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Ricketts' circus in Lancaster

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Author: Worner, William Frederic.

Date of Publication: 1928

Ricketts' Circus in Lancaster By WILLIAM FREDERIC WORNER J OHN BILL RICKETTS, a Scotch equestrian, who had learned many of his astounding acts when he was associated with the Blackfriars' Bridge circus, London, came to Philadelphia in 1792, and erected a building for a riding school at the south

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Responsibility: by William Frederic Worner.

Author: Worner, William Frederic.

Place of Publication: Lancaster, Pa

Publisher: Lancaster County Historical Society,

Date of Publication: 1928

Physical Description: 134-135 p. ; 23 cm.

Series: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 32, no. 9 & 10

Subjects: Ricketts, John Bill.; Circus - Pennsylvania - Lancaster.

Contained In: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 32, number 9/10 (1928), p. 134-135Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.32

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The Christmas campaign : the ten days of Trenton and Princeton

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Author: Widmer, Kemble.

Date of Publication: c1975.

Call Number: 973.332 W638

Responsibility: Kemble Widmer.

Author: Widmer, Kemble.

Place of Publication: Trenton

Publisher: New Jersey Historical Commission,

Date of Publication: c1975.

Physical Description: 30 p. : maps ; 23 cm.

Series: New Jersey's Revolutionary experience ;

Notes: Bibliography: p. 29-30.

Summary: Relates the events of the Battles of Trenton and Princeton which were part of the Christmas campaign fought during the Revolutionary War.

Subjects: Trenton, Battle of, Trenton, N.J., 1776.; Princeton, Battle of, Princeton, N.J., 1777.; United States - History - Revolution, 1775-1783.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 973.332 W638

The Peter Force collection. Mss. 17137

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Date of Publication: 1977.

Call Number: Drawer 4, sec. 5

Place of Publication: Washington, D.C

Publisher: Library of Congress Photoduplication Service,

Date of Publication: 1977.

Physical Description: 112 microfilm reels ; 35 mm.

Notes: #86, Lancaster Committee, start at image 296.; Also known as: The papers of Peter Force.; Reproduced from the collection of the Manuscript Division, Library of Congress.; LCHS has reel 48 of 112.; See "Minutes and Papers of the Revolutionary Committees in Lancaster County, 1774-1777" by Francis S. Fox found in Pennsylvania History, v. 71, no.2 (2004), p. 213-225 for related information.

Contents: Series 8A. George Chalmers -- Series 8B. Ebenezer Hazard -- Series 8C. Hispanic collection -- Series 8D. Other collections -- Series 9. Miscellaneous manuscripts.

Subjects: Lancaster County Committee of Correspondence.; Lancaster County Committee of Observation and Inspection.; Lancaster County Committee of Safety.; United States - History - Sources.; America - History - Sources.

Additional Author: Force, Peter,

Additional Corporate Author: Library of Congress. Manuscript Division.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Microfilm

Call Number: Drawer 4, sec. 5

The private records of Rev. George Jacob Martz, 1869-1878 : comprising deaths, marriages, and baptisms during his ministerium at Womelsdorf Lutheran Church, Berks County, and Lutheran Churches of the southeastern area of Lebanon County and the extreme northern area of Lancaster County, Pa

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Author: Martz, George Jacob,

Date of Publication: [1978]

Call Number: 974.816 M375

Author: Martz, George Jacob,

Place of Publication: York, PA

Publisher: South Central Pennsylvania Genealogical Society,

Date of Publication: [1978]

Physical Description: 38 p. ; 28 cm.

Series: Special publication / South Central Pennsylvania Genealogical Society ; no. 2 (January 1978)

Notes: Includes index.

Subjects: Registers of births, etc. - Pennsylvania - Berks County.; Church records and registers - Pennsylvania - Berks County; Registers of births, etc. - Pennsylvania - Lebanon County.; Church records and registers - Pennsylvania - Lebanon County; Registers of births, etc. - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County; Church records and registers - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 974.816 M375

A plot map and coded listing of information given on grave markers and tombstones in Bermudian Church of the Brethren Cemetery, Washington Township, York County, Pennsylvania

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Author: Trimmer, Rodney W.

Date of Publication: [1978]

Call Number: 974.841 T831

Responsibility: compiled, 1976, by Rodney W. Trimmer ; aided by records of the Historical Society of York County and G.W. & Ruth M. Harlacher.

Author: Trimmer, Rodney W.

Place of Publication: York, PA

Publisher: South Central Pennsylvania Genealogical Society,

Date of Publication: [1978]

Physical Description: 7 p., [1] leaf of plates : ill. ; 28 cm.

Series: Special publication / South Central Pennsylvania Genealogical Society ; no. 4 (July 1978)

Notes: Includes index.

Subjects: Bermudian Church of the Brethren Cemetery (Washington, York County, Pa.); Registers of births, etc. - Pennsylvania - Washington (York County); Registers of births, etc. - Pennsylvania - York County.; Inscriptions - Pennsylvania - Washington (York County); Washington (York County, Pa.) - Genealogy.; York County (Pa.) - Genealogy.

Additional Corporate Author: Historical Society of York County (Pa.)

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 974.841 T831

Warrant registers (for Pennsylvania Counties)

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Date of Publication: 1734 - 1935.

Call Number: Drawer 15, Sec. 1

Responsibility: Prepared by Wm. W. Britton, begun 1734, completed May 30, 1935 ;

Date of Publication: 1734 - 1935.

Physical Description: 4 reels ; 35 mm.

Notes: Microfilmed in 1957. Contains 20 volumes. Lancaster County warrants are on V. 16.; Labeled on box # 257 - # 261.; Material arranged by county and includes names of warrantee, date, acreage, location, date of return, name of patentee, where patent recorded, and where survey is copied.

Subjects: Pennsylvania. Department of Internal Affairs. Bureau of Land Records.; Registers of births, etc. - Pennsylvania.; Land grants - Pennsylvania.; Land grants - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.; Land grants - Pennsylvania - Berks County.; Land grants - Pennsylvania - Dauphin County.; Land grants - Pennsylvania - Chester County.; Land grants - Pennsylvania - Lebanon County.; Land grants - Pennsylvania - York County.; Land grants - Pennsylvania - Cumberland County.; Land grants - Pennsylvania - Adams County.

Additional Author: Britton, William W.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Microfilm

Call Number: Drawer 15, Sec. 1

History of the Indian tribes of North America, with biographical sketches and anecdotes of the principal chiefs, embellished with one hundred and twenty portraits from the Indian gallery in the Department of War at Washington

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Author: McKenney, Thomas Loraine,

Edition: 1st ed.

Date of Publication: 1978.

Call Number: 970.1 M155

Responsibility: by Thomas L. McKenney and James Hall.

ISBN: 0931480124 (v. 1)

Author: McKenney, Thomas Loraine,

Edition: 1st ed.

Place of Publication: Kent, Ohio

Publisher: Volair,

Date of Publication: 1978.

Physical Description: 2 v. : ill. ; 27 cm.

Notes: Reprint of the 1848-1850 ed. published by J. T. Bowen, Philadelphia.; "An essay on the history of the North American Indians, by James Hall": v. 2, p. 291-529.