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The invasion of Pennsylvania, by the Confederates under General Robert E. Lee, and its effect upon Lancaster and York Counties

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Author: Prowell, George Reeser,

Date of Publication: 1925

took position in the vicinity of the car shops. A detachment of about thirty men, under Cap- tain Wilson, of North Carolina, had already been sent to the railroad with orders to put the torch to some cars. As General Early and the Chief Burgess moved down Duke Street, a delegation of prominent citizens

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Responsibility: by George Reeser Prowell.

Author: Prowell, George Reeser,

Place of Publication: Lancaster, Pa

Publisher: Lancaster County Historical Society,

Date of Publication: 1925

Physical Description: 41-51 p. ; 23 cm.

Series: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 29, no. 4

Subjects: Lee, Robert E. - 1807-1870.; Lancaster County (Pa.) - History - Civil War, 1861-1865.; York County (Pa.) - History.

Contained In: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 29, number 4 (1925), p. 41-51Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.29

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Economy of old and Ambridge of today : historical outlines, embracing the settlement and life of Economy of old, together with the vast development in recent years of Ambridge and surroundings on this historic spot

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Author: Wagner, Elise Mercur.

Date of Publication: 1924.

Call Number: 974.892 A495

Responsibility: compiled by Elise Mercur Wagner.

Author: Wagner, Elise Mercur.

Place of Publication: [Ambridge, Pa.]

Publisher: [s.n.],

Date of Publication: 1924.

Physical Description: 95 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

Notes: "Centennial Souvenir Program, June 6,7,8, 1924."; Economy was the name of a settlement in western Pennsylvania of the Harmony Society in early 19th century . It was a religious communal society. The area later became the town of Ambridge.

Subjects: Economy (Pa.) - Centennial celebrations, etc.; Ambridge (Pa.) - History.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 974.892 A495

The Independence square neighborhood; historical notes on Independence and Washington squares, lower Chestnut street, and the insurance district along Walnut street, in Philadelphia, together with some account of the buildings, events, and personages of State house row

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Corporate Author: Penn Mutual Life Insurance Company.

Date of Publication: 1926.

Call Number: 974.811 F893

Responsibility: illustrated with photographs, sketches, and old prints.

Corporate Author: Penn Mutual Life Insurance Company.

Place of Publication: Philadelphia

Publisher: The Penn mutual life insurance company,

Date of Publication: 1926.

Physical Description: 2 p. l., 3-155 p. front., illus. (incl. maps, facsims.) 23 1/2 cm.

Notes: "This story of the Independence square neighborhood was written by Carroll Frey."

Subjects: Philadelphia (Pa.) - Streets - Independence Square.; Philadelphia (Pa.) - Historic houses, etc.

Additional Author: Frey, Carroll,

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 974.811 F893

The life and letters of Walter H. Page

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Author: Hendrick, Burton Jesse,

Date of Publication: 1922-25.

Call Number: 923.27 P133h

Responsibility: by Burton J. Hendrick ...

Author: Hendrick, Burton Jesse,

Place of Publication: Garden City, N.Y

Publisher: Doubleday, Page & Company,

Date of Publication: 1922-25.

Physical Description: 3 v. fronts., plates, ports., facsims. 25 cm. (v. 3: 28 cm.)

Notes: Plates and portraits printed on both sides.; "First edition after the printing of 377 de luxe copies."; Vol. III: Containing the letters to Woodrow Wilson.; LCHS missing v. 2.

Subjects: Page, Walter Hines, - 1855-1918.; United States - Foreign relations - Great Britain.; Great Britain - Foreign relations - United States.

Additional Author: Wilson, Woodrow,

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 923.27 P133h

Furniture treasury : (mostly of American origin). All periods of American furniture with some foreign examples in America, also American hardware and household utensils. 5000 illustrations with descriptions on the same page

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Author: Nutting, Wallace,

Date of Publication: 1961 [c1928]

Call Number: 749.2 N988

Responsibility: by Wallace Nutting.

Author: Nutting, Wallace,

Place of Publication: New York

Publisher: Macmillan Co.,

Date of Publication: 1961 [c1928]

Physical Description: 2 v. in 1 : chiefly ill. ; 27 cm.

Notes: "Unabridged."

Subjects: Furniture - United States.; Hardware - United States.; Implements, utensils, etc.; Clocks and watches.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 749.2 N988

A brief description of Indian life and Indian trade of the Susquehannock Indians. The tribe which inhabited what is now Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. A compilation of pen pictures by the earliest Europeans with whom they came in contact. Also giving a study of the exact location and period of occupation of their villages and fort stes based on the articles found in Indian graves here

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Author: Landis, David H.,

Date of Publication: c1929]

Call Number: 974.8011 L257b

Responsibility: By D. H. Landis ...

Author: Landis, David H.,

Place of Publication: [Lancaster, Pa

Date of Publication: c1929]

Physical Description: 1 p. Î²., [7]-48 p. front. (port.) illus. 23 cm.

Notes: Owing to an imperfect impression, p. 48 is numbered 4 in this copy.; "Only 150 copies will be printed and type destroyed."; "Reprinted from the Lancaster new era and also Intelligencer journal, June 22, l929."

Subjects: Susquehanna Indians.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 974.8011 L257b

A history of colonial Virginia, the first permanent colony in America, to which is added the genealogy of the several shires and counties and population in Virginia from the first Spanish colony to the present time

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Author: Cridlin, William Broaddus.

Edition: Pageant ed.

Date of Publication: 1923.

Call Number: 975.502 C928

Responsibility: By William Broaddus Cridlin ...

Author: Cridlin, William Broaddus.

Edition: Pageant ed.

Place of Publication: Richmond, Va

Publisher: Williams printing co.,

Date of Publication: 1923.

Physical Description: vi, 181, 13 p. incl. front. (map) 21 cm.

Subjects: Names, Geographical - Virginia.; Virginia - History - Colonial period.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 975.502 C928

The Kentucky rifle; a study of the origin and development of a purely American type of firearm, together with accurate historical data concerning early colonial gunsmiths, and profusely illustrated with photographic reproduction of their finest work

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Author: Dillin, John Grace Wolfe,

Date of Publication: 1924.

Call Number: 683 D578 Oversize

Responsibility: By Captain John G. W. Dillin.

Author: Dillin, John Grace Wolfe,

Place of Publication: Washington, D.C

Publisher: National rifle association of America,

Date of Publication: 1924.

Physical Description: 4 p. l., viii, 124, [6] p. front. (port.) illus., 126 pl. on 64 l. (incl. ports., facsims.) 33 cm.

Notes: "Edited by Kendrick Scofield."

Subjects: Kentucky rifle.

Additional Author: Scofield, Kendrick,

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 683 D578 Oversize

The Indian wars of Pennsylvania : an account of the Indian events, in Pennsylvania, of the French and Indian war, Pontiac's war, Lord Dunmore's war, the revolutionary war, and the Indian uprising from 1789 to 1795 ; tragedies of the Pennsylvania frontier based primarily on the Penna. archives and colonial records / by C. Hale Sipe ; introduction by Dr. George P. Donehoo

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Author: Sipe, C. Hale

Date of Publication: 1929.

Call Number: 974.8011 S618w

Author: Sipe, C. Hale

Place of Publication: Harrisburg

Publisher: The Telegraph Press,

Date of Publication: 1929.

Physical Description: 793 p., [16] p. of plates : ill., fold. map (in pocket) ; 23 cm.

Notes: Tail-pieces.; "Principal sources utilized in the preparation of this work": p. [6]; "Officers of the colonies of the Delaware before the time of William Penn, and the governors of the province and the commonwealth from 1681 to 1799": p. [745]-746.; "Principal Indian towns in Pennsylvania": p. [747]-754.; "List of blockhouses not mentioned in the text of this history": p. [755]-761.; Includes information on the Conoy Indians, Conestoga Indians, Susquehanna Indians and Delaware Indians.

Subjects: Indians of North America - Pennsylvania.; Indians of North America; Fortification - Pennsylvania.; Pennsylvania - History - Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775.; Pennsylvania - History - Revolution, 1775-1783.; Pennsylvania - Historic houses, etc.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 974.8011 S618w

Polk's official street directory, car line and information guide of Lancaster including ready reference map: giving description, location,number and intersection of each street, and the nearest car line to each number on the street, also key numbers for use with Polk's Ready Reference Map. Also routes of city and suburban car lines, list of public buildings, cemeteries, churches, fire department, libraries, parks,police department, post office, schools and other valuable information

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Date of Publication: 1924

Call Number: 917.4815

Place of Publication: Philadelphia

Publisher: R. L. Polk & Co., Publishers,

Date of Publication: 1924

Physical Description: 64 p. map ; 15 cm.

Notes: Includes advertising.; Map tipped in rear cover.

Subjects: Lancaster (Pa.) - Directories.

Additional Corporate Author: R.L. Polk & Co.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Lancaster County

Call Number: 917.4815

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