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A discourse delivered in the Leacock Presbyterian Church, Lancaster County, Pa., on Thanksgiving Day, November 23, 1854 : in which is sketched a history of that church and congregation from 1741 to the present time

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Author
Timlow, P. J.
Date of Publication
[1892]
Call Number
285.1 L434
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by P.J. Timlow.
Author
Timlow, P. J.
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Daily intelligencer Print.,
Date of Publication
[1892]
Physical Description
55 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Notes
Cover title: A history of the Leacock Presbyterian church and congregation of Leacosk, Lancaster County, Pa.
Subjects
Leacock Presbyterian Church (Leacock, Pa. : Township) - History.
Thanksgiving Day addresses.
Leacock (Pa. : Township) - Church history.
Lancaster County (Pa.) - Church history.
Additional Author
Timlow, P. J.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Lancaster County
Call Number
285.1 L434
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Conestoga : Reminiscences of an old twnship

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Author
Hiller, Casper.
Date of Publication
1897
the origina- tor. It is probably 130 years old. �file:///Volumes/LCHS%3BLCHSFS01/OCR%20Journal%20Project/Biblio%20Info/Pwebrecon.cgi.txt Author: Hiller, Casper. Title: Reminiscences of Conestoga Township / by Casper Hiller. Primary Material: Book Subject(s): Conestoga (Pa. : Township)--History
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by Casper Hiller.
Author
Hiller, Casper.
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Lancaster County Historical Society,
Date of Publication
1897
Physical Description
[24]-26 p. ; 23 cm.
Series
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 1, no. 1
Summary
This brief article discusses the German immigrants of the 18th century who came to Lancaster County as well as the industries that they established.
Subjects
Conestoga (Pa. : Township) - History.
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Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 1, number 1 (1897), p. 24-26Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.1
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An old petition from citizens of Martic Township

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Author
Evans, Samuel,
Date of Publication
1897
Township / by Samuel Evans, Esq. Primary Material: Book Subject(s): Martic (Pa. : Township)--History. Lancaster County (Pa.)--History--17th century. Publisher: Lancaster, Pa. : Lancaster County Historical Society, 1896-97 Description: [160]-166 p. ; 23 cm. Series: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical
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by Samuel Evans, Esq.
Author
Evans, Samuel,
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Lancaster County Historical Society,
Date of Publication
1897
Physical Description
[160]-166 p. ; 23 cm.
Series
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 1, no. 5
Subjects
Martic (Pa. : Township) - History.
Lancaster County (Pa.) - History - 17th century.
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Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 1, number 5 (1897), p. 160-166Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.1
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History of the Donegal Church

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Author
Zeigler, J. L.
Date of Publication
1897
Donegal, Pa.)--History. Presbyterians--Pennsylvania--Lancaster County. Presbyterian Church--Pennsylvania--Lancaster County. Sepulchral monuments--Pennsylvania--Lancaster County. Cemeteries--Pennsylvania--Lancaster County. East Donegal (Pa. : Township)--History. Lancaster County (Pa.)--Church history
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by Dr. J. L. Ziegler.
Author
Zeigler, J. L.
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Lancaster County Historical Society,
Date of Publication
1897
Physical Description
[258]-279 p. ; 23 cm.
Series
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 1, no. 6
Subjects
Donegal Presbyterian Church (East Donegal, Pa.) - History.
Presbyterians - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
Presbyterian Church - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
Sepulchral monuments - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
Cemeteries - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
East Donegal (Pa. : Township) - History.
Lancaster County (Pa.) - Church history.
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Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 1, number 6 (1897), p. 258-279Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.1
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Stories of Pennsylvania; or, school readings from Pennsylvania history

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Author
Walton, Joseph Solomon,
Date of Publication
1897.
Call Number
974.8 W241
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By Joseph S. Walton ... and Martin G. Brumbaugh ...
Author
Walton, Joseph Solomon,
Place of Publication
New York, Cincinnati, Chicago [etc.]
Publisher
American Book Co.,
Date of Publication
1897.
Physical Description
300 p. incl. front. (port.), illus. 19 cm.
Contents
Chapters : Before the coming of Penn -- Penn and the Quakers -- The Germans in Pennsylvania -- Other Pioneers -- The natives of Pennsylvania -- Troubles on the border -- Incidents of the Revolutionary War -- Later Incidents
Summary
This 1897 history of Pennsylvania was written for school students. The preface states that the book is a series of sketches of the Colonial history of Pennsylvania. The authors sought to emphasize Colonial "life" rather than the "heros" of the times.
Subjects
Pennsylvania - History.
Additional Author
Brumbaugh, Martin Grove,
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
974.8 W241
Websites
https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=hvd.32044097040380;view=1up;seq=9
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History of the First Methodist Episcopal Church of the city of Lancaster, Pa., from 1807 to 1893 : with some account of earlier efforts to establish Methodism in Lancaster, also, an appendix containing a sketch of St. Paul's M.E. Church, by the pastor [C. Lee Gaul] and "Conestoga's" notes on the conference of 1855

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Author
McConnell, John S. Janes.
Date of Publication
1893
Call Number
287 M592h
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by John S.J. McConnell.
Author
McConnell, John S. Janes.
Place of Publication
[S.l
Publisher
s.n.],
Date of Publication
1893
Physical Description
164 p., [8] leaves of plates : ill., ports. ; 20 cm.
Subjects
First Methodist Episcopal Church (Lancaster, Pa.) - History.
St. Paul's Methodist Episcopal Church (Lancaster, Pa.) - History.
Lancaster (Pa.) - Church history.
Additional Author
Gaul, C. Lee.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Lancaster County
Call Number
287 M592h
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Archive

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Collection
Transportation Collection
Title
Transportation Collection
Object ID
MG0123
Date Range
1819-1977
a $500 mortgage bond, a blank stock certificate, and a requisition for high- tension lines. [18__]-1912. Folder 8 Conestoga Traction Co. Booklet of early histories, “Lancaster Co., Pa.,” which describes the company’s history, its routes, and sights along the way. 1 August 1908. Booklet by H. W
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Collection
Transportation Collection
Title
Transportation Collection
Description
The Transportation Collection contains documents regarding turnpikes, railroads, Conestoga Traction Co., Conestoga Transportation Co., and the Red Rose Transit Authority. The types of items include correspondence, financial papers, business papers, stock certificates, tickets, schedules, maps of routes, and a blueprint.
Date Range
1819-1977
Year Range From
1819
Year Range To
1977
Date of Accumulation
1819-1977
Creator
LancasterHistory (Organization)
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Storage Room
Archives South
Storage Wall
Side 04
People
Bitner, John R.
Boardman, Harris
Bowman, John Jacob
Boyer, Zaccur Prall
Cirt, Anna N.
Griest, William Walton
Hostetter, Albert Keller
Kemrer, Clarence M.
Knapp, Walter
Kreider, Kate
Kriebel, Howard Wiegner
McClellan, Oliver Eldridge
Royer, David
Shuman, James P.
Wohlsen, Anna
Wohlsen, Peter
Subjects
Letters
Minutes (Records)
Philadelphia & Reading Railroad Co.
Philadelphia and Lancaster Turnpike (Pa.)
Posters
Railroads
Rates and tolls
Reading & Columbia Railroad Company
Street-railroads
Trolley cars
Search Terms
Adamstown
Bittersville, Lower Windsor Twp., York County, Pennsylvania
Blueprints
Booklets
Brochures
Campbelltown, South Londonderry Twp., Lebanon County, Pennsylvania
Center Square Road Station
Chestnut Street
Christiana
Coatesville, Chester County, Pennsylvania
Columbia
Columbia, Ironville and Mount Joy Railroad
Conestoga Traction Company
Conestoga Transportation Company
Conewago Water and Power Company
Correspondence
Dallastown, York County, Pennsylvania
Drawings
Duke Street
East Belt line
East King Street
East Petersburg, East Hempfield Twp.
Elizabethtown
Engleside, Lancaster Twp.
Ephemera
Ephrata
Express Printing Company
Greeting cards
Hanover, York County, Pennsylvania
Hershey, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania
Ironville, West Hempfield Twp.
J. G. Brill Company
Kinport Road
Lancaster
Lancaster and York Furnace Street Railway
Lancaster and Columbia Division, Conestoga Transportation Company
Lancaster and Lititz Passenger Railroad Company
Lancaster, Elizabethtown, and Middletown Turnpike
Lebanon, Lebanon County, Pennsylvania
Letters
Lititz
Maple Grove
Maps
Marietta Avenue
North Market Street
Mechanicsburg, Upper Leacock Twp.
Mechanicsville, East Hempfield Twp.
Minutes
Mount Joy
Mulberry Street
National Railway Historical Society
Neffsville, Manheim Twp.
North End Photo Finishing House
North Lime Street
North Queen Street
Palmyra, Lebanon County, Pennsylvania
Parkesburg, Chester County, Pennsylvania
Penn Square
Pequea Twp.
Philadelphia and Lancaster Turnpike Company
Philadelphia and Reading Railroad Company
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Photographs
Placards
Substations
President Avenue
Princess Street
Prospect Street
Quarryville
Railroads
Rates and tolls
Reading and Columbia Railroad Company
Receipts
Red Rose Transit Authority
Reports
Roads
Rocky Springs Railroad Company
Schuylkill Navigation Company
Scrapbooks
South Mountain Railroad
South Queen Street
Stock certificates
Susquehanna Railroad
Tickets
Tolls
Trolley car barns
Trolley car yards
Trolley cars
Trolleys
Turnpikes
Walnut Street
WGAL (television station)
Williams Park Station
Willow Street Turnpike
Windsor Twp., York County, Pennsylvania
WLAN (radio station)
Wrightsville, York County, Pennsylvania
York Bus Company
York Fair
York Railway Company
Extent
2 boxes, 31 folders, 1 cubic ft.
Object Name
Archive
Language
English
Object ID
MG0123
Location of Originals
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania
Notes
Preferred Citation: Title or description of item, date (day, month, year), Transportation Collection (MG0123), Folder #, LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.
Access Conditions / Restrictions
Restrictions are noted at the item level.
Copyright
Collection may not be photocopied. Please direct questions to Research Center Staff at research@lancasterhistory.org.
Permission for reproduction and/or publication must be obtained in writing from LancasterHistory.
Credit
Courtesy of LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.
Other Numbers
MG-123
Classification
MG0123
Description Level
Fonds
Custodial History
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When was Strasburg erected into a township?

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Author
Evans, Samuel,
Date of Publication
1897
/Pwebrecon.cgi.txt Author: Evans, Samuel, 1823-1908. Title: When was Strasburgh erected into a township? / by Samuel Evans, Esq. Primary Material: Book Subject(s): Chambers, Reuben, d. 1859. Strasburg (Pa. : Township)--History. Strasburg (Pa.)--History. Publisher: Lancaster, Pa. : Lancaster County Historical Society
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by Samuel Evans, Esq.
Author
Evans, Samuel,
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Lancaster County Historical Society,
Date of Publication
1897
Physical Description
[145]-149 p. ; 23 cm.
Series
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 1, no. 5
Subjects
Chambers, Reuben, - d. 1859.
Strasburg (Pa. : Township) - History.
Strasburg (Pa.) - History.
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Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 1, number 5 (1897), p. 145-149Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.1
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Reminiscences of Paradise Township

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Author
Witmer, A. E.
Date of Publication
1897
Paradise Township / by A. E. Witmer. Primary Material: Book Subject(s): Huguenots--Pennsylvania--Lancaster County. Paradise (Lancaster County, Pa.)--History. Paradise Township (Pa.)--History. Publisher: Lancaster, Pa. : Lancaster County Historical Society, 1896-97 Description: [150]-159 p. ; 23 cm. Series
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by A. E. Witmer.
Author
Witmer, A. E.
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Lancaster County Historical Society,
Date of Publication
1897
Physical Description
[150]-159 p. ; 23 cm.
Series
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 1, no. 5
Subjects
Huguenots - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
Paradise (Lancaster County, Pa.) - History.
Paradise Township (Pa.) - History.
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Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 1, number 5 (1897), p. 150-159Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.1
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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

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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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