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Christopher Marshall's home in which he lived and wrote his diary in year 1777 and 1781 inclusive

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Author
Magee, Daniel F.
Date of Publication
1927
home. The first thought of your author was to give the full chain of title to both properties from Hamilton to Marshall, which is all of full record in the Recorders Office at Lancaster, but on second thought I believe that the case can be fully, clearly and indubitably proven to the mind of the layman
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Responsibility
by D. F. Magee, Esq.
Author
Magee, Daniel F.
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Lancaster County Historical Society,
Date of Publication
1927
Physical Description
118-120 p. ; 23 cm.
Series
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 31, no. 8
Notes
Christopher Marshall, a politically active resident of Philadelphia, lived in Lancaster County during the American Revolution. He had begun writing a diary in Philadelphia that included observations on events of the day. He continued this while in Lancaster. The diary shows much about life in Lancaster during the Revolution.
Subjects
Marshall, Christopher, - 1709-1797.
Lancaster (Pa.) - History - 18th century - Personal narratives.
Diaries.
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Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 31, number 8 (1927), p. 118-121Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.31
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Colonel Archibald Steele

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Author
Magee, Daniel F.
Date of Publication
1921
from Lancaster County, but then a private in Steele's company, writes in his history of the expedition the following account of the fight before and over the walls of Quebec: "Col. Arnold, heading the forlorn hope, advanced perhaps one hundred yards in advance of the main body. After him fol l owed
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Responsibility
by D. F. Magee, Esq.
Author
Magee, Daniel F.
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Lancaster County Historical Society,
Date of Publication
1921
Physical Description
10-14 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Series
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 25, no. 8
Subjects
Steele, Archibald, - d. 1832.
Pennsylvania Riflemen.
United States - History - Revolution, 1775-1783.
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Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 25, number 8 (1921), p. 10-14Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.25
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Emanuel Carpenter, the lawgiver

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Author
Magee, Daniel F.
Date of Publication
1920
EXHIBIT " B." Emanuel Carpenter, the Law Giver. BY D. F. MAGEE, ESQ. In the wise direction of human events as ruled by Divine Providence dur- ing the career of this country as a nation, whenever there came a need and a call for men for special service, that same over-ruling power has ever found a
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Responsibility
by D. F. Magee, Esq.
Author
Magee, Daniel F.
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Lancaster County Historical Society,
Date of Publication
1920
Physical Description
144-152 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Series
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 24, no. 7
Subjects
Carpenter, Emanuel, - -1780.
Judges - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
Courts - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
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Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 24, number 7 (1920), p. 144-152Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.24
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The location and boundaries of the Martin Chartier tract : together with the site of the original residence of Martin Chartier

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Author
Magee, Daniel F.
Date of Publication
1925
Tree": but by what line did Taylor measure? Around the big curve of the River bank or did he come directly over Turkey Hill, which would make his 2400 perches reach much farther. To that all essential question no answer is at hand now. Therefore in order to locate that Locust tree, we much search
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Responsibility
by D. F. Magee, Esq.
Author
Magee, Daniel F.
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Lancaster County Historical Society,
Date of Publication
1925
Physical Description
97-100 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Series
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 29, no. 8
Subjects
Chartier, Martin, - d. 1718.
French Americans - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County
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Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 29, number 8 (1925), p. 97-100Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.29
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The old wooden covered bridges of the Octoraro

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Author
Magee, Daniel F.
Date of Publication
1923
the Townships of Sadsbury, Upper Oxford, Lower Oxford and West Nottingham, in Chester County, roads and many of them were needed to and from the farms and mills and centres of trade and industry that sprung up in all that section, as well as the bigger roads and highways that led away to the cities of
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Responsibility
by D. F. Magee, Esq.
Author
Magee, Daniel F.
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Lancaster County Historical Society,
Date of Publication
1923
Physical Description
121-126 p. ; 23 cm.
Series
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 27, no. 7
Subjects
Covered bridges - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
Octoraro Creek (Pa. and Md.)
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Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 27, number 7 (1923), p. 121-126Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.27
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The Peach Bottom Railway Company

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Author
Magee, Daniel F.
Date of Publication
1923
the section surrounding and north westward of that City in States of Delaware and Maryland. �The idea was to reach and drain the rich country lying between the Penn- sylvania R. R. main line, and the Baltimore Ohio line, some fifty miles south- ward of it; to tap the rich farm lands of Chester
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Responsibility
by D. F. Magee, Esq.
Author
Magee, Daniel F.
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Lancaster County Historical Society,
Date of Publication
1923
Physical Description
75-84 p. ; 23 cm.
Series
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 27, no. 4
Subjects
Peach Bottom Railway Company.
Peach Bottom Railroad.
Lancaster, Oxford, & Southern Railroad.
Lancaster, Oxfore, & Southern Railway.
Railroads - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County
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Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 27, number 4 (1923), p. 75-84Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.27
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Rafting on the Susquehanna

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Author
Magee, Daniel F.
Date of Publication
1920.
were all lined up side by side in the water, or on ice frozen over the pond or stream where the raft was to start on its journey. The craftsman then laid across each end of his raft about 3 feet back from the front of the logs and from the rear in the same manner and at right angles thereto a row of
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Responsibility
by D. F. Magee, Esq.
Author
Magee, Daniel F.
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Lancaster County Historical Society,
Date of Publication
1920.
Physical Description
193-202 p. ; 23 cm.
Series
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 24, no. 9
Subjects
Timber
Lumbering.
Canals.
Pilots and pilotage.
Susquehanna River.
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Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 24, number 9 (November 1920), p. 193-202Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 24, number 9 (1920), p. 193-202Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.24
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Report of the committee to place and unveil a marker designating and commemorating the Indian town of Conestoga, in Manor Township, Lancaster County, Penna

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Date of Publication
1924
strong building where the Fulton Opera House now stands. It is said they condoled with them, took them by the hand and promised them protection. THE PAXTON MASSACRE On the 27th of December, Proud states, this murderous band of rangers (the Paxton boys) suddenly appeared in Lancaster, fifty of them armed
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Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Lancaster County Historical Society,
Date of Publication
1924
Physical Description
129-149 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Series
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 28, no. 9
Subjects
Penn, William, - 1644-1718.
Indian Town (Conestoga, Pa.)
Historical markers - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
Indians of North America - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
Conestoga Indians.
Paxton Boys.
Conestoga Massacre, Pa., 1763.
Conestoga (Pa. : Township) - History.
Additional Author
Magee, Daniel F.
Landis, David H.,
Beck, Herbert Huebener,
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Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 28, number 9 (1924), p. 129-152Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.28
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The so called "Kentucky rifle", as made in Lancaster County

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Author
Magee, Daniel F.
Date of Publication
1926
hunting rifle frequently was the deciding factor in British defeats. This new type was substantially uniform, though there were minor vari- ations in it to suit the whims or fancy of the purchaser, in the length and bore of the barrel. The standard was forty inches long for barrel and fifty-five over all
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by D. F. Magee.
Author
Magee, Daniel F.
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Lancaster County Historical Society,
Date of Publication
1926
Physical Description
47-60 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Series
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 30, no. 4
Subjects
Kentucky rifle.
Rifles
Industries - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County
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Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 30, number 4 (1926), p. 47-60Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.30
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Two famous doctors of southern Lancaster County

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Author
Magee, Daniel F.
Date of Publication
1929
, probably the most famous sur- geon that United States has produced, whose fame was Nation wide ; of John Musser of Lancaster, Prof. at University of Penn- sylvania; of the two Deavers of the Buck, Harry and John B., sons of the elder Dr. James Deaver of the Buck, all of this County, are familiar names
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Responsibility
by D. F. Magee, Esq.
Author
Magee, Daniel F.
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Lancaster County Historical Society,
Date of Publication
1929
Physical Description
13-18 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Series
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 33, no. 2
Subjects
Sides, Benjamin Franklin, - 1822-1901.
Peeples, James A., - 1841-1916.
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Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 33, number 2 (1929), p. 13-18Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.33
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