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https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo16183
Author
Lyte, Eliphalet Oram,
Date of Publication
c1899.
Call Number
816 L998a
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by E. Oram Lyte.
Author
Lyte, Eliphalet Oram,
Place of Publication
New York
Publisher
American Book Co.,
Date of Publication
c1899.
Physical Description
368 p. ; 19 cm.
Series
Lyte's language series
Notes
Includes index.
Subjects
English language
English language - Composition and exercises.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
816 L998a
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Advertisement

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/db0c60ef-e009-4136-bcab-327144673240
Collection
Hamilton Watch Company Collection
Title
Hamilton Watch Company advertisement
Object ID
MG0127_F016
Date Range
1899/04
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Collection
Hamilton Watch Company Collection
Title
Hamilton Watch Company advertisement
Description
Hamilton Watch Co. advertisement for new grades of jewel movements, which appeared in The Keystone, vol. 20, no. 4, April 1899. With the masthead and date of The Keystone issue.
Admin/Biographical History
The Keystone was published by B. Thorpe, 19th and Brown Streets, Philadelphia.
Date Range
1899/04
Creation Date
April 1899
Creator
Hamilton Watch Company
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Storage Room
Archives South
Storage Wall
Side 04
Other Creators
B. Thorpe
Subjects
Advertisements
Clock and watch making
Clocks and watches
Hamilton Watch Company
Search Terms
Advertisements
Hamilton Watch Company
Jewel movements
Keystone, The
Watches
Watchmaking
Extent
2 items, 4 pages to scan
Object Name
Advertisement
Language
English
Object ID
MG0127_F016
Location of Originals
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania
Notes
Preferred Citation: Title or description of item, date (day, month, year), Hamilton Watch Company Collection (MG0127), Folder #, LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.
Access Conditions / Restrictions
No restrictions.
Copyright
Item may not be photocopied. Please direct questions to Research Center Staff at Research@LancasterHistory.org. Permission for reproduction and/or publication must be obtained in writing from LancasterHistory.
Credit
Courtesy of LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.
Accession Number
2022.004
Classification
MG0127
Description Level
Item
Custodial History
Added to database 9 April 2022.
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Affidavit

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/9f1f825c-b2a8-4715-a5b3-439757781507
Collection
Veterans' Peddlers Licenses
Title
Veterans' Peddlers Licenses
Object ID
Veterans F01 I04
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Collection
Veterans' Peddlers Licenses
Title
Veterans' Peddlers Licenses
Description
Record of applications for peddlers' licenses showing date of application, name of applicant, type of license, and dates granted and lifted. Many applications for soldiers' licenses; these are peddlers' licenses issued to honorably discharged veterans. Handwritten.
System of Arrangement
Organized by year, then alphabetically by surname.
Year
1899
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Storage Room
Archives West
Storage Container
Box 0001
People
May, Henry
Subcategory
Documentary Artifact
Search Terms
Veterans' Peddlers License
Civil War
Petitions
Object Name
Affidavit
Language
English
Condition
Good
Object ID
Veterans F01 I04
Box Number
001
Additional Notes
Petition.
203rd Regiment, Company A, Pennsylvania Volunteers.
Civil War.
1 item, 1 piece
Access Conditions / Restrictions
Request at Reference Desk; photocopy made by staff member.
Classification
RG 02-00 0601
Description Level
Item
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Agreement

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/7c3916d5-40d5-4bb3-b3aa-665424365083
Collection
Bridge Records
Title
Calculations and settlement with Chester County for bridge
Object ID
Bridge F0095 I006
Date Range
1893
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Collection
Bridge Records
Title
Calculations and settlement with Chester County for bridge
Description
Also Bridge No. 5.
Location: Over [East Branch] of Octoraro Creek.
Document type: Calculations and settlement with Chester County for bridge
System of Arrangement
Records are arranged by township, then chronologically within each township.
Date Range
1893
Year
1893
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Storage Room
Archives West
Storage Container
Box 0001
Subcategory
Documentary Artifact
Search Terms
Agreements
Bridges
Calculations
Colerain Twp.
Creeks
Mills
Octoraro Creek, East Branch
Upper Oxford Twp., Chester County, Pennsylvania
Worth's Bridge
Worth's Mill
Place
Colerain Twp. and Upper Oxford Twp., Chester County
Extent
3 items, 3 pieces
Object Name
Agreement
Language
English
Condition
Fair
Object ID
Bridge F0095 I006
Box Number
001
Access Conditions / Restrictions
Request at Reference Desk; photocopy made by staff member.
Classification
RG 02-00 0324
Description Level
Item
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Along the western Brandywine

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo6012
Author
MacElree, Wilmer W.,
Edition
2d ed.
Date of Publication
1912.
Call Number
974.813 M141b
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Responsibility
by Wilmer W. MacElree.
Author
MacElree, Wilmer W.,
Edition
2d ed.
Place of Publication
[West Chester, Pa
Publisher
F. S. Hickman, printer]
Date of Publication
1912.
Physical Description
199 p. front., illus., plates, ports., maps (1 fold.) facsims. 28 cm.
Summary
A 1909 tour of the towns and places near the west branch of the Brandywine Creek, it includes Honey Brook and the railroad that once ran through it, Coatesville, Hibernia, Icedale, West Chester, Chadds Ford, and many other sites in Chester County, northern Maryland, and Delaware.
Subjects
Brandywine, Battle of, 1777.
Chester County (Pa.) - Description and travel.
Brandywine Creek.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
974.813 M141b
Websites
https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=loc.ark:/13960/t9s18m007;view=1up;seq=11
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Ambrotype

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/1bb1f016-2846-463b-90f5-356646507263
Collection
History Collection: Person, Sarah Ann Stauffer
Object ID
2002.154.54
Date Range
1850-1890
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Collection
History Collection: Person, Sarah Ann Stauffer
Description
Portrait of young gentleman. Fairly faded out. Water marks/stains, one around right eye of man (viewer's left) in decorative bronze-colored frame with glass narrow gold-colored braid around edge. All with a red velvet rectangle. On the red velvet lining of the lid/cover: "Addis (?) s Lancaster Gallery/ NE Corner of Centre Square & N. Queen St." Black container has decorative motifs on front and back.
Date Range
1850-1890
Year Range From
1850
Year Range To
1890
Creator
Addis's Lancaster Gallery
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Storage Room
DAC
Storage Wall
Island 4
Storage Cabinet
Unit 20
Storage Container
Box 0615
Subcategory
Documentary Artifact
Object Name
Ambrotype
Height (in)
0.625
Length (in)
3.75
Width (in)
3.25
Condition
Fair
Condition Date
2018-09-21
Condition Notes
Fabric hinge torn: ambrotype and cover are separated.
Image somewhat faded. Water marks/stains, one around right eye of man (viewer's left) Wear on outside where black has rubbed off
Object ID
2002.154.54
Accession Number
2002.154
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The American iron & steel manufacturing company, Lebanon's great iron works. Read before the Lebanon County historical society, April 20, 1916

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo18624
Author
Richards, Henry Melchior Muhlenberg,
Date of Publication
1916]
Call Number
974.819 L441 v. 6 no. 17
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Responsibility
by Capt. H.M.M. Richards ...
Author
Richards, Henry Melchior Muhlenberg,
Place of Publication
[Lebanon, Pa
Date of Publication
1916]
Physical Description
1 p. ., p. [442]-476. plates. 24 cm.
Series
Lebanon County Historical Society. Historical papers and addresses, vol. VI, no. 17
Subjects
American Iron and Steel Manufacturing Company.
Iron industry and trade - Pennsylvania.
Steel industry and trade - Pennsylvania.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
974.819 L441 v. 6 no. 17
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An Italian artist in old Lancaster : (Louigi Persico-1820)

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Author
Hensel, W. U.
Date of Publication
1912
dollars from 1808 to 1839, on the quarter dollar from 1815 to 1839, and on the dime and hadf-dime from 1809 to 1839. Robert Scott is supposed to have engraved the dies. In the old Mint there was a plaster model bearing the name E. Luigi Persico. It was of a Liberty head that very much resembled the head
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Responsibility
by W. U. Hensel.
Author
Hensel, W. U.
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Lancaster County Historical Society,
Date of Publication
1912
Physical Description
67-101 p. ; 23 cm.
Series
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 16, no. 3
Subjects
Persico, Luigi.
United States Capitol (Washington, D.C.)
Lancaster (Pa.) - History.
United States - Politics and government - 19th century.
Contained In
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 16, number 3 (1912), p. 67-101Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.16
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Annals of Philadelphia and Pennsylvania, in the olden time; being a collection of memoirs, anecdotes, and incidents of the city and its inhabitants, and of the earliest settlements of the inland part of Pennsylvania, from the days of the founders

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Author
Watson, John F.
Date of Publication
1891.
Call Number
974.811 W339
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Responsibility
By John F. Watson ... Enlarged, with many revisions and additions, by Willis P. Hazard...
Author
Watson, John F.
Place of Publication
Philadelphia
Publisher
E. S. Stuart,
Date of Publication
1891.
Physical Description
3 v. fronts., illus., plates, port. 25 cm.
Notes
The third volume of this ed. was prepared at the publisher's request, by W. P. Hazard.
Subjects
Pennsylvania - History.
Philadelphia (Pa.) - History.
Philadelphia (Pa.) - Social life and customs.
Additional Author
Hazard, Willis P.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
974.811 W339
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An old oil mill

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Author
Hensel, L. W.
Date of Publication
1898
AN OLD OIL MILL. At the foot of the western end of the "Mine Ridge," thereabouts better known as "Stony Hill," and in the northwest corner of Eden township, near the old Conowingo ore mines, and about half a mile east of Camargo, on a branch of Beaver creek, stands a large, quaint old stone
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Responsibility
by L. W. Hensel.
Author
Hensel, L. W.
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Lancaster County Historical Society,
Date of Publication
1898
Physical Description
213-215 p. ; 23 cm.
Series
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 2, no. 7
Summary
This article discusses a mill property in Eden Township , Lancaster County. The mill had several owners during the 19th century, and the mill was used for various purposes: Processing wool, sawing wood, making whiskey, and pressing oil from flax seeds [hence the name "oil mill"].
Subjects
Old Oil Mill (Lancaster County, Pa.)
Water mills - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County
Oil mills - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
Mills and mill-work - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
Linseed oil.
Flour mills - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
Contained In
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 2, number 7 (1898), p. 213-215Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.2
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