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Historic heart of Lancaster

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo648
Author
Lestz, Gerald
Date of Publication
[c1962]
Call Number
974.815 LACI L642
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Author
Lestz, Gerald
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
John Baer
Date of Publication
[c1962]
Physical Description
56 p. illus.
Summary
" A do-it-yourself guide for a walking tour of the central section of Lancaster,Pennsylvania , America's oldest inland city and county seat of the Garden Spot of The World " [from the title page]
Subjects
Lancaster (Pa.) - History.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
974.815 LACI L642
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Letters sent by the Commissioner of the Revenue and the Revenue Office, 1792-1807

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo22244
Corporate Author
United States. Revenue Office.
Date of Publication
1962.
Call Number
Drawer 5, section 5
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Corporate Author
United States. Revenue Office.
Place of Publication
Washington
Publisher
National Archives and Records Service,
Date of Publication
1962.
Physical Description
3 microfilm reels ; 35 mm.
Series
National Archives microfilm publications ; microcopy no. 414
Notes
Records of the Internal Revenue Service. Record Group 58.
Listed in "Microfilm resources for research," 2000 as: M414.
Contents
Reel 1. May 11, 1792-Dec. 19, 1795--reel 2. Dec. 19, 1795-Apr. 1800--reel 3. 1802-Dec. 8, 1807.
Subjects
United States. - Revenue Office - Records and correspondence - Sources.
United States. - Bureau of Internal Revenue - Records and correspondence - Sources.
United States. - Bureau of Internal Revenue.
United States. - Revenue Office.
Sources.
Additional Corporate Author
United States. National Archives and Records Service.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Microfilm
Call Number
Drawer 5, section 5
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German problem of Colonial Pennsylvania

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo11982
Author
Rothermund, Dietmar
Date of Publication
1960.
Call Number
905.748 HSP v.84
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Responsibility
by Dietmar Rothermund.
Author
Rothermund, Dietmar
Place of Publication
Philadelphia, Pa
Publisher
Historical Society of Pennsylvania,
Date of Publication
1960.
Physical Description
pp. 3-21 ; 23 cm.
Notes
In: Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography, vol. 84 (1960)
Correspondence to James Burd in Lancaster (1764), p.18.
This record provides a link to this resuorce on the publisher's official online repository.
Subjects
Rothermund, Dietmar.
Burd, James, - 1726-1793.
German Americans
Pennsylvania - History - Colonial period, ca1600-1775.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Periodical Article
Call Number
905.748 HSP v.84
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The Fair Play settlers of the West Branch Valley, 1769-1784: a study of frontier ethnography

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo3083
Author
Wolf, George D.,
Date of Publication
1969.
Call Number
974.80069 W853
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Responsibility
by George D. Wolf.
Author
Wolf, George D.,
Place of Publication
Harrisburg
Publisher
Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission,
Date of Publication
1969.
Physical Description
x, 122 p. map. 24 cm.
Notes
Bibliography: p. 113-118.
Contents
Chapters: Fair Play Territory: Geography and Topography --- The Fair Play Settlers: Demographic Factors --- The Politics of Fair Play --- The Farmers' Frontier --- Fair Play Society --- Leadership and the Problems of the Frontier --- Democracy on the Pennsylvania Frontier --- Frontier Ethnography and the Turner Thesis
Summary
The book discusses a self-governing community established in an area that was between today's Williamsport and Lock Haven, settled primarily by Scotch-Irish immigrants who had felt unwelcome in the Province of Pennsylvania.
Subjects
Frontier and pioneer life - Pennsylvania.
Lycoming County (Pa.) - History.
Additional Corporate Author
Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
974.80069 W853
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Penn's great town; 250 years of Philadelphia architecture illustrated in prints and drawings

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo7547
Author
Tatum, George B.
Date of Publication
[1961]
Call Number
720 T216 Oversize
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Responsibility
Foreword by Theo. B. White. [Sponsors]: The Philadelphia Art Alliance and the College of Fellows of the American Institute of Architects.
Author
Tatum, George B.
Place of Publication
Philadelphia
Publisher
University of Pennsylvania Press
Date of Publication
[1961]
Physical Description
352 p. plates, map. 32 cm.
Notes
Bibliography: p. 337-340.
Subjects
Architecture - Pennsylvania - Philadelphia
Philadelphia (Pa.) - Historic houses, etc.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
720 T216 Oversize
Websites
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