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George Washington and the town of Reading in Pennsylvania

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Author: Nolan, J. Bennett

Date of Publication: 1931.

Call Number: 974.816 N788g

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Responsibility: by J. Bennett Nolan.

Author: Nolan, J. Bennett

Place of Publication: [Reading, Pa.]

Publisher: Pub. under the auspices of the Chamber of Commerce of Reading, Pennsylvania,

Date of Publication: 1931.

Physical Description: p. 7-162 p. front., illus., pl., ports., facsims. 24 cm.

Notes: Illustrated lining-papers.; "Notes and authorities": p. 151-156.

Contents: Chapters: Early Association // The Garrison Village // The campaign of the upper schuylkill // The choice of winter quarters- Reading or Valley Forge // The Conway Cabal // Warriors in undress , Part One, The native born // Warriors in undress , part 2 , The soldiers of fortune // Washington's visit to Reading in 1793 // Washington's visit to Reading in 1794 // The catafalque (response to Washington's death )

Subjects: Washington, George, - 1732-1799 - Journeys - Pennsylvania.; Reading (Pa.) - History.; Reading (Pa.) - History - Revolution, 1775-1783.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 974.816 N788g

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Land for my sons; a frontier tale of the American revolution

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Author: Cormack, Maribelle,

Date of Publication: 1940 [c1939]

Call Number: 813.52 C811

Responsibility: by Maribelle Cormack and William P. Alexander; illustrated by Lyle Justis.

Author: Cormack, Maribelle,

Place of Publication: New York

Publisher: D. Appleton-Century,

Date of Publication: 1940 [c1939]

Physical Description: xii, 311 p. illus. 21 cm.

Subjects: United States - Hist. - Revolution - Fiction.

Additional Author: Alexander, William Prindle,

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 813.52 C811

The Hessian prisoners in the American War of Independence and their life in captivity

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Author: Volm, M. H.

Date of Publication: 1937

Call Number: 973.342 V926

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Responsibility: by M.H. Volm.

Author: Volm, M. H.

Place of Publication: [Charlottesville? Va

Publisher: s.n.,

Date of Publication: 1937

Physical Description: 27 p. ; 22 cm.

Notes: Title from cover.; Bibliography: p. 26-27.

Summary: This essay provides contextual information concerning how the English actually hired the soldiers and why the German princes, and not other nations who were asked, were willing to sell their men to English. It also discusses how the English and German public reacted to the hiring of German soldiers.

Subjects: United States - History - Revolution, 1775-1783 - Participation, German.; United States - History - Revolution, 1775-1783 - German mercenaries.; United States - History - Revolution, 1775-1783 - Prisoners and prisons.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 973.342 V926

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Laughlintown bicentennial : the story of an American town, 1797-1997 ; a celebration of the 200th birthday of Laughlintown, Ligonier Township, Westmoreland County, PA

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Date of Publication: 1997.

Call Number: 974.881 L374

Responsibility: prepared by Terry Coyne, J. Howard Smith, David E. Albert, etc.

Place of Publication: Laughlintown, Pa

Publisher: Bicentennial Committe,

Date of Publication: 1997.

Physical Description: 96 p. : ill., maps ; 28 cm.

Notes: Includes index.

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

Additional Author: Coyne, Terry.; Smith, J. Howard.; Albert, David E.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 974.881 L374

The Witman incident : revolutionary revisions to an Ephrata tale

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Date of Publication: 1995.

The Witman Incident: Revolutionary Revisions To An Ephrata Tale by Douglas Harper O ne of the more interesting stories told about a Pennsylvania loyalist in the American Revolution is set in Ephrata. The tale centers around two men. One was Peter Miller, an 18th century German Reformed minister in

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Responsibility: by Douglas Harper.

Place of Publication: Lancaster, Pa

Publisher: Lancaster County Historical Society,

Date of Publication: 1995.

Physical Description: [90]-97 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

Series: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 97, no. 3

Subjects: Witman, Michael.; Miller, Peter, - 1709-1796.; American loyalists - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.; United States - History - Revolution, 1775-1783.

Contained In: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 97, number 3 (1995), p. 90-97Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.97

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A directory of the eleventh census of the population of Schuylkill County : giving the names and ages of males and females, published by cities, boroughs, wards, townships, precincts or towns, in connection with a business directory of the same for advertising purposes ... together with a brief historical resume of each district, statistics, etc

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Date of Publication: Â©1999.

Call Number: 974.817 D598

Alternate Title: Eleventh census of the population of Schuylkill County

Place of Publication: Mt. Vernon, Ind

Publisher: Windmill Publications,

Date of Publication: Â©1999.

Physical Description: 1060 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm

Notes: Facsimile reproduction of the ed. from: Lebanon, Pa. : E.E. Schartel, 1891.; "The reproduction of this publication has been made possible through the sponsorship of the Schuylkill County Historical Society"--Title page verso.

Subjects: Registers of births, etc. - Pennsylvania - Schuylkill County.; Registers of births, etc.; Schuylkill County (Pa.) - Genealogy.; Schuylkill County (Pa.) - Census, 1890.; United States - Census, 11th, 1890.; Pennsylvania - Schuylkill County.; United States.; Census data.; Genealogy.

Additional Corporate Author: Schuylkill County Historical Society (Pa.)

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 974.817 D598

The Great Wagon Road : from Philadelphia to the South- How Scotch-Irish and Germanics settled the Uplands

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Author: Rouse, Parke,

Date of Publication: 1995.

Call Number: 973.2 R873

Responsibility: by Parke Rouse, Jr.

Author: Rouse, Parke,

Place of Publication: [Richmond, Va.]

Publisher: Dietz Press,

Date of Publication: 1995.

Physical Description: x, 292 p., [8] p. of plates : ill., map ; 23 cm.

Notes: Originally published, New York : McGraw-Hill, 1973.; Reprinted 2001.; Includes bibliographical references (p. 271-276) and index.; "The heavily traveled Great Wagon Road was the primary route for the early settlement of the Southern United States, particularly the "backcountry". Although a wide variety of settlers traveled southward on the road, two dominant cultures emerged. The German Palatines and Scotch-Irish American immigrants arrived in huge numbers because of unendurable conditions in Europe... Beginning at the port of Philadelphia, where many immigrants entered the colonies, the Great Wagon Road passed through the towns of Lancaster and York in southeastern Pennsylvania. Turning southwest, the road crossed the Potomac River and entered the Shenandoah Valley near present-day Martinsburg, West Virginia. It continued south in the valley via the Great Warriors' Trail (also called the Indian Road), which was established by centuries of Indian travel over ancient trails created by migrating buffalo herds. The Shenandoah portion of the road is also known as the Valley Pike. The Treaty of Lancaster in 1744 had established colonists' rights to settle along the Indian Road. Although traffic on the road increased dramatically after 1744, it was reduced to a trickle during the French and Indian War (Seven Years' War) from 1756 to 1763. But after the war ended, it was said to be the most heavily traveled main road in America. South of the Shenandoah Valley, the road reached the Roanoke River at the town of Big Lick (today, Roanoke). South of Roanoke, the Great Wagon Road was also called the Carolina Road. At Roanoke, a road forked southwest, leading into the upper New River Valley and on to the Holston River in the upper Tennessee Valley. From there, the Wilderness Road led into Kentucky, ending at the Ohio River where flatboats were available for further travel into the Midwest and even to New Orleans. From Big Lick/Roanoke, after 1748, the Great Wagon Road passed through the Maggoty Gap (also called Maggodee) to the east side of the Blue Ridge Mountains. Continuing south through the Piedmont region, it passed through the present-day North Carolina towns of Winston-Salem, Salisbury, and Charlotte and sites of earlier Indian settlements on the historic Indian Trading Path. The Great Wagon Road ultimately reached Augusta, Georgia, on the Savannah River, a distance of more than 800 miles (1,300 km) from Philadelphia." [wikipedia]

Contents: Chapters: pt. 1. The Appalachian warriors' path. The search for Eldorado -- War among the Iroquois -- pt. 2. The Philadelphia wagon road. Germans in Pennsylvania -- Enter the Scotch-Irish -- A Moravian journey to Carolina -- Along the way South -- Presbyterians in a new land -- Mapping the great mountains -- Bethabara and New Salem -- The threat from the French -- Life in the Appalachians -- pt. 3. The wilderness trail. The wagon road turns West -- The saga of Castle's Woods -- Apostle of the frontier -- pt. 4. A frontier in danger. Andrew Jackson of the Waxhaws -- The exodus of the Quakers -- "The Old Wagoner" against the king -- Conestoga's gift -- Hospitality, North and South -- The spirit of Luther -- In the cabins along the road -- Tuckahoe versus Cohee -- pt. 5. Division and reunion. Stagecoaches and turnpikes -- Great days of the horse -- The Cherokees go West -- The day Doctor Junkin drove North -- Hot heads and cold bodies -- A road is reunited.

Subjects: Great Wagon Road.; Migration, Internal.; Roads; Great Philadelphia Wagon Road.; Trails - Southern States.; United States - History - Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775.; United States - History - Revolution, 1775-1783.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 973.2 R873

The training of an army : Camp Curtin and the North's Civil War

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Author: Miller, William J.,

Date of Publication: 1990.

Call Number: 973.7448 M652

Responsibility: by William J. Miller.

ISBN: 094259715X (alk. paper) :

Author: Miller, William J.,

Place of Publication: Shippensburg, PA

Publisher: White Mane Pub. Co.,

Date of Publication: 1990.

Physical Description: xv, 334 p., [1] leaf of plates : ill., maps ; 24 cm.

Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 315-324) and index.

Summary: "Camp Curtin is forgotten today by nearly all except die-hard Civil War buffs. Yet during almost five years of operation, more than 300,000 Union soldiers passed through there, making it the largest of the makeshift camps of rendezvous and training set up near major northern cities. In this well-researched chronicle, Miller examines why the camp became 'the most important military post in what was arguably the state most important to the North's war effort.' Named for Andrew Curtin, the tireless pro-Union governor of Pennsylvania, the post was strategically crucial because of its proximity to Washington and Harper's Ferry. Roughly similar to a boot camp, it had the thankless task of instilling discipline into its idealistic but raw volunteers and draftees. Although Miller follows these soldiers as they entered the war's maelstrom at Antietam, Fredericksburg, Gettysburg, and Petersburg, he writes more vividly about their rude introduction to army regimen at the camp itself, particularly in the disorganized early days of the war." [Kirkus Reviews]

Subjects: United States. - Army - History; Military training camps - Pennsylvania - Harrisburg Region; Camp Curtin (Pa.) - History.; Harrisburg Region (Pa.) - History.; Pennsylvania - History - Civil War, 1861-1865.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 973.7448 M652

Loan exhibition of portraits of the signers and deputies to the convention of 1787 and signers of the Declaration of Independence : including their families and associates ... the Corcoran Gallery of Art, city of Washington, November 27, 1937, to February 1, 1938

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Corporate Author: United States. Constitution Sesquicentennial Commission.

Date of Publication: 1937?]

Call Number: 920.073 U58

Responsibility: assembled by the United States Sesquicentennial Commission.

Corporate Author: United States. Constitution Sesquicentennial Commission.

Place of Publication: [Washington, D.C

Publisher: The Commission,

Date of Publication: 1937?]

Physical Description: 173 p. : ports. ; 23 cm.

Notes: Includes index.

Subjects: United States. - Constitutional Convention - (1787) - Centennial celebrations, etc.; United States. - Signers - Portraits - Exhibitions.; United States.; Portraits, American; Statesmen - United States

Additional Corporate Author: Corcoran Gallery of Art.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 920.073 U58

How much is that in real money? : a historical price index for use as a deflator of money values in the economy of the United States

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Author: McCusker, John J.

Date of Publication: 1992.

Call Number: 332.4973 M128

Responsibility: John J. McCusker.

ISBN: 0944026338; 9780944026335

Author: McCusker, John J.

Place of Publication: Worcester

Publisher: American Antiquarian Society,

Date of Publication: 1992.

Physical Description: p. 297-373 p. ; 23 cm.

Notes: "Reprinted from the Proceedings of the American Antiquarian Society, volume 101, part 2"--T.p. verso.; Includes bibliographical references.

Summary: Includes prices for the United States from 1700-1991, for Great Britain from 1600-1991, and American Revolutionary War currency depreciation tables.

Subjects: Prices - United States; Consumer price indexes - United States; Money - United States; Value; Consumer price indexes.; Money.; Prices.; Value.; United States.; History.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 332.4973 M128

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George Washington and the town of Reading in Pennsylvania

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo4919

Websites

Land for my sons; a frontier tale of the American revolution

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo9196

The Hessian prisoners in the American War of Independence and their life in captivity

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo1077

Websites

Laughlintown bicentennial : the story of an American town, 1797-1997 ; a celebration of the 200th birthday of Laughlintown, Ligonier Township, Westmoreland County, PA

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo2843

The Witman incident : revolutionary revisions to an Ephrata tale

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo1672

Documents

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo22249

The Great Wagon Road : from Philadelphia to the South- How Scotch-Irish and Germanics settled the Uplands

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo14185

The training of an army : Camp Curtin and the North's Civil War

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo1882

Loan exhibition of portraits of the signers and deputies to the convention of 1787 and signers of the Declaration of Independence : including their families and associates ... the Corcoran Gallery of Art, city of Washington, November 27, 1937, to February 1, 1938

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo7607

How much is that in real money? : a historical price index for use as a deflator of money values in the economy of the United States

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo19773