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American firearms makers: when, where, and what they made from the Colonial period to the end of the nineteenth century

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo2771

Author: Carey, Arthur Merwyn,

Date of Publication: [1953]

Call Number: 683 C273

Author: Carey, Arthur Merwyn,

Place of Publication: New York

Publisher: Crowell

Date of Publication: [1953]

Physical Description: xiii, 146 p. illus. 24 cm.

Notes: Bibliography: p. 145-146.

Subjects: Firearms industry and trade - United States.; Firearms

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 683 C273

Amish and Pennsylvania Dutch tourist guide

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo16619

Date of Publication: c1959.

Call Number: 917.48 A516

Responsibility: edited by Alfred L. Soemaker.

Place of Publication: Kutztown, Pa

Publisher: Pennsylvania Folklife Society,

Date of Publication: c1959.

Physical Description: 116 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

Notes: "Dunkard 'Love Feasts' by Don Yoder": p. [40]-41.

Subjects: Pennsylvania Dutch; Amish; Pennsylvania Dutch - Folklore.; Lancaster County (Pa.) - Description and travel.

Additional Author: Shoemaker, Alfred Lewis,; Yoder, Don.

Additional Corporate Author: Pennsylvania Folklife Society.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 917.48 A516

Andrew Ellicott : surveyor of the capital of our nation

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo1192

Author: Heisey, M. Luther,

Date of Publication: 1950

demanded $95,500. The claim was finally settled in 1810 by the payment of $1,314.20. See ibid, vol. 2, pp. 113, 114. 4 This and following quotations were taken from the work of Catharine Van Cortlandt Mathews, "Andrew Ellicott: His Life and Letters," New York, 1908. Copy in Fackenthal Library. �exertions

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Responsibility: by M. Luther Heisey.

Author: Heisey, M. Luther,

Place of Publication: Lancaster, Pa

Publisher: Lancaster County Historical Society,

Date of Publication: 1950

Physical Description: [1]-14 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

Series: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 54, no. 1

Subjects: Ellicott, Andrew, - 1754-1820.; Surveyors - Pennsylvania.; City planning - Washington (D.C.); United States - Capital and capitol.

Contained In: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 54, number 1 (1950), p. 1-14Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.54

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Annual report

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo17647

Corporate Author: Lancaster City Planning Commission (Pa.)

Date of Publication: 1958-

Call Number: 352.1 L244a

Responsibility: Lancaster City Planning Commission.

Corporate Author: Lancaster City Planning Commission (Pa.)

Place of Publication: [Lancaster, Pa.]

Publisher: [s.n.],

Date of Publication: 1958-

Notes: Library has 1958, 1959.; 1958 cover title: Lancaster moves ahead;Publication 3.; 1959 cover title: Progress thru planning; Publication 7.

Subjects: City planning.; Lancaster City (Pa.) - Politics and government

Location: Lancaster History Library - Lancaster County

Call Number: 352.1 L244a

The antiques book : outstanding, authoritative articles on ceramics, furniture, glass, silver, pewter, architecture, prints and other collecting interests

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo14035

Date of Publication: 1950.

Call Number: 745.1 A632

Responsibility: Edited by Alice Winchester and the staff of the magazine Antiques.

Place of Publication: New York

Publisher: Bonanza Books,

Date of Publication: 1950.

Physical Description: 319 p. : ill. ; 29 cm.

Notes: "Articles from the first fifty-six volumes of Antiques, January 1922 through December 1949."

Subjects: Collectors and collecting.; Antiques.

Additional Author: Winchester, Alice.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 745.1 A632

Arms and armor in colonial America, 1526-1783

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo3110

Author: Peterson, Harold Leslie,

Date of Publication: [1956]

Call Number: 623.44 P485

Author: Peterson, Harold Leslie,

Place of Publication: New York

Publisher: Bramhall House

Date of Publication: [1956]

Physical Description: 350 p. illus. 29 cm.

Notes: Bibliography: p. 337-345.

Subjects: Arms and armor, American.; Arms and armor; United States - History, Military.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 623.44 P485

Baptismal records of Jerusalem Lutheran and Reformed Church, Berks County, Pennsylvania

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo13087

Corporate Author: Jerusalem Lutheran and Reformed Church (Kempton, Pa.)

Date of Publication: 1959.

Call Number: 974.816 J56

Responsibility: by John L. Kistler.

Corporate Author: Jerusalem Lutheran and Reformed Church (Kempton, Pa.)

Place of Publication: Washington, D.C

Publisher: National Genealogical Society,

Date of Publication: 1959.

Physical Description: 62 p. ; 26 cm.

Series: Special publications of the National Genealogical Society ;

Notes: Transcribed from the church's 1st record book, Jan. 24, 1768-Feb. 14, 1863.; "Reprinted from the National Genealogical Society quarterly."

Subjects: Jerusalem Lutheran and Reformed Church (Kempton, Pa.); Baptismal records - Pennsylvania - Kempton.; Berks County (Pa.) - Genealogy.; Lehigh County (Pa.) - Genealogy.

Additional Author: Kistler, John L.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 974.816 J56

Baptismal records of St. Michael's Lutheran Church Strasburg, Pa. : from 1753-1816

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo1524

Date of Publication: 1954

Call Number: 284.1 S146

Responsibility: translated and typed by Mr. and Mrs. Luther Heisey.

Place of Publication: Lancaster, Pa

Publisher: the authors,

Date of Publication: 1954

Physical Description: 24 p., 41 p., 12 l : 29 cm.

Notes: Baptisms 1753-1869 with surname index; burials 1816-1869; baptisms 1862-1896; and burials 1861-1895.; Rineer's "Churches and Cemeteries of Lancaster County" page 397 #1.

Subjects: St. Michael's Evangelical Lutheran Church (Strasburg, Pa.); Registers of births, etc. - Pennsylvania - Strasburg; Church records and registers - Pennsylvania - Strasburg

Location: Lancaster History Library - Church Record

Call Number: 284.1 S146

Berks County : a governmental picture and a brief historic review

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo6025

Corporate Author: Berks County (Pa.). Board of County Commissioners.

Edition: 1st ed.

Date of Publication: c1959.

Call Number: 974.816 B513

Corporate Author: Berks County (Pa.). Board of County Commissioners.

Edition: 1st ed.

Place of Publication: Reading, Pa

Date of Publication: c1959.

Physical Description: 120 p. : illus., ports., col. maps ; 23 cm.

Notes: Bibliography: p. 2.

Subjects: Berks County (Pa.) - Politics and government.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 974.816 B513

Bernese Anabaptists and their American descendants

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo21370

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

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