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Clockmakers of Lancaster County and their clocks, 1750-1850

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Author
Wood, Stacy B. C.
Date of Publication
1977.
Call Number
681 W879
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Stacy B. C. Wood, Jr., Stephen E. Kramer, III ; with a study of Lancaster County clock cases by John J. Snyder, Jr.
ISBN
0442295316
Author
Wood, Stacy B. C.
Place of Publication
New York
Publisher
Van Nostrand Reinhold,
Date of Publication
1977.
Physical Description
224 p. : ill. ; 29 cm.
Notes
Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Subjects
Clock and watch makers - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
Clock and watch making - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County
Lancaster County (Pa.) - Biography.
Additional Author
Kramer, Stephen E.
Snyder, John J.,
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
681 W879
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Possible Joseph Gorgas tall case clock located

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Author
Wood, Stacy B. C.
Date of Publication
1973.
Clocks: Their Making and Their Makers in Lancaster County" Papers of the Lancaster County Historical Society Vol. XLIII, No. 5 (1939) 2 Eckhardt, George H. Pennsylvania Clocks and Clockmakers: An Epic of Early American Science, Industry and Craftmanship, New York: Devin- Adir 1955. SOME RECENT SALES OF
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Alternate Title
Clock and watchmakers of Lancaster County, 1750-1850
Responsibility
by Stacy B. C. Wood, Jr., certified clockmaker.
Author
Wood, Stacy B. C.
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Lancaster County Historical Society,
Date of Publication
1973.
Physical Description
[171]-182 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Series
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 77, no. 4
Subjects
Gorgas, Joseph, - 1770-
Clock and watch makers - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County
Clock and watch making - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County
Contained In
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 77, number 4 (1973), p. 171-182Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.77
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William Wallace Dudley and his "Masonic Watch"

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Author
Stoltz, Victor.
Date of Publication
1979]
Call Number
681.114 S875
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by Victor Stoltz and E.H. Parkhurst.
Author
Stoltz, Victor.
Place of Publication
[Columbia, Pa
Publisher
National Association of Watch and Clock Collectors,
Date of Publication
1979]
Physical Description
18 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Notes
"Originally published in the Bulletin of the National Association of Watch and Clock Collections, Inc., Columbia, Pa."
Subjects
Dudley, William Wallace, - 1851-1938.
Dudley Watch Co.
Bowman Technical School
Clock and watch makers - Pennsylvania.
Pocket watches - Pennsylvania.
Additional Author
Parkhurst, E. H.
Additional Corporate Author
National Association of Watch and Clock Collectors.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Lancaster County
Call Number
681.114 S875
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The accounts of two Pennsylvania German furniture makers--Abraham Overholt, Bucks County, 1790-1833, and Peter Ranck, Lebanon County, 1794-1817

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Author
Overholt, Abraham,
Date of Publication
1978.
Call Number
684 K44
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Responsibility
translated and edited by Alan G. Keyser, Larry M. Neff, and Frederick S. Weiser.
ISBN
0911122389
Author
Overholt, Abraham,
Place of Publication
Breinigsville
Publisher
Pennsylvania German Society,
Date of Publication
1978.
Physical Description
xvii, 238 p. : ill. ; 28 cm.
Series
Sources and documents of the Pennsylvania Germans ;
Subjects
Overholt, Abraham, - 1765-1834.
Ranck, Peter, - 1770-1851.
Furniture industry and trade - Pennsylvania - Bucks County
Furniture industry and trade - Pennsylvania - Lebanon County
Bucks County (Pa.) - History.
Lebanon County (Pa.) - History.
Additional Author
Ranck, Peter,
Keyser, Alan G.
Neff, Larry M.
Weiser, Frederick Sheely,
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
684 K44
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Index to families and persons; History of Chester County, Pennsylvania, with genealogical and biological sketches

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Author
Futhey, J. Smith.
Date of Publication
1971]
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by J. Smith Futhey and Gilbert Cope. Compiled for the Chester County historical society by Lucy I. Smedley and Arabella Cleveland.
Author
Futhey, J. Smith.
Place of Publication
[Danboro, Pa
Publisher
Richard T. & Mildred Williams,
Date of Publication
1971]
Physical Description
226 p. :
Subjects
Chester County (Pa.) - Biography.
Chester County (Pa.) - History.
Chester County (Pa.) - Genealogy.
Contained In
Philadelphia : Louis H. Everts, 1881. History of Chester county, Pennsylvania :Lancaster History Library - Book974.813 F996 Index
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225 years of timepieces a Lancaster County legacy

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Date of Publication
1979
Call Number
681.1 T974
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Place of Publication
Columbia, Pa
Publisher
National Association of Watch and Clock Collectors
Date of Publication
1979
Physical Description
84 p. ill. 22 cm.
Notes
Catalogue of first annual exhibit, May 1, 1979-Oct. 31, 1979
Subjects
Clock and watch makers - Pennsylvania - Lancaster.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
681.1 T974
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Pennsylvania Amish directory : Lancaster and Chester County Districts

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Date of Publication
1973.
Call Number
289.71 P412 map
289.71 P412
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Place of Publication
[S.l
Publisher
s.n.],
Date of Publication
1973.
Physical Description
372 p ; map.
Notes
Includes map in separate envelope "Old Order Amish Church Districts"
Subjects
Amish - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County - Directories.
Amish - Pennsylvania - Chester County - Directories.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Lancaster County
Call Number
289.71 P412 map
289.71 P412
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The Hoff Family : master clockmakers of Lancaster Borough

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Author
Wood, Stacy B. C.
Date of Publication
1977
. HOFF procured good workmen from Philadelphia continues the Clock and Watch making business, and solicits a share os public patronage. She has on hand a good assort- went of Clocks and Watches, which are offer- ed for sale on reasonable terms.—Also, a large Clock suitable for some public budding. Mrs
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Responsibility
by Stacy B.C. Wood, Jr.
Author
Wood, Stacy B. C.
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Lancaster County Historical Society,
Date of Publication
1977
Physical Description
[169]-225 p.: ill. ; 23 cm.
Series
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 81, no. 4
Subjects
Hoff, John George, - 1733-1816.
Hoff family.
Clock and watch makers - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
Contained In
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 81, number 4 (1977), p. 169-225Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.81
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Rudy Stoner, 1728-1769, early Lancaster, Pennsylvania, clockmaker

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Author
Wood, Stacy B. C.
Date of Publication
1976.
1753, the clock was again sold: this time for 32. See D. F. Magee, "Grandfather Clocks: Their Making and Their Makers in Lancaster County" in the Lancaster County Historical Society Papers Vol. XLIII No. 5 (1939). This is the only detailed such study to date. 11 Lancaster County Historical Society
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Responsibility
by Stacy B.C. Wood, Jr.
Author
Wood, Stacy B. C.
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Lancaster County Historical Society,
Date of Publication
1976.
Physical Description
[112]-127 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Series
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 80, no. 2
Subjects
Stoner, Rudy, - 1728-1769.
Clock and watch makers - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
Contained In
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 80, number 2 (1976), p. 112-127Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.80
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Records of the courts of Chester County, Pennsylvania [1697-1710]: v.2

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Corporate Author
Chester County (Pa.). Courts.
Date of Publication
1972.
Call Number
974.813 L316
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Responsibility
Transcribed by Miss Dorothy Lapp under the auspices of the Chester County Historical Society, West Chester, Pennsylvania.
Corporate Author
Chester County (Pa.). Courts.
Place of Publication
Danboro, Pa
Publisher
Richard T. & Mildred C. Williams,
Date of Publication
1972.
Physical Description
211, 43 p. 29 cm.
Notes
"Volume 1 was published in 1910 by The Colonial Society of Pennsylvania."
Includes records of the Common Pleas, Quarter Sessions and General Court.
Subjects
Court Records - Pennsylvania - Chester County.
Chester County (Pa.) - History - Sources.
Chester County (Pa.) - Genealogy.
Additional Author
Lapp, Dorothy B.
Additional Corporate Author
Chester County Historical Society (West Chester, Pa.)
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
974.813 L316
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