
315 p. ; 28 cm.
Notes
Includes index.
Contents
Introduction -- Calendar of manuscripts from Washington -- Calendar of manuscripts to Washington -- Index of names.
Subjects
Washington, George, - 1732-1799 - Manuscripts - Bibliography.
Manuscripts - United States
United States - History - Sources.
Additional Author
Friedenwald, Herbert,
Additional Corporate Author
Library of Congress. Manuscript Division.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
923.173 W318un
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Two centuries of costume in America, MDCXX-MDCCCXX

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Author
Earle, Alice Morse,
Date of Publication
1903.
Call Number
391 E12t
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by Alice Morse Earle ...
Author
Earle, Alice Morse,
Place of Publication
New York, London
Publisher
The Macmillan Company; Macmillan & Co., ltd.,
Date of Publication
1903.
Physical Description
2 v. fronts, illus., plates, ports. 21 cm.
Notes
Paged continuously.
Lancaster Historical Society has vol. 2 only.
Subjects
Costume.
Fashion - United States
United States - Social life and customs.
United States - Social life and customs - To 1775.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
391 E12t
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Journals of the Continental Congress

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Corporate Author
United States. Continental Congress.
Date of Publication
1904-37.
Call Number
973.312 J86
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Corporate Author
United States. Continental Congress.
Place of Publication
Washington
Publisher
U.S. Govt. Print. Off.,
Date of Publication
1904-37.
Physical Description
34 v. facsims. (part fold.) 27 cm.
Dates of Publication
v.1-34; 1774-1789.
Notes
At head of title: Library of Congress.
"Edited from the original records in the Library of Congress."
Edited in the Divisions of Manuscripts, Library of Congress: v. 1- 15, Sept. 5, 1774-Dec. 31, 1779 by Worthington Chauncy Ford; v. 16-27, Jan. 1, 1780-Dec. 24, 1784 by Gaillard Hunt; v.28-31, Jan. 11, 1785-Dec. 31, 1786 by John C. Fitzpatrick; v.32-34, Jan. 17, 1787-March 2, 1789 by Roscoe R. Hill.
Index volume compiled by Kenneth E. Harris and Steven D. Tilley.
Library has: volumes 1 to 28 (1774-1785).
"Bibliographical notes" for 1774, 1775, etc. are found in the last vol. of "Journals" for the corresponding years, i.e. in v. 1, 3, 6, 9, etc. These notes are based upon "Some materials for a bibliography of the official publications of the Continental Congress ... by Paul Leicester Ford."
Subjects
United States. - Continental Congress - Bibliography.
Constitutional history - United States - Sources.
United States - Politics and government - 1775-1783.
United States - History - Revolution, 1775-1783.
Additional Author
Ford, Worthington Chauncey,
Hunt, Gaillard,
Fitzpatrick, John Clement,
Hill, Roscoe R.,
Harris, Kenneth E.,
Tilley, Steven D.,
Additional Corporate Author
Library of Congress. Manuscript Division.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
973.312 J86
Websites
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Here and there in two hemispheres

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Author
Law, James D.
Edition
1st series.
Date of Publication
1903.
Call Number
814 L415
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by James D. Law.
Author
Law, James D.
Edition
1st series.
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
The Home Pub. Co.,
Date of Publication
1903.
Physical Description
xix, 467 p. illus. 26 cm.
Notes
"1000 copies, ordinary edition. 500 copies edition de luxe."
"Some Burns collectors of my acquaintance": p. 61-76.
Subjects
Burns, Robert, - 1759-1796 - Manuscripts.
De Peyster family.
Scotland - Description and travel.
United States - Description and travel.
Scotland - Biography.
United States - Biography.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
814 L415
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