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Letter by Col. John Armstrong

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Date of Publication
1898
, having enlisted while a student at Princeton. He was the author of the famous "Newburg Letters," which created such a sensa- tion at the time. He was a voluminous author and a United States Senator. The Col. Henry Bouquet who is spoken of in this letter was an Eng- lish soldier, but born in Switzerland
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An old letter.
Responsibility
contributed by Rev. P. B. Stauffer.
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Lancaster County Historical Society,
Date of Publication
1898
Physical Description
[104]-107 p. ; 23 cm.
Series
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 2, no. 4
Summary
John Armstrong was an army officer during the French and Indian war and the Revolutionary War. In 1758 during the French and Indian War , Armstrong writes a letter from Lancaster, PA, to General George Washington.They were both part of the expedition of British General Forbes to dislodge the French from Fort Duquesne. Colonel Bouquet was second in command under General Forbes.
Subjects
Bouquet, Henry, - 1719-1765.
Armstrong, John, - 1717-1795 - Correspondence.
Washington, George, - 1732-1799.
Lancaster (Pa.) - History - Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775.
Additional Author
Stauffer, P. B.
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Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 2, number 4 (1898), p. 104-107Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.2
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A General Knox letter

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Author
Diffenderffer, Frank Ried,
Date of Publication
1899
well as those of her husband, now rest in the same burial place, where rests the remains of her two sons, the place being mark- ed with a head and a foot stone. A General Knox Letter.* Our President, Mr. Steinman, a few weeks ago became possessed of the following letter, written by General Henry Knox
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by F. R. Diffenderffer.
Author
Diffenderffer, Frank Ried,
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Lancaster County Historical Society,
Date of Publication
1899
Physical Description
212-215 p. ; ill. ; by F. R. Diffenderffer.
Series
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 3, no. 8/9
Summary
A report that a letter written by Secretary of War General Henry Knox in 1791 to Lancaster's General Edward Hand had been obtained by the Lancaster County Historical Society. The letter was about some buildings owned by Franklin College that had been used to store government supplies. Knox was telling Hand that there was not yet a federal facility to move the supplies to, so he asked Hand to make other arrangements if the College needed the buildings or to rent the buildings if required. The text of the letter is included in the article.
Subjects
Hand, Edward, - 1744-1802.
Knox, Henry, - 1750-1806 - Correspondence.
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Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 3, number 8/9 (1899), p. 212-215Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.3
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Alta California : embracing notices of the climate, soil, and agricultural products of northern Mexico and the Pacific seaboard : also, a history of the military and naval operations of the United States directed against the territories of northern Mexico, in the year 1846-'47 : with documents declaratory of the policy of the present administration of the national government in regard to the annexation of conquered territory to this union, and the opinion of the Hon. James Buchanan on the Wilmot Proviso, &c

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Author
Captain of volunteers.
Date of Publication
1847.
Call Number
979.4403 C254
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by a Captain of volunteers.
Author
Captain of volunteers.
Place of Publication
Philadelphia
Publisher
H. Packer & Co. ...,
Date of Publication
1847.
Physical Description
[2], 5-64 p. (first leaf blank) ; 25 cm.
Notes
This copy is a reproduction ISBN 0548410593.
Description of area: p. 9-12; history and documentation: p. 13-64.
Anti-annexation tract.
Summary
The 1847 publication briefly address climate soil and agriculture in Alta and Baja California in chapter I. The following eight chapters consist of communications from the U.S. Government consisting of instructions in the event Mexico declared war, justification of and motives for war, various reports to Washington, communications with Mexican officials in Alta California, accounts of the military operations in California, the articles of capitulation entered into at Rancho of Cowanga on January 13, 1847, all of which are interspersed with personal observations and comments by the author. The final chapter deals with the question of whether slavery would be allowed in California, the policy of the South and its motive for a slave market and emigrants to California and Northern Mexico [from California State University's Digital Commons]
Subjects
Buchanan, James, - 1791-1868.
Mexican War, 1846-1848.
California - Description and travel.
California - History - 1846-1850.
Mexico, North - Description and travel.
California - Annexation to the United States.
Place
United States Pennsylvania Philadelphia.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
979.4403 C254
Websites
https://archive.org/details/altcaliforniembr00strerich/page/n7/mode/2up
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Reply of John Davis, of Massachusetts, to Mr. Buchanan, of Pennsylvania on the reduction of wages and of the value of property : delivered in the Senate of the United States, January 23, 1840. Together with extracts from the speeches of Messrs. Buchanan, Walker, Benton and Calhoun

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Author
Davis, John,
Date of Publication
1840.
Call Number
923.173 B918da
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Author
Davis, John,
Place of Publication
Washington
Publisher
Printed at the Madisonian Office,
Date of Publication
1840.
Physical Description
31 p. ; 22 cm.
Subjects
Buchanan, James, - 1791-1868.
Currency question - United States - Speeches in Congress.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Rare Books
Call Number
923.173 B918da
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An open letter to the church members at Longenecker's Meeting House, West Lampeter Township, Lancaster Co., Pa

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Author
Kachel, Solomon.
Date of Publication
1891.
Call Number
289.7 K11
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Continued by Solomon Kachel and wife Catharine.
Author
Kachel, Solomon.
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Commercial Print. House,
Date of Publication
1891.
Physical Description
44 p. ; 21 cm.
Notes
Cover title.
LCHS does not have first part.
Subjects
Longenecker's Reformed Mennonite Church (Lancaster County, Pa.)
Church discipline.
Additional Author
Kachel, Katharine.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Lancaster County
Call Number
289.7 K11
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Extracts from Chief Justice William Allen's letter book

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Author
Allen, William,
Date of Publication
1897.
Call Number
974.802 W181
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Selected and arranged by Lewis Burd Walker. Together with an appendix containing pamphlets in the controversy with Franklin.
Author
Allen, William,
Place of Publication
[Pottsville, Pa
Publisher
Standard Pub. Co.]
Date of Publication
1897.
Physical Description
136 p. port. 24 cm.
Series
The Burd papers
Subjects
Franklin, Benjamin, - 1706-1790.
Additional Author
Walker, Lewis Burd,
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
974.802 W181
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Letter of the Hon. Dudley Marvin, of New York

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Author
Marvin, Dudley,
Date of Publication
1848]
Call Number
815 P769 # 11
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Author
Marvin, Dudley,
Place of Publication
[Washington
Publisher
J. & G.S. Gideon, printers,
Date of Publication
1848]
Physical Description
8 p. 23 cm.
Notes
Caption title.
Addressed to James Parker, in answer to a question whether those opposed to the extension of slavery should support the nominees of the Buffalo convention.
In: Political Speeches.
Subjects
Campaign literature, 1848
Location
Lancaster History Library - Rare Books
Call Number
815 P769 # 11
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[Poetry of flowers]

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Date of Publication
[1844]
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Place of Publication
[Philadelphia]
Date of Publication
[1844]
Physical Description
287 pages : 11 cm.
Notes
Publisher's binding of stamped cloth, with gilding on the spine.
Inscription on flyleaf: "Presented to Mrs. E. Kieffer" / "For Lanc. Hist. Soc. from great grandson Albert L. Kieffer 1974"
Transferred from Objects collection 2023. Former accession number: 1975.014.4
Subjects
Poetry - Collections
Flower language
Flowers in literature
Flowers - Poetry
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Some Helffenstein letters

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Author
Dubbs, J. H.
Date of Publication
1897
SOME HELFFENSTEIN LETTERS. The Reverend John C. Albertus Helffen- stein was pastor of the Reformed Church of Lancaster from 1776 to 1779. He was born in the Palatinate, February 16, 1748, and died at Germantown, Pa., May 17, 1790. He was the sou of the Rev. Peter Helffenstein, Superintendent of
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Responsibility
by Dr. Joseph H. Dubbs.
Author
Dubbs, J. H.
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Lancaster County Historical Society,
Date of Publication
1897
Physical Description
[218]-225 p. ; 23 cm.
Series
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 1, no. 6
Summary
The Reverend John C. Albertus Helffenstein was a pastor of the Reformed Church in Lancaster, PA. He had immigrated from Germany in 1772. This journal article contains letters to him from his family in Germany.
Subjects
Helffenstein, Johann Conrad Albertus, - 1748-1790 - Correspondence.
Reformed Church of Lancaster (Pa.)
Reformed Church - Pennsylvania - Lancaster.
Contained In
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 1, number 6 (1897), p. 218-225Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.1
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Letters to William Henry of Lancaster, Pennsylvania, 1777-1783

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Author
Jordan, John W.
Date of Publication
1898.
Call Number
905.748 HSP v.22
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Author
Jordan, John W.
Place of Publication
Philadelphia, Pa
Publisher
Historical Society of Pennsylvania ,
Date of Publication
1898.
Physical Description
pp. 106-113 23 cm.
Notes
In: Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography, v. 22.
Subjects
Henry, William , - 1729-1786.
Jordan, John W. - 1840-1921 - Correspondence.
Pennsylvania - History - Revolution, 1775-1783.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Periodical Article
Call Number
905.748 HSP v.22
Websites
https://www.jstor.org/stable/pdf/20085784.pdf
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