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Letters of Honorable John Strohm

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Author: Shenk, Hiram H.

Date of Publication: 1919

%20Info/Pwebrecon.cgi.txt Author: Shenk, Hiram H. (Hiram Herr), 1872-1954. Title: Letters of Honorable John Strohm / by Hiram H. Shenk. Primary Material: Book Subject(s): Strohm, John L. Legislators--United States. Pennsylvania--Social life and customs. Publisher: Lancaster, Pa. : Lancaster County

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Responsibility: by Hiram H. Shenk.

Author: Shenk, Hiram H.

Place of Publication: Lancaster, Pa

Publisher: Lancaster County Historical Society,

Date of Publication: 1919

Physical Description: 47-59 p. ; 23 cm.

Series: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 23, no. 3

Subjects: Strohm, John L.; Legislators - United States.; Pennsylvania - Social life and customs.

Contained In: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 23, number 3 (1919), p. 47-59Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.24

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Collection: William Walton Griest Collection, Series 25

Title: Letter from Rev. Samuel Fallows to Rep. Griest and Griest's response

Object ID: MG0065_S25_F062_In07_It05

Date Range: 1914/05/04 and 1914/05/13

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Collection: William Walton Griest Collection, Series 25

Title: Letter from Rev. Samuel Fallows to Rep. Griest and Griest's response

Description: Letter from Rev. Samuel Fallows to Rep. Griest requesting support for H.R.15733. The bill was introduced by Rep. Madden to promote the National Half-Century Anniversary of Negro Freedom exposition in Chicago in 1915. Pencilled at bottom of letter “I will support this. WWG.” Letterhead of the Illinois Commission for the National Half-Century Anniversary of Negro Freedom which lists officers and committee members, Chicago, Illinois.; Letter from Rep. Griest to Rev. Samuel Fallows in reply to Fallows' letter.

Date Range: 1914/05/04 and 1914/05/13

Creation Date: 4 May 1914, 13 May 1914

Creator: Fallows, Samuel, 1835-1922

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives South

Storage Wall: Side 02

Storage Container: Box 0044

People: Griest, William Walton; Fallows, Samuel

Other Creators: Griest, William Walton, 1859-1929

Subjects: African Americans--History; Enslaved persons--Emancipation; Letters

Search Terms: Anniversaries; Celebrations; Correspondence; Emancipation; Expositions; Legislation; Legislators, United States; Letters; National Half-Century Anniversary of Negro Freedom; Representatives, United States; United States Congress, House of Representatives

Extent: 2 items, 6 pages scanned

Object Name: Letter

Language: English

Object ID: MG0065_S25_F062_In07_It05

Location of Originals: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania

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Accession Number: Unknown.MG0065

Other Numbers: MG-65, Series 25

Other Number: MG-65, Series 25, Folder 62, Insert 7, Item 5

Classification: MG0065

Description Level: Item

Custodial History: Originally cataloged by KC, 2002-2003. The project was funded by the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission’s Archives and Records Management Grant, ME 230340, 2002-2003.; Digitization of these documents was funded by the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, PHMC Appl ID # 202010016624, 2020-2023.; Added to database 29 December 2023.

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The slavery question during the terms of office of John Whitehill and Robert Jenkins, Congressmen from Lancaster County from 1803 to 1807 and 1807 to 1811 respectively

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Author: Spindler, Adaline Bream.

Date of Publication: 1911

Sen- ate. In 1789 Nora, Carolina passed an act ceding all het territory lying west of her present limits to the United States, "provided, always, that no regulations. made or to be made, by Congress, shall tend to emanci- pate slaves." These conditions wen accepted by Congress April 2, 1790. No report

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Responsibility: by Miss Adeline B. Spindler.

Author: Spindler, Adaline Bream.

Place of Publication: Lancaster, Pa

Publisher: Lancaster County Historical Society,

Date of Publication: 1911

Physical Description: 253-265 p. ; 23 cm.

Series: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 15, no. 9

Subjects: Whitehill, John, - 1729-1805.; Jenkins, Robert, - 1769-1848.; Slavery - United States; Legislators - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.

Contained In: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 15, number 9 (1911), p. 253-265Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.15