" A do-it-yourself guide for a walking tour of the central section of Lancaster,Pennsylvania , America's oldest inland city and county seat of the Garden Spot of The World " [from the title page]
A story of the Hartman family's immigration to America from Germany, the attack by Indians in their American home, and the abduction of two daughters by native Indians.
Principal faculty advisor: Benno M. Forman, Dept. of Art History.
Bibliography: leaves 50-55.
Contents
Chapters: Introduction - History of Lancaster Borough - The building and furniture trades in Lancaster - Economic Status of the Furniture and Building Trades in Lancaster - Success and Kinship - Products , perception , and use of material culture - Conclusion.
Summary
"Lancaster, Pennsylvania, flourished during the last half ofthe eighteenth century. The borough had been founded in 1729 as an inland supply center for the lucrative fur trade and as a gateway to western expansion. The financial opportunities Lancaster offered attracted merchants, professional men, tradesmen, and artisans. This thesis focuses on one group of craftsmen, woodworkers involved in thebuilding and furniture trades between 1750 and 1800. German immigration to southeastern Pennsylvania was high during the eighteenth century, and many of them settled in Lancaster. The ethnic ratio of the woodworkers reflected the town's five-to-one, German-to-British (that is, English, Irish, and Scotch-Irish ) ratio. These artisans shared a common technological skill and, in most cases, a common cultural heritage. This study will examine the growth of thewoodworking trade and will isolate factors that contributed to thewoodworkers' success or failure in the borough. The craftsmen's products will be discussed to determine the extent the Germans adaptedto the British culture and simultaneously retained their ethnic identity. [from the introduction]
Declaration of Independence in Lancaster--Thomas Wharton, Jr. in Lancaster--Baron Steuben in Lancaster--Lancaster in 1778--Lancaster in 1783--Ephrata Community--Lancaster in 1788--Camel in Lancaster--Lancaster in 1795--Lancaster in 1797--John Marshall in Lancaster--First elephant in Lancaster--General Pinckney in Lancaster--Lancaster in 1807--Alexander Wilson in Lancaster--Mrs. Royall's visit to Lancaster--Royal Arabian horse in Lancaster--Daniel Webster in Lancaster--Rich men of Lancaster City in 1845--The Wreath--Chinese soldier in the Civil War--Hope Church--Seventy-fifth aniversaryof Hope Church--Story of Salome Le Roy--Tory of the Revolution.
Illustrations--Rare old Lancaster imprint--Lancaster Count Courthouse--Residence of Christopher Marshall--Trinity Lutheran Church--Cat Tavern--Old Ferry House--Buildings of the Ephrata Cloister--Watermark, Ephrata Cloister--Finest Colonial House in Lancaster--Caleb Cope House--Barracks on Howard Avenue--Saron House. Ephrata Cloister--Cell, Ephrata Cloister--Watermarks, Ephrata Cloister--Room in Saron House, Ephrata Cloister--Kitchen, Ephrata Cloister--Fireplace, Ephrata Cloister--Matin Room--Ephrata Cloister--Seal, Ephrata Cloister--Government Buildings, Lancaster--Washington Hotel--Old Powder House--Lancaster Academy--Male camel--Watermarks, Ephrata Cloister--Johann Conrad Beissel--Tomb of Johann Conrad Beissel--Fountain Inn--Rockford, Home of General Hand--White Swan Tavern--Blunderbuss--Lancaster City Hall--Newspaper account of Marshall's arival--Residence of Jasper Yeates--Residence of Timothy Matlack--Advertisement of the elephant--Oldest tobacco shop in the United States--Old wooden sign, Demuth Tobacco Shop--View of North Queen Street about 1840--William Pitt Tavern--Sign of William Pitt Tavern--Lancaster in 1810--Anchor Inn, Lititz, Pa.--Heinitsh's Drug Store--James Buchanan--Steinman's Hardware Store--Slaymaker's Hotel--Abbeville--House and tannery of Georg H. Krug--Fire engine--View of West King Street about 1850--The Wreath--Button Suctio Engine--Hose cart--Hope Episcopal Church, Mount Hope, Pa.--Mount Hope Mansion--Memorial chancel and altar, Hope Church--Brew House--Bird's-eye view of Lancaster--German Reformed Church--House built about 1760--Lancaster County Prison.
Vol. 2 has title: Reports of cases adjudged in the superior courts of law and equity, Court of Conference, and Federal court. For the State of North Carolina. Raleigh, Printed by William Boylan, 1806.
"Vol. 2 Haywood contains a number of decisions in the United States Circuit Court, delivered chiefly by Judge Marshall, 1802-1805"--Soule, Lawyer's ref. manual, 1884.
Laws of the commonwealth of Pennsylvania: : from the sixth day of December, one thousand eight hundred and three, to the third day of April, one thousand eight hundred and four. : Published, under the authority of the legislature, by Thomas M'Kean Thompson. : Vol. VI
Added title page (p. [1]): Acts of the General Assembly of the commonwealth of Pennsylvania: passed at a session, which was begun and held at the borough of Lancaster, on the sixth day of December, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and three and of the independence of the United States of America the twenty-eighth. Published by authority. Octoraro: Printed by Francis Bailey. 1804.
"Secretary's-Office, Lancaster, June 29, 1804. I certify, that ... the laws comprised in this volume, and passed during one session of the legislature, commencing on the sixth day of December, one thousand eight hundred and three ... have been collated with and corrected by the original rolls. T.M. Thompson, secretary of the commonwealth."--Title page verso.
"Table of private acts."--Page [iii]-iv, 1st count.
Reports of cases argued and determined in the Supreme Court of Errors of the state of Connecticut and in the Circuit Court of the United States for the district of Connecticut
Vols. 3-4 have title: Reports of cases argued and determined in the Supreme court of errors of the state of Connecticut; and in the Circuit court of the United States for the district of Connecticut. Imprint varies: v. 1, Hartford: Printed by Hudson and Goodwin. 1806.--v. 2, Hartford: Printed by Lincoln and Gleason. 1809.--v. 3, New-York: Published by Isaac Riley. 1811.--v. 4, New-York: Published by I. Riley, no. 4, City-hotel. C. Wiley, printer. 1813.--v. 5, Hartford, Printed by P.B. Gleason and co., 1823.
"A supplement, containing a few decisions of the Superior court on the circuit": v. 3, p. [485]-513.
Library lacks volume 5.
Jasper Yeates's Colonial Law Library.
Yeates's signataure at top of title page.
Book numbers 363, 364, 365a, ane 365b as assigned by Yeates.
