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Massacre of the Conestogas : on the trail of the Paxton Boys in Lancaster County

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Author
Brubaker, John H.
Date of Publication
2010.
Call Number
974.802 B886
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by Jack Brubaker.
ISBN
9781609490614
1609490614
Author
Brubaker, John H.
Place of Publication
Charleston, SC
Publisher
History Press,
Date of Publication
2010.
Physical Description
188 p. : ill., facsims., ports. ; 23 cm.
Notes
Includes index.
Bibliography: p. [177]-188.
Contents
pt. 1. Telling the story -- "Drive the heathen out of the land" -- "Some hot headed ill advised persons" -- "The same spirit & frantic rage" -- "Persons of undoubted probity & veracity" -- pt. 2. Retelling the story -- "I never heard one word of it till it was just over" -- "A mighty noise and hubbub" -- "Shot, scalped, hacked, and cut to pieces" -- "One of those youthful ebullitions of wrath" -- "The innocent were destined to share the fate of the guilty" -- "A zone of vicious racial violence" -- pt. 3. Killers and abettors -- "The most respectable of men" -- "They had possession and would keep it" -- "Eternal shame & reproach" -- pt. 4. Death and reconciliation -- "The remains of the victims of a terrible crime" -- "Slaughter'd, kill'd, and cut off a whole tribe" -- "Who was left to mourn for these people?"
Subjects
Paxton Boys.
Conestoga Indians - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County
Massacres - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County
Lancaster County (Pa.) - History - 18th century.
Lancaster County (Pa.) - Race relations - History - 18th century.
Pennsylvania - History - Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
974.802 B886
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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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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
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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

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo3553
Author
Proud, Robert,
Date of Publication
1798.
Call Number
974.802 P968
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  2 websites  
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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Historical notes from the records of Augusta County, Virginia, Part I

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Author
Kemper, Charles E.
Date of Publication
1921
HISTORICAL NOTES FROM THE RECORDS OF AUGUSTA COUNTY, VIRGINIA.--PART I. (By CHARLES E. KEMPER) The migration of families from Lancaster, Chester and adjoining coun- ties in southeastern Pennsylvania to the Shenandoah Valley in Virginia commenced actually in 1737, but from 1740 to 1745 it was in
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Responsibility
by Charles E. Kemper.
Author
Kemper, Charles E.
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Lancaster County Historical Society,
Date of Publication
1921
Physical Description
89-92 p. ; 23 cm.
Series
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 25, no. 6
Subjects
Emigration and immigration.
Pennsylvania - History - Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775.
Virginia - History - Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775.
Contained In
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 25, number 6 (1921), p. 89-92Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.25
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Historical notes from the records of Augusta County, Virginia, Part II (Concluded)

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Author
Kemper, Charles E.
Date of Publication
1921
to 1750. (C. P. 395.) In 1751, John Ramsey drove cattle from Augusta County, Virginia, to Pennsylvania, and sold them there. Davis vs. Ramsey. On July 2, 1748, Rees Thomas, Carpenter, was a resident of Lancaster County, Pa. He moved to Augusta County and died there in 1751. See Ruddle vs. Thomas
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Responsibility
by Charles E. Kemper.
Author
Kemper, Charles E.
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Lancaster County Historical Society,
Date of Publication
1921
Physical Description
147-155 p. ; 23 cm.
Series
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 25, no. 10
Subjects
Emigration and immigration.
Pennsylvania - History - Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775.
Virginia - History - Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775.
Contained In
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 25, number 10 (1921), p. 147-155Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.25
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White servitude in Pennsylvania: Indentured and redemption labor in colony and commonwealth

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Author
Herrick, Cheesman Abiah,
Date of Publication
1926.
Call Number
331.62 G566
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by Cheesman A. Herrick.
Author
Herrick, Cheesman Abiah,
Place of Publication
Philadephia
Publisher
J.J. McVey,
Date of Publication
1926.
Physical Description
330 p.
Notes
African American resources at Lancaster County Historical Society
Subjects
Women household employees - Pennsylvania.
Indentured servants - Pennsylvania.
Redemptioners - Pennsylvania.
Domestics - Pennsylvania.
Pennsylvania - Emigration and immigration.
Pennsylvania - History - Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
331.62 G566
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Historic background and annals of the Swiss and German pioneer settlers of southeastern Pennsylvania, and of their remote ancestors, from the middle of the Dark Ages, down to the time of the Revolutionary War; an authentic history from original sources ... with particular reference to the German-Swiss Mennonites or Anabaptists, the Amish and other nonresistant sects

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo5733
Author
Eshleman, Henry Frank,
Date of Publication
1917.
Call Number
289.7 E75
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Author
Eshleman, Henry Frank,
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Date of Publication
1917.
Physical Description
2 p. ø., 386 p. 25 cm.
Subjects
Swiss - Pennsylvania.
Germans - Pennsylvania.
Mennonites - Pennsylvania.
Pennsylvania - History - Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Lancaster County
Call Number
289.7 E75
Websites
https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=nyp.33433091028708;view=1up;seq=7
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Passengers and ships prior to 1684

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Author
Sheppard, Walter Lee,
Date of Publication
1970.
Call Number
929.3 W442 vol. 1
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Reprints of articles with corrections, additions and new materials by Marion R. Balderston, Hannah Benner Roach [and] Walter Lee Sheppard, Jr. Reprints of related material by Francis James Dallett, Morgan Bunting [and] L. Taylor Dickson.
ISBN
0806303972
Author
Sheppard, Walter Lee,
Place of Publication
Baltimore
Publisher
Genealogical Pub. Co.,
Date of Publication
1970.
Physical Description
viii, 245 p. illus., 2 plans (1 fold.) 24 cm.
Series
Penn's colony,
Publications of the Welcome Society of Pennsylvania, no. 1
Notes
Includes bibliographical references.
Subjects
Pennsylvania - Emigration and immigration.
Pennsylvania - Genealogy.
Pennsylvania - History - Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
929.3 W442 vol. 1
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Redemptioners and indentured servants in the colony and commonwealth of Pennsylvania

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Author
Geiser, Karl Frederick,
Date of Publication
[1901]
Call Number
331.62 G313
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by Karl Frederick Geiser.
Author
Geiser, Karl Frederick,
Place of Publication
New Haven, Conn
Publisher
The Tuttle, Morehouse & Taylor co.
Date of Publication
[1901]
Physical Description
128 p. 23 cm.
Notes
At head of title: Supplement to the Yale review, vol. X, no. 2, August, 1901.
Bibliography: p. 120-125.
Summary
Written in 1901, this books describes the systems that were developed to bring willing workers to the American colonies from Europe when they did not have the money to travel and to establish themselves in a new home.
Subjects
Redemptioners.
Indentured servants - Pennsylvania.
Ocean travel
Pennsylvania - Emigration and immigration.
Pennsylvania - History - Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
331.62 G313
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History of Northampton, Lehigh, Monroe, Carbon, and Schuylkill counties : containing a brief history of the first settlers, topography of townships, notices of leading events, incidents, and interesting facts in the early history of these counties; with an appendix, containing matters of deep interest

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Author
Rupp, I. Daniel
Date of Publication
197-.]
Call Number
974.82 R946
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compiled from various authentic sources by I. Daniel Rupp.
Author
Rupp, I. Daniel
Place of Publication
[Exton, Pa
Publisher
Schiffer Ltd.,
Date of Publication
197-.]
Physical Description
xiv, 568 p. : ill. 22 cm.
Notes
Facsimile reprint of the 1845 ed. published by G. Hills, Lancaster, Pa., printed by Hickok and Cantine, Harrisburg, Pa.
"A journal of James Young, commissary general, of musters--from June 19 to June 26, 1756": p. [407]-420; "A journal of Captain John Van Etten, at Fort Hyndshaw and Fort Hamilton, in the Pennsylvania forces, from Dec. 1, 1756 to July 21, 1757": p. [421]-455; "A journal of Colonel James Burd, from Feb. 16th, 1758 to Mar. 10th, 1758": p. [447]-459; "Fragment of a journal containing an account of doings at Fort North Kill ... June 13 to Aug. 31 [1754]": p. [463]-477.
Subjects
Coal - Pennsylvania - Schuylkill County.
Northampton County (Pa.) - History.
Lehigh County (Pa.) - History.
Monroe County (Pa.) - History.
Carbon County (Pa.) - History.
Schuylkill County (Pa.) - History.
Pennsylvania - History - Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775.
Additional Author
Young, James.
Van Etten, John.
Burd, James,
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
974.82 R946
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