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The extraordinary Suzy Wright : a colonial woman on the frontier

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Author
Kanefield, Teri,
Date of Publication
2015.
Call Number
920.72 K16
Responsibility
by Teri Kanefield.
ISBN
9781419718663
1419718665
Author
Kanefield, Teri,
Place of Publication
New York
Publisher
Abrams Books for Young Readers,
Date of Publication
2015.
Physical Description
pages cm
Notes
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
Suzy comes to America -- At home in the land of brotherly love -- Shaking off the yoke -- A new home on the frontier -- A little romance -- Political adviser, lawyer, activist, and advocate for the Indians -- Businesswoman and scientific author -- The American Revolution -- Celebrated poet -- Last years and legacy -- Afterword: from Wright's Ferry to Columbia.
Summary
Introduces Suzy Wright, a Quaker who helped settle the Pennsylvania frontier, defended the rights of Native Americans, and provided legal counsel to her neighbors.
Subjects
Wright, Susanna, - 1697-1784
Wright, Susanna, - 1697-1784.
Quakers - Pennsylvania - Columbia - Biography - Juvenile literature.
Women - Pennsylvania - Columbia - Biography - Juvenile literature.
Poets - Biography - Juvenile literature.
Clerks of court - Pennsylvania - Biography - Juvenile literature.
Frontier and pioneer life - Pennsylvania - Columbia - Juvenile literature.
Quakers.
Poets.
Quakers - Pennsylvania - Columbia - Biography.
Women - Pennsylvania - Columbia - Biography.
Poets - Pennsylvania - Columbia - Biography.
Clerks of court - Pennsylvania - Biography.
Frontier and pioneer life - Pennsylvania - Columbia.
Women.
Pennsylvania - History - Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775 - Juvenile literature.
Columbia (Pa.) - Biography - Juvenile literature.
Pennsylvania - History - Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775.
Columbia (Pa.) - Biography.
Pennsylvania - Columbia.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
920.72 K16
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The public career of John Wright, Esq

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo7968
Author
Eshleman, Henry Frank,
Date of Publication
1910
Eshleman, Esq. Primary Material: Book Subject(s): Wright, John, 1667-1749. Courts--Pennsylvania--Lancaster County. Judges--Pennsylvania--Lancaster County. Columbia (Pa.)--Biography. Publisher: Lancaster, Pa. : Lancaster County Historical Society, 1910 Description: 251-282 p. : ill. ; 23 cm. Series: Journal
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Responsibility
by H. Frank Eshleman, Esq.
Author
Eshleman, Henry Frank,
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Lancaster County Historical Society,
Date of Publication
1910
Physical Description
251-282 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Series
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 14, no. 9
Subjects
Wright, John, - 1667-1749.
Courts - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
Judges - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
Columbia (Pa.) - Biography.
Contained In
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 14, number 9 (1910), p. 251-282Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.14
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The Sixth Street Indians : a memoir of growing up in Columbia, Pennsylvania

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Author
Morse, Jean Gaus Motter.
Date of Publication
1993.
Call Number
974.815 M884
Responsibility
by Jean Gaus Motter Morse.
Author
Morse, Jean Gaus Motter.
Place of Publication
Columbia [Pa.]
Publisher
J.G.M. Morse,
Date of Publication
1993.
Physical Description
xvi, 202 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Notes
One folded chart in pocket., "Territory of the Sixth Street Indians in the 1930s".
Includes index.
Subjects
Morse, Jean Gaus Motter - Childhood and youth.
Columbia (Pa.) - Social life and customs.
Columbia (Pa.) - Biography.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
974.815 M884
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Author
Evans, Samuel,
Date of Publication
1908
�was an influential class, generally, and in a great measure shaped political affairs. Some of the most respect- able and intelligent citizens of those times kept houses of entertainment for man and horse. I think James Wright was the first tavern keeper at Wright's Ferry; at least he took out a
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Responsibility
by Samuel Evans, Esq.
Author
Evans, Samuel,
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Lancaster County Historical Society,
Date of Publication
1908
Physical Description
[287]-294 p. ; 23 cm.
Series
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 12, no. 8
Subjects
Columbia (Pa.) - History.
Columbia (Pa.) - Biography.
Contained In
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 12, number 8 (1908), p. 287-294Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.12
Documents

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