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Collection
Christiana Resistance Collection
Title
Special announcement
Object ID
Christiana S01 F12
Date Range
1911
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Collection
Christiana Resistance Collection
Title
Special announcement
Description
Special announcement from the Papers of the Lancaster County Historical Society for the "Commemoration of the 'Christiana
Riot' and the 'Treason Trials' of 1851." 4 August 1911.
Admin/Biographical History
The Christiana Resistance, commonly referred to as the "Christiana Riot" occurred in September of 1851 in Christiana, Pennsylvania, a borough in Lancaster County. The events known as the Christiana Resistance include an attack from slaveholders in Maryland on the inhabitants and home of William Parker a free black man living in Christiana, Pennsylvania. The slaveholders crossed the state border, and attempted claim and return the freedom seekers as their property, under the Fugitive Slave Act of 1850.
The violent confrontation resulted in the death of Edward Gorsuch, a slaveholder, and the escape of William Parker to freedom in Canada. Edward's son, Dickinson Gorsuch, was wounded and taken to the farm of Levi Pownall, where the Pownall family nursed him back to health. Historically, this event challenged the Fugitive Slave Act of 1850 and is considered a precursor to the Civil War.
System of Arrangement
Series 1 Manuscript and Printed Material, 1803-1955
Series 2 Photographs, 1895-1971 and No date
Date Range
1911
Creation Date
1911
Creator
LancasterHistory (Organization)
Storage Location
Moores Memorial Library, Christiana, PA
Subjects
Riots--Pennsylvania--Christiana
Lancaster County Historical Society (Pa.)
Lancaster (Pa.)
Search Terms
Christiana Resistance
Announcements
Lancaster County Historical Society
Extent
1 item
Physical Characteristics
The digital images of the manuscript and printed material are 300 dpi JPGs; the photographs are 600 dpi JPGs.
Object Name
Announcement
Container
Moores Memorial Library Series 01 Folder 12 Special announcement Special announcement from the Papers of the Lancaster County Historical Society for the "Commemoration of the 'Christiana Riot' and the 'Treason Trials' of 1851." 4 August 1911.
4 August 1911
Language
English
Object ID
Christiana S01 F12
Location of Originals
Moores Memorial Library
9 West Slokom Avenue
Christiana, PA 17509
chrlib@christianalibrary.org
610-593-6683 or 610-593-6687
Related Item Notes
Christiana Resistance Collection (CHRISTIANA RESISTANCE) https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/1287a022-e430-4f3f-bc97-330571018105
Access Conditions / Restrictions
The attached images have been provided for research. The original items are restricted for preservation purposes.
Copyright
The attached images may be used for research purposes only.
Please contact Moores Memorial Library for a high resolution image and permission to publish:
Moores Memorial Library
9 West Slokom Avenue
Christiana, PA 17509
chrlib@christianalibrary.org
610-593-6683 or 610-593-6687
Credit
Christiana Resistance Collection, Series 1, Folder 12, Moores Memorial Library
Classification
CHRISTIANA RESISTANCE
Christiana S01 F12
Description Level
Folder
Custodial History
Moores Memorial Library (Christiana, Pa.) owns some of the most significant manuscript material relating to the Christiana Resistance. The staff of Moores Memorial Library, part of the Library System of Lancaster County, and the Lancaster County Historical Society worked together to arrange and preserve the collection and create a finding aid to make the materials accessible to the public.
The collection contains correspondence to and from the Pownall family regarding the incident, notes regarding kidnappings in the area from 1850-1851, photocopied pages of Dickinson Gorsuch's diary, and published accounts. An 1896 photograph shows Peter Woods and Samuel Hopkins, survivors of the riot. There are also photographs of the Christiana Riot House, the Pownall farm, and key figures in the riot and at the Treason Trials of 1851.
The staff of Moores Memorial Library, part of the Library System of Lancaster County, and the Lancaster County Historical Society worked together to arrange and preserve the collection and create a finding aid to make the materials accessible to the public. Funds for this project were provided by the Library Services and Technology Act (LSTA) in 2001.
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Charter, constitution and by-laws of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; with officers, list of members and exchanges

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Corporate Author
Lancaster County Historical Society (Pa.)
Date of Publication
1906.
Call Number
974.815 LACO L245ch 1906
Corporate Author
Lancaster County Historical Society (Pa.)
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
The Society,
Date of Publication
1906.
Physical Description
24 pages ; 15 cm
Subjects
Lancaster County Historical Society (Pa.)
History
Location
Lancaster History Library - Lancaster County
Call Number
974.815 LACO L245ch 1906
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Charter of the Lancaster County Historical Society

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo1663
Date of Publication
1905/1906
Call Number
974.9 L245 v.10
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Lancaster County Historical Society,
Date of Publication
1905/1906
Physical Description
225-234 p. ; 23 cm.
Series
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 10, no. 6
Subjects
Lancaster County Historical Society (Pa.)
Location
Lancaster History Library - Journal
Call Number
974.9 L245 v.10
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Conoy Indian town site marked

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo2691
Author
Worner, William Frederic.
Date of Publication
1933
. It consisted of a detailed history of the Conoy or Ganowese Indians, and of Peter Bezaillion, the Indian trader. He also described and defined "Old Peter's Road," over which Bezaillion traveled from his trading post in Chester county. This road led west from Compassville, a small village near the
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Responsibility
by William Frederic Worner.
Author
Worner, William Frederic.
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Lancaster County Historical Society,
Date of Publication
1933
Physical Description
[106]-112 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Series
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 37, no. 4
Subjects
Bezaillion, Peter, - 1662-1742.
Lancaster County Historical Society (Pa.)
Conoy Indian Town (Lancaster County, Pa.)
Peters Road (Lancaster, Pa.)
Historical markers - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
Contained In
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 37, number 4 (1933), p. 106-112Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.37
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Continental stables in Lancaster

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Author
Byrne, Jacob Hill.
Date of Publication
1932
[ Gover,vise.rre_Zlzr-i-7.-Ti%id vz.. /776.1 .Lancaster,Pa..- �These barracks, which were on the site now occupied by the First Metho- dist Episcopal church, were originally built of brick. The Rev. Manasseh Cut- ler visited Lancaster on Friday, September 26, 1788, and in a very fine descrip- tion of the
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Responsibility
by Jacob Hill Byrne, Esq.
Author
Byrne, Jacob Hill.
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Lancaster County Historical Society,
Date of Publication
1932
Physical Description
[177]-186 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Series
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 36, no. 7
Subjects
Lancaster County Historical Society (Pa.)
Historical markers - Pennsylvania - Lancaster.
Historic buildings - Pennsylvania - Lancaster.
Lancaster (Pa.) - History.
Contained In
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 36, number 7 (1932), p. 177-186Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.36
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Continental stables marked by a bronze tablet

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Author
Worner, William Frederic.
Date of Publication
1932
the James H. Matthews Company, of Pittsburgh, Pa., was erected on that part of the venerable building now owned and occupied by The Lan- caster County Historical Society. The exercises incident to the unveiling of the tablet, were in charge of Prof. Herbert H. Beck, president of The Lancaster County
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Responsibility
by William Frederic Worner.
Author
Worner, William Frederic.
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Lancaster County Historical Society,
Date of Publication
1932
Physical Description
187 p. ; 23 cm.
Series
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 36. no. 7
Subjects
Lancaster County Historical Society (Pa.)
Historical markers - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
Historic buildings - Pennsylvania - Lancaster.
Contained In
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 36, number 7 (1932), p. 187Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v36, no7
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Count Nicholaus Ludwig von Zinzendorf : an account of the exercise incident to the unveiling of the tablet in his memory

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo3697
Author
Heisey, M. Luther,
Date of Publication
1936
persecuted Hussites at his Barony of Lititz. The suggestion to honor Zinzendorf and mark this old house came to The Lancaster County Historical Society from one of its members, Samuel H. Ranck, noted librarian of Grand Rapids, Michigan. Doubtless the historical facts and importance of the place were brought
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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
1936
Physical Description
[73]-78 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Series
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 40, no. 5
Subjects
Zinzendorf, Nicolaus Ludwig, - Graf von, - 1700-1760.
Lancaster County Historical Society (Pa.)
Moravian Church - History.
Historical markers - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
Lititz (Pa.) - History.
Contained In
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 40, number 5 (1936), p. 73-78Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.40
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Author
Diffenderffer, Frank Ried,
Date of Publication
1905/1906
Call Number
974.9 L245 v.10
Responsibility
by F. R. Diffenderffer.
Author
Diffenderffer, Frank Ried,
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Lancaster County Historical Society,
Date of Publication
1905/1906
Physical Description
317-320 p. ; 23 cm.
Series
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 10, no. 8
Subjects
Lancaster County Historical Society (Pa.)
Historical Society of Berks County.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Journal
Call Number
974.9 L245 v.10
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Dedication of the memorial to Henry William Stiegel

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Author
Barnes, Horace Richards.
Date of Publication
1934
flavors of history have an affec- tionate regard for anyone who would give away a plot of ground for one red rose. "This Memorial tablet is the twenty-second which The Lancaster County Historical Society has placed in Lancaster county. This is the only one erected for a man whose name is distinctive of
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Responsibility
by Professor Horace R. Barnes.
Author
Barnes, Horace Richards.
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Lancaster County Historical Society,
Date of Publication
1934
Physical Description
[55]-60 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Series
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 38, no. 2
Subjects
Stiegel, Henry William, - 1729-1785.
Lancaster County Historical Society (Pa.)
Zion Evangelical Lutheran Church (Manheim, Pa.)
Historical markers - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
Manheim (Pa.) - History.
Contained In
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 38, number 2 (1934), p. 55-60Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.38
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Franklin and Marshall College : its sesquicentennial

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo4168
Author
Heisey, M. Luther,
Date of Publication
1937
Call Number
974.9 L245 v.41
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
[101]-102 p. ; 23 cm.
Series
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 41, no. 4
Subjects
Franklin and Marshall College - Centennial celebrations, etc.
Lancaster County Historical Society (Pa.)
Historical markers - Pennsylvania - Lancaster.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Journal
Call Number
974.9 L245 v.41
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