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Household inventories, Lower Allen Township, 1760-1800

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Author
Clouse, Jerry A
Date of Publication
1988
Call Number
974.843 CCH v.5, no.1
Responsibility
by Jerry A. Clouse.
Author
Clouse, Jerry A
Place of Publication
Carlisle, Pa
Publisher
Cumberland County Historical Society
Date of Publication
1988
Physical Description
p. 19-36 ; 23 cm.
Series
Cumberland County History ; v.5, no.1
Subjects
Inventories of decendant's estates - Pennsylvania - Cumberland County.
Pennslyvania Dutch
Pennsylvania - History - Colonial period, ca 1600-1775.
Pennsylvania - History - Eighteenth century.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Periodical Article
Call Number
974.843 CCH v.5, no.1
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Soil survey of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo14247
Author
Custer, Boyd H.
Date of Publication
1985.
Call Number
550 U58 1985
Responsibility
United States Department of Agriculture, Soil Conservation Service ; in cooperation with Pennsylvania State University, College of Agriculture and the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Resources, State Conservation Commission.
Author
Custer, Boyd H.
Place of Publication
[Washington, D.C.?]
Publisher
The Service,
Date of Publication
1985.
Physical Description
ix, 152 p., 121 folded p. of plates : ill., maps (1 col.) ; 28 cm.
Notes
Cover title.
"Issued May 1985"--P. iii.
Item 102-B-38
Half of this book consists of a series of maps showing soil distributions.
Bibliography: p. 87.
Summary
"Major fieldwork for this soil survey was completed in 1981. Soil names and descriptions were approved in 1982. Unless otherwise indicated, statements in this publicaion refer to conditions in the survey area in 1982." [introduction]
Subjects
Soils - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County
Soil surveys - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
Additional Corporate Author
United States. Soil Conservation Service.
Pennsylvania State University. College of Agriculture.
Pennsylvania. State Conservation Commission.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Lancaster County
Call Number
550 U58 1985
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A composite list of German prisoners of war held by the Americans, 1779-1782

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Author
Schwalm, Mark A.
Date of Publication
1981.
Call Number
905.748 JSHA v.2, no.1
Responsibility
by Mark A. Schwalm.
Author
Schwalm, Mark A.
Date of Publication
1981.
Physical Description
p.4-15.
Notes
In: Journal of the Johannes Schwalm Historical Association, v.2 no.1 (1981)
Subjects
Prisoners of war
Hessian mercenaries.
United States - History - Revolution, 1775-1783.
United States - History - Revolution, 1775-1783 - Participation, German.
Prisoners and prison, German - Registers.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Periodical Article
Call Number
905.748 JSHA v.2, no.1
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Author
Schalm, Mark A.
Date of Publication
1985
Call Number
905.748 JSHA v.3, no.1
Responsibility
by Mark Schwalm and Richard C. Barth.
Author
Schalm, Mark A.
Date of Publication
1985
Physical Description
p.73-79.
Notes
In: Journal of Johannes Schwalm Historical Association, v.3, no.1 (1985)
Subjects
Hessian mercenaries
German mercenaries
United States
Location
Lancaster History Library - Periodical Article
Call Number
905.748 JSHA v.3, no.1
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A history of Hope [Episcopal] Church (Lancaster County, Pa.)

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Author
Witmeyer, William R.
Date of Publication
1980.
Call Number
283 H791
Responsibility
by William R. Witmeyer.
Author
Witmeyer, William R.
Place of Publication
[s.l
Publisher
s.n.] ;
Date of Publication
1980.
Physical Description
10, 15 p. : maps ; 22 cm.
Subjects
Grubb family.
Hope [Episcopal] Church (Lancaster County, Pa.) - History.
Episcopal Church - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Lancaster County
Call Number
283 H791
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The Peter Force collection

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo14303
Date of Publication
1984.
Call Number
Drawer 4, sec. 5
Place of Publication
Washington, D.C
Publisher
Library of Congress Photoduplication Service,
Date of Publication
1984.
Physical Description
56 reels ; 35 mm.
Notes
LCHS has reel 16 of 56.
Also known as: The papers of Peter Force.
See "Minutes and Papers of the Revolutionary Committees in Lancaster County, 1774-1777 by Francis S. Fox found in Pennsylvania History, v. 71, no.2 (2004), p. 213-225 for related information.
#68, Lancaster Committee.
Reproduced from the collection of the Manuscript Division, Library of Congress.
Subjects
Lancaster County Committee of Correspondence.
Lancaster County Committee of Observation and Inspection.
Lancaster County Committee of Safety.
United States - History - Sources.
Additional Author
Force, Peter,
Additional Corporate Author
Library of Congress. Manuscript Division.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Microfilm
Call Number
Drawer 4, sec. 5
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American treasure hunt : the legacy of Israel Sack

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Author
Sack, Harold.
Edition
1st ed.
Date of Publication
c1986.
Call Number
380.1 S121
Responsibility
by Harold Sack with Max Wilk.
ISBN
0316765937 :
Author
Sack, Harold.
Edition
1st ed.
Place of Publication
Boston
Publisher
Little, Brown,
Date of Publication
c1986.
Physical Description
270 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
Notes
Includes index.
Summary
The author traces the growth of his family's antique business, offers a profile of his father, the business's founder, and describes the people and museums who collect antique furniture.
Subjects
Sack, Israel.
Israel Sack, Inc.
Antique dealers - United States - Biography.
Additional Author
Wilk, Max.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
380.1 S121
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The national portrait gallery of distinguished Americans

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo14315
Date of Publication
1834-1839.
Call Number
923.2 L851 Oversize
Responsibility
conducted by James B. Longacre ... and James Herring ... under the superintendence of the American Academy of the Fine Arts.
Place of Publication
Philadelphia
Publisher
Henry Perkins,
Date of Publication
1834-1839.
Physical Description
4 v. : ill. ; 29 cm.
Notes
Each volume has added engraved t.p. with dates: v.1: 1834; v. 2: 1835. An engraved portrait by any of a number of artists precedes each biographical essay.
Original issue has imprint: New York, M. Bancroft, 1834-1839.
Library has v. 3 only.
Contents
v. 1: George Washington, 1st President U.S. -- Martha Washington -- Charles Carroll of Carrollton -- Major-General Nathanael Greene -- Major-General Anthony Wayne -- Major-General William Moultrie -- Major General Israel Putnam -- Colonel Timothy Pickering -- Governor Isaac Shelby -- Governor Aaron Ogden -- John Marshall, LL.D., Chief Justice U.S. -- Edward Shippen, LL.D., Chief Justice of Pennsylvania -- Brigadier-General Jonathan Williams -- Daniel D. Tompkins, Vice President U.S. -- Hon. Henry Clay, U.S. Senate -- Major-General Andrew Jackson, President U.S. -- Hon. Daniel Webster, U.S. Senate -- Hon. William Wirt -- Hon Lewis Cass, Secretary of War -- Commodore Thomas Macdonough, U.S. Navy -- Major-General Alexander Macomb -- Hon. Joel R. Poinsett, LL.D. -- Hon. Josiah S. Johnston, U.S. Senate -- Hon. Edward Livingston -- Hon. Louis M'Lane, Secretary of State -- Right Rev. William White, D.D., Bishop of Pennsylvania -- Rev. Timothy Dwight. S.T.D. LL.D. -- Hon. Joel Barlow -- Colonel John Trumbull -- Gilbert Charles Stuart, Esq. -- Samuel Latham Mitchell, M.D., LL.D. -- Theodoric Romeyn Beck, M.D. Washington Irving, Esq. -- Catharine M. Sedgwick -- James Fenimore Cooper, Esq.
v. 2: Benjamin Franklin, LL.D., F.R.S. -- Thomas Jefferson, 3d President U.S. -- John Hancock, President of Congress -- John Jay, President of Congress, Chief Justice U.S. -- Patrick Henry -- Major-General Joseph Warren -- Major-General Henry Knox -- Major-General Benjamin Lincoln -- Major-General David Wooster -- Major-General Philip Schuyler -- Hon. Alexander Hamilton, Secretary of the Treasury -- Governor John E. Howard -- Brigadier-General Otho H. Williams -- Governor John Brooks -- Colonel Francis Barber -- John Barry, U.S. Navy -- Daniel Boon[!] -- David Rittenhouse, LL.D., F.R.S. -- David Humphreys, LL.D. -- Edward Preble, U.S. Navy -- Oliver H. Perry, U.S. Navy -- Major-General Jacob Brown -- Governor Dewitt Clinton -- Hon. James A. Bayard -- Hon. John C. Calhoun, Vice President U.S. -- Governor Robert Y. Hayne -- Hon. William Gaston -- Hon. Levi Woodbury, Secretary of the Treasury -- Mrs. Marcia Van Ness -- Noah Webster, LL.D. -- Caspar Wistar, M.D. -- David Hosack, M.D., F.R.S. -- James Kent, LL.D. -- Charles Ewing, LL.D., Chief Justice of New Jersy -- Governor George Wolf.
v. 3: James Madison, 4th President U.S. -- Mrs. Madison -- James Monroe, 5th President U.S. -- John Dickinson -- Francis Hopkinson -- Elias Boudinot -- Benjamin Rush, M.D. -- David Ramsay, M.D. -- Major-General Arthur St. Clair -- Major-General Lachlan M'Intosh -- Major-General Daniel Morgan -- Brigadier-General Francis Marion -- Brigadier-General Andrew Pickens -- Brigadier-General Henry Lee -- Brigadier-General William Augustine Washington -- Major-General Morgan Lewis -- Benjamin Tallmadge -- Governor James Jackson -- Governor William Richardson Davie -- Paul Jones, U.S. Navy -- Richard Dale, U.S. Navy -- William Bainbridge, U.S. Navy -- Stephen Decatur, U.S. Navy -- Fisher Ames -- Rufus King -- Stephen Van Rensselaer -- William Pinkney -- Lindley Murray -- Charles Brockden Brown -- Robert Fulton -- Joseph Story, LL.D. -- Major-General William Henry Harrison -- Martin Van Buren, Vice President U.S. -- Mahlon Dickerson, Secretary of the Navy -- Felix Grundy, U.S. Senate.
Subjects
Franklin, Benjamin, - 1706-1790.
United States - Biography.
Additional Author
Herring, James,
Longacre, James Barton,
Additional Corporate Author
American Academy of the Fine Arts.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Rare Books
Call Number
923.2 L851 Oversize
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History of Zion Evangelical Lutheran Church, East Petersburg, Pa

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Date of Publication
1982.
Call Number
284.1 Z79ep
Place of Publication
[Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
The Church ; ]
Date of Publication
1982.
Physical Description
[16 p.] : ill. ; 23 cm.
Subjects
Zion Evangelical Lutheran Church (East Petersburg, Pa.) - History.
Church buildings - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Lancaster County
Call Number
284.1 Z79ep
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Biographical record of Harford and Cecil counties Maryland

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Date of Publication
1989.
Call Number
975.2 B615
Place of Publication
Westminster, Md
Publisher
Family Line Publications in collaboration with Harford County Genealogical Society,
Date of Publication
1989.
Physical Description
iii, 637 [i.e. 521] p. ; 21 cm.
Notes
"Biographies reprinted from the original book entitled Portrait and biographical record of Harford and Cecil counties Maryland ... published in 1897 by Chapman Publishing Co."
Omits p. 1-116 of the original, giving biographies of the U.S. presidents.
"With new index by Harford County Genealogical Society."
Subjects
Harford County (Md.) - Biography.
Harford County (Md.) - Genealogy.
Cecil County (Md.) - Biography.
Cecil County (Md.) - Genealogy.
Additional Corporate Author
Harford County Genealogical Society.
Additional Title
Portrait and biographical record of Harford and Cecil counties Maryland.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
975.2 B615
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