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Travels in New France

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo1364
Date of Publication
1941.
Call Number
971.018 P416
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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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A Rhode Island chaplain in the Revolution; letters of Ebenezer David to Nicholas Brown, 1775-1778

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Author
David, Ebenezer,
Date of Publication
1949.
Call Number
974.502 D249
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ed. by Jeannette D. Black and William Greene Roelker.
Author
David, Ebenezer,
Place of Publication
Providence
Publisher
Rhode Island Society of the Cincinnati,
Date of Publication
1949.
Physical Description
xxxi, 82 p. illus., fold, map. 26 cm.
Notes
"Published ... from original materials in the John Carter Brown Library."
Ebenezer David , very soon after his ordination in the Seventh - Day Baptist Church , Joined the Continental Army at the siege of Boston during the Revolutionary War. This book contains his letters written mostly to to a friend , David Brown, during his service.
Includes bibliographical references.
Contents
A Journey to Philadelphia 1775 The Siege of Boston 1776 New York and Brooklyn 1776 Ticonderoga 1776 Peekskill 1776 The Hudson River Highlands 1777 The Defense of the Delaware 1777 Valley Forge 1777 - 1778
Subjects
United States - History - Revolution, 1775-1783 - Personal narratives.
United States - History - Revolution, 1775-1783 - Religious aspects.
Additional Author
Brown, Nicholas,
Black, Jeannette Dora,
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
974.502 D249
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The diary of Harriet Amelia Arndt for 1865

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Author
Arndt, Harriet Amelia.
Date of Publication
1946
, Batavia Coffees, watches, farm implements, sewing machines, and United States Treasury Notes. "There was mention of the Lancaster and Venango Mutual Petroleum Association selling stock. Oil had been struck near the Venango Company property of the Association in February, 1865. The first town bank, and one
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by Harriet Amelia Arndt.
Author
Arndt, Harriet Amelia.
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Lancaster County Historical Society,
Date of Publication
1946
Physical Description
[73]-76 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Series
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 50, no. 3
Summary
Harriet Amelia Arndt was a resident of Manheim.
Subjects
Arndt, Harriet Amelia, - 1834- - Diaries.
Women - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
Manheim (Pa.) - Social life and customs - Personal narratives.
Manheim (Pa.) - History - Personal narratives.
Diaries.
Additional Author
Kendig, John D.
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Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 50, number 3 (1946), p. 73-76Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.50
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History of the formation of the Union under the Constitution : with liberty documents and report of the Commission

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo1470
Corporate Author
United States.
Date of Publication
1943]
Call Number
973.4 B655
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Responsibility
Sol Bloom, Director General.
Corporate Author
United States.
Place of Publication
[Washington
Publisher
U.S. Govt. Print. Off.,
Date of Publication
1943]
Physical Description
x, 885 p. : ill. ; 28 cm.
Notes
Cover title: Formation of the Union under the constitution.
Summary
The book was written as part of the National celebration of the one hundred fiftieth anniversary of the U.S. Constitution.
Subjects
United States.
United States - Constitutional history.
United States - Politics and government.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
973.4 B655
Websites
https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015050625170&view=1up&seq=7
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Guide to the manuscript collections in the Historical society of Pennsylvania

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo8122
Corporate Author
Historical Records Survey of Pennsylvania.
Date of Publication
1941.
Call Number
974.80084 G946
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Corporate Author
Historical Records Survey of Pennsylvania.
Place of Publication
Philadelphia
Publisher
The Historical society of Pennsylvania,
Date of Publication
1941.
Physical Description
350 p.
Subjects
Manuscripts - United States
Pennsylvania - History - Sources - Bibliography.
United States - History - Sources - Bibliography.
Additional Author
Bleyden, Paul,
Levin, Bernard S.,
Additional Corporate Author
Historical Society of Pennsylvania.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
974.80084 G946
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The nine capitals of the United States

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Author
Fortenbaugh, Robert,
Date of Publication
1948.
Call Number
973.3 F737
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Author
Fortenbaugh, Robert,
Place of Publication
York, Pa
Publisher
Maple Press Co.,
Date of Publication
1948.
Physical Description
ix, 104 p. col. illus. 27 cm.
Notes
Click on Table of Contents for more information.
Contents
Philadelphia -- Baltimore -- Lancaster -- York -- Princeton -- Annapolis -- Trenton -- New York -- Washington
Subjects
United States. - Continental Congress.
United States. - Congress - History.
United States - Capital and capitol.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
973.3 F737
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The Mount Joy Soldier's Orphan School

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Author
Heiges, George L.
Date of Publication
1944
, and because of this, we have here Pennsylvania history with a decided Lancaster County flavor. This sketch is concerned with the children of those gallant Pennsylvania men who defended the Union in the years of our Civil War; and can there- fore properly be considered as Civil War history. Also, as it
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by George L. Heiges.
Author
Heiges, George L.
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Lancaster County Historical Society,
Date of Publication
1944
Physical Description
[109]-[131] p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Series
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 48, no. 5
Subjects
Curtin, Andrew Gregg, - 1815-1894.
Soldier's Orphan Schools.
Schools - Pennsylvania.
Orphans - Pennsylvania.
United States - History - Civil War, 1861-1865.
Contained In
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 48, number 5 (1944), p. 109-131Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.48
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A description of the true and of the false church : as outlined in a certain history, properly named The bloody theatre, or Martyrs mirror, by Thieleman J. van Braght, 1660, and A solution to wor[l]d problems

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo19063
Author
Braght, Thieleman J. van
Edition
3d ed.
Date of Publication
1945.
Call Number
272 B813
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compiled by Menno Sauder.
Author
Braght, Thieleman J. van
Edition
3d ed.
Place of Publication
Elmira, Ont
Publisher
Menno Sauder,
Date of Publication
1945.
Physical Description
viii, 228 p. ; 23 cm.
Notes
Cover title: The true and the false church ...
Subjects
Church history.
Martyrs.
Additional Author
Sauder, Menno,
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
272 B813
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The backwoodsman and the Kentucky rifle

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Author
Landis, Bertha Cochran.
Date of Publication
1947
The Backwoodsman and The Kentucky Rifle By BERTHA COCHRAN LANDIS W HILE much has been Written on the Kentucky rifle few people know that it Was made in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, or within a ten-mile radius. The first rifles were made soon after the arrival of the Swiss and German settlers in the
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by Bertha Cochran Landis.
Author
Landis, Bertha Cochran.
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Lancaster County Historical Society,
Date of Publication
1947
Physical Description
[117]-119 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Series
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 51, no. 5
Subjects
Rifles.
United States - History - Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775.
United States - History - Revolution, 1775-1783.
United States - History - 1783-1865.
Contained In
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 51, number 5 (1947), p. 117-119Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.51
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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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