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Dictionary of legal terms : a simplified guide to the language of law

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo17886

Author: Gifis, Steven H.

Date of Publication: c1983.

Call Number: 340 G456

Responsibility: by Steven H. Gifis.

ISBN: 0812020138 (pbk.) :; 9780812020137 (pbk.)

Author: Gifis, Steven H.

Place of Publication: Woodbury, N.Y

Publisher: Barron's Educational Series, Inc.,

Date of Publication: c1983.

Physical Description: xii, 511 p. ; 18 cm.

Subjects: Law - United States - Dictionaries.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 340 G456

Our Ramage family

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo5770

Author: Ramage, Martis Donald,

Date of Publication: 1986.

Call Number: 929 R165r

Responsibility: compiled by Martis Donald Ramage, Jr.

Author: Ramage, Martis Donald,

Place of Publication: [Verona, Miss.]

Publisher: M.D. Ramage,

Date of Publication: 1986.

Physical Description: ix, 131 p. : ill. ; 29 cm.

Notes: Includes bibliographies and index.

Subjects: Ramage family.; Martin family.; Ford family.; Roberts family.; Prather family.; Porter family.; Kelly family.; Jones family.; Kilgore family.; Duncan family.; Bonds family.; Laurens County (S.C.) - Genealogy.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 929 R165r

The Fulton family letter

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo19013

Date of Publication: [1986-

Call Number: 929 F974n

ISSN: 1075-0584

Place of Publication: Frederick, MD

Publisher: R. Fulton,

Date of Publication: [1986-

Physical Description: v. : ill. ; 28 cm.

Publication Frequency: Quarterly

Dates of Publication: Vol. 1, no. 1 (Jan. 1986)-

Notes: Title from caption.; Imprint varies.; Library has v.1, no. 1 (Jan. 1986) - v.7, no. 4 (Oct. 1992) in 2 volumes.

Subjects: Fulton family

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 929 F974n

Mabel's sycamore tree

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo9905

Author: Kreider, Mabel B.

Date of Publication: 1987.

Call Number: 818 K92

Responsibility: Mabel B. Kreider [illustrations by] Charles X. Carlson.

Author: Kreider, Mabel B.

Place of Publication: [S.l

Publisher: s.n.]

Date of Publication: 1987.

Physical Description: unp. : ill., some colored ; 20 cm.

Summary: A short memoir of the author's youth, the house she grew up in, and the tree beside it in southern Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. Mabel was a school teacher, active in her church, and for a time Clerk of Courts in Lancaster County.

Subjects: Fulton (Lancaster County, Pa. : Township) - Fiction.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 818 K92

Robert Fulton, a biography

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo4770

Author: Philip, Cynthia Owen.

Date of Publication: 1985.

Call Number: 926 F974p

Responsibility: Cynthia Owen Philip.

ISBN: 0531097560

Author: Philip, Cynthia Owen.

Place of Publication: New York

Publisher: F. Watts,

Date of Publication: 1985.

Physical Description: xii, 371 p., [16] p. of plates : ill. ; 24 cm.

Notes: Includes index.; Bibliography: p. 355-359.

Contents: Chapters: Pennsylvania roots --Many, many a silant solitary hour --A prospect of considerable profits --An adventurer armed with fortitude --A curious machine for mending politics -- Works of genius and utility -- Wifey, hub, and toot -- Steamboat experiments -- Un succes complet et brillant -- Alias Robert Francis -- Mine is no common cause -- America -- Hudson River triumphs -- Monopolies are justly held as odious -- All the weight on one fulcrum -- The happiness of the earth -- The cupidity of many -- Fickle fortune -- Two such friends -- Useful and honorable amusements -- The nation's benefactor -- Stag at bay.

Summary: Born in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, Fulton flourished in Philadelphia, London, Paris and New York City. Contemporary letters, diaries, paintings and drawings were used in the writing of this book. Fulton begins as a fine arts painter, and then moves on to engineering. He develops the world's first steamboat service, thrusting America to the forefront of the Industrial Revolution. At the same time, he invents a means of raising boats on canals and a system of submarine warfare. Fulton's pursuit of fame and fortune is played out against the backdrop of the American and French revolutions, the Napoleonic wars, the Jefferson administration and the War of 1812. The book shows the extraordinary array of artists, scientists, diplomats, businessmen, and intriguing women with whom he interacted.

Subjects: Fulton, Robert, - 1765-1815.; Marine engineers - United States; Inventors - United States; Technology - United States

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 926 F974p

Down the pike : a history of the Chambersburg-Bedford Turnpike Company

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo2302

Author: Nelson, John H.

Date of Publication: 1989.

Call Number: 388 N427

Responsibility: written by John H. Nelson.

Author: Nelson, John H.

Place of Publication: McConnellsburg, PA

Publisher: Fulton County Historical Society,

Date of Publication: 1989.

Physical Description: 65, 35 p. : ill., facsims. ; 22 cm.

Series: Fulton County Historical Society (Pa.) (Series) ;

Notes: Includes text of: Laws relating to the Chambersburg and Bedford Turnpike Road Company (Chambersburg, Pa. : M. Kieffer, 1860).; Bibliography: p. 63-64.

Contents: Contents: 1. A brief look at the development of turnpikes -- 2. The origination of the Chambersburg-Bedford Turnpike Company -- 3. Growth and demise of the company -- 4. End of an era -- 5. Bridges -- 6. Tollgates and tollhouses -- 7. Incidents along the pike -- Stockholders, managers and toolkeepers -- Sources -- Laws of the Chambersburg and Bedford Turnpike Road Company

Subjects: Chambersburg-Bedford Turnpike Company - History.; Toll roads - Pennsylvania.; Bedford County (Pa.) - History.; Fulton County (Pa.) - History.; Franklin County (Pa.) - History.

Additional Corporate Author: Fulton County Historical Society (Pa.)

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 388 N427

Tinkerers, mechanics and inventors of Lancaster County

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo2713

Author: Loose, John Ward Willson.

Date of Publication: 1983

earned him the respect of his fellow townsmen, and to him they came when a particularly thorny problem arose. It was to Henry that the young Robert Fulton turned, and there is sufficient evidence to believe Fulton's inventive genius was inspired and encouraged by Henry. The screw auger supposedly was

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Responsibility: by John Ward Willson Loose.

Author: Loose, John Ward Willson.

Place of Publication: Lancaster, Pa

Publisher: Lancaster County Historical Society,

Date of Publication: 1983

Physical Description: 97-109 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

Series: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 87, no. 3

Subjects: Henry, William, - 1729-1786.; Fulton, Robert, - 1765-1815.; Getz, Peter.; Brandt, John.; Shirk, Joseph.; Industrial arts - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.; Inventions - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.; Inventors - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.; Agricultural machinery - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.

Contained In: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 87, number 3 (1983), p. 97-109Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.87