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Pennsylvania clocks and watches : antique timepieces and their makers

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo8441
Author
Gibbs, James W.
Date of Publication
c1984.
Call Number
681 G443
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James W. Gibbs.
ISBN
0271003677
Author
Gibbs, James W.
Place of Publication
University Park, Pa
Publisher
Pennsylvania State University Press,
Date of Publication
c1984.
Physical Description
312 p. : ill. ; 22 x 27 cm.
Notes
Includes index.
Bibliography: p. [299]-303.
Subjects
Clock and watch making - Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania - Biography.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
681 G443
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A John Eberman legacy : eight Lancaster, Pa. clockmakers

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo388
Author
Wood, Stacy B. C.
Date of Publication
1987.
WATCH-MAKERS RESPECTFULLY IN in- form their friends and the public generally that they have and will constantly keep on hand a va- riety of well assorted CLOCKS TIME-PIECES such as Mantle Clocks, running two weeks; Brass Eight Day and Thirty Hour , of the old stamp, manufactured by them. Also, a general
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by Stacy B.C. Wood, Jr.
Author
Wood, Stacy B. C.
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Lancaster County Historical Society,
Date of Publication
1987.
Physical Description
90-127 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Series
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 91, no. 3
Subjects
Eberman family.
Clock and watch makers - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
Clock and watch making - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County
Contained In
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 91, number 3 (1987), p. 90-127Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.91
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A John Eberman legacy : five Lancaster clockmakers

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo687
Author
Wood, Stacy B.C.
Date of Publication
1981.
Call Number
929 E15w
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by Stacy B.C. Wood, Jr.
Author
Wood, Stacy B.C.
Place of Publication
Typescript
Date of Publication
1981.
Physical Description
17 p. : ill. ; 29 cm.
Subjects
Eberman family
Clock and watch makers - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County
Clock and watch making - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
929 E15w
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Guide to records of the Court of Common Pleas, Chester County, Pennsylvania, 1681-1900 : records of the prothonotary, civil records of the sheriff, select civil records of the Circuit Court of Chester County, and the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo4492
Author
Catanese, Lynn Ann,
Date of Publication
1987.
Call Number
974.813 C357
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researched and compiled by Lynn Ann Catanese.
Author
Catanese, Lynn Ann,
Place of Publication
West Chester, Pa
Publisher
Chester County Historical Society,
Date of Publication
1987.
Physical Description
iv, 139 p., 1 leaf of plates : 1 facsim ; 28 cm.
Notes
Includes index.
Bibliography: p. 122-126.
Subjects
Pennsylvania. - Court of Common Pleas (Chester County) - Archives.
Court records - Pennsylvania - Chester County.
Chester County (Pa.) - Genealogy.
Additional Corporate Author
Chester County Historical Society (West Chester, Pa.)
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
974.813 C357
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Guide to records of the Court of Quarter Sessions, Chester County, Pennsylvania, 1681-1969 : records of the clerk of courts, records of the Court of Oyer and Terminer and General Jail Delivery, criminal records of the sheriff

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo4383
Author
Catanese, Lynn Ann,
Date of Publication
1989, c 1988.
Call Number
974.813 C357q
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researched and compiled by Lynn Ann Catanese.
ISBN
0929706048 :
Author
Catanese, Lynn Ann,
Place of Publication
West Chester, Pa
Publisher
Chester County Historical Society,
Date of Publication
1989, c 1988.
Physical Description
ii, 80 p., [2] leaves of plates : ill. ; 28 cm.
Notes
Includes index.
Bibliography: p. 62-67.
Subjects
Pennsylvania. - Court of Quarter Sessions (Chester County) - Archives - Catalogs.
Court records - Pennsylvania - Chester County
Chester County (Pa.) - Genealogy - Bibliography - Catalogs.
Additional Corporate Author
Chester County Historical Society.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
974.813 C357q
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Survey of Chester County, Pennsylvania architecture, 17th, 18th, and 19th centuries

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo5868
Author
Schiffer, Margaret Berwind.
Date of Publication
c1984.
Call Number
974.813 S333
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Margaret Benwind Schiffer.
Author
Schiffer, Margaret Berwind.
Place of Publication
Exton, Pa
Publisher
Schiffer Pub.,
Date of Publication
c1984.
Physical Description
393 p. : ill. ; 29 cm.
Notes
On spine: Architecture of Chester County.
Includes bibliographical references.
Subjects
Architecture - Pennsylvania - Chester County.
Arhitecture, Modern - Pennsylvania - Chester County.
Architecture, Modern - Pennsylvania - Chester County.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
974.813 S333
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Reflected light : a century of photography in Chester County

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo12709
Author
Powell, Pamela C.,
Date of Publication
1988.
Call Number
974.813 P885
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essay and catalogue by Pamela C. Powell ; edited by Ann Barton Brown.
ISBN
0929706013
0929706021 (pbk.)
Author
Powell, Pamela C.,
Place of Publication
West Chester, Pa
Publisher
Chester County Historical Society,
Date of Publication
1988.
Physical Description
79 p. : ill. ; 23 x 29 cm.
Notes
Catalog of an exhibition held at the Chester County Historical Society, Oct. 1, 1988-Feb. 12, 1989.
Bibliography: p. 79.
Subjects
Photography - Pennsylvania - Chester County
Photographers - Pennsylvania - Chester County - Biography.
Chester County (Pa.) - History - Pictorial works - Exhibitions.
Additional Author
Brown, Ann Barton.
Additional Corporate Author
Chester County Historical Society (West Chester, Pa.)
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
974.813 P885
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History of Chester County, Pennsylvania, with genealogical and biographical sketches

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo5898
Author
Futhey, J. Smith.
Edition
Facsimile reprint ed.
Date of Publication
1986.
Call Number
974.813 F996 1986 Oversize
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by J. Smith Futhey and Gilbert Cope.
Author
Futhey, J. Smith.
Edition
Facsimile reprint ed.
Place of Publication
West Chester, Pa
Publisher
Chester County Historical Society,
Date of Publication
1986.
Physical Description
782, xliv, 153 p., [105] p. of plates : ill. ; 32 cm.
Notes
Facsim. of: Philadelphia : L.H. Everts, 1881.
Includes index compiled by Lucy I. Smedley and Arabella Cleveland, originally published in 1971.
Summary
"The first section of the book is a general history of the county dealing with such topics as: religion, education, agriculture, masons, mills, banks, judges, county officials, lawyers, doctors, etc. The second section of the book provides over three hundred pages of brief genealogical and biographical sketches of county residents." [Worldcat.org]
Subjects
Chester County (Pa.) - History.
Chester County (Pa.) - Biography.
Chester County (Pa.) - Genealogy.
Additional Author
Cope, Gilbert,
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
974.813 F996 1986 Oversize
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The paper makers : early Pennsylvanians and their water mills

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo7492
Author
Carter, Jane Levis.
Edition
1st ed.
Date of Publication
1982.
Call Number
676 C323
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by Jane Levis Carter.
Author
Carter, Jane Levis.
Edition
1st ed.
Place of Publication
Kennett Square, PA
Publisher
KNA Press,
Date of Publication
1982.
Physical Description
viii, 104 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Notes
"Endorsed by the Okehocking Heritage Society."
Includes index.
Contents
The better kind of men: emigration from England to Pennsylvania, prior centuries // Let there be gryst mills: early colonization by Swedesand English along the Delaware River, their use of water power //Up the noble Darby River: first generation plantations established and mills increased // The ancient mistery of paper making: America's first paper mill, history of paper making and watermarks // They set the spinning wheels: eighteenth century political and social developments, rapid increase in paper making, through the Revolutionary period // Down to the mill: Expansion and conversion of paper mills, schism within the Society of Friends, migration of some paper making descendants. Abandonment of water power-------Supplement:" The Wookey Hole : watching paper being made by hand " - by Margaret Petroskas // " Seventeenth century Swedish grist mills in the Delaware Valley " - by Carl and Alice Lindborg.// " Golden Grain and White Dust : flour making along the Brandywine " - by Ruthellen Pine Davis // " The Levis House : outings to the old homestead in the early 20th Century " - by Elizabeth Shafner Macdugan // " Coates family reminiscences : malaria and early milling " - Henry Schreve
Subjects
Water mills - Pennsylvania.
Mills and mill-work - Pennsylvania.
Papermaking - Pennsylvania
Additional Corporate Author
Okehocking Heritage Society.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
676 C323
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Gorgas genealogy and correspondence : between Ardis Krieg Lamb (1920-1999) (Gorgas genealogist) and Stacy B.C. Wood, Jr., from April 1989

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo14596
Author
Lamb, Ardis Krieg ,
Date of Publication
1989-1997.
Call Number
929 G667La
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by Ardis Krieg Lamb.
Author
Lamb, Ardis Krieg ,
Place of Publication
Typescript
Date of Publication
1989-1997.
Physical Description
Various p. : ill. ; 28 cm.
Notes
Title from cover.
Subjects
Gorgas family.
Mack, Alexander , - 1679-1735.
Clock and watchmakers - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
Clock and watchmakers - Pennsylvania.
Additional Author
Wood, Stacy B.C. ,
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
929 G667La
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