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The awakening and the early progress of the Pequea, Conestoga and other Susquehanna Valley settlements : as shown by official letters, etc., of the time

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Author
Landis, David M.
Date of Publication
1921.
a warrant dated Dec. 25, 1701 was signed for the same. 1710 In the Taylor Papers, under date of Oct. 16, 1710, there is the original order to survey 10000 acres of land on Pequea Creek to Rudolph Bundely and others, on the authority of a warrant dated Oct. 8, same year, which is therein recited. The
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by David M. Landis.
Author
Landis, David M.
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Lancaster County Historical Society,
Date of Publication
1921.
Physical Description
5-16 p. ; 23 cm.
Series
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 25, no. 1
Subjects
Land settlement - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
Taylor papers.
Lancaster County (Pa.) - History - 17th century.
Contained In
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 25, number 1 (1921), p. 5-16Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.25
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Forgotten abolitionist : John A.J. Creswell of Maryland

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Author
Osborne, John Morton,
Date of Publication
2015.
[2016]
©2015
Call Number
923.2 C923
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John M. Osborne and Christine Bombaro ; foreword by Matthew Pinsker.
ISBN
9780996932103
0996932100
Author
Osborne, John Morton,
Place of Publication
Carlisle, PA
Publisher
House Divided Project at Dickinson College,
Dickinson College Print Center,
Date of Publication
2015.
[2016]
©2015
Physical Description
iv, 60 pages : illustrations, portraits ; 26 cm
Notes
Unique, locally printed version; varies slightly in pagination and layout from the online version.
Includes bibliographical references.
Summary
"This gripping biography from historians John Osborne and Christine Bombaro captures the story of an unlikely political hero who helped destroy American slavery. John A.J. Creswell was a son of the slaveholding South, a native of Maryland who attended Dickinson College in Pennsylvania in the 1840s. Creswell then became a leading Maryland Democrat and conservative businessman before the war. He did not speak out against the peculiar institution until deep into the secession conflict and then only under the pressure of wartime necessity. Yet he became one of the most pivotal abolitionists in the country. In 1864, Creswell helped secure passage of an antislavery constitution in Maryland, the first (and only) popular vote for abolition in any U.S. state. He also led off the final congressional debates for the Thirteenth Amendment in January 1865, with an eloquent address that showcased the changing times. Nor did Creswell stop with this newfound embrace of freedom. After the war, the Marylander also became an unlikely advocate for equality of opportunity. While serving as a Postmaster General during the Grant Administration, Creswell helped to integrate and modernize the federal post office system. Ultimately, John A.J. Creswell proved to be one of the more important American politicians of the nineteenth century, because he embraced the future in ways that many of his contemporaries simply never could."
Subjects
Creswell, John A. J., - 1828-1891.
Abolitionists - United States - Biography.
Postmasters general - United States - Biography.
Antislavery movements - United States.
Abolitionists.
Antislavery movements.
Postmasters general.
United States.
Biographies.
Biography.
Additional Author
Bombaro, Christine,
Pinsker, Matthew,
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
923.2 C923
Websites
https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/585258
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The Lancaster barracks : where the British and Hessian prisoners were detained during the Revolution

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Author
Sener, Samuel Miller,
Date of Publication
1895.
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by Samuel M. Sener.
Author
Sener, Samuel Miller,
Place of Publication
Harrisburg, Pa
Publisher
Harrisburg Pub. Co.,
Date of Publication
1895.
Physical Description
20 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
Notes
"Reprinted from Notes and queries, Harrisburg daily telegraph."
"Rolls of prisoners": p. 14-20.
Bound with other pamphlets by the author: The Catholic Church at Lancaster, Penn'a (1894, 52 p.) -- Historical sketch of the ancient parish of St. Mary's, Lancaster, Pa. (n. d., 12 p) -- Additional historical notes in reference to St. Mary's at Lancaster (n. d., 5 p.) -- Some Lancaster Catholics, adn other historical notes (n.d ., 6 p.) -- Very Rev. Bernard Keenan, V. G. Sketch of one of the pioneer priest's [sic] of Pennsylvania (n. d. 10 p.) -- The Acadians in Lancaster County, Paper read before Lancaster County Historical Society, September 4, 1896 (1896, 8 p.) -- Simon S. Rathvon, Ph.D: Lancaster's oldest living devotee of science (n. d. 8 p.) -- Old time heroes of the War of the Revolution and War of 182-14 (1895, 11 p.) -- The Lancaster barracks where the British and Hesian prisoners were detained during the Revolution (1895, 20 p.
Subjects
Lancaster (Pa.) - History - Revolution, 1775-1783.
United States - History - Revolution, 1775-1783 - Prisoners and prisons.
 United States  - History y Revolution, 1775-1783 x Participation, German.
United States - History - Revolution, 1775-1783 - Registers.
Contained In
Sketches by Samuel M. SenerLancaster History Library - Lancaster County282 S475
Websites
https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=njp.32101072318270;view=1up;seq=3
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Studies in neotropical ornithology honoring Ted Parker

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Author
Bancroft, G. Thomas.
Date of Publication
1997.
Call Number
598.2 B213
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Neotropical ornithology
Responsibility
edited by J.V. Remsen, Jr.
ISBN
0935868933
9780935868937
Author
Bancroft, G. Thomas.
Place of Publication
Washington, D.C
Publisher
American Ornithologists' Union,
Date of Publication
1997.
Physical Description
xiv, 918 pages : illustrations (some color), maps ; 27 cm.
Series
Ornithological monographs ; no. 48
Notes
Includes bibliographical references.
Subjects
Parker, Theodore A.
Birds - Latin America.
Passeriformes - Latin America.
Ornithology - Latin America.
Birds - Tropics.
Passeriformes - Tropics.
Ornithology - Tropics.
Birds
Passeriformes
Additional Author
Remsen, James Vanderbeek.
Parker, Theodore A.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
598.2 B213
Websites
http://www.arlis.org/docs/vol1/38210264.pdf
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In this place--Manheim 1866 : 2 diaries and a local newspaper

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Author
Kendig, John D.
Date of Publication
1980.
Call Number
905.748 PDF v.29, no.2
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Author
Kendig, John D.
Date of Publication
1980.
Physical Description
56-71 p.
Notes
In: Pennsylvania Folklife, v.29, no. 2, Fall 1979--Summer 1980.
Summary
Include diaries of two Manheim residents: Harriet Arndt and Benjamin Hershey
Subjects
Hershey, Benjamin H.
Arndt, Harriet A.
Germans in Pennsylvania
Manheim (Pa.) - History.
Manheim (Pa.) - Social life and customs - Personal narratives.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Periodical Article
Call Number
905.748 PDF v.29, no.2
Websites
https://digitalcommons.ursinus.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?referer=https://www.google.com/&httpsredir=1&article=1086&context=pafolklifemag
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African American lives

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Edition
Widescreen format.
Date of Publication
[2006]
Call Number
929.373 A258 DVD
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a film by Kunhardt Productions ; executive producers, Henry Louis Gates, Jr., William R. Grant, Peter W. Kunhardt ; written by Henry Louis Gates. Jr. ; series producers, Graham Judd, Leslie D. Farrell ; a production of Kunhardt Productions, Inc. and Thirteen/ WNET New York.
ISBN
1415716943
Edition
Widescreen format.
Place of Publication
[Alexandria, Va.] : Hollywood, Calif
Publisher
PBS Home Video ; distributed by Paramount Home Entertainment,
Date of Publication
[2006]
Physical Description
1 videodisc (ca. 240 min.) : sd., col. and b&w ; 4 3/4 in.
Notes
Originally broadcast as a four-part television series in 2006.
Host: Henry Louis Gates, Jr.; features Oprah Winfrey, Chris Tucker, Quincy Jones, Sara-Lawrence-Lightfoot, Mae Jemison, T.D. Jakes, Ben Carson, Whoopi Goldberg.
Contents
Listening to our past / producer and director, Jesse Sweet; editors, Eric Davis, Michael Weingrad -- The promise of freedom / producer and director, Leslie Asako Gladsjo ; editors, Joanna Kiernan, Geeta Gandbhr -- Searching for our names / producer and director, Leslie D. Farrell; editors, Merril Stern, Kathryn Moore -- Beyond the middle passage / producer and director, Graham Judd; editors, Kate Hirson, Stefan Knerrich.
Summary
A compelling combination of storytelling and science, this series uses genealogy, oral histories, family stories and DNA to trace roots of several accomplished African Americans down through American history and back to Africa.
Subjects
African Americans
African American families
DNA fingerprinting.
Documentary television programs.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Documentary - Feature.
Additional Author
Gates, Henry Louis.
Grant, William
Kunhardt, Peter W.
Judd, Graham.
Farrell, Leslie D.
Sweet, Jesse.
Gladsjo, Leslie Asako.
Winfrey, Oprah.
Tucker, Chris,
Jones, Quincy,
Lawrence-Lightfoot, Sara,
Jemison, Mae,
Jakes, T. D.
Carson, Ben.
Goldberg, Whoopi,
Additional Corporate Author
Kunhardt Productions.
WNET (Television station : New York, N.Y.)
PBS Home Video.
Paramount Home Entertainment (Firm)
Location
Lancaster History Library - Media
Call Number
929.373 A258 DVD
Websites
http://www.pbs.org/wnet/aalives/about.html
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