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The great Conestoga road

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Author
Eshleman, Henry Frank,
Date of Publication
1908
Quarter Sessions of Ches- ter County, something of the condi- tion of this Conestoga road at this time is shown to us, for in these rec- ords appears the following: "Ordered that the Superintendents of Sadsbury (Township) be fined 20 Shillings un- less they clear ye road laid out from Conestoga to ye
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by H. Frank Eshleman, Esq.
Author
Eshleman, Henry Frank,
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Lancaster County Historical Society,
Date of Publication
1908
Physical Description
[215]-232 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Series
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 12, no. 6
Subjects
Conestoga Turnpike (Pa.)
Roads - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
Lancaster County (Pa.) - Maps.
Lancaster County (Pa.) - History - 17th century.
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Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 12, number 6 (1908), p. 215-232Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.12
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Earliest Reformed Church in Lancaster County

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Author
Dubbs, J. H.
Date of Publication
1901
County. Reformed Church--Pennsylvania--Lancaster County. Church buildings--Pennsylvania--Lancaster County. Conestoga (Pa. : Township)--History. Lancaster County (Pa.)--History--17th century. Publisher: Lancaster, Pa. : Lancaster County Historical Society, 1900/1901 Description: [3]-16 p. ; 23 cm. Series
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by Rev. Joseph H. Dubbs, D.D.
Author
Dubbs, J. H.
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Lancaster County Historical Society,
Date of Publication
1901
Physical Description
[3]-16 p. ; 23 cm.
Series
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 5, no. 1
Subjects
Heller's Church - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
Reformed Church - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
Church buildings - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
Conestoga (Pa. : Township) - History.
Lancaster County (Pa.) - History - 17th century.
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Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.5
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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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Why was Postlethwaite's chosen and then abandoned as the county seat of Lancaster County?

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Author
Landis, David H.,
Date of Publication
1908
, as at that period this road was still only an Indian trail." In 1714 it was opened as a road to the Brandywine, and in 1718 it was opened from the Brandywine to Conestoga. It was called "The (34)Rupp's History of Lancaster Coun- ty. pp. 87-88; Rupp's Thirty Thousand Names, p. x. (35)Day's Historical
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by D. H. Landis.
Author
Landis, David H.,
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Lancaster County Historical Society,
Date of Publication
1908
Physical Description
[137]-167 p. ; 23 cm.
Series
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 12, no. 4
Summary
"Giving an authentic sketch of the conditions as they appeared here before the scenes were changed by the first Europeans. Also, brief sketches of the Susquehannock or Conestoga Indians, the Traders, Penn's Troubles, the Palatines, Councils held at the Indian Town of Conestoga, Beginning of Lancaster City, Conestoga Manor and the location and present owners of prominent places which were intimately associated with Postlethwaite's; adding a sketch of John Cartlege, the King's first magistrate of what is now Lancaster County."
Subjects
Postlethwaite, John.
Postlethwaite Tavern (Conestoga Township, Pa.)
Indians of North America.
Lancaster County (Pa.) - History - 17th century.
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Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 12, number 4 (1908), p. 137-167Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.12
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Early Conestoga navigation

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Author
Clark, Martha Bladen.
Date of Publication
1908
-6- 144); from Abram Brenneman (N-6- 155; from Henry Rohrer (P-6-91); and from Adam Lefevre (T-6-159). The Thomas, Shenk, Brenneman and Lefevre purchases were in Manor township, and the Warfel, Brenneman �and Rohrer purchases in Conestoga township. The purchase from Abram Brenneman recites that the
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by Miss Martha B. Clark.
Author
Clark, Martha Bladen.
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Lancaster County Historical Society,
Date of Publication
1908
Physical Description
[315]-329 p. ; 23 cm.
Series
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 12, no. 9
Subjects
Conestoga Navigation Company.
Lancaster County (Pa.) - Commerce.
Conestoga River (Pa.)
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Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 12, number 9 (1908), p. 315-329Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.12
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History of Bucks County, Pennsylvania : from the discovery of the Delaware to the present time

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Author
Davis, W. W. H.
Edition
2d ed., rev. and enl. / with a genealogical and personal history of Bucks County, prepared under the editorial supervision of Warren S. Ely and John W. Jordan.
Date of Publication
1905.
Call Number
974.821 D265
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by William W.H. Davis.
Author
Davis, W. W. H.
Edition
2d ed., rev. and enl. / with a genealogical and personal history of Bucks County, prepared under the editorial supervision of Warren S. Ely and John W. Jordan.
Place of Publication
New York
Publisher
Lewis Publishing Co.,
Date of Publication
1905.
Physical Description
3 v. : ill., maps, ports. ; 27 cm.
Notes
Vol. 2 includes a historical index for vol. 1 and 2. The index for vol. 3 is a personal name index and follows the introduction.
Subjects
Natural history - Pennsylvania - Bucks County.
Bucks County (Pa.) - History.
Bucks County (Pa.) - Biography.
Bucks County (Pa.) - Genealogy.
Additional Author
Ely, Warren Smedley,
Jordan, John W.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
974.821 D265
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Souvenir program of the one hundredth anniversary of the First M. E. Church, Lancaster, Pa.: and a condensed history of the church from the organization of the first class in 1897, to the present date, Oct 13, 1907

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Date of Publication
1907.
Call Number
287 M592s
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Centennial jubile souvenir program First M. C. Church, Lancaster, Pa. 1807-1907.
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
The New Era Printing Company,
Date of Publication
1907.
Physical Description
28 p. : ill. ; 20 cm.
Subjects
First Methodist Episcopal Church (Lancaster, Pa.) - History.
Lancaster (Pa.) - Church history.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Lancaster County
Call Number
287 M592s
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First mortgage : Conestoga Realty Company to the Lancaster Trust Company, trustee, dated May 1, 1908 for $500,000

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Corporate Author
Conestoga Realty Company.
Date of Publication
1908.
Call Number
332.63244 L747
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by Conestoga Realty Company.
Corporate Author
Conestoga Realty Company.
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
The New Era Press ,
Date of Publication
1908.
Physical Description
42 p. ; 23 cm.
Notes
Title from cover.
Subjects
Conestoga Realty Company (Lancaster, Pa.) - Finance.
Mortgages - Pennsylvania - Lancaster.
Real estate business - Pennsylvania - Lancaster.
Additional Corporate Author
The Lancaster Trust Company (Lancaster, Pa.)
Location
Lancaster History Library - Lancaster County
Call Number
332.63244 L747
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Lancaster County Papers

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Date of Publication
1854-1922.
Call Number
974.815 LACO L245i
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Date of Publication
1854-1922.
Physical Description
2 vol. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Notes
A series of pamphlets bound together.
Contents
Vol 1: Father Ferdinand Farmer, an apostolic missionary in three states by John F. Quirk--A discourse, delivered in the Leacock Presbyterian Church, Lancaster County, Pa., on Thanksgiving Day, November 23, 1854 by P.J. Timlow--A discourse delivered in the Leacock Presbyterian Church, July 21st, 1892 by P.J. Timlow--Christ Lutheran Church, Lancaster, Pa.--Report of the commissioners appointed to examine the affairs of the Lancaster Savings Institution.
Vol.2: Resources and industries of the City of Lancaster, Lancaster County, Pa.--Historical sketch of St. Anthony's Church, Lancaster, Penna., 1870-1895 by Anthony F. Dorley--A discourse delivered in the Leacock Presbyterian Church, Lancaster County, Pa., on Thanksgiving Day, November 23, 1854--A discourse delivered in the Leacock Presbyterian Church, July 21st, 1892 by P.J. Timlow--Historical sketch of Zion's Reformed Church [Millersville] by D.H. Landis.
Subjects
Timlow, P.J.
St. Anthony's Church (Lancaster, Pa.) - History.
Christ Lutheran Church (Lancaster, Pa.) - History.
Lancaster Savings Institution - Report.
Leacock Presbyterian Church (Lancaste County, Pa.) - History.
Sacred Heart Academy (Lancaster, Pa.) - History.
St. Anthony's Parochial School (Lancaster, Pa.) - History.
Presbyterian Church (Lancaste County, Pa.)
Reformed Church (Lancaster County, Pa.)
Roman Catholic Church (Lancaster County, Pa.)
Lutheran Church (Lancaster County, Pa.)
Millersville (Pa.) - History.
Lancaster (Pa.) - Directories.
Lancaster County (Pa.) - Genealogy.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
974.815 LACO L245i
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Gleanings from an old newspaper

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Author
Robinson, Mary N.
Date of Publication
1903
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by Mrs. Mary N. Robinson.
Author
Robinson, Mary N.
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Lancaster County Historical Society,
Date of Publication
1903
Physical Description
[143]-153 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Series
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 7, no. 7/8
Subjects
Newspapers - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
Lancaster County (Pa.) - Social life and customs.
Lancaster County (Pa.) - History - 1775-1865.
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