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[A memoir]

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Author
Van Nest, Magaretta.
Date of Publication
1990?
Call Number
929 V266
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Author
Van Nest, Magaretta.
Place of Publication
Carbon typescript
Date of Publication
1990?
Physical Description
14, [11] leaves ; 28 cm.
Notes
"Levi Henry Crouse and Mary Louise Worrest were married marh 7, 1843 at the ages 26 and 18 years in Paradise, Lancaster co [sic] Pa. by Rev., Edward y. Buchanan of the Epsicopal church [sic], a brother of the President James Buchanan. Our parents named their first born -- a boy for that minister, Edward Buchanan."
"Aunt Kate was a teacher for some time at Millersville, Pennsylvania Normal School. The school published a magazine entitles [sic] 'The Page Monthly.' Her intimate frind on the faculty was Rose Budd, who wrote an article for the magazine entitled 'Let me die in Autumn.' It was Clara's last school days that she choose [sic] that poem for her recitation. Her wich was granted when she passed away Sept. 1, 1860."
Subjects
Crouse family.
Agriculture - Pennsylvania - Chester County
Agriculture - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County
Genealogy - Pennsylvania - Chester County.
Genealogy - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
Chester County (Pa.) - History.
Lancaster County (Pa.) - History.
Chester County (Pa.) - Personal recollections.
Lancaster (Pa.) - Personal recollections.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
929 V266
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Annals of the Conestoga Valley in Lancaster, Berks, and Chester Counties, Pennsylvania / compiled and published by C.Z. Mast and Robert E. Simpson

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Date of Publication
1942.
Call Number
974.815 CAER M423
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Place of Publication
Elverson, Pa. ; Churchtown, Pa
Publisher
The Authors,
Date of Publication
1942.
Physical Description
xviii, 689 p. : ill., map ; 23 cm.
Notes
Separate index volume compiled by J. Lemar and Lois Ann Mast in 1981.
Subjects
Lancaster County (Pa.) - History.
Berks County (Pa.) - History.
Chester County (Pa.) - History.
Conestoga Valley (Pa.) - History.
Additional Author
Mast, C. Z.
Simpson, Robert Emmett,
Location
Lancaster History Library - Rare Books
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
974.815 CAER M423
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The best poor man's country; a geographical study of early southeastern Pennsylvania

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Author
Lemon, James T.
Date of Publication
[1972]
Call Number
974.800912 L556
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Responsibility
[by] James T. Lemon.
ISBN
0801811899
Author
Lemon, James T.
Place of Publication
Baltimore
Publisher
Johns Hopkins Press
Date of Publication
[1972]
Physical Description
xviii, 295 p. maps. 24 cm.
Notes
Includes bibliographical references.
Subjects
Land use - Pennsylvania.
Lancaster County (Pa.) - History.
Chester County (Pa.) - History.
Dauphin County (Pa.) - History.
Pennsylvania - Social conditions.
Pennsylvania - Economic conditions.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
974.800912 L556
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Bulletins of the Chester County Historical Society

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Corporate Author
Chester County Historical Society (Pa.)
Call Number
974.813 C525
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Corporate Author
Chester County Historical Society (Pa.)
Place of Publication
[West Chester? Pa
Publisher
The Society]
Physical Description
v. ill. 24 cm.
Dates of Publication
1898-
Notes
Most of the papers composing the "Bulletins" are reprints from the "Daily local news," those of the vol. for 1898 each having separate pagination.
Proceedings of the meetings in each vol.
Library has bulletins from 1898, 1902-3, 1908, 1912 (vol. 1) 1914, 1929 (vol. 2), 1922, 1914, 1913 (vol. 3)
Bound with bulletins in volume 1: Charter and by-laws of the Chester County Historical Society, with list of officers, 1893; Charter and by-laws of the Chester County Historical Society, with list of officers for 1895.
Bound with bulletins in volume 2: Thirteenth annual banquet, Chester County Historical Society, 1917; information about the Battle of Brandywine and George Washington.
Bound with bulletins in volume 3: Historical notes appropriate to the visit of the U.S. Scout Cruiser Chester to the City of Chester, Penna ... 1909.
Subjects
Chester County Historical Society (Pa.)
Chester County (Pa.) - History.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
974.813 C525
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Charles Mason and Jeremiah Dixon

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Author
Cope, Thomas D.
Date of Publication
1946.
Call Number
974.802 C782
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Responsibility
by Thomas D. Cope.
Author
Cope, Thomas D.
Place of Publication
[S.l
Publisher
s.n.],
Date of Publication
1946.
Physical Description
p. 541-554 ; 25 cm.
Notes
"Reprinted from The Scientific monthly, June 1946, Vol. LXII, pages 541-554."
Summary
This is a brief journal article provides some history of the work of Mason and Dixon, and their selection to calculate and establish the boundary between Pennsylvania and Maryland. The project had been attempted previously by others without success.
Subjects
Mason, Charles, - 1728-1786.
Dixon, Jeremiah, - 1733-1779.
Mason-Dixon Line.
Chester County (Pa.) - History.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
974.802 C782
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Chester County landmarks : including landmarks at Brandywine and Valley Forge

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Edition
1st ed.
Date of Publication
1956.
Call Number
974.813 M159
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Responsibility
pen-and-ink drawings by Henry T. MacNeill.
Edition
1st ed.
Place of Publication
Whitford, Pa
Publisher
Stephen Moylan Press,
Date of Publication
1956.
Physical Description
vi, 37 p. : ill., map ; 23 cm.
Notes
"First printing for the Chester County Day Committee."
Subjects
Chester County (Pa.) - History.
Chester County (Pa.) - History - Revolution, 1775-1783.
Valley Forge (Pa.) - History.
Additional Author
MacNeill, Henry T.
Additional Corporate Author
Chester County (Pa.). Historical Society.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
974.813 M159
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Chester County place names

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Author
Pinkowski, Edward,
Edition
Rev. and enl.
Date of Publication
1962.
Call Number
974.813 P655
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Author
Pinkowski, Edward,
Edition
Rev. and enl.
Place of Publication
Philadelphia
Publisher
Sunshine Press,
Date of Publication
1962.
Physical Description
288 p. 20 cm.
Notes
Includes bibliography.
Subjects
Names, Geographical - Pennsylvania - Chester County.
Chester County (Pa.) - History.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
974.813 P655
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Extracts from the early court records of Chester County, Pa

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Author
Wilson, H.
Date of Publication
1931
, being west of the Octorara, was in Lancaster county. The following petition concerning the abuse of a servant was copied from the quarter sessions docket, 1723-1733, p. 33, in the office of the clerk of the court at West Chester, Pa., and is as follows: "At a court of Private Sessions held at the House
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Responsibility
by H. Wilson.
Author
Wilson, H.
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Lancaster County Historical Society,
Date of Publication
1931
Physical Description
247-252 p. ; 23 cm.
Series
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 35, no. 10
Subjects
Court records - Pennsylvania - Chester County.
Chester County (Pa.) - History.
Lancaster County (Pa.) - History - 18th century.
Contained In
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 35, number 10 (1931), p. 247-252Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.35
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Forty years of days

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Author
Ball, Berenice M.,
Date of Publication
c1980.
Call Number
974.813 B187
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Responsibility
Berenice M. Ball.
Author
Ball, Berenice M.,
Place of Publication
West Chester [Pa.]
Publisher
Chester County Day Committee of the Women's Auxiliary, Chester County Hospital,
Date of Publication
c1980.
Physical Description
xii, 182 p., [12] p. of plates : ill. (some col.) ; 27 cm.
Notes
Includes index.
LCHS copy is number 966 of a limited ed. of 4000 copies. Signed by the author.
Bibliography: p. 178-179.
Subjects
Chester County (Pa.) - History.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
974.813 B187
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A full description of the great tornado of Chester County, Pennsylvania

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Author
Halter, J.J.
Call Number
905.748 OAHS v.3
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Responsibility
by J.J. Halter.
Author
Halter, J.J.
Notes
In: Octorara Area Historical Society, v.3, no. 10.
Subjects
Tornadoes - Pennsylvania - Chester County
Chester County (Pa.) - History.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Periodical Article
Call Number
905.748 OAHS v.3
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