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Author
Lyte, Eliphalet Oram,
Date of Publication
c1899.
Call Number
816 L998a
Responsibility
by E. Oram Lyte.
Author
Lyte, Eliphalet Oram,
Place of Publication
New York
Publisher
American Book Co.,
Date of Publication
c1899.
Physical Description
368 p. ; 19 cm.
Series
Lyte's language series
Notes
Includes index.
Subjects
English language
English language - Composition and exercises.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
816 L998a
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Annals of Philadelphia and Pennsylvania, in the olden time; being a collection of memoirs, anecdotes, and incidents of the city and its inhabitants, and of the earliest settlements of the inland part of Pennsylvania, from the days of the founders

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Author
Watson, John F.
Date of Publication
1891.
Call Number
974.811 W339
Responsibility
By John F. Watson ... Enlarged, with many revisions and additions, by Willis P. Hazard...
Author
Watson, John F.
Place of Publication
Philadelphia
Publisher
E. S. Stuart,
Date of Publication
1891.
Physical Description
3 v. fronts., illus., plates, port. 25 cm.
Notes
The third volume of this ed. was prepared at the publisher's request, by W. P. Hazard.
Subjects
Pennsylvania - History.
Philadelphia (Pa.) - History.
Philadelphia (Pa.) - Social life and customs.
Additional Author
Hazard, Willis P.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
974.811 W339
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Author
Hensel, L. W.
Date of Publication
1898
AN OLD OIL MILL. At the foot of the western end of the "Mine Ridge," thereabouts better known as "Stony Hill," and in the northwest corner of Eden township, near the old Conowingo ore mines, and about half a mile east of Camargo, on a branch of Beaver creek, stands a large, quaint old stone
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Responsibility
by L. W. Hensel.
Author
Hensel, L. W.
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Lancaster County Historical Society,
Date of Publication
1898
Physical Description
213-215 p. ; 23 cm.
Series
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 2, no. 7
Summary
This article discusses a mill property in Eden Township , Lancaster County. The mill had several owners during the 19th century, and the mill was used for various purposes: Processing wool, sawing wood, making whiskey, and pressing oil from flax seeds [hence the name "oil mill"].
Subjects
Old Oil Mill (Lancaster County, Pa.)
Water mills - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County
Oil mills - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
Mills and mill-work - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
Linseed oil.
Flour mills - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
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Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 2, number 7 (1898), p. 213-215Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.2
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Date of Publication
1892.
Call Number
917.4815 A784L Oversize
Place of Publication
Chicago
Publisher
W.H. Parish Pub. Co.,
Date of Publication
1892.
Physical Description
12 pts. in portfolio : ill., plates ; 35 cm.
Subjects
Lancaster (Pa.) - Description and travel.
Additional Corporate Author
W.H. Parish Publishing Co.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Rare Books
Call Number
917.4815 A784L Oversize
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Bill Nye's chestnuts, old and new : latest gathering

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Author
Nye, Bill,
Date of Publication
1894.
Call Number
817.4 N994
Responsibility
with new illustrations from original sketches, photographs, memoranda, and authentic sources, by Williams, Opper, and Hopkins.
Author
Nye, Bill,
Place of Publication
Chicago
Publisher
W.B. Conkey Company,
Date of Publication
1894.
Physical Description
x, 11-286 p. : ill. ; 19 cm.
Notes
Contains poems.
Pages 1 and 2 of covers are illustrated.
The author, Edgar Wilson Nye (1850-1896), was an American journalist who published his humorous works under the name Bill Nye. As a writer and humorist of the late 19th century, Nye, with Mark Twain and Artemus Ward, is recognized as contributing a distinctive, frontier type of American humor, noted for its broad kindliness and hyperbole. He was the author of numerous books and articles, among the most famous of which are Bill Nye and Boomerang (1881), Forty Liars and other Lies (1882), and Bill Nye's History of the United States (1894). ( Wisconsin Historical Society )
Subjects
American wit and humor.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
817.4 N994
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Corporate Author
Yeates Institute (Lancaster, Pa.)
Date of Publication
1898.
Call Number
371.805 Y41
Responsibility
pub. monthly.
Corporate Author
Yeates Institute (Lancaster, Pa.)
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
The Institute ;
Date of Publication
1898.
Physical Description
v. 23-25 cm.
Notes
Includes local advertisements.
Information from 1901.
Library has: v. 3 (1901-1902) 1-2, 4-7; v. 4 (1902-1903) 1, 3, 5-7; v.6 (1904-1905) 8; v. 13 (1911-1912) 4-5, 7; v. 20 (1918-1919) 6; (1919--1920) 1-7 bound.
Summary
This is a monthly publication of the Yeates Episcopal School citing activities of the school and its students. It was established with money donated by Jasper Yeate's daughter Catherine in 1857. The school was located on grounds presently occupied by the Lancaster Mennonite High School.
Subjects
Student newspapers and periodicals - Pennsylvania - Lancaster.
Yeates Institute (Lancaster, Pa.)
Yeates School (Lancaster, Pa.)
Yeates Episcopal School (Lancaster, Pa.)
Location
Lancaster History Library - Lancaster County
Call Number
371.805 Y41
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The Chickies furnaces : the first furnace using coal

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Author
Haldeman, Horace L.
Date of Publication
1897
turnpike and creek and this latter spelling was used by Prof. S. S. Haldeman in the later years of his life for the headings of his communications. He also gave the latter as correct to Prof. Persifer Frazer, Jr., geologist in charge of the survey of Adams, York, Lancaster and Chester counties, for the
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Alternate Title
Historical paper: The first furnace using coal.
Responsibility
by Horace L. Haldeman.
Author
Haldeman, Horace L.
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Lancaster County Historical Society,
Date of Publication
1897
Physical Description
[14]-23 p. ; 23 cm.
Series
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 1, no. 1
Subjects
Chickies Furnace (Lancaster County, Pa.)
Iron industry and trade - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County
Iron foundries - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County
Contained In
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 1, number 1 (1897), p. 14-23Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.1
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The city's finances : paper read before the Lancaster Board of Trade

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Author
Hensel, W. U.
Date of Publication
[c.1885-1915]
Call Number
352.171 L244
Responsibility
by W. U. Hensel and J. D Landis.
Author
Hensel, W. U.
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
The New Era Printing Company ,
Date of Publication
[c.1885-1915]
Physical Description
13 p. ; 23 cm.
Notes
The last date mentioned in the text is 1885.
Subjects
Lancaster (Pa.) - Appropriations and expenditures.
Additional Author
Landis, J. D.
Additional Corporate Author
Lancaster (Pa.). Board of Trade.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Lancaster County
Call Number
352.171 L244
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Author
Nevin, John Williamson,
Date of Publication
1891.
Call Number
813 N528c
Responsibility
Edited by Henry M. Kiefer and compiled from the editor's notes of these sermons taken at the time of their delivery. With an introd. by W. M. Reily.
Author
Nevin, John Williamson,
Place of Publication
Philadelphia
Publisher
Reformed Church Publication House,
Date of Publication
1891.
Physical Description
231 p. port. 19 cm.
Subjects
Universities and colleges
Sermons, American.
Additional Author
Reily, W. M.
Kiefer, Henry M.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
813 N528c
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Colonial days and dames

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Author
Wharton, Anne Hollingsworth,
Date of Publication
1895.
Call Number
973.2 W298c
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Responsibility
by Anne Hollingsworth Wharton. With illustrations by E.S. Holloway.
Author
Wharton, Anne Hollingsworth,
Place of Publication
Philadelphia
Publisher
J.B. Lippincott Co.,
Date of Publication
1895.
Physical Description
xiii, [11]-248 p. front., illus., plates, ports. 21 cm.
Notes
̉ۡdition de luxe; 508 copies printed for subscribers.
Contents
CONTENTS: COLONIAL DAYS WOMEN IN THE EARLY SETTLEMENT A GROUP OF EARLY POETESSES COLONIAL DAMES. OLD LANDMARKS WEDDINGS AND MERRY-MAKINGS LEGEND AND ROMANCE
Subjects
Women in the United States.
United States - Social life and customs - To 1775.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
973.2 W298c
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