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The 200th anniversary of the Lititz Moravian congregation sanctuary

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Date of Publication
1987
Call Number
284.6 L776a
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Place of Publication
Lititz, Pa
Publisher
The Church
Date of Publication
1987
Physical Description
unp. ill. 23 cm.
Subjects
Moravian Church, Lititz, Warwick Twp., Pa.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Lancaster County
Call Number
284.6 L776a
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Abraham Witmer's bridge

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Author
Landis, Charles Israel,
Date of Publication
1916
Abraham Witmer' s Bridge At the period immediately succeed- ing the RevolutionaryWar, there was no bridge along the King's Highway over the Conestoga River. There was, how- ever, a public fording. A fording still exists, though now partly cover- ed over by the tracks of the Lancaster and Eastern
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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.)
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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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Abstract of the laws of Pennsylvania, now in force, relative to excise. July, 1786

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Corporate Author
Pennsylvania.
Date of Publication
M. DCC. LXXXVI. [1786]
Call Number
Book 591 1786
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Responsibility
Taken from a digest of John Nicholson, Esquire, comptroller-general for the state of Pennsylvania.
Corporate Author
Pennsylvania.
Place of Publication
Philadelphia
Publisher
Printed and sold by Robert Aitken, at Pope's Head in Market Street.,
Date of Publication
M. DCC. LXXXVI. [1786]
Physical Description
60 pages ; 21 cm (8vo)
Notes
Signatures: [A]⁴ B-G⁴ H².
LCHO's copy: Title page lacking.
Jasper Yeates's Colonial Law Library.
Yeates's signature at top of title page.
Book number 591 as assigned by Yeates.
Evans
Subjects
Yeates, Jasper, - 1745-1817, - former owner.
Internal revenue - Pennsylvania.
Liquor traffic - Pennsylvania.
Internal revenue.
Pennsylvania.
Linen covers (Binding)
Spine repaired (Binding)
Additional Author
Nicholson, John,
Aitken, Robert,
Place
United States Pennsylvania Philadelphia.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Yeates Collection
Call Number
Book 591 1786
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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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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 colonial wealth : documents and methods

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Author
Jones, Alice Hanson,
Edition
Second ed.
Date of Publication
c1978.
Call Number
339.4 J76
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by Alice Hanson Jones ; with a foreword by Stuart Bruchey.
ISBN
0405055463 :
Author
Jones, Alice Hanson,
Edition
Second ed.
Place of Publication
New York
Publisher
Arno Press,
Date of Publication
c1978.
Physical Description
3 v. : maps ; 24 cm.
Subjects
Wealth - United States
United States - Economic conditions - To 1865 - Sources.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
339.4 J76
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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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Annals of the Conestoga Valley in Lancaster, Berks, and Chester Counties, Pennsylvania / compiled and published by C.Z. Mast and Robert E. Simpson

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Date of Publication
1942.
Call Number
974.815 CAER M423
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Place of Publication
Elverson, Pa. ; Churchtown, Pa
Publisher
The Authors,
Date of Publication
1942.
Physical Description
xviii, 689 p. : ill., map ; 23 cm.
Notes
Separate index volume compiled by J. Lemar and Lois Ann Mast in 1981.
Subjects
Lancaster County (Pa.) - History.
Berks County (Pa.) - History.
Chester County (Pa.) - History.
Conestoga Valley (Pa.) - History.
Additional Author
Mast, C. Z.
Simpson, Robert Emmett,
Location
Lancaster History Library - Rare Books
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
974.815 CAER M423
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Annals of the Susquehannocks : and other indian tribes of Pennsylvania 1500-1763

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Author
Eshleman, H. Frank.
Date of Publication
2000.
Call Number
974.8011 E75 2000
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Responsibility
H. Frank Eshleman.
ISBN
1889037249 (paperback : alk. paper)
Author
Eshleman, H. Frank.
Place of Publication
Lewisburg, PA
Publisher
Wennawoods Publishing,
Date of Publication
2000.
Physical Description
415 p. ; 23 cm.
Notes
Includes index.
Subjects
Susquehanna Indians
Conestoga Indians
Delaware Indians
Iroquois Indians
Mohawk Indians
Indians of North America - Pennsylvania
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
974.8011 E75 2000
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As long as wood grows and water flows : a history of the Conestoga Mennonite Church

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Author
Mast, J. Lemar.
Date of Publication
1982.
Call Number
289.7 M423
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Responsibility
by J. Lemar and Lois Ann Mast ; Historical Committee, John H. Mast, chairman, ... [et al.].
Author
Mast, J. Lemar.
Place of Publication
Morgantown, Pa
Publisher
Conestoga Mennonite Historical Committee,
Date of Publication
1982.
Physical Description
vi, 360 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Notes
Rineer's "Churches and Cemeteries of Lancaster County" page 55 #9A.
Includes index.
Bibliography: p. 312-325.
Summary
An illustrated history of a congregation that began in 1760 in parts of Lancaster, Chester, and Berks Cos., Pa. The Conestoga Mennonite Church at Morgantown, Pa., is the oldest permanent Mennonite congregation of Amish origins in the U.S.
Subjects
Conestoga Mennonite Church - History.
Conestoga Mennonite Cemetery (Caernarvon Township)
Morgantown Region (Pa.) - Church history.
Additional Author
Mast, Lois Ann,
Additional Corporate Author
Conestoga Mennonite Historical Committee.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Lancaster County
Call Number
289.7 M423
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Assessment lists and other manuscript documents of Lancaster County prior to 1729

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Author
Eshleman, Henry Frank,
Date of Publication
1916.
Assessment Lists and Other Doc- uments of Lancaster County Prior to the Year 1729. About the only original Lancaster county manuscript documents, now known, dating before 1729 are: A cer- tified copy of the petition for the erec- tion of our county, signed in 1728; the letters, drafts, surveys and
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Responsibility
by H. Frank Eshleman, Esq.
Author
Eshleman, Henry Frank,
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Lancaster County Historical Society,
Date of Publication
1916.
Physical Description
155-194 p. ; 23 cm.
Series
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 20, no. 7
Subjects
Legal documents - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County
Tax assessment - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County
Land grants - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County
Deeds - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County
Lancaster County (Pa.) - History - 18th century.
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Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 20, number 7 (1916), p. 155-194Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.20
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