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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.

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An illustrated history of the commonwealth of Pennsylvania, civil, political, and military, from its earliest settlement to the present time including historical descriptions of each county in the state, their towns, and industrial resources

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Author: Egle, William Henry,

Date of Publication: 1876.

Call Number: 974.8009 H313 1876; 974.8009 E31

Responsibility: by William Henry Egle.

Author: Egle, William Henry,

Place of Publication: Harrisburg

Publisher: DeWitt C. Goodrich,

Date of Publication: 1876.

Physical Description: xii, 13-1186 p., front., illus. (ports., maps, facsim.), 25 cm.

Notes: Bound in three-quarter red leather and red linen.; Bookplate of Redmond Conyngham No. 2658

Subjects: Pennsylvania - History.; Pennsylvania - Local history.

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

Call Number: 974.8009 H313 1876; 974.8009 E31

Economy of old and Ambridge of today : historical outlines, embracing the settlement and life of Economy of old, together with the vast development in recent years of Ambridge and surroundings on this historic spot

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Author: Wagner, Elise Mercur.

Date of Publication: 1924.

Call Number: 974.892 A495

Responsibility: compiled by Elise Mercur Wagner.

Author: Wagner, Elise Mercur.

Place of Publication: [Ambridge, Pa.]

Publisher: [s.n.],

Date of Publication: 1924.

Physical Description: 95 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

Notes: "Centennial Souvenir Program, June 6,7,8, 1924."; Economy was the name of a settlement in western Pennsylvania of the Harmony Society in early 19th century . It was a religious communal society. The area later became the town of Ambridge.

Subjects: Economy (Pa.) - Centennial celebrations, etc.; Ambridge (Pa.) - History.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 974.892 A495

Report of the committee to place and unveil a marker designating and commemorating the Indian town of Conestoga, in Manor Township, Lancaster County, Penna

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Date of Publication: 1924

, of Windom, Lancaster County, Pa. As we view this beautiful agricultural section today its past has been so. completely obscured that scarcely a trace remains to remind us of the role of historical importance which it has played. Let us then review and if pos- sible picture some of the scenes which

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Place of Publication: Lancaster, Pa

Publisher: Lancaster County Historical Society,

Date of Publication: 1924

Physical Description: 129-149 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

Series: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 28, no. 9

Subjects: Penn, William, - 1644-1718.; Indian Town (Conestoga, Pa.); Historical markers - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.; Indians of North America - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.; Conestoga Indians.; Paxton Boys.; Conestoga Massacre, Pa., 1763.; Conestoga (Pa. : Township) - History.

Additional Author: Magee, Daniel F.; Landis, David H.,; Beck, Herbert Huebener,

Contained In: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 28, number 9 (1924), p. 129-152Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.28

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Journals of the Select and Common Councils of the city of Lancaster : and resolutions in memorial to Honorable Henry Lightner Trout of the city of Lancaster

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Corporate Author: Lancaster (Pa.). Select and Common Councils.

Date of Publication: 1920

Call Number: 352.008 S464j

Corporate Author: Lancaster (Pa.). Select and Common Councils.

Place of Publication: Lancaster, Pa

Publisher: The Examiner Printing House,

Date of Publication: 1920

Physical Description: v. ; 23 cm.

Notes: LCHS has January 1920.

Subjects: Trout, Henry Lightner.; Municipal government - Pennsylvania - Lancaster.; Lancaster (Pa.) - Politics and government.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Lancaster County

Call Number: 352.008 S464j

Report on the committee appointed to participate in the exercises incident to the restoration of City Hall, Lancaster, Pa., to its original colonial design and dignity

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Author: Garvin, Milton Thomas.

Date of Publication: 1925

Call Number: 974.9 L245 v.29

Responsibility: address of Mr. M. T. Garvin. Address of Richard Reilly, Esq.

Author: Garvin, Milton Thomas.

Place of Publication: Lancaster, Pa

Publisher: Lancaster County Historical Society,

Date of Publication: 1925

Physical Description: 3-7 p. ; 23 cm.

Series: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 29, no. 1

Subjects: City Hall (Lancaster, Pa.); Architecture, Colonial - Pennsylvania - Lancaster.; Historic buildings - Pennsylvania - Lancaster; Lancaster (Pa.) - History - 1865-

Additional Author: Reilly, R. M.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Journal

Call Number: 974.9 L245 v.29

Reminiscences of Lititz, Lancaster County, Pennsyvania presented to the Lancaster County Historical Society by William Frederic Worner

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Date of Publication: Michaelmas 1922.

Call Number: 974.815 LITB W919

Date of Publication: Michaelmas 1922.

Physical Description: [19] p. ; 23 cm.

Notes: Newspaper clippings bound in hard cover.; Two other articles laid in.

Contents: Local history that is being forgotten -- Reminiscences of Lititz -- Noted people who lived -- The last days of Sutter -- Linden Hall -- Two hundredth anniversary Historical event of Sadsbury Friends Meeting, near Christiana -- Trombone town -- (Laid in) Moravians to sponsor tour of historic Lititz Square -- (Laid in) Sketch of the Anchor Inn.

Subjects: Sadsbury Friends Meeting (Christiana, (Pa.) - History.; Lititz (Pa.) - History.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 974.815 LITB W919

Index to the first eight volumes of the publications of the Lebanon County Historical Society : introduction read before the society January 25, 1924

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Author: Stein, Thomas S.

Date of Publication: 1924]

Call Number: 974.819 L441 Index v. 1 - 8

Responsibility: by Thos. S. Stein.

Author: Stein, Thomas S.

Place of Publication: [Pennsylvania

Publisher: The Society,

Date of Publication: 1924]

Physical Description: 55 p. ; 24 cm.

Subjects: Lebanon County (Pa.) - History - Indexes.; Lebanon County (Pa.) - Biography - Indexes.

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

Additional Title: Papers and addresses of the Lebanon County Historical Society.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 974.819 L441 Index v. 1 - 8

Barnes' directory of Lancaster County : embracing a full list of all the adult males and heads of families with their occupation, residence, and P.O. address, and a classified business directory : also, an appendix, containing a descriptive list of the courts, banking houses, public buildings, churches, educational and benevolent institutions, secret and other societies, &c., &c., 1875-76

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Date of Publication: 1875.

Call Number: 917.4815 D598 1875-76 reprint

Alternate Title: Directory of Lancaster County

Place of Publication: Lancaster, Pa

Publisher: Jno. H. Barnes,

Date of Publication: 1875.

Physical Description: 508 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Notes: Advertisements throughout text.; Includes index.; Reprint.

Subjects: Business enterprises - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.; Directories - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.; Lancaster County (Pa.) - Directories.; Lancaster County (Pa.) - Commerce - Directories.

Additional Corporate Author: Jno. H. Barnes (Firm)

Location: Lancaster History Library - Reference

Call Number: 917.4815 D598 1875-76 reprint

Lancaster's golden century, 1821-1921; a chronicle of men and women who planned and toiled to build a city strong and beautiful

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Author: Klein, H. M. J.

Date of Publication: 1921.

Call Number: 974.815 LACO K64

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Responsibility: written and comp. by H.M.J. Klein ...

Author: Klein, H. M. J.

Place of Publication: [Lancaster, Pa.]

Publisher: Hager and Bro.,

Date of Publication: 1921.

Physical Description: 3 p. Ã¸., 130 p. illus., pl., ports. 19 cm.

Notes: "To commemorate one hundred years of the house of Hager, April, 1921."

Subjects: Lancaster (Pa.) - History.; Lancaster County (Pa.) - History.; Lancaster (Pa.) - Biography.

Additional Corporate Author: Hager & Brother, Lancaster, Pa.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 974.815 LACO K64

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An illustrated history of the commonwealth of Pennsylvania, civil, political, and military, from its earliest settlement to the present time including historical descriptions of each county in the state, their towns, and industrial resources

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo3097

Economy of old and Ambridge of today : historical outlines, embracing the settlement and life of Economy of old, together with the vast development in recent years of Ambridge and surroundings on this historic spot

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo7233

Report of the committee to place and unveil a marker designating and commemorating the Indian town of Conestoga, in Manor Township, Lancaster County, Penna

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo3645

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Journals of the Select and Common Councils of the city of Lancaster : and resolutions in memorial to Honorable Henry Lightner Trout of the city of Lancaster

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Report on the committee appointed to participate in the exercises incident to the restoration of City Hall, Lancaster, Pa., to its original colonial design and dignity

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Reminiscences of Lititz, Lancaster County, Pennsyvania presented to the Lancaster County Historical Society by William Frederic Worner

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Index to the first eight volumes of the publications of the Lebanon County Historical Society : introduction read before the society January 25, 1924

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo17258

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Lancaster's golden century, 1821-1921; a chronicle of men and women who planned and toiled to build a city strong and beautiful

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo1346

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