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The City of Lancaster, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania : ... Together with an introductory sketch of the County and City, embracing the commercial, industrial, educational and social life therein : with a brief glance at the work of the various departments of the municipal government

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Date of Publication
1909.
Call Number
381 L245 Oversize
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by Richard M. Reilly ...
Place of Publication
[Lancaster, Pa.?]
Publisher
Published under the auspices of the Lancaster Board of Trade by H.A. DeForest,
Date of Publication
1909.
Physical Description
94 p. : ill. ; 31 cm.
Notes
Cover title: Resources and industries of Lancaster, Pennsylvania.
Subjects
Industries - Pennsylvania - Lancaster.
Lancaster (Pa.) - Description and travel.
Additional Corporate Author
Lancaster Board of Trade (Pa.)
Location
Lancaster History Library - Lancaster County
Call Number
381 L245 Oversize
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From trail to railway through the Appalachians

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Author
Brigham, Albert Perry,
Date of Publication
[c1907]
Call Number
380.509 B855
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by Albert Perry Brigham ...
Author
Brigham, Albert Perry,
Place of Publication
Boston, New York [etc.]
Publisher
Ginn & Company
Date of Publication
[c1907]
Physical Description
viii p., 1 l., 188 p. illus., 5 maps (incl. front.) 19 cm.
Contents
Boston and the Berkshires.--Pioneers of the Mohawk and the Hudson.--Oriskany, a battle of the revolution.--The Erie canal.--The New York central railway.--Old journeys from Philadelphia to the West.--The Pennsylvania railroad.--The National road.--The Baltimore and Ohio railroad.--Cities of the Ohio valley.--The great valley.--To Kentucky by the Cumberland gap.--Frontier soldiers and statesmen.--Cities of the southern mountains.
Subjects
Pennsylvania Railroad.
Atlantic States - Description and travel.
Ohio River Valley - Description and travel.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
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380.509 B855
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Historical points of interest along the Strasburg trolley road

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Author
Franklin, Walter M.
Date of Publication
1903
.)--Description and travel. Lancaster County (Pa.)--History. Publisher: Lancaster, Pa. : Lancaster County Historical Society, 1902-3 Description: [3]-14 p. ; 23 cm. Series: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 7, no. 1 Call Number: 974.9 L245 v.7 Location: LCHSJL -- Journal Article (reading
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by Walter M. Franklin, Esq.
Author
Franklin, Walter M.
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Lancaster County Historical Society,
Date of Publication
1903
Physical Description
[3]-14 p. ; 23 cm.
Series
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 7, no. 1
Subjects
Street-railroads - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
Lancaster County (Pa.) - Description and travel.
Lancaster County (Pa.) - History.
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Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 7, number 1 (1903), p. 3-14Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.7
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Lancaster county Indians; annals of the Susquehannocks and other Indian tribes of the Susquehanna territory from about the year 1500 to 1763, the date of their extinction. An exhaustive and interesting series of historical papers descriptive of Lancaster county's Indians prior to and during the advent of the paleface

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Author
Eshleman, Henry Frank,
Date of Publication
1908.
Call Number
974.8011 E75
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by H. Frank Eshleman.
Author
Eshleman, Henry Frank,
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Date of Publication
1908.
Physical Description
2 p. β., [3]-415 p. 23 cm.
Notes
LCHS copy inscribed by author.
Subjects
Indians of North America - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
Susquehanna Indians.
Conestoga Indians.
Pennsylvania - History - Colonial Period, ca. 1600-1775.
Lancaster County (Pa.) - Antiquities
Lancaster County (Pa.) - History.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
974.8011 E75
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Bridges of Cumberland County, Pennsylvania : paper read before the Hamilton Library Association, Carlisle, Pa., February 17, 1905

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Author
Hemminger, J. D.
Date of Publication
1905]
Call Number
974.843 C969m v. 2
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by J.D. Hemminger.
Author
Hemminger, J. D.
Place of Publication
[S.l
Publisher
s.n.,
Date of Publication
1905]
Physical Description
30 p. ; 23 cm.
Notes
Caption title.
At head of title: Local history.
Subjects
Bridges - Pennsylvania - Cumberland County.
Cumberland County (Pa.) - Description and travel.
Additional Corporate Author
Hamilton Library and Historical Association of Cumberland County (Carlisle, Pa.)
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
974.843 C969m v. 2
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Tribute to old Lancaster, city-county, Pennsylvania : dedicated to the friends of the Lancaster county historical society

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Author
Riddle, William,
Edition
2d ed. Autographed copy. [Author's autograph: W. Riddle]
Date of Publication
1908.
Call Number
974.815 LACI R543t
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Author
Riddle, William,
Edition
2d ed. Autographed copy. [Author's autograph: W. Riddle]
Place of Publication
[Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
L. B. Herr, print]
Date of Publication
1908.
Physical Description
90 p. : plates ; 16 cm.
Notes
Printed on one side of leaf only, but numbered as pages.
In verse.
Summary
A lengthy poem written in 1908 that praises the city of Lancaster, Pa.
Subjects
Poetry of places - Pennsylvania - Lancaster.
Lancaster (Pa.) - Description - Poetry.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
974.815 LACI R543t
Websites
https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=loc.ark:/13960/t7sn0gg7v&view=1up&seq=7
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Report of the Committee of the Lancaster County Historical Society

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Date of Publication
1909
nineteenth—Benjamin Franklin, Benjamin West, Lindley Murray and Robert Fulton—were all Pennsylvanians, and that two of them, Murray and Fulton, were born within the limits of Lancaster County. Nor shall I be censured for undue recognition of class or section if I remind this audience that Robert Fulton and
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Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Lancaster County Historical Society,
Date of Publication
1909
Physical Description
193-228 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Series
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 13, no. 8
Subjects
Fulton, Robert, - 1765-1815 - Centennial celebrations, etc.
Lancaster County Historical Society (Pa.)
Historical markers - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
Lancaster County (Pa.) - Biography.
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Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 13, number 8 (1909), p. 193-228Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.13
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Political divisions of Lancaster County

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Author
Steinmetz, H. L.
Date of Publication
1901
(Pa.)--Politics and government--To 1775. Publisher: Lancaster, Pa. : Lancaster County Historical Society, 1900-1901. Description: [36]-51 p. ; 23 cm. Series: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 5, no. 2 Call Number: 974.9 L245 v.5 Location: LCHSJL -- Journal Article (reading room
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by H. L. Steinmetz.
Author
Steinmetz, H. L.
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Lancaster County Historical Society,
Date of Publication
1901
Physical Description
[36]-51 p. ; 23 cm.
Series
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 5, no. 2
Subjects
Lancaster County (Pa.) - Politics and government - 1865-1950.
Lancaster County (Pa.) - Politics and government - 1775-1865.
Lancaster County (Pa.) - Politics and government - To 1775.
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Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.5
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List of the titles and brief descriptions of the papers read before the Lancaster County Historical Society

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Date of Publication
1908
Call Number
974.9 L245 v.12
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Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Lancaster County Historical Society,
Date of Publication
1908
Physical Description
[339]-355 p. ; 23 cm.
Series
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 12, no. 10
Subjects
Lancaster County Historical Society (Pa.) - Periodicals - Indexes.
Lancaster County (Pa.) - History - Periodicals.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Journal
Call Number
974.9 L245 v.12
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The birth of Lancaster County

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Author
Eshleman, Henry Frank,
Date of Publication
1908
- son & Dixon line. An Early Visitor. But though Capt. John Smith like- ly did not actually explore what is now Lancaster county soil, it seems morally certain that a Frenchman named Eitienne Brule, in 1615 or 1618, did travel through the Susquehanna river valley. An account of this may be found in a
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by H. Frank Eshleman, Esq.
Author
Eshleman, Henry Frank,
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Lancaster County Historical Society,
Date of Publication
1908
Physical Description
[5]-39 p. ; ill. ; 23 cm.
Series
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 12, no. 1
Summary
A journal article that reviews the history of the area from prehistoric time through the occupation by Europeans. It details the growth of the area as part of Chester County and the successful effort to have the area recognized as a separate county.
Subjects
Lancaster County (Pa.) - History - 17th century.
Lancaster County (Pa.) - Politics and government - To 1775.
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Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 12, number 1 (1908), p. 5-39Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.12
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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
County (Pa.)--Buildings, structures, etc. Publisher: Lancaster, Pa. : Lancaster County Historical Society, 1904/1905 Description: [3]-24 p. : ill. ; 23 cm. Series: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 9, no. 1 Call Number: 974.9 L245 v.9 Location: LCHSJL -- Journal Article (reading
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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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Poems on different subjects. To which is added a descriptive account of a family tour to the West; in the year 1800, in a letter to a lady

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Author
Hastings, Sarah Anderson,
Date of Publication
1808.
Call Number
090 L244di 1808
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By Sally Hastings ...
Author
Hastings, Sarah Anderson,
Place of Publication
Lancaster
Publisher
Printed and sold by W. Dickson for the benefit of the authoress,
Date of Publication
1808.
Physical Description
220 p. 17 cm.
Subjects
Pennsylvania - Description and travel.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Rare Books
Call Number
090 L244di 1808
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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

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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 newspapers of Lancaster County

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Author
Diffenderffer, Frank Ried,
Date of Publication
1902
Sectarians.) �dice, but more frequently through ignorance, that the German settlers in this county were an ignorant class of people. Recurring once more to the claim that Lancaster city and county were among the most important literary centres in the thirteen colonies, I may mention as an evidence of that
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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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Sutcliff's visit to Lancaster in 1805

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Author
Sutcliff, Robert,
Date of Publication
1904
County (Pa.)--Description and travel. Publisher: Lancaster, Pa. : Lancaster County Historical Society, 1903/1904 Description: [17]-24 p. ; 23 cm. Series: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 8, no. 1 Call Number: 974.9 L245 v.8 Location: LCHSJL -- Journal Article (reading room
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by Robert Sutcliff.
Author
Sutcliff, Robert,
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Lancaster County Historical Society,
Date of Publication
1904
Physical Description
[17]-24 p. ; 23 cm.
Series
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 8, no. 1
Subjects
Sutcliff, Robert, - d. 1811.
Paxton Boys.
Lancaster County (Pa.) - Description and travel.
Additional Author
Ranck, Samuel Haverstick,
Diffenderffer, Frank Ried,
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Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 8, number 1 (1904), p. 17-24Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.8
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Be a good boy ; good-bye, and other back home poems

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Author
Shroy, John Lincoln,
Date of Publication
1906.
Call Number
811 S561
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By John L. Shroy.
Author
Shroy, John Lincoln,
Place of Publication
Philadelphia
Publisher
Press of J.B. Lippincott
Date of Publication
1906.
Physical Description
xi, [13]-224 p. front., plates 13 1/2 cm.
Notes
Part of plates printed on both sides.
Subjects
Poetry of places - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
Lancaster County (Pa.) - Description and travel - Poetry.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
811 S561
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Why was Postlethwaite's chosen and then abandoned as the county seat of Lancaster County?

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Author
Landis, David H.,
Date of Publication
1908
agricultural than after their needs were supplied through ³Alsop's Maryland, pp. 38-42. (4)Mombert's History of Lancaster County, p. 372. (5)Acrelius' "New Sweden" (Memoirs Pennsylvania Historical Society, vol. xi), p. 146. �the traffic with the traders, after which their clothing and their habits greatly
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by D. H. Landis.
Author
Landis, David H.,
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Lancaster County Historical Society,
Date of Publication
1908
Physical Description
[137]-167 p. ; 23 cm.
Series
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 12, no. 4
Summary
"Giving an authentic sketch of the conditions as they appeared here before the scenes were changed by the first Europeans. Also, brief sketches of the Susquehannock or Conestoga Indians, the Traders, Penn's Troubles, the Palatines, Councils held at the Indian Town of Conestoga, Beginning of Lancaster City, Conestoga Manor and the location and present owners of prominent places which were intimately associated with Postlethwaite's; adding a sketch of John Cartlege, the King's first magistrate of what is now Lancaster County."
Subjects
Postlethwaite, John.
Postlethwaite Tavern (Conestoga Township, Pa.)
Indians of North America.
Lancaster County (Pa.) - History - 17th century.
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Map of Lancaster County, Pa. showing lines of Conestoga Traction Company

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Corporate Author
Conestoga Traction Company.
Date of Publication
1909.
Call Number
974.815 LACO 141
cO · LED ANON - - ··-··- ~ · · / • • - · · - ! JOY O•# 1,.1;1,r ~ l'IIA..IIW"'"""l"''J' MAP OF .Lapcaster County, Pa. Showing Lines of Conestoga Traction Company Figures Give Population of Townships Scale I inch = 4.61 miles SUPPLEMENT OF THE PENNSYLVANIA-GERMAN AUGUST, 1909 Courtesy, Conestoga
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courtesy, Conestoga Traction Company.
Corporate Author
Conestoga Traction Company.
Place of Publication
[Lititz, Pa
Publisher
Express Printing Co.,],
Date of Publication
1909.
Physical Description
1 map ; 23 x 27 cm.
Notes
Scale on map: 1 in. = 4.61 miles.
"Supplement of the Pennsylvania German, August, 1909."
"Figures give population of townships."
Reduced reprinting of original map.
Subjects
Conestoga Traction Company.
Electric railroads - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County - Maps.
Lancaster County (Pa.) - Population - Maps.
Lancaster County (Pa.) - Maps.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Map
Call Number
974.815 LACO 141
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Lancaster County Papers

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Date of Publication
1854-1922.
Call Number
974.815 LACO L245i
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Date of Publication
1854-1922.
Physical Description
2 vol. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Notes
A series of pamphlets bound together.
Contents
Vol 1: Father Ferdinand Farmer, an apostolic missionary in three states by John F. Quirk--A discourse, delivered in the Leacock Presbyterian Church, Lancaster County, Pa., on Thanksgiving Day, November 23, 1854 by P.J. Timlow--A discourse delivered in the Leacock Presbyterian Church, July 21st, 1892 by P.J. Timlow--Christ Lutheran Church, Lancaster, Pa.--Report of the commissioners appointed to examine the affairs of the Lancaster Savings Institution.
Vol.2: Resources and industries of the City of Lancaster, Lancaster County, Pa.--Historical sketch of St. Anthony's Church, Lancaster, Penna., 1870-1895 by Anthony F. Dorley--A discourse delivered in the Leacock Presbyterian Church, Lancaster County, Pa., on Thanksgiving Day, November 23, 1854--A discourse delivered in the Leacock Presbyterian Church, July 21st, 1892 by P.J. Timlow--Historical sketch of Zion's Reformed Church [Millersville] by D.H. Landis.
Subjects
Timlow, P.J.
St. Anthony's Church (Lancaster, Pa.) - History.
Christ Lutheran Church (Lancaster, Pa.) - History.
Lancaster Savings Institution - Report.
Leacock Presbyterian Church (Lancaste County, Pa.) - History.
Sacred Heart Academy (Lancaster, Pa.) - History.
St. Anthony's Parochial School (Lancaster, Pa.) - History.
Presbyterian Church (Lancaste County, Pa.)
Reformed Church (Lancaster County, Pa.)
Roman Catholic Church (Lancaster County, Pa.)
Lutheran Church (Lancaster County, Pa.)
Millersville (Pa.) - History.
Lancaster (Pa.) - Directories.
Lancaster County (Pa.) - Genealogy.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
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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
:///Volumes/LCHS%3BLCHSFS01/OCR%20Journal%20Project/Biblio%20Info/Pwebrecon.cgi.txt Author: Diffenderffer, Frank Ried, 1833-1921. Title: The early settlement and population of Lancaster county and city / by F. R. Diffenderffer, Litt.D. Primary Material: Book Subject(s): Lancaster County (Pa.)--Population
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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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