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Two centuries of Reading, Pa., 1748-1948; a history of the county seat of Berks County

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo4731
Author
Albright, Raymond Wolf,
Edition
[Official bicentennial ed.]
Date of Publication
1948.
Call Number
974.816 R287a
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Author
Albright, Raymond Wolf,
Edition
[Official bicentennial ed.]
Place of Publication
Reading
Publisher
Historical Society of Berks County,
Date of Publication
1948.
Physical Description
xi, 307 p. illus., ports. 24 cm.
Notes
Bibliography: p. [299]-301.
Subjects
Reading (Pa.) - History.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
974.816 R287a
Websites
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Southeastern Pennsylvania, a history of the counties of Berks, Bucks, Chester, Delaware, Montgomery, Philadelphia and Schuylkill

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo3801
Author
Nolan, J. Bennett
Date of Publication
[1943]
Call Number
974.800912 N791
Responsibility
J. Bennett Nolan, supervising editor ...
Author
Nolan, J. Bennett
Place of Publication
Philadelphia, New York
Publisher
Lewis historical publishing company, inc.
Date of Publication
[1943]
Physical Description
3 v. fronts., ill. (incl. maps) plates, ports., facsims. (part col. 1 double) col. coats of arms, col. geneal. tables. 27 1/2 cm.
Notes
Vols. 1 and 2 paged continuously.
Vol. 3 consists of biographies.
LCHS has vols. 1 and 3 only.
Includes bibliographies.
Subjects
Berks County (Pa.) - History.
Bucks County (Pa.) - History.
Chester County (Pa.) - History.
Delaware County (Pa.) - History.
Montgomery County (Pa.) - History.
Philadelphia County (Pa.) - History.
Schuylkill County (Pa.) - History.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
974.800912 N791
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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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Annals of the Conestoga Valley in Lancaster, Berks, and Chester Counties, Pennsylvania / compiled and published by C.Z. Mast and Robert E. Simpson

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo4291
Date of Publication
1942.
Call Number
974.815 CAER M423
Place of Publication
Elverson, Pa. ; Churchtown, Pa
Publisher
The Authors,
Date of Publication
1942.
Physical Description
xviii, 689 p. : ill., map ; 23 cm.
Notes
Separate index volume compiled by J. Lemar and Lois Ann Mast in 1981.
Subjects
Lancaster County (Pa.) - History.
Berks County (Pa.) - History.
Chester County (Pa.) - History.
Conestoga Valley (Pa.) - History.
Additional Author
Mast, C. Z.
Simpson, Robert Emmett,
Location
Lancaster History Library - Rare Books
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
974.815 CAER M423
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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
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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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An essay on the origin of the Linnaean society of Lancaster city and county, its objects and progress. Read before the association on its 4th anniversary, at the Athenaeum rooms, February 24th, 1866

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo15666
Author
Rathvon, Simon S.,
Date of Publication
1866.
Call Number
090 L244p 1866
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Responsibility
By S.S. Rathvon. To which are appended its charter, and lists of its officers, its members, and its correspondents.
Author
Rathvon, Simon S.,
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Pearsol & Geist, printers,
Date of Publication
1866.
Physical Description
18 p. 23 cm.
Notes
Published by request and by authority of the Society.
Subjects
Linnaean society of Lancaster city and county, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Rare Books
Call Number
090 L244p 1866
Websites
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The Lords Baltimore; contemporary portraits of the founder and the five proprietaries of Maryland, now the possession of the people of Maryland through the initiative and generosity of Dr. Hugh Hampton Young, who presented five of these paintings

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo7402
Corporate Author
Enoch Pratt Free Library.
Date of Publication
[1942]
Call Number
975.2 B197
Corporate Author
Enoch Pratt Free Library.
Place of Publication
Baltimore
Publisher
The Enoch Pratt free library
Date of Publication
[1942]
Physical Description
1 p. l., 13, [1] p. illus. (map) pl., ports., facsim. 22 cm.
Notes
"Text by James W. Foster and Beta K. Manakee."
Subjects
Calvert family.
Maryland - History - Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775.
Additional Author
Foster, James W.,
Manakee, Beta Ennis Kaessmann.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
975.2 B197
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Bicentennial addresses delivered at the two hundredth anniversary of Leacock Presbyterian Church, Paradise, Penna

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo14131
Date of Publication
1940.
Call Number
285.1 K21
Responsibility
edited by Jay Warren Kaufman.
Place of Publication
[Paradise, Pa.]
Publisher
Leacock Presbyterian Church,
Date of Publication
1940.
Physical Description
vii, 147 p., [2] leaves of plates : ill. ; 20 cm.
Notes
Cover title: the Leacock United Presbyterian Church, a history 1740-1940.
Copy two cover title: The Leacock United Presbyterian Church, a history 1740-1976 and includes pages 73-147, a history of the church 1940-1976.
Includes bibliographical references.
Subjects
Leacock Presbyterian Church (Paradise, Pa.).
Pennsylvania - Church history.
Additional Author
Kaufman, Jay Warren,
Location
Lancaster History Library - Lancaster County
Call Number
285.1 K21
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Two-hundredth anniversary of Lancaster's incorporation as a borough

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo724
Author
Heisey, M. Luther,
Date of Publication
1942
an impressive expression of a people's belief in a government organized on the basis of the Common Law. We celebrate tonight the Two-hundredth Anniversary of the granting of a Charter to the borough of Lancaster. What is a Charter? It is an instru- ment for permitting and encouraging the free
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Responsibility
by M. Luther Heisey.
Author
Heisey, M. Luther,
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Lancaster County Historical Society,
Date of Publication
1942
Physical Description
[83]-[97] p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Series
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 46, no. 2 & 3
Subjects
Lancaster Corporation Book.
Holidays.
Charters.
Lancaster (Pa.) - History.
Lancaster (Pa.) - Social life and customs.
Lancaster (Pa.) - Politics and government.
Contained In
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 46, number 2/3 (1942), p. 83-97Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.46
Documents

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The story of Indian Steps : Addresses delivered on the occasion of the dedication of a tablet to John Edward Vandersloot

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo19621
Date of Publication
[1941]
Call Number
917.4841 S887
Place of Publication
[Place of publication not identified]
Publisher
[publisher not identified],
Date of Publication
[1941]
Physical Description
[5] pages : illustrations ; 20 cm
Contents
Rides to fame on a hobby, an address by A.E. McCollough.- A tribute to the man who built Indian Steps, an address by William Kurtz.
Summary
"The story of Indian Steps Cabin begins over ten thousand years ago.The area gets its name from the 'steps' carved in the nearby Susquehanna River's rocks by early people of the region who used the footholds while gathering food along the river. The arrows, spear heads, stone axes and other relics embedded in the building were the belongings of the first residents of York County." [from Indiansteps.org]
Subjects
Vandersloot, John Edward.
Indian Steps, Pa.
Additional Author
Kurtz, William.
McCollough, A. E.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
917.4841 S887
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