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America in 1857 : a nation on the brink

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Author: Stampp, Kenneth M.

Date of Publication: 1990.

Call Number: 973.68 S783

Responsibility: Kenneth M. Stampp.

ISBN: 0195039025 (alk. paper); 9780195039023 (alk. paper); 0195074815 (pbk); 9780195074819 (pbk)

Author: Stampp, Kenneth M.

Place of Publication: New York

Publisher: Oxford University Press,

Date of Publication: 1990.

Physical Description: ix, 388 p. ; 25 cm.

Notes: Autographed by the author.; Includes bibliographical references (p. [341]-376) and index.

Contents: A new year and a fresh start -- Politics and the social milieu -- James Buchanan : President-elect -- The President, the Chief Justice, and a slave named Scott -- The heart of the matter : slavery and sectionalism -- Popular sovereignty, Kansas style -- Dog days -- Flush times and an autumn panic -- Northern politics : the parties in equipoise -- Politics as farce : the Lecompton Constitution -- Politics as tragedy : Buchanan's decision -- 1858 : the fruits of Lecompton.

Summary: It was a year packed with unsettling events. The Panic of 1857 closed every bank in New York City, ruined thousands of businesses, and caused widespread unemployment among industrial workers. The Mormons in Utah Territory threatened rebellion when federal troops approached with a non-Morman governor to replace Brigham Young. The Supreme Court outraged northernRepublicans and abolitionists with the Dred Scott decision ("a breathtaking example of judicial activism"). etc.

Subjects: Political science.; United States - Politics and government - 1857-1861.; USA; United States.; United States - History, 1845-1861

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 973.68 S783

The American soul : rediscovering the wisdom of the founders

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Author: Needleman, Jacob.

Date of Publication: Â©2002.

Call Number: 973.21 N374

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Responsibility: Jacob Needleman.

ISBN: 1585421383; 9781585421381

Author: Needleman, Jacob.

Place of Publication: New York

Publisher: J.P. Tarcher/Putnam,

Date of Publication: Â©2002.

Physical Description: xxii, 371 pages ; 24 cm

Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 357-361).

Summary: Examines how the spiritual beliefs and vision of America's founders shaped the country's history and culture and assesses the influence of the spiritual traditions of African slaves, Native Americans, and early mystical communities on colonial America.; "An eclectic mixture of autobiography, U.S. intellectual history, philosophical inquiry, and spiritual wonderment, this extended meditative essay examines "America as an Idea" by uncovering the latent wisdom of many of its shining lights: Benjamin Franklin, William Penn, George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Abraham Lincoln, Frederick Douglass, and Walt Whitman. Needleman, a philosophy professor and author of Money and the Meaning of Life, reinterprets the lives of each of these leaders in the context of their strong spiritual beliefs and their contributions to unifying a deeply divided body politic. The author liberally quotes classical philosophers, historians, biographers, and the subjects themselves, and he often interjects his own life experiences and spiritual beliefs into his loosely structured narrative. Needleman also tackles what he considers to be America's two most grievous historical blemishes: the murder of Native American culture and slavery and suggests how America should confront these wrongs." [from the "Library Journal"]

Subjects: Beissel, Conrad - 1690-1768.; Miller, Peter - 1709-1796.; Widman, Michael.; Ephrata Cloister (Pa.).; National characteristics, American.; Social values - United States.; Spirituality - United States.; Moral conditions.; Social values.; Spirituality.; United States - History.; United States - Moral conditions.; United States.; History.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 973.21 N374

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American Victorian costume in early photographs

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Author: Dalrymple, Priscilla Harris.

Date of Publication: 1991.

Call Number: 391 D151

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Responsibility: by Priscilla Harris Dalrymple.

ISBN: 0486265331 :

Author: Dalrymple, Priscilla Harris.

Place of Publication: New York

Publisher: Dover,

Date of Publication: 1991.

Physical Description: 108 p. : chiefly ill. ; 31 cm.

Notes: Includes bibliographical references.

Subjects: Clothing and dress - United States; Clothing and dress - United States - Pictorial works.; Costume - History.; United States.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 391 D151

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Annual report of the Adjutant-General of Pennsylvania ... for the year 1866

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Corporate Author: Pennsylvania. Adjutant-General's Office.

Date of Publication: 1867.

Call Number: 355.37 H313 1866

Corporate Author: Pennsylvania. Adjutant-General's Office.

Place of Publication: Harrisburg, PA

Publisher: Singerly & Myers,

Date of Publication: 1867.

Physical Description: 1221 p. ; 25 cm.

Contents: Includes index.

Subjects: Pennsylvania. - Militia.; Regimental histories.; United States - History - Civil War, 1861-1865 - Regimental histories.; Pennsylvania.; United States.; History.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Rare Books

Call Number: 355.37 H313 1866

Articles of Confederation and perpetual union between the states of New-Hampshire, Massachusetts-Bay, Rhode-Island and Providence Plantations, Connecticut, New-York, New-Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, North-Carolina, South-Carolina, and Georgia

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Corporate Author: United States.

Date of Publication: 1777.

Call Number: Book 587 1777

Corporate Author: United States.

Uniform Title: Articles of Confederation

Place of Publication: Lancaster

Publisher: Printed by Francis Bailey,

Date of Publication: 1777.

Physical Description: 26 pages ; 30 cm

Notes: Title within ornamental border; symbolic woodcut (Christ on the Emmaus Road?) at head of first p. of text.; Jasper Yeates's Colonial Law Library.; Yeaates's signature at top of title page.; Book number 587 as assigned by Yeates.; Handwrittne Index precedes text.; Evans

Subjects: United States. - Early works to 1800.; Constitutional history - United States - Sources - Early works to 1800.; Constitutional history.; Politics and government.; United States - Politics and government - 1775-1783 - Early works to 1800.; United States.; Paper bindings (Binding); Stabbing (Binding); Chainlines (Paper); Catchwords (Printing); Printers' devices (Publishing); Marginalia (Provenance); Autographs (Provenance); Early works.; Sources.

Additional Author: Yeates, Jasper,

Location: Lancaster History Library - Yeates Collection

Call Number: Book 587 1777

Bernese Anabaptists and their American descendants

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Author: Gratz, Delbert L.,

Date of Publication: 1953.

Call Number: 289.7 G772

Responsibility: by Delbert L. Gratz.

Author: Gratz, Delbert L.,

Place of Publication: Scottdale, Pa

Publisher: Herald Press,

Date of Publication: 1953.

Physical Description: xii, 219 pages : illustrations, portrait, map ; 24 cm.

Series: Studies in Anabaptist and Mennonite history ; no. 8

Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 201-205) and index.

Contents: Bernese Anabaptists in the sixteenth century -- Debates and early persecution -- Bernese Anabaptism in the seventeenth century -- Bernese Anabaptism in the eighteenth century -- Bernese Anabaptism in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries -- Migration of Bernese Anabaptists to America in the nineteenth century -- Bernese Anabaptist settlements in America -- Bernese Anabaptism in America in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries.

Summary: "This book holds a wealth of information discovered in archives and libraries in Europe. Early history of the beginnings of Anabaptism in the Bernese area of Switzerland is given, followed by emigration stories as people fled to the Alsace and the Palatinate in the 17th century. Genealogy and history is combined, with examples of family names, stating where they lived in Switzerland before emigrating to other parts of Europe and later to America. The appendix lists Anabaptists who fled from Bern to the Palatinate in the 1670s; Bernese Anabaptists found in Basel in the early part of the 18th century; Anabaptists in Commune Florimont, France, in 1791; Anabaptists in Canton Bern in 1823; and Bernese Anabaptist-Mennonite congregations in America." [from the publisher]

Subjects: Anabaptists - Switzerland - Bern.; Mennonites - United States.; Anabaptists.; Mennonites.; Mennonites; Anabaptists; Doopsgezinden.; Emigratie.; Switzerland - Bern.; United States.; United States - Church history.; Switzerland, Bern - Church history.; Switzerland, Bern - Emigration and immigration.; United States - Emigration and immigration.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 289.7 G772

Captain Gustavus Conyngham; a sketch of the services he rendered to the cause of American independence

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Author: Jones, Charles Henry,

Date of Publication: 1903.

Call Number: 923.5 J76

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Responsibility: by Charles Henry Jones.

Author: Jones, Charles Henry,

Place of Publication: [Philadelphia]

Publisher: The Pennsylvania Society of Sons of the revolution,

Date of Publication: 1903.

Physical Description: 32 pages frontispiece, plates (some color) portraits 26 cm

Subjects: Conyngham, Gustavus, - 1744?-1819.; United States - History - Revolution, 1775-1783 - Naval operations.; United States.; History.

Additional Corporate Author: Sons of the Revolution. Pennsylvania Society.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 923.5 J76

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The Christiana riot of 1851 : a reappraisal

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Author: Grau, Richard.

Date of Publication: 1964

ineffective enforcement of the returning of runaway slaves by the state and Federal governments, virtually nullified the Federal law.4 The foundation of the Christiana Riot rested on the Abolitionists' agi- tation. Abolitionism began to grow in the Eighteenth Century out of the Christian doctrine of the

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Responsibility: Richard Grau.

Author: Grau, Richard.

Place of Publication: Lancaster, Pa

Publisher: Lancaster County Historical Society,

Date of Publication: 1964

Physical Description: [147]-175 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

Series: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v.68, no. 4

Notes: Extensive notes and sources are cited.

Subjects: United States.; Riots - Pennsylvania - Christiana.; Christiana (Pa.) - History.

Contained In: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 68, number 4 (1964), p. 147-175Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.68

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[Colonial records of Pennsylvania]

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Date of Publication: 1838-1853.

Call Number: 974.8 P415

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Place of Publication: Harrisburg

Publisher: Printed by T. Fenn,

Date of Publication: 1838-1853.

Physical Description: 16 volumes illustrations (volumes 7) tables 22 cm

Notes: The first three volumes of the Colonial records are from the first edition. Their pagination does not correspond to the references from Dunn's "Index to the Colonial Records". Dunn's index refers to the second edition. Patrons can find the second editions of volumes 1-3 online at https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/010447960. A link to this webpage is near the bottom of this library record. Look for the field "Electronic Location".; Collection of documents, supplemented by the companion series "Pennsylvania archives". (See preliminary reports of the committees, and of the editors, S. Hazard, and the Act providing for the publication, 1837, in Pennsylvania archives, v. 1, p. 1-23, especially p. 7 and 17-23, where the present collection is officially designated as the "Colonial records", a title not used in printing, the volumes having special titles only, as given in "Contents" below).; Errors in paging: nos. 158-167, 499 ommitted, v. 3; nos. 209-224 repeated, v. 16; numerous other errors.; V. 12, minutes of the Supreme executive council from May 21, 1779-July 12, 1781; v. 13, July 13, 1781-Dec. 31, 1783; v. 14, Jan. 1, 1784-Apr. 3, 1786; v. 15, July 4, 1786-Feb. 6, 1789; v. 16, Feb. 7, 1789-Dec. 20, 1790.

Contents: v. 1-10. Minutes of the Provincial council of Pennsylvania, from the organization to the termination of the proprietary government: v. 1, Mar. 10, 1683-Nov. 27, 1700; v. 2, Dec. 18, 1700-May 16, 1717; v. 3, May 31, 1717-Jan. 23, 1735-6: v. 4, Feb. 7, 1735-6-Oct. 15, 1745: v. 5, Dec. 17, 1745-Mar. 20, 1754: v. 6, Apr. 2, 1754-Jan. 29, 1756: v. 7, Jan. 29, 1756-Jan. 11, 1758: v. 8,Jan. 13, 1758-Oct. 4, 1762; v. 9, Oct. 15, 1762-Oct. 17, 1771; v. 10, Oct. 18, 1771-Sept. 27, 1775, with minutes of the Council of safety from June 30, 1775, to Nov. 12, 1776.--v. 11-16. Minutes of the Supreme executive council of Pennsylvania, from its organization to the termination of the revolution: v. 11, Proceedings of Council of safety, Nov. 13, 1776-Mar. 17 [i.e. 13] 1777, Oct. 17-Dec. 4, 1777; memorandum from Dec. 31, 1776-Mar. 17, 1777; minutes of the Supreme executive council Mar. 4, 1777-May 20, 1779.

Subjects: Pennsylvania - History - Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775 - Sources.; Pennsylvania - History - Revolution, 1775-1783 - Sources.; Pennsylvania.; United States.; History.; Sources.

Additional Author: Hazard, Samuel,

Additional Corporate Author: Pennsylvania. Provincial Council.; Pennsylvania. Committee of Safety.; Pennsylvania. Supreme Executive Council.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Reference

Call Number: 974.8 P415

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The colors of courage : Gettysburg's forgotten history : immigrants, women, and African-Americans in the Civil War's defining battle

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Author: Creighton, Margaret S.,

Edition: 1st ed.

Date of Publication: c2005.

Call Number: 973.7349 C914

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Responsibility: Margaret Creighton.

ISBN: 0465014569; 9780465014569; 9780465014576; 0465014577

Author: Creighton, Margaret S.,

Edition: 1st ed.

Place of Publication: New York

Publisher: Basic Books,

Date of Publication: c2005.

Physical Description: xix, 321 p., [8] leaves of plates : ill., maps ; 25 cm.

Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 293-308) and index.

Contents: The Gettysburg campaign : a brief chronology -- Prologue : the lay of the land; a sign of the times -- An afternoon in the badlands -- The season of disbelief -- Desolation's edge -- Flying thick like blackbirds -- Bold acts -- The wide eye of the storm -- The aftermath -- The seesaw of honor, or, How the pigpen was mightier than the sword -- Women and remembrance -- Making a living on hallowed land.

Summary: "In the summer of 1863, as Union and Confederate armies marched on southern Pennsylvania, the town of Gettysburg found itself thrust onto the center stage of war. The three days of fighting that ensued decisively turned the tide of the Civil War. In The Colors of Courage, Margaret Creighton narrates the tale of this crucial battle from the viewpoint of three unsung groups - women, immigrants, and African Americans - and reveals how wide the battle's dimensions were."; "Creighton draws on memoirs, letters, diaries, and newspapers to bring to life the individuals at the heart of her narrative. In telling the stories of these participants, Margaret Creighton has written a work of original history - a narrative that is sure to redefine the Civil War's most remarkable event."--Jacket.

Subjects: Gettysburg, Battle of, Gettysburg, Pa., 1863.; Immigrants - Pennsylvania - Gettysburg; Women, White - Pennsylvania - Gettysburg; African Americans - Pennsylvania - Gettysburg; African Americans.; Immigrants.; Military participation; Women.; Women, White.; Einwanderer.; Frau.; United States - History - Civil War, 1861-1865 - African Americans.; United States - History - Civil War, 1861-1865 - Women.; United States - History - Civil War, 1861-1865 - Participation, Immigrant.; Pennsylvania - Gettysburg.; United States.; Gettysburg (Pa.) - Schlacht.; Schwarze.; History.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 973.7349 C914

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America in 1857 : a nation on the brink

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo19772

The American soul : rediscovering the wisdom of the founders

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo20447

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American Victorian costume in early photographs

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo13571

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Annual report of the Adjutant-General of Pennsylvania ... for the year 1866

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Articles of Confederation and perpetual union between the states of New-Hampshire, Massachusetts-Bay, Rhode-Island and Providence Plantations, Connecticut, New-York, New-Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, North-Carolina, South-Carolina, and Georgia

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo21608

Bernese Anabaptists and their American descendants

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Captain Gustavus Conyngham; a sketch of the services he rendered to the cause of American independence

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The Christiana riot of 1851 : a reappraisal

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[Colonial records of Pennsylvania]

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The colors of courage : Gettysburg's forgotten history : immigrants, women, and African-Americans in the Civil War's defining battle

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