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The history of the gas and electric industries in Lancaster County

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Author
Barnes, Horace Richards.
Date of Publication
1948
. Root, Vice- President and Treasurer, of Allentown, Pa.; Mr. L. C. Pursell, Second Vice-President, of Allentown, Pa.; and to Mr. James Huebner, Vice-President, Lancaster Division, Pennsylvania Power and Light Company. Most of the material in this study has been secured from data and records owned by the
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by Horace Richards Barnes.
Author
Barnes, Horace Richards.
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Lancaster County Historical Society,
Date of Publication
1948
Physical Description
[101]-131 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Series
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 52, no. 5
Subjects
Pennsylvania Power & Light Company - History.
Lancaster Gas Company (Lancaster, Pa.)
Edison Electric Illuminating Company of Lancaster (Pa.)
Electric utilities - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County
Public utilities - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County
Gas companies - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County
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Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 52, number 5 (1948), p. 101-131Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.52
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Religious life in Lancaster Borough

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Author
Coldren, Caroline S.
Date of Publication
1941
denominations established during the life of the Borough of Lancaster. Fortunately, for the community, we would say, no one sect dominated the religious life of the town. Even the Master said, "Other sheep I have, which are not of this fold," and so the Lutheran and Reformed people, with the others, dwelt in
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by Caroline S. Coldren in collaboration with M. Luther Heisey.
Author
Coldren, Caroline S.
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Lancaster County Historical Society,
Date of Publication
1941
Physical Description
[125]-144 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Series
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 45, no. 6
Subjects
Church buildings - Pennsylvania - Lancaster.
Lancaster (Pa.) - Religious life and customs.
Lancaster (Pa.) - History - Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775.
Additional Author
Heisey, M. Luther,
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Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 45, number 6 (1941), p. 125-144Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.45
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Early coin and private scrip of Lancaster County

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Author
Martin, C. H.
Date of Publication
1940
Early Coin and Private Scrip of Lancaster County By C. H. MARTIN In introducing the subject of this paper I wish to call your attention to the large variety of coin which circulated or was referred to in early Lan- caster County, and follow with brief reference to the origin and extent of issues of
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by C. H. Martin.
Author
Martin, C. H.
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Lancaster County Historical Society,
Date of Publication
1940
Physical Description
[41]-50 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Series
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 44, no. 3
Subjects
Coinage - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
Paper money - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
Money - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
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Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 44, number 3 (1940), p. 41-50Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.44
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Railroad and bridge builders of Lancaster

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Author
Heisey, M. Luther,
Date of Publication
1940
Redsecker Rohrer. He was educated in the Lancaster public schools, and was graduated as a civil engineer from the Poly- technic College of Pennsylvania at Philadelphia. In 1881 he was engineer of construction for the Colebrook Valley Railroad from Conewago to Cornwall and in 1883 built the Schuylkill Valley
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by M. Luther Heisey.
Author
Heisey, M. Luther,
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Lancaster County Historical Society,
Date of Publication
1940
Physical Description
[57]-76 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Series
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 44, no. 4
Subjects
Bridges - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
Railroads - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
Lancaster County (Pa.) - Transportation.
Lancaster County (Pa.) - Biography.
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Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 44, number 4 (1940), p. 57-76Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.44
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The ironmasters of Marietta and vicinity during the period 1848-1878

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Author
Gramm, Bertha Sue.
Date of Publication
1948
of Miss Montgomery, died on the hill. He was one of the most active of the ironmasters, and was generally esteemed according to Ellis and Evans' History of Lancaster County as a "genial, kind-hearted, and enterprising gentleman." Abram Musselman's children were all educated in private schools. His
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by Bertha Sue Gramm.
Author
Gramm, Bertha Sue.
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Lancaster County Historical Society,
Date of Publication
1948
Physical Description
[137]-167 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Series
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 52, no. 6
Subjects
Musselman family.
Watt family.
Haldeman family.
Historic buildings - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
Furnaces - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
Lancaster County (Pa.) - History - 19th century.
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Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 52, number 6 (1948), p. 137-167Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.52
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Social life in Lancaster Borough

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Author
Kieffer, Elizabeth Clarke.
Date of Publication
1941
Social Life in Lancaster Borough By ELIZABETH CLARKE KIEFFER It was Benjamin Rush writing in 1789 on the "Manners and Customs of the German Inhabitants of Pennsylvania," 1 who called attention to the fact that the description given by Tacitus of the German Village of the first cen- tury A.D
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by Elizabeth Clarke Kieffer.
Author
Kieffer, Elizabeth Clarke.
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Lancaster County Historical Society,
Date of Publication
1941
Physical Description
[105]-123 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Series
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 45, no. 5
Subjects
Lancaster (Pa.) - Social life and customs.
Lancaster (Pa.) - History - Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775.
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Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 45, number 5 (1941), p. 105-123Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.45
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Cannon Hill and the Hessian ditch with personal reminiscences of the Furnace Hills

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Author
Beck, Herbert Huebener,
Date of Publication
1940
Lancaster from Philadelphia. The black squirrel was a dark phase of the gray. The stump ear gray squirrels were a variety of the fox squirrel.46 42 Mammals of Pennsylvania and New Jersey. S. N. Rhoads. 43 Ibid. 44 Historical Sketch of Rural Field Sports in Lancaster County. 45 Historical Sketch of the Three
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by Herbert H. Beck.
Author
Beck, Herbert Huebener,
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Lancaster County Historical Society,
Date of Publication
1940
Physical Description
[21]-39 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Series
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 44, no. 2
Subjects
Furnace Hills (Lancaster County, Pa.)
Hessian Ditch (Lancaster County, Pa.)
Iron industry and trade - Pennsylvania.
Lancaster County (Pa.) - Description and travel.
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Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 44, number 2 (1940), p. 21-39Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.44
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A history of Friends in Lancaster County

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Author
Whitely, Paul L.
Date of Publication
1947
Catholic Church, and finally was in the hands of a private owner. 25 A marble yard is now located on the lot Where the meeting-house stood. The burial plot was sold by the trustees of Sadsbury Monthly Meeting in 1874 to Warwick Cooper. The reason for the failure of the Lancaster meeting, according to
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by Paul L. Whitely.
Author
Whitely, Paul L.
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Lancaster County Historical Society,
Date of Publication
1947
Physical Description
[1]-33 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Series
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 51, no. 1
Subjects
Fox, George, - 1624-1691.
Society of Friends - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County
Underground railroad - Pennsylvania.
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Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 51, number 1 (1947), p. 1-33Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.51
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Author
Heisey, M. Luther,
Date of Publication
1942
PAPERS OF THE LANCASTER COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY Vol. XLVI 1942 Nos. 2 and 3 By M. LUTHER HEISEY The leading residents of Lancaster, when it was incorporated into a borough, were those who were nominated and appointed in the charter as burgesses and assistants, and a few others. This charter
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by M. Luther Heisey.
Author
Heisey, M. Luther,
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Lancaster County Historical Society,
Date of Publication
1942
Physical Description
[45]-82 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Series
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 46, no. 2 & 3
Subjects
Cookson, Thomas, - 1709-1753.
Graff, Sebastian, - 1711-1763.
Streets - Pennsylvania - Lancaster.
Lancaster (Pa.) - Officials and employees.
Lancaster (Pa.) - Maps.
Hamilton lots (Lancaster, Pa.)
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Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 46, number 2/3 (1942), p. 45-82Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.46
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The art of photography in Lancaster

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Author
Heisey, M. Luther,
Date of Publication
1947
, �and made a tour of the county and some other parts of the state, continuing his business as an itinerant daguerreotypist for many years. When the war broke out in 1861, though fifty-one years of age, he enlisted as a private soldier in Company F, 9th Pennsylvania Cavalry, was hurt badly in a charge in
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by M. Luther Heisey.
Author
Heisey, M. Luther,
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Lancaster County Historical Society,
Date of Publication
1947
Physical Description
[93]- 114 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Series
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 51, no. 4
Subjects
Fahnestock, William Baker, - 1804-1886.
Damant, James.
Photography
Lancaster County (Pa.) - Pictorial works.
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Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 51, number 4 (1947), p. 93-114Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.51
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