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A country seat on the Susquehanna : Wright's Ferry Mansion

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Author
Schaeffer, Elizabeth M.
Call Number
708 O44 1983
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Author
Schaeffer, Elizabeth M.
Physical Description
32-37 p.
Notes
In: The Old Lancaster Antiques Show, (November 17-20, 1983)
Summary
"On the eastern bank of the Susquehanna River in southeastern Pennsylvania, ten miles west of Lancaster, Wright’s Ferry Mansion was built in 1738 for a remarkable English Quaker, Susanna Wright. In 1726, when Susanna was twenty-nine, she purchased one hundred acres in this region on the fringes of Pennsylvania wilderness, then inhabited by a small tribe of Indians and known as Shawanahtown-on-Susquehanna.Bright, unmarried, possibly using money from her dowry for the purchase of the land, this dynamic eighteenth-century lady was aware of the needs and potentials – not only political, agricultural and commercial, but also spiritual and intellectual – for the development of this area."
Subjects
Wright family.
Wright, Susanna
Wright's Ferry Mansion (Columbia, Pa.)
Location
Lancaster History Library - Lancaster County
Call Number
708 O44 1983
Websites
https://paheritage.wpengine.com/article/country-seat-susquehanna-wrights-ferry-mansion/
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Wright's Ferry Mansion

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo14999
Date of Publication
2005.
Call Number
974.815 COLU W953
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ISBN
0974420271 (slipcase for both v. : alk. paper)
Place of Publication
Columbia, Pa
Publisher
Von Hess Foundation, in association with Antique Collectors' Club, Wappingers Falls, NY
Date of Publication
2005.
Physical Description
2 v. ill. 30 cm.
Notes
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
[1] The house / Elizabeth Meg Schaefer -- [2] The collection / Elizabeth Meg Schaefer ... [et al.].
Subjects
Wright, Susanna, - 1697-1784 - Homes and haunts - Pennsylvania - Columbia.
Wright family - Homes and haunts - Pennsylvania - Columbia.
Wright's Ferry Mansion (Columbia, Pa.)
Historic buildings - Pennsylvania - Columbia.
Decorative arts, Early American - Pennsylvania - Columbia.
Columbia (Pa.) - Buildings, structures, etc.
Columbia (Pa.) - Biography.
Columbia (Pa.) - History - Sources.
Additional Author
Schaefer, Elizabeth Meg.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
974.815 COLU W953
Websites
http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0513/2005014160.html
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The history and topography of Dauphin, Cumberland, Franklin, Bedford, Adams, and Perry Counties; containing a brief history of the first settlers, notices of the leading events, incidents and interesting facts, both general and local, in the history of these counties, general & statistical descriptions of all the principal boroughs, towns, villages, &c. with an appendix, embellished with several engravingsj compiled from numerous authentic sources by I. Daniel Rupp

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo16890
Author
Rupp, I. Daniel
Date of Publication
1846.; 1975]
Call Number
974.84 R946
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Author
Rupp, I. Daniel
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa. [Carlisle, Pa
Publisher
Gilbert Hills, Cumberland Historical Society
Date of Publication
1846.; 1975]
Physical Description
xii, 723 p.; illus; 22 cm.
Notes
Includes index by John Cecil Fralish, Jr.; p. 609-723.
Another edition, pub. the same year, includes the history of Somerset, Cambria and Indiana counties.
Subjects
Dauphin Co., Pa. - History.
Cumberland County, Pa. - History.
Franklin County, Pa. - History.
Bedford Co., Pa. - History.
Adams Co., Pa. - History.
Perry Co., Pa. - History.
Additional Author
Fralish, John Cecil.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
974.84 R946
Websites
https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=loc.ark:/13960/t7zk5mr2f&view=1up&seq=9
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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.
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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.
Websites
https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=loc.ark:/13960/t88g9f93k;view=1up;seq=3
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The awakening and the early progress of the Pequea, Conestoga and other Susquehanna Valley settlements : as shown by official letters, etc., of the time

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo3980
Author
Landis, David M.
Date of Publication
1921.
Cornelius Empson and twenty other families chiefly of Chester County took steps to make a settlement on a tract half way between Dela. ware and Susquehanna, or near the latter. twenty-four miles from New Cas- tle on Octoraro Creek. They applied for 15000 or 20000 acres at eight pounds per hundred acres; and
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Responsibility
by David M. Landis.
Author
Landis, David M.
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Lancaster County Historical Society,
Date of Publication
1921.
Physical Description
5-16 p. ; 23 cm.
Series
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 25, no. 1
Subjects
Land settlement - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
Taylor papers.
Lancaster County (Pa.) - History - 17th century.
Contained In
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 25, number 1 (1921), p. 5-16Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.25
Websites
https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=wu.89062014121&view=1up&seq=11
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A mysterious bank robbery : the story of the Marietta and Susquehanna Trading Company

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Author
Windolph, F. Lyman ,
Call Number
905.748 HSP v.94
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Responsibility
by Franics Lyman Windolph.
Author
Windolph, F. Lyman ,
Physical Description
384-395 p.
Notes
In: Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography.
Subjects
Grosh, Jacob
Marietta and Susquehanna Trading Company (Lancaster County, Pa.)
Banks and banking - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Periodical Article
Call Number
905.748 HSP v.94
Websites
https://journals.psu.edu/pmhb/article/view/42648/42369
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History of Delaware County, Pennsylvania, from the discovery of the territory included within its limit to the present time, with a notice of the geology of the county, and catalogues of its minerals, plants, quadrupeds, and birds, written under the direction and appointment of the Delaware County Institute of Science

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo6921
Author
Smith, George,
Date of Publication
1862.
Call Number
974.814 S648
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Responsibility
by George Smith, M.D.
Author
Smith, George,
Place of Publication
Philadelphia
Publisher
Printed by H.B. Ashmead,
Date of Publication
1862.
Physical Description
vii, [1], 581, [1] p. front., plates, maps (part fold.) facsims. 22 cm.
Notes
Frontispiece (map) wanting.
Subjects
Natural history - Pennsylvania - Delaware County.
Delaware County (Pa.) - History.
Additional Corporate Author
Delaware County Institute of Science (Media, Pa.)
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
974.814 S648
Websites
https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=loc.ark:/13960/t8cg0g77j;view=1up;seq=9
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The Indians of Berks County, Pa., being a summary of all the tangible records of the aborigines of Berks County, and containing cuts and descriptions of the varieties of relics found within the county

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo5484
Author
Brunner, D. B.
Date of Publication
1881.
Call Number
974.816 B894
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Responsibility
Written for the Society of Natural Sciences, Reading, Pa., by D.B. Brunner ...
Author
Brunner, D. B.
Place of Publication
Reading, Pa
Publisher
The Spirit of Berks Book and Job Printing Office,
Date of Publication
1881.
Physical Description
177 p. incl. illus., 34 pl. 23 cm.
Subjects
Indians of North America - Pennsylvania - Berks County.
Berks County (Pa.) - History.
Berks County (Pa.) - Antiquities.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
974.816 B894
Websites
https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=wu.89060388485&view=1up&seq=9
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The Columbia-Philadelphia Railroad and its successor

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Author
Wilson, William Hasell,
Date of Publication
1985.
Call Number
385 W754
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Responsibility
by William Hasell Wilson ; with introduction by Morris M. Green, Jr.
ISBN
0933788460 (pbk.)
Author
Wilson, William Hasell,
Uniform Title
Reminiscences of a railroad engineer
Place of Publication
York, PA
Publisher
American Canal & Transportation Center,
Date of Publication
1985.
Physical Description
72 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.
Notes
Reprint. Originally published: Reminiscences of a railroad engineer. 1896. With new front matter and some minor deletions.
Bibliography: p. 66.
Subjects
Pennsylvania Railroad - History.
Columbia-Philadelphia Railroad.
Columbia (Pa.) - History.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
385 W754
Websites
https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=umn.31951002322001g&view=1up&seq=9
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The history of Pennsylvania, in North America, from the original institution and settlement of that province, under the first proprietor and governor, William Penn, in 1681, till after the year 1742 : with an introduction, respecting, the life of W. Penn, prior to the grant of the province, and the religious society of the people called Quakers : with the first rise of the neighbouring colonies, more particularly of West-New-Jersey, and the settlement of the Dutch and Swedes on Delaware : to which is added, a brief description of the said province, and of the general states, in which it flourished, principally between the years 1760 and 1770 : the whole including a variety of things, useful and interesting to be known, respecting that country in early time, &c. : with an appendix

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Author
Proud, Robert,
Date of Publication
1797-1798.
Call Number
974.8 P544 1797
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Responsibility
written principally between the years 1776 and 1780, by Robert Proud.
Author
Proud, Robert,
Place of Publication
Philadelphia
Publisher
Printed and sold by Zachariah Poulson, Junior ...,
Date of Publication
1797-1798.
Physical Description
2 v. : 1 map, 1 port. ; 22 cm. (8vo)
Notes
Library has: vol. 1.
Full leather binding with red spine label stamped in gold.
Bookplate of Redmond Conygnham, No. 2435.
Evans
Contents
I. Introduction. The history of Pennsylvania, 1676-1709.--II. The history of Pennsylvania, 1709-1763. A view of the province of Pennsylvania ... between the years 1760 and 1770. Extract from two short Latin poems ... by Thomas Makin. Appendix.
Subjects
Penn, William, - 1644-1718.
Society of Friends.
Pennsylvania - History - Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775.
New Jersey - History - Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775.
New Sweden - History.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Rare Books
Call Number
974.8 P544 1797
Websites
https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=pst.000022013071&view=1up&seq=9
https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=pst.000027692288&view=1up&seq=11
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