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On the edge of freedom : the fugitive slave issue in south central Pennsylvania, 1820-1870

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Author
Smith, David G.
Edition
1st ed.
Date of Publication
2013.
Call Number
326 S645
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David G. Smith.
ISBN
9780823240326 (cloth : alk. paper)
0823240320 (cloth : alk. paper)
Author
Smith, David G.
Edition
1st ed.
Place of Publication
New York
Publisher
Fordham University Press,
Date of Publication
2013.
Physical Description
xiv, 324 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Series
The North's Civil War
Notes
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
Introduction: The Fugitive Slave Issue on the Edge of Freedom -- South Central Pennsylvania, Fugitive Slaves, and the Underground Railroad -- Thaddeus Stevens' Dilemma, Colonization, and the Turbulent Years of Early Antislavery in Adams County, 1835-39 -- Antislavery Petitioning in South Central Pennsylvania -- The Fugitive Slave Issue on Trial : The 1840s in South Central Pennsylvania -- Controversy and Christiana : The Fugitive Slave Issue in South Central Pennsylvania, 1850-51 -- Interlude: Kidnapping, Kansas, and the Rise of Race-Based Partisanship : The decline of the Fugitive Slave Issue in South Central Pennsylvania, 1852-57 -- Revival of the Fugitive Slave Issue, 1858-61 -- Contrabands, "White Victories," and the Ultimate Slave Hunt : Recasting the Fugitive Slave Issue in Civil War South Central Pennsylvania -- After the Shooting : South Central Pennsylvania after the Civil War -- Conclusion: The Postwar Ramifications of the Fugitive Slave Issue "On the Edge of Freedom" -- Appendix A: Selected Fugitive Slave Advertisements, 1818-28 -- Appendix B: 1828 South Central Pennsylvania Petition Opposing Slavery in the District of Columbia -- Appendix C: 1847 Gettysburg African American Petition -- Appendix D: 1846 Adams County Petition -- Appendix E: 1861 Franklin County Pro-Colonization Petition -- Appendix F: 1861 Adams County Pro-Colonization Petition -- Appendix G: [Second] 1861 Adams County Pro-Colonization Petition -- Appendix H: 1861 Doylestown, Bucks County Pro-Colonization Petition -- Appendix I: 1861 Newtown, Bucks County Pro-Personal Liberty Law Petition.
Subjects
Fugitive slaves - Pennsylvania
African Americans - Pennsylvania
Antislavery movements - Pennsylvania
Abolitionists - Pennsylvania
Underground Railroad - Pennsylvania.
Borderlands - Pennsylvania
Abolitionists.
African Americans.
Antislavery movements.
Borderlands.
Fugitive slaves.
Fugitive slaves
Race relations.
Underground Railroad.
Pennsylvania - Race relations - History - 19th century.
Pennsylvania.
History.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
326 S645
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Growing up free and black in mid-nineteenth century Lancaster County

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Author
Mitchell, Faith.
Date of Publication
2011.
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Responsibility
Faith Mitchell, Ph.D.
Author
Mitchell, Faith.
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
LancasterHistory,
Date of Publication
2011.
Physical Description
pp. 102-113.
Summary
"By following the story of my great-grandmother Isabella Ford's life, and adding to it with information from available sources, I have been able to get a better understanding of the circumstances of Lancaster's free blacks. Her story provides a sense of life in mid-nineteenth century Lancaster County and shows how free black families held their own, despite an environment that was often unfriendly and that restricted their opportunities by both law and custom."
Subjects
Ford, Maria Proctor
Proctor, Jeremiah
Ford, Ellen Isabella
Proctor, James
Proctor, Hannah
Ford, John
Skerrett, Emma Victoria Crawford
African Americans - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County - Fulton Township
African American families - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County
Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877)
African American Methodists
Underground Railroad
Slavery - America - History
Contained In
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 113, number 2/3 (2011), p. 102-113Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.113
Websites
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Southeastern Pennsylvania, a history of the counties of Berks, Bucks, Chester, Delaware, Montgomery, Philadelphia and Schuylkill

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Author
Nolan, J. Bennett
Date of Publication
[1943]
Call Number
974.800912 N791
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J. Bennett Nolan, supervising editor ...
Author
Nolan, J. Bennett
Place of Publication
Philadelphia, New York
Publisher
Lewis historical publishing company, inc.
Date of Publication
[1943]
Physical Description
3 v. fronts., ill. (incl. maps) plates, ports., facsims. (part col. 1 double) col. coats of arms, col. geneal. tables. 27 1/2 cm.
Notes
Vols. 1 and 2 paged continuously.
Vol. 3 consists of biographies.
LCHS has vols. 1 and 3 only.
Includes bibliographies.
Subjects
Berks County (Pa.) - History.
Bucks County (Pa.) - History.
Chester County (Pa.) - History.
Delaware County (Pa.) - History.
Montgomery County (Pa.) - History.
Philadelphia County (Pa.) - History.
Schuylkill County (Pa.) - History.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
974.800912 N791
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Massacre of the Conestogas : on the trail of the Paxton Boys in Lancaster County

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Author
Brubaker, John H.
Date of Publication
2010.
Call Number
974.802 B886
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Responsibility
by Jack Brubaker.
ISBN
9781609490614
1609490614
Author
Brubaker, John H.
Place of Publication
Charleston, SC
Publisher
History Press,
Date of Publication
2010.
Physical Description
188 p. : ill., facsims., ports. ; 23 cm.
Notes
Includes index.
Bibliography: p. [177]-188.
Contents
pt. 1. Telling the story -- "Drive the heathen out of the land" -- "Some hot headed ill advised persons" -- "The same spirit & frantic rage" -- "Persons of undoubted probity & veracity" -- pt. 2. Retelling the story -- "I never heard one word of it till it was just over" -- "A mighty noise and hubbub" -- "Shot, scalped, hacked, and cut to pieces" -- "One of those youthful ebullitions of wrath" -- "The innocent were destined to share the fate of the guilty" -- "A zone of vicious racial violence" -- pt. 3. Killers and abettors -- "The most respectable of men" -- "They had possession and would keep it" -- "Eternal shame & reproach" -- pt. 4. Death and reconciliation -- "The remains of the victims of a terrible crime" -- "Slaughter'd, kill'd, and cut off a whole tribe" -- "Who was left to mourn for these people?"
Subjects
Paxton Boys.
Conestoga Indians - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County
Massacres - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County
Lancaster County (Pa.) - History - 18th century.
Lancaster County (Pa.) - Race relations - History - 18th century.
Pennsylvania - History - Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
974.802 B886
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Early presidential elections in Lancaster County

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Author
Martin, C. H.
Date of Publication
1943.
American Daily Advertiser, Phila- delphia, announced that Electors for president and vice-president for Lancas- ter County were: William A. Atlee Robert Coleman John Whitehill General Edward Hand Election for Electors in Pennsylvania, was held at different dates during the month of November, 1792. Public
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Responsibility
by C. H. Martin.
Author
Martin, C. H.
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Lancaster County Historical Society,
Date of Publication
1943.
Physical Description
[93]-105 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Series
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 47, no. 5
Subjects
Presidents - United States
Elections - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
Lancaster County (Pa.) - History - 18th century.
Lancaster County (Pa.) - History - 19th century.
Contained In
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 47, number 5 (1943), p. 93-105Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.47
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The ironmasters of Marietta and vicinity during the period 1848-1878

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Author
Gramm, Bertha Sue.
Date of Publication
1948
of Miss Montgomery, died on the hill. He was one of the most active of the ironmasters, and was generally esteemed according to Ellis and Evans' History of Lancaster County as a "genial, kind-hearted, and enterprising gentleman." Abram Musselman's children were all educated in private schools. His
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by Bertha Sue Gramm.
Author
Gramm, Bertha Sue.
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Lancaster County Historical Society,
Date of Publication
1948
Physical Description
[137]-167 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Series
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 52, no. 6
Subjects
Musselman family.
Watt family.
Haldeman family.
Historic buildings - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
Furnaces - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
Lancaster County (Pa.) - History - 19th century.
Contained In
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 52, number 6 (1948), p. 137-167Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.52
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Take care of today : a Brossman family history

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Author
Redcay, C. Lynn.
Date of Publication
©2016.
Call Number
929 B874
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Alternate Title
Take care of today :
Responsibility
by C. Lynn Redcay.
Author
Redcay, C. Lynn.
Place of Publication
Minneapolis, MN
Publisher
Jostens Inc. ,
Date of Publication
©2016.
Physical Description
92 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Subjects
Brossman family (Nicholas Brossman, 1653- )
Brossman, Bertha M. 1891- .
Denver and Ephrata Telephone and Telegraph Company (Pa.)
Telecommunication - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County
Business enterprises - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County
Telephone company - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
929 B874
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Drumore Quakers' Precious Habitation : A 200-year History of Drumore Friends Meetinghouse and Cemetery

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Author
Miller, D. Douglas.
Date of Publication
2016.
Call Number
289.6 M647
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Responsibility
by D. Douglas Miller..
ISBN
9781514473665
1514473666
Author
Miller, D. Douglas.
Publisher
Xlibris Corp
Date of Publication
2016.
Physical Description
260p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Subjects
Smedley, R. C.
Wright, Willilam.
Gibbons, Hanna.
Gibbons, Daniel.
Whitson, Thomas.
Coates, Lindley.
Rakestraw, William.
Sadsbury Friends Meeting - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County - History.
Hood, Caleb.
Bushong, Henry.
Russell, John Neal.
Wood Day.
Brown, Jeremiah.
Haines, Timoghy.
Brown, William.
Lewis, Elijah.
Scarlett, Joseph.
Jackson, James.
Hanway, Castner.
Smith, Joseph.
Lamborn, George S.
Columbia Friends Meeting - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County - History.
Lampeter Friends Meeting - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County - History.
Lancaster Friends Meeting - Pennsylvania - Lancaster - History.
Bart Friends Meeting - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County - History.
Lancaster Friends Meeting #2 - Pennsylvania - Lancaster - History..
Penn Hill (Little Britain) Friends - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County - History.
Eastland Friends Meeting - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County - History.
Drumore Friends Meeting - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County - History.
East Britain Friends Meeting (Ashville Meetinghouse) - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County - History.
Ballance Friends Meeting (Orthodox/Wilburite) - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County - History.
Church records and registers - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
Quakers - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
Society of Friends - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
Cemeteries - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
Slavery and the church
Antislavery movements
Underground railroad.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Lancaster County
Call Number
289.6 M647
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Archive

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Collection
Transportation Collection
Title
Transportation Collection
Object ID
MG0123
Date Range
1819-1977
a Motor Vehicle. Photograph of an automobile at an unidentified toll gate. 1930. Folder 2 Railroads, Disbursements Payments from Bank of Pennsylvania, apparently for prominent people associated with railroad development in Lancaster County. 1835. Folder 3 Railroads, Columbia-related Railroads and
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Collection
Transportation Collection
Title
Transportation Collection
Description
The Transportation Collection contains documents regarding turnpikes, railroads, Conestoga Traction Co., Conestoga Transportation Co., and the Red Rose Transit Authority. The types of items include correspondence, financial papers, business papers, stock certificates, tickets, schedules, maps of routes, and a blueprint.
Date Range
1819-1977
Year Range From
1819
Year Range To
1977
Date of Accumulation
1819-1977
Creator
LancasterHistory (Organization)
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Storage Room
Archives South
Storage Wall
Side 04
People
Bitner, John R.
Boardman, Harris
Bowman, John Jacob
Boyer, Zaccur Prall
Cirt, Anna N.
Griest, William Walton
Hostetter, Albert Keller
Kemrer, Clarence M.
Knapp, Walter
Kreider, Kate
Kriebel, Howard Wiegner
McClellan, Oliver Eldridge
Royer, David
Shuman, James P.
Wohlsen, Anna
Wohlsen, Peter
Subjects
Letters
Minutes (Records)
Philadelphia & Reading Railroad Co.
Philadelphia and Lancaster Turnpike (Pa.)
Posters
Railroads
Rates and tolls
Reading & Columbia Railroad Company
Street-railroads
Trolley cars
Search Terms
Adamstown
Bittersville, Lower Windsor Twp., York County, Pennsylvania
Blueprints
Booklets
Brochures
Campbelltown, South Londonderry Twp., Lebanon County, Pennsylvania
Center Square Road Station
Chestnut Street
Christiana
Coatesville, Chester County, Pennsylvania
Columbia
Columbia, Ironville and Mount Joy Railroad
Conestoga Traction Company
Conestoga Transportation Company
Conewago Water and Power Company
Correspondence
Dallastown, York County, Pennsylvania
Drawings
Duke Street
East Belt line
East King Street
East Petersburg, East Hempfield Twp.
Elizabethtown
Engleside, Lancaster Twp.
Ephemera
Ephrata
Express Printing Company
Greeting cards
Hanover, York County, Pennsylvania
Hershey, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania
Ironville, West Hempfield Twp.
J. G. Brill Company
Kinport Road
Lancaster
Lancaster and York Furnace Street Railway
Lancaster and Columbia Division, Conestoga Transportation Company
Lancaster and Lititz Passenger Railroad Company
Lancaster, Elizabethtown, and Middletown Turnpike
Lebanon, Lebanon County, Pennsylvania
Letters
Lititz
Maple Grove
Maps
Marietta Avenue
North Market Street
Mechanicsburg, Upper Leacock Twp.
Mechanicsville, East Hempfield Twp.
Minutes
Mount Joy
Mulberry Street
National Railway Historical Society
Neffsville, Manheim Twp.
North End Photo Finishing House
North Lime Street
North Queen Street
Palmyra, Lebanon County, Pennsylvania
Parkesburg, Chester County, Pennsylvania
Penn Square
Pequea Twp.
Philadelphia and Lancaster Turnpike Company
Philadelphia and Reading Railroad Company
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Photographs
Placards
Substations
President Avenue
Princess Street
Prospect Street
Quarryville
Railroads
Rates and tolls
Reading and Columbia Railroad Company
Receipts
Red Rose Transit Authority
Reports
Roads
Rocky Springs Railroad Company
Schuylkill Navigation Company
Scrapbooks
South Mountain Railroad
South Queen Street
Stock certificates
Susquehanna Railroad
Tickets
Tolls
Trolley car barns
Trolley car yards
Trolley cars
Trolleys
Turnpikes
Walnut Street
WGAL (television station)
Williams Park Station
Willow Street Turnpike
Windsor Twp., York County, Pennsylvania
WLAN (radio station)
Wrightsville, York County, Pennsylvania
York Bus Company
York Fair
York Railway Company
Extent
2 boxes, 31 folders, 1 cubic ft.
Object Name
Archive
Language
English
Object ID
MG0123
Location of Originals
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania
Notes
Preferred Citation: Title or description of item, date (day, month, year), Transportation Collection (MG0123), Folder #, LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.
Access Conditions / Restrictions
Restrictions are noted at the item level.
Copyright
Collection may not be photocopied. Please direct questions to Research Center Staff at research@lancasterhistory.org.
Permission for reproduction and/or publication must be obtained in writing from LancasterHistory.
Credit
Courtesy of LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.
Other Numbers
MG-123
Classification
MG0123
Description Level
Fonds
Custodial History
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Sowing seeds of faith: A Boehm history: The first 300 years 1717-2017

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Author
Myers, Delores S.
Date of Publication
2017.
Call Number
282 B761s
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by Delores S. Myers.
Author
Myers, Delores S.
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Cooper Printing, Inc. ,
Date of Publication
2017.
Physical Description
198 p. ; ill. ; 25 cm.
Summary
"As the 300th anniversary year of the arrival of Jacob Boehm to the Pequea Settlement and the 225th anniversary of Boehm's Chapel approached, I felt a need to mark the occasion by collecting and preserving tidbits about the Boehm family, the chapel, and the present Boehm's UMC congregation. The Reverend Abram Sangrey, a WWII era pastor of Boehms's Episcopal Church, had written two histories, 'Martin Boehm' and 'The Temple of Limestone', before the 1991 Bicentennial Celebration, which offered insight into the formative years at Boehm's." [preface]
Subjects
Boehm family.
Boehms Chapel (Lancaster County, Pa.) - History.
Methodist Church z - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County - History.
Lancaster County (Pa.) - Church history.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Lancaster County
Call Number
282 B761s
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