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Women for victory : American servicewomen in World War II, history & uniforms series

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo22185

Author: Goebel, Kay Endruschat.

Date of Publication: 2011.

Call Number: 940.5382 G593; 940.5302 G593

Alternate Title: American servicewomen in World War II, history & uniforms series

Responsibility: by Katy Endruschat Goebel.

ISBN: 9780764339592; 0764339591; 9780764352034; 0764352032

Author: Goebel, Kay Endruschat.

Place of Publication: Atglen, PA

Publisher: Schiffer Pub.,

Date of Publication: 2011.

Physical Description: volumes <1-2> : illustrations (some color) ; 32 cm

Notes: Includes bibliographical references.

Summary: "[This work serves as a] reference for American servicewomen's history and uniforms of WWII, and is designed for scholars of women's or military history, veterans, collectors, re-enactors and others interested in the history and dress of servicewomen on active military service. Carefully researched historical background information about the female wartime services is combined with comprehensive documentation of their distinctive uniforms. Color photos of original clothing and accessories, modeled in full-length studies and supported by close-up views, show various uniforms and insignia in detail. The text and color photographic portions are supplemented by original wartime photos, many previously unpublished, as well as documents, tables, and drawings"--Publisher's description.

Subjects: World War, 1939-1945 - United States.; Armed Forces; Women.; Military Personnel; Women; Clothing; History of Nursing.; World War II.; United States - Armed Forces - Women - History - 20th century.; United States - Armed Forces - Women - Uniforms - History - 20th century.; United States - Armed Forces - Women - Uniforms - Pictorial works.; United States - Armed Forces - Women - Insignia - Pictorial works.; United States - Armed Forces - Nurses - Pictorial works.; United States.; History.; Pictorial works.; Pictorial Work.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 940.5382 G593; 940.5302 G593

Freedom by the sword : the U.S. Colored Troops, 1862-1867

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo20625

Author: Dobak, William A.,

Date of Publication: 2011.

Call Number: 973.7415 D632

Responsibility: by William A. Dobak.

ISBN: 9780160866951; 0160866952; 9780160866968; 0160866960

Author: Dobak, William A.,

Place of Publication: Washington, D.C

Publisher: U.S. Army Center of Military History,

Date of Publication: 2011.

Physical Description: xvi, 553 pages : illustrations, maps, photographs ; 26 cm.

Series: Army historical series; CMH pub ; 30-24-1

Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 508-532) and index.

Contents: Mustering in : Federal policy on emancipation and recruitment -- The South Atlantic Coast, 1861-1863 -- The South Atlantic Coast, 1863-1865 -- Southern Louisiana and the Gulf Coast, 1862-1863 -- Southern Louisiana and the Gulf Coast, 1863-1865 -- The Mississippi River and its tributaries, 1861-1863 -- Along the Mississippi River, 1863-1865 -- Arkansas, Indian Territory, and Kansas, 1863-1865 -- Middle Tennessee, Alabama, and Georgia, 1863-1865 -- North Carolina and Virginia, 1861-1864 -- Virginia, May-October 1864 -- Kentucky, North Carolina, and Virginia, 1864-1865 -- South Texas, 1864-1867 -- Reconstruction, 1865-1867 -- Conclusion.

Subjects: United States. - Army - African American troops - History; African American soldiers; Free African Americans; United States - History - Civil War, 1861-1865 - Participation, African American.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 973.7415 D632

General John Fulton Reynolds : his biography, words and relations

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo19538

Author: Berger-Knorr, Lawrence,

Edition: 2nd Sunbury Press ed.

Date of Publication: 2013.

Call Number: 923.5 R462k

Responsibility: Lawrence Knorr, Michael A. Riley, Diane E. Watson.

ISBN: 9781620061817 (pbk.); 1620061813 (pbk.)

Author: Berger-Knorr, Lawrence,

Edition: 2nd Sunbury Press ed.

Place of Publication: Mechanicsburg, PA

Publisher: Sunbury Press,

Date of Publication: 2013.

Physical Description: 312 p. : ill. ; 26 cm.

Notes: Rev ed. of: General John Fulton Reynolds / compiled by Lawrence Knorr. Camp Hill, PA : Sunbury Press, c2010.; Includes: Kinship of John Fulton Reynolds (p. 250-291).; Genealogy.; Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents: pt. 1. For God's sake forward! / by Michael A. Riley -- pt. 2. Reynolds, the last six miles / by Diane E. Watson -- pt. 3. Reynolds, his own words before Gettysburg / by Diane E. Watson -- pt. 4. The relations of John Fulton Reynolds / by Lawrence Knorr.

Subjects: Reynolds, John Fulton, - 1820-1863.; Reynolds, John Fulton, - 1820-1863; Reynolds, John Fulton, - 1820-1863 - Family.; Reynolds family.; United States. - Army - Biography.; United States. - Army.; Generals - United States - Biography.; Families.; Generals.; Military campaigns.; United States - History - Civil War, 1861-1865 - Campaigns.; United States - History - Civil War, 1861-1865 - Personal narratives.; United States.; Personal narratives.; Records and correspondence.

Additional Author: Riley, Michael A.; Watson, Diane E.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 923.5 R462k

The World War I military service of David Allen Landis (1897-1967) of East Petersburg, Lancaster County, PA. Private 1st class, Company F, 26th Engineers Regiment of the U. S. Army from June 1918 to March 1919 / by James C. Landis

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo22200

Author: Landis, James C.,

Date of Publication: 2018.

Call Number: 929 L257Ld

Responsibility: compiler.

Author: Landis, James C.,

Place of Publication: Computer printout

Date of Publication: 2018.

Physical Description: vaious paging with many unnumbered pages : Illus., portraits, map inserts 28 cm.

Summary: This volume includes facsimiles of Landis's "Army and Navy Diary" as well as a transcription of the diary entries.

Subjects: Landis family.; World War, 1914-1918 - Diaries.

Additional Author: Landis, David Allen,

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 929 L257Ld

John P. Good at the assault on Fort Fisher

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo19606

Author: Von Stetten, Wayne.

Date of Publication: 2015.

1 website

Responsibility: Wayne Von Stetten.

Author: Von Stetten, Wayne.

Place of Publication: Lancaster, Pa

Publisher: LancasterHistory,

Date of Publication: 2015.

Physical Description: pp. 101-105.

Subjects: Good, John P.; Hospitals - New York; Fort Fisher (N.C.) - History.; De Camp Union Hospital (N.Y.) - History.; United States - History - Civil War, 1861-1865 - North Carolina.

Contained In: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 116, number 2/3 (2015), pp. 101-105.Lancaster History Library - Journal979.9 L245 v.116

Websites

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Early American copper tea kettles

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo17137

Author: Horvath, Don.

Date of Publication: c2010] ;

Call Number: 739.511 H823

Responsibility: by Donald James Horvath and Shelley Horvath Poston.

Author: Horvath, Don.

Place of Publication: [Mt. Morris, Pa

Publisher: Don Horvath, Red Metal Press.

Date of Publication: c2010] ;

Physical Description: 219 p. : ill. ; 28 cm.

Subjects: Teapots - United States - Pictorial works.; Copperwork - United States - Pictorial works.; Decorative arts, Early American - Pictorial works.

Additional Author: Poston, Shelley Horvath.; Fennimore, Donald L.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 739.511 H823

Article

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/87328cce-70c3-4c1a-9f8c-073831354317

Collection: Barney Ewell Collection

Title: "Barney's London Olympics"

Object ID: MG0305_F002

Date Range: 2012/07/08

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Collection: Barney Ewell Collection

Title: "Barney's London Olympics"

Description: Photocopy of newspaper article. "Barney's London Olympics," Sunday News. Lancaster.

Admin/Biographical History: Henry Norwood "Barney" Ewell (1918-1996) was born in Harrisburg and lived in Lancaster for most of his life. He won the U.S. junior sprint title in high school and made a name for himself with many other athletic achievements. As a college athlete at Penn State University, Ewell won NCAA titles in 100-meter and 200-meter sprints in 1940 and 1941. He enlisted in the U.S. Army during World War II and returned home to win more national titles in the long jump and earned his B.S. at Penn State.; Ewell, at age 30, finally had his chance to compete with the best athletes in the world at the 1948 Olympic Games which were held in London. He earned a place on the U.S. track team and won a gold medal in the 400-meter relay. He also received silver medals in the 100-meter dash and 200-meter dash.; After the Olympics, Ewell returned to Lancaster. He and his wife, Duella, raised their family on Rockland Street in Lancaster City and later moved to Green Street. The Lancaster City directories list him as an employee of several businesses throughout his lifetime, including Coatesville Steel.

Date Range: 2012/07/08

Creation Date: 8 July 2012

Creator: Sunday news (Lancaster, Pa.)

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives South

Storage Wall: Side 08

People: Ewell, Henry Norwood "Barney"

Subjects: Athletes; Clippings (Books, newspapers, etc.); Olympic athletes; Olympic Games (14th : 1948 : London, England); Olympic Games (30th : 2012 : London, England); Sunday news (Lancaster, Pa.); Track and field athletes

Search Terms: Athletes; Clippings (Books, newspapers, etc.); Newspaper clippings; Olympic athletes; Olympic Games (14th, 1948, London, England); Olympic Games (30th, 2012, London, England); Sunday News; Track and field athletes

Extent: 1 item, 4 pages to scan

Object Name: Article

Language: English

Object ID: MG0305_F002

Location of Originals: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania

Related Item Notes: Barney Ewell Collection (MG0305) https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/656b453e-76e2-47da-9a52-758145026376

Notes: Preferred Citation: "Barney's London Olympics", Sunday News, Lancaster, 8 July 2012, Barney Ewell Collection (MG0305), MG0305_F002, LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania. URL if applicable. Date accessed (day, month, year).

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Credit: Courtesy of LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.

Other Numbers: MG-305

Other Number: MG-305, Folder 2

Classification: MG0305

Description Level: Item

Custodial History: Added to database 2 December 2021.; Digitization of this document was funded by the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, PHMC Appl ID # 202010016624, 2020-2023.

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James Buchanan and the coming of the Civil War

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo17417

Date of Publication: c2013.

Call Number: 973.68 B918

Responsibility: edited by John W. Quist and Michael J. Birkner.

ISBN: 9780813044262 (alk. paper); 081304426X (alk. paper)

Place of Publication: Gainesville

Publisher: University Press of Florida,

Date of Publication: c2013.

Physical Description: x, 289 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm.

Notes: Papers from a conference held at LancasterHistory.org in 2008. Presentation copy from the editors.; Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents: Introduction: Bum rap or bad leadership? -- James Buchanan, Dred Scott, and the whisper of conspiracy / Paul Finkelman -- Prelude to armageddon: James Buchanan, Brigham Young, and a president's initiation to bloodshed / William P. MacKinnon -- General Jackson is dead: James Buchanan, Stephen A. Douglas, and Kansas policy / Nicole Etcheson -- In defense of doughface diplomacy: a reevaluation of the foreign policy of James Buchanan / John M. Belohlavek -- President James Buchanan: executive leadership and the crisis of the democracy / Michael A. Morrison -- The South has been wronged: James Buchanan and the secession crisis / Jean H. Baker -- "In the midst of a great revolution": the northern response to the secession crisis / William G. Shade -- Joseph Holt, James Buchanan, and the secession crisis / Daniel W. Crofts -- A conversation with William W. Freehling and Michael F. Holt, September 19, 2008 / Moderated by John W. Quist -- Epilogue: James Buchanan's Civil War / Michael J. Birkner.

Summary: An edited volume examining the presidency of James Buchanan and his role engaging the complexities of the debate surrounding the president immediately before Lincoln.

Subjects: Buchanan, James, - 1791-1868.; United States - History - Civil War, 1861-1865.; United States - Politics and government - 1857-1861.

Additional Author: Quist, John W.; Birkner, Michael J.,

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 973.68 B918

Dear Mark Twain : letters from his readers

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo17986

Date of Publication: c2013.

Call Number: 818.409 T969

Responsibility: edited by R. Kent Rasmussen.

ISBN: 9780520261341 (cloth : alk. paper); 0520261348 (cloth : alk. paper)

Place of Publication: Berkeley

Publisher: University of California Press,

Date of Publication: c2013.

Physical Description: xviii, 295 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Series: Jumping frogs : undiscovered, rediscovered, and celebrated writings of Mark Twain ; 4

Notes: Includes letters from Ellen (Mary) Keily (c.1831-1901) who was a resident at the County Home in Lancaster, Pa. at that time.; Includes index.; Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Contents: Letters: 1861-1870 ;1871-1880 ;1881-1890 ;1891-1900 ;1901-1910.

Summary: Collects two hundred letters from readers of Mark Twain to the author himself, offering a glimpse into the lives and sensibilites of nineteenth-century children, preachers, con artists, inmates, and other fans of the author's work.

Subjects: Twain, Mark, - 1835-1910; Authors, American - Correspondence.; Authors and readers - United States.; Humorists, American - Correspondence.

Additional Author: Rasmussen, R. Kent.; Twain, Mark,

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 818.409 T969

Making of African America: The four great migrations

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo21093

Author: Berlin, Ira,

Date of Publication: 2010.

Call Number: 326 B515

Alternate Title: The making of African America.

Responsibility: by Ira Berlin.

ISBN: 9780670021376; 0670021377

Author: Berlin, Ira,

Place of Publication: New York

Publisher: Viking,

Date of Publication: 2010.

Physical Description: 304 pages ; 24 cm

Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents: Movement and place in the African American past -- The transatlantic passage -- The passage to the interior -- The passage to the north -- Global passages.

Summary: Four great migrations defined the history of black people in America: the violent removal of Africans to the east coast of North America known as the Middle Passage; the relocation of one million slaves to the interior of the antebellum South; the movement of six million blacks to the industrial cities of the north and west a century later; and, since the late 1960s, the arrival of black immigrants from Africa, the Americas, and Europe. These epic migrations have made and remade African American life. This new account evokes both the terrible price and the moving triumphs of a people forcibly and then willingly migrating to America. Historian Ira Berlin finds a dynamic of change in which eras of deep rootedness alternate with eras of massive movement, tradition giving way to innovation. The culture of black America is constantly evolving, affected by (and affecting) places as far away from one another as Biloxi, Chicago, Kingston, and Lagos.--From publisher description.

Subjects: African Americans; Slave trade - United States; Slave trade - Atlantic Ocean; Migration, Internal - United States; Emigration and immigration.; Social science; Africa - Emigration and immigration.; United States - Slavery and bondage - History.; United States - Minorities - History.; United States - Emigration and immigration - History.; History.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 326 B515

Ulster to America : the Scots-Irish migration experience, 1680-1830

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo17103

Edition: 1st ed.

Date of Publication: c2012.

Call Number: 973.0049163 U46

Responsibility: edited by Warren R. Hofstra.

ISBN: 9781572337541 (hardcover : alk. paper); 1572337540 (hardcover : alk. paper)

Edition: 1st ed.

Place of Publication: Knoxville

Publisher: University of Tennessee Press,

Date of Publication: c2012.

Physical Description: xxvii, 263 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm.

Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents: Introduction: From the north of Ireland to North America: the Scots-Irish and the migration experience / Warren R. Hofstra -- Searching for a new world: the background and baggage of Scots-Irish immigrants / David W. Miller -- Searching for land: the role of New Castle, Delaware, 1720s-1770s / Marianne S. Wokeck -- Searching for order: Donegal Springs, Pennsylvania, 1720s-1730s / Richard K. MacMaster -- Searching for community: Carlisle, Pennsylvania, 1750s-1780s / Richard K. MacMaster -- Searching for peace and prosperity: Opequon settlement, Virginia, 1730s-1760s / Warren R. Hofstra -- Searching for status: Virginia's Irish tract, 1770s-1790s / Katharine L. Brown and Kenneth W. Keller -- Searching for security: backcountry Carolina, 1760s-1780s / Michael Montgomery -- Searching for "Irish" freedom-settling for "Scotch-Irish" respectability: southwestern Pennsylvania, 1780-1810 / Peter Gilmore and Kerby A. Miller -- Searching for independence: revolutionary Kentucky, Irish American experience, and Scotch-Irish myth, 1770s-1790s / Patrick Griffin -- Afterword: historic political moderation in the Ulster-to-America diaspora / Robert M. Calhoon.

Subjects: Scots-Irish - United States; Scots - Ulster (Northern Ireland and Ireland); United States - Emigration and immigration - History - 18th century.; Ulster (Northern Ireland and Ireland) - Emigration and immigration - History - 18th century.; United States - Emigration and immigration - History.; Ulster (Northern Ireland and Ireland) - Emigration and immigration - History.

Additional Author: Hofstra, Warren R.,

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 973.0049163 U46

Bosom friends : the intimate world of James Buchanan and William Rufus King

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo22229

Author: Balcerski, Thomas J.

Date of Publication: 2019.

Call Number: 973.68 B174

Responsibility: Thomas J. Balcerski.

ISBN: 9780190914592 (hardcover : alk. paper)

Author: Balcerski, Thomas J.

Place of Publication: New York, NY

Publisher: Oxford University Press,

Date of Publication: 2019.

Physical Description: x, 337 pages : Illustrations, maps : 25 cm.

Contents: Introduction: Remembering -- Leavening, 1786-1819 -- Hardening, 1820-1834 -- Messing, 1834-1840 -- Wooing, 1840-1844 -- Ministering, 1844-1848 -- Running, 1848-1853 -- Presiding, 1853-1868 -- Epilogue: Preserving -- Washington residences of James Buchanan and William Rufus King (1834-1853) -- Percentage correlation of roll call votes of James Buchanan with senators of the Bachelor's Mess, 23rd to 28th Congresses (1834-1844) -- Calendar of correspondence of James Buchanan / Harriet Lane Johnston and William Rufus King / Catherine Margaret Ellis (1837-1868.

Summary: "Politicians James Buchanan (1791-1868) of Pennsylvania and William Rufus King (1786-1853) of Alabama has excited much speculation through the years. Why did they never marry? Might they have been gay, or was their relationship a nineteenth-century version of the modern-day 'bromance'? Then, as now, they have intrigued by the many mysteries surrounding them. In Bosom Friends : the Intimate World of James Buchanan and William Rufus King, Thomas Balcerski explores the lives of these two politicians and discovers one of the most significant collaborations in American political history. Unlikely companions from the start, they lived together as messmates in a Washington, DC, boardinghouse. There developed a bosom friendship that blossomed into a significant political partnership. Before the Civil War, each man was elected to high executive office, William Rufus King the vice-presidency in 1852 and James Buchanan as the nation's fifteen president in 1856. This book offers a dual biography of James Buchanan and William Rufus King. Special attention is given to their early lives prior to elected office, the circumstances of their boardinghouse friendship, and the juicy political gossip that has circulated about them ever since. In addition, the author traces their many contributions to the Jacksonian political agenda, manifest destiny, and the debates over slavery, while finding their style of politics to have been disastrous for the American nation. Ultimately, Bosom Friends demonstrates that intimate male friendships among politicians were, and continue to be, an important part of success in American politics"-- Provided by publisher.

Subjects: King, William R. (William Rufus), - 1786-1853.; Buchanan, James, - 1791-1868.; Male friendship - United States; Presidents - United States; Legislators - United States; United States - Politics and government - 1815-1861.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 973.68 B174

Prigg v. Pennsylvania : slavery, the Supreme Court, and the ambivalent constitution

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo19445

Author: Baker, H. Robert.

Date of Publication: Â©2012.

Call Number: 342.73 B167

Responsibility: H. Robert Baker.

ISBN: 9780700618644 (cloth : alk. paper); 0700618643 (cloth : alk. paper); 9780700618651 (pbk. : alk. paper); 0700618651 (pbk. : alk. paper)

Author: Baker, H. Robert.

Place of Publication: [Lawrence]

Publisher: University Press of Kansas,

Physical Description: xii, 202 pages ; 23 cm.

Series: Landmark law cases & American society

Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 181-196) and index.

Contents: A short history of fugitives in America and an African named James Somerset -- The original meaning of the fugitive slave clause -- The Fugitive Slave Act, kidnapping, and the powers of dual sovereigns -- The rights of slaveholders and those of free Blacks in Pennsylvania's Personal Liberty Law of 1826 -- Black sailors, kidnapped freemen, and a crisis in northern fugitive slave jurisprudence -- Arresting Margaret -- Arresting Edward Prigg -- Before the court -- Deciding Prigg -- After the court.

Summary: Margaret Morgan was born in freedom's shadow. Her parents were slaves of John Ashmore, a prosperous Maryland mill owner who freed many of his slaves in the last years of his life. Ashmore never laid claim to Margaret, who eventually married a free black man and moved to Pennsylvania. Then, John Ashmore's widow sent Edward Prigg to Pennsylvania to claim Margaret as a runaway. Prigg seized Margaret and her children, one of them born in Pennsylvania and forcibly removed them to Maryland in violation of Pennsylvania law. In the ensuing uproar, Prigg was indicted for kidnapping under Pennsylvania's personal liberty law. Maryland, however, blocked his extradition, setting the stage for a remarkable Supreme Court case in 1842.

Subjects: Prigg, Edward - Trials, litigation, etc.; Prigg, Edward.; Pennsylvania - Trials, litigation, etc.; United States. - Supreme Court.; Fugitive slaves - United States.; Fugitive slaves; Trials.; Pennsylvania.; United States.; Prigg v. Pennsylvania, 41 U.S. 539 (1842)

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 342.73 B167

Operation Cinder: A Civil War Spy Novel set in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo21712

Author: Gontz, Todd.

Date of Publication: 2017.

Call Number: 813.6 G642

Responsibility: by Todd Gontz.

Author: Gontz, Todd.

Place of Publication: Landisville, Pa

Publisher: Yurchak Printint, Inc.

Date of Publication: 2017.

Physical Description: 204 p.: maps; 23 cm.

Summary: "The book follows the story of secret agent Tyler Samson, as helps a runaway slave girl elude enemy agents who are hot on their trail. This historical fiction sheds light on the espionage that occurred behind the scenes of the bloody battles of the Civil War. Set in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, home of the author." [Amazon.com]

Subjects: United States - History - Civil War, 1861-1865 - Fictional Works.; Lancaster, Pennsylvania - History - Civil War,1861-1865 - Fictional works.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 813.6 G642

Treacherous beauty : Peggy Shippen, the woman behind Benedict Arnold's plot to betray America

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo17392

Author: Jacob, Mark.

Date of Publication: c2012.

Call Number: 973.3 J15

Responsibility: Mark Jacob and Stephen H. Case.

ISBN: 9780762773886 (hbk.); 076277388X (hbk.)

Author: Jacob, Mark.

Place of Publication: Guilford, Conn

Publisher: Lyons Press,

Date of Publication: c2012.

Physical Description: viii, 279 p. : ill., map ; 24 cm.

Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 260-270) and index.

Contents: Princess of Philadelphia -- No safe haven -- Enter AndrÃ© -- The Meschianza -- Arnold arrives -- Love and money -- The general's wife -- Spymaster -- The dance of deceit -- The way to West Point -- "The greatest treasure you have" -- Meeting after midnight -- A capture and an escape -- The mad scene -- Pariah of Philadelphia -- The three fates -- "The handsomest woman in England" -- Strangers in America -- Unmanned -- The keepsake -- Epilogue.

Subjects: Arnold, Margaret Shippen, - 1760-1804.; Arnold, Benedict, - 1741-1801.; American loyalists - Biography.; United States - History - Revolution, 1775-1783.

Additional Author: Case, Stephen H.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 973.3 J15

Sword and scalpel : the life of Edward Hand of Lancaster

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo19860

Author: Betts, William W.

Date of Publication: 2014.

Call Number: 923.5 H236sw

Alternate Title: Life of Edward Hand of Lancaster

Responsibility: William W. Betts, Jr.

ISBN: 9780788455711; 0788455710

Author: Betts, William W.

Place of Publication: Berwyn Heights, MD

Publisher: Heritage Books,

Date of Publication: 2014.

Physical Description: xiv, 370 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.

Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [309]-351) and index.

Contents: I. The New World -- II. The Gathering Storm -- III. Cambridge and Boston -- IV. New York City -- V. The New Jersey Campaign -- VI. Fort Pitt -- VII. Wyoming -- VIII. The Sullivan Expedition -- IX. Yorktown -- X. Newburgh and New Windsor -- XI. Lancaster -- Rock Ford -- Afterword -- Appendix A & B.

Subjects: Hand, Edward, - 1744-1802.; Hand, Edward, - 1744-1802 - Family.; Rock Ford (Lancaster, Pa.); Generals - United States - Biography.; United States - History - Revolution, 1775-1783 - Campaigns.; United States - History - Revolution, 1775-1783 - Biography.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 923.5 H236sw

The first American political conventions : transforming presidential nominations, 1832-1872

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo16921

Author: Haynes, Stan M.,

Date of Publication: c2012.

Call Number: 324.273 H424

Responsibility: Stan M. Haynes.

ISBN: 9780786468928 (pbk. : alk. paper); 0786468920 (pbk. : alk. paper)

Author: Haynes, Stan M.,

Place of Publication: Jefferson, N.C

Publisher: McFarland,

Date of Publication: c2012.

Physical Description: viii, 268 p. : ill. ; 26 cm.

Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 260-264) and index.

Summary: "The modern convention continues many of the traditions and rules developed during the first political conventions in the mid-19th century. This study analyzes the birth of the convention process in the 1830s and follows its development between 1832 and 1872, chronicling each of the presidential elections, the leading candidates, key issues, memorable speeches and events"--Provided by publisher.

Subjects: Political conventions - United States; Presidents - United States; Nominations for office - United States

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 324.273 H424

America's women in the Revolutionary era : a history through bibliography

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo17082

Author: Grundset, Eric.

Date of Publication: c2011.

Call Number: 973.3 G925

Alternate Title: America's women in the Revolutionary era, 1760-1790

Responsibility: Eric G. Grundset ; with Briana L. Diaz and Hollis L. Gentry.

ISBN: 9781892237125; 1892237121

Author: Grundset, Eric.

Place of Publication: Washington, D.C

Publisher: National Society Daughters of the American Revolution,

Date of Publication: c2011.

Physical Description: 3 v. ; 29 cm.

Notes: Includes index.

Contents: v. 1. General studies. Women and girls during the Revolutionary era ; Women's biography ; American girls ; African American women ; Native American women ; Women and girls in the Revolutionary era, miscellaneous topics -- Women in the family and in society. Women, the family, and genealogy ; Women as mothers and their children ; Women working in the home and elsewhere ; Women's roles in society and interactions with others ; Women's rights and legal status ; The religious experiences of American women during the Revolutionary era ; Women and the American economy ; Women adn crime --; v. 1 (cont.). Women, culture, education, and creative arts. Women's cultural life and activities ; Women, girls, and education ; Women, writing, reading and creating on paper ; Women and the influence of classical themes ; Women and the folklore of the Revolutionary era ; Women and girls in historical fiction set during the Revolutionary era ; Women, art, and artists during the Revolutionary era ; Women and girls, textiles, needlework, and similar creative activities ; Women's and girls' clothing and costume -- Women, girls, and the war effort during the American Revolution. Women who supplied guns, gunpowder, and materials to the military ; Women in crowds, mobs, protests, demonstrations, boycotts, etc. ; Women as spies, messengers, warners, etc. ; Women on the move --; v. 2. Women and girls of the regions and states of the United States. New England women (generally) ; The women of Maine ; The women of New Hampshire ; The women of Vermont ; The women of Massachusetts ; The women of Rhode Island ; The women of Connecticut ; The women of the Mid-Atlantic states (generally) ; The women of New York ; The women of New Jersey ; The women of Pennsylvania ; The women of Delaware ; Southern women (generally) ; The women of Maryland ; The women of Virginia (includes modern West Virginia) ; The women of North Carolina ; The women of South Carolina ; The women of Georgia ; Women on the frontier ; The women of Kentucky ; The women of Tennessee ; The women of the Old Northwest and the Ohio Valley ; Women of the Spanish and French borderland areas now part of the United States ; Women and girls of the British Empire and the American Revolution.; v. 3. Authors and chronology of publications.

Subjects: United States - History - Revolution, 1775-1783 - Women - Bibliography.; United States - History - Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775 - Bibliography.; United States - History - 1783-1815 - Bibliography.

Additional Author: Diaz, Briana L.; Gentry, Hollis L.

Additional Corporate Author: Daughters of the American Revolution.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 973.3 G925

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