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Lancaster Township 1750-1828/Lancaster Borough 1750-1787 [Tax records]

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Author: Lancaster County Tax Collection Bureau

Date of Publication: 1977

Call Number: Drawer 6, sec. 3: #15

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Alternate Title: Lancaster twp. taxes; Lancaster tax lists

Author: Lancaster County Tax Collection Bureau

Place of Publication: Harrisburg, PA

Publisher: Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission

Date of Publication: 1977

Physical Description: Microfilm.

Series: Lancaster County Pa. Tax Records, 1748-1855.

Notes: "Lancaster Township: The tax records for this township which are here reproduced cover the following years: 1750-51, 1756-59, 1763, 1769-73, 1776-77, 1779-83, 1785-92, 1797-1803, 1805-08, 1810-19, 1821-23, 1825, 1828. On this microfilm, a circle in the upper left-hand corner of a frame indicates the beginning of a new document. Tax records for Lancaster Borough and City appear on this and subsequent rolls of the microfilm."; "Lancaster Borough: The tax records here reproduced for this borough, prior to its incorporation as a city on March 20, 1818, cover the following years: 1750-51, 1754, 1756-59, 1763, 1769-73, 1775, 1777-83, 1785-93, 1797-1803, 1805-17. On this microfilm, a circle in the upper left-hand corner of a frame indicates the beginning of a new document."; Tax records for Lancaster City 1819-1836 appear on microfilm #17 of this series; Lancaster City 1837-1840, on reel 18.

Subjects: Taxation - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County; Lancaster (Lancaster County, Pa. : Borough) - Genealogy.; Lancaster (Lancaster County, Pa. : Township) - Genealogy.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Microfilm

Call Number: Drawer 6, sec. 3: #15

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Two-hundredth anniversary of Lancaster's incorporation as a borough

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Author: Heisey, M. Luther,

Date of Publication: 1942

...7wo-hundredth Anniveriary of Lancasters incorporation -As a &rough By M. LUTHER HEISEY The first of May — a day usually associated with disorders and demon- strations in the cities of Europe; the First of May—here a day of rejoicing and rededication for the citizens of Lancaster, this year made

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Responsibility: by M. Luther Heisey.

Author: Heisey, M. Luther,

Place of Publication: Lancaster, Pa

Publisher: Lancaster County Historical Society,

Date of Publication: 1942

Physical Description: [83]-[97] p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

Series: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 46, no. 2 & 3

Subjects: Lancaster Corporation Book.; Holidays.; Charters.; Lancaster (Pa.) - History.; Lancaster (Pa.) - Social life and customs.; Lancaster (Pa.) - Politics and government.

Contained In: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 46, number 2/3 (1942), p. 83-97Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.46

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The borough fathers

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Author: Heisey, M. Luther,

Date of Publication: 1942

PAPERS OF THE LANCASTER COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY Vol. XLVI 1942 Nos. 2 and 3 By M. LUTHER HEISEY The leading residents of Lancaster, when it was incorporated into a borough, were those who were nominated and appointed in the charter as burgesses and assistants, and a few others. This charter

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Responsibility: by M. Luther Heisey.

Author: Heisey, M. Luther,

Place of Publication: Lancaster, Pa

Publisher: Lancaster County Historical Society,

Date of Publication: 1942

Physical Description: [45]-82 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

Series: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 46, no. 2 & 3

Subjects: Cookson, Thomas, - 1709-1753.; Graff, Sebastian, - 1711-1763.; Streets - Pennsylvania - Lancaster.; Lancaster (Pa.) - Officials and employees.; Lancaster (Pa.) - Maps.; Hamilton lots (Lancaster, Pa.)

Contained In: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 46, number 2/3 (1942), p. 45-82Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.46

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Grandfathers' clocks : their making and their makers in Lancaster County

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Author: Magee, Daniel F.

Date of Publication: 1939.

Grandfathers' Clocks: Their Making and Their Makers in Lancaster County * By D. F. MAGEE, ESQ. Whilst Lancaster County is not the first or only home of the so-called "Grandfathers' Clock," yet the extent and the excellence of the clock industry in this type of clocks entitle our county to claim

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Responsibility: by D. F. Magee, Esq.

Author: Magee, Daniel F.

Place of Publication: Lancaster, Pa

Publisher: Lancaster County Historical Society,

Date of Publication: 1939.

Physical Description: [137]-[164] p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

Series: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 43, no. 5

Notes: Second edition of paper originally read April 6, 1917. Contains corrections and additions.

Subjects: Clock and watch makers - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County; Industries - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.; Longcase clocks - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.; Lancaster County (Pa.) - Biography.

Additional Author: Beck, Herbert Huebener,; Coldren, Charles M.,; Gorgas, Harry S.; Heisey, M. Luther,

Contained In: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 43, number 5 (1939), p. 137-164Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.43

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Railroad and bridge builders of Lancaster

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Author: Heisey, M. Luther,

Date of Publication: 1940

Railroad and Bridge Builders of Lancaster By M. LUTHER HEISEY "They Builded Better Than They Knew" Transportation, ever a prime problem of the human race, received a mighty impetus in the second and third decades of the nineteenth century. It was then steam was introduced as a motive power, and

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Responsibility: by M. Luther Heisey.

Author: Heisey, M. Luther,

Place of Publication: Lancaster, Pa

Publisher: Lancaster County Historical Society,

Date of Publication: 1940

Physical Description: [57]-76 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

Series: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 44, no. 4

Subjects: Bridges - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.; Railroads - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.; Lancaster County (Pa.) - Transportation.; Lancaster County (Pa.) - Biography.

Contained In: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 44, number 4 (1940), p. 57-76Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.44

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Local names on American ships

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Author: Heisey, M. Luther,

Date of Publication: 1959.

LOCAL NAMES ON AMERICAN SHIPS When Samuel M. Sener wrote in our papers, vol. 3, p. 14, about the USS Lancaster, as the oldest ship in the United States Navy, no doubt he had in mind the active ships; for lying in port, one at Newport, Rhode Island, the other at Bos- ton, Massachusetts, were the

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Responsibility: by M. Luther Heisey.

Author: Heisey, M. Luther,

Place of Publication: Lancaster, Pa

Publisher: Lancaster County Historical Society,

Date of Publication: 1959.

Physical Description: [17]-36 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

Series: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 63, no. 1

Subjects: Names, Personal - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.; Names, Geographical - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.; Ship names - Pennsylvania - Lancaster.

Contained In: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 63, number 1 (1959), p. 17-36Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.63

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Local penny dispatch and internal revenue stamps

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Author: Heisey, M. Luther,

Date of Publication: 1943.

insisted upon its legal right to carry all the mail. In the Lancaster directories, we find Mr. Barr listed as follows: in 1857, "Barr, Elias, news agent, home Orange Street near North Queen Street;" in 1858 to 1870, "Barr's Book Store, 29 East King Street, opposite Court House," or "Elias Barr & Co., 31

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Responsibility: by M. Luther Heisey and Henry W. Holcombe.

Author: Heisey, M. Luther,

Place of Publication: Lancaster, Pa

Publisher: Lancaster County Historical Society,

Date of Publication: 1943.

Physical Description: [25]-35 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

Series: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 47, no. 2

Subjects: Barr's Penny Dispatch (Lancaster, Pa.); Mishler Herb Bitters Company (Lancaster, Pa.); Postal service - Pennsylvania - Lancaster.; Postage stamps.; Revenue stamps.

Contained In: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 47, number 2 (1943), p. 25-35Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.47

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Memorial to Frederick Valentine Melsheimer

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Author: Heisey, M. Luther,

Date of Publication: 1937

traffic noises, the assembly repaired to the high school auditorium, where the full program was followed. In presenting the tablet to the borough of New Holland, Dr. Beck, for the Lancaster County Historical Society, declared, "We have been the first to commemorate, honor, revive and perpetuate the memory

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Responsibility: by M. Luther Heisey.

Author: Heisey, M. Luther,

Place of Publication: Lancaster, Pa

Publisher: Lancaster County Historical Society,

Date of Publication: 1937

Physical Description: [162]-163 p. ; 23 cm.

Series: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 41, no. 6

Subjects: Melsheimer, Frederick Valentine, - 1749-1814.; Lancaster County Historical Society (Pa.); Historical markers - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.; Entomology - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.; New Holland (Pa.) - History.

Contained In: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 41, number 6 (1937), p. 162-163Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.41

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Religious life in Lancaster Borough

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Author: Coldren, Caroline S.

Date of Publication: 1941

Religious Life in Lancaster Borough By CAROLINE S. COLDREN In Collaboration With M. LUTHER HEISEY The earliest civic record of the Borough of Lancaster deals with a phase of the religious life of the community by regulating the activities of the in- habitants on the Sabbath day. It is a significant

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Responsibility: by Caroline S. Coldren in collaboration with M. Luther Heisey.

Author: Coldren, Caroline S.

Place of Publication: Lancaster, Pa

Publisher: Lancaster County Historical Society,

Date of Publication: 1941

Physical Description: [125]-144 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

Series: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 45, no. 6

Subjects: Church buildings - Pennsylvania - Lancaster.; Lancaster (Pa.) - Religious life and customs.; Lancaster (Pa.) - History - Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775.

Additional Author: Heisey, M. Luther,

Contained In: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 45, number 6 (1941), p. 125-144Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.45

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Caernarvon 1754-1845/Elizabeth 1780 [Tax records]

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Author: Lancaster County Tax Collection Bureau

Date of Publication: 1877

Call Number: Drawer 6, sec. 2: #3

29 documents

Alternate Title: Caernarvon twp. tax lists; Caernarvon Township taxes

Author: Lancaster County Tax Collection Bureau

Place of Publication: Harrisburg, Pa

Publisher: Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission

Date of Publication: 1877

Physical Description: Microfilm. 693 frames. Labeled as "Pos. 3"

Series: Lancaster County Pa. Tax Records, 1748-1855.

Notes: "The tax records for this township [Caernarvon] which are here reporduced cover the following years: 1754, 1756-1759, 1769-1770, 1772-1773, 1775, 1777-1783, 1785-1793, 1797-1798, 1800-1803, 1805-1816, 1818-1822, 1824-1828, 1830-1832, 1834, 1836, 1839-1841, 1845."; There is one entry for "Elizabeth Township" in the 1780 PDF file. The entry for Elizabeth Township can be found starting on the 22nd page of the 1780 PDF file.