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Slaymaker papers 1752-1928

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Call Number: Drawer 1, sec. 1: #20-27

Notes: Reel 23: "1/2 through John R. [??????] letters"; Reel 24: "Part #2 of Reel #1"; Reel 26: "Slaymaker Papers "Society for Promotion of Industry & Prevention of Pauperism in Lancaster County"; Reel 27: "Splicing error at beginning. Should be at end. Ephrata Springs. S.C. Slaymaker Diaries 1831-1894. Honduras [????] Diary. Rebecca[?] Slaymaker. Normal School. House of Representatives 1856-1861"; "Originals on loan from Samuel R. Slaymaker, II"

Subjects: Railroads - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.; Wills - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.; Court records - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.; Family records.; Deeds - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.; Business records - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.; Letters; Lancaster County (Pa.) - Personal narratives - 1831-1894.; Diaries.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Microfilm

Call Number: Drawer 1, sec. 1: #20-27

Love letters : an intinate look at love in Lancaster ; an exhibition at the Lancaster County Historical Society December 2004 - March 2005

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Author: Tennies, Heather Suzanne.

Date of Publication: 2004.

Responsibility: by Heather Suzanne Tennies.

Author: Tennies, Heather Suzanne.

Place of Publication: Lancaster, Pa

Publisher: Lancaster County Historical Society,

Date of Publication: 2004.

Physical Description: p. 106 - 143.

Notes: In: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society, v. 106, no. 3 (Winter 2005).; The photographs and letters of the exhibition are described and shown.

Subjects: Lancaster County Historical Society - Exhibitions.; Love letters - Lancaster County

Contained In: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 106, number 3 (2004), p. 106-143Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.106 no. 3

Items from letters : (relating to early events in Lancaster, Pa.)

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Date of Publication: 1923

II. ITEMS FROM LETTERS (Relating to Early Events in Lancaster, Pa.) Made by Dr. John W. Jordan 1774 Nov. 24 Wm. Henry is getting better but very slowly. He dare not go out yet. There are many sick in the town. 1775 Jan'y 19 Early in the month Tobias Riem died, and shortly before three died in the

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Responsibility: made by Dr. John W. Jordan.

Place of Publication: Lancaster, Pa

Publisher: Lancaster County Historical Society,

Date of Publication: 1923

Physical Description: 96-97 p. ; 23 cm.

Series: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 27, no. 5

Subjects: Letters.; Lancaster (Pa.) - History - 18th century.

Contained In: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 27, number 5 (1923), p. 96-97Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.27

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A surgeon's duty : The World War II memoir of John L. Farmer, M.D

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Author: Farmer, Andrew H.

Date of Publication: 20 cm.

Call Number: 940.5481 F233

Responsibility: by Andrew H. Farmer.

Author: Farmer, Andrew H.

Place of Publication: [s.n

Publisher: s.l.]

Date of Publication: 20 cm.

Physical Description: vii, 155 p. : ill. ; 28 cm.

Notes: Bibliography : p.151-155.

Summary: "In the 50 days that followed the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor, John L. Farmer put his civilian surgical practice on hold to join a hastily organized U.S. Army evacuation hospital that was one of the first medical units to go overseas. Letters and diaries written during the three and a half years Farmer was in the Pacific record his experiences from the hectic days assembling the hospital in early 1942 through the campaign to retake the Philippines in 1945." [from Amazon.com]

Subjects: World War, 1939-1945 - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County; Letters.; United States - History - World War, 1939-1945 - Personal narratives.

Additional Author: Farmer, John Lawrence

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 940.5481 F233

Amazing Grace / letters to the editor

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Author: Behrens, Grace E. ,

Date of Publication: 2002.

Call Number: 809.6 B421

Responsibility: by Grace E. Behrens.

Author: Behrens, Grace E. ,

Place of Publication: [Lancaster, Pa.]

Publisher: Unitarian Universalist Church of Lancaster, Pa. :

Date of Publication: 2002.

Physical Description: 96 p. : cover ill. ; 22 cm.

Notes: Includes letters about Grace Behrens by other letter writers John W.W. Loose, Jeannet Pitz, John Fry, Ralph Lindsay and G. Denlinger Cox.; The letters of Grace E. Behrens found in this book were previously published all or in part by Lancaster Newspapers, Inc.

Subjects: Behrens, Grace E.; Letters to the editor - Pennsylvania - Lancaster .

Additional Author: Jackson, Paula E.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Lancaster County

Call Number: 809.6 B421

Lancaster County : the red rose of Pennsylvania

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Author: Loose, John Ward Willson.

Date of Publication: 1994.

Call Number: 974.815 LACO L863L; 974.815 LACO L863La

Responsibility: John Ward Willson Loose ; "Partners in Progress" by Gary G. Martin and Donald L. Collins.

ISBN: 1884166032 :

Author: Loose, John Ward Willson.

Place of Publication: Canoga Park, CA

Publisher: CCA Publications,

Date of Publication: 1994.

Physical Description: [6], 158 p.: ill., some col. ; 29 cm.

Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.

Subjects: Chamber of Commerce (Lancaster, Pa.).; Lancaster County Historical Society (Lancaster, Pa.).; Lancasater Malleable Castings, Co. (Lancaster, Pa.).; J. Walter Miller Company (Lancaster, Pa.).; Raub Supply Company (Lancaster, Pa.).; Alumax Mill Products (Lancaster, Pa.).; High Industries, Inc. (Lancaster, Pa.).; Federal-Mogul Corporation (Lancaster, Pa.).; Serta Mattress Company (Lancaster, Pa.).; Cassey Engineering (Salunga, Pa.).; Lancaster Labratories (Lancaster, Pa.).; Ford New Holland (New Holland, Pa.).; Liberty Sign and Can Company (Lancastaear, Pa.).; J. L. Clark, Inc. (Lancaster, Pa.).; Simon Ladder Towers, Inc. (Leola, Pa.).; Lancaster Paint and Glass (Lancaster, Pa. ).; Wickersham Construction and Engineering, Inc. (Lancaster, Pa.).; SICO Company (Mt. Joy, Pa.).; Denver and Ephrata Telephone and Telegraph Company (Pa.).; Bank of Lancaster County (Pa.).; Fulton Bank (Lancaster, Pa).; CoreStates Hamilton Bank (Lancaster, Pa.); Dauphin Deposit Bank (Pa.); Ross, Buehler, Falk and Company (Pa.).; Community Hospital (Lancaster, Pa.).; Lancaster General Hospital (Lancaster, Pa.).; St. Joseph Hospital (Lancaster, Pa.); Corporate Healthcare Strategies, Inc. (Pa.); Warner-Lambert Company (Pa.).; Lancasater Bible College (Lancaster, Pa.).; Franklin & Marshall College (Lancaster, Pa.).; Acorn Press (Pa.).; Lancaster Newspapers (Lancaster, Pa.).; John Cope's Food Products (Pa.).; Dutch Gold Honey (Pa.).; Kellogg Company (Pa.).; Stauffers of Kissel Hill (Pa.).; Hammond Pretzel Bakery (Lancaster, Pa.).; Zimmerman Foods (Pa.).; Turkey Hill Dairy (Pa.).; Wilbur Chocolate Company (Lititz, Pa.); Groff's Farm Restaurant (Pa.).; Hotel Brunswick (Lancaster, Pa.).; Eden Resort Inn (Lancaster, Pa.).; Bulova Technologies (Lancaster, Pa.); Business enterprises - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.; Industries - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.; Lancaster County (Pa.) - History.; Lancaster County (Pa.) - Description and travel.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Reference; Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 974.815 LACO L863L; 974.815 LACO L863La

Drumore Quakers' Precious Habitation : A 200-year History of Drumore Friends Meetinghouse and Cemetery

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Author: Miller, D. Douglas.

Date of Publication: 2016.

Call Number: 289.6 M647

Responsibility: by D. Douglas Miller..

ISBN: 9781514473665; 1514473666

Author: Miller, D. Douglas.

Publisher: Xlibris Corp

Date of Publication: 2016.

Physical Description: 260p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

Subjects: Smedley, R. C.; Wright, Willilam.; Gibbons, Hanna.; Gibbons, Daniel.; Whitson, Thomas.; Coates, Lindley.; Rakestraw, William.; Sadsbury Friends Meeting - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County - History.; Hood, Caleb.; Bushong, Henry.; Russell, John Neal.; Wood Day.; Brown, Jeremiah.; Haines, Timoghy.; Brown, William.; Lewis, Elijah.; Scarlett, Joseph.; Jackson, James.; Hanway, Castner.; Smith, Joseph.; Lamborn, George S.; Columbia Friends Meeting - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County - History.; Lampeter Friends Meeting - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County - History.; Lancaster Friends Meeting - Pennsylvania - Lancaster - History.; Bart Friends Meeting - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County - History.; Lancaster Friends Meeting #2 - Pennsylvania - Lancaster - History..; Penn Hill (Little Britain) Friends - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County - History.; Eastland Friends Meeting - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County - History.; Drumore Friends Meeting - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County - History.; East Britain Friends Meeting (Ashville Meetinghouse) - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County - History.; Ballance Friends Meeting (Orthodox/Wilburite) - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County - History.; Church records and registers - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.; Quakers - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.; Society of Friends - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.; Cemeteries - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.; Slavery and the church; Antislavery movements; Underground railroad.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Lancaster County

Call Number: 289.6 M647

Churches of today and yesterday in southern Lancaster County

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Date of Publication: 1968]

Call Number: 200 D921

Responsibility: Raymond L. Dunlap, editor, assisted by George E. Herbert [and] Richard G. Yates, Sr.

Place of Publication: [Lancaster? Pa

Publisher: Fellowship of Solanco Churches

Date of Publication: 1968]

Physical Description: xvii, 204 p. illus., port. 24 cm.

Notes: Bibliography: p. 192.; African American resources at Lancaster County Historical Society

Subjects: Church buildings - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.; Amish - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County; Baptist Church - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County; Brethren Church - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County; Church of God - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County; Lutheran Church - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County; Mennonite Church - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County; United Methodist Church - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County; Presbyterian Church - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County; Roman Catholic Church - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County; Episcopal Church - Pennyslvania - Lancaster County; African Methodist Episcopal Church - Lancaster County; Independent Churches - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County; Lancaster County (Pa.) - History.

Additional Author: Dunlap, Raymond L.,; Herbert, George E.,; Yates, Richard G.,

Location: Lancaster History Library - Lancaster County

Call Number: 200 D921

Lancaster County Papers

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Date of Publication: 1854-1922.

Call Number: 974.815 LACO L245i

Date of Publication: 1854-1922.

Physical Description: 2 vol. : ill. ; 23 cm.

Notes: A series of pamphlets bound together.

Contents: Vol 1: Father Ferdinand Farmer, an apostolic missionary in three states by John F. Quirk--A discourse, delivered in the Leacock Presbyterian Church, Lancaster County, Pa., on Thanksgiving Day, November 23, 1854 by P.J. Timlow--A discourse delivered in the Leacock Presbyterian Church, July 21st, 1892 by P.J. Timlow--Christ Lutheran Church, Lancaster, Pa.--Report of the commissioners appointed to examine the affairs of the Lancaster Savings Institution.; Vol.2: Resources and industries of the City of Lancaster, Lancaster County, Pa.--Historical sketch of St. Anthony's Church, Lancaster, Penna., 1870-1895 by Anthony F. Dorley--A discourse delivered in the Leacock Presbyterian Church, Lancaster County, Pa., on Thanksgiving Day, November 23, 1854--A discourse delivered in the Leacock Presbyterian Church, July 21st, 1892 by P.J. Timlow--Historical sketch of Zion's Reformed Church [Millersville] by D.H. Landis.

Subjects: Timlow, P.J.; St. Anthony's Church (Lancaster, Pa.) - History.; Christ Lutheran Church (Lancaster, Pa.) - History.; Lancaster Savings Institution - Report.; Leacock Presbyterian Church (Lancaste County, Pa.) - History.; Sacred Heart Academy (Lancaster, Pa.) - History.; St. Anthony's Parochial School (Lancaster, Pa.) - History.; Presbyterian Church (Lancaste County, Pa.); Reformed Church (Lancaster County, Pa.); Roman Catholic Church (Lancaster County, Pa.); Lutheran Church (Lancaster County, Pa.); Millersville (Pa.) - History.; Lancaster (Pa.) - Directories.; Lancaster County (Pa.) - Genealogy.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 974.815 LACO L245i

Grave undertakings : gravestone inscriptions of Old Warwick Township in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania

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Author: Xakellis, Martha J.

Date of Publication: c1989-

Call Number: 310.35 X1

Responsibility: by Martha J. Xakellis.

ISBN: 155856019X (v. 1); 1558561226 (v. 2); 1558562044 (v. 3)

Author: Xakellis, Martha J.

Place of Publication: Apollo, PA

Publisher: Closson Press,

Date of Publication: c1989-

Physical Description: v. <1-4 > : ill. ; 28 cm.

Contents: v. 1. Elizabeth Township -- v. 2. Warwick Township -- v. 3. Clay township -- v.4. Penn Township -- v. 5. Lititz Borough.

Subjects: Registers of births, etc. - Pennsylvania - Warwick (Lancaster County : Township); Registers of births, etc. - Pennsylvania - Elizabeth (Lancaster County : Township); Cemeteries - Pennsylvania - Warwick (Lancaster County : Township); Cemeteries - Pennsylvania - Elizabeth (Lancaster County : Township); Inscriptions - Pennsylvania - Warwick (Lancaster County : Township); Inscriptions - Pennsylvania - Elizabeth (Lancaster County : Township); Registers of births, etc. - Pennyslania; Cemeteries - Pennsylvania - Lititz.; Warwick (Lancaster County, Pa. : Township) - Genealogy.; Elizabeth (Lancaster County, Pa. : Township) - Genealogy.; Clay (Lancaster County, Pa. : Township) - Genealogy.; Lititz (Pa.) - Genealogy.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Reference

Call Number: 310.35 X1

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