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The landless worker : an index of economic and social change in Chester County, Pa., 1750-1820

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo14907
Author
Simler, Lucy.
Call Number
905.748 HSP v.114
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Responsibility
by Lucy Simler.
Author
Simler, Lucy.
Physical Description
p. 163 - 199.
Notes
In: Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography, v. 114 (April 1990).
This record provides a link to this resuorce on the publisher's official online repository.
Subjects
Labor - Pennsylvania - Chester County
Women - Pennsylvania - Chester County
Chester County (Pa.) - History.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Periodical Article
Call Number
905.748 HSP v.114
Websites
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The best poor man's country; a geographical study of early southeastern Pennsylvania

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo2183
Author
Lemon, James T.
Date of Publication
[1972]
Call Number
974.800912 L556
Responsibility
[by] James T. Lemon.
ISBN
0801811899
Author
Lemon, James T.
Place of Publication
Baltimore
Publisher
Johns Hopkins Press
Date of Publication
[1972]
Physical Description
xviii, 295 p. maps. 24 cm.
Notes
Includes bibliographical references.
Subjects
Land use - Pennsylvania.
Lancaster County (Pa.) - History.
Chester County (Pa.) - History.
Dauphin County (Pa.) - History.
Pennsylvania - Social conditions.
Pennsylvania - Economic conditions.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
974.800912 L556
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History of the Underground railroad in Chester and the neighboring counties of Pennsylvania

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo4319
Author
Smedley, Robert C.,
Date of Publication
1883.
Call Number
973.7115 S637
Responsibility
By R.C. Smedley, M.D. ...
Author
Smedley, Robert C.,
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Office of the Journal,
Date of Publication
1883.
Physical Description
3 p. ø., [ix]-xxiv, [25]-407 p. front., illus., ports. 19 cm.
Notes
African American resources at Lancaster County Historical Society.
Subjects
Underground railroad - Pennsylvania.
African Americans - Pennsylvania
Abolitionists - Pennsylvania - Biography.
Fugitive salves - Pennsylvania
Chester County (Pa.) - Biography.
Chester County (Pa.) - History.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Rare Books
Call Number
973.7115 S637
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A full description of the great tornado of Chester County, Pennsylvania

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo13254
Author
Halter, J.J.
Call Number
905.748 OAHS v.3
Responsibility
by J.J. Halter.
Author
Halter, J.J.
Notes
In: Octorara Area Historical Society, v.3, no. 10.
Subjects
Tornadoes - Pennsylvania - Chester County
Chester County (Pa.) - History.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Periodical Article
Call Number
905.748 OAHS v.3
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Southeastern Pennsylvania, a history of the counties of Berks, Bucks, Chester, Delaware, Montgomery, Philadelphia and Schuylkill

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo3801
Author
Nolan, J. Bennett
Date of Publication
[1943]
Call Number
974.800912 N791
Responsibility
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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Annals of the Conestoga Valley in Lancaster, Berks, and Chester Counties, Pennsylvania / compiled and published by C.Z. Mast and Robert E. Simpson

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo4291
Date of Publication
1942.
Call Number
974.815 CAER M423
Place of Publication
Elverson, Pa. ; Churchtown, Pa
Publisher
The Authors,
Date of Publication
1942.
Physical Description
xviii, 689 p. : ill., map ; 23 cm.
Notes
Separate index volume compiled by J. Lemar and Lois Ann Mast in 1981.
Subjects
Lancaster County (Pa.) - History.
Berks County (Pa.) - History.
Chester County (Pa.) - History.
Conestoga Valley (Pa.) - History.
Additional Author
Mast, C. Z.
Simpson, Robert Emmett,
Location
Lancaster History Library - Rare Books
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
974.815 CAER M423
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Bulletins of the Chester County Historical Society

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo18036
Corporate Author
Chester County Historical Society (Pa.)
Call Number
974.813 C525
Corporate Author
Chester County Historical Society (Pa.)
Place of Publication
[West Chester? Pa
Publisher
The Society]
Physical Description
v. ill. 24 cm.
Dates of Publication
1898-
Notes
Most of the papers composing the "Bulletins" are reprints from the "Daily local news," those of the vol. for 1898 each having separate pagination.
Proceedings of the meetings in each vol.
Library has bulletins from 1898, 1902-3, 1908, 1912 (vol. 1) 1914, 1929 (vol. 2), 1922, 1914, 1913 (vol. 3)
Bound with bulletins in volume 1: Charter and by-laws of the Chester County Historical Society, with list of officers, 1893; Charter and by-laws of the Chester County Historical Society, with list of officers for 1895.
Bound with bulletins in volume 2: Thirteenth annual banquet, Chester County Historical Society, 1917; information about the Battle of Brandywine and George Washington.
Bound with bulletins in volume 3: Historical notes appropriate to the visit of the U.S. Scout Cruiser Chester to the City of Chester, Penna ... 1909.
Subjects
Chester County Historical Society (Pa.)
Chester County (Pa.) - History.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
974.813 C525
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Peddlers and Indian traders license papers, 1722-1866, Chester County, Pennsylvania

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo14631
Author
Feehrer, Linda.
Call Number
905.29 GSP v.35
Responsibility
by Linda Feehrer and Jeffery Rollison.
Author
Feehrer, Linda.
Physical Description
283-290 p.
Notes
In: Pennsylvania Genealogical Magazine, v.35 (1987-1988).
Subjects
Indian traders - Pennsylvania
Peddlers and peddling - Pennsylvania
Chester County (Pa.) - History.
Lancaster County (Pa.) - History.
Additional Author
Rollison, Jeffery.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Periodical Article
Call Number
905.29 GSP v.35
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History of Chester county, Pennsylvania : with genealogical and biographical sketches

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo6899
Date of Publication
1881.
Call Number
974.813 F996 Oversize
Responsibility
by J. Smith Futhey and Gilbert Cope.
Place of Publication
Philadelphia
Publisher
Louis H. Everts,
Date of Publication
1881.
Physical Description
782, xliv p., [340] p. of plates : ill., maps ; 30 cm.
Notes
"Biographical and genealogical" : p. 461-782.
Includes bibliography : p. 311-325 and index.
Subjects
Chester County (Pa.) - History.
Chester County (Pa.) - Genealogy.
Chester County (Pa.) - Bibliography.
Additional Author
Cope, Gilbert,
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
974.813 F996 Oversize
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History of Chester County, Pennsylvania, with genealogical and biographical sketches

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo5898
Author
Futhey, J. Smith.
Edition
Facsimile reprint ed.
Date of Publication
1986.
Call Number
974.813 F996 1986 Oversize
Responsibility
by J. Smith Futhey and Gilbert Cope.
Author
Futhey, J. Smith.
Edition
Facsimile reprint ed.
Place of Publication
West Chester, Pa
Publisher
Chester County Historical Society,
Date of Publication
1986.
Physical Description
782, xliv, 153 p., [105] p. of plates : ill. ; 32 cm.
Notes
Facsim. of: Philadelphia : L.H. Everts, 1881.
Includes index compiled by Lucy I. Smedley and Arabella Cleveland, originally published in 1971.
Summary
"The first section of the book is a general history of the county dealing with such topics as: religion, education, agriculture, masons, mills, banks, judges, county officials, lawyers, doctors, etc. The second section of the book provides over three hundred pages of brief genealogical and biographical sketches of county residents." [Worldcat.org]
Subjects
Chester County (Pa.) - History.
Chester County (Pa.) - Biography.
Chester County (Pa.) - Genealogy.
Additional Author
Cope, Gilbert,
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
974.813 F996 1986 Oversize
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