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James McCullogh's book: A glimpse into life on the colonial frontier

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Author
Stauffer, John.
Date of Publication
2015
Call Number
973.46 S798
Alternate Title
Glimpse into life on the colonial frontier
Responsibility
by John Stauffer & Calvin Bricker.
ISBN
9780990711629
0990711625
Author
Stauffer, John.
Place of Publication
Mercersburg, Pennsylvania
Publisher
The Conococheague Institute,
Date of Publication
2015
Physical Description
141 pages : illustrations, maps, facsimiles ; 22 cm
Notes
Includes bibliographical references (pages 115-119) and index.
Contents
Foreword by Paula Reed -- Introduction -- The forces behind Scots-Irish migration -- Migration was a family affair -- An ocean crossing and a new life -- The frontier beckons -- Pioneer agriculture -- Terror on the frontier -- Return to the textile business -- Religion's central role in McCullogh's life -- McCullogh the businessman -- Writing in code -- Postscript -- Bibliography/references -- Acknowledgments -- Appendix 1: James McCullogh's travels -- Appendix 2: Petition of McColoch (McCullough).
Summary
A facsimile of McCullogh's journal can be found on our shelves at 973.46 S798a.
Subjects
McCollogh, James, - approximately 1740-1781 - Diaries.
McCollogh, James, - approximately 1740-1781 - Family.
Franklin County (Pa.) - History - 18th century.
Pennsylvania - History - French and Indian War, 1754-1763.
Additional Author
Bricker, Calvin.
Additional Corporate Author
Conococheague Institute (Mercersburg, Pa.)
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
973.46 S798
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Author
Robinson, Mary N.
Date of Publication
1900
Material: Book Subject(s): Lancaster (Pa.)--History--French and Indian War, 1755-1763. Lancaster (Pa.)--History--18th century. Lancaster County (Pa.)--History--French and Indian War, 1755-1763. Lancaster County (Pa.)--History--17th century. Lancaster (Pa.)--History--Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775
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Responsibility
by Mrs. Mary N. Robinson.
Author
Robinson, Mary N.
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Lancaster County Historical Society,
Date of Publication
1900
Physical Description
[97]-109 p. ; 23 cm.
Series
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 4, no. 5/6
Summary
Assorted observations of events in 18th century Lancaster County.
Subjects
Lancaster (Pa.) - History - French and Indian War, 1755-1763.
Lancaster (Pa.) - History - 18th century.
Lancaster County (Pa.) - History - French and Indian War, 1755-1763.
Lancaster County (Pa.) - History - 17th century.
Lancaster (Pa.) - History - Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775.
Lancaster County (Pa.) - Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775.
Contained In
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 4, number 5/6 (1900), p. 97-109Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.4
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Frontier country : the politics of war in early Pennsylvania

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Author
Spero, Patrick,
Date of Publication
[2016]
©2016.
Call Number
974.802 S749
Responsibility
Patrick Spero.
ISBN
0812248619
9780812248616
Author
Spero, Patrick,
Place of Publication
Philadelphia, PA
Publisher
University Of Pennsylvania Press,
Date of Publication
[2016]
©2016.
Physical Description
viii, 343 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm.
Series
Early American Studies
Notes
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
Introduction. Early American frontiers -- Chapter 1. The hidden flaw -- Chapter 2. Growth arrives -- Chapter 3. The first frontier crisis -- Chapter 4. Pennsylvania's apogee -- Chapter 5. Becoming a frontier community -- Chapter 6. Frontier politics -- Chapter 7. The permanent frontier -- Chapter 8. The British Empire's frontier crisis -- Chapter 9. Independent frontier -- Chapter 10. Creating a frontier government -- Conclusion. Frontiers in a new nation -- Coda. frontiers: meanings, controversies and new evidence.
Summary
In Frontier Country, Patrick Spero addresses one of the most important and controversial subjects in American history: the frontier. Countering the modern conception of the American frontier as an area of expansion, Spero employs the eighteenth-century meaning of the term to show how colonists understood it as a vulnerable, militarized boundary. The Pennsylvania frontier, Spero argues, was constituted through conflicts not only between colonists and Native Americans but also among neighboring British colonies. These violent encounters created what Spero describes as a distinctive "frontier society" on the eve of the American Revolution that transformed the once-peaceful colony of Pennsylvania into a "frontier country." Spero narrates Pennsylvania's story through a sequence of formative but until now largely overlooked confrontations: an eight-year-long border war between Maryland and Pennsylvania in the 1730s; the Seven Years' War and conflicts with Native Americans in the 1750s; a series of frontier rebellions in the 1760s that rocked the colony and its governing elite; and wars Pennsylvania fought with Virginia and Connecticut in the 1770s over its western and northern borders. Deploying innovative data-mining and GIS-mapping techniques to produce a series of customized maps, he illustrates the growth and shifting locations of frontiers over time. Synthesizing the tensions between high and low politics and between eastern and western regions in Pennsylvania before the Revolution, Spero recasts the importance of frontiers to the development of colonial America and the origins of American Independence.
Subjects
Cresap's War
Insurgency - Pennsylvania
Boundaries.
Insurgency.
Pennsylvania - History - Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775.
United States - History - French and Indian War, 1754-1763.
Pennsylvania - Boundaries - 18th century.
Maryland - Boundaries - 18th century.
Virginia - Boundaries - 18th century.
Connecticut - Boundaries - 18th century.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
974.802 S749
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The journal of Johann Michael Lindenmuth (1737-1812)

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Author
Lindenmuth, Johann Michael,
Date of Publication
c2000.
Call Number
973.2 L744
Responsibility
transcribed and translated by Brigitte Burkett ; foreword by Lewis Bunker Rohrbach.
ISBN
0897254058 (alk. paper)
Author
Lindenmuth, Johann Michael,
Place of Publication
Rockport, Me
Publisher
Picton Press,
Date of Publication
c2000.
Physical Description
128 p. ; 22 cm.
Notes
Includes index.
Summary
"Johann Michael Lindenmuth has left us one of the better day-to-day journals of the French & Indian War as well as a brief journal of his service in the Revolutionary War...When Lindenmuth was discharged in December 1759, he had fought through a multitude of the battles, skirmishes, and ambushes in western Pennsylvania. In a laconic, direct, and simple style he tells of what happened, who did it, and why. Amid the tales of scalping, looting, murder, mayhem, and of boredom, fatigue, huger, and desparir, Lindemuth also tells us of his family and friends, his ancestors, and his children and grandchildren." [from the back cover]
Subjects
Lindenmuth, Johann Michael, - 1737-1812
Soldiers - Pennsylvania - Diaries.
German Americans - Pennsylvania - Diaries.
Farmers - Pennsylvania - Diaries.
United States - History - French and Indian War, 1755-1763 - Personal narratives.
Pennsylvania - History - Revolution, 1776-1783 - Personal narratives.
United States - History - Revolution, 1775-1783 - Personal narratives.
Additional Author
Burkett, Brigitte.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
973.2 L744
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Marshall's diary in its relation to Lancaster city and county

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Author
Diffenderffer, Frank Ried,
Date of Publication
1899
thought a sketch of the man himself would be a fitting introduction to the more immediate consideration of what is contained in the book itself. I return therefore to his "Remembrancer," which, I may here add, begins on Janu- ary 9, 1774, and ends on September 24, 1781. The published book, however, does
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Responsibility
by F. R. Diffenderffer.
Author
Diffenderffer, Frank Ried,
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Lancaster County Historical Society,
Date of Publication
1899
Physical Description
[131]-161 p. ; 23 cm.
Series
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 3, no. 6
Subjects
Marshall, Christopher, - 1709-1797 - Diaries.
Lancaster County (Pa.) - History - 18th century - Personal narratives.
Lancaster (Pa.) - History - 18th century - Personal narratives.
Lancaster County (Pa.) - History - 17th century - Personal narratives.
Diaries.
Contained In
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 3, number 6 (1899), p. 131-161Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.3
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Regina, the German captive, or, True piety among the lowly

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Author
Weiser, R.
Date of Publication
1860.
Call Number
920.7 W427 1860
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Responsibility
by Rev. R. Weiser.
Author
Weiser, R.
Place of Publication
Baltimore
Publisher
T. Newton Kurtz,
Date of Publication
1860.
Physical Description
252 p. illus., 16 cm.
Summary
A story of the Hartman family's immigration to America from Germany, the attack by Indians in their American home, and the abduction of two daughters by native Indians.
Subjects
United States - History - French and Indian War, 1755-1763 - Personal narratives.
Pennsylvania - History - French and Indian War, 1755-1763. - Personal narratives.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Rare Books
Call Number
920.7 W427 1860
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A final word as to Regina, the German captive

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Author
Heilman, Samuel P. ,
Date of Publication
1905.
Call Number
974.819 L441 v. 3, no. 8
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Responsibility
by S. P. Heilman.
Author
Heilman, Samuel P. ,
Place of Publication
Lebanon, Pa
Publisher
Lebanon County Historical Society ,
Date of Publication
1905.
Physical Description
p. 202 - 251 : 19 cm.
Notes
In: Lebanon County Historical Society papers , vol. III, no. 8.
Subjects
Hartman, Regina.
United States - History - French and Indian War, 1755 - 1763 - Personal narratives.
Pennsylvania - History - French and Indian War, 1755 - 1763 - Personal narratives.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
974.819 L441 v. 3, no. 8
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Washington's expeditions (1753-1754) and Braddock's expedition (1755) with history of Tom Fausett, the slayer of General Edward Braddock

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Author
Hadden, James,
Edition
(2d ed.).
Date of Publication
[c1910]
Call Number
974.80283 H126
Responsibility
By James Hadden.
Author
Hadden, James,
Edition
(2d ed.).
Place of Publication
Uniontown, Pa
Date of Publication
[c1910]
Physical Description
139 p. front., plates, ports., maps. 19 cm.
Subjects
Fausett, Thomas, - d. 1820?
Washington, George, - 1732-1799.
Braddock, Edward, - 1695-1755.
Washington's Expedition to the Ohio, 1st, 1753-1754.
Washington's Expedition to the Ohio, 2nd, 1754.
Braddock's Campaign, 1755.
United States - History - French and Indian War, 1755-1763.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
974.80283 H126
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The Black Boys uprising of 1765 : traders, troops, & "rioters" during Pontiac's War

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Author
Guzy, Dan,
Date of Publication
[2014]
Responsibility
Dan Guzy.
ISBN
9780990711612
0990711617
Author
Guzy, Dan,
Place of Publication
Mercersburg, PA
Publisher
The Conococheague Institute,
Date of Publication
[2014]
Physical Description
xiii, 137 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.
Notes
Includes bibliographical references (pages 115-131) and index.
Subjects
Pontiac's Conspiracy, 1763-1765.
Indians of North America
Black Boys Rebellion
Pennsylvania - History - Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775. - French and Indian War, 1754-1763
Conococheague Creek (Pa.)
History.
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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
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