"Thaddeus Stevens: A Letter Written to the Daily New Era, Lancaster, PA"
Description
Booklet. "Thaddeus Stevens: A Letter Written to the Daily New Era, Lancaster, PA," by Hon. Charles I. Landis, President Judge of the Second Judicial District of Pennsylvania, Lancaster, PA: Press of the New Era Printing Company, 1916.
Landis' letter includes a biography of Stevens, responding to claims made by Thomas Dixon, Jr. in "The Clansman" and "The Birth of a Nation."
Annotations, cover, "Prof Herbert H. Beck" and "Complements of Charles I. Landis."
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Other Numbers
MG-115
Other Number
MG-115, Part 1, Folder 20, Insert 1
Classification
MG0115
Description Level
Item
Custodial History
Added to database 11 July 2023.
Digitization of this document was funded by the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, PHMC Appl ID # 202010016624, 2020-2023.
Photocopy of "The Negro Civic Congress of Lancaster County held in Lancaster County Court House, October 3rd and 4th 1918"
Description
Photocopy of "The Negro Civic Congress of Lancaster County held in Lancaster County Court House, October 3rd and 4th 1918." The booklet includes background information about this civic congress of Blacks in Lancaster, a biography of Rev. F. T. M. Webster, program of events, committee and ladies' auxiliary members, pictures of speakers and Lancaster's Black leaders, advertising for local businesses, historical and statistical data, and distinguished Pennsylvanians.
Admin/Biographical History
The idea of this Civic Congress of Blacks in Lancaster was introduced by Rev. F. T. M. Webster, pastor of the Bethel A. M. E. Church, and received the overwhelming support of the community.
Black History Collection (MG0240) https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/2b3d42c6-a313-4ebc-966f-516114048136
Notes
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Other Numbers
MG-240, Series 2
Other Number
MG-240, Series 2, Folder 16, Item 1
Classification
MG0240
Description Level
Item
Custodial History
Added to database on 31 March 2022.
Digitization of this document was funded by the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, PHMC Appl ID # 202010016624, 2020-2023.
Three women standing on the porch of a two story frame house with a stone wall with picket gate in front. Photograph is hand tinted. Written on front: "Down Home". Written on back: "Fishing Creek, Pa. Summer 1912. F. E. C."
Provenance
From MG-241 Jacob Murr Family Genealogy Collection.
Moravian Cemetery, now site of post office, and the Sehner - Ellicott - von Hess House, the home of Historic Preservation Trust of Lancaster, North Prince Street.
Theodore Roosevelt speaking from the balcony of the Caldwell House
Description
Theodore Roosevelt speaking from the same place where Lincoln made an address in 1861. Peter B. Fordney, who was Lincoln's bodyguard to and from the train and who was six feet eight one one half inches, served in same capacity for Roosevelt, and is seen standing to left of Roosevelt. Lincoln Memorial Tablet is to right of balcony above flag. Roosevelt was brought to Lancaster under the management of W. Frank Gorrecht.