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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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Responsibility
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.
Contained In
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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Items in the Pennsylvania Gazette concerning Lancaster County

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Author
Eshleman, Henry Frank,
Date of Publication
1918
--18th century. Lancaster County (Pa.)--Social life and customs--18th century. Publisher: Lancaster, Pa. : Lancaster County Historical Society, 1918 Description: 21-26 p. ; 23 cm. Series: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 22, no. 2 Call Number: 974.9 L245 v.22 Location: LCHSJL
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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
1918
Physical Description
21-26 p. ; 23 cm.
Series
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 22, no. 2
Subjects
Newspapers - Pennsylvania
Lancaster County (Pa.) - History - 18th century.
Lancaster County (Pa.) - Social life and customs - 18th century.
Contained In
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 22, number 2 (1918), p. 21-26Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.22
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Early items of Lancaster County history

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Author
Eshleman, Henry Frank,
Date of Publication
1910
--Pennsylvania. Lancaster County (Pa.)--Social life and customs. Lancaster County (Pa.)--History--17th century. Publisher: Lancaster, Pa. : Lancaster County Historical Society, 1910 Description: 293-300 p. ; 23 cm. Series: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 14, no. 10 Call Number: 974.9 L245
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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
1910
Physical Description
293-300 p. ; 23 cm.
Series
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 14, no. 10
Subjects
Newspapers - Pennsylvania.
Lancaster County (Pa.) - Social life and customs.
Lancaster County (Pa.) - History - 17th century.
Contained In
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 14, number 1 (1910), p. 293-300Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.14
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Author
Hostetter, Albert K.
Date of Publication
1918
--Pennsylvania--Lancaster County. Lancaster County (Pa.)--History--18th century. Lancaster County (Pa.)--Social life and customs--18th century. Publisher: Lancaster, Pa. : Lancaster County Historical Society, 1918 Description: 77-86 p. ; 23 cm. Series: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 22
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Responsibility
by A. K. Hostetter.
Author
Hostetter, Albert K.
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Lancaster County Historical Society,
Date of Publication
1918
Physical Description
77-86 p. ; 23 cm.
Series
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 22, no. 5
Subjects
Neue Unpartheyische Lancaster Zeitung und Anzeigs Nachrichten.
German American newspapers - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
Lancaster County (Pa.) - History - 18th century.
Lancaster County (Pa.) - Social life and customs - 18th century.
Contained In
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 22, number 5 (1918), p. 77-86Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.22
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Thirty-five years of "The Clio" a historical review of the Cliosophic Society of Lancaster, Pennsylvania; organized November nineteenth, eighteen hundred and seventy-nine

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Corporate Author
Cliosophic Society of Lancaster.
Date of Publication
1914
Call Number
367 C641 v.2
Corporate Author
Cliosophic Society of Lancaster.
Place of Publication
[Lancaster, Pa.]
Publisher
published by the Society,
Date of Publication
1914
Physical Description
142 p. 29 cm.
Subjects
Franklin and Marshall College.
Lancaster Theological Seminary (Lancaster, Pa.)
Lancaster (Pa.) - Clubs.
Lancaster (Pa.) - Social life and customs.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Lancaster County
Call Number
367 C641 v.2
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The passing of an old landmark

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Author
Hensel, W. U.
Date of Publication
1914
. Primary Material: Book Subject(s): Shippen family. Architecture, Domestic--Pennsylvania--Lancaster County. Lancaster (Pa.)--Social life and customs. Publisher: Lancaster, Pa. : Lancaster County Historical Society, 1914 Description: 251-274 p. : ill. ; 23 cm. Series: Journal of the Lancaster County
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Responsibility
by W. U. Hensel, Esq.
Author
Hensel, W. U.
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Lancaster County Historical Society,
Date of Publication
1914
Physical Description
251-274 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Series
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 18, no. 10
Summary
This journal article of 1914 laments the demolition of the historic Shippen family home at the northwest corner of the intersection of Lime and Orange streets in Lancaster,Pa. He gives a history of several other buildings in Lancaster which have disappeared as well over the years, though he writes in most detail about the Shippen house and the various people who have lived there.
Subjects
Shippen family.
Architecture, Domestic - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
Lancaster (Pa.) - Social life and customs.
Contained In
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 18, number 10 (1914), p. 251-274Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.18
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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.
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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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Author
Buehrle, Robert K.
Date of Publication
1913
bit of astrology / by R. K. Buehrle. Primary Material: Book Subject(s): Astrology. Superstition--Pennsylvania--Lancaster County. Lancaster County (Pa.)--Social life and customs. Publisher: Lancaster, Pa. : Lancaster County Historical Society, 1913 Description: 268-271 p. ; 23 cm. Series: Journal of
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by R. K. Buehrle.
Author
Buehrle, Robert K.
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Lancaster County Historical Society,
Date of Publication
1913
Physical Description
268-271 p. ; 23 cm.
Series
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 17, no. 9
Subjects
Astrology.
Superstition - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
Lancaster County (Pa.) - Social life and customs.
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Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 17, number 9 (1913), p. 268-271Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.17
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Two-hundredth anniversary of Lancaster's incorporation as a borough

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Author
Heisey, M. Luther,
Date of Publication
1942
contents — self-government under the law — and because it has become the rallying point for the united effort of the whole city and county of Lancaster in meeting the great emer- gency of 1942, and in helping us to win the eighth war — as we have won the other seven wars — since the days when the charter
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Responsibility
by M. Luther Heisey.
Author
Heisey, M. Luther,
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Lancaster County Historical Society,
Date of Publication
1942
Physical Description
[83]-[97] p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Series
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 46, no. 2 & 3
Subjects
Lancaster Corporation Book.
Holidays.
Charters.
Lancaster (Pa.) - History.
Lancaster (Pa.) - Social life and customs.
Lancaster (Pa.) - Politics and government.
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Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 46, number 2/3 (1942), p. 83-97Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.46
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Amusements in Lancaster 1750-1940

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Author
Reichmann, Felix,
Date of Publication
1941
relation to the community, who enjoys or rejects the play, lies the important social implication of the theatre as a dynamic social agency. Theatre always caters to the key-places of a country and not only for eco- nomic reasons. The more a town is connected with the whole life of the nation, the better
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Responsibility
by Felix Reichmann.
Author
Reichmann, Felix,
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Lancaster County Historical Society,
Date of Publication
1941
Physical Description
[25]-56 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Series
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 45, no. 2
Subjects
Theater - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
Amusements - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
Lancaster County (Pa.) - Social life and customs.
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Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 45, number 2 (1941), p. 25-56Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.45
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The story of Caernarvon

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Author
Lincoln, J. B.
Date of Publication
1914
, blacksmiths, Conestoga wagon builders and nearby fulling mills gave employment to many per- sons, and an air of prosperity was evident to the traveler. The Pennsylvania Gazeteer of 1798 thus describes the town at that date: "A post town in Caernarvon township, Lancaster county, Pa., distant twenty miles from
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by J. B. Lincoln, M.D.
Author
Lincoln, J. B.
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Lancaster County Historical Society,
Date of Publication
1914
Physical Description
59-79 p. ; 23 cm.
Series
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 18, no. 3
Summary
Caernarvon is the easternmost township of Lancaster County, PA. The article, written in 1914, describes the geography, people, houses, and industry of the past.
Subjects
Episcopal Church of Bangor (Churchtown, Pa.)
Episcopal Church - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
Iron industry and trade - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
Mills and mill-work - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
Caernarvon (Lancaster County, Pa. : Township) - Description and travel.
Caernarvon (Lancaster County, Pa. : Township) - History.
Churchtown (Pa.)
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Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 18, number 3 (1914), p. 59-79Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.18
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Easter customs of Lancaster County

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Author
Kieffer, Elizabeth Clarke.
Date of Publication
1948
triumphant notes ringing from the old organ which had often responded to her own fingers, that its words were very true : "The Lord of Life is risen, And love no longer grieves." BIBLIOGRAPHY Bachman, George Calvin—The Old Order Amish of Lancaster County, 1942. (Pennsylvania German Society, vol. 49). Brand
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Responsibility
by Elizabeth Clarke Kieffer.
Author
Kieffer, Elizabeth Clarke.
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Lancaster County Historical Society,
Date of Publication
1948
Physical Description
[49]-68 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Series
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 52, no. 3
Subjects
Easter.
Symbolism.
Lancaster County (Pa.) - Social life and customs.
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Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 52, number 3 (1948), p. 49-68Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.52
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The plenty of Pennsylvania : samples of seven cultures persisting from colonial days

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Author
Weygandt, Cornelius,
Date of Publication
1942.
Call Number
917.48 W547
Responsibility
by Cornelius Weygandt.
Author
Weygandt, Cornelius,
Place of Publication
New York
Publisher
H.C. Kinsey & Co.,
Date of Publication
1942.
Physical Description
x, 319 p., [30] p. of plates : ill. ; 23 cm.
Notes
Includes index.
Subjects
Pennsylvania - Description and travel.
Pennsylvania - Social life and customs.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
917.48 W547
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Colonial folkways : a chronicle of American life in the reign of the Georges

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Author
Andrews, Charles McLean,
Edition
Textbook ed.
Date of Publication
c1919.
Call Number
917.3 A565
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Responsibility
by Charles M. Andrews.
Author
Andrews, Charles McLean,
Edition
Textbook ed.
Place of Publication
New Haven
Publisher
Yale University Press,
Date of Publication
c1919.
Physical Description
vii, 255 p. ; 18 cm.
Series
Chronicles of America series ;
Notes
Includes bibliographical references (p. 239-243) and index.
Contents
Chapters : The Land and The People -- Town and Country -- Colonial Houses -- Habiliments ( clothing ) and Habits -- Everyday Needs and Diversions -- The Intellectual Life -- The Cure Of Souls ( religion ) -- The Problem of Labor -- Colonial Travel
Subjects
United States - Social life and customs - To 1775.
United States - History - Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
917.3 A565
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Address of General Henry Shippen Huidekoper at the commencement exercises of the Shippen School For Girls of Lancaster, Pa. : June 6, 1916

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Author
Huidekoper, H. S.
Date of Publication
[1916]
Call Number
370 H899
Author
Huidekoper, H. S.
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Press of the New Era Print. Co.,
Date of Publication
[1916]
Physical Description
16 p., [1] leaf of plates : ill. ; 23 cm.
Subjects
Lincoln, Abraham, - 1809-1865.
Slavery - Pennsylvania.
Lancaster County (Pa.) - History.
Lancaster County (Pa.) - Biography.
Additional Corporate Author
Shippen School for Girls.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Lancaster County
Call Number
370 H899
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Social life in Lancaster Borough

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Author
Kieffer, Elizabeth Clarke.
Date of Publication
1941
Social Life in Lancaster Borough By ELIZABETH CLARKE KIEFFER It was Benjamin Rush writing in 1789 on the "Manners and Customs of the German Inhabitants of Pennsylvania," 1 who called attention to the fact that the description given by Tacitus of the German Village of the first cen- tury A.D
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Responsibility
by Elizabeth Clarke Kieffer.
Author
Kieffer, Elizabeth Clarke.
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Lancaster County Historical Society,
Date of Publication
1941
Physical Description
[105]-123 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Series
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 45, no. 5
Subjects
Lancaster (Pa.) - Social life and customs.
Lancaster (Pa.) - History - Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775.
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Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 45, number 5 (1941), p. 105-123Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.45
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Report of the committee having in charge the marking of the site of the Postlethwaite Tavern where the first Courts of Justice in Lancaster County were held

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Date of Publication
1915
for erecting the upper parts of the Province of Penn- sylvania lying towards Susquehanna, Conestogoe, Donegal, etc, into a county," it was provided "That all and singular the lands within the province of Pennsylvania lying to the northward of Octorara creek and to the westward of a line of marked
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Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Lancaster County Historical Society,
Date of Publication
1915
Physical Description
219-301 : ill. ; 23 cm.
Series
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 19, no. 8
Subjects
Postlethwaite, John.
Postlethwaite Tavern (Conestoga Township, Pa.)
Courts - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County
Speeches, addresses, etc., American.
Courthouses - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County
Dedication services.
Lancaster County (Pa.) - History.
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Author
Goodell, Robert H.
Date of Publication
1943.
Philadelphia County, and Barton & others from Lancaster, a fine lesson for the honest Yoemanry of Pennsylvania, to support such midnight marauders, to overturn the public peace, by fraud and perjury. Monday, Decr. 10th This afternoon more soldiers passed through here for Harrisburg, and it was said, some went
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by Robert H. Goodell.
Author
Goodell, Robert H.
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Lancaster County Historical Society,
Date of Publication
1943.
Physical Description
[61]-92 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Series
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 47, no. 4
Notes
Entries of the Zahm diary provide weather information for each day.
Subjects
Zahm, Matthias, - 1789-1874.
Lancaster County (Pa.) - History - 1783-1865 - Personal narratives.
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Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 47, number 4 (1943), p. 61-92Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.47
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Manheim Township and its part in the Indian history of the county

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Author
Martin, C. H.
Date of Publication
1915
--Pennsylvania--Lancaster County --History. Indians of North America--Pennsylvania--Lancaster County --Antiquities. Manheim Township (Pa.)--History. Publisher: Lancaster, Pa. : Lancaster County Historical Society, 1915 Description: 163-173 p. ; 23 cm. Series: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society
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by C. H. Martin.
Author
Martin, C. H.
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Lancaster County Historical Society,
Date of Publication
1915
Physical Description
163-173 p. ; 23 cm.
Series
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 19, no. 6
Subjects
Indians of North America - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County
Manheim Township (Pa.) - History.
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Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 19, number 6 (1915), p. 163-173Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.19
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The story of Dillerville

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Author
Pyle, James I.
Date of Publication
1949
buried in Laurel Hill Cemetery, Section 0, Philadelphia, Pa. Adam Diller was captain in the Second Cavalry Regiment, Second Brigade, of Pennsylvania Militia, 1814. Sheriff of Lan- caster County, 1827. Adjutant General of Pennsylvania, 1839- 1845, and was considered as a candidate for Governor of Penn
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by James I. Pyle.
Author
Pyle, James I.
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Lancaster County Historical Society,
Date of Publication
1949
Physical Description
[65]-88 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Series
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 53, no. 3
Subjects
Diller family.
Diller, Adam, - 1790-1859.
Dillerville School (Lancaster County, Pa.)
Quarries and quarrying - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
Railroads - Pennsylvania.
Railroad stations - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
Dillerville (Pa.) - History.
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