Essays, read before the Lancaster County teachers' institute, held in Fulton Hall, Lancaster City, January 26th, to January 31st, 1857, inclusive. Together with the names of the members of the institute
With an introduction, embracing the aggregate tables for the United States compared with every previous census since 1790--schedules and laws of Congress relating to the census in the same period--ratio tables of increase and decrease of cities and states, etc. by sex and ages, and color--Table of population of every county, town, townshp, etc., in the United States, alphabetically arranged--together with some explanatory remarks.
Contents
1.Population by counties, classification of ages and color, aggregates--2.Population by subdivision of counties--3.Nativities of the population--4.Births, marriages, deaths, dwellings, and families--5.Progress of the population--6.Deaf and dumb, blind, insane and idiotic--7.Colleges, academies, schools, etc.--8.Attending school during year, as returned by families--9.Adults in the state who cannot read and write--10.Professions, occupations, and trades of the male population--11.Agriculture, farms and implements, stock products, home manufactures, etc.--12.Newspapers and periodicals--13.Libraries other than private--14.Churches, church property, etc.
A plan with proposals for forming a company to work mines in the United States; and to smelt and refine the ores, whether of copper, lead, tin, silver, or gold
Physical education: the only solid foundation of moral and intellectual culture and development: an address delivered before the Linnaean Association of Pennsylvania College, Gettysburg, Pa., at the annual commencement, Sept. 19th, 1851
translated out of the original tongues: and with the former translations diligently compared and revised. ; With marginal references.
Place of Publication
Philadelphia
Publisher
Printed for Thomas Dobson, at the stone house, no. 41, South Second Street,
Date of Publication
1799.
Physical Description
[752] p., [18] leaves of plates : ill., 2 maps ; 42 cm. (fol.)
Notes
Includes the Apocrypha. The New Testament (p. [589-735]) has separate title page.
Made up of the sheets of the 1796 edition printed by Jacob R. Berriman for Berriman & Co. (Evans 30065), the title page and title page to the New Testament having been reprinted. The plates are the same as those found in the 1796 issue, save the frontispiece ("A scheme of the lives of the Patriarchs, from Adam to Moses inclusive. By Jas. Purves. 1786.").
Signatures: [A]² B-7I² [7K]² 7L-9D².
Printed in two columns. Plates engraved by Alexander Anderson, Cornelius Tiebout, William Rollinson, and Amos Doolittle.
Note on back of photocopy of genealogical record: Lancaster Journal, Wed. Oct 30, 1799, James Armstrong ad on "A Stray" on p. 2.
Genealogical material available in family file.
Viewing bible contingent on staff availability, an appointment may be required.
"An index to the Holy Bible ..."--P. [737-748]. Tables, p. [748-750]. "List of subscribers' names."--p. [751-752].
Loose items removed to MG-399, Armstrong family bible including: a birthday post card, an evelope postmarked Saint Louis, Mo., and paid stamp addressed to Miss Lizzie Armstrong, Lancaster, Penna; a blue cutout valentine with blue ribbon and verse on reverse; a program of the Price Literary Society, C. S. N. S. Lock Have, Pa, November 30, 1883; a calling card of Jno. F. Shenk, Class of '84, Central State Normal School; a manuscript describing flowers by Mattie C. Hess, November 5, 1875, and a manuscript describing water by Mattie C. Hess, February 16, 1876.
Genealogical material on both sides of front flyleaf, 1796 - 1911
Evans
Hills, M.T. Engl. Bible in Amer.,
Full leather binding with marbled end papers and maroon leather title on spine; covers detached from spine.
Jacob Denners Christlich-und erbauliche Betrachtungen über die Sonn-und Festtags-Evangelia des ganzen Jahrs, nebst einem Anhange verschiedener Predigten über besondere Texte, sowohl aus dem Alten als Neuen Testamente; und einer Vermehrung von dreyen Predigten über das heilige Vater Unser. Durch Gottes Gnade in öffentlicher Versammlung in Altona mündlich vorgetragen, und auf Begehren dem Druck überlassen
Neue, auf Kosten Johannes Herrstein und Johannes Schmutz gemachte Aufl.
Place of Publication
Frankenthal am Rhein
Publisher
Ludwig Bernhard Friedrich Gegels,
Date of Publication
1792.
Physical Description
[14] 1502 [52] pages 21 cm
Notes
Cf. Mennonite Encyclopedia II, 37.
Viewing bibles contingent on staff availability, an appointment may be required.
Two loose items removed to MG399; Christian Herr family bible.
Name of Christian Herr 1798 inscribed on back of front cover.
Pasted on back of front cover below inscription: To the Lancaster County Historical Society from Lloyd Espenschied, 99 82nd Road (Newbold Place), Kew Gardens, New York 11415, 18 Sept., 1970.
Full blind-tooled leather binding with clasps intact.
