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Abraham Witmer's bridge

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Author: Landis, Charles Israel,

Date of Publication: 1916

leading from Lancaster to the city of Philadelphia. Then they adjourned until to morrow. "August 10.—The Commissioners and Assessors met according to ad- journment and allowed orders from No. 1 to No. 10, page 110. Then they went to Conestoga Creek to view same in order to make a plan of a bridge

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Responsibility: by Judge C. I. Landis.

Author: Landis, Charles Israel,

Place of Publication: Lancaster, Pa

Publisher: Lancaster County Historical Society,

Date of Publication: 1916

Physical Description: 155-174 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

Series: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 20, no. 6

Subjects: Witmer, Abraham.; Bridges - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.; Conestoga Bridge (Lancaster, Pa.); Witmer's Bridge (Lancaster, Pa.)

Contained In: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 20, number 6 (1916), p. 155-174Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.20

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The American Society of Lancaster County for the Promotion of Domestic Manufactures and National Industry

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Author: Worner, William Frederic.

Date of Publication: 1930

was made from a species of grass never before used for that purpose. Soon women, and a great number of children at the public school in the city, mastered the art of plaiting the straw. The grass from which the hat was made grew abundantly, at that time, in Lancaster county. Joel Lightner, Jr., was

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Responsibility: by William Frederic Worner.

Author: Worner, William Frederic.

Place of Publication: Lancaster, Pa

Publisher: Lancaster County Historical Society,

Date of Publication: 1930

Physical Description: 110-113 p. ; 23 cm.

Series: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 34, no. 5

Subjects: American Society of Lancaster County for the Promotion of Domestice Manufactures and National Industry (Lancaster, Pa.); Manufactures - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.

Contained In: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society Volume 34, number 5 (1930), p. 110-113Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.34

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Brief outline on the care of the poor, the sick, and insane of Lancaster County, Pa

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Author: Showalter, Henry A.

Date of Publication: 1951

Children 29 Hospital Men 34 Women 37 Children 19 Total — 218 Admission 28, discharges 19, deaths 6, elopements 5. Prior to this time and later there were from sixty to a hundred paupers on the list for out-door relief, each receiving from one to two dollars per month according to their individual needs. On

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Responsibility: by Henry A. Showalter.

Author: Showalter, Henry A.

Place of Publication: Lancaster, Pa

Publisher: Lancaster County Historical Society,

Date of Publication: 1951

Physical Description: [97]-[124] p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

Series: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 55, no. 4

Subjects: Poor - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County; Public welfare - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.; Hospitals - Pennsylvania - Lancaster.; Mentally ill - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.; Lancaster County (Pa.) - Economic conditions.; Lancaster County (Pa.) - Social conditions.

Contained In: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 55, number 4 (1951), p. 97-124Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.55

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The "cloven foot" rediscovered : the historiography of the Conestoga Massacre through three centuries of scholarship

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Author: Schock, Edwin Thomas.

Date of Publication: 1994.

obscured behind a modern edifice. The massacre of the Conestoga Indians by Scotch-Irish settlers on the western fringes of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, in 1763 is fertile ground for such an analysis for several reasons. Prominent among these is the fact that the murders occurred during the proprietary

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Responsibility: by Edwin Thomas Schock, Jr.

Author: Schock, Edwin Thomas.

Place of Publication: Lancaster, Pa

Publisher: Lancaster County Historical Society,

Date of Publication: 1994.

Physical Description: [99]-112 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

Series: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 96, no. 3

Subjects: Conestoga Massacre, Pa., 1763.; Paxton Boys.

Contained In: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 96, number 3 (1994), p. 99-112Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.96

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Collections for the poor in 1795

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Author: Worner, William Frederic.

Date of Publication: 1929

Collections for the Poor in 1795 By WILLIAM FREDERIC WORNER A MEETING of the "Association for the Relief of the Poor," of the borough of Lancaster, was held at the house of Chris- topher Brenner on Monday, November 2nd, 1795. John Joseph Henry occupied the chair. The committees appointed to collect

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Responsibility: by William Frederic Worner.

Author: Worner, William Frederic.

Place of Publication: Lancaster, Pa

Publisher: Lancaster County Historical Society,

Date of Publication: 1929

Physical Description: 246-247 p. ; 23 cm.

Series: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 33, no. 11

Subjects: Association for the Relief of the Poor (Lancaster, Pa.); Poor - Pennsylvania - Lancaster.

Contained In: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 33, number 11 (1929), p. 246-247Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.33

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Collections in aid of the poor

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Author: Worner, William Frederic.

Date of Publication: 1930

. Collections in Aid of the Poor By WILLIAM FREDERIC WORNER THE Lancaster Journal of Friday, January 8th, 1830, stated that the committee appointed in the south-east ward of Lancaster during the winter for the purchase and distribution of wood among the poor, had left an account at the office of that paper of

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Responsibility: by William Frederic Worner.

Author: Worner, William Frederic.

Place of Publication: Lancaster, Pa

Publisher: Lancaster County Historical Society,

Date of Publication: 1930

Physical Description: 280-281 p. ; 23 cm.

Series: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 34, n. 12

Subjects: Poor - Pennsylvania - Lancaster

Contained In: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 34, number 12 (1930), p. 280-281Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.34

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Collections in aid of the poor in 1848-9

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Author: Worner, William Frederic.

Date of Publication: 1930

Lancaster Journal of Friday, January 15th, 1830, contained a statement of donations received by Mayor Michael Carpen- ter from October 7th, 1847, to January 13th, 1849, for dis- tribution among the poor of the city of Lancaster. The statement is as follows : RECEIPTS. Received from Hon. James Buchanan, in

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Responsibility: by William Frederic Worner.

Author: Worner, William Frederic.

Place of Publication: Lancaster, Pa

Publisher: Lancaster County Historical Society,

Date of Publication: 1930

Physical Description: 192 p. ; 23 cm.

Series: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 34, no. 8

Subjects: Poor - Pennsylvania - Lancaster.

Contained In: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 34, number 8 (1930), p. 192Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.34

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Collections in aid of the poor in Lancaster in 1829

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Author: Worner, William Frederic.

Date of Publication: 1929

public worship both morning and evening." Collections in Aid of the Poor in Lancaster in 1829 By WILLIAM FREDERIC WORNER O N Monday, February 23rd, 1829, citizens of Lancaster city held a meeting at Parker's hotel for the purpose of taking into con- sideration the necessitous condition of the poor during

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Responsibility: by William Frederic Worner.

Author: Worner, William Frederic.

Place of Publication: Lancaster, Pa

Publisher: Lancaster County Historical Society,

Date of Publication: 1929

Physical Description: 144 p. ; 23 cm.

Series: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 33, no. 7

Subjects: Charities - Pennsylvania - Lancaster.; Poor - Pennsylvania - Lancaster

Contained In: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 33, number 7 (1929), p. 144Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.33

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Conestoga 1751-1855 [Tax records]

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Author: Lancaster County Tax Collection Bureau

Date of Publication: 1977.

Call Number: Drawer 6, sec. 2: #7

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Alternate Title: Conestoga twp. tax lists; Conestoga Township taxes; Conestoga taxes

Author: Lancaster County Tax Collection Bureau

Place of Publication: Harrisburg, PA

Publisher: Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission

Date of Publication: 1977.

Physical Description: Microfilm, 1056 frames. Labeled as "Pos. 7"

Series: Lancaster County Pa. Tax Records, 1748-1855.

Notes: "The tax records for this township which are here reproduced cover the following years: 1751, 1754, 1756-1757, 1759, 1769-1773, 1775-1783, 1785, 1787-1793, 1797-1803, 1806-1810, 1812, 1815-1826, 1828-1829, 1833-1843, 1845, 1855. Many of the later records (dataing from 1823 and after) appear to have sustained water damage."; "This microfilm reproduces original document in the custody of the Lancaster County Historical Society [LancasterHistory.Org]."

Subjects: Taxation - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County; Conestoga (Lancaster County, Pa. : Township) - Genealogy.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Microfilm

Call Number: Drawer 6, sec. 2: #7

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The Conestoga Collegiate Institute

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Author: Worner, William Frederic.

Date of Publication: 1931.

THE CONESTOGA COLLEGIATE INSTITUTE By WILLIAM FREDERIC WORNER THE Daily Evening Express, of Wednesday, August 23rd, 1865, contained an announcement that the Conestoga Collegiate Institute, a seminary for young ladies, would begin its first session on Tuesday morning, September 5th. The

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Responsibility: by William Frederic Worner.

Author: Worner, William Frederic.

Place of Publication: Lancaster, Pa

Publisher: Lancaster County Historical Society,

Date of Publication: 1931.

Physical Description: 233-238 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

Series: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 35, no. 10

Subjects: Bruning, Herman Henry.; Conestoga Collegiate Institute.

Contained In: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 35, number 10 (1931), p. 233-238Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.35

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