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Willem Stober, a pioneer on Antitum (Johan [sic] Wilhelm Stuber), the Right Reverend William Stover

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Author
Royer, Benjamin Franklin,
Date of Publication
1949?]
Call Number
974.844 R 891
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by B. Franklin Royer ; prepared for Kittochtinny Historical Society, Chambersburg, Pa.
Author
Royer, Benjamin Franklin,
Place of Publication
[Chambersburg, Pa.?
Publisher
s.n.,
Date of Publication
1949?]
Physical Description
p. 379-390 : ill., facsims., map ; 23 cm.
Notes
Cover title.
Caption title: Willem Stober (Johann Wilhelm Stuber), a pioneer on Antitum / read by B. Franklin Royer, March 31, 1949.
"Reprinted from Transactions Volume XII."--Cover.
Includes bibliographical references.
Subjects
Stover, William, - 1752-1789.
Church of the Brethren - Pennsylvania - Franklin County - Bishops - Biography.
Church of the Brethren - Maryland - Washington County - Bishops - Biography.
Baptists, German - Pennsylvania - Franklin County - Biography.
Baptists, German - Maryland - Washington County - Biography.
Bishops - Pennsylvania - Franklin County - Biography.
Bishops - Maryland - Washington County - Biography.
Swiss Americans - Pennsylvania - Franklin County - Biography.
Swiss Americans - Maryland - Washington County - Biography.
Franklin County (Pa.) - Biography.
Washington County (Md.) - Biography.
Additional Corporate Author
Kittochtinny Historical Society.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
974.844 R 891
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Rivers of the Eastern shore; seventeen Maryland rivers

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Author
Footner, Hulbert,
Date of Publication
[1944]
Call Number
975.2 F687
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by Hulbert Footner, illustrated by Aaron Sopher.
Author
Footner, Hulbert,
Place of Publication
New York, Toronto
Publisher
Farrar & Rinehart, Incorporated
Date of Publication
[1944]
Physical Description
viii, 375 p. illus. (incl. map) 21 cm.
Series
The Rivers of America
Notes
"Sources": p. 362-368.
Subjects
Rivers - Maryland.
Eastern Shore (Md. and Va.) - Description and travel.
Eastern Shore (Md. and Va.) - History.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
975.2 F687
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Southeastern Pennsylvania, a history of the counties of Berks, Bucks, Chester, Delaware, Montgomery, Philadelphia and Schuylkill

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Author
Nolan, J. Bennett
Date of Publication
[1943]
Call Number
974.800912 N791
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J. Bennett Nolan, supervising editor ...
Author
Nolan, J. Bennett
Place of Publication
Philadelphia, New York
Publisher
Lewis historical publishing company, inc.
Date of Publication
[1943]
Physical Description
3 v. fronts., ill. (incl. maps) plates, ports., facsims. (part col. 1 double) col. coats of arms, col. geneal. tables. 27 1/2 cm.
Notes
Vols. 1 and 2 paged continuously.
Vol. 3 consists of biographies.
LCHS has vols. 1 and 3 only.
Includes bibliographies.
Subjects
Berks County (Pa.) - History.
Bucks County (Pa.) - History.
Chester County (Pa.) - History.
Delaware County (Pa.) - History.
Montgomery County (Pa.) - History.
Philadelphia County (Pa.) - History.
Schuylkill County (Pa.) - History.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
974.800912 N791
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Men of marque; a history of private armed vessels out of Baltimore during the War of 1812

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Author
Cranwell, John Philips,
Date of Publication
1940
Call Number
973.52 C891
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[by] John Philips Cranwell [and] William Bowers Crane.
Author
Cranwell, John Philips,
Place of Publication
New York
Publisher
W.W. Norton & Company, Inc.
Date of Publication
1940
Physical Description
xiv, 15-427 p. plates, ports., fold. map, facsims. 25 cm.
Notes
"First edition."
LCHS copy "number 145 of a special limited and numbered edition which has been autographed by the authors."
Bibliography: p. 415-418.
Summary
A letter of marque and reprisal was a government license that authorized a private person, known as a privateer or corsair, to attack and capture vessels of a nation at war with the issuer. The author states that the activities of the Baltimore privateers "were so many and so varied that, taken as a whole, they represent a cross section of all privateering at the time."
Subjects
Privateering.
Shipping - Maryland - Baltimore.
United States - History - War of 1812 - Naval operations.
Baltimore (Md.) - History - War of 1812.
Additional Author
Crane, William Bowers,
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
973.52 C891
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Buchanan's campaign in Lancaster County

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Author
Brady, Gerard.
Date of Publication
1949
part of Pennsylvania approx- imately seventy miles west of Philadelphia. Its land is rich in agricultural value. Throughout the county there are many small, clean, prosperous com- munities. Wheatland, the home of James Buchanan, is located about a mile from Lancaster City. It is a beautiful estate with
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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
Contained In
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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Rock Springs and their historic surroundings

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Author
Beck, Herbert Huebener,
Date of Publication
1943.
of what is now the main highway from Lancaster County into Maryland, at present Route 222. In 1942, they were on the Osborne estate, which nearly adjoins the lands of State Representative Norman Wood to its east. Rock Springs may be defined as an outcropping mass of weathered ser- pentine, about ten
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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
1943.
Physical Description
[45]-58 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Series
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 47, no. 3
Subjects
Hensel, George W., - 1866-1943.
Physical geography - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
Petrology - Middle Atlantic States.
Indian art - North America.
Rock Springs (Fulton Twp., Lancaster County, Pa.)
Mason-Dixon Line.
Maryland (Pa.) - Boundaries.
Contained In
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 47, number 3 (1943), p. 45-58Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.47
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Cecil County, Maryland; a study in local history

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Author
Miller, Alice E.
Date of Publication
1949.
Call Number
975.238 M647
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Author
Miller, Alice E.
Place of Publication
Elkton, Md
Publisher
C. & L. Printing & Specialty Co.,
Date of Publication
1949.
Physical Description
173 p. illus. 23 cm.
Subjects
Cecil County (Md.) - History.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
975.238 M647
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The Philadelphia-Baltimore trade rivalry, 1780-1860

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Author
Livingood, James Weston.
Date of Publication
1947.
Call Number
386 L782
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Author
Livingood, James Weston.
Place of Publication
Harrisburg
Publisher
Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission,
Date of Publication
1947.
Physical Description
195 p.
Notes
Bibliography: p.166-187.
Subjects
Commerce.
Philadelphia (Pa.) - History.
Philadelphia (Pa.) - Commerce.
Baltimore (Md.) - History.
Baltimore (Md.) - Commerce.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
386 L782
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Microfilm no. 153: [Miscellaneous and family notes copied from the Lancaster County Historical Society]

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Date of Publication
1947.
Call Number
Drawer 1, sec. 2: #153
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Place of Publication
Salt Lake City
Publisher
Genealogical Society ,
Date of Publication
1947.
Physical Description
1 reel ; 35 mm.
Notes
Copies of published and unpublished materials, mostly family records.
Number on box #153.
Brackbill (Henry) Bible, Carmichael/Jenkins family, Church (Thomas) family, Michael Groff's Rec. of Deaths, West Earl Twp., Eshleman (David) History, Zug's Heinrich Eschelman family, Daskam's Fondersmith family, Heinrich Fry's history, Funk (Martin) Bible Record, Furness/Gardner/Hillborn/Hooten Chart, Good (Jacob) Bible, Salem (Heller's) Reformed Church Baptisms, 1825-1876 [Upper Leacock Township]
Subjects
Apple family.
Bowman family.
Boyer family.
Brackbill faimily.
Brubacher family.
Buchanan family.
Carmichael family.
Jenkins family.
Charles family.
Church family.
Clemson family.
Crone family.
Dillers family.
Ellmaker family.
Ensminger family.
Eshleman family.
Eschelman family.
Fondersmith family.
Fry family.
Funk family.
Furness family.
Gardner family.
Hillborn family.
Hooten family.
Good family.
Groff family.
Harley family.
Hallman family.
Hastings family.
Hershey family.
Habecker Mennonite Cemetery [family cemetery]
Registers of births, etc. - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
Upper Leacock (Lancaster County, Pa. : Township) - Genealogy.
West Earl (Lancaster County, Pa. : Township) - Genealogy.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Microfilm
Call Number
Drawer 1, sec. 2: #153
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Libraries in Lancaster

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Author
Kieffer, Elizabeth Clarke.
Date of Publication
1944.
Library was the only library for the common people of Lancaster. This does not mean that there were no other sources of literature for the people of the community. Gentlemen's libraries grew to a great extent, some of them becoming quite famous. After a call upon James Buchanan, at Wheatland, in 1852, a
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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
1944.
Physical Description
[71]-80 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Series
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 48, no. 3
Subjects
Lancaster Library Company.
Mechanics' Society of the City and County (Lancaster, Pa.)
Lancaster Free Public Library (Lancaster, Pa.)
Libraries - Pennsylvania - Lancaster.
Contained In
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 48, number 3 (1944), p. 71-80Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.48
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