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Guide to the records of Philadelphia Yearly Meeting

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Corporate Author
Philadelphia Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends. Records Committee.
Date of Publication
1989.
Call Number
289.6 E19
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Responsibility
compiled by Jack Eckert.
Corporate Author
Philadelphia Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends. Records Committee.
Place of Publication
[S.l
Publisher
s.n.],
Date of Publication
1989.
Physical Description
xix, 288 p. ; 28 cm.
Notes
"Haverford College, Records Committee of Philadelphia Yearly Meeting, Swarthmore College."
"This guide to the records in the Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College and the Quaker Collection of Haverford College lists the minutes ... and other types of records"--P. v.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 265-268) and index.
Summary
Guide to the records of the Society of Friends from the beginings of the Quaker settlement in the Delaware River Valley in 1676 to present held in the Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College and the Quaker Collection of Haverford College.
Subjects
Philadelphia Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends. - Records Committee - Manuscripts - Microform catalogs.
Philadelphia Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends. - Records Committee - History - Sources - Bibliography - Microform catalogs.
Haverford College. - Quaker Collection - Microform catalogs.
Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College - Microform catalogs.
Manuscripts - Pennsylvania
Manuscripts on microfilm
Catalogs, Union - Pennsylvania.
Additional Author
Eckert, Jack,
Additional Corporate Author
Haverford College. Quaker Collection.
Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
289.6 E19
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Unveiling of the tablet commemorating the bicentennial of the James Wright house and the Sesquicentennial of the Borough of Columbia, Pennsylvania

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Author
Hiestand, Elizabeth F. G.
Date of Publication
1938
James Wright home" on Sunday, September 25, 1938, when the Lancaster County Historical Society unveiled a bronze tablet placed on the wall of this old stone mansion during the Sesquicentennial of Columbia, This tablet was designed and worded by Dr, Herbert H, Beck, president of the Lancaster County
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Responsibility
by Elizabeth F. G. Hiestand.
Author
Hiestand, Elizabeth F. G.
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Lancaster County Historical Society,
Date of Publication
1938
Physical Description
[125]-137 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Series
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 42, no. 5
Subjects
Wright, James.
Wright, John, - 1667-1749.
Lancaster County Historical Society (Pa.)
Historical markers - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
Columbia (Pa.) - Buildings, structures, etc.
Columbia (Pa.) - Centennial celebrations, etc.
Contained In
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 42, number 5 (1938), p. 125-137Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.42
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The British Cicero ; or, A selection of the most admired speeches in the English language : arranged under three distinct heads of popular, parliamentary, and judicial oratory: with historical illustrations ; to which is prefixed, An introduction to the study and practice of eloquence

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Date of Publication
1810
Call Number
Book 330 1810
Book 612 1810
Book 613 1810
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Alternate Title
British Cicero
Selection of the most admired speeches in the English language
Responsibility
by Thomas Browne, LL. D. ... in three volumes.
Place of Publication
Philadelphia
Publisher
Printed for and published by Birch and Small,
Date of Publication
1810
Physical Description
3 volumes ; 22 cm
Notes
LCHS volume 1(Book 330); volumes 2 & 3 Books 612 and 613.
Jasper Yeates's Colonial Law Library.
Yeates's signature at top of title page.
Book numbers 330, 612, and 613 assigned by Yeates.
Subjects
Speeches, addresses, etc., English.
Political oratory - Great Britain
Political oratory.
Great Britain.
Oratory.
Full leather (Binding)
Gilt title on maroon spine label (Binding)
Additional Author
Browne, Thomas,
Yeates, Jasper,
Location
Lancaster History Library - Yeates Collection
Call Number
Book 330 1810
Book 612 1810
Book 613 1810
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James Buchanan papers at Historical Society of Pennsylvania

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Author
Buchanan, James,
Date of Publication
1974]
Call Number
Drawer 17 sec. 2-5
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Author
Buchanan, James,
Place of Publication
[Philadelphia
Publisher
Historical Society of Pennsylvania,
Date of Publication
1974]
Physical Description
60 reels 35mm.
Notes
Microfilm of ms. collection.
Use with Guide to the Microfilm edition of the James Buchanan Papers of the Historical Society of Pennsylvania 923.173 B918g.
Subjects
Buchanan, James, - 1791-1868 - Manuscripts
Historical Society of Pennsylvania.
Additional Author
West, Lucy Fisher,
Additional Corporate Author
Historical Society of Pennsylvania.
United States. National Historical Publications Commission.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Microfilm
Call Number
Drawer 17 sec. 2-5
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Sadsbury Friends Monthly Meeting [1733-1926] [on six reels]

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Corporate Author
Sadsbury Friends Monthly Meeting, Lancaster Co. Pa.
Call Number
Drawer 2, sec. 1: #214-219
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Sadsbury Friends Monthly Meeting, Lancaster Co. Pa.
Physical Description
6 reels, 35 mm.
Notes
Labeled # 214 - # 219.
Records are for both Hicksite and Orthodox meeting.
Reel 214 (Hicksite) births, deaths, marriages 1733-1903, minutes 1737-1783 -- -
Reel 215 (Hicksite) minutes 1763-1882, removals 1764-1828 --
Reel 216 (Hicksite) minutes 1882-1925, Womens minutes 1777-1791, 1806-1880 --
Reel 217 (Orthodox) minutes 1737-1752 and 1828-1907
Reel 218 (Orthodox) women's minutes 1828-1904, births, deaths, marriages 1759-1902 --
-Reel 219 (Orthodox) marriages, births, deaths 1733-1830 and Sadsbury Friends preparative meeting (Orthodox) minutes 1828-1950, joint minutes 1891-1925.
Rineer's "Churches and Cemeteries of Lancaster County" page 381, # 1.
Subjects
Sadsbury Preparative Meeting (Society of Friends : Orthodox)
Sadsbury Monthly Meeting (Society of Friends : Orthodox)
Sadsbury Monthly Meeting (Society of Friends : Hicksite)
Registers of births, etc. - Pennsylvania - Sadsbury Township
Church records and registers - Pennsylvania - Sadsbury Township
Society of Friends - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County
Sadsbury (Lancaster County, Pa. : Township) - Genealogy.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Microfilm
Call Number
Drawer 2, sec. 1: #214-219
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Germantown and the Germans : an exhibition of books, manuscripts, prints, and photographs from the collections of the Library Company of Philadelphia and the Historical Society of Pennsylvania, October 1983 to January 1984

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Corporate Author
Library Company of Philadelphia.
Date of Publication
1983.
Call Number
745 G373
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Corporate Author
Library Company of Philadelphia.
Place of Publication
Philadelphia
Publisher
[The Library : The Society],
Date of Publication
1983.
Physical Description
120 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Subjects
Library Company of Philadelphia - Exhibitions.
Historical Society of Pennsylvania - Exhibitions.
German Americans - Pennsylvania - Philadelphia
Printing
Germantown (Philadelphia, Pa.) - History - Sources - Exhibitions.
Philadelphia (Pa.) - History - Sources - Exhibitions.
Additional Corporate Author
Historical Society of Pennsylvania.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
745 G373
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Report of the committee having in charge the marking of the site of the Postlethwaite Tavern where the first Courts of Justice in Lancaster County were held

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Date of Publication
1915
on behalf of the Lancaster County Historical Society present to this community and to this county the handsome monu- ment here erected to commemorate the momentous event that happened here one hundred and eighty-six years ago. This boulder, hewn from the rocks upon which these hills and slopes have
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Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Lancaster County Historical Society,
Date of Publication
1915
Physical Description
219-301 : ill. ; 23 cm.
Series
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 19, no. 8
Subjects
Postlethwaite, John.
Postlethwaite Tavern (Conestoga Township, Pa.)
Courts - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County
Speeches, addresses, etc., American.
Courthouses - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County
Dedication services.
Lancaster County (Pa.) - History.
Contained In
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 19, number 8 (1915), p. 219-301Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.19
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Index to the bulletins & sketches of the Historical Society of Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, from 1895-1985

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Date of Publication
[1991]
Call Number
974.812 HSMC Index
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Place of Publication
Norristown, PA
Publisher
The Society,
Date of Publication
[1991]
Physical Description
i, 219 p. ; 28 cm.
Notes
Cover title.
"March 1991."
Subjects
Historical Society of Montgomery County (Pa.). - Indexes.
Historical Society of Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, Norristown. - Indexes.
Montgomery County (Pa.) - History - Periodicals - Indexes.
Additional Corporate Author
Historical Society of Montgomery County.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
974.812 HSMC Index
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The unveiling of the tablet commemorating the joint sesqui-centennial of the Constitution of the United States and Franklin College

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Author
Barnes, Horace Richards.
Date of Publication
1937
institution in a reconstructed brew house you have provided the most fitting capstone to the whole structure in the erection of this beautiful library. The community therefore extends its felicitation and well wishes to you person- alIy. "Therefore, Dr. Fackenthal, the Lancaster County Historical Society, a
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Responsibility
by Dr. Horace R. Barnes.
Author
Barnes, Horace Richards.
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Lancaster County Historical Society,
Date of Publication
1937
Physical Description
[173]-181 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Series
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 41, no. 7
Subjects
Franklin and Marshall College - Centennial celebrations, etc.
Lancaster County Historical Society (Pa.)
United States. - Centennial celebrations, etc.
Historical markers - Pennsylvania - Lancaster.
Contained In
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 41, number 6 (1937), p. 173-181Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.41
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Three hundred years of Quakerism at Birmingham, 1690-1990

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Date of Publication
1990.
Call Number
974.813 T531
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Place of Publication
West Chester, Pa
Publisher
Birmingham Monthly Meeting,
Date of Publication
1990.
Physical Description
164 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Notes
Contains numerous appendices with marriages and membership lists.
Subjects
Society of Friends. - Birmingham, Pa.
Registers of births, etc. - Pennsylvania - Chester County.
Quakers - Pennsylvania - Chester County.
Society of Friends - Pennsylvania - Chester County.
Additional Corporate Author
Society of Friends. Birmingham Monthly Meeting (Chester Co., Pa.)
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
974.813 T531
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