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William Penn, 1644-1718 : new light thrown on the Quaker founder of Pennsylvania, through heretofore unpublished documents on the Blumhaven Library. An exhibition of holograph letters and autograph documents, selected from source materials in the Blumhaven Collection

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo14322
Author
Blum, Herman,
Date of Publication
1950]
Call Number
923.2 P412b
Author
Blum, Herman,
Place of Publication
[Philadelphia
Publisher
Blumhaven Library and Gallery,
Date of Publication
1950]
Physical Description
48 p. : ill., ports., facsims. ; 25 cm.
Notes
Contains also material on Thomas Holme, surveyor for Penn in Pennsylvania.
Bibliography: p. 48.
Subjects
Penn, William, - 1644-1718.
Holme, Thomas, - d. 1695.
Additional Corporate Author
Blumhaven Library and Gallery.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
923.2 P412b
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Notes and documents : Student enrollment in early American schools for the deaf

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo12426
Author
Penrose, Maryly B.
Call Number
905.29 NG v.77

The Tracy W. McGregor Library : three decades of development, 1939-1969 ; a selection of books, documents, maps and manuscripts acquired since 1939 ; an exhibition arranged on the occasion of the final meeting of the advisory committee of the Tracy W. McGregor Library

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo12451
Corporate Author
Tracy W. McGregor Library.
Date of Publication
1970.
Call Number
017.2 M145
Corporate Author
Tracy W. McGregor Library.
Place of Publication
[Charlottesville, Va.]
Publisher
University of Virginia Library,
Date of Publication
1970.
Physical Description
34 leaves ; 28 cm.
Notes
Items 37,38,44,46 relate directly to Lancaster County history.
Subjects
Tracy W. McGregor Library - Bibliography.
Library exhibits.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
017.2 M145
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Notes and documents : Articles on the Amish from the "Reformirte Kirchenzeitung" (1860)

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo13006
Author
Yoder, Don
Call Number
905.748 PDF v.16 no.2
Author
Yoder, Don
Physical Description
46-48 p.
Notes
In: Pennsylvania Folklife, v.16, no.2 (1966-1967).
Subjects
German Reformed Church (U.S).
Amish
Mennonites
Additional Author
Yoder, Don.
Additional Title
Reformirte Kirchenzeitung (Church paper).
Location
Lancaster History Library - Periodical Article
Call Number
905.748 PDF v.16 no.2
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Notes and documents : Chattel with a soul : the autobiography of a Moravian slave

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo11808
Author
Thorp, Daniel B.
Date of Publication
1988.
  1 website  
Alternate Title
Chatle with a soul.
Author
Thorp, Daniel B.
Place of Publication
Philadelphia, Pa
Publisher
Historical Society of Pennsylvania
Date of Publication
1988.
Physical Description
433-451 p.
Summary
This journal article describes how an African male came to be sold into slavery in America and how he became a member of the Moravian church community in Bethlehem , Pa. Also included is the autobiography of this man named Andrew which as a member of the church he was required to write. While he remained in slave status, his membership in the church provided him a life more normal than a slave would ordinarily endure.
Subjects
African Americans
Moravian Church
Slaves
African Americans - Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania - History - Colonial period, circa 1600-1775.
Contained In
Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography. Volume 112, number 3 (July 1988), p. 433-451Lancaster History Library - Periodical Article905.748 HSP v.112
Websites
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Notes and documents of free persons of color : four hundred years of an American families history

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo12258
Author
Wills, Anita L.
Date of Publication
c2003.
Call Number
326 W741
Responsibility
Anita L. Wills.
Author
Wills, Anita L.
Place of Publication
San Leondro, CA
Publisher
LeBoudin Pub. Co.,
Date of Publication
c2003.
Physical Description
299 p. : ill. ; 21 cm.
Notes
Includes bibliographical references (p. 249-251) and index.
Subjects
Baxter family.
Green family.
Martin family.
Bowden family.
Pinn family.
Free African Americans - Virginia
African Americans - Virginia
Virginia - Race relations.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
326 W741
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Notes and documents: a Pennsylvanian visits the Richmond slave market

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo14203
Author
Eggert, Gerald G.
Call Number
905.748 HSP v.109
  1 website  
Responsibility
by Gerald G. Eggert.
Author
Eggert, Gerald G.
Physical Description
571-576 p.
Notes
In: Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography, v.109 (October 1985).
Subjects
Rawn, Charles C.
Philips, Jim.
Slavery - United States - Virginia
Location
Lancaster History Library - Periodical Article
Call Number
905.748 HSP v.109
Websites
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Notes and documents : the precarious freedom of Blacks in the Mid-Atlantic region : excerpts from the Pennsylvania Gazette, 1728 - 1776

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo14388
Author
Smith, Billy Gordon.
Call Number
905.748 HSP v. 113 (April 1989)
  1 website  
Responsibility
by Billy G. Smith and Richard Wojtowicz.
Author
Smith, Billy Gordon.
Physical Description
p. 237 - 264.
Notes
Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography, v. 113, April 1989.
Subjects
African Americans - Pennsylvania
American newspapers - Pennsylvania
Fugitive slaves - Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania - History - Colonial period, ca. 1600 - 1775.
Additional Author
Wojtowicz, Richard.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Periodical Article
Call Number
905.748 HSP v. 113 (April 1989)
Websites
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Conscience in crisis : Mennonites and other peace churches in America, 1739-1789 : interpretation and documents

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo126
Author
MacMaster, Richard K.
Date of Publication
1979.
Call Number
261.63 M167
Responsibility
Richard K. MacMaster, with Samuel L. Horst and Robert F. Ulle.
ISBN
083611213X :
Author
MacMaster, Richard K.
Place of Publication
Scottdale, Pa
Publisher
Herald Press,
Date of Publication
1979.
Physical Description
575 p. ; 23 cm.
Series
Studies in Anabaptist and Mennonite history ;
Notes
Includes index.
Bibliography: p. [549]-560.
African American resources at Lancaster County Historical Society
Subjects
Church of the Brethren - Middle Atlantic States - History - Sources.
Moravian Church - Middle Atlantic States - History - Sources.
Society of Friends - Middle Atlantic States
Mennonites - Middle Atlantic States
Schwenkfelders - Middle Atlantic States
Nonviolence
Pacifism
Draft - United States.
Conscientious objectors.
Middle Atlantic States - Church history - Sources.
Middle Atlantic States - History - Sources.
Additional Author
Horst, Samuel L.,
Ulle, Robert F.,
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
261.63 M167
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Message from the President of the United States, accompanying a report of the Secretary of State, containing observations on some of the documents, communicated by the President, on the eighteenth instant

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo21197
Corporate Author
United States. Department of State.
Date of Publication
1798 [i.e. 1799]
Call Number
Book 460 1799a
Alternate Title
Message from the President of the United States ...
Responsibility
Pub. by order of the House of Representatives.
Corporate Author
United States. Department of State.
Place of Publication
Philadelphia
Publisher
Printed by John Ward Fenno,
Date of Publication
1798 [i.e. 1799]
Physical Description
2 preliminary leaves, [3]-45 pages 20 cm
Notes
21st January, 1799. Ordered to lie on the table.
Report submitted by Timothy Pickering, Secretary of State.
Jasper Yeates's Colonial Law Library.
Yeates signature at top of title page.
Book number 460 as assigned by Yeates.
Bound with Features of Mr. Jay's treaty. to which is annexed a view of the commerce of the United States, as it stands at present, and as it is fixed by Mr. Jay's treaty. Philadelphia: printed by Land & Ustick, for Mathew Carey, 1795. -- Report of the Commmittee of the House of Representatives of the United States appointed to prepare and report articles of impeachment against William Blount, a Senator of the United States.... Printed by John Fenno, Place and date not specified. -- Instructions to the envoys extraordinary and ministers plenipotentiary from the United States of Ameridca, to the French Republic,.... Philadelphia: Printed by W. Ross in Locust Street...[1798].--.Message from the President of the United States, accompanying sundry papers relative to the affairs of the United States with the French Republic. 18 January,1799, published by order of the House of Representatives -- .--.Report of the Committee, to whom was referred, so much of the President's speech, as relates to a revision and amended of the judiciary system.1 May 1800, published by order of the House of Representatives.-- A narrative of the suppression by Col. Burr, of the history of the administration of John Adams, late President of the United States, written by John Wood....New York: printed by Denniston and Cheetham, 1802.
Subjects
Diplomatic relations.
United States - Foreign relations - France.
France - Foreign relations - United States.
United States - Foreign relations - 1797-1801.
France.
United States.
Three-quarters leather on marbled boards (Binding)
Additional Author
Pickering, Timothy,
Yeates, Jasper
Additional Corporate Author
United States. 5th Congress, 3rd session, 1798-1799. House.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Yeates Collection
Call Number
Book 460 1799a
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