Papers read before the Lancaster County Historical Society ... September 6, 1918.
Notes
"Minutes of the September meeting": p. 123-124.
With: The Times of Jasper Yeates / C. I. Landis. [S.l. : s.n. , n.d. -- Benjamin West and the Royal Academy / C. I. Landis. [S.L. : s.n.], 1926 -- Bejamin West and his visit to Lancaster / C. I. Landis. Lancaster, Pa. : Conestoga Publishing Company, 1925 -- Thaddeus Stevens: a letter written to the Daily New Era, Lancaster, Pa. / C. I. Landis. New Era Printing Company, 1926 -- Items in the Pennsylvania Gazette concerning Lancaster County / C. I. Landis. Lancaster, Pa.: [s.n., 1918 -- A picture of Washington by a Lancaster artist / C. I. Landis. Lancaster, Pa., s.n., 1918.
Summary
The article first addresses the building of the market house adjacent to the land on which the City Hall was later built.
Commemoration of Lancaster County in the Revolution : at "Indian Rock", Williamson Park, near "Rockford", the home of General Edward Hand, M.D., Friday P.M., September 20, cmmxii
Program from the ceremony to commemorate Lancaster County's involvement in the American Revolution. The order of events in the ceremony is included. Also includes a chronology of Lancaster County's participation in events related to the French and Indian War and the American Revolution, citing General Edward Hand's activities. A genealogy of the Hand family is included in the program.
This article was serialized across several issues. This record provides links to each installment. Most of the links are from the publisher's official online repository, although two parts were only available on the HathiTrust online depository.
In: Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography, volumes 42 (p. 1-28, 127-140, 235-258, & 358-360) & 43 (p. 84-90 and 182-190).
Summary
The author writes about the " Kings Highway ", the first road from Philadelphia to the Lancaster area, and he then recounts the building of the Philadelphia to Lancaster Turnpike. The third part of his article describes the various taverns and points of interest along the Lancaster County portion of the Turnpike.
This record provides a link to this resource on JSTOR's online repository.
Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography , v.40.
Letter written by Edward Hand to U.S. Representatives and Senators, Mar. 17, 1789, presenting reasons why Lancaster should be considered for the permanent capital of the U.S.
