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Gravestones of early New England and the men who made them, 1653-1800

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo16378
Author
Forbes, Harriette Merrifield,
Date of Publication
1955.
Call Number
736.5 F693
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Responsibility
by Harriette Merrifield Forbes, with illustrations from photographs by the author.
Author
Forbes, Harriette Merrifield,
Place of Publication
Princeton
Publisher
The Pyne Press,
Date of Publication
1955.
Physical Description
5 p. l., 141 p. front., plates. 27 cm.
Notes
"An unabridged republication of the first edition published by Houghton Mifflin Comapny in 1927, this Pyne Press edition is published by special arrangement with Houghton Miffiln Company."
Subjects
Sepulchral monuments - New England.
Sepulchral monuments - Massachusetts - Boston.
Stone-cutters - New England.
Boston (Mass.) - Buildings, structures, etc.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
736.5 F693
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Wheatland centennial celebration : commemorating the 100th anniversary of the election of James Buchanan 15th president of the United States 1856-1956

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo19364
Date of Publication
1956?]
Call Number
728.37 W557c
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Place of Publication
[S.l
Publisher
S.n.,
Date of Publication
1956?]
Physical Description
[10] p. : ill. (some col.) ; 29 cm. + reprint ([8] p. : ill. (some col.) ; 28 cm.)
Notes
Cover title.
Includes the Wheatland commemorative stamp.
"Reprint from American Heritage, Volume 5, number 3, published by the American Association for State and Local History"--P. [8] of reprint.
Subjects
Buchanan, James, - 1791-1868.
Wheatland (Lancaster, Pa.)
Historic buildings - Pennsylvania - Lancaster.
Postage stamps - Pennsylvania - Lancaster.
Additional Corporate Author
James Buchanan Foundation for the Preservation of Wheatland.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Lancaster County
Call Number
728.37 W557c
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The Follies of 1954

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo17152
Date of Publication
1954.
Call Number
972.0222 J95f
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Responsibility
Staged and directed by David C. Jones.
Place of Publication
[Lancaster, Pa.?
Publisher
s.n.],
Date of Publication
1954.
Physical Description
60 p : ill. ; 28 cm.
Notes
Program consists mainly of advertisements.
At head of title: The Junior League of Lancaster, Inc. presents.
Subjects
Junior League of Lancaster (Lancaster, Pa.)
McCaskey High School (Lancaster, Pa.)
Amateur theater - Pennsylvania - Lancaster.
Theater programs - Pennsylvania - Lancaster.
Theater - Pennsylvania - Lancaster.
Theater programs.
Additional Author
Jones, David C.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Lancaster County
Call Number
972.0222 J95f
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Wheatland, 1848-1868; the home of James Buchanan

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Author
Butler, Joseph Thomas.
Date of Publication
1957.
Call Number
728.37 B985
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Author
Butler, Joseph Thomas.
Place of Publication
Delaware
Publisher
Univ. of Delaware,
Date of Publication
1957.
Physical Description
57 p. ; 28 cm.
Notes
Bibliography:
. 53-57.
Contents
2 pgs missing; pages from unknown document in their place.
Subjects
Buchanan, James, - 1791-1868.
Wheatland (Lancaster, Pa.)
Historic buildings - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Lancaster County
Call Number
728.37 B985
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A history of the Garden Spot High School area

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Date of Publication
1958
Call Number
975.815 EARL H674
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Responsibility
by the Garden Spot Chapter Pennsylvania Federation of Junior Historians
Place of Publication
[S.l
Publisher
s.n.] ;
Date of Publication
1958
Physical Description
27 p. ; 15 cm.
Notes
Includes advertising
Subjects
Pennsylvania Federation of Junior Historians
New Holland (Pa.) - History
Terre Hill (Pa.) - History
Brecknock Township - Lancaster County, Pa. - History
Caernarvon Township - Lancaster County, Pa. - History
Earl Township - Lancaster County, Pa. - History
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
975.815 EARL H674
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Centenary journal : Shaarai Shomayim 5617-5717 (1856-1957)

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Corporate Author
Congregation Shaarai Shomayim (Lancaster, Pa.)
Date of Publication
1957?]
Call Number
296.8 S524L
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Corporate Author
Congregation Shaarai Shomayim (Lancaster, Pa.)
Place of Publication
[Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Shaarai Shomayim,
Date of Publication
1957?]
Physical Description
40 p. : ill., ports. ; 23 cm.
Notes
"This centenary journal is dedicated to the men and women who, during the past one hundred years, gave of their heart and soul to the building of the Shaarai Shomayim House of God."
Subjects
Congregation Shaarai Shomayim (Lancaster, Pa.) - Anniversaries, etc.
Congregation Shaarai Shomayim (Lancaster, Pa.) - History.
Jews - Pennsylvania - Lancaster.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Lancaster County
Call Number
296.8 S524L
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Yearbook and directory of St. Paul's Reformed Church (Evangelical and Reformed) : Duke and Orange Streets, Lancaster, Pa

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo16448
Date of Publication
1950.
Call Number
285.8 S149La 1950
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Alternate Title
Program of the one hundredth anniversary of the founding of the church.
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Rudisill and Smith Co,,
Date of Publication
1950.
Physical Description
63 p. : ill., ports. ; 23 cm.
Notes
Cover title.
Subjects
St. Paul's Evangelical and Reformed Church (Lancaster, Pa.) - Anniversaries, etc.
St. Paul's Evangelical and Reformed Church (Lancaster, Pa.) - History.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Lancaster County
Call Number
285.8 S149La 1950
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Pennsylvania German tombstones : A study in folk art

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Author
Barba, Preston Albert,
Date of Publication
c1954.
Call Number
905.748 PGFS v.18
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Responsibility
by Preston A. Barba. Drawings by Eleanor Barba.
Author
Barba, Preston Albert,
Place of Publication
Allentown, Pa
Publisher
Pennsylvania German Folklore Society,
Date of Publication
c1954.
Physical Description
v. 232 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Series
Pennsylvania German Society (Yearbook) v. 18.
Notes
Bibliography : p. 29-30.
Subjects
Sepulchral monuments - Pennsylvania
Cemeteries - Pennsylvania
Germans - Pennsylvania.
Additional Corporate Author
Barba, Eleanor.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
905.748 PGFS v.18
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Orange street

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo1347
Author
Reninger, Marion Wallace,
Date of Publication
1954.
Call Number
974.815 LACI R413o
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Responsibility
Marion Wallace Reninger.
Author
Reninger, Marion Wallace,
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Rudisill & co.,
Date of Publication
1954.
Physical Description
82 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Contents
Chapters : " Panorama " --- " Peggy Shippen " --- " Properties " --- "Processions " --- " Presidential Romance " --- " People " --- "Prisoner and Counterfeiter " --- " Philanthropists "
Summary
The book is written about an old street in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, on which many historic and interesting events took place - from before the Revolutionary War up to the present time. This series of sketches recounts stories of national interest as well as local tradition. [from the foreward]
Subjects
Kepler family.
North family.
Shand family.
Kendig, William.
Arnold, Margaret Shippen
Shippen family.
Passmore, John.
Andre, John.
Marshall, Christopher.
Coleman, Ann
Jacobs, William.
Reilly, Richard M.
Smith, Amos Herr.
Henry, Ann Wood.
Stevens, Thaddeus
Buchanan, James
Hensel, W. U.
Rettew, Mary
Long, Catherine.
Williamson, Henry S.
Watt, Peter T.
Orange Street (Lancaster, Pa.)
Lancaster (Pa.) - Streets.
Memoirs.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
974.815 LACI R413o
Websites
https://archive.org/details/ReningerOrangeStreet1954
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James Buchanan, "Big wheel" of the railroads

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo916
Author
Sprout, Oliver S.
Date of Publication
1952.
receiving a charter to construct the Columbia, Lancaster and Philadelphia Railroad, capitalized for $650,000, with permission to in- crease that figure to one million dollars. (5) Included in that group were James Buchanan, General George Porter, member of the Legislature, and Amos Ellmaker, all of
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Responsibility
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
Contained In
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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