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Annals of the Conestoga Valley in Lancaster, Berks, and Chester Counties, Pennsylvania / compiled and published by C.Z. Mast and Robert E. Simpson

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo4291

Date of Publication: 1942.

Call Number: 974.815 CAER M423

Place of Publication: Elverson, Pa. ; Churchtown, Pa

Publisher: The Authors,

Date of Publication: 1942.

Physical Description: xviii, 689 p. : ill., map ; 23 cm.

Notes: Separate index volume compiled by J. Lemar and Lois Ann Mast in 1981.

Subjects: Lancaster County (Pa.) - History.; Berks County (Pa.) - History.; Chester County (Pa.) - History.; Conestoga Valley (Pa.) - History.

Additional Author: Mast, C. Z.; Simpson, Robert Emmett,

Location: Lancaster History Library - Rare Books; Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 974.815 CAER M423

Industrial Berks County, 1748-1948. Presented to: the people of Reading and Berks County on the occasion of the two hundredth anniversary of the city of Reading

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Author: Graeff, Arthur Dundore,

Date of Publication: 1948.

Call Number: 974.816 B513i

Author: Graeff, Arthur Dundore,

Place of Publication: [Reading? Pa.]

Date of Publication: 1948.

Physical Description: 35 p. : illus., map (on lining-papers) ; 23 x 28 cm.

Notes: Click on Table of Contents for more information.; Appropriate for juvenile literature.; Illustrations for Sally Ann Furnace, Robesonia Slag Bank, Fisher Mansion, Canal locks at Leesport, The Bernville stage.

Contents: The giant's ribs: the iron industry--To milady's taste: clothing--Not only for today: shelter--Shoofly: food--An omer for everyman: agriculture--Berks County speaking: communication--Two hours to anywhere: transportation.

Subjects: Berks County (Pa.) - History.; Berks County (Pa.) - Industries.; Reading (Pa.) - History.

Additional Author: Taylor, Francis Starr

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 974.816 B513i

Stricklers of Pennsylvania; a history of the Strickler famielies who emigrated from Switzerland and settled principally in Bucks, Lancaster, York, and Lebanon counties in Pennsylvania

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Author: Strickler, Abigail H.

Date of Publication: 1942.

Call Number: 929 S917s

Responsibility: by Abigail H. Strickler, Jacob S. Strickler, Alice N. Strickler [and] Mame E. Strickler.

Author: Strickler, Abigail H.

Place of Publication: [Scottdale, Penna.]

Publisher: The Strickler Reunion Association of Pennsylvania [Printed by the Mennonite Publishing House]

Date of Publication: 1942.

Physical Description: 5 p., leaf, 420 p. frontispiece, illustrations, (facsimiles, coat of arms) plates, portraits. 24 cm.

Notes: Begun by Mrs. Abigail M. Strickler, completed by Alice N. Strickler and Mame E. Strickler; the data of Henry Strickler, son of the immigrant, gathered by Jacob S. Strickler.

Subjects: Strickler family.

Additional Author: Strickler, Jacob Stouffer,; Strickler, Alice N.,; Strickler, Mary E.,

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 929 S917s

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

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo22149

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

The memorial and petition of the president and directors of the Chesapeak and Delaware Canal Company, to the Senate and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. January 1, 1806

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo19353

Corporate Author: Chesapeake and Delaware Canal Company.

Date of Publication: 1806]

Call Number: 386.4 P544 1806

Corporate Author: Chesapeake and Delaware Canal Company.

Place of Publication: [Philadelphia

Publisher: s.n.,

Date of Publication: 1806]

Physical Description: 20 p. ; 21 cm.

Notes: "Signed by order and on behalf of the president and directors by two, George Fox. Joshua Gilpin. Philadelphia, January 1, 1806."--p. 8.; Includes also the memorial and petition of Feb. 1, 1805 (p. [9]-20).; Signatures: [A]â´ Bâ´ CÂ².; Not in Shaw & Shoemaker.

Subjects: Canals - United States.; Canals.; Chesapeake and Delaware Canal (Del. and Md.); United States.; United States - Chesapeake and Delaware Canal.

Additional Corporate Author: Pennsylvania. General Assembly.

Place: United States Pennsylvania Philadelphia.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Rare Books

Call Number: 386.4 P544 1806

History of Ephrata and Lebanon Street Railway Company, Ephrata and Lebanon Traction Company, Lancaster, Ephrata and Lebanon Street Railway Company : and any other trolley roads in Lebanon and Lancaster Counties, Pennsylvania

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo6276

Date of Publication: 1944.

Call Number: 388.4 L574

Responsibility: compiled by Harry David Lentz, Jr.

Place of Publication: Lebanon [Pa.]

Publisher: Lentz,

Date of Publication: 1944.

Physical Description: 2 v. in 1 : ill. ; 21 cm.

Notes: Cover title: Trolley roads in Lebanon and Lancaster Counties.

Subjects: Ephrata and Lebanon Street Railway Company - History.; Ephrata and Lebanon Traction Company - History.; Lancaster Ephrata and Lebanon Street Railway Company - History.; Street-railroads - Pennsylvania - Lebanon County; Street-railroads - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County

Additional Author: Lentz, Harry David,

Location: Lancaster History Library - Lancaster County

Call Number: 388.4 L574

Place names in Bucks County, Pennsylvania : alphabetically arranged in an historical narrative

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo7093

Author: MacReynolds, George,

Date of Publication: c1942.

Call Number: 974.821 M174

Author: MacReynolds, George,

Place of Publication: Doylestown, Pa

Publisher: Bucks County Historical Society,

Date of Publication: c1942.

Physical Description: 474 p. : map ; 24 cm.

Subjects: Names, Geographical - Pennsylvania - Bucks County.; Bucks County (Pa.) - History.

Additional Corporate Author: Bucks County Historical Society.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 974.821 M174

The potters and potteries of Chester County, Pennsylvania

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Author: James, Arthur Edwin,

Edition: [1st ed.

Date of Publication: 1945.

Call Number: 974.813 J28p

Responsibility: by Arthur E. James.

Author: James, Arthur Edwin,

Edition: [1st ed.

Place of Publication: West Chester, Pa.]

Publisher: Pub. under the auspices of the Chester County Historical Society,

Date of Publication: 1945.

Physical Description: 116 p. illus. (incl. ports.) double map. 24 cm.

Notes: Bibliography: p. 115-116.

Subjects: Pottery - Pennsylvania - Chester County.; Potters - Pennsylvania - Chester County.

Additional Corporate Author: Chester County Historical Society (West Chester, Pa.)

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 974.813 J28p

My Pennsylvania : a brief history of the Commonwealth's sixty-seven counties

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo3444

Date of Publication: 1946.

Call Number: 974.8009 P415 Oversize

Responsibility: prepared and produced by the state Department of Commerce ... [et al.].

Place of Publication: [Harrisburg?]

Publisher: Commonwealth of Pennsylvania,

Date of Publication: 1946.

Physical Description: 165 p., [1] leaf of plates : ill. (some col.) ; 31 cm.

Notes: Colored pictorial maps on end-papers.; "The governors and chief executives of Pennsylvania": p. [143]-157.; Bibliography: p. 165.

Subjects: Pennsylvania - History.; Pennsylvania - History, Local.; Pennsylvania - Description and travel.

Additional Corporate Author: Pennsylvania. Dept. of Commerce.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 974.8009 P415 Oversize

Two centuries of Reading, Pa., 1748-1948; a history of the county seat of Berks County

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo4731

Author: Albright, Raymond Wolf,

Edition: [Official bicentennial ed.]

Date of Publication: 1948.

Call Number: 974.816 R287a

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Author: Albright, Raymond Wolf,

Edition: [Official bicentennial ed.]

Place of Publication: Reading

Publisher: Historical Society of Berks County,

Date of Publication: 1948.

Physical Description: xi, 307 p. illus., ports. 24 cm.

Notes: Bibliography: p. [299]-301.

Subjects: Reading (Pa.) - History.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 974.816 R287a

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https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uva.x000402234&view=1up&seq=7

Inventory of the county archives of Pennsylvania

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Date of Publication: 1941.

Call Number: 974.816 P415

Responsibility: prepared by the Pennsylania Historical Survey, Division of Community Service Programs, Work Projects Administration .

Place of Publication: Reading, Pa

Publisher: Board of County Commissioners,

Date of Publication: 1941.

Physical Description: 409 p.: ill. ; 23 cm.

Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.

Subjects: Archives - Pennsylvania - Berks County; Berks Count (Pa.) - Genealogy.; Berks County (Pa.) - Politics and government - Sources.

Additional Corporate Author: Pennsylania Historical Survey.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 974.816 P415

The history of a church (Dunker) with comments featuring the First church of the brethren of Philadelphia, Pa., 1813-1943

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo18236

Author: Howe,Roland L.

Date of Publication: 1943.

Call Number: 289.9 H855

Responsibility: [by] Roland L. Howe.

Author: Howe,Roland L.

Place of Publication: Philadelphia, Pa

Publisher: Priv. print. [Lancaster, Lancaster press, inc.]

Date of Publication: 1943.

Physical Description: xvii, 706 p. front., illus. (map) plates, ports. 24 cm.

Subjects: Philadelphia (Lydia). - First church of the brethren.; Church of the Brethren.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 289.9 H855

History of the early settlement of the Juniata valley: embracing an account of the early pioneers, and the trials and privations incident to the settlement of the valley, predatory incursions, massacres, and abductions by the Indians during the French and Indian wars, and the war of the revolution, &c

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo4508

Author: Jones, U. J.

Date of Publication: c1940]

Call Number: 974.802 P968 1940

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Responsibility: By U. J. Jones. With notes and extensions compiled as a glossary from the memoirs of early settlers, the pension statements of revolutionary war soldiers, and other source material, by Floyd G. Hoenstine ...

Author: Jones, U. J.

Place of Publication: [Harrisburg, Pa

Publisher: The Telegraph Press,

Date of Publication: c1940]

Physical Description: 440 p. incl. illus., plates, front. 24 cm.

Notes: Maps on lining-papers.; First edition published at Philadelphia, 1856.; Appendix, prepared by William H. Egle (including a biographical sketch of U. J. Jones and The Pattersons of Juniata): p. [351]-421.

Subjects: Frontier and pioneer life - Pennsylvania.; Indians of North America - Pennsylvania.; Juniata River Valley (Pa.) - History.

Additional Author: Egle, William Henry,; Hoenstine, Floyd G.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 974.802 P968 1940

Websites

https://www.gutenberg.org/files/41392/41392-h/41392-h.htm

The history of the gas and electric industries in Lancaster County

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Author: Barnes, Horace Richards.

Date of Publication: 1948

The History of the Gas and electric industries in Lancaster County By HORACE RICHARDS BARNES Introduction STUDENTS of economics and business are familiar with con- solidations and mergers. Indeed integration, either horizontal or vertical, or a combination of the two types of integration, is an

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Responsibility: by Horace Richards Barnes.

Author: Barnes, Horace Richards.

Place of Publication: Lancaster, Pa

Publisher: Lancaster County Historical Society,

Date of Publication: 1948

Physical Description: [101]-131 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

Series: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 52, no. 5

Subjects: Pennsylvania Power & Light Company - History.; Lancaster Gas Company (Lancaster, Pa.); Edison Electric Illuminating Company of Lancaster (Pa.); Electric utilities - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County; Public utilities - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County; Gas companies - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County

Contained In: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 52, number 5 (1948), p. 101-131Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.52

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Warrant registers (for Pennsylvania Counties)

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Date of Publication: 1734 - 1935.

Call Number: Drawer 15, Sec. 1

Responsibility: Prepared by Wm. W. Britton, begun 1734, completed May 30, 1935 ;

Date of Publication: 1734 - 1935.

Physical Description: 4 reels ; 35 mm.

Notes: Microfilmed in 1957. Contains 20 volumes. Lancaster County warrants are on V. 16.; Labeled on box # 257 - # 261.; Material arranged by county and includes names of warrantee, date, acreage, location, date of return, name of patentee, where patent recorded, and where survey is copied.

Subjects: Pennsylvania. Department of Internal Affairs. Bureau of Land Records.; Registers of births, etc. - Pennsylvania.; Land grants - Pennsylvania.; Land grants - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.; Land grants - Pennsylvania - Berks County.; Land grants - Pennsylvania - Dauphin County.; Land grants - Pennsylvania - Chester County.; Land grants - Pennsylvania - Lebanon County.; Land grants - Pennsylvania - York County.; Land grants - Pennsylvania - Cumberland County.; Land grants - Pennsylvania - Adams County.

Additional Author: Britton, William W.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Microfilm

Call Number: Drawer 15, Sec. 1

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

Responsibility: 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

The pioneers of Mifflin County, Pennsylvania : who's who in the early records with an account of the growth of the county before 1790

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo9367

Author: Stroup, John Martin,

Date of Publication: 1942.

Call Number: 974.846 S919p

Responsibility: by John Martin Stroup and Raymond Martin Bell.

Author: Stroup, John Martin,

Place of Publication: Lewistown, Pa

Publisher: [s.n.],

Date of Publication: 1942.

Physical Description: 41 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

Notes: "Largely supplementary to The genesis of Mifflin County, Pennsylvania."

Subjects: Mifflin County (Pa.) - Biography.; Mifflin County (Pa.) - History.; Mifflin County (Pa.) - Genealogy.

Additional Author: Bell, Raymond Martin,

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 974.846 S919p

A description of the true and of the false church : as outlined in a certain history, properly named The bloody theatre, or Martyrs mirror, by Thieleman J. van Braght, 1660, and A solution to wor[l]d problems

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo19063

Author: Braght, Thieleman J. van

Edition: 3d ed.

Date of Publication: 1945.

Call Number: 272 B813

Responsibility: compiled by Menno Sauder.

Author: Braght, Thieleman J. van

Edition: 3d ed.

Place of Publication: Elmira, Ont

Publisher: Menno Sauder,

Date of Publication: 1945.

Physical Description: viii, 228 p. ; 23 cm.

Notes: Cover title: The true and the false church ...

Subjects: Church history.; Martyrs.

Additional Author: Sauder, Menno,

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 272 B813

A geographical description of Pennsylvania: also of the counties respectively, in the order in which they were established by the legislature. With an alphabetical list of the townships in each county; and their population in 1800

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo8790

Author: Scott, Joseph.

Date of Publication: 1806.

Call Number: 810 P544s 1806

Author: Scott, Joseph.

Place of Publication: Philadelphia

Publisher: Printed by Robert Cochran.

Date of Publication: 1806.

Physical Description: [5],6-147,[1]p. fold. map. 14cm.

Notes: Last page contains errata.

Subjects: Pennsylvania - Description and travel.; Pennsylvania - Gazetteers.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Rare Books

Call Number: 810 P544s 1806

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Annals of the Conestoga Valley in Lancaster, Berks, and Chester Counties, Pennsylvania / compiled and published by C.Z. Mast and Robert E. Simpson

Industrial Berks County, 1748-1948. Presented to: the people of Reading and Berks County on the occasion of the two hundredth anniversary of the city of Reading

Stricklers of Pennsylvania; a history of the Strickler famielies who emigrated from Switzerland and settled principally in Bucks, Lancaster, York, and Lebanon counties in Pennsylvania

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

The memorial and petition of the president and directors of the Chesapeak and Delaware Canal Company, to the Senate and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. January 1, 1806

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History of Ephrata and Lebanon Street Railway Company, Ephrata and Lebanon Traction Company, Lancaster, Ephrata and Lebanon Street Railway Company : and any other trolley roads in Lebanon and Lancaster Counties, Pennsylvania

Place names in Bucks County, Pennsylvania : alphabetically arranged in an historical narrative

The potters and potteries of Chester County, Pennsylvania

My Pennsylvania : a brief history of the Commonwealth's sixty-seven counties

Two centuries of Reading, Pa., 1748-1948; a history of the county seat of Berks County

Websites

Inventory of the county archives of Pennsylvania

The history of a church (Dunker) with comments featuring the First church of the brethren of Philadelphia, Pa., 1813-1943

Websites

The history of the gas and electric industries in Lancaster County

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Warrant registers (for Pennsylvania Counties)

The pioneers of Mifflin County, Pennsylvania : who's who in the early records with an account of the growth of the county before 1790

A description of the true and of the false church : as outlined in a certain history, properly named The bloody theatre, or Martyrs mirror, by Thieleman J. van Braght, 1660, and A solution to wor[l]d problems

A geographical description of Pennsylvania: also of the counties respectively, in the order in which they were established by the legislature. With an alphabetical list of the townships in each county; and their population in 1800