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The Lancaster barracks : where the British and Hessian prisoners were detained during the Revolution

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo1216
Author
Sener, Samuel Miller,
Date of Publication
1989.
Call Number
973.37 S475 reprint
Responsibility
by Samuel M. Sener.
Author
Sener, Samuel Miller,
Place of Publication
Hershey, PA
Publisher
G.T. Hawbaker,
Date of Publication
1989.
Physical Description
20, [7] p. : ill. ; 22 cm.
Notes
"Reprinted from Notes and queries, Harrisburg daily telegraph."
"Rolls of prisoners": p. 14-20.
Reprint. Originally published : Harrisburg, Pa. : Harrisburg Pub. Co., 1895. With index by Gary T. Hawbaker.
Subjects
Lancaster (Pa.) - History - Revolution, 1775-1783.
 United States  - History  - Revolution, 1775-1783  - Participation, German.
United States - History - Revolution, 1775-1783 - Prisoners and prisons.
Additional Author
Hawbaker, Gary T.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Lancaster County
Call Number
973.37 S475 reprint
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Hessian prisoners and their employers in the Lebanon Township area

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo14260
Author
Sowers, Gladys Bucher,
Date of Publication
2002.
Call Number
974.819 L441 v.18 no.4
Responsibility
by Gladys Bucher Sowers.
Author
Sowers, Gladys Bucher,
Place of Publication
Lebanon, Pa
Publisher
[Lebanon County Historical Society]
Date of Publication
2002.
Physical Description
70 p. : ill., maps ; 23 cm.
Contents
Introduction -- Background -- Captured at Trenton -- Imprisonment of the Hessians -- Employment of the prisoners -- Inducements to remain in America -- Location of employment sites -- Hessian prisoners associated with the Cornwall Iron Furnace -- The list of prisoners -- The list of employers -- Summary -- Prisoners belived to have stayed in America -- Endnotes -- Notes on prisoner documentation.
Subjects
Lebanon County (Pa.) - History.
United States - History - Revolution, 1775-1783 - Prisoners and prisons.
United States - History - Revolution, 1775-1783 - Participation, German.
Additional Corporate Author
Lebanon County Historical Society (Lebanon County, Pa.)
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
974.819 L441 v.18 no.4
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