Essays, read before the Lancaster County teachers' institute, held in Fulton Hall, Lancaster City, January 26th, to January 31st, 1857, inclusive. Together with the names of the members of the institute
With an introduction, embracing the aggregate tables for the United States compared with every previous census since 1790--schedules and laws of Congress relating to the census in the same period--ratio tables of increase and decrease of cities and states, etc. by sex and ages, and color--Table of population of every county, town, townshp, etc., in the United States, alphabetically arranged--together with some explanatory remarks.
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1.Population by counties, classification of ages and color, aggregates--2.Population by subdivision of counties--3.Nativities of the population--4.Births, marriages, deaths, dwellings, and families--5.Progress of the population--6.Deaf and dumb, blind, insane and idiotic--7.Colleges, academies, schools, etc.--8.Attending school during year, as returned by families--9.Adults in the state who cannot read and write--10.Professions, occupations, and trades of the male population--11.Agriculture, farms and implements, stock products, home manufactures, etc.--12.Newspapers and periodicals--13.Libraries other than private--14.Churches, church property, etc.
Physical education: the only solid foundation of moral and intellectual culture and development: an address delivered before the Linnaean Association of Pennsylvania College, Gettysburg, Pa., at the annual commencement, Sept. 19th, 1851
The book of common prayer, and administration of the sacraments, and other rites and ceremonies of the Church, according to the use of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States of America : together with the Psalter, or Psalms of David
From the James Buchana Collection. Bound in vellum with monogram hLJ on cover [Harriet Lane Johnston]. ROMA on cover, cover color in blue and gold. B 04.3.1. Red silk moire on inside front and back covers.
Selections from the Psalms of David in metre and Hymns each have special title page with imprint: Printed by G.E. Eyre and W. Spottiswoode.
A history of Maryland; from its settlement in 1634 to the year 1848, with an account of its first discovery, and the various explorations of the Chesapeake Bay, anterior to its settlement; to which is added, a copious appendix, containing the names of the officers of the old Maryland line: the lords proprietary of the province, and the governors of Maryland, from its settlement to the present time ... For the use of schools
The first three volumes of the Colonial records are from the first edition. Their pagination does not correspond to the references from Dunn's "Index to the Colonial Records". Dunn's index refers to the second edition. Patrons can find the second editions of volumes 1-3 online at https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/010447960. A link to this webpage is near the bottom of this library record. Look for the field "Electronic Location".
Collection of documents, supplemented by the companion series "Pennsylvania archives". (See preliminary reports of the committees, and of the editors, S. Hazard, and the Act providing for the publication, 1837, in Pennsylvania archives, v. 1, p. 1-23, especially p. 7 and 17-23, where the present collection is officially designated as the "Colonial records", a title not used in printing, the volumes having special titles only, as given in "Contents" below).
Errors in paging: nos. 158-167, 499 ommitted, v. 3; nos. 209-224 repeated, v. 16; numerous other errors.
V. 12, minutes of the Supreme executive council from May 21, 1779-July 12, 1781; v. 13, July 13, 1781-Dec. 31, 1783; v. 14, Jan. 1, 1784-Apr. 3, 1786; v. 15, July 4, 1786-Feb. 6, 1789; v. 16, Feb. 7, 1789-Dec. 20, 1790.
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v. 1-10. Minutes of the Provincial council of Pennsylvania, from the organization to the termination of the proprietary government: v. 1, Mar. 10, 1683-Nov. 27, 1700; v. 2, Dec. 18, 1700-May 16, 1717; v. 3, May 31, 1717-Jan. 23, 1735-6: v. 4, Feb. 7, 1735-6-Oct. 15, 1745: v. 5, Dec. 17, 1745-Mar. 20, 1754: v. 6, Apr. 2, 1754-Jan. 29, 1756: v. 7, Jan. 29, 1756-Jan. 11, 1758: v. 8,Jan. 13, 1758-Oct. 4, 1762; v. 9, Oct. 15, 1762-Oct. 17, 1771; v. 10, Oct. 18, 1771-Sept. 27, 1775, with minutes of the Council of safety from June 30, 1775, to Nov. 12, 1776.--v. 11-16. Minutes of the Supreme executive council of Pennsylvania, from its organization to the termination of the revolution: v. 11, Proceedings of Council of safety, Nov. 13, 1776-Mar. 17 [i.e. 13] 1777, Oct. 17-Dec. 4, 1777; memorandum from Dec. 31, 1776-Mar. 17, 1777; minutes of the Supreme executive council Mar. 4, 1777-May 20, 1779.
Historical sketches of the formation and founders of the Philadelphia Hose Company ... Taken from addresses delivered before the Company. Together with the proceedings of the fiftieth anniversary celebration
Symbolæography, which may be termed the art, description or image of instruments, extra-iudiciall, as, couenants, contracts, obligations, conditions, feffements, graunts, wills, &c. : Or the paterne of præsidents. Or the notarie or scriuener
History of the Cedar Grove Presbyterian Church and congregation, of East Earl township, Lancaster county: a colony from the church of Pequea. Read before the congregation on the day their church edifice, as remodelled, was dedicated to the worship of God, August 31, 1853
Known as a box or lap coffee mill. The iron handle has a wood knob; when turned the handle activates a round burred grinder inside the metal hopper. The ground roasted beans collect in the small wood drawer at the base.
Rolling pin with impressed designs of flowers, birds, fish. Known as a Springley rolling pin, it was similar to the individual Springley molds used to impress designs of fruit, animals, or flowers on German gingerbread and fancy Christmas cakes. The patterns on the rolling pins saved time and trouble, as the patterns could be quickly rolled into the dough.
American Empire style stool has an upholstered adjustable seat finished with green silk velvet. The serpentine apron and urn shaped pedestal surmounts a plinth base with four square legs each terminating on casters. The primary wood, pine, is veneered in walnut.
American Empire walnut sofa, upholstered in brown leather; the back is button-tufted. The sofa has an oblong body and exposed frame. Top rail of back is straight with a slight backward roll with downward sloped ends. The lyre curved end/arms are upholstered and faced with balancing swan-neck uprights that are carved with foliate motif scrolls. The deep skirt is straight with a center carved foliate motif and scroll work. The sofa is supported by four legs that feature foliage-carved knees terminating with upward turned scrolls on wood casters.
Crest of top rail, finger-molded in scalloped shaped. Horizontal splat curved upward, terminating in scroll on each end, thicker at middle. Seat is shield shape, serpentine front. Legs plain cabriole, back legs square and canted. 36.14.3 differs from 36.
Re-upholstered -date unknown Two had been green velvet and one blue velvet Originally [when owned by Buchanan] chairs were covered in green morocco leather.
