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The inundation of York, Penna. : a graphic description of the great flood : with an account of the violent rain storm of June 25, 1884

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo18894
Author
Spangler, F. L.
Date of Publication
1884.
Call Number
974.841 Y61m
  1 website  
Responsibility
F.L. Spangler.
Author
Spangler, F. L.
Place of Publication
York, Pa
Publisher
York Daily Printing House,
Date of Publication
1884.
Physical Description
103, [4] p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Notes
Map of the flooded district, 1884, attached to inner front cover.
Bound in LCHS volume with title: York County pamphlets.
Subjects
York (Pa.) - Flood, 1884.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
974.841 Y61m
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Resources and industries of the city of Lancaster, Lancaster County, Pa., with some account of its historical importance

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo19126
Author
Hensel, W. U.
Date of Publication
1887.
Call Number
381 L245r
  1 website  
Responsibility
Compiled ... for the Lancaster Board of Trade.
Author
Hensel, W. U.
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
["Intelligencer" Printing Establishment]
Date of Publication
1887.
Physical Description
viii, 98, v, 70 p. plates, fold. map, fold. plan. 24 cm.
Subjects
Lancaster (Pa.) - Description and travel.
Additional Corporate Author
Lancaster (Pa.). Board of Trade.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Lancaster County
Call Number
381 L245r
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At Gettysburg, or, What a girl saw and heard of the battle : a true narrative

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo19267
Author
Alleman, Tillie Pierce.
Date of Publication
1889.
Call Number
973.7349 A422
  1 website  
Alternate Title
At Gettysburg
What a girl saw and heard of the battle
Responsibility
by Tillie (Pierce) Alleman.
Author
Alleman, Tillie Pierce.
Place of Publication
New York
Publisher
W. Lake Borland,
Date of Publication
1889.
Physical Description
18 p. ; 29 cm.
Notes
Photocopy.
Contents
Chapters: INTRODUCTION - II. INCIDENTS PRECEDING THE BATTLE - III. DURING THE FIRST DAY OF THE BATTLE - IV. DURING THE SECOND DAY OF THE BATTLE - V. DURING THE THIRD DAY OF THE BATTLE - Vl. AFTER THE BATTLE - VII. HOME - VIII. CONCLUSION.
Subjects
Alleman, Tillie Pierce.
Gettysburg, Battle of, Gettysburg, Pa., 1863 - Personal narratives.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
973.7349 A422
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Memoir of Samuel Stehman Haldeman, LL. D., professor of comparative philology in the University of Pennsylvania

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo19594
Author
Hart, Charles Henry,
Date of Publication
1881.
Call Number
924.21 H326
  1 website  
Responsibility
by Charles Henry Hart ...
Author
Hart, Charles Henry,
Place of Publication
Philadelphia
Publisher
[Press of E. Stern & Co.]
Date of Publication
1881.
Physical Description
26 pages 26 cm
Notes
"Reprinted from the Penn monthly for August, 1881."
"Appendix: List of the scientific publications of Professor Haldeman, prepared by his daughter Mrs. Eliza Figyelmery", p. 21-25.
Samuel Stehman Haldeman (August 12, 1812 - September 10, 1880) was an American naturalist and philologist. During a long and varied career he studied, published, and lectured on geology, conchology, entomology and philology. (from Wikipedia )
Subjects
Haldeman, Samuel Stehman, - 1812-1880.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Rare Books
Call Number
924.21 H326
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Reminiscences of the early history of Dark Hollow, Slocum Hollow, Harrison, Lackawanna Iron Works, Scrantonia, and Scranton, Pa

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo20321
Author
Platt, J. C.
Date of Publication
1889.
Call Number
Under Review
  1 website  
Responsibility
read before the Lackawanna Institute of History and Science, November 9, 1886, by J.C. Platt.
Author
Platt, J. C.
Place of Publication
Scranton, Pa
Publisher
The Republican,
Date of Publication
1889.
Physical Description
79 p. : port. ; 23 cm.
Subjects
Lackawanna Iron and Coal Company.
Scranton (Pa.) - History.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Electronic Resources
Call Number
Under Review
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Rhymes of the road and river

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo8778
Author
MacOwen, Arthur H.
Date of Publication
1885.
Call Number
811 W562
  1 website  
Responsibility
by Chris. Wheeler.
Author
MacOwen, Arthur H.
Place of Publication
Philadelphia
Publisher
E. Stanley Hart & Co.,
Date of Publication
1885.
Physical Description
154 p. ; 22 cm.
Notes
An 1885 book of poems mostly about cycling in Pennsylvania.
Ascribed to Arthur H. MacOwen. Cf. LC.
Contents
Lays of Lancaster Pike -- Songs of the Schuykill River -- Bent oars and broken spokes -- Cycling Bab ballads.
Subjects
Cycling
Pennsylvania - Poetry.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
811 W562
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Perley's reminiscences of sixty years in the national metropolis

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo1360
Author
Poore, Benjamin Perley,
Date of Publication
[1886]
Call Number
973 P823
  1 website  
Responsibility
by Ben: Perley Poore.
Author
Poore, Benjamin Perley,
Place of Publication
Philadelphia [etc.] New York
Publisher
Hubbard brothers; W. A. Houghton; [etc., etc.,]
Date of Publication
[1886]
Physical Description
2 v. fronts., illus. (incl. ports., facsims.) 24 cm.
Notes
LCHS has vol. 1 only.
Summary
Benjamin Perley Poore ( 1820-1887 ) was a popular newspaper correspondent and editor and an author. This book is his account of history , politics , and life as he observed it in Washington D.C. and the nation during his lifetime.
Subjects
Washington (D.C.) - History.
Washington (D.C.) - Social life and customs.
United States - History.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
973 P823
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A Christmas reminder : being the names of about eight thousand persons, a small portion of the number confined on board the British prison ships during the war of the Revolution

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo1583
Corporate Author
Society of Old Brooklynites (Brooklyn, New York, N.Y.)
Date of Publication
1888.
Call Number
973.371 B872
  1 website  
Responsibility
with the compliments of the Society of Old Brooklynites.
Corporate Author
Society of Old Brooklynites (Brooklyn, New York, N.Y.)
Place of Publication
Brooklyn, N.Y
Publisher
Eagle print.,
Date of Publication
1888.
Physical Description
61 p. ; 23 cm.
Subjects
Jersey (Prison-ship)
Great Britain. - Royal Navy - Prisons.
Prison Ship Martyrs Monument (Brooklyn, New York, N.Y.)
Prison hulks - New York (State) - New York.
Prisoners of war - United States.
United States - History - Revolution, 1775-1783 - Prisoners and prisons.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
973.371 B872
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Allegheny county's hundred years

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo1658
Author
Thurston, George H.
Date of Publication
1888.
Call Number
974.885 A422
  1 website  
Responsibility
by George H. Thurston.
Author
Thurston, George H.
Place of Publication
Pittsburgh
Publisher
A. A. Anderson & Son, book and job printers,
Date of Publication
1888.
Physical Description
312 p., [4] leaves of plates (3 fold.) : ill., maps, plans ; 20 cm.
Notes
Advertising matter printed throughout book.
LCHS copy missing title page.
Contents
Contents: Chapters 1 thru 8 - Covers 1754 to 1888 9 - boat building in Allegheny County 10 - coal and coke trade 11 - Iron and steel trade 12 - Glass manufacturing 13 - Natural gas 14 - Oil trade in Allegheny County 15 - Copper,lead, brass and tin 16 - Mercantile interests 17. From pack horse to railroads 18. Financial institutions 19. Insurance companies 20. Electrical appliances 21. Churches , schools, and newspapers 22. Music, art, and benevolent institutions
Subjects
Allegheny County (Pa.) - History.
Allegheny County (Pa.) - Description and travel.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
974.885 A422
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The ladies of the White House, or, In the home of the presidents : being a complete history of the social and domestic lives of the presidents from Washington to the present time

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo1678
Author
Holloway, Laura C.
Date of Publication
1881.
Call Number
920.7 H745
  1 website  
Responsibility
by Laura C. Holloway.
Author
Holloway, Laura C.
Place of Publication
Philadelphia
Publisher
Bradley, Garretson,
Date of Publication
1881.
Physical Description
736 p., [30] leaves of plates : ill., ports. ; 23 cm.
Summary
Biographical sketches of the First Ladies of the White House from presidents Washington to Garfield.
Subjects
Johnston, Harriet Lane, - 1830-1903.
Presidents - United States
Women
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
920.7 H745
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