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History of the Philadelphia and Lancaster Turnpike : the first long turnpike in the United States

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo14878
Author
Landis, Charles Israel ,
Date of Publication
1918.
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Responsibility
Charles I. Landis.
Author
Landis, Charles Israel ,
Place of Publication
Philadelphia, Pa
Publisher
Historical Society of Pennsylvania ,
Date of Publication
1918.
Physical Description
pp. 1-28 : ill. ; 23 cm.
Notes
In: Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography, v.42.
This record provides a link to this resuorce on the publisher's official online repository.
Subjects
Philadelphia and Lancaster Turnpike Road Company.
Toll roads - Pennsylvania.
Philadelphia and Lancaster Turmpike Road.
Websites
https://journals.psu.edu/pmhb/article/view/27470/27226
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History of the Philadelphia and Lancaster Turnpike : the first long turnpike in the United States

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo14879
Author
Landis, Charles Israel ,
Date of Publication
1919.
Call Number
905.748 HSP, vols. 42 & 43
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Responsibility
Charles I. Landis.
Author
Landis, Charles Israel ,
Place of Publication
Philadelphia, Pa
Publisher
Historical Society of Pennsylvania ,
Date of Publication
1919.
Physical Description
pp. 84-90 , 182-190 : ill. ; 23 cm.
Notes
This article was serialized across several issues. This record provides links to each installment. Most of the links are from the publisher's official online repository, although two parts were only available on the HathiTrust online depository.
In: Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography, volumes 42 (p. 1-28, 127-140, 235-258, & 358-360) & 43 (p. 84-90 and 182-190).
Summary
The author writes about the " Kings Highway ", the first road from Philadelphia to the Lancaster area, and he then recounts the building of the Philadelphia to Lancaster Turnpike. The third part of his article describes the various taverns and points of interest along the Lancaster County portion of the Turnpike.
Subjects
Philadelphia and Lancaster Turnpike Road Company.
Roads - Pennsylvania.
Toll roads - Pennsylvania.
Phladelphia and Lancaster Turnpike Road.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Periodical Article
Call Number
905.748 HSP, vols. 42 & 43
Websites
https://journals.psu.edu/pmhb/article/view/27445/27201
https://journals.psu.edu/pmhb/article/view/27470/27226
https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015005340586&view=1up&seq=257
https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015005340586&view=1up&seq=382
https://journals.psu.edu/pmhb/article/view/27518/27274
https://journals.psu.edu/pmhb/article/view/27529/27285
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Resources and industries of the city of Lancaster, Lancaster County, Pa., with some account of its historical importance

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo19126
Author
Hensel, W. U.
Date of Publication
1887.
Call Number
381 L245r
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Responsibility
Compiled ... for the Lancaster Board of Trade.
Author
Hensel, W. U.
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
["Intelligencer" Printing Establishment]
Date of Publication
1887.
Physical Description
viii, 98, v, 70 p. plates, fold. map, fold. plan. 24 cm.
Subjects
Lancaster (Pa.) - Description and travel.
Additional Corporate Author
Lancaster (Pa.). Board of Trade.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Lancaster County
Call Number
381 L245r
Websites
https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=loc.ark:/13960/t72v2tc9x;view=1up;seq=7
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Major John Andre as a prisoner of war at Lancaster, Pa., 1775-6, with some account of a historic house and family

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo3958
Author
Hensel, W. U.
Date of Publication
1904.
Call Number
923.5 A555he
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a sketch by W.U. Hensel. Read before Donegal chapter, Daughters of the American Revolution, Lancaster, Pa., on April 13, 1904.
Author
Hensel, W. U.
Place of Publication
Lancaster
Publisher
Press of the New Era Printing Company,
Date of Publication
1904.
Physical Description
34 p. 2 pl. 24 cm.
Notes
"Reprinted from the New Era, Lancaster, Pa."
Subjects
Cope family.
Andre, John, - 1751-1780.
Lancaster (Pa.) - History.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
923.5 A555he
Websites
https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=loc.ark:/13960/t6h13fz9v&view=1up&seq=7
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The "Scotch-Irish" in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. Response to a toast at the anniversary dinner of the Scotch-Irish Society of Pennsylvania, Bellevue-Stratford Hotel, Philadelphia, February 21, A.D. 1905

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo5840
Author
Hensel, W. U.
Date of Publication
1905?]
Call Number
325.241 H526 Oversize
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Responsibility
By W. U. Hensel.
Author
Hensel, W. U.
Place of Publication
[Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
New Era Printing Co.,
Date of Publication
1905?]
Physical Description
24 p. ; 25 cm.
Notes
From the proceedings of the Society.
This is a reworking of LCHS Journal article, v.9, p. 246.
Subjects
Scotch-Irish in Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
Additional Corporate Author
Scotch-Irish Society of Pennsylvania.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Lancaster County
Call Number
325.241 H526 Oversize
Websites
https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=coo.31924101406175;view=1up;seq=5
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