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Willem Stober, a pioneer on Antitum (Johan [sic] Wilhelm Stuber), the Right Reverend William Stover

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Author
Royer, Benjamin Franklin,
Date of Publication
1949?]
Call Number
974.844 R 891
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by B. Franklin Royer ; prepared for Kittochtinny Historical Society, Chambersburg, Pa.
Author
Royer, Benjamin Franklin,
Place of Publication
[Chambersburg, Pa.?
Publisher
s.n.,
Date of Publication
1949?]
Physical Description
p. 379-390 : ill., facsims., map ; 23 cm.
Notes
Cover title.
Caption title: Willem Stober (Johann Wilhelm Stuber), a pioneer on Antitum / read by B. Franklin Royer, March 31, 1949.
"Reprinted from Transactions Volume XII."--Cover.
Includes bibliographical references.
Subjects
Stover, William, - 1752-1789.
Church of the Brethren - Pennsylvania - Franklin County - Bishops - Biography.
Church of the Brethren - Maryland - Washington County - Bishops - Biography.
Baptists, German - Pennsylvania - Franklin County - Biography.
Baptists, German - Maryland - Washington County - Biography.
Bishops - Pennsylvania - Franklin County - Biography.
Bishops - Maryland - Washington County - Biography.
Swiss Americans - Pennsylvania - Franklin County - Biography.
Swiss Americans - Maryland - Washington County - Biography.
Franklin County (Pa.) - Biography.
Washington County (Md.) - Biography.
Additional Corporate Author
Kittochtinny Historical Society.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
974.844 R 891
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Men of marque; a history of private armed vessels out of Baltimore during the War of 1812

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Author
Cranwell, John Philips,
Date of Publication
1940
Call Number
973.52 C891
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[by] John Philips Cranwell [and] William Bowers Crane.
Author
Cranwell, John Philips,
Place of Publication
New York
Publisher
W.W. Norton & Company, Inc.
Date of Publication
1940
Physical Description
xiv, 15-427 p. plates, ports., fold. map, facsims. 25 cm.
Notes
"First edition."
LCHS copy "number 145 of a special limited and numbered edition which has been autographed by the authors."
Bibliography: p. 415-418.
Summary
A letter of marque and reprisal was a government license that authorized a private person, known as a privateer or corsair, to attack and capture vessels of a nation at war with the issuer. The author states that the activities of the Baltimore privateers "were so many and so varied that, taken as a whole, they represent a cross section of all privateering at the time."
Subjects
Privateering.
Shipping - Maryland - Baltimore.
United States - History - War of 1812 - Naval operations.
Baltimore (Md.) - History - War of 1812.
Additional Author
Crane, William Bowers,
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
973.52 C891
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I heard of a river: A story of the Germans in Pennsylvania

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Author
Singmaster, Elsie,
Edition
1st ed.
Date of Publication
1948.
Call Number
813.54 S428i
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by Eslie Singmaster ; illustrated by Henry C. Pitz.
Author
Singmaster, Elsie,
Edition
1st ed.
Place of Publication
Philadelphia
Publisher
J.C. Winston Co.,
Date of Publication
1948.
Physical Description
x, 209 pages : illustrations, map ; 22 cm.
Series
Land of the free series
Summary
This is a story of Hannes, a German-Lutheran boy who joined a band of Swiss Mennonites fleeing from Europe's desperate terror and poverty of the 17th century. It is a story of the perils of Hannes' journey and the improvement of his rifle, brought from his fatherland.
Subjects
Families - Fiction.
Frontier and pioneer life - Juvenile fiction.
German Americans - Juvenile fiction.
Mennonites - Pennsylvania - Juvenile fiction.
Pennsylvania.
Juvenile works.
History.
Additional Author
Pitz, Henry C.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
813.54 S428i
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Travels in New France

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Date of Publication
1941.
Call Number
971.018 P416
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Responsibility
by J. C. B. Prepared by Pennsylvania Historical Survey (Frontier Forts and Trails Survey) Division of Community Service Projects, Work Projects Administration. Edited by Sylvester K. Stevens, Donald H. Kent and Emma Edith Woods.
Place of Publication
Harrisburg
Publisher
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Dept. of Public Instruction, The Pennsylvania Historical Commission,
Date of Publication
1941.
Physical Description
xiv, 167 p. front., illus., plates (incl. map) 24 cm.
Notes
Maps on lining papers.
"The present translation is based on Casgrain's edition."--p. vi.
Summary
"A French soldier set down his memories of life and adventure in western Pennsylvania and other parts of North America during the thrilling events of the French and Indian War, and called the book 'Voyage au Canada dans le nord de l' Amerique Septentrionale, fait depuis l'an 1751 A 1761'...The author is known only by his initials, J.C.B...These reminiscences of life and events in the wilderness, in the towns of New France, and as a prisoner in New York City, give vivid pictures of the experiences of an ordinary man in an age which was full of significance for the future of America. [from the foreword]
Subjects
Indians of North America.
Canada - History - 1663-1713 (New France).
Canada - Description and travel.
United States - History - French and Indian War, 1755-1763 - Personal narratives.
Additional Author
Stevens, Sylvester Kirby,
Kent, Donald H.,
Woods, Emma Edith,
Casgrain, H. R.
J.-C. B.
Additional Corporate Author
Pennsylvania Historical Survey.
Frontier Forts and Trails Survey.
Pennsylvania Historical Commission.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
971.018 P416
Websites
https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015011030973;view=1up;seq=7
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Stories of Pennsylvania, 1616-1860

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Author
Singmaster, Elsie
Date of Publication
c1937-1940.
Call Number
813.52 S428
823.52 S428
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by Elsie Singmaster ; illustrations by Alden Turner.
Author
Singmaster, Elsie
Place of Publication
Harrisburg
Publisher
Pennsylvania Book Service,
Date of Publication
c1937-1940.
Physical Description
4 v. : ill. ; 21 cm.
Notes
Illustrated lining papers.
v.2 includes juvenile stories of Benjamin Franklin, Thomas Cresap, Conrad Weiser, Daniel Boone, Henry William Stiegel, Martyr's Mirror and John Fitch.
v. 2 with orginal paper cover and signataure of author.
Contents
v. 1. 1616-1781 -- v. 2. 1723-1797 -- v. 3. 1787-1830 -- v. 4. 1835-1860.
Subjects
Society of Friends - Pennsylvania - History - Juvenile fiction.
Pennsylvania - History - Juvenile fiction
Juvenile works.
Additional Author
Turner, Alden.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
813.52 S428
823.52 S428
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Southeastern Pennsylvania, a history of the counties of Berks, Bucks, Chester, Delaware, Montgomery, Philadelphia and Schuylkill

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Author
Nolan, J. Bennett
Date of Publication
[1943]
Call Number
974.800912 N791
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Responsibility
J. Bennett Nolan, supervising editor ...
Author
Nolan, J. Bennett
Place of Publication
Philadelphia, New York
Publisher
Lewis historical publishing company, inc.
Date of Publication
[1943]
Physical Description
3 v. fronts., ill. (incl. maps) plates, ports., facsims. (part col. 1 double) col. coats of arms, col. geneal. tables. 27 1/2 cm.
Notes
Vols. 1 and 2 paged continuously.
Vol. 3 consists of biographies.
LCHS has vols. 1 and 3 only.
Includes bibliographies.
Subjects
Berks County (Pa.) - History.
Bucks County (Pa.) - History.
Chester County (Pa.) - History.
Delaware County (Pa.) - History.
Montgomery County (Pa.) - History.
Philadelphia County (Pa.) - History.
Schuylkill County (Pa.) - History.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
974.800912 N791
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Centennial of the founding of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Saint Paul: 1845-1945

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Corporate Author
Evangelical Lutheran Church of St. Paul (Millersville, Pa.)
Date of Publication
1945.
Call Number
284.1 S149m
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Corporate Author
Evangelical Lutheran Church of St. Paul (Millersville, Pa.)
Place of Publication
Millersville, Pa
Date of Publication
1945.
Subjects
The Evangelical Lutheran Church of Sant Paul [Millersville, Pa.] - History.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Lancaster County
Call Number
284.1 S149m
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Births, marriages, graveyard inscriptions, and burial records, with index

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Author
Zion Evangelical Lutheran Church, Manheim (Pa.)
Date of Publication
1949.
Call Number
284.1 Z79msg
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Author
Zion Evangelical Lutheran Church, Manheim (Pa.)
Place of Publication
Typescript
Date of Publication
1949.
Physical Description
unleaved ; 28 cm.
Notes
Contains index.
Subjects
Lutheran Church (Manheim, Pa.) - Registers.
Church records and registers - Pennsylvania - Lancaster.
Registers of births, etc. - Pennsylvania - Lancaster.
Manheim(Pa.) - Church history.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Church Record
Call Number
284.1 Z79msg
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The history of the gas and electric industries in Lancaster County

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Author
Barnes, Horace Richards.
Date of Publication
1948
The History of the Gas and electric industries in Lancaster County By HORACE RICHARDS BARNES Introduction STUDENTS of economics and business are familiar with con- solidations and mergers. Indeed integration, either horizontal or vertical, or a combination of the two types of integration, is an
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Responsibility
by Horace Richards Barnes.
Author
Barnes, Horace Richards.
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Lancaster County Historical Society,
Date of Publication
1948
Physical Description
[101]-131 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Series
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 52, no. 5
Subjects
Pennsylvania Power & Light Company - History.
Lancaster Gas Company (Lancaster, Pa.)
Edison Electric Illuminating Company of Lancaster (Pa.)
Electric utilities - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County
Public utilities - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County
Gas companies - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County
Contained In
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 52, number 5 (1948), p. 101-131Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.52
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The River Brethren denominations : Old Order of River Brethren, Brethren in Christ, United Zion's Children

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Author
Eshleman, Wilmer J.
Date of Publication
1948.
exception. According to the "History of the Brethren in Christ" by A. W. Climenhaga, Jacob Engle's parents were Ulrich Engle and Anna Breckbill, natives of Switzerland. It appears that Anna Breckbill became a member of the Reformed Church as appar- ently was her husband, Ulrich Engle. They were the parents
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by Wilmer J. Eshleman.
Author
Eshleman, Wilmer J.
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Lancaster County Historical Society,
Date of Publication
1948.
Physical Description
[173]-211 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Series
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 52, no. 7
Subjects
Engle, Jacob, - 1753-1832.
Strickler, Jacob, - 1768-1842.
Eisenhower family.
Musser family.
Church of the Brethren.
Brethren in Christ Church - History.
Anabaptists.
Contained In
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 52, number 7 (1948), p. 173-211Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.52
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