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Travels in New France

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo1364
Date of Publication
1941.
Call Number
971.018 P416
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Responsibility
by J. C. B. Prepared by Pennsylvania Historical Survey (Frontier Forts and Trails Survey) Division of Community Service Projects, Work Projects Administration. Edited by Sylvester K. Stevens, Donald H. Kent and Emma Edith Woods.
Place of Publication
Harrisburg
Publisher
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Dept. of Public Instruction, The Pennsylvania Historical Commission,
Date of Publication
1941.
Physical Description
xiv, 167 p. front., illus., plates (incl. map) 24 cm.
Notes
Maps on lining papers.
"The present translation is based on Casgrain's edition."--p. vi.
Summary
"A French soldier set down his memories of life and adventure in western Pennsylvania and other parts of North America during the thrilling events of the French and Indian War, and called the book 'Voyage au Canada dans le nord de l' Amerique Septentrionale, fait depuis l'an 1751 A 1761'...The author is known only by his initials, J.C.B...These reminiscences of life and events in the wilderness, in the towns of New France, and as a prisoner in New York City, give vivid pictures of the experiences of an ordinary man in an age which was full of significance for the future of America. [from the foreword]
Subjects
Indians of North America.
Canada - History - 1663-1713 (New France).
Canada - Description and travel.
United States - History - French and Indian War, 1755-1763 - Personal narratives.
Additional Author
Stevens, Sylvester Kirby,
Kent, Donald H.,
Woods, Emma Edith,
Casgrain, H. R.
J.-C. B.
Additional Corporate Author
Pennsylvania Historical Survey.
Frontier Forts and Trails Survey.
Pennsylvania Historical Commission.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
971.018 P416
Websites
https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015011030973;view=1up;seq=7
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The settlement of the waggoners' accounts relating to General Braddock's expedition towards Fort Du Quesne

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo3496
Author
Shippen, Edward,
Date of Publication
1899.
Call Number
974.8023 W181
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Responsibility
by Edward Shippen, et al., commissioners ; edited by Lewis Burd Walker.
Author
Shippen, Edward,
Place of Publication
[Pottsville, Pa
Publisher
Standard Pub. Co.],
Date of Publication
1899.
Physical Description
80 p. : port. ; 24 cm.
Series
The Burd papers ; [v. 2]
Notes
From the original manuscript in the possession of the editor.
"Seventy copies of this book have been printed." LCHS has no. 46.
Includes index.
"Edward Shippen III (July 9, 1703 September 25, 1781) was an American merchant and mayor of Philadelphia...In May 1752, he moved to Lancaster, where he was appointed prothonotary, as which he served until 1778. He had large transactions as paymaster for supplies for the British and provincial forces when they were commanded by General John Forbes, General John Stanwix, and Colonel Bouquet. He was a county judge under both the provincial and state governments...He died on September 25, 1781 in Lancaster, Pennsylvania." [from Wikipedia]
Summary
This book shows payments to each of the waggoners for their costs and services.
Subjects
Braddock's Campaign, 1755.
Pennsylvania - History - French and Indian War, 1755-1763.
Additional Author
Walker, Lewis Burd,
Additional Corporate Author
Pennsylvania. Commission to Settle Waggoners' Accounts in Braddock's Expedition.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
974.8023 W181
Websites
https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=loc.ark:/13960/t2697hx84&view=1up&seq=7
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The diary of Harriet Amelia Arndt for 1865

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo1233
Author
Arndt, Harriet Amelia.
Date of Publication
1946
there was thrilled by performances by Signor Blitz, magician, by fires, lectures, holiday events, by cheer- ing war news — the fall of Richmond, and the surrender of Lee's army ; and depressed by the news of the shooting and death of Abraham Lincoln. "Harriet Amelia Arndt was born in Manheim, Lancaster
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Responsibility
by Harriet Amelia Arndt.
Author
Arndt, Harriet Amelia.
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Lancaster County Historical Society,
Date of Publication
1946
Physical Description
[73]-76 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Series
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 50, no. 3
Summary
Harriet Amelia Arndt was a resident of Manheim.
Subjects
Arndt, Harriet Amelia, - 1834- - Diaries.
Women - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
Manheim (Pa.) - Social life and customs - Personal narratives.
Manheim (Pa.) - History - Personal narratives.
Diaries.
Additional Author
Kendig, John D.
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Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 50, number 3 (1946), p. 73-76Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.50
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Pennsylvania at Gettysburg. Ceremonies at the dedication of the monuments erected by the commonwealth of Pennsylvania to mark the positions of the Pennsylvania commands engaged in the battle

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo1879
Corporate Author
Pennsylvania. Gettysburg Battle-field Commission
Date of Publication
1893.
Call Number
973.7349 P415g
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Corporate Author
Pennsylvania. Gettysburg Battle-field Commission
Place of Publication
[Harrisburg
Publisher
E. K. Meyers, state printer]
Date of Publication
1893.
Physical Description
2 v. fronts. (ports.) plates, plans. 26 cm.
Notes
Paged continuously.
Edited and compiled by John P. Nicholson, secretery of the commission.
Subjects
Pennsylvania. - Militia.
Gettysburg (Pa.), Battle of, 1863.
United States - History - Civil War, 1861-1865 - Regimental histories - Pennsylvania.
Additional Author
Nicholson, John Page,
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
973.7349 P415g
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Annals of Philadelphia and Pennsylvania, in the olden time; being a collection of memoirs, anecdotes, and incidents of the city and its inhabitants, and of the earliest settlements of the inland part of Pennsylvania, from the days of the founders

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo6324
Author
Watson, John F.
Date of Publication
1891.
Call Number
974.811 W339
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By John F. Watson ... Enlarged, with many revisions and additions, by Willis P. Hazard...
Author
Watson, John F.
Place of Publication
Philadelphia
Publisher
E. S. Stuart,
Date of Publication
1891.
Physical Description
3 v. fronts., illus., plates, port. 25 cm.
Notes
The third volume of this ed. was prepared at the publisher's request, by W. P. Hazard.
Subjects
Pennsylvania - History.
Philadelphia (Pa.) - History.
Philadelphia (Pa.) - Social life and customs.
Additional Author
Hazard, Willis P.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
974.811 W339
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Guide to the published archives of Pennsylvania covering the 138 volumes of Colonial records and Pennsylvania archives, series I-IX

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo13633
Corporate Author
Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission.
Date of Publication
1949.
Call Number
974.8003 P412
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Responsibility
by Henry Howard Eddy, with an alphabetized finding list and two special indexes compiled by Martha L. Simonetti.
Corporate Author
Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission.
Place of Publication
Harrisburg
Date of Publication
1949.
Physical Description
v, 101 p. 23 cm.
Notes
Bibliography: p. 101.
Subjects
Pennsylvania - History - Sources - Bibliography.
Pennsylvania - Politics and government - To 1775 - Sources - Bibliography.
Pennsylvania - Politics and government - Revolution, 1775-1783 - Sources - Bibliography.
Additional Author
Eddy, Henry Howard,
Simonetti, Martha L.,
Additional Corporate Author
Pennsylvania. Provincial Council.
Pennsylvania. Supreme Executive Council.
Additional Title
Pennsylvania archives
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
974.8003 P412
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Men of marque; a history of private armed vessels out of Baltimore during the War of 1812

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo1582
Author
Cranwell, John Philips,
Date of Publication
1940
Call Number
973.52 C891
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Responsibility
[by] John Philips Cranwell [and] William Bowers Crane.
Author
Cranwell, John Philips,
Place of Publication
New York
Publisher
W.W. Norton & Company, Inc.
Date of Publication
1940
Physical Description
xiv, 15-427 p. plates, ports., fold. map, facsims. 25 cm.
Notes
"First edition."
LCHS copy "number 145 of a special limited and numbered edition which has been autographed by the authors."
Bibliography: p. 415-418.
Summary
A letter of marque and reprisal was a government license that authorized a private person, known as a privateer or corsair, to attack and capture vessels of a nation at war with the issuer. The author states that the activities of the Baltimore privateers "were so many and so varied that, taken as a whole, they represent a cross section of all privateering at the time."
Subjects
Privateering.
Shipping - Maryland - Baltimore.
United States - History - War of 1812 - Naval operations.
Baltimore (Md.) - History - War of 1812.
Additional Author
Crane, William Bowers,
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
973.52 C891
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Minutes of District meetings of the German Baptist Brethren of the Eastern District of Pennsylvania : from 1867 to 1896

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo19556
Corporate Author
Church of the Brethren. Eastern District of Pennsylvania.
Date of Publication
[1896?]
Call Number
289.2748 B844
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Corporate Author
Church of the Brethren. Eastern District of Pennsylvania.
Place of Publication
[Place of publication not identified]
Publisher
[publisher not identified],
Date of Publication
[1896?]
Physical Description
135 pages ; 23 cm
Notes
Printed and bound at the order of the District Meeting; J.H. Longenecker and H.E. Light, committee in charge.
Subjects
Church of the Brethren. - Eastern District of Pennsylvania - History.
Church of the Brethren. - Eastern District of Pennsylvania.
Pennsylvania - Church history.
Pennsylvania.
Church history.
History.
Additional Author
Longenecker, J. H.
Light, H. E.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
289.2748 B844
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History of the 49th Pennsylvania Volunteers

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo11833
Author
Westbrook, Robert S.
Date of Publication
1898.
Call Number
973.74 W523
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Alternate Title
History of the Forty-ninth Pennsylvania Volunteers
Responsibility
By Robert S. Westbrook, late sergeant of Company "B". A correctly compiled roll of the members of the regiment and its marches from 1861 to 1865.
Author
Westbrook, Robert S.
Place of Publication
Altoona, Pa
Publisher
[Altoona Times print.]
Date of Publication
1898.
Physical Description
272, [2] p. front., illus., plates (1 col.) ports. 29 cm.
Subjects
United States. - Army. - Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment, 49th (1861-1865)
United States - History - Civil War, 1861-1865 - Regimental histories.
Pennsylvania - History - Civil War, 1861-1865 - Regimental histories.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
973.74 W523
Websites
https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=coo1.ark:/13960/t01z4sc16&view=1up&seq=9
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A partial bibliography of the archaeology of Pennsylvania and adjacent states. Prepared by Pennsylvania historical survey (Frontier forts and trails survey) Federal works agency, Work projects administration

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo4141
Corporate Author
Frontier Forts and Trails Survey.
Date of Publication
1941.
Call Number
974.8011 P415p
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Responsibility
Edited by Claude E. Schaeffer and Leo J. Roland.
Corporate Author
Frontier Forts and Trails Survey.
Place of Publication
Harrisburg
Publisher
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Dept. of public instruction, Pennsylvania Historical commission,
Date of Publication
1941.
Physical Description
3 p. ø., 45 p. 27 cm.
Notes
Reproduced from type-written copy.
"Addenda" mounted on p. [3] of cover.
Subjects
Archaeology - Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania - Antiquities - Bibliography.
Additional Author
Schaeffer, Claude E.,
Roland, Leo J.,
Additional Corporate Author
Pennsylvania Historical Survey.
Pennsylvania Historical Commission.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
974.8011 P415p
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