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The trial in ejectment between Campbell Craig, lessee of James Annesley, Esq., and others, plaintiffs and the Right Honourable Richard, Earl of Anglesey, defendant : before the barons of His Majesty's Court of Exchequer in Ireland : begun on Friday, November 11th, 1743 and continued by several adjournments to Friday, the 25th of the said month : containing, the evidence at large as delivered by the witnesses, with all the speeches and arguments of the judges and of the counsel

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Author
Craig, Campbell.
Date of Publication
1744.
Call Number
Book 87 1744
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Responsibility
taken in short-hand by Mr. John Lodge, and corrected and revised by themselves ; published by the permission of the Right Hon. the Lord Chief Baron Bowes, the Hon. Mr. Baron Mountney [sic], and the Hon. Mr. Baron Dawson.
Author
Craig, Campbell.
Place of Publication
Dublin
Publisher
Printed for John Smith ... and Abraham Bradley ...,
Date of Publication
1744.
Physical Description
377, [3] p. ; 32 cm. (fol.)
Notes
" ... the plaintiff's title is brought to a single question, whether the lessor, Mr. James Annesley be the legitimate issue of Arthur, late Lord Altham ... ": p. 359.
Signatures: [A]² B-L² "M[N]"² O-4R² "[4R]"² 4S-5C².
Jasper Yeates's Colonial Law Library.
Yeates signature at top of title page
Book number 87 as assigned by Yeates.
ESTC (RLIN)
Subjects
Craig, Campbell
Anglesey, Richard Annesley, - Earl of, - 1694-1761
Annesley, James, - 1715-1760
Craig, Campbell.
Ejectment - Ireland.
Illegitimacy - Ireland.
Ejectment.
Illegitimacy.
Ireland.
Trials, litigation, etc.
Additional Author
Anglesey, Richard Annesley,
Annesley, James,
Lodge, John,
Yeates, Jasper, 1745-1817,
Additional Corporate Author
Ireland. Court of Exchequer.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Yeates Collection
Call Number
Book 87 1744
Websites
https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=nyp.33433022987915;view=1up;seq=9
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An historical and geographical account of the province and country of Pensilvania in America : the richness of the soil, the sweetness of the situation ... the first planters, the Dutch, Sweeds, and English with the number of its inhabitants : as also a touch upon George Keith's new religion, in his second change since he left the Quakers : with a map

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Author
Thomas, Gabriel.
Edition
Enl. and repr.
Date of Publication
1938.
Call Number
974.801 T456
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Responsibility
by Gabriel Thomas ; edited, with copious notes, &c. by A. Monroe Aurand, Jr.
Author
Thomas, Gabriel.
Edition
Enl. and repr.
Place of Publication
Harrisburg, Pa
Publisher
Aurand Press,
Date of Publication
1938.
Physical Description
32 p. : map ; 23 cm.
Notes
Originally published: London : A. Baldwin, 1698. Reprinted at the Aurand Press, 1935.
Cover title: History of Pensilvania, published in London in 1698.
"Privately printed for the editor and his friends".
Filmed with: Good order established in Pennsylvania and New Jersey / by Thomas Budd. Cleveland : Burrows Co., 1902.
Subjects
Pennsylvania - Description and travel - Early works to 1800.
Pennsylvania - History - Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775 - Early works to 1800.
Additional Author
Aurand, A. Monroe
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
974.801 T456
Websites
https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=chi.18343867;view=1up;seq=9
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Alta California : embracing notices of the climate, soil, and agricultural products of northern Mexico and the Pacific seaboard : also, a history of the military and naval operations of the United States directed against the territories of northern Mexico, in the year 1846-'47 : with documents declaratory of the policy of the present administration of the national government in regard to the annexation of conquered territory to this union, and the opinion of the Hon. James Buchanan on the Wilmot Proviso, &c

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Author
Captain of volunteers.
Date of Publication
1847.
Call Number
979.4403 C254
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Responsibility
by a Captain of volunteers.
Author
Captain of volunteers.
Place of Publication
Philadelphia
Publisher
H. Packer & Co. ...,
Date of Publication
1847.
Physical Description
[2], 5-64 p. (first leaf blank) ; 25 cm.
Notes
This copy is a reproduction ISBN 0548410593.
Description of area: p. 9-12; history and documentation: p. 13-64.
Anti-annexation tract.
Summary
The 1847 publication briefly address climate soil and agriculture in Alta and Baja California in chapter I. The following eight chapters consist of communications from the U.S. Government consisting of instructions in the event Mexico declared war, justification of and motives for war, various reports to Washington, communications with Mexican officials in Alta California, accounts of the military operations in California, the articles of capitulation entered into at Rancho of Cowanga on January 13, 1847, all of which are interspersed with personal observations and comments by the author. The final chapter deals with the question of whether slavery would be allowed in California, the policy of the South and its motive for a slave market and emigrants to California and Northern Mexico [from California State University's Digital Commons]
Subjects
Buchanan, James, - 1791-1868.
Mexican War, 1846-1848.
California - Description and travel.
California - History - 1846-1850.
Mexico, North - Description and travel.
California - Annexation to the United States.
Place
United States Pennsylvania Philadelphia.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
979.4403 C254
Websites
https://archive.org/details/altcaliforniembr00strerich/page/n7/mode/2up
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Journal from Boston to the western country and down the Ohio and Mississippi rivers to New Orleans

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Author
Richardson, William,
Date of Publication
1940.
Call Number
917.3 R521
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by William Richardson, 1815-1816.
Author
Richardson, William,
Place of Publication
New York
Publisher
Priv. print. for Vale pilot corporation,
Date of Publication
1940.
Physical Description
2 p., 40 p. port., 4 facsim., fold. map. 25 cm.
Notes
"These excerpts from ... [the author's] 'Journal' are now published for the first time by courtesy of his great-grandson, Mr. Lawrence Richardson of Boston."--Foreword signed: William Bell Wait.
"Limited edition ... no. 80 [and] 398."
Description of travel from Philadelphia to Ohio (p. 3 - 7).
Subjects
United States - Description and travel.
Mississippi River - Description and travel.
Lancaster County (Pa.) - Description and travel.
Additional Author
Wait, William Bell,
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
917.3 R521
Websites
https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uiug.30112052522817&view=1up&seq=9
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Travels from St. Petersburg in Russia, to diverse parts of Asia : in two volumes

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Author
Bell, John.
Date of Publication
1763.
Call Number
915.509 G548 1763
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Responsibility
by John Bell.
Author
Bell, John.
Place of Publication
Glasgow
Publisher
printed for the author by Robert and Adrew Foulis,
Date of Publication
1763.
Physical Description
2 vol : Ill ; 24 cm.
Notes
Juliana Library No. 49.
"On flyleaf of vol. 1:"For the Library at Lancaster, T. Penn."
Bookplate of Frank Ried Difenderffer attached to back of front cover of each volume.
Full leather (scuffed with detached bindings); maroon author-title insert on spine; each panel on spine decorated with gold stamped decoration.
English Short Title Catalog,
Subjects
Asia - Description and travel.
Soviet Union - Description and travel.
Soviet Union - Foreign relations - China.
China - Foreign relations - Soviet Union.
Place
Great Britain Scotland Edinburgh.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Rare Books
Call Number
915.509 G548 1763
Websites
http://international.loc.gov/cgi-bin/ampage?collId=mtfrb&fileName=03696a//mtfrb03696a.db&recNum=1&itemLink=r%3Fintldl%2Fmtfront%3A%40field%28NUMBER%2B%40od1%28mtfrb%2B03696a%29%29&linkText=0
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Naturalizations of foreign Protestants in the American and West Indian colonies (pursuant to Statute 13 George 11, c.7)

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Author
Giuseppi, Montague Spencer,
Date of Publication
1979.
Call Number
929.33 G538
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Responsibility
edited by M.S. Guiseppi.
Author
Giuseppi, Montague Spencer,
Place of Publication
Baltimore
Publisher
Genealogical Pub. Co., ;
Date of Publication
1979.
Physical Description
xix, 195 p. ; 24 cm.
Notes
"Originally published as volume XXIV of The Publications of The Huguenot Society of London, London, 1921."
Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Subjects
Naturalization records - Pennsylvania.
Naturalization records - Pennsylvania - Berks County.
Naturalization records - Pennsylvania - York County.
Naturalization records - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
United States - Genealogy - Sources.
United States - Emigration and immigration.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
929.33 G538
Websites
https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=yale.39002009604746;view=1up;seq=13
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Journal of an English emigrant farmer : a record of the journey of an unknown Englishman to America in the year 1838 and his sojourn for a summer among the early pioneer settlers of Muncy Valley

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Date of Publication
1928.
Call Number
974.851 J86
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Responsibility
edited by T. Kenneth Wood.
Place of Publication
Williamsport [Pa.]
Publisher
Lycoming Historical Society,
Date of Publication
1928.
Physical Description
38 p., [7] leaves of plates : ill. ; 24 cm.
Series
Proceedings and papers - Lycoming Historical Society ; no. 6
Notes
"Occasional Publication No. 6."
Subjects
Farmers
United States - Description and travel - 1783-1848.
Pennsylvania - Description and travel - Personal narratives.
Additional Author
Wood, T. Kenneth.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
974.851 J86
Websites
https://nam12.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fbabel.hathitrust.org%2Fcgi%2Fpt%3Fid%3Dcoo.31924001280266%26view%3D1up%26seq%3D13&data=05%7C01%7Cshianne.hargrove%40lancasterhistory.org%7C573dcd4cab8847daaa8f08db888ea727%7C77252d1418a546d9b9d933511a635493%7C0%7C0%7C638253918504600878%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&sdata=qv%2F5JX6Wt5n5M9U0V0cje8SwDk2CDIc5BzkV1uAYlGQ%3D&reserved=0
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Sketches of a tour to the Western Country: through the states of Ohio and Kentucky

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Author
Cuming, Fortescue,
Date of Publication
1810.
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Alternate Title
Cuming's sketches of a tour to the western country, 1807-1809
Cuming's tour to the western country (1807-1809)
Responsibility
/ by Fortescue Cuming.
Author
Cuming, Fortescue,
Place of Publication
Pittsburgh, PA
Publisher
Cramer, Spear & Richbaum,
Date of Publication
1810.
Series
Early western travels, 1748-1846; v.4
Notes
"Reprint from the original edition (Pittsburgh, 1810). The appendix, being composed of irrelevant matter, is herein omitted."--Page [15].
Contents
Chapter 1: Commencement of journey - Schuylkill bridge - Schuylkill river - Downingstown - Brandywine creek - Pequea creek - New Holland - Connestoga creek and bridge - Lancaster / Chapter 2: Elizabethtown - Susquehannah river - Harrisburgh / Chapter 3: Conestoga massacre - Carlisle and Dickinson college...
Subjects
Pennsylvania - Description and travel.
Mississippi River Valley - Description and travel.
Kentucky - Description and travel.
Ohio - Description and travel.
Ohio River Valley - Description and travel.
Additional Author
Thwaites, Reuben Gold,
Contained In
Early western travels, 1748-1846. Cleveland, Ohio : The Arthur H. Clark Company, 1904-1907 v.4Lancaster History Library - Electronic ResourcesOnline resource-See full library record for link
Websites
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The life and times of Col. John Siegfried, by Rev. John Baer Stoudt. Prepared at the request of the Col. John Siegfried memorial committee and issued in connection with the unveiling of the monument on the old Mennonite cemetery on West Twenty-first street, Memorial day, May 30, 1914, in Northampton,PA

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Author
Stoudt, John Baer,
Date of Publication
1914.
Call Number
974.822 S889
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Author
Stoudt, John Baer,
Place of Publication
Northampton, Pa
Publisher
The Cement news print.,
Date of Publication
1914.
Physical Description
62, [3] p. : illus., plates, ports. ; 23 cm.
Notes
Colonel Siegfried had commanded a militia in South Central Pennsylvania during the American Revolution.
Subjects
Siegfried, John, - 1745-1793.
Northampton County (Pa.) - History.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
974.822 S889
Websites
https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=loc.ark:/13960/t1qf9hd5g&view=1up&seq=5
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A geography of Pennsylvania : containing an account of the history, geographical features, soil, climate, geology, botany, zoology, population, education, government, finances, productions, trade, railroads, canals &c. of the state : with a separate description of each county, and questions for the convenience of teachers : to which is appended, a travellers' guide, or table of distances on the principal rail road, canal and stage routes in the state

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Author
Trego, Charles B.,
Date of Publication
1843.
Call Number
917.48 T784
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by Charles B. Trego ; illustrated by a map of the state and numerous engravings.
Author
Trego, Charles B.,
Place of Publication
Philadelphia
Publisher
Edward C. Biddle,
Date of Publication
1843.
Physical Description
384 p. : ill., fold. map ; 20 cm.
Subjects
Travel.
Pennsylvania - Description and travel.
Pennsylvania - History.
Pennsylvania.
History.
Additional Corporate Author
Marian S. Carson Collection (Library of Congress)
Location
Lancaster History Library - Rare Books
Call Number
917.48 T784
Websites
http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.gdc/scd0001.00142072610
http://digital.library.pitt.edu/cgi-bin/t/text/text-idx?c=darltext;view=toc;idno=31735056287273
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A year's residence in the United States of America; treating of the face of the country, the climate, the soil, the products, the mode of cultivating the land, the prices of land, of labour, of food, of raiment; of the expenses of house-keeping and of the usual manner of living; of the manners and customs of the people; and, of the institutions of the country, civil, political and religious

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Author
Cobbett, William,
Date of Publication
1818-
Call Number
917.73 N532Y 1818
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Author
Cobbett, William,
Place of Publication
New-York
Publisher
Printed for the author by Clayton and Kingsland,
Date of Publication
1818-
Physical Description
v. illus. 19 cm.
Notes
Library has: v. 1.
Bookplate of Redmond Conyngham, no. 1558.
William Cobbett (9 March 1763 - 18 June 1835) was an English pamphleteer, farmer, journalist and member of parliament, who was born in Farnham, Surrey.
Subjects
Agriculture - United States.
United States - Description and travel.
United States - Social life and customs.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Rare Books
Call Number
917.73 N532Y 1818
Websites
https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=nyp.33433111539924;view=1up;seq=5
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Gottlieb Mittelberger's journey to Pennsylvania in the year 1750 and return to Germany in the year 1754 : containing not only a description of the country according to its present condition, but also a detailed account of the sad and unfortunate circumstances of most of the Germans that have emigrated, or are emigrating to that country

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Author
Mittelberger, Gottlieb.
Date of Publication
1898.
Call Number
974.802812 M685
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Responsibility
translated from the German by Carl Theo. Eben.
Author
Mittelberger, Gottlieb.
Uniform Title
Gottlieb Mittelbergers Reise nach Pennsylvanien im Jahr 1750.
Place of Publication
Philadelphia
Publisher
J.J. McVey,
Date of Publication
1898.
Physical Description
129 p. : facsim. ; 21 cm.
Notes
With facsimile t.p. of original German ed.: Stuttgard : Gedrukt ben Gottlieb Friderich Jenisch, 1756.
Summary
Gottlieb Mittelberger (1714-1758) was a German author, schoolmaster, organist, and Lutheran pastor. He was best known for his work Journey to Pennsylvania (1756). Mittelberger's travelogue provides a firsthand historic account of the misery and exploitation of German immigrants during the US colonial period. In his work, he tries to convince his fellow Germans not to immigrate to the American colonies, as the forfeiture of freedom, cost of money, lack of health, and loss of life are too exorbitant to risk and sacrifice.
Subjects
Mittelberger, Gottlieb - Journeys - Pennsylvania.
Germans - Pennsylvania.
Pennsylvania - Description and travel.
Pennsylvania - Emigration and immigration.
Additional Author
Eben, Carl Theodor,
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
974.802812 M685
Websites
https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=loc.ark:/13960/t47p98598&view=1up&seq=7
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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.
rapidly going on. Those letters are mounted in folios entitied "Lancaster County Miscellany" and "Taylor Pa- pers", etc., rstn the Historical Society of Pennsylvania, at Philadelphia; but that does not stop the fading out of the ink. It is with the greatest diffi- culty even now that some of them may be
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Responsibility
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
Websites
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The history of Pennsylvania, in North America, from the original institution and settlement of that province, under the first proprietor and governor, William Penn, in 1681, till after the year 1742 : with an introduction, respecting, the life of W. Penn, prior to the grant of the province, and the religious society of the people called Quakers : with the first rise of the neighbouring colonies, more particularly of West-New-Jersey, and the settlement of the Dutch and Swedes on Delaware : to which is added, a brief description of the said province, and of the general states, in which it flourished, principally between the years 1760 and 1770 : the whole including a variety of things, useful and interesting to be known, respecting that country in early time, &c. : with an appendix

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Author
Proud, Robert,
Date of Publication
1797-1798.
Call Number
974.8 P544 1797
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Responsibility
written principally between the years 1776 and 1780, by Robert Proud.
Author
Proud, Robert,
Place of Publication
Philadelphia
Publisher
Printed and sold by Zachariah Poulson, Junior ...,
Date of Publication
1797-1798.
Physical Description
2 v. : 1 map, 1 port. ; 22 cm. (8vo)
Notes
Library has: vol. 1.
Full leather binding with red spine label stamped in gold.
Bookplate of Redmond Conygnham, No. 2435.
Evans
Contents
I. Introduction. The history of Pennsylvania, 1676-1709.--II. The history of Pennsylvania, 1709-1763. A view of the province of Pennsylvania ... between the years 1760 and 1770. Extract from two short Latin poems ... by Thomas Makin. Appendix.
Subjects
Penn, William, - 1644-1718.
Society of Friends.
Pennsylvania - History - Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775.
New Jersey - History - Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775.
New Sweden - History.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Rare Books
Call Number
974.8 P544 1797
Websites
https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=pst.000022013071&view=1up&seq=9
https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=pst.000027692288&view=1up&seq=11
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The history of Pennsylvania, in North America, from the original institution and settlement of that province, under the first proprietor and governor, William Penn, in 1681, till after the year 1742; with an introduction respecting the life of W. Penn, prior to the grant of the province, and the religious society of the people called Quakers, with the first rise of the neighbouring Colonies, more particularly of West-New-Jersey and the settlement of the Dutch and Swedes on Delaware. To which is added a brief description of the said province, and the general state in which it flourished, principally between the years 1760-1770 ... With an appendix. Written principally between the years 1776 and 1780

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Author
Proud, Robert,
Date of Publication
1798.
Call Number
974.802 P968
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Author
Proud, Robert,
Place of Publication
Philadelphia
Publisher
Printed and sold by Z. Poulson,
Date of Publication
1798.
Physical Description
2 v. map (on lining papers), port. 22 cm.
Series
Pennsylvania heritage series
Notes
Photoreproduction. Spartanburg, S.C., Reprint Co., 1967.
Subjects
Penn, William, - 1644-1718
Society of Friends.
Pennsylvania - History - Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775.
New Jersey - History - Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775.
New Sweden - History.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
974.802 P968
Websites
https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=pst.000027692349&view=1up&seq=9
https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=pst.000027692288&view=1up&seq=11
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Commemoration of Lancaster County in the Revolution : at "Indian Rock", Williamson Park, near "Rockford", the home of General Edward Hand, M.D., Friday P.M., September 20, cmmxii

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Date of Publication
1912.
Call Number
923.5 H236c
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Place of Publication
[Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
s.l.]
Date of Publication
1912.
Physical Description
8 p. : ill. ; 30 cm.
Notes
Order of exercises and songs laid in.
Summary
Program from the ceremony to commemorate Lancaster County's involvement in the American Revolution. The order of events in the ceremony is included. Also includes a chronology of Lancaster County's participation in events related to the French and Indian War and the American Revolution, citing General Edward Hand's activities. A genealogy of the Hand family is included in the program.
Subjects
Hand, Edward , - 1744-1802.
Lancaster County Historical Society (Pa.)
Historical markers - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
United States - History - Revolution, 1775-1783.
Lancaster County (Pa.) - History - 18th century.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
923.5 H236c
Websites
https://archive.org/details/commemoration00lanc/page/n5
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Resources and industries of the city of Lancaster, Lancaster County, Pa., with some account of its historical importance

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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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The ambitions of William Henry

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Author
Gordon, Scott Paul.
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Responsibility
by Scott Paul Gordon.
Author
Gordon, Scott Paul.
Physical Description
p. 254-284.
Notes
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Summary
HISTORIANS HAVE TRAPPED William Henry of Lancaster (1729–86) in the identity of gunsmith. Though meant as a compliment— most accounts portray Henry as the most important gunsmith in the "rifle-making hub of colonial America," Lancaster County— - this confinement is ironic, since Henry escaped this occupation as soon as he was able. The term gunsmith, then as now, could describe men who repaired guns, who produced specialized gun parts (such as barrels or locks), who created an entire gun from scratch (lock, stock, and barrel), or who ran a factory that employed other men. Henry seems not to have engaged in any of these activities after 1760. By the last decade of his life, Henry had achieved a level of financial security (and apparently embodied the virtuous independence thought to derive from it) that led his peers to entrust him with positions of responsibility and that left Henry free to accept them. He served first in local and state governments and was later appointed an administrator and financier for the Continental army and elected twice to the Continental Congress. We have failed to register the shape of his career, the magnitude of his transformation; instead, historians have imagined that during all these varied activities, Henry continued to work as a gunsmith. Indeed, the belief that Henry "was engaged in the manufacture of firearms for over thirty years," that he produced the rifles or muskets carried by soldiers from the French and Indian War through the Revolution, has been central to stories about him. [abstract]
Subjects
Henry, William, - 1729-1786.
Simon, Joseph, - 1712-1804.
Gunsmiths - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
Lancaster County (Pa.) - History - Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775
Lancaster County (Pa.) - History - Revolution, 1775-1783.
Contained In
The Pennsylvania Magazine orf History and Biography, v. 136, no. 3.Lancaster History Library - Periodical Article905.748 HSP v. 136, no.3.
Websites
https://journals.psu.edu/pmhb/article/view/60720/60546
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Pre-Revolutionary slate gravestones in southern Lancaster County : a lasting legacy of the earliest Scots-Irish settlers

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo17832
Author
Gerhart, James M.
Date of Publication
2013.
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Responsibility
James M. Gerhart.
Author
Gerhart, James M.
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
LancasterHistory,
Date of Publication
2013.
Physical Description
pp. 120-144.
Notes
Rineer's "Churches and Cemeteries of Lancaster County" page 98 #5.
Rineer's "Churches and Cemeteries of Lancaster County" page 97 #1A.
Rineer's "Churches and Cemeteries of Lancaster County" page 186 #1A.
Subjects
Bigham, William.
Carmichael Cemetery, (Fulton Township, Pa.)
Morrison Cemetery, (Drumore Township, Pa).
Chestnut Level Cemetery, (Drumore Township, Pa).
Cemeteries - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
Scots-Irish - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
Slate industry - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
Stone-cutters - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County
Drumore (Pa. : Township) - Cemeteries
Fulton (Pa. : Township) - Cemeteries.
Contained In
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 114, number 3 (2013), p. 120-144Lancaster History Library - Journal974.8 245 v 114
Websites
https://lancasterh.bywatersolutions.com/cgi-bin/koha/opac-retrieve-file.pl?id=63569596fb7491427c5088f59ec2c4b4
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The history and topography of Dauphin, Cumberland, Franklin, Bedford, Adams, and Perry Counties; containing a brief history of the first settlers, notices of the leading events, incidents and interesting facts, both general and local, in the history of these counties, general & statistical descriptions of all the principal boroughs, towns, villages, &c. with an appendix, embellished with several engravingsj compiled from numerous authentic sources by I. Daniel Rupp

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo16890
Author
Rupp, I. Daniel
Date of Publication
1846.; 1975]
Call Number
974.84 R946
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Author
Rupp, I. Daniel
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa. [Carlisle, Pa
Publisher
Gilbert Hills, Cumberland Historical Society
Date of Publication
1846.; 1975]
Physical Description
xii, 723 p.; illus; 22 cm.
Notes
Includes index by John Cecil Fralish, Jr.; p. 609-723.
Another edition, pub. the same year, includes the history of Somerset, Cambria and Indiana counties.
Subjects
Dauphin Co., Pa. - History.
Cumberland County, Pa. - History.
Franklin County, Pa. - History.
Bedford Co., Pa. - History.
Adams Co., Pa. - History.
Perry Co., Pa. - History.
Additional Author
Fralish, John Cecil.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
974.84 R946
Websites
https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=loc.ark:/13960/t7zk5mr2f&view=1up&seq=9
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