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A Brief history of the city of Lancaster : containing an introduction to the settlement of the county, reminiscences of the past and present of the city, the poor house and hospital, the court house, the county jail, the water works, the railroad, the Franklin and Marshall College, the manufactories, the gas works and agricultural park, with many of the old land marks, &c. ; also, the business cards of the principal merchants and manufacturers

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Date of Publication
1870.
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Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Published by Francis Kilburn ; Pearsol & Geist, printers,
Date of Publication
1870.
Physical Description
40 p. : ill. ; 27 cm.
Notes
Bound with The Bible in Iron (1914) and Old Home Week Manheim, Pa. (1912) -- this copy is missing as of 4/11/2024. Please access using the electronic copy.
Subjects
Lancaster County (Pa.) - History.
Lancaster (Pa.) - History.
Additional Author
Kilburn, Francis.
Websites
https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=loc.ark:/13960/t88g9f93k;view=1up;seq=3
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Plan of Lancaster City; a correct survey of the whole; representing all the streets, lots, roads, lanes, alleys, water courses, extension of water mains and their several calibres, plugs and stop cocks, & beautiful views of the city

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Author
Reigart, J. Franklin (John Franklin),
Call Number
974.815 LACI 510
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Author
Reigart, J. Franklin (John Franklin),
Physical Description
1 map : photocopy ; 87 x 72 cm.
Notes
Relief shown pictorially.
A Cadastral map showing lot numbers, several calibres, plugs, stop cocks, & beautiful views of the city.
Includes text, list of city ordinances, statistical data as of Jan. 1850, and illus.
Original version ; Philadelphia : P.S. Duval's Steam Lith. Press, [1850?].
Original version : "Entered acording to the act of Congress in the year 1848, by J. Franklin Reigart, in the Clerk's office of the District Court of the United States, in and for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania."
Subjects
Water-supply - Pennsylvania - Lancaster - Maps.
Ordinances, municipal - Pennsylvania - Lancaster.
Lancaster (Pa.) - Maps.
Lancaster (Pa.) - Statistics.
Additional Corporate Author
P.S. Duval & Co.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Map
Call Number
974.815 LACI 510
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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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Responsibility
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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Legal report on Edison Electric Company, the Lancaster Electric Light, Heat and Power Company, Conestoga Valley Electric Company, Intercourse Electric Company, Wrightsville Light and Power Company, the Lancaster Gas Light and Fuel Company, (The) Columbia Gas Company, Lititz Gas Company, Conestoga Transmission Company, Lancaster County Railway and Light Company, Wrightsville Water Supply Company, Conestoga Realty Company, Conestoga Terminal Company, Conestoga Transportation Company

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Date of Publication
[19--]
Call Number
352.91 L496 Oversize
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[S.l
Publisher
s.n.],
Date of Publication
[19--]
Physical Description
[12p.], 347 p. ; 33 cm.
Notes
Includes index.
Subjects
Edison Electric Company.
Lancaster Electric Light, Heat and Power Company.
Conestoga Valley Electric Company.
Intercourse Electric Company.
Wrightsville Light and Power Company.
Lancaster Gas Light and Fuel Company.
Columbia Gas Company.
Lititz Gas Company.
Conestoga Transmission Company.
Lancaster County Railway and Light Company.
Wrightsville Water Supply Company.
Conestoga Realty Company.
Conestoga Terminal Company.
Conestoga Transportation Company.
Public utilities - Pennsylvania - Lancaster.
Water utilities - Pennsylvania - Lancaster.
Electric utilities - Pennsylvania - Lancaster.
Gas companies - Pennsylvania - Lancaster.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Lancaster County
Call Number
352.91 L496 Oversize
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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

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Author
Proud, Robert,
Date of Publication
1798.
Call Number
974.802 P968
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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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A digest of the rules, ordinances & bye-laws, for the regulation and government of the directors, the poor and house employment, the farm, hospital and lunatic department. Also : a complete digest of the acts of the General Assembly

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo9459
Corporate Author
Lancaster County (Pa.). Board of Directors of the Poor.
Date of Publication
1897.
Call Number
352.008 C855 1897
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Corporate Author
Lancaster County (Pa.). Board of Directors of the Poor.
Place of Publication
Lancaster
Publisher
W.A. Halbach,
Date of Publication
1897.
Physical Description
96 p. ; 23 cm.
Subjects
Poor laws - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Lancaster County
Call Number
352.008 C855 1897
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Williams' Lancaster city and county directory for 1896 : including a classified general and business directory of Lancaster city and the boroughs of Adamstown, Akron, Christiana, Columbia, Elizabethtown, Ephrata, Lititz, Manheim, Marietta, Mount Joy, New Holland, Quarryville and Washington; and a general and business directory of the townships of Lancaster County ... Also an appendix, containing a list of county, city and borough officers, churches, societies, etc

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Date of Publication
1896
Call Number
917.4815 D598 1896 reprint
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Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
J.E. Williams : On sale at John Baer's Sons,
Date of Publication
1896
Physical Description
xxiv, 33-727 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Notes
Includes index.
Reprint of original
Subjects
Lancaster County (Pa.) - Directories.
Lancaster (Pa.) - Directories.
Additional Author
Williams, J. E.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Reference
Call Number
917.4815 D598 1896 reprint
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[Fulton Opera House, site of old Lancaster County jail] : Application to National Park Service Underground Railroad Network to Freedom

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Author
Harris, Randolph J.
Date of Publication
2007.
Call Number
728.37 F974
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Author
Harris, Randolph J.
Place of Publication
[N. l
Publisher
n. s.]
Date of Publication
2007.
Physical Description
29, [3] leaves : ill. ; 28 cm.
Notes
"On behalf of the Board of Trustees of the Fulton Opera House, Lancaster, PA, I am pleased to submit the attached application to the National Park Service'sUnderground Railroad Network to Freedom Program."
OMB Control Nol 1024-0232; Expires 12/31/2006.
Subjects
Miller, David - 1795-1858.
Fulton Opera House (Lancaster, Pa.) - History.
Underground railroad - Pennsylvania.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Lancaster County
Call Number
728.37 F974
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Williams' Lancaster city and county directory for 1890 : containing a general directory of Lancaster city, of the boroughs and townships of the county

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Date of Publication
1890
Call Number
917.4815 D598 1890 reprint
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Responsibility
compiled and published by J.E. Williams
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
New Era Book and Job Print ;
Date of Publication
1890
Physical Description
6-616 p. : bill. : 28 cm.
Notes
Includes index.
Reprint from original.
Subjects
Lancaster (Pa.) - Directories
Lancaster County (Pa.) - Directories.
Adamstown (Pa.) - Directories
Columbia (Pa.) - Directories
Elizabethtown (Pa.) - Directories
Lititz (Pa.) - Directories
Manheim (Pa.) - DIrectories
Marietta (Pa. ) - Directories
Mount Joy (Pa.) - Directories
Strasburg (Pa.) - Directories
Washington Boro (Pa.) - Directories
Additional Author
Williams, J.E.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Reference
Call Number
917.4815 D598 1890 reprint
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College Hill in the 80's and 90's memoirs of a Franklin and Marshall faculty daughter

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Author
Heller, Mary Belle Stahr.
Date of Publication
1971.
College Hill in the 80's and 90's Memoirs of a Franklin and Marshall Faculty Daughter by Mary Belle Stahr Heller Preface My mother dictated these reminiscences at various periods dur- ing the last ten years of her life. Since her death in June, 1971 I have gone over them and assembled them into
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Responsibility
by Mary Belle Stahr Heller.
Author
Heller, Mary Belle Stahr.
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Lancaster County Historical Society,
Date of Publication
1971.
Physical Description
[19]-37 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Series
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 75, no. 1
Subjects
Heller, Mary Belle Stahr.
Franklin and Marshall College.
Lancaster (Pa.) - History.
Lancaster (Pa.) - Social life and customs.
Additional Author
Heller, Jane.
Contained In
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 75, number 1 (1971), p. 19-37Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.75
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