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The passing of an old landmark

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Author
Hensel, W. U.
Date of Publication
1914
of twen- ty feet square,each with a good chim- ney of brick or stone, to be laid in or built with lime and sand." Galloway, who owned the property for nearly ten years, provably never resided here. His fine old house, known as "Tulip Hill," at West River, Anne Arundel county-, Maryland, is still
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Responsibility
by W. U. Hensel, Esq.
Author
Hensel, W. U.
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Lancaster County Historical Society,
Date of Publication
1914
Physical Description
251-274 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Series
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 18, no. 10
Summary
This journal article of 1914 laments the demolition of the historic Shippen family home at the northwest corner of the intersection of Lime and Orange streets in Lancaster,Pa. He gives a history of several other buildings in Lancaster which have disappeared as well over the years, though he writes in most detail about the Shippen house and the various people who have lived there.
Subjects
Shippen family.
Architecture, Domestic - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
Lancaster (Pa.) - Social life and customs.
Contained In
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 18, number 10 (1914), p. 251-274Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.18
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Lancaster in 1777-1780

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Author
Hensel, W. U.
Date of Publication
1904
great historic value, not only from the names appended to it, and from the �eminence of the one to whom it was addressed, but by reason of its subject matter. The reverend gentlemen wrote: A Clerical Protest. "Lancaster, the 8th Day of Feb'r. 1778. "Sir: "We are much obliged to you for the Honor you
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Responsibility
by Hon. W. U. Hensel.
Author
Hensel, W. U.
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Lancaster County Historical Society,
Date of Publication
1904
Physical Description
[230]-236 p. ; 23 cm.
Series
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 8, no. 7
Subjects
Lancaster (Pa.) - History - 1775-1865.
Lancaster (Pa.) - Social life and customs.
Contained In
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 8, number 7 (1904), p. 230-236Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.8
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