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Journals of the Continental Congress

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Corporate Author
United States. Continental Congress.
Date of Publication
1904-37.
Call Number
973.312 J86
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Corporate Author
United States. Continental Congress.
Place of Publication
Washington
Publisher
U.S. Govt. Print. Off.,
Date of Publication
1904-37.
Physical Description
34 v. facsims. (part fold.) 27 cm.
Dates of Publication
v.1-34; 1774-1789.
Notes
At head of title: Library of Congress.
"Edited from the original records in the Library of Congress."
Edited in the Divisions of Manuscripts, Library of Congress: v. 1- 15, Sept. 5, 1774-Dec. 31, 1779 by Worthington Chauncy Ford; v. 16-27, Jan. 1, 1780-Dec. 24, 1784 by Gaillard Hunt; v.28-31, Jan. 11, 1785-Dec. 31, 1786 by John C. Fitzpatrick; v.32-34, Jan. 17, 1787-March 2, 1789 by Roscoe R. Hill.
Index volume compiled by Kenneth E. Harris and Steven D. Tilley.
Library has: volumes 1 to 28 (1774-1785).
"Bibliographical notes" for 1774, 1775, etc. are found in the last vol. of "Journals" for the corresponding years, i.e. in v. 1, 3, 6, 9, etc. These notes are based upon "Some materials for a bibliography of the official publications of the Continental Congress ... by Paul Leicester Ford."
Subjects
United States. - Continental Congress - Bibliography.
Constitutional history - United States - Sources.
United States - Politics and government - 1775-1783.
United States - History - Revolution, 1775-1783.
Additional Author
Ford, Worthington Chauncey,
Hunt, Gaillard,
Fitzpatrick, John Clement,
Hill, Roscoe R.,
Harris, Kenneth E.,
Tilley, Steven D.,
Additional Corporate Author
Library of Congress. Manuscript Division.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
973.312 J86
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Author
Paine, Thomas,
Date of Publication
[1777]
Call Number
973.3 P544 1777
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Responsibility
by the author of Common sense.
Author
Paine, Thomas,
Place of Publication
Philadelphia
Publisher
Printed and sold by Styner and Cist, in Second-street, six doors above Arch-street. Where also may be had no. I. and II.,
Date of Publication
[1777]
Physical Description
[25]-56 p. ; 18 cm.
Notes
Signed: Common sense; dated: Philadelphia, April 19, 1777.
On the verso of the t.p. is a proclamatin by General Washington concerning deserters, dated April 6, 1777; also a general order, dated April 8, 1777.
Summary
One of Thomas Paine's 16 "American Crisis " patriotic essays written during the American Revolution between 1776 and 1783.
Subjects
United States - History - Revolution, 1775-1783.
United States - History - Revolution - Contemporary opinion.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Rare Books
Call Number
973.3 P544 1777
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The Pennsylvania Flying Camp, July-November 1776

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Author
Devine, Francis E.
Call Number
905.748 PHA v.46
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Responsibility
by Francis E. Devine.
Author
Devine, Francis E.
Physical Description
59-78 p.
Notes
In: Pennsylvania History, v.46, 1979.
"The Flying Camp was an early and short-lived experiment with the concept of Extra Continental regiments, a 'national' rather than a 'confederate' force, which was to be distinct as having formed without any administrative connection to any individual state." [Wikipedia]
Summary
The article discusses the reserve Revolutionary War forces known as the Flying Camp.
Subjects
Flying Camp.
Lancaster County (Pa.) - Militia.
United States - History - Revolution, 1775-1783.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Periodical Article
Call Number
905.748 PHA v.46
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The Hebron diary during the Revolutionary period

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Author
Schantz, F. J. F.
Date of Publication
1989.
Call Number
974.819 L441 v. 1, p. 8-16
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Responsibility
/ by J.H. Redsecker.
Author
Schantz, F. J. F.
Place of Publication
Lebanon, PA
Publisher
Press of report Pub. Co.,
Date of Publication
1989.
Physical Description
16 p. ; 24 cm.
Series
Historical papers and addresses / Lebanon County Historical Society) ; v. 1, no. 1
Notes
"Addresses delivered at the first stated meeting of the Lebanon County Historical Society, held in the Court House, Lebanon, PA., Friday, Feberuary 18, 1898."
Summary
The Hebron Diary tells of events during the Revolutionary War period in Hebron, the settlement that later became Lebanon, PA. The author gives commentary about entries in the diary.
Subjects
Lebanon County Historical Society (Lebanon County, Pa.) - History.
Moravians - Pennsylvania - Lebanon County.
United States - History - Revolution, 1775-1783.
Lebanon (Pa.) - History.
Additional Author
Redsecker, J. H.
Additional Corporate Author
Lebanon County Historical Society (Lebanon County, Pa.)
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
974.819 L441 v. 1, p. 8-16
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Commemoration of Lancaster County in the Revolution : at "Indian Rock", Williamson Park, near "Rockford", the home of General Edward Hand, M.D., Friday P.M., September 20, cmmxii

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Date of Publication
1912.
Call Number
923.5 H236c
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Place of Publication
[Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
s.l.]
Date of Publication
1912.
Physical Description
8 p. : ill. ; 30 cm.
Notes
Order of exercises and songs laid in.
Summary
Program from the ceremony to commemorate Lancaster County's involvement in the American Revolution. The order of events in the ceremony is included. Also includes a chronology of Lancaster County's participation in events related to the French and Indian War and the American Revolution, citing General Edward Hand's activities. A genealogy of the Hand family is included in the program.
Subjects
Hand, Edward , - 1744-1802.
Lancaster County Historical Society (Pa.)
Historical markers - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
United States - History - Revolution, 1775-1783.
Lancaster County (Pa.) - History - 18th century.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
923.5 H236c
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