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Author: Eshleman, Henry Frank,

Date of Publication: 1913

, ca. 1600-1775. Lancaster County (Pa.)--Social life and customs--Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775. Publisher: Lancaster, Pa. : Lancaster County Historical Society, 1913 Description: 123-137 p. ; 23 cm. Series: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 17, no. 5 Call Number: 974.9 L245 v.17

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Responsibility: by H. Frank Eshleman, Esq.

Author: Eshleman, Henry Frank,

Place of Publication: Lancaster, Pa

Publisher: Lancaster County Historical Society,

Date of Publication: 1913

Physical Description: 123-137 p. ; 23 cm.

Series: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 17, no. 5

Subjects: American Weekly Mercury (Philadelphia, Pa.); 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 17, number 5 (1913), p. 123-137Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.17

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The location of Susquehannock Fort

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Author: Landis, David H.,

Date of Publication: 1910

movements of the Susquehannocks covering this period mainly through references from the Maryland Ar- chives and Jesuit Relations. As I did not have access to these, I wish to acknowledge my indebtedness to the valuable work on Lancaster County Indian History recently pub- lished by H. Frank Eshleman for

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Responsibility: by D. H. Landis.

Author: Landis, David H.,

Place of Publication: Lancaster, Pa

Publisher: Lancaster County Historical Society,

Date of Publication: 1910

Physical Description: 81-117 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

Series: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 14, no. 3

Subjects: Susquehannock Fort (York County, Pa.); Susquehanna Indians.; Pennsylvania - History - Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775.; Lancaster County (Pa.) - Antiquities.; York County (Pa.) - Antiquities.

Contained In: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 14, number 3 (1910), p. 81-117Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.14

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The first white man in Pennsylvania and in Lancaster County

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Author: Diffenderffer, Frank Ried,

Date of Publication: 1913.

The First White Man In Pennsylvania and in Lancaster County. There are probably not a half-dozen persons in this audience who can name the first white man who set his feet on the soil that to-day constitutes the great State of Pennsylvania, And yet that comparatively unknown man had one of the most

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Responsibility: by F. R. Diffenderffer, Litt.D.

Author: Diffenderffer, Frank Ried,

Place of Publication: Lancaster, Pa

Publisher: Lancaster County Historical Society,

Date of Publication: 1913.

Physical Description: 5-36 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

Series: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 17, no. 1

Subjects: Brule, Etienne, - 1595-1632.; Iroquois Indians; Pennsylvania - History - Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775.; America - Discovery and exploration - French.

Contained In: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 17, number 1 (1913), p. 5-36Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.17

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The wilderness trail; or, The ventures and adventures of the Pennsylvania traders on the Allegheny path

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Author: Hanna, Charles A.

Date of Publication: 1911.

Call Number: 974.8028 H243

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Responsibility: with some new annals of the old West, and the records of some strong men and some bad ones, by Charles A. Hanna ... with eighty maps and illustrations.

Author: Hanna, Charles A.

Place of Publication: New York, London

Publisher: G. P. Putnam's sons,

Date of Publication: 1911.

Physical Description: 2 v. fronts., plates, maps (part fold.) facsim. 25 cm.

Notes: "Of this work one thousand copies have been printed from type, and the type destroyed."

Contents: Chapters in volume 1: The debatable land // The Iroquoians of the Susquehanna // The Petticoat indians of Petticoat land // The Shawnees // The early traders of Conestoga, Donegal and Paxtang // The young red man goes west // The Shamokin traders and the Shamokin Path // Andrew Montour, the "Half Indian" // The Frankstown Path // The Raystown Path // The traders at Allegheny on the main path; with some annals of Kittanning and Chartier's Town // The Ohio Mingoes of the White River and the Wendats // Kuskuskies on the the Beaver // Logstown on the Ohio.; Chapters in volume 2: George Croghan , the king of the traders // The Ohio Valley before the white man came // The Lower Shanee town; or Chillicothe on the Ohio // The Chonchake Route and other Ohio paths // John Finley and Kentucky before Boone // Pickawillany Path // The Indian trade and Pennsylvania traders // The perils of the path.

Subjects: Indians of North America - Pennsylvania.; Indians of North America - Ohio River Valley.; Pennsylvania - History - Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775.; Ohio River Valley - History - To 1795.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 974.8028 H243

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A cluster of roses

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Author: Robinson, Mary N.

Date of Publication: 1912

being asked for in Lancaster county. B. 625, December 5, 1739, recorded March 4, 1748, 120 acres were sold to Peter Feake for the same rental. He had water rights on "Tulpehocken Crook" for an "Oyl Mill," and, B. 625, June first, 1743, John Dieter and Catharine, his wife, sell to the same Peter Feake

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Responsibility: by Mrs. M. N. Robinson.

Author: Robinson, Mary N.

Place of Publication: Lancaster, Pa

Publisher: Lancaster County Historical Society,

Date of Publication: 1912

Physical Description: 109-113 p. ; 23 cm.

Series: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 16, no. 4

Subjects: Page, John.; Plumton Manor (Pa.); Pennsylvania - History - Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775.

Contained In: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 16, number 4 (1912), p. 109-113Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.16

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Massacre of the Conestoga Indians, 1763 : incidents and details

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Author: Bausman, Lottie M.

Date of Publication: 1914

, That, on Wednesday, the 14th Day of this Month, a Number of Peo- ple armed and mounted on horse- back, unlawfully assembled together, and went to the Indian Town, in the Conestoga Mannor, in Lancaster county, and without the least Reason or Provocation, in cool blood, barbar- ously killed Six of the

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Responsibility: by Miss Lottie M. Bausman.

Author: Bausman, Lottie M.

Place of Publication: Lancaster, Pa

Publisher: Lancaster County Historical Society,

Date of Publication: 1914

Physical Description: 169-185 p. ; 23 cm.

Series: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 18, no. 7

Subjects: Paxton Boys.; Conestoga Indians; Conestoga Massacre, Pa., 1763.; Pennsylvania - History - Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775.

Contained In: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 18, number 7 (1914), p. 169-185Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.18

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Forges and furnaces in the province of Pennsylvania

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Corporate Author: National Society of the Colonial Dames of America. Pennsylvania.

Date of Publication: 1914.

Call Number: 671.33 C734

Responsibility: prepared by the Committee on historical research.

Corporate Author: National Society of the Colonial Dames of America. Pennsylvania.

Place of Publication: Philadelphia

Publisher: Printed for the Society,

Date of Publication: 1914.

Physical Description: vii, 204 p. illus. 25 cm.

Series: Publications of the Pennsylvania society of the colonial dames of America. III

Subjects: Iron industry and trade - Pennsylvania.; Pennsylvania - History - Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 671.33 C734

Chronicles of Pennsylvania from the English revolution to the peace of Aix-la-Chapelle, 1688-1748 / by Charles P. Keith

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Author: Keith, Charles Penrose,

Date of Publication: 1917.

Call Number: 974.802 K28

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Author: Keith, Charles Penrose,

Place of Publication: Philadelphia

Publisher: [Patterson & White Co.],

Date of Publication: 1917.

Physical Description: 2 v. (981 p.) ; 25 cm.

Notes: Paged continuously.; Includes index.

Subjects: Pennsylvania - History - Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 974.802 K28

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The German and Swiss settlements of colonial Pennsylvania : a study of the so-called Pennsylvania Dutch

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Author: Kuhns, Levi Oscar,

Edition: New ed.

Date of Publication: 1914.

Call Number: 974.802812 K96

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Responsibility: by Oscar Kuhns.

Author: Kuhns, Levi Oscar,

Edition: New ed.

Place of Publication: New York

Publisher: Eaton & Mains,

Date of Publication: 1914.

Physical Description: 268 p. ; 20 cm.

Notes: Bibliography: p. 247-257.; The author was born in Columbia,Pa and is a descendant of Swiss immigrants who in the early 18th century came to live in Lancaster County, Pa.