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Notes and documents : Chattel with a soul : the autobiography of a Moravian slave

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Author
Thorp, Daniel B.
Date of Publication
1988.
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Alternate Title
Chatle with a soul.
Author
Thorp, Daniel B.
Place of Publication
Philadelphia, Pa
Publisher
Historical Society of Pennsylvania
Date of Publication
1988.
Physical Description
433-451 p.
Summary
This journal article describes how an African male came to be sold into slavery in America and how he became a member of the Moravian church community in Bethlehem , Pa. Also included is the autobiography of this man named Andrew which as a member of the church he was required to write. While he remained in slave status, his membership in the church provided him a life more normal than a slave would ordinarily endure.
Subjects
African Americans
Moravian Church
Slaves
African Americans - Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania - History - Colonial period, circa 1600-1775.
Contained In
Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography. Volume 112, number 3 (July 1988), p. 433-451Lancaster History Library - Periodical Article905.748 HSP v.112
Websites
https://journals.psu.edu/pmhb/article/view/44336/44057
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Our heritage, a history of the Bachmans of Lititz, Pennsylvania : ancestors and descendents [sic] of Aaron Eugene and Fannie Ritter Bachman, Monroe Eugene and Clara Weidman Bachman

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Author
Mann, Pauline Bachman,
Date of Publication
c1981.
Call Number
929 B124m
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Responsibility
by Pauline Bachman Mann.
Author
Mann, Pauline Bachman,
Place of Publication
Des Moines, Iowa
Publisher
P.B. Mann,
Date of Publication
c1981.
Physical Description
x, 215 p. : ill. ; 29 cm.
Notes
On spine: The Bachmans of Lititz, Pennsylvania.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Subjects
Bachman family.
Pennsylvania - Genealogy.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
929 B124m
Websites
http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/fy038/83143089.html
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History of the early settlement of the Juniata valley: embracing an account of the early pioneers, and the trials and privations incident to the settlement of the valley, predatory incursions, massacres, and abductions by the Indians during the French and Indian wars, and the war of the revolution, &c

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Author
Jones, U. J.
Date of Publication
c1940]
Call Number
974.802 P968 1940
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Responsibility
By U. J. Jones. With notes and extensions compiled as a glossary from the memoirs of early settlers, the pension statements of revolutionary war soldiers, and other source material, by Floyd G. Hoenstine ...
Author
Jones, U. J.
Place of Publication
[Harrisburg, Pa
Publisher
The Telegraph Press,
Date of Publication
c1940]
Physical Description
440 p. incl. illus., plates, front. 24 cm.
Notes
Maps on lining-papers.
First edition published at Philadelphia, 1856.
Appendix, prepared by William H. Egle (including a biographical sketch of U. J. Jones and The Pattersons of Juniata): p. [351]-421.
Subjects
Frontier and pioneer life - Pennsylvania.
Indians of North America - Pennsylvania.
Juniata River Valley (Pa.) - History.
Additional Author
Egle, William Henry,
Hoenstine, Floyd G.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
974.802 P968 1940
Websites
https://www.gutenberg.org/files/41392/41392-h/41392-h.htm
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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
Websites
https://lhdo-verso.auto-graphics.com/mvc/PersistentLink?key=bUU1oaD%2fRisVcA2oZCQsTA%3d%3d
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Two centuries of Reading, Pa., 1748-1948; a history of the county seat of Berks County

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Author
Albright, Raymond Wolf,
Edition
[Official bicentennial ed.]
Date of Publication
1948.
Call Number
974.816 R287a
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Author
Albright, Raymond Wolf,
Edition
[Official bicentennial ed.]
Place of Publication
Reading
Publisher
Historical Society of Berks County,
Date of Publication
1948.
Physical Description
xi, 307 p. illus., ports. 24 cm.
Notes
Bibliography: p. [299]-301.
Subjects
Reading (Pa.) - History.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
974.816 R287a
Websites
https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uva.x000402234&view=1up&seq=7
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The Bible in iron : pictured stoves and stoveplates of the Pennsylvania Germans; notes on colonial firebacks in the United States, the ten-plate stove, Franklin's fireplace, and the tile stoves of the Moravians in Pennsylvania and North Carolina, together with a list of colonial furnaces in the United States and Canada

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Author
Mercer, Henry Chapman,
Edition
Rev. corr. and enl. by Horace M. Mann. 2d ed.
Date of Publication
1941.
Call Number
749 D754 1914
749 M554
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Author
Mercer, Henry Chapman,
Edition
Rev. corr. and enl. by Horace M. Mann. 2d ed.
Place of Publication
Doylestown, Pa
Publisher
Bucks County Historical Society,
Date of Publication
1941.
Physical Description
[6] 216 p. : plates, port. ;
Notes
Bound with: Old Home Week , Manheim, Pa. (1912) and History of Lancaster (1870)
Bibliography: p. 206-208.
Contents
Chapters : The decorated iron stoves of Europe /// The decorated iron stoves of colonial America /// Notes on colonial firebacks, date plates and miscellaneous stoves
Summary
Contains notes on colonial firebacks in the US, the ten-plate stove, Franklin's fireplace and the tile stoves of the Moravians in Pennsylvania and North Carolina, together with a list of colonial furnaces in the US and Canada.
Subjects
Stoves.
Stove-plates.
Christian art and symbolism.
Germans - Pennsylvania.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Rare Books
Call Number
749 D754 1914
749 M554
Websites
https://hdl.handle.net/2027/njp.32101079879183
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History of the formation of the Union under the Constitution : with liberty documents and report of the Commission

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Corporate Author
United States.
Date of Publication
1943]
Call Number
973.4 B655
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Responsibility
Sol Bloom, Director General.
Corporate Author
United States.
Place of Publication
[Washington
Publisher
U.S. Govt. Print. Off.,
Date of Publication
1943]
Physical Description
x, 885 p. : ill. ; 28 cm.
Notes
Cover title: Formation of the Union under the constitution.
Summary
The book was written as part of the National celebration of the one hundred fiftieth anniversary of the U.S. Constitution.
Subjects
United States.
United States - Constitutional history.
United States - Politics and government.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
973.4 B655
Websites
https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015050625170&view=1up&seq=7
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Cabbage-Hill against the world : profile of a neighborhood

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Author
Oliff, Marc.
Date of Publication
1982
overlooked this scene. In 1849, the German element of St. Mary's Catholic Church petitioned Bishop Kendric to set up a separate congregation. An elderly resident told me the increased presence of Irish immigrants had annoyed the Germans. The new organization was approved, and in 1850 a church and parsonage
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Responsibility
by Marc Oliff.
Author
Oliff, Marc.
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Lancaster County Historical Society,
Date of Publication
1982
Physical Description
122-128 p. ; 23 cm.
Series
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 86, no. 4
Subjects
Community development - Pennsylvania - Lancaster.
Community life - Pennsylvania - Lancaster.
Cabbage Hill (Lancaster, Pa.)
Contained In
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 86, number 4 (1982), p. 122-128Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.86
Websites
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The Hebron diary during the Revolutionary period

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Author
Schantz, F. J. F.
Date of Publication
1989.
Call Number
974.819 L441 v. 1, p. 8-16
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Responsibility
/ by J.H. Redsecker.
Author
Schantz, F. J. F.
Place of Publication
Lebanon, PA
Publisher
Press of report Pub. Co.,
Date of Publication
1989.
Physical Description
16 p. ; 24 cm.
Series
Historical papers and addresses / Lebanon County Historical Society) ; v. 1, no. 1
Notes
"Addresses delivered at the first stated meeting of the Lebanon County Historical Society, held in the Court House, Lebanon, PA., Friday, Feberuary 18, 1898."
Summary
The Hebron Diary tells of events during the Revolutionary War period in Hebron, the settlement that later became Lebanon, PA. The author gives commentary about entries in the diary.
Subjects
Lebanon County Historical Society (Lebanon County, Pa.) - History.
Moravians - Pennsylvania - Lebanon County.
United States - History - Revolution, 1775-1783.
Lebanon (Pa.) - History.
Additional Author
Redsecker, J. H.
Additional Corporate Author
Lebanon County Historical Society (Lebanon County, Pa.)
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
974.819 L441 v. 1, p. 8-16
Websites
https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=wu.89062015805;view=1up;seq=34
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Nines by the numbers, 1737-1983 : a genealogy of the descendants of Johann Casper : Neun, Nine, Neuin, Nein

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Author
Nein, Jacqueline B.
Date of Publication
[c1983]
Call Number
929 N494f
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Responsibility
written and compiled by Jacqueline Nein Flamm.
Author
Nein, Jacqueline B.
Place of Publication
[Reading, Pa.] (4701 St. George St., Reading 19606)
Publisher
J.N. Flamm,
Date of Publication
[c1983]
Physical Description
A-E, 596 p. : ill. ; 28 cm.
Notes
Includes index.
Subjects
Nine family.
Neun family.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
929 N494f
Websites
http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/toc/fy0707/84182695.html
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