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Report of the committee having in charge the marking of the site of the Postlethwaite Tavern where the first Courts of Justice in Lancaster County were held

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Date of Publication
1915
." And by the fifth section it was further enacted, "That the several courts of general quarter sessions of the peace and goal delivery and the courts of common pleas for the said county of Lancaster shall be holden and kept on the first Tuesday in the months of February, May, August and Novem- ber in
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Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Lancaster County Historical Society,
Date of Publication
1915
Physical Description
219-301 : ill. ; 23 cm.
Series
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 19, no. 8
Subjects
Postlethwaite, John.
Postlethwaite Tavern (Conestoga Township, Pa.)
Courts - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County
Speeches, addresses, etc., American.
Courthouses - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County
Dedication services.
Lancaster County (Pa.) - History.
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Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 19, number 8 (1915), p. 219-301Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.19
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Lancaster County history in the several series of the Pennsylvania archives and other provincial and state source books

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Author
Eshleman, Henry Frank,
Date of Publication
1925
, 1740 to 1770 or 1772. Those of Lancaster County are few in earlier years but in later years they are numerous. About 800 of them are Lancaster County persons who were naturalized in those years. The soldiers of the Province of Pennsylvania from 1744 to 1756 are listed. Thos. Edwards' Company of
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by H. Frank Eshleman.
Author
Eshleman, Henry Frank,
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Lancaster County Historical Society,
Date of Publication
1925
Physical Description
23-32 p. 23 cm.
Series
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 29, no. 3
Notes
Books entitled Statutes at Large, Colonial Records, First Series of Pennsylvania Archives, and Votes of Assembly
Subjects
Lancaster County (Pa.) - History - 17th century.
Contained In
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 29, number 3 (1925), p. 23-32Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.29
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Unpublished letters of Jasper Yeates : with added notes on Lancaster County's part in the Whiskey Rebellion/ by Jasper Yeates

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Author
Yeates, Jasper,
Date of Publication
1946
Unpublished Letters Jasper With Added Notes on Lancaster County's Part in the Whiskey Rebellion These letters are published through the courtesy of Mrs. Bertha Cochran Landis and the late Edward Shippen Thompson: Dear Sir Lancaster October 1st 1794. I yesterday received as Attorney in Fact for Mr
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Author
Yeates, Jasper,
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Lancaster County Historical Society,
Date of Publication
1946
Physical Description
[94]-96 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Series
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 50, no. 3
Subjects
Whiskey Rebellion, Pa., 1794.
Lancaster (Pa.) - History - 1783-1865.
Contained In
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 50, number 3 (1946), p. 94-96Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.50
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The famous speech of Hon. Thaddeus Stevens of Pennsylvania : in opposition to the repeal of the common school law of 1834, in the House of representatives of Pennsylvania, April 11, 1835

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Author
Stevens, Thaddeus,
Date of Publication
1904.
Call Number
370 S846
voice thanked him for the great service he had renderd to our common com- munity. · In 1835 there was no stenographer in either branch of the legislature. Some hours after the delivery of the speech an attempt was made to report it from memory, but the written speech is said to convey very little of the
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Author
Stevens, Thaddeus,
Place of Publication
Philadelphia
Publisher
Thaddeus Stevens Memorial Association,
Date of Publication
1904.
Physical Description
12 p. ; 20 cm.
Subjects
Stevens, Thaddeus, - 1792-1868.
Educational law and legislation - Pennsylvania.
Education - Pennsylvania.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
370 S846
Websites
https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=inu.30000108889456&view=1up&seq=5
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Resolution on the death of Charles Carroll, signer of the Declaration of Independence

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Author
Worner, William Frederic.
Date of Publication
1930
McKean." Resolution on the Death of Charles Carroll, Signer of the Declaration of Independence By WILLIAM FREDERIC WORNER C HARLES CARROLL, of Carrollton, Md., the last survivor of the fifty-six signers of the Declaration of Independence, died in Baltimore, November 14th, 1832, in the ninety-sixth year
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by William Frederic Worner.
Author
Worner, William Frederic.
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Lancaster County Historical Society,
Date of Publication
1930
Physical Description
180 p. ; 23 cm.
Series
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 34, no. 8
Subjects
Carroll, Charles, - 1737-1832.
United States. - Signers.
Contained In
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society Volume 34, number 8 (1930), p. 180Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.34
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Meeting in Columbia in memory of Charles Carroll

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Author
Worner, William Frederic.
Date of Publication
1931.
MEETING IN COLUMBIA IN MEMORY OF CHARLES CARROLL By WILLIAM FREDERIC WORNER IN Vol. XXXIV, p. 180, of the Proceedings of The Lancaster County Historical Society, appears an article entitled, "Resolu- tion on the Death of Charles Carroll, 1 Signer of the Declaration of Independence." Since that
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by William Frederic Worner.
Author
Worner, William Frederic.
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Lancaster County Historical Society,
Date of Publication
1931.
Physical Description
115-116 p. ; 23 cm.
Series
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 35, no. 5
Subjects
Carroll, Charles, - 1737-1832.
United States. - Signers.
Columbia (Pa.) - History.
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Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 35, number 5 (1931), p. 115-116Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.35
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Record of the returns made in writing and delivered to me as Clerk of Lancaster by possessor of Negro or mulatto children born after March 1, 1780...agreeably to an Act of Assembly of the State of Pa. entitled "An Act to explain and amend an Act entitled an Act for the gradual abolition of slavery"

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326.9 R294p Oversize
property of the said Burd Grubb and Henry Bates Grubb. Sworn. October 9;-Hannah Kitter of Earl Township,widow returns a mulatto girl named Ester a ged 2 years and bout 8 months. Also a mulatto boy named C leb aged about 4 months . worn. October 31:- ndrew Caldwell of Leacock Township ,Inn-keeper returns a
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Various pagings; 29 x 43 cm.
Notes
Original manuscript on microfilm #206.
This volume includes the years 1788 to 1834.
Spine title: Records of return slave children born after March 1, 1780, Book no.2 1788, Index of Slaves 1780, 1788-1834.
Subjects
Slavery - Pennsylvania - Lancaster - Registers.
Slave records.
Blacks - Pennsylvania - Lancaster - Registers.
Additional Author
Hubley, John.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Lancaster County
Call Number
326.9 R294p Oversize
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Female crime and the courts in revolutionary Lancaster County

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Author
Rowe, G. S.
Date of Publication
1983
courts in the Revolution. It is obvious, nonetheless, that not only did the county not aggressively pursue women guilty of sexual violations when it was a private matter and no child was involved, but in the few cases it did act upon, it acted ineffectively for the most part.' Capital felonies in
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by G. S. Rowe.
Author
Rowe, G. S.
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Lancaster County Historical Society,
Date of Publication
1983
Physical Description
64-70 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Series
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 87, no. 2
Subjects
Criminal justice, Administration of - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
Crime - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County
Female offenders - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County
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Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 87, number 2 (1983), p. 64-70Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.87
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Re-discovering Horatio Alger, Jr. 1832-1899 : the most popular storyteller who ever lived--and the most widely read

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Author
Gerlach, Dorothy B.
Date of Publication
1985
heroes to act morally. What better way to let young people know that they can become effective and valuable people than by impressing upon them at an early age that they could be indispensable in the saving of a life, for example. Given a chance to act responsibly, a person most likely will. This is the
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by Dorothy B. Gerlach.
Author
Gerlach, Dorothy B.
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Lancaster County Historical Society,
Date of Publication
1985
Physical Description
86-93 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Series
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 89, no. 3
Subjects
Alger, Horatio, - 1832-1899.
Children
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Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 89, number 3 (1985), p. 86-93Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.89
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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
: b. Feb. 1, 1769; d. June 26, 1816, in 48th year. Wife, Dorothy Hand. Served as major in Pa. Militia, 1797. Pa. Arch., 6th Series, Vol. 4, pp. 468, 588. Pvt. in Capt. Shippen's Co., the "Lancaster County Dragoons." Klein's Hist. of Lancaster Co., Pa., Vol. 2, p. 596. Buried in St. James's Episcopal
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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,
Contained In
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 42, number 6 (1938), p. 157-178Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.42
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