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A review of the political conflict in America, from the commencement of the anti-slavery agitation to the close of southern reconstruction; comprising also a resume of the career of Thaddeus Stevens: being a survey of the struggle of parties which destroyed the republic and virtually monarchized its government

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo1136
Author
Harris, Alexander,
Date of Publication
1876.
Call Number
923.2 S846ha
  1 website  
Responsibility
By Alexander Harris.
Author
Harris, Alexander,
Place of Publication
New York
Publisher
T.H. Pollock,
Date of Publication
1876.
Physical Description
vii, [9]-517 p. 24 cm.
Notes
African American resources at Lancaster County Historical Society
Subjects
Stevens, Thaddeus, - 1792-1868.
United States - History - 1849-1877.
United States - Politics and government - 1849-1877.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
923.2 S846ha
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U.S. Grant and the colored people. : His wise, just, practical, and effective friendship thoroughly vindicated by incontestable facts in his record from 1862 to 1872. : Words of truth and soberness! He who runs may read and understand!! Be not deceived, only truth can endure!!!

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo12871
Author
Douglass, Frederick,
Date of Publication
1872
Call Number
973.82 D737
  1 website  
Author
Douglass, Frederick,
Place of Publication
Washington, D.C
Publisher
Published by the Union Republican Congressional Committee,
Date of Publication
1872
Physical Description
8 p. ; 23 cm.
Notes
Letter addressed "To the colored people of the United States." Signed: Frederick Douglass. Washington, July 17, 1872.
Caption title.
Published by the Union Republican Congressional Committee. Cf. List of documents published by the Union Republican Congressional Committee. Speech of the Postmaster General, at Jackson, Mich. ... Washington, D.C., 1872, p. [8].
Text printed in two columns.
Summary
A brief address in the midst of the 1872 election campaign designed to document Ulysses S. Grant's support for African American liberation and civil rights. Douglass hoped thereby to rally the black vote for Grant.
Subjects
Grant, Ulysses S. - 1822-1885.
Republican Party (U.S. : 1854-)
African Americans
Freedmen
Campaign literature - United States - Specimens.
Additional Corporate Author
Union Republican Congressional Committee.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
973.82 D737
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Heroes of three wars: Comprising a series of biographical sketches of the most distinguised soldiers of the War of the Revolution, the War with Mexico, and the War for the Union, who have contributed their valor to establish and perpetuate the Republic of the United States

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo922
Author
Glazier, Willard W.,
Date of Publication
1878.
Call Number
920.1 G553
  1 website  
Author
Glazier, Willard W.,
Place of Publication
Philadelphia
Publisher
Hubbard Bros.
Date of Publication
1878.
Physical Description
450 p. illus.
Subjects
United States. - Army - Biography.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
920.1 G553
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Our first century: being a popular descriptive portraiture of the one hundred great and memorable events of perpetual interest in the history of our country, political, military, mechanical, social, scientific and commercial: embracing also delineations of all the great historic characters celebrated in the annals of the republic; men of heroism, statesmanship, genius, oratory, adventure and philanthropy

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo11825
Author
Devens, R. M.
Date of Publication
1879.
Call Number
973 D489
  2 websites  
Author
Devens, R. M.
Place of Publication
Springfield, Mass
Publisher
C. A. Nichols,
Date of Publication
1879.
Physical Description
1004 p. illus., ports.
Subjects
United States - History.
United States - History - 1783-1865.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
973 D489
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Extracts from the diary of Christopher Marshall : kept in Philadelphia and Lancaster, during the American Revolution, 1774-1781

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo1636
Author
Marshall, Christopher,
Date of Publication
1877.
Call Number
973.38 M367
  1 website  
Responsibility
edited by William Duane.
Author
Marshall, Christopher,
Place of Publication
Albany
Publisher
Joel Munsell,
Date of Publication
1877.
Physical Description
iv, [5]-330 p. ; 20 cm.
Notes
First edition, covering only the years 1774-1776, published in Philadelphia by the same editor in 1839.
Summary
From The History Society of Pennsylvania: Christopher Marshall was born in Dublin, Ireland, on November 6, 1709. He was educated in England and sailed to America sometime in the late 1720s. By 1729, he had established a pharmacy shop in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. His success as a pharmacist and chemist allowed him to retire from business in 1774, but he remained a vital public figure. In 1776, he became a delegate to the Philadelphia Provincial Council, and he was twice appointed to the Continental Committee of Council and Safety. His retirement afforded him the time to keep diaries of public and personal events. He wrote these "remembrances" almost daily from about 1774 to at least 1795. In 1777, Marshall relocated to Lancaster, Pennsylvania, to improve his health and to avoid the British armies. After hostilities ceased, Marshall moved back to Philadelphia where he died on May 7, 1797.
Subjects
Marshall, Christopher, - 1709-1797.
United States - History - Revolution, 1775-1783 - Personal narratives.
Pennsylvania - History - Revolution, 1775-1783.
Additional Author
Duane, William,
Location
Lancaster History Library - Rare Books
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
973.38 M367
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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

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo16047
Date of Publication
1870.
  1 website  
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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The history of Pennsylvania from the earliest discovery to the present time. Including an account of the first settlements by the Dutch, Swedes, and English, and of the colony of William Penn, his treaty and pacific measures with the Indians; and the gradual advancement of the state to its present aspect of opulence, culture and refinement. By William Mason Cornell

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo3100
Author
Cornell, William Mason,
Date of Publication
1876.
Call Number
974.8009 C814
  1 website  
Author
Cornell, William Mason,
Place of Publication
Philadelphia
Publisher
Quaker City Pub. House,
Date of Publication
1876.
Physical Description
575, [1] p. illus. 24 cm.
Notes
Bibliography: p. [576]
Subjects
Pennsylvania - History.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
974.8009 C814
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Through the air: a narrative of forty years' experience as an aeronaut. Comprising a history of the various attempts in the art of flying by artificial means from the earliest period down to the present time. With an account of the author's most important air-voyages and his many thrilling adventures and hairbreadth escapes. Also, an appendix, in which are given full instructions for the manufacture and management of balloons

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo7420
Author
Wise, John,
Date of Publication
1873.
Call Number
629.13322 W812t
  1 website  
Responsibility
By John Wise. Profusely illustrated.
Author
Wise, John,
Place of Publication
Philadelphia, New York, [etc.]
Publisher
To-day publishing company,
Date of Publication
1873.
Physical Description
650 p. incl. col. front., plates, ports., facsim. 24 cm.
Notes
An enlarged edition of the author's "System of aeronautics", issued in 1850.
John wise was an accomplished 19th century balloonist who lived in Lancaster, PA.
Subjects
Aeronautics
Balloons.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Rare Books
Call Number
629.13322 W812t
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Lightning and the lightning rod : use and abuse of the rod ; thunder and thunderstorms ; thirty years in the clouds, with observations on thunderstorms-- feeling, seeing and smelling them ; formation of rain, hail, snow and thunderbolts

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo19255
Author
Wise, John,
Date of Publication
1870.
Call Number
621.317 W812
  1 website  
Alternate Title
Thunder and thunderstorms
Responsibility
by J. Wise.
Author
Wise, John,
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Pearsol & Geist,
Date of Publication
1870.
Physical Description
39 p. ; 22 cm.
Summary
The author of this text is a well known balloonist of Lancaster County.
Subjects
Lightning.
Thunderstorms.
Atmospheric electricity.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Rare Books
Call Number
621.317 W812
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Memorials of the Moravian church

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo7608
Author
Reichel, William Cornelius,
Date of Publication
1870.
Call Number
284.6 R349
  1 website  
Responsibility
ed. by William C. Reichel.
Author
Reichel, William Cornelius,
Place of Publication
Philadelphia
Publisher
J.B. Lippincott & Co.,
Date of Publication
1870.
Physical Description
xv, 9-366 p. ; 22 cm.
Notes
Errata slip attached to p. 366.
"Printed for the association. Sold by John Pennington & Son."
No more published.
"Volume 1."
Contents
Introduction.--Count Zinzendorf's observations on the North American Indians.--A narrative of his journey among the Delawares.--His narrative of a visitation to the mission among the Mohicans of New York.--A narrative of a journey to the Susquehanna.--J. Martin Mack's narrative of Count Zinzendorf's sojourn among the Shawanese of Wyoming.--Count Zinzendorf's review of his experience among the North American Indians.--Count Zinzendorf's plan of the Moravian mission among the Indians.--Names and notices of the Christian Indians who lie buried in the Moravian grave-yard at Bethlehem, Pennsylvania.--Annals of early Moravian settlement in Georgia and Pennsylvania.--The accounts of the Moravian brethren at Bethlehem, Pa., with the commissioners of the province of Pennsylvania, during the Indian war of 1755 and 1756.
Subjects
Moravians
Moravian Indians
Moravians - United States.
Additional Author
Zinzendorf, Nicolaus Ludwig,
Mack, John Martin,
Additional Corporate Author
Moravian Book Associations, Philadelphia.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
284.6 R349
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