Skip header and navigation

Revise Search

27954 records – page 1 of 2796.

History and topography of Northumberland, Huntingdon, Mifflin, Centre, Union, Columbia, Juniata and Clinton counties, Pa. : embracing local and general events, leading incidents, description of the principal boroughs, towns, villages, etc., etc. ; with a copious appendix: embellished by engravings

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo1974
Date of Publication
1847.
Call Number
974.8009 R946
Responsibility
compiled from authentic sources by I. D. Rupp.
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Published by G. Hills,
Date of Publication
1847.
Physical Description
551 p., [9] p. of plates : ill. ; 22 cm.
Notes
"Names of subscribers": p. [557]-566.
Includes index.
Pages 1-145 general history of Pennsylvania, chiefly during the colonial period.
Subjects
Northumberland County (Pa.) - History.
Huntingdon County (Pa.) - History.
Mifflin County (Pa.) - History.
Centre County (Pa.) - History.
Union County (Pa.) - History.
Columbia County (Pa.) - History.
Juniata County (Pa.) - History.
Clinton County (Pa.) - History.
Pennsylvania - History - Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775.
Additional Author
Rupp, I. Daniel
Location
Lancaster History Library - Rare Books
Call Number
974.8009 R946
Less detail

The experienced botanist or Indian physician, being a new system of practice, founded on botany; containing: 1. A description of medicinal plants--their properties, &c. and the method of preparing and using them. 2. A treatise on the causes, symptoms and cure of disease incident to the human frame; with a safe and sovereign mode of treatment. For the use of families and practitioners

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo4382
Author
Cooper, J. W.
Date of Publication
1840.
Call Number
580 C777
Responsibility
By J. W. Cooper.
Author
Cooper, J. W.
Place of Publication
Lancaster
Publisher
Printed for the author and publishers. J. Bear, printer,
Date of Publication
1840.
Physical Description
xxi, [23]-303 p. 16 cm.
Subjects
Botany, Medical
Medicine, Popular.
Plants, Medicinal
Location
Lancaster History Library - Rare Books
Call Number
580 C777
Less detail

Lives of the Lindsays; or, A memoir of the houses of Crawford and Balcarres

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo4644
Author
Crawford, Alexander William Crawford Lindsay,
Date of Publication
1849.
Call Number
929 L749
Responsibility
by Lord Lindsay. To which are added, extracts from the official correspondence of Alexander, sixth earl of Balcarres, during the Maroon War; together with personal narratives by his brothers, the Hon. Robert, Colin, James, John, and Hugh Lindsay; and by his sister, Lady Anne Barnard.
Author
Crawford, Alexander William Crawford Lindsay,
Place of Publication
London
Publisher
J. Murray,
Date of Publication
1849.
Physical Description
3 v. front. (geneal. tab) 2 pl., 4 facsim. 23 cm.
Subjects
Lindsay family.
Crawford, Earls of.
Balcarres, Earls of.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
929 L749
Less detail

Parish register of Christ Church, Leacock, Pa

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo4675
Date of Publication
1828-1879.
Call Number
283 C554Le
Place of Publication
[Leacock, Pa.]
Publisher
Christ Church,
Date of Publication
1828-1879.
Physical Description
2, 279 l. (some blank); 23 x 35 cm.
Notes
Photocopy.
"Original records are located at St. James' Church, Lancaster, Pa."
Rineer's "Churches and Cemeteries of Lancaster County" page 246 #2.
Contents
Baptisms (Dec. 23, 1828 - June 2, 1879), pages 30-69 - Confirmations (June 12,1833 - April 9, 1873, pages 127-132 - Communicants (Dec. 25, 1828 - Alpril 17, 1878, pages 170-185 - Marriages (March 26, 1829 - June 21 1866, pages 194-197 - Marriages (June 10, 1873 - June 10, 1879), pages 198-199 - Burials (April 23, 1837 - April 20, 1872), pages 243-247 - Burials (April 26, 1873 -April 18, 1879), pages 248-249.
Subjects
Christ Episcopal Church (Leacock, Lancaster County, Pa.)
Chuch records and registers - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
Registers of births, etc. - Pennsylvania - Leacock (Township)
Episcopal Church - Pennsylvania - Lancaster Couinty.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Church Record
Call Number
283 C554Le
Less detail

The life of Major-General Peter Muhlenberg : of the Revolutionary Army

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo4816
Author
Muhlenberg, Henry A.
Date of Publication
1849.
Call Number
923.5 M952m
  1 website  
Responsibility
by Henry A. Muhlenberg.
Author
Muhlenberg, Henry A.
Place of Publication
Philadelphia
Publisher
Carey and Hart,
Date of Publication
1849.
Physical Description
456 p., [1] leaf of plates : port. ; 19 cm.
Summary
The service of General Muhlenberg in the colonial army during the Revolutionary War takes up the largest part of this biography. There is an appendix that includes letters from Muhlenberg to other officers during the war ,and letters he received from Washington and other commanders. Also in the appendix is a list of all generals that participated in the war and General Muhlenberg's daily journal of 1784 The sources for the book are shown in his preface and in footnotes .
Subjects
Muhlenberg, John Peter Gabriel, - 1746-1807.
Generals - Pennsylvania - Biography.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Rare Books
Call Number
923.5 M952m
Websites
Less detail

Parish register of All Saints Church (Episcopal) Paradise, Pa., 1842-1877: Includes history, baptisms, marriages, and communicants

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo5042
Date of Publication
1842-1877.
Call Number
283 A416p
Place of Publication
[Paradise, Pa.]
Publisher
All Saints Church
Date of Publication
1842-1877.
Physical Description
3 vol.; 29 x 43 cm.
Notes
Photocopy.
Rineer"s "Churches and Cemeteries of Lancaster County" page 340 #3.
Subjects
All Saints Episcopal Church (Paradise, Pa.)
Marriage records - Pennsylvania
Registers of births, etc. - Pennsylvania
Location
Lancaster History Library - Church Record
Call Number
283 A416p
Less detail

The pioneers of New-York : an anniversary discourse delivered before the St. Nicholas Society of Manhattan, December 6, 1847

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo2190
Author
Hoffman, Charles Fenno,
Date of Publication
1848.
Call Number
974.702 H699
Responsibility
by C.F. Hoffman.
Author
Hoffman, Charles Fenno,
Place of Publication
New-York
Publisher
Stanford and Swords,
Date of Publication
1848.
Physical Description
55 p. ; 23 cm.
Subjects
Frontier and pioneer life - New York (State)
Dutch - New York (State)
New York (State) - History - Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775.
Additional Author
Whitman, Walt,
Additional Corporate Author
Saint Nicholas Society of the City of New York.
Charles E. Feinberg Collection of Walt Whitman (Library of Congress)
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
974.702 H699
Less detail

Memorandum of marriages: indentures of apprentices

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo2224
Date of Publication
1843-1859
Call Number
310.5 C295
Responsibility
performed by, and executed before me Michael Carpenter, Mayor of the City of Lancaster.
Place of Publication
[Lancaster, Pa.]
Date of Publication
1843-1859
Physical Description
129 p. : 20 cm.
Notes
Includes index.
Subjects
Registers of births, etc. - Pennsylvania - Lancaster
Marriage records - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
Apprentices - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
Indentured servants - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
Additional Author
Carpenter, Michael
Location
Lancaster History Library - Reference
Call Number
310.5 C295
Less detail
Date of Publication
1848-1892.
Call Number
391 P485
  1 website  
Alternate Title
Ladies' national magazine
Peterson's magazine of art, literature and fashion
Place of Publication
Philadelphia
Publisher
C.J. Peterson,
Date of Publication
1848-1892.
Physical Description
90 v. : ill. ; 26 cm.
Publication Frequency
Monthly
Dates of Publication
Vol. 13, no. 1 (Jan. 1848)-v. 102, no. 5 (Nov. 1892).
Notes
Founded in Jan. 1842, by Charles J. Peterson, this women's magazine included serial installments, short stories, poems, patterns, publisher's notes, and book reviews. Among its contributors were Mrs. Ann S. Stephens and Emily H. May Cf. American periodicals, 1741-1900.
Title from caption.
Library has: 1870 ; 1871 ; 1872 ; 1876.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Rare Books
Call Number
391 P485
Websites
Less detail
Collection
General Collection
Title
Photograph- Program for the reception for Zachary Taylor, August 10, 1849.
Object ID
1-03-02-75
Date Range
1849
  1 image  
Object Name
Print, Photographic
Collection
General Collection
Title
Photograph- Program for the reception for Zachary Taylor, August 10, 1849.
Description
Program for the reception for Zachary Taylor, August 10, 1849.
Date Range
1849
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Subcategory
Documentary Artifact
Search Terms
Government
Politics
Presidents
Object Name
Print, Photographic
Print Size
5 x 7 inches
Object ID
1-03-02-75
Images
Less detail

27954 records – page 1 of 2796.