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President Buchanan: Trapped in a whirlwind : Harriet Lane: torn between love and loyalty: the Union unravels in Secession Crisis

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo14405
Author
Kessler, Charles H.
Date of Publication
2003.
Call Number
923.173 B918t
Responsibility
by Charles H. Kessler.
Author
Kessler, Charles H.
Place of Publication
[s.l
Publisher
s.n.]
Date of Publication
2003.
Notes
"A History Novel".
Subjects
Buchanan, James , - 1791-1868 - Fiction.
Johnston, Harriet Lane , - 1830-1903 - Fiction.
Presidents - United States
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
923.173 B918t
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America's bachelor president and the First Lady

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo18300
Author
Stern, Milton.
Date of Publication
c2004.
Call Number
923.173 B918ste
Responsibility
by Milton Stern.
ISBN
1413729088
9781413729085
Author
Stern, Milton.
Place of Publication
Baltimore
Publisher
PublishAmerica,
Date of Publication
c2004.
Physical Description
326 p. ; 23 cm.
Notes
Includes bibliographical references (p. 322-326).
Subjects
Buchanan, James, - 1791-1868.
Johnston, Harriet Lane, - 1830-1903.
Presidents - United States - Biography.
Presidents' spouses - United States - Biography.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
923.173 B918ste
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James Buchanan : Bibliography

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo15427
Date of Publication
2005.
Call Number
923.173 B918bib
Responsibility
compiled by Barbara Hunsberger.
Place of Publication
Computer printout
Date of Publication
2005.
Physical Description
20 l. ; 29 c,/
Notes
Materials held by the Lancaster County Historical Society.
Subjects
Buchanan, James , - 1791-1868.
Johnston, Hariet Lane , - 1830-1903.
Presidents - Bibliography.
Presidents' spouses - United States - Bibliograpy.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
923.173 B918bib
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Author
Ripple, Paul Harnish
Date of Publication
2002.
Responsibility
by Paul Harnish Ripple.
Author
Ripple, Paul Harnish
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Lancaster County Historical Society ,
Date of Publication
2002.
Physical Description
p.134-139 : ill. ; 23 cm.
Series
In: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society v.104, no.3
Subjects
Johnston, Harriet Lane, - 1830-1903.
Historic ships - United States
Contained In
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 104, number 3 (2002), p. 134-139Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.104, no.3
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Regulations and catalogue of books of the Shoch Library, of the public schools of Columbia, Penn'a. January, 1869

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo4370
Date of Publication
1869 (printed at Herald office).
Call Number
017.5 R344
Place of Publication
Columbia, Pa
Publisher
[s.n.],
Date of Publication
1869 (printed at Herald office).
Physical Description
31 p. : 22 cm.
Subjects
Shoch Library - Catalogs and collections.
Library rules and regulations - Pennsylvania - Columbia.
Library catalogs - Pennsylvania - Columbia.
Additional Corporate Author
Columbia Borough School District (Pa.)
Location
Lancaster History Library - Rare Books
Call Number
017.5 R344
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Constitution, by-laws and rules of order of Union Lodge, No.31, of the Ancient Order of Good Fellows, of the State of Pennsylvania

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo14799
Date of Publication
1860.
Call Number
366.7 C758
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Hiestand, Huber, and Heckert, Printers,
Date of Publication
1860.
Notes
Copy belonging to John Uhre, initiated 13 May, 1864.
Subjects
Ancient Order of Good Fellows, Pennsylvania Union Lodge, No.31.
Friendly societies - Pennsylvania - Millersville
Location
Lancaster History Library - Lancaster County
Call Number
366.7 C758
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White Oak Church, Penryn, Pa. : baptisms and account book

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo12663
Date of Publication
2003.
Call Number
285.8 W582
Place of Publication
Computer printout
Date of Publication
2003.
Physical Description
68 l. ; 28 cm.
Notes
Contains Baptisms: Lutheran records, 1754-1785 and Reformed (United Church of Christ) records, 1754-1788. Also contains Church Account Book, 1763-1832.
Rineer's "Churches and Cemeteries of Lancaster County" page 343 #1.
Subjects
White Oaks Church (Penryn, Lancaster County, Pa.)
St. Paul's Lutheran Church (Penryn, Lancaster County, Pa.)
Jerusalem United Church of Christ (Penryn, Lancaster County, Pa.)
Registers of birth, etc. - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
Additional Author
Weiser, Frederick S.,
Location
Lancaster History Library - Church Record
Call Number
285.8 W582
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Orderly Book, July to October 1779

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo16834
Author
Hubley, Adam ,
Date of Publication
[2006]
Call Number
973.33 H878
Author
Hubley, Adam ,
Place of Publication
Computer Printout
Date of Publication
[2006]
Physical Description
[51],55,[4] l. : map ; 28 cm.
Notes
Transcribed by Brandon Rapp, intern, Millersville University, February to April 205.
Original housed in MG-98, The Revolutionary War Collection, Folder 11.
In partial fulfillment of the requirements of History 352 : Provincial and Revolutionary America at Millersville University.
"The Orderly Book, kept by Lt. Col. Adam Hubley, Jr., is an account of the 11th Pennsylvania's day to day struggle during the Sullivan Campaign of the American War for Independence, July to October 1779." (Introduction)
Subjects
Stony Point, Battle of, Stony Point, NY 1779.
Newtown, Battle of, Newtown, NY, 1779.
Sullivan's Indian Campaign, 1779.
United States - History - Revolution, 1775-1783 - Campaigns.
Pennsylvania - Militia.
Additional Author
Rapp, Brandon.
Hubley, Adam, Jr.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
973.33 H878
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Into the American woods : negotiators on the Pennsylvania frontier

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo13456
Author
Merrell, James Hart,
Date of Publication
2000, c1999.
Call Number
974.802 M568
Alternate Title
Negotiators on the Pennsylvania frontier
Responsibility
James H. Merrell.
ISBN
0393046761
Author
Merrell, James Hart,
Place of Publication
New York
Publisher
Norton,
Date of Publication
2000, c1999.
Physical Description
463 p. : ill., maps ; 21 cm.
Notes
"1st pub. as a Norton paperback 2000"--T.p. verso.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 329-438) and index.
Subjects
Frontier and pioneer life - Pennsylvania.
Pioneers - Pennsylvania
Negotiation - Pennsylvania
Indians of North America - Pennsylvania
Intercultural communication - Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania - History - Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
974.802 M568
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Strasburg Railroad Company Archives finding aid

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo13889
Date of Publication
2004.
Call Number
385 S897
Responsibility
compiled by Kurt R. Bell.
Place of Publication
Computer printout
Date of Publication
2004.
Physical Description
20 l. ; 28 cm.
Notes
Contents of the collection is housed at the Railroad Museum of Pennsylvania, Strasburg, Pa.
Subjects
Strasburg Railroad.
Railroad Museum of Pennsylvania (Strasburg, Pa.)
Library catalogs - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
Additional Author
Bell, Kurt R.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Lancaster County
Call Number
385 S897
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Fraktur and related works on paper : the pioneer collection of Dr. and Mrs. Donald A. Shelley

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo15065
Date of Publication
[2004]
Call Number
740 F812
Alternate Title
Pioneer collection of Dr. and Mrs. Donald A. Shelley
Place of Publication
Downingtown, PA
Publisher
Pook & Pook, Inc.,
Date of Publication
[2004]
Physical Description
100 p. : col. ill. ; 29 cm.
Notes
"Auction: Friday, October 8, 2004, beginning at 7:00 pm. Exhibition: Thursday, October 5, 9 am to 4 pm ..."
Includes bibliographical references.
Subjects
Shelley, Donald A. - Art collections
Shelley, Esther - Art collections
Fraktur art - Pennsylvania - Catalogs.
Art, Pennsylvania Dutch - Pennsylvania - Catalogs.
Art auctions - Pennsylvania - Downingtown - Catalogs.
Additional Corporate Author
Pook & Pook.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
740 F812
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The pioneer Americana collection of Dr. and Mrs. Donald A. Shelley

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo17818
Corporate Author
Pook & Pook.
Date of Publication
[2007]
Call Number
745.1 P821
Responsibility
[photography & catalogue design, Joan Stevens and Kellie Seltzer].
Corporate Author
Pook & Pook.
Place of Publication
Downingtown, PA
Publisher
Pook & Pook, Inc.,
Date of Publication
[2007]
Physical Description
219 p. : col. ill. ; 29 cm.
Notes
"Auction: session one: Friday, April 20, 2007 at 6 PM, session two: Saturday, April 21, 2007 at 10 AM. Exhibition: Wednesday, April 11 - 9 AM to 4 PM ..."
Subjects
Shelley, Donald A. - Art collections
Shelley, Esther - Art collections
Americana - United States - Catalogs.
Americana - Pennsylvania - Catalogs.
Antiques - United States - Catalogs.
Antiques - Pennsylvania - Catalogs.
Furniture - United States - Catalogs.
Furniture - Pennsylvania - Catalogs.
Antique auctions - Pennsylvania - Downingtown - Catalogs.
Additional Author
Shelley, Donald A.
Shelley, Esther.
Stevens, Joan.
Seltzer, Kellie.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
745.1 P821
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Warrant registers (for Pennsylvania Counties)

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo13303
Date of Publication
1734 - 1935.
Call Number
Drawer 15, Sec. 1
Responsibility
Prepared by Wm. W. Britton, begun 1734, completed May 30, 1935 ;
Date of Publication
1734 - 1935.
Physical Description
4 reels ; 35 mm.
Notes
Microfilmed in 1957. Contains 20 volumes. Lancaster County warrants are on V. 16.
Labeled on box # 257 - # 261.
Material arranged by county and includes names of warrantee, date, acreage, location, date of return, name of patentee, where patent recorded, and where survey is copied.
Subjects
Pennsylvania. Department of Internal Affairs. Bureau of Land Records.
Registers of births, etc. - Pennsylvania.
Land grants - Pennsylvania.
Land grants - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
Land grants - Pennsylvania - Berks County.
Land grants - Pennsylvania - Dauphin County.
Land grants - Pennsylvania - Chester County.
Land grants - Pennsylvania - Lebanon County.
Land grants - Pennsylvania - York County.
Land grants - Pennsylvania - Cumberland County.
Land grants - Pennsylvania - Adams County.
Additional Author
Britton, William W.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Microfilm
Call Number
Drawer 15, Sec. 1
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Marriages and deaths reported by Der Pennsylvanier, a German language newspaper published at Lebanon, Pennsylvania, 1868-1879

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo19397
Author
Heilman, Robert A.
Date of Publication
2009.
Call Number
974.819 H466m
Responsibility
translated and transcribed by Robert A. Heilman.
ISBN
9780788450082 (paperbound)
0788450085 (paperbound)
9780788482069 (clothbound)
0788482068 (clothbound)
Author
Heilman, Robert A.
Place of Publication
Westminster, Md
Publisher
Heritage Books,
Date of Publication
2009.
Physical Description
84 p. ; 22 cm.
Notes
Includes index.
Subjects
German Americans - Pennsylvania - Lebanon County - Genealogy.
Marriage records - Pennsylvania - Lebanon County.
Registers of births, etc. - Pennsylvania - Lebanon County.
German Americans - Pennsylvania - Genealogy.
Marriage records - Pennsylvania.
Registers of births, etc. - Pennsylvania.
German Americans.
Marriage records.
Registers of births, etc.
Lebanon County (Pa.) - Genealogy.
Pennsylvania - Genealogy.
Pennsylvania.
Pennsylvania - Lebanon County.
United States, Pennsylvania, Lebanon, Lebanon - Vital records.
United States, Pennsylvania, Lebanon, Lebanon - Newspapers.
Genealogy.
Additional Title
Der Pennsylvanier.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
974.819 H466m
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Deaths reported by Der Libanon Demokrat : a German language newspaper published at Lebanon, Pennsylvania, 1832-1864

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo19398
Author
Heilman, Robert A.
Date of Publication
©1990, 2009.
Call Number
974.819 H466d

The library's legal answer book

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo14334
Author
Minow, Mary.
Date of Publication
2003.
Call Number
344.73 M666
Responsibility
Mary Minow, Tomas A. Lipinski.
ISBN
0838908284 (alk. paper)
Author
Minow, Mary.
Place of Publication
Chicago
Publisher
American Library Association,
Date of Publication
2003.
Physical Description
x, 361 p. 23 cm.
Notes
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
Libraries and copyright -- Designing the library web page -- Libraries and copyright -- Filters in the library and other restrictions on Internet access -- Digital library resources and patrons with disabilities -- Library records and privacy -- Meeting rooms and displays : the public soapbox inside the library -- Professional liability : reference, collection, book reviews, latchkey children -- Issues in library employment -- Friends, the internet and lobbying.
Subjects
Library legislation - United States.
Internet access for library users - United States.
Additional Author
Lipinski, Tomas A.,
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
344.73 M666
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At the crossroads : Indians and empires on a mid-Atlantic frontier, 1700-1763

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo18680
Author
Merritt, Jane T.
Date of Publication
c2003.
Call Number
305.897 M572
Responsibility
Jane T. Merritt.
ISBN
9780807827895 (alk. paper)
Author
Merritt, Jane T.
Place of Publication
Chapel Hill
Publisher
University of North Carolina Press,
Date of Publication
c2003.
Physical Description
vi, 338 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
Notes
"Published for the Omohundro Institute of Early American History and Culture, Williamsburg, Virginia."
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
Part 1: Limits of empire -- Cultural communities and the politics of land -- Kinship and the economics of empire -- Part 2: Empowered communities -- The Indian Great Awakening -- Mission community networks -- Part 3: War and peace -- Demonizing Delawares -- Quakers and the language of Indian diplomacy -- Part 4: Boundaries redrawn -- An uneasy peace -- Indian nations and empire.
Includes genealogies of three Native American families in Appendix B.
Subjects
Indians of North America - Pennsylvania
Whites - Pennsylvania
Frontier and pioneer life - Pennsylvania.
Indians of North America
Pennsylvania - Race relations - History - 18th century.
Pennsylvania - Race relations - History - 17th century.
Additional Corporate Author
Omohundro Institute of Early American History & Culture.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
305.897 M572
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Metro Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, street map book : includes Paxtang, Penbrook, Highspire, Camp Hill ... and much more

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo19771
Corporate Author
ADC (Firm)
Edition
6th ed.
Date of Publication
[c2001]
Call Number
912.74818 A221 6th ed. 2001 Atlas Stand
Responsibility
ADC.
ISBN
0875301347
9780875301341
Corporate Author
ADC (Firm)
Edition
6th ed.
Place of Publication
Alexandria, Va
Publisher
Alexandria Drafting Co.,
Date of Publication
[c2001]
Physical Description
1 atlas (56 p.) : col. maps ; 36 cm.
Notes
Cover title.
Includes index.
Subjects
Zip codes - Pennsylvania - Harrisburg - Maps.
Zip codes.
Harrisburg (Pa.) - Maps.
Harrisburg Metropolitan Area (Pa.) - Maps.
Pennsylvania - Harrisburg.
Pennsylvania - Harrisburg Metropolitan Area.
Maps.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Reference
Call Number
912.74818 A221 6th ed. 2001 Atlas Stand
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Author
Santella, Andrew.
Date of Publication
c2003.
Call Number
923.173 B918sa
Responsibility
by Andrew Santella.
ISBN
0756502632 (hardcover : alk. paper)
Author
Santella, Andrew.
Place of Publication
Minneapolis, Minn
Publisher
Compass Point Books,
Date of Publication
c2003.
Physical Description
64p.: ill.; 24 cm.
Series
Profiles of the presidents
Notes
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
Reason to celebrate -- Young man of Pennsylvania -- A life in politics -- Honors at home and abroad -- A run for the White House -- Conflicts and controversies -- Bleeding Kansas and John Brown -- A nation divided -- Taking the blame -- Glossary -- James Buchanan's life at a glance -- James Buchanan's life and times -- World events -- Understanding James Buchanan and his presidency better.
Summary
A biography of the fifteenth president of the United States, discussing his personal life, education, and political career.
Subjects
Buchanan, James, - 1791-1868
Buchanan, James, - 1791-1868.
Presidents - United States - Biography - Juvenile literature.
Presidents.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
923.173 B918sa
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Friends and enemies in Penn's Woods : Indians, colonists, and the racial construction of Pennsylvania

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo18543
Date of Publication
c2004.
Call Number
974.802 F911
Responsibility
edited by William A. Pencak and Daniel K. Richter.
ISBN
0271023856 (pbk. : alk. paper)
Place of Publication
University Park, Pa
Publisher
Pennsylvania State University Press,
Date of Publication
c2004.
Physical Description
xxi, 336 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm.
Notes
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
I. Peoples in conversation. New Sweden, natives, and nature / Michael Dean Mackintosh -- Colonialism and the discursive antecedents of Penn's treaty with the Indians / James O'Neil Spady -- Imagining peace in Quaker and Native American dream stories / Carla Gerona -- Indian, metis, and Euro-American women on multiple frontiers / Alison Duncan Hirsch. II. Fragile structures of coexistence. Female relationships and intercultural bonds in Moravian Indian missions / Amy C. Schutt -- The death of Sawantaeny and the problem of justice on the frontier / John Smolenski -- Justice, retribution, and the case of John Toby / Louis M. Waddell -- The diplomatic career of Canasatego / William A. Starna. III. Toward a white Pennsylvania. Delawares and Pennsylvanians after the Walking Purchase / Steven C. Harper -- Squatters, Indians, proprietary government, and land in the Susquehanna Valley / David L. Preston -- Metonymy, violence, patriarchy, and the Paxton boys / Krista Camenzind -- "Real" Indians, "white" Indians, and the contest for the Wyoming Valley / Paul Moyer -- Whiteness and warfare on a revolutionary frontier / Gregory T. Knouff.
Subjects
Frontier and pioneer life - Pennsylvania.
Intercultural communication - Pennsylvania
Culture conflict - Pennsylvania
Colonists - Pennsylvania
Indians of North America - Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania - History - Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775.
Pennsylvania - Race relations.
Pennsylvania - Ethnic relations.
Additional Author
Pencak, William,
Richter, Daniel K.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
974.802 F911
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