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Abstract of diary of Warren C. Bean, 1899

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Author
Moyer, Willoughby W.
Call Number
905.748 PDF v.28, no.4
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Responsibility
by Willoughby W. Moyer.
Author
Moyer, Willoughby W.
Physical Description
32-39 p.
Notes
In: Pennsylvania Folklife, v.28, no.4, Summer 1979.
Warren Bean was a farmer and Mennonite minister in Montgomery County, PA.
Subjects
Bean, Warren C. - Diaries.
Mennonites - Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania - History - 19th century - Personal narratives.
Diaries.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Periodical Article
Call Number
905.748 PDF v.28, no.4
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The California excursion : an illustrated account of a transcontinental train trip in 1874 based on the diary and letters of Chauncey Forward Sargent

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo12308
Author
Sargent, Chauncey Forward
Date of Publication
2001.
Call Number
380.509 B945f Oversize
Responsibility
by Chauncey Forward Sargent.
Author
Sargent, Chauncey Forward
Place of Publication
Lincoln Center, Mass
Publisher
Heritage House ,
Date of Publication
2001.
Physical Description
xvii, 110 pages : ill. : 21 x 28 cm.
Notes
Contains indices.
Subjects
Lockard, William F.
Reynolds, Samuel H.
Carpenter, Henry.
North, Hugh M. , - 1826-1907.
Sargent, Chauncey Forward , - 1828-1904.
Dickey, Oliver James.
Baumgardner, Henry.
Keller, John.
Wolfe, Napoleon B.
Young, James.
Railroad travel - United States.
Diaries.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
380.509 B945f Oversize
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The California journal of Henry Carter, April 1849 - February 1850

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Author
Carter, Henry,
Date of Publication
c.1990.
Call Number
929 C323c
Author
Carter, Henry,
Place of Publication
Transcript
Date of Publication
c.1990.
Physical Description
40 p. ; 28.cm.
Summary
Account of a trip to California by way of Panama and experiences in the gold fields. Typed transcript.
Rights
Copyright held by John M. Comer.
Subjects
Voyages to the Pacific coast - Personal narratives.
Gold mines and mining - California
Diaries.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
929 C323c
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Christopher Marshall's home in which he lived and wrote his diary in year 1777 and 1781 inclusive

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Author
Magee, Daniel F.
Date of Publication
1927
Pennsylvania in most interesting and enlightening records. Our Society has in its Library a copy of this Diary and there is within its covers a graphic pen picture of the period which in its gripping details and its lifelike portrayal is unsurpassed by any other revolutionary lore. His residence during the
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Responsibility
by D. F. Magee, Esq.
Author
Magee, Daniel F.
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Lancaster County Historical Society,
Date of Publication
1927
Physical Description
118-120 p. ; 23 cm.
Series
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 31, no. 8
Notes
Christopher Marshall, a politically active resident of Philadelphia, lived in Lancaster County during the American Revolution. He had begun writing a diary in Philadelphia that included observations on events of the day. He continued this while in Lancaster. The diary shows much about life in Lancaster during the Revolution.
Subjects
Marshall, Christopher, - 1709-1797.
Lancaster (Pa.) - History - 18th century - Personal narratives.
Diaries.
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Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 31, number 8 (1927), p. 118-121Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.31
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A compilation of Squire Thon's extracts : selected from diaries covering a period of nearly half a century

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Author
Thon, Charles,
Date of Publication
1885.
Call Number
922.3 T486
Alternate Title
Extracts, Squire Thon's diary
Squire Thon's diary
Responsibility
by Charles Thon.
Author
Thon, Charles,
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
New Era, Printer,
Date of Publication
1885.
Physical Description
158 pages ; 19 cm
Notes
"Reprint and index" copy by Gary T. Hawbaker compiled in 1993
Summary
Squire Thon was born in Germany in 1807. He kept a diary from 1847 until his death in 1888. He was well known in the county. His diary entries appeared in the Lancaster New Era newspaper for several years. His title of Squire came from his service as Justice of the Peace in Lancaster Township for 25 years
Subjects
Thon, Charles, - 1807-1888
Thon, Charles, - 1807-1888.
Manners and customs.
Lancaster County (Pa.) - Social life and customs.
Pennsylvania - Lancaster County - Personal narratives.
Diaries.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
922.3 T486
Copy Info
1993
1885
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Daily diary, 1911 March 6 - December 28

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Author
Hess, Mercy Mylin,
Call Number
920.7 H586 1911
Author
Hess, Mercy Mylin,
Physical Description
1 volume (unpaged) : bound ; 20x13 cm.
Notes
Some days contain no entries.
Diary transfered to archives.
Separate volume includes index of names, typescript of diary, background of family, and letters compiled by Robert T. Hale, ca. 1983.
Subjects
Hess family.
Farmers - Pennsylvania - Lancaster
Lancaster County (Pa.) - 20th century - Personal narratives.
Diaries.
Additional Author
Hess, Mercy Mylin.
Hall, Robert T.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
920.7 H586 1911
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The diaries of Daniel Fegan, Jr. , 1862-1863

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Author
Fegan, Daniel
Call Number
974.819 L441 v.13 no. 4
Responsibility
edited by Ralph S. Shay.
Author
Fegan, Daniel
Physical Description
146-200.
Notes
In: Lebanon County Historical Society Publications, v.13, no.4 (1962)
Subjects
Fegan, Daniel - Diaries.
United States - History - Civil War, 1861-1865 - Personal narratives.
Lebanon County (Pa.) - History.
Diaries.
Additional Author
Shay, Ralph S.
Additional Corporate Author
Lebanon County Historical Society.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
974.819 L441 v.13 no. 4
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The diaries of Peter C. Hiller, Conestoga, Pennsylvania, 1875-1898 : a reflection of the life and times in Conestoga, Pennsylvania during the late 1800s

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Author
Hiller, Peter C.,
Date of Publication
1994.
Call Number
974.815 CONE H652
Responsibility
[edited by] Pauline Benedict Eshelman.
Author
Hiller, Peter C.,
Place of Publication
Lancaster, PA
Publisher
P.B. Eshelman,
Date of Publication
1994.
Physical Description
xx, 420 p. : ill. ; 29 cm.
Notes
Includes indexes.
Library's copy inscribed by Pauline Benedict Eshelman.
Summary
Peter Clinger Hiller was born in Conestoga, PA, and lived there with his wife and four daughters. He was a teacher and farmer. He also sold and repaired organs, bought and sold tobacco, was a clerk in the Internal Revenue office selling cigar stamps along with other duties, wrote deeds for the county Recorder's office, and served as Justice of the Peace. He belonged to several civic organization and had many hobbies.
Subjects
Hiller, Peter C., - 1847-1898 - Diaries.
Hiller family.
Conestoga (Lancaster County, Pa. : Township) - History - Sources.
Conestoga (Lancaster County, Pa. : Township) - History - 19th century - Personal narratives.
Diaries.
Additional Author
Eshelman, Pauline Benedict.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
974.815 CONE H652
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The diaries of Willam T. Clark of Chestnut Level, Drumore Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania : Dating from his enlistment in Co. B 79th Penna. Vet. Vols. September 12, 1861 to November 30, 1865

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Author
Clark, William T.,
Date of Publication
1988.
Call Number
973.781 C596
camps, the distances, and the landmarks, and the news ofthe day, falling victim only rarely to "Camp News". He was a prolific letter writer, and records faithfully to whom he wrote, and from whom he received letters, keeping a running tally in the back ofhis diaries. He was also frugal, and kept
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Responsibility
Transcribed by William G. Davis and Janet B. Davis.
Author
Clark, William T.,
Place of Publication
Computer printout
Date of Publication
1988.
Physical Description
10 vols. ; 28 cm.
Notes
"Transcribed from six volumes of daily entries while in the field with the U. S. Army of the West during the CIvil War, and three volumes of miscellaneous entries."
Library has v. 1-7; copy 2 (v.1-6 )has information about William Clark and the 79th Pennsylvania and computer disc inserted.
Contents
vol 1. 9/12/61 - 5/21/62 Enlistment; Departure; Louisville, Ky.; Tennessee; Raid into Alabama -- v. 2. 5/22/62 - 2/9/63 Tennessee; Kentucky; Battle of Chaplin Hills (Perryville, Ky.; Kentucky hospitals; Battle of Stones River (Murfreesboro), Tenn. -- v. 3. 2/10/63 - 10/4/63 Tennessee; Raid into Alabama; Furlough home to recruit during Battle of Gettysburg; Battle of Chickamauga, Tenn. -- v. 4. 10/5/63-6/10/64 Georgia; Tennessee; Battles of Missionary Ridge, Lookout Mountain, Ringgold, Tunnel Hill; Regimental furlough home; Battles of Resaca, Buzzard's Roost, Etoway, Georgia -- v. 5. 6/11/64 - 2/11/65 Battles of Kennesaw Mountain, Allatoona, Marietta; The campaign for Altanta; Sherman's March to the Sea;The campaign for Savannah -- v. 6. 2/12/65 - 11/30/65 North through the Carolinas; The capture of Columbia; Battle of Bentonsville, N. C.; Surrender of Gen. Johnston; March to Washinton via Richmond;Victory parade; Return to Chestnut Level -- v. 7. Company B muster list; Original roll of Company B; Reenlistment as Veteran Volunteers (2/8/64); Miscellaneous expenses from January 1864 -- v. 8. Lists of rations issued as Regimental Commissary Sergeant, 1865 -- v. 9. Addenda and maps; Brief histories of W. T. Clark, 79th Regt. P.V.V.; The Clark family; Information on a few persons of note mentioned in the diaries -- v. 10. Rewrite of volume one.
Subjects
Pennsylvania Infantry. - 87th Regiment, 1861-1864.
United States - History - Civil War, 1861-1865 - Personal narratives.
United States - History - Civil War, 1861-1865 - Regimental histories - Pennsylvania Infantry - 79th.
Diaries.
Additional Author
Davis, William G.
Davis, Janet B.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
973.781 C596
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The Diarium of Magister Johannes Kelpius

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Author
Sachse, Julius Friedrich,
Call Number
905.748 PG v.25
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Author
Sachse, Julius Friedrich,
Notes
In: Pennsylvania German Society, v.25.
Johannes Kelpius was the leader of a group of Pietists who who came to the Philadelphia area of Pennsylvania in the late 17th century and established a small celibate community of men who believed Christ would soon return and the world would end. Additional information with historical context can be found here: https://explorepahistory.com/hmarker.php?markerId=1-A-3E5.
Subjects
Kelpius, Johannes , - 1673-1708 - Diaries.
Pietism - Pennsylvania - Philadelphia.
Pennsylvania - History - Colonial Period, ca. 1600-1775 - Personal narratives.
Diaries.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Periodical Article
Call Number
905.748 PG v.25
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