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Peaceable kingdom lost : the Paxton Boys and the destruction of William Penn's holy experiment

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo21090
Author
Kenny, Kevin,
Date of Publication
2009.
Call Number
974.802 K36
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Responsibility
Kevin Kenny.
ISBN
9780195331509
0195331508
9780199753949
0199753946
Author
Kenny, Kevin,
Place of Publication
Oxford ; New York
Publisher
Oxford University Press,
Date of Publication
2009.
Physical Description
viii, 294 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
Notes
Includes bibliographical references (pages 265-284) and index.
Contents
pt. 1. False dawn -- Newcomers -- Settlers and squatters -- Expansion -- Fraud -- A hunger for land -- pt. 2. Theatre of bloodshed and rapine -- Braddock's defeat -- Pennsylvania goes to war -- Negotiations -- Westward journeys -- Conquest -- pt. 3. Zealots -- Indian uprising -- Rangers -- Conestoga Indiantown -- Lancaster workhouse -- Panic in Philadelphia -- pt. 4. A war of words -- The Declaration and Remonstrance -- A proper spirit of jealousy and revenge -- Christian white savages -- Under the tyrant's foot -- pt. 5. Unraveling -- Killers -- Mercenaries -- Revolutionaries -- Appendix : Identifying the Conestoga Indians.
Summary
"William Penn established Pennsylvania in 1682 as a "holy experiment" in which Europeans and Indians could live together in harmony. In this book, historian Kevin Kenny explains how this Peaceable Kingdom--benevolent, Quaker, pacifist--gradually disintegrated in the eighteenth century, with disastrous consequences for Native Americans ... Based on extensive research in eighteenth-century primary sources, this ... history offers an eye-opening look at how colonists--at first, the backwoods Paxton Boys but later the U.S. government--expropriated Native American lands, ending forever the dream of colonists and Indians living together in peace."--Jacket.
Subjects
Penn, William, - 1644-1718 - Philosophy.
Penn, William, - 1644-1718.
Paxton Boys.
Vigilantes - Pennsylvania
Indians of North America - Pennsylvania
Culture conflict - Pennsylvania
Culture conflict.
Indians of North America.
Philosophy.
Race relations.
Vigilantes.
Pennsylvania - History - Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775.
Pennsylvania - Race relations - History - 18th century.
Pennsylvania.
History.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
974.802 K36
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The history of Pennsylvania, in North America, from the original institution and settlement of that province, under the first proprietor and governor, William Penn, in 1681, till after the year 1742; with an introduction respecting the life of W. Penn, prior to the grant of the province, and the religious society of the people called Quakers, with the first rise of the neighbouring Colonies, more particularly of West-New-Jersey and the settlement of the Dutch and Swedes on Delaware. To which is added a brief description of the said province, and the general state in which it flourished, principally between the years 1760-1770 ... With an appendix. Written principally between the years 1776 and 1780

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo3553
Author
Proud, Robert,
Date of Publication
1798.
Call Number
974.802 P968
  2 websites  
Author
Proud, Robert,
Place of Publication
Philadelphia
Publisher
Printed and sold by Z. Poulson,
Date of Publication
1798.
Physical Description
2 v. map (on lining papers), port. 22 cm.
Series
Pennsylvania heritage series
Notes
Photoreproduction. Spartanburg, S.C., Reprint Co., 1967.
Subjects
Penn, William, - 1644-1718
Society of Friends.
Pennsylvania - History - Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775.
New Jersey - History - Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775.
New Sweden - History.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
974.802 P968
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The history of Pennsylvania, in North America, from the original institution and settlement of that province, under the first proprietor and governor, William Penn, in 1681, till after the year 1742 : with an introduction, respecting, the life of W. Penn, prior to the grant of the province, and the religious society of the people called Quakers : with the first rise of the neighbouring colonies, more particularly of West-New-Jersey, and the settlement of the Dutch and Swedes on Delaware : to which is added, a brief description of the said province, and of the general states, in which it flourished, principally between the years 1760 and 1770 : the whole including a variety of things, useful and interesting to be known, respecting that country in early time, &c. : with an appendix

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo16384
Author
Proud, Robert,
Date of Publication
1797-1798.
Call Number
974.8 P544 1797
  2 websites  
Responsibility
written principally between the years 1776 and 1780, by Robert Proud.
Author
Proud, Robert,
Place of Publication
Philadelphia
Publisher
Printed and sold by Zachariah Poulson, Junior ...,
Date of Publication
1797-1798.
Physical Description
2 v. : 1 map, 1 port. ; 22 cm. (8vo)
Notes
Library has: vol. 1.
Full leather binding with red spine label stamped in gold.
Bookplate of Redmond Conygnham, No. 2435.
Evans
Contents
I. Introduction. The history of Pennsylvania, 1676-1709.--II. The history of Pennsylvania, 1709-1763. A view of the province of Pennsylvania ... between the years 1760 and 1770. Extract from two short Latin poems ... by Thomas Makin. Appendix.
Subjects
Penn, William, - 1644-1718.
Society of Friends.
Pennsylvania - History - Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775.
New Jersey - History - Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775.
New Sweden - History.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Rare Books
Call Number
974.8 P544 1797
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The German sectarians of Pennsylvania : a critical and legendary history of the Ephrata Cloister and the Dunkers

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo3596
Author
Sachse, Julius Friedrich,
Date of Publication
1899-1900.
Call Number
974.802814 S121
  2 websites  
Responsibility
by Julius Friedrich Sachse.
Author
Sachse, Julius Friedrich,
Place of Publication
Philadelphia
Publisher
Printed for the author,
Date of Publication
1899-1900.
Physical Description
2 v. : ill., ports. ; 25 cm.
Notes
LCHS has no. 326.
Click on Table of Contents for more information.
Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Contents
v. 1. 1708-1742 -- I. Ephrata of the present day -- II. Beyond the Cocalico -- III. Advent of the Palatines -- IV. German pilgrims -- V. The Weaver's apprentice -- VI. The Labadists on the Bohemia Manor -- VII. The hut in the forest -- VIII. The German Baptist Brethren -- IX. The New Dunkers on the Conestoga -- X. The Cradle of German literature -- XI. Alexander Mack -- XII. Koch-Halekung, the serpent's den -- XIII. A retrospect -- XIV. A eventful year -- XV. The awakening of the Tulpehoken -- XVI. Kedar -- XVII. Jacob's Kampff und Ritter-platz -- XVIII. The monastery on the Wissahickon -- XIX. Unitas Fratrum -- XX. The habits of the orders -- XXI. Roster of the celibates -- XXII. The Weyrauchs Hugel -- XXIII. The Zionitic Brotherhood -- XXIV. The Amwell Dunkers -- XXV. The house of prayer -- XXVI. Peniel -- XXVII. A celestial visit -- XXVIII. The Skippack Brethren -- XXIX. The Pennsylvania Synods -- XXX. The order of the mustard seed -- XXXI. Hebron -- XXXII. Saron -- XXXIII. Bethania.
v.2. 1742-1800 -- I. Christopher Sauer and his German Bible -- II. Magister Johannes Hildebrand -- III. The great comet of 1743 -- IV. The pilgrimage to New England -- V. Industrial feature of the community -- VI. The music of the Cloister -- VII. The mystic of the Cocalico -- VIII. The rule of the Sisterhood -- IX. The Eckerlins -- X. The Ephrata Press -- XI. The Nantmel revival -- XII. The Gimsheim revival -- XIII. Conrad Weiser -- XIV. Educational departments -- XV. The visit of Israel Acrelius -- XVI. The Valleys of Virginia -- XVII. Snow Hill -- XVIII. Exoricism of fire -- XIX. Friedsam Gottrecht -- XX. Prior Jaebez -- XXI. Issues of the Kloster Press -- The Ephrata register (burial record)
Subjects
Ephrata Cloister.
Church of the Brethren.
Pennsylvania Dutch.
German Americans - Pennsylvania.
Printing - Pennsylvania
Ephrata (Pa.)
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
974.802814 S121
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Narrative of the proceedings against Thomas Cooper, Esquire, president judge of the eight judiciary district of Pennsylvania, on a charge of official misconduct

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Author
Cooper, Thomas,
Date of Publication
1811.
Call Number
Book 461 1811a
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Author
Cooper, Thomas,
Place of Publication
Lancaster [Pa.]
Publisher
Printed by William Hamilton.,
Date of Publication
1811.
Physical Description
[2], 55, [1] p. ; 23 cm.
Notes
"I publish the following report of proceedings in my case, for my own sake ... but I present what I honestly believe to be a fair and brief view of all that is necessary to enable others to form their own judgement."--Preface, p. [1]. Signed: Thomas Cooper.
Last page blank.
Jasper Yeates's Colonial Law Library.
Yeates's signature at top of title page.
Book number 461 as assigned by Yeates.
Bound with Oration on masonry: delivered at St. John's church in the city of Philadelphia, at the request of the right worshipful Grand Lodge of Pennsylvania, on St. John's day, June 24, 1811, by James Milnor. Philadelphia: J. Maxwell, 1811 -- Proposals, by Farrand and Nichholas for publishing by subscription ...The American Review of history and politics. Place not identified: publisher not identified, 1810 -- Proposals for publishing by subscription, a translation from the French, of. LeSages's historical genealogial chronological and geographical atlas. Philadelphia: Jane Aiken, 1819 -- A description of the chain bridge; invented by Judge Finley, of Fayette County Pennsylvania...Uniontown, Pa: William Campbell, 1811 -- The pioneeer, vol. I, no. IV, May 5, 1812 -- The Port folio (new series) by Oliver Oldschool, Esq. Philadelphia, Saturday, March 12, 1808 -- Annual discourse, delivered before the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts on the 13th of November 1810 by Joseph Hopkinson. Philadelphia: published by Bradford and Inskeep; Inseeep and Bradford, New York: and William M'Ilhenry, Boston, Sweeny & M'Kenzie, printers, 1810 -- Reply to Mr. Burke's invective against Mr. Cooper, and Mr. Watt, in the House of Commons on the30th of April, 1792, by Thomas Cooper. London: printed for J. Johnson, in St. Paul's Church Yard; and M Falkner and Co., Manchester, M,DCC,XCII (1792) -- Narrative of the proceedings against Thomas Cooiper, exquire, president judge of the eighth judiciary district of Pennsylvania, on a charge of official misconduct. Lancaster: printed by William Hamilton, 1811; -- [Narrative on the title of West Florida]. Place not identified:published not identified. date not identified -- Observations on the conduct of our executive towards Spain. Place not identified:published not identified. date not identified -- Letters, addressed to the people of Pennsylvania respecting the internal improvement, of the commonwealth; by means of roads and canals by William J. Duane. Philadelphia: printed by Jane Aiken, No 71, North Third Street, 18ll --An address of the members of theHouse of Representatives, of the Congress of the United States, to their consitutents, on the subject of the war with Great Britain. Philadelphia: printed at the office of the United States' Gazette, date not identified; Documents and facts, relative to military events, during the late war by Jno. P. Boyd. Place not identified:published not identified. date not identified-- Darstellung des in Baltimore am 27 und 28sten Julii, 1812, gemachten Angriffs auf die presfreyheit, und das leben der Bertheidiger defelben. Philadelphia: gedruct bey Conrad Zentler, in der Zwenten Stresse, unterhalb der Regs Strasse, 1812 -- Plan of an improved system of the money-concerns of the Union by Erick Bollman, M.D. Philadelphia: printed for the auther. Wiliam Fry, printer, Walnut, near Fifth Street, 1816; Articles of the Farmer's Bank of Lancaster. Place not idenifiied: Printed by Hugh Hamilton, date not identified.
Shaw & Shoemaker
Subjects
Cooper, Thomas, - 1759-1839 - Trials, litigation, etc.
Cooper, Thomas, - 1759-1839.
Judges
Misconduct in office - Pennsylvania.
Misconduct in office.
Politics and government
Pennsylvania - Politics and government - 1775-1865.
Pennsylvania.
Trials, litigation, etc.
Thee-quarters leather on marbled paper (Binding)
Additional Author
Hamilton, William,
Yeates', Jasper,
Place
United States Pennsylvania Lancaster.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Yeates Collection
Call Number
Book 461 1811a
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William Penn's experiment in the wilderness: promise and legend

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Author
Frost, J. William
Call Number
905.748 HSP v.107
  1 website  
Responsibility
by J. William Frost.
Author
Frost, J. William
Physical Description
577-605.
Notes
This record provides a link to this resource on the publisher's official online repository.
In: Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography v.107 (1983).
Subjects
Penn, William, - 1644-1718.
Freedom of religion - Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania - History - Colonial period ca. 1600-1775.
Pennsylvania - Politics and government - Colonial period ca. 1600-1775/
Location
Lancaster History Library - Periodical Article
Call Number
905.748 HSP v.107
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The ambitions of William Henry

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Author
Gordon, Scott Paul.
  1 website  
Responsibility
by Scott Paul Gordon.
Author
Gordon, Scott Paul.
Physical Description
p. 254-284.
Notes
This record provides a link to this resource on the publisher's official online repository.
Summary
HISTORIANS HAVE TRAPPED William Henry of Lancaster (1729–86) in the identity of gunsmith. Though meant as a compliment— most accounts portray Henry as the most important gunsmith in the "rifle-making hub of colonial America," Lancaster County— - this confinement is ironic, since Henry escaped this occupation as soon as he was able. The term gunsmith, then as now, could describe men who repaired guns, who produced specialized gun parts (such as barrels or locks), who created an entire gun from scratch (lock, stock, and barrel), or who ran a factory that employed other men. Henry seems not to have engaged in any of these activities after 1760. By the last decade of his life, Henry had achieved a level of financial security (and apparently embodied the virtuous independence thought to derive from it) that led his peers to entrust him with positions of responsibility and that left Henry free to accept them. He served first in local and state governments and was later appointed an administrator and financier for the Continental army and elected twice to the Continental Congress. We have failed to register the shape of his career, the magnitude of his transformation; instead, historians have imagined that during all these varied activities, Henry continued to work as a gunsmith. Indeed, the belief that Henry "was engaged in the manufacture of firearms for over thirty years," that he produced the rifles or muskets carried by soldiers from the French and Indian War through the Revolution, has been central to stories about him. [abstract]
Subjects
Henry, William, - 1729-1786.
Simon, Joseph, - 1712-1804.
Gunsmiths - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
Lancaster County (Pa.) - History - Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775
Lancaster County (Pa.) - History - Revolution, 1775-1783.
Contained In
The Pennsylvania Magazine orf History and Biography, v. 136, no. 3.Lancaster History Library - Periodical Article905.748 HSP v. 136, no.3.
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The registers of the Ephrata Community

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo12759
Author
Sachse, Julius Friedrich ,
Date of Publication
1890.
Call Number
905.748 HSP
  1 website  
Responsibility
Julius F. Sachse.
Author
Sachse, Julius Friedrich ,
Place of Publication
Philadelphia, Pa
Publisher
Historical Society of Pennsylvania ,
Date of Publication
1890.
Physical Description
pp. 297-312, 387-402 ; 23 cm.
Notes
In: Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography, v. 14.
Subjects
Ephrata Cloister - Necrology.
Ephrata (Pa.) - Necrology.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Periodical Article
Call Number
905.748 HSP
Websites
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Moravian influence in the settlement and early development of Lebanon County : paper read before the Lebanon County Historical Society, December 19, 1913

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo19313
Author
Hark, J. Max
Date of Publication
1913
Call Number
974.819 L441 v. 6 no. 8
  1 website  
Responsibility
by J. Max Hark.
Author
Hark, J. Max
Place of Publication
Lebanon County, Pa
Publisher
s.n.,
Date of Publication
1913
Physical Description
[191]-204 p ; 24 cm.
Series
Paper read before the Lebanon County Historical Society ; v. 6, no. 8
Subjects
Moravians - Pennsylvania - Lebanon County
Lebanon County (Pa.) - History.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
974.819 L441 v. 6 no. 8
Websites
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