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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

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Author: Kilburn, Francis,

Date of Publication: 1870.

Call Number: 974.815 L244p 1870

Author: Kilburn, Francis,

Place of Publication: Lancaster, Pa

Publisher: Pearsol and Geist, printers,

Date of Publication: 1870.

Physical Description: 40 [2] p. ; 27 cm.

Notes: Cover title.; Includes local business cards and advertisements.; Not in Wilkinson.

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

Location: Lancaster History Library - Rare Books

Call Number: 974.815 L244p 1870

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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Brief outline on the care of the poor, the sick, and insane of Lancaster County, Pa

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Author: Showalter, Henry A.

Date of Publication: 1951

this particular phase of activity. Mrs. William Rote, Jr., and Mr. M. Luther Heisey, members of the Lancaster County Historical Society, advise that Dr. Samuel W. Miller, then recently graduated from the University of Pennsylvania Medical College, became superintendent and resident physician in 1895

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Responsibility: by Henry A. Showalter.

Author: Showalter, Henry A.

Place of Publication: Lancaster, Pa

Publisher: Lancaster County Historical Society,

Date of Publication: 1951

Physical Description: [97]-[124] p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

Series: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 55, no. 4

Subjects: Poor - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County; Public welfare - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.; Hospitals - Pennsylvania - Lancaster.; Mentally ill - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.; Lancaster County (Pa.) - Economic conditions.; Lancaster County (Pa.) - Social conditions.

Contained In: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 55, number 4 (1951), p. 97-124Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.55

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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

Two hundred years in Cumberland County; a collection of documents and pictures illustrating two centuries of life in Pennsylvania

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Corporate Author: Hamilton Library and Historical Association of Cumberland County (Carlisle, Pa.)

Date of Publication: 1951.

Call Number: 974.843 T969

Responsibility: Editorial committee: D. W. Thompson, chairman [and others]

Corporate Author: Hamilton Library and Historical Association of Cumberland County (Carlisle, Pa.)

Place of Publication: Carlisle

Date of Publication: 1951.

Physical Description: 388 p. illus., group ports., maps, facsims. 24 cm.

Notes: "Compiled...in celebration of the bicentennial of the county, formed in 1750, and of Carlisle the county seat, founded in 1751."

Subjects: Cumberland County (Pa.) - History - Sources.; Carlisle (Pa.) - History - Sources.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 974.843 T969

Lancaster County Papers

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Date of Publication: 1854-1922.

Call Number: 974.815 LACO L245i

Date of Publication: 1854-1922.

Physical Description: 2 vol. : ill. ; 23 cm.

Notes: A series of pamphlets bound together.

Contents: Vol 1: Father Ferdinand Farmer, an apostolic missionary in three states by John F. Quirk--A discourse, delivered in the Leacock Presbyterian Church, Lancaster County, Pa., on Thanksgiving Day, November 23, 1854 by P.J. Timlow--A discourse delivered in the Leacock Presbyterian Church, July 21st, 1892 by P.J. Timlow--Christ Lutheran Church, Lancaster, Pa.--Report of the commissioners appointed to examine the affairs of the Lancaster Savings Institution.; Vol.2: Resources and industries of the City of Lancaster, Lancaster County, Pa.--Historical sketch of St. Anthony's Church, Lancaster, Penna., 1870-1895 by Anthony F. Dorley--A discourse delivered in the Leacock Presbyterian Church, Lancaster County, Pa., on Thanksgiving Day, November 23, 1854--A discourse delivered in the Leacock Presbyterian Church, July 21st, 1892 by P.J. Timlow--Historical sketch of Zion's Reformed Church [Millersville] by D.H. Landis.

Subjects: Timlow, P.J.; St. Anthony's Church (Lancaster, Pa.) - History.; Christ Lutheran Church (Lancaster, Pa.) - History.; Lancaster Savings Institution - Report.; Leacock Presbyterian Church (Lancaste County, Pa.) - History.; Sacred Heart Academy (Lancaster, Pa.) - History.; St. Anthony's Parochial School (Lancaster, Pa.) - History.; Presbyterian Church (Lancaste County, Pa.); Reformed Church (Lancaster County, Pa.); Roman Catholic Church (Lancaster County, Pa.); Lutheran Church (Lancaster County, Pa.); Millersville (Pa.) - History.; Lancaster (Pa.) - Directories.; Lancaster County (Pa.) - Genealogy.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 974.815 LACO L245i

Founding of the United Brethren Church in Lancaster County, Pennsyvania

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Author: Gibble, Phares Brubaker,

Date of Publication: 1950.

Call Number: 974.9 L245 v. 54 1950

Responsibility: by Rev. P. B. Gibble.

Author: Gibble, Phares Brubaker,

Place of Publication: Lancaster, Pa

Publisher: Lancaster County Historical Society,

Date of Publication: 1950.

Physical Description: [165] - 184 p. : ill, 23 cm.

Notes: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 54, no. 7.

Subjects: Otterbein, Philip William, - Bp., - 1726-1813.; Newcomer, Christian, - 1749-1830.; Boehm, Martin.; Newcomer, Christian.; Grosh, Christopher.; Hershey, Abraham.; Hershey, Christian,; Herr, Christian.; Herr, Abraham.; Smith, John Christian.; Riegel, John Adam.; Geyer, Geroge.; United Brethern in Christ - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County - History.; Church of the United Brethren in Christ - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County - History.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Lancaster County

Call Number: 974.9 L245 v. 54 1950

By-laws of Lodge No. 43, free and accepted masons, of Lancaster, Pa. : together with extracts of the warrant of the lodge, a short sketch of masonry in Lancaster County, and a list of officers, past-officers and members of Lodge No. 43 ; approved by Grand Lodge, June 6, 1956

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Corporate Author: Freemasons. Lodge No. 43 (Lancaster, Pa.)

Date of Publication: 1956.

Call Number: 366.1 F855Lo

Alternate Title: Lodge No. 43, F. & A.M., Lancaster, Pa.

Corporate Author: Freemasons. Lodge No. 43 (Lancaster, Pa.)

Place of Publication: Lancaster, Pa

Publisher: [s.n.],

Date of Publication: 1956.

Physical Description: 75 p. ; 15 cm.

Subjects: Freemasons. - Lodge No. 43 (Lancaster, Pa.); Freemasons - Pennsylvania - Lancaster.; Freemasonry - Pennsylvania - Lancaster.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Lancaster County

Call Number: 366.1 F855Lo

A history of the Garden Spot High School area

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Date of Publication: 1958

Call Number: 975.815 EARL H674

Responsibility: by the Garden Spot Chapter Pennsylvania Federation of Junior Historians

Place of Publication: [S.l

Publisher: s.n.] ;

Date of Publication: 1958

Physical Description: 27 p. ; 15 cm.

Notes: Includes advertising

Subjects: Pennsylvania Federation of Junior Historians; New Holland (Pa.) - History; Terre Hill (Pa.) - History; Brecknock Township - Lancaster County, Pa. - History; Caernarvon Township - Lancaster County, Pa. - History; Earl Township - Lancaster County, Pa. - History

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 975.815 EARL H674

The Tanger-Metzger genealogy, with a record of the descendants of John and Catharine (Metzger) Tanger, 1773-1950, and data on the Lottmann, Rudisill, Snavely, Hess, Harnish, Zercher, and Gall families of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo6048

Author: Weiser, Frederick Sheely,

Date of Publication: 1955.

Call Number: 929 T164w

Author: Weiser, Frederick Sheely,

Place of Publication: Gettysburg, Pa

Date of Publication: 1955.

Physical Description: 90 p. illus. 24 cm.

Subjects: Tanger family.; Lancaster County (Pa.) - Genealogy.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 929 T164w

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