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Harriet Lane Johnston : pioneer advocate of special care for children with chronic diseases / by Homer T. Rosenberger

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Author
Rosenberger, Homer Tope,
Date of Publication
1972.
the Harriet Lane Home for Invalid Children of Baltimore City Mrs. Harriet Lane Johnston gave a large share of her estate. She had a very protective attitude toward the Home. She designated the Home as residuary legatee, and mentioned the Home twelve times in her will of June 1, 1895, twice in its
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Author
Rosenberger, Homer Tope,
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Lancaster County Historical Society,
Date of Publication
1972.
Physical Description
[1]-29 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Series
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 76, no. 1
Subjects
Johnston, Harriet Lane, - 1830-1903.
Johns Hopkins Hospital - History.
Harriet Lane Home (Baltimore, Md.)
Children
Contained In
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 76, number 1 (1972), p. 1-29Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.76
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Harriet Lane Johnston : founder of St. Albans School for Boys

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Author
Rosenberger, Homer Tope,
Date of Publication
1972.
: "To What Extent did Harriet Lane Influence the Public Policies of James Buchanan" Vol. 74 No. 1, 1970, "The Passing of a Great Lady: Mrs. Harriet Lane John- ston" Vol. 75 No. 1, 1971, and "Harriet Lane Johnston: Pioneer Ad- vocate of Special Care for Children with Chronic Diseases" Vol. 76 No. 1, 1972. �
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Responsibility
by Homer T. Rosenberger.
Author
Rosenberger, Homer Tope,
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Lancaster County Historical Society,
Date of Publication
1972.
Physical Description
[136]-153 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Series
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 76, no. 3
Subjects
Johnston, Harriet Lane, - 1830-1903.
St. Albans School for Boys (Washington, D.C.)
Contained In
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 76, number 3 (1972), p. 136-153Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.76
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To what extent did Harriet Lance influence the public policies of James Buchanan?

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Author
Rosenberger, Homer Tope,
Date of Publication
1970.
Lane spent a great deal of time reading to James Buchanan from news- papers and discussing with him current political matters. Mrs. Ellet does not give the source of her information but writes as follows: At Wheatland she [Harriet Lane] entertained her uncle's friends and foreign visitors, with lady
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Responsibility
by Homer T. Rosenberger.
Author
Rosenberger, Homer Tope,
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Lancaster County Historical Society,
Date of Publication
1970.
Physical Description
[1]-22 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Series
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 74, no. 1
Subjects
Buchanan, James, - 1791-1868.
Johnston, Harriet Lane, - 1830-1903.
Presidents - United States
United States - Politics and government - 1857-1861.
Contained In
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 74, number 1 (1970), p. 1-22Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.74
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Papers of James Buchanan and Harriet L. Johnston

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Author
Buchanan, James,
Date of Publication
1977.
Call Number
Drawer 17, Sec. 1
Author
Buchanan, James,
Place of Publication
[Washington, D.C.]
Publisher
Library of Congress Photoduplication Service,
Date of Publication
1977.
Physical Description
4 reels ; 35 mm.
Notes
Labeled on box #340-343
"Mss. 16,968."
Includes index: reel 1.
Subjects
Buchanan, James, - 1791-1868.
Presidents - United States
United States - Politics and government - 1815-1861 - Sources.
Additional Author
Johnston, Harriet Lane,
Location
Lancaster History Library - Microfilm
Call Number
Drawer 17, Sec. 1
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The great women of the American Revolution

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Corporate Author
Washington (State). National Society Daughters of the American Revolution.
Date of Publication
1975.
Call Number
920.7 G786
Corporate Author
Washington (State). National Society Daughters of the American Revolution.
Place of Publication
Washington, D.C
Publisher
The Society,
Date of Publication
1975.
Physical Description
136 p. : ill. ; 21 cm.
Notes
Bibliography: p. 135-136.
Contents
Chapters: Everyday Heroines // Writing for the Revolution // Women on the March // Spies in Petticoats // Heroines at Home // A New Nation
Summary
Men may have fought the battles of the American Revolution, but women played an important part too. Some women fought the battle at home, speaking their minds about the British occupation or gathering supplies for their soldiers. Others fought openly for their cause, secretly joining the military or becoming spies. Get to know these heroic women and their importance to the colonists' victory during the Revolutionary War. [from the publisher]
Subjects
United States - History - Revolution, 1775-1783 - Biography.
United States - History - Revolution, 1775-1783 - Women.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
920.7 G786
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A pedigree of the Siegrist's

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Author
Brechbill, Laban T.,
Date of Publication
1972.
Call Number
929 S571
Responsibility
by L.T. Brechbill ...
Author
Brechbill, Laban T.,
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
[L.T. Brechbill],
Date of Publication
1972.
Physical Description
[6], 76, [4] p. ; 22 cm.
Notes
Cover title: Genealogy of Tobias Siegrist 1813-1971.
P. [3-4] tipped in correcting information found in the foreword.
Includes index.
Subjects
Siegrist family (Tobias Siegrist, 1813-1883).
Hershey family (Elizabeth Hershey Siegrist, 1817-1840).
Hershey family (Susanna Hershey Siegrist, 1822-1903).
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
929 S571
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Collection
James Buchanan Collection
Title
Three newspaper articles regarding James Buchanan and Ann Coleman
Object ID
MG0096 F038 In03
Date Range
1942/06/25, 1976/07/21
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Collection
James Buchanan Collection
Title
Three newspaper articles regarding James Buchanan and Ann Coleman
Description
Three photocopied newspaper articles regarding James Buchanan and Ann Coleman: “Early love affair the only romance in the life of James Buchanan.” An article about James Buchanan’s relationship with Ann Coleman, Ann’s death, and Buchanan’s niece, Harriet Lane. “A sad story of love.” An article picked up from the St. Paul, Minnesota Globe about James Buchanan and an early relationship with a girl named Letitia Duncan. “Edna Guhl knows inside story of Pres. Buchanan’s tragic romance,” Susquehanna Times regarding James Buchanan’s relationship with Ann Coleman. Marietta and Mount Joy.
Date Range
1942/06/25, 1976/07/21
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Storage Room
Archives South
Storage Wall
Side 03
Storage Container
Box 0001
People
Buchanan, James
Coleman, Ann
Duncan, Leticia
Guhl, Edna
Johnston, Harriet Lane
Subjects
Death
Clippings (Books, newspapers, etc.)
Search Terms
Globe (St. Paul, Minnesota)
Susquehanna Times
Death
Newspaper clippings
Clippings (Books, newspapers, etc.)
Articles
James Buchanan
Buchanan Collections
Harriet Lane Johnston
James Buchanan Presidential Library
Extent
3 items, 4 pages to scan
Object Name
Article
Language
English
Parent Object ID
MG0096
Object ID
MG0096 F038 In03
Location of Originals
photocopy
Associated Material
James Buchanan Papers, Dickinson College Archives & Special Collections,
http://archives.dickinson.edu/collection-descriptions/james-buchanan-papers
James Buchanan and Harriet Lane Johnston Papers, Library of Congress,
https://www.loc.gov/collections/james-buchanan-and-harriet-lane-johnston-papers/
James Buchanan Papers, Historical Society of Pennsylvania,
http://www2.hsp.org/collections/manuscripts/b/Buchanan0091.html
James Buchanan Papers, Penn State University Libraries,
https://libraries.psu.edu/findingaids/1458.htm
Related Item Notes
James Buchanan Collection (MG0096) https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo3760
James Buchanan Family Papers
Historical Society of Pennsylvania microfilm
Photograph Collection
Curatorial Collection
Wheatland Collection
Wheatland Mansion
Notes
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Credit
Courtesy of LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pa.
Other Number
MG-0096, Folder 038, Insert 03
Description Level
Item
Custodial History
Digitization of the James Buchanan Collection was funded by the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, PHMC Appl ID # 201808013051, 2019-2020.
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A historical survey of the one-room schools of southern Lancaster County : a research project presented to the faculty of the Graduate School of Millersville State College in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Education

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Author
Sinclair, Walter James.
Date of Publication
1974.
Call Number
372 S616
Author
Sinclair, Walter James.
Date of Publication
1974.
Physical Description
iv, 104 leaves ; 28 cm.
Notes
Includes bibliographical references (leaves 59-60).
Subjects
Education - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County
Rural schools - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Lancaster County
Call Number
372 S616
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Genealogy tables for some Garman families descended from immigrants Adam Germann, 1731?-1806 on ship Albany in Philadelphia, Sept. 2, 1749, and Johann Leonhardt Germann, 1724?-1813, fellow passenger : two members of the great wave of "Penna. Dutch" colonists from Germany & Switzerland to central Pennsylvania before the War of Independence from England in the mid-eighteenth century

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Author
Strock, Lester William.
Edition
1st ed.
Date of Publication
1979.
Call Number
929 G233s Oversize
Responsibility
by Lester W. Strock, in cooperation with George Philip Garman.
Author
Strock, Lester William.
Edition
1st ed.
Place of Publication
Saratoga Springs, N.Y
Publisher
Strock,
Date of Publication
1979.
Physical Description
1 case ([69] leaves) : ill. ; 44 x 60 cm.
Notes
Caption title.
"200 copies of boxed 1st edition."
Includes index.
Subjects
Garman family.
Additional Author
Garman, George Philip,
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
929 G233s Oversize
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Important Americana, manuscript & printed ... from the collection of the Honorable and Mrs. J. William Middendorf II, Richard M. Ahlstrom, the Long Island Historical Society and other owners ... : public auction Tuesday, February 24, 1976 ... Sotheby Parke Bernet Inc., 980 Madison Avenue, New York 10021

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Corporate Author
Sotheby Parke Bernet Inc.
Date of Publication
1976.
Call Number
017.3 M627
Alternate Title
Americana, printed and manuscript
Date/Time of Event
19760224
Corporate Author
Sotheby Parke Bernet Inc.
Place of Publication
London
Publisher
Sotheby Parke Bernet Inc.,
Date of Publication
1976.
Physical Description
1 v. (unpaged) : facsims. ; 23 cm.
Notes
387 lots.
Includes list of estimates.
Including early books, George Washington, other eighteenth-century material, Abraham Lincoln, other nineteenth-century material, and many fine and important historical manuscripts and documents.
Sale no.: 3841.
Date of sale: February 24, 1976.
Subjects
Middendorf, John William, - 1924- - Library
Middendorf, John William, - Mrs. - Library
Ahlstrom, Richard M. - Library
Long Island Historical Society.
Honorable and Mrs. J. William Middendorf II
Richard M. Ahlstrom
Auction catalogues.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
017.3 M627
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A picture story of the house of Derr [Pennsylvania's contribution to a world of primitive art; a true story of three brothers, Peter, John, and Joe Derr in the Summer Hills of Berks County, Pa

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Author
Spears, James Foster,
Date of Publication
[1973]
Call Number
739.4 S741
Author
Spears, James Foster,
Place of Publication
Lebanon, Pa
Publisher
Boyer printing,
Date of Publication
[1973]
Physical Description
x, 188 p. ill., ports. 24 cm.
Notes
Cover title: The house of Derr.
Reprint of 1949 ed.
Subjects
Derr, Peter, - 1793-1868.
Derr family.
Decorative arts - Pennsylvania.
Ironwork.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
739.4 S741
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American folk painting : selections from the collection of Mr. and Mrs. William E. Wiltshire III : an exhibition on display at the Virginia Museum, Richmond, November 29, 1977- January 8, 1978

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Author
Woodward, Richard B.,
Date of Publication
1977.
Call Number
759.13 W912
Responsibility
organized by the Virginia Museum ; and circulated by the American Federation of Arts ; catalog compiled by Richard B. Woodward.
ISBN
091704603X
9780917046032
0917046021 (pbk.)
9780917046025 (pbk.)
Author
Woodward, Richard B.,
Place of Publication
Richmond
Publisher
The Museum,
Date of Publication
1977.
Physical Description
110 p. : col. ill. ; 26 cm.
Notes
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Subjects
Wiltshire, William E. - Art collections
Painting, American - Exhibitions.
Primitivism in art - United States - Exhibitions.
Additional Corporate Author
Virginia Museum of Fine Arts.
American Federation of Arts.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
759.13 W912
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Manifestations of the Evangelical awakening of 1858-1859 : in the Lancaster area. A thesis presented to the faculty of the Department of History, Millersville State College. Submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree Master of Education

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Author
Morrison, Ross I.
Date of Publication
1973.
Call Number
270.81 M882
Author
Morrison, Ross I.
Date of Publication
1973.
Physical Description
vii, 100 leaves ; 28 cm.
Notes
Includes bibliographical references (leaves 96-100).
Subjects
Evangelists - Pennsylvania - Lancaster.
Lancaster (Pa.) - Church history - 19th century.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Lancaster County
Call Number
270.81 M882
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A biographical history of the Eby family : being a history of their movements in Europe during the Reformation and of their early settlement in America; as also much other unpublished historical information belonging to the family

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Author
Eby, Ezra E.,
Date of Publication
1979.
Call Number
929 E16ee
Responsibility
by Ezra E. Eby.
Author
Eby, Ezra E.,
Place of Publication
Cambridge, Ont. : Waterloo, Ont
Publisher
Aden Eby ; Roy Groff Bauman,
Date of Publication
1979.
Physical Description
[4], 160 p. : ill., coat of arms, ports. ; 22 cm.
Notes
Cover title: History of the Eby family.
Reprint. Originally published: Berlin, Ont. : Hett & Eby, Printers, 1889.
Description of coat of arms tipped in.
Coat of arms inside back cover.
Includes index and errata.
P. 145-160 added in reprint ed.
"Reprinted November, 1979"--T.p.
Subjects
Eby Family (Theodorus Eby, 1663-1737)
Eby family (Peter Eby, b. ca. 1685).
Sauer family (Caroline Sauer Eby, fl. 1721).
Eby family (Nicholas Eby, 19th cent.).
Buehler family (Christina Buehler Eby, 19th cent.).
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
929 E16ee
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Shaking the Cordell family tree! : The history of a family in Franklin County, Pennsylvania since 1779 : with a genealogy of the descendents of Henry Cordel, Jr., 1767-1842

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Author
Cordell, Glenn R.,
Date of Publication
c1977.
Call Number
929 C794
Responsibility
by Glenn R. Cordell.
Author
Cordell, Glenn R.,
Place of Publication
Chambersburg, PA
Publisher
Craft Press,
Date of Publication
c1977.
Physical Description
192 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.
Notes
On spine: Cordell family.
"Limited edition: 250 copies."
Includes index.
Subjects
Cordell family.
Franklin County (Pa.) - Genealogy.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
929 C794
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The history and topography of Dauphin, Cumberland, Franklin, Bedford, Adams, and Perry Counties; containing a brief history of the first settlers, notices of the leading events, incidents and interesting facts, both general and local, in the history of these counties, general & statistical descriptions of all the principal boroughs, towns, villages, &c. with an appendix, embellished with several engravingsj compiled from numerous authentic sources by I. Daniel Rupp

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Author
Rupp, I. Daniel
Date of Publication
1846.; 1975]
Call Number
974.84 R946
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Author
Rupp, I. Daniel
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa. [Carlisle, Pa
Publisher
Gilbert Hills, Cumberland Historical Society
Date of Publication
1846.; 1975]
Physical Description
xii, 723 p.; illus; 22 cm.
Notes
Includes index by John Cecil Fralish, Jr.; p. 609-723.
Another edition, pub. the same year, includes the history of Somerset, Cambria and Indiana counties.
Subjects
Dauphin Co., Pa. - History.
Cumberland County, Pa. - History.
Franklin County, Pa. - History.
Bedford Co., Pa. - History.
Adams Co., Pa. - History.
Perry Co., Pa. - History.
Additional Author
Fralish, John Cecil.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
974.84 R946
Websites
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The Tracy W. McGregor Library : three decades of development, 1939-1969 ; a selection of books, documents, maps and manuscripts acquired since 1939 ; an exhibition arranged on the occasion of the final meeting of the advisory committee of the Tracy W. McGregor Library

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo12451
Corporate Author
Tracy W. McGregor Library.
Date of Publication
1970.
Call Number
017.2 M145
Corporate Author
Tracy W. McGregor Library.
Place of Publication
[Charlottesville, Va.]
Publisher
University of Virginia Library,
Date of Publication
1970.
Physical Description
34 leaves ; 28 cm.
Notes
Items 37,38,44,46 relate directly to Lancaster County history.
Subjects
Tracy W. McGregor Library - Bibliography.
Library exhibits.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
017.2 M145
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Cotton mills of Lancaster City, Pennsylvania : a collection of historical information about cotton from the Colonial Days (1770) of Lancaster City, through the 1800's when cotton mills were established, to the demise of the largest mill in the city in 1949, together with data on cotton production and the cotton market through 1976

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo18840
Date of Publication
1977
Call Number
621 C948
Responsibility
compiled by W.T. Crook, Jr.
Place of Publication
Typescript
Date of Publication
1977
Physical Description
122 L : ill., Photographs; 29 cm.
Notes
Compiled for the Lancaster County Historical Society
Subjects
Conestoga Steam Mill (Lancaster, Pa.)
Farnum Mills (Lancaster, Pa.)
Cotton manufacturing - Pennsylvania - Lancaster
Industry - Pennsylvania - Lancaster
Manufacturers - Pennsylvania - Lancaster
Location
Lancaster History Library - Lancaster County
Call Number
621 C948
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Mathew Brady's illustrated history of the Civil War, 1861-65 and the causes that led up to the great conflict

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Author
Lossing, Benson John,
Date of Publication
[1978?] c1912.
Call Number
973.7 L881
Responsibility
by Benson J. Lossing, and a chronological summary and record of every engagement ... showing the total losses and casualties together with war maps of localities, compiled from the official records of the War Department ; illustrated with facsimile photographic reproductions of the official war photographs, taken at the time by Mathew B. Brady, under the authority of President Lincoln and now in the possession of the War Department, Washington, D.C. ...
Author
Lossing, Benson John,
Uniform Title
History of the Civil War
Place of Publication
[S.l.]
Publisher
Fairfax Press,
Date of Publication
[1978?] c1912.
Physical Description
512 p., [8] leaves of plates : ill. ; 29 cm.
Notes
Reprint of the ed. published by War Memorial Association, New York under title: A history of the Civil War.
On jacket: Distributed by Crown Publishers, New York.
Subjects
United States - History - Civil War, 1861-1865 - Pictorial works.
Additional Author
Brady, Mathew B.,
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
973.7 L881
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John Wiant of Mifflin County, Pennsylvania : a history of the Wian-Wion-Wyan family in America and Australia through eight generations, with notes on the possible origins of the family in Germany and colonial Pennsylvania, and including brief histories of the allied Pennsylvania families of Gerberich, Graf, Jäger, Moser, Schwab, Stober, and Wagner

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Author
Wion, John H.
Date of Publication
1976.
Call Number
929 W631
Responsibility
by John II. Wion.
Author
Wion, John H.
Place of Publication
New York
Publisher
Wion,
Date of Publication
1976.
Physical Description
83 p. ; 28 cm.
Notes
Includes index.
Subjects
Wyant family.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
929 W631
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