Pennsylvania civil service. A digest of the general statutes of the commonwealth of Pennsylvania expressly relating to public officers, state, county, city, township, and borough; with statutory forms
A biographical history of Lancaster County : being a history of early settlers and eminent men of the county; as also much other unpublished historical information, chiefly of a local character
Barnes' directory of Lancaster County : embracing a full list of all the adult males and heads of families with their occupation, residence, and P.O. address, and a classified business directory : also, an appendix, containing a descriptive list of the courts, banking houses, public buildings, churches, educational and benevolent institutions, secret and other societies, &c., &c., 1875-76
The Olden time : a monthly publication devoted to the preservation of documents and other authentic information in relation to the early explorations and the settlement and improvement of the country around the head of the Ohio
Constitution and rules of order together with by-laws of Washington Encampment no. 11, I.O.O.F.: of the State of Pennsylvania. Also lists of patriarchs and past chief patriarchs
The book of common prayer : and administration of the sacraments, and other rites and ceremonies of the church, according to the use of the United Church of England and Ireland : together with the Proper Lessons for Sundays and other Holy Days
On flyleaf of 2d v.: David B Willson from John. Columbia, Pa. On Birthday, 1872.
Contents
V.1 -- The book of common prayer :and administration of the sacraments, and other rites and ceremonies of the church, according to the use of the United Church of England and Ireland : together with the Proper Lessons for Sundays and other Holy Days. V. 2 -- Proper lessons to be read at Matins and evensong on the Sundays and other Holy-Days throughout the year.
The Holy Bible : containing the Old and New Testaments, translated out of the original tongues, with a complete concordance ... 100,000 marginal references and readings. Apocrypha and Psalms in metre. Dr. William Smith's Standard Bible dictionary ... A comprehensive and critical description of the tabernacle and its sacred furniture ; together with an account of the priesthood and the worship and sacrifices of the Israelites. Compiled expressly for this edition of the Holy Bible, chiefly from the writings of Dr. William Smith, Dean Milman, Rev. John Kitto ... [et al.] ... A history of all the religious denominations of the world, and many other important and useful aids to the study of the Holy Scriptures ... with over 2500 ... illustrations, on steel, wood, and in colors
New Testament has special t.p. :[Contrasted editions]. Both versions of the New Testament of Our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, translated out of the original Greek ; being the version set forth A.D. 1611. Compared with the most ancient authorities and revised A.D. 1881. The old (King James)--version and the revised version arranged in parallel columns for convenience in reference and comparison ...
Genealogy of John R. Fisher and Alice Herr on four pages following the Apocrypha.
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Full morocco binding with elababote gold tooling on both covers, Holy Bible in circular recess; part of tooling at base of spine missing; edge gilding.
Charter to William Penn, and laws of the province of Pennsylvania, passed between the years 1682 and 1700, preceded by Duke of York's laws in force from the year 1676 to the year 1682, with an Appendix containing laws relating to the organization of the provincial courts and historical matter
iv, 614 p. front. (port.) illus., facsims. (part fold.) 25 cm.
Notes
In pocket of volume is a "Fac-simile of the charter granted by Charles the Second to William Penn for the 'province of Pensilvania,' engraved from the original on file in the office of the secretary of the commonwealth."