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African American lives

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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
Websites
http://www.pbs.org/wnet/aalives/about.html
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Along the western Brandywine

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo6012
Author
MacElree, Wilmer W.,
Edition
2d ed.
Date of Publication
1912.
Call Number
974.813 M141b
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by Wilmer W. MacElree.
Author
MacElree, Wilmer W.,
Edition
2d ed.
Place of Publication
[West Chester, Pa
Publisher
F. S. Hickman, printer]
Date of Publication
1912.
Physical Description
199 p. front., illus., plates, ports., maps (1 fold.) facsims. 28 cm.
Summary
A 1909 tour of the towns and places near the west branch of the Brandywine Creek, it includes Honey Brook and the railroad that once ran through it, Coatesville, Hibernia, Icedale, West Chester, Chadds Ford, and many other sites in Chester County, northern Maryland, and Delaware.
Subjects
Brandywine, Battle of, 1777.
Chester County (Pa.) - Description and travel.
Brandywine Creek.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
974.813 M141b
Websites
https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=loc.ark:/13960/t9s18m007;view=1up;seq=11
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American prisoners of the Revolution

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Author
Dandridge, Danske.
Date of Publication
1994
Call Number
929.31 D178
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Responsibility
by Danske Dandridge
Author
Dandridge, Danske.
Place of Publication
Baltimore
Publisher
Clearfield Co.
Date of Publication
1994
Physical Description
ix, 504 p. 21 cm.
Subjects
Revolution, 1775-1783
Prisoners of war - United States.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
929.31 D178
Websites
https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=hvd.32044019004001;view=1up;seq=7
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Andrew Ellicott, his life and letters

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Author
Mathews, Catharine Van Cortlandt.
Date of Publication
1908
Call Number
925 E46m
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Responsibility
by Catharine Van Cortlandt Mathews.
Author
Mathews, Catharine Van Cortlandt.
Place of Publication
New York
Publisher
The Grafton press
Date of Publication
1908
Physical Description
x, 256 p. front., plates, ports., maps (1 fold.) plans, facsims. 23cm.
Notes
"One thousand copies of this book have been printed from type and the type distributed."
Summary
A U.S. surveyor who resided in Lancaster County. He helped map many of the territories west of the Appalachians, surveyed the boundaries of the District of Columbia, continued and completed Pierre Charles L'Enfant's work on the plan for Washington, D.C., and served as a teacher in survey methods for Meriwether Lewis.
Contents: 1. Parentage and early life 1754 - 1784. 2. Baltimore and the western boundary of Pennsylvania 1785. 3. Three boundaries and the first measurement of Niagara 1786-1790. 4. The city of Washington in the Territory of Columbia. 5. The road to Presqu' Isle Fort. 6. The Florida boundary 1796 - 1800. 7. The Florida boundary (continued). 8. The Florida boundary (continued). 9. The land office of Pennsylvania 1800 - 1812. 10. West Point and the last surveys 1812-1820. The book contains footnotes and an index.
Subjects
Ellicott, Andrew, - 1754-1820.
Atlantic States - Surveys.
Southern boundary of the United States.
Washington (D.C.) - Surveys.
Pennsylvania - Boundaries.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
925 E46m
Websites
https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uva.x000276579;view=1up;seq=13
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An essay on the origin of the Linnaean society of Lancaster city and county, its objects and progress. Read before the association on its 4th anniversary, at the Athenaeum rooms, February 24th, 1866

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Author
Rathvon, Simon S.,
Date of Publication
1866.
Call Number
090 L244p 1866
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Responsibility
By S.S. Rathvon. To which are appended its charter, and lists of its officers, its members, and its correspondents.
Author
Rathvon, Simon S.,
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Pearsol & Geist, printers,
Date of Publication
1866.
Physical Description
18 p. 23 cm.
Notes
Published by request and by authority of the Society.
Subjects
Linnaean society of Lancaster city and county, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Rare Books
Call Number
090 L244p 1866
Websites
https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=nyp.33433007678281;view=1up;seq=9
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At Gettysburg, or, What a girl saw and heard of the battle : a true narrative

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Author
Alleman, Tillie Pierce.
Date of Publication
1889.
Call Number
973.7349 A422
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Alternate Title
At Gettysburg
What a girl saw and heard of the battle
Responsibility
by Tillie (Pierce) Alleman.
Author
Alleman, Tillie Pierce.
Place of Publication
New York
Publisher
W. Lake Borland,
Date of Publication
1889.
Physical Description
18 p. ; 29 cm.
Notes
Photocopy.
Contents
Chapters: INTRODUCTION - II. INCIDENTS PRECEDING THE BATTLE - III. DURING THE FIRST DAY OF THE BATTLE - IV. DURING THE SECOND DAY OF THE BATTLE - V. DURING THE THIRD DAY OF THE BATTLE - Vl. AFTER THE BATTLE - VII. HOME - VIII. CONCLUSION.
Subjects
Alleman, Tillie Pierce.
Gettysburg, Battle of, Gettysburg, Pa., 1863 - Personal narratives.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
973.7349 A422
Websites
https://digital.library.upenn.edu/women/alleman/gettysburg/gettysburg.html
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The awakening and the early progress of the Pequea, Conestoga and other Susquehanna Valley settlements : as shown by official letters, etc., of the time

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Author
Landis, David M.
Date of Publication
1921.
a warrant dated Dec. 25, 1701 was signed for the same. 1710 In the Taylor Papers, under date of Oct. 16, 1710, there is the original order to survey 10000 acres of land on Pequea Creek to Rudolph Bundely and others, on the authority of a warrant dated Oct. 8, same year, which is therein recited. The
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Responsibility
by David M. Landis.
Author
Landis, David M.
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Lancaster County Historical Society,
Date of Publication
1921.
Physical Description
5-16 p. ; 23 cm.
Series
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 25, no. 1
Subjects
Land settlement - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
Taylor papers.
Lancaster County (Pa.) - History - 17th century.
Contained In
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 25, number 1 (1921), p. 5-16Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.25
Websites
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The battle of Gettysburg; an historical account

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Author
Balch, William Ralston,
Date of Publication
1885?]
Call Number
973.7349 B983
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Responsibility
pub. by the Gettysburg and Harrisburg R.R.
Author
Balch, William Ralston,
Place of Publication
[Harrisburg, Pa
Publisher
Press of E.K. Meyers,
Date of Publication
1885?]
Physical Description
128, xv p. front., illus. (incl. ports., maps) 17 cm.
Notes
Preface signed: William Ralston Balch.
Appendix: Roster of troops engaged in the battle.
Summary
The author writes in 1885 about the battle. By "Historical Account "he says he wishes to present facts about how the battle played out without critiquing the planning or the execution of the encounter.
Subjects
Gettysburg (Pa.), Battle of, 1863.
Additional Corporate Author
Gettysburg & Harrisburg Railroad Co.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
973.7349 B983
Websites
https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=loc.ark:/13960/t5k93mt0w&view=1up&seq=1
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Catalogue and errata of the records of Holy Trinity (Old Swedes) Church

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Corporate Author
Holy Trinity Church (Wilmington, Del.)
Date of Publication
1919.
Call Number
975.1 R311c
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Responsibility
as translated by Horace Burr.
Corporate Author
Holy Trinity Church (Wilmington, Del.)
Place of Publication
[Wilmington]
Publisher
Historical Society of Delaware,
Date of Publication
1919.
Physical Description
166 p. ; 23 cm.
Series
Papers of the Historical Society of Delaware ;
Summary
This book follows up on the "The Records of Holy Trinity (Old Swedes) Church, Wilmington Del., from1697 to 1773. Translated from the original Swedish by Horace Burr,with an abstract of the English records from 1773 to 1810" and catalogs all the names that appeared in the original tome and citing various errata. The Catalogue takes the form of separate bride and groom indexes to the 3,600 marriages in the original volume, an index to some 4,000 births/baptisms performed under the auspices of Holy Trinity, a smaller index to burials, and a complete name and subject index to all persons or subjects not found in the vital records. All in all, some 12,500 individuals are listed here.
Subjects
Registers of births, etc. - Delaware - Wilmington.
Wilmington (Del.) - History - Sources.
Additional Author
Burr, Horace,
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
975.1 R311c
Websites
https://hdl.handle.net/2027/yale.39002014179122
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The charismatic origins of the Christian anti-slavery movement in North America

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Author
Maxwell, John
Call Number
905.748 QH v.63, no.2
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Responsibility
by John Maxwell.
Author
Maxwell, John
Physical Description
108-116 p.
Notes
In: Quaker history, v.63, no.2 (Autumn 1974)
Subjects
Society of Friends - United States - History.
Slavery - United States - History.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Periodical Article
Call Number
905.748 QH v.63, no.2
Websites
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