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Diffenderffer, Frank Ried,
Date of Publication
1905
victories on the plains of Chalmette,and who was twice President of the United States, coming from another man, who, seventeen years later, was himself elected to that high office. Letter to General Jackson. But here are the letters, neither of which has ever been in print. I present them in the order in
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by F. R. Diffenderffer, Litt.D.
Author
Diffenderffer, Frank Ried,
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Lancaster County Historical Society,
Date of Publication
1905
Physical Description
[37]-42 p. ; 23 cm.
Series
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 9, no. 2
Subjects
Buchanan, James, - 1791-1868 - Correspondence.
Caldwell, James A.
Barton, George W., - 1807-1851.
Lancaster County (Pa.) - Biography.
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Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 9, number 2 (1905), p. 37-42Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.9
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The Lane family of Lancaster

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Author
Heisey, M. Luther,
Date of Publication
1962
. These children - most with the name of Lane - were related to John N. Lane, merchant, and James Buchanan, lawyer and president, both of Lancaster; the former worth $250,000, the latter a mere $120,000. small in relation to modern fortunes, but a huge sum for those days.' Jane, the sister of James
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by M. Luther Heisey.
Author
Heisey, M. Luther,
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Lancaster County Historical Society,
Date of Publication
1962
Physical Description
[176]-186 p. ill. ; 23 cm.
Series
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 66, no. 4
Subjects
Lane family.
Johnston, Harriet Lane, - 1830-1903.
Buchanan, James, - 1791-1868.
Buchanan family.
Lancaster County (Pa.) - Biography.
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Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 66, number 4 (1962), p. 176-186Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.66
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The connection with Lancaster of a signer of the Declaration of Independence

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Author
Martin, C. H.
Date of Publication
1933.
that one of the Pennsylvania signers, James Smith, had read law in Lancaster and was here admitted to the bar. This encouraged a search for information concerning Mr. Smith's connection with Lancaster, and I take pleasure in present- ing this brief paper to our Lancaster County Historical Society on
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by C. H. Martin.
Author
Martin, C. H.
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Lancaster County Historical Society,
Date of Publication
1933.
Physical Description
[60]-62 p. ; 23 cm.
Series
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 37, no. 3
Subjects
United States. - Signers.
Lancaster County (Pa.) - Biography.
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Signers and ratifiers of the Constitution of the United States

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Author
Coldren, Charles M.,
Date of Publication
1937
Signers And Ratifiers Of The Constitution Of The United States By MRS. CHARLES M. COLDREN Of the eight Pennsylvanians who attended the Constitutional Convention in 1787, and became signers of that immortal document, seven are shown on the plate opposite page 178. The upper four bear a direct
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by Mrs. Charles M. Coldren.
Author
Coldren, Charles M.,
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Lancaster County Historical Society,
Date of Publication
1937
Physical Description
[182]-184 p. ; 23 cm.
Series
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 41, no. 7
Subjects
Lancaster County Historical Society (Pa.)
United States. - Signers.
Historical markers - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
Lancaster County (Pa.) - Biography.
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Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 41, number 7 (1937), p. 182-184Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.41
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Abraham Lincoln's connections with Lancaster and its citizens

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Author
Martin, C. H.
Date of Publication
1934
Judicial Branch of the Government ; but all will yet be well. "Your friend always, "James Buchanan." 1 On the 4th of March, 1861, after Lincoln had taken the oath of office as President of the United States, citizen Buchanan and President Lincoln entered a carriage, and a military procession escorted them
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by C. H. Martin.
Author
Martin, C. H.
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Lancaster County Historical Society,
Date of Publication
1934
Physical Description
[13]-32 p. ; 23 cm.
Series
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 38, no. 1
Subjects
Lincoln, Abraham, - 1809-1865 - Family.
Presidents - United States
Lancaster County (Pa.) - Biography.
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Diffenderffer, Frank Ried,
Date of Publication
1904.
Pennsylvania troops that marched to �the defense of Baltimore, in 1812. He served an appointment as Prosecuting Attorney for Dauphin coudty, and later was thrice elected to fill the same posi- tion. Meanwhile, his reputation was rapidly growing, and in 1814 he was elected to the Congress of the United States
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F. R. Diffenderffer, Litt. D.
Author
Diffenderffer, Frank Ried,
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Lancaster County Historical Society,
Date of Publication
1904.
Physical Description
[36]-47 p. : 23 cm.
Series
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v.8, no. 2
Subjects
Ellmaker, Amos, - 1787-1851.
Stevens, Thaddeus, - 1792-1868.
Lancaster County (Pa.) - Biography.
United States - Politics and government - 1783-1865.
Additional Author
Ellmaker, Amos,
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The great ideas of Robert Fulton

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Author
Reninger, Marion Wallace,
Date of Publication
1968.
letter, still in the Stanhope's family records, are drawings of Fulton's first plans for steam navigation. In 1796, Fulton published a "Treatise on Canal Navigation". Of this he sent copies to Governor Mifflin of Pennsylvania and to George Washington, President of the United States, urging their
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by Marion Wallace Reninger.
Author
Reninger, Marion Wallace,
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Lancaster County Historical Society,
Date of Publication
1968.
Physical Description
[170]-186 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Series
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 72, no. 3
Subjects
Fulton, Robert, - 1765-1815.
Inventors - United States
Lancaster County (Pa.) - Biography.
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Sons of Lancaster County who won congressional honors at home and elsewhere

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Author
Martin, C. H.
Date of Publication
1932.
was elected United States senator in 1845 to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Hon. James Buchanan. He served in that position for a number of years. He was secretary of war in President Lincoln's cabinet from March 11th, 1861, to January 11th, 1862, when he resigned. His public services
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by C. H. Martin.
Author
Martin, C. H.
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Lancaster County Historical Society,
Date of Publication
1932.
Physical Description
[111]-118 ; 23 cm.
Series
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 36, no. 3
Subjects
Legislators - United States
Lancaster County (Pa.) - Biography.
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Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 36, number 3 (1932), p. 111-118Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.36
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Author
Houston, J. W.
Date of Publication
1907
JAMES SPROUL. * The subject of this portrait, James Sproul, son of Charles Sproul, was born in Armagh, province of Ulster, Ireland, in the year 1785. When James was eleven years old, his father, with his family, removed to Philadelphia, the Pennsylvania sea- port to which the majority os Scotch
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by J. W. Houston, M.D.
Author
Houston, J. W.
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Lancaster County Historical Society,
Date of Publication
1907
Physical Description
[59]-63 p. ; 23 cm.
Series
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 11, no. 2
Subjects
Sproul, James, - 1785-1847.
Lancaster County (Pa.) - Biography.
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Record of soldiers of Lancaster County in the War of 1812, and of others who gave service during the period of 1784-1815

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Author
Landis, Bertha Cochran.
Date of Publication
1938
. 1814. L. C. H. S. Pub., Vol. 36, p. 164; Pa. Arch., 6th Series, Vol. 8, p. 1335. Buried in Lancaster Cemetery. BUCHANAN, James (later President of the U. S.) : b. Apr. 23, 1791; d. June 1, 1868. �Pvt. in Capt. Henry Shippen's Co., "3rd Cavalry Regt., M. M." Klein's Hist. of Lanc. Co., p. 879; Harris
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by (Mrs. D.B.) Bertha Cochran Landis and Eleanore J. Fulton.
Author
Landis, Bertha Cochran.
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Lancaster County Historical Society,
Date of Publication
1938
Physical Description
[157]-178 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Series
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 42, no. 6
Subjects
Soldiers - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
Cemeteries - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
Lancaster County (Pa.) - Biography.
Additional Author
Fulton, Eleanore Jane,
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Report of the Committee of the Lancaster County Historical Society

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Date of Publication
1909
early days this artist came to Lancaster to paint the portraits of her people. He afterwards went to England and became the president of the Royal So- ciety and the first friend and patron of Robert Fulton. You have had many men of force and ability. In the Congress of the United States from the time of
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Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Lancaster County Historical Society,
Date of Publication
1909
Physical Description
193-228 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Series
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 13, no. 8
Subjects
Fulton, Robert, - 1765-1815 - Centennial celebrations, etc.
Lancaster County Historical Society (Pa.)
Historical markers - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
Lancaster County (Pa.) - Biography.
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Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 13, number 8 (1909), p. 193-228Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.13
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The Whitesides of Colerain : the Revolutionary Captain and the Congressman

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Author
Magee, Daniel F.
Date of Publication
1913
find the records disclose the names of Edward Hughes, Isaac Sidwell, Col- onel James Porter, General William �Montgomery, James Ramsey, George Ewing, Francis Armstrong and others who afterward became prominent in the Revolutionary period and there- after. This William Whiteside died on the homestead
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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
1913
Physical Description
227-241 p. ; 23 cm.
Series
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 17, no. 8
Subjects
Whiteside family.
Whiteside, John.
Lancaster County (Pa.) - Biography.
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Author
Diffenderffer, Frank Ried,
Date of Publication
1903
the Authority of the King or Parliament of Great Britain, nor to or with any person or persons unfriendly to the United States of America, knowing them to be such, nor take up Arms, or employ or procure any other person or per- sons to take up Arms against the said States, or aid or assist the Enemies
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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
1903
Physical Description
[109]-139 p. ; 23 cm.
Series
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 7, no. 6
Subjects
Connolly, John, - 1750?-1813.
American loyalists.
Lancaster County (Pa.) - Biography.
United States - Politics and government - 1775-1783.
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Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 7, number 6 (1903), p. 109-139Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.7
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Report on the true character, time and place of the first regular settlement in Lancaster County

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Author
Eshleman, Henry Frank,
Date of Publication
1910
REPORT ON THE TRUE CHARACTER, TIME AND PLACE OF THE FIRST REGULAR SETTLEMENT IN LANCASTER COUNTY. To the President and Members of the Lancaster County Historical So- ciety: Your Committee, after having given a great deal of attention to the subject referred to them, have decided to make report upon
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by Henry Frank Eshleman.
Author
Eshleman, Henry Frank,
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Lancaster County Historical Society,
Date of Publication
1910
Physical Description
21-71 p. ; 23 cm.
Series
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 14, no. 2
Subjects
Mennonites - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
Lancaster County (Pa.) - History - 17th century.
Lancaster County (Pa.) - Biography.
Additional Author
Hostetler, A. K.
Steigerwalt, Charles T.
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Sketch of the life of Ludwig Reingruber, 1836-1885

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Author
Hager, Walter C.
Date of Publication
1913
mas- tery of the principles and technique of his profession. Came to America. In 1868 our artist, aged thirty-two years, came to America, and we learn of him first in Erie, where he executed interior decorative work, frescoing the Opera House, public halls and churches. And now we chronicle the happy
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by Walter C. Hager.
Author
Hager, Walter C.
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Lancaster County Historical Society,
Date of Publication
1913
Physical Description
197-206 p. ; 23 cm.
Series
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 17, no. 7
Subjects
Reingruber, Ludwig, - 1836-1885.
Artists - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
Lancaster County (Pa.) - Biography.
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The Whitehills and Robert Jenkins in Congress

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Author
Clark, Martha Bladen.
Date of Publication
1911
, December 23, 1784, succeeding Samuel John Atlee on the Board of Pardons, October 3, 1785, and August 6, 1787; a Councillor December 22, 1784, and commissioned Associate Judge, August 7, 1791. John White- hill took his seat as a member of the House of Representatives of the Con- gress of the United States
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by Miss Martha B. Clark.
Author
Clark, Martha Bladen.
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Lancaster County Historical Society,
Date of Publication
1911
Physical Description
266-273 p. ; 23 cm.
Series
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 15, no. 9
Subjects
Whitehill, John, - 1729-1805.
Whitehill, James, - 1762-1822.
Whitehill, Robert, - 1735-1813.
Jenkins, Robert, - 1769-1848.
Legislators - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
Lancaster County (Pa.) - Biography.
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The musical and literary organizations and their leaders of Landisville and vicinity

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Author
Landis, David Bachman,
Date of Publication
1906
. Landisville's First Brass Band. A number of the young men who had been previously active in musical �and literary circles of the vicinity organized the "Mechanicks' Band of Landisville," on September 4, 1858, with these officers: W. D. Reit- zel, President; E. D. Golden, Vice President; Em'l Newcomer, Sec
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by D. B. Landis.
Author
Landis, David Bachman,
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Lancaster County Historical Society,
Date of Publication
1906
Physical Description
[3]-27 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Series
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 10, no. 1
Subjects
Music - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
Landisville (Pa.) - Social life and customs.
Lancaster County (Pa.) - Biography.
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The Gorgas family of Cocalico Valley : grandfather clock makers

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Author
Shaub, Elizabeth W.
Date of Publication
1962
Havana, Cuba, 1898-1902, where he successfully combatted yel- low fever, and in 1904-1913 served in the Panama Canal Zone. In 1914 he was made surgeon general of the United States Army. (See Encyclo- pedia Americana.) �GORGAS FAMILY TREE John Gorgas d. 1741 m. Psyche Rittenhouse d. 1737 Jacob b. 1728, d
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by Elizabeth W. Shaub.
Author
Shaub, Elizabeth W.
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Lancaster County Historical Society,
Date of Publication
1962
Physical Description
[167]-[175] p. ill. ; 23 cm.
Series
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 66, no. 4
Subjects
Gorgas family.
Clock and watch makers - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
Horology
Lancaster County (Pa.) - Biography.
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A time in the life of Abbeville

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Author
Appel, William Herr.
Date of Publication
1995.
the Superior Court of South Carolina the following year. In 1816 the United States Bank had been rechartered, and at once the financial institution began suffering from mismanagement. In 1819 Langdon Cheves was elected the president of the bank's board of directors, and he moved to Philadelphia. Under
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by William Herr Appel.
Author
Appel, William Herr.
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Lancaster County Historical Society,
Date of Publication
1995.
Physical Description
[50]-65 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Series
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 97, no. 2
Subjects
Herr, Elizabeth Henderson Hager, - 1856-1918.
Herr, Martin Light, - 1838-1902.
Appel, John Wilberforce, - 1856-1928.
Abbeville (Lancaster, Pa.)
Lancaster County (Pa.) - Biography.
Lancaster County (Pa.) - Genealogy.
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The early abolitionists of Lancaster County

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Author
Whitson, Thomas.
Date of Publication
1911
and annul all laws of religion and virtue, I am not very pious to be sure, but I don't think I am one of those. But if it is meant by an Abolitionist that I am one who is opposed to the institution of slavery everywhere, wherever it exists, all over the face of this earth, whether in the United States
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by Thomas Whitson, Esq.
Author
Whitson, Thomas.
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Lancaster County Historical Society,
Date of Publication
1911
Physical Description
69-85 p. ; 23 cm.
Series
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 15, no. 3
Subjects
Abolitionists - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
Underground railroad - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
Lancaster County (Pa.) - Biography.
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Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 15, number 3 (1911), p. 69-85Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.15
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