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Secret history of the American revolution, an account of the conspiracies of Benedict Arnold and numerous others, drawn from the Secret service papers of the British headquarters in North America, now for the first time examined and made public

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Author: Van Doren, Carl,

Date of Publication: 1941.

Call Number: 973.381 V246

Responsibility: by Carl Van Doren.

Author: Van Doren, Carl,

Place of Publication: New York

Publisher: The Viking press,

Date of Publication: 1941.

Physical Description: 3 p. l., [v]-xiv p., 2 l., [3]-534 p. illus. (map) ports., facsims. 24 cm.

Notes: Based largely on the Clinton papers in the William L. Clements library at the University of Michigan. Other sources cited are the Washington papers and the Papers of the Continental Congress at the Library of Congress. cf. Pref.; "This first edition is limited to five hundred ninety numbered copies signed by the author." This copy not numbered.; "Appendix ... Arnold-AndrÃ© correspondence [and] Clinton's narrative": p. [437]-495.; "General bibliography": p. [496]-499. "Chapter references": p. [500]-512.

Subjects: Arnold, Benedict, - 1741-1801.; Treason - United States.; Secret service - Great Britain.; United States. - History - Revolution, 1775-1783.

Additional Author: Clinton, Henry,; AndrÃ©, John,

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 973.381 V246

George Schaffner : an American Revolutionist who died in the French Royalist cause

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Author: Kieffer, Elizabeth Clarke.

Date of Publication: 1946.

George Schaffner An American Revolutionist Who Died in the French Royalist Cause By ELIZABETH CLARKE KIEFFER In 1938, your present essayist had the pleasure of reading before this society, a paper on the three Caspar Schaffners of Lancaster' whose joint lives covered practically the entire history

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Responsibility: 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.

Contained In: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 50, number 1 (1946), p. 1-27Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.50

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Family records : mostly of three distinct groups and descendants of Joseph, David and Henry Bauman, who settled as pioneers in Waterloo Township, Waterloo County, up to the year 1825 : each representing one of the three tribes of Christian, Peter and Jacob, respectively, who are children of the old progenitor Wendel Bauman : also an extensive history of family lineages of the early ancestors

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Author: Bauman, Angus Spaeth,

Date of Publication: 1940]

Call Number: 929 B348

Author: Bauman, Angus Spaeth,

Place of Publication: [Wallenstein, Ont

Publisher: A. S. Bauman,

Date of Publication: 1940]

Physical Description: 201 p.

Notes: Cover title: Bauman family history.

Subjects: Bowman family.; Ontario - Genealogy.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 929 B348

Handcar White a history of the Second Battalion, 328th Infantry European Theatre of Operations

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Author: Anderson, Ralph A.

Date of Publication: 1945

Call Number: 940.5421 A549

Author: Anderson, Ralph A.

Place of Publication: Czechoslovakia

Publisher: Information Services Branch

Date of Publication: 1945

Physical Description: 71 p. ill. 30 cm.

Subjects: United States. - Army. - Infantry Regiment, 328th. - Battalion, 2nd - History.; World War, 1939-1945.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 940.5421 A549

History of the formation of the Union under the Constitution : with liberty documents and report of the Commission

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo1470

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

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History of the Hain family : descendants of George and Veronica Hain

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Edition: Limited ed.

Date of Publication: 1941.

Call Number: 929 H152

Edition: Limited ed.

Place of Publication: Reading, Pa

Publisher: Reading Eagle Press,

Date of Publication: 1941.

Physical Description: 88 p., [2] leaves of plates : ill. ; 24 cm.

Notes: Cover title: The Hain family.; "This edition ... limited to two hundred copies."; Compiled by Frances Hain Swope and Henry B. Werner.

Subjects: Haynes family.; Hain, George, - d. 1746 - Family.

Additional Author: Swope, Frances Hain.; Werner, Henry B.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 929 H152

Stock in trade : being an "inventory of the store in Litiz (Pennsylvania), taken from the 4th to 8th May, 1773," and some pertinent remarks regarding service to the American public

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo15935

Date of Publication: [ca. 1940]

Call Number: 974.815 LITB S864

Place of Publication: New York

Publisher: Home Insurance Co.,

Date of Publication: [ca. 1940]

Physical Description: [20] p. ; 25 cm.

Notes: Facsimile reproduction of the 1773 inventory.

Subjects: General stores - Pennsylvania - Lititz.; Inventories - Pennsylvania - Lititz.; Germans - Pennsylvania.; Pennsylvania Dutch.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 974.815 LITB S864

The primer of American antiques

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Author: Drepperd, Carl William,

Date of Publication: 1944.

Call Number: 745.1 D772p

Responsibility: by Carl W. Drepperd.

Author: Drepperd, Carl William,

Place of Publication: Garden City, New York

Publisher: Doubleday, Doran,

Date of Publication: 1944.

Physical Description: xvi, 271 p. illus. 22 cm.

Notes: The R. Theodore Bixlers' Collection of Lancaster Authors.; Bibliography at end of some of the chapters.

Subjects: Art objects - United States.; Furniture - United States.; Implements, utensils, etc. - United States.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 745.1 D772p

History of the classis of Lancaster of the Eastern Synod of the Reformed Church in the United States, 1852-1940

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Author: Glass, Daniel G.

Date of Publication: [1942].

Call Number: 285.7 G549

Responsibility: Editors: Rev. Daniel G. Glass, Rev. C. George Bachman, Rev. Harry E. Shepardson, Rev. John F. Frantz, Rev. J.N. Le Van.

Author: Glass, Daniel G.

Place of Publication: New Holland, Pa

Publisher: Printed by The New Holland Clarion,

Date of Publication: [1942].

Physical Description: xiv, 431 p., [2] leaves of plates : ill., coat of arms, map, ports. ; 24 cm.

Notes: Includes index.; Bibliography: p. 420.

Subjects: Reformed Church in the United States. - Lebanon Classis.; Church buildings - Pennsylvania.; Lancaster County (Pa.) - Church history.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 285.7 G549

The history of the Eastern synod of the of the Reformed church in the United States, prepared by H. M. J. Klein

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo3184

Author: Klein, H. M. J.

Date of Publication: 1943.

Call Number: 285.8 E13

Author: Klein, H. M. J.

Place of Publication: Lancaster, Pa

Publisher: The Eastern synod,

Date of Publication: 1943.

Physical Description: 6 p. l., 414 p. : col. front., ports., (part. fold.) ; 24 cm.

Notes: On spine: 1747-1940.

Subjects: Reformed Church - United States - Eastern Synod.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 285.8 E13

American and French flags of the Revolution, 1775-1783

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Author: Schermerhorn, Frank Earle,

Date of Publication: 1948.

Call Number: 929.9 S326

Author: Schermerhorn, Frank Earle,

Place of Publication: Philadelphia

Publisher: Pennsylvania Society of Sons of the Revolution,

Date of Publication: 1948.

Physical Description: 148 p. 10 col. plates. 26 cm.

Notes: Bibliographical footnotes.

Subjects: Flags - United States.; Flags - France.; United States - History - Revolution, 1775-1783 - Regimental histories.

Additional Corporate Author: Sons of the Revolution. Pennsylvania Society.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 929.9 S326

Studies of historical documents in the Library of the American Philosophical Society

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo17527

Date of Publication: 1948.

Call Number: 010 A512

Place of Publication: Philadelphia

Publisher: The Society,

Date of Publication: 1948.

Physical Description: p. 79-126 : facsims. (1 col.) ; 27 cm.

Series: Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society ; v. 92, no. 2 (May 5, 1948)

Contents: B. Franklin, printer / William E. Lingelbach--Dr. Franklin negotiates, December 1777 / Gilbert Chinard--Charles Willson Peale's career as a painter / Charles Coleman Sellers--Henry Ernest Muhlenberg / Paul A. W. Wallace--Collecting source material about Charles Mason and Jeremiah Dixon / Thomas D. Cope.

Subjects: United States - History - Sources.

Additional Corporate Author: American Philosophical Society.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 010 A512

Historic restorations of the Daughters of the American revolution

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Author: Barrington, Lewis.

Date of Publication: 1941.

Call Number: 720 D238

Responsibility: by Lewis Barrington; foreword by Sarah Corbin Robert ...

Author: Barrington, Lewis.

Place of Publication: New York

Publisher: R.R. Smith,

Date of Publication: 1941.

Physical Description: [320] illus. 24 1/2 cm.

Subjects: Daughters of the American Revolution.; United States - Historic houses, etc.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 720 D238

A brief history of the colonial wars in America from 1607 to 1775

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Author: Wade, Herbert T.

Date of Publication: 1948.

Call Number: 973.2 W119

Author: Wade, Herbert T.

Place of Publication: New York

Publisher: Society of Colonial Wars in the State of New York,

Date of Publication: 1948.

Physical Description: viii, 120 p. illus., ports. 23 cm.

Notes: "List of preferred reading, the American colonial period": p. 114-120.

Subjects: United States - History - Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775.; United States - History, Military.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 973.2 W119

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

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History of Hospital Train No. 52 and its personnel, American Expeditionary Forces, France, 1917-1919

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Author: Knipe, James Lloyd.

Date of Publication: [1943]

Call Number: 973.913 K71

Author: Knipe, James Lloyd.

Place of Publication: Lancaster, Pa

Date of Publication: [1943]

Physical Description: 277 leaves. 107 photos. (in pocket) 28 cm.

Subjects: United States. - Army. - Train No. 52.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 973.913 K71

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

Responsibility: [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

New geography of American antiques

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Author: Drepperd, Carl William,

Edition: [1st ed.]

Date of Publication: c1948

Call Number: 749.211 D772

Responsibility: by Carl W. Drepperd and Lurelle Van Arsdale Guild.

Author: Drepperd, Carl William,

Edition: [1st ed.]

Place of Publication: Garden City, N.Y

Publisher: Doubleday,

Date of Publication: c1948

Physical Description: 254 p. illus. 22 cm.

Subjects: Decorative arts - United States.; Furniture - United States.; Art objects - United States.

Additional Author: Guild, Lurelle Van Arsdale,

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 749.211 D772

Weapons and equipment of early American soldiers

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Author: Hopkins, Alfred F.

Date of Publication: 1947.

Call Number: 623.441 W362

Responsibility: [by Alfred F. Hopkins].

Author: Hopkins, Alfred F.

Place of Publication: Washington, D.C

Publisher: National Park Service,

Date of Publication: 1947.

Physical Description: 20 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Series: National Park Service popular study series : History ; no. 2

Notes: Reprinted from The regional review (National Park Service, Region One, Richmond, Va.), 1939-1940.

Subjects: United States. - Army - Equipment.; Swords - United States; Military paraphernalia - United States.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 623.441 W362

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

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Secret history of the American revolution, an account of the conspiracies of Benedict Arnold and numerous others, drawn from the Secret service papers of the British headquarters in North America, now for the first time examined and made public

George Schaffner : an American Revolutionist who died in the French Royalist cause

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Handcar White a history of the Second Battalion, 328th Infantry European Theatre of Operations

History of the formation of the Union under the Constitution : with liberty documents and report of the Commission

Websites

History of the Hain family : descendants of George and Veronica Hain

Stock in trade : being an "inventory of the store in Litiz (Pennsylvania), taken from the 4th to 8th May, 1773," and some pertinent remarks regarding service to the American public

The primer of American antiques

History of the classis of Lancaster of the Eastern Synod of the Reformed Church in the United States, 1852-1940

The history of the Eastern synod of the of the Reformed church in the United States, prepared by H. M. J. Klein

American and French flags of the Revolution, 1775-1783

Studies of historical documents in the Library of the American Philosophical Society

Historic restorations of the Daughters of the American revolution

A brief history of the colonial wars in America from 1607 to 1775

Websites

History of Hospital Train No. 52 and its personnel, American Expeditionary Forces, France, 1917-1919

Men of marque; a history of private armed vessels out of Baltimore during the War of 1812

New geography of American antiques

Weapons and equipment of early American soldiers

Records of the American Catholic Historical Society of Philadelphia

Websites