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The Columbia race riots

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Author
Worner, William Frederic.
Date of Publication
1922
The Columbia Race Riots By William Frederic Worner Homer, 3OOO years ago, said : " Most sons are inferior to their fathers, a few are equal, and fewer still are superior to them." The history of Columbia occupies a unique place in the annals of Lancaster county, Pennsylvania. From an early period
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by William Frederic Worner.
Author
Worner, William Frederic.
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Lancaster County Historical Society,
Date of Publication
1922
Physical Description
175-187 p. ; 23 cm.
Series
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 26, no. 8
Subjects
Smith, Eliza D. Lothrop, - d. 1873.
Slavery - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County
Underground railroad - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
Riots - Pennsylvania - Columbia.
Columbia (Pa.) - History.
Columbia (Pa.) - Race relations.
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Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 26, number 8 (1922), p. 175-187Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.26
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Meeting in Columbia in memory of Charles Carroll

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Author
Worner, William Frederic.
Date of Publication
1931.
time; and that an eulogy of him whose whole life gives warrant for the warmest praise, the venerable and good man and true patriot, Charles Carroll of Carrollton, be pronounced on Sunday, the 25th instant, at 10 o'clock, A. M. "Resolved, That the committee request the chief burgess, as- sistant burgess
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by William Frederic Worner.
Author
Worner, William Frederic.
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Lancaster County Historical Society,
Date of Publication
1931.
Physical Description
115-116 p. ; 23 cm.
Series
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 35, no. 5
Subjects
Carroll, Charles, - 1737-1832.
United States. - Signers.
Columbia (Pa.) - History.
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Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 35, number 5 (1931), p. 115-116Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.35
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Bronze tablet to the memory of John Wright, pioneer ferryman

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Author
Worner, William Frederic.
Date of Publication
1931
, June 23rd, 1931, by State and county officials at the unveiling of a bronze memorial tablet to perpetuate his memory, by The Pennsylvania Society of The Colonial Dames of America. The exercises, held in the armory at Columbia, were attended by approx- imately one hundred and fifty persons
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Responsibility
by William Frederic Worner.
Author
Worner, William Frederic.
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Lancaster County Historical Society,
Date of Publication
1931
Physical Description
196-198 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Series
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 35, no. 8
Subjects
Wright, John, - 1667-1749.
Columbia (Pa.) - History.
Wrightsville (Pa.) - History.
Contained In
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 35, number 8 (1931), p. 196-197Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.35
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David Crockett in Columbia

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Author
Worner, William Frederic.
Date of Publication
1927
Tennesseean, passed through Columbia in the Rail Road Cars on his way from Philadelphia, where he had spent the fourth inst., to the far west. He was invited to remain a day or two among us, but declined on account of his desire to reach home, from which he had been absent eight months. He said that he had
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Responsibility
by William Frederic Worner.
Author
Worner, William Frederic.
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Lancaster County Historical Society,
Date of Publication
1927
Physical Description
37 p. ; 23 cm.
Series
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 31, no. 3
Subjects
Crockett, Davy, - 1786-1836.
Columbia (Pa.) - History.
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Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 31, number 3 (1927), p. 37Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.31
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