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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

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 early architecture of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania : being an account of the origin and development of architectural forms in Lancaster County during the eighteenth century

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Author: Kocher, Alfred L.

Date of Publication: 1920

The Early Architecture of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. BEING AN ACCOUNT OF THE ORIGIN AND DEVELOPMENT OF ARCHITECTURAL FORMS IN LANCASTER COUNTY DURING THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY. "No chapter in the history of national manners would illustrate so well, if duly executed, the progress of social life

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Responsibility: by Alfred L. Kocher, A.I.A.

Author: Kocher, Alfred L.

Place of Publication: Lancaster, Pa

Publisher: Lancaster County Historical Society,

Date of Publication: 1920

Physical Description: 91-106 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

Series: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 24, no. 5

Subjects: Architecture.; Greek revival (Architecture); Architecture, Domestic - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.; Architecture, Colonial - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.; Lancaster County (Pa.) - Social life and customs.

Contained In: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 24, number 5 (1920), p. 91-106Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.24

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Contributions from Lancaster County for the distressed poor of Philadelphia during the yellow fever epidemic of 1797

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Author: Worner, William Frederic.

Date of Publication: 1928

existence, Philadelphia was ravaged by the yellow fever scourge. The worst of these epidemics occured in 1793. It is estimated that at least 5,000 people succumbed to the disease in the summer and autumn of that year. During its prevalence, about 17,000 inhabitants left the city. While the disease raged, it

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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: 137-139 p. ; 23 cm.

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

Subjects: Yellow fever - Pennsylvania - Philadelphia; Epidemics - Pennsylvania - Philadelphia; Poor - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County

Contained In: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 32, number 9/10 (1928), p. 137-139Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.32

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Comb making in America, an account of the origin and development of the industry for which Leominster has become famous, to which are added pictures of many of the early comb makers and views of the old time comb shops

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Author: Walton, Perry,

Date of Publication: c1925]

Call Number: 688.5 W241

Responsibility: compiled and privately printed for Bernard W. Doyle, president of the Viscoloid company, inc., in commemoration of the one hundred and fiftieth anniversary of the founding of the comb industry in Leominster, Massachusetts.

Author: Walton, Perry,

Place of Publication: [Boston

Date of Publication: c1925]

Physical Description: xiv, 158 p. incl. front., illus., ports. pl. 27 cm.

Notes: "Compiled, written and printed under direction of Perry Walton."

Contents: Antiquity of combs -- Establishment of the comb industry in America -- Growth of the comb industry in West Newbury -- The Noyes family : their relation to the comb industry -- Improvements in the manufacture of combs -- The Hills family and the comb industry in Leominster -- Comb-making in Clinton, Massachusetts, and other industrial centers -- Horn, tortoise shell, ivory and their substitutes -- The town of Leominster.

Subjects: Combs.

Additional Author: Doyle, Bernard W.

Additional Corporate Author: Viscoloid company, Leominster, Mass.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 688.5 W241

Journal of an English emigrant farmer : a record of the journey of an unknown Englishman to America in the year 1838 and his sojourn for a summer among the early pioneer settlers of Muncy Valley

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Date of Publication: 1928.

Call Number: 974.851 J86

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Responsibility: edited by T. Kenneth Wood.

Place of Publication: Williamsport [Pa.]

Publisher: Lycoming Historical Society,

Date of Publication: 1928.

Physical Description: 38 p., [7] leaves of plates : ill. ; 24 cm.

Series: Proceedings and papers - Lycoming Historical Society ; no. 6

Notes: "Occasional Publication No. 6."

Subjects: Farmers; United States - Description and travel - 1783-1848.; Pennsylvania - Description and travel - Personal narratives.

Additional Author: Wood, T. Kenneth.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 974.851 J86

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The Indian chiefs of Pennsylvania, or, A story of the part played by the American Indian in the history of Pennsylvania : based primarily on the Pennsylvania archives and colonial records, and built around the outstanding chiefs

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Author: Sipe, C. Hale

Date of Publication: c1927.

Call Number: 974.8011 S618c

Responsibility: by C. Hale Sipe ; with an introduction by Dr. George P. Donehoo.

Author: Sipe, C. Hale

Place of Publication: Butler, Pa

Publisher: Ziegler Print. Co., Inc.,

Date of Publication: c1927.

Physical Description: 569 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Notes: Includes information on the Conestoga Indians, Susquehanna Indians, Delaware Indians, Conoy Indians, Shawnee Indians and Shikellamy (Indian chief).; Includes bibliographical references and index.

Subjects: Indians of North America - Pennsylvania.; Indians of North America; Pennsylvania - History - Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 974.8011 S618c

Map of the public roads in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania : constructed from actual surveys made under direction of the State Highway Department by authority of an Act of Assembly approved May 1, 1905

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Corporate Author: A. Hoen and Company.

Date of Publication: [1923?]

Call Number: 974.815 LACO 517 Oversize

Corporate Author: A. Hoen and Company.

Place of Publication: Baltimore, Md

Publisher: H. Hoen & Co. Lith.,

Date of Publication: [1923?]

Physical Description: 1 map : col. ; 99 x 105 cm.

Notes: "April 1, 1923."; Includes table of township road mileages and distance table.

Subjects: Post office buildings - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County - Maps.; Roads - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County - Maps.; Lancaster County (Pa.) - Maps.

Additional Corporate Author: Pennsylvania. Highway Dept.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Map

Call Number: 974.815 LACO 517 Oversize

Centennial of Penn Hill Meetinghouse, Fulton township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania : seventh day, tenth month, (October) 1923

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Date of Publication: 1924.

Call Number: 289.6 P413

Place of Publication: Quarryville, Pa

Publisher: Sun Printing House,

Date of Publication: 1924.

Physical Description: 27, [1] p. : ill. ; 21 cm.

Subjects: Penn Hill Meeting house (Fulton Township, Pa.).; Society of Friends - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.; Quakers - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.; Fulton (Lancaster County, Pa. : Township) - History.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Lancaster County

Call Number: 289.6 P413

Records of the American Catholic Historical Society of Philadelphia

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Date of Publication: 1887-c2000.

Call Number: 905.748 CHS

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ISSN: 0002-7790

Place of Publication: Philadelphia

Publisher: American Catholic Historical Society of Philadelphia,

Date of Publication: 1887-c2000.

Physical Description: 109 v. : ill., ports., facsims. ; 23-25 cm.

Publication Frequency: Twice a year, <1998>

Dates of Publication: Vol. 1 (1884-86)-v. 109, no. 3-4 (fall-winter 1998).

Notes: These volumes are in the "library work room". They are not on the open shelves. However, there is an index on the open shelves. Its call number is 905.748 CHS Index. Patrons should consult the index first. If there is a volume that they want to see, the library attendant should pull the volume from the shelves in the "library work room".; Library has: Vol. 1 (1884-1886) - Vol. 109, no. 3-4 (Fall-Winter 1998); Vols. 1 (1884-86)-31 (1920). 1 v.; Vols. 32 (1921)-41 (1930). 1 v.

Subjects: Catholic Church - History - Societies, etc. - Periodicals.; Catholic Church - United States - History - Periodicals.; Catholic Church - Pennsylvania - Philadelphia - Periodicals.

Additional Corporate Author: American Catholic Historical Society of Philadelphia.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 905.748 CHS

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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

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo6312

The early architecture of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania : being an account of the origin and development of architectural forms in Lancaster County during the eighteenth century

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo3003

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Contributions from Lancaster County for the distressed poor of Philadelphia during the yellow fever epidemic of 1797

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo3633

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Comb making in America, an account of the origin and development of the industry for which Leominster has become famous, to which are added pictures of many of the early comb makers and views of the old time comb shops

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo17221

Journal of an English emigrant farmer : a record of the journey of an unknown Englishman to America in the year 1838 and his sojourn for a summer among the early pioneer settlers of Muncy Valley

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo8103

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The Indian chiefs of Pennsylvania, or, A story of the part played by the American Indian in the history of Pennsylvania : based primarily on the Pennsylvania archives and colonial records, and built around the outstanding chiefs

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo4199

Map of the public roads in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania : constructed from actual surveys made under direction of the State Highway Department by authority of an Act of Assembly approved May 1, 1905

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo14598

Centennial of Penn Hill Meetinghouse, Fulton township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania : seventh day, tenth month, (October) 1923

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo3815

Records of the American Catholic Historical Society of Philadelphia

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