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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 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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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.
Contained In
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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Guide to the published archives of Pennsylvania covering the 138 volumes of Colonial records and Pennsylvania archives, series I-IX

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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

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Author
Cranwell, John Philips,
Date of Publication
1940
Call Number
973.52 C891
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[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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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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History of the Moravian congregation of Lititz, Pennsylvania

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo17380
Author
Huebener, Mary Augusta,
Date of Publication
1949.
Call Number
284.6 H874
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by Mary Augusta Huebener.
Author
Huebener, Mary Augusta,
Place of Publication
Bethlehem, Pa
Publisher
Times Pub. Co.,
Date of Publication
1949.
Physical Description
p. 199-310, [1] leaf of plates : ill. ; 24 cm.
Notes
"This volume is published in connection with the celebration of the Bicentennial Celebration of the Moravian Congregation at Lititz, Pennsylvania [...] The following pages have appeared in the Transaction of the Moravian Historical Society (Volume XIV, Parts 3 and 4)". -- Foreword.
Includes bibliographical references.
Contents
Bicentennial history of the Lititz Moravian congregation / by Mary Augusta Huebener -- The Beck Family School / by Herbert Huebener Beck -- Linden Hall Junior College and School for Girls, 1748-1948 / by W.N. Schwarze.
Subjects
Moravian Church - Pennsylvania - History.
Beck Family School for Boys.
Linden Hall Junior College and School for Girls.
Moravians - Pennsylvania - Lititz.
Lititz (Pa.) - Church history.
Additional Author
Huebener, Mary Augusta,
Beck, Herbert Huebener,
Schwarze, William Nathaniel,
Additional Corporate Author
Moravian Historical Society.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Lancaster County
Call Number
284.6 H874
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A Rhode Island chaplain in the Revolution; letters of Ebenezer David to Nicholas Brown, 1775-1778

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo2911
Author
David, Ebenezer,
Date of Publication
1949.
Call Number
974.502 D249
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ed. by Jeannette D. Black and William Greene Roelker.
Author
David, Ebenezer,
Place of Publication
Providence
Publisher
Rhode Island Society of the Cincinnati,
Date of Publication
1949.
Physical Description
xxxi, 82 p. illus., fold, map. 26 cm.
Notes
"Published ... from original materials in the John Carter Brown Library."
Ebenezer David , very soon after his ordination in the Seventh - Day Baptist Church , Joined the Continental Army at the siege of Boston during the Revolutionary War. This book contains his letters written mostly to to a friend , David Brown, during his service.
Includes bibliographical references.
Contents
A Journey to Philadelphia 1775 The Siege of Boston 1776 New York and Brooklyn 1776 Ticonderoga 1776 Peekskill 1776 The Hudson River Highlands 1777 The Defense of the Delaware 1777 Valley Forge 1777 - 1778
Subjects
United States - History - Revolution, 1775-1783 - Personal narratives.
United States - History - Revolution, 1775-1783 - Religious aspects.
Additional Author
Brown, Nicholas,
Black, Jeannette Dora,
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
974.502 D249
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My Pennsylvania : a brief history of the Commonwealth's sixty-seven counties

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo3444
Date of Publication
1946.
Call Number
974.8009 P415 Oversize
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Responsibility
prepared and produced by the state Department of Commerce ... [et al.].
Place of Publication
[Harrisburg?]
Publisher
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania,
Date of Publication
1946.
Physical Description
165 p., [1] leaf of plates : ill. (some col.) ; 31 cm.
Notes
Colored pictorial maps on end-papers.
"The governors and chief executives of Pennsylvania": p. [143]-157.
Bibliography: p. 165.
Subjects
Pennsylvania - History.
Pennsylvania - History, Local.
Pennsylvania - Description and travel.
Additional Corporate Author
Pennsylvania. Dept. of Commerce.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
974.8009 P415 Oversize
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History of the early settlement of the Juniata valley: embracing an account of the early pioneers, and the trials and privations incident to the settlement of the valley, predatory incursions, massacres, and abductions by the Indians during the French and Indian wars, and the war of the revolution, &c

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo4508
Author
Jones, U. J.
Date of Publication
c1940]
Call Number
974.802 P968 1940
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By U. J. Jones. With notes and extensions compiled as a glossary from the memoirs of early settlers, the pension statements of revolutionary war soldiers, and other source material, by Floyd G. Hoenstine ...
Author
Jones, U. J.
Place of Publication
[Harrisburg, Pa
Publisher
The Telegraph Press,
Date of Publication
c1940]
Physical Description
440 p. incl. illus., plates, front. 24 cm.
Notes
Maps on lining-papers.
First edition published at Philadelphia, 1856.
Appendix, prepared by William H. Egle (including a biographical sketch of U. J. Jones and The Pattersons of Juniata): p. [351]-421.
Subjects
Frontier and pioneer life - Pennsylvania.
Indians of North America - Pennsylvania.
Juniata River Valley (Pa.) - History.
Additional Author
Egle, William Henry,
Hoenstine, Floyd G.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
974.802 P968 1940
Websites
https://www.gutenberg.org/files/41392/41392-h/41392-h.htm
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I heard of a river: A story of the Germans in Pennsylvania

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo20913
Author
Singmaster, Elsie,
Edition
1st ed.
Date of Publication
1948.
Call Number
813.54 S428i
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Responsibility
by Eslie Singmaster ; illustrated by Henry C. Pitz.
Author
Singmaster, Elsie,
Edition
1st ed.
Place of Publication
Philadelphia
Publisher
J.C. Winston Co.,
Date of Publication
1948.
Physical Description
x, 209 pages : illustrations, map ; 22 cm.
Series
Land of the free series
Summary
This is a story of Hannes, a German-Lutheran boy who joined a band of Swiss Mennonites fleeing from Europe's desperate terror and poverty of the 17th century. It is a story of the perils of Hannes' journey and the improvement of his rifle, brought from his fatherland.
Subjects
Families - Fiction.
Frontier and pioneer life - Juvenile fiction.
German Americans - Juvenile fiction.
Mennonites - Pennsylvania - Juvenile fiction.
Pennsylvania.
Juvenile works.
History.
Additional Author
Pitz, Henry C.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
813.54 S428i
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