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Chester County, Pennsylvania inventories, 1684-1850

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Author
Schiffer, Margaret Berwind.
Date of Publication
1974.
Call Number
974.813 S333i
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by Margaret B. Schiffer.
Author
Schiffer, Margaret Berwind.
Place of Publication
Exton, Pa
Publisher
Schiffer Pub.,
Date of Publication
1974.
Physical Description
402 p. ; 29 cm.
Summary
Over 10,000 estate inventories, dating from 1682 to 1850, were examined to produce this record of possessions in an early rural county. The author provides lists of possessions broken down by type and by decade. For instance, the section on CLOTHING is broken down into 71 separate items, e.g. Pantalets, Pantaloons, Pants, Pelisse, Petticoat, Pocket, Pocket-book, Purse, Robe, Safe guard, Scarf, Shawl, Shift, etc. Within the tables for each item, the author may break down the item by color or type. For instance, in the CLOTHING>Apron table, there is a breakdown which includes the following: green, flowered muslin, green grazet silk, blue, blue holland, checked, white, leather, etc. The breakdown of possessions by decades can provide a general idea of when certain possessions were popular in Chester County. For instance, in the section TEXTILES> Velvet, velvet doesn't begin to appear until 1740 and becomes more popular from 1780-1810; but it becomes less popular in the period from 1820-1849. Each section begins with a dictionary with definitions of the separate items; for example a "safe guard" is "a sort of Dust-Gown, or Riding Garment, worn by Women; also a coloured Stuff Apron; also a swathing Bond for Children". Overall, this book is a unique compilation of local government records being used to understand patterns of ownership of household items.
Subjects
Inventories of decedents' estates - Pennsylvania - Chester County.
Chester County (Pa.) - History - Sources.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
974.813 S333i
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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

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Author
Martz, George Jacob,
Date of Publication
[1978]
Call Number
974.816 M375
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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
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Naturalizations of foreign Protestants in the American and West Indian colonies (pursuant to Statute 13 George 11, c.7)

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Author
Giuseppi, Montague Spencer,
Date of Publication
1979.
Call Number
929.33 G538
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Responsibility
edited by M.S. Guiseppi.
Author
Giuseppi, Montague Spencer,
Place of Publication
Baltimore
Publisher
Genealogical Pub. Co., ;
Date of Publication
1979.
Physical Description
xix, 195 p. ; 24 cm.
Notes
"Originally published as volume XXIV of The Publications of The Huguenot Society of London, London, 1921."
Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Subjects
Naturalization records - Pennsylvania.
Naturalization records - Pennsylvania - Berks County.
Naturalization records - Pennsylvania - York County.
Naturalization records - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
United States - Genealogy - Sources.
United States - Emigration and immigration.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
929.33 G538
Websites
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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.
Administration of her bachelor uncle, James Buchanan, 15th President of the United States. — From the Col- lections of the Library of Congress. �A hostess with little perceptivity and restraint would have soon placed the President in embarrassing situations. Because of her good judgment a number of Buchanan's
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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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The Presidency of James Buchanan

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Author
Smith, Elbert B.
Date of Publication
[1975]
Call Number
923.173 B918s
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Responsibility
by Elbert B. Smith.
ISBN
0700601325
Author
Smith, Elbert B.
Place of Publication
Lawrence
Publisher
University Press of Kansas,
Date of Publication
[1975]
Physical Description
xiii, 225 p., [1] leaf of plates : port. ; 25 cm.
Series
American Presidency series
Notes
Includes index.
Bibliography: p. 209-217.
Subjects
Buchanan, James, - 1791-1868.
United States - Politics and government - 1857-1861.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
923.173 B918s
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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
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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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Wheatland, home of James Buchanan : 15th President of the United States, 1857-1861

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Author
Klein, Frederic Shriver,
Date of Publication
1970.
Call Number
728.37 K64
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Author
Klein, Frederic Shriver,
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Penna
Publisher
Stel-mar,
Date of Publication
1970.
Physical Description
[28] p. : ill. ; 18 cm.
Notes
"Text by Frederic S. Klein; Color Photography by Marshall Dussinger; Cover from an Original Painting by Florence Starr Taylor; Copyright by M. A. Dussinger."
Subjects
Buchanan, James, - 1791-1868 - Homes and haunts - Pennsylvania - Lancaster.
Wheatland (Lancaster, Pa.)
Presidents - United States
Additional Author
Dussinger, Marshall..
Taylor, Florence Starr..
Location
Lancaster History Library - Lancaster County
Call Number
728.37 K64
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Proposed Zoning Ordinance- West Earl Township [with map] [1970]

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Author
West Earl Township Planning Commission
Date of Publication
1970
Call Number
331.731 W517
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Author
West Earl Township Planning Commission
Publisher
West Earl Township Planning Commission
Date of Publication
1970
Notes
An ordinance establishing regulations and restrictions for the location and use of lots, land, buildings, and other structures, the height, number of stories, and size or bulk of buildings and structures, the density of population, off-street parking and similar accessory regulations, in the Township of West Earl, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, and for said purposes dividing the Township into districts and prescribing certain uniform regulations for each such district and providing for administrative enforcement and amendment of its provisions in accordance with the Pennsylvania Municipalities Planning Code.
Subjects
Land subdivision
City planning and redevelopment law.
Zoning law - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
West Earl (Lancaster County, Pa. : Township) - Maps.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
331.731 W517
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Selected essays

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Author
Windolph, Francis Lyman,
Date of Publication
1972.
Call Number
814 W724
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by F. Lyman Windolph.
Author
Windolph, Francis Lyman,
Place of Publication
[Lancaster, Pa.]
Publisher
Franklin and Marshall College,
Date of Publication
1972.
Physical Description
xv, 278 p. 20 cm.
Notes
Includes bibliographical references.
Contents
Two sins against tolerance.--An open letter to the conservative majority.--The sanctity of law.--Defending a bad cause.--The country lawyer.--A letter to my father.--A brief on the play scene in Hamlet.--A freeman's will.--Foreward to Leviathan and natural law.--The things that are Caesar's.--The things that are not Caesar's.--E pluribus unum.--Democracy and natural law.--Shakespeare and the law.--Browning and the law.--The idea of God as affected by modern knowledge.--The significance of American citizenship.--Religio advocati.
Subjects
Law.
Law in literature.
Religion and literature.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
814 W724
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Index to Chester County, Pennsylvania wills and intestate records, 1713-1850

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Author
Anderson, Bart.
Date of Publication
1970.
Call Number
974.813 A545
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Compiled by Bart Anderson, Dorothy B. Lapp [and] Marwood Darlington.
Author
Anderson, Bart.
Place of Publication
Danboro, Pa
Publisher
R. T. and M. C. Williams,
Date of Publication
1970.
Physical Description
224 p. 29 cm.
Notes
"[Published] in conjunction with the Chester County Historical Society, West Chester, Pennsylvania."
Subjects
Probate records - Pennsylvania - Chester County
Additional Author
Lapp, Dorothy B.
Darlington, Marwood,
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
974.813 A545
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