Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission,
Date of Publication
1980.
Physical Description
iv, 89 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Notes
Chapters include: Founding documents, William Penn's problems, Stormy politics, Problems of society (black and slave issues), Territorial delineation, westward expansion and Indian affairs, The French and Indian War and its consequences and The Revolutionary period.
Digging up details of ordinary lives : an archaeological investigation of a 19th- and 20th-century residential site in Leaman Place, Lancaster County, PA
Archaeological investigation of a 19th- and 20th-century residential site in Leaman Place, Lancaster County, PA
Responsibility
investigation conducted by Cultural Heritage Research Services, Inc. (CHRS) ; sponsored and funded by the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation in consultation with the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission.
Harrisburg, Pa. : Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission
Date of Publication
1979.
Physical Description
ix, 305 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Notes
This book was derived from the author's PhD thesis, "Conestoga Crossroads: The Rise of Lancaster, Pennsylvania, 1730-1789", call number 974.815 LACI W876t.
LCHS copy inscribed by author.
"Notes and bibliographical essay": p. 257-296.
Summary
PART ONE- Concentrates on the political and administrative history of Lancaster as a borough. PART TWO- Discusses the town's economic structure and it's role as a regional marketing center and "western emporium " including a description of the structure of inland trade. PART THREE- Focuses on the economic class structure of the community, on the characteristics of it's religious life, on the social and cultural interaction between "Dutchmen" and "Engellanders" and on the role of the town as an intellectual center.
sponsored by the National Endowment for the Humanities ; Harry E. Whipkey and Roland M. Baumann, project directors, Martha L. Simonetti, assistant project director, Roland M. Baumann, editor, Douglas H. West, editorial associate, George R. Beyer and Gabrielle W. Smith, editorial assistants.
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission,
Date of Publication
1978.
Physical Description
54 microfilm reels : ill. ; 35 mm. + 1 index (77 p. ; 23 cm.)
Notes
Library owns reels, #31, Appointments File : Military (A-R); #32 Appointments File : Military (S-Z) and Political (A-F); #33, Appointments File : Political (F-S); and #34, Appointments File : Political (S-Z).
Use with guidebook and index shelved at LCHSBK 016.9748 P415prg and index.
