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Edition
Widescreen format.
Date of Publication
[2006]
Call Number
929.373 A258 DVD
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Responsibility
a film by Kunhardt Productions ; executive producers, Henry Louis Gates, Jr., William R. Grant, Peter W. Kunhardt ; written by Henry Louis Gates. Jr. ; series producers, Graham Judd, Leslie D. Farrell ; a production of Kunhardt Productions, Inc. and Thirteen/ WNET New York.
ISBN
1415716943
Edition
Widescreen format.
Place of Publication
[Alexandria, Va.] : Hollywood, Calif
Publisher
PBS Home Video ; distributed by Paramount Home Entertainment,
Date of Publication
[2006]
Physical Description
1 videodisc (ca. 240 min.) : sd., col. and b&w ; 4 3/4 in.
Notes
Originally broadcast as a four-part television series in 2006.
Host: Henry Louis Gates, Jr.; features Oprah Winfrey, Chris Tucker, Quincy Jones, Sara-Lawrence-Lightfoot, Mae Jemison, T.D. Jakes, Ben Carson, Whoopi Goldberg.
Contents
Listening to our past / producer and director, Jesse Sweet; editors, Eric Davis, Michael Weingrad -- The promise of freedom / producer and director, Leslie Asako Gladsjo ; editors, Joanna Kiernan, Geeta Gandbhr -- Searching for our names / producer and director, Leslie D. Farrell; editors, Merril Stern, Kathryn Moore -- Beyond the middle passage / producer and director, Graham Judd; editors, Kate Hirson, Stefan Knerrich.
Summary
A compelling combination of storytelling and science, this series uses genealogy, oral histories, family stories and DNA to trace roots of several accomplished African Americans down through American history and back to Africa.
Subjects
African Americans
African American families
DNA fingerprinting.
Documentary television programs.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Documentary - Feature.
Additional Author
Gates, Henry Louis.
Grant, William
Kunhardt, Peter W.
Judd, Graham.
Farrell, Leslie D.
Sweet, Jesse.
Gladsjo, Leslie Asako.
Winfrey, Oprah.
Tucker, Chris,
Jones, Quincy,
Lawrence-Lightfoot, Sara,
Jemison, Mae,
Jakes, T. D.
Carson, Ben.
Goldberg, Whoopi,
Additional Corporate Author
Kunhardt Productions.
WNET (Television station : New York, N.Y.)
PBS Home Video.
Paramount Home Entertainment (Firm)
Location
Lancaster History Library - Media
Call Number
929.373 A258 DVD
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American militia in the frontier wars, 1790-1796

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo15437
Author
Clark, Murtie June.
Date of Publication
2003.
Call Number
973.373 C594
Responsibility
by Murtie June Clark.
ISBN
0806312777
Author
Clark, Murtie June.
Place of Publication
Baltimore, MD
Publisher
Reprinted for Clearfield Co., by Genealogical Pub. Co.,
Date of Publication
2003.
Physical Description
liii, 337 p. ; 23 cm.
Notes
Includes bibliographical references (p. xxix-xxx) and index.
Contents
Chapters: Chronology of frontier, national, and international events from 1783-1796 -- Sources and abbreviations -- Kentucky militia -- Ohio Territory milita -- Southwest Territory militia -- Virginia militia -- New Jersey militia -- Pennsylvania -- Georgia.
Summary
"This book is a transcription of the muster rolls and pay rolls of the state militia troops who were paid to protect the frontier or who fought alongside federal troops in the various frontier campaigns. From the records of the Adjutant General's Office located in the National Archives, Murtie June Clark compiled data from the surviving federal records of the militia organizations of the following states and territories: Georgia, Kentucky, New Jersey, Ohio Territory, Pennsylvania, Southwest Territory (modern Tennessee), and Virginia. Named in these records, with dates of enlistment, rank, and other items of information, are militia troops participating in St. Clair's defeat in the Northwest Territory, Anthony Wayne's expeditions, the Whiskey Rebellion, the Battle of Fallen Timbers, and a host of other campaigns in areas north of the Ohio River, in Tennessee, along the Oconee in Georgia, and elsewhere." [from Amazon.com]
Subjects
Registers of births, etc. - United States.
Soldiers - United States - Registers.
United States - Genealogy.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
973.373 C594
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Annual report of the Pennsylvania Commission of Soldiers' Orphan Schools for the Year ending

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo19810
Corporate Author
Pennsylvania Commission of Soldiers' Orphan Schools.
Call Number
974.80061 P412
Alternate Title
Annual report of the superintendent of Soldiers' Orphans of Pennsylvania
Corporate Author
Pennsylvania Commission of Soldiers' Orphan Schools.
Place of Publication
[Harrisburg, Pa.?]
Publisher
State Printer of Pennsylvania
Physical Description
v. : ill. ; 26 cm.
Publication Frequency
Annual
Series
Official document
Notes
Title varies slightly.
Description based on: [1895]/1896.
Subjects
Pennsylvania Commission of Soldiers' Orphan Schools - Periodicals.
Children of military personnel - Pennsylvania - Periodicals.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
974.80061 P412
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Annual report of the Pennsylvania Commission of Soldiers' Orphan Schools for the Year ending

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo15330
Corporate Author
Pennsylvania Commission of Soldiers' Orphan Schools.
Call Number
362.732 P415
Corporate Author
Pennsylvania Commission of Soldiers' Orphan Schools.
Place of Publication
[Harrisburg, Pa.?]
Publisher
State Printer of Pennsylvania
Physical Description
v. : ill. ; 26 cm.
Publication Frequency
Annual
Series
Official document
Notes
Title varies slightly.
Description based on: [1895]/1896.
Library has: 1917.
Subjects
Pennsylvania Commission of Soldiers' Orphan Schools - Periodicals.
Children of military personnel - Pennsylvania - Periodicals.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
362.732 P415
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Barracks for the borough : a constitutional question in Colonial Lancaster

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo781
Author
Scheib, Jeffrey L.
Date of Publication
1983
affidavits of the Lancaster citizens." The address began, "A CONTINUANCE of the distressed Situ- ation . . . of the Inhabitants of the borough of Lancaster calls on us .. . again to remonstrate to your Honour." It continued: . . . (T)he military Officers have, by Force, quartered a large Number of Soldiers
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Responsibility
by Jeffrey L. Scheib.
Author
Scheib, Jeffrey L.
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Lancaster County Historical Society,
Date of Publication
1983
Physical Description
53-63 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Series
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 87, no. 2
Subjects
Soldiers
Requisitions, Military - Pennsylvania - Lancaster.
Pennsylvania - History - Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775.
Contained In
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 87, number 2 (1983), p. 53-63Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.87
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Batallion days in Lancaster County

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo3642
Author
Shannon, Edward C.
Date of Publication
1934
and in France, descendants of rangers who guarded the harassed frontier in French and Indian War days, and of soldiers who marched in the regiments of the line clear to Yorktown. The record of Lancaster county militia is one of shining service. In all the years, this fine record does not contain a
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Responsibility
by Major-General Edward C. Shannon.
Author
Shannon, Edward C.
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Lancaster County Historical Society,
Date of Publication
1934
Physical Description
[73]-76 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Series
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 38, no. 2
Subjects
Soldiers - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
Lancaster County (Pa.) - Militia.
Contained In
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 38, number 2 (1934), p. 73-76Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.38
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Berks County soldiers in the American Revolution

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo12849
Author
Hollenbach, Raymond E.
Date of Publication
c1986.
Call Number
974.816 H738
Responsibility
Hollenbach.
Author
Hollenbach, Raymond E.
Place of Publication
Reading, PA (Box 777, Reading 19603)
Publisher
Berks County Genealogical Society,
Date of Publication
c1986.
Physical Description
59, [29] p. : ill. ; 22 cm.
Notes
Includes index.
Subjects
Registers of births, etc. - Pennsylvania - Berks County.
Soldiers - Pennsylvania - Berks County - Genealogy.
Berks County (Pa.) - Genealogy.
Pennsylvania - History - Revolution, 1775-1783 - Registers.
United States - History - Revolution, 1775-1783 - Registers.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
974.816 H738
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Author
Scott, Donald,
Date of Publication
2008.
Call Number
973.7415 S431
Responsibility
Donald Scott.
ISBN
0738557358
9780738557359
Author
Scott, Donald,
Place of Publication
Charleston, SC
Publisher
Arcadia Pub.,
Date of Publication
2008.
Physical Description
127 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Series
Images of America
Notes
Includes bibliographical references.
Summary
Located in Chelten Hills just outside of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Camp William Penn was the largest and first Civil War facility to exclusively train Northern-based federal black soldiers during the war. Boasting the biggest free-black population in the country and the 19th-century’s epicenter of the Underground Railroad, Philadelphia and Camp William Penn, hosted the greatest anti-slavery abolitionists, including Frederick Douglass, Harriet Tubman, Sojourner Truth, Robert Purvis, and William Still. Douglass and Tubman spoke to and rallied some of the almost 11,000 soldiers, many of them runaway or ex-slaves, who trained in eleven regiments that fought in a slew of major battles, helped to corner the Confederate General Robert E. Lee and his Rebel forces, as well as capture President Lincoln’s assassins. Several earned the Medal of Honor for their bravery, and many gave their lives. At a time when America’s very existence was threatened, the warriors and freedom fighters for human equality associated with Camp William Penn were a major part of the country’s salvation. The complete story is told here. [from the publisher]
Subjects
United States. - Colored Troops.
African American soldiers - Pennsylvania - Biography.
African American soldiers - Pennsylvania
La Mott (Pa.) - History - 19th century.
Camp William Penn (Pa.) - History.
Pennsylvania - History - Civil War, 1861-1865 - African Americans.
Pennsylvania - History - Civil War, 1861-1865 - Participation, African American.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
973.7415 S431
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Civil War pension affidavits and index to ledgers of Dr. Benjamin F. Porter, 1864-1888

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo17247
Author
Porter, Benjamin Franklin,
Date of Publication
c2011.
Call Number
974.841 P844
Responsibility
[transcribed by Cynthia Hartman].
Author
Porter, Benjamin Franklin,
Place of Publication
York, Pa
Publisher
South Central Pennsylvania Genealogical Society,
Date of Publication
c2011.
Physical Description
46 p. ; 28 cm.
Series
Special publication ; number 71
Notes
"July 2011."
Subjects
Porter, Benjamin Franklin, - 1827-1886.
Military pensions - United States
Military pensions - Pennsylvania - York County.
Affidavits - Pennsylvania - York County.
Account books - Pennsylvania - York County
York County (Pa.) - Genealogy.
Additional Author
Hartman, Cynthia.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
974.841 P844
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A collection of modern entries, or, Select pleadings in the Courts of King's Bench, Common Pleas, and Exchequer : viz. declarations, pleas in abatement and in bar, replications, rejoinders, &c., demurrers, issues, verdicts, judgments, forms of making up records of nisi prius, and entring of judgments, &c., in most actions. Many of them drawn or perused by Mr. Broderick, Carthew, Comyns, Darnel ... and other learned counsel. As also special assignments of errors, and writs and proceedings thereupon, both in the said courts and in Parliament. With the method of suing to and reversing outlawries by writ of error or otherwise. To which is added a collection of writs in most cases now in practice. With two tables, one of the names of the cases, and the other of the pleadings and writs

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo21773
Author
Lilly, John,
Edition
The 3rd ed.
Date of Publication
1758.
Call Number
Book 728 1758
Responsibility
by John Lilly.
Author
Lilly, John,
Edition
The 3rd ed.
Place of Publication
[London] in the Savoy
Publisher
Printed by H. Lintot for D. Browne ... [et al.],
Date of Publication
1758.
Physical Description
4 preliminary leaves, 676, [30] pages ; 36 cm
Notes
Error in paging: no. 361-362 omitted; no. 377-378 duplicated.
Jasper Yeates's Colonial Law Library.
Yeates's signature at top of title page.
Book number 728 as assigned by Yeates.
Subjects
Pleading - Great Britain.
Civil procedure - Great Britain.
Forms (Law) - Great Britain.
Civil procedure.
Forms (Law)
Pleading.
Great Britain.
Full leather (Binding)
Gilt title on maroon spine label (Binding)
Additional Author
Yeates, Jasper,
Additional Corporate Author
Great Britain. Court of King's Bench.
Great Britain. Court of Common Pleas.
Great Britain. Court of Exchequer.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Yeates Collection
Call Number
Book 728 1758
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