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Lancaster County history in the several series of the Pennsylvania archives and other provincial and state source books

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Author
Eshleman, Henry Frank,
Date of Publication
1925
indexed as to names. Much Lancaster County History appears in it. Volume 2 contains "Old Proprietary Rights" and seems to be limited to land in and about Philadelphia. Volume 3 is made up of warrants for Islands in the Susquehanna River from 1793 to 1812; and of Donation Lands to Revolutionary Soldiers
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by H. Frank Eshleman.
Author
Eshleman, Henry Frank,
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Lancaster County Historical Society,
Date of Publication
1925
Physical Description
23-32 p. 23 cm.
Series
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 29, no. 3
Notes
Books entitled Statutes at Large, Colonial Records, First Series of Pennsylvania Archives, and Votes of Assembly
Subjects
Lancaster County (Pa.) - History - 17th century.
Contained In
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 29, number 3 (1925), p. 23-32Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.29
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The Manor of Conestoga in the Colonial Period

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Author
Brackbill, Martin Hervin.
Date of Publication
1938
corner of the Manor. 12 The Scotch-Irish who poured into Lancaster County from the New- castle region from 1720 on, finding most of the other fine land along the Pequea and Conestoga Creeks, either under cultivation by Swiss Mennonite settlers or owned by syndicates of Philadelphia and London land
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Responsibility
by Martin Hervin Brackbill.
Author
Brackbill, Martin Hervin.
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Lancaster County Historical Society,
Date of Publication
1938
Physical Description
[17]-46 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Series
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 42, no. 2
Subjects
Lancaster County (Pa.) - Boundaries.
Manor (Lancaster County, Pa. : Township) - Maps.
Lancaster County (Pa.) - History - 17th century.
Contained In
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 42, number 2 (1938), p. 17-46Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.42
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The book of old ships and something of their evolution and romance, wherein will be found drawings and descriptions of many varieties of vessels, both long and round, showing their development from most remote times; the portraiture of their progress, their garnishment, etc., etc., together with divers dissertations upon the origins of shipping; also an appendix wherein will be discovered to the inquisitive much information appertaining to the ancient uses and customs of the sea and mariners

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Author
Culver, Henry B.
Date of Publication
1935.
Call Number
900 C968
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Responsibility
illustrated in line and color with a variety of original designs of shipping compiled from authentic sources drawn by Gordon Grant; text by Henry B. Culver.
Author
Culver, Henry B.
Place of Publication
Garden City, N.Y
Publisher
Garden City publishing company, inc.
Date of Publication
1935.
Physical Description
3 p. l., xi-xxiv p., 1 l., 306 p. incl. illus., plates (part col.) col. front. 29 cm.
Notes
Illustrated lining-papers.
Descriptive text on verso of frontispiece.
Contents
Chapters: The Galleass --Part II: Round ships --Round ships --A Greek merchantman --A medieval ship --A thirteenth century English warship --An early Fifteenth century merchant ship -- The carrack -- Late Fifteenth century ship -- An early sixteenth century ship -- The hulk -- The caravel -- The galleon -- An Elizabethan ship of 1588 -- The cromster -- A late Sixteenth century English ship -- An early Seventeenth century Dutch merchant ship -- The Buss -- The Dutch galliot -- An English sixty-gun ship of about the year 1960 -- The flute -- A late Seventeenth century French ship of the first rate -- A Dutch ship of the end of the Seventeenth century -- The ketch -- An Eighteenth century seventy-four gun ship -- An East Indiaman of 1750 -- The lugger -- The howker -- The bugalet -- An eighteenth century Frigate -- The Felucca -- The Barque provenc?ale -- The tartane -- The Norwegian cat -- The bilander -- The fire ship -- The pink -- The patache -- Polacre -- The Xebec -- The sai?que -- A capital ship of 1820 -- A frigate of 1820 -- The brig -- The snow -- The brigantine -- Extracts from the log of the ship "Felicity" -- The corvette -- The topsail schooner -- The goe?lette -- The packet ship -- A new Bedford whaling bark -- The Barquentine -- Clipper ship of 1850 -- The modern super ship.
Subjects
Shipbuilding
Ships.
Additional Author
Grant, Gordon,
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
900 C968
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Polk's official street directory, car line and information guide of Lancaster including ready reference map: giving description, location,number and intersection of each street, and the nearest car line to each number on the street, also key numbers for use with Polk's Ready Reference Map. Also routes of city and suburban car lines, list of public buildings, cemeteries, churches, fire department, libraries, parks,police department, post office, schools and other valuable information

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Date of Publication
1924
Call Number
917.4815
Place of Publication
Philadelphia
Publisher
R. L. Polk & Co., Publishers,
Date of Publication
1924
Physical Description
64 p. map ; 15 cm.
Notes
Includes advertising.
Map tipped in rear cover.
Subjects
Lancaster (Pa.) - Directories.
Additional Corporate Author
R.L. Polk & Co.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Lancaster County
Call Number
917.4815
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The life of Conrad Weiser as it relates to his services as official interpreter between New York and Pennsylvania, and as envoy between Philadelphia and the Onondaga councils

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Author
Beauchamp, William Martin,
Date of Publication
1925.
Call Number
923.2 W427b
Responsibility
compiled and edited by Rev. Wm. M. Beauchamp.
Author
Beauchamp, William Martin,
Place of Publication
Syracuse, N.Y
Publisher
Onondaga Historical Association,
Date of Publication
1925.
Physical Description
122 p. illus. 24cm.
Subjects
Weiser, Conrad, - 1696-1760.
Onondaga Indians.
Indians of North America - Pennsylvania.
Pennsylvania - History - Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775.
Additional Corporate Author
Onondaga Historical Association.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
923.2 W427b
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A running story of Lancaster County : (from Hazard's Register--1613-1835)

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Author
Eshleman, Henry Frank,
Date of Publication
1923
. 170. �The Trade on the Susquehanna, as it existed about this time is discussed in Volume 2 p. 320. It there appears that agricultural products from Lancaster and other counties form a great part of the trade. The main trade however was exported from the upper counties. Union, Northumberland, Center
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Alternate Title
Register of Pennsylvania
Responsibility
compiled by H. Frank Eshleman.
Author
Eshleman, Henry Frank,
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Lancaster County Historical Society,
Date of Publication
1923
Physical Description
39-70 p. ; 23 cm.
Series
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 27, no. 3
Notes
Book entitled "Register of Pennsylvania" by Samuel Hazard.
Summary
From the 16 volumes of Hazard's "Register of Pennsylvania", Eshleman compiled the entries associated with Lancaster County in chronological order. The Register was "devoted to the preservation of facts and every other kind of useful information respecting the state of Pennsylvania."
Subjects
Lancaster County (Pa.) - History - 19th century.
Lancaster County (Pa.) - History - 18th century.
Lancaster County (Pa.) - History - Chronology.
Lancaster County (Pa.) - History - 17th century.
Additional Author
Hazard, Samuel,
Contained In
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 27, number 3 (1923), p. 39-70Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.27
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Lancaster County and the Swedish settlement on the Delaware

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Author
Heiges, George L.
Date of Publication
1938
about. Ninety-one years were to elapse before Lancaster County was to come into being. The Swedish occupancy of the Delaware Valley continued for a period of seventeen years, and during that time, various purchases of land from the Indians included at least part of present Lancaster County. This fact is
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Responsibility
by George L. Heiges.
Author
Heiges, George L.
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Lancaster County Historical Society,
Date of Publication
1938
Physical Description
[97]-104 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Series
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 42, no. 4
Subjects
Swedes - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
New Sweden - History.
Lancaster County (Pa.) - History - 17th century.
Contained In
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 42, number 4 (1938), p. 97-104Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.42
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Graveyard of the Revolutionary soldiers of Lititz

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Author
Beck, Herbert Huebener,
Date of Publication
1933
grove, which was then on church land, ex- tended north to Main street. Abraham R. Beck remembered it as a beautiful stand of stalwart oaks and other forest trees, which �were cut down only against the urgent opposition of a minority who loved the natural charms of the grove. The haze of tradition has at
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Responsibility
by Herbert H. Beck.
Author
Beck, Herbert Huebener,
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Lancaster County Historical Society,
Date of Publication
1933
Physical Description
[1]-5 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Series
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 37, no. 1
Subjects
Cemeteries - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
Lancaster County (Pa.) - History - 17th century.
Lititz (Pa.) - History - Revolution, 1775-1783.
Contained In
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 37, number 1 (1933), p. 1-5Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.37
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The Donegal Presbyterian Church : founded prior to 1721, church services held as early as 1714, East Donegal Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania : the Donegal people, their history, and other historical documents

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Date of Publication
1935.
Call Number
285.1 D681s
Responsibility
compiled by order of the Session, C. Benjamin Segelken.
Place of Publication
Harrisburg, Pa
Publisher
Evangelical Press,
Date of Publication
1935.
Physical Description
100 p., [6] leaves of plates ; ill., geneal. tables ; 23 cm.
Contents
The Donegal people, their spirit and life and the historical movement of which they are a part / C.B. Segelken -- History of the Donegal Presbyterian Church to 1902 / J.L. Zeigler -- History of the Donegal Presbyterian Church 1902-1935 / C.B. Segelken -- The Penn patent deed -- The Charter of the Donegal Church -- The deed of trust for the cemetery -- List of pastors and supplies -- List of ruling elders -- The Glory of the oak (a poem) /D.L. Glatfelter.
Subjects
Segelken, Benjamin C.
Donegal Presbyterian Church - History.
East Donegal (Pa. : Township) - Church history.
Lancaster County (Pa.) - Church history.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Lancaster County
Call Number
285.1 D681s
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Report of the committee to place and unveil a marker designating and commemorating the Indian town of Conestoga, in Manor Township, Lancaster County, Penna

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Date of Publication
1924
later, as stated by Rev. Conrad Templeton, the present (6) limits of Lancaster County was known as Conestoga. In 1717 all of what is now Manor Township South of the Charleston road was surveyed and reserved as Penn's Conestoga Manor and since 1729 we have Lancaster County and then this was part of
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Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Lancaster County Historical Society,
Date of Publication
1924
Physical Description
129-149 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Series
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 28, no. 9
Subjects
Penn, William, - 1644-1718.
Indian Town (Conestoga, Pa.)
Historical markers - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
Indians of North America - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
Conestoga Indians.
Paxton Boys.
Conestoga Massacre, Pa., 1763.
Conestoga (Pa. : Township) - History.
Additional Author
Magee, Daniel F.
Landis, David H.,
Beck, Herbert Huebener,
Contained In
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 28, number 9 (1924), p. 129-152Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.28
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