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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
Websites
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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
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Complete catalogue of the names of all the students who have attended the Lititz Academy for Boys, from A.D. 1815 to A.D. 1865, under the direction of Prof. John Beck to which is appended ... a valedictory letter, embracing a brief history of the rise and progress of the institution

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo15127
Date of Publication
1865.
Call Number
370 c736
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Pearsol & Geist,
Date of Publication
1865.
Physical Description
72, [1] p. ; 22 cm.
Subjects
Lititz Academy for Boys (Lititz, Pa.) - Directories.
John Beck's School Lyceum (Lititz, Pa.) - Directories
Schoools - Pennsylvania - Lititz
Lititz (Pa.) - History
Additional Author
Beck, John,
Additional Corporate Author
Lititz Academy for Boys (Lititz, Pa.)
Location
Lancaster History Library - Lancaster County
Call Number
370 c736
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The history, civil, political and military, of the southern rebellion, from its incipient stages to its close. Comprehending, also, all important state papers, ordinances of secession, proclamations, proceedings of Congress, official reports of commanders, etc., etc

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo19653
Author
Victor, Orville J.
Date of Publication
[©1861-68?]
Call Number
973.7 N552 1861
Responsibility
By Orville J. Victor.
Author
Victor, Orville J.
Place of Publication
New York
Publisher
J.D. Torrey
Date of Publication
[©1861-68?]
Physical Description
4 volumes frontispieces, plates, portraits, maps (some folded) 26 cm
Notes
Added t.p. engraved, with vignette, in each volume.
Subjects
United States - History - Civil War, 1861-1865.
United States.
History.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Rare Books
Call Number
973.7 N552 1861
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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
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Early history of the Falls of Schuylkill, Manayunk, Schuylkill and Lehigh navigation companies, Fairmount waterworks, etc

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo6313
Author
Hagner, Charles Valerius,
Date of Publication
1869.
Call Number
974.811 H141
  1 website  
Responsibility
by Charles V. Hagner.
Author
Hagner, Charles Valerius,
Place of Publication
Philadelphia
Publisher
Claxton, Remsen and Haffelfinger,
Date of Publication
1869.
Physical Description
viii, [9]-102 p. front., port. 21 cm.
Notes
Includes bibliographies.
Subjects
Falls of Schuylkill (Pa.) - History.
Manayunk (Pa.) - History.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Rare Books
Call Number
974.811 H141
Websites
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Trial of the assassins and conspirators for the murder of Abraham Lincoln, and the attempted assassination of Vice-President Johnson and the whole cabinet : the most intensely interesting trial on record : containing the evidence in full, with arguments of counsel on both sides, and the verdict of the military commission : correct likenesses and graphic history of all the assassins, conspirators, and other persons connected with their arrest and trial

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo18141
Date of Publication
c1864 [i.e. 1865]
Call Number
973.7092 T819
Place of Publication
Philadelphia
Publisher
Barclay & Co.,
Date of Publication
c1864 [i.e. 1865]
Physical Description
21-102 p., [1] leaf of plates : ill., map, plans, ports. ; 24 cm.
Notes
Trial of David E. Herold, George A. Atzerodt, Lewis Payne, Michael O'Laughlin, Edward Spangler, Samuel Arnold, Mary E. Surratt, and Samuel A. Mudd, before a military commission at Washington, D.C.
Subjects
Herold, David E., - 1844-1865 - Trials, litigation, etc.
Lincoln, Abraham, - 1809-1865 - Assassination.
Trials (Murder) - Washington (D.C.)
Trials (Assassination) - Washington (D.C.)
Trials (Conspiracy) - Washington (D.C.)
True crime literature.
Additional Author
Herold, David E.,
Additional Corporate Author
United States. Army. Military Commission (Lincoln's assassins : 1865)
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
973.7092 T819
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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
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Life of Jefferson Davis, with a seceret history of the Southern Confederacy, gathered "behind the scenes in Richmond." Containing curous and extraordinary information of the principal southern characters in the late war, in connection with President Davis, and in relation to the various intrigues of his administration

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo3925
Author
Pollard, Edward Alfred,
Date of Publication
[1869]
Call Number
923.5 D262p
  1 website  
Responsibility
By Edward A. Pollard...
ISBN
0836950747
Author
Pollard, Edward Alfred,
Place of Publication
Philadelphia, Chicago [etc]
Publisher
National Pub. Co.
Date of Publication
[1869]
Physical Description
viii, 536 p. front. (port.) 23 cm.
Notes
LCHS copy lacks title page.
The author was a pro-slavery and pro-secession journalist and writer. A detailed article about him can be found at Encyclopedia.com : https://www.encyclopedia.com/history/energy-government-and-defense-magazines/edward-pollard
Subjects
Davis, Jefferson, - 1808-1889.
Confederate States of America - History.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Rare Books
Call Number
923.5 D262p
Websites
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History of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, and directory of the principal business houses

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo8749
Date of Publication
1869.
Call Number
381 K48
Place of Publication
[Lancaster, Pa.?]
Publisher
Frederick & Co.,
Date of Publication
1869.
Physical Description
24 p. ; 23 cm.
Notes
Cover title.
Advertising matter throughout.
Subjects
Lancaster (Pa.) - History.
Lancaster (Pa.) - Directories.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Lancaster County
Call Number
381 K48
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