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An act to incorporate the city of Lancaster with the several subsequent acts relating thereto; and the ordinances for the regulation of the said city, passed by the Select and Common Councils

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Corporate Author
Lancaster (Pa.).
Date of Publication
1834.
Call Number
090 L224mh 1834
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Responsibility
Arr. and published by Councils.
Corporate Author
Lancaster (Pa.).
Place of Publication
Lancaster
Publisher
Printed by Hugh Maxwell,
Date of Publication
1834.
Physical Description
1 v. (various pagings) 20 cm.
Notes
Library copy missing title page.
Subjects
Lancaster (Pa.). - H. Maxwell - (1834)
Ordinances, Municipal - Pennsylvania - Lancaster.
Lancaster (Pa.) - History.
Lancaster (Pa.) - Politics and government.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Rare Books
Call Number
090 L224mh 1834
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Archive

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Collection
Transportation Collection
Title
Transportation Collection
Object ID
MG0123
Date Range
1819-1977
: LancasterHistory will continue to add items to this collection. Preferred Citation: Title or description of item, date (day, month, year), Transportation Collection (MG0123), Folder #, LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania. �230 North President Avenue • Lancaster, Pennsylvania 17603-3125 717.392.4633
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Collection
Transportation Collection
Title
Transportation Collection
Description
The Transportation Collection contains documents regarding turnpikes, railroads, Conestoga Traction Co., Conestoga Transportation Co., and the Red Rose Transit Authority. The types of items include correspondence, financial papers, business papers, stock certificates, tickets, schedules, maps of routes, and a blueprint.
Date Range
1819-1977
Year Range From
1819
Year Range To
1977
Date of Accumulation
1819-1977
Creator
LancasterHistory (Organization)
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Storage Room
Archives South
Storage Wall
Side 04
People
Bitner, John R.
Boardman, Harris
Bowman, John Jacob
Boyer, Zaccur Prall
Cirt, Anna N.
Griest, William Walton
Hostetter, Albert Keller
Kemrer, Clarence M.
Knapp, Walter
Kreider, Kate
Kriebel, Howard Wiegner
McClellan, Oliver Eldridge
Royer, David
Shuman, James P.
Wohlsen, Anna
Wohlsen, Peter
Subjects
Letters
Minutes (Records)
Philadelphia & Reading Railroad Co.
Philadelphia and Lancaster Turnpike (Pa.)
Posters
Railroads
Rates and tolls
Reading & Columbia Railroad Company
Street-railroads
Trolley cars
Search Terms
Adamstown
Bittersville, Lower Windsor Twp., York County, Pennsylvania
Blueprints
Booklets
Brochures
Campbelltown, South Londonderry Twp., Lebanon County, Pennsylvania
Center Square Road Station
Chestnut Street
Christiana
Coatesville, Chester County, Pennsylvania
Columbia
Columbia, Ironville and Mount Joy Railroad
Conestoga Traction Company
Conestoga Transportation Company
Conewago Water and Power Company
Correspondence
Dallastown, York County, Pennsylvania
Drawings
Duke Street
East Belt line
East King Street
East Petersburg, East Hempfield Twp.
Elizabethtown
Engleside, Lancaster Twp.
Ephemera
Ephrata
Express Printing Company
Greeting cards
Hanover, York County, Pennsylvania
Hershey, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania
Ironville, West Hempfield Twp.
J. G. Brill Company
Kinport Road
Lancaster
Lancaster and York Furnace Street Railway
Lancaster and Columbia Division, Conestoga Transportation Company
Lancaster and Lititz Passenger Railroad Company
Lancaster, Elizabethtown, and Middletown Turnpike
Lebanon, Lebanon County, Pennsylvania
Letters
Lititz
Maple Grove
Maps
Marietta Avenue
North Market Street
Mechanicsburg, Upper Leacock Twp.
Mechanicsville, East Hempfield Twp.
Minutes
Mount Joy
Mulberry Street
National Railway Historical Society
Neffsville, Manheim Twp.
North End Photo Finishing House
North Lime Street
North Queen Street
Palmyra, Lebanon County, Pennsylvania
Parkesburg, Chester County, Pennsylvania
Penn Square
Pequea Twp.
Philadelphia and Lancaster Turnpike Company
Philadelphia and Reading Railroad Company
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Photographs
Placards
Substations
President Avenue
Princess Street
Prospect Street
Quarryville
Railroads
Rates and tolls
Reading and Columbia Railroad Company
Receipts
Red Rose Transit Authority
Reports
Roads
Rocky Springs Railroad Company
Schuylkill Navigation Company
Scrapbooks
South Mountain Railroad
South Queen Street
Stock certificates
Susquehanna Railroad
Tickets
Tolls
Trolley car barns
Trolley car yards
Trolley cars
Trolleys
Turnpikes
Walnut Street
WGAL (television station)
Williams Park Station
Willow Street Turnpike
Windsor Twp., York County, Pennsylvania
WLAN (radio station)
Wrightsville, York County, Pennsylvania
York Bus Company
York Fair
York Railway Company
Extent
2 boxes, 31 folders, 1 cubic ft.
Object Name
Archive
Language
English
Object ID
MG0123
Location of Originals
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania
Notes
Preferred Citation: Title or description of item, date (day, month, year), Transportation Collection (MG0123), Folder #, LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.
Access Conditions / Restrictions
Restrictions are noted at the item level.
Copyright
Collection may not be photocopied. Please direct questions to Research Center Staff at research@lancasterhistory.org.
Permission for reproduction and/or publication must be obtained in writing from LancasterHistory.
Credit
Courtesy of LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.
Other Numbers
MG-123
Classification
MG0123
Description Level
Fonds
Custodial History
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John Hoff, his book of new clocks made and sold Lancaster 1800

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo7520
Author
Hoff, John,
Date of Publication
1800-1814.
Call Number
681 H698 Oversize
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Author
Hoff, John,
Date of Publication
1800-1814.
Physical Description
59 p.; 33 cm.
Notes
Account book from 1800 to 1816.
Photocopy of original manuscript.
Pagination added by later hand.
Original in LCHS Archives.
Subjects
Hoff, John, - 1733-1816.
Clock and watch makers - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Lancaster County
Call Number
681 H698 Oversize
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Introductory lecture delivered at the opening of the Lancaster Convservatory of the Arts and Sciences and City Lyceum on the evening of July 3d, 1837

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo15936
Author
Cruse, Christian Frederick,
Date of Publication
1837.
Call Number
121 C957
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Responsibility
by the Rev. C. Fr. Cruse.
Author
Cruse, Christian Frederick,
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Printed by C. M'Cleery,
Date of Publication
1837.
Physical Description
28 p. ; 19 cm.
Notes
Includes Constitution of the Lancaster Conservatory of Arts and Sciences and City Lyceum.
Subjects
Lancaster Conservatory of Arts and Sciences and City Lyceum (Lancaster, Pa.)
Knowledge, Theory of.
Learning and scholarship.
Learned institutions and societies - Pennsylvania - Lancaster.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Lancaster County
Call Number
121 C957
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History of Lancaster county. To which is prefixed a brief sketch of the early history of Pennsylvania. Comp. from authentic sources

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo3630
Author
Rupp, I. Daniel
Date of Publication
1844.
Call Number
090 L244hi 1844
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Responsibility
By I. Daniel Rupp ...
Author
Rupp, I. Daniel
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Penn
Publisher
G. Hills,
Date of Publication
1844.
Physical Description
531 p. front., plates, fold. tab. 21 cm.
Notes
Geology, natural history, etc.: p. 465-511.
Copy 5: bound in three-quarter maroon leather and linen and marbled end papers.
Copy 5: Bookplate of Redmond Conyngham,No. 3133.
Subjects
Natural history - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
Lancaster County (Pa.) - History.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Rare Books
Call Number
090 L244hi 1844
Websites
https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=loc.ark:/13960/t3nv9r02m;view=1up;seq=9
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[Map of the eastern portion of Pennsylvania, exhibiting the superior advantages of Columbia as a site for the national foundry]

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo666
Date of Publication
1846.
Call Number
974.8 SEPA 104
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Place of Publication
[S.l.]
Publisher
[s.n.],
Date of Publication
1846.
Physical Description
1 map.: col.; 27 x 21 cm. on sheet 27 x 42 cm.
Notes
Shows location of railroads, canals, iron furnaces and ore mines and coal deposits. Accompanying text from the citizens of Columbia to the U.S. Congress.
Summary
map_974.8_SEPA_104_.pdf
Subjects
Foundries - Pennsylvania - Maps.
Columbia (Pa.) - Maps.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Map
Call Number
974.8 SEPA 104
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Unsold land : surveyed 1842

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo3005
Date of Publication
ca. 1842.
Call Number
974.815 LACI 120
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Place of Publication
[S.l.]
Publisher
[s.n.] ,
Date of Publication
ca. 1842.
Physical Description
1 map : photocopy ; 33 x 47 cm.
Notes
North to the right. Shows locations of unsold plots from the Hamilton estates in the western portion of Lancaster.
Subjects
Real property - Pennsylvania - Lancaster
Landowners - Pennsylvania - Lancaster
Lancaster (Pa.) - Maps.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Map
Call Number
974.815 LACI 120
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The life and confession of Henry Smith, who was found guilty in the Court of Quarter Sessions of the County of Lancaster, Pa. in January, 1838 : of the murder of Benjamin Peart, and sentenced to be executed within the walls of the Lancaster County Jail, on the 11th of May 1838

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo5981
Author
Smith, Henry,
Date of Publication
1838.
Call Number
347.072643 S649
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Author
Smith, Henry,
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa. :b John K. Reed
Date of Publication
1838.
Physical Description
12 p. , 2cm.
Notes
Photocopy of the original.
Subjects
Smith, Henry, - 1809-1838.
Peart, Benjamin.
Trials (murder) - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Lancaster County
Call Number
347.072643 S649
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History of Lancaster and York Counties : from the earliest settlements made within them; in the former, from 1709; in the latter from 1719, to the present time; to which is prefixed a brief sketch of the early history of Pennsylvania, from A.D., 1681, to the year 1710: with an appendix

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo11868
Author
Rupp, I. Daniel
Date of Publication
1845.
Call Number
090 L244hi 1845
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Responsibility
Compiled from authentic sources by I. Daniel Rupp.
Author
Rupp, I. Daniel
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Gilbert Hills,
Date of Publication
1845.
Physical Description
743, [4] p. : ill.; 21 cm.
Notes
"History of York County, from one thousand seven hundred and nineteen to the present time...by I. Daniel Rupp, Lancaster, Pa., G. Hills, 1845": p. [526]--743.
Subjects
Lancaster County (Pa.) - History.
York County (Pa.) - History.
Additional Author
Rupp, I. Daniel
Location
Lancaster History Library - Rare Books
Call Number
090 L244hi 1845
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A geographical description of Pennsylvania: also of the counties respectively, in the order in which they were established by the legislature. With an alphabetical list of the townships in each county; and their population in 1800

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo8790
Author
Scott, Joseph.
Date of Publication
1806.
Call Number
810 P544s 1806
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Author
Scott, Joseph.
Place of Publication
Philadelphia
Publisher
Printed by Robert Cochran.
Date of Publication
1806.
Physical Description
[5],6-147,[1]p. fold. map. 14cm.
Notes
Last page contains errata.
Subjects
Pennsylvania - Description and travel.
Pennsylvania - Gazetteers.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Rare Books
Call Number
810 P544s 1806
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The life and confession of Daniel Shaeffer, who was found guilty, in the Court of Quarter Sessions of the County of Lancaster, Pa. in November, 1831, of the murder of Elizabeth Bowers and sentenced to be executed on the 13th of April, 1832

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo19389
Author
Shaeffer, Daniel ,
Date of Publication
1832.
Call Number
090 L244ro 1832
345.02523 S524
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Author
Shaeffer, Daniel ,
Place of Publication
Lancaster
Publisher
Published by Peter Reed, Jr. and A.F. Osterlon ,
Date of Publication
1832.
Physical Description
23 p. ; 17 cm.
Notes
Original document housed with Rare Books. (090 L244ro 1832)
Subjects
Executions and executioners.
Crime and criminals - Pennsylvania - Lancaster.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Rare Books
Lancaster History Library - Lancaster County
Call Number
090 L244ro 1832
345.02523 S524
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Parish register of Christ Church, Leacock, Pa

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo4675
Date of Publication
1828-1879.
Call Number
283 C554Le
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Place of Publication
[Leacock, Pa.]
Publisher
Christ Church,
Date of Publication
1828-1879.
Physical Description
2, 279 l. (some blank); 23 x 35 cm.
Notes
Photocopy.
"Original records are located at St. James' Church, Lancaster, Pa."
Rineer's "Churches and Cemeteries of Lancaster County" page 246 #2.
Contents
Baptisms (Dec. 23, 1828 - June 2, 1879), pages 30-69 - Confirmations (June 12,1833 - April 9, 1873, pages 127-132 - Communicants (Dec. 25, 1828 - Alpril 17, 1878, pages 170-185 - Marriages (March 26, 1829 - June 21 1866, pages 194-197 - Marriages (June 10, 1873 - June 10, 1879), pages 198-199 - Burials (April 23, 1837 - April 20, 1872), pages 243-247 - Burials (April 26, 1873 -April 18, 1879), pages 248-249.
Subjects
Christ Episcopal Church (Leacock, Lancaster County, Pa.)
Chuch records and registers - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
Registers of births, etc. - Pennsylvania - Leacock (Township)
Episcopal Church - Pennsylvania - Lancaster Couinty.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Church Record
Call Number
283 C554Le
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A digest of the ordinances of corporation of the city of Lancaster : and of the acts of assembly relating thereto

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo18897
Date of Publication
1847.
Call Number
352.008 E855 1847
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Responsibility
revised and arranged by William R. Wilson & Jas C. Carpenter ; published by authority of councils.
Place of Publication
Lancaster, (Pa.)
Publisher
Franklin G. May,
Date of Publication
1847.
Physical Description
162 p. ; 23 cm.
Subjects
Ordinances, Municipal - Pennsylvania - Lancaster.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Rare Books
Call Number
352.008 E855 1847
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Index to the Journal of the Senate of Pennsylvania, session 1799-1800

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Corporate Author
Pennsylvania. General Assembly. Senate.
Date of Publication
1807.
Call Number
Book 30a 1897i
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Corporate Author
Pennsylvania. General Assembly. Senate.
Place of Publication
Lancaster [Pa.]
Publisher
Printed by William C. Smyth,
Date of Publication
1807.
Physical Description
18 pages; 22 cm.
Notes
Jasper Yeates's Colonial Law Library.
Book number 30 as assigned by Yeates.
Full leather binding with maroon spine label and Yeates 158 above title.
Subjects
Pennsylvania. - General Assembly - Senate - Indexes.
Legislative journals - Pennsylvania - Indexes.
Additional Author
Yeates, Jasper,
Place
Unnited States Pennsylvania Lancaster.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Yeates Collection
Call Number
Book 30a 1897i
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Index to the Journal of the Senate of Pennsylvania, session 1800-1

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Corporate Author
Pennsylvania. General Assembly. Senate.
Date of Publication
1807.
Call Number
Yeates Book 30a 1807j
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Corporate Author
Pennsylvania. General Assembly. Senate.
Place of Publication
Lancaster [Pa.]
Publisher
Printed by William C. Smyth,
Date of Publication
1807.
Physical Description
17 pages; 22 cm.
Notes
Jasper Yeates's Colonial Law Library.
Book number 30 as assigned by Yeates.
Full leather binding with maroon spine label and Yeates 158 above title.
Subjects
Pennsylvania. - General Assembly - Senate - Indexes.
Legislative journals - Pennsylvania - Indexes.
Additional Author
Yeates, Jasper,
Place
Unnited States Pennsylvania Lancaster.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Yeates Collection
Call Number
Yeates Book 30a 1807j
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Journal of the Senate of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, : which commenced at Lancaster, the sixth day of December, in the year of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and three, and of the independence of the United States of America the twenty-eighth. : Volume XIV

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo20673
Corporate Author
Pennsylvania. General Assembly. Senate.
Date of Publication
1803 [i.e. 1804].
Call Number
Book 26a 1803
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Corporate Author
Pennsylvania. General Assembly. Senate.
Place of Publication
Lancaster [Pa.]
Publisher
Printed by Brown & Bowman, East King-Street.,
Date of Publication
1803 [i.e. 1804].
Physical Description
586 p. ; 23 cm.
Notes
Journal of the session which began Dec. 6, 1803 and concluded Apr. 3, 1804.
Jasper Yeates's Colonial Law Library.
Book number 26 as assigned by Yeates.
Signature of Yeates at top of title page.
"Expiration of the appointments of the members of the Senate."--Page 586.
Shaw & Shoemaker
Marbled boards, three-quarter leather, and maroon spine label.
Subjects
Legislative journals - Pennsylvania.
Employees.
Legislative journals.
Politics and government
Pennsylvania - Politics and government - 1775-1865.
Pennsylvania - Officials and employees.
Pennsylvania.
Additional Corporate Author
Yeates, Jasper,
Brown & Bowman,
Place
United States Pennsylvania Lancaster.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Yeates Collection
Call Number
Book 26a 1803
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Journal of the Senate of the commonwealth of Pennsylvania, : which commenced at Lancaster, the third day of December, in the year of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and five, and of the independence of the United States of America the thirtieth. : Volume XVI

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo20690
Corporate Author
Pennsylvania. General Assembly. Senate.
Date of Publication
1805 [i.e. 1806].
Call Number
Book 28 1805
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Corporate Author
Pennsylvania. General Assembly. Senate.
Place of Publication
Lancaster [Pa.]
Publisher
Printed by John Burnside.,
Date of Publication
1805 [i.e. 1806].
Physical Description
478 p. ; 21 cm.
Notes
Journal of the session which began Dec. 3, 1805 and concluded Mar. 31, 1806.
Jasper Yeates's Colonial Law Library.
Signature of Yeates at top of title page.
Book number 28 as assigned by Yeates.
"Appointments made by the governor of Pennsylvania, since March seventeenth, one thousand eight hundred, (the date of the last report of the secretary of the commonwealth, to the legislature) with the dates of their commissions, and the names of their sureties ..."--Page 423-461.
"Expiration of the appointments of the members of Senate."--Page 478.
Report of a committee 21 pages printed by William Hamilton.
Shaw & Shoemaker
Full tooled leather binding with maroon title on spine.
Subjects
Legislative journals - Pennsylvania.
Employees.
Legislative journals.
Politics and government
Pennsylvania - Politics and government - 1775-1865.
Pennsylvania - Officials and employees.
Pennsylvania.
Additional Author
Burnside, John,
Yeates, Jaspe,r
Place
United States Pennsylvania Lancaster.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Yeates Collection
Call Number
Book 28 1805
Websites
http://opac.newsbank.com/select/shaw/11126
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Finances of the city of Lancaster and report of the water committee to the select and common councils

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo16260
Corporate Author
Lancaster (Pa.). Water Committee.
Date of Publication
1848.
Call Number
815 P769 # 38
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Corporate Author
Lancaster (Pa.). Water Committee.
Place of Publication
Lancaster, [Pa.]
Publisher
M. D. Holbrook,
Date of Publication
1848.
Physical Description
8 p. ; 20 cm.
Notes
"June 6, 1848."
In: Political Speeches.
Subjects
Lancaster (Pa.) - Appropriations and expenditures.
Additional Author
Forney, John W.
Additional Corporate Author
Lancaster (Pa.). Select Council.
Lancaster (Pa.). Common Council.
Lancaster (Pa.). Finance Committee.
Lancaster (Pa.). Office of the Treasurer.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Rare Books
Call Number
815 P769 # 38
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Lancaster directory for 1843 : containing the names of the inhabitants, their occupations, places of business, and residences; also a list of the streets, lanes, alleys, etc.; city officers, public institutions, and banks, besides other useful information

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo13763
Author
Bryson, James H.
Date of Publication
[1843]
Call Number
090 L244 bry 1843
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Author
Bryson, James H.
Place of Publication
Lancaster
Publisher
James H. Bryson,
Date of Publication
[1843]
Physical Description
43 p. ; 21 cm.
Notes
Includes advertisements.
Subjects
Lancaster (Pa.) - Directories.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Rare Books
Call Number
090 L244 bry 1843
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Journal of the nineteenth House of Representatives of the commonwealth of Pennsylvania, : commenced at Lancaster, on Tuesday, the sixth day of December, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eight, and of the commonwealth the thirty-third

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo20710
Corporate Author
Pennsylvania. General Assembly. House of Representatives.
Date of Publication
1808 [i.e. 1809].
Call Number
Book 30 1808
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Alternate Title
Journal of the House of Representatives.
Index to the Journal of the nineteenth House of Representatives of the commonwealth of Pennsylvania
Corporate Author
Pennsylvania. General Assembly. House of Representatives.
Place of Publication
Lancaster [Pa.]
Publisher
Printed by Benjamin Grimler.,
Date of Publication
1808 [i.e. 1809].
Physical Description
946, 8, [2], 9-40 p. ; 22 cm
Notes
Journal of the session which began Dec. 6, 1808 and concluded April 4, 1809.
Jasper Yeates's Colonial Law Library.
Signature of Yeates at top of title page.
Book number 30 as assigned by Yeates.
"Index to the Journal of the nineteenth House of Representatives of the commonwealth of Pennsylvania."--8, [2], 40 p., has separate t.p. with imprint: Lancaster Printed by Benjamin Grimler, 1809.
Shaw & Shoemaker
Subjects
Legislative journals - Pennsylvania.
Legislative journals.
Politics and government
Pennsylvania - Politics and government - 1775-1865.
Pennsylvania.
Legislative proceedings - Pennsylvania - 1808-1809.
Additional Author
Yeates, Jasper,
Location
Lancaster History Library - Yeates Collection
Call Number
Book 30 1808
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