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The doctrine of the new birth, : exemplified in the life and religious experience of Onesimus, from the eleventh to the twenty-fifth year of his age, or from the year 1779 to 1793, inclusive. : Also, the visions which he saw concerning the city of Philadelphia, in the state of Pennsylvania, in the days when George Washington was the president of the United States of North America, and in the year of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, 1792. The visions with several of the special events of his life shall be illustrated with twenty plates, and the whole designed as a defence of the truth of the Gospel, and proof of the immortality of the human soul. Written in twenty letters, and dedicated to Elder Joseph Maylin. Onesimus

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo19440
Author
Hewson, John,
Date of Publication
1839.
Call Number
248 P544 1839
Author
Hewson, John,
Place of Publication
Philadelphia
Publisher
Printed by William F. Rackliff. Corner of George and Swanwick streets.,
Date of Publication
1839.
Physical Description
164 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.
Notes
Copyright 1839 by John Hewson.
Error in paging: p. 84 misnumbered 48.
Missing title page through page 2.
Yellow fever in Philadelphia page 156.
Checklist Amer. imprints
Subjects
Immortality.
Yellow fever - Pennsylvania - Philadelphia.
Visions.
Authority
Yellow fever.
Pennsylvania - Philadelphia.
Half-cloth bindings (Binding) - 1839.
Letters.
Allegories.
Additional Author
Maylim, Joseph.
Rackliff, William F.,
Place
United States Pennsylvania Philadelphia.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Rare Books
Call Number
248 P544 1839
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Collection
Commissioners' Orders for Payment
Title
Commissioners' order for payment
Object ID
CommOrder 1831 #385
Collection
Commissioners' Orders for Payment
Title
Commissioners' order for payment
Description
This record group contains canceled orders that were issued by the county commissioners for payment to be made by the county treasurer. The orders show date, order number, amount, name of payee, purpose, and signatures of the county commissioners. In the case of "poor children," teachers were reimbursed by the county for tuition and/or the supplies purchased for students whose parents were unable to pay. Orders include: Poor Children, Almshouse, Bridges, Coroners' Inquests, Prisons, Roads, Court House, and Tax Exonerations.
System of Arrangement
The record group is organized chronologically, then arranged by order number within each year.
Date of Accumulation
1810-1901
Creator
County Commissioners
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Storage Container
Box 0011
People
Maxwell, Hugh
Search Terms
Lancaster
Courthouses
Commissioners' Orders for Payment
Place
Columbia
Extent
70 boxes (35 cubic ft.)
Object Name
Documents
Language
English
Condition
Fair
Condition Date
2008-03-25
Object ID
CommOrder 1831 #385
Box Number
011
Notes
Entered into Q&A Aug 10, 2001.
Additional Notes
Courthouse.
Payment for advertisments for the county.
Maxwell, Hugh.
1 item. 1 piece.
Access Conditions / Restrictions
Request at research desk. Photocopy made by staff member.
Classification
RG 08-01 0510
Description Level
Item
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Collection
Commissioners' Orders for Payment
Title
Commissioners' order for payment
Object ID
CommOrder 1830 #021
Collection
Commissioners' Orders for Payment
Title
Commissioners' order for payment
Description
This record group contains canceled orders that were issued by the county commissioners for payment to be made by the county treasurer. The orders show date, order number, amount, name of payee, purpose, and signatures of the county commissioners. In the case of "poor children," teachers were reimbursed by the county for tuition and/or the supplies purchased for students whose parents were unable to pay. Orders include: Poor Children, Almshouse, Bridges, Coroners' Inquests, Prisons, Roads, Court House, and Tax Exonerations.
System of Arrangement
The record group is organized chronologically, then arranged by order number within each year.
Date of Accumulation
1810-1901
Creator
County Commissioners
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Storage Container
Box 0010
People
Hughes, Theophilus
Watts, Thomas
Subcategory
Documentary Artifact
Search Terms
Columbia
Lancaster
Prisons
Commissioners' Orders for Payment
Place
Columbia
Extent
70 boxes (35 cubic ft.)
Object Name
Documents
Language
English
Condition
Fair
Condition Date
2008-03-25
Object ID
CommOrder 1830 #021
Box Number
010
Notes
Entered into Q&A Aug 2, 2001.
Additional Notes
Prison.
Payment to
Hughes, Theophilus
for arresting and conveying to jail
Watts, Thomas. Vagrant.
1 item. 1 piece.
Access Conditions / Restrictions
Request at research desk. Photocopy made by staff member.
Classification
RG 08-01 0510
Description Level
Item
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The Gift : a Christmas and New Year's present for 1836

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo18466
Date of Publication
[1835]
Call Number
810 P544ch 1836
  1 website  
Responsibility
edited by Miss Leslie.
Place of Publication
Philadelphia
Publisher
E.L. Carey & A. Hart,
Date of Publication
[1835]
Physical Description
x, [2], [17]-292 p., [9] leaves of plates : ill. ; 16 cm.
Notes
Publication date suggested by the Preface (p. [v]-vii), signed "Philadelphia, October, 1835."
The Gift was published annually in eight issues dated 1836 to 1845, with none for 1838 and 1841.
Faded inscription on second fly leaf.
Library has 1836 volume.
Faxon, F.W. Literary Annuals and Gift Books,
Thompson, R. Annuals,
BAL,
Heartman, C.F., & Canny, J.R. Bibliography of first printings of the writings of Edgar Allan Poe,
Eliza Leslie was a writer of fiction and nonfiction works for juveniles and adults. Almost yearly, between 1836-1845, she edited an annual gift book called The Gift: A Christmas and New Year's Present, with contributions from Edgar Allan Poe , Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Ralph Waldo Emerson and other authors.
Subjects
American literature.
Gift books - Specimens.
Gift books - Pennsylvania - Philadelphia - 19th century.
Additional Author
Leslie, Eliza,
Poe, Edgar Allan,
Irving, Washington,
Additional Corporate Author
Carey & Hart.
Sherman & Co. (Philadelphia, Pa.)
Place
United States Pennsylvania Philadelphia.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Rare Books
Call Number
810 P544ch 1836
Websites
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The Holy Bible, containing the Old and New Testaments : translated out of the original tongues, and with the former translations diligently compared and revised ; with Canne's marginal notes and references ; to which are added, an index ; an alphabetical table of all the names in the Old and New Testaments, with their significations ; tables of Scripture weights, measures, and coins, &c

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo19874
Edition
Kimber and Sharpless' stereotype ed.
Date of Publication
[1835?]
Call Number
220 W363 1835?
Edition
Kimber and Sharpless' stereotype ed.
Place of Publication
Philadelphia : New York
Publisher
Kimber and Sharpless ; Stereotyped by E. White,
Date of Publication
[1835?]
Physical Description
4 (6), 5-570, 112, [8], 573-768, 18, 54 pages, [8 leaves of plates : illustrations ; 30 cm
Notes
At head of title: Kimber and Sharpless Ì“ stereotype edition.
New Testament has special t.p.: ... The New Testament of Our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, translated out of the original Greek ...
Plates engraved by Anderson after illustrations by Bruegel, Guercino, Craig, Coning, Bloemart, Dominichini, and B. Picart.
Includes Apocrypha and Psalms of David in metre.
"Apocrypha" (112 p.) inserted after Old Testament.
T.p.of Old Testament precedes t.p. of entire bible.
Some water damaged and/or mold on most pages.
Viewing bibles contingent on staff availability, an aqppointment may be required.
Weaver family bible.
Twelve loose items including one minature of a young woman removed to MG399 Family History Collection.
Genealogy of Isaac Weaver family 1824-1863.
With this is bound: Brown, John. A brief concordance to the Holy Scriptures of the Old and New Testaments. Philadelphia : Kimber and Sharpless, n.d.
Damaged tree binding with maroon spine title.
Subjects
Weaver family - Genealogy.
Weaver, Isaac, - 1824 .
Weaver, Martha, - 1825.
Additional Author
Canne, John,
Anderson, Alexander,
White, Elihu,
Brown, John,
Additional Corporate Author
Kimber & Sharpless,
Additional Title
Bible.
Place
United States Pennsylvania Philadelphia.
United States New York New York.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Bible
Call Number
220 W363 1835?
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Collection
Commissioners' Orders for Payment
Title
Commissioners' order for payment 1831 #456
Object ID
CommOrder 1832 #011
Date Range
1832
Collection
Commissioners' Orders for Payment
Title
Commissioners' order for payment 1831 #456
Description
This record group contains canceled orders that were issued by the county commissioners for payment to be made by the county treasurer. The orders show date, order number, amount, name of payee, purpose, and signatures of the county commissioners. In the case of "poor children," teachers were reimbursed by the county for tuition and/or the supplies purchased for students whose parents were unable to pay. Orders include: Poor Children, Almshouse, Bridges, Coroners' Inquests, Prisons, Roads, Court House, and Tax Exonerations.
System of Arrangement
The record group is organized chronologically, then arranged by order number within each year.
Date Range
1832
Date of Accumulation
1810-1901
Creator
County Commissioners
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Storage Room
Archives North
Storage Container
Box 0012
People
Caldwell, John
McCreary, William
Grosh, Samuel
Search Terms
Commissioners' Orders for Payment
Lancaster
Courthouses
Place
Columbia
Extent
70 boxes (35 cubic ft.)
Object Name
Order for Payment
Language
English
Condition
Fair
Condition Date
2008-03-25
Object ID
CommOrder 1832 #011
Box Number
012
Notes
Never entered into Q&A.
Additional Notes
Courthouses.
Payment to auditors.
Caldwell, John.
McCreary, William.
Grosh, Samuel.
1 item. 1 piece.
Access Conditions / Restrictions
Request at research desk. Photocopy made by staff member.
Classification
RG 08-01 0510
Description Level
Item
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Collection
Renunciations
Title
Renunciations
Object ID
Ren 1892 F044
Date Range
1892
Collection
Renunciations
Title
Renunciations
Description
Renunciations are papers filed in the Orphans' Court by executors of an estate who do not wish to administer that estate. They show the name of the decedent, the decedent's place of residence, the name of the person renouncing administration, the name of the replacement administrator to be appointed, and date. The relationship between the decedent, the executor, and the administrator is usually shown. Arranged chronologically and then alphabetically within each year.
System of Arrangement
Arranged chronologically and then alphabetically within each year.
Date Range
1892
Date of Accumulation
1762-1820, 1821-1842, 1880-1906
Year
1892
Creator
Register of Wills
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Storage Container
Box 0016
People
Evans, Ann
Evans, John
Israel, Hannah
Subcategory
Documentary Artifact
Search Terms
Renunciation
Columbia
Wiconisco, Dauphin County
Place
Columbia
Extent
12 cubic feet
Object Name
Probate
Language
English
Condition
Fair
Object ID
Ren 1892 F044
Box Number
016
Associated Material
Administrators Accounts
Miscellaneous Orphans' Court Papers
Additional Notes
Also: Evans, Ann. Place: Wiconisco, Dauphin County.
Renouncer: Israel, Hannah
Administrators: Lancaster Trust Company.
1 item, 1 piece
Access Conditions / Restrictions
Restricted use of original. A photocopy will be made for patron use.
Classification
RG 03-00 0115
Description Level
Item
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Psalms and hymns adapted to public worship, and approved by the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church in the United States of America

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo19042
Date of Publication
1830.
Call Number
245.2 P544p 1830
Place of Publication
Philadelphia
Publisher
Published for the General Assembly by Solomon Allen, no. 18 S. Third Street, and for sale by the booksellers generally.,
Date of Publication
1830.
Physical Description
596 p. ; 14 cm.
Notes
Without music.
Copyright July 30, 1830 by Ezra Stiles Ely.
"Stereotyped by L. Johnson."--Title page verso.
Includes indexes.
From the collections of the Heritage Center P00.35.1.
Pasted after flyleaf on ivory paper:" Eliza Jane/ Moorhead/ 1838/ E. Siener."
Checklist Amer. imprints
Subjects
Moorhead, Eliza Jane.
Kenyon, W. W.
Presbyterians
Presbyterians.
Hymns.
Hymnals.
Psalters - 1830.
Leather bindings (Binding)
Gold tooled bindings (Binding)
Personalized bindings (Binding)
Bookplates (Provenance)
Additional Author
Allen, Solomon,
Johnson, Lawrence,
Ely, Ezra Stiles,
Additional Corporate Author
Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A.
Place
United States Pennsylvania Philadelphia.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Rare Books
Call Number
245.2 P544p 1830
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