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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

which was then located in the west end of the Shrine (Octorara Covenanter) Church across the road from Middle Octorara. This was his first contact with the church he came to love so much. Mr. Troop has served his church well as a Ruling Elder and in many other capacities. He taught school and farmed for

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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

Kendig Herr Bare, Lancaster, Pa. (Typescript) 1981. Bare, Howard C. Some Descendants of John Bare (Barr), Conestoga Township, Lancaster County in the Commonwealth of PA. (Typescript) 1981. Bealer, Alex W. The log cabin; homes of the North American Wilderness. (Book) 1979. Beers, F.W. Atlas of Cumberland

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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.

as it touched Lancaster County. The area at that time was served with four local dailies and it may be of interest to look at the political complexions of these newssheets. The oldest was the Intelligencer which had its beginning in 1799. During the years that James Buchanan was aspiring to the

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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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Abbeyville Cemetery : Lancaster Township

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Call Number: 310.35 W919 Worner v. 24, no. 506

506 1 67443 Hershe John 1794 April 19, 1799 Abbeville Cemetery Lancaster Township 24 506 1 67441 Hershey Mary October 29, 1796 December 2, 1855 wife of C. Binkley Abbeville Cemetery Lancaster Township 24 506 1 Abbeville Cemetery- Lancaster Twp �

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Notes: This is part of the Worner Collection and contains tombstone inscriptions recorded in the 1930's by William Frederic Worner. These volumes are housed in the Reading Room.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Reference

Call Number: 310.35 W919 Worner v. 24, no. 506

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Abraham Lincoln and the seventy-fifth anniversaries

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Author: Martin, C. H.

Date of Publication: 1939

12.30 Christiana 2.32 The speed of the train can be judged by the fact that it took 2 hours and 36 minutes to run the approximate forty miles across Lancaster County, in- cluding a 5-minute stop at the old depot at North Queen and Chestnut Streets. The funeral train was preceded by 10 minutes by a

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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

Middlesex county, New Jersey, for £200 current money of New Jersey at eight shillings to the ounce. This deed was dated November 8, 1748, and was recorded May 1, 1757. This proves, conclusively, that John Lincoln resided in Lancaster county as then constituted—Caernarvon township extending to the Schuylkill

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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 Witmer's bridge

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Author: Landis, Charles Israel,

Date of Publication: 1916

con- siderable land on that side of the river, and his deed shows that he only acquired the tavern property on the west side on September 23, 1789. It is said, in Evans' and Ellis' History of Lancaster County, that he first pur- chased the land on which the tavern was built and afterwards, in 1789

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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

THE ACADIANS IN LANCASTER COUNTY. There is no history in which can be chronologically traced the struggles and changes within that small region known as Acadia, the confines of which were ex- pressly named by Henry IV. of France in his letters patent of November 3, 1603, over the country, territory

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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.