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Guide to the microfilm of the records of Pennsylvania's revolutionary governments, 1775-1790 (record group 27) in the Pennsylvania State Archives, 54 rolls : a microfilm project

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo9293

Corporate Author: Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission. Division of Archives and Manuscripts.

Date of Publication: 1978 [c1979]

Call Number: 016.9748 P415prg

Responsibility: sponsored by the National Endowment for the Humanities ; Harry E. Whipkey and Roland M. Baumann, project director, Martha L. Simonetti, assistant project director ; Roland M. Baumann, editor, Douglas H. West, editorial associate.

Corporate Author: Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission. Division of Archives and Manuscripts.

Place of Publication: Harrisburg

Publisher: Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission,

Date of Publication: 1978 [c1979]

Physical Description: vii, 351 p. ; 24 cm.

Notes: Title on spine: Guide to microfilm of Pennsylvania's revolutionary governments, 1775-1790.

Subjects: Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission - Microform catalogs.; Pennsylvania - Politics and government - 1775-1783 - Sources - Microform catalogs.; Pennsylvania - Politics and government - 1775-1865 - Sources - Microform catalogs.

Additional Author: Whipkey, Harry E.; Baumann, Roland M.; Simonetti, Martha L.

Additional Corporate Author: National Endowment for the Humanities.; Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 016.9748 P415prg

The journal of Joshua Gilpin, 1809 : pleasure and business in western Pennsylvania

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Author: Gilpin, Joshua

Date of Publication: 1975.

Call Number: 974.80313 G489

Responsibility: Joseph E. Walker, editor.

Author: Gilpin, Joshua

Place of Publication: Harrisburg

Publisher: Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission,

Date of Publication: 1975.

Physical Description: vii, 156 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Notes: Bibliography: p. 153-56.

Summary: Joshua Gilpin (1765-1840) and his brother Thomas had a business in Philadelphia as general merchants, and on the Brandywine Creek as manufacturers of paper, and woolen and cotton textiles. He travelled quite a bit in Europe at the end of the 18th century seeking to learn about industrial practices. In 1809 Joshua Gilpin combined a famly vacation with a business survey of the Redstone area (the vicinity of Brownsville), Pittsburgh, and Indiana County. He described the country through which he drove from Philadelphia to Pittsburgh and return. He discussed land values and business prospects with innkeepers, businessmen, and legal experts all along the way; noted the presence of natural resources; and spent some time in Pittsburgh in conferences with men who were able to supply him with the ind of information he desired.His route west took him through Lancaster. His return trip east took him through Harrisburg, Lebanon, and Reading.Contents :1. From Philadelphia to the Redstone/ 2. In the Redstone Country/ 3. Pittsburg Business prospects/ 4. Pittsburgh to Bedford via Indiana County/ 5. Bedford to Philadelphia

Subjects: Gilpin, Joshua; Pennsylvania - Description and travel - Personal narratives.; Pittsburgh (Pa.) - Description and travel.; Washington County (Pa.) - Description and travel.; Indiana County (Pa.) - Description and travel.

Additional Corporate Author: Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 974.80313 G489

Records of Pennsylvania's revolutionary governments, 1775-1790 (record group 27) in the Pennsylvania State Archives : a microfilm project

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo19209

Corporate Author: Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission. Division of Archives and Manuscripts.

Date of Publication: 1978.

Call Number: Drawer 15 Section 3

Responsibility: sponsored by the National Endowment for the Humanities ; Harry E. Whipkey and Roland M. Baumann, project directors, Martha L. Simonetti, assistant project director, Roland M. Baumann, editor, Douglas H. West, editorial associate, George R. Beyer and Gabrielle W. Smith, editorial assistants.

Corporate Author: Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission. Division of Archives and Manuscripts.

Place of Publication: Harrisburg

Publisher: Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission,

Date of Publication: 1978.

Physical Description: 54 microfilm reels : ill. ; 35 mm. + 1 index (77 p. ; 23 cm.)

Notes: Library owns reels, #31, Appointments File : Military (A-R); #32 Appointments File : Military (S-Z) and Political (A-F); #33, Appointments File : Political (F-S); and #34, Appointments File : Political (S-Z).; Use with guidebook and index shelved at LCHSBK 016.9748 P415prg and index.; Low reduction.

Subjects: Political science.; Pennsylvania - Politics and government - 1775-1783 - Sources.; Pennsylvania.; Sources.

Additional Author: Whipkey, Harry E.; Baumann, Roland M.; Simonetti, Martha L.

Additional Corporate Author: National Endowment for the Humanities.; Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Microfilm

Call Number: Drawer 15 Section 3

Welder, Benjamin G.--Pastoral record [1886-1921] [Baptismal, marriage and burial records of Rev. Benjamin F. Welder who was pastor at the Lutheran Church, Reamstown; St. Paul's Lutheran church, Bowmansville; Muddy Creek Lutheran Church, E. Cocalico Twp.; St. John's (Center) Lutheran Church, East Earl Twp.; Bergstrasse Lutheran Church, Ephrata Twp.]

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo15248

Author: Welder, Benjamin G.

Date of Publication: 1973]

Call Number: Drawer 2, sec. 3: #241; 284.1 W445

Responsibility: By Benjamin G. Welder

Author: Welder, Benjamin G.

Place of Publication: [Biglerville

Date of Publication: 1973]

Physical Description: 211 p. 28 cm.

Notes: Includes indexes.; Typescript.; Transcribed under direction of Frederick S. Weiser.; Transcriptions also located on MF #241.

Subjects: Register of births, etc. - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.; Church records and registers - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.

Additional Author: Weiser, Frederick Sheely,

Additional Corporate Author: Muddy Creek Church, Salem (Reamstown, Pa.); St. John's Church, Center, Pa.; Bergstrasse Lutheran Church, Lancaster County, Pa.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Microfilm; Lancaster History Library - Church Record

Call Number: Drawer 2, sec. 3: #241; 284.1 W445

Archeology in the Upper Delaware Valley; a study of the cultural chronology of the Tocks Island Reservoir

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo4140

Author: Kinsey, W. Fred,

Date of Publication: 1972.

Call Number: 974.8011 K56

Alternate Title: Archaeology in the Upper Delaware Valley.

Responsibility: by W. Fred Kinsey, III. Contributors: Herbert C. Kraft, Patricia Marchiando, and David Werner.

Author: Kinsey, W. Fred,

Place of Publication: Harrisburg

Publisher: Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission,

Date of Publication: 1972.

Physical Description: xxvii, 499 p. illus. 24 cm.

Series: Anthropological series, no. 2

Notes: Bibliography: p. 477-489.

Subjects: Archaeology - Delaware River Valley (N.Y.-Del. and N.J.).; Indians of North America - Delaware River Valley (N.Y.-Del. and N.J.); United States - Delaware River Valley.; Delaware River Valley (N.Y.-Del. and N.J.) - Antiquities.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 974.8011 K56

Garden Spot trolleys : an illustrated history of the electric street railway in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo2870

Author: Cummings, Luther P.

Date of Publication: c1977.

Call Number: 388.4 C971

Responsibility: by Luther P. Cummings and Benson W. Rohrbeck.

Author: Cummings, Luther P.

Place of Publication: West Chester, Pa

Publisher: B. Rohrbeck Traction Publications,

Date of Publication: c1977.

Physical Description: 170 p. : ill., maps (1 fold. in pocket) ; 23 cm.

Series: Pennsylvania traction series

Subjects: Conestoga Traction Company.; Ephrata and Lebanon Traction Company.; Lancaster and York Furnace Street Railway Company.; Lancaster and Southern Street Railway Company.; Street-railroads - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.; Trolley buses - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.

Additional Author: Rohrbeck, Benson W.,

Location: Lancaster History Library - Lancaster County

Call Number: 388.4 C971

The private records of Rev. George Jacob Martz, 1869-1878 : comprising deaths, marriages, and baptisms during his ministerium at Womelsdorf Lutheran Church, Berks County, and Lutheran Churches of the southeastern area of Lebanon County and the extreme northern area of Lancaster County, Pa

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo18144

Author: Martz, George Jacob,

Date of Publication: [1978]

Call Number: 974.816 M375

Author: Martz, George Jacob,

Place of Publication: York, PA

Publisher: South Central Pennsylvania Genealogical Society,

Date of Publication: [1978]

Physical Description: 38 p. ; 28 cm.

Series: Special publication / South Central Pennsylvania Genealogical Society ; no. 2 (January 1978)

Notes: Includes index.

Subjects: Registers of births, etc. - Pennsylvania - Berks County.; Church records and registers - Pennsylvania - Berks County; Registers of births, etc. - Pennsylvania - Lebanon County.; Church records and registers - Pennsylvania - Lebanon County; Registers of births, etc. - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County; Church records and registers - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 974.816 M375

Founding mothers : women in America in the Revolutionary era

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo1381

Author: De Pauw, Linda Grant.

Date of Publication: 1975.

Call Number: 973.3 D419

Responsibility: Linda Grant de Pauw ; wood engravings by Michael McCurdy.

ISBN: 0395218969 :

Author: De Pauw, Linda Grant.

Place of Publication: Boston

Publisher: Houghton Mifflin,

Date of Publication: 1975.

Physical Description: xi, 228 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.

Notes: Includes index.; Bibliography: p. [220]-222.; African American reources at Lancaster County Historical Society.

Summary: Describes the daily lives, social roles, and contributions of women living during the revolutionary period.

Subjects: Women - United States; Women's rights - United States; Women; United States - Social life and customs - To 1775 - Juvenile literature.; United States - Social life and customs - To 1775.

Additional Author: McCurdy, Michael.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 973.3 D419

Party and faction in American politics; the House of Representatives, 1789-1801

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo1585

Author: Bell, Rudolph M.

Date of Publication: [1973]

Call Number: 973.4 B433

Responsibility: [by] Rudolph M. Bell.

ISBN: 0837163560

Author: Bell, Rudolph M.

Place of Publication: Westport, Conn

Publisher: Greenwood Press

Date of Publication: [1973]

Physical Description: xiii, 311 p. 22 cm.

Series: Contributions in American history,

Notes: Bibliography: p. 297-299.

Subjects: United States. - Congress. - House - History.; Political parties - United States; United States - Politics and government - 1789-1797.; United States - Politics and government - 1797-1801.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 973.4 B433

A prologue to the construction of the fifth Columbia-Wrightsville Bridge

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo1819

Author: Newcomer, L. W.

Date of Publication: 1971.

. Written by Robert S. Mayo, C.E., who was in charge as the Engineer of one phase of the project, an on-the-spot record is sup- plied. The bridge, when completed in 1930, was the longest multiple arch highway bridge in the world and, as Col. Mayo states, "it still is." Col. Mayo describes the traffic

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Responsibility: by L. W. Newcomer.

Author: Newcomer, L. W.

Place of Publication: Lancaster, Pa

Publisher: Lancaster County Historical Society,

Date of Publication: 1971.

Physical Description: [119]-124 p. ; 23 cm.

Series: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 75, no. 3

Subjects: Bridges - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.; Bridges; Columbia-Wrightsville Bridge (Lancaster County, Pa.); Lancaster County (Pa.) - Politics and government.; York County (Pa.) - Politics and government.

Contained In: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 75, number 3 (1971), p. 119-124Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.75

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