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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

Synod in 1973. These were great Christian experiences. If you should be called to this work of God and The Church, never turn this opportunity down. May the Grace of God be with us as a congregation and bless us in the future as he has in the past and may we be worthy of these bless- ings. It is up to

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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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Abraham Lincoln's connections with Lancaster and its citizens

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Author: Martin, C. H.

Date of Publication: 1934

1763 to 1765. Certain deeds to lots in Manheim refer to them as "shown on a certain draft or plan of the town of Manheim and lots adjacent, lately drawn by Thomas Lincoln, surveyor." It is of interest to know that in the progressive migration of this noted family from Hingham, Mass., where the

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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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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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Credit: Courtesy of LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.

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.

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Agreement

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Collection: James Buchanan Family Papers, Part 1 James Buchanan

Title: Agreement between Elliott T. Lane and James Buchanan

Object ID: JBFP 1.2.4.001

Date Range: 1838/12/29

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Collection: James Buchanan Family Papers, Part 1 James Buchanan

Title: Agreement between Elliott T. Lane and James Buchanan

Description: Agreement between Elliott T. Lane and James Buchanan concerning funds of Jane B. Lane, Elliott’s wife and James’ sister, and in case she makes no will, how the estate will be divided. Involves bequeaths from her father, James Buchanan, and her mother, Elizabeth Buchanan. Also mentioned in the agreement are her sister, Harriett Henry, and her brother, the Reverend Edward Y. Buchanan, and her four children, James B. Lane, Elliott E. Lane, Mary Elisabeth Lane and Harriett Rebecca Lane. Franklin County, PA.

Date Range: 1838/12/29

Creator: Buchanan, James, 1791-1868

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives South

Storage Container: JBFP Part 1, Box 5

People: Baker, Mary Elizabeth Speer Lane; Buchanan, Edward Young; Buchanan, Elizabeth Speer; Buchanan, James; Henry, Harriet Buchanan; Johnston, Harriet Lane; Lane, Elliott Eskridge; Lane, Elliott Toll; Lane, James Buchanan; Lane, Jane Buchanan

Subjects: Legal documents; Probate records

Search Terms: Articles of agreement; Legal documents; Probate records; Buchanan Collections; James Buchanan; Harriet Lane Johnston; James Buchanan Presidential Library

Extent: 1 item, 4 pages to scan, 8 x 10 in.

Object Name: Agreement

Language: English

Parent Object ID: JBFP Part 1 Series 2

Object ID: JBFP 1.2.4.001

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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Credit: Courtesy of LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.

Accession Number: JBMS1995.291

Other Number: JBFP Part 1, Series 2, Subseries 4, Folder 1

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.

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Collection: James Buchanan Family Papers, Part 1 James Buchanan

Title: Copy of the agreement between Elliott T. Lane and James Buchanan possessed by Harriet Lane Johnston

Object ID: JBFP 1.2.4.002

Date Range: 1839/01/01

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Collection: James Buchanan Family Papers, Part 1 James Buchanan

Title: Copy of the agreement between Elliott T. Lane and James Buchanan possessed by Harriet Lane Johnston

Description: Copy of the agreement between Elliott T. Lane and James Buchanan possessed by Harriet Lane Johnston. On reverse :“Article of agreement between Elliott T. Lane and James Buchanan concerning my Mother’s Estate, Decr 31, 1838.” At end of document: “a copy.” And a summary of her mother’s estate not included in the original. Franklin County, PA.

Date Range: 1839/01/01

Creator: Buchanan, James, 1791-1868

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives South

Storage Container: JBFP Part 1, Box 5

People: Buchanan, James; Johnston, Harriet Lane; Lane, Elliott Toll; Lane, Jane Buchanan

Other Creators: Johnston, Harriet Lane, 1830-1903

Subjects: Legal documents; Probate records

Search Terms: Articles of agreement; Legal documents; Probate records; Buchanan Collections; James Buchanan; Harriet Lane Johnston; James Buchanan Presidential Library

Extent: 1 item, 4 pages to scan, 8 x 10 in.

Object Name: Agreement

Language: English

Parent Object ID: JBFP Part 1 Series 2

Object ID: JBFP 1.2.4.002

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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Credit: Courtesy of LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.

Accession Number: JBMS1995.267

Other Number: JBFP Part 1, Series 2, Subseries 4, Folder 2

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.

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Collection: Gibbons Diaries, Family Papers, and Mill Records

Title: Agreement from Daniel Gibbons and others

Object ID: MG0846_F016

Date Range: 1831/07

; 5 volumes of business records Repository: LancasterHistory (Organization); PV7 Shelving Location: Archives North, Side 28 Scope and Content Note: The Gibbons Diaries, Family Papers, and Mill Records contain letters, family papers, deeds, diaries, and business records from three generations of the

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Collection: Gibbons Diaries, Family Papers, and Mill Records

Title: Agreement from Daniel Gibbons and others

Description: Agreement by Daniel Gibbons and six others to pay the sums posted beside their names for the purpose of erecting the Friends meeting house on 9th Street near Spruce Street in Philadelphia.

Admin/Biographical History: Some of the names of the signers in the document are hard to read.

Date Range: 1831/07

Creation Date: July 1831

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives South

Storage Wall: Side 19

People: Gibbons, Daniel; Conard, Abraham; Conard, Isaac; Peart, Thomas

Subjects: Business records; Contracts; Quaker church buildings; Quakers; Society of Friends

Search Terms: Agreements; Business records; Financial records; Hicksite Friends' Meeting House; Meetinghouses; Quakers; Society of Friends

Extent: 1 item, 2 pages to scan

Object Name: Agreement

Language: English

Object ID: MG0846_F016

Location of Originals: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania

Notes: Preferred Citation: Title or description of item, date (day, month, year), Gibbons Diaries, Family Papers, and Mill Records (MG0846), Object ID, LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania. URL. Date accessed (day, month, year).

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Credit: Courtesy of LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.

Accession Number: 2021.008

Other Numbers: MG-846

Other Number: MG-846, Folder 16

Classification: MG0846

Description Level: Item

Custodial History: Cataloged by MB, 8 July 2021. Added to database 28 July 2021.

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Airplanes, automobiles and commercial photography : the Darmstaetter collection, 1905-1941

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Author: Lowing, Robert.

Date of Publication: 1991

economic stability. Unemployment and economic recession have more severe effects on communities based on one major industry. He points with pride to his family for introducing the first gift shop in Lancaster, the first to introduce greeting cards, home freezing equipment and radio receivers. They held the

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Responsibility: by Robert Lowing.

Author: Lowing, Robert.

Place of Publication: Lancaster, Pa

Publisher: Lancaster County Historical Society,

Date of Publication: 1991

Physical Description: [30]-45 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

Series: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v.93, no. 2

Subjects: Darmstaetter Family.; Commercial photography - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.; Advertising - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County

Contained In: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 93, number 2 (1991), p. 30-45Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.93

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An Amish wedding : three virtues--faith, hope and charity--exemplified by solemn ceremony

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Date of Publication: 1935

. INVITATIONS NEVER REFUSED No one refuses an invitation to an Amish wedding; and nobody who at- tends ever forgets one, for the event is a revelation. One finds on such occasions an expression of genuine friendship for others, and a spirit of good- will among themselves, that is unexcelled elsewhere. One goes

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Place of Publication: Lancaster, Pa

Publisher: Lancaster County Historical Society,

Date of Publication: 1935

Physical Description: [62]-65 p. ; 23 cm.

Series: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 39, no. 3

Subjects: Amish - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County; Weddings.; Marriage service.; Lancaster County (Pa.) - Social life and customs.

Contained In: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 39, number 3 (1935), p. 62-65Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.39

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An Astor in Lancaster County

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Author: Haldeman, Horace L.

Date of Publication: 1914

AN ASTOR IN LANCASTER COUNTY, Many years since a German family, consisting of a man by the name of Fessler, his wife, and two children, named Jacob and Susan, drifted into Bainbridge, where they located, but no one knew from whence they came. They located in a small stone house, which was standing

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Responsibility: by Horace L. Haldeman.

Author: Haldeman, Horace L.

Place of Publication: Lancaster, Pa

Publisher: Lancaster County Historical Society,

Date of Publication: 1914

Physical Description: 5-8 p. ; 23 cm.

Series: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 18, no. 1

Subjects: Fessler family.; Astor, John Jacob, - 1763-1848.; Sherer, Yorick.; Bainbridge (Pa.) - History.

Contained In: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 18, number 1 (1914), p. 5-8Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.18

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