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"1812," the story of the war of 1812 in song and story

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Author
Miller, Francesca Falk,
Date of Publication
[c1935]
Call Number
973.5 M647
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Author
Miller, Francesca Falk,
Place of Publication
Chicago
Publisher
Bauman
Date of Publication
[c1935]
Physical Description
159 p.
Subjects
United States - History - War of 1812 - Poetry.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
973.5 M647
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Abraham Lincoln's connections with Lancaster and its citizens

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Author
Martin, C. H.
Date of Publication
1934
Judicial Branch of the Government ; but all will yet be well. "Your friend always, "James Buchanan." 1 On the 4th of March, 1861, after Lincoln had taken the oath of office as President of the United States, citizen Buchanan and President Lincoln entered a carriage, and a military procession escorted them
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Responsibility
by C. H. Martin.
Author
Martin, C. H.
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Lancaster County Historical Society,
Date of Publication
1934
Physical Description
[13]-32 p. ; 23 cm.
Series
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 38, no. 1
Subjects
Lincoln, Abraham, - 1809-1865 - Family.
Presidents - United States
Lancaster County (Pa.) - Biography.
Contained In
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 38, number 1 (1934), p. 13-32Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.38
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The Adams family

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Author
Adams, James Truslow,
Date of Publication
1930.
Call Number
929 A211
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Responsibility
by James Truslow Adams ...
Author
Adams, James Truslow,
Place of Publication
Boston
Publisher
Little, Brown, and Company,
Date of Publication
1930.
Physical Description
vi p., 3 β., [3]-364 p. front., pl., ports. 25 cm.
Notes
"An Atlantic monthly press book."
"Published June, 1930."
"The chief purpose of the book is ... not at all genealogical, and only in a minor degree individually biographical."--Pref.
Contents
Preface.--Prologue.--The first generation: John Adams.--The second generation: John Quincy Adams.--The third generation: Charles Francis Adams.--The fourth generation John Quincy, Charles Francis, Henry, and Brooks Adams.--Epilogue.
Subjects
Adams family.
Adams, John, - 1735-1826.
Adams, John Quincy, - 1767-1848.
Adams, Charles Francis, - 1807-1886.
United States - Politics and government - 1783-1865.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
929 A211
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Admiralty decisions in the District Court of the United States, for the Pennsylvania District

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Author
Peters, Richard,
Date of Publication
1807.
Call Number
Book 816 1897
Book 817 1807
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by Richard Peters, comprising also some decisions in the same court, by the late Francis Hopkinson, to which are added cases determined in other districts of the United States. With an appendix containing --The laws of Oleron.--The laws of Wisbuy.--The laws of the Hanse towns.--The Marine ordinances of Louis XIV.--A treatise on the rights and duties of owners, freighters, and masters of ships, and of mariners: and the laws of the United States relative to mariners.
Author
Peters, Richard,
Place of Publication
Philadelphia
Publisher
Published by William P. Farrand; Robert Carr, printer,
Date of Publication
1807.
Physical Description
2 volumes 23 cm
Notes
Preface signed: Richard Peters, Jun.
Jasper Yeates's Colonial Law Library.
Yeates's signature at top of title page.
On verso of front flyleaf: "Affectionely presented to Judge Yeates - by his old & Sincere] Friend, Classmate, and Fellow Student, Richard Peters, Aug. 1807."
Subjects
Admiralty - United States.
Law reports, digests, etc. - United States.
Maritime law - United States.
Merchant mariners - United States.
Admiralty.
Law reports, digests, etc.
Maritime law.
Merchant mariners.
Droit maritime - États-Unis
Marins (marine marchande)
United States.
Full blind-tooled leather (Binding)
Gilt title on maroon spine label (Binding)
Additional Author
Peters, Richard,
Hopkinson, Francis,
Yeates, Jasper,
Additional Corporate Author
United States. District Court (Pennsylvania)
Visby (Sweden).
Hanseatic League.
France.
United States.
Additional Title
Rolls of Oleron.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Yeates Collection
Call Number
Book 816 1897
Book 817 1807
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Alta California : embracing notices of the climate, soil, and agricultural products of northern Mexico and the Pacific seaboard : also, a history of the military and naval operations of the United States directed against the territories of northern Mexico, in the year 1846-'47 : with documents declaratory of the policy of the present administration of the national government in regard to the annexation of conquered territory to this union, and the opinion of the Hon. James Buchanan on the Wilmot Proviso, &c

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Author
Captain of volunteers.
Date of Publication
1847.
Call Number
979.4403 C254
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Responsibility
by a Captain of volunteers.
Author
Captain of volunteers.
Place of Publication
Philadelphia
Publisher
H. Packer & Co. ...,
Date of Publication
1847.
Physical Description
[2], 5-64 p. (first leaf blank) ; 25 cm.
Notes
This copy is a reproduction ISBN 0548410593.
Description of area: p. 9-12; history and documentation: p. 13-64.
Anti-annexation tract.
Summary
The 1847 publication briefly address climate soil and agriculture in Alta and Baja California in chapter I. The following eight chapters consist of communications from the U.S. Government consisting of instructions in the event Mexico declared war, justification of and motives for war, various reports to Washington, communications with Mexican officials in Alta California, accounts of the military operations in California, the articles of capitulation entered into at Rancho of Cowanga on January 13, 1847, all of which are interspersed with personal observations and comments by the author. The final chapter deals with the question of whether slavery would be allowed in California, the policy of the South and its motive for a slave market and emigrants to California and Northern Mexico [from California State University's Digital Commons]
Subjects
Buchanan, James, - 1791-1868.
Mexican War, 1846-1848.
California - Description and travel.
California - History - 1846-1850.
Mexico, North - Description and travel.
California - Annexation to the United States.
Place
United States Pennsylvania Philadelphia.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
979.4403 C254
Websites
https://archive.org/details/altcaliforniembr00strerich/page/n7/mode/2up
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American colonists in English records. A guide to direct references in authentic records, passenger lists not in "Hotten", &c., &c., &c

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Author
Sherwood, George Frederick Tudor,
Date of Publication
1932.
Call Number
929.3 S554
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Author
Sherwood, George Frederick Tudor,
Place of Publication
London
Publisher
George Sherwood,
Date of Publication
1932.
Physical Description
99 p. 26 cm.
Subjects
British - United States.
United States - History - Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775 - Sources.
United States - Emigration and immigration.
Great Britain - Emigration and immigration.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
929.3 S554
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American colonists in English records. a guide to direct references in authentic records, passenger lists not in "Hotten", &c., &c., &c

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Author
Sherwood, George Frederick Taylor,
Date of Publication
1933.
Call Number
929.3 S554 2d. series
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Author
Sherwood, George Frederick Taylor,
Place of Publication
London, England
Publisher
G. Sherwood,
Date of Publication
1933.
Physical Description
p. 101-215 ; 26 cm.
Notes
Includes index.
Subjects
British - United States.
United States - History - Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775 - Sources.
United States - Emigration and immigration.
Great Britain - Emigration and immigration.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
929.3 S554 2d. series
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The American genealogist

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Date of Publication
1937-
Call Number
Drawer 5, section. 5
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Place of Publication
New Haven, Conn
Publisher
D.L. Jacobus ,
Date of Publication
1937-
Physical Description
6 reels ; 35 mm.
v.1-50 (July 1922-1974)
Publication Frequency
Quarterly
Notes
Labeled on box # 333 - # 338.
Subjects
Genealogy
Connecticut - Genealogy - Periodicals.
United States - Genealogy - Periodicals.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Microfilm
Call Number
Drawer 5, section. 5
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The American-German review

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Date of Publication
1934-1970.
Call Number
943 AGR
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Alternate Title
American German review
ISSN
0002-8622
Place of Publication
Philadelphia, Pa
Publisher
Carl Schurz Memorial Foundation,
Date of Publication
1934-1970.
Physical Description
36 v. : ill. ; 29 cm.
Publication Frequency
Bimonthly, 1939-Aug./Sept. 1970
Dates of Publication
Vol. 1, no. 1 (Sept. 1934)-v. 36, no. 6 (Aug./Sept. 1970).
Notes
Library has: v. 1 - v. 12 ; v. 31 - v. 35.
Title from cover.
Subjects
United States - Relations - Germany - Periodicals.
Germany - Relations - United States - Periodicals.
Germany - Civilization - Periodicals.
Additional Corporate Author
Carl Schurz Memorial Foundation.
National Carl Schurz Association.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
943 AGR
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American historical and literary curiosities : consisting of fac-similes of original documents relating to the events of the revolution, &c. &c. with a variety of reliques, antiquities, and modern autographs

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Author
Smith, John Jay,
Edition
3rd ed. :
Date of Publication
1847.
Call Number
973.3 S651 Oversize
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Responsibility
Collected and ed. by J. Jay Smith and John F. Watson.
Author
Smith, John Jay,
Edition
3rd ed. :
Place of Publication
Philadelphia
Publisher
Lloyd P. Smith,
Date of Publication
1847.
Physical Description
2 v. in 1. : ill. (65 pl.) ; 35 x 28 cm.
Notes
The plates, part printed on both sides, include 1 mounted illustration and 2 mounted portraits.
Includes letter of Robert Fulton; poem and profiles cut by John Andre.
Subjects
Autographs - United States
United States - History - Revolution - Sources.
Additional Author
Watson, John F.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
973.3 S651 Oversize
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