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The inauguration of President James Buchanan

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Author
Klein, Philip Shriver,
Date of Publication
1957.
THE INAUGURATION OF PRESIDENT JAMES BUCHANAN One hundred years ago, today, in the stately mansion just a stone's throw from the building where we are gathered, James Buchanan clad in a dressing gown and slippers, sat alone in his study trying to calm his nerves and to itemize a list of incidentals
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Philip Shriver Klein.
Author
Klein, Philip Shriver,
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Lancaster County Historical Society,
Date of Publication
1957.
Physical Description
[145]-168 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Series
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 61, no. 4
Subjects
Buchanan, James, - 1791-1868.
Presidents - United States
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Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 61, number 4 (1957), p. 145-168Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.61
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Buchanan's campaign in Lancaster County

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Author
Brady, Gerard.
Date of Publication
1949
throughout the United States swung its support to Mr. Buchanan. On January 8 there appeared on her masthead: For President JAMES BUCHANAN (subject to the decision of the Democratic National Convention)3 1 Auchampaugh, "Buchanan a Political Portrait," p. 12. 2 Minnigerode, "Presidential Years," p. 321. 3
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by Gerard Brady.
Author
Brady, Gerard.
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Lancaster County Historical Society,
Date of Publication
1949
Physical Description
[97]-135 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Series
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 53, no. 4
Subjects
Buchanan, James, - 1791-1868.
Politics, Practical - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
Elections - United States
Presidents - United States
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Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 53, number 4 (1949), p. 97-135Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.53
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James Buchanan and Ann Coleman

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Author
Klein, Philip Shriver,
Date of Publication
1955
1868 ; and finally during the few months after the publication of George Ticknor Curtis, biography of Buchanan in July, 1883. Most of the stories show some similarity in broad outline, but they vary greatly in detail and none of them make clear the sources of in- formation. Let me emphasize, before
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by Philip Shriver Klein.
Author
Klein, Philip Shriver,
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Lancaster County Historical Society,
Date of Publication
1955
Physical Description
1-20 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Series
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 59, no. 1
Subjects
Buchanan, James, - 1791-1868.
Coleman, Ann Caroline, - 1796-1819.
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Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 59, number 1 (1955), p. 1-20Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.59
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James Buchanan, "Big wheel" of the railroads

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Author
Sprout, Oliver S.
Date of Publication
1952.
of 1834, the new bridge at Columbia was opened for traffic, as previously mentioned; with Mr. Buchanan being elected the next month to the United States Senate, where he was destined to serve until 1845. With a pair of men like Messrs. Buchanan and Cameron at the throttle of the Mount Joy Road, the
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by Oliver S. Sprout.
Author
Sprout, Oliver S.
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Lancaster County Historical Society,
Date of Publication
1952.
Physical Description
[21]-34 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Series
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 56, no. 2
Subjects
Buchanan, James, - 1791-1868.
Columbia, Lancaster and Philadelphia Railroad (Pa.)
Harrisburg, Portsmouth, Mt. Joy and Lancaster Railroad Company (Pa.)
Pennsylvania Railroad.
Canals - Pennsylvania
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Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 56, number 2 (1952), p. 21-34Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.56
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John W. Forney, journalist and politician

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Author
Dowdell, George R.
Date of Publication
1951
active life." The newspapers the week of Forney's death, particularly the Intelligencer, were discussing the projected biography of a man who had died thirteen years earlier — James Buchanan. There was some concern that George Ticknor Curtis, Buchanan's official biographer, had the necessary acquaintance
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by George R. Dowdell.
Author
Dowdell, George R.
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Lancaster County Historical Society,
Date of Publication
1951
Physical Description
[49]-67 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Series
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 55, no. 2
Subjects
Forney, John W. - 1817-1881.
Buchanan, James, - 1791-1868.
Journalists.
Politics, Practical.
Politicians - Pennsylvania.
United States - History - 19th century.
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Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 55, number 2 (1951), p. 49-67Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.55
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Early presidential elections in Lancaster County

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Author
Martin, C. H.
Date of Publication
1943.
the United States. James Wilson James O'Hara Collison Reed Samuel Potts Lawrence Keene George Gibson John Arndt David Grier Edward Hand Alexander Grayson Extract from the Minutes— George Gray, Chairman James Campbell, Secretary These names comprise the ticket known as the "Lancaster-Federalist Ticket
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by C. H. Martin.
Author
Martin, C. H.
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Lancaster County Historical Society,
Date of Publication
1943.
Physical Description
[93]-105 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Series
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 47, no. 5
Subjects
Presidents - United States
Elections - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
Lancaster County (Pa.) - History - 18th century.
Lancaster County (Pa.) - History - 19th century.
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Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 47, number 5 (1943), p. 93-105Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.47
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Author
Scott, John F. R.
Date of Publication
1948
) ; subsequently John Reynolds was tutored in Lan- caster, and then entered West Point through the kind offices of Mr. James Buchanan. His brother, William, was previously com- missioned in the Navy through Mr. Buchanan. John Reynolds, Sr., was very intimate with Mr. Buchanan, and they were closely associated
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by Col. John Fulton Reynolds Scott (U.S. Army, retired).
Author
Scott, John F. R.
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Lancaster County Historical Society,
Date of Publication
1948
Physical Description
[21]-46 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Series
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 52, no. 2
Subjects
Reynolds, John Fulton, - 1820-1863.
United States. - Army.
Memorials - United States.
Monuments - United States.
United States - History - Civil War, 1861-1865.
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Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 52, number 2 (1948), p. 21-46Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.52
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The backwoodsman and the Kentucky rifle

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Author
Landis, Bertha Cochran.
Date of Publication
1947
in our great need, to this type of men. Congress lost no time and issued a call on June 14, 1775, for six companies of expert riflemen to be raised immediately in Pennsylvania. These troops, bringing their own rifles with them, under the command of such men as General Edward Hand, Captains James Ross
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by Bertha Cochran Landis.
Author
Landis, Bertha Cochran.
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Lancaster County Historical Society,
Date of Publication
1947
Physical Description
[117]-119 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Series
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 51, no. 5
Subjects
Rifles.
United States - History - Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775.
United States - History - Revolution, 1775-1783.
United States - History - 1783-1865.
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Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 51, number 5 (1947), p. 117-119Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.51
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Letters relating to Colonial military hospitals in Lancaster County

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Author
Heiges, George L.
Date of Publication
1948
Department to the sick and wounded under their care is a proof not only of their humanity but of their zeal for the service of the United States." In 1777, Dr. Potts was appointed Deputy Director General of the Hospitals of the Northern Department, and then transferred to the Middle Department as a Director
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by George L. Heiges.
Author
Heiges, George L.
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Lancaster County Historical Society,
Date of Publication
1948
Physical Description
[73]-96 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Series
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 52, no. 4
Subjects
Potts, Jonathan, - 1745-1781.
Craik, James, - 1730-1814.
Shippen, William, - 1736?-1808.
Rush, Benjamin, - 1746-1813.
Morgan, John.
Military hospitals - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
United States - History - Revolution, 1775-1783 - Hospitals.
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Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 52, number 4 (1948), p. 73-96Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.52
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William Henry : progenitor of the steamboat, riflemaker, patriot

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Author
Beck, Herbert Huebener,
Date of Publication
1950
"That William Henry had the honor of originat- ing the idea and of building the first steamboat ever built in the United States." Robert Fulton, who is generally given credit for being the first success- fully to commercialize the application of steam to navigation, was born in what was then Little
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by Herbert H. Beck.
Author
Beck, Herbert Huebener,
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Lancaster County Historical Society,
Date of Publication
1950
Physical Description
[65]-88 p. ; 23 cm.
Series
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 54, no. 4
Subjects
Henry, William, - 1729-1786.
United States. - Army - Officers.
Steam-navigation
Inventors - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
Gunsmiths - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
United States - History - Revolution, 1775-1783.
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Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 54, number 4 (1950), p. 65-88Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.54
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James Thackara, engraver, of Philadelphia and Lancaster, Pa

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Author
Crompton, Robert D.
Date of Publication
1958.
, and first love, most of his adult life, he spilled over enthusiastically into the fine arts, as one of the founders of the important "Columbianum," the first art academy attempt in the United States, and later as a long-time curator of the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, which followed, and
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by Robert D. Crompton.
Author
Crompton, Robert D.
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Lancaster County Historical Society,
Date of Publication
1958.
Physical Description
[64]-95 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Series
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 62, no. 2
Subjects
Thackara, James, - 1767-1848.
Engraving - Pennsylvania
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Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 62, number 2 (1958), p. 64-95Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.62
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James Logan as the first political boss of Lancaster County when it was the wild frontier

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Author
Benson, Evelyn Abraham.
Date of Publication
1955.
free land that we honor Lincoln. Lincoln seems a long way from James Logan, the subject of this paper— and he was, not only in time, more than a hundred years, but in thought con- cerning the common man, in the attitudes of humility versus arrogance, and in concept of the purpose of government. James
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by Evelyn A. Benson.
Author
Benson, Evelyn Abraham.
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Lancaster County Historical Society,
Date of Publication
1955.
Physical Description
[57]-77 p. ; 23 cm.
Series
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 59, no. 3
Subjects
Logan, James, - 1674-1751.
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Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 59, number 3 (1955), p. 57-77Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.59
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A history of St. John's (Center) Reformed Church, East Earl Township, Lancaster County

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Author
Weaver, Glenn.
Date of Publication
1945
in history, yet neglected by the historian. This church, St. John's (Center) Evangelical and Reformed, has a long his- tory and an enviable record for supplying the old Reformed Church in the United States with an unusually large number of clergymen, some of whom have been leaders in the life and
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by Glenn Weaver.
Author
Weaver, Glenn.
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Lancaster County Historical Society,
Date of Publication
1945
Physical Description
[53]-84 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Series
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 49, no. 3
Subjects
St. John's (Center) Evangelical and Reformed Church (East Earl Twp., Pa.) - History.
Reformed Church in the United States.
Church buildings - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
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Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 49, number 3 (1945), p. 53-84Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.49
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The Mount Joy Soldier's Orphan School

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Author
Heiges, George L.
Date of Publication
1944
recommended to the people of these United States "that while offering up the ascriptions justly due to God for singular deliverance and blessings, they do also, with humble penitence for our national perverseness and disobedience, commend to His tender care all those who have become widows, orphans, mourners
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by George L. Heiges.
Author
Heiges, George L.
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Lancaster County Historical Society,
Date of Publication
1944
Physical Description
[109]-[131] p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Series
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 48, no. 5
Subjects
Curtin, Andrew Gregg, - 1815-1894.
Soldier's Orphan Schools.
Schools - Pennsylvania.
Orphans - Pennsylvania.
United States - History - Civil War, 1861-1865.
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Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 48, number 5 (1944), p. 109-131Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.48
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The Army has a heart : a war incident in Lancaster County

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Author
Klein, H. M. J.
Date of Publication
1946
The Army Heart A War Incident tin Lancaster County By H. M. J. KLEIN I HAVE lying on the desk before me all available documents relating to a very interesting and important series of events which occurred in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, shortly after the United States entered the Second World
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by H.M. J. Klein.
Author
Klein, H. M. J.
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Lancaster County Historical Society,
Date of Publication
1946
Physical Description
[129]-140 p. ill. ; 23 cm.
Series
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 50, no. 6
Subjects
Nissly, Harry N.
United States Army T.N.T. Project.
World War, 1939-1945 - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
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Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 50, number 6 (1946), p. 129-140Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.50
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A Lancaster schoolboy views the Civil War : (diary of Immanuel C. Pehrson, 1862-1863. Collection of the Fackenthal Library, Franklin and Marshall College)

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Author
Pehrson, Immanuel C.
Date of Publication
1950
director. Manny's diary is full of the home and its children. 1 His biography by S. S. Rathvon appears in Alexander Harris' Biograph- ical History of Lancaster County, 1872, pp. 346-56. 2 A year earlier she had lived on West Chestnut Street which accounts for Manny attending the West Ward School. �With Mrs
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reviewed by Elizabeth C. Kieffer.
Author
Pehrson, Immanuel C.
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Lancaster County Historical Society,
Date of Publication
1950
Physical Description
[17]-37 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Series
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 54, no. 2
Subjects
Pehrson, Immanuel - Diaries.
Diaries.
United States - History - Civil War, 1861-1865.
Lancaster (Pa.) - Social life and customs.
Additional Author
Kieffer, Elizabeth Clarke.
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Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 54, number 2 (1950), p. 17-37Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.54
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When Lancaster was Pennsylvania's capital

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Author
Heiges, George L.
Date of Publication
1951
1787 and was currently (since 1794) a United States Senator. All then was in readiness for the campaign preceding the election which would decide whether Thomas McKean or James Ross was to be inaugurated Governor of Pennsylvania at Lancaster in Decem- ber of the year seventeen hundred ninety-nine. It
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by George L. Heiges.
Author
Heiges, George L.
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Lancaster County Historical Society,
Date of Publication
1951
Physical Description
[1]-48 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Series
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 55, no. 1
Copy of entire series bound at LC 09 H465.
Subjects
Mifflin, Thomas, - 1744-1800.
McKean, Thomas, - 1734-1817.
Jefferson, Thomas, - 1743-1826.
Elections - United States.
Elections - Pennsylvania.
Pennsylvania - Capital and capitol.
Pennsylvania - History - 1775-1865.
Pennsylvania - Politics and government.
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Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 55, number 1 (1951), p. 1-48Lancaster History Library - Lancaster CountyLancaster History Library - Journal974.815 LACI H465974.9 L245 v.55
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Andrew Ellicott : surveyor of the capital of our nation

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Author
Heisey, M. Luther,
Date of Publication
1950
Office of Pennsylvania, October 3, 1801, to April 4, 1809. Trustee of Franklin College, Lancaster, Pa., June 17, 1813. A booklet, called the "Development of the United States Cap- itol," issued as House Document, No. 35, of the 71st Congress, 1st Session, 1929, completely ignores, except for the survey
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by M. Luther Heisey.
Author
Heisey, M. Luther,
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Lancaster County Historical Society,
Date of Publication
1950
Physical Description
[1]-14 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Series
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 54, no. 1
Subjects
Ellicott, Andrew, - 1754-1820.
Surveyors - Pennsylvania.
City planning - Washington (D.C.)
United States - Capital and capitol.
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George Schaffner : an American Revolutionist who died in the French Royalist cause

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Author
Kieffer, Elizabeth Clarke.
Date of Publication
1946.
, 1757, the child was baptised John George, in memory of another son who had died in infancy. He was baptised in the stone building of the First Reformed Church by Philip William Otterbein, who later became the founder of the United Brethren in Christ. He doubtless attended school with his brothers in
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by Elizabeth Clarke Kieffer.
Author
Kieffer, Elizabeth Clarke.
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Lancaster County Historical Society,
Date of Publication
1946.
Physical Description
[1]-27 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Series
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 50, no. 1
Subjects
Schaffner, John George, - 1757-
United States - History - Revolution, 1775-1783.
France - History - Revolution, 1789-1799.
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Military records of Lancaster Countians : 1784-1815

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Author
Landis, Bertha Cochran.
Date of Publication
1944.
Trinity Churchyard, New York City. FUNK, John Musser: d. Oct. 25, 1812. Lieut. in U. S. Navy. Killed in battle between frigates United States and the Macedonian, Oct. 25, 1812, off the Azores, under Commodore Stephen Decatur. "Lancaster Intelligencer & Weekly Advertiser," Dec. 19, 1812. L. C. H. S. pub
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compiled by Bertha Cochran Landis and Eleanore J. Fulton.
Author
Landis, Bertha Cochran.
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Lancaster County Historical Society,
Date of Publication
1944.
Physical Description
[81]-108 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Series
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 48, no. 4
Subjects
Armed Forces.
Military service, Voluntary - United States
Pennsylvania - History - 1775-1865.
Additional Author
Fulton, Eleanore Jane,
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Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 48, number 4 (1944), p. 81-108Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.48
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