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The acts of Assembly of the Province of Pennsylvania, carefully compared with the originals. And an appendix, containing such acts and parts of acts, relating to property, as are expired, altered, or repealed. Together with the royal, proprietary, city, and borough charters; and the original concessions of the Honourable William Penn to the first settlers of the province

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Corporate Author: Pennsylvania.

Date of Publication: 1775.

Call Number: Book 586 1775

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Responsibility: Published by order of Assembly.

Corporate Author: Pennsylvania.

Place of Publication: Philadelphia

Publisher: Printed and sold by Hall and Sellers,

Date of Publication: 1775.

Physical Description: xxi, 536, 22, [12], 3 pages 36 cm

Notes: Edited by J. Galloway. Cf. Evans 14364.; "Appendix" (22 p. (3d group)) has special t.p., with same imprint.; LCHS copy imperfect: "Addendum" (3 p. at end) wanting.; Includes index.; Jasper Yeates's Colonnial Law Library.; On front flyleaf: Joseph Pennock his Book; Joseph Pennock; Jesse Pennocks Book and presented to Thomas Pennock.; Book number 586 as assigned by Yeates.

Subjects: Law - Pennsylvania.; Law.; Ownership.; Pennsylvania.; Legislation.; Full blind-tooled leather (Binding); Gilt title on maroon spine label (Binding); Covers loose (Binding)

Additional Author: Galloway, Joseph,; Pennock, Joseph,; Pennock, Jesse,; Pennock, Thomas,; Yeates, Jasper,

Location: Lancaster History Library - Yeates Collection

Call Number: Book 586 1775

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The acts of the General assembly, of the common-wealth of Pennsylvania, enacted into laws, since the Declaration of independence on the fourth day of July, A.D. 1776

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Corporate Author: Pennsylvania.

Date of Publication: 1779.

Call Number: Book 584 1779

Corporate Author: Pennsylvania.

Place of Publication: Philadelphia

Publisher: Printed by John Dunlap,

Date of Publication: 1779.

Physical Description: 1 preliminary leaf, [68] pages, 1 leaf 31 cm

Notes: Signatures: 1 leaf unsigned, A-MÂ², 3 leaves unsigned, P-SÂ².; Page [1], caption title: Laws enacted in the first sitting of the First General assembly, of Pennsylvania, which began at Philadelphia, November 28, 1776, and was continued by adjournments to March 21, 1777.; Page [51], caption title: Laws enacted in the second sitting of the First General assembly, of the common-wealth of Pennsylvania, which commenced at Philadelphia, the twelfth day of May one thousand seven hundred and seventy-seven, and continued to the nineteenth day of June in the same year.; "A reprint of the first two sessions on a smaller page than the original editions, unpaged, and with a general title page."--Evans, American bibl. #16427.; Jasper Yeates's Colonial Law Library.; Yeates's signature at top of title page.; Book number 584 as assigned by Yeates.; Evans; Sabin

Contents: LCHS copy has bound in a copy of the Constitution of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, as established by the General Convention elected for that purpose. and held at Philadelphjia, July 15th 1776: Philadelphia: printed by John Dunlap, in Market-Street, 1777, and 24 pages of handwritten index.; Bound with the Laws enacted in the second General Assembly of the Representatives of the Freemen of the Common-weatlh of Pennsylvania, Lancaster: ,John Dunlap, 1778 - Laws enacted in the third General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, which met at Philadelphia,... Philadelphia: John Dunlap, 1778 - Laws enacted in the third General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennshylvania, Philadelphia: John Dunlap, 1778 - Laws enacated by the second sitting of the third General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylania..., 1779; Laws enacted in the third sitting of the third General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania..., 1779; - Laws enacted in the first sitting of the fourth General Assembly of the Commonweath of Pennsylvania...1779; Laws enacted in the second sitting of the fourth General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania,...1780 - Laws enacted by the third sitting of the fourth General Assembly, of the Commonwealth of Pennylvania...1780.- Hand-written index to the laws enacted by the General Assembly of the Common Wealth of Pennsylvania since the Declaration of Independence.

Subjects: Constitutions - Pennsylvania; Decorated boards with stamped title (Binding)

Additional Author: Yeates, Jasper

Location: Lancaster History Library - Yeates Collection

Call Number: Book 584 1779

An examination of the Connecticut claim to lands in Pennsylvania : with an appendix, containing extracts and copies taken from original papers

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Author: Smith, William,

Date of Publication: 1774.

Call Number: Book 468 1774

Author: Smith, William,

Place of Publication: Philadelphia

Publisher: Printed by Joseph Crukshank, in Market Street,

Date of Publication: 1774.

Physical Description: 94, 32 pages, [1] folded leaf of plates : map (folded, color) ; 20 cm.

Series: Pamphlets ; v. 4, no. 5

Notes: Jasper Yeates's Colonial Law Library.; Yeates's signagture at top of title page.; Book number 468 as assigned by Yeates.; Sabin,; Evans,

Subjects: Susquehanna Claim, 1753-1808.; Boundaries.; Politics and government.; Pennsylvania - Boundaries.; Connecticut - Boundaries.; Pennsylvania - Politics and government - To 1775.; Connecticut - Politics and government - To 1775.; Connecticut.; Pennsylvania.; Full vellum (Binding)

Additional Author: Yeates, Jasper,

Location: Lancaster History Library - Yeates Collection

Call Number: Book 468 1774

Anno regni Georgii III. ... duodecimo : at a general assembly of the province of Pennsylvania, begun and holden at Philadelphia, the fourteenth day of October, anno Domini 1771 ... and from thence continued by adjournments to the twenty-first day of March, 1772

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Corporate Author: Pennsylvania.

Date of Publication: 1772.

Call Number: Book 583 1772

Corporate Author: Pennsylvania.

Uniform Title: Laws, etc. (Session laws : 1771 Oct.-1772 Jan.)

Place of Publication: Philadelphia

Publisher: Printed & sold by D. Hall, and W. Sellers ...,

Date of Publication: 1772.

Physical Description: [2], pages 169-286, 2 pages ; 34 cm

Notes: Pennsylvania arms on title page.; October 1771 and January 1772 sessions.; Hand-written notes on blank page at end of volume.; Jasper Yeates's Colonial Law Library.; Yeates"s signature at top of title page.; Book number 583 as assigned by Yeates.

Contents: Bound with Anno Regni Georgii III Regis...And from thence continued by Adjournments to the Twentieth Day of February 1768, Philadelphia, D. Hall and W. Sellers,1768 - Anno Regni Georgii III Regis...And from thence continued by Adjourments to the Eighteenth Day of February 1769, Philadelphia: D. Hall, and W. Sellers, 1769 - Anno Regni Georgii II Regis...And from thence continued by Adjournments to the Twenty-fourth Day of February, 1770, Philadelphhia, D. Hall and W Sellers, 1770 - Anno Regni Gerogii III Regis...And from thence continured by Adjournments to the Twenty-sixth Day of February 1773, Philadelphia, Hall and Sellers, 1773..

Subjects: Session laws - Pennsylvania.; Session laws.; Pennsylvania.; Three-quarters leather on printed boards (Binding); Title stamped on spine (Binding)

Additional Author: Yeates, Jasper,

Location: Lancaster History Library - Yeates Collection

Call Number: Book 583 1772

Anno regni Georgii III. Regis, Magnae Britanniae, Franciae & Hiberniae, decimo. : At a General Assembly of the province of Pennsylvania, begun and holden at Philadelphia, the fourteenth day of October, anno Domini 1769 ... And from thence continued by adjournments to the twenty-ninth day of September, 1770

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Corporate Author: Pennsylvania.

Date of Publication: MDCCLXX. [1770]

Call Number: Biook 583 1770

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Corporate Author: Pennsylvania.

Uniform Title: Laws, etc. (Session laws : 1770 Sept.)

Place of Publication: Philadelphia

Publisher: Printed and sold by D. Hall, and W. Sellers, at the new printing-office, near the market.,

Date of Publication: MDCCLXX. [1770]

Physical Description: p. [2], 41-50 ; (fol.)

Notes: Pagination continues session laws published from Feb. 1770 (Evans 11800).; Pennsylvania arms on title page.; Hand-wriiten notes on blank page at end of volume.; Jasper Yeates's Colonial Law Library.; Yeates's signature at top of title page.; Book number 583 as assigned by Yeates.; Evans; Hildeburn, C.R. Pennsylvania,

Contents: Bound with Anno Regni Georgii III Regis...And from thence continued by Adjournments to the Eighteen Day of February 1768, Philadelphia, D. Hall and W. Sellers,1768; - Anno Regni Georgii III Regis...And from thence continued by Adjourments to the Twenty-fourth Day of February 1769, Philadelphia: D. Hall, and W. Sellers, 1769 - Anno Regni Georgii II Regis...And from thence continued by Adjournments to the Twenty-first Day of March, 1772, Philadelphhia, D. Hall and W Sellers, 1772 - Anno Regni Gerogii III Regis...And from thence continured by Adjournments to the Twenty-sixth Day of February 1773, Philadelphia, Hall and Sellers, 1773.

Subjects: Law - Pennsylvania.; Law.; Pennsylvania.; Relief prints - Seals - Pennsylvania - 1770.; Three-quarters leather on printed boards (Binding); Title stamp on spine (Binding)

Additional Author: Hall, David,; Sellers, William,; Yeates, Jasper,

Place: United States Pennsylvania Philadelphia.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Yeates Collection

Call Number: Biook 583 1770

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Anno regni Georgii III. Regis, Magnae Britanniae, Franciae & Hiberniae, decimo tertio. : At a General Assembly of the province of Pennsylvania, begun and holden at Philadelphia, the fourteenth day of October, anno Domini 1772 ... And from thence continued by adjournments to the twenty-sixth day of February, 1773

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Corporate Author: Pennsylvania.

Date of Publication: MDCCLXXIII. [1773]

Call Number: Book 583 1773

Corporate Author: Pennsylvania.

Uniform Title: Laws, etc. (Session laws : 1773 Feb.)

Place of Publication: Philadelphia

Publisher: Printed and sold by Hall and Sellers, at the new printing-office, near the market.,

Date of Publication: MDCCLXXIII. [1773]

Physical Description: pages [2], 293-355, [1] ; 34 cm

Notes: Pagination continues session laws published from Feb. 1770 (Evans 11800).; Pennsylvania arms on title page.; Eighteen pages of hand-written notes at end of volume.; Jasper Yeates's Colonial Law Library.; Yeates's signature at top of title page.; Book number 583 as assigned by Yeates.; Evans; Hildeburn, C.R. Pennsylvania,

Contents: Bound with Anno Regni Georgii III Regis...And from thence continued by Adjournments to the Twentieth Day of February 1768, Philadelphia, D. Hall and W. Sellers,1768; - Anno Regni Georgii III Regis...And from thence continued by Adjourments to the highteenth# Day of February 1769, Philadelphia: D. Hall, and W. Sellers, 1769 - Anno Regni Georgii II Regis...And from thence continued by Adjournments to the Twenty-fourthDay of February, 1770, Philadelphhia, D. Hall and W Sellers, 1770 - Anno Regni Gerogii III Regis...And from thence continured by Adjournments to the Twenty-first Day of March 1772, Philadelphia, Hall and Sellers, 1772.

Subjects: Pennsylvania - History - Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775.; Pennsylvania.; History.; Three-quarters leather on printed boards(Binding); Title stamped on spine (Binding)

Additional Author: Yeates, Jasper,

Location: Lancaster History Library - Yeates Collection

Call Number: Book 583 1773

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Collection: Ephrata Cloister Collection

Title: Ephrata Cloister Collection

Object ID: MG0081

Date Range: 1753-2007

230 North President Avenue • Lancaster, Pennsylvania 17603-3125 717.392.4633 • www.LancasterHistory.org Ephrata Cloister Collection, 1753-2007 Object ID: MG0081 2 boxes 22 folders, 1 volume .75 cubic ft. Repository: LancasterHistory (Organization) Shelving Location: Archives South, Side 3 Scope and

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Collection: Ephrata Cloister Collection

Title: Ephrata Cloister Collection

Description: Collection of items relating to the Society of Seventh Day Baptists and Ephrata Cloister. Legal papers deal with a dispute concerning the election of trustees and mismanagement of the estate. There are brief histories of the Cloister, poems, publications, programs, tourist brochures, and a booklet describing treatments for various ailments.

Date Range: 1753-2007

Year Range From: 1753

Year Range To: 2007

Date of Accumulation: 1753-2007

Creator: Ephrata Cloister

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives South

Storage Wall: Side 03

People: Aurand, A. Monroe, Jr.; Baer, Johann; Bar, Johann; Bowman, John; Daniel, N. J.; Doll, Eugene E.; Downes, J. A.; Dunkelberger, Ralph D.; Elsen, John; Franck, Ira S.; Hagen, F. F.; Heatwole, Daniel R.; Hocker, Ludwig; Hollinger, J. Daryl; Keller, James; Kimmel, Jacob; Leber, A. P.; Lollich, P. M.; Loose, John W. W.; Miller, Henry; Mitton, Juliet; Nevin, [ ]; Plessinger, F. P.; Pyle, Howard; Raber, [ ]; Senseman, John; Stubsky, Georg

Subjects: Pamphlets; Watermarks

Search Terms: Aurand Press; Brochures; Ephrata Cloister; Ephrata Cloister Associates, Inc.; Ephrata Cloister Chorus; Harper's New Monthly Magazine; Hocking Printing Company, Inc.; Legal papers; Mennonite Publishing House; Pamphlets; Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission; Pow wow; Review Book Store; Seventh Day Baptists; Society of the Seventh Day Baptists of Ephrata; Watermarks; Ye Village Inne

Extent: 2 boxes, 22 folders, 1 volume, .75 cubic ft.

Object Name: Archive

Language: English and German

Object ID: MG0081

Location of Originals: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania

Related Item Notes: See also the Photograph and Library collections

Notes: Preferred Citation: Title or description of item, date (day, month, year), Collection Title (MG#), Series #, Box #, Folder #, (or Object ID), LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania. URL if applicable. Date accessed (day, month, year).

Access Conditions / Restrictions: Restrictions are noted at the item level. Original documents may be used--contact Research@LancasterHistory.org prior to visit or request at Reference Desk.

Copyright: Collection items may be photographed. Please direct questions to Research Center Staff at Research@LancasterHistory.org.; Permission for reproduction and/or publication must be obtained in writing from LancasterHistory. Persons wishing to publish any material from this site must assume all responsibility for identifying and satisfying any claimants of copyright or other use restrictions. Publication fees may apply.

Credit: Courtesy of LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.

Classification: MG0081

Description Level: Fonds

Custodial History: Originally cataloged prior to 1997. Added to database 01 November 2018.

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Collection: Hager Store Collection

Title: Hager Store Collection

Object ID: MG0104

Date Range: 1774-1953

Watch Company Invoices Lancaster Agricultural Fair Association Lancaster Free Press Weekly Lancaster New Era Letters Maps N. Trotter and Company Newsletters Newspaper clippings Pennsylvania Railroad Philadelphia Electric Company Postcards Quarter Century Club Receipts Stocks Stores Stores, Retail Taxes

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Collection: Hager Store Collection

Title: Hager Store Collection

Description: The Hager Store Collection contains anniversary booklets, invoices, advertisements, family papers, and newsletter of the Hager Department Store which was founded in Lancaster. The collection includes a children's book that was distributed by the store and a Christmas catalog. Among the Hager family papers are deeds, land patents, and probate records.

Date Range: 1774-1953

Year Range From: 1774

Year Range To: 1953

Date of Accumulation: 1774-1953

Creator: LancasterHistory (Organization)

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives South

Storage Wall: Side 03

People: Arnold, Anna; Arnold, Frank W.; Cain, James M.; Cain, Kathryn; Conyngham, David H.; Dehaven, J. Harry; Demuth, Jacob; Diller, Isaac; Dowd, M. Jane; Dubbs, T. Wilson; Frey, Caroline; Frey, Jacob L.; Frosart, John; Gast, Emma L.; Gast, Henry; Graybill, Daniel; Hager, Anne Graham; Hager, Betty Rick; Hager, Charles F.; Hager, Christopher; Hager, Edward T.; Hager, Frances; Hager, Helen R.; Hager, John C.; Hager, John C., Jr.; Hager, John J.; Hager, Katherine; Hager, Margaret H.; Hager, Mary W.; Hager, Nathaniel E.; Hager, Redmond; Hager, Sarah Ellen; Hager, Susan B.; Hager, William H.; Hager, William H., Jr.; Hamilton, Margaret; Hartman, Annie M.; Hartman, George H.; Herr, Alice; Herr, C. S.; Herr, Magdalena; Herr, Rudolph; Hull, William; Keller, H.; Landis, Jacob; Lefevre, Mrs.; Miller, Charles; Randolph, Grace Lee; Randolph, John H.; Randolph, Margaret H.; Reigart, E. L.; Roy, Sue; Slaymaker, Henry; Stark, Martin N.; Steinman, George Michael; Stewart, Charles; Weber, George; Wentz, Jacob H.; Zimmerman, Mary Regina Malone; Zimmerman, Simon Ralph

Subjects: Catalogs; Deeds; Department stores; Probate records; Stores, Retail

Search Terms: Advertisements; Anniversaries; Business Historical Society Bulletin; Catalogs; Deeds; Department stores; Express (Lititz); Financial records; Finding aids; Frank T. Riley Publishing Company; Fulton Theatre; Hager's Department Store; Hamilton Watch Company; Invoices; Lancaster Agricultural Fair Association; Lancaster Free Press Weekly; Lancaster New Era; Letters; Manuscript groups; Maps; N. Trotter and Company; Newsletters; Newspaper clippings; Pennsylvania Railroad; Philadelphia Electric Company; Postcards; Quarter Century Club; Receipts; Stocks; Stores; Stores, Retail; Taxes; UGI Corporation; Wills; Wondertown

Extent: 2 boxes, 37 folders, 1 framed document, 1 cubic ft.

Object Name: Archive

Language: English

Object ID: MG0104

Location of Originals: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania

Notes: Preferred Citation: Title or description of item, date (day, month, year), Collection Title (MG#), Box #, Folder #, (or Object ID), LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania. URL if applicable. Date accessed (day, month, year).

Access Conditions / Restrictions: Please use digital images and transcriptions when available. Original documents may be used by appointment--contact Research@LancasterHistory.org prior to visit.

Copyright: Collection may be photographed. Please direct questions to Research Center Staff at Research@LancasterHistory.org.; Permission for reproduction and/or publication must be obtained in writing from LancasterHistory. Persons wishing to publish any material from this site must assume all responsibility for identifying and satisfying any claimants of copyright or other use restrictions. Publication fees may apply.

Credit: Courtesy of LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.

Other Numbers: MG-104

Classification: MG0104

Description Level: Fonds

Custodial History: Recataloged by MM, Summer 2011. Added to database 7 February 2019.

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Collection: John Wilson and Samuel Houston Collection

Title: John Wilson and Samuel Houston Collection

Object ID: MG0093

Collection: John Wilson and Samuel Houston Collection

Title: John Wilson and Samuel Houston Collection

Description: Family and legal papers of the Wilson and Houston families. Includes wills, deeds, legal papers, estate papers, and correspondence. The collection covers the Earl, Salisbury, and Leacock Township area.

Year Range From: 1756

Year Range To: 1849

Date of Accumulation: 1756-1849

Creator: Wilson family

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives South

Storage Wall: Side 03

People: Andress, George; Burkman, J. John; Douglas, John; Douglass, Thomas; Henderson, Thomas; Hopkins, James; Houston, Benjamin F.; Houston, Samuel; Job, Jeremiah; Owen, Archibald; Searle, James; Taylor, Isaac; Weidman, Christopher; Wilson, John; Wilson, John, Sr.; Yoner, Jacob

Other Creators: Houston family

Subjects: Deeds; Family records; Philadelphia and Lancaster Turnpike (Pa.); Postal service; Promissory notes; Wills

Search Terms: Correspondence; Deeds; Family records; Pequea Meetinghouse; Philadelphia Turnpike; United States Postal Service; Promissory notes; Subpoenas; Wills

Extent: 1 box, 28 folder, .5 cubic ft.

Object Name: Archive

Language: English

Object ID: MG0093

Location of Originals: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania

Access Conditions / Restrictions: No restrictions.

Copyright: Collection may not be photocopied. Please contact Research Staff or Archives Staff with questions.

Credit: John Wilson and Samuel Houston Collection (MG-93), Folder #, LancasterHistory.org

Classification: MG0093

Description Level: Fonds

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Collection: Lloyd Mifflin Collection

Title: Lloyd Mifflin Collection

Object ID: MG0059

Collection: Lloyd Mifflin Collection

Title: Lloyd Mifflin Collection

Description: This collection contains the papers of Lloyd Mifflin, including diaries, his poetry, typescripts, galleys with marginal notes, Mifflin family material, and a scrapbook of newspaper clippings. Lloyd Mifflin was a poet and painter from Columbia, Pa. He is best known as a writer of sonnets, publishing over 500.

Admin/Biographical History: Lloyd Mifflin (1846-1921), artist of landscape and portraiture, was also "America's greatest sonneteer." He was born and lived much of his life in Columbia, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania where he was free to wander the banks of the Susquehanna River and its tributaries.; His father, J. Houston Mifflin, of English Quaker descent, was Lloyd's first teacher in drawing and sketching. His mother, Elizabeth A. Heise, came from German heritage. She was born in Columbia and died when Lloyd was very young. His father, a kind and patient man, noted that Lloyd was a rather weak child and provided equestrian and water sports to improve his health.; Lloyd was taught in the public schools in Columbia, including the Washington Classical Institute. The Mifflin family supported local education by bequeathing two houses from their estate, the cottage known as "Norwood" and the grand house, "Cloverton," as well as the estate itself. The school district annually planted a flower on his birthday, September 15, and read one of his sonnets, "A Picture of My Mother."; At the age of 14, Lloyd undertook drawing and sketching with his father. He also had Thomas Moran as an instructor in painting and worked with Isaac Williams of Philadelphia for a short time. In 1869, he traveled to Europe where he studied with Henry Herzog at Dusseldorf, Germany. His adventures also took him to Italy, France, England, and Scotland. He returned to Columbia from Europe and continued painting scenes from along the Susquehanna-from Cooperstown, NY to the Chesapeake Bay. As did most other painters of the time, he earned money from portraiture.; In his paintings, he captured the natural with refined color and light, which yielded firm and balanced forms. He preferred to capture the peacefulness of a woodland path or other quiet spots, rather than the noise of an industrial area. Later in his life he liked seasonal paintings, since they gave him a chance to probe deeper into a philosophical spirit.; Mifflin turned to poetry at the age of 51. According to what he wrote in The Hills, his first volume of poetry (1896), he claimed that the fumes of the paint made him sick. In his lifetime he filled twelve books of verse with two hundred poems and more than six hundred sonnets. He wrote more sonnets than William Shakespeare, John Milton, and William Wordworth. John Keats, however, was his favorite. He preferred Keats for his expression regarding the love of beauty, both real and ideal; his forms were always poised and dignified. During this time he also taught himself the art of etching, using this technique to illustrate The Hills.; Mifflin stressed a strong love of beauty in his poetry as he did in his painting. His imagination and beautiful sense of harmony characterize his verse. The main source of his ambition, inspiration and consolation are clearly seen in The Invocation.; He devoted his greatest efforts to the category of the sonnet, considering it the most distinguished and exalted of all forms of English poetry. He enjoyed the structure, the metrical and rhythmic beauty, the plan of metrical rhyme and diction. Mifflin found it much like a musical composition.; Sonnets bipartite in structure usually have a combination of eight lines followed by six. The rhyme schemes and diction include many metaphors and an extensive vocabulary. His one hundred and fifty nature sonnets emphasize the descriptive, not the intuitional. To sample his poetic styles, one should turn to his three hundred and fifty collected sonnets, published in 1905 with a second edition in 1907. A large number came from earlier books.; As a poet, Mifflin was an idealist and respected the ideal of Greek mythological beauty. In the Echoes of the Greek Idylls and Slopes of Helicon, we find no roughness of spirit. There was a conscience of a spiritual presence. His religious sonnets were grounded in the faith of a personal God which related more to his aesthetic feelings than to traditional Christianity. Themes of life and death occur in many sonnets. His poetry inspired faith, hope and deep emotion. These sonnets were more descriptive than philosophical.; Mifflin's personal ambition was to excel; he wanted to write the perfect sonnet. Like the classical Greeks, he hoped his poetry would obtain an immortality. Mifflin thought the world had largely ignored him, even though his poetry received high praise. At his life's end he changed his opinion and credited his readers with more accolades than he had earlier thought. Perhaps he was too hard on himself. Lloyd Mifflin carried the name "Hermit of the hills" who walked the 'world as one entranced' and 'in life's turbid wave', dropped ' the crown-jewel of his melody.'"; E. Hershey Sneath. America's Greatest Sonneteer. The Clover Press (Geo. D. Hall): Columbia, PA.,1928.

Year Range From: 1751

Year Range To: 1965

Creator: Mifflin, Lloyd, 1846-1921

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives South

Storage Wall: Side 02

People: Howarth, Shirley; Mifflin, Houston; Mifflin, Lloyd; Stauffer, Nevin A.

Subjects: Artists; Painters

Search Terms: Artists; Columbia; Diaries; Illustrations; Painters; Poetry; Poets; Press reviews; Scrapbooks; Sonnets; Susquehanna River; University of Pennsylvania; Wills

Extent: 2 box, 26 folders, 1 cubic ft.

Object Name: Archive

Language: English

Object ID: MG0059

Location of Originals: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania

Related Item Notes: J. Houston Mifflin Collection, MG-150; Lloyd Mifflin paintings and other items in the Curatorial Collection; Photograph Collection

Access Conditions / Restrictions: No restrictions.

Copyright: Collection may not be photocopied. Please contact Research Staff or Archives Staff with questions.

Credit: Lloyd Mifflin Collection (MG-59), Folder #, LancasterHistory.org

Classification: MG0059

Description Level: Fonds

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The acts of the General assembly, of the common-wealth of Pennsylvania, enacted into laws, since the Declaration of independence on the fourth day of July, A.D. 1776

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An examination of the Connecticut claim to lands in Pennsylvania : with an appendix, containing extracts and copies taken from original papers

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Anno regni Georgii III. ... duodecimo : at a general assembly of the province of Pennsylvania, begun and holden at Philadelphia, the fourteenth day of October, anno Domini 1771 ... and from thence continued by adjournments to the twenty-first day of March, 1772

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