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Allegheny county's hundred years

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo1658
Author
Thurston, George H.
Date of Publication
1888.
Call Number
974.885 A422
  1 website  
Responsibility
by George H. Thurston.
Author
Thurston, George H.
Place of Publication
Pittsburgh
Publisher
A. A. Anderson & Son, book and job printers,
Date of Publication
1888.
Physical Description
312 p., [4] leaves of plates (3 fold.) : ill., maps, plans ; 20 cm.
Notes
Advertising matter printed throughout book.
LCHS copy missing title page.
Contents
Contents: Chapters 1 thru 8 - Covers 1754 to 1888 9 - boat building in Allegheny County 10 - coal and coke trade 11 - Iron and steel trade 12 - Glass manufacturing 13 - Natural gas 14 - Oil trade in Allegheny County 15 - Copper,lead, brass and tin 16 - Mercantile interests 17. From pack horse to railroads 18. Financial institutions 19. Insurance companies 20. Electrical appliances 21. Churches , schools, and newspapers 22. Music, art, and benevolent institutions
Subjects
Allegheny County (Pa.) - History.
Allegheny County (Pa.) - Description and travel.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
974.885 A422
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An illustrated history of the commonwealth of Pennsylvania, civil, political and military, from its earliest settlement to the present time

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo3147
Author
Egle, William Henry,
Edition
2d ed.,
Date of Publication
1880.
Call Number
974.8009 E31 1880
  1 website  
Responsibility
including historical descriptions of each county in the state, their towns, and industrial resources. By William H. Egle.
Author
Egle, William Henry,
Edition
2d ed.,
Place of Publication
Philadelphia
Publisher
E.M. Gardner,
Date of Publication
1880.
Physical Description
xii, 13-1186 p. incl. front., illus. (incl. ports., maps, facsim.) 27 cm.
Summary
This 1880 volume covers Pennsylvania history from the Native Americans prior to European settlement through 1876
Subjects
Pennsylvania - History.
Pennsylvania - History, Local.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
974.8009 E31 1880
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At Gettysburg, or, What a girl saw and heard of the battle : a true narrative

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo19267
Author
Alleman, Tillie Pierce.
Date of Publication
1889.
Call Number
973.7349 A422
  1 website  
Alternate Title
At Gettysburg
What a girl saw and heard of the battle
Responsibility
by Tillie (Pierce) Alleman.
Author
Alleman, Tillie Pierce.
Place of Publication
New York
Publisher
W. Lake Borland,
Date of Publication
1889.
Physical Description
18 p. ; 29 cm.
Notes
Photocopy.
Contents
Chapters: INTRODUCTION - II. INCIDENTS PRECEDING THE BATTLE - III. DURING THE FIRST DAY OF THE BATTLE - IV. DURING THE SECOND DAY OF THE BATTLE - V. DURING THE THIRD DAY OF THE BATTLE - Vl. AFTER THE BATTLE - VII. HOME - VIII. CONCLUSION.
Subjects
Alleman, Tillie Pierce.
Gettysburg, Battle of, Gettysburg, Pa., 1863 - Personal narratives.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
973.7349 A422
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The battle of Gettysburg; an historical account

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo2533
Author
Balch, William Ralston,
Date of Publication
1885?]
Call Number
973.7349 B983
  1 website  
Responsibility
pub. by the Gettysburg and Harrisburg R.R.
Author
Balch, William Ralston,
Place of Publication
[Harrisburg, Pa
Publisher
Press of E.K. Meyers,
Date of Publication
1885?]
Physical Description
128, xv p. front., illus. (incl. ports., maps) 17 cm.
Notes
Preface signed: William Ralston Balch.
Appendix: Roster of troops engaged in the battle.
Summary
The author writes in 1885 about the battle. By "Historical Account "he says he wishes to present facts about how the battle played out without critiquing the planning or the execution of the encounter.
Subjects
Gettysburg (Pa.), Battle of, 1863.
Additional Corporate Author
Gettysburg & Harrisburg Railroad Co.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
973.7349 B983
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A Christmas reminder : being the names of about eight thousand persons, a small portion of the number confined on board the British prison ships during the war of the Revolution

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo1583
Corporate Author
Society of Old Brooklynites (Brooklyn, New York, N.Y.)
Date of Publication
1888.
Call Number
973.371 B872
  1 website  
Responsibility
with the compliments of the Society of Old Brooklynites.
Corporate Author
Society of Old Brooklynites (Brooklyn, New York, N.Y.)
Place of Publication
Brooklyn, N.Y
Publisher
Eagle print.,
Date of Publication
1888.
Physical Description
61 p. ; 23 cm.
Subjects
Jersey (Prison-ship)
Great Britain. - Royal Navy - Prisons.
Prison Ship Martyrs Monument (Brooklyn, New York, N.Y.)
Prison hulks - New York (State) - New York.
Prisoners of war - United States.
United States - History - Revolution, 1775-1783 - Prisoners and prisons.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
973.371 B872
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Complete historical compendium; or, Short history of the human race; ancient, mediaeval and modern

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo9178
Author
Clare, Israel Smith,
Date of Publication
1884.
Call Number
817 C591c
  1 website  
Responsibility
By Israel Smith Clare ...
Author
Clare, Israel Smith,
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
[Inquirer printing co.]
Date of Publication
1884.
Physical Description
483 p. 23 cm.
Notes
Supplement: British constitution. Constitution of the United States. Declaration of independence. Proclamation of emancipation. Historic legends. Important events. Sovereigns and rulers.
The R. Theodore Bixlers' Collection of Lancaster Authors.
Subjects
World history.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
817 C591c
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Concise history of the camp and field life of the 122d Regiment, Penn's Volunteers. Compiled from notes, sketches, facts and incidents

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo16653
Author
Sprenger, George F.
Date of Publication
1885.
Call Number
973.748 S768
  1 website  
Responsibility
as recorded in the diary of George F. Sprenger.
Author
Sprenger, George F.
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
The New era steam book print,
Date of Publication
1885.
Physical Description
vii, [1], 9-372 p. incl. illus., maps. front., pl., port. 20 cm.
Subjects
United States. - Army. - Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment, 122nd (1862-1863)
United States - History - Civil War, 1861-1865 - Regimental histories.
Pennsylvania - History - Civil War, 1861-1865 - Regimental histories.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Rare Books
Call Number
973.748 S768
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A few incidents in the life of Professor James P. Espy

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo3922
Author
Morehead, L. M.
Date of Publication
1888.
Call Number
923.7 E77m
  1 website  
Responsibility
by his niece, Mrs. L.M. Morehead.
Author
Morehead, L. M.
Place of Publication
Cincinnati
Publisher
R. Clarke & Co., Printers,
Date of Publication
1888.
Physical Description
5-22 p. ; 19 cm.
Summary
Mrs L.M. Moorehead wrote this short memoir of the life of her uncle James Pollard Espy. Mr Espy was born in Cumberland County in Pennsylvania in 1785. He trained as a lawyer and taught school for a time, but was best known for his work as a meteorologist. He worked at this for the U.S. War Department and the U.S. Navy. He continued this work at the Smithsonian Institute.Mr Espy developed a theory about the science of cloud formation and how storms were born. He began the use of the telegraph to collect weather data. His book "The Philosophy of Storms " was published in 1841.
Subjects
Espy, James P. - 1785-1860.
Meteorologists - United States.
Cumberland County (Pa.) - History.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
923.7 E77m
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Foods for the fat; a treatise on corpulency and a dietary for its cure

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo16279
Author
Yorke-Davies, Nathaniel Edward,
Edition
Amer. ed., ed. by Charles W. Greene.
Date of Publication
1889.
Call Number
640 R787 no. 7
  1 website  
Responsibility
by Nathaniel Edward Davies.
Author
Yorke-Davies, Nathaniel Edward,
Edition
Amer. ed., ed. by Charles W. Greene.
Place of Publication
Philadelphia
Publisher
Lippincott,
Date of Publication
1889.
Physical Description
138 p.
Notes
From the Sarah Tyson Rorer's collection of books on cooking and homemaking.
Subjects
Obesity.
Diet.
Cookery.
Additional Author
Greene, Charles Warren,
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
640 R787 no. 7
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The Hessians and the other German auxiliaries of Great Britain in the revolutionary war

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo7278
Author
Lowell, Edward Jackson,
Date of Publication
1884.
Call Number
973.342 L914
  1 website  
Responsibility
by Edward J. Lowell.
Author
Lowell, Edward Jackson,
Place of Publication
New York
Publisher
Harper & Bros.,
Date of Publication
1884.
Physical Description
viii, 328 p., [8] p. of plates : ill. ; 20 cm.
Notes
Includes index.
"List of German authorities": p. 293-296.
Subjects
United States - History - Revolution, 1775-1783 - Participation, German.
United States - History - Revolution, 1775-1783 - German mercenaries.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
973.342 L914
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