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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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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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The ordinances of the corporation of the city of Philadelphia. To which are prefixed, the Act of incorporation, and the several supplements thereto: together with other acts of Assembly, now in force, relative to the city of Philadelphia. With marginal notes and references

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Corporate Author: Philadelphia.

Date of Publication: 1805.

Call Number: Book 1017 1805

Corporate Author: Philadelphia.

Place of Publication: Philadelphia

Publisher: Printed by William Duane,

Date of Publication: 1805.

Physical Description: 267, xxiii pages 22 cm

Notes: Jasper Yeates's Colonial Law Library.; Yeates's signature at top of title page.; Book number 1017 as assigned by Yeates.

Subjects: Philadelphia (Pa.). - William Duane - (1805); Politics and government.; Philadelphia (Pa.) - Politics and government.; Pennsylvania - Philadelphia.; Three-quarters leather on linen boards (Binding); No spine label.

Additional Author: Yeates, Jasper,

Additional Corporate Author: Pennsylvania.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Yeates Collection

Call Number: Book 1017 1805

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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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

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 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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A newspaper relic

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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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A bit of astrology

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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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Responsibility: 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.

Contained In: 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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History of the Philadelphia and Lancaster Turnpike : the first long turnpike in the United States

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Author: Landis, Charles Israel ,

Date of Publication: 1918.

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Responsibility: Charles I. Landis.

Author: Landis, Charles Israel ,

Place of Publication: Philadelphia, Pa

Publisher: Historical Society of Pennsylvania ,

Date of Publication: 1918.

Physical Description: pp. 1-28 : ill. ; 23 cm.

Notes: In: Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography, v.42.; This record provides a link to this resuorce on the publisher's official online repository.

Subjects: Philadelphia and Lancaster Turnpike Road Company.; Toll roads - Pennsylvania.; Philadelphia and Lancaster Turmpike Road.

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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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Philadelphia gazette and universal daily advertiser

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Date of Publication: 1794-1800.

Call Number: Newspaper 30 1799; Newspaper 31 1800; Newspaper 32 1801; Newspaper 33 1802; Newspaper 34 1803; Newspaper 35 1806; Newspaper 36 1807; Newspaper 37 1808; Newspaper 38 1809; Newspaper 39 1811; Newspaper 40 1812; Newspaper 41 1814; Newspaper 42 1815

Alternate Title: Philadelphia gazette & universal daily advertiser; Universal daily advertiser

Place of Publication: [Philadelphia, Pa.]

Publisher: Andrew Brown,

Date of Publication: 1794-1800.

Physical Description: 13 volumes : illustrations (chiefly advertisements) ; 48-55 cm

Publication Frequency: Daily (except Sun.)

Dates of Publication: Vol. 16, no. 3187 (Jan. 2, 1799) - no. 3484 (Dec. 31, 1799).

Notes: Published by Brown & Relf, July 2, 1799-June 17, 1800.; Jasper Yeates's Colonial Law Library.; No signatures.; Newspaper number 30-42 as assigned by LHO.

Subjects: American newspapers - Pennsylvania - Philadelphia.; American newspapers.; Philadelphia (Pa.) - Newspapers.; Pennsylvania - Philadelphia.; Newspapers.; Three-quarter leather on blue boards (Binding); 1812 and 1815 volumes havwe three-quarters leather on marbled boards (Binding); 1814 volume had three-aquarter leather on decorated boards (Binding); Typed title affixed to spine (Binding)

Additional Author: Yeates, Jasper,

Place: United States Pennsylvania Philadelphia.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Yeates Collection

Call Number: Newspaper 30 1799; Newspaper 31 1800; Newspaper 32 1801; Newspaper 33 1802; Newspaper 34 1803; Newspaper 35 1806; Newspaper 36 1807; Newspaper 37 1808; Newspaper 38 1809; Newspaper 39 1811; Newspaper 40 1812; Newspaper 41 1814; Newspaper 42 1815

History of the Philadelphia and Lancaster Turnpike : the first long turnpike in the United States

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Author: Landis, Charles Israel ,

Date of Publication: 1919.

Call Number: 905.748 HSP, vols. 42 & 43

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Responsibility: Charles I. Landis.

Author: Landis, Charles Israel ,

Place of Publication: Philadelphia, Pa

Publisher: Historical Society of Pennsylvania ,

Date of Publication: 1919.

Physical Description: pp. 84-90 , 182-190 : ill. ; 23 cm.

Notes: This article was serialized across several issues. This record provides links to each installment. Most of the links are from the publisher's official online repository, although two parts were only available on the HathiTrust online depository.; In: Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography, volumes 42 (p. 1-28, 127-140, 235-258, & 358-360) & 43 (p. 84-90 and 182-190).

Summary: The author writes about the " Kings Highway ", the first road from Philadelphia to the Lancaster area, and he then recounts the building of the Philadelphia to Lancaster Turnpike. The third part of his article describes the various taverns and points of interest along the Lancaster County portion of the Turnpike.

Subjects: Philadelphia and Lancaster Turnpike Road Company.; Roads - Pennsylvania.; Toll roads - Pennsylvania.; Phladelphia and Lancaster Turnpike Road.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Periodical Article

Call Number: 905.748 HSP, vols. 42 & 43

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The first long turnpike in the United States : Parts I-III

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Author: Landis, Charles Israel,

Date of Publication: 1916

THE FIRST LONG TURNPIKE IN THE UNITED STATES. PART I. THE KING'S HIGHWAY. A HISTORY of the Philadelphia and Lancaster Turnpike seems to me to involve the whole early system of transportation in this Colony and State from Philadelphia to the West, and I have, therefore, concluded that the most

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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: 1916

Physical Description: 205-226 p. (no. 8) ; 235/258 p. (no. 9) ; 265-340 p. (no. 10) : ill. ; 23 cm.

Series: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 20, no. 8-10.

Notes: This journal article was published in three successive issues. All the articles and their corresponding appendices are collected here into one file.

Subjects: Brooke, Robert, - 1770-1821.; King's Highway (Lancaster County, Pa.); Philadelphia and Lancaster Turnpike Road Company.; Roads - Pennsylvania.; Toll roads - Pennsylvania.; Hotels - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County; Taverns (Inns); Philadelphia and Lancaster Turnpike Road.

Contained In: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 20, number 8-10 (1916), p. 205-340Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.20

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Letters of Honorable John Strohm

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Author: Shenk, Hiram H.

Date of Publication: 1919

%20Info/Pwebrecon.cgi.txt Author: Shenk, Hiram H. (Hiram Herr), 1872-1954. Title: Letters of Honorable John Strohm / by Hiram H. Shenk. Primary Material: Book Subject(s): Strohm, John L. Legislators--United States. Pennsylvania--Social life and customs. Publisher: Lancaster, Pa. : Lancaster County

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Responsibility: by Hiram H. Shenk.

Author: Shenk, Hiram H.

Place of Publication: Lancaster, Pa

Publisher: Lancaster County Historical Society,

Date of Publication: 1919

Physical Description: 47-59 p. ; 23 cm.

Series: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 23, no. 3

Subjects: Strohm, John L.; Legislators - United States.; Pennsylvania - Social life and customs.

Contained In: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 23, number 3 (1919), p. 47-59Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.24

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A list of the original Lancaster subscribers to the capital stock of the Philadelphia Turnpike

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Author: Landis, Charles Israel,

Date of Publication: 1918

stock of the Philadelphia Turnpike / by Charles I. Landis. Primary Material: Book Subject(s): Roads--Pennsylvania--History. Stocks--Pennsylvania--Lancaster. Philadelphia and Lancaster Turnpike Road. Publisher: Lancaster, Pa. : Lancaster County Historical Society, 1918 Description: 93-100 p. ; 23 cm

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Responsibility: by Charles I. Landis.

Author: Landis, Charles Israel,

Place of Publication: Lancaster, Pa

Publisher: Lancaster County Historical Society,

Date of Publication: 1918

Physical Description: 93-100 p. ; 23 cm.

Series: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 22, no. 6

Subjects: Roads - Pennsylvania; Stocks - Pennsylvania - Lancaster.; Philadelphia and Lancaster Turnpike Road.

Contained In: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 22, number 6 (1918), p. 93-100Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.22

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Philadelphia in the Civil War 1861-1865

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Author: Taylor, Frank H.

Date of Publication: 1913.

Call Number: 974.8033 T241

Responsibility: [by] Frank H. Taylor. Illustrated from contemporary prints and photographs and from drawings by the author.

Author: Taylor, Frank H.

Place of Publication: [Philadelphia]

Publisher: The City,

Date of Publication: 1913.

Physical Description: 360 p. front., illus., plates, port., fold. map. 23 cm.

Notes: Plates printed on both sides.; Published by authority of city government, under the direction of the Supervisory committee on historical book: Robert B. Beath, John P. Nicholson, James W. Latta.

Subjects: Pennsylvania. - Militia.; Philadelphia (Pa.) - History - Civil War, 1861-1865.; United States - History - Civil War, 1861-1865 - Regimental histories - Pennsylvania.

Additional Corporate Author: Philadelphia. Supervisory Committee on Historical Book.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 974.8033 T241

Historical events in the vicinity of Philadelphia, participated in by the Scotch-Irish in the latter part of the year 1777. Also a brief account of Braddock's defeat in the French and Indian war, 1755

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Author: Sharp, Thomas.

Date of Publication: 1914]

Call Number: 974.843 C969m v. 3

Responsibility: By Thomas Sharp. Read before the Hamilton Library Association, Carlisle, Pa., October 16, 1914, by J. Webster Henderson, esq.

Author: Sharp, Thomas.

Place of Publication: [Carlisle?

Date of Publication: 1914]

Physical Description: 12 p. 24 cm.

Notes: Cover title.; An account of the engagement at Chestnut Hill, Pa., Dec. 5, 1777.

Subjects: Chestnut Hill, Battle of, Philadelphia, Pa., 1777.; Braddock's Campaign, 1755.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 974.843 C969m v. 3

Outline of the history of old St. Paul's church, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, with an appeal for its preservation, together with articles of agreement, abstract of title, list of rectors, vestrymen, and inscriptions of tombstones and vaults

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Author: Barratt, Norris Stanley,

Date of Publication: 1917.

Call Number: 974.811 S149

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Responsibility: By Norris Stanley Barratt ...

Author: Barratt, Norris Stanley,

Place of Publication: [Philadelphia]

Publisher: The Colonial society of Pennsylvania,

Date of Publication: 1917.

Physical Description: vi, 327, [7] p. front., plates, ports., fold. plan, facsims. 26 cm.

Notes: At head of title: 1760. 1898.; Includes map of tombstones, p. 216.; Inscriptions on tombstones and vaults, p. 216-268.

Subjects: Philadelphia. - Episcopal church of St. Paul - History.; Inscriptions - Pennsylvania - Philadelphia.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 974.811 S149

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Philadelphia: a guide : made for the convenience of people interested in the city's notable history and present achievements

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Corporate Author: Wanamaker, John, firm, New York,

Date of Publication: c1917.

Call Number: 974.811 W244

Corporate Author: Wanamaker, John, firm, New York,

Place of Publication: Philadelphia

Publisher: John Wanamaker,

Date of Publication: c1917.

Physical Description: 48 p. : ill., fold. map ; 20 cm.

Notes: Cover title: A friendly guide-book to Philadelphia.

Subjects: Philadelphia (Pa.) - Guidebooks.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 974.811 W244

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The ordinances of the corporation of the city of Philadelphia. To which are prefixed, the Act of incorporation, and the several supplements thereto: together with other acts of Assembly, now in force, relative to the city of Philadelphia. With marginal notes and references

Items in the Pennsylvania Gazette concerning Lancaster County

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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

The passing of an old landmark

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Early items of Lancaster County history

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A newspaper relic

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A bit of astrology

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History of the Philadelphia and Lancaster Turnpike : the first long turnpike in the United States

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Colonial folkways : a chronicle of American life in the reign of the Georges

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Philadelphia gazette and universal daily advertiser

History of the Philadelphia and Lancaster Turnpike : the first long turnpike in the United States

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The first long turnpike in the United States : Parts I-III

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Letters of Honorable John Strohm

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A list of the original Lancaster subscribers to the capital stock of the Philadelphia Turnpike

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Philadelphia in the Civil War 1861-1865

Historical events in the vicinity of Philadelphia, participated in by the Scotch-Irish in the latter part of the year 1777. Also a brief account of Braddock's defeat in the French and Indian war, 1755

Outline of the history of old St. Paul's church, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, with an appeal for its preservation, together with articles of agreement, abstract of title, list of rectors, vestrymen, and inscriptions of tombstones and vaults

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Philadelphia: a guide : made for the convenience of people interested in the city's notable history and present achievements