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George Washington in Lancaster

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Author: Worner, William Frederic.

Date of Publication: 1927

, John Clement, 1876-1940. Lancaster (Pa.)--History--1775-1865. Lancaster (Pa.)--History--Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775. Publisher: Lancaster, Pa. : Lancaster County Historical Society, 1927 Description: 3-5 p. : ill. ; 23 cm. Series: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 31, no. 1

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Responsibility: by William Frederic Worner.

Author: Worner, William Frederic.

Place of Publication: Lancaster, Pa

Publisher: Lancaster County Historical Society,

Date of Publication: 1927

Physical Description: 3-5 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

Series: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 31, no. 1

Notes: "The Diaries of George Washington, 1748-1799"

Subjects: Washington, George, - 1732-1799.; Fitzpatrick, John Clement, - 1876-1940.; Lancaster (Pa.) - History - 1775-1865.; Lancaster (Pa.) - History - Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775.

Contained In: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 31, number 1 (1927), p. 3-5Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.31

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Following the drum : women at the Valley Forge encampment

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Author: Loane, Nancy K.,

Edition: 1st ed.

Date of Publication: Â©2009.

Call Number: 973.334 L795

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Responsibility: Nancy K. Loane.

ISBN: 9781597973854; 1597973858

Author: Loane, Nancy K.,

Edition: 1st ed.

Place of Publication: Washington, D.C

Publisher: Potomac Books,

Date of Publication: Â©2009.

Physical Description: x, 205 pages, [8] pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm

Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 193-200) and index.

Contents: Setting the stage : the war, army, and community -- Martha Washington at Valley Forge : "the worthy partner of the worthiest of men" -- Martha Washington at the other encampments : a resolute and loyal lady -- Catharine Greene and Lucy Knox : the ladies come to Valley Forge -- Rebekah Biddle, Lady Stirling, and Alice Shippen at Valley Forge : "I should not be sorry to see you here" -- The women with Washington's "family" : slaves, servants, and spies -- Camp women at Valley Forge : "a caravan of wild beasts" -- Camp women with the Continental Army : cannonballs and cooking kettles -- The general returns to Valley Forge : a distinguished officer's musings -- Appendix: Making the myth of Martha Washington : nineteenth-century fantasy vs. eighteenth-century reality.

Summary: "[This book] tells the story of the forgotten women who spent the winter of 1777-78 with the Continental Army at Valley Forge -- from those on society's lowest rungs to ladies of the upper echelon. Poor, dirty beings who clung to the very edge of survival, many camp women were soldiers' wives who worked as the army's washerwomen, nurses, cooks, or seamstresses. Though these women's written correspondence is scarce, author Nancy Loane uses sources such as issued military orders, pension depositions after the war, and soldiers' descriptions to bring these women to life. Other women at the encampment were of higher status: they traveled with Washington's entourage when the army headquarters shifted from place to place and served the general as valued cooks, laundresses, or housekeepers ... Drawing from diary entries and letters, Following the drum illuminates the experiences of these ladies, including Martha Washington, Lucy Knox, and Lady Stirling, during the encampment and then traces their lives after the Revolutionary War"--Jacket.

Subjects: Washington, George, - 1732-1799.; Washington, George, - 1732-1799 - Headquarters - Pennsylvania - Valley Forge.; Women - Pennsylvania - Valley Forge; Women - Pennsylvania - Valley Forge - Biography.; Women - United States - Biography.; Armed Forces; Women.; United States - History - Revolution, 1775-1783 - Participation, Female.; Pennsylvania - Valley Forge.; United States - History - Revolution, 1775-1783 - Women.; United States.; Valley Forge (Pa.) - History - 18th century.; Biography.; History.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 973.334 L795

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The Dutch and Quaker colonies in America

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Author: Fiske, John,

Date of Publication: 1903.

Call Number: 973.22 F541

Responsibility: by John Fiske. Illustrated with portraits, maps, facsimiles, contemporary views, prints, and other historic materials...

Author: Fiske, John,

Place of Publication: Boston and New York

Publisher: Houghton, Mifflin and company,

Date of Publication: 1903.

Physical Description: 2 v. fronts., illus., plates (part. double; incl. ports., maps, facsims.) 24 cm.

Notes: "Illustrated edition."; The facsimiles include reproductions of title-pages.

Subjects: Dutch - United States; Quakers - United States; United States - History - Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775.; New York (State) - History - Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775.; Pennsylvania - History - Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775.; Middle Atlantic States - History - Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 973.22 F541

Frontier rebels : the fight for independence in the American West, 1765-1776

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Author: Spero, Patrick,

Date of Publication: 2018.

Call Number: 974.802 S749f

Responsibility: Patrick Spero.

Author: Spero, Patrick,

Place of Publication: New York

Publisher: W W. Norton & Company,

Date of Publication: 2018.

Physical Description: xvii [1], 268, [1]] pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm.

Notes: Autographed by the author.; Includes author's note, notes, about the author and index.; "The Black Boys, also known as the Brave Fellows and the Loyal Volunteers, were members of a white settler movement in the Conococheague Valley of colonial Pennsylvania sometimes known as the Black Boys Rebellion. The Black Boys, so-called because they sometimes blackened their faces during their actions, were upset with British policy regarding American Indians following Pontiac's War. When that war came to an end in 1765, the Pennsylvania government began to reopen trade with the Native Americans who had taken part in the uprising. Many settlers of the Conococheague Valley were outraged, having suffered greatly from Indian raids during the war. The 1764 Enoch Brown School Massacre, in which ten school children had been killed and scalped, was the most notorious example of these raids." [from Wikipedia]

Summary: "The American Revolution has traditionally been depicted as a struggle between North American settlers and British imperial forces, but this intensively researched study from Spero, the director of Philadelphia's American Philosophical Society Library, analyzes the crucial role of settler attitudes toward Native Americans in sparking the conflict. While administrators in London viewed Native people as important trading partners within their American empire, many white colonists saw them as a terrifying menace and 'wanted to be free of the Indians as much as they wanted to be free of their imperial overlords.' Spero tells of the little-studied Pennsylvania backcountry rebels called the Black Boys, who in 1765 revolted against Britain's willingness to accommodate Native interests. Readers who have been accustomed to considering the Revolutionary War as a conflict between American liberty and British oppression may find this account discomfiting, but Spero presents convincing support for his thesis that hatred of Indians and desire for their lands played a pivotal role in fomenting the revolution and 'produced the roadmap' for the next century of American history, delving deeply into previously underutilized sources, including the journals of fur trader George Croghan. Spero's thoughtful work is an important contribution to ongoing reassessments of the nature and meaning of the American founding." (from Publishers Weekly.com)

Subjects: Callendar, Robert.; Johnson, William, - Sir.; Insurgency - Pennsylvania; Croghan, George, - 1720?-1782; Frontier and pioneer life - Ohio River Valley; Black Boys Rebellion - Colonial period ca 1600-1775.; Illinois - Colonial peiod ca 1600-1775; Ohio - Colonial period ca 1600-1775.; Indians of North America - Ohio River Valley.; Indians of North Americd; Indiana - Colonial period ca 1600-1775.; Gage, Thomas, - 1721-1787,; Pontiac's Conspiracy, - 1763-1765; Pennsylvania - History - Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775.; Frontier; Pennsylvania; Pennsylvania - History - Colonial period ca. 1600-1775.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 974.802 S749f

Valley Forge-- in search of that winter patriot, 19 December 1777 - 19 June 1778 : (a comprehensive guide for tracing Valley Forge ancestors)

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Author: Worley, Ramona Cameron,

Edition: 3rd ed.

Date of Publication: 1982, c1979.

Call Number: 929.1 W927

Responsibility: references selected and compiled by Ramona Cameron Worley ; illustrated by Agnes Barta Cameron Siglinger.

Author: Worley, Ramona Cameron,

Edition: 3rd ed.

Place of Publication: Belleville, Ill

Publisher: Look Behind Your Mirror Books,

Date of Publication: 1982, c1979.

Physical Description: xiv, 126 p. : ill. ; 28 cm.

Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.

Subjects: Washington, George, - 1732-1799 - Headquarters, Valley Forge, Pa. - History - Sources - Bibliography.; United States. - Continental Army - Registers - Bibliography.; United States - History - Revolution, 1775-1783 - Registers - Bibliography.; United States - Genealogy - Bibliography.; United States - History - Revolution, 1775-1783 - Registers.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 929.1 W927

A slave family

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Author: Kalman, Bobbie.

Date of Publication: Â©2003.

Call Number: 973.049 K14

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Responsibility: Bobbie Kalman & Amanda Bishop.

ISBN: 0778707466; 9780778707462; 077870792X; 9780778707929; 0613529081; 9780613529082

Author: Kalman, Bobbie.

Place of Publication: New York

Publisher: Crabtree Pub.,

Date of Publication: Â©2003.

Physical Description: 32 pages : color illustrations, color map ; 28 cm.

Series: Colonial people

Notes: Includes index.

Contents: Quasheba's family -- Slavery in the colonies -- Slave families -- Marriage and children -- Helping one another -- The lives of slave children -- The education of slaves -- Field hands -- House servants -- Tradespeople -- Culture from Africa -- The cost of freedom.

Summary: Introduces the personal relationships and daily activities that were part of the family life of slaves in colonial America.

Subjects: Slaves - United States - Juvenile literature.; Plantation life - United States - Juvenile literature.; African American families - Juvenile literature.; African Americans - Juvenile literature.; African American families.; African Americans.; Plantation life.; Slaves; United States - History - Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775 - Juvenile literature.; United States - History - Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775.; United States.; United States - History - 1600-1775, Colonial period - Juvenile literature.; USHISTORY-SLAVES-JUVLIT.; History.; Juvenile works.

Additional Author: Bishop, Amanda.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 973.049 K14

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Journal // of the third session of the // Senate // of the // United States of America, // began and held // at the // city of Philadelphia // December 6th, 1790. // And // in the fifteenth year of the // sovereignty of the said United States

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Corporate Author: United States. Congress. Senate.

Date of Publication: // 1791.

Call Number: Book 839 1791

Corporate Author: United States. Congress. Senate.

Place of Publication: Philadelphia

Publisher: Printed by John Fenno ...

Date of Publication: // 1791.

Physical Description: 203 pages 32 cm

Notes: 1st Cong., 3d sess., Dec. 6, 1790 to March 3, 1791.; Speech of President Washington to Congress, Dec. 8, 1790: p.6-9.; Appendix: Titles of the acts and resolves passed the third session of Congress--Sundry acts approved, but not entered in course when the bills // were first read in the Senate.--Appropriation of ten thousand dollars, for the purpose of defraying the contingent charges of government, by act of 26th March, 1790.--The classes of the senators of the United States, during the First Congress.--Ratification of the articles of amendment to the Constitution ...; Jasper Yeates's Colonial Law Library.; Yeates's signature at top of title page.; Book number 839 as assigned by Yeates.

Subjects: Washington, George, - 1732-1799.; Politics and government; United States - Politics and government.; United States - History - Sources.; United States.; History.; Sources.; Full blind-tooled leather (Binding); Gilt title on maroon spine label (Binding)

Additional Author: Yeates, Jasper,

Location: Lancaster History Library - Yeates Collection

Call Number: Book 839 1791

Annals of Pennsylvania, from the discovery of the Delaware. 1609-1682

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Author: Hazard, Samuel,

Date of Publication: 1850.

Call Number: 974.80083 H428a

Author: Hazard, Samuel,

Place of Publication: Philadelphia

Publisher: Hazard and Mitchell,

Date of Publication: 1850.

Physical Description: vii, 664 p.

Series: Pennsylvania county and regional histories. Reel 4, no. 7

Subjects: Pennsylvania - History - Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775.; New York (State) - History - Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775.; New Jersey - History - Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775.; Delaware - History - Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 974.80083 H428a

Original patentees of land at Washington prior to 1700

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Author: Gahn, Bessie Wilmarth Brown,

Date of Publication: 1936.

Call Number: 975 G136

Responsibility: by Bessie Wilmarth Gahn.

Author: Gahn, Bessie Wilmarth Brown,

Place of Publication: [Silver Spring, Md

Publisher: Printed by Westland]

Date of Publication: 1936.

Physical Description: 85 p. maps. 24 cm.

Notes: Foreword includes bibliographical references.

Subjects: Land titles - Washington (D.C.); Land grants - Maryland.; Land grants - Virginia.; Maryland - History - Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775.; Virginia - History - Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775.; Washington (D.C.) - History.; Maryland - Genealogy.; Virginia - Genealogy.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 975 G136

Triumph of the laity : Scots-Irish piety and the Great Awakening, 1625-1760

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Author: Westerkamp, Marilyn J.

Date of Publication: 1988.

Call Number: 285.1 W526

Responsibility: Marilyn J. Westerkamp.

ISBN: 0195044010 (alk. paper) :

Author: Westerkamp, Marilyn J.

Place of Publication: New York

Publisher: Oxford University Press,

Date of Publication: 1988.

Physical Description: ix, 266 p. : maps ; 22 cm.

Notes: Includes index.; Bibliography: p. 241-257.

Summary: "The Great Awakening of the 1740s was a religious revival of dramatic scope and violence that swept through the mid-Atlantic colonies, transforming 18th-century American society. The origins of the Awakening, however, argues Marilyn J. Westerkamp in this important revisionist study, were far removed from America in time and place. Examining the revivalist movement in Scotland, Ireland, and the middle colonies over a 135-year period, Westerkamp shows that the Awakening had its roots in Scots-Irish revivalism and travelled with Scots-Irish emigrants to the North American colonies. Hardly the spiritual innovation that it is sometimes represented to be, the Awakening was thus but one development in a longstanding revivalist tradition." [from Goodreads]

Subjects: Revivals - Middle Atlantic States; Great Awakening.; Scots-Irish - Middle Atlantic States; Presbyterian Church - Middle Atlantic States; Pennsylvania - History - Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775.; Pennsylvania - Church history.; Middle Atlantic States - Church history.; Middle Atlantic States - History - Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 285.1 W526

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George Washington in Lancaster

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Following the drum : women at the Valley Forge encampment

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo20680

Websites

The Dutch and Quaker colonies in America

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo682

Frontier rebels : the fight for independence in the American West, 1765-1776

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo21709

Valley Forge-- in search of that winter patriot, 19 December 1777 - 19 June 1778 : (a comprehensive guide for tracing Valley Forge ancestors)

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo6483

A slave family

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo20891

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Journal // of the third session of the // Senate // of the // United States of America, // began and held // at the // city of Philadelphia // December 6th, 1790. // And // in the fifteenth year of the // sovereignty of the said United States

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo22041

Annals of Pennsylvania, from the discovery of the Delaware. 1609-1682

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Original patentees of land at Washington prior to 1700

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo8348

Triumph of the laity : Scots-Irish piety and the Great Awakening, 1625-1760

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo3180