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Allegheny County : its early history and subsequent development ; from the earliest period till 1790

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo7234
Corporate Author
Allegheny County Centennial Committee (Pa.)
Date of Publication
1888.
Call Number
974.885 L218
Responsibility
by A.A. Lambing ; from 1790 till the present time by J.W.F. White ; published under the auspices of the Allegheny County Centennial Committee.
Corporate Author
Allegheny County Centennial Committee (Pa.)
Place of Publication
Pittsburgh, Pa
Publisher
Snowden & Peterson,
Date of Publication
1888.
Physical Description
176 p. : ill., map ; 22 cm.
Notes
Cover title: Souvenir. Centennial history of Allegheny County ...
Includes: Sketch of the celebration ... has separate t.p.
Contents
Allegheny County: its early history and subsequent development --Address of the Centennial Committee -- Program of the Celebration -- A sketch of the celebration of the centennial of Allegheny County.
Subjects
Allegheny County (Pa.) - History.
Allegheny County (Pa.) - Centennial celebrations, etc.
Additional Author
Lambing, Andrew Arnold,
White, J.W.F.
McCain, George Nox,
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
974.885 L218
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Biographical sketches of James Embree, Philip Price, and Eli K. Price

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Author
Price, Eli K.
Date of Publication
1881.
Call Number
929.8673 P945
Responsibility
Reprinted from the "History of Chester County, Pa."
Author
Price, Eli K.
Place of Publication
Philadelphia
Publisher
L.H. Everts,
Date of Publication
1881.
Physical Description
67 p. front. (port.) 22 cm.
Notes
"James Embree" and "Philip Price" are by Eli K. Price; "Eli K. Price", by Wm. E. DuBois, assisted by J.S. Price. cf. Foot-notes.
Subjects
Embree, James, - 1748-1815.
Price, Philip, - 1764-1837.
Additional Author
Du Bois, William E.
Price, J. Sergeant.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
929.8673 P945
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By-laws of Goodwin Council, No. 19 : R., S, E, and S, M., Lancaster, Pennsylvania together with a catalogue of the officers, past officers and members and extracts from the constitution of the Grand Council of Pennsylvania

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Corporate Author
Freemansons (Lancaster, Pa.). Goodwin Council. No. 19.
Date of Publication
1886.
Call Number
366.1
366.1 G654 1886
Corporate Author
Freemansons (Lancaster, Pa.). Goodwin Council. No. 19.
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
John A Hiestand, Printer,
Date of Publication
1886.
Physical Description
38 p. ; 15 cm.
Subjects
Freemasons (Lancaster, Pa.). - Goodwin Council. - No. 19.
Freemasons - Laws, decisions, etc.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Lancaster County
Call Number
366.1
366.1 G654 1886
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Encyclopædia of the Presbyterian Church in the United States of America : including the northern and southern assemblies

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Date of Publication
1884.
Call Number
285.1 N526
Responsibility
Alfred Nevin, editor ; assisted by B.M. Smith ... [et al.] ; D.R.B. Nevin, managing editor.
Place of Publication
Philadelphia
Publisher
Presbyterian Encyclopædia Pub. Co.,
Date of Publication
1884.
Physical Description
1248 p. : ill., ports. ; 28 cm.
Notes
Includes index.
Subjects
Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. - Dictionaries.
Presbyterian Church in the U.S. - Dictionaries.
Presbyterianism
Additional Author
Nevin, Alfred,
Nevin, David Robert Bruce,
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
285.1 N526
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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
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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
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The Holy Bible ... with complete concordance ... Apocrypha and Psalms

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Date of Publication
1887.
Call Number
220 C535 1887
Place of Publication
Philadelphia
Publisher
Henry Altemus,
Date of Publication
1887.
Physical Description
640, 104, [641]-848, 44, vii, 649-820 pages 32 cm
Notes
In recessed area on front cover: Presented to Young Mens Christian Association Marietta, Pa by George W. Childs.
N.T. has special t.p.
Viewing bible contingent on staff availability, an appoinment may be required.
Contains also: "The New Testament ... revised A.D. 1881", p. viii, 649-820.
Elaborately tooled maroon leather with title on spine. Front cover detached from spine.
Subjects
Childs, George W.
Young Men's Christian Association.
Associations, institutions, etc. - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
Additional Title
Bible.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Bible
Call Number
220 C535 1887
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Home ballads and metrical versions. By Joseph Henry Dubbs, D. D

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Author
Dubbs, J. H.
Date of Publication
1888.
Call Number
811 D813
Author
Dubbs, J. H.
Place of Publication
Philadelphia
Publisher
C. G. Fisher,
Date of Publication
1888.
Physical Description
139, [1] p. front. (port.) 19 cm.
Notes
"The metrical versions were originally intended to form part of a series in illustration of the minor German poets of the present century."-Pref.
The R. Theodore Bixlers' Collection of Lancaster Authors.
Subjects
German poetry
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
811 D813
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In memoriam, David Buchanan Wilson

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Author
M.K.B.
Date of Publication
ca 1885.
Call Number
922.3 W742
Author
M.K.B.
Place of Publication
Philadelphia
Publisher
Times Printint House ,
Date of Publication
ca 1885.
Physical Description
12 p. ; 18 cm.
Subjects
Willson, David Buchanan, - 1849-1882.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
922.3 W742
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In the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania, Eastern District, January term 1883, no. 174 Amos Slaymaker, executor of James L. Reynolds, who was Adminisrator of Wm. Mathiot, dec'd, plaintiff in error and plaintiff below, vs.The Farmers' National Bank of Lancaster, defendant in error, and defendant below

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Author
Pennsylvania Supreme Court.
Date of Publication
1883.
Call Number
346.082 S631
Author
Pennsylvania Supreme Court.
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
John A Hiestand, printer;
Date of Publication
1883.
Physical Description
16 p. ; 23 cm.
Notes
January term, 1883, no.174.
Bound with: Slaymaker's Paper book of the defendant.
Subjects
Reynolds, James L..
Mathiot, William.
Slaymaker, Amos
Farmers' National Bank of Lancaster (Pa) - Trials, Litigation, etc.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Lancaster County
Call Number
346.082 S631
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Collection
James Buchanan Family Papers, Part 8 Others (Not Part of the Family)
Title
Invitation to the Grand Annual Assembly at Stevens House
Object ID
JBFP 8.3.1.024
Date Range
1883/12/31
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Collection
James Buchanan Family Papers, Part 8 Others (Not Part of the Family)
Title
Invitation to the Grand Annual Assembly at Stevens House
Description
Invitation to the Grand Annual Assembly at Stevens House. (See JBFP 8.3.1.023). Lancaster, Pennsylvania.
Date Range
1883/12/31
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Storage Room
Archives South
Storage Container
JBFP Part 8, Box 1
Subjects
Invitation cards
Search Terms
Grand Annual Assembly
Invitations
Stevens House Hotel
Buchanan Collections
James Buchanan Presidential Library
Extent
1 item, 2 pages to scan, 15 x 10 cm.
Object Name
Invitation
Language
English
Parent Object ID
JBFP Part 8 Series 3
Object ID
JBFP 8.3.1.024
Associated Material
James Buchanan Papers, Dickinson College Archives & Special Collections,
http://archives.dickinson.edu/collection-descriptions/james-buchanan-papers
James Buchanan and Harriet Lane Johnston Papers, Library of Congress,
https://www.loc.gov/collections/james-buchanan-and-harriet-lane-johnston-papers/
James Buchanan Papers, Historical Society of Pennsylvania,
http://www2.hsp.org/collections/manuscripts/b/Buchanan0091.html
James Buchanan Papers, Penn State University Libraries,
https://libraries.psu.edu/findingaids/1458.htm
Related Item Notes
James Buchanan Family Papers
MG-96 James Buchanan Collection
Historical Society of Pennsylvania microfilm
Photograph collections
Curatorial collections
Wheatland Mansion
Notes
May 2020 PastPerfect Conversion
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Credit
Courtesy of LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.
Accession Number
JBMS1995.676
Other Number
JBFP Part 8, Series 3, Subseries 1, Folder 24
Description Level
Item
Custodial History
The James Buchanan Family Papers were collected by the James Buchanan Foundation for the Preservation of Wheatland. This collection was relocated from the Wheatland mansion to the LancasterHistory archives in the Spring of 2009. Digitization of the James Buchanan Family Papers was funded by the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, PHMC Appl ID # 201808013051, 2019-2020.
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