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The 250th anniversary of Middle Octorara United Presbyterian Church

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Author: Troop, Hiram G.

Date of Publication: 1977

The 250th Anniversary of Middle Octorara United Presbyterian Church by Hiram G. Troop, Sr. Mr. Madison E. McElwain's Faith and Works at Middle Octorara Since 1727 was published in 1956, and there is a copy in the LCHS col- lection. "The 250th Anniversary of Middle Octorara United Presbyter- ian

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Responsibility: by Hiram G. Troop, Sr.

Author: Troop, Hiram G.

Place of Publication: Lancaster, Pa

Publisher: Lancaster County Historical Society,

Date of Publication: 1977

Physical Description: [88]-91 p.: ill. ; 23 cm.

Series: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 81, no. 2

Subjects: Middle Octorara Presbyterian Church (Quarryville, Pa.)

Contained In: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 81, number 2 (1977), p. 88-91Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.81

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1696 visit to "Quanestagua"

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Author: Hunter, Charles E.

Date of Publication: 1982

Street As I Knew It. (Typescript) n.d. Di Ninni, Ronald V. comp. History of Rutherford, Pennsylvania. (Book) 1979. Drake, Mrs. Wm. Preston and Others. Kentucky in Retrospect, 1792-1942. (Book) 1942. Dructor, Robert M. A Guide to Genealogical Sources at the Pa. State Archives. (Book) 1980. Dyke, Mary Hull

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Responsibility: by Charles E. Hunter.

Author: Hunter, Charles E.

Place of Publication: Lancaster, Pa

Publisher: Lancaster County Historical Society,

Date of Publication: 1982

Physical Description: 24-26 p. ; 23 cm.

Series: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 86, no. 1

Notes: Pages 27-33 lists "Accessions to LCHS Library"

Subjects: Indians of North America; Lancaster County (Pa.) - History - 17th century.

Contained In: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 86, number 1 (1982), p. 24-26Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.86

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1860--the year before the war

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Author: Heiges, George L.

Date of Publication: 1961.

of Ohio, who had been a member of the United States Supreme Court since 1839, although seventy- five years of age in 1860, still had a very definite ambition to reach the White House and in fact was the choice of Thaddeus Stevens, a delegate at large from Pennsylvania to the convention. Enroute to

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Responsibility: by George L. Heiges.

Author: Heiges, George L.

Place of Publication: Lancaster, Pa

Publisher: Lancaster County Historical Society,

Date of Publication: 1961.

Physical Description: [113]-135 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

Series: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 65, no. 3

Subjects: Republican Party (Pa.) - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.; Lancaster County (Pa.) - History - Chronology.

Contained In: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 65, number 3 (1961), p. 113-135Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.65

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Aaron Eshleman

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Author: Demuth, C. B.

Date of Publication: 1912

AARON ESHLEMAN Towards the end of the eighteenth century and at the beginning of the nineteenth, painted, in England, Rey- nolds, Romney, Lawrence. After them, in America, painted Gilbert Stu- art. After Gilbert Stuart painted Eichholtz; after Eichholtz painted Bannade; after Bannade painted Aaron

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Responsibility: by C. B. Demuth.

Author: Demuth, C. B.

Place of Publication: Lancaster, Pa

Publisher: Lancaster County Historical Society,

Date of Publication: 1912

Physical Description: 247-250 p. ; 23 cm.

Series: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 16, no. 8

Subjects: Eshleman, Aaron, - 1827-; Artists - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.; Lancaster County (Pa.) - Biography.

Contained In: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 16, number 8 (1912), p. 247-250Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.16

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Abraham Lincoln and the seventy-fifth anniversaries

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Author: Martin, C. H.

Date of Publication: 1939

a few years later. At sharp contrast with a train speeding today across the county, from Conewago to Christiana in about 40 minutes, stands the passing of the funeral train, April 22, 1865, on the following schedule: Conewago siding A M. 11.56 Lancaster 1.19 Elizabethtown P M. 12.07 Gap 2.23 Mt. Joy

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Responsibility: by C. H. Martin.

Author: Martin, C. H.

Place of Publication: Lancaster, Pa

Publisher: Lancaster County Historical Society,

Date of Publication: 1939

Physical Description: [50]-58 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

Series: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 43, no. 2

Subjects: Lincoln, Abraham, - 1809-1865.; Gettysburg (Pa.), Battle of, 1863.; Veterans - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.; Pennsylvania - History - Civil War, 1861-1865 - Veterans.

Contained In: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 43, number 2 (1939), p. 50-58Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.43

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Abraham Lincoln's connections with Lancaster and its citizens

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Author: Martin, C. H.

Date of Publication: 1934

the following statement: "To whom it may concern : "About 2 P. M., on February 22, 1861, I saw President-elect Abraham Lincoln at the Pennsylvania railroad station, Mt. Joy, Pa. He had made a short address at Lancaster and was en route to Harrisburg, where he addressed the Legislature. The telegraph

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Responsibility: by C. H. Martin.

Author: Martin, C. H.

Place of Publication: Lancaster, Pa

Publisher: Lancaster County Historical Society,

Date of Publication: 1934

Physical Description: [13]-32 p. ; 23 cm.

Series: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 38, no. 1

Subjects: Lincoln, Abraham, - 1809-1865 - Family.; Presidents - United States; Lancaster County (Pa.) - Biography.

Contained In: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 38, number 1 (1934), p. 13-32Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.38

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Abraham Reincke Beck : portrait of a schoolmaster

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Author: Hummel, William W.

Date of Publication: 1964

education in the parish schools and at the University of Jena, he entered the ministry of the Moravian Church in 1740. At the age of thirty-three he was dispatched to Pennsylvania. He spent the next sixty years in the service of the Mora- vian Church, first as a missionary to the Indians and later as a

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Responsibility: William W. Hummel

Author: Hummel, William W.

Place of Publication: Lancaster, Pa

Publisher: Lancaster County Historical Society,

Date of Publication: 1964

Physical Description: [1]-40 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

Series: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 68, no.1

Subjects: Beck, Abraham Reincke, - 1833-1928.; Educators - Pennsylvania

Contained In: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 68, number 1 (1964), p. 1-40Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.68

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Abraham Witmer's bridge

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Author: Landis, Charles Israel,

Date of Publication: 1916

. Primary Material: Book Subject(s): Witmer, Abraham. Bridges--Pennsylvania--Lancaster County. Conestoga Bridge (Lancaster, Pa.) Witmer's Bridge (Lancaster, Pa.) Publisher: Lancaster, Pa. : Lancaster County Historical Society, 1916 Description: 155-174 p. : ill. ; 23 cm. Series: Journal of the Lancaster

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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 Acadians in Lancaster County

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Author: Sener, Samuel Miller,

Date of Publication: 1897

Hannah. Three Friends and the Swan. At once idle fears were excited lest they should join the Irish and German Catholics and destroy the colo �The operations of the French in Western Pennsylvania at that time kept the peo- ple in constant terror, and when the Acadian or French Neutral Catholics were

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Responsibility: by S. M. Sener, Esq.

Author: Sener, Samuel Miller,

Place of Publication: Lancaster, Pa

Publisher: Lancaster County Historical Society,

Date of Publication: 1897

Physical Description: [37]-43 p. ; 23 cm.

Series: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 1, no. 2

Summary: This journal article details the expulsion of the French Acadians of Canada to the American Colonies during the French and Indian War. Some of the Acadians arrive in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania.

Subjects: Acadians - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.

Contained In: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 1, number 2 (1897), p. 37-43Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.1

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Act

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Collection: James Buchanan Family Papers, Part 8 Others (Not Part of the Family)

Title: Act to confirm election of trustees of the Second Presbyterian Church

Object ID: JBFP 8.2.3.005

Date Range: 1855/04/06

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Collection: James Buchanan Family Papers, Part 8 Others (Not Part of the Family)

Title: Act to confirm election of trustees of the Second Presbyterian Church

Description: Act to confirm election of trustees of the Second Presbyterian Church signed by Pennsylvania’s Speaker of the House of Representatives, Henry K. Strong, Speaker of the Senate, William Mulhenberg Hiester and Governor, James Pollock . An act to confirm and legalize the election of trustees of the Second Presbyterian Congregation of the City of Lancaster signed by Henry K. Strong, Speaker of the House of Representatives, William M. Hiester, Speaker of the Senate, and James Pollock, Governor, and certified by John M. Sullivan, Deputy Secretary of the Commonwealth confirming the election of several trustees after failing to do so according to the charter of the church. This act upholds the action of the Golden seal with red ribbon on last page. Lancaster, PA.

Date Range: 1855/04/06

Creator: Pennsylvania. General Assembly

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives South

Storage Container: JBFP Part 8, Box 1

People: Strong, Henry K.; Hiester, William Muhlenberg; Pollock, James; Sullivan, John M.

Subjects: Boards of directors; Presbyterian Church; Business records

Search Terms: Boards of directors; Second Presbyterian Church; Business records; Buchanan Collections; James Buchanan Presidential Library

Extent: 1 item, 8 pages to scan, 8.75 x 14 in.

Object Name: Act

Language: English

Parent Object ID: JBFP Part 8 Series 2

Object ID: JBFP 8.2.3.005

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

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Accession Number: JBMS1996.032

Other Number: JBFP Part 8, Series 2, Subseries 3, Folder 5

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.