Earliest view of Lancaster County -- Second Courthouse by Latrobe -- Penn Square from South Queen Street -- Massacre by the Paxtang Boys -- Lancaster as seen from the Southwest -- Eichholtz' view of the Conestoga -- Lancaster's first water works -- Old City Mill -- David McNeely Stauffer -- Early industry in Lancaster -- Lancaster's first railroad station -- Witmer's Bridge -- View of Lancaster from prison tower -- Mystery in Samuel Sloan's history -- Ephrata Cloister -- Ephrata Mountain Springs Hotel -- Howard Pyle and the Cloister -- Lititz -- Battle artist at Linden Hall -- Jacob Stauffer, unsung artist -- The Susquehanna's influence -- The Haldeman/Darwin connection -- Wright's Ferry -- A Russian's view of U.S. in 1812 -- Columbia's bridges -- Lloyd Mifflin -- Safe Harbor's forgotten past -- Robert Fulton's birthplace -- Educational buildings -- Harry M. Book -- Paul W. Brubaker -- David Brumbach -- Hattie Brunner -- Charles X. Carlson -- William Early -- Hubert J. FitzGerald -- Josephine K. Foltz -- Delores Hackenberger -- Joanne W. Hensel -- Mike Heberlein -- Dick Hess -- Laura Huyett -- Charles I. Kent -- Constantine J. Kermes -- Margaret G. Lestz -- Robert M. Libhart -- Robert Lyon -- Emmett Murphy -- Warren Rohrer -- John Sheppard -- Grace T. Steinmetz --Florence Taylor -- Myrtle Tremblay -- Barbara Whipple.
1st series. Statesmen, military officers, journalists, educators, and prominent persons recently deceased. 1888.--2d series. State officials, judges, lawyers, physicians, artists, etc. 1889.--3d series. Financiers, railroad officials, merchants, manufacturers, inventors, publishers, and other practical men of affairs. 1890.
The United States album embellished with the arms of each state and other appropriate engravings, containing the autographs of the President and Cabinet, Twenty-eighth Congress, Supreme Court, ministers, and other officers of government
[52] blank leaves, [63] leaves of plates (part col.) : coats of arms, facsims., col. ports. ; 26 cm.
Notes
"One hundred pages of the finest writing paper are attached, intended for the insertion of the signatures of the governors, heads of departments, and members of the legislatures of each state..." Cf. Preface.
Includes text of the Constitution of the United States.
