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A brief history of the city of Lancaster; Containing an introduction to the settlement of the county; reminiscences of the past and present of the city; the poor house and hospital; the court house; the county jail; the water works; the railroad; the Franklin and Marshall College; the manufactories; the gas works and agricultural park; with many of the old "land marks," &c

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo16919
Author
Kilburn, Francis,
Date of Publication
1870.
Call Number
974.815 L244p 1870
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Author
Kilburn, Francis,
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Pearsol and Geist, printers,
Date of Publication
1870.
Physical Description
40 [2] p. ; 27 cm.
Notes
Cover title.
Includes local business cards and advertisements.
Not in Wilkinson.
Subjects
Lancaster County (Pa.) - History.
Lancaster (Pa.) - History.
Lancaster (Pa.) - Commerce.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Rare Books
Call Number
974.815 L244p 1870
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A Brief history of the city of Lancaster : containing an introduction to the settlement of the county, reminiscences of the past and present of the city, the poor house and hospital, the court house, the county jail, the water works, the railroad, the Franklin and Marshall College, the manufactories, the gas works and agricultural park, with many of the old land marks, &c. ; also, the business cards of the principal merchants and manufacturers

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo16047
Date of Publication
1870.
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Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Published by Francis Kilburn ; Pearsol & Geist, printers,
Date of Publication
1870.
Physical Description
40 p. : ill. ; 27 cm.
Notes
Bound with The Bible in Iron (1914) and Old Home Week Manheim, Pa. (1912) -- this copy is missing as of 4/11/2024. Please access using the electronic copy.
Subjects
Lancaster County (Pa.) - History.
Lancaster (Pa.) - History.
Additional Author
Kilburn, Francis.
Websites
https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=loc.ark:/13960/t88g9f93k;view=1up;seq=3
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History of St. Mary's Church, Lancaster, Pa.: published in connection with the one hundred and sixty-ninth anniversary of the organization of the parish and fifty-seventh anniversary of the consecration of the present church, 1742-1854

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo1439
Date of Publication
1911.
Call Number
282 M393h 1911
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Place of Publication
[Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
the Church]
Date of Publication
1911.
Physical Description
15 p. : ill. ; 19 cm.
Notes
"Sunday, March 26, 1911."
Subjects
St. Mary's Church (Lancaster, Pa.) - History
Pennsylvania - Lancaster - Church history.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Lancaster County
Call Number
282 M393h 1911
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Blue book of Schuylkill County : who was who and why, in interior eastern Pennsylvania, in Colonial days, the Huguenots and Palatines, their service in Queen Anne's French and Indian, and Revolutionary Wars : history of the Zerbey, Schwalm, Miller, Merkle, Minnich, Staudt, and many other representative families

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo4460
Author
Elliott, Ella Zerbey
Date of Publication
1916.
Call Number
974.817 E46
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Responsibility
by Mrs. Ella Zerbey Elliott.
Author
Elliott, Ella Zerbey
Place of Publication
Pottsville, Pa
Publisher
Pottsville, Pa. "Republican", Joseph Zerbey, proprietor,
Date of Publication
1916.
Physical Description
456 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Subjects
Genealogy - Pennsylvania.
Schuylkill County (Pa.) - History.
Schuylkill County (Pa.) - Genealogy.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
974.817 E46
Websites
https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=wu.89060732906&view=1up&seq=13
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The American statesman: a political history, exhibiting the origin, nature and practical operation of constitutional government in the United States; the rise and progress of parties, the legislation relating to all matters of national importance, with views of distinguished statesmen on questions of foreign and domestic policy

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo683
Author
Young, Andrew W.
Edition
Rev. and enl.
Date of Publication
[1877]
Call Number
973 Y68
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By Andrew W. Young ...
Author
Young, Andrew W.
Edition
Rev. and enl.
Place of Publication
New York [etc.]
Publisher
H.S. Goodspeed & Company
Date of Publication
[1877]
Physical Description
xxxv, [21]-1594, 70 p. 10 port. (incl. front.) 24 cm.
Subjects
United States - Politics and government.
United States - History.
United States - Politics and government - 1783-1865.
United States - History - 1783-1865.
United States - Constitutional history.
Additional Author
Ferris, George T.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
973 Y68
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Our first century: being a popular descriptive portraiture of the one hundred great and memorable events of perpetual interest in the history of our country, political, military, mechanical, social, scientific and commercial: embracing also delineations of all the great historic characters celebrated in the annals of the republic; men of heroism, statesmanship, genius, oratory, adventure and philanthropy

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo11825
Author
Devens, R. M.
Date of Publication
1879.
Call Number
973 D489
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Author
Devens, R. M.
Place of Publication
Springfield, Mass
Publisher
C. A. Nichols,
Date of Publication
1879.
Physical Description
1004 p. illus., ports.
Subjects
United States - History.
United States - History - 1783-1865.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
973 D489
Websites
https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=hvd.hwb3cs&view=1up&seq=11
https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=hvd.hwb3cr&view=1up&seq=11
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The history of Pennsylvania from the earliest discovery to the present time. Including an account of the first settlements by the Dutch, Swedes, and English, and of the colony of William Penn, his treaty and pacific measures with the Indians; and the gradual advancement of the state to its present aspect of opulence, culture and refinement. By William Mason Cornell

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo3100
Author
Cornell, William Mason,
Date of Publication
1876.
Call Number
974.8009 C814
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Author
Cornell, William Mason,
Place of Publication
Philadelphia
Publisher
Quaker City Pub. House,
Date of Publication
1876.
Physical Description
575, [1] p. illus. 24 cm.
Notes
Bibliography: p. [576]
Subjects
Pennsylvania - History.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
974.8009 C814
Websites
https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=loc.ark:/13960/t1jh3ss5k&view=1up&seq=11
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The Swedish settlements on the Delaware : their history and relation to the Indians, Dutch and English, 1638-1664 : with an account of the South, the New Sweden, and the American companies, and the efforts of Sweden to regain the colony

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo9063
Author
Johnson, Amandus,
Date of Publication
1911.
Call Number
974.802814 J71
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Responsibility
by Amandus Johnson.
Author
Johnson, Amandus,
Place of Publication
[Philadelphia] : New York
Publisher
University of Pennsylvania ; D. Appleton, Agents,
Date of Publication
1911.
Physical Description
2 v. (xx, 879 p., [152] leaves of plates) : ill., facsims, maps, ports. ; 26 cm.
Series
Americana Germanica ;
Notes
Includes bibliographical references (v. 2, p. 767-812) and index.
Subjects
Swedes - United States.
Delaware - History.
Delaware River Valley (N.Y.-Del. and N.J.) - History.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
974.802814 J71
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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

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo5733
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
Websites
https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=nyp.33433091028708;view=1up;seq=7
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History of the District court of the city and county of Lancaster : and also sketches of the judges of this court and of the associate and additional law judges of the second judicial district of Pennsylvania

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo16515
Author
Landis, Charles I.
Date of Publication
1914.
Call Number
343.334 L257
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Responsibility
by Hon. Charles I. Landis.
Author
Landis, Charles I.
Place of Publication
Lancaster
Publisher
New Era Print. Co.,
Date of Publication
1914.
Physical Description
16 p. ; 24 cm.
Notes
Rebound in one-quarter brown leather and linen with marbled end papers.
Rebound with original letters from the judges, signatures cut from other documents affixed under photrographs of the judges, inerspersed photograms and engravings taken from other texts.
With: Short sketches of the judges of Lancaster County whose portraits have been placed in the county courthouse/ Charles I. Landis. Lancaster, Pa.: The New Era Printing Company, 1913.
Subjects
Lancaster County (Pa.). - District court.
Courts - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Rare Books
Call Number
343.334 L257
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Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania : genealogy, family history, biography ; containing historical sketches of old families and of representative and prominent citizens past and present

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Date of Publication
1916 date not identified..
Call Number
974.817 S397g
917.817 S397g
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Place of Publication
Chicago, Ill. : Plac of publication not identified
Publisher
J.H. Beers, Publisher not identified,:
Date of Publication
1916 date not identified..
Physical Description
2 volumes, 45 unnumbered leaves of plates : illustrations, portraits ; 28 cm
Notes
Paged continuously.
Includes indexes.
LHO copy is a reprint with no publishing information.
Subjects
Schuylkill County (Pa.) - Biography.
Schuylkill County (Pa.) - History.
Schuylkill County (Pa.) - Genealogy.
Pennsylvania - Schuylkill County.
Biographies.
Genealogy.
History.
Additional Corporate Author
J.H. Beers & Co.,
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
974.817 S397g
917.817 S397g
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A history of the rise, progress, and present condition of the Moravian Seminary for Young Ladies at Bethlehem, Pa. : with a catalogue of its pupils, 1785-1858

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo1903
Author
Reichel, William Cornelius,
Edition
2nd ed., rev. and enl.,
Date of Publication
1870.
Call Number
373.74822 M831r
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Responsibility
by William C. Reichel.
Author
Reichel, William Cornelius,
Edition
2nd ed., rev. and enl.,
Place of Publication
Philadelphia
Publisher
J.B. Lippincott & Co.,
Date of Publication
1870.
Physical Description
570 p., [20] leaves of plates : ill. ; 25 cm.
Notes
Includes index.
On flyleaf: presented to Annie E. Dillman, 1873.
Subjects
Moravian Seminary for Young Ladies (Bethlehem, Pa.) - History.
Additional Author
Bigler, William H.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Rare Books
Call Number
373.74822 M831r
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An illustrated history of the commonwealth of Pennsylvania, civil, political, and military, from its earliest settlement to the present time including historical descriptions of each county in the state, their towns, and industrial resources

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo3097
Author
Egle, William Henry,
Date of Publication
1876.
Call Number
974.8009 H313 1876
974.8009 E31
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Responsibility
by William Henry Egle.
Author
Egle, William Henry,
Place of Publication
Harrisburg
Publisher
DeWitt C. Goodrich,
Date of Publication
1876.
Physical Description
xii, 13-1186 p., front., illus. (ports., maps, facsim.), 25 cm.
Notes
Bound in three-quarter red leather and red linen.
Bookplate of Redmond Conyngham No. 2658
Subjects
Pennsylvania - History.
Pennsylvania - Local history.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Rare Books
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
974.8009 H313 1876
974.8009 E31
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The book of memories, being the one hundred and fiftieth anniversary of the completion of Old St. Peter's Lutheran Church and the one hundred and fifty-third anniversary of the organization of the congregation

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo5132
Corporate Author
St. Peter's Lutheran Church (Middletown, Pa.)
Date of Publication
1917]
Call Number
974.818 M627
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Corporate Author
St. Peter's Lutheran Church (Middletown, Pa.)
Place of Publication
[Middletown, Pa
Date of Publication
1917]
Physical Description
153 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Subjects
St. Peter's Lutheran Church (Middletown, Pa.) - History.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
974.818 M627
Websites
https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=hvd.ah5x9c;q1=%22The%20book%20of%20memories%2C%20being%20the%20one%20hundred%20and%20fiftieth%20anniversary%20of%20the%20completion%20of%20Old%20St.%20Peter%22
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The story of Lancaster: old and new; being a narrative history of Lancaster, Pennsylvania, form 1730 to the centennial year 1918

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo3213
Author
Riddle, William,
Date of Publication
1917.
Call Number
974.815 LACI R543s
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Responsibility
by William Riddle ... with 22 illustrations.
Author
Riddle, William,
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
The author,
Date of Publication
1917.
Physical Description
xv, 292 p. : front., plates, ports. ; 21 cm.
Subjects
Lancaster (Pa.) - History.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
974.815 LACI R543s
Websites
https://books.google.com/books?id=7gQNAAAAYAAJ&pg=PR1&lpg=PR1&dq=the+founder%27s+return+by+william+riddle&source=bl&ots=q0NEm9m3BP&sig=ACfU3U1QaEW-NY17HVL5YZbN_z6kOvg5yA&hl=en&ppis=_c&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiPruKcwpHoAhVzlXIEHWp7A94Q6AEwAXoECAsQAQ#v=onepage&q=the%20founder's%20return%20by%20william%20riddle&f=false
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History of the District Court of the city and county of Lancaster

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Author
Landis, Charles Israel,
Date of Publication
1914
History of the District Court of the City and County of Lancaster, A history of the establishment and abolition of the District Court of the City and County of Lancaster may not be important to the present genera- tion, and it is easily ascertained by any one who is willing to make diligent search
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Responsibility
by Judge C. I. Landis.
Author
Landis, Charles Israel,
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Lancaster County Historical Society,
Date of Publication
1914
Physical Description
103-119 p. ; 23 cm.
Series
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 18, no. 5
Subjects
Smith, Charles, - 1765-1836.
Thomson, Alexander, - 1788-1848.
Bradford, Ebenezer, - 1746-1801.
Harper, A. L. - 1793-1875.
Patterson, David Watson, - 1815-1892.
McMullen, David, - 1844-
Brubaker, Henry Clay, - 1843-1899.
Hassler, Aaron Bilyeu, - 1860-
Courts - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County
Contained In
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 18, number 5 (1914), p. 103-119Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.18
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The Holy Bible : containing the Old and New Testaments, translated out of the original tongues, with a complete concordance ... 100,000 marginal references and readings. Apocrypha and Psalms in metre. Dr. William Smith's Standard Bible dictionary ... A comprehensive and critical description of the tabernacle and its sacred furniture ; together with an account of the priesthood and the worship and sacrifices of the Israelites. Compiled expressly for this edition of the Holy Bible, chiefly from the writings of Dr. William Smith, Dean Milman, Rev. John Kitto ... [et al.] ... A history of all the religious denominations of the world, and many other important and useful aids to the study of the Holy Scriptures ... with over 2500 ... illustrations, on steel, wood, and in colors

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo19858
Date of Publication
1870.
Call Number
220 F534 1870
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Place of Publication
Millersville, PA
Publisher
B.R. Witmer,
Date of Publication
1870.
Physical Description
[1690] pages : color frontispiece, illustrations (inc. portraits) plates (some color), map ; 32 x 24 cm
Notes
Pagination : 2p. l., 9-11, [1], v-viii, [2], 14, 18, 32, 128, 16, 178, 10, 12, 9-740, 104, [24], 33-48, viii, 643-1029. [4], 12, 44, 36 p.
Album for "Family portraits" (2 leaves at end).
New Testament has special t.p. :[Contrasted editions]. Both versions of the New Testament of Our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, translated out of the original Greek ; being the version set forth A.D. 1611. Compared with the most ancient authorities and revised A.D. 1881. The old (King James)--version and the revised version arranged in parallel columns for convenience in reference and comparison ...
Genealogy of John R. Fisher and Alice Herr on four pages following the Apocrypha.
Viewing bibles contingent of staff availability, an appointment may be required.
Full morocco binding with elababote gold tooling on both covers, Holy Bible in circular recess; part of tooling at base of spine missing; edge gilding.
Subjects
Fisher family - Genealogy.
Concordances.
Dictionaries.
Additional Author
Fisher, John B.
Herr, Alice
Additional Title
Bible.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Bible
Call Number
220 F534 1870
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The early settlement and history of Little Britain Township, including Fulton Township

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Author
Magee, Daniel F.
Date of Publication
1913
The Early Settlement and History of Little Britain Township, Including Fulton Township The first survey and grant of lands in Lancaster county was in this town- ship, Little Britain, which included in its early settlement the territory now called Fulton township, and consti- tutes the extreme
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Responsibility
by D. F. Magee, Esq.
Author
Magee, Daniel F.
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Lancaster County Historical Society,
Date of Publication
1913
Physical Description
138-151 p. ; 23 cm.
Series
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 17, no. 5
Subjects
Lewis, John C., - d. 1892.
Little Britain (Lancaster County, Pa. : Township)
Fulton (Lancaster County, Pa. : Township)
Lancaster County (Pa.) - History - 17th century.
Contained In
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 17, number 5 (1913), p. 138-151Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.17
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A narrative of the suppression by Col. Burr, of the history of the administration of John Adams, late President of the United States, written by John Wood ... To which is added a biography of Thomas Jefferson, President of the United States; and of General Hamilton: with strictures on the conduct of John Adams, and on the character of General C.C. Pinckney. Extracted verbatim from the suppressed history

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo21199
Author
Cheetham, James,
Date of Publication
1802.
Call Number
Book 460 1802
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By a citizen of New-York.
Author
Cheetham, James,
Place of Publication
New York
Publisher
Printed by Denniston and Cheetham,
Date of Publication
1802.
Physical Description
72 pages 21 cm
Notes
Jasper Yeates's Colonial Law Library.
Book number 460 as asssigned by Yeates.
Bound with Features of Mr. Jay's treaty. to which is annexed a view of the commerce of the United States, as it stands at present, and as it is fixed by Mr. Jay's treaty. Philadelphia: printed by Land & Ustick, for Mathew Carey, 1795. -- Report of the Commmittee of the House of Representatives of the United States appointed to prepare and report articles of impeachment against William Blount, a Senator of the United States.... Printed by John Fenno, Place and date not specified -- Instructions to the envoys extraordinary and ministers plenipotentiary from the United States of Ameridca, to the French Republic,.... Philadelphia: Printed by W. Ross in Locust Street...[1798].--.Message from the President of the United States, accompanying sundry papers relative to the affairs of the United States with the French Republic. 18 January,1799, published by order of the House of Representatives -- Message from the President of the United States, accompanying a report of the Secretary of State....Philadelphia: Printed by John Ward Fenno. 1700.--.Report of the Committee, to whom was referred, so much of the President's speech, as relates to a revision and amended of the judiciary system.1 May 1800, published by order of the House of Representatives
Includes bibliographical references.
Contents
Preface -- A narrative [of the suppression by Col. Burr of the history of the administration of John Adams] -- Biography of Mr. Jefferson -- Biography of Mr. Hamiltion -- Of General Washington -- Of Jonathan Dayton -- Of Charles Cotesworth Pinckney -- Quarrell at Trenton between Mr. Adams and his ministers.
Subjects
Wood, John, - 1775?-1822.
Adams, John, - 1735-1826.
Jefferson, Thomas, - 1743-1826.
Hamilton, Alexander, - 1757-1804.
Burr, Aaron, - 1756-1836.
Three-quarters leather on marbled boards (Binding)
Additional Author
Yeates, Jasper,
Location
Lancaster History Library - Yeates Collection
Call Number
Book 460 1802
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The Three Earls : an historical sketch, and proceedings of the centennial jubilee, held at New Holland, Pa., July 4, 1876

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo1143
Date of Publication
1876.
Call Number
974.815 EARL D569
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Place of Publication
New Holland, [Pa.]
Publisher
Ranck & Sandoe,
Date of Publication
1876.
Physical Description
115 p. ; 18 cm.
Notes
The 1986 reprint includes a new index.
"Historical sketch prepared by Frank R. Diffenderffer": p. [15]-76.
Includes bibliographical references.
Subjects
Fourth of July orations.
Earl (Lancaster County, Pa. : Township) - History.
West Earl (Lancaster County, Pa. : Township) - History.
East Earl (Lancaster County, Pa. : Township)) - History.
New Holland (Pa.) - History.
Additional Author
Diffenderffer, Frank R.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Rare Books
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
974.815 EARL D569
Copy Info
1876
1986 [reprint]
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