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Collection
General Collection
Object ID
1-17-03-14
Date Range
2012
  1 image  
Object Name
Print, Photographic
Collection
General Collection
Description
Information on back of picture: "Maple Grove Mill, Columbia Avenue, Lancaster. Here Gibbs threw evidence into the Little Conestoga Ck, 1950"
Date Range
2012
Creator
Jolly, James A.
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
People
Baker, Marian Louise
Jolly, James A. "Jim"
Subcategory
Documentary Artifact
Search Terms
Columbia Avenue
Maple Grove Mill
Little Conestoga Creek
Object Name
Print, Photographic
Print Size
4 x 6 inches
Object ID
1-17-03-14
Images
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Massacre of the Conestogas : on the trail of the Paxton Boys in Lancaster County

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo17894
Author
Brubaker, John H.
Date of Publication
2010.
Call Number
974.802 B886
Responsibility
by Jack Brubaker.
ISBN
9781609490614
1609490614
Author
Brubaker, John H.
Place of Publication
Charleston, SC
Publisher
History Press,
Date of Publication
2010.
Physical Description
188 p. : ill., facsims., ports. ; 23 cm.
Notes
Includes index.
Bibliography: p. [177]-188.
Contents
pt. 1. Telling the story -- "Drive the heathen out of the land" -- "Some hot headed ill advised persons" -- "The same spirit & frantic rage" -- "Persons of undoubted probity & veracity" -- pt. 2. Retelling the story -- "I never heard one word of it till it was just over" -- "A mighty noise and hubbub" -- "Shot, scalped, hacked, and cut to pieces" -- "One of those youthful ebullitions of wrath" -- "The innocent were destined to share the fate of the guilty" -- "A zone of vicious racial violence" -- pt. 3. Killers and abettors -- "The most respectable of men" -- "They had possession and would keep it" -- "Eternal shame & reproach" -- pt. 4. Death and reconciliation -- "The remains of the victims of a terrible crime" -- "Slaughter'd, kill'd, and cut off a whole tribe" -- "Who was left to mourn for these people?"
Subjects
Paxton Boys.
Conestoga Indians - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County
Massacres - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County
Lancaster County (Pa.) - History - 18th century.
Lancaster County (Pa.) - Race relations - History - 18th century.
Pennsylvania - History - Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
974.802 B886
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The third man: William Brown and the Paxton Boys

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo18421
Author
MacMaster, Richard K.
Date of Publication
2013.
  1 website  
Responsibility
Richard K. MacMaster.
Author
MacMaster, Richard K.
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
LancasterHistory.org,
Date of Publication
2013.
Physical Description
pp. 2-13.
Subjects
Brown, William.
Conestoga Massacre, Pa., 1763.
Paxton Boys.
Contained In
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 115, number 1/2 (2013), pp. 2-13Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.115
Websites
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Offscourings of the Scotch Irish

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo18422
Author
MacMaster, Richard K.
Date of Publication
2013.
Responsibility
by Richard K. MacMaster.
Author
MacMaster, Richard K.
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
LancasterHistory.org,
Date of Publication
2013.
Physical Description
14-25 p.
Notes
An interpretation of "A Scene in the First Act of the New Farce. Published as a Specimen. ... Printed: in the first Year of the New Hergira Secundus, the Paxtonian Expedition." Text of play precedes the article.
Subjects
Conestoga Massacre, Pa., 1763.
Paxton Boys.
Scots-Irish - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
Farces.
Contained In
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 115, number 1/2 (2013), p. 14-25Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.115
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Collection
General Collection
Object ID
1-16-01-60
Date Range
May 2010
  1 image  
Object Name
Print, Photographic
Collection
General Collection
Description
Reenactors at Maytown's Memorial Day Parade.
Date Range
May 2010
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Subcategory
Documentary Artifact
Search Terms
Maytown, East Donegal Twp.
Memorial Day
Parades
Reenactors
Place
East Donegal Twp.
Object Name
Print, Photographic
Print Size
4 x 6 inches
Condition
Good
Object ID
1-16-01-60
Images
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Collection
Currency Collection
Title
Commemorative coin
Object ID
2016.004.1
Date Range
2010
Collection
Currency Collection
Title
Commemorative coin
Description
On front, James Buchanan written along the top above a heatshot engraving of James Buchanan. Beneath the portrait, "IN GOD WE TRUST/15th President/1857-1861". On back, Statue of Liberty, showing top half only. "UNITED STATES OF AMERICA" written alongside the outer edge of the back of the coin. Underneath arm holding torch is "$1". "DE" inscribed in tiny letters on the cover of the book the Statue of Liberty is holding. Copper colored edges. "E PLURIBUS UNUM" inscribed on edge. "2010 P" and 13 stars also inscribed on the edge.
Date Range
2010
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Storage Room
DAC
Storage Wall
North Wall
Storage Cabinet
Unit 05
Storage Drawer
Drawer 20
People
Buchanan, James
Subcategory
Documentary Artifact
Search Terms
Buchanan Collections
Coins
James Buchanan
James Buchanan Presidential Library
Object Name
Coin, Commemorative
Diameter (in)
1
Condition
Good
Condition Date
2016-05-11
Object ID
2016.004.1
Credit
Courtesy of LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.
Accession Number
2016.004
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Collection
Currency Collection
Title
Commemorative coin
Object ID
2016.004.2
Date Range
2010
Collection
Currency Collection
Title
Commemorative coin
Description
On front, James Buchanan written along the top above a heatshot engraving of James Buchanan. Beneath the portrait, "IN GOD WE TRUST/15th President/1857-1861". On back, Statue of Liberty, zoomed in to show only the top half of the statue."UNITED STATES OF AMERICA" written alongside the outer edge of the back of the coin. Underneath the arm holding the torch is "$1". "DE" inscribed in tiny letters on the cover of the book the Statue of Liberty is holding. Copper colored edges. "E PLURIBUS UNUM" inscribed on edge. "2010 P" and 13 stars also inscribed on the edge.
Date Range
2010
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Storage Room
DAC
Storage Wall
North Wall
Storage Cabinet
Unit 05
Storage Drawer
Drawer 20
People
Buchanan, James
Subcategory
Documentary Artifact
Search Terms
Buchanan Collections
Coins
James Buchanan
James Buchanan Presidential Library
Object Name
Coin, Commemorative
Diameter (in)
1
Condition
Good
Condition Date
2016-05-11
Object ID
2016.004.2
Credit
Courtesy of LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.
Accession Number
2016.004
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Collection
Red Rose Coin Club Collection
Title
Red Rose Coin Club, Joseph Wharton
Object ID
2013.010.2
Date Range
2012
Collection
Red Rose Coin Club Collection
Title
Red Rose Coin Club, Joseph Wharton
Description
Joseph Wharton - Father of American Nickel Coinage
Plastic frame, 3 coins (2 Bronze & 1 Silver).
Date Range
2012
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Storage Room
DAC
Storage Cabinet
Cabinet 2
Storage Shelf
Shelf 1
Storage Container
Box 0005
Subcategory
Documentary Artifact
Object Name
Coin, Commemorative
Object ID
2013.010.2
Accession Number
2013.010
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Collection
Red Rose Coin Club Collection
Title
Red Rose Coin Club, Paxton Boys Massacre
Object ID
2013.010.1
Date Range
2013
Collection
Red Rose Coin Club Collection
Title
Red Rose Coin Club, Paxton Boys Massacre
Description
Massacre of the Conestoga Indians - 1763
RRCC = Coin Set
Plastic frame, 3 coins (2 Bronze & 1 Silver).
Date Range
2013
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Storage Room
DAC
Storage Cabinet
Cabinet 2
Storage Shelf
Shelf 1
Storage Container
Box 0005
Subcategory
Documentary Artifact
Object Name
Coin, Commemorative
Object ID
2013.010.1
Accession Number
2013.010
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Collection
Red Rose Coin Club Collection
Title
Red Rose Coin Club, Samuel H. Zahm
Object ID
2013.010.3
Date Range
2011
Collection
Red Rose Coin Club Collection
Title
Red Rose Coin Club, Samuel H. Zahm
Description
Samuel H. Zahm and his Score Card
RRCC = Coin Set
Plastic frame, 3 coins (2 Bronze & 1 Silver).
Date Range
2011
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Storage Room
DAC
Storage Cabinet
Cabinet 2
Storage Shelf
Shelf 1
Storage Container
Box 0004
Subcategory
Documentary Artifact
Object Name
Coin, Commemorative
Object ID
2013.010.3
Accession Number
2013.010
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