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Frederick Valentine Melsheimer, entomologist

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Author
Heisey, M. Luther,
Date of Publication
1937
insect is so extremely rare in Pennsylvania that the late Rev. F. V. Melsheimer, the parent of Entomolgy in this country, and a very industrious collector, found but two individuals in eighteen years." This insect, though rare, is mentioned in the Coleoptera listed in Rupp's History of Lancaster County
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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
1937
Physical Description
[103]-112 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Series
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 41, no. 4
Subjects
Melsheimer, Frederick Valentine, - 1749-1814.
Entomologists - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
Lancaster County (Pa.) - Biography.
Contained In
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 41, number 4 (1937), p. 103-112Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.41
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Grandfathers' clocks : their making and their makers in Lancaster County

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Author
Magee, Daniel F.
Date of Publication
1939.
later paper will deal with the history of many individual clocks, and the story of the famililes that have had them for generations, as I have uncovered many very interesting facts along these lines that would make good material for an historical paper. HOFFS—Among the clockmakers of Lancaster City who
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Responsibility
by D. F. Magee, Esq.
Author
Magee, Daniel F.
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Lancaster County Historical Society,
Date of Publication
1939.
Physical Description
[137]-[164] p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Series
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 43, no. 5
Notes
Second edition of paper originally read April 6, 1917. Contains corrections and additions.
Subjects
Clock and watch makers - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County
Industries - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
Longcase clocks - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
Lancaster County (Pa.) - Biography.
Additional Author
Beck, Herbert Huebener,
Coldren, Charles M.,
Gorgas, Harry S.
Heisey, M. Luther,
Contained In
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 43, number 5 (1939), p. 137-164Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.43
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Railroad and bridge builders of Lancaster

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Author
Heisey, M. Luther,
Date of Publication
1940
Jersey. When traveling on the Pennsylvania Rail- road about Kittanning Point and enjoying the scenic beauty at the Horseshoe Curve, every true Lancastrian will remind his fellow-travelers that it was a local man—Patrick McEvoy—who built this road, which was considered a marvelous piece of engineering
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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
1940
Physical Description
[57]-76 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Series
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 44, no. 4
Subjects
Bridges - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
Railroads - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
Lancaster County (Pa.) - Transportation.
Lancaster County (Pa.) - Biography.
Contained In
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 44, number 4 (1940), p. 57-76Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.44
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