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Three hundred years with the Pennsylvania traveler

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo3181
Author
Shank, William H.
Date of Publication
1976.
Call Number
380.5 S524
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by William H. Shank.
Author
Shank, William H.
Place of Publication
York, Pa
Publisher
American Canal and Transportation Center,
Date of Publication
1976.
Physical Description
200 p. : ill. ; 28 cm.
Notes
Includes index.
Bibliography: p. 194.
Contents
Chapters: PENNSYLVANIA INDIAN TRAILS --- EARLY ROAD DEVELOPMENT --- EARLY RIVER TRAVEL IN PENNSYLVANIA --- LAND VEHICLES AND ROADCONDITIONS, EARLY 1800's --- THE FIRST STONE-SURFACED ROADS --- PENNSYLVANIA PIONEER BRIDGE BUILDERS --- THE CANAL ERA -- AQUEDUCTS AND CANAL ENGINEERING -- INCLINED PLANES AND GRAVITY RAILWAYS --- STEAM RAILROADS IN PENNSYLVANIA --- THE PLANK ROAD--- THE BICYCLE CRAZE --- URBAN RAIL CARS --- THE AUTO ERA OPENS--- PENNSYLVANIA HIGHWAYS IN THE TWENTIETH CENTURY --- AIR TRAVEL IN PENNSYLVANIA --- THE PENNSYLVANIA TRAVELER TODAY AND TOMORROW
Summary
Pennsylvania's unusual topography and location at the hub of the original 13 colonies make the state's transportation history unique.This comprehensive, 156-page book with four-color cover employs delightful, often humorous, perceptions of the problems which beset Pennsylvania pioneers. It also details an amazing assortment of vehicles and unusual means of crossing streams and mountains, perhaps unequalled in any other state.
Subjects
Transportation - Pennsylvania
Roads - Pennsylvania.
Canals - Pennsylvania.
Indian trails - Pennsylvania.
Trolley cars - Pennsylvania.
Railroads - Pennsylvania.
Bridges - Pennsylvania.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
380.5 S524
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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

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo18144
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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Guide to the microfilm of the miscellaneous manuscripts of the Revolutionary War era, 1771-1791 (manuscript group 275) in the Pennsylvania State Archives, 1 roll : a microfilm project of the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo9502
Corporate Author
Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission. Division of Archives and Manuscripts.
Date of Publication
1978.
Call Number
016.9748 P415mrw
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Responsibility
Roland M. Baumann, project director and editor, Martha L. Simonetti, assistant editor, Douglas H. West, assistant editor.
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
22 p. ; 23 cm.
Notes
Includes index.
Subjects
Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission. - Division of Archives and Manuscripts - Microform catalogs.
Manuscripts, American - Pennsylvania - Harrisburg
Pennsylvania - History - Revolution, 1775-1783 - Manuscripts - Microform catalogs.
Pennsylvania - History - Revolution, 1775-1783 - Sources - Bibliography - Microform catalogs.
United States - History - Revolution, 1775-1783 - Manuscripts - Microform catalogs.
United States - History - Revolution, 1775-1783 - Sources - Bibliography - Microform catalogs.
Pennsylvania - History - 1775-1865 - Manuscripts - Microform catalogs.
Pennsylvania - History - 1775-1865 - Sources - Bibliography - Microform catalogs.
Additional Author
Baumann, Roland M.
Simonetti, Martha L.
West, Douglas H.
Additional Corporate Author
Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
016.9748 P415mrw
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History of the Mountwaybia Club

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Author
Eshleman, B. Frank,
Date of Publication
1970.
History of the Mountwaybia Club Mrs. B. Frank Eshleman On the Western border of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania there functions a small literary club which has been enjoyed by a succession of women for almost fifty years. Known as the Mount- waybia Club, it was founded in 1924 on the principles of
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Responsibility
by Mrs. B. Frank Eshleman.
Author
Eshleman, B. Frank,
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Lancaster County Historical Society,
Date of Publication
1970.
Physical Description
[23]-29 p. ; 23 cm.
Series
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 74, no. 1
Subjects
Breneman, W. P., - Mrs.
Mountwaybia Club (Lancaster County, Pa.)
Book clubs (Discussion groups) - Pennsylvania - Mountville.
Book clubs (Discussion groups) - Pennsylvania - Columbia.
Book clubs (Discussion groups) - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
Women - Pennsylvania - Mountville
Women - Pennsylvania - Columbia
Women - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County
Contained In
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 74, number 1 (1970), p. 23-29Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.74
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The Plain churches of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania : and related groups: Mennonite--Amish--Brethren--River Brethren

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Author
Scott, Stephen,
Date of Publication
1975.
Call Number
974.815 LACO 512
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Author
Scott, Stephen,
Place of Publication
Lancaster
Date of Publication
1975.
Physical Description
Map On sheet 74 x 114 cm.
Notes
Shows locations of churches, of meeting houses, and parish boundaries.
Includes text, indexes, and chart of "The family tree of the Plain Chuches in Lancaster County" with notes.
Subjects
Parishes - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County
Sects - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County
Anabaptists - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County
Mennonite Church in Pennsylvania, Lancaster County
Church, Amish - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County
Location
Lancaster History Library - Map
Call Number
974.815 LACO 512
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An alphabetical listing of the assessed inhabitants of York County, Pennsylvania, for the year 1762

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo7077
Date of Publication
1979.
Call Number
974.841 A456
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Responsibility
compiled and published by the South Central Pennsylvania Genealogical Society, Inc.
Place of Publication
York, PA
Publisher
The Society,
Date of Publication
1979.
Physical Description
2 v. ; 28 cm.
Series
Special publication / South Central Pennsylvania Genealogical Society, Inc. ; no. 5-6
Contents
v. 1. Being the inhabitants of those townships which, in 1978, formed York County, Pennsylvania -- v. 2. Being the inhabitants of those townships which, in 1978, formed Adams County, Pennsylvania.
Subjects
Taxation - Pennsylvania - York County
Registers of births, etc. - Pennsylvania - York County.
Taxation - Pennsylvania - Adams County
Registers of births, etc. - Pennsylvania - Adams County.
York County (Pa.) - Genealogy.
Adams County (Pa.) - Genealogy.
Additional Corporate Author
South Central Pennsylvania Genealogical Society.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
974.841 A456
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Fields of peace: a Pennsylvania German album

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo18417
Author
Brand, Millen,
Edition
[1st ed.].
Date of Publication
[1970]
Call Number
917.48 B817
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Text by Millen Brand. Photos. by George A. Tice.
Author
Brand, Millen,
Edition
[1st ed.].
Place of Publication
Garden City, N.Y
Publisher
Doubleday
Date of Publication
[1970]
Physical Description
159 p. illus. 20 x 24 cm.
Notes
Bibliography: p. 157-158.
Summary
A photographic study of the Pennsylvania Germans (mistakenly named Pennsylvania Dutch), portraying the people, their homes, farms, cultural background and customs.
Subjects
Mennonites - Pennsylvania.
Pennsylvania Dutch.
Mennonites.
Pennsylvania.
Additional Author
Tice, George A.,
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
917.48 B817
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Journey through Pennsylvania, 1835, by canal, rail, and stage coach

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Author
Nicklin, Philip Houlbrooke,
Date of Publication
1975.
Call Number
380.5 N632
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as written by Peregrine Prolix (Philip Nicklin) ; with introd. by William H. Shank.
Author
Nicklin, Philip Houlbrooke,
Uniform Title
Pleasant peregrination through the prettier parts of Pennsylvania
Place of Publication
York, Pa
Publisher
American Canal and Transportation Center,
Date of Publication
1975.
Physical Description
92 p. : ill. ; 14 x 22 cm.
Notes
Reprint, with new ill., of the 1836 ed. published by Grigg and Elliot, Philadelphia, under title: A pleasant peregrination through the prettier parts of Pennsylvania.
Summary
"Nicklin writes with great perception and humor of his experiences while traveling across Pennsylvania in 1835 by canal, stage coach, inclined plane and railroad. His interesting and detailed descriptions of these conveyances and the anecdotes he relates in this connection with such relish, make his twelve letters, which we publish here in their entirety, a classic of American non-fiction." [introduction]
Subjects
Nicklin, Philip Houlbrooke, - 1786-1842.
Canals - Pennsylvania.
Railroads - Pennsylvania.
Coaching - Pennsylvania.
Pennsylvania - Description and travel - 1835.
Lancaster (Pa.) - Description and travel - 19th century.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
380.5 N632
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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
https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=yale.39002009604746;view=1up;seq=13
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History of Cumberland and Adams counties, Pennsylvania. Containing history of the counties, their townships, towns, villages, schools, churches, industries, etc.; Portraits of early settlers and prominent men; Biographies; History of Pennsylvania, statistical and miscellaneous matter, etc., etc

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Date of Publication
1886. 1974]
Call Number
974.843 C969h
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Responsibility
Illustrated.
Place of Publication
Chicago, [Evansville, Ind
Publisher
Warner, Beers & co., Unigraphic, Inc.
Date of Publication
1886. 1974]
Physical Description
x,588, 92, 516, 106 p. illus. 24 cm.
Notes
Indexes added for each section
Reproduction...through the sponsorship of the Cumberland County Historical Society, Carlisle, Pa. and the Adams County Historical Society, Gettysburg, Pa.
Subjects
Cumberland Co, - Pennsylvania - History
Cumberland Co, - Pennsylvania - Biography.
Adams Co., - Pennsylvania - History.
Adams Co., - Pennsylvania - Biography.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
974.843 C969h
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