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The Conestoga six-horse bell teams of eastern Pennsylvania

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Author
Omwake, John,
Date of Publication
1930.
Call Number
388 C747 1930
  1 website  
Author
Omwake, John,
Place of Publication
Cincinnati
Publisher
The Ebbert & Richardson co.,
Date of Publication
1930.
Physical Description
128 p. illus. 27 cm.
Contents
Chapters: The origin of the Conestoga wagon and its name /// Some wagons belonging to Dutch settlers at the foot of a mountain called the Blue Ridge /// the farm wagon at Mount Vernon and others in the province of Pennsylvania /// Some Conestoga wagons during the Revolutionary War and in the years following // Conestoga wagon bells // Glory of wagoning and the road to the west /// Conestoga wagon construction /// Conestoga wagon iron /// Conestoga six horse team and the harness /// Sundry Conestoga wagons and wagoners /// The heyday of wagoning /// Some Conestoga wagons and wagoners in Franklin County, Pa.
Subjects
Wagons.
Transportation - United States
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
388 C747 1930
Websites
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Journal of the Senate of the commonwealth of Pennsylvania, : which commenced at Harrisburg, the first day of December, in the year of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and twelve, and of the independence of the United States of America the thirty-seventh. : Volume XXIII

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Corporate Author
Pennsylvania. General Assembly. Senate.
Date of Publication
1812 [i.e. 1813].
Call Number
Book 35a 1812
  1 website  
Corporate Author
Pennsylvania. General Assembly. Senate.
Place of Publication
Harrisburg [Pa.]
Publisher
Printed by William Greer.,
Date of Publication
1812 [i.e. 1813].
Physical Description
620 [i.e. 618], [2], 24 p. ; 23 cm.
Notes
Journal of the session which began Dec. 1, 1812 and concluded Mar. 29, 1813.
Errors in paging: numbers 465-466 omitted; p. 306, 313, 314, 496 misnumbered 506, 213, 214, 696.
"Index to the Journal of the Senate of the commonwealth of Pennsylvania. Session, 1812-13. Harrisburg: Printed by William Greer. 1813"--24 p., 2nd count. Recorded separately by Shaw & Showmaker as entry 29472.
Jasper Yeates Colonial Law Library.
Yeates signature at top of title page.
Book number 35 as assigned by Yeates.
"Expiration of the appointments of the members of Senate."--Page 620.
Shaw & Shoemaker
Subjects
Legislative journals - Pennsylvania.
Politics and government
Pennsylvania - Politics and government - 1775-1865.
Additional Author
Greer, William,
Yeates, Jasper,
Additional Title
Index to the Journal of the Senate of the commonwealth of Pennsylvania. Session, 1812-13.
Place
United States Pennsylvania Harrisburg.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Yeates Collection
Call Number
Book 35a 1812
Websites
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Journal of the Senate of the commonwealth of Pennsylvania, : which commenced at Harrisburg the seventh day of December, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirteen, and of the independence of the United States of America the thirty-eighth. : Volume XXIV

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo20834
Corporate Author
Pennsylvania. General Assembly. Senate.
Date of Publication
1813.
Call Number
Book 36 1813
  1 website  
Corporate Author
Pennsylvania. General Assembly. Senate.
Place of Publication
Harrisburg [Pa.]
Publisher
Printed by Christian Gleim,
Date of Publication
1813.
Physical Description
560, 42 [i.e. 24] p. ; 23 cm.
Notes
Journal of the session which began Dec. 7, 1813 and concluded Mar. 28, 1814.
Error in paging: p. 24, 2nd count, misnumbered 42.
"Index to the Journal of the Senate of the commonwealth of Pennsylvania, session 1813-14"--24 p., 2nd count. Recorded separately by Shaw & Shoemaker as entry 32469.
"Members of Senate, whose seats will be vacated."--Page 560.
Jasper Yeates Colonial Law Library.
Yeates's signature at top of title page.
Book number 36 as assigned by Yeates.
Shaw & Shoemaker
Subjects
Legislative journals - Pennsylvania.
Legislative journals.
Politics and government
Pennsylvania - Politics and government - 1775-1865.
Pennsylvania.
Full leather (Binding)
Blind tooling with maroon spine label (Binding)
Additional Author
Gleim, Christian,
Yeates, Jasper,
Additional Title
Index to the Journal of the Senate of the commonwealth of Pennsylvania, session 1813-14.
Place
United States Pennsylvania Harrisburg.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Yeates Collection
Call Number
Book 36 1813
Websites
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Journal of the twenty sixth House of Representatives of the commonwealth of Pennsylvania. : Commenced at Harrisburg, Tuesday the fifth of December, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifteen, and of the commonwealth the fortieth

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo20835
Corporate Author
Pennsylvania. General Assembly. House of Representatives.
Date of Publication
1815 [i.e. 1816].
Call Number
Book 37 1815
  2 websites  
Corporate Author
Pennsylvania. General Assembly. House of Representatives.
Place of Publication
Harrisburg [Pa.]
Publisher
Printed by James Peacock.,
Date of Publication
1815 [i.e. 1816].
Physical Description
715, [1], 84, lvii [i.e. lix], [1] p. ; 23 cm.
Notes
Journal of the session which began Dec. 5, 1815 and concluded Mar. 19, 1816.
Errors in paging: p. 329 misnumbered 229; numbers lv-lvi repeated.
Last page blank.
Jasper Yeates Colonial Law Library.
Yeates's signature at tope of title page.
Book number 37 as assigned by Yeates.
Shaw & Shoemaker records the Appendix (84 p., 2nd count) separately as entry 38577.
"Appendix to the Journal of the twenty sixth House of Representatives of the commonwealth of Pennsylvania. 1815-16"--Page [1]-84, 2nd count.
"Index to the Journal of the twenty sixth House of Representatives of the commonwealth of Pennsylvania. 1815-16"--Page [i]-lvii, 3rd count.
Shaw & Shoemaker
Subjects
Legislative journals - Pennsylvania.
Legislative journals.
Politics and government
Pennsylvania - Politics and government - 1775-1865.
Pennsylvania.
Full leather (Binding)
Blind tooling with maroon title (Binding)
Additional Author
Peacock, James,
Yeates, Jasper,
Additional Title
Appendix to the Journal of the twenty sixth House of Representatives of the commonwealth of Pennsylvania. 1815-16.
Place
United States Pennsylvania Harrisburg.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Yeates Collection
Call Number
Book 37 1815
Websites
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Journal of the Senate of the commonwealth of Pennsylvania, : which commenced at Harrisburg the fifth day of December, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifteen, and of the independence of the United States of America the fortieth. : Volume XXVI

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo20840
Corporate Author
Pennsylvania. General Assembly. Senate.
Date of Publication
1815.
Call Number
Book 38 1815
  2 websites  
Corporate Author
Pennsylvania. General Assembly. Senate.
Place of Publication
Harrisburg [Pa.]
Publisher
Printed by Christian Gleim.,
Date of Publication
1815.
Physical Description
415, [1], 97, [1], 14 p. ; 23 cm.
Notes
Journal of the session which began Dec. 5, 1815 and concluded Mar. 19, 1816.
"Members of Senate, whose seats will be vacated."--Page [416], 1st count.
"Appendix to the Journal of the Senate of the commonwealth of Pennsylvania. Session 1815-16"--97 p., 2nd count.
"Index to the Journal of the Senate of the commonwealth of Pennsylvania. Session 1815-16"--14 p., 3rd count.
Jasper Yeates's Colonial Law Library.
Yeates's signature at top of title page.
Book number38 as assigned by Yeates.
Shaw & Shoemaker
Subjects
Legislative journals - Pennsylvania.
Pennsylvania - Politics and government - 1775-1865.
Full leather (Binding)
Additional Author
Gleim, Christian,
Yeates, Jasper,
Additional Title
Appendix to the Journal of the Senate of the commonwealth of Pennsylvania. Session 1815-16.
Place
United States Pennsylvania Harrisburg.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Yeates Collection
Call Number
Book 38 1815
Websites
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Narrative of the proceedings against Thomas Cooper, Esquire, president judge of the eight judiciary district of Pennsylvania, on a charge of official misconduct

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Author
Cooper, Thomas,
Date of Publication
1811.
Call Number
Book 461 1811a
  1 website  
Author
Cooper, Thomas,
Place of Publication
Lancaster [Pa.]
Publisher
Printed by William Hamilton.,
Date of Publication
1811.
Physical Description
[2], 55, [1] p. ; 23 cm.
Notes
"I publish the following report of proceedings in my case, for my own sake ... but I present what I honestly believe to be a fair and brief view of all that is necessary to enable others to form their own judgement."--Preface, p. [1]. Signed: Thomas Cooper.
Last page blank.
Jasper Yeates's Colonial Law Library.
Yeates's signature at top of title page.
Book number 461 as assigned by Yeates.
Bound with Oration on masonry: delivered at St. John's church in the city of Philadelphia, at the request of the right worshipful Grand Lodge of Pennsylvania, on St. John's day, June 24, 1811, by James Milnor. Philadelphia: J. Maxwell, 1811 -- Proposals, by Farrand and Nichholas for publishing by subscription ...The American Review of history and politics. Place not identified: publisher not identified, 1810 -- Proposals for publishing by subscription, a translation from the French, of. LeSages's historical genealogial chronological and geographical atlas. Philadelphia: Jane Aiken, 1819 -- A description of the chain bridge; invented by Judge Finley, of Fayette County Pennsylvania...Uniontown, Pa: William Campbell, 1811 -- The pioneeer, vol. I, no. IV, May 5, 1812 -- The Port folio (new series) by Oliver Oldschool, Esq. Philadelphia, Saturday, March 12, 1808 -- Annual discourse, delivered before the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts on the 13th of November 1810 by Joseph Hopkinson. Philadelphia: published by Bradford and Inskeep; Inseeep and Bradford, New York: and William M'Ilhenry, Boston, Sweeny & M'Kenzie, printers, 1810 -- Reply to Mr. Burke's invective against Mr. Cooper, and Mr. Watt, in the House of Commons on the30th of April, 1792, by Thomas Cooper. London: printed for J. Johnson, in St. Paul's Church Yard; and M Falkner and Co., Manchester, M,DCC,XCII (1792) -- Narrative of the proceedings against Thomas Cooiper, exquire, president judge of the eighth judiciary district of Pennsylvania, on a charge of official misconduct. Lancaster: printed by William Hamilton, 1811; -- [Narrative on the title of West Florida]. Place not identified:published not identified. date not identified -- Observations on the conduct of our executive towards Spain. Place not identified:published not identified. date not identified -- Letters, addressed to the people of Pennsylvania respecting the internal improvement, of the commonwealth; by means of roads and canals by William J. Duane. Philadelphia: printed by Jane Aiken, No 71, North Third Street, 18ll --An address of the members of theHouse of Representatives, of the Congress of the United States, to their consitutents, on the subject of the war with Great Britain. Philadelphia: printed at the office of the United States' Gazette, date not identified; Documents and facts, relative to military events, during the late war by Jno. P. Boyd. Place not identified:published not identified. date not identified-- Darstellung des in Baltimore am 27 und 28sten Julii, 1812, gemachten Angriffs auf die presfreyheit, und das leben der Bertheidiger defelben. Philadelphia: gedruct bey Conrad Zentler, in der Zwenten Stresse, unterhalb der Regs Strasse, 1812 -- Plan of an improved system of the money-concerns of the Union by Erick Bollman, M.D. Philadelphia: printed for the auther. Wiliam Fry, printer, Walnut, near Fifth Street, 1816; Articles of the Farmer's Bank of Lancaster. Place not idenifiied: Printed by Hugh Hamilton, date not identified.
Shaw & Shoemaker
Subjects
Cooper, Thomas, - 1759-1839 - Trials, litigation, etc.
Cooper, Thomas, - 1759-1839.
Judges
Misconduct in office - Pennsylvania.
Misconduct in office.
Politics and government
Pennsylvania - Politics and government - 1775-1865.
Pennsylvania.
Trials, litigation, etc.
Thee-quarters leather on marbled paper (Binding)
Additional Author
Hamilton, William,
Yeates', Jasper,
Place
United States Pennsylvania Lancaster.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Yeates Collection
Call Number
Book 461 1811a
Websites
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Letters, addressed to the people of Pennsylvania respecting the internal improvement, of the commonwealth; by means of roads and canals

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Author
Duane, William J.
Date of Publication
1811.
Call Number
Book 461 1811b
  1 website  
Responsibility
By William J. Duane.
Author
Duane, William J.
Place of Publication
Philadelphia
Publisher
Printed by Jane Aitken, No. 71, North Third street,
Date of Publication
1811.
Physical Description
1 preliminary leaf, 125 pages 23 cm
Notes
Jasper Yeates's Colonial Law Library.
Yeates's signature at top of title page.
Book number 461 as assigned by Yeates.
Bound with Oration on masonry: delivered at St. John's church in the city of Philadelphia, at the request of the right worshipful Grand Lodge of Pennsylvania, on St. John's day, June 24, 1811, by James Milnor. Philadelphia: J. Maxwell, 1811 -- Proposals, by Farrand and Nichholas for publishing by subscription ...The American Review of history and politics. Place not identified: publisher not identified, 1810 -- Proposals for publishing by subscription, a translation from the French, of. LeSages's historical genealogial chronological and geographical atlas. Philadelphia: Jane Aiken, 1819 -- A description of the chain bridge; invented by Judge Finley, of Fayette County Pennsylvania...Uniontown, Pa: William Campbell, 1811 -- The pioneeer, vol. I, no. IV, May 5, 1812 -- The Port folio (new series) by Oliver Oldschool, Esq. Philadelphia, Saturday, March 12, 1808 -- Annual discourse, delivered before the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts on the 13th of November 1810 by Joseph Hopkinson. Philadelphia: published by Bradford and Inskeep; Inseeep and Bradford, New York: and William M'Ilhenry, Boston, Sweeny & M'Kenzie, printers, 1810 -- Reply to Mr. Burke's invective against Mr. Cooper, and Mr. Watt, in the House of Commons on the30th of April, 1792, by Thomas Cooper. London: printed for J. Johnson, in St. Paul's Church Yard; and M Falkner and Co., Manchester, M,DCC,XCII (1792) -- Narrative of the proceedings against Thomas Cooiper, exquire, president judge of the eighth judiciary district of Pennsylvania, on a charge of official misconduct. Lancaster: printed by William Hamilton, 1811; -- [Narrative on the title of West Florida]. Place not identified:published not identified. date not identified -- Observations on the conduct of our executive towards Spain. Place not identified:published not identified. date not identified -- Letters, addressed to the people of Pennsylvania respecting the internal improvement, of the commonwealth; by means of roads and canals by William J. Duane. Philadelphia: printed by Jane Aiken, No 71, North Third Street, 18ll --An address of the members of theHouse of Representatives, of the Congress of the United States, to their consitutents, on the subject of the war with Great Britain. Philadelphia: printed at the office of the United States' Gazette, date not identified; Documents and facts, relative to military events, during the late war by Jno. P. Boyd. Place not identified:published not identified. date not identified-- Darstellung des in Baltimore am 27 und 28sten Julii, 1812, gemachten Angriffs auf die presfreyheit, und das leben der Bertheidiger defelben. Philadelphia: gedruct bey Conrad Zentler, in der Zwenten Stresse, unterhalb der Regs Strasse, 1812 -- Plan of an improved system of the money-concerns of the Union by Erick Bollman, M.D. Philadelphia: printed for the auther. Wiliam Fry, printer, Walnut, near Fifth Street, 1816; Articles of the Farmer's Bank of Lancaster. Place not idenifiied: Printed by Hugh Hamilton, date not identified.
Subjects
Canals - Pennsylvania.
Roads - Pennsylvania.
Canals.
Roads.
CHR 1811.
PRO Norris, Charles Camblos, 1876- (donor) (RBC copy 2)
Pennsylvania.
Three-quarter leather on marbled boards (Binding)
Additional Author
Yeates, Jasper,
Location
Lancaster History Library - Yeates Collection
Call Number
Book 461 1811b
Websites
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Documents and facts, relative to military events, during the late war

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Author
Boyd, John Parker,
Date of Publication
1816
Call Number
Book 461 1816
  1 website  
Author
Boyd, John Parker,
Place of Publication
[Place of publication not identified]
Publisher
[publisher not identified],
Date of Publication
1816
Physical Description
28 pages ; 23 cm
Notes
Caption title.
Defending the author's generalship.
Jasper Yeates's Colonial Law Library.
Yeates signature at top of title page.
Book number 461 as assigned by Yeates.
Bound with Proposals, by Farrand and Nichholas for publishing by subscription ...The American Review of history and politics. Place not identified: publisher not identified, 1810 -- Proposals for publishing by subscription, a translation from the French, of. LeSages's historical genealogial chronological and geographical atlas. Philadelphia: Jane Aiken, 1819 -- A description of the chain bridge; invented by Judge Finley, of Fayette County Pennsylvania...Uniontown, Pa: William Campbell, 1811 -- The pioneeer, vol. I, no. IV, May 5, 1812 -- The Port folio (new series) by Oliver Oldschool, Esq. Philadelphia, Saturday, March 12, 1808 -- Annual discourse, delivered before the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts on the 13th of November 1810 by Joseph Hopkinson. Philadelphia: published by Bradford and Inskeep; Inseeep and Bradford, New York: and William M'Ilhenry, Boston, Sweeny & M'Kenzie, printers, 1810 -- Reply to Mr. Burke's invective against Mr. Cooper, and Mr. Watt, in the House of Commons on the30th of April, 1792, by Thomas Cooper. London: printed for J. Johnson, in St. Paul's Church Yard; and M Falkner and Co., Manchester, M,DCC,XCII (1792) -- Narrative of the proceedings against Thomas Cooiper, esquire, president judge of the eighth judiciary district of Pennsylvania, on a charge of official misconduct. Lancaster: printed by William Hamilton, 1811; -- [Narrative on the title of West Florida]. Place not identified:published not identified. date not identified -- Observations on the conduct of our executive towards Spain. Place not identified:published not identified. date not identified -- Letters, addressed to the people of Pennsylvania respecting the internal improvement, of the commonwealth; by means of roads and canals by William J. Duane. Philadelphia: printed by Jane Aiken, No 71, North Third Street, 18ll --An address of the members of theHouse of Representatives, of the Congress of the United States, to their consitutents, on the subject of the war with Great Britain. Philadelphia: printed at the office of the United States' Gazette, date not identified; Documents and facts, relative to military events, during the late war by Jno. P. Boyd. Place not identified:published not identified. date not identified-- Darstellung des in Baltimore am 27 und 28sten Julii, 1812, gemachten Angriffs auf die presfreyheit, und das leben der Bertheidiger defelben. Philadelphia: gedruct bey Conrad Zentler, in der Zwenten Stresse, unterhalb der Regs Strasse, 1812 -- Plan of an improved system of the money-concerns of the Union by Erick Bollman, M.D. Philadelphia: printed for the auther. Wiliam Fry, printer, Walnut, near Fifth Street, 1816; Articles of the Farmer's Bank of Lancaster. Place not idenifiied: Printed by Hugh Hamilton, date not identified.
Summary
The writer is a General from the War of 1812 who had suffered defeats during the war and was not chosen to remain in the Army after the war. He defends his performance in this letter.
Subjects
Boyd, John Parker, - 1764-1830.
Military campaigns.
United States - History - War of 1812 - Campaigns.
United States.
History.
Three-quarters leather on marbled boards (Binding)
Additional Author
Yeates, Jasper,
Location
Lancaster History Library - Yeates Collection
Call Number
Book 461 1816
Websites
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The book of old ships and something of their evolution and romance, wherein will be found drawings and descriptions of many varieties of vessels, both long and round, showing their development from most remote times; the portraiture of their progress, their garnishment, etc., etc., together with divers dissertations upon the origins of shipping; also an appendix wherein will be discovered to the inquisitive much information appertaining to the ancient uses and customs of the sea and mariners

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Author
Culver, Henry B.
Date of Publication
1935.
Call Number
900 C968
  1 website  
Responsibility
illustrated in line and color with a variety of original designs of shipping compiled from authentic sources drawn by Gordon Grant; text by Henry B. Culver.
Author
Culver, Henry B.
Place of Publication
Garden City, N.Y
Publisher
Garden City publishing company, inc.
Date of Publication
1935.
Physical Description
3 p. l., xi-xxiv p., 1 l., 306 p. incl. illus., plates (part col.) col. front. 29 cm.
Notes
Illustrated lining-papers.
Descriptive text on verso of frontispiece.
Contents
Chapters: The Galleass --Part II: Round ships --Round ships --A Greek merchantman --A medieval ship --A thirteenth century English warship --An early Fifteenth century merchant ship -- The carrack -- Late Fifteenth century ship -- An early sixteenth century ship -- The hulk -- The caravel -- The galleon -- An Elizabethan ship of 1588 -- The cromster -- A late Sixteenth century English ship -- An early Seventeenth century Dutch merchant ship -- The Buss -- The Dutch galliot -- An English sixty-gun ship of about the year 1960 -- The flute -- A late Seventeenth century French ship of the first rate -- A Dutch ship of the end of the Seventeenth century -- The ketch -- An Eighteenth century seventy-four gun ship -- An East Indiaman of 1750 -- The lugger -- The howker -- The bugalet -- An eighteenth century Frigate -- The Felucca -- The Barque provenc?ale -- The tartane -- The Norwegian cat -- The bilander -- The fire ship -- The pink -- The patache -- Polacre -- The Xebec -- The sai?que -- A capital ship of 1820 -- A frigate of 1820 -- The brig -- The snow -- The brigantine -- Extracts from the log of the ship "Felicity" -- The corvette -- The topsail schooner -- The goe?lette -- The packet ship -- A new Bedford whaling bark -- The Barquentine -- Clipper ship of 1850 -- The modern super ship.
Subjects
Shipbuilding
Ships.
Additional Author
Grant, Gordon,
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
900 C968
Websites
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The Hessian prisoners in the American War of Independence and their life in captivity

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Author
Volm, M. H.
Date of Publication
1937
Call Number
973.342 V926
  1 website  
Responsibility
by M.H. Volm.
Author
Volm, M. H.
Place of Publication
[Charlottesville? Va
Publisher
s.n.,
Date of Publication
1937
Physical Description
27 p. ; 22 cm.
Notes
Title from cover.
Bibliography: p. 26-27.
Summary
This essay provides contextual information concerning how the English actually hired the soldiers and why the German princes, and not other nations who were asked, were willing to sell their men to English. It also discusses how the English and German public reacted to the hiring of German soldiers.
Subjects
United States - History - Revolution, 1775-1783 - Participation, German.
United States - History - Revolution, 1775-1783 - German mercenaries.
United States - History - Revolution, 1775-1783 - Prisoners and prisons.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
973.342 V926
Websites
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