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Report of the committee to place and unveil a marker designating and commemorating the Indian town of Conestoga, in Manor Township, Lancaster County, Penna

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Date of Publication
1924
REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE TO PLACE AND UNVEIL A MARKER DESIGNATING AND COMMEMORATING THE INDIAN TOWN OF CONESTOGA, IN MANOR TOWNSHIP, LANCASTER COUNTY, PENNA. To the President and Members of the Lancaster County Historical Society: Your committee appointed to place, and with appropriate exercises un
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Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Lancaster County Historical Society,
Date of Publication
1924
Physical Description
129-149 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Series
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 28, no. 9
Subjects
Penn, William, - 1644-1718.
Indian Town (Conestoga, Pa.)
Historical markers - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
Indians of North America - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
Conestoga Indians.
Paxton Boys.
Conestoga Massacre, Pa., 1763.
Conestoga (Pa. : Township) - History.
Additional Author
Magee, Daniel F.
Landis, David H.,
Beck, Herbert Huebener,
Contained In
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 28, number 9 (1924), p. 129-152Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.28
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Massacre of the Conestoga Indians, 1763 : incidents and details

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Author
Bausman, Lottie M.
Date of Publication
1914
MASSACRE OF THE CONES- TOGA INDIANS, 1763. INCIDENTS AND DETAILS. The events which preceded the massacre of the Conestoga Indians, the French and Indian war, followed by Pontiac's war, and the plundering and murdering of defenseless famil- ies of the frontier settlements, tend- ed to accentuate the
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Responsibility
by Miss Lottie M. Bausman.
Author
Bausman, Lottie M.
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Lancaster County Historical Society,
Date of Publication
1914
Physical Description
169-185 p. ; 23 cm.
Series
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 18, no. 7
Subjects
Paxton Boys.
Conestoga Indians
Conestoga Massacre, Pa., 1763.
Pennsylvania - History - Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775.
Contained In
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 18, number 7 (1914), p. 169-185Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.18
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Massacre of the Conestoga Indians by the Paxtang Boys--a poem

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Author
Worner, William Frederic.
Date of Publication
1931
MASSACRE OF THE CONESTOGA INDIANS BY THE PAXTANG BOYS-A POEM By WILLIAM FREDERIC WORNER IN Vol. XVIII, pp. 169-185, of the Proceedings of The Lancaster 1 County Historical Society, appeared an article entitled, "Mas- sacre of the Conestoga Indians, 1763: Incidents and Details." In this paper the
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Responsibility
by William Frederic Worner.
Author
Worner, William Frederic.
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Lancaster County Historical Society,
Date of Publication
1931
Physical Description
69-70 p. ; 23 cm.
Series
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 35, no. 3
Subjects
Conestoga Indians.
Paxton Boys.
Conestoga Massacre, Pa., 1763.
Massacres - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County
Contained In
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 35, number 3 (1931), p. 69-70Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.35
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The Paxtang boys : a characteristic letter of Rev. John Elder

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Call Number
974.8005 E31 3rd series, v.1
Physical Description
330-332 p.
Notes
In: Egle's Notes & Queries, 3rd Series, v.1.
Subjects
Paxton Boys.
Conestoga Indians
Conestoga Massacre, Pa., 1763.
Pennsylvania - History - Colonial Period, ca1600-1775.
Additional Author
Elder, John.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Periodical Article
Call Number
974.8005 E31 3rd series, v.1
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Pacifists, Paxton and politics : colonial Pa., 1763-1768

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Author
Ulle, Robert F.
Call Number
905.748 PMH v. 1 no. 4
Responsibility
by Robert F. Ulle.
Author
Ulle, Robert F.
Physical Description
P. 18 - 21.
Notes
Pennsylvania Mennonite Heritage, v. 1, no. 4 (October 1978).
Subjects
Paxton Boys.
Conestoga Indians
Conestoga Massacre, Pa., 1763.
Mennonites - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County
Pennsylvania - History - Colonial period, ca. 1600 - 1775.
Lancaster County (Pa.) - Politics and government - Colonial period, ca. 1600 - 1775.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Periodical Article
Call Number
905.748 PMH v. 1 no. 4
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"Who ever proclaimed war with part of a nation, and not with the whole?" : the Paxton riots and perceptions of civil society in Pennsylvania

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Author
Kozuskanich, Nathan.
Call Number
905.29 JSIS v. 2
Responsibility
by Nathan Kozuskanich.
Author
Kozuskanich, Nathan.
Physical Description
p. 45 - 63.
Notes
In: Journal of Scotch-Irish studies, v. 2, no. 1 (Fall 2004).
Bibliography: p. 61 - 63.
Subjects
Paxton Boys.
Conestoga Massacre, Pa.
Pennsylvania - History - Revolution, 1775 - 1783.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Periodical Article
Call Number
905.29 JSIS v. 2
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Frontier banditti and the Indians : the Paxton Boy's legacy, 1763-1775

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Author
Vaughan, Alden T.
Call Number
905.748 PHA v. 51 (Jan 1984)
Responsibility
by Alden T. Vaughan.
Author
Vaughan, Alden T.
Physical Description
p. 1 - 29.
Notes
Pennsylvania History, v. 51 (January 1984).
Subjects
Paxton Boys.
Conestoga Indians
Indians of North America - Pennsylvania
Location
Lancaster History Library - Periodical Article
Call Number
905.748 PHA v. 51 (Jan 1984)
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The "cloven foot" rediscovered : the historiography of the Conestoga Massacre through three centuries of scholarship

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Author
Schock, Edwin Thomas.
Date of Publication
1994.
The "Cloven Foot" Rediscovered: The Historiography of the Conestoga Massacre Through Three Centuries of Scholarship by Edwin Thomas Schock, Jr. In the preface to his 1987 text Arguing With Historians, Richard Nelson Current defined the pursuit of historiography as the business of separating the
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Responsibility
by Edwin Thomas Schock, Jr.
Author
Schock, Edwin Thomas.
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Lancaster County Historical Society,
Date of Publication
1994.
Physical Description
[99]-112 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Series
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 96, no. 3
Subjects
Conestoga Massacre, Pa., 1763.
Paxton Boys.
Contained In
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 96, number 3 (1994), p. 99-112Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.96
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Massacre of the Conestogas : on the trail of the Paxton Boys in Lancaster County

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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

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Author
MacMaster, Richard K.
Date of Publication
2013.
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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
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