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Plough and winnower : General Edward Hand, experimental farmer

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Date of Publication
1962
and Winnower GENERAL EDWARD HAND, EXPERIMENTAL FARMER Research undertaken by the Rock Ford Foundation relative to the life and activities of that Revolutionary War personality and his Lancaster mansion reveals General Hand to have been quite interested in agricultural improvements. In 1773 a group
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Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Lancaster County Historical Society,
Date of Publication
1962
Physical Description
[133]-139 p. ill. ; 23 cm.
Series
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 66, no. 3
Subjects
Hand, Edward, - 1744-1802 - Correspondence.
Rockford (Lancaster County, Pa.)
Agriculture - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
Contained In
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 66, number 3 (1962), p. 133-139Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.66
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Agricultural and federal census schedules, 1850-1880 : Earl Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania

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Author
Frey, James Elwood,
Date of Publication
c2000.
Call Number
312 F853e
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compiled by James E. Frey.
ISBN
1930353111
Author
Frey, James Elwood,
Place of Publication
Morgantown, PA
Publisher
Masthof Press,
Date of Publication
c2000.
Physical Description
vi, 201 p. : maps ; 28 cm.
Notes
Includes index.
Subjects
Agriculture - Pennsylvania - Earl (Lancaster County : Township) - Statistics.
Registers of births, etc. - Pennsylvania - Earl (Lancaster County : Township)
Earl (Lancaster County, Pa. : Township) - Genealogy.
Earl (Lancaster County, Pa. : Township) - Census, 1850.
Earl (Lancaster County, Pa. : Township) - Census, 1860.
Earl (Lancaster County, Pa. : Township) - Census, 1870.
Earl (Lancaster County, Pa. : Township) - Census, 1880.
Lancaster County (Pa.) - Census.
Lancaster County (Pa.) - Genealogy.
United States - Census, 7th, 1850.
United States - Census, 8th, 1860.
United States - Census, 9th, 1880.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Reference
Call Number
312 F853e
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Agricultural and federal census schedules, 1850-1880 : East Earl Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania

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Author
Frey, James Elwood,
Date of Publication
c2000.
Call Number
312 F893ee
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compiled by James E. Frey.
ISBN
1930353111
Author
Frey, James Elwood,
Place of Publication
Morgantown, PA
Publisher
Masthof Press,
Date of Publication
c2000.
Physical Description
vi, 168 p. : maps ; 28 cm.
Notes
Includes index.
Subjects
Agriculture - Pennsylvania - Earl (Lancaster County : Township) - Statistics.
Registers of births, etc. - Pennsylvania - Earl (Lancaster County : Township)
East Earl (Lancaster County, Pa. : Township) - Genealogy.
East Earl (Lancaster County, Pa. : Township) - Census, 1850.
Earl (Lancaster County, Pa. : Township) - Census, 1860.
Earl (Lancaster County, Pa. : Township) - Census, 1870.
Earl (Lancaster County, Pa. : Township) - Census, 1880.
Lancaster County (Pa.) - Census.
Lancaster County (Pa.) - Genealogy.
United States - Census, 7th, 1850.
United States - Census, 8th, 1860.
United States - Census, 9th, 1880.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Reference
Call Number
312 F893ee
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Agricultural and federal census schedules, 1850-1880 : Caernarvon Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania

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Author
Frey, James Elwood,
Date of Publication
c1999.
Call Number
312 F853c
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by James E. Frey.
ISBN
1883294819
Author
Frey, James Elwood,
Place of Publication
Morgantown, PA
Publisher
Masthof Press,
Date of Publication
c1999.
Physical Description
vi, 122 p. : maps ; 28 cm.
Notes
Includes index.
Subjects
Agriculture - Pennsylvania - Caernarvon (Lancaster County : Township) - Statistics.
Registers of births, etc. - Pennsylvania - Caernarvon (Lancaster County : Township)
Caernarvon (Lancaster County, Pa. : Township) - Genealogy.
Caernarvon (Lancaster County, Pa. : Township) - Census, 1850.
Caernarvon (Lancaster County, Pa. : Township) - Census, 1860.
Caernarvon (Lancaster County, Pa. : Township) - Census, 1870.
Caernarvon (Lancaster County, Pa. : Township) - Census, 1880.
United States - Census, 7th, 1850.
United States - Census, 8th, 1860.
United States - Census, 9th, 1870.
United States - Census, 10th, 1880.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Reference
Call Number
312 F853c
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Agricultural schedules and federal census schedules, 1850-1880 : Brecknock Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania

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Author
Frey, James Elwood,
Date of Publication
c1997.
Call Number
312 F893b
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by James E. Frey.
ISBN
1883294533
Author
Frey, James Elwood,
Place of Publication
Morgantown, PA
Publisher
Masthof Press,
Date of Publication
c1997.
Physical Description
ix, 138 p. : maps ; 28 cm.
Notes
Includes everyname index.
Subjects
Agriculture - Pennsylvania - Brecknock (Lancaster County : Township)
Registers of births, etc. - Pennsylvania - Brecknock (Lancaster County : Township)
Brecknock (Lancaster County, Pa. : Township) - Genealogy.
Brecknock (Lancaster County, Pa. : Township) - Census, 1850.
Brecknock (Lancaster County, Pa. : Township) - Census, 1860.
Brecknock (Lancaster County, Pa. : Township) - Census, 1870.
Brecknock (Lancaster County, Pa. : Township) - Census, 1880.
United States - Census, 7th, 1850.
United States - Census, 8th, 1860.
United States - Census, 9th, 1880.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Reference
Call Number
312 F893b
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The agricultural stability of the Old Order Amish and Old Order Mennonites of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania

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Author
Kollmorgen, Walter M.
Call Number
630.973 K81
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by Walter M. Kollmorgen.
Author
Kollmorgen, Walter M.
Physical Description
233-241 p.
Notes
In: The American Journal of Sociology, v.49, no.3 (Nov. 1943)
Subjects
Old Order Amish - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County
Old Order Mennonites - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County
Amish farmers - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
Agriculture - Pennsylvania - Lancaster, Pa.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Lancaster County
Call Number
630.973 K81
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Historical sketch of the Lancaster County Agricultural and Horticultural Society : from its organization on September 3, 1866, until 1905

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Author
Diffenderffer, F.R.
Date of Publication
1911.
Call Number
635 H673
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prepared for and read before the Society at the annual meeting on the last mentioned date by the secretary F.R. Diffenderffer.
Author
Diffenderffer, F.R.
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
New Era Printing Company ,
Date of Publication
1911.
Physical Description
22 p. ; 24 c.
Subjects
Lancaster County Agricultural and Horticultural Society (Pa.)
Agriculture - Pennsylvania
Location
Lancaster History Library - Lancaster County
Call Number
635 H673
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[A memoir]

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Author
Van Nest, Magaretta.
Date of Publication
1990?
Call Number
929 V266
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Author
Van Nest, Magaretta.
Place of Publication
Carbon typescript
Date of Publication
1990?
Physical Description
14, [11] leaves ; 28 cm.
Notes
"Levi Henry Crouse and Mary Louise Worrest were married marh 7, 1843 at the ages 26 and 18 years in Paradise, Lancaster co [sic] Pa. by Rev., Edward y. Buchanan of the Epsicopal church [sic], a brother of the President James Buchanan. Our parents named their first born -- a boy for that minister, Edward Buchanan."
"Aunt Kate was a teacher for some time at Millersville, Pennsylvania Normal School. The school published a magazine entitles [sic] 'The Page Monthly.' Her intimate frind on the faculty was Rose Budd, who wrote an article for the magazine entitled 'Let me die in Autumn.' It was Clara's last school days that she choose [sic] that poem for her recitation. Her wich was granted when she passed away Sept. 1, 1860."
Subjects
Crouse family.
Agriculture - Pennsylvania - Chester County
Agriculture - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County
Genealogy - Pennsylvania - Chester County.
Genealogy - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
Chester County (Pa.) - History.
Lancaster County (Pa.) - History.
Chester County (Pa.) - Personal recollections.
Lancaster (Pa.) - Personal recollections.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
929 V266
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Foundations in a fertile soil : farming and farm buildings in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania

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Author
Schneider, David B.
Edition
1st ed.
Date of Publication
c1994.
Call Number
728.67 S358
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Farming and farm buildings in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania
Responsibility
David B. Schneider. Principal photography by Ed Worteck.
ISBN
0963515314
Author
Schneider, David B.
Edition
1st ed.
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Historic Preservation Trust of Lancaster County,
Date of Publication
c1994.
Physical Description
viii, 100 p. : ill. ; 28 cm.
Notes
Essay: "The Pennsylvania barn by Robert F. Ensminger"--title page.
Subjects
Agriculture - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County
Farm buildings - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County
Barns - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County
Additional Corporate Author
Historic Preservation Trust of Lancaster County (Pa.)
Location
Lancaster History Library - Lancaster County
Call Number
728.67 S358
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Farm life and its changes

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Author
Fisher, Gideon L.
Edition
1st addition [sic].
Date of Publication
1978.
Call Number
289.71 F533
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Responsibility
by Gideon L. Fisher.
Author
Fisher, Gideon L.
Edition
1st addition [sic].
Place of Publication
Gordonville, Pa
Publisher
Pequea Publishers,
Date of Publication
1978.
Physical Description
384 p. (p. 384 blank) : ill. ; 23 cm.
Summary
"Amish farmer in Lancaster County, PA, remembers the depression and talks about the history of farming in America, concentrating on the changes which have taken place in rural life over the past fifty or more years. This is a book filled with colorful anecdotes, thoughtful observations, and homespun wisdom." The author "also discusses the influences of the outside world which the Amish farmer must continually face and offers insights into how they continue to preserve their way of life." [from the dust jacket]
Subjects
Agriculture - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County
Farm life - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County
Amish - Pennsylvania
Lancaster County (Pa.) - History.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Lancaster County
Call Number
289.71 F533
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Amish agriculture and popular opinion in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries

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Author
Deeben, John P.
Call Number
905.748 PMH v. 15 (April 1992)
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by John P. Deeben.
Author
Deeben, John P.
Physical Description
p. 21 - 29.
Notes
In: Pennsylvania Mennonite Heritage, v. 15 (April 1992).
Subjects
Amish farmers - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
Agriculture - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Periodical Article
Call Number
905.748 PMH v. 15 (April 1992)
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Historic structures Survey and Determination of Eligibility Report : East Lampeter, Leacock, Strasburg, Paradise, Salisbury, and Sadsbury Townships, Lancaster County, Pensylvania

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Date of Publication
2005.
Call Number
351.8642 M312hi
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Place of Publication
Computer printout
Date of Publication
2005.
Physical Description
5 v. : ill; photos, col. maps ; 28 cm.
Notes
S.R. 0030 Section So1 Corridor Improvement Study...E.R. No. 03-8010-071.
Draft of the study.
Includes Pennsylvania Historic Resource Survey (PHRS) forms.
Prepared for the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation...prepared by A.D. Marble & Company...prepared with Archeaological & Historial Consultants.
Corridor of Lincoln Highway Eat.
Subjects
Architecture - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
Lincoln Highway - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
Historic buildings - Pennsylvania - East Lampeter Twp.
Historic buildings - Pennsylvania - Leacock Twp.
Historic buildings - Pennsylvania - Strasburg Twp.
Historic buildings - Pennsylvania - Paradise Twp.
Historic buildings - Pennsylvania - Salisbury Twp.
Historic buildings - Pennsylvania - Sadsbury Twp.
Salisbury (Lancaster County, Pa. : Township) - History.
Paradise (Lancaster County, Pa. : Township) - History.
Strasburg (Lancaster County, Pa. : Township) - History.
Leacock (Lancaster County, Pa. : Township) - History.
East Lampeter (Lancaster County, Pa. : Township) - History.
Sadsbury (Lancaster County, Pa. : Township) - History.
United States Highway 30 - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Lancaster County
Call Number
351.8642 M312hi
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Agricultural societies in Lancaster County

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Author
Worner, William Frederic.
Date of Publication
1930
every household; and that its operation and efficacy could be tested by calling at Mr. Bachman's establishment, where for twelve and one-half cents, a most delightful bath might be had, warm or cold, at any moment. Agricultural Societies in Lancaster County By WILLIAM FREDERIC WORNER THE Intelligencer
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Responsibility
by William Frederic Worner.
Author
Worner, William Frederic.
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Lancaster County Historical Society,
Date of Publication
1930
Physical Description
278-280 p. ; 23 cm.
Series
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 34, no. 12
Subjects
Agriculture - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
Contained In
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 34, number 12 (1930), p. 278-280Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.34
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Dauphin County Pennsylvania Vital Records Genealogical and historical miscellany: Volume 1

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Edition
1st ed.
Date of Publication
1991
Call Number
974.818 R495 v.1
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Alternate Title
Dauphin County, Pennsylvania archives
Dauphin County, PA archives
Responsibility
collected and compiled by Phillip A. Rice, Jodi A. Germani, and Jean A. Dellock.
ISBN
1558562370
Edition
1st ed.
Place of Publication
Laughlintown, PA
Publisher
Southwest Pennsylvania Genealogical Services
Date of Publication
1991
Physical Description
v. <2 > : ill. ; 28 cm.
Notes
Vol. 2 is the inaugural issue of "a new series called Dauphin County archives," per introd. of v. 2.
Includes index.
Subjects
Registers of births, etc. - Pennsylvania - Dauphin County.
Church records and registers - Pennsylvania - Dauphin County.
Dauphin County (Pa.) - Genealogy.
Additional Author
Rice, Phillip A.
Germani, Jodi A.
Dellock, Jean A.
Additional Title
Dauphin County vital records.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
974.818 R495 v.1
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Drumore Quakers' Precious Habitation : A 200-year History of Drumore Friends Meetinghouse and Cemetery

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Author
Miller, D. Douglas.
Date of Publication
2016.
Call Number
289.6 M647
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Responsibility
by D. Douglas Miller..
ISBN
9781514473665
1514473666
Author
Miller, D. Douglas.
Publisher
Xlibris Corp
Date of Publication
2016.
Physical Description
260p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Subjects
Smedley, R. C.
Wright, Willilam.
Gibbons, Hanna.
Gibbons, Daniel.
Whitson, Thomas.
Coates, Lindley.
Rakestraw, William.
Sadsbury Friends Meeting - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County - History.
Hood, Caleb.
Bushong, Henry.
Russell, John Neal.
Wood Day.
Brown, Jeremiah.
Haines, Timoghy.
Brown, William.
Lewis, Elijah.
Scarlett, Joseph.
Jackson, James.
Hanway, Castner.
Smith, Joseph.
Lamborn, George S.
Columbia Friends Meeting - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County - History.
Lampeter Friends Meeting - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County - History.
Lancaster Friends Meeting - Pennsylvania - Lancaster - History.
Bart Friends Meeting - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County - History.
Lancaster Friends Meeting #2 - Pennsylvania - Lancaster - History..
Penn Hill (Little Britain) Friends - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County - History.
Eastland Friends Meeting - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County - History.
Drumore Friends Meeting - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County - History.
East Britain Friends Meeting (Ashville Meetinghouse) - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County - History.
Ballance Friends Meeting (Orthodox/Wilburite) - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County - History.
Church records and registers - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
Quakers - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
Society of Friends - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
Cemeteries - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
Slavery and the church
Antislavery movements
Underground railroad.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Lancaster County
Call Number
289.6 M647
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Churches of today and yesterday in southern Lancaster County

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Date of Publication
1968]
Call Number
200 D921
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Responsibility
Raymond L. Dunlap, editor, assisted by George E. Herbert [and] Richard G. Yates, Sr.
Place of Publication
[Lancaster? Pa
Publisher
Fellowship of Solanco Churches
Date of Publication
1968]
Physical Description
xvii, 204 p. illus., port. 24 cm.
Notes
Bibliography: p. 192.
African American resources at Lancaster County Historical Society
Subjects
Church buildings - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
Amish - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County
Baptist Church - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County
Brethren Church - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County
Church of God - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County
Lutheran Church - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County
Mennonite Church - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County
United Methodist Church - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County
Presbyterian Church - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County
Roman Catholic Church - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County
Episcopal Church - Pennyslvania - Lancaster County
African Methodist Episcopal Church - Lancaster County
Independent Churches - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County
Lancaster County (Pa.) - History.
Additional Author
Dunlap, Raymond L.,
Herbert, George E.,
Yates, Richard G.,
Location
Lancaster History Library - Lancaster County
Call Number
200 D921
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Annual report, the Lancaster County Agricultural Preserve Board

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Corporate Author
Agricultural Preserve Board (Lancaster County, Pa.)
Date of Publication
[1985]
Call Number
351.8233 L245 1999
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Corporate Author
Agricultural Preserve Board (Lancaster County, Pa.)
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
The Board,
Date of Publication
[1985]
Physical Description
v. : ill., maps ; 22 x 28 cm.
Notes
Cover title.
Subjects
Agricultural Preserve Board (Lancaster County, Pa.)
Agricultural conservation - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
Land use, Rural - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Lancaster County
Call Number
351.8233 L245 1999
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A brief history of the city of Lancaster; Containing an introduction to the settlement of the county; reminiscences of the past and present of the city; the poor house and hospital; the court house; the county jail; the water works; the railroad; the Franklin and Marshall College; the manufactories; the gas works and agricultural park; with many of the old "land marks," &c

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Author
Kilburn, Francis,
Date of Publication
1870.
Call Number
974.815 L244p 1870
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Author
Kilburn, Francis,
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Pearsol and Geist, printers,
Date of Publication
1870.
Physical Description
40 [2] p. ; 27 cm.
Notes
Cover title.
Includes local business cards and advertisements.
Not in Wilkinson.
Subjects
Lancaster County (Pa.) - History.
Lancaster (Pa.) - History.
Lancaster (Pa.) - Commerce.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Rare Books
Call Number
974.815 L244p 1870
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A Brief history of the city of Lancaster : containing an introduction to the settlement of the county, reminiscences of the past and present of the city, the poor house and hospital, the court house, the county jail, the water works, the railroad, the Franklin and Marshall College, the manufactories, the gas works and agricultural park, with many of the old land marks, &c. ; also, the business cards of the principal merchants and manufacturers

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Date of Publication
1870.
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Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Published by Francis Kilburn ; Pearsol & Geist, printers,
Date of Publication
1870.
Physical Description
40 p. : ill. ; 27 cm.
Notes
Bound with The Bible in Iron (1914) and Old Home Week Manheim, Pa. (1912) -- this copy is missing as of 4/11/2024. Please access using the electronic copy.
Subjects
Lancaster County (Pa.) - History.
Lancaster (Pa.) - History.
Additional Author
Kilburn, Francis.
Websites
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Lancaster County in province, state, and nation : a bi-centennial review

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Author
Eshleman, Henry Frank,
Date of Publication
1929
farms, then numerously owned, as the Lancaster County land warrants recorded in Volume 19 of the Second Series of the Pennsylvania Archives show. These cus- tomary roads were most largely found in the German-Swiss set- tlements, for they were the principal rural owners of large farms and in fact the
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Responsibility
by H. Frank Eshleman, Esq.
Author
Eshleman, Henry Frank,
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Lancaster County Historical Society,
Date of Publication
1929
Physical Description
21-43 p. ; 23 cm.
Series
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 33, no. 3
Subjects
Agriculture - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County
Lancaster County (Pa.) - History - 17th century.
Lancaster County (Pa.) - History - French and Indian War, 1755-1763.
Contained In
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 33, number 3 (1929), p. 21-43Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.33
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