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Old Lancaster tales and traditions

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Author
Worner, William Frederic.
Date of Publication
1927.
Call Number
974.815 LACI W928
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Author
Worner, William Frederic.
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
The Author,
Date of Publication
1927.
Physical Description
x, 261 p. illus. 24 cm.
Contents
Declaration of Independence in Lancaster--Thomas Wharton, Jr. in Lancaster--Baron Steuben in Lancaster--Lancaster in 1778--Lancaster in 1783--Ephrata Community--Lancaster in 1788--Camel in Lancaster--Lancaster in 1795--Lancaster in 1797--John Marshall in Lancaster--First elephant in Lancaster--General Pinckney in Lancaster--Lancaster in 1807--Alexander Wilson in Lancaster--Mrs. Royall's visit to Lancaster--Royal Arabian horse in Lancaster--Daniel Webster in Lancaster--Rich men of Lancaster City in 1845--The Wreath--Chinese soldier in the Civil War--Hope Church--Seventy-fifth aniversaryof Hope Church--Story of Salome Le Roy--Tory of the Revolution.
Illustrations--Rare old Lancaster imprint--Lancaster Count Courthouse--Residence of Christopher Marshall--Trinity Lutheran Church--Cat Tavern--Old Ferry House--Buildings of the Ephrata Cloister--Watermark, Ephrata Cloister--Finest Colonial House in Lancaster--Caleb Cope House--Barracks on Howard Avenue--Saron House. Ephrata Cloister--Cell, Ephrata Cloister--Watermarks, Ephrata Cloister--Room in Saron House, Ephrata Cloister--Kitchen, Ephrata Cloister--Fireplace, Ephrata Cloister--Matin Room--Ephrata Cloister--Seal, Ephrata Cloister--Government Buildings, Lancaster--Washington Hotel--Old Powder House--Lancaster Academy--Male camel--Watermarks, Ephrata Cloister--Johann Conrad Beissel--Tomb of Johann Conrad Beissel--Fountain Inn--Rockford, Home of General Hand--White Swan Tavern--Blunderbuss--Lancaster City Hall--Newspaper account of Marshall's arival--Residence of Jasper Yeates--Residence of Timothy Matlack--Advertisement of the elephant--Oldest tobacco shop in the United States--Old wooden sign, Demuth Tobacco Shop--View of North Queen Street about 1840--William Pitt Tavern--Sign of William Pitt Tavern--Lancaster in 1810--Anchor Inn, Lititz, Pa.--Heinitsh's Drug Store--James Buchanan--Steinman's Hardware Store--Slaymaker's Hotel--Abbeville--House and tannery of Georg H. Krug--Fire engine--View of West King Street about 1850--The Wreath--Button Suctio Engine--Hose cart--Hope Episcopal Church, Mount Hope, Pa.--Mount Hope Mansion--Memorial chancel and altar, Hope Church--Brew House--Bird's-eye view of Lancaster--German Reformed Church--House built about 1760--Lancaster County Prison.
Subjects
Woo, Hong Neok - 1834-1919.
Folklore - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
Lancaster (Pa.) - History.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
974.815 LACI W928
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History of the Reformed Church in the United States, 1725-1792

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Author
Good, James I.
Date of Publication
1899.
Call Number
285.8 G646
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Author
Good, James I.
Place of Publication
Reading, Pa
Publisher
D. Miller,
Date of Publication
1899.
Physical Description
vii, 701 p. illus. 20 cm.
Subjects
Reformed Church in the United States - History.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
285.8 G646
Websites
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A history of education in Pennsylvania, private and public, elementary and higher. From the time the Swedes settled on the Delaware to the present day

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Author
Wickersham, James Pyle,
Date of Publication
1886.
Call Number
370 W636
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Responsibility
By James Pyle Wickersham. Pub. for the author.
Author
Wickersham, James Pyle,
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Inquirer Publishing Company,
Date of Publication
1886.
Physical Description
xxiii, 683 p. front. (port.) illus. 24 1/2 cm.
Subjects
Education - Pennsylvania
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
370 W636
Websites
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American prisoners of the Revolution

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Author
Dandridge, Danske.
Date of Publication
1994
Call Number
929.31 D178
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Responsibility
by Danske Dandridge
Author
Dandridge, Danske.
Place of Publication
Baltimore
Publisher
Clearfield Co.
Date of Publication
1994
Physical Description
ix, 504 p. 21 cm.
Subjects
Revolution, 1775-1783
Prisoners of war - United States.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
929.31 D178
Websites
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Documentary history of the Evangelical Lutheran ministerium of Pennsylvania and adjacent states. Proceedings of the annual conventions from 1748 to 1821. Compiled and translated from records in the archives and from the written protocols

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Corporate Author
Evangelical Lutheran Ministerium of Pennsylvania and the Adjacent States.
Date of Publication
1898.
Call Number
284.1 E92
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Corporate Author
Evangelical Lutheran Ministerium of Pennsylvania and the Adjacent States.
Place of Publication
Philadelphia
Publisher
Board of Publication of the General Council of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in North America,
Date of Publication
1898.
Physical Description
iv, 619 p. 24 cm.
Notes
Lettered on cover: Jubilee memorial, 1748-1898.
"Sources": p. 1-2.
Subjects
Evangelical Lutheran Ministerium of Pennsylvania and the Adjacent States - History.
Lutheran Church
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
284.1 E92
Websites
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The famous speech of Hon. Thaddeus Stevens of Pennsylvania : in opposition to the repeal of the common school law of 1834, in the House of representatives of Pennsylvania, April 11, 1835

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Author
Stevens, Thaddeus,
Date of Publication
1904.
Call Number
370 S846
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Author
Stevens, Thaddeus,
Place of Publication
Philadelphia
Publisher
Thaddeus Stevens Memorial Association,
Date of Publication
1904.
Physical Description
12 p. ; 20 cm.
Subjects
Stevens, Thaddeus, - 1792-1868.
Educational law and legislation - Pennsylvania.
Education - Pennsylvania.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
370 S846
Websites
Documents

famous_speech_of_Hon_Thaddeus_Stevens-1904_edition.pdf

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Pennsylvania German. A collection of Pennsylvania German productions in poetry and prose

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Author
Miller, Daniel,
Edition
2d. ed.
Date of Publication
1904.
Call Number
437.9748 M647
  1 website  
Responsibility
Edited by Daniel Miller, with an introduction by Prof. J. S. Stahr, D. D.
Author
Miller, Daniel,
Edition
2d. ed.
Place of Publication
Reading, Pa
Publisher
Daniel Miller,
Date of Publication
1904.
Physical Description
295 p. : ill. ; 20 cm.
Subjects
German-American literature - Pennsylvania.
Pennsylvania German dialect.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
437.9748 M647
Websites
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Introduction to the English reader : or, A selection of pieces, in prose and poetry, calculated to improve the younger classes of learners in reading, and to imbue their minds with the love of virture. To which are added, rules and observations for assisting children to read with propriety

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Author
Murray, Lindley,
Date of Publication
1829.
Call Number
817.5 M982i 1829
  1 website  
Responsibility
By Lindley Murray.
Author
Murray, Lindley,
Place of Publication
Philadelphia
Publisher
S. Probasco,
Date of Publication
1829.
Physical Description
166 p. ; 18 cm.
Subjects
Readers.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Rare Books
Call Number
817.5 M982i 1829
Websites
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Cookbook of Sarah Burd Yeates

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Date of Publication
[1994]
Call Number
641.5 Y41
  1 website  
Responsibility
Compiled by Sarah Burd Yeates. Transcribed by Marian Brubaker
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Typescript
Date of Publication
[1994]
Physical Description
285 p. 30 cm.
Notes
This is a transcription of the original Sarah Yeates manuscript cookbook. The recipes were gathered from 1767-182?
Subjects
Cookery - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
Additional Author
Yeates, Sarah Burd.
Brubaker, Marian.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Lancaster County
Call Number
641.5 Y41
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A century of printing the issues of the press in Pennsylvania, 1685-1784

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Author
Hildeburn, Charles Swift Riche,
Date of Publication
1886
Call Number
010.070 I86
  2 websites  
Alternate Title
Issues of the press in Pennsylvania
Author
Hildeburn, Charles Swift Riche,
Place of Publication
Philadelphia
Publisher
J.B. Lippincott
Date of Publication
1886
Physical Description
2 v. 27 cm.
Notes
Spine title: Issues of the press in Pennsylvania
Summary
"The design of this work is to present , as far as possible, full and strictly accurate descriptions of the titles , with collations, of every book , pamphlet and broadside printed in the Province and state of Pennsylvania , during the first hundred years of the operations of the press within their limits." [from the preface]
Subjects
Printing - Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania - Imprints.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
010.070 I86
Websites
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