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Historic structures Survey and Determination of Eligibility Report : East Lampeter, Leacock, Strasburg, Paradise, Salisbury, and Sadsbury Townships, Lancaster County, Pensylvania

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Date of Publication: 2005.

Call Number: 351.8642 M312hi

Place of Publication: Computer printout

Date of Publication: 2005.

Physical Description: 5 v. : ill; photos, col. maps ; 28 cm.

Notes: S.R. 0030 Section So1 Corridor Improvement Study...E.R. No. 03-8010-071.; Draft of the study.; Includes Pennsylvania Historic Resource Survey (PHRS) forms.; Prepared for the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation...prepared by A.D. Marble & Company...prepared with Archeaological & Historial Consultants.; Corridor of Lincoln Highway Eat.

Subjects: Architecture - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.; Lincoln Highway - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.; Historic buildings - Pennsylvania - East Lampeter Twp.; Historic buildings - Pennsylvania - Leacock Twp.; Historic buildings - Pennsylvania - Strasburg Twp.; Historic buildings - Pennsylvania - Paradise Twp.; Historic buildings - Pennsylvania - Salisbury Twp.; Historic buildings - Pennsylvania - Sadsbury Twp.; Salisbury (Lancaster County, Pa. : Township) - History.; Paradise (Lancaster County, Pa. : Township) - History.; Strasburg (Lancaster County, Pa. : Township) - History.; Leacock (Lancaster County, Pa. : Township) - History.; East Lampeter (Lancaster County, Pa. : Township) - History.; Sadsbury (Lancaster County, Pa. : Township) - History.; United States Highway 30 - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Lancaster County

Call Number: 351.8642 M312hi

Water powered grist mills of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, 1750-1825 From the King's Continental, State and County tax and assessment lists at the Lancaster County Historical Society, 1971

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Author: Lord, Arthur C.

Date of Publication: 1971.

Call Number: 725.4 L866

Responsibility: by Arthur C. Lord.

Author: Lord, Arthur C.

Place of Publication: S.l

Publisher: s.n.,

Date of Publication: 1971.

Physical Description: 1 v. (unpaged) ; 28 cm.

Notes: Typescript.

Subjects: Flour mills - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.; Mills and mill-work - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.; Lancaster County (Pa.) - Buildings, structures, etc.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Lancaster County

Call Number: 725.4 L866

The story of Caernarvon

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo991

Author: Lincoln, J. B.

Date of Publication: 1914

--Lancaster County. Mills and mill-work--Pennsylvania--Lancaster County. Caernarvon (Lancaster County, Pa. : Township)--Description and travel. Caernarvon (Lancaster County, Pa. : Township)--History. Churchtown (Pa.) Publisher: Lancaster, Pa. : Lancaster County Historical Society, 1914 Description: 59-79 p

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Responsibility: by J. B. Lincoln, M.D.

Author: Lincoln, J. B.

Place of Publication: Lancaster, Pa

Publisher: Lancaster County Historical Society,

Date of Publication: 1914

Physical Description: 59-79 p. ; 23 cm.

Series: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 18, no. 3

Summary: Caernarvon is the easternmost township of Lancaster County, PA. The article, written in 1914, describes the geography, people, houses, and industry of the past.

Subjects: Episcopal Church of Bangor (Churchtown, Pa.); Episcopal Church - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.; Iron industry and trade - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.; Mills and mill-work - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.; Caernarvon (Lancaster County, Pa. : Township) - Description and travel.; Caernarvon (Lancaster County, Pa. : Township) - History.; Churchtown (Pa.)

Contained In: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 18, number 3 (1914), p. 59-79Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.18

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Metro street atlas of Chester and Delaware Counties in Pennsylavania : including the main line

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Corporate Author: Franklin Maps (Firm)

Date of Publication: [c2000]

Call Number: 912.74813 F833

ISBN: 192895510X

Corporate Author: Franklin Maps (Firm)

Place of Publication: King of Prussia, PA

Publisher: Franklin Maps,

Date of Publication: [c2000]

Physical Description: 1 atlas (110 p.) : col. maps ; 32 cm.

Notes: Cover title.; Includes indexes with zip codes and cultural features.

Subjects: Zip codes - Pennsylvania - Chester County - Maps.; Zip codes - Pennsylvania - Delaware County - Maps.; Chester County (Pa.) - Maps.; Delaware County (Pa.) - Maps.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Atlas

Call Number: 912.74813 F833

Annals of the Conestoga Valley in Lancaster, Berks, and Chester Counties, Pennsylvania / compiled and published by C.Z. Mast and Robert E. Simpson

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo4291

Date of Publication: 1942.

Call Number: 974.815 CAER M423

Place of Publication: Elverson, Pa. ; Churchtown, Pa

Publisher: The Authors,

Date of Publication: 1942.

Physical Description: xviii, 689 p. : ill., map ; 23 cm.

Notes: Separate index volume compiled by J. Lemar and Lois Ann Mast in 1981.

Subjects: Lancaster County (Pa.) - History.; Berks County (Pa.) - History.; Chester County (Pa.) - History.; Conestoga Valley (Pa.) - History.

Additional Author: Mast, C. Z.; Simpson, Robert Emmett,

Location: Lancaster History Library - Rare Books; Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 974.815 CAER M423

History of the Underground railroad in Chester and the neighboring counties of Pennsylvania

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Author: Smedley, Robert C.,

Date of Publication: 1883.

Call Number: 973.7115 S637

Responsibility: By R.C. Smedley, M.D. ...

Author: Smedley, Robert C.,

Place of Publication: Lancaster, Pa

Publisher: Office of the Journal,

Date of Publication: 1883.

Physical Description: 3 p. Ã¸., [ix]-xxiv, [25]-407 p. front., illus., ports. 19 cm.

Notes: African American resources at Lancaster County Historical Society.

Subjects: Underground railroad - Pennsylvania.; African Americans - Pennsylvania; Abolitionists - Pennsylvania - Biography.; Fugitive salves - Pennsylvania; Chester County (Pa.) - Biography.; Chester County (Pa.) - History.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Rare Books

Call Number: 973.7115 S637

Southeastern Pennsylvania, a history of the counties of Berks, Bucks, Chester, Delaware, Montgomery, Philadelphia and Schuylkill

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo3801

Author: Nolan, J. Bennett

Date of Publication: [1943]

Call Number: 974.800912 N791

Responsibility: J. Bennett Nolan, supervising editor ...

Author: Nolan, J. Bennett

Place of Publication: Philadelphia, New York

Publisher: Lewis historical publishing company, inc.

Date of Publication: [1943]

Physical Description: 3 v. fronts., ill. (incl. maps) plates, ports., facsims. (part col. 1 double) col. coats of arms, col. geneal. tables. 27 1/2 cm.

Notes: Vols. 1 and 2 paged continuously.; Vol. 3 consists of biographies.; LCHS has vols. 1 and 3 only.; Includes bibliographies.

Subjects: Berks County (Pa.) - History.; Bucks County (Pa.) - History.; Chester County (Pa.) - History.; Delaware County (Pa.) - History.; Montgomery County (Pa.) - History.; Philadelphia County (Pa.) - History.; Schuylkill County (Pa.) - History.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 974.800912 N791

History of the Underground Railroad in Chester and the neighboring counties of Pennsylvania

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo15186

Author: Smedley, R. C.

Edition: 1st ed.

Date of Publication: 2005.

Call Number: 973.7115 S637 2005

Responsibility: R.C. Smedley ; introduction by Christopher Densmore.

ISBN: 0811731898

Author: Smedley, R. C.

Edition: 1st ed.

Place of Publication: Mechanicsburg, PA

Publisher: Stackpole Books,

Date of Publication: 2005.

Physical Description: xx, 406 p. : ill. ; 18 cm.

Notes: Originally published: Lancaster, Pa. : Office of the Journal, 1883.; Includes index.; African American resources at Lancaster County Historical Society.

Summary: This book was written in 1883 by Robert Clemons Smedley, a Chester County Pennsylvania physician who interviewed participants in the underground railroad. He was not a historian and was not unbiased. But he is considered to have been conscientious in his efforts to record the stories he was told. He wrote about events as described to him by person who themselves were involved, both those fleeing slavery and those assisting them.Topics in chapters 1 & 2 include William Wright and Columbia, PA. Chapter 8 is about the "Christiana Tragedy".

Subjects: Underground railroad - Pennsylvania - Chester County.; Underground railroad - Pennsylvania.; Fugitive slaves - Pennsylvania - Chester County; Fugitive slaves - Pennsylvania; African Americans - Pennsylvania - Chester County; African Americans - Pennsylvania; Abolitionists - Pennsylvania - Chester County - Biography.; Abolitionists - Pennsylvania - Biography.; Chester County (Pa.) - Biography.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 973.7115 S637 2005

Guide to records of the Court of Common Pleas, Chester County, Pennsylvania, 1681-1900 : records of the prothonotary, civil records of the sheriff, select civil records of the Circuit Court of Chester County, and the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania

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Author: Catanese, Lynn Ann,

Date of Publication: 1987.

Call Number: 974.813 C357

Responsibility: researched and compiled by Lynn Ann Catanese.

Author: Catanese, Lynn Ann,

Place of Publication: West Chester, Pa

Publisher: Chester County Historical Society,

Date of Publication: 1987.

Physical Description: iv, 139 p., 1 leaf of plates : 1 facsim ; 28 cm.

Notes: Includes index.; Bibliography: p. 122-126.

Subjects: Pennsylvania. - Court of Common Pleas (Chester County) - Archives.; Court records - Pennsylvania - Chester County.; Chester County (Pa.) - Genealogy.

Additional Corporate Author: Chester County Historical Society (West Chester, Pa.)

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 974.813 C357

Some notes from the first minute book of the West Fallowfield Township Public Schools 1854-1864

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Author: Douglass, Hugh.

Call Number: 905.748 OAHS v. 1, no. 7

Responsibility: by Hugh Douglass.

Author: Douglass, Hugh.

Physical Description: 3 p.

Notes: Octorara Area Historical Society, v.1, no. 7.

Subjects: West Fallowfield Township Public Schools (Cochranville, Pa.) - History.; Schools - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.; Schools - Pennsylvania - Chester County.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Periodical Article

Call Number: 905.748 OAHS v. 1, no. 7

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