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Agreement

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Collection
Thaddeus Stevens Collection
Title
Articles of agreement between Harrisburg Bank and Thaddeus Stevens
Object ID
MG0115_P01_F025_In02
Date Range
1844/01/03
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Collection
Thaddeus Stevens Collection
Title
Articles of agreement between Harrisburg Bank and Thaddeus Stevens
Description
Articles of agreement between Harrisburg Bank and Thaddeus Stevens. Settles debts and issues of property sales between Stevens and the bank.
Date Range
1844/01/03
Creation Date
3 January 1844
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Storage Room
Archives South
Storage Wall
Side 03
People
Stevens, Thaddeus
Subjects
Contracts
Search Terms
Articles of agreement
Harrisburg Bank
Stevens and Smith Center
Extent
1 item, 2 pages to scan
Object Name
Agreement
Language
English
Object ID
MG0115_P01_F025_In02
Location of Originals
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania
Related Item Notes
Thaddeus Stevens Collection (MG0115_P01) https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/fc4d62c6-ef85-4f0f-bfb8-361140325885
Notes
Preferred Citation: Title or description of item, date (day, month, year), Thaddeus Stevens Collection (MG0115), Part 1, 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. Please contact Research@LancasterHistory.org prior to visit.
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LancasterHistory retains the rights to the digital images and content presented. The doctrine of fair use allows limited use of copyrighted material without permission from the copyright holder. Fair use includes comment, criticism, teaching, and private scholarship. Any images and data downloaded, printed or photocopied for these purposes should provide a citation. All other uses beyond those allowed by fair use require written permission.
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Credit
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Accession Number
1973.MG0115F25
Other Numbers
MG-115
Other Number
MG-115, Part 1, Folder 25, Insert 2
Classification
MG0115
Description Level
Item
Custodial History
Added to database 22 September 2022.
Digitization of this document was funded by the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, PHMC Appl ID # 202010016624, 2020-2023.
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Alta California : embracing notices of the climate, soil, and agricultural products of northern Mexico and the Pacific seaboard : also, a history of the military and naval operations of the United States directed against the territories of northern Mexico, in the year 1846-'47 : with documents declaratory of the policy of the present administration of the national government in regard to the annexation of conquered territory to this union, and the opinion of the Hon. James Buchanan on the Wilmot Proviso, &c

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Author
Captain of volunteers.
Date of Publication
1847.
Call Number
979.4403 C254
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Responsibility
by a Captain of volunteers.
Author
Captain of volunteers.
Place of Publication
Philadelphia
Publisher
H. Packer & Co. ...,
Date of Publication
1847.
Physical Description
[2], 5-64 p. (first leaf blank) ; 25 cm.
Notes
This copy is a reproduction ISBN 0548410593.
Description of area: p. 9-12; history and documentation: p. 13-64.
Anti-annexation tract.
Summary
The 1847 publication briefly address climate soil and agriculture in Alta and Baja California in chapter I. The following eight chapters consist of communications from the U.S. Government consisting of instructions in the event Mexico declared war, justification of and motives for war, various reports to Washington, communications with Mexican officials in Alta California, accounts of the military operations in California, the articles of capitulation entered into at Rancho of Cowanga on January 13, 1847, all of which are interspersed with personal observations and comments by the author. The final chapter deals with the question of whether slavery would be allowed in California, the policy of the South and its motive for a slave market and emigrants to California and Northern Mexico [from California State University's Digital Commons]
Subjects
Buchanan, James, - 1791-1868.
Mexican War, 1846-1848.
California - Description and travel.
California - History - 1846-1850.
Mexico, North - Description and travel.
California - Annexation to the United States.
Place
United States Pennsylvania Philadelphia.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
979.4403 C254
Websites
https://archive.org/details/altcaliforniembr00strerich/page/n7/mode/2up
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The American loyalists; or, Biographical sketches of adherents to the British crown in the war of the revolution; alphabetically arranged; with a preliminary historical essay

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Author
Sabine, Lorenzo,
Date of Publication
1847.
Call Number
973.314 S116
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Responsibility
By Lorenzo Sabine.
Author
Sabine, Lorenzo,
Place of Publication
Boston
Publisher
C.C. Little and J. Brown,
Date of Publication
1847.
Physical Description
1 p.l., v, 733 p. 23 cm.
Notes
Published in 1864 under title: Biographical sketches of loyalists of the American Revolution.
Subjects
American loyalists.
United States - History - Revolution, 1775-1783 - Biography.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
973.314 S116
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An address on the early settlement of the Valley of Pequea

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Author
Conyngham, Redmond,
Date of Publication
1842.
Call Number
974.815 LACO C768
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Delivered by Redmond Conyngham, at the Lyceum celebration, Fourth of July 1842, at Paradise. With an appendix containing a history of the Piquaws, with a notice of Tanawa, an Indian King of great celebrity. To which is appended anecdotes of William Penn, with the names of the early settlers and dates of settlement.
Author
Conyngham, Redmond,
Place of Publication
[Paradise
Publisher
Published for the Paradise Lyceum,
Date of Publication
1842.
Physical Description
12 p. 23 cm.
Notes
Reprint of original. Reprint and index by Gary T. Hawbaker
Subjects
Fourth of July orations.
Pequea Valley (Pa.) - History.
Lancaster County (Pa.) - History.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
974.815 LACO C768
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An appeal for the ancient doctrines of the Religious Society of Friends

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Corporate Author
Philadelphia Yearly Meeting of Friends (Orthodox : 1827-1955). Meeting for Sufferings.
Date of Publication
1847.
Call Number
289.6 A646
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Responsibility
published by the direction of the Yearly Meeting held at Philadelphia in the Fourth month, 1847. Addressed to its members.
Corporate Author
Philadelphia Yearly Meeting of Friends (Orthodox : 1827-1955). Meeting for Sufferings.
Place of Publication
Philadelphia
Publisher
Joseph Kite & Co.,
Date of Publication
1847.
Physical Description
68 p. ; 23 cm.
Notes
Smith,
Subjects
Society of Friends
Location
Lancaster History Library - Rare Books
Call Number
289.6 A646
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An historical description of the province and country of West-New-Jersey ... London, 1698

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Author
Thomas, Gabriel,
Date of Publication
1848]
Call Number
974.801 T456a
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Author
Thomas, Gabriel,
Place of Publication
[New York
Publisher
H. A. Brady,
Date of Publication
1848]
Physical Description
6 p.l., 34 p. 20 cm.
Notes
With his Historical and geographical account of ... Pensilvania. London, 1698. [New York, 1848]
Subjects
Pennsylvania - Description and travel.
Pennsylvania - History - Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775.
New Jersey - Description and travel.
New Jersey - History - Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
974.801 T456a
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Anno regni Georgii II. Regis Magnæ Britanniæ, Franciæ, & Hiberniæ, primo. : At the Parliament begun and holden at Westminster, the ninth day of October, Anno Dom. 1722 ... And from thence continued by several prorogations to the twenty seventh day of June, 1727. Being the sixth session of this present Parliament

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Corporate Author
Great Britain.
Date of Publication
1727-1728.
Call Number
Book 462 1627-1728
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Corporate Author
Great Britain.
Uniform Title
Laws, etc.
Place of Publication
London
Publisher
Printed by John Baskett ... and Tho. Norris, assignee to George Hills.,
Date of Publication
1727-1728.
Physical Description
42, 666, [2] p. ; 32 cm. (fol.)
Notes
Each act constitutes a chapter; each chapter has a caption title, and most have a general t.p.
LHS copy imperfect: all chapters except 5 (second occurrence), 9, 14, 16, 17, 19, 20, and 21 wanting. Transcription of title from general t.p. prefixed to chapter 1.
The general t.p. for the second group of paging has the phrase: At the Parliament begun and holden at Westminster, the twenty third day of January, Anno Dom. 1727 ... being the first session of this present Parliament.
Final leaf blank.
Jasper Yeates's Colonial Law Library.
Yeates's signature at top of title page.
Book number 262 as assigned by Yeates.
Subjects
England and Wales. - Parliament - History - Early works to 1800.
England and Wales. - Parliament.
Politics and government
Great Britain - History - Charles II, 1660-1685 - Sources.
Great Britain - Politics and government - 1660-1688 - Early works to 1800.
Great Britain.
Early works.
History.
Sources.
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 462 1627-1728
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Appendix to the Congressional globe for the first session, twenty-ninth congress : containing speeches and important state papers

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Date of Publication
1846
Call Number
328.7302 W317 1846 Oversize
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Responsibility
by Blair and Rives.
Place of Publication
[Washington
Publisher
Blair & Rives,
Date of Publication
1846
Physical Description
viii, 1184 p. ; 29 cm.
Notes
"New series, 1845-6."
Includes index.
Full leather tooled binding with maroon spine labels.
Subjects
Oregon question.
Political science.
United States - Politics and government - 1845-1849.
United States.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Rare Books
Call Number
328.7302 W317 1846 Oversize
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Archive

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Collection
Lancaster County Court House Collection
Title
Lancaster County Court House Collection
Object ID
MG0080
Date Range
1784-1976
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Collection
Lancaster County Court House Collection
Title
Lancaster County Court House Collection
Description
Documents relating to the county courthouse in Lancaster. Consists mostly of proposals and bids for the construction in 1852. Also included are booklets, newspaper clippings from additional construction in the 1970s, court calendars and original affidavits of witness testimony in the investigation of the burning of the courthouse in 1784.
Date Range
1784-1976
Year Range From
1784
Year Range To
1976
Date of Accumulation
1784-1976
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Storage Room
Archives South
Storage Wall
Side 03
People
Eckman, D. Richard
Lynch, David
Subjects
Courthouses
Letting of contracts
Search Terms
Bids
Courthouses
Finding aids
Manuscript groups
Petitions
Proposals
Extent
1 box, 20 folders, .125 cubic ft.
Object Name
Archive
Language
English
Object ID
MG0080
Location of Originals
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania (Lancaster, Pa.)
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
No restrictions. Please request at the Reference Desk or by contacting 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
Lancaster County Court House Collection (MG-80), Folder #, LancasterHistory.org
Classification
MG0080
Description Level
Fonds
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Archive

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Collection
Ephrata Cloister Collection
Title
Ephrata Cloister Collection
Object ID
MG0081
Date Range
1753-2007
Ephrata Cloister Brief Story of Historic Ephrata: An Important Link in the Chain of Early American Development. Printed and for sale at Review Book Store, Ephrata. No date. Insert 1 “A Peculiar People,” by Howard Pyle. Harper’s New Monthly Magazine. (article is not complete) No date. Insert 2 “A Study of
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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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