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Conestoga crossroads : Lancaster, Pennsylvania, 1730-1790

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Author
Wood, Jerome H.
Date of Publication
1979.
Call Number
974.815 LACI W876
Responsibility
by Jerome H. Wood, Jr.
Author
Wood, Jerome H.
Place of Publication
Harrisburg, Pa. : Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission
Date of Publication
1979.
Physical Description
ix, 305 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Notes
This book was derived from the author's PhD thesis, "Conestoga Crossroads: The Rise of Lancaster, Pennsylvania, 1730-1789", call number 974.815 LACI W876t.
LCHS copy inscribed by author.
"Notes and bibliographical essay": p. 257-296.
Summary
PART ONE- Concentrates on the political and administrative history of Lancaster as a borough. PART TWO- Discusses the town's economic structure and it's role as a regional marketing center and "western emporium " including a description of the structure of inland trade. PART THREE- Focuses on the economic class structure of the community, on the characteristics of it's religious life, on the social and cultural interaction between "Dutchmen" and "Engellanders" and on the role of the town as an intellectual center.
Subjects
Lancaster (Pa.) - History - Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775.
Additional Corporate Author
Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
974.815 LACI W876
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Conestoga crossroads: The rise of Lancaster, Pennsylvania, 1730-1789 [PhD thesis]

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Author
Wood, Jerome H.
Date of Publication
1969.
Call Number
974.815 LACI W876t
Responsibility
by Jerome Herman Wood.
Author
Wood, Jerome H.
Place of Publication
[Providence, R.I.]
Publisher
Wood,
Date of Publication
1969.
Physical Description
(iv,532 leaves) : maps
Notes
"Notes and bibliographical essay" : leaves 438-532.
Subjects
Lancaster (Pa.) - History - Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
974.815 LACI W876t
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How Lancaster grew and what people thought of it

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Author
Heisey, M. Luther,
Date of Publication
1941
How Lancaster Grew and What People Thought of It By M. LUTHER HEISEY Approaching the bi-centennial year of the establishing of Lancaster as a borough, it is well for us to turn in retrospective thought and consider what manner of town Lancaster was, how it grew, and what people visiting it for a
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Responsibility
by M. Luther Heisey.
Author
Heisey, M. Luther,
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Lancaster County Historical Society,
Date of Publication
1941
Physical Description
[87]-104 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Series
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 45, no. 4
Subjects
Lancaster (Pa.) - Description and travel.
Lancaster (Pa.) - History - Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775.
Contained In
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 45, number 4 (1941), p. 87-104Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.45
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Religious life in Lancaster Borough

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Author
Coldren, Caroline S.
Date of Publication
1941
Religious Life in Lancaster Borough By CAROLINE S. COLDREN In Collaboration With M. LUTHER HEISEY The earliest civic record of the Borough of Lancaster deals with a phase of the religious life of the community by regulating the activities of the in- habitants on the Sabbath day. It is a significant
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Responsibility
by Caroline S. Coldren in collaboration with M. Luther Heisey.
Author
Coldren, Caroline S.
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Lancaster County Historical Society,
Date of Publication
1941
Physical Description
[125]-144 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Series
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 45, no. 6
Subjects
Church buildings - Pennsylvania - Lancaster.
Lancaster (Pa.) - Religious life and customs.
Lancaster (Pa.) - History - Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775.
Additional Author
Heisey, M. Luther,
Contained In
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 45, number 6 (1941), p. 125-144Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.45
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