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Railroad bridges over the Big and Little Conestoga

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Author
Worner, William Frederic.
Date of Publication
1931
CONESTOGA By WILLIAM FREDERIC WORNER IN Vol. XI, No. 3, pp. 75-113, of the Proceedings of The Lan- Lancaster County Historical Society, appears an article entitled, "How the Pennsylvania Railroad Came Through Lancaster." In that paper the author, the late William Uhler Hensel, Esq., de- scribed, in minute
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by William Frederic Worner.
Author
Worner, William Frederic.
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Lancaster County Historical Society,
Date of Publication
1931
Physical Description
18-19 p. ; 23 cm.
Series
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 35, no. 1
Subjects
Railroad bridges - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
Bridges - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
Conestoga River (Pa.) - History.
Contained In
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 35, number 1 (1931), p. 18-19Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.35
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Massacre of the Conestoga Indians by the Paxtang Boys--a poem

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Author
Worner, William Frederic.
Date of Publication
1931
MASSACRE OF THE CONESTOGA INDIANS BY THE PAXTANG BOYS-A POEM By WILLIAM FREDERIC WORNER IN Vol. XVIII, pp. 169-185, of the Proceedings of The Lancaster 1 County Historical Society, appeared an article entitled, "Mas- sacre of the Conestoga Indians, 1763: Incidents and Details." In this paper the
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Responsibility
by William Frederic Worner.
Author
Worner, William Frederic.
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Lancaster County Historical Society,
Date of Publication
1931
Physical Description
69-70 p. ; 23 cm.
Series
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 35, no. 3
Subjects
Conestoga Indians.
Paxton Boys.
Conestoga Massacre, Pa., 1763.
Massacres - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County
Contained In
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 35, number 3 (1931), p. 69-70Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.35
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The old Pequea Presbyterian graveyard

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Author
Worner, William Frederic.
Date of Publication
1920
): Hamilton, James, 1710-1783. Presbyterian Church Corporation of Pequea (Pa.) Cemeteries--Pennsylvania--Lancaster County. Lancaster County (Pa.)--History. Publisher: Lancaster, Pa. : Lancaster County Historical Society, 1920 Description: 39-51 p. ; 23 cm. Series: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical
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Responsibility
by William Frederic Worner.
Author
Worner, William Frederic.
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Lancaster County Historical Society,
Date of Publication
1920
Physical Description
39-51 p. ; 23 cm.
Series
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 24, no. 2
Subjects
Hamilton, James, - 1710-1783.
Presbyterian Church Corporation of Pequea (Pa.)
Cemeteries - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
Lancaster County (Pa.) - History.
Contained In
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 24, number 2 (1920), p. 39-51Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.24
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Old St. John's church yard, Pequea

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Author
Worner, William Frederic.
Date of Publication
1917
Author: Worner, William Frederic. Title: Old St. John's church yard, Pequea / by William Frederic Worner. Primary Material: Book Subject(s): St. John's Church (Pequea, Pa : Township)--History. Episcopal Church--Pennsylvania--Lancaster County. Church buildings--Pennsylvania--Lancaster County. Publisher
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Responsibility
by William Frederic Worner.
Author
Worner, William Frederic.
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Lancaster County Historical Society,
Date of Publication
1917
Physical Description
155-161 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Series
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 21, no. 10
Summary
This journal article discusses persons buried in the cemetery of St.John's Church in Pequea. They include Indian trader Peter Bezaillion, his wife Martha, her brother Moses Combe, Thomas Hart, James Clemson, several of the Douglass family, George Boyd, and Adelaide Wright.
Subjects
St. John's Church (Pequea, Pa : Township) - History.
Episcopal Church - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
Church buildings - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
Contained In
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 22, number 10 (1917), p. 155-161Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.21
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The Columbia race riots

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Author
Worner, William Frederic.
Date of Publication
1922
The Columbia Race Riots By William Frederic Worner Homer, 3OOO years ago, said : " Most sons are inferior to their fathers, a few are equal, and fewer still are superior to them." The history of Columbia occupies a unique place in the annals of Lancaster county, Pennsylvania. From an early period
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Responsibility
by William Frederic Worner.
Author
Worner, William Frederic.
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Lancaster County Historical Society,
Date of Publication
1922
Physical Description
175-187 p. ; 23 cm.
Series
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 26, no. 8
Subjects
Smith, Eliza D. Lothrop, - d. 1873.
Slavery - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County
Underground railroad - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
Riots - Pennsylvania - Columbia.
Columbia (Pa.) - History.
Columbia (Pa.) - Race relations.
Contained In
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 26, number 8 (1922), p. 175-187Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.26
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Pennsylvania gravestone inscriptions : Old Dutch burying ground, Strasburg Township, Lancaster County

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Author
Worner, William Frederic.
Call Number
905.29 GSP v.9
Author
Worner, William Frederic.
Physical Description
175 p.
Notes
Pennsylvania Genealogical Society, v.9 (1924-1926)
Subjects
St. Michael's Evangelical Lutheran Church (Strasburg Township, Lancaster County, Pa.)
Zion Reformed Church - (Strasburg Township, Lancaster County, Pa.)
Cemeteries - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Periodical Article
Call Number
905.29 GSP v.9
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Old Lancaster tales and traditions

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Author
Worner, William Frederic.
Date of Publication
1927.
Call Number
974.815 LACI W928
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Author
Worner, William Frederic.
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
The Author,
Date of Publication
1927.
Physical Description
x, 261 p. illus. 24 cm.
Contents
Declaration of Independence in Lancaster--Thomas Wharton, Jr. in Lancaster--Baron Steuben in Lancaster--Lancaster in 1778--Lancaster in 1783--Ephrata Community--Lancaster in 1788--Camel in Lancaster--Lancaster in 1795--Lancaster in 1797--John Marshall in Lancaster--First elephant in Lancaster--General Pinckney in Lancaster--Lancaster in 1807--Alexander Wilson in Lancaster--Mrs. Royall's visit to Lancaster--Royal Arabian horse in Lancaster--Daniel Webster in Lancaster--Rich men of Lancaster City in 1845--The Wreath--Chinese soldier in the Civil War--Hope Church--Seventy-fifth aniversaryof Hope Church--Story of Salome Le Roy--Tory of the Revolution.
Illustrations--Rare old Lancaster imprint--Lancaster Count Courthouse--Residence of Christopher Marshall--Trinity Lutheran Church--Cat Tavern--Old Ferry House--Buildings of the Ephrata Cloister--Watermark, Ephrata Cloister--Finest Colonial House in Lancaster--Caleb Cope House--Barracks on Howard Avenue--Saron House. Ephrata Cloister--Cell, Ephrata Cloister--Watermarks, Ephrata Cloister--Room in Saron House, Ephrata Cloister--Kitchen, Ephrata Cloister--Fireplace, Ephrata Cloister--Matin Room--Ephrata Cloister--Seal, Ephrata Cloister--Government Buildings, Lancaster--Washington Hotel--Old Powder House--Lancaster Academy--Male camel--Watermarks, Ephrata Cloister--Johann Conrad Beissel--Tomb of Johann Conrad Beissel--Fountain Inn--Rockford, Home of General Hand--White Swan Tavern--Blunderbuss--Lancaster City Hall--Newspaper account of Marshall's arival--Residence of Jasper Yeates--Residence of Timothy Matlack--Advertisement of the elephant--Oldest tobacco shop in the United States--Old wooden sign, Demuth Tobacco Shop--View of North Queen Street about 1840--William Pitt Tavern--Sign of William Pitt Tavern--Lancaster in 1810--Anchor Inn, Lititz, Pa.--Heinitsh's Drug Store--James Buchanan--Steinman's Hardware Store--Slaymaker's Hotel--Abbeville--House and tannery of Georg H. Krug--Fire engine--View of West King Street about 1850--The Wreath--Button Suctio Engine--Hose cart--Hope Episcopal Church, Mount Hope, Pa.--Mount Hope Mansion--Memorial chancel and altar, Hope Church--Brew House--Bird's-eye view of Lancaster--German Reformed Church--House built about 1760--Lancaster County Prison.
Subjects
Woo, Hong Neok - 1834-1919.
Folklore - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
Lancaster (Pa.) - History.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
974.815 LACI W928
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Old Lancaster newspaper items : (supplement to Mr. Hostetter's paper)

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Author
Worner, William Frederic.
Date of Publication
1922
Call Number
974.9 L245 v.26
Responsibility
by William Frederic Worner.
Author
Worner, William Frederic.
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Lancaster County Historical Society,
Date of Publication
1922
Physical Description
164 p. ; 23 cm.
Series
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 26, no. 7
Subjects
Intelligencer and Weekly Advertiser (Lancaster, Pa.)
American newspapers - Pennsylvania - Lancaster.
American newspapers
Lancaster (Pa.) - History - 19th century.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Journal
Call Number
974.9 L245 v.26
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Lancaster County members of the American Philosophical Society

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Author
Worner, William Frederic.
Date of Publication
1927
, 1706-1790. American Philosophical Society. Philosophy--Societies, etc.--Pennsylvania--Lancaster County. Philosophy--Societies, etc.--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia. Lancaster (Pa.)--History--18th century. Publisher: Lancaster, Pa. : Lancaster County Historical Society, 1927 Description: 38-40 p. ; 23 cm
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by William Frederic Worner.
Author
Worner, William Frederic.
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Lancaster County Historical Society,
Date of Publication
1927
Physical Description
38-40 p. ; 23 cm.
Series
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 31, no. 3
Subjects
Franklin, Benjamin, - 1706-1790.
American Philosophical Society.
Philosophy - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
Philosophy - Pennsylvania - Philadelphia.
Lancaster (Pa.) - History - 18th century.
Contained In
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 31, number 3 (1927), p. 38-40Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.31
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The Female Sunday-School Society of Saint James's Church, Lancaster

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Author
Worner, William Frederic.
Date of Publication
1927
been claimed, and pos- sibly with truth, that a Sunday school was conducted by the monks of the Cloister at Ephrata, Lancaster county, Pa., as early as 1739,—forty-one years before the printer at Gloucester, England, gathered the waifs of his town into a similar school. It is also stated in the report
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Responsibility
by William Frederic Worner.
Author
Worner, William Frederic.
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Lancaster County Historical Society,
Date of Publication
1927
Physical Description
134-139 p. ; 23 cm.
Series
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 31, no. 9 & 10
Subjects
St. James Episcopal Church (Lancaster, Pa.)
Female Sunday-School Society of Saint James's Church (Lancaster, Pa.)
Episcopal Church - Pennsylvania - Lancaster.
Women - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
Sunday schools - Pennsylvania - Lancaster.
Episcopalians - Pennsylvania - Lancaster.
Contained In
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 31, number 9/10 (1927), p. 134-139Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.31
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