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Colonial craftsmen and the beginnings of American industry

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Author
Tunis, Edwin,
Edition
[1st ed.]
Date of Publication
[1965]
Call Number
609.73 T926 Oversize
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written and illustrated by Edwin Tunis.
Author
Tunis, Edwin,
Edition
[1st ed.]
Place of Publication
Cleveland
Publisher
World Pub. Co.
Date of Publication
[1965]
Physical Description
159 p. illus. 31 cm.
Summary
Describes and illustrates the work of craftsmen and artisans in Colonial America. Shows types of work done in town shops and manufacturies, as well as, in homes, village shops, and country forges.
Subjects
Technology - United States
Industries - United States
Decorative arts, Early American.
United States - Social life and customs - To 1775.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
609.73 T926 Oversize
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Letters from an American farmer ; and Sketches of eighteenth-century America : more letters from an American farmer

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Author
St. John de Crèvecoeur, J. Hector,
Date of Publication
c1963.
Call Number
818.103 C926
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by Hector St. John de Crèvecoeur ; with a foreword by Albert E. Stone, Jr.
Author
St. John de Crèvecoeur, J. Hector,
Uniform Title
Letters from an American farmer
Place of Publication
New York
Publisher
New American Library,
Date of Publication
c1963.
Physical Description
477, [3] p. ; 18 cm.
Series
A Signet classic ; CQ136
Notes
Includes index.
"Landscapes", dramatic sketches: p. 398-463.
Subjects
St. John de Crèvecoeur, J. Hector, - 1735-1813.
Farm life - United States.
United States - Social life and customs - 1775-1783.
United States - Description and travel - To 1783.
Nantucket (Mass.) - Social life and customs.
Additional Author
Stone, Albert E.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
818.103 C926
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The American heritage history of colonial antiques

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Author
Davidson, Marshall B.
Date of Publication
[1967]
Call Number
745.1 D253
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Responsibility
by the editors of American heritage. Author and editor in charge: Marshall B. Davidson.
Author
Davidson, Marshall B.
Place of Publication
[New York]
Publisher
American Heritage Pub. Co.; book trade distribution by Simon and Schuster
Date of Publication
[1967]
Physical Description
384 p. illus. (part col.) 29 cm.
Contents
Chapters: The Puritan century (1607-1685) - The William and Mary Style (685-1720) - The Queen Anne Style (1720-1750) - The Chippendale Period (1750-1785) - Functioning forms in the home - The Pennsylvania Germans - Glossary of terms - Style charts.
Summary
"Traces the steady convergence of comfort and culture through the various colonial periods with a fine emphasis put on the rewards resulting from the intermingling of stylistic influences that came to America through trade and busy immigration." [from the publisher]
Subjects
Antiques - United States
United States - Social life and customs - To 1775.
Additional Title
American heritage.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
745.1 D253
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The American heritage history of antiques from the Civil War to World War I

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Author
Davidson, Marshall B.
Date of Publication
[1969]
Call Number
745.1 D253h
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by the editors of American heritage. Author and editor in charge: Marshall B. Davidson.
Author
Davidson, Marshall B.
Place of Publication
[New York]
Publisher
American Heritage Pub. Co.
Date of Publication
[1969]
Physical Description
415 p. illus. (part col.), facsims., ports. (part col.) 29 cm.
Subjects
Antiques - United States
United States - Social life and customs - 1865-1918.
Additional Title
American heritage.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
745.1 D253h
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Travels in North America in the years 1780, 1781, and 1782

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Author
Chastellux, Francʹois Jean,
Date of Publication
c1963.
Call Number
917.3 C489
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Responsibility
by the Marquis de Chastellux ; a revised translation, with introduction and notes, by Howard C. Rice, Jr.
Author
Chastellux, Francʹois Jean,
Uniform Title
Voyages dans l'Amerique septentrionale.
Place of Publication
Chapel HIll, N.C
Publisher
University of North Carolina Press,
Date of Publication
c1963.
Physical Description
2 v. : ill., ports. ; maps ; 23 cm.
Notes
"Published for the Institute of Early American History and Culture at Williamsburg, Virginia."
Includes index.
Summary
"The definitive edition of an American classic of great literary and historical value. Chastellux, one of three major generals who accompanied Rochambeau and the French Expeditionary Forces to America, was a man of letters and a member of the French Academy. His absorbing journal is a deeply and clearly etched portrait of a country and its people. This is the second of two volumes." [Worldcat.org]
"Francois Jean De Beauvoir, Marquis De Chastellux was born in Paris, France in 1734. He joined the French Army as a Second Lieutenant at the age of 13 and rose through the ranks during the Seven Years' War. Chastellux came to be as famous for his literary work, with his publication of a book on philosophy in 1772, as he was for his military exploits. When the French expeditionary forces assigned to the Revolutionary Continental Army set sail for America in 1779, he was one of the three major generals sent with General Rochambeau. They arrived in America and took part in the victorious Yorktown campaign. Invaluable to the Continental Army commanders for his command of the English language, Chastellux remained in America until returning to France in early 1783. Travels in North America is an account of Chastellux's travels between campaigns." [from the Preface]
Subjects
Manners and customs.
United States - Description and travel - Early works to 1800.
United States - Social life and customs - 1775-1783.
Additional Author
Rice, Howard C.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
917.3 C489
Websites
https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015073766944;view=1up;seq=9
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Cities in the wilderness : the first century of urban life in America, 1625-1742

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Author
Bridenbaugh, Carl.
Date of Publication
1964.
Call Number
307.76 B851
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Responsibility
by Carl Bridenbaugh.
Author
Bridenbaugh, Carl.
Place of Publication
New York
Publisher
Capricorn Books,
Date of Publication
1964.
Physical Description
500 p. ; 21 cm.
Series
Capricorn giant ; 242
Notes
Includes index.
Reprint. Originally published: New York : Ronald Press, 1938.
Bibliography: p. 483-486.
Subjects
Cities and towns - United States.
United States - History - Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775.
United States - Social life and customs - To 1775.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
307.76 B851
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The social structure of revolutionary America

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo3488
Author
Main, Jackson Turner.
Date of Publication
1965.
Call Number
309.173 M224
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Author
Main, Jackson Turner.
Place of Publication
Princeton, N.J
Publisher
Princeton University Press,
Date of Publication
1965.
Physical Description
viii, 330 p. 21 cm.
Notes
Includes bibliographical references.
Subjects
United States - Social conditions - To 1865.
United States - Social life and customs - To 1775.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
309.173 M224
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Cities in revolt : urban life in America, 1743-1776

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Author
Bridenbaugh, Carl.
Date of Publication
1964.
Call Number
307.76 B851r
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Responsibility
Carl Bridenbaugh.
Author
Bridenbaugh, Carl.
Place of Publication
New York
Publisher
Capricorn Books,
Date of Publication
1964.
Physical Description
xi, 433, xxi p. ; 21 cm.
Series
Capricorn giant ; 243
Notes
Includes index.
"Bibliographical note": p. 427-[434].
Subjects
Cities and towns - United States.
United States - Social life and customs - To 1775.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
307.76 B851r
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A Visit to Landis Valley

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Date of Publication
1963]
Call Number
974.815 MANT V831
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Responsibility
Text by Wayne B. Lefevre; Photographs by Robert H. Thompson.
Place of Publication
[Lancaster, Pa.] : [Harrisburg, Pa
Publisher
Landis Valley Associates ; Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission,
Date of Publication
1963]
Physical Description
[48] p. : ill. ; 28 cm.
Subjects
Pennsylvania Farm Museum of Landis Valley.
Museums - Pennsylvania.
Agriculture - Pennsylvania
Country life - Pennsylvania.
Pennsylvania - Social life and customs.
Additional Corporate Author
Pennsylvania Farm Museum of Landis Valley.
Landis Valley Associates.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
974.815 MANT V831
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Gilmore day : Lancaster musical holiday honoring Patrick S. Gilmore

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo2322
Author
Johnson, Erwin H.,
Date of Publication
1968
members, came from Vienna to play "The Blue Danube". Gilmore reportedly paid him $20,000.00 to do this. The United State Marine Band ap- peared along with Gilmore's Band and bands from twenty-six cities in the United States. At the close of seventeen days of concerts—one which President and Mrs. Grant
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Responsibility
by Mrs. Erwin H. Johnson.
Author
Johnson, Erwin H.,
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Lancaster County Historical Society,
Date of Publication
1968
Physical Description
[84]-96 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Series
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 72, no. 2
Subjects
Gilmore, P. S. - 1829-1892.
Holidays - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
Music - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
Lancaster (Pa.) - Social life and customs.
Contained In
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 72, number 2 (1968), p. 84-96Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.72
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Lewis Miller, sketches and chronicles; the reflections of a nineteenth century Pennsylvania German folk artist

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Author
Miller, Lewis,
Edition
[1st ed.]
Date of Publication
[c1966]
Call Number
759.1392 M648
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Introd. by Donald A. Shelley.
Author
Miller, Lewis,
Edition
[1st ed.]
Place of Publication
York, Pa
Publisher
Historical Society of York County
Date of Publication
[c1966]
Physical Description
xxii, 185 p. (chiefly col. illus., facsims., port.) 29 cm.
Notes
Selected chiefly from the collections of the Historical Society of York County.
Bibliography: p. 185.
Subjects
German Americans - Pennsylvania - York
Folk art - Pennsylvania - York.
York (Pa.) - Social life and customs - Pictorial works.
Additional Corporate Author
Historical Society of York County (Pa.)
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
759.1392 M648
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The plain people : essays

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo18497
Author
Gibbons, Phebe Earle,
Date of Publication
1963.
Call Number
814.4 G441
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Responsibility
by Phebe E. Gibbons, Illus. from "Olden times" by H.L. Fisher, 1888.
Author
Gibbons, Phebe Earle,
Place of Publication
Witmer, Pa
Publisher
Applied Arts,
Date of Publication
1963.
Physical Description
50 p. illus. 28 cm.
Subjects
Germans - Pennsylvania.
Sects - Pennsylvania.
Pennsylvania - Social life and customs.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
814.4 G441
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Everyday life in colonial Pennsylvania

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Author
Schaun, George.
Date of Publication
[1963]
Call Number
974.8 S313
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Responsibility
by George and Virginia Schaun.
Author
Schaun, George.
Place of Publication
Annapolis, Md
Publisher
Greenberry Publications
Date of Publication
[1963]
Physical Description
90 p. illus., maps.
Notes
Cover title.
Includes bibliography.
Subjects
Pennsylvania - Social life and customs - to 1775.
Additional Author
Schaun, Virginia,
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
974.8 S313
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The northern colonial frontier, 1607-1763

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Author
Leach, Douglas Edward,
Date of Publication
[1966]
Call Number
973.2 L434
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Author
Leach, Douglas Edward,
Place of Publication
New York
Publisher
Holt, Rinehart and Winston
Date of Publication
[1966]
Physical Description
xviii, 266 p. illus., maps. 24 cm.
Series
Histories of the American frontier
Notes
Reference to Lancaster and Pennsylvania found in Chapter 8 "The expanding frontier, 1713-1743".
Bibliography: p. 239-255.
Subjects
Frontier and pioneer life - Northeastern States.
Northeastern States - History.
United States - Territorial expansion.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
973.2 L434
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The reliance on tradition, 1625-1700

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Author
Gilborn, Craig A.
Date of Publication
1969.
Call Number
724.1 G467
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Responsibility
by Craig Gilborn.
ISBN
067500604X
9780675006040
Author
Gilborn, Craig A.
Place of Publication
Columbus
Publisher
Charles E. Merrill Pub. Co.,
Date of Publication
1969.
Physical Description
vi, 89 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.
Series
Arts of the home in early America
A Winterthur book.
Notes
Resource book to be used with two filmstrips and phonodisc.
Presented by the Winterthur Museum.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 71-75).
Summary
"[This book] will lead the student to a livelier understanding of seventeenth-century America through study of the architecture and the furnishings of the home as we know them from surviving examples...and from other contemporary evidence. The structures and the objects illustrated are presented not as museum pieces but as intimate reflections of the times, the circumstances, and the people by whom or for whom they were made. A good cross section of examples is provided, but where there is a scarcity of original materials the student is warned against generalizing from insufficient data." [from the introduction]
Subjects
Architecture, Colonial - United States.
Decoration and ornament - United States.
Furniture - United States.
Architecture, Colonial.
Decoration and ornament.
Furniture.
United States.
Additional Corporate Author
Henry Francis du Pont Winterthur Museum.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
724.1 G467
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Letters sent by the Commissioner of the Revenue and the Revenue Office, 1792-1807

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Corporate Author
United States. Revenue Office.
Date of Publication
1962.
Call Number
Drawer 5, section 5
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Corporate Author
United States. Revenue Office.
Place of Publication
Washington
Publisher
National Archives and Records Service,
Date of Publication
1962.
Physical Description
3 microfilm reels ; 35 mm.
Series
National Archives microfilm publications ; microcopy no. 414
Notes
Records of the Internal Revenue Service. Record Group 58.
Listed in "Microfilm resources for research," 2000 as: M414.
Contents
Reel 1. May 11, 1792-Dec. 19, 1795--reel 2. Dec. 19, 1795-Apr. 1800--reel 3. 1802-Dec. 8, 1807.
Subjects
United States. - Revenue Office - Records and correspondence - Sources.
United States. - Bureau of Internal Revenue - Records and correspondence - Sources.
United States. - Bureau of Internal Revenue.
United States. - Revenue Office.
Sources.
Additional Corporate Author
United States. National Archives and Records Service.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Microfilm
Call Number
Drawer 5, section 5
Websites
http://www.nara.gov/nara/searchmicro.html
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The life of the mind in America, from the Revolution to the Civil War

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Author
Miller, Perry,
Edition
[1st ed.]
Date of Publication
[1965]
Call Number
917.303 M649
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Author
Miller, Perry,
Edition
[1st ed.]
Place of Publication
New York
Publisher
Harcourt, Brace & World
Date of Publication
[1965]
Physical Description
xi, 338 p. 24 cm.
Notes
Contains books 1-2, and part of book 3, of a work intended to be complete in 9 books. The parts after book 3, chapter 1, were never completed.
Subjects
United States - Intellectual life.
United States - Civilization - 1783-1865.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
917.303 M649
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The Old land and the new: the journals of two Swiss families in America in the 1820's

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Date of Publication
1965
Call Number
917.3 B598
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edited and translated by Robert H. Billigmeier & Fred Altschuler Picard. Sketches by Hans Erni.
Place of Publication
Minneapolis
Publisher
University of Minnesota Press
Date of Publication
1965
Physical Description
281 p. illus. 24 cm.
Notes
Bibliographical footnotes.
Contents
Note on translation.--Introduction, by R.H. Billigmeier.--Account of a journey to North America and through the most significant parts thereof, by J. Schweizer.--Day book on a journey to North America in the year 1823, by J.J. Rutlinger.
Summary
"In the 1820's, when the flow of immigration was still small, two Swiss immigrant families wrote accounts of what seemed to them to be the most decisive experiences of their lives. These particular accounts relate to a period in the history of American immigration that is less well known than the more spectacular colonial and post- Civil War movements. They are particularly vivid and insightful personal documents affording valuable perspectives of the integration of the 'Old Immigration' of ante-bellum days." [from the introduction]
Subjects
Swiss in the United States.
United States - Description and travel - 1783-1848.
United States - Emigration and immigration - Personal narratives.
Additional Author
Schweizer, Johannes,
Rutlinger, Johann Jakob,
Billigmeier, Robert Henry,
Picard, Fred Altschuler,
Erni, Hans,
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
917.3 B598
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The colonial printer

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Author
Wroth, Lawrence C.
Edition
[2d ed., rev. and enl.]
Date of Publication
[1964, c1938]
Call Number
655.173 W958
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Responsibility
by Lawrence C. Wroth.
Author
Wroth, Lawrence C.
Edition
[2d ed., rev. and enl.]
Place of Publication
Charlottesville, Va
Publisher
Dominion Books
Date of Publication
[1964, c1938]
Physical Description
xxiv, 368 p. illus., facsims. 23 cm.
Notes
Bibliography: p. 333-347.
Subjects
Printing - United States
Book industries and trade - United States.
Printing industry - United States.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
655.173 W958
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The history & folklore of American country tinware, 1700-1900

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Author
Coffin, Margaret.
Date of Publication
[1968]
Call Number
739.532 C675
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Author
Coffin, Margaret.
Place of Publication
[Camden, N.J.]
Publisher
T. Nelson
Date of Publication
[1968]
Physical Description
226 p. illus. (part col.), facsims., ports. 26 cm.
Notes
On cover: American country tinware.
Bibliography: p. 212-215.
Subjects
Tinware - United States.
Tinsmiths - United States.
Decoration and ornament - United States.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
739.532 C675
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