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Items of local interest in the Pennsylvania Gazette : 1750 to 1760 inclusive

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Author
Eshleman, Henry Frank,
Date of Publication
1919
): Pennsylvania gazette. Newspapers--Pennsylvania. Pennsylvania--Social life and customs--To 1775. Lancaster County (Pa.)--Social life and customs--Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775. Publisher: Lancaster, Pa. : Lancaster County Historical Society, 1919 Description: 133-148 p. ; 23 cm. Series: Journal of the
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copies by H. Frank Eshleman.
Author
Eshleman, Henry Frank,
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Lancaster County Historical Society,
Date of Publication
1919
Physical Description
133-148 p. ; 23 cm.
Series
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 23, no. 8
Subjects
Newspapers - Pennsylvania.
Pennsylvania - Social life and customs - To 1775.
Lancaster County (Pa.) - Social life and customs - Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775.
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Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 23, number 8 (1919), p. 133-148Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.23
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Early local historical items

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Author
Eshleman, Henry Frank,
Date of Publication
1913
, ca. 1600-1775. Lancaster County (Pa.)--Social life and customs--Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775. Publisher: Lancaster, Pa. : Lancaster County Historical Society, 1913 Description: 123-137 p. ; 23 cm. Series: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 17, no. 5 Call Number: 974.9 L245 v.17
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Responsibility
by H. Frank Eshleman, Esq.
Author
Eshleman, Henry Frank,
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Lancaster County Historical Society,
Date of Publication
1913
Physical Description
123-137 p. ; 23 cm.
Series
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 17, no. 5
Subjects
American Weekly Mercury (Philadelphia, Pa.)
Newspapers - Pennsylvania.
Pennsylvania - History - Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775.
Lancaster County (Pa.) - Social life and customs - Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775.
Contained In
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 17, number 5 (1913), p. 123-137Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.17
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Narratives of early Pennsylvania, West New Jersey and Delaware, 1630-1707

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Author
Myers, Albert Cook,
Date of Publication
1912.
Call Number
974.8028 M996
Responsibility
ed. by Albert Cook Myers ...
Author
Myers, Albert Cook,
Place of Publication
New York
Publisher
C. Scribner's Sons,
Date of Publication
1912.
Physical Description
xiv p., 2 β., 3-476 p. fold. map, fold. plan, facsim. 24 cm.
Series
Original narratives of early American history
Notes
Series title also at head of t.-p.
--A further account of the province of Pennsylvania, by William Penn, 1685.--Letters of Doctor Nicholas More, and others, 1686.--A short description of Pennsylvania, by Richard Frame, 1692.--An historical and geographical account of Pennsylvania and West-New-Jersey, by Gabriel Thomas, 1698.--Circumstantial geographical description of Pennsylvania, by Francis Daniel Pastorius, 1700.--Letter of John Jones, 1725.
Contents
From the "Korte historiael ende journaels aenteyckenings," by David Pietersz, de Vries, 1630-1633, 1644 (1665).--Relation of Captain Thomas Young, 1634.--From the "Account of the Swedish churches in New Sweden," by Reverend Israel Acrelius, 1759.--Affidavit of four men from the "Key of Calmar," 1638.--Report of Governor Johan Printz, 1644.--Report of Govern John Printz, 1647.--Report of Govenor Johan Rising. 1654.--Report of Governor Johan Rising, 1655.--Relation of the surrender of New Sweden, by Governor Johan Clason Rising, 1655.--The epistle of Penn. Lawrie and Lucas, respecting West Jersey, 1676.--The present stae of the colony of West-Jersey, 1681.--Some account of the province of Pennsylvania, by William Penn, 1681.--Letters from William Penn to the committee of the Free Society of Trades, 1683.--Letter of Thomas Paschall, 1683.
Subjects
Delaware River (N.Y.-Del. and N.J.) - History.
Delaware - History - Sources.
Pennsylvania - History - Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775 - Sources.
Delaware - History - Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775 - Sources.
New Jersey - History - Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775 - Sources.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
974.8028 M996
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The German and Swiss settlements of colonial Pennsylvania : a study of the so-called Pennsylvania Dutch

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Author
Kuhns, Levi Oscar,
Edition
New ed.
Date of Publication
1914.
Call Number
974.802812 K96
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by Oscar Kuhns.
Author
Kuhns, Levi Oscar,
Edition
New ed.
Place of Publication
New York
Publisher
Eaton & Mains,
Date of Publication
1914.
Physical Description
268 p. ; 20 cm.
Notes
Bibliography: p. 247-257.
The author was born in Columbia,Pa and is a descendant of Swiss immigrants who in the early 18th century came to live in Lancaster County, Pa.
Subjects
Pennsylvania Dutch.
Swiss in Pennsylvania.
Pennsylvania - History - Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
974.802812 K96
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Forges and furnaces in the province of Pennsylvania

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Corporate Author
National Society of the Colonial Dames of America. Pennsylvania.
Date of Publication
1914.
Call Number
671.33 C734
Responsibility
prepared by the Committee on historical research.
Corporate Author
National Society of the Colonial Dames of America. Pennsylvania.
Place of Publication
Philadelphia
Publisher
Printed for the Society,
Date of Publication
1914.
Physical Description
vii, 204 p. illus. 25 cm.
Series
Publications of the Pennsylvania society of the colonial dames of America. III
Subjects
Iron industry and trade - Pennsylvania.
Pennsylvania - History - Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
671.33 C734
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The wilderness trail; or, The ventures and adventures of the Pennsylvania traders on the Allegheny path

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Author
Hanna, Charles A.
Date of Publication
1911.
Call Number
974.8028 H243
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with some new annals of the old West, and the records of some strong men and some bad ones, by Charles A. Hanna ... with eighty maps and illustrations.
Author
Hanna, Charles A.
Place of Publication
New York, London
Publisher
G. P. Putnam's sons,
Date of Publication
1911.
Physical Description
2 v. fronts., plates, maps (part fold.) facsim. 25 cm.
Notes
"Of this work one thousand copies have been printed from type, and the type destroyed."
Contents
Chapters in volume 1: The debatable land // The Iroquoians of the Susquehanna // The Petticoat indians of Petticoat land // The Shawnees // The early traders of Conestoga, Donegal and Paxtang // The young red man goes west // The Shamokin traders and the Shamokin Path // Andrew Montour, the "Half Indian" // The Frankstown Path // The Raystown Path // The traders at Allegheny on the main path; with some annals of Kittanning and Chartier's Town // The Ohio Mingoes of the White River and the Wendats // Kuskuskies on the the Beaver // Logstown on the Ohio.
Chapters in volume 2: George Croghan , the king of the traders // The Ohio Valley before the white man came // The Lower Shanee town; or Chillicothe on the Ohio // The Chonchake Route and other Ohio paths // John Finley and Kentucky before Boone // Pickawillany Path // The Indian trade and Pennsylvania traders // The perils of the path.
Subjects
Indians of North America - Pennsylvania.
Indians of North America - Ohio River Valley.
Pennsylvania - History - Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775.
Ohio River Valley - History - To 1795.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
974.8028 H243
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Historic background and annals of the Swiss and German pioneer settlers of southeastern Pennsylvania, and of their remote ancestors, from the middle of the Dark Ages, down to the time of the Revolutionary War; an authentic history from original sources ... with particular reference to the German-Swiss Mennonites or Anabaptists, the Amish and other nonresistant sects

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Author
Eshleman, Henry Frank,
Date of Publication
1917.
Call Number
289.7 E75
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Author
Eshleman, Henry Frank,
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Date of Publication
1917.
Physical Description
2 p. ø., 386 p. 25 cm.
Subjects
Swiss - Pennsylvania.
Germans - Pennsylvania.
Mennonites - Pennsylvania.
Pennsylvania - History - Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Lancaster County
Call Number
289.7 E75
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The life of Thaddeus Stevens; a study in American political history, especially in the period of the civil war and reconstruction

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Author
Woodburn, James Albert,
Date of Publication
[c1913]
Call Number
923.2 S846wo
Responsibility
by James Albert Woodburn.
Author
Woodburn, James Albert,
Place of Publication
Indianapolis
Publisher
The Bobbs-Merrill company
Date of Publication
[c1913]
Physical Description
620 p. illus. 21 cm.
Notes
African American resources at Lancaster County Historical Society
Subjects
Stevens, Thaddeus, - 1792-1868.
United States - Politics and government - Civil War, 1861-1865.
United States - Politics and government - 1865-1869.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
923.2 S846wo
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The first white man in Pennsylvania and in Lancaster County

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Author
Diffenderffer, Frank Ried,
Date of Publication
1913.
Gilmary Shea. Charles A. Hanna, Win- ser's Narrative and Critical History of America, and especially in Mr. Will- shire Butterfield's sketch of Brulé's explorations may be consulted. Of the French and Champlain it has been truly said: "Long before the ice-coated plains of Plymouth listened to the rugged
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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
1913.
Physical Description
5-36 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Series
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 17, no. 1
Subjects
Brule, Etienne, - 1595-1632.
Iroquois Indians
Pennsylvania - History - Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775.
America - Discovery and exploration - French.
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Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 17, number 1 (1913), p. 5-36Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.17
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Our early currency and its value

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Author
Diffenderffer, Frank Ried,
Date of Publication
1910
cash," issued paper currency to the extent of six thousand pounds. �Massachusetts and South Carolina were the initial colonies in the United States to introduce the use of a paper currency without a metallic reserve to sustain it, and the others were not slow,on one pretext or another, to fol- low
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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
1910
Physical Description
[151]-159 p. ; 23 cm.
Series
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 14, no. 5
Subjects
Paper money - United States.
United States - History - Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775.
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Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 14, number 5 (1910), p. 151-159Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.14
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[Frontier forts of Pennsylvania]: Frontier forts in the Cumberland and Juniata Valleys

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Author
Weiser, Jay Gilfillan
Edition
2d. ed.
Date of Publication
1916
Call Number
974.80324 P415 1916 V. 1
Author
Weiser, Jay Gilfillan
Edition
2d. ed.
Place of Publication
Harrisburg, PA
Publisher
Wm. Stanley Ray, state printer
Date of Publication
1916
Physical Description
maps and col. plates
Series
Report of the Commission to locate the site of the frontier forts of Pennsylvania
Notes
p. 466-627
Subjects
Fortifications - Pennsylvania
Indians of North America - Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania - History - Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
974.80324 P415 1916 V. 1
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Chronicles of Pennsylvania from the English revolution to the peace of Aix-la-Chapelle, 1688-1748 / by Charles P. Keith

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Author
Keith, Charles Penrose,
Date of Publication
1917.
Call Number
974.802 K28
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Author
Keith, Charles Penrose,
Place of Publication
Philadelphia
Publisher
[Patterson & White Co.],
Date of Publication
1917.
Physical Description
2 v. (981 p.) ; 25 cm.
Notes
Paged continuously.
Includes index.
Subjects
Pennsylvania - History - Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
974.802 K28
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[Frontier Forts of Pennsylvania]: Frontier forts within the north and west branches of the Susquehanna River

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Author
Buckalew, John M.
Edition
2d. ed.
Date of Publication
1916
Call Number
974.80324 P415 1916 V. 1
Author
Buckalew, John M.
Edition
2d. ed.
Place of Publication
Harrisburg, PA
Publisher
Wm. Stanley Ray, state printer
Date of Publication
1916
Physical Description
maps and col. plates
Series
Report of the Commission to locate the site of the frontier forts of Pennsylvania
Notes
p. 348-418
Subjects
Fortifications - Pennsylvania
Indians of North America - Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania - History - Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
974.80324 P415 1916 V. 1
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Captain William Trent, an Indian trader

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Author
Landis, Charles Israel,
Date of Publication
1919
Gratz acquired a joint interest in this land. As the title of Trent passed to Joseph Simon, it was in litigation between the executors and heirs of Simon and Gratz for many years, finally reaching the Supreme Court of the United States. Joseph Simon, as is known to all of you, lived in the Borough of
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by Hon. Charles I. Landis.
Author
Landis, Charles Israel,
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Lancaster County Historical Society,
Date of Publication
1919
Physical Description
173-183 p. ; 23 cm.
Series
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 23, no. 10
Subjects
Trent, William, - 1715-1787?
United States - History - Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775.
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[Frontier forts of Pennsylvania]: Indian forts of the Blue Mountains

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Author
Richards, H. M. M.
Edition
2d. ed.
Date of Publication
1916
Call Number
974.80324 P415 1916 V. 1
Author
Richards, H. M. M.
Edition
2d. ed.
Place of Publication
Harrisburg, PA
Publisher
Wm. Stanley Ray, state printer
Date of Publication
1916
Physical Description
maps and col. plates
Series
Report of the Commission to locate the site of the frontier forts of Pennsylvania
Notes
p. 3-347.
Subjects
Fortifications - Pennsylvania
Indians of North America - Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania - History - Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
974.80324 P415 1916 V. 1
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Author
Robinson, Mary N.
Date of Publication
1912
. Primary Material: Book Subject(s): Page, John. Plumton Manor (Pa.) Pennsylvania--History--Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775. Publisher: Lancaster, Pa. : Lancaster County Historical Society, 1912 Description: 109-113 p. ; 23 cm. Series: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 16, no. 4 Call
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by Mrs. M. N. Robinson.
Author
Robinson, Mary N.
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Lancaster County Historical Society,
Date of Publication
1912
Physical Description
109-113 p. ; 23 cm.
Series
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 16, no. 4
Subjects
Page, John.
Plumton Manor (Pa.)
Pennsylvania - History - Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775.
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The location of Susquehannock Fort

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Author
Landis, David H.,
Date of Publication
1910
in 1606 the Susquehannocks had about 600 warriors, and they had fully that number up to about 1650. Smith states they have (not their town), but their towns fortified against the Mo- hawks, another tribe of the Iroquois, with whom they were then at war. This shows that they had a number of forts or
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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
1910
Physical Description
81-117 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Series
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 14, no. 3
Subjects
Susquehannock Fort (York County, Pa.)
Susquehanna Indians.
Pennsylvania - History - Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775.
Lancaster County (Pa.) - Antiquities.
York County (Pa.) - Antiquities.
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The location of Pequehan

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Author
Landis, David H.,
Date of Publication
1919
inhabited by a band of the Piqual tribe of the Shawnee Indians, between 1698 and 1727. In order to unravel this matter we will follow the history and habits of these Shawnee Indians in a brief manner. According to the sacred tribal chronicle of the Delaware Indians, called the Walam Olum,2 the pictographic
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by David H. Landis.
Author
Landis, David H.,
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Lancaster County Historical Society,
Date of Publication
1919
Physical Description
69-77 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Series
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 23, no. 4
Subjects
Indians of North America.
Algonquin Indians.
Shawnee Indians.
Pequea (Pa.) - History - Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775.
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Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 23, number 4 (1919), p. 69-77Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.23
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Massacre of the Conestoga Indians, 1763 : incidents and details

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Author
Bausman, Lottie M.
Date of Publication
1914
. Conestoga Massacre, Pa., 1763. Pennsylvania--History--Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775. Publisher: Lancaster, Pa. : Lancaster County Historical Society, 1914 Description: 169-185 p. ; 23 cm. Series: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 18, no. 7 Call Number: 974.9 L245 v.18 Location: LCHSJL
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by Miss Lottie M. Bausman.
Author
Bausman, Lottie M.
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Lancaster County Historical Society,
Date of Publication
1914
Physical Description
169-185 p. ; 23 cm.
Series
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 18, no. 7
Subjects
Paxton Boys.
Conestoga Indians
Conestoga Massacre, Pa., 1763.
Pennsylvania - History - Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775.
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Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 18, number 7 (1914), p. 169-185Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.18
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[Frontier forts of Pennsylvania]: Frontier forts within the Wyoming Valley Region

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Author
Reynolds, Sheldon
Edition
2d. ed.
Date of Publication
1916
Call Number
974.80324 P415 1916 V. 1
Author
Reynolds, Sheldon
Edition
2d. ed.
Place of Publication
Harrisburg, PA
Publisher
Wm. Stanley Ray, state printer
Date of Publication
1916
Physical Description
maps and col. plates
Series
Report of the Commission to locate the site of the frontier forts of Pennsylvania
Notes
p. 418-466
Subjects
Fortifications - Pennsylvania.
Indians of North America - Pennsylvania.
Pennsylvania - History - Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
974.80324 P415 1916 V. 1
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