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African American entrepreneurs in Lancaster County

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/2131
Author
Hopkins, Leroy T.
Date of Publication
2022.
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Leroy T. Hopkins, Ph.D.
Author
Hopkins, Leroy T.
Place of Publication
Lancaster, PA
Publisher
LancasterHistory,
Date of Publication
2022.
Physical Description
221-243
Series
Journal of Lancaster County's Historical Society, vol. 122, no. 3 (Sept. 2022)
Subjects
African Americans - Pennsylvania - Lancaster (Pa.)
African American business enterprises
Businesspeople
Websites
https://lancasterh.bywatersolutions.com/cgi-bin/koha/opac-retrieve-file.pl?id=d8e8b5794f10e655e1c86893b66d572c
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The ambitions of William Henry

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo17509
Author
Gordon, Scott Paul.
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by Scott Paul Gordon.
Author
Gordon, Scott Paul.
Physical Description
p. 254-284.
Notes
This record provides a link to this resource on the publisher's official online repository.
Summary
HISTORIANS HAVE TRAPPED William Henry of Lancaster (1729–86) in the identity of gunsmith. Though meant as a compliment— most accounts portray Henry as the most important gunsmith in the "rifle-making hub of colonial America," Lancaster County— - this confinement is ironic, since Henry escaped this occupation as soon as he was able. The term gunsmith, then as now, could describe men who repaired guns, who produced specialized gun parts (such as barrels or locks), who created an entire gun from scratch (lock, stock, and barrel), or who ran a factory that employed other men. Henry seems not to have engaged in any of these activities after 1760. By the last decade of his life, Henry had achieved a level of financial security (and apparently embodied the virtuous independence thought to derive from it) that led his peers to entrust him with positions of responsibility and that left Henry free to accept them. He served first in local and state governments and was later appointed an administrator and financier for the Continental army and elected twice to the Continental Congress. We have failed to register the shape of his career, the magnitude of his transformation; instead, historians have imagined that during all these varied activities, Henry continued to work as a gunsmith. Indeed, the belief that Henry "was engaged in the manufacture of firearms for over thirty years," that he produced the rifles or muskets carried by soldiers from the French and Indian War through the Revolution, has been central to stories about him. [abstract]
Subjects
Henry, William, - 1729-1786.
Simon, Joseph, - 1712-1804.
Gunsmiths - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
Lancaster County (Pa.) - History - Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775
Lancaster County (Pa.) - History - Revolution, 1775-1783.
Contained In
The Pennsylvania Magazine orf History and Biography, v. 136, no. 3.Lancaster History Library - Periodical Article905.748 HSP v. 136, no.3.
Websites
https://journals.psu.edu/pmhb/article/view/60720/60546
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Amish quilts of Lancaster County

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo12213
Author
Herr, Patricia T.,
Date of Publication
c2004.
Call Number
746.46 H564a
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by Patricia T. Herr.
ISBN
0764320173 (Paperback)
Author
Herr, Patricia T.,
Place of Publication
Atglen, PA
Publisher
Schiffer Pub. Ltd.,
Date of Publication
c2004.
Physical Description
189 p. : ill. ; 28 cm.
Subjects
Amish quilts - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Lancaster County
Call Number
746.46 H564a
Websites
http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0411/2003024667.html
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Andes Foundry [cap pistols] - Information file

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo21338
Call Number
Information file - Andes Foundry [cap pistols]
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Notes
Information files are created for specific subjects that are associated with Lancaster County, e.g. "Rebman's scrap pile", "Ten-hour house". The files contain newspaper and magazine articles about the subject.
Summary
Inside this file is one essay written by William D. Andes in September for 1978. The introduction says, "This paper is concerned with the operations of the Andes Foundry Company of Lancaster, Pennsylvania an important manufacturer of paper caps and toy pistols thought not alone in the field."
Subjects
Andes Foundry Company (Lancaster, Pa.)
Toy guns - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Information File
Call Number
Information file - Andes Foundry [cap pistols]
Websites
https://lhdo-verso.auto-graphics.com/mvc/PersistentLink?key=tUFkaheLX8ZbUqdOnDmaAg%3d%3d
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An essay on the origin of the Linnaean society of Lancaster city and county, its objects and progress. Read before the association on its 4th anniversary, at the Athenaeum rooms, February 24th, 1866

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo15666
Author
Rathvon, Simon S.,
Date of Publication
1866.
Call Number
090 L244p 1866
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By S.S. Rathvon. To which are appended its charter, and lists of its officers, its members, and its correspondents.
Author
Rathvon, Simon S.,
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Pearsol & Geist, printers,
Date of Publication
1866.
Physical Description
18 p. 23 cm.
Notes
Published by request and by authority of the Society.
Subjects
Linnaean society of Lancaster city and county, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Rare Books
Call Number
090 L244p 1866
Websites
https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=nyp.33433007678281;view=1up;seq=9
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The awakening and the early progress of the Pequea, Conestoga and other Susquehanna Valley settlements : as shown by official letters, etc., of the time

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo3980
Author
Landis, David M.
Date of Publication
1921.
the bond. The people at Lancaster say we can do no harm. l have sent a line to Blunston to discharge Hendrick's goods. A Hamilton" (No. 3206) �"Phil. 16th of 2d mo. 1737. John Taylor: The proprietor has come to a resolution to settle about ten thousand acres of Conestogoe Manor and would like to speak
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Responsibility
by David M. Landis.
Author
Landis, David M.
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Lancaster County Historical Society,
Date of Publication
1921.
Physical Description
5-16 p. ; 23 cm.
Series
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 25, no. 1
Subjects
Land settlement - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
Taylor papers.
Lancaster County (Pa.) - History - 17th century.
Contained In
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 25, number 1 (1921), p. 5-16Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.25
Websites
https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=wu.89062014121&view=1up&seq=11
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Bamford zinc mine, Lancaster County, Pa

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo20644
Author
Mosier, McHenry
Date of Publication
1948.
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Responsibility
McHenry Mosier
Author
Mosier, McHenry
Place of Publication
Washington, D.C
Publisher
US Dept. of the Interior, Bureau of Mines
Date of Publication
1948.
Subjects
Mine examination - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
Zinc mines and mining - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Electronic Resources
Websites
https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015078480418
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Bethania Palladium - Information file

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Call Number
Information file - Bethania Palladium
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Notes
Information files are created for specific subjects that are associated with Lancaster County, e.g. "Rebman's scrap pile", "Ten-hour house". The files contain newspaper and magazine articles about the subject.
Contents
There are a couple facsimilie copies of the Bethania Palladium in this file.
Subjects
Newspapers - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Information File
Call Number
Information file - Bethania Palladium
Websites
https://www.lancasterhistory.org/images/stories/JournalArticles/vol1no4pp119_132_290325.pdf
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A bibliography of Lancaster county, Pennsylvania, 1745-1912

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo3631
Author
Bausman, Lottie M.
Date of Publication
[1917?]
Call Number
010 L245
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by Lottie M. Bausman.
Author
Bausman, Lottie M.
Place of Publication
Philadelphia, Pa
Publisher
Printed by Patterson & White company
Date of Publication
[1917?]
Physical Description
iv, 460 p. 26 cm.
Series
Publications of the Pennsylvania federation of historical societies
Subjects
Lancaster County (Pa.) - Bibliography.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Lancaster County
Call Number
010 L245
Websites
https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uc1.b4595970;view=1up;seq=9
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Biographical annals of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, containing biographical and genealogical sketches of prominent and representative citizens and of many of the early settlers

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo3176
Date of Publication
1903.
Call Number
920 B615 1903 Oversize
920 B615
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Place of Publication
[Chicago]
Publisher
Beers,
Date of Publication
1903.
Physical Description
xviii, 1524 p. plates, ports. 29 x 23 cm.
Notes
Prepared in part by John F. Meginness. cf. Pref.
" In nearly every instance the material composing the sketches was gathered from those immediately interested, and then submitted in type-written form for correction and revision. The volume, which is one of generous amplitude, is placed in the hands of the public with the belief that it will be found a valuable addition to the library, as well as an invaluable contribution to the historical literature of the State of Pennsylvania... That the public is entitled to the privileges afforded by a work of this nature needs no assertion at our hands; for one of our greatest Americans has said that the history of any country resolves itself into the biographies of its stout, earnest and representative citizens. This medium, then, serves more than a single purpose; while it perpetuates biography and family genealogy, it records history, much of which would be preserved in no other way. "
Rare book copy bound in half leather and brown leather with marlbled end papers..
Subjects
Lancaster County (Pa.) - Biography.
Additional Author
Meginness, John Franklin,
Additional Corporate Author
J.H. Beers & Co.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Rare Books
Lancaster History Library - Lancaster County
Call Number
920 B615 1903 Oversize
920 B615
Websites
https://nam12.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fbabel.hathitrust.org%2Fcgi%2Fpt%3Fid%3Dpst.000021897160%26view%3D1up%26seq%3D7&data=05%7C01%7Cshianne.hargrove%40lancasterhistory.org%7C88c2e6afd0e846794d2908db888e915b%7C77252d1418a546d9b9d933511a635493%7C0%7C0%7C638253918116235401%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&sdata=DymAoERf1Rq69zW%2BF7cwQrvdW9neGCKotL4t%2Fa6ujJs%3D&reserved=0
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