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Allegheny county's hundred years

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo1658
Author
Thurston, George H.
Date of Publication
1888.
Call Number
974.885 A422
  1 website  
Responsibility
by George H. Thurston.
Author
Thurston, George H.
Place of Publication
Pittsburgh
Publisher
A. A. Anderson & Son, book and job printers,
Date of Publication
1888.
Physical Description
312 p., [4] leaves of plates (3 fold.) : ill., maps, plans ; 20 cm.
Notes
Advertising matter printed throughout book.
LCHS copy missing title page.
Contents
Contents: Chapters 1 thru 8 - Covers 1754 to 1888 9 - boat building in Allegheny County 10 - coal and coke trade 11 - Iron and steel trade 12 - Glass manufacturing 13 - Natural gas 14 - Oil trade in Allegheny County 15 - Copper,lead, brass and tin 16 - Mercantile interests 17. From pack horse to railroads 18. Financial institutions 19. Insurance companies 20. Electrical appliances 21. Churches , schools, and newspapers 22. Music, art, and benevolent institutions
Subjects
Allegheny County (Pa.) - History.
Allegheny County (Pa.) - Description and travel.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
974.885 A422
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American convention for promoting the abolition of slavery and improving the condition of the African race at Philadelphia, in October, 1819, to the people of the United States

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo13728
Date of Publication
1819.
Call Number
326 P544 1819
326 A512
  1 website  
Place of Publication
Philadelphia
Publisher
Printed by S.W. Conrad,
Date of Publication
1819.
Physical Description
43 p. ; 23 cm.
Notes
Meeting convened in Philadelphia, October 15, 1819.
Report from the Columbia, Pa. Society for Promoting the Abolition of Slavery, p. 11-14.
Subjects
Slavery - United States
Abolitionists - United States
Location
Lancaster History Library - Rare Books
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
326 P544 1819
326 A512
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An illustrated history of the commonwealth of Pennsylvania, civil, political and military, from its earliest settlement to the present time

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo3147
Author
Egle, William Henry,
Edition
2d ed.,
Date of Publication
1880.
Call Number
974.8009 E31 1880
  1 website  
Responsibility
including historical descriptions of each county in the state, their towns, and industrial resources. By William H. Egle.
Author
Egle, William Henry,
Edition
2d ed.,
Place of Publication
Philadelphia
Publisher
E.M. Gardner,
Date of Publication
1880.
Physical Description
xii, 13-1186 p. incl. front., illus. (incl. ports., maps, facsim.) 27 cm.
Summary
This 1880 volume covers Pennsylvania history from the Native Americans prior to European settlement through 1876
Subjects
Pennsylvania - History.
Pennsylvania - History, Local.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
974.8009 E31 1880
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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
  1 website  
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
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A Christmas reminder : being the names of about eight thousand persons, a small portion of the number confined on board the British prison ships during the war of the Revolution

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo1583
Corporate Author
Society of Old Brooklynites (Brooklyn, New York, N.Y.)
Date of Publication
1888.
Call Number
973.371 B872
  1 website  
Responsibility
with the compliments of the Society of Old Brooklynites.
Corporate Author
Society of Old Brooklynites (Brooklyn, New York, N.Y.)
Place of Publication
Brooklyn, N.Y
Publisher
Eagle print.,
Date of Publication
1888.
Physical Description
61 p. ; 23 cm.
Subjects
Jersey (Prison-ship)
Great Britain. - Royal Navy - Prisons.
Prison Ship Martyrs Monument (Brooklyn, New York, N.Y.)
Prison hulks - New York (State) - New York.
Prisoners of war - United States.
United States - History - Revolution, 1775-1783 - Prisoners and prisons.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
973.371 B872
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Complete historical compendium; or, Short history of the human race; ancient, mediaeval and modern

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo9178
Author
Clare, Israel Smith,
Date of Publication
1884.
Call Number
817 C591c
  1 website  
Responsibility
By Israel Smith Clare ...
Author
Clare, Israel Smith,
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
[Inquirer printing co.]
Date of Publication
1884.
Physical Description
483 p. 23 cm.
Notes
Supplement: British constitution. Constitution of the United States. Declaration of independence. Proclamation of emancipation. Historic legends. Important events. Sovereigns and rulers.
The R. Theodore Bixlers' Collection of Lancaster Authors.
Subjects
World history.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
817 C591c
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Concise history of the camp and field life of the 122d Regiment, Penn's Volunteers. Compiled from notes, sketches, facts and incidents

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo16653
Author
Sprenger, George F.
Date of Publication
1885.
Call Number
973.748 S768
  1 website  
Responsibility
as recorded in the diary of George F. Sprenger.
Author
Sprenger, George F.
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
The New era steam book print,
Date of Publication
1885.
Physical Description
vii, [1], 9-372 p. incl. illus., maps. front., pl., port. 20 cm.
Subjects
United States. - Army. - Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment, 122nd (1862-1863)
United States - History - Civil War, 1861-1865 - Regimental histories.
Pennsylvania - History - Civil War, 1861-1865 - Regimental histories.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Rare Books
Call Number
973.748 S768
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Documents and facts, relative to military events, during the late war

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo21218
Author
Boyd, John Parker,
Date of Publication
1816
Call Number
Book 461 1816
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Author
Boyd, John Parker,
Place of Publication
[Place of publication not identified]
Publisher
[publisher not identified],
Date of Publication
1816
Physical Description
28 pages ; 23 cm
Notes
Caption title.
Defending the author's generalship.
Jasper Yeates's Colonial Law Library.
Yeates signature at top of title page.
Book number 461 as assigned by Yeates.
Bound with Proposals, by Farrand and Nichholas for publishing by subscription ...The American Review of history and politics. Place not identified: publisher not identified, 1810 -- Proposals for publishing by subscription, a translation from the French, of. LeSages's historical genealogial chronological and geographical atlas. Philadelphia: Jane Aiken, 1819 -- A description of the chain bridge; invented by Judge Finley, of Fayette County Pennsylvania...Uniontown, Pa: William Campbell, 1811 -- The pioneeer, vol. I, no. IV, May 5, 1812 -- The Port folio (new series) by Oliver Oldschool, Esq. Philadelphia, Saturday, March 12, 1808 -- Annual discourse, delivered before the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts on the 13th of November 1810 by Joseph Hopkinson. Philadelphia: published by Bradford and Inskeep; Inseeep and Bradford, New York: and William M'Ilhenry, Boston, Sweeny & M'Kenzie, printers, 1810 -- Reply to Mr. Burke's invective against Mr. Cooper, and Mr. Watt, in the House of Commons on the30th of April, 1792, by Thomas Cooper. London: printed for J. Johnson, in St. Paul's Church Yard; and M Falkner and Co., Manchester, M,DCC,XCII (1792) -- Narrative of the proceedings against Thomas Cooiper, esquire, president judge of the eighth judiciary district of Pennsylvania, on a charge of official misconduct. Lancaster: printed by William Hamilton, 1811; -- [Narrative on the title of West Florida]. Place not identified:published not identified. date not identified -- Observations on the conduct of our executive towards Spain. Place not identified:published not identified. date not identified -- Letters, addressed to the people of Pennsylvania respecting the internal improvement, of the commonwealth; by means of roads and canals by William J. Duane. Philadelphia: printed by Jane Aiken, No 71, North Third Street, 18ll --An address of the members of theHouse of Representatives, of the Congress of the United States, to their consitutents, on the subject of the war with Great Britain. Philadelphia: printed at the office of the United States' Gazette, date not identified; Documents and facts, relative to military events, during the late war by Jno. P. Boyd. Place not identified:published not identified. date not identified-- Darstellung des in Baltimore am 27 und 28sten Julii, 1812, gemachten Angriffs auf die presfreyheit, und das leben der Bertheidiger defelben. Philadelphia: gedruct bey Conrad Zentler, in der Zwenten Stresse, unterhalb der Regs Strasse, 1812 -- Plan of an improved system of the money-concerns of the Union by Erick Bollman, M.D. Philadelphia: printed for the auther. Wiliam Fry, printer, Walnut, near Fifth Street, 1816; Articles of the Farmer's Bank of Lancaster. Place not idenifiied: Printed by Hugh Hamilton, date not identified.
Summary
The writer is a General from the War of 1812 who had suffered defeats during the war and was not chosen to remain in the Army after the war. He defends his performance in this letter.
Subjects
Boyd, John Parker, - 1764-1830.
Military campaigns.
United States - History - War of 1812 - Campaigns.
United States.
History.
Three-quarters leather on marbled boards (Binding)
Additional Author
Yeates, Jasper,
Location
Lancaster History Library - Yeates Collection
Call Number
Book 461 1816
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A few incidents in the life of Professor James P. Espy

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Author
Morehead, L. M.
Date of Publication
1888.
Call Number
923.7 E77m
  1 website  
Responsibility
by his niece, Mrs. L.M. Morehead.
Author
Morehead, L. M.
Place of Publication
Cincinnati
Publisher
R. Clarke & Co., Printers,
Date of Publication
1888.
Physical Description
5-22 p. ; 19 cm.
Summary
Mrs L.M. Moorehead wrote this short memoir of the life of her uncle James Pollard Espy. Mr Espy was born in Cumberland County in Pennsylvania in 1785. He trained as a lawyer and taught school for a time, but was best known for his work as a meteorologist. He worked at this for the U.S. War Department and the U.S. Navy. He continued this work at the Smithsonian Institute.Mr Espy developed a theory about the science of cloud formation and how storms were born. He began the use of the telegraph to collect weather data. His book "The Philosophy of Storms " was published in 1841.
Subjects
Espy, James P. - 1785-1860.
Meteorologists - United States.
Cumberland County (Pa.) - History.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
923.7 E77m
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The Hessians and the other German auxiliaries of Great Britain in the revolutionary war

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Author
Lowell, Edward Jackson,
Date of Publication
1884.
Call Number
973.342 L914
  1 website  
Responsibility
by Edward J. Lowell.
Author
Lowell, Edward Jackson,
Place of Publication
New York
Publisher
Harper & Bros.,
Date of Publication
1884.
Physical Description
viii, 328 p., [8] p. of plates : ill. ; 20 cm.
Notes
Includes index.
"List of German authorities": p. 293-296.
Subjects
United States - History - Revolution, 1775-1783 - Participation, German.
United States - History - Revolution, 1775-1783 - German mercenaries.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
973.342 L914
Websites
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