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Marshall's diary in its relation to Lancaster city and county

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Author
Diffenderffer, Frank Ried,
Date of Publication
1899
Marshall has made one of the most valuable contributions to our local history that we possess. For many years he kept a diary, a "Remembrancer," as he was pleased to call it, which, I believe I risk little in saying, is the fullest, most trust- worthy and readable of all the similar productions of that
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by F. R. Diffenderffer.
Author
Diffenderffer, Frank Ried,
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Lancaster County Historical Society,
Date of Publication
1899
Physical Description
[131]-161 p. ; 23 cm.
Series
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 3, no. 6
Subjects
Marshall, Christopher, - 1709-1797 - Diaries.
Lancaster County (Pa.) - History - 18th century - Personal narratives.
Lancaster (Pa.) - History - 18th century - Personal narratives.
Lancaster County (Pa.) - History - 17th century - Personal narratives.
Diaries.
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Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 3, number 6 (1899), p. 131-161Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.3
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An old diary

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Author
Goddell, Mary.
Date of Publication
1908
. �file:///Volumes/LCHS%3BLCHSFS01/OCR%20Journal%20Project/PDF%20Biblio%20Info/Pwebrecon.cgi.txt Author: Goddell, Mary. Other Author(s): Zahm, Matthias, 1789-1874. Title: An old diary / by Miss Mary Goddell. Primary Material: Book Subject(s): Zahm, Matthias, 1789-1874 --Diaries. Lancaster (Pa.)--Social
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by Miss Mary Goddell.
Author
Goddell, Mary.
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Lancaster County Historical Society,
Date of Publication
1908
Physical Description
[184]-194 p. ; 23 cm.
Series
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 12, no. 5
Summary
This article contains parts of the the diary of Matthias Zahm 1789 -1874. He was a Lancaster resident who served as a Tipstaff and then Crier in the County court. The diary begins in 1835 and ends in 1849.
Subjects
Zahm, Matthias, - 1789-1874 - Diaries.
Lancaster (Pa.) - History - 19th century - Personal narratives.
Lancaster (Pa.) - Social life and customs.
Additional Author
Zahm, Matthias,
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Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 12, number 5 (1908), p. 184-194Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.12
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The diary of Harriet Amelia Arndt for 1865

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Author
Arndt, Harriet Amelia.
Date of Publication
1946
there was thrilled by performances by Signor Blitz, magician, by fires, lectures, holiday events, by cheer- ing war news — the fall of Richmond, and the surrender of Lee's army ; and depressed by the news of the shooting and death of Abraham Lincoln. "Harriet Amelia Arndt was born in Manheim, Lancaster
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by Harriet Amelia Arndt.
Author
Arndt, Harriet Amelia.
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Lancaster County Historical Society,
Date of Publication
1946
Physical Description
[73]-76 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Series
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 50, no. 3
Summary
Harriet Amelia Arndt was a resident of Manheim.
Subjects
Arndt, Harriet Amelia, - 1834- - Diaries.
Women - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
Manheim (Pa.) - Social life and customs - Personal narratives.
Manheim (Pa.) - History - Personal narratives.
Diaries.
Additional Author
Kendig, John D.
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Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 50, number 3 (1946), p. 73-76Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.50
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The diaries of Willam T. Clark of Chestnut Level, Drumore Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania : Dating from his enlistment in Co. B 79th Penna. Vet. Vols. September 12, 1861 to November 30, 1865

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Author
Clark, William T.,
Date of Publication
1988.
Call Number
973.781 C596
. D. Spring, 1989 Pequea, PA �THE DIARIES OF WILLIAM T. CLARK (B. 1836 - D. 1911) OF CHESTNUT LEVEL, DRUMORE TOWNSHIP, LANCASTER COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA Dating from his enlistment in: CO. B, 79th PENNSYLVANIA VETERAN VOLUNTEER INFANTRY REGIMENT SEPTEMBER 12th, 1861 To NOVEMBER 30th, 1865
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Transcribed by William G. Davis and Janet B. Davis.
Author
Clark, William T.,
Place of Publication
Computer printout
Date of Publication
1988.
Physical Description
10 vols. ; 28 cm.
Notes
"Transcribed from six volumes of daily entries while in the field with the U. S. Army of the West during the CIvil War, and three volumes of miscellaneous entries."
Library has v. 1-7; copy 2 (v.1-6 )has information about William Clark and the 79th Pennsylvania and computer disc inserted.
Contents
vol 1. 9/12/61 - 5/21/62 Enlistment; Departure; Louisville, Ky.; Tennessee; Raid into Alabama -- v. 2. 5/22/62 - 2/9/63 Tennessee; Kentucky; Battle of Chaplin Hills (Perryville, Ky.; Kentucky hospitals; Battle of Stones River (Murfreesboro), Tenn. -- v. 3. 2/10/63 - 10/4/63 Tennessee; Raid into Alabama; Furlough home to recruit during Battle of Gettysburg; Battle of Chickamauga, Tenn. -- v. 4. 10/5/63-6/10/64 Georgia; Tennessee; Battles of Missionary Ridge, Lookout Mountain, Ringgold, Tunnel Hill; Regimental furlough home; Battles of Resaca, Buzzard's Roost, Etoway, Georgia -- v. 5. 6/11/64 - 2/11/65 Battles of Kennesaw Mountain, Allatoona, Marietta; The campaign for Altanta; Sherman's March to the Sea;The campaign for Savannah -- v. 6. 2/12/65 - 11/30/65 North through the Carolinas; The capture of Columbia; Battle of Bentonsville, N. C.; Surrender of Gen. Johnston; March to Washinton via Richmond;Victory parade; Return to Chestnut Level -- v. 7. Company B muster list; Original roll of Company B; Reenlistment as Veteran Volunteers (2/8/64); Miscellaneous expenses from January 1864 -- v. 8. Lists of rations issued as Regimental Commissary Sergeant, 1865 -- v. 9. Addenda and maps; Brief histories of W. T. Clark, 79th Regt. P.V.V.; The Clark family; Information on a few persons of note mentioned in the diaries -- v. 10. Rewrite of volume one.
Subjects
Pennsylvania Infantry. - 87th Regiment, 1861-1864.
United States - History - Civil War, 1861-1865 - Personal narratives.
United States - History - Civil War, 1861-1865 - Regimental histories - Pennsylvania Infantry - 79th.
Diaries.
Additional Author
Davis, William G.
Davis, Janet B.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
973.781 C596
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Christopher Marshall's home in which he lived and wrote his diary in year 1777 and 1781 inclusive

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Author
Magee, Daniel F.
Date of Publication
1927
wrote his diary in year 1777 and 1781 inclusive / by D. F. Magee, Esq. Primary Material: Book Subject(s): Marshall, Christopher, 1709-1797 --Diaries. Lancaster (Pa.)--History--18th century. Publisher: Lancaster, Pa. : Lancaster County Historical Society, 1927 Description: 118-120 p. ; 23 cm. Series
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by D. F. Magee, Esq.
Author
Magee, Daniel F.
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Lancaster County Historical Society,
Date of Publication
1927
Physical Description
118-120 p. ; 23 cm.
Series
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 31, no. 8
Notes
Christopher Marshall, a politically active resident of Philadelphia, lived in Lancaster County during the American Revolution. He had begun writing a diary in Philadelphia that included observations on events of the day. He continued this while in Lancaster. The diary shows much about life in Lancaster during the Revolution.
Subjects
Marshall, Christopher, - 1709-1797.
Lancaster (Pa.) - History - 18th century - Personal narratives.
Diaries.
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Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 31, number 8 (1927), p. 118-121Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.31
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Lancaster Townstead

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Author
Sener, Samuel Miller,
Date of Publication
1901
(Lancaster, Pa.) Lancaster (Pa.)--History--18th century. Lancaster (Pa.)--History--19th century. Lancaster (Pa.)--History--Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775. Lancaster County (Pa.)--History--17th century. Publisher: Lancaster, Pa. : Lancaster County Historical Society, 1900/1901 Description: [121]-133 p. : ill
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by S. M. Sener, Esq.
Author
Sener, Samuel Miller,
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Lancaster County Historical Society,
Date of Publication
1901
Physical Description
[121]-133 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Series
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 5, no. 6
Summary
''How, when and where (Lancaster,Pa ) laid out by the Hamiltons in1730 . The Hamilton ancestry and coat of arms.The ground rents, the market houses and the public spring . The population at various periods. "
Subjects
Lancaster Townstead (Lancaster, Pa.)
Lancaster (Pa.) - History - 18th century.
Lancaster (Pa.) - History - 19th century.
Lancaster (Pa.) - History - Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775.
Lancaster County (Pa.) - History - 17th century.
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Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.5
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A running story of Lancaster County : (from Hazard's Register--1613-1835)

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Author
Eshleman, Henry Frank,
Date of Publication
1923
he says, "Some ships bound for Pennsylvania sail through Chesapeake Bay, the head falling within this latitude." This is the earliest mention of trading up the Chesapeake to our Susquehanna country. V. 5 p. 161. Hazard has by instalments re-printed the whole of Oldimixon's History. Further quoting
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Register of Pennsylvania
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compiled by H. Frank Eshleman.
Author
Eshleman, Henry Frank,
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Lancaster County Historical Society,
Date of Publication
1923
Physical Description
39-70 p. ; 23 cm.
Series
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 27, no. 3
Notes
Book entitled "Register of Pennsylvania" by Samuel Hazard.
Summary
From the 16 volumes of Hazard's "Register of Pennsylvania", Eshleman compiled the entries associated with Lancaster County in chronological order. The Register was "devoted to the preservation of facts and every other kind of useful information respecting the state of Pennsylvania."
Subjects
Lancaster County (Pa.) - History - 19th century.
Lancaster County (Pa.) - History - 18th century.
Lancaster County (Pa.) - History - Chronology.
Lancaster County (Pa.) - History - 17th century.
Additional Author
Hazard, Samuel,
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Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 27, number 3 (1923), p. 39-70Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.27
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John Pearson's description of Lancaster and Columbia in 1801

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Author
Mast, John H.
Date of Publication
1957.
history of Pennsylvania in the eighteenth century and is the author of several articles on that period. �
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by John H. Mast.
Author
Mast, John H.
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Lancaster County Historical Society,
Date of Publication
1957.
Physical Description
[49]-61 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Series
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 61, no. 2
Summary
John Pearson's observations of Lancaster came about when he came to Lancaster, the state capital at the time, as a state senator representing Philadelphia city and County and Delaware County.
Subjects
Pearson, John, - 1740-1829.
Lancaster (Pa.) - History - 19th century.
Columbia (Pa.) - History - 19th century.
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Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 61, number 2 (1957), p. 49-61Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.61
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Diary of a Hessian soldier, Johannes Reuber

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Author
Reuber, Johannes.
Date of Publication
n.d.
Call Number
973.342 R442
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typescript & translation by Herbert H. Freund.
Author
Reuber, Johannes.
Place of Publication
Typescript
Date of Publication
n.d.
Physical Description
44p. : ill. ; 28 cm.
Notes
Original in German housed in the archives.
Summary
The diary follows Hessian soldier Johannes Reuber from 1776 to 1783. He describes his sea voyages in detail, the hardships involved and the weather. He saw action in New York and was captured at Trenton at the time of Washington's surprise crossing of the Delaware river. He spent time as a prisoner in Philadelphia, then Lancaster,Pa. and in Winchester, Virginia. After being freed,the remainder of the war was mostly spent in Savannah,Georgia and other parts of the South. He returned to Germany in 1783.
Subjects
Reuber, Johannes - Diaries.
United States - History - Revolution, 1775-1783 - Participation, German.
United States - History - Revolution, 1775-1783 - Personal narratives.
United States - History - Revolution, 1775-1783 - Biography.
Diaries.
Additional Author
Freund, Herbert H.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
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973.342 R442
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Travel diary of A. Herr Smith

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Author
Smith, A. Herr
Call Number
974.802 S642
( ) Travel Diary ofA. Herr Smith LancasterHistory This is transcription ofa travel diary written by in 1839 A. Herr Smith while on a tour to Montreal, Quebec and Niagara. The diary is incomplete. It begins on August 5, 1839 when he left Strasburg, Pa. and ends August 9, 1839 when he arrives in
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Smith, A. Herr
Physical Description
s.l. ; 28 cm.
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"This is a transcription of a travel diary written in 1839 [by] A. Herr Smith while on a tour to Montreal, Quebec and Niagara . The diary is incomplete. It begins on August 5, 1839 when he left Strasburg, Pa., and ends August 9, 1839 when he arrives in Saratoga, New York. He was 24 when he began thr trip".
Original diary in Lancaster County Historical Society.
Subjects
Smith, A. Herr - Diaries.
Pennsylvania - Description and travel - 19th century.
New York (State) - Description and travel - 19th century.
Diaries.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
974.802 S642
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