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The public career of John Wright, Esq

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Author
Eshleman, Henry Frank,
Date of Publication
1910
. Pre-eminent above all his contemporaries of the territory which is now Lancaster county, he stands as the chief spirit and genius in our county's creation, and as the princi- pal directing mind and shaping hand of its early years. The public career of John Wright began in 1718 as Justice of the Peace
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by H. Frank Eshleman, Esq.
Author
Eshleman, Henry Frank,
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Lancaster County Historical Society,
Date of Publication
1910
Physical Description
251-282 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Series
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 14, no. 9
Subjects
Wright, John, - 1667-1749.
Courts - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
Judges - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
Columbia (Pa.) - Biography.
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Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 14, number 9 (1910), p. 251-282Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.14
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Assessment lists and other manuscript documents of Lancaster County prior to 1729

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Author
Eshleman, Henry Frank,
Date of Publication
1916.
the erection of Lancaster county has long since been lost; but a certified copy of it, made 175 years ago by John Wright, was found some years ago at Harris- burg, and it is printed in our pro- ceedings and a copy also hangs in our Commissioners' office. Two petitions filed against the erection of the
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by H. Frank Eshleman, Esq.
Author
Eshleman, Henry Frank,
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Lancaster County Historical Society,
Date of Publication
1916.
Physical Description
155-194 p. ; 23 cm.
Series
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 20, no. 7
Subjects
Legal documents - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County
Tax assessment - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County
Land grants - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County
Deeds - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County
Lancaster County (Pa.) - History - 18th century.
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Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 20, number 7 (1916), p. 155-194Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.20
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Appendix : address delivered Sept. 8, 1910, at the bi-centennial celebration of Lancaster County's first settlement

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Author
Eshleman, Henry Frank,
Date of Publication
1910
Call Number
974.9 L245 v.14
Responsibility
by H. Frank Eshleman.
Author
Eshleman, Henry Frank,
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Lancaster County Historical Society,
Date of Publication
1910
Physical Description
3-29 p. ; 23 cm.
Series
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 14, no. 8
Subjects
Lancaster County (Pa.) - Centennial celebrations, etc.
Lancaster County (Pa.) - History - 17th century.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Journal
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974.9 L245 v.14
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A running story of Lancaster County : (from Hazard's Register--1613-1835)

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Author
Eshleman, Henry Frank,
Date of Publication
1923
attitude towards the Revolutionary War. V. 16 p. 253. 1732 Quoting Smith's History of Pennsylvania, which seems to discuss the history of Quakers particularly we find it stated regarding the beginning of the Quaker sect in Lancaster County that "A meeting for worship every first and fifth day was held at
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Alternate Title
Register of Pennsylvania
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compiled by H. Frank Eshleman.
Author
Eshleman, Henry Frank,
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Lancaster County Historical Society,
Date of Publication
1923
Physical Description
39-70 p. ; 23 cm.
Series
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 27, no. 3
Notes
Book entitled "Register of Pennsylvania" by Samuel Hazard.
Summary
From the 16 volumes of Hazard's "Register of Pennsylvania", Eshleman compiled the entries associated with Lancaster County in chronological order. The Register was "devoted to the preservation of facts and every other kind of useful information respecting the state of Pennsylvania."
Subjects
Lancaster County (Pa.) - History - 19th century.
Lancaster County (Pa.) - History - 18th century.
Lancaster County (Pa.) - History - Chronology.
Lancaster County (Pa.) - History - 17th century.
Additional Author
Hazard, Samuel,
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Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 27, number 3 (1923), p. 39-70Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.27
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Items in the Pennsylvania Gazette concerning Lancaster County

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Author
Eshleman, Henry Frank,
Date of Publication
1918
, are found the election returns for the �province. Those for Lancaster county are: Commissioner John Allison; As- sessors, Jacob Huber, John Wright, Jr., Andrew Work, Benjamin Chambers, Hugh Bale and John Brandon. In the issue of November 24, 1743, appears an item stating that "a new map of the
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by H. Frank Eshleman, Esq.
Author
Eshleman, Henry Frank,
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Lancaster County Historical Society,
Date of Publication
1918
Physical Description
21-26 p. ; 23 cm.
Series
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 22, no. 2
Subjects
Newspapers - Pennsylvania
Lancaster County (Pa.) - History - 18th century.
Lancaster County (Pa.) - Social life and customs - 18th century.
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Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 22, number 2 (1918), p. 21-26Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.22
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Early Columbia and vicinity

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Author
Eshleman, Henry Frank,
Date of Publication
1914
. You know, of course, that John Wright was the leader •in all that was brought about here in earliest times—industrial, civil and political. His activities were, however, more generally devoted to the whole county of Lancaster and to the whole province of Pennsylvania, rather than to local affairs. The
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by H. Frank Eshleman, Esq.
Author
Eshleman, Henry Frank,
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Lancaster County Historical Society,
Date of Publication
1914
Physical Description
29-41 p. ; 23 cm.
Series
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 18, no. 2
Subjects
Wright, John, - 1667-1749.
Banks and banking - Pennsylvania - Columbia.
Church buildings - Pennsylvania - Columbia.
Columbia (Pa.) - History.
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Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 18, number 2 (1914), p. 29-41Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.18
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Early Lancaster County history in the provincial records and archives /read by Benj. B. Lippold (Original notes by H. Frank Eshleman)

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Author
Eshleman, Henry Frank,
Date of Publication
1923
the purpose is not disclosed. See Lancaster County new members of Assembly; John Wright is again defeated. - 3 V., 183. Petition Of John Wright contesting the seat in the Assembly of Andrew Galbraith. - 3 V., 184. Both parties heard before the Assembly. - 3 V., 184. Decision in favor of Galbraith. - 3
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Author
Eshleman, Henry Frank,
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Lancaster County Historical Society,
Date of Publication
1923
Physical Description
19-35 p. ; 23 cm.
Series
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 27, no. 2
Subjects
Lancaster County (Pa.) - History - 18th century.
Lancaster County (Pa.) - History - Chronology.
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Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 27, number 2 (1923), p. 19-35Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.27
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The meaning of Lancaster County's two hundred years of history, 1710-1910

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Author
Eshleman, Henry Frank,
Date of Publication
1910.
Call Number
974.815 LACO E75
Responsibility
address of H. Frank Eshleman, esq., delivered September 8, 1910, at Willow Street, Lancaster County, Pa., on the occasion of observance of the 200th anniversary of the first settlement in Lancaster County.
Author
Eshleman, Henry Frank,
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Date of Publication
1910.
Physical Description
29 p. 24 cm.
Notes
Also printed in the Pennsylvania-German, Jan. 1911, v. 12, p. 1-14.
Subjects
Lancaster County (Pa.) - History.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
974.815 LACO E75
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Our first Civil Courts

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Author
Eshleman, Henry Frank,
Date of Publication
1906
regularly used as early as 1714, for "the peti- tion filed in Lancaster County Quar- ter Sessions Court to 'relay' it out in 1734 sets out that it has been in use for twenty years." These five terms were first Tuesday os August, 1729; first Tuesday of No- vember, 1729; February 3d, 1730; May 5th, 1730, and
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by H. Frank Eshleman, Esq.
Author
Eshleman, Henry Frank,
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Lancaster County Historical Society,
Date of Publication
1906
Physical Description
416-430 p. ; 23 cm.
Series
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 10, no. 11
Subjects
Courts - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County
Lancaster County (Pa.) - Politics and government - To 1775.
Lancaster County (Pa.) - History - 17th century.
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Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 10, number 11 (1906), p. 416-430Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.10
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Lancaster County's provincial and county tax in 1774

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Author
Eshleman, Henry Frank,
Date of Publication
1924
Lancaster County felt the appeal and the position of Boston. It is also to be noted that here we have evidence to a small extent of the part the patriotic women of those times helped the "cause". Catharine Reigart, Mary Ferree, Anne Elizabeth Snyder, Elizabeth Graeff, Elizabeth Gross, Mrs. Henry Helmuth
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by Henry Frank Eshleman.
Author
Eshleman, Henry Frank,
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Lancaster County Historical Society,
Date of Publication
1924
Physical Description
5-6 p. ; 23 cm.
Series
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 28, no. 1
Subjects
Taxation - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County
Lancaster County (Pa.) - History - 17th century.
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The great historical scenes enacted in Lancaster's first court house, 1739-1784

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Author
Eshleman, Henry Frank,
Date of Publication
1903
for them.(5) But Governor Thomas approved it, and John Wright was bold and outspoken against it and the administration. Wright knew the displeasure which (5) Rupp's Lancaster County History, 275. �the Governor entertained toward him and at the May Sessions of 1741, from the bench of the old Court
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by H. Frank Eshleman, Esq.
Author
Eshleman, Henry Frank,
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Lancaster County Historical Society,
Date of Publication
1903
Physical Description
[177]-209 p. ; 23 cm.
Series
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 7, no. 9
Subjects
Lancaster County Courthouse (Pa.)
Courthouses - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
Lancaster County (Pa.) - Politics and government - 1775-1783.
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Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 7, number 9 (1903), p. 177-209Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.7
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The great historical scenes enacted in Lancaser's first court house, 1739-1784

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Author
Eshleman, Henry Frank,
Date of Publication
1902/1903
Call Number
974.9 L245 v.7
Responsibility
by H. Frank Eshleman, Esq.
Author
Eshleman, Henry Frank,
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Lancaster County Historical Society,
Date of Publication
1902/1903
Physical Description
[177]-209 p. ; 23 cm.
Series
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 7, no. 9
Subjects
Lancaster County Courthouse (Pa.)
Courthouses - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
Lancaster County (Pa.) - Politics and government - 1775-1783.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Journal
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974.9 L245 v.7
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Report on the true character, time and place of the first regular settlement in Lancaster County

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Author
Eshleman, Henry Frank,
Date of Publication
1910
twenty-five years earlier, which was in 1684. It would he interesting to know how many of the 109 Lancaster county Germans naturalized in 1730, who came to Pennsylvania, as the act says, between 1700 and 1718, did come be- fore 1710. There were, surety, very few. John Rudolph Bundely may have been one of
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by Henry Frank Eshleman.
Author
Eshleman, Henry Frank,
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Lancaster County Historical Society,
Date of Publication
1910
Physical Description
21-71 p. ; 23 cm.
Series
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 14, no. 2
Subjects
Mennonites - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
Lancaster County (Pa.) - History - 17th century.
Lancaster County (Pa.) - Biography.
Additional Author
Hostetler, A. K.
Steigerwalt, Charles T.
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Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 14, number 2 (1910), p. 21-71Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.14
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History of Lancaster County's highway system (from 1714 to 1760)

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Author
Eshleman, Henry Frank,
Date of Publication
1922
HISTORY OF LANCASTER COUNTY'S HIGHWAY SYSTEM (From 1714 to 1760) By H. FRANK ESHLEMAN The writer purposes to set forth and to discuss h erein, a history of the roa ds and ·highways of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania from 1714 to 1760, that being the scope of the records of the said roads contained
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by H. Frank Eshleman.
Author
Eshleman, Henry Frank,
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Lancaster County Historical Society,
Date of Publication
1922
Physical Description
37-80 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Series
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 26, no. 3
Notes
The author of this article states that the purpose of most early roads was to provide access to churches and to mills. Many of the roads profiled in this article refer to specific mills. Although information about the mills is limited, this article could prove fruitful for some researchers.
Subjects
Roads - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
Lancaster County (Pa.) - Maps.
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Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 26, number 3 (1922), p. 37-80Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.26
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Lancaster County and Valley Forge (during the Revolution)

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Author
Eshleman, Henry Frank,
Date of Publication
1928
. Primary Material: Book Subject(s): Washington, George, 1732-1799. Lancaster (Pa.)--History--18th century. Valley Forge (Pa.)--History--18th century. Publisher: Lancaster, Pa. : Lancaster County Historical Society, 1928 Description: 74-87 p. ; 23 cm. Series: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical
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by H. Frank Eshleman.
Author
Eshleman, Henry Frank,
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Lancaster County Historical Society,
Date of Publication
1928
Physical Description
74-87 p. ; 23 cm.
Series
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 32, no. 5 & 6
Subjects
Washington, George, - 1732-1799.
Lancaster (Pa.) - History - 18th century.
Valley Forge (Pa.) - History - 18th century.
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Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 32, number 5/6 (1928), p. 74-87Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.32
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Four great surveys in Lancaster County

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Author
Eshleman, Henry Frank,
Date of Publication
1924
(d) FOUR GREAT SURVEYS IN LANCASTER COUNTY Among the Taylor Papers in the Manuscript Department of the His- torical Society of Pennsylvania, are found (with a great number of others) four great surveys of lands in Lancaster County, which may well challenge our interest and which are of great value
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by H. Frank Eshleman.
Author
Eshleman, Henry Frank,
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Lancaster County Historical Society,
Date of Publication
1924
Physical Description
[8]-12 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Series
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 28, no. 1
Subjects
Estaugh, John.
Strettle, Amos.
Surveys
Lancaster County (Pa.) - Surveys.
Lancaster County (Pa.) - History - 17th century.
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The birth of Lancaster County

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Author
Eshleman, Henry Frank,
Date of Publication
1908
, vol. 1, p. 1S2. �visit of a white man to our great Sus- quehanna valley that is known. It will be a matter of curious in- terest to us, I trust, to know that nearly half a century before Penn ap- peared practically the whole of what is now Lancaster county was sold by the natives—first in 1637 to 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
1908
Physical Description
[5]-39 p. ; ill. ; 23 cm.
Series
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 12, no. 1
Summary
A journal article that reviews the history of the area from prehistoric time through the occupation by Europeans. It details the growth of the area as part of Chester County and the successful effort to have the area recognized as a separate county.
Subjects
Lancaster County (Pa.) - History - 17th century.
Lancaster County (Pa.) - Politics and government - To 1775.
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Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 12, number 1 (1908), p. 5-39Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.12
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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. β., [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
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Call Number
974.8011 E75
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Early items of Lancaster County history

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Author
Eshleman, Henry Frank,
Date of Publication
1910
manufacture and market. The next item of interest in the Mercury is the Lancaster county elec- tion returns for 1734. The Assem- blymen were James Hamilton, John Emerson, Andrew Galbraith and John Wright. The commissioner, Tobias Hendricks; the assessors, Sam. Ewing, Conrad Weiser, Thomas Andrew Douglass and
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by H. Frank Eshleman, Esq.
Author
Eshleman, Henry Frank,
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Lancaster County Historical Society,
Date of Publication
1910
Physical Description
293-300 p. ; 23 cm.
Series
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 14, no. 10
Subjects
Newspapers - Pennsylvania.
Lancaster County (Pa.) - Social life and customs.
Lancaster County (Pa.) - History - 17th century.
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Lancaster County contributors to relief of Boston, 1774

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Author
Eshleman, Henry Frank,
Date of Publication
1924
names are hereto subscribed do severally agree to pay the sums affixed to our respective names to the committee of the county of Lancaster for the relief of the distresses of the poor inhabitants of the town of Boston £. s. d. £. s. d. William Wright 0 10 0 Ed. Gruber 0 10 0 Joseph Wright 0 20 0 John
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by Henry Frank Eshleman.
Author
Eshleman, Henry Frank,
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Lancaster County Historical Society,
Date of Publication
1924
Physical Description
3-5 p. ; 23 cm.
Series
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 28, no. 1
Subjects
Boston (Mass.) - History - Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775.
Lancaster County (Pa.) - History - 17th century.
Boston (Mass.) - History - Revolution, 1775-1783.
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