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Frontier rebels : the fight for independence in the American West, 1765-1776

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Author: Spero, Patrick,

Date of Publication: 2018.

Call Number: 974.802 S749f

Responsibility: Patrick Spero.

Author: Spero, Patrick,

Place of Publication: New York

Publisher: W W. Norton & Company,

Date of Publication: 2018.

Physical Description: xvii [1], 268, [1]] pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm.

Notes: Autographed by the author.; Includes author's note, notes, about the author and index.; "The Black Boys, also known as the Brave Fellows and the Loyal Volunteers, were members of a white settler movement in the Conococheague Valley of colonial Pennsylvania sometimes known as the Black Boys Rebellion. The Black Boys, so-called because they sometimes blackened their faces during their actions, were upset with British policy regarding American Indians following Pontiac's War. When that war came to an end in 1765, the Pennsylvania government began to reopen trade with the Native Americans who had taken part in the uprising. Many settlers of the Conococheague Valley were outraged, having suffered greatly from Indian raids during the war. The 1764 Enoch Brown School Massacre, in which ten school children had been killed and scalped, was the most notorious example of these raids." [from Wikipedia]

Summary: "The American Revolution has traditionally been depicted as a struggle between North American settlers and British imperial forces, but this intensively researched study from Spero, the director of Philadelphia's American Philosophical Society Library, analyzes the crucial role of settler attitudes toward Native Americans in sparking the conflict. While administrators in London viewed Native people as important trading partners within their American empire, many white colonists saw them as a terrifying menace and 'wanted to be free of the Indians as much as they wanted to be free of their imperial overlords.' Spero tells of the little-studied Pennsylvania backcountry rebels called the Black Boys, who in 1765 revolted against Britain's willingness to accommodate Native interests. Readers who have been accustomed to considering the Revolutionary War as a conflict between American liberty and British oppression may find this account discomfiting, but Spero presents convincing support for his thesis that hatred of Indians and desire for their lands played a pivotal role in fomenting the revolution and 'produced the roadmap' for the next century of American history, delving deeply into previously underutilized sources, including the journals of fur trader George Croghan. Spero's thoughtful work is an important contribution to ongoing reassessments of the nature and meaning of the American founding." (from Publishers Weekly.com)

Subjects: Callendar, Robert.; Johnson, William, - Sir.; Insurgency - Pennsylvania; Croghan, George, - 1720?-1782; Frontier and pioneer life - Ohio River Valley; Black Boys Rebellion - Colonial period ca 1600-1775.; Illinois - Colonial peiod ca 1600-1775; Ohio - Colonial period ca 1600-1775.; Indians of North America - Ohio River Valley.; Indians of North Americd; Indiana - Colonial period ca 1600-1775.; Gage, Thomas, - 1721-1787,; Pontiac's Conspiracy, - 1763-1765; Pennsylvania - History - Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775.; Frontier; Pennsylvania; Pennsylvania - History - Colonial period ca. 1600-1775.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 974.802 S749f

The Germans in colonial times

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Author: Bittinger, Lucy Forney,

Call Number: 325.243 B624

Responsibility: Lucy F. Bittinger.

ISBN: 0917890906

Author: Bittinger, Lucy Forney,

Place of Publication: Bowie (3602 Maureen Lone, Bowie, MD 20715)

Publisher: Heritage Books, 1986.

Physical Description: 314 p. : map ; 21 cm.

Notes: Reprint. Originally published: Philadelphia : J.B. Lippincott Co., 1901.; Cover title.; Includes bibliography (p. 300-305) and index.

Subjects: Weiser, Conrad, - 1696-1760.; Moravian Church - History.; German Americans.; Germans - Pennsylvania; United States - History - Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775.; Maryland - History.; Virginia - History.; Germantown (Philadelphia, Pa.) - History.; Pennsylvania - History - Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775.; Pennsylvania - History - Revolution, 1775-1783.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 325.243 B624

Early American studies

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Date of Publication: c2003-

Call Number: 905.748 EAS

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ISSN: 1543-4273

Place of Publication: Philadelphia, PA

Publisher: McNeil Center for Early American Studies,

Date of Publication: c2003-

Physical Description: v. : ill. ; 23 cm.

Publication Frequency: Semiannual

Dates of Publication: Vol. 1, no. 1 (spring 2003)-

Notes: "An interdisciplinary journal."

Subjects: United States - History - Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775 - Periodicals.; United States - History - Revolution, 1775-1783 - Periodicals.; United States - History - 1783-1865 - Periodicals.; United States - Civilization - To 1783 - Periodicals.; United States - Civilization - 1783-1865 - Periodicals.

Additional Corporate Author: McNeil Center for Early American Studies.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 905.748 EAS

Websites

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The Dutch and Quaker colonies in America

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Author: Fiske, John,

Date of Publication: 1903.

Call Number: 973.22 F541

Responsibility: by John Fiske. Illustrated with portraits, maps, facsimiles, contemporary views, prints, and other historic materials...

Author: Fiske, John,

Place of Publication: Boston and New York

Publisher: Houghton, Mifflin and company,

Date of Publication: 1903.

Physical Description: 2 v. fronts., illus., plates (part. double; incl. ports., maps, facsims.) 24 cm.

Notes: "Illustrated edition."; The facsimiles include reproductions of title-pages.

Subjects: Dutch - United States; Quakers - United States; United States - History - Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775.; New York (State) - History - Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775.; Pennsylvania - History - Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775.; Middle Atlantic States - History - Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 973.22 F541

Annals of Pennsylvania, from the discovery of the Delaware. 1609-1682

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Author: Hazard, Samuel,

Date of Publication: 1850.

Call Number: 974.80083 H428a

Author: Hazard, Samuel,

Place of Publication: Philadelphia

Publisher: Hazard and Mitchell,

Date of Publication: 1850.

Physical Description: vii, 664 p.

Series: Pennsylvania county and regional histories. Reel 4, no. 7

Subjects: Pennsylvania - History - Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775.; New York (State) - History - Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775.; New Jersey - History - Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775.; Delaware - History - Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 974.80083 H428a

The Indian wars of Pennsylvania : an account of the Indian events, in Pennsylvania, of the French and Indian war, Pontiac's war, Lord Dunmore's war, the revolutionary war, and the Indian uprising from 1789 to 1795 ; tragedies of the Pennsylvania frontier based primarily on the Penna. archives and colonial records / by C. Hale Sipe ; introduction by Dr. George P. Donehoo

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Author: Sipe, C. Hale

Date of Publication: 1929.

Call Number: 974.8011 S618w

Author: Sipe, C. Hale

Place of Publication: Harrisburg

Publisher: The Telegraph Press,

Date of Publication: 1929.

Physical Description: 793 p., [16] p. of plates : ill., fold. map (in pocket) ; 23 cm.

Notes: Tail-pieces.; "Principal sources utilized in the preparation of this work": p. [6]; "Officers of the colonies of the Delaware before the time of William Penn, and the governors of the province and the commonwealth from 1681 to 1799": p. [745]-746.; "Principal Indian towns in Pennsylvania": p. [747]-754.; "List of blockhouses not mentioned in the text of this history": p. [755]-761.; Includes information on the Conoy Indians, Conestoga Indians, Susquehanna Indians and Delaware Indians.

Subjects: Indians of North America - Pennsylvania.; Indians of North America; Fortification - Pennsylvania.; Pennsylvania - History - Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775.; Pennsylvania - History - Revolution, 1775-1783.; Pennsylvania - Historic houses, etc.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 974.8011 S618w

Into the American woods : negotiators on the Pennsylvania frontier

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Author: Merrell, James Hart,

Date of Publication: 2000, c1999.

Call Number: 974.802 M568

Alternate Title: Negotiators on the Pennsylvania frontier

Responsibility: James H. Merrell.

ISBN: 0393046761

Author: Merrell, James Hart,

Place of Publication: New York

Publisher: Norton,

Date of Publication: 2000, c1999.

Physical Description: 463 p. : ill., maps ; 21 cm.

Notes: "1st pub. as a Norton paperback 2000"--T.p. verso.; Includes bibliographical references (p. 329-438) and index.

Subjects: Frontier and pioneer life - Pennsylvania.; Pioneers - Pennsylvania; Negotiation - Pennsylvania; Indians of North America - Pennsylvania; Intercultural communication - Pennsylvania; Pennsylvania - History - Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 974.802 M568

Urbanization and the development of eighteenth-century Southeastern Pennsylvania and adjacent Delaware

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Author: Lemon, James T.

Date of Publication: 1967.

Call Number: 974.8 L556

Responsibility: by James T. Lemon.

Author: Lemon, James T.

Place of Publication: [s.l.]

Publisher: William and Mary ,

Date of Publication: 1967.

Physical Description: 502-542 p. ; 28 cm.

Notes: Photocopy of article in: The William and Mary Quarterly, 3rd ser., v.24, no.4(Oct. 1967)

Subjects: Pennsylvania - History - Colonial Period, ca.1600-1775.; Delaware - History - Colonial Period, ca.1600-1775.; Pennsylvania - Social conditions - To 1865.; Delaware - Social conditions - To 1865.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 974.8 L556

The extraordinary Suzy Wright : a colonial woman on the frontier

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Author: Kanefield, Teri,

Date of Publication: 2015.

Call Number: 920.72 K16

Responsibility: by Teri Kanefield.

ISBN: 9781419718663; 1419718665

Author: Kanefield, Teri,

Place of Publication: New York

Publisher: Abrams Books for Young Readers,

Date of Publication: 2015.

Physical Description: pages cm

Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents: Suzy comes to America -- At home in the land of brotherly love -- Shaking off the yoke -- A new home on the frontier -- A little romance -- Political adviser, lawyer, activist, and advocate for the Indians -- Businesswoman and scientific author -- The American Revolution -- Celebrated poet -- Last years and legacy -- Afterword: from Wright's Ferry to Columbia.

Summary: Introduces Suzy Wright, a Quaker who helped settle the Pennsylvania frontier, defended the rights of Native Americans, and provided legal counsel to her neighbors.

Subjects: Wright, Susanna, - 1697-1784; Wright, Susanna, - 1697-1784.; Quakers - Pennsylvania - Columbia - Biography - Juvenile literature.; Women - Pennsylvania - Columbia - Biography - Juvenile literature.; Poets - Biography - Juvenile literature.; Clerks of court - Pennsylvania - Biography - Juvenile literature.; Frontier and pioneer life - Pennsylvania - Columbia - Juvenile literature.; Quakers.; Poets.; Quakers - Pennsylvania - Columbia - Biography.; Women - Pennsylvania - Columbia - Biography.; Poets - Pennsylvania - Columbia - Biography.; Clerks of court - Pennsylvania - Biography.; Frontier and pioneer life - Pennsylvania - Columbia.; Women.; Pennsylvania - History - Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775 - Juvenile literature.; Columbia (Pa.) - Biography - Juvenile literature.; Pennsylvania - History - Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775.; Columbia (Pa.) - Biography.; Pennsylvania - Columbia.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 920.72 K16

The backwoodsman and the Kentucky rifle

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Author: Landis, Bertha Cochran.

Date of Publication: 1947

and improve on the type of rifle they knew in their fatherland. The result was the Long Rifle, later known as the Kentucky rifle. This long rifle soon became famous and was credited with winning the French and Indian War, and the War of the Revolution. So important had the manufacture of the Kentucky

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Responsibility: by Bertha Cochran Landis.

Author: Landis, Bertha Cochran.

Place of Publication: Lancaster, Pa

Publisher: Lancaster County Historical Society,

Date of Publication: 1947

Physical Description: [117]-119 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

Series: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 51, no. 5

Subjects: Rifles.; United States - History - Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775.; United States - History - Revolution, 1775-1783.; United States - History - 1783-1865.

Contained In: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 51, number 5 (1947), p. 117-119Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.51

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