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Amish enterprise : from plows to profits

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo18939
Author
Kraybill, Donald B.
Date of Publication
©1995.
Call Number
305.687 K91a
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Responsibility
Donald B. Kraybill, Steven M. Nolt.
ISBN
0801850622
9780801850622
0801850630
9780801850639
Author
Kraybill, Donald B.
Place of Publication
Baltimore
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press,
Date of Publication
©1995.
Physical Description
xiv, 300 pages : illustrations, map ; 24 cm
Notes
Autographed by the author.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 265-292) and index.
Subjects
Economics
Amish - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County
Amish.
Lancaster County (Pa.) - Church history - 20th century.
Lancaster County (Pa.) - Economic conditions.
Economics - Related to - Religion
Mennonites
Pennsylvania
Additional Author
Nolt, Steven M.,
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
305.687 K91a
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Annotations to Strassburger and Hinke's Pennsylvania German Pioneers

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo12283
Author
Krebs, Friedrich
Call Number
905.748 GSP v.21
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Author
Krebs, Friedrich
Physical Description
235-248 p.
Notes
In: Pennsylvania Genealogical Magazine, v.21 (1958-60).
Subjects
Pennsylvania Dutch.
Germans - Pennsylvania - Philadelphia.
Pennsylvania
Location
Lancaster History Library - Periodical Article
Call Number
905.748 GSP v.21
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Archive

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/b452c95b-f7e1-42f5-80a5-680938695286
Collection
C. G. Herr Collection
Title
C. G. Herr Collection
Object ID
MG0381
Date Range
1867-1875
business partners. His business was located at 45-47 N. Market Street for the majority of years, but he also had locations on N. Queen Street and N. Christian Street. C. G. Herr ordered from and shipped to tobacconists in Lancaster County, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, and New York. At the turn of the
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Collection
C. G. Herr Collection
Title
C. G. Herr Collection
Description
The C. G. Herr Collection contains correspondence to Christian G. Herr. Most of the letters are related to his tobacco business. Although cigar brands and tobacco cuts are mentioned, most of the correspondence is about payments, orders, and samples.
Admin/Biographical History
Christian G. Herr (1839-1902) was the son of Daniel Herr and Susan Margaretta Hornberger, and a descendant of Rev. Hans Herr.
A tobacconist in Lancaster, he began as a clerk in the 1850s and soon owned a store. By 1877, he had a tobacco warehouse in the city and was manufacturing cigars with his business partners. His business was located at 45-47 N. Market Street for the majority of years, but he also had locations on N. Queen Street and N. Christian Street. C. G. Herr ordered from and shipped to tobacconists in Lancaster County, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, and New York. At the turn of the twentieth century, he was a manager at Julius Vetterline & Co.
Christian married Emma Miller circa 1860. They had two sons: William M. (b. 1863) and Charles C. (b. 1868). The family resided at 224 W. Orange Street. Emma is listed in the 1880 census as having consumption. She passed away in 1881 and is buried in Woodward Hill Cemetery. Charles was involved in the tobacco business in 1900; William was a physician, married to Lizzie with one daughter.
Date Range
1867-1875
Year Range From
1867
Year Range To
1875
Date of Accumulation
1867-1875
Creator
Herr, Christian G., 1839-1902
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Storage Room
Archives South
Storage Wall
Side 09
People
Brosey, S. G.
Douglass, John
Eby, J.
Hahn, J. M.
Herr, Christian G.
Herr, Daniel Hornberger
Kintzing, T. C.
Lewis, William
Polen, D. P.
Smith, R. E.
Wolf, Jacob
Subjects
Business records
Cigar industry
Cigars
Letters
Tobacco
Tobacco industry
Search Terms
Adams Express Company
A. J. McConkey
Bagleys May Flower
Bucknor, McCammon and Company
Business records
Charles E. Spier and Company
Cigar industry
Cigars
Coatesville, Chester County, Pennsylvania
Commercial Hotel
Connecticut Cigars
Correspondence
Driftwood, Cameron County, Pennsylvania
Finding aids
Gibson House
Gutta Percha and Rubber Manufacturing Company
Hiss and Chandler
Holl, Kirkpatrick and Company
Holl, Kirkpatrick and Whiteman
Howe Sewing Machines
Lancaster
Letters
Lewis Bremer's Sons
Lobenstein and Gans
Lock Haven Boot and Shoe Manufacturing Company
Lock Haven, Clinton County, Pennsylvania
Manheim
Manuscript groups
New York, New York
Pennsylvania
Philadelphia and Reading Railroad Company
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Pretzfeld Brothers
Reading, Berks County, Pennsylvania
Robb and McConkey
Royal Arms
S. Michaelis and Company
Schlichter and Townsend
Stationery
Ten Eyck Segar Machine Company
Tobacco
Tobacco industry
Wilkens and Klier
Extent
1 box, 7 folders, .25 cubic ft.
Object Name
Archive
Language
English
Object ID
MG0381
Location of Originals
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania
Notes
Preferred Citation: Title or description of item, date (day, month, year), C. G. Herr Collection (MG0381), Box #, Folder #, LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.
Access Conditions / Restrictions
No restrictions. Please request at the Reference Desk or contact Research@LancasterHistory.org prior to visit.
Copyright
Collection may be photographed. Please direct questions to Research Center Staff at Research@LancasterHistory.org.
Permission for reproduction and/or publication must be obtained in writing from LancasterHistory. Persons wishing to publish any material from this site must assume all responsibility for identifying and satisfying any claimants of copyright or other use restrictions. Publication fees may apply.
Credit
Courtesy of LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.
Accession Number
2005.MG0381
Other Numbers
MG-381
Classification
MG0381
Description Level
Fonds
Custodial History
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Bending is not breaking : adaptation and persistence among 19th century Lancaster artisans

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo17575
Author
Winpenny, Thomas R.
Date of Publication
c1990.
Call Number
331.794 W776
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Responsibility
Thomas R. Winpenny.
ISBN
9780819178756 (cloth : alk. paper)
9780819178763 (paper : alk. paper)
Author
Winpenny, Thomas R.
Place of Publication
Lanham
Publisher
University Press of America,
Date of Publication
c1990.
Physical Description
xviii, 116 p. ; 23 cm.
Notes
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
Chapter: Thriving activity in a growing urban center, Lancaster's 18th century craft tradition ///The Lancaster artisan in 1819, the spectre of depression beyond the golden age /// Lancaster artisans in an industrializing society,1850 /// Changing work techniques as a key to persistence /// Cultural factors as a key to persistence /// The artisan in 1880 , adapting and surviving in a maturing industrial society
Summary
Examines how the industrial revolution affected the lives and work of artisans in Lancaster, Pennsylvania. The author seeks to correct the historical assumption that the rise of the factory system brought nothing but misery and hardship by showing how Lancaster weathered the challenge successfully.
Subjects
Artisans - Pennsylvania - Lancaster
Working classes - History
Pennsylvania
Location
Lancaster History Library - Lancaster County
Call Number
331.794 W776
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Bond, Legal

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/188874a3-7b90-44ec-a0f3-300920963352
Collection
Quarter Sessions
Title
Recognizance for Christopher Burkholder and Thomas Patterson
Object ID
AUG 1808 F030 QS
Date Range
1808/08
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Collection
Quarter Sessions
Title
Recognizance for Christopher Burkholder and Thomas Patterson
Date Range
1808/08
Year
1808
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Storage Room
Archives West
People
Burkholder, Christopher
Patterson, Thomas
Subcategory
Documentary Artifact
Search Terms
Charge: stealing
Quarter Sessions
Recognizance
Susquehanna River
York County, Pennsylvania
Place
York County, Pennsylvania
Object Name
Bond, Legal
Language
English
Condition
Fair
Object ID
AUG 1808 F030 QS
Additional Notes
Also: Thomas Patterson.
Recognizance, charged with stealing two platforms of boards on the Susquehanna River.
1 item, 1 piece
Access Conditions / Restrictions
Request at Reference Desk; photocopy made by staff member.
Classification
RG 02-00 0908
Description Level
Item
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Certificate

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/89577021-eed4-4e29-a1ed-458120388175
Collection
Quarter Sessions
Title
Quarter Sessions
Object ID
NOV 1836 F014 QS
Date Range
1836
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Collection
Quarter Sessions
Title
Quarter Sessions
System of Arrangement
Organized by Court of Quarter Sessions term.
Arranged by case number within each term.
Date Range
1836
Year
1836
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
People
Raush, Henry
Harper, Oliver B.
Subcategory
Documentary Artifact
Search Terms
Quarter Sessions
Certificates
Jailors
Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania
Object Name
Certificate
Language
English
Condition
Fair
Object ID
NOV 1836 F014 QS
Additional Notes
Certificate of Henry Raush, keeper of the jail at Schuylkill County, regarding Oliver B. Harper.
1 item, 1 piece
Access Conditions / Restrictions
Request at Reference Desk; photocopy made by staff member.
Classification
RG 02-00 0908
Description Level
Item
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The citizen-soldier reconsidered: Technology, the militia, and the Black Boys Uprising of 1765

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo22203
Author
Summers, Clark H.
Date of Publication
2018.
Call Number
973.26 S955
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Responsibility
by Clark H. Summers.
Author
Summers, Clark H.
Place of Publication
Ann Arbor, Mi
Publisher
ProQuest LLC ,
Date of Publication
2018.
Physical Description
273 pages : illus.; 23 centimers.
Notes
Humanities program.
Contains bibliographic references.
Summary
"The original research presented here focuses on the experience of the Pennsylvania militia formations established and evolving over the course of the French and Indian War, and during the subsequent years of Pontiacs War, from 1754 to 1765. In particular, the Black Boys Uprising of 1765 in the Conococheague Region of Pennsylvania serves as the index case, the first time American militiamen successfully defeated British regulars by employing adaptive hybrid tactics combined with accurate long-range rifle fires. This event demonstrates the means by which American militia might achieve tactical parity with British regulars." [Clark Summers in his review of the book, https://digitalcommons.salve.edu/dissertations/AAI10982011/]
Subjects
Pennsylvania
Kentucky rifle.
Black Boys Rebellion
United States
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
973.26 S955
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Controlling the opposition in Pennsylvania during the American Revolution

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo10647
Author
Ousterhout, Anne M.
Call Number
905.748 HSP v.105
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Author
Ousterhout, Anne M.
Physical Description
3-34 p.
Notes
Pennsylvania Magazine v.105 (1981).
Subjects
American Loyalists.
Pennsylvania
Confiscations - Pennsylvania
Location
Lancaster History Library - Periodical Article
Call Number
905.748 HSP v.105
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Damn the fates : A history of Independent Battery I, Pennsylvania Light Artillery, in the American Civil War

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo22230
Author
McSherry, Patrick.
Date of Publication
2018.
Call Number
973.744815 M175
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Responsibility
by Patrick McSherry.
Author
McSherry, Patrick.
Place of Publication
San Bernardino, Ca
Publisher
Publisher not identified ,
Date of Publication
2018.
Physical Description
291 pages :illus., portraits ; 23 cm.
Notes
Contains endnotes pages 230-293.
Summary
"As the confederates advance into Pennsylvania during the Gettysburg Campaign, a group of Franklin & Marshall College students follow Robert Nevin, their former professor of Greek, into the army, forming Lancaster County’s only Civil War artillery battery – Independent Battery I, Pennsylvania Light Artillery. Join the men of Independent Battery I as they await the enemy at the Susquehanna River, and at the threatened state capital of Harrisburg. Learn of the experiences in Philadelphia where they expect to quell draft riots, and follow them as they serve at Harpers Ferry in ‘ironclad’ railcars on the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad and build fortifications on Maryland Heights. March with the men as they are sent to the defenses of Washington DC. Join them as they experience Confederate General Jubal Early’s attack on the city, debate the issues of the 1864 elections, and witness Lincoln’s Second Inaugural Address, as well as the Grand Review.” [from the publisher]
Subjects
Pennsylvania Light Cavalry - Independent Batterhy I, 1861-1865.
Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania - History - Civil War, 1861-1865.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
973.744815 M175
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Documents

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/e4967ffd-3565-469a-95f5-621179912830
Collection
Quarter Sessions
Title
Quarter Sessions
Object ID
NOV 1871 F077 QS
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Collection
Quarter Sessions
Title
Quarter Sessions
System of Arrangement
Organized by Court of Quarter Sessions term.
Arranged by case number within each term.
Year
1871
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
People
Smoker, Lewis
Search Terms
Quarter Sessions
Charge: planning to obstruct a railroad
Pennsylvania Railroad
Railroads
Object Name
Documents
Language
English
Condition
Fair
Object ID
NOV 1871 F077 QS
Additional Notes
Planning obstruction on the Pennsylvania Railroad.
1 item, 1 piece
Access Conditions / Restrictions
Request at Reference Desk; photocopy made by staff member.
Case Number
81.000
Classification
RG 02-00 0908
Description Level
Item
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