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Lancaster county Indians; annals of the Susquehannocks and other Indian tribes of the Susquehanna territory from about the year 1500 to 1763, the date of their extinction. An exhaustive and interesting series of historical papers descriptive of Lancaster county's Indians prior to and during the advent of the paleface

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Author: Eshleman, Henry Frank,

Date of Publication: 1908.

Call Number: 974.8011 E75

Responsibility: by H. Frank Eshleman.

Author: Eshleman, Henry Frank,

Place of Publication: Lancaster, Pa

Date of Publication: 1908.

Physical Description: 2 p. Î²., [3]-415 p. 23 cm.

Notes: LCHS copy inscribed by author.

Subjects: Indians of North America - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.; Susquehanna Indians.; Conestoga Indians.; Pennsylvania - History - Colonial Period, ca. 1600-1775.; Lancaster County (Pa.) - Antiquities; Lancaster County (Pa.) - History.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 974.8011 E75

Frontier rebels : the fight for independence in the American West, 1765-1776

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Author: Spero, Patrick,

Date of Publication: 2018.

Call Number: 974.802 S749f

Responsibility: Patrick Spero.

Author: Spero, Patrick,

Place of Publication: New York

Publisher: W W. Norton & Company,

Date of Publication: 2018.

Physical Description: xvii [1], 268, [1]] pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm.

Notes: Autographed by the author.; Includes author's note, notes, about the author and index.; "The Black Boys, also known as the Brave Fellows and the Loyal Volunteers, were members of a white settler movement in the Conococheague Valley of colonial Pennsylvania sometimes known as the Black Boys Rebellion. The Black Boys, so-called because they sometimes blackened their faces during their actions, were upset with British policy regarding American Indians following Pontiac's War. When that war came to an end in 1765, the Pennsylvania government began to reopen trade with the Native Americans who had taken part in the uprising. Many settlers of the Conococheague Valley were outraged, having suffered greatly from Indian raids during the war. The 1764 Enoch Brown School Massacre, in which ten school children had been killed and scalped, was the most notorious example of these raids." [from Wikipedia]

Summary: "The American Revolution has traditionally been depicted as a struggle between North American settlers and British imperial forces, but this intensively researched study from Spero, the director of Philadelphia's American Philosophical Society Library, analyzes the crucial role of settler attitudes toward Native Americans in sparking the conflict. While administrators in London viewed Native people as important trading partners within their American empire, many white colonists saw them as a terrifying menace and 'wanted to be free of the Indians as much as they wanted to be free of their imperial overlords.' Spero tells of the little-studied Pennsylvania backcountry rebels called the Black Boys, who in 1765 revolted against Britain's willingness to accommodate Native interests. Readers who have been accustomed to considering the Revolutionary War as a conflict between American liberty and British oppression may find this account discomfiting, but Spero presents convincing support for his thesis that hatred of Indians and desire for their lands played a pivotal role in fomenting the revolution and 'produced the roadmap' for the next century of American history, delving deeply into previously underutilized sources, including the journals of fur trader George Croghan. Spero's thoughtful work is an important contribution to ongoing reassessments of the nature and meaning of the American founding." (from Publishers Weekly.com)

Subjects: Callendar, Robert.; Johnson, William, - Sir.; Insurgency - Pennsylvania; Croghan, George, - 1720?-1782; Frontier and pioneer life - Ohio River Valley; Black Boys Rebellion - Colonial period ca 1600-1775.; Illinois - Colonial peiod ca 1600-1775; Ohio - Colonial period ca 1600-1775.; Indians of North America - Ohio River Valley.; Indians of North Americd; Indiana - Colonial period ca 1600-1775.; Gage, Thomas, - 1721-1787,; Pontiac's Conspiracy, - 1763-1765; Pennsylvania - History - Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775.; Frontier; Pennsylvania; Pennsylvania - History - Colonial period ca. 1600-1775.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 974.802 S749f

Annals of Pennsylvania, from the discovery of the Delaware. 1609-1682

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Author: Hazard, Samuel,

Date of Publication: 1850.

Call Number: 974.80083 H428a

Author: Hazard, Samuel,

Place of Publication: Philadelphia

Publisher: Hazard and Mitchell,

Date of Publication: 1850.

Physical Description: vii, 664 p.

Series: Pennsylvania county and regional histories. Reel 4, no. 7

Subjects: Pennsylvania - History - Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775.; New York (State) - History - Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775.; New Jersey - History - Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775.; Delaware - History - Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 974.80083 H428a

Lancaster County miscellaneous papers, 1724-1816

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Date of Publication: n.d.

Call Number: Drawer 1, Sec. 3: #245

Place of Publication: Philadelphia

Publisher: Historical Society of Pennsylvania ,

Date of Publication: n.d.

Physical Description: 1 reel , 35 mm.

Notes: Shares reel with Lancaster county docket of cases, 1743-1749 and the Hamilton family letterbook, 1782-1790.; Labeled on box # 245 Part 1.; 500 items.; Miscellaneous papers relating to local government and economic affairs of Lancaster County: letters, 1733-1740, of Samuel Blunston to the proprietors, deal with the disputes between the Maryland and Pennsylvania authorities, land transactions, Indians on the Susquehanna, politics, legal matters, etc; letters of Thomas Cookson, George Craig, William Parsons, Richard Peters, George Smith, and others, 1739-1764; material on Conrad Weiser, 1756; accounts of Indian massacres, 1755; petitions, court records, surveys, indentures, land warrants, tax returns; petitions and lists of names of tavern keepers, 1766, 1769; account of the plan of the town of York, 1749; list of books added to the Lancaster library, ca. 1770; list of subscribers for the relief of inhabitants of Boston, Mass., 1774; military accounts and muster rolls, 1776; wills, estate papers, broadsides, and other items.; Original manuscript in collection of the Historical Society of Pennsylvania.; For a photocopied index to this collection see LC 016 I38 Oversize.

Subjects: Cookson, Thomas, - 1709-1753. . . .; Craig, George.; Parsons, William, - 1701-1757.; Peters, Richard, - 1704-1776.; Smith, George.; Weiser, Conrad, 1696-1760.; Blunston, Samuel, 1689-1745.; Paxton Boys.; Cresap's War; Court records - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County - Indexes.; Taxation - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County - Lists.; Taverns (Inns) - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County; Bibliography; Indians of North America - Pennsylvania - Lancaster.; Susquehana Indians.; Lancaster County (Pa.) - Politics and government - 18th century.; Lancaster County (Pa.) - Genealogy.; Lancaster County (Pa.) - Boundaries.; Lancaster County (Pa.) - History - Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775.; Lancaster County (Pa.) - Militia.; York (Pa.) - History.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Microfilm

Call Number: Drawer 1, Sec. 3: #245

Massacre of the Conestogas : on the trail of the Paxton Boys in Lancaster County

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Author: Brubaker, John H.

Date of Publication: 2010.

Call Number: 974.802 B886

Responsibility: by Jack Brubaker.

ISBN: 9781609490614; 1609490614

Author: Brubaker, John H.

Place of Publication: Charleston, SC

Publisher: History Press,

Date of Publication: 2010.

Physical Description: 188 p. : ill., facsims., ports. ; 23 cm.

Notes: Includes index.; Bibliography: p. [177]-188.

Contents: pt. 1. Telling the story -- "Drive the heathen out of the land" -- "Some hot headed ill advised persons" -- "The same spirit & frantic rage" -- "Persons of undoubted probity & veracity" -- pt. 2. Retelling the story -- "I never heard one word of it till it was just over" -- "A mighty noise and hubbub" -- "Shot, scalped, hacked, and cut to pieces" -- "One of those youthful ebullitions of wrath" -- "The innocent were destined to share the fate of the guilty" -- "A zone of vicious racial violence" -- pt. 3. Killers and abettors -- "The most respectable of men" -- "They had possession and would keep it" -- "Eternal shame & reproach" -- pt. 4. Death and reconciliation -- "The remains of the victims of a terrible crime" -- "Slaughter'd, kill'd, and cut off a whole tribe" -- "Who was left to mourn for these people?"

Subjects: Paxton Boys.; Conestoga Indians - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County; Massacres - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County; Lancaster County (Pa.) - History - 18th century.; Lancaster County (Pa.) - Race relations - History - 18th century.; Pennsylvania - History - Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 974.802 B886

Pacifists, Paxton and politics : colonial Pa., 1763-1768

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Author: Ulle, Robert F.

Call Number: 905.748 PMH v. 1 no. 4

Responsibility: by Robert F. Ulle.

Author: Ulle, Robert F.

Physical Description: P. 18 - 21.

Notes: Pennsylvania Mennonite Heritage, v. 1, no. 4 (October 1978).

Subjects: Paxton Boys.; Conestoga Indians; Conestoga Massacre, Pa., 1763.; Mennonites - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County; Pennsylvania - History - Colonial period, ca. 1600 - 1775.; Lancaster County (Pa.) - Politics and government - Colonial period, ca. 1600 - 1775.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Periodical Article

Call Number: 905.748 PMH v. 1 no. 4

The Dutch and Quaker colonies in America

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Author: Fiske, John,

Date of Publication: 1903.

Call Number: 973.22 F541

Responsibility: by John Fiske. Illustrated with portraits, maps, facsimiles, contemporary views, prints, and other historic materials...

Author: Fiske, John,

Place of Publication: Boston and New York

Publisher: Houghton, Mifflin and company,

Date of Publication: 1903.

Physical Description: 2 v. fronts., illus., plates (part. double; incl. ports., maps, facsims.) 24 cm.

Notes: "Illustrated edition."; The facsimiles include reproductions of title-pages.

Subjects: Dutch - United States; Quakers - United States; United States - History - Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775.; New York (State) - History - Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775.; Pennsylvania - History - Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775.; Middle Atlantic States - History - Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 973.22 F541

Into the American woods : negotiators on the Pennsylvania frontier

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Author: Merrell, James Hart,

Date of Publication: 2000, c1999.

Call Number: 974.802 M568

Alternate Title: Negotiators on the Pennsylvania frontier

Responsibility: James H. Merrell.

ISBN: 0393046761

Author: Merrell, James Hart,

Place of Publication: New York

Publisher: Norton,

Date of Publication: 2000, c1999.

Physical Description: 463 p. : ill., maps ; 21 cm.

Notes: "1st pub. as a Norton paperback 2000"--T.p. verso.; Includes bibliographical references (p. 329-438) and index.

Subjects: Frontier and pioneer life - Pennsylvania.; Pioneers - Pennsylvania; Negotiation - Pennsylvania; Indians of North America - Pennsylvania; Intercultural communication - Pennsylvania; Pennsylvania - History - Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 974.802 M568

Old Lancaster

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Author: Robinson, Mary N.

Date of Publication: 1900

. Lancaster County (Pa.)--Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775. Publisher: Lancaster, Pa. : Lancaster County Historical Society, 1899-1900 Description: [97]-109 p. ; 23 cm. Series: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 4, no. 5 & 6 Call Number: 974.9 L245 v.4 Location: LCHSJL -- Journal Article

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Responsibility: by Mrs. Mary N. Robinson.

Author: Robinson, Mary N.

Place of Publication: Lancaster, Pa

Publisher: Lancaster County Historical Society,

Date of Publication: 1900

Physical Description: [97]-109 p. ; 23 cm.

Series: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 4, no. 5/6

Summary: Assorted observations of events in 18th century Lancaster County.

Subjects: Lancaster (Pa.) - History - French and Indian War, 1755-1763.; Lancaster (Pa.) - History - 18th century.; Lancaster County (Pa.) - History - French and Indian War, 1755-1763.; Lancaster County (Pa.) - History - 17th century.; Lancaster (Pa.) - History - Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775.; Lancaster County (Pa.) - Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775.

Contained In: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 4, number 5/6 (1900), p. 97-109Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.4

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History of Northampton, Lehigh, Monroe, Carbon, and Schuylkill counties : containing a brief history of the first settlers, topography of townships, notices of leading events, incidents, and interesting facts in the early history of these counties; with an appendix, containing matters of deep interest

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Author: Rupp, I. Daniel

Date of Publication: 197-.]

Call Number: 974.82 R946

Responsibility: compiled from various authentic sources by I. Daniel Rupp.

Author: Rupp, I. Daniel

Place of Publication: [Exton, Pa

Publisher: Schiffer Ltd.,

Date of Publication: 197-.]

Physical Description: xiv, 568 p. : ill. 22 cm.

Notes: Facsimile reprint of the 1845 ed. published by G. Hills, Lancaster, Pa., printed by Hickok and Cantine, Harrisburg, Pa.; "A journal of James Young, commissary general, of musters--from June 19 to June 26, 1756": p. [407]-420; "A journal of Captain John Van Etten, at Fort Hyndshaw and Fort Hamilton, in the Pennsylvania forces, from Dec. 1, 1756 to July 21, 1757": p. [421]-455; "A journal of Colonel James Burd, from Feb. 16th, 1758 to Mar. 10th, 1758": p. [447]-459; "Fragment of a journal containing an account of doings at Fort North Kill ... June 13 to Aug. 31 [1754]": p. [463]-477.

Subjects: Coal - Pennsylvania - Schuylkill County.; Northampton County (Pa.) - History.; Lehigh County (Pa.) - History.; Monroe County (Pa.) - History.; Carbon County (Pa.) - History.; Schuylkill County (Pa.) - History.; Pennsylvania - History - Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775.

Additional Author: Young, James.; Van Etten, John.; Burd, James,

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 974.82 R946

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