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A digest of the rules, ordinances & bye-laws, for the regulation and government of the directors, the poor and house employment, the farm, hospital and lunatic department. Also : a complete digest of the acts of the General Assembly

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Corporate Author
Lancaster County (Pa.). Board of Directors of the Poor.
Date of Publication
1897.
Call Number
352.008 C855 1897
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Corporate Author
Lancaster County (Pa.). Board of Directors of the Poor.
Place of Publication
Lancaster
Publisher
W.A. Halbach,
Date of Publication
1897.
Physical Description
96 p. ; 23 cm.
Subjects
Poor laws - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Lancaster County
Call Number
352.008 C855 1897
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The early life of Abraham Lincoln, containing many unpublished documents and unpublished reminiscences of Lincoln's early friends

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Author
Tarbell, Ida M.
Date of Publication
1896.
Call Number
923.173 L736c
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Responsibility
By Ida M. Tarbell assisted by J. McCan Davis ...
Author
Tarbell, Ida M.
Place of Publication
New York
Publisher
S. S. McClure,
Date of Publication
1896.
Physical Description
240 p. incl. front., illus., ports. 25 cm.
Series
McClure's magazine library ; no. 3
Notes
Ida Minerva Tarbell was an American writer, investigative journalist, biographer and lecturer. She was one of the leading muckrakers of the Progressive Era of the late 19th and early 20th centuries and pioneered investigative journalism.
Subjects
Lincoln, Abraham, - 1809-1865.
Additional Author
Davis, J. McCan
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
923.173 L736c
Websites
https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015026646177&view=1up&seq=9
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Early schools in the valley of the Octorara

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Author
Houston, J. W.
Date of Publication
1898
life, while menaced by a savage foe, all to escape from British persecution, intolerance and bigotry. When settled in their new homes, in the Octorara Valley, a common im- pulse seized them, the desire to facili- tate the opportunities for the educa- tion of their children. It was here the British laws
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Responsibility
by J. W. Houston, M.D.
Author
Houston, J. W.
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Lancaster County Historical Society,
Date of Publication
1898
Physical Description
[31]-51 p. ; 23 cm.
Series
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 2, no. 2
Summary
Contains interesting and entertaining vignettes of some of the school teachers , and schools established in the Octorar Valley, in the years before public education. Schools in Lancaster County, PA, and some bordering the county in Chester County are discussed.
Subjects
Teachers - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County
Private schools - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County
Public schools - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County
Schools - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County
Octoraro Creek (Pa. and Md.)
Octorara Valley (Pa.) - History.
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Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 2, number 2 (1898), p. 31-51Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.2
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Fliegender Brief evangelischer Worte an die Jugend : von der Glückseligkeit solcher Kinder und jungen Leute, die sich frühzeitig bekehren : aus dringender Liebe geschrieben von einem, der sich nicht schämet ein junger Prediger zu heissen

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Author
Woltersdorf, Ernst Gottlieb,
Date of Publication
1794.
Call Number
090 L244a 1794a
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Author
Woltersdorf, Ernst Gottlieb,
Place of Publication
Lancäster
Publisher
Gedruckt bey Johann Albrecht und Comp. ...,
Date of Publication
1794.
Physical Description
[20], 218, [2] p. (last leaf blank) ; 18 cm. (8vo)
Notes
Attributed to Woltersdorf. Cf. Bötte & Tannhof.
Signatures: A⁴ 2² *⁴ B-2E⁴ F².
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Bötte & Tannhof. German printing,
Half leather on paper boards.
Subjects
Children - Early works to 1800.
Additional Corporate Author
American Imprint Collection (Library of Congress)
Location
Lancaster History Library - Rare Books
Call Number
090 L244a 1794a
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John Beck : the eminent teacher

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Author
Eby, Simon P.
Date of Publication
1898
, and he was encouraged to undertake a second term. This also proving satisfactory, he had by this time become so thoroughly attached to the school and children that he re- solved to continue a teacher. Many methods were introduced for the improvement of his pupils and to place the school on a better
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Responsibility
by Simon P. Eby.
Author
Eby, Simon P.
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Lancaster County Historical Society,
Date of Publication
1898
Physical Description
[111]-139 p. ; 23 cm.
Series
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 2, no. 5
Contents
How he became a teacher // He Takes charge of his first school - a description of the school house // Objective of the teacher // New methods introduced to stimulate the ambition of his students // Enlargement and improvement of the school // Condition of the schools in the 1830's and beginning of the 1840's // How the schools were conducted in these days // Reception of country boys - special lessons for new pupils // Some of the incentives to study // The environments of his school // Mr Beck's natural capacity, great love for boys and indomitable perseverance // Some of his teachers // Instructors in music
Subjects
Beck, John.
Teachers - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
Schools - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County
Contained In
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 2, number 5 (1898), p. 111-139Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.2
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Message from the President of the United States, accompanying a report of the Secretary of State, containing observations on some of the documents, communicated by the President, on the eighteenth instant

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Corporate Author
United States. Department of State.
Date of Publication
1798 [i.e. 1799]
Call Number
Book 460 1799a
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Alternate Title
Message from the President of the United States ...
Responsibility
Pub. by order of the House of Representatives.
Corporate Author
United States. Department of State.
Place of Publication
Philadelphia
Publisher
Printed by John Ward Fenno,
Date of Publication
1798 [i.e. 1799]
Physical Description
2 preliminary leaves, [3]-45 pages 20 cm
Notes
21st January, 1799. Ordered to lie on the table.
Report submitted by Timothy Pickering, Secretary of State.
Jasper Yeates's Colonial Law Library.
Yeates signature at top of title page.
Book number 460 as assigned by Yeates.
Bound with Features of Mr. Jay's treaty. to which is annexed a view of the commerce of the United States, as it stands at present, and as it is fixed by Mr. Jay's treaty. Philadelphia: printed by Land & Ustick, for Mathew Carey, 1795. -- Report of the Commmittee of the House of Representatives of the United States appointed to prepare and report articles of impeachment against William Blount, a Senator of the United States.... Printed by John Fenno, Place and date not specified. -- Instructions to the envoys extraordinary and ministers plenipotentiary from the United States of Ameridca, to the French Republic,.... Philadelphia: Printed by W. Ross in Locust Street...[1798].--.Message from the President of the United States, accompanying sundry papers relative to the affairs of the United States with the French Republic. 18 January,1799, published by order of the House of Representatives -- .--.Report of the Committee, to whom was referred, so much of the President's speech, as relates to a revision and amended of the judiciary system.1 May 1800, published by order of the House of Representatives.-- A narrative of the suppression by Col. Burr, of the history of the administration of John Adams, late President of the United States, written by John Wood....New York: printed by Denniston and Cheetham, 1802.
Subjects
Diplomatic relations.
United States - Foreign relations - France.
France - Foreign relations - United States.
United States - Foreign relations - 1797-1801.
France.
United States.
Three-quarters leather on marbled boards (Binding)
Additional Author
Pickering, Timothy,
Yeates, Jasper
Additional Corporate Author
United States. 5th Congress, 3rd session, 1798-1799. House.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Yeates Collection
Call Number
Book 460 1799a
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