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Warrant registers (for Pennsylvania Counties)

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo13303

Date of Publication: 1734 - 1935.

Call Number: Drawer 15, Sec. 1

Responsibility: Prepared by Wm. W. Britton, begun 1734, completed May 30, 1935 ;

Date of Publication: 1734 - 1935.

Physical Description: 4 reels ; 35 mm.

Notes: Microfilmed in 1957. Contains 20 volumes. Lancaster County warrants are on V. 16.; Labeled on box # 257 - # 261.; Material arranged by county and includes names of warrantee, date, acreage, location, date of return, name of patentee, where patent recorded, and where survey is copied.

Subjects: Pennsylvania. Department of Internal Affairs. Bureau of Land Records.; Registers of births, etc. - Pennsylvania.; Land grants - Pennsylvania.; Land grants - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.; Land grants - Pennsylvania - Berks County.; Land grants - Pennsylvania - Dauphin County.; Land grants - Pennsylvania - Chester County.; Land grants - Pennsylvania - Lebanon County.; Land grants - Pennsylvania - York County.; Land grants - Pennsylvania - Cumberland County.; Land grants - Pennsylvania - Adams County.

Additional Author: Britton, William W.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Microfilm

Call Number: Drawer 15, Sec. 1

Annals of Philadelphia and Pennsylvania in the olden time : being a collection of memoirs, anecdote, 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 : intended to preserve the recollections of olden time, and to exhibit society in its changes and manners and customs, and the city and country in their local changes and improvements

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo16459

Author: Watson, John F.

Date of Publication: 1860.

Call Number: 974.8 P544 1860

Responsibility: by John F. Watson ; embellished with engravings by T.H. Mumford.

Author: Watson, John F.

Place of Publication: Philadelphia

Publisher: Elijah Thomas,

Date of Publication: 1860.

Physical Description: 3 v., [28] leaves of plates : ill., map, ports. ; 25 cm.

Notes: Spine title: Watson's annals of Philadelphia.; Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Subjects: Pennsylvania - History.; Philadelphia (Pa.) - History.; Philadelphia (Pa.) - Social life and customs.

Additional Author: Mumford, Thomas Howland,

Location: Lancaster History Library - Rare Books

Call Number: 974.8 P544 1860

History of Delaware County, Pennsylvania, from the discovery of the territory included within its limit to the present time, with a notice of the geology of the county, and catalogues of its minerals, plants, quadrupeds, and birds, written under the direction and appointment of the Delaware County Institute of Science

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo6921

Author: Smith, George,

Date of Publication: 1862.

Call Number: 974.814 S648

1 website

Responsibility: by George Smith, M.D.

Author: Smith, George,

Place of Publication: Philadelphia

Publisher: Printed by H.B. Ashmead,

Date of Publication: 1862.

Physical Description: vii, [1], 581, [1] p. front., plates, maps (part fold.) facsims. 22 cm.

Notes: Frontispiece (map) wanting.

Subjects: Natural history - Pennsylvania - Delaware County.; Delaware County (Pa.) - History.

Additional Corporate Author: Delaware County Institute of Science (Media, Pa.)

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 974.814 S648

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Parish register of Christ Church, Leacock, Pa

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Date of Publication: 1828-1879.

Call Number: 283 C554Le

Place of Publication: [Leacock, Pa.]

Publisher: Christ Church,

Date of Publication: 1828-1879.

Physical Description: 2, 279 l. (some blank); 23 x 35 cm.

Notes: Photocopy.; "Original records are located at St. James' Church, Lancaster, Pa."; Rineer's "Churches and Cemeteries of Lancaster County" page 246 #2.

Contents: Baptisms (Dec. 23, 1828 - June 2, 1879), pages 30-69 - Confirmations (June 12,1833 - April 9, 1873, pages 127-132 - Communicants (Dec. 25, 1828 - Alpril 17, 1878, pages 170-185 - Marriages (March 26, 1829 - June 21 1866, pages 194-197 - Marriages (June 10, 1873 - June 10, 1879), pages 198-199 - Burials (April 23, 1837 - April 20, 1872), pages 243-247 - Burials (April 26, 1873 -April 18, 1879), pages 248-249.

Subjects: Christ Episcopal Church (Leacock, Lancaster County, Pa.); Chuch records and registers - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.; Registers of births, etc. - Pennsylvania - Leacock (Township); Episcopal Church - Pennsylvania - Lancaster Couinty.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Church Record

Call Number: 283 C554Le

Records of the revolutionary war: containing the military and financial correspondence of distinguished officers; names of the officers and privates of regiments, companies, and corps, with the dates of their commissions and enlistments; general orders of Washington, Lee, and Greene, at Germantown and Valley Forge; with a list of distinguished prisoners of war; the time of their capture, exchange, etc. To which is added the half-pay acts of the Continental Congress; the revolutionary pension laws; and a list of the officers of the Continental Army who acquired the right to half-pay, commutation, and lands

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo1162

Author: Saffell, William Thomas Roberts,

Date of Publication: 1860.

Call Number: 973.3 S128

Responsibility: By W. T. R. Saffell.

Author: Saffell, William Thomas Roberts,

Place of Publication: Philadelphia

Publisher: G. G. Evans,

Date of Publication: 1860.

Physical Description: 554 p. 20 cm.

Notes: First published 1858.

Subjects: Pensions, Military - United States; United States - History - Revolution, 1775-1783 - Sources.; United States - History - Revolution, 1775-1783 - Biography.; United States - History - Revolution, 1775-1783 - Registers, lists, etc.; United States - History - Revolution, 1775-1783 - Prisoners and prisons.

Additional Author: Washington, George,; Lee, Charles,; Greene, Nathanael,

Additional Corporate Author: United States. Continental Congress.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 973.3 S128

History of the Pennsylvania reserve corps: a complete record of the organization; and of the different companies, regiments and brigades; containing descriptions of expeditions, marches, skirmishes, and battles; together with biographical sketches of officers and personal records of each man during his term of service

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo4287

Author: Sypher, J. R.

Date of Publication: [1864]

Call Number: 974.8033 S994

Responsibility: Compiled from official reports and other documents. By J. R. Sypher, esq.

Author: Sypher, J. R.

Place of Publication: Lancaster, Pa

Publisher: Published by E. Barr & co.

Date of Publication: [1864]

Physical Description: 723 p. illus. 23 cm.

Subjects: Pennsylvania. - Militia.; United States - History - Civil War, 1861-1865 - Regimental histories - Pa.; Pennsylvania - History - Civil War, 1861-1865.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Rare Books

Call Number: 974.8033 S994

Names of persons who took the oath of allegiance to the State of Pennsylvania, between the years 1777 and 1789, with a history of the "Test laws" of Pennsylvania

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo4124

Author: Westcott, Thompson.

Date of Publication: 1865.

Call Number: 974.80293 W524

Responsibility: By Thompson Westcott.

Author: Westcott, Thompson.

Place of Publication: Philadelphia

Publisher: J. Campbell,

Date of Publication: 1865.

Physical Description: xlii, 145 p. 24 cm.

Notes: "Edition of 250 copies." This copy not numbered.

Subjects: Loyalty oaths - Pennsylvania.; Test law - Pennsylvania.; Pennsylvania - History - Revolution, 1775-1783 - Registers, lists, etc.; Pennsylvania - Politics and government - 1775-1783.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 974.80293 W524

Gopsill's directory of Lancaster, Harrisburg, Lebanon and York, 1863-4

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Date of Publication: 1863.

Call Number: 917.4845 D598 1863-64; 917.4815 D598 1863-64 reprint

Place of Publication: Jersey City, N.J

Publisher: James Gopsill,

Date of Publication: 1863.

Physical Description: 379 p.; 20 cm.

Notes: Copies in Reference are photocopies, copy in Rare Books is original.

Contents: Gopsill's Lancaster Directory, 1863-4--Gopsill's Harrisburg Directory, 1863-4--Gopsill's Directory Lebanon Directory, 1863-4--Gopsill's York Directory, 1863-4.

Subjects: Lancaster - Directories.; Harrisburg - Directories.; Lebanon - Directories.; York - Directories.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Rare Books; Lancaster History Library - Reference

Call Number: 917.4845 D598 1863-64; 917.4815 D598 1863-64 reprint

Parish register of All Saints Church (Episcopal) Paradise, Pa., 1842-1877: Includes history, baptisms, marriages, and communicants

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo5042

Date of Publication: 1842-1877.

Call Number: 283 A416p

Place of Publication: [Paradise, Pa.]

Publisher: All Saints Church

Date of Publication: 1842-1877.

Physical Description: 3 vol.; 29 x 43 cm.

Notes: Photocopy.; Rineer"s "Churches and Cemeteries of Lancaster County" page 340 #3.

Subjects: All Saints Episcopal Church (Paradise, Pa.); Marriage records - Pennsylvania; Registers of births, etc. - Pennsylvania

Location: Lancaster History Library - Church Record

Call Number: 283 A416p

Archive

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Collection: Transportation Collection

Title: Transportation Collection

Object ID: MG0123

Date Range: 1819-1977

Subject Headings: 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 Blueprints

1 document

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: Added to database 23 September 2021.

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