Skip header and navigation
  Revise Search

Revise Search

20 records – page 1 of 1.

American colonists in English records. a guide to direct references in authentic records, passenger lists not in "Hotten", &c., &c., &c

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo6894
Author
Sherwood, George Frederick Taylor,
Date of Publication
1933.
Call Number
929.3 S554 2d. series
More detail
Author
Sherwood, George Frederick Taylor,
Place of Publication
London, England
Publisher
G. Sherwood,
Date of Publication
1933.
Physical Description
p. 101-215 ; 26 cm.
Notes
Includes index.
Subjects
British - United States.
United States - History - Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775 - Sources.
United States - Emigration and immigration.
Great Britain - Emigration and immigration.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
929.3 S554 2d. series
Less detail

Early eighteenth century Palatine emigration; a British government redemptioner project to manufacture naval stores

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo7285
Author
Knittle, Walter Allen,
Date of Publication
[c1937]
Call Number
974.802811 K154
More detail
Responsibility
by Walter Allen Knittle ... with a foreword by Dixon Ryan Fox.
Author
Knittle, Walter Allen,
Place of Publication
Philadelphia
Publisher
Dorrance & Company
Date of Publication
[c1937]
Physical Description
xix, [1] p., 1 β., 320 p. front. (port.) illus. 24 cm.
Notes
Issued also as thesis (PH. D.) University of Pennsylvania.
Bibliography: p. [229]-241; bibliographical foot-notes.
Subjects
Palatines.
Palatines in New York (State)
Naval stores.
New York (State) - History - Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775.
Great Britain - Colonies - Emigration and immigration.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
974.802811 K154
Less detail

An historical and geographical account of the province and country of Pensilvania in America : the richness of the soil, the sweetness of the situation ... the first planters, the Dutch, Sweeds, and English with the number of its inhabitants : as also a touch upon George Keith's new religion, in his second change since he left the Quakers : with a map

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo3799
Author
Thomas, Gabriel.
Edition
Enl. and repr.
Date of Publication
1938.
Call Number
974.801 T456
More detail
  1 website  
Responsibility
by Gabriel Thomas ; edited, with copious notes, &c. by A. Monroe Aurand, Jr.
Author
Thomas, Gabriel.
Edition
Enl. and repr.
Place of Publication
Harrisburg, Pa
Publisher
Aurand Press,
Date of Publication
1938.
Physical Description
32 p. : map ; 23 cm.
Notes
Originally published: London : A. Baldwin, 1698. Reprinted at the Aurand Press, 1935.
Cover title: History of Pensilvania, published in London in 1698.
"Privately printed for the editor and his friends".
Filmed with: Good order established in Pennsylvania and New Jersey / by Thomas Budd. Cleveland : Burrows Co., 1902.
Subjects
Pennsylvania - Description and travel - Early works to 1800.
Pennsylvania - History - Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775 - Early works to 1800.
Additional Author
Aurand, A. Monroe
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
974.801 T456
Websites
https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=chi.18343867;view=1up;seq=9
Less detail

Year book and history, Society of the Daughters of Colonial Wars in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, inc

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo1861
Corporate Author
Daughters of Colonial Wars. Massachusetts.
Date of Publication
1932?-
Call Number
369.12 D237
More detail
Corporate Author
Daughters of Colonial Wars. Massachusetts.
Place of Publication
[Boston?]
Date of Publication
1932?-
Physical Description
v. plates. 23 cm.
Series
Its Publication no. 5
Subjects
United States - History - Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775 - Societies, etc.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
369.12 D237
Less detail

Pennsylvania beginnings in the colony of New Sweden : remarks by Hon. C. Hale Sipe, Litt. D., before the Pennsylvania Senate, April 13, 1937

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo4157
Author
Sipe, C. Hale
Date of Publication
1937.
Call Number
974.8013 S618
More detail
Author
Sipe, C. Hale
Place of Publication
[Harrisburg?]
Publisher
Pennsylvania Historical Commission,
Date of Publication
1937.
Physical Description
[9] p. ; 23 cm.
Notes
Includes bibliographical references (p. [9])
Subjects
Swedes - Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania - History - Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
974.8013 S618
Less detail

Original patentees of land at Washington prior to 1700

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo8348
Author
Gahn, Bessie Wilmarth Brown,
Date of Publication
1936.
Call Number
975 G136
More detail
Responsibility
by Bessie Wilmarth Gahn.
Author
Gahn, Bessie Wilmarth Brown,
Place of Publication
[Silver Spring, Md
Publisher
Printed by Westland]
Date of Publication
1936.
Physical Description
85 p. maps. 24 cm.
Notes
Foreword includes bibliographical references.
Subjects
Land titles - Washington (D.C.)
Land grants - Maryland.
Land grants - Virginia.
Maryland - History - Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775.
Virginia - History - Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775.
Washington (D.C.) - History.
Maryland - Genealogy.
Virginia - Genealogy.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
975 G136
Less detail

Petition of inhabitants of Lancaster to Hon. John Penn not to grant repeal of law providing for a night watch

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo1104
Author
Worner, William Frederic.
Date of Publication
1931
Divine. The guilt is great, the cry is loud, And justice comes when comes a shroud." PETITION OF INHABITANTS OF LANCAS- TER TO HON. JOHN PENN NOT TO GRANT REPEAL OF LAW PROVID- ING FOR A NIGHT WATCH By WILLIAM FREDERIC WORNER IN the manuscripts department of The Historical Society of Penn- sylvania, 1300
More detail
  1 document  
Responsibility
by William Frederic Worner.
Author
Worner, William Frederic.
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Lancaster County Historical Society,
Date of Publication
1931
Physical Description
70-72 p. ; 23 cm.
Series
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 35, no. 3
Subjects
Watchmen - Pennsylvania - Lancaster.
Lancaster (Pa.) - History - Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775.
Contained In
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 35, number 3 (1931), p. 70-72Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.35
Documents
thumbnail

edit_vol35no3pp70_72.pdf

Read PDF Download PDF
Less detail

William Penn; his own account of the Lenni Lenape or Delaware Indians, 1683

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo3474
Author
Penn, William,
Date of Publication
1937.
Call Number
974.8009 M996a
More detail
Responsibility
by Albert Cook Myers.
Author
Penn, William,
Place of Publication
Moylan, Pa
Publisher
A.C. Myers,
Date of Publication
1937.
Physical Description
107 p. incl. front. plates, ports., facsims. 21 cm.
Notes
"Edition limited to 500 copies, numbered and signed by the author." LCHS copy no. 245.
Reprint of a portion of A letter from William Penn, proprietary and governour of Pennsylvania in America, to the committee of the Free Society of Traders, first published in 1683. Appendix (p. [51]-96) contains letters, deeds and other papers concerning Penn's relations with the Delaware Indians.
Subjects
Delaware Indians.
Pennsylvania - History - Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775 - Sources.
Additional Author
Myers, Albert Cook,
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
974.8009 M996a
Less detail

Die Auswanderung aus dem Birkenfelder Land : mit acht Tabellen und sechs Karten im text sowie drei Karten im Anhang

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo7127
Author
Mörsdorf, Robert.
Date of Publication
1939.
Call Number
929.3 M884
More detail
Responsibility
von Robert Mörsdorf.
Author
Mörsdorf, Robert.
Place of Publication
Bonn
Publisher
L. Röhrscheid,
Date of Publication
1939.
Physical Description
xvi, 188 p. : ill., maps ; 26 cm.
Series
Forschungen zur rheinischen auswanderung ;
Subjects
Birkenfelder (Germany, West) - Emigration and immigration.
United States - Emigration and immigration.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
929.3 M884
Less detail

Some comments on colonial times in Pennsylvania; address before the Society of colonial wars in the commonwealth of Pennsylvania, March 10, 1932

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo3498
Author
Atlee, Benjamin Champneys,
Date of Publication
1932.
Call Number
974.8028 A881
More detail
Responsibility
by Benjamin C. Atlee.
Author
Atlee, Benjamin Champneys,
Place of Publication
[Philadelphia?]
Publisher
Printed by order of the Society,
Date of Publication
1932.
Physical Description
11 p. 23 cm.
Series
Historical publications of the Society of colonial wars in the commonwealth of Pennsylvania. vol. IV, no. 5
Subjects
Pennsylvania - History - Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
974.8028 A881
Less detail

Finnish tercentenary day : 300th anniversary of first Finnish settlement in America, Chester, Pennsylvania, June 29, 1938

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo6909
Corporate Author
Chester (Pa.). 300th Anniversary Celebration.
Edition
Rev. ed.
Date of Publication
1938.
Call Number
974.814 F514
More detail
Corporate Author
Chester (Pa.). 300th Anniversary Celebration.
Edition
Rev. ed.
Place of Publication
Chester, Pa
Publisher
[s.n.],
Date of Publication
1938.
Physical Description
[28] p. : ill. ; 27 cm.
Notes
At head of title: Official program.
Cover title: First Finnish settlement in America, 1638.
Subjects
Finns - Pennsylvania.
Chester (Pa.) - History.
New Jersey - History - Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
974.814 F514
Less detail

The disposition of lands in provincial Pennsylvania

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo2634
Author
Bivens, Harry Robert.
Date of Publication
1932.
Call Number
333.16 B624
More detail
Responsibility
by Harry Robert Bivens.
Author
Bivens, Harry Robert.
Place of Publication
[State College, Pa.]
Publisher
Pennsylvania State College,
Date of Publication
1932.
Physical Description
114 l. ; 29 cm.
Notes
Bibliography: l. 103-114.
Photocopy. [S.l. : s.n., n.d.].
Subjects
Real property - Pennsylvania.
Land grants - Pennsylvania.
Pennsylvania - History - Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
333.16 B624
Less detail

Germanic immigrants named in early Pennsylvania ship lists

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo13684
Author
Roberts, Charles Rhoads
Date of Publication
1930.
Call Number
905.748 PG v.39
More detail
Responsibility
by Charles R. Roberts.
Author
Roberts, Charles Rhoads
Place of Publication
[Norristown, Pa.]
Publisher
The Society ,
Date of Publication
1930.
Physical Description
20 p. ; 27 cm.
Notes
In: Pernnsylvania-German Society Proceedings, v.39.
Subjects
Pennsylvania Dutch.
Pennsylvania - Emigration and immigration.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Periodical Article
Call Number
905.748 PG v.39
Less detail

Benjamin Chew, 1722-1810 : head of the Pennsylvania judiciary system under Colony and Commonwealth

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo4321
Author
Konkle, Burton Alva,
Date of Publication
1932.
Call Number
923.4 C529k
More detail
Responsibility
by Burton Alva Konkle.
Author
Konkle, Burton Alva,
Place of Publication
Philadelphia
Publisher
University of Pennsylvania Press,
Date of Publication
1932.
Physical Description
xix, 316 p. : ports., plates, maps (1 double), facsims. ; 26 cm.
Notes
Title vignette (Chew coat of arms).
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Subjects
Chew, Benjamin, - 1722-1810.
Chew family.
Pennsylvania. - High Court of Errors and Appeals.
Judges - Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania - History - Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
923.4 C529k
Less detail

Declaration

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/af260bd5-0bdd-4b39-9f9b-241966859726
Collection
Lancaster County Historical Government Records
Title
Naturalization Declarations of Intention
Object ID
RG 01-00 0101
Date Range
1920s-1979
More detail
Collection
Lancaster County Historical Government Records
Title
Naturalization Declarations of Intention
Description
Forms declaring intention to become a U.S. citizen, showing declaration number, date, name, local address, age, birthday and birthplace, occupation, physical description race, nationality, marital status, dates and birthplaces of spouse and children, ports and dates of embarkation and entry, and ship name.
Date Range
1920s-1979
Creation Date
1920s-1979
Year Range From
1920
Year Range To
1979
Creator
Lancaster County Court of Common Pleas, Office of the Prothonotary
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Storage Room
Microfilm Room
Subjects
Emigration and immigration
Naturalization--United States
Pennsylvania. Court of Common Pleas (Lancaster County)
Search Terms
Court of Common Pleas
Immigration
Naturalization papers
Extent
Microfilm
Object Name
Declaration
Language
English
Object ID
RG 01-00 0101
Location of Originals
Lancaster County Archives, Lancaster, Pennsylvania
Copies
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania
Notes
Preferred Citation: Title or description of item, date (day, month, year), Collection, Title and Object ID, Box #, Folder #, LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.
Access Conditions / Restrictions
Please request at Reference Desk or Research@LancasterHistory.org.
Copyright
Copies of historic Lancaster County, Pennsylvania government records held by LancasterHistory may be published without special permission. There is no fee for publication. Proper credit lines are encouraged in the interest of good documentation.
Credit
Courtesy of Lancaster County Archives and LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.
Classification
RG 01-00 0101
Description Level
Series
Custodial History
Added to database 09 December 2023.
Less detail

Petition

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/e0ca6fd2-7e58-4d5b-a477-296275906340
Collection
Lancaster County Historical Government Records
Title
Naturalization Petitions
Object ID
RG 01-00 0103
Date Range
1800-1940
More detail
Collection
Lancaster County Historical Government Records
Title
Naturalization Petitions
Description
Petitions filed for admission to citizenship. Documents may contain: petition number, date, name, nationality, declaration of intention, oath of allegiance, affidavits of witnesses, date admitted in court, and official signatures. Twentieth century petitions may include notes of testimony.
System of Arrangement
Arranged numerically by petition number.
Date Range
1800-1940
Creation Date
1800-1940
Year Range From
1800
Year Range To
1940
Creator
Lancaster County Court of Common Pleas, Office of the Prothonotary
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Storage Room
Microfilm Room
Subjects
Emigration and immigration
Naturalization--United States
Pennsylvania. Court of Common Pleas (Lancaster County)
Search Terms
Court of Common Pleas
Immigration
Naturalization papers
Notes of testimony
Extent
Microfilm
Object Name
Petition
Language
English
Object ID
RG 01-00 0103
Location of Originals
Lancaster County Archives, Lancaster, Pennsylvania
Copies
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania
Notes
Preferred Citation: Title or description of item, date (day, month, year), Collection, Title and Object ID, Box #, Folder #, LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.
Access Conditions / Restrictions
Please request at Reference Desk or Research@LancasterHistory.org.
Copyright
Copies of historic Lancaster County, Pennsylvania government records held by LancasterHistory may be published without special permission. There is no fee for publication. Proper credit lines are encouraged in the interest of good documentation.
Credit
Courtesy of Lancaster County Archives and LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.
Classification
RG 01-00 0103
Description Level
Series
Custodial History
Added to database 09 December 2023.
Less detail

Mitteilungen der Geographischen Gesellschaft in Mü̈nchen : IZweiunddreissigster Band 1939 Ausgegeban im Oktober 1939 Herausgegeben im Aufstrage des Vorstandes von Dr. H. Graul

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo15963
Date of Publication
1939 .
Call Number
325.243 M685
More detail
Place of Publication
Mü̈nchen
Publisher
J Lindauerʻsche Universitä̈ts-Buchhandlung (Schöpping)
Date of Publication
1939 .
Physical Description
Photocopy.
Subjects
German Americans
Mennonites
Germany - Emigration and immigration.
Pennsylvania - Emigration and immigration.
Additional Author
Graul. H.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
325.243 M685
Less detail

Penn's Manor

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo3724
Author
Heisey, M. Luther,
Date of Publication
1938
Penn's granddaughter, Gulielma (Wilhelmina) Maria Fell. In 1743, John Page's attorney-in-fact conveyed a part of this manor, 347 1/2 acres, including the privileges of the Court Baron, to Conrad Weiser, Esq. The manor was not held together, and the Court Baron was not established. A Court Baron, it
More detail
  1 document  
Responsibility
by M. Luther Heisey.
Author
Heisey, M. Luther,
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Lancaster County Historical Society,
Date of Publication
1938
Physical Description
[47]-48 p. ; 23 cm.
Series
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 42, no. 2
Subjects
Penn, William, - 1644-1718.
Manors - Pennsylvania.
Pennsylvania - History - Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775.
Contained In
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 42, number 2 (1938), p. 47-48Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.42
Documents
thumbnail

edit_vol42pp47_48.pdf

Read PDF Download PDF
Less detail

Little pilgrim to Penn's woods

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo16598
Author
Albert, Edna.
Edition
1st ed.
Date of Publication
1930.
Call Number
813.52 A333
More detail
Responsibility
by Edna Albert ; illustrated by Esther Brann.
Author
Albert, Edna.
Edition
1st ed.
Place of Publication
New York
Publisher
Junior Literary Guild,
Date of Publication
1930.
Physical Description
xiii, 300 p. : ill., plates. ; 20 cm.
Notes
Illustrated lining-papers.
Summary
Little Selinda and her family leave their homeland to look for religious freedom in the New World.
Subjects
Germans - Pennsylvania
Immigrants - Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania - History - Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775 - Fiction.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
813.52 A333
Less detail

Peter Bezaillion's Road

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo4070
Author
Brackbill, Martin Hervin.
Date of Publication
1939
guide of the Cartlidges, a Conoy or Ganawese Indian; and two Shawnee youths who had accompanied the Cartlidges in a more or less anomalous capacity. Logan and Colonel French went direct to John Cartlidge's house aIong the north side of the Conestoga Creek, near the Indian town. Here they found John
More detail
  1 document  
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
Documents
thumbnail

edit_vol43no1pp1_48.pdf

Read PDF Download PDF
Less detail

20 records – page 1 of 1.