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The California excursion : an illustrated account of a transcontinental train trip in 1874 based on the diary and letters of Chauncey Forward Sargent

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Author: Sargent, Chauncey Forward

Date of Publication: 2001.

Call Number: 380.509 B945f Oversize

Responsibility: by Chauncey Forward Sargent.

Author: Sargent, Chauncey Forward

Place of Publication: Lincoln Center, Mass

Publisher: Heritage House ,

Date of Publication: 2001.

Physical Description: xvii, 110 pages : ill. : 21 x 28 cm.

Notes: Contains indices.

Subjects: Lockard, William F.; Reynolds, Samuel H.; Carpenter, Henry.; North, Hugh M. , - 1826-1907.; Sargent, Chauncey Forward , - 1828-1904.; Dickey, Oliver James.; Baumgardner, Henry.; Keller, John.; Wolfe, Napoleon B.; Young, James.; Railroad travel - United States.; Diaries.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 380.509 B945f Oversize

The diaries of Willam T. Clark of Chestnut Level, Drumore Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania : Dating from his enlistment in Co. B 79th Penna. Vet. Vols. September 12, 1861 to November 30, 1865

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Author: Clark, William T.,

Date of Publication: 1988.

Call Number: 973.781 C596

camps, the distances, and the landmarks, and the news ofthe day, falling victim only rarely to "Camp News". He was a prolific letter writer, and records faithfully to whom he wrote, and from whom he received letters, keeping a running tally in the back ofhis diaries. He was also frugal, and kept

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Responsibility: Transcribed by William G. Davis and Janet B. Davis.

Author: Clark, William T.,

Place of Publication: Computer printout

Date of Publication: 1988.

Physical Description: 10 vols. ; 28 cm.

Notes: "Transcribed from six volumes of daily entries while in the field with the U. S. Army of the West during the CIvil War, and three volumes of miscellaneous entries."; Library has v. 1-7; copy 2 (v.1-6 )has information about William Clark and the 79th Pennsylvania and computer disc inserted.

Contents: vol 1. 9/12/61 - 5/21/62 Enlistment; Departure; Louisville, Ky.; Tennessee; Raid into Alabama -- v. 2. 5/22/62 - 2/9/63 Tennessee; Kentucky; Battle of Chaplin Hills (Perryville, Ky.; Kentucky hospitals; Battle of Stones River (Murfreesboro), Tenn. -- v. 3. 2/10/63 - 10/4/63 Tennessee; Raid into Alabama; Furlough home to recruit during Battle of Gettysburg; Battle of Chickamauga, Tenn. -- v. 4. 10/5/63-6/10/64 Georgia; Tennessee; Battles of Missionary Ridge, Lookout Mountain, Ringgold, Tunnel Hill; Regimental furlough home; Battles of Resaca, Buzzard's Roost, Etoway, Georgia -- v. 5. 6/11/64 - 2/11/65 Battles of Kennesaw Mountain, Allatoona, Marietta; The campaign for Altanta; Sherman's March to the Sea;The campaign for Savannah -- v. 6. 2/12/65 - 11/30/65 North through the Carolinas; The capture of Columbia; Battle of Bentonsville, N. C.; Surrender of Gen. Johnston; March to Washinton via Richmond;Victory parade; Return to Chestnut Level -- v. 7. Company B muster list; Original roll of Company B; Reenlistment as Veteran Volunteers (2/8/64); Miscellaneous expenses from January 1864 -- v. 8. Lists of rations issued as Regimental Commissary Sergeant, 1865 -- v. 9. Addenda and maps; Brief histories of W. T. Clark, 79th Regt. P.V.V.; The Clark family; Information on a few persons of note mentioned in the diaries -- v. 10. Rewrite of volume one.

Subjects: Pennsylvania Infantry. - 87th Regiment, 1861-1864.; United States - History - Civil War, 1861-1865 - Personal narratives.; United States - History - Civil War, 1861-1865 - Regimental histories - Pennsylvania Infantry - 79th.; Diaries.

Additional Author: Davis, William G.; Davis, Janet B.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 973.781 C596

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Diary of Francis X. Ziegler , 1854-1867

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Author: Ziegler, Francis X. ,

Date of Publication: [2002]

Call Number: 923.7 Z66

Responsibility: transcribed by John Bennawit, Jr.

Author: Ziegler, Francis X. ,

Place of Publication: Computer printout

Date of Publication: [2002]

Physical Description: unp. 29 cm.

Notes: Original diary in Lancaster County Historical Society Archives.

Summary: Francis Ziegler was born in Columbia, Pennsylvania in 1817 and he died in 1902. He was a school teacher and a telegraph operator.He recorded in this diary sporadically between 1854 and 1857. His entries describe personal experiences, but many entries pertain to events of the day, both local and national. His discontent with politics and the times, in general, is clear. The diary begins at the time of a cholera epidemic in Columbia during which many people died. He presents a picture of a very frightening time. Another highlight of the diary was his description of the invasion of Pennsylvania by Confederate troops during the Civil War. He witnessed the burning of the bridge over the Susquehanna River between Columbia and Wrightsville. This action closed off a potential route for the Confederates to reach Philadelphia and Harrisburg after Gettysburg.

Subjects: Ziegler, Francis X - Diaries.; Cholera - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.; Lancaster County (Pa.) - History.; Columbia (Pa.) - History - Personal narratives.; Susquehanna River Valley - History, Military - 19th century.; Diaries.

Additional Author: Bennawit, John,

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 923.7 Z66

Diary of Ida Stohler Trostle : Adamstown, Pennsylvania, 1901-1907

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Author: Trostle, Ida Stohler ,

Date of Publication: 2001.

Call Number: 905.748 JHSCV v.26

Responsibility: by Ida Stohler Trostle.

Author: Trostle, Ida Stohler ,

Place of Publication: Lititz, PA

Publisher: Fulton Press ,

Date of Publication: 2001.

Physical Description: 1-110 p. : ill. ; 28 cm.

Notes: In: Journal of the Historical Society of the Cocalico Valley , v.26 (2 vols); Includes index.

Summary: Transcription of the diary of Adamstown resident, Ida Stohler Trostle (1874-1967). The diary was written during the years that Ida's husband Lewis Trostle was the proprietor of Adamstown's "Lancaster County House"; it illustrates the day-to-day interaction of Ida with her family, friends and church community. The diary is footnoted and indexed.

Subjects: Trostle, Ida Stohler , - 1874-1867 - Diaries.; Redcay, Elias , - 1782.; Adamstown, Pa. - Personal narratives.; Diaries.

Additional Title: Journal of the Historical Society of the Cocalico Valley ,

Location: Lancaster History Library - Reference

Call Number: 905.748 JHSCV v.26

Diary of Phebe Earle Gibbons

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Author: Gibbons, Phebe Earle,

Date of Publication: 2000

Call Number: 920.7 G441

Responsibility: by Phebe Earle Gibbons.

Author: Gibbons, Phebe Earle,

Place of Publication: Computer printout

Date of Publication: 2000

Notes: Transcribed by Marian Brubaker.; Phebe Earle Gibbons was from a prominent Quaker family. The diary covers years 1849, 1854, 1855, 1856 and 1857. "MRS. PHOEBE EARLE GIBBONS, a lady of literary tastes, was born in Philadelphia, August 9th, 1821. Her father,Thomas Earle, was a man of great note in his day, and in1840 was the first candidate of the Liberty party for Vice President. The subject of this sketch was well educated in select schools in Massachusetts, and taught in Mr. Picot's French school in Philadelphia and elsewhere for some years. In 1845 she was married to Dr. Joseph Gibbons of Lancaster County. In 1861 she began the study of Greek, with Professor William M. Nevin, of Lancaster. A portion of the Odyssey, translated by her was published in the Ladies' Friend of Philadelphia. A small medical work was translated by her from the French, for Lindsay and Blakistoa, which was published in 1866. She has also translated a portion of the Herman and Dorothea of Goethe. At different times she has written articles for magazines. In 1872 she published a small volume, entitled " Pennsylvania Dutch," a portion of which originally appeared in the Atlantic Monthly. Mrs. Gibbons is an active member of the Lancaster Linnaean Society. She is a lady of varied acquirements and marked intellectual capacity." [Biographical History of Lancaster County by Alexander Harris.]

Subjects: Gibbons, Phebe Earle - Diaries.; Quakers - Pennsylvania.; Country life - Pennsylvania.; Pennsylvania - Social life and customs - Personal narratives.; Diaries.

Additional Author: Brubaker, Marian.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 920.7 G441

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