Skip header and navigation

Revise Search

5 records – page 1 of 1.

A few incidents in the life of Professor James P. Espy

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo3922
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
Websites
Less detail

Journals of the House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. Beginning the twenty-eighth day of November, 1776, and ending the second day of October, 1781. With the proceedings of the several committees and conventions, before and at the commencement of the American Revolution. Volume the first

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo19355
Corporate Author
Pennsylvania. General Assembly. House of Representatives.
Date of Publication
MDCCLXXXII. [1782]
Call Number
342.05 P544 1782 Oversize
  1 website  
Corporate Author
Pennsylvania. General Assembly. House of Representatives.
Uniform Title
Journal
Place of Publication
Philadelphia
Publisher
Printed by John Dunlap,
Date of Publication
MDCCLXXXII. [1782]
Physical Description
[2], 698 [i.e. 697, 1] p. ; 2°.
Notes
No more published.
Title vignette: state seal.
Error in paging: page number 623 omitted from pagination.
"Errata."--Verso of last leaf.
First three pages after title page partially covered by cuttings from the Philadelphia Sunday Courier. Other cuttings partially or totally removed from pages 31-59 resulting in faded of text.
Evans,
Hildeburn, C.R. Pennsylvania,
Three quarters leather over boards both badly worn; front cover loose; paper label on spine.
Subjects
Political science.
Pennsylvania - Politics and government.
Pennsylvania.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Rare Books
Call Number
342.05 P544 1782 Oversize
Websites
Less detail

The ladies of the White House, or, In the home of the presidents : being a complete history of the social and domestic lives of the presidents from Washington to the present time

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo1678
Author
Holloway, Laura C.
Date of Publication
1881.
Call Number
920.7 H745
  1 website  
Responsibility
by Laura C. Holloway.
Author
Holloway, Laura C.
Place of Publication
Philadelphia
Publisher
Bradley, Garretson,
Date of Publication
1881.
Physical Description
736 p., [30] leaves of plates : ill., ports. ; 23 cm.
Summary
Biographical sketches of the First Ladies of the White House from presidents Washington to Garfield.
Subjects
Johnston, Harriet Lane, - 1830-1903.
Presidents - United States
Women
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
920.7 H745
Websites
Less detail

Records of the American Catholic Historical Society of Philadelphia

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo15816
Date of Publication
1887-c2000.
Call Number
905.748 CHS
  1 website  
ISSN
0002-7790
Place of Publication
Philadelphia
Publisher
American Catholic Historical Society of Philadelphia,
Date of Publication
1887-c2000.
Physical Description
109 v. : ill., ports., facsims. ; 23-25 cm.
Publication Frequency
Twice a year, <1998>
Dates of Publication
Vol. 1 (1884-86)-v. 109, no. 3-4 (fall-winter 1998).
Notes
These volumes are in the "library work room". They are not on the open shelves. However, there is an index on the open shelves. Its call number is 905.748 CHS Index. Patrons should consult the index first. If there is a volume that they want to see, the library attendant should pull the volume from the shelves in the "library work room".
Library has: Vol. 1 (1884-1886) - Vol. 109, no. 3-4 (Fall-Winter 1998)
Vols. 1 (1884-86)-31 (1920). 1 v.; Vols. 32 (1921)-41 (1930). 1 v.
Subjects
Catholic Church - History - Societies, etc. - Periodicals.
Catholic Church - United States - History - Periodicals.
Catholic Church - Pennsylvania - Philadelphia - Periodicals.
Additional Corporate Author
American Catholic Historical Society of Philadelphia.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
905.748 CHS
Websites
Less detail

Rhymes of the road and river

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo8778
Author
MacOwen, Arthur H.
Date of Publication
1885.
Call Number
811 W562
  1 website  
Responsibility
by Chris. Wheeler.
Author
MacOwen, Arthur H.
Place of Publication
Philadelphia
Publisher
E. Stanley Hart & Co.,
Date of Publication
1885.
Physical Description
154 p. ; 22 cm.
Notes
An 1885 book of poems mostly about cycling in Pennsylvania.
Ascribed to Arthur H. MacOwen. Cf. LC.
Contents
Lays of Lancaster Pike -- Songs of the Schuykill River -- Bent oars and broken spokes -- Cycling Bab ballads.
Subjects
Cycling
Pennsylvania - Poetry.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
811 W562
Websites
Less detail