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Grandfathers' clocks : their making and their makers in Lancaster County

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Author: Magee, Daniel F.

Date of Publication: 1939.

Ephrata, Pa., was one of the earliest and best- known clockmakers of Lancaster County, and his clocks are still prized by many families throughout the eastern part of Pennsylvania. He was born at Germantown, Pa., on August 9, 1728, and was the fifth child of John Gorgas and Psyche or Sophia Rittenhouse

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Responsibility: by D. F. Magee, Esq.

Author: Magee, Daniel F.

Place of Publication: Lancaster, Pa

Publisher: Lancaster County Historical Society,

Date of Publication: 1939.

Physical Description: [137]-[164] p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

Series: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 43, no. 5

Notes: Second edition of paper originally read April 6, 1917. Contains corrections and additions.

Subjects: Clock and watch makers - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County; Industries - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.; Longcase clocks - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.; Lancaster County (Pa.) - Biography.

Additional Author: Beck, Herbert Huebener,; Coldren, Charles M.,; Gorgas, Harry S.; Heisey, M. Luther,

Contained In: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 43, number 5 (1939), p. 137-164Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.43

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Signers and ratifiers of the Constitution of the United States

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Author: Coldren, Charles M.,

Date of Publication: 1937

achieved a brilliant career as a soldier, lawyer and ironmaster, and died in Lancaster, May 16, 1789, from wounds suffered in a duel with a local physician, Dr. Jacob Reiger. Chambers was one of the founders of Lancaster Lodge No. 43, Free and Accepted Masons, and served as the first Worshipful Master from

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Responsibility: by Mrs. Charles M. Coldren.

Author: Coldren, Charles M.,

Place of Publication: Lancaster, Pa

Publisher: Lancaster County Historical Society,

Date of Publication: 1937

Physical Description: [182]-184 p. ; 23 cm.

Series: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 41, no. 7

Subjects: Lancaster County Historical Society (Pa.); United States. - Signers.; Historical markers - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.; Lancaster County (Pa.) - Biography.

Contained In: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 41, number 7 (1937), p. 182-184Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.41

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David M. Sensenig : famous local mathematician

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Author: Martin, C. H.

Date of Publication: 1938

in contact with �him. As to religion he used to remark,—they were aIl his, which he exempli- fied in his life, extending financial aid to many young folks of Lancaster County in securing an education. While teaching at Millersville, one of the students who sat at his feet was the late Milton J

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Responsibility: by C. H. Martin.

Author: Martin, C. H.

Place of Publication: Lancaster, Pa

Publisher: Lancaster County Historical Society,

Date of Publication: 1938

Physical Description: [209]-210 p. ; 23 cm.

Series: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 42

Subjects: Sensenig, David M. - b. 1840.; Educators - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.; Mathematicians - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.; Lancaster County (Pa.) - Biography.

Contained In: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 42, number 8 (1938), p. 209-210Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.42

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A history of aviation in Lancaster County

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Author: Nevin, Hugh W.

Date of Publication: 1935

Lancaster, as Mayor Ross put it, need have no apologies to make for its field, when completed. The airport embraces approximately 180 acres of land. It has three runways, each about 3,000 feet long and running northwest-southeast, south- west-northeast and north-south. All approaches are clear and with a

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Responsibility: by Hugh W. Nevin.

Author: Nevin, Hugh W.

Place of Publication: Lancaster, Pa

Publisher: Lancaster County Historical Society,

Date of Publication: 1935

Physical Description: [21]-48 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

Series: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 39, no. 2

Subjects: Wise, John, - 1808-1879.; Balloons - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County; Airports - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County; Lancaster County (Pa.) - Biography.

Contained In: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 39, number 2 (1935), p. 21-48Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.39

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Record of soldiers of Lancaster County in the War of 1812, and of others who gave service during the period of 1784-1815

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Author: Landis, Bertha Cochran.

Date of Publication: 1938

. 1814. L. C. H. S. Pub., Vol. 36, p. 164; Pa. Arch., 6th Series, Vol. 8, p. 1335. Buried in Lancaster Cemetery. BUCHANAN, James (later President of the U. S.) : b. Apr. 23, 1791; d. June 1, 1868. �Pvt. in Capt. Henry Shippen's Co., "3rd Cavalry Regt., M. M." Klein's Hist. of Lanc. Co., p. 879; Harris

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Responsibility: by (Mrs. D.B.) Bertha Cochran Landis and Eleanore J. Fulton.

Author: Landis, Bertha Cochran.

Place of Publication: Lancaster, Pa

Publisher: Lancaster County Historical Society,

Date of Publication: 1938

Physical Description: [157]-178 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

Series: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 42, no. 6

Subjects: Soldiers - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.; Cemeteries - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.; Lancaster County (Pa.) - Biography.

Additional Author: Fulton, Eleanore Jane,

Contained In: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 42, number 6 (1938), p. 157-178Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.42

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Peter Bezaillion's Road

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Author: Brackbill, Martin Hervin.

Date of Publication: 1939

represented the trader's credit with Loran for furs he had sold to him.40 �There is no gainsaying the power that Logan wielded in the affairs of Pennsylvania during this period, for he was able to make and unmake gov- ernors almost at will. Two of them were forced out in succession after they quarreled with

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Responsibility: by Martin Hervin Brackbill.

Author: Brackbill, Martin Hervin.

Place of Publication: Lancaster, Pa

Publisher: Lancaster County Historical Society,

Date of Publication: 1939

Physical Description: [1]-48 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

Series: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 43, no. 1

Subjects: Bezaillion, Peter, - 1662-1742.; Peters Road (Lancaster, Pa.); Lancaster County (Pa.) - Biography.; Pennsylvania - History - Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775.

Contained In: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 43, number 1 (1939), p. 1-48Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.43

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The Rev. John D. Woodhull, D.D. : "the fighting chaplain"

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Author: Buyers, William Buchanan.

Date of Publication: 1939

Independence. Even if the story is not true, we have no documentary evi- dence of the Rev. Mr. McFarquhar's sponsoring the cause of Independence. John Woodhull enlisted enthusiastically in the Fifth Battalion commanded by Colonel James Crawford. The writer has been unable to find a complete list of the

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Responsibility: by Rev. William Buchanan Buyers.

Author: Buyers, William Buchanan.

Place of Publication: Lancaster, Pa

Publisher: Lancaster County Historical Society,

Date of Publication: 1939

Physical Description: [131]-136 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

Series: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 43, no. 4

Subjects: Woodhull, John, - 1744-1824.; Chaplains, Military - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.; Lancaster County (Pa.) - Biography.

Contained In: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 43, number 4 (1939), p. 131-136Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.43

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Robert Fulton as an artist

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Author: Fulton, Eleanore Jane,

Date of Publication: 1938

Kittera was born in East Earl Township, Lancaster Co., Pa. Graduated from Princeton; admitted to the bar in 1782; repre- sentative in Congress from 1791-1801; appointed U. S. District At- torney for Eastern District of Pennsylvania. Reproduced by Ira W. Martin, F. A. R. L. (9559b.) Also by Frank W. Bobb

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Responsibility: by Eleanore J. Fulton.

Author: Fulton, Eleanore Jane,

Place of Publication: Lancaster, Pa

Publisher: Lancaster County Historical Society,

Date of Publication: 1938

Physical Description: [49]-96 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

Series: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 42, no. 3

Subjects: Fulton, Robert, - 1765-1815 - Catalogs.; Artists - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.; Lancaster County (Pa.) - Biography.

Contained In: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 42, number 3 (1938), p. 49-96Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.42

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Frederick Valentine Melsheimer, entomologist

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Author: Heisey, M. Luther,

Date of Publication: 1937

in Lancaster County, where on the 13th day of May I preached the first sermon. On June 3rd, 1779 I was married to Maria Agnes Man. The birthplace of my wife was Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. Her father's name was Samuel Man and her mother's name Anna Catharina. "November 12th, 1784, I removed to Manheim

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Responsibility: by M. Luther Heisey.

Author: Heisey, M. Luther,

Place of Publication: Lancaster, Pa

Publisher: Lancaster County Historical Society,

Date of Publication: 1937

Physical Description: [103]-112 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

Series: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 41, no. 4

Subjects: Melsheimer, Frederick Valentine, - 1749-1814.; Entomologists - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.; Lancaster County (Pa.) - Biography.

Contained In: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 41, number 4 (1937), p. 103-112Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.41

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Mysterious "Black Jim" Madison

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Author: Weaver, M. G.

Date of Publication: 1933

MYSTERIOUS "BLACK JIM" MADISON By M. G. WEAVER FOR thirty years, from about 1832 to 1862, James Madison, better known and remembered as "Black Jim," was an eccentric and interesting character in Blue Ball, East Earl township, Lancaster county, Pa. His story that he was born a slave and subsequently

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Responsibility: by M. G. Weaver.

Author: Weaver, M. G.

Place of Publication: Lancaster, Pa

Publisher: Lancaster County Historical Society,

Date of Publication: 1933

Physical Description: [98]-103 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

Series: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 37, no. 4

Subjects: African Americans - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.; Lancaster County (Pa.) - Biography.

Contained In: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 37, number 4 (1933), p. 98-103Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.37

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The connection with Lancaster of a signer of the Declaration of Independence

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Author: Martin, C. H.

Date of Publication: 1933.

that one of the Pennsylvania signers, James Smith, had read law in Lancaster and was here admitted to the bar. This encouraged a search for information concerning Mr. Smith's connection with Lancaster, and I take pleasure in present- ing this brief paper to our Lancaster County Historical Society on

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Responsibility: by C. H. Martin.

Author: Martin, C. H.

Place of Publication: Lancaster, Pa

Publisher: Lancaster County Historical Society,

Date of Publication: 1933.

Physical Description: [60]-62 p. ; 23 cm.

Series: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 37, no. 3

Subjects: United States. - Signers.; Lancaster County (Pa.) - Biography.

Contained In: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 37, number 3 (1933), p. 60-62Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.37

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Sons of Lancaster County who won congressional honors at home and elsewhere

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Author: Martin, C. H.

Date of Publication: 1932.

, to March 3rd, 1829. He died in Chester, Pa., January 17th, 1850. JAMES ARMSTRONG. James Armstrong was born in Carlisle, which was then in Lancaster county, but is now in Cumberland county, Pa., August 29th, 1748, — one year prior to the erection of York county, and two years prior to the erection of

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Responsibility: by C. H. Martin.

Author: Martin, C. H.

Place of Publication: Lancaster, Pa

Publisher: Lancaster County Historical Society,

Date of Publication: 1932.

Physical Description: [111]-118 ; 23 cm.

Series: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 36, no. 3

Subjects: Legislators - United States; Lancaster County (Pa.) - Biography.

Contained In: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 36, number 3 (1932), p. 111-118Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.36

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Rear Admiral William Reynolds : a distinguished Lancastrian 1815-1879

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Author: Barnes, Horace Richards.

Date of Publication: 1934

not quite sixteen years of age, was appointed a midshipman from Pennsylvania, by the Hon. James Buchanan, who, at that time, was a representative of Pennsylvania in Con- gress. December 7th of that year he was assigned to the schooner "Boxer." 1 See address of Mr. J. G. Rosengarten delivered March 8th

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Responsibility: by Professor Horace R. Barnes.

Author: Barnes, Horace Richards.

Place of Publication: Lancaster, Pa

Publisher: Lancaster County Historical Society,

Date of Publication: 1934

Physical Description: [61]-66 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

Series: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 38, no. 2

Subjects: Reynolds family.; Reynolds, William, - 1815-1879.; Lancaster County (Pa.) - Biography.

Contained In: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 38, number 2 (1934), p. 61-66Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.38

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Abraham Lincoln's connections with Lancaster and its citizens

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Author: Martin, C. H.

Date of Publication: 1934

. Lincoln's nomination and election. Lancaster's first citizen, James Buchanan, occupied the White House from 1857 to 1861. In writing from Washington, Septem- ber 13, 1860, to William Carpenter, Esq., of Lancaster, relative to business matters, Mr. Buchanan addressed him privately as follows : "Some knave or

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Responsibility: by C. H. Martin.

Author: Martin, C. H.

Place of Publication: Lancaster, Pa

Publisher: Lancaster County Historical Society,

Date of Publication: 1934

Physical Description: [13]-32 p. ; 23 cm.

Series: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 38, no. 1

Subjects: Lincoln, Abraham, - 1809-1865 - Family.; Presidents - United States; Lancaster County (Pa.) - Biography.

Contained In: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 38, number 1 (1934), p. 13-32Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.38

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Mysterious "Black Jim" Madison

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