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An essay on the origin of the Linnaean society of Lancaster city and county, its objects and progress. Read before the association on its 4th anniversary, at the Athenaeum rooms, February 24th, 1866

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo15666
Author
Rathvon, Simon S.,
Date of Publication
1866.
Call Number
090 L244p 1866
  1 website  
Responsibility
By S.S. Rathvon. To which are appended its charter, and lists of its officers, its members, and its correspondents.
Author
Rathvon, Simon S.,
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Pearsol & Geist, printers,
Date of Publication
1866.
Physical Description
18 p. 23 cm.
Notes
Published by request and by authority of the Society.
Subjects
Linnaean society of Lancaster city and county, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Rare Books
Call Number
090 L244p 1866
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Bridgens' atlas of Lancaster Co., Penna

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo9531
Author
Bridgens, H. F.
Date of Publication
1864.
Call Number
LC912.74815 B851
  1 website  
Responsibility
From actual surveys by H. F. Bridgens and assistant.
Author
Bridgens, H. F.
Place of Publication
Philadelphia
Publisher
H. F. Bridgens,
Date of Publication
1864.
Physical Description
43 p. : maps, illus. ; 40 cm.
Notes
Contains map for each township. Property owners and landmarks are noted.
Kept on top of counter-height shelving unit.
Separate index.
Subjects
Real property - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County - Maps.
Lancaster County (Pa.) - Maps.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Reference
Call Number
LC912.74815 B851
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A constitutional view of the late war between the states : its causes, character, conduct and results ; presented in a series of colloquies at Liberty Hall

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo793
Author
Stephens, Alexander Hamilton,
Date of Publication
[1868-70]
Call Number
937.7 S828
  2 websites  
Responsibility
by Alexander H. Stephens.
Author
Stephens, Alexander Hamilton,
Place of Publication
Philadelphia, Pa
Publisher
National Publishing Company,
Date of Publication
[1868-70]
Physical Description
2 v. : ill., plates ; 24 cm.
Notes
Includes index.
LCHS has vol. 2 only.
Summary
The library does not own a copy of the first volume. However, users can access it online using the link within this record.
Subjects
Constitutional history - United States.
United States - Politics and government - 1861-1865.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Rare Books
Call Number
937.7 S828
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Early history of the Falls of Schuylkill, Manayunk, Schuylkill and Lehigh navigation companies, Fairmount waterworks, etc

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo6313
Author
Hagner, Charles Valerius,
Date of Publication
1869.
Call Number
974.811 H141
  1 website  
Responsibility
by Charles V. Hagner.
Author
Hagner, Charles Valerius,
Place of Publication
Philadelphia
Publisher
Claxton, Remsen and Haffelfinger,
Date of Publication
1869.
Physical Description
viii, [9]-102 p. front., port. 21 cm.
Notes
Includes bibliographies.
Subjects
Falls of Schuylkill (Pa.) - History.
Manayunk (Pa.) - History.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Rare Books
Call Number
974.811 H141
Websites
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Date of Publication
1864.
Call Number
973.781 H387
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Responsibility
pub. by the Committee on Hospitals for the Great Central Fair for the U.S. Sanitary Commission.
Place of Publication
Philadelphia
Publisher
H.B. Ashmead, printer,
Date of Publication
1864.
Physical Description
60 p. ; 23 cm.
Notes
Sketches of army and navy life.
Click on Table of Contents for more information.
Contents
Reminiscences of prison life by one of the rank and file -- Soldier life of John W. Whaples -- The father's lament -- Union refreshment saloons, Phila. -- Description of a battle -- What a Union woman suffered -- Died of his wounds
Subjects
United States - History - Civil War, 1861-1865 - Personal narratives.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
973.781 H387
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History of Delaware County, Pennsylvania, from the discovery of the territory included within its limit to the present time, with a notice of the geology of the county, and catalogues of its minerals, plants, quadrupeds, and birds, written under the direction and appointment of the Delaware County Institute of Science

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo6921
Author
Smith, George,
Date of Publication
1862.
Call Number
974.814 S648
  1 website  
Responsibility
by George Smith, M.D.
Author
Smith, George,
Place of Publication
Philadelphia
Publisher
Printed by H.B. Ashmead,
Date of Publication
1862.
Physical Description
vii, [1], 581, [1] p. front., plates, maps (part fold.) facsims. 22 cm.
Notes
Frontispiece (map) wanting.
Subjects
Natural history - Pennsylvania - Delaware County.
Delaware County (Pa.) - History.
Additional Corporate Author
Delaware County Institute of Science (Media, Pa.)
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
974.814 S648
Websites
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Date of Publication
1869-
Call Number
815 L245f Oversize
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Responsibility
published monthly under the aspices of the Lancaster County Agricultural and Horticultural Society.
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Wylie and Griest, Inquirer Printing House,
Date of Publication
1869-
Physical Description
v. ; 26 cm.
Notes
Library has v. 1 - v. 16.
Publisher: v. 1- (1869) Lancaster, Pa.: Wylie & Griest, Inquirer Printing House and Book Bindery - v. 2-3 (1870-1871) Lancaster, Pa.: Wylie & Griest, Inquirer Printing House and Bindery - v. 4 (1872) Lancaster, Pa: J. B. Develin, Publisher, Wylie & Griest, Inquirer Printing House and Bindery - v. 5 (1873) Lancaster, Pa: J. B. Develin, Publisher, Inquirer Printing and Publishing Company - v. 6 Lancaster, Pa.: Pearson & Geist, Printers - v. 7 (1875) Lancaster, Pa.: Pearsol & Giest, Printers and Publishers - v. 8 (1876) Lancaster, Pa. : John A. Hiestand Printer and Publisher - v. 9-10 (1877 - 1878) Lancaster, Pa. : Linnæus Rathvon, Publisher - v. 11-16 (1879-1884) Lancaster, Pa. : John A. Hiestand, Publisher.
Subjects
Agriculture - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
Lancaster County (Pa.) - Agriculture.
Additional Author
Rathvon, S. S.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
815 L245f Oversize
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Life of Jefferson Davis, with a seceret history of the Southern Confederacy, gathered "behind the scenes in Richmond." Containing curous and extraordinary information of the principal southern characters in the late war, in connection with President Davis, and in relation to the various intrigues of his administration

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo3925
Author
Pollard, Edward Alfred,
Date of Publication
[1869]
Call Number
923.5 D262p
  1 website  
Responsibility
By Edward A. Pollard...
ISBN
0836950747
Author
Pollard, Edward Alfred,
Place of Publication
Philadelphia, Chicago [etc]
Publisher
National Pub. Co.
Date of Publication
[1869]
Physical Description
viii, 536 p. front. (port.) 23 cm.
Notes
LCHS copy lacks title page.
The author was a pro-slavery and pro-secession journalist and writer. A detailed article about him can be found at Encyclopedia.com : https://www.encyclopedia.com/history/energy-government-and-defense-magazines/edward-pollard
Subjects
Davis, Jefferson, - 1808-1889.
Confederate States of America - History.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Rare Books
Call Number
923.5 D262p
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Notes on the Rebel invasion of Maryland and Pennsylvania, and the Battle of Gettysburg, July 1st, 2d and 3d, 1863

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo2532
Author
Jacobs, M.
Date of Publication
1864.
Call Number
973.7 J17
  1 website  
Alternate Title
Rebel invasion of Maryland
Responsibility
By M. Jacobs ...
Author
Jacobs, M.
Place of Publication
Philadelphia
Publisher
J.B. Lippincott & Co.,
Date of Publication
1864.
Physical Description
iv, 5-47 p. front. (fold. map) 18 cm.
Summary
The author was a professor of mathematics and chemistry at Pennsylvania College in Gettysburg at the time of the Civil War. He was also the Lutheran pastor at the campus church.This book is a day-by-day account of the invasion beginning weeks before the Battle of Gettyburg. It was published in the year following the battle. The is no bibliography nor footnotes, but there is an excellent map of the battlefield.
Subjects
Gettysburg, Battle of, Gettysburg, Pa., 1863
Untied States - History - Civil War, 1861-1865 - Campaigns.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
973.7 J17
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Plantations for slave labor : the death of the yeomanry

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo10482
Author
Lieber, Francis.
Date of Publication
ca.1863.
Call Number
973.891 B628
  1 website  
Responsibility
by Francis Lieber.
Author
Lieber, Francis.
Place of Publication
[S.l.: s. n]
Date of Publication
ca.1863.
Physical Description
8 p. ; 23 cm.
Summary
An essay written during the Civil War that warns that slavery has concentrated power in the slave owners in the South - those who had been able to buy slaves and expand their business. Such power was destabilizing for society as a whole and should not be permitted following the war. "A numerous and independent yeomanry - that is to say , a large class of fairly schooled, intelligent, and respectable freeholders, of moderate, yet sufficient estate - spread over the country, with an honorable share in its government, constitutes one of the most important elements of a healthful state of a nation, and is wholly indispensable to a people whose type of government is that of substantial and orderly freedom..."
Subjects
Slavery - United States
Location
Lancaster History Library - Rare Books
Call Number
973.891 B628
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