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Men of marque; a history of private armed vessels out of Baltimore during the War of 1812

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo1582
Author
Cranwell, John Philips,
Date of Publication
1940
Call Number
973.52 C891
Responsibility
[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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Index to the grave records of soldiers of the war of 1812 buried in Ohio

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo10775
Author
Diefenbach, H. B.,
Date of Publication
1945]
Call Number
977.1 D559
Responsibility
compiled 1945 by Mrs. H. B. Diefenbach, assisted by Mrs. C. O. Ross.
Author
Diefenbach, H. B.,
Place of Publication
[n. p
Date of Publication
1945]
Physical Description
71 p. 24 cm.
Subjects
United States - History - War of 1812 - Registers, lists, etc.
Ohio - Biography.
Additional Author
Ross, C. O.,
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
977.1 D559
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The right to work : presentation at a public hearing of the National War Labor Board in Washington, D.C., on April 20, 1943, opposing maintenance of membership in six pending cases submitted by the unions at the Armstrong Cork Company's plants at Millville, Gloucester City and Camden, New Jersey; Pittsburgh and Beaver Falls, Pennsylvania; and South Braintre, Massachusetts

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo12909
Author
Prentis, H. W.
Date of Publication
1943]
Call Number
814 P927rt
Responsibility
By H.W. Prentis, Jr. ...
Author
Prentis, H. W.
Place of Publication
[Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Lancaster Press, Inc.,
Date of Publication
1943]
Physical Description
32 p. 19 cm.
Subjects
Armstrong Cork Company.
Open and closed shop - United States.
Additional Corporate Author
United States. National War Labor Board (1918-1919).
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
814 P927rt
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Secret history of the American revolution, an account of the conspiracies of Benedict Arnold and numerous others, drawn from the Secret service papers of the British headquarters in North America, now for the first time examined and made public

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo5621
Author
Van Doren, Carl,
Date of Publication
1941.
Call Number
973.381 V246
Responsibility
by Carl Van Doren.
Author
Van Doren, Carl,
Place of Publication
New York
Publisher
The Viking press,
Date of Publication
1941.
Physical Description
3 p. l., [v]-xiv p., 2 l., [3]-534 p. illus. (map) ports., facsims. 24 cm.
Notes
Based largely on the Clinton papers in the William L. Clements library at the University of Michigan. Other sources cited are the Washington papers and the Papers of the Continental Congress at the Library of Congress. cf. Pref.
"This first edition is limited to five hundred ninety numbered copies signed by the author." This copy not numbered.
"Appendix ... Arnold-André correspondence [and] Clinton's narrative": p. [437]-495.
"General bibliography": p. [496]-499. "Chapter references": p. [500]-512.
Subjects
Arnold, Benedict, - 1741-1801.
Treason - United States.
Secret service - Great Britain.
United States. - History - Revolution, 1775-1783.
Additional Author
Clinton, Henry,
André, John,
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
973.381 V246
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Tomorrow in the making : the story of Hamilton watches and the war

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo17635
Date of Publication
1943.
Call Number
681.1 T661 Oversize
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Hamilton Watch Company ,
Date of Publication
1943.
Physical Description
[34 p.] : ill. port ; 36 cm.
Notes
Title from cover.
Subjects
Hamilton Watch Company - History.
Clocks and watches.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Lancaster County
Call Number
681.1 T661 Oversize
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Historical and pictorial review of the 28th Infantry Division in World War II

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo5960
Corporate Author
United States. Army. 28th Infantry.
Date of Publication
1946.
Call Number
974.80439 U58n
Corporate Author
United States. Army. 28th Infantry.
Place of Publication
Atlanta
Publisher
A. Love,
Date of Publication
1946.
Physical Description
ca. 250 p. : ill. ; 31 cm.
Subjects
World War, 1939-1945 - United States
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
974.80439 U58n
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History of the early settlement of the Juniata valley: embracing an account of the early pioneers, and the trials and privations incident to the settlement of the valley, predatory incursions, massacres, and abductions by the Indians during the French and Indian wars, and the war of the revolution, &c

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo4508
Author
Jones, U. J.
Date of Publication
c1940]
Call Number
974.802 P968 1940
  1 website  
Responsibility
By U. J. Jones. With notes and extensions compiled as a glossary from the memoirs of early settlers, the pension statements of revolutionary war soldiers, and other source material, by Floyd G. Hoenstine ...
Author
Jones, U. J.
Place of Publication
[Harrisburg, Pa
Publisher
The Telegraph Press,
Date of Publication
c1940]
Physical Description
440 p. incl. illus., plates, front. 24 cm.
Notes
Maps on lining-papers.
First edition published at Philadelphia, 1856.
Appendix, prepared by William H. Egle (including a biographical sketch of U. J. Jones and The Pattersons of Juniata): p. [351]-421.
Subjects
Frontier and pioneer life - Pennsylvania.
Indians of North America - Pennsylvania.
Juniata River Valley (Pa.) - History.
Additional Author
Egle, William Henry,
Hoenstine, Floyd G.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
974.802 P968 1940
Websites
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28th division, summary of operations in the World War

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo19811
Corporate Author
American Battle Monuments Commission.
Date of Publication
1944.
Call Number
940.5421 P415s
Alternate Title
Twenty-eighth division, summary of operations in the World War
Responsibility
prepared by the American Battle Monuments Commission.
Corporate Author
American Battle Monuments Commission.
Place of Publication
[Washington]
Publisher
U.S. G.P.O.,
Date of Publication
1944.
Physical Description
x, 108 p. : ill., maps (6 folded in pocket) ; 24 cm.
Notes
Includes bibliographical references (p. 89-98) and index.
Subjects
United States. - Army. - Infantry Division, 28th.
World War, 1914-1918 - United States
Location
Lancaster History Library - Rare Books
Call Number
940.5421 P415s
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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
  1 website  
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
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History of the 26th Infantry Division in World War II

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo535
Date of Publication
[1945]
Call Number
940.5421 H673
Responsibility
compiled and edited by G-3 section, 26th Infantry Division
Place of Publication
Linz, Czechoslovakia
Publisher
[s.n.]
Date of Publication
[1945]
Physical Description
44 p. ill. 27 cm.
Subjects
United States. - Army. - Infantry Regiment, 26th.
World War, 1939-1945.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
940.5421 H673
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