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Papers of the Continental Congress, 1774-1789

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Date of Publication
1959-
Call Number
Drawer 15, Sec. 3
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Place of Publication
Washington
Publisher
National Archives and Records Service,
Date of Publication
1959-
Physical Description
204 microfilm reels ; 35 mm.
Series
National Archives microfilm publications ; microcopy no. 247
Notes
Library owns: Roll 9, Item No. 1, Rough Journals 1774-1789 -- Roll 13, Item No. 1 Rough Journals 1774-1789 -- Roll 60, Item No. 46, Proposals on locating the seat of government and printing the journals -- Roll 83, Item No. 69, Pennsylvania State Papers 1775-1791 -- Roll 178, Item Nos. 159 and 160, Letters from Generals Putnam, Mercer, Lewis, Thompson, Ward, Weedon, Hand, Conway, Sullivan, and Howe 1775-1785 -- Roll 183, Item No. 166, Letters and Papers Relating to Canadian Affairs, Sullivan's Expedition, and the Northern Indians 1775-1779.
Listed in "Microfilm resources for research," 1986 as: M247.
Indexes compiled by John P. Butler.
"The records reproduced in the microfilm publication are from Records of the Continental and Confederation Congresses and the Constitutional Convention record group 360 in the National Archives."
Reproduced from original documents issued under the title Journals of the Continental Congress, 1774-1789.
Subjects
United States. - Continental Congress - Indexes.
Constitutional history - United States - Sources.
United States - Politics and government - 1775-1783.
United States - Politics and government - 1775-1783 - Sources.
United States - Politics and government - 1783-1789 - Sources.
United States - History - Revolution - Sources.
Additional Author
Butler, John P.,
Additional Corporate Author
United States. Continental Congress.
Additional Title
Journals of the Continental Congress, 1774-1789.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Microfilm
Call Number
Drawer 15, Sec. 3
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History of the Senate seals : a history of the seals used by the Senate of the United States, 1804-1952

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Date of Publication
1953.
Call Number
737.6 S474
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Place of Publication
[Washington]
Publisher
U.S. G.P.O.,
Date of Publication
1953.
Physical Description
iii, 34 p. : ill. ; 30 cm.
Series
Senate document / 82d Congress, 2d session ; no. 164
Notes
Cover title: History of seals used by United States Senate, 1804-1952.
"Presented by Mr. Saltonstall, July 4 (legislative day June 27), 1952. Ordered to be printed with illustrations."
"Based mainly upon data gathered by Mr. Emery L. Frazier, Chief Clerk of the Senate"--P. iii.
Subjects
United States. - Congress. - Senate - Seal.
Seals (Numismatics) - United States.
Additional Author
Frazier, Emery L.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
737.6 S474
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When Lancaster was Pennsylvania's capital

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Author
Heiges, George L.
Date of Publication
1951
were found those men who detested any signs of aristocracy; men who feared that mon- archy might find its way into the structure of the government of the United States. The Republican party was the party of Thomas Jefferson and those who believed with him that the political salvation of the republic
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by George L. Heiges.
Author
Heiges, George L.
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Lancaster County Historical Society,
Date of Publication
1951
Physical Description
[1]-48 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Series
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 55, no. 1
Copy of entire series bound at LC 09 H465.
Subjects
Mifflin, Thomas, - 1744-1800.
McKean, Thomas, - 1734-1817.
Jefferson, Thomas, - 1743-1826.
Elections - United States.
Elections - Pennsylvania.
Pennsylvania - Capital and capitol.
Pennsylvania - History - 1775-1865.
Pennsylvania - Politics and government.
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Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 55, number 1 (1951), p. 1-48Lancaster History Library - Lancaster CountyLancaster History Library - Journal974.815 LACI H465974.9 L245 v.55
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First reader for antique collectors

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Author
Drepperd, Carl William,
Date of Publication
[1954]
Call Number
749.1 D772
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Responsibility
by Carl W. Drepperd.
Author
Drepperd, Carl William,
Place of Publication
Garden City, N.Y
Publisher
Garden City Books,
Date of Publication
[1954]
Physical Description
xi p., 1 l., 274 p. illus. (incl. facsims.) 22 cm.
Notes
Reprint of 1946 Doubleday ed.
Includes bibliographies.
Subjects
Art objects - United States.
Furniture - United States.
Implements, utensils, etc. - United States.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
749.1 D772
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Swiss emigrants & Huguenots Emigrants to the Palatinate & America and Huguenots in the Palatinate and Germany (In German)

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Author
Macco, Hermann Friedrich,
Date of Publication
1954
Call Number
Drawer 1, Sec. 4: #404 & #405
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Swiss emigrants to the Palatinate in Germany and to America, 1650-1800, and Huguenots in the Palatinate and German
Responsibility
information compiled by the late professor Dr. Hermann Friedrich Macco, Aachen.
Author
Macco, Hermann Friedrich,
Place of Publication
Salt Lake City
Publisher
Genealogical Society of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints [comp.],
Date of Publication
1954
Physical Description
6 vols.
Notes
Reel 404: volume 1, A-C; volume 2, D-G; volume 3, H-L
Reel 405: volume 4, M-R; volume 5, S-Z; volume 6, INDEX
Microfilm. Salt Lake City : Genealogical Society of the Churgh of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, 1970 2 reels, 35 mm.
Subjects
Huguenots - Germany - Palatinate.
Immigrants - United States - Registers.
Registers of births, etc. - United States.
Switzerland - Emigration and immigration.
Palatinate (Germany) - Emigration and immigration.
United States - Emigration and immigration.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Microfilm
Call Number
Drawer 1, Sec. 4: #404 & #405
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Hessian soldiers in the American Revolution : records of their marriages and baptisms of their children, in America, performed by the Rev. G.C. Coster, 1776-1783, chaplain of two Hessian regiments

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Author
Coster, G. C.
Date of Publication
1959.
Call Number
973.342 D547
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Responsibility
translated and abstracted from the German by Marie Dickore.
Author
Coster, G. C.
Place of Publication
Cincinnati
Publisher
The C.J. Krehbiel Co.,
Date of Publication
1959.
Physical Description
25 p. ; 26 cm.
Subjects
Registers of births, etc. - United States.
German Americans.
United States  - History  - Revolution, 1775-1783  - Participation, German.
United States - History - Revolution, 1775-1783 - German mercenaries - Registers.
Additional Author
Dickore, Marie Paula.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
973.342 D547
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The inauguration of President James Buchanan

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Author
Klein, Philip Shriver,
Date of Publication
1957.
) was a Lancaster-born editor who supported Buchanan originally. In 1857 he launched the Philadelphia Pre3s, at that time an important pro-administration newspaper. Appleton, of Maine, was Buchanan's choice for editor of the Washington administration newspaper. Library of Congress fears. Hunter must
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Philip Shriver Klein.
Author
Klein, Philip Shriver,
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Lancaster County Historical Society,
Date of Publication
1957.
Physical Description
[145]-168 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Series
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 61, no. 4
Subjects
Buchanan, James, - 1791-1868.
Presidents - United States
Contained In
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 61, number 4 (1957), p. 145-168Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.61
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John W. Forney, journalist and politician

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Author
Dowdell, George R.
Date of Publication
1951
same authority on newspaper history said that Forney's Press in Philadelphia was "one of the most influential newspapers during the Civil War period." 5 3 Letters by John W. Forney in Robert Lincoln Collection (Library of Congress) indicate this in several instances. 4 History of American Journalism
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by George R. Dowdell.
Author
Dowdell, George R.
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Lancaster County Historical Society,
Date of Publication
1951
Physical Description
[49]-67 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Series
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 55, no. 2
Subjects
Forney, John W. - 1817-1881.
Buchanan, James, - 1791-1868.
Journalists.
Politics, Practical.
Politicians - Pennsylvania.
United States - History - 19th century.
Contained In
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 55, number 2 (1951), p. 49-67Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.55
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James Buchanan and public office : an appraisal

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Author
Carlson, Robert Eugene
Date of Publication
1957.
Call Number
905.748 HSP v.81
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Responsibility
by Robert E. Carlson.
Author
Carlson, Robert Eugene
Place of Publication
Philadelphia, Pa
Publisher
Historical Society of Pennsylvania,
Date of Publication
1957.
Physical Description
pp. 255-279 ; 23 cm.
Notes
In: Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography, v.81 (1957)
Discusses Buchanan's public service, and particularly his position on being nominated for the presidency over several years.
This record provides a link to this resuorce on the publisher's official online repository.
Subjects
Buchanan, James, - 1791-1868.
United States - Politics and government - 1815-1861.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Periodical Article
Call Number
905.748 HSP v.81
Websites
https://journals.psu.edu/pmhb/article/view/41283/41004
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The 1955 year book of the Pennsylvania Society, Sons of the American Revolution

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Corporate Author
Sons of the American Revolution. Pennsylvania Society.
Date of Publication
1956.
Call Number
369.13 P413
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Alternate Title
Year book of the Pennsylvania Society, Sons of the American Revolution
Responsibility
compiled by Floyd G. Hoenstine.
Corporate Author
Sons of the American Revolution. Pennsylvania Society.
Place of Publication
Pittsburgh
Publisher
The Society,
Date of Publication
1956.
Physical Description
773 p. : ill. 24 cm.
Notes
Includes index to surnames.
Subjects
Sons of the American Revolution. - Pennsylvania Society.
Patriotic societies
United States - History - Revolution, 1775-1783 - Societies, etc.
Pennsylvania - History - Revolution, 1775-1783 - Societies, etc.
Additional Author
Hoenstine, Floyd G.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
369.13 P413
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