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The ironmasters of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania : including Henry Steigel, Robert Coleman, the Grubb dynasty, Henry Haldeman, Henry Watts, and many others

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Author
Martin, Richard E.
Date of Publication
[2014]
©2014
Call Number
672 M382
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by Richard E. Martin.
ISBN
9780615967578
0615967574
Author
Martin, Richard E.
Place of Publication
[Lancaster County, Pennsylvania]
Morgantown, PA
Publisher
Richard E. Martin,
Printed by Masthof Press
Date of Publication
[2014]
©2014
Physical Description
vi, 193 pages : illustrations (some color), portraits ; 23 cm
Notes
"Over 120 illustrations."
Includes bibliographical references (171-172) and index.
Contents
Labor on the plantation -- Charcoal making -- Furnaces operation -- Refining the iron -- Lancaster furnaces -- Rolling mills -- Ironworks sequence -- The ironmasters -- Ore mines -- Preserved iron furnaces -- Paths and trails -- Fords and ferries.
Subjects
Stiegel, Henry William, - 1729-1785.
Coleman, Robert, - 1748-1825.
Coleman family.
Grubb family.
Haldeman, Henry B.
Haldeman family.
Watts, Henry.
Jacobs family.
Potts family.
Taylor family.
Watts family.
Iron industry and trade - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County
Charcoal industry - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County
Iron and steel workers - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County - Biography.
Lancaster County (Pa.) - Biography.
Lancaster County (Pa.) - History.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
672 M382
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The Steinmans of Lancaster : a family and its enterprises

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Author
Brubaker, John H.
Date of Publication
c1984.
Call Number
929 S823b
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John H. Brubaker, III.
ISBN
0961378204
Author
Brubaker, John H.
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Steinman Enterprises,
Date of Publication
c1984.
Physical Description
xv, 219 p. : ill. (some col.), geneal. table ; 29 cm.
Notes
Includes index.
This is the family history of prominent civic leaders and industrial promoters of Lancaster. Steinman Enterprises in Lancaster have included hardware merchandising, cotton and iron manufacture, newspaper and commercial printing, radio, television and cable television.
Bibliography: p. 209-211.
Subjects
Steinman family.
Lancaster Newspapers, Inc.
Publishers and publishing - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County
Businesspeople - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County
Lancaster County (Pa.) - Biography.
Lancaster County (Pa.) - History.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
929 S823b
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Franklin Delano Roosevelt in Lancaster

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Author
Worner, William Frederic.
Date of Publication
1934
inscription is as follows: "Wheatland, the home of James Buchanan from 1847 to 1868; Recorder's office, Book F, Vol. 12, p. 442. �15th President of the United States. Marked by Geo. B. Willson, the owner since 1884, and The Lancaster County Historical Society, 1928." It will be noted that on the bronze tablet
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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
1934
Physical Description
[77]-92 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Series
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 38, no. 3
Subjects
Roosevelt, Franklin D. - 1882-1945.
Buchanan, James, - 1791-1868.
Presidents - United States.
Lancaster County (Pa.) - History.
Contained In
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 38, number 3 (1934), p. 77-92Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.38
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"The wealth of years" : collecting and remembering Lancaster County; an exhibit at the Lancaster County Historical Society December 2000-June 2001

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Date of Publication
2001.
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Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Lancaster County Historical Society ,
Date of Publication
2001.
Physical Description
52-104 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Series
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society v.103, no.2.
Contents
From slavery to freedom--middle class African-Americans in Lancaster County (Hannah Bosley, William Whipper, Stephen Smith, Dinah McIntire)--Joseph Simon: Jewish merchant and philanthropist of the eighteenth century--Firefighting in early Lancaster--Family history at the Lancaster County Historical Society (Demuth family history)--Cooking in the County--Blanche Nevin--Lloyd Mifflin: artist and sonneteer--The bridge at Columbia--Ephrata Cloister--A distinguished military family (Henry A. Hambright)--A midwife (Susana Rohrer Mueller)--John Wise, balloonist (1808-1879)--Jasper Yeates, attorney and Pennsylvania Supreme Court Justice--Thaddeus Stevens--Robert Fulton, engineer and artist--"Gold!" (John Augustus Sutter)--George Washington--Oddities and the END.
Subjects
Lancaster County Historical Society (Pa.) - Exhibitions.
Lancaster County (Pa.) - History.
Lancaster County (Pa.) - Biography.
Contained In
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 103, number 2 (2001), p. 52-104Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.103, no.2
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Address of General Henry Shippen Huidekoper at the commencement exercises of the Shippen School For Girls of Lancaster, Pa. : June 6, 1916

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Author
Huidekoper, H. S.
Date of Publication
[1916]
Call Number
370 H899
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Author
Huidekoper, H. S.
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Press of the New Era Print. Co.,
Date of Publication
[1916]
Physical Description
16 p., [1] leaf of plates : ill. ; 23 cm.
Subjects
Lincoln, Abraham, - 1809-1865.
Slavery - Pennsylvania.
Lancaster County (Pa.) - History.
Lancaster County (Pa.) - Biography.
Additional Corporate Author
Shippen School for Girls.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Lancaster County
Call Number
370 H899
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Lancaster county Indians; annals of the Susquehannocks and other Indian tribes of the Susquehanna territory from about the year 1500 to 1763, the date of their extinction. An exhaustive and interesting series of historical papers descriptive of Lancaster county's Indians prior to and during the advent of the paleface

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Author
Eshleman, Henry Frank,
Date of Publication
1908.
Call Number
974.8011 E75
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by H. Frank Eshleman.
Author
Eshleman, Henry Frank,
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Date of Publication
1908.
Physical Description
2 p. β., [3]-415 p. 23 cm.
Notes
LCHS copy inscribed by author.
Subjects
Indians of North America - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
Susquehanna Indians.
Conestoga Indians.
Pennsylvania - History - Colonial Period, ca. 1600-1775.
Lancaster County (Pa.) - Antiquities
Lancaster County (Pa.) - History.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
974.8011 E75
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James Buchanan

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Date of Publication
1932
Call Number
974.9 L245 v.36
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Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Lancaster County Historical Society,
Date of Publication
1932
Physical Description
59-83 p. ; 23 cm.
Series
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 36, no. 2
Subjects
Buchanan, James, - 1791-1868.
Lancaster County (Pa.) - History.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Journal
Call Number
974.9 L245 v.36
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Lancaster County : the red rose of Pennsylvania

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Author
Loose, John Ward Willson.
Date of Publication
1994.
Call Number
974.815 LACO L863L
974.815 LACO L863La
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John Ward Willson Loose ; "Partners in Progress" by Gary G. Martin and Donald L. Collins.
ISBN
1884166032 :
Author
Loose, John Ward Willson.
Place of Publication
Canoga Park, CA
Publisher
CCA Publications,
Date of Publication
1994.
Physical Description
[6], 158 p.: ill., some col. ; 29 cm.
Notes
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Subjects
Chamber of Commerce (Lancaster, Pa.).
Lancaster County Historical Society (Lancaster, Pa.).
Lancasater Malleable Castings, Co. (Lancaster, Pa.).
J. Walter Miller Company (Lancaster, Pa.).
Raub Supply Company (Lancaster, Pa.).
Alumax Mill Products (Lancaster, Pa.).
High Industries, Inc. (Lancaster, Pa.).
Federal-Mogul Corporation (Lancaster, Pa.).
Serta Mattress Company (Lancaster, Pa.).
Cassey Engineering (Salunga, Pa.).
Lancaster Labratories (Lancaster, Pa.).
Ford New Holland (New Holland, Pa.).
Liberty Sign and Can Company (Lancastaear, Pa.).
J. L. Clark, Inc. (Lancaster, Pa.).
Simon Ladder Towers, Inc. (Leola, Pa.).
Lancaster Paint and Glass (Lancaster, Pa. ).
Wickersham Construction and Engineering, Inc. (Lancaster, Pa.).
SICO Company (Mt. Joy, Pa.).
Denver and Ephrata Telephone and Telegraph Company (Pa.).
Bank of Lancaster County (Pa.).
Fulton Bank (Lancaster, Pa).
CoreStates Hamilton Bank (Lancaster, Pa.)
Dauphin Deposit Bank (Pa.)
Ross, Buehler, Falk and Company (Pa.).
Community Hospital (Lancaster, Pa.).
Lancaster General Hospital (Lancaster, Pa.).
St. Joseph Hospital (Lancaster, Pa.)
Corporate Healthcare Strategies, Inc. (Pa.)
Warner-Lambert Company (Pa.).
Lancasater Bible College (Lancaster, Pa.).
Franklin & Marshall College (Lancaster, Pa.).
Acorn Press (Pa.).
Lancaster Newspapers (Lancaster, Pa.).
John Cope's Food Products (Pa.).
Dutch Gold Honey (Pa.).
Kellogg Company (Pa.).
Stauffers of Kissel Hill (Pa.).
Hammond Pretzel Bakery (Lancaster, Pa.).
Zimmerman Foods (Pa.).
Turkey Hill Dairy (Pa.).
Wilbur Chocolate Company (Lititz, Pa.)
Groff's Farm Restaurant (Pa.).
Hotel Brunswick (Lancaster, Pa.).
Eden Resort Inn (Lancaster, Pa.).
Bulova Technologies (Lancaster, Pa.)
Business enterprises - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
Industries - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
Lancaster County (Pa.) - History.
Lancaster County (Pa.) - Description and travel.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Reference
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
974.815 LACO L863L
974.815 LACO L863La
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Report of the committee having in charge the marking of the site of the Postlethwaite Tavern where the first Courts of Justice in Lancaster County were held

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Date of Publication
1915
monument to all of the peoples of Lancaster county and especially to the citizens of Conestoga township, and through you. Harry Fehl, to the family of George Fehl, we deliver its care and protection, and to his descendants and to all future possessors of the Postle- thwaite farm we deliver it in charge
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Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Lancaster County Historical Society,
Date of Publication
1915
Physical Description
219-301 : ill. ; 23 cm.
Series
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 19, no. 8
Subjects
Postlethwaite, John.
Postlethwaite Tavern (Conestoga Township, Pa.)
Courts - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County
Speeches, addresses, etc., American.
Courthouses - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County
Dedication services.
Lancaster County (Pa.) - History.
Contained In
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 19, number 8 (1915), p. 219-301Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.19
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A brief history of the city of Lancaster; Containing an introduction to the settlement of the county; reminiscences of the past and present of the city; the poor house and hospital; the court house; the county jail; the water works; the railroad; the Franklin and Marshall College; the manufactories; the gas works and agricultural park; with many of the old "land marks," &c

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Author
Kilburn, Francis,
Date of Publication
1870.
Call Number
974.815 L244p 1870
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Author
Kilburn, Francis,
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Pearsol and Geist, printers,
Date of Publication
1870.
Physical Description
40 [2] p. ; 27 cm.
Notes
Cover title.
Includes local business cards and advertisements.
Not in Wilkinson.
Subjects
Lancaster County (Pa.) - History.
Lancaster (Pa.) - History.
Lancaster (Pa.) - Commerce.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Rare Books
Call Number
974.815 L244p 1870
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