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Andrew Ellicott, his life and letters

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Author: Mathews, Catharine Van Cortlandt.

Date of Publication: 1908

Call Number: 925 E46m

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Responsibility: by Catharine Van Cortlandt Mathews.

Author: Mathews, Catharine Van Cortlandt.

Place of Publication: New York

Publisher: The Grafton press

Date of Publication: 1908

Physical Description: x, 256 p. front., plates, ports., maps (1 fold.) plans, facsims. 23cm.

Notes: "One thousand copies of this book have been printed from type and the type distributed."

Summary: A U.S. surveyor who resided in Lancaster County. He helped map many of the territories west of the Appalachians, surveyed the boundaries of the District of Columbia, continued and completed Pierre Charles L'Enfant's work on the plan for Washington, D.C., and served as a teacher in survey methods for Meriwether Lewis.; Contents: 1. Parentage and early life 1754 - 1784. 2. Baltimore and the western boundary of Pennsylvania 1785. 3. Three boundaries and the first measurement of Niagara 1786-1790. 4. The city of Washington in the Territory of Columbia. 5. The road to Presqu' Isle Fort. 6. The Florida boundary 1796 - 1800. 7. The Florida boundary (continued). 8. The Florida boundary (continued). 9. The land office of Pennsylvania 1800 - 1812. 10. West Point and the last surveys 1812-1820. The book contains footnotes and an index.

Subjects: Ellicott, Andrew, - 1754-1820.; Atlantic States - Surveys.; Southern boundary of the United States.; Washington (D.C.) - Surveys.; Pennsylvania - Boundaries.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 925 E46m

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An early letter by Thaddeus Stevens

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Author: Hensel, W. U.

Date of Publication: 1906

and Mr. Blanch- ard." Some accounts of Stevens' en- try into Pennsylvania narrate that he came here with James Merrill and John Blanchard. This letter proves that they preceded him; they were un- doubtedly his forerunners. Both these Vermonters achieved local fame. John Blanchard became �a noted

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Responsibility: by Hon. W. U. Hensel.

Author: Hensel, W. U.

Place of Publication: Lancaster, Pa

Publisher: Lancaster County Historical Society,

Date of Publication: 1906

Physical Description: 396-401 p. ; 23 cm.

Series: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 10, no. 10

Subjects: Stevens, Thaddeus, - 1792-1868 - Correspondence.; Merrill, James, - 1790-1841.; Merrill, Samuel.

Contained In: Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.10

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Be a good boy ; good-bye, and other back home poems

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Author: Shroy, John Lincoln,

Date of Publication: 1906.

Call Number: 811 S561

Responsibility: By John L. Shroy.

Author: Shroy, John Lincoln,

Place of Publication: Philadelphia

Publisher: Press of J.B. Lippincott

Date of Publication: 1906.

Physical Description: xi, [13]-224 p. front., plates 13 1/2 cm.

Notes: Part of plates printed on both sides.

Subjects: Poetry of places - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.; Lancaster County (Pa.) - Description and travel - Poetry.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 811 S561

Bi-centennial of Brick Meeting-House, Calvert, Cecil County, Maryland : Seventh-day, ninth month, (September) 14

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Date of Publication: 1902.

Call Number: 975.238 F899

Place of Publication: Lancaster, Pa

Publisher: Wickersham Printing Co.,

Date of Publication: 1902.

Physical Description: 111 p., [4] leaves of plates : ill., folded map ; 24 cm.

Notes: At head of title: 1701 - 1901.

Subjects: Penn, William, - 1644-1718.; Society of Friends.; Mason-Dixon Line

Additional Corporate Author: Society of Friends. Nottingham Monthly Meeting.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 975.238 F899

Biographical sketches

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Author: Clark, Martha Bladen.

Date of Publication: 1905

and humorously displayed. N. B.—The above Method is pretty similar to that in England, only alter'd to ye Soil & Climate of Penn- sylvania. Biographical Sketches of the Men Men- tioned in the Preceding Articles; Contributed by Miss Martha B. Clark. Thomas Barton was born in Ireland in the year 1730

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Responsibility: by Miss Martha B. Clark.

Author: Clark, Martha Bladen.

Place of Publication: Lancaster, Pa

Publisher: Lancaster County Historical Society,

Date of Publication: 1905

Physical Description: 293-296 ;. 23 cm.

Series: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 9, no. 9

Subjects: Barton, Thomas, - 1730-1780.; Wright, James.; Bradstreet, John, - 1711-1774.; Lancaster County (Pa.) - Biography.

Contained In: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 9, number 9 (1905), p. 293-296Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.9

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A Buchanan myth

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Author: Hensel, W. U.

Date of Publication: 1906

county, Ky., in 1813, "changed the whole course of Ameri- can history." Briefly stated, the nar- rative goes,in that year the late James Buchanan, afterwards President, lo- cated at Elizabethtown,Hardin county, Ky., to practice law, his choice being directed by the fact that his father owned a tract of

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Responsibility: by Hon. W. U. Hensel.

Author: Hensel, W. U.

Place of Publication: Lancaster, Pa

Publisher: Lancaster County Historical Society,

Date of Publication: 1906

Physical Description: [169]-172 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

Series: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 10, no. 5

Subjects: Buchanan, James, - 1791-1868.

Contained In: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 10, number 5 (1906), p. 169-172Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.10