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1879-1929, fifty years of Woolworth : over 2100 Woolworth stores celebrate this year in 1500 cities in 5 countries of the world : the fiftieth anniversary of the F.W. Woolworth Co. : with amazing buying opportunities for your nickels and dimes

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Corporate Author: F.W. Woolworth Company.

Date of Publication: c1929.

Call Number: 658.871 W917

Corporate Author: F.W. Woolworth Company.

Place of Publication: New York

Publisher: The Company,

Date of Publication: c1929.

Physical Description: 1 v. (unpaged) : ill. ; 23 cm.

Subjects: F.W. Woolworth Company.; Variety stores - United States.; Chain stores - United States.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 658.871 W917

An Analysis of the laws of England : to which is prefixed an introductory discourse on the study of the law

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Author: Blackstone, William,

Edition: 5th edition.

Date of Publication: 1762.

Call Number: Book 955 1762

Author: Blackstone, William,

Edition: 5th edition.

Place of Publication: Oxford

Publisher: Printed at the Clarendon Press,

Date of Publication: 1762.

Physical Description: lxxvii, [7], 189, [15] pages ; 21 cm

Notes: Includes index.; Jasper Yeates's Colonial Law Library.; Yeates's signature at top of title page.; Book number 955 as assigned by Yeates.

Subjects: Law - Great Britain - Early works to 1800.; Law - Early works to 1800.; Law.; Law; Great Britain.; Early works.; Gilt title on maroon spine label (Binding); Full blind-tooled leather (Binding)

Additional Author: Yeates, Jasper,

Location: Lancaster History Library - Yeates Collection

Call Number: Book 955 1762

An authentic history of the Junior Sons of America, 1847 to 1868, and Patriotic Order Sons of America, 1869 to 1923

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Author: Stager, Henry John.

Date of Publication: [1925?]

Call Number: 369 P314

Responsibility: by Henry John Stager, by John H. Druckemiller as collaborator, and edited and completed by C.H. Shirk.

Author: Stager, Henry John.

Place of Publication: [S.l.]

Publisher: State Camp of Pennsylvania of the Patriotic Order, Sons of America,

Date of Publication: [1925?]

Physical Description: 2 v. : ill.

Subjects: Patriotic Order Sons of America. - State Camp of Pennsylvania - History.

Additional Author: Druckemiller, John H.; Shirk, C. H.

Additional Corporate Author: Patriotic Order Sons of America. State Camp of Pennsylvania.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 369 P314

An authentic history of the Junior Sons of America, 1847 to 1868, and Patriotic Order Sons of America, 1869 to 1923

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Author: Stager, Henry John.

Date of Publication: [1925?]

Call Number: 369 S774

Responsibility: by Henry John Stager, by John H. Druckemiller as collaborator, and edited and completed by C.H. Shirk.

Author: Stager, Henry John.

Place of Publication: [S.l.]

Publisher: State Camp of Pennsylvania of the Patriotic Order, Sons of America,

Date of Publication: [1925?]

Physical Description: 2 v. : ill.

Subjects: Patriotic Order Sons of America. - State Camp of Pennsylvania - History

Additional Author: Druckemiller, John H.,; Shirk, C H

Additional Corporate Author: Patriotic Order Sons of America. State Camp of Pennsylvania

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 369 S774

An enquiry into the use and practice of juries among the Greeks and Romans : from whence the origin of the English jury may probably be deduced : in three parts

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Author: Pettingal, John,

Date of Publication: MDCCLXIX [1769]

Call Number: Book 619 1769

Responsibility: by John Pettingal ...

Author: Pettingal, John,

Place of Publication: London

Publisher: Printed for the author, by W. and W. Strahan, and sold by T. Cadell (successor to Mr. Millar) in the Strand,

Date of Publication: MDCCLXIX [1769]

Physical Description: xv, [1], 200 p. ; 28 cm. (4to)

Notes: Signatures: a-bâ´ B-2Câ´.; Jasper Yeates's Colonial Law Library.; Yeates's signature at top of title page.; Book number 619 as assigned by Yeates.; Includes bibliographical references.; ESTC

Subjects: Jury (Roman law); Jury - Greece.; Jury - Great Britain.; Jury.; Great Britain.; Greece.; Full blind-tooled leather (Binding); Gilt title on maroon spine label (Binding)

Additional Author: Yeates, Jasper,

Location: Lancaster History Library - Yeates Collection

Call Number: Book 619 1769

An historical and political discourse of the laws and government of England : from the first times to the end of the reign of Queen Elizabeth : with a vindication of the antient way of parliaments in England

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Author: Bacon, Nathaniel,

Edition: The fifth edition /

Date of Publication: MDCCLX [1760]

Call Number: Book 620 1760

Responsibility: collected from some manuscript notes of John Selden, Esq. by Nathaniel Bacon ...

Author: Bacon, Nathaniel,

Uniform Title: Historicall discourse of the uniformity of the government of England

Edition: The fifth edition /

Place of Publication: London

Publisher: Printed for D. Browne, and A. Millar ...,

Date of Publication: MDCCLX [1760]

Physical Description: [4], viii, xiii-xix, [1], 203, [1], xii,178 [i.e. 180], [8] p. ; 29 cm. (4to)

Notes: In 2 pts.; Signatures: pi1 A1 a-bâ´ B-2Câ´ 2D2Eâ´ 2F-3Fâ´ 3GÂ².; Errors in paging: p. 167-168 of pt. 2 repeated in the numbering.; Jasper Yeates's Colonial Law Library.; Yeates's signature at top of title page.; Book number 620 as assigned by Yeates.; ESTC

Subjects: Constitutional history - Great Britain.; Constitutional history.; Great Britain.; Full leather (Binding); Gilt title on maroon spine label (Binding)

Additional Author: Selden, John,; Yeates, Jasper,

Location: Lancaster History Library - Yeates Collection

Call Number: Book 620 1760

Announcement

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Collection: Bridge Records

Title: Notification that bridge repairs were completed

Object ID: Bridge F0925 I005

Date Range: 1921

Collection: Bridge Records

Title: Notification that bridge repairs were completed

Description: Document type: Notification that bridge repairs were completed.; 1. Mercer's Mill Bridge; Sadsbury Twp. and West Fallowfield Twp., Chester County; Location: 1.5 miles below Christiana.; 2. Steeleville Bridge, also known as Octoraro No. 1; Location: At Steeleville, Sadsbury Twp.; 3. Ross' Fording, also known as Octoraro No. 1.5; 4. Newcomer's Bridge, also known as Octoraro No. 2.5; Colerain Twp. and Upper Oxford Twp., Chester County; 5. Worth's Bridge; Colerain Twp. and Lower Oxford Twp., Chester County]

System of Arrangement: Records are arranged by township, then chronologically within each township.

Date Range: 1921

Year: 1921

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives West

Storage Container: Box 0013

Subcategory: Documentary Artifact

Search Terms: Bridges; Christiana, Pennsylvania; Colerain Twp.; Creeks; Fords; Lower Oxford Twp., Chester County, Pennsylvania; Mercer's Mill; Mercer's Mill Bridge; Mills; Newcomer's Bridge; Notifications; Octoraro Creek, East Branch; Ross Ford; Sadsbury Twp.; Steeleville Bridge; Steeleville, Sadsbury Twp.; Upper Oxford Twp., Chester County; West Fallowfield Twp., Chester County; Worth's Bridge

Extent: 1 item, 1 piece

Object Name: Announcement

Language: English

Condition: Fair

Object ID: Bridge F0925 I005

Box Number: 013

Access Conditions / Restrictions: Request at Reference Desk; photocopy made by staff member.

Classification: RG 02-00 0324

Description Level: Item

Appendix to the journals of the City Council of the city of Reading for the year 1923

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Date of Publication: 1923.

Call Number: 974.816 R287j

Place of Publication: Reading, Pa

Publisher: Weiler's Printing House ,

Date of Publication: 1923.

Physical Description: 781 p., 22 p. : tables ; 23 cm.

Notes: Includes index.; Includes 49th annual report of the fiscal affairs of the city of Reading, Penna.

Subjects: Reading (Pa.) - Politics and government.; Reading (Pa.) - Appropriations and expenditures.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 974.816 R287j

Archive

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Collection: Patents Collection

Title: Patents Collection

Object ID: MG0632

Date Range: 1827-1927

1 document

Collection: Patents Collection

Title: Patents Collection

Description: This collection contains patents issued to inventors in Lancaster County. The patents have the technical information about the invention and also drawings and/or blueprints. Some of the patents are for a horse hay rake, pinions, a railroad car brake, and improvements in threshing machines, balancing mill stones, kitchen slicing utensils and a still. Two of the documents are signed by Secretary of State Henry Clay and President Andrew Jackson.

Date Range: 1827-1927

Creation Date: 1827-1927

Year Range From: 1827

Year Range To: 1927

Creator: LancasterHistory (Organization)

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives South

Storage Wall: Side 13

People: Becker, Henry; Bennett, T. F.; Blake, James H.; Bomberger, Elias B.; Butler, B. F.; Clay, Henry; Eberly, John A; Fenstermaker, Emanuel Lively; Fenstermaker, Gerald Burkhart; Fellenbaum, David; Gantz, David Zook; Iske, Anthony; Jackson, Andrew; Kauffman, C. L.; Keller, J. Frank; Lutz, Jacob; McLane, Louis; Musser, Peter; Price, Edward F.; Reigart, J. Franklin; Seitz, John; Sieger, P. George; Slaymaker, Amos Fleming; Spillinger, Joseph; Way, Andrew; Weitzel, Jacob; Whitehill, James; Withers, Michael

Subjects: Drawings; Inventions; Inventors; Patents

Search Terms: Blueprints; Brakes, Peerless track; Brakes, railroad car; Canon pinions; Certificates; Double rack and pinions; Drawings; East Cocalico Twp.; Finding aids; Garbage furnaces; Inventions; Inventors; Investments; Kitchen slicing utensils; Manuscript groups; Mill gudgeons; Mill stones, balancing; Nut locks; Patents; Plough-plates; Rakes, horse hay; Salisbury Twp.; Sanitary Engineering and Construction Company; Stills; Threshing machines; Watch mechanisms

Extent: 1 box, 12 folders, .25 cubic ft.

Object Name: Archive

Language: English

Object ID: MG0632

Location of Originals: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania

Related Item Notes: An original watercolor drawing by J. F. Reigart of Jacob Weitzel's still (Folder 10) is in the Curatorial Collection (2014.005).; Emanuel Fenstermaker's watch parts (Folder 1) are in the Curatorial Collection (1972.004.2 and 1972.004.4)

Access Conditions / Restrictions: No restrictions.

Copyright: Collection 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.

Other Numbers: MG-632

Other Number: MG-632

Classification: MG0632

Description Level: Fonds

Custodial History: Processed and finding aid prepared by PH, February 2014. Added to database 26 May 2021.

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Collection: Apprenticeship and Indenture Documents

Title: Apprenticeship and Indenture Documents

Object ID: MG0721

Date Range: 1762-1855

apprentices himself to Peter Reed saddler of the borough of Lancaster for five years and six months, 1 June 1798. Transferred from Document Collection, Box 1, Folder 16, June 2014. William W. Steele of Drumore Twp. indentures his ward Amos (of color) to Nicholas C. Boyd of Little Britain Twp. To learn

1 document

Collection: Apprenticeship and Indenture Documents

Title: Apprenticeship and Indenture Documents

Description: The Apprenticeship and Indenture Documents include legal contracts between apprentice, or the parent or guardians, and master; as well as one contract between an indentured servant and master. The contracts identify the parties involved, municipalities, trade to be learned, and terms of contract.

Date Range: 1762-1855

Creation Date: 1762-1855

Year Range From: 1762

Year Range To: 1855

Creator: LancasterHistory (Organization)

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives South

Storage Wall: Side 15

People: Boyd, Nickolas C.; Brant, John; Carver, Seneca; Convery, Patrick; Daly, James; Eshleman, Guy; Eversole, Jacob; Fenney, Catherine; Ganter, George; Hess, John; Humerich, Christian; Humphreville, Frank; Humphreville,Henry; Humphreville, Susanna; Ihling, John; Johns, Jacob; Johnston, Abraham; Lesher, John; Long, George; Messner, Christian; Moore, David; Moore, Zacharias; Parsons, Mary; Peddin, John; Porter, John; Porter, William; Quick, Philip; Reinhard, Jacob; Reinhard, Mary; Remo, Jenetta; Remo, Samuel; Remo, Susanna; Ruch, John; Ruch, Peter; Seeger, Fredrich; Steele, William W.; Stewart, Peter; Welsh, James

Subjects: Apprentices; Blacksmiths; Carpenters; Contract labor; Contracts; Joiners; Saddlery; Tinsmiths; Weavers

Search Terms: Apprentices; Blacksmiths; Brecknock Twp.; Carpenters; Contract labor; Cocalico Twp.; Colerain Twp.; Donegal Twp.; Drumore Twp.; Finding aids; Indentures; Joiners; Lancaster; Little Britain Twp.; Manuscript groups; Persons of color; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Providence Twp.; Saddlery; Tinsmiths; Weavers

Extent: 1 box, 6 folders, .25 cubic ft.

Object Name: Archive

Language: English, German

Object ID: MG0721

Location of Originals: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania

Notes: Preferred Citation: Title or description of item, date (day, month, year), Apprenticeship and Indenture Documents (MG0721), Folder #, LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.

Access Conditions / Restrictions: No restrictions.

Copyright: Collection 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.

Other Numbers: MG-721

Classification: MG0721

Description Level: Fonds

Custodial History: Processed and finding aid prepared by PH, July 2014. Added to database 26 May 2021.

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1879-1929, fifty years of Woolworth : over 2100 Woolworth stores celebrate this year in 1500 cities in 5 countries of the world : the fiftieth anniversary of the F.W. Woolworth Co. : with amazing buying opportunities for your nickels and dimes

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo4951

An Analysis of the laws of England : to which is prefixed an introductory discourse on the study of the law

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo22121

An authentic history of the Junior Sons of America, 1847 to 1868, and Patriotic Order Sons of America, 1869 to 1923

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo1864

An authentic history of the Junior Sons of America, 1847 to 1868, and Patriotic Order Sons of America, 1869 to 1923

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo5438

An enquiry into the use and practice of juries among the Greeks and Romans : from whence the origin of the English jury may probably be deduced : in three parts

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo21700

An historical and political discourse of the laws and government of England : from the first times to the end of the reign of Queen Elizabeth : with a vindication of the antient way of parliaments in England

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo21701

Announcement

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/b8f69b40-86aa-4118-b12b-311443751841

Appendix to the journals of the City Council of the city of Reading for the year 1923

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo17740

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