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A digest of the rules, ordinances & bye-laws, for the regulation and government of the directors, the poor and house employment, the farm, hospital and lunatic department. Also : a complete digest of the acts of the General Assembly

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Corporate Author: Lancaster County (Pa.). Board of Directors of the Poor.

Date of Publication: 1897.

Call Number: 352.008 C855 1897

Corporate Author: Lancaster County (Pa.). Board of Directors of the Poor.

Place of Publication: Lancaster

Publisher: W.A. Halbach,

Date of Publication: 1897.

Physical Description: 96 p. ; 23 cm.

Subjects: Poor laws - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Lancaster County

Call Number: 352.008 C855 1897

List of paupers, 1809-1825: In association with Lancaster Co. Poor and House of Employment

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Call Number: Microfilm drawer 3

Subjects: Lancaster County Poor and House of Employment (Lancaster, Pa.); Poor - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County - Registers.; Almshouses - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Microfilm

Call Number: Microfilm drawer 3

The charter, laws, catalogue of books, list of philosophical instruments, &c. of the Juliana Library-Company, in Lancaster : To which are prefixed, some reflections on the advantages of knowledge; the origin of books and libraries, shewing how they have been encouraged and patronized by the wise and virtuous of every age. : With a short account of its institution, friends and benefactors. ... Published by order of the directors

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Corporate Author: Juliana-Library-Company in Lancaster.

Date of Publication: MDCCLXVI. [1766]

Call Number: 025.31 P544 1766

Corporate Author: Juliana-Library-Company in Lancaster.

Place of Publication: Philadelphia

Publisher: Printed by D. Hall, and W. Sellers.,

Date of Publication: MDCCLXVI. [1766]

Physical Description: [4], xi, 12-56 p. ; 21 cm. (4to)

Notes: Evans; Hildeburn, C.R. Pennsylvania,; Winans, R.B. Book cats.,; The earliest library in Lancaster, known as the "Juliana Library," was established in 1759, under the name of "The Lancaster Library Company." It was the third subscription library established in Pennsylvania. In 1763 it was chartered, and, out of compliment to Lady Juliana Penn, daughter of the Earl of Pomfret, and wife of Thomas Penn, one of the proprietors of the Province of Pennsylvania, it was called the Juliana Library. The library at one time had about 800 books on its shelves and was fairly prosperous. Its most flourishing period was from 1760 to 1775.; On back of cover: "#532 Hinkels Sale Mar 31 1920 --$61.00. Purchased by Chas. I. Landis July 14 1920 from Nevin F. McGirr fpr $25."; Marbled wrappers.

Subjects: Juliana Library Company (Lancaster, Pa.); Proprietary libraries - Pennsylvania - Lancaster.; Subscription libraries - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.; Lancaster (Pa.) - Libraries.; Library catalogues - Pennsylvania - Philadelphia.

Place: United States Pennsylvania Philadelphia.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Rare Books

Call Number: 025.31 P544 1766

Minutes of Directors of Poor [1798-1866]/ List of Paupers [1809-1825]

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Call Number: Drawer 3, sec. 2: #248

Alternate Title: Minutes of Directors of the Poor and the House of Employment

Notes: vol. 1: Nov. 1798-Feb. 1826/vol. 2: Mar. 1826-Mar. 1856/vol. 3: Apr. 1856-Dec. 1866.; On same microfilm as List of Paupers, 1809-1825, "in association with Lancaster Co. Poor and House of Employment"; Microfilm box labeled # 248.

Subjects: Lancaster County Poor and House of Employment (Lancaster, Pa.); Almshouses - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County; Poor - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.; Almshouses - Archives

Location: Lancaster History Library - Microfilm

Call Number: Drawer 3, sec. 2: #248

A brief history of the city of Lancaster; Containing an introduction to the settlement of the county; reminiscences of the past and present of the city; the poor house and hospital; the court house; the county jail; the water works; the railroad; the Franklin and Marshall College; the manufactories; the gas works and agricultural park; with many of the old "land marks," &c

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Author: Kilburn, Francis,

Date of Publication: 1870.

Call Number: 974.815 L244p 1870

Author: Kilburn, Francis,

Place of Publication: Lancaster, Pa

Publisher: Pearsol and Geist, printers,

Date of Publication: 1870.

Physical Description: 40 [2] p. ; 27 cm.

Notes: Cover title.; Includes local business cards and advertisements.; Not in Wilkinson.

Subjects: Lancaster County (Pa.) - History.; Lancaster (Pa.) - History.; Lancaster (Pa.) - Commerce.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Rare Books

Call Number: 974.815 L244p 1870

A Brief history of the city of Lancaster : containing an introduction to the settlement of the county, reminiscences of the past and present of the city, the poor house and hospital, the court house, the county jail, the water works, the railroad, the Franklin and Marshall College, the manufactories, the gas works and agricultural park, with many of the old land marks, &c. ; also, the business cards of the principal merchants and manufacturers

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo16047

Date of Publication: 1870.

Call Number: 749 D753 1914

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Place of Publication: Lancaster, Pa

Publisher: Published by Francis Kilburn ; Pearsol & Geist, printers,

Date of Publication: 1870.

Physical Description: 40 p. : ill. ; 27 cm.

Notes: Bound with The Bible in Iron (1914) and Old Home Week Manheim, Pa. (1912)

Subjects: Lancaster County (Pa.) - History.; Lancaster (Pa.) - History.

Additional Author: Kilburn, Francis.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Rare Books

Call Number: 749 D753 1914

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Account/day book

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Corporate Author: Pennsylvania. Court of Common Pleas (Lancaster County)

Call Number: RG 01-00 [1216], Archives North

Corporate Author: Pennsylvania. Court of Common Pleas (Lancaster County)

Physical Description: 3 v. 19-34 cm.

Notes: See Table of Contents for details.; Finding aid in the repository: Local government records.

Contents: v. 005. 1842-1843 -- v. 010. 1860-1865 -- v. 015. 1872-1876.

Summary: Three handwritten hardbound volumes which list the names of attoneys practicing with the Prothonotary's Office, monetary accounts, and other miscellaneous records.

Rights: May not be photocopied.

Subjects: Account books - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.; County attorneys - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.

Additional Corporate Author: Lancaster County (Pa.) Court of Common Pleas.; Court of Common Pleas of Lancaster County.

Location: Lancaster History Archive - Government Record

Call Number: RG 01-00 [1216], Archives North

Account book

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Corporate Author: Pennsylvania. Lancaster County Prison.

Call Number: RG 08-11 [0702], Archives North

Corporate Author: Pennsylvania. Lancaster County Prison.

Physical Description: 1 v. 33 cm.

Summary: One volume, no longer bound, that shows accounts of the Lancaster County Prison.

Rights: May not be photocopied.

Notes: Finding aid in the repository: Local government records.

Subjects: Prisons - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.; Prisons; Account books - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.

Location: Lancaster History Archive - Government Record

Call Number: RG 08-11 [0702], Archives North

Brief outline on the care of the poor, the sick, and insane of Lancaster County, Pa

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Author: Showalter, Henry A.

Date of Publication: 1951

Matthias Young were ordered to have 300 copies printed in the English and German languages and distributed throughout the county. New Hospital Erected — Where? Whereas the Directors of the Poor and House of Employment of the County of Lancaster, have erected (in addition to the Poor and House of Employment

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Responsibility: by Henry A. Showalter.

Author: Showalter, Henry A.

Place of Publication: Lancaster, Pa

Publisher: Lancaster County Historical Society,

Date of Publication: 1951

Physical Description: [97]-[124] p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

Series: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 55, no. 4

Subjects: Poor - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County; Public welfare - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.; Hospitals - Pennsylvania - Lancaster.; Mentally ill - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.; Lancaster County (Pa.) - Economic conditions.; Lancaster County (Pa.) - Social conditions.

Contained In: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 55, number 4 (1951), p. 97-124Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.55

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Edward HAND account book, 1802-1814

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Call Number: Drawer 1, sec. 3: #246

Alternate Title: Account book in settlement of the estate of General Edward Hand

Physical Description: 35 p.

Notes: Arranged in book form.; Microfilm. Philadelphia : HIstorical Society of Pennsylvania, 1963. 1 reel, 35 mm.

Subjects: Hand family.; Hand, Edward, - 1744-1802.; Yeates, Jasper, - 1745-1817.; Account books - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Microfilm

Call Number: Drawer 1, sec. 3: #246

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