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Diffenderffer, Frank Ried,
Date of Publication
1905
Buchanan letters / by F. R. Diffenderffer, Litt.D. Primary Material: Book Subject(s): Buchanan, James, 1791-1868 --Correspondence. Caldwell, James A. Barton, George W., 1807-1851. Lancaster County (Pa.)--Biography. Publisher: Lancaster, Pa. : Lancaster County Historical Society, 1904/1905 Description: [37
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by F. R. Diffenderffer, Litt.D.
Author
Diffenderffer, Frank Ried,
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Lancaster County Historical Society,
Date of Publication
1905
Physical Description
[37]-42 p. ; 23 cm.
Series
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 9, no. 2
Subjects
Buchanan, James, - 1791-1868 - Correspondence.
Caldwell, James A.
Barton, George W., - 1807-1851.
Lancaster County (Pa.) - Biography.
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Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 9, number 2 (1905), p. 37-42Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.9
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Donegal in the Revolution--patriotism and piety

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Author
Brosius, Marriott,
Date of Publication
1900
movement toward the organization of the county for defence he was elect- ed a member of the Committee on Ob- servation and Correspondence; he rep- resented Donegal in a provincial con- vention held in Philadelphia in 1775; he was Lieutenant of Lancaster county and as such was charged with grave and
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by Hon. Marriott Brosius.
Author
Brosius, Marriott,
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Lancaster County Historical Society,
Date of Publication
1900
Physical Description
[44]-62 p. ; 23 cm.
Series
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 4, no. 2
Notes
Contains poem "Peace to the Brave" by Lloyd Mifflin.
Subjects
Mifflin, Lloyd, - 1846-1921.
Lowry family.
Galbraith family.
Daughters of the American Revolution. - Witness Tree Chapter (Lancaster, Pa.)
Scots-Irish - Pennsylvania.
Historical markers - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
Donegal (Pa.) - History.
Lancaster County (Pa.) - History - 17th century.
Additional Author
Diffenderffer, Frank Ried,
Mifflin, Lloyd,
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Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 4, number 2 (1900), p. 44-62Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.4
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The newspapers of Lancaster County

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Author
Diffenderffer, Frank Ried,
Date of Publication
1902
. Intelligencer and Weekly Ad- vertiser, founded by Robert and William Dickson. (File in State Library. (1792 and 1794 are erroneously given as the dates of the founding of this paper.) 1799. Der Lancaster Correspondent. 1805. The Constitutional Democrat, founded in July, 1805, by John Matthews. File in State
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by F. R. Diffenderffer.
Author
Diffenderffer, Frank Ried,
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Lancaster County Historical Society,
Date of Publication
1902
Physical Description
[103]-113 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Series
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 6, no. 8
Subjects
American newspapers - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
German American newspapers - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
Lancaster County (Pa.) - Newspapers.
Lancaster (Pa.) - Newspapers.
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Diffenderffer, Frank Ried,
Date of Publication
1902
--Pennsylvania--Lancaster County. Debt--Pennsylvania--Lancaster County. Lancaster County (Pa.)--History--17th century. Lancaster County (Pa.)--Social life and customs--Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775. Publisher: Lancaster, Pa. : Lancaster County Historical Society, 1901-1902 Description: [3]-7 p. ; 23 cm. Series
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by F. R. Diffenderffer.
Author
Diffenderffer, Frank Ried,
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Lancaster County Historical Society,
Date of Publication
1902
Physical Description
[3]-7 p. ; 23 cm.
Series
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 6, no. 1/2
Subjects
Roses - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
Debt - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
Lancaster County (Pa.) - History - 17th century.
Lancaster County (Pa.) - Social life and customs - Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775.
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The Wabank House : the story of a Lancaster County summer resort

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Author
Diffenderffer, Frank Ried,
Date of Publication
1905
property at a very low price, as the sale will be peremptory and without reserve. �Persons desiring to view the prem- ises or any information respecting it, will please call on or address either of the undersigned, Lancaster, Pa. JACOB BAUSMAN, JACOB M. FRANTZ, WM. CARPENTER, Committee to sell. Foreclosure
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by F. R. Diffenderffer, Litt.D.
Author
Diffenderffer, Frank Ried,
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Lancaster County Historical Society,
Date of Publication
1905
Physical Description
[3]-24 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Series
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 9, no. 1
Subjects
Wabank House (Lancaster, Pa.)
Historic buildings - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
Resorts - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
Lancaster County (Pa.) - Buildings, structures, etc.
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Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 9, number 1 (1905), p. 3-24Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.9
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The paving of East King Street by lottery, in 1802

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Author
Diffenderffer, Frank Ried,
Date of Publication
1900
apparently first formu- lated: At a meeting of the Commissioners of the Lancaster Street Lottery, held at the House of. Peter Diller, January 23, 1802. PRESENT. EDWARD HAND, JACOB KRUG, JOHN MILLER, ADAM REIGART, JR., ABRAM WITMER, ADAM WEAVER, JOHN HUBER, PHILIP DIFFENDERFER, JAMES CRAWFORD, CASPER SHAFFNER
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by F. R. Diffenderffer.
Author
Diffenderffer, Frank Ried,
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Lancaster County Historical Society,
Date of Publication
1900
Physical Description
[3]-22 p. ; 23 cm.
Series
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 4, no. 1
Summary
The article discusses the use of lotteries, in general, in Colonial America and, in particular, to pave the roads within the city. Corporations had been used to finance the roads into Lancaster, such as the Philadelphia and Lancaster Turnpike Road Co. which was responsible for the road coming from the east and the Susquehanna Turnpike Company which was responsible for the road from Lancaster to Columbia.
Subjects
King Street (Lancaster, Pa.)
Lotteries - Pennsylvania - Lancaster
Lancaster (Pa.) - History - 19th century.
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The story of a picture

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Author
Diffenderffer, Frank Ried,
Date of Publication
1905
tract of land bounded by what is now Fairmount, Vine, Twentieth and Twelfth streets. Edward Shippen and James Hamil- ton were life-long friends, and the for- mer, as seems to be implied in one of the letters quoted, had promised to keep the latter informed of what was going on in Lancaster Town, which
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by F. R. Diffenderffer, Litt.D.
Author
Diffenderffer, Frank Ried,
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Lancaster County Historical Society,
Date of Publication
1905
Physical Description
[182]-230 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Series
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 9, no. 7
Subjects
Church buildings - Pennsylvania - Lancaster.
Lancaster (Pa.) - History - 1775-1865.
Lancaster (Pa.) - Buildings, structures, etc.
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Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 9, number 7 (1905), p. 182-230Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.9
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Diffenderffer, Frank Ried,
Date of Publication
1907
LANGDON CHEVES. Lancaster county is justly proud os the long roll of eminent men who have from time to time lived within her borders. These may naturally be divided into several groups. First, those who were born here and lived most os their lives elsewhere, like Robert Fulton, David Ramsey, the
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by F. R. Diffenderffer, Litt.D.
Author
Diffenderffer, Frank Ried,
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Lancaster County Historical Society,
Date of Publication
1907
Physical Description
[45]-58 p. ; 23 cm.
Series
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 11, no. 2
Subjects
Cheves, Langdon, - 1776-1857.
Abbeville (Lancaster, Pa.)
Lancaster (Pa.) - Biography.
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Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 11, number 2 (1907), p. 45-58Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.11
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The early settlement and population of Lancaster county and city

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Author
Diffenderffer, Frank Ried,
Date of Publication
1905
manuscript diary In the library at Harrisburg, will serve to show how we appeared in the eyes of the foreigners and what they had to say about us: Lieutenant Anbury's Account. "December, 1778. At Lancaster met with a curious reception. Story afloat that the country round about was to be given to Baron
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by F. R. Diffenderffer, Litt.D.
Author
Diffenderffer, Frank Ried,
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Lancaster County Historical Society,
Date of Publication
1905
Physical Description
[151]-171 p. ; 23 cm.
Series
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 9, no. 6
Subjects
Lancaster County (Pa.) - Population.
Lancaster (Pa.) - Population.
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Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 9, number 6 (1905), p. 151-171Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.9
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Early German printers in Lancaster

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Author
Diffenderffer, Frank Ried,
Date of Publication
1904
in the same year, 1799, that the Dicksons founded the English lntelligencer. Its name was The Lancaster Correspon- dent. lts motto was, "Outspoken, Steadfast and Moderate." The paper first appeared on May 25, 1799, and was discontinued September 3, 1803. The Mechanics' Library contains a complete
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by F. R. Diffenderffer, Litt. D.
Author
Diffenderffer, Frank Ried,
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Lancaster County Historical Society,
Date of Publication
1904
Physical Description
[53]-83 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Series
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 8, no. 3
Subjects
Newspapers - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
Printing - Pennsylvania - Lancaster.
Printers - Pennsylvania - Lancaster.
Lancaster (Pa.) - Biography.
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Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 8, number 3 (1904), p. 53-83Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.8
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Who was who in Lancaster one hundred years old

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Author
Landis, James D.,
Date of Publication
1907
; Treasurer, Mrs, A, K. Spurrier. Mrs. Brosius died on December 4, 1907, The Poor Coal Fund. A still earlier public benefaction is the coal fund, founded by our former eminent citizen, President James Buchanan, who gave $6,000, the in- terest of which was to be used for the purchase of coal for the needy poor
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by Mrs. James D. Landis.
Author
Landis, James D.,
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Lancaster County Historical Society,
Date of Publication
1907
Physical Description
[363]-371 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Series
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 11, no. 10
Subjects
Female Benevolent Society of Lancaster.
Women - Pennsylvania - Lancaster
Lancaster (Pa.) - Biography.
Additional Author
Diffenderffer, Frank Ried,
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Date stones, with examples

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Author
Diffenderffer, Frank Ried,
Date of Publication
1905
erection, "1779." This has a personal interest for me, be- cause my father, then a lad of sixteen years, "dipped" the bricks, as was customary then, preparatory to their being laid in the walls by the brick masons. The Moravian Church was one of the early places of worship erected in Lancaster. This church
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by F. R. Diffenderfferk Litt.D.
Author
Diffenderffer, Frank Ried,
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Lancaster County Historical Society,
Date of Publication
1905
Physical Description
[359]-385 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Series
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 9, no. 12
Subjects
Date stones (Building) - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
Folk art - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
Lancaster County (Pa.) - Buildings, structures, etc.
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Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 9, number 12 (1905), p. 359-385Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.9
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A new Ephrata imprint--Donegal Street, Lancaster

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Author
Diffenderffer, Frank Ried,
Date of Publication
1900-1901
Call Number
974.9 L245 v.5
Responsibility
by F. R. Diffenderffer.
Author
Diffenderffer, Frank Ried,
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Lancaster County Historical Society,
Date of Publication
1900-1901
Physical Description
[134]-143 p. ; 23 cm.
Series
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 5, no. 6
Subjects
Beissel, Conrad, - 1690-1768.
Ephrata Cloister.
Donegal Street (Lancaster, Pa.)
Ephrata (Pa.) - History.
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The Historical Society's first pilgrimage

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Author
Diffenderffer, Frank Ried,
Date of Publication
1903/1904
Call Number
974.9 L245 v.8, no. 8
Responsibility
by F. R. Diffenderffer, Litt.D.
Author
Diffenderffer, Frank Ried,
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Lancaster County Historical Society,
Date of Publication
1903/1904
Physical Description
[267]-272 p. ; 23 cm.
Series
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 8, no. 8
Subjects
Lancaster County Historical Society (Pa.)
Ephrata (Pa.) - History.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Journal
Call Number
974.9 L245 v.8, no. 8
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An early newspaper / by F. R. Diffenderffer, Litt.D

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Author
Diffenderffer, Frank Ried,
Date of Publication
1907
must blame them- selves for the disagreeable conse- quences that must follow. "JAMES ROSS." "Lieutenant of Lancaster County." Those were the good old times, when "Battalion Day" was one of the great epochs of the year. I remem- ber them well, for they were notable events in my boyhood. I have special
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Author
Diffenderffer, Frank Ried,
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Lancaster County Historical Society,
Date of Publication
1907
Physical Description
[175]-194 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Series
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 11, no. 5
Subjects
Newspapers - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
Lancaster County (Pa.) - Social life and customs.
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The Militia Muster, or Battalion Day

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Author
Diffenderffer, Frank Ried,
Date of Publication
1900
submitted to Dr. J. Augustus Ehler, as one of the few liv- ing men in this city whose memories reach back to the period covered by the poem, and who had a personal knowledge of all the persons referred to. The "Captain D. and Captain C alluded to in verse two were James Donnelly, a lively, gay-hearted
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by F. R. Diffenderffer.
Author
Diffenderffer, Frank Ried,
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Lancaster County Historical Society,
Date of Publication
1900
Physical Description
[33]-43 p. ; 23 cm.
Series
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 4, no. 2
Subjects
Battalion Day.
Militia Day.
Battalion Day - Poetry.
Militia Day - Poetry.
Holidays - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County
Lancaster County (Pa.) - Militia.
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Lancaster County loyalists

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Author
Diffenderffer, Frank Ried,
Date of Publication
1908
Loyalists were at- tainted from our county. Their names were Michael Whitman, of Cocalico township; George Reine. of Earl town- ship; John Reine, his brother, also of Earl; Ingelholt Holsinger, Michael Worman, Francis Sanderson,Christian Voight, of Lancaster borough; Henry Skyles, of Salisbury; James Hender
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by F. R. Diffenderffer, Litt.D.
Author
Diffenderffer, Frank Ried,
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Lancaster County Historical Society,
Date of Publication
1908
Physical Description
[243]-278 p. ; 23 cm.
Series
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 12, no. 7
Subjects
American loyalists - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
Pennsylvania - History - Revolution, 1775-1783.
Pennsylvania - Politics and government - 1775-1783.
Lancaster County (Pa.) - Biography.
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Early Lancaster playbills and playhouses

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Author
Diffenderffer, Frank Ried,
Date of Publication
1903
what basis the statement is found. Of the general fact, however, there can be no reason- able doubt. In the manuscript narrative of Mrs. Christian Wolf (before her marriage, Anna Maria Krause), we have satis- �factory evidence of this fact. Her un- cle, Henry Dering, in 1777, came to Lancaster and
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by F. R. Diffenderffer.
Author
Diffenderffer, Frank Ried,
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Lancaster County Historical Society,
Date of Publication
1903
Physical Description
[24]-43 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Series
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 7, no. 2/3
Subjects
Theater - Pennsylvania - Lancaster.
Lancaster (Pa.) - Social life and customs.
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Notes on Colonel Houssacker

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Author
Diffenderffer, Frank Ried,
Date of Publication
1906
loyalists--Pennsylvania--Lancaster County. Lancaster County (Pa.)--Biography. Publisher: Lancaster, Pa. : Lancaster County Historical Society, 1905/1906 Description: 304-309 p. ; 23 cm. Series: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 10, no. 8 Call Number: 974.9 L245 v.10 Location: LCHSJL
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by F. R. Diffenderffer.
Author
Diffenderffer, Frank Ried,
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Lancaster County Historical Society,
Date of Publication
1906
Physical Description
304-309 p. ; 23 cm.
Series
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 10, no. 8
Subjects
Houssacker, k Nicholas, - d. 1786.
American loyalists - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
Lancaster County (Pa.) - Biography.
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Early Lancaster theatre

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Author
Diffenderffer, Frank Ried,
Date of Publication
1906
. Diffenderffer, Litt.D. Primary Material: Book Subject(s): Murdoch, James E. Theater--Pennsylvania--Lancaster County. Publisher: Lancaster, Pa. : Lancaster County Historical Society, 1905/1906 Description: [114]-119 p. ; 23 cm. Series: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 10, no. 4 Call Number
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by F. R. Diffenderffer, Litt.D.
Author
Diffenderffer, Frank Ried,
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Lancaster County Historical Society,
Date of Publication
1906
Physical Description
[114]-119 p. ; 23 cm.
Series
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 10, no. 4
Subjects
Murdoch, James E.
Theater - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
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