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Gravestones of early New England and the men who made them, 1653-1800

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Author: Forbes, Harriette Merrifield,

Date of Publication: 1955.

Call Number: 736.5 F693

Responsibility: by Harriette Merrifield Forbes, with illustrations from photographs by the author.

Author: Forbes, Harriette Merrifield,

Place of Publication: Princeton

Publisher: The Pyne Press,

Date of Publication: 1955.

Physical Description: 5 p. l., 141 p. front., plates. 27 cm.

Notes: "An unabridged republication of the first edition published by Houghton Mifflin Comapny in 1927, this Pyne Press edition is published by special arrangement with Houghton Miffiln Company."

Subjects: Sepulchral monuments - New England.; Sepulchral monuments - Massachusetts - Boston.; Stone-cutters - New England.; Boston (Mass.) - Buildings, structures, etc.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 736.5 F693

Centenary journal : Shaarai Shomayim 5617-5717 (1856-1957)

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Corporate Author: Congregation Shaarai Shomayim (Lancaster, Pa.)

Date of Publication: 1957?]

Call Number: 296.8 S524L

Corporate Author: Congregation Shaarai Shomayim (Lancaster, Pa.)

Place of Publication: [Lancaster, Pa

Publisher: Shaarai Shomayim,

Date of Publication: 1957?]

Physical Description: 40 p. : ill., ports. ; 23 cm.

Notes: "This centenary journal is dedicated to the men and women who, during the past one hundred years, gave of their heart and soul to the building of the Shaarai Shomayim House of God."

Subjects: Congregation Shaarai Shomayim (Lancaster, Pa.) - Anniversaries, etc.; Congregation Shaarai Shomayim (Lancaster, Pa.) - History.; Jews - Pennsylvania - Lancaster.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Lancaster County

Call Number: 296.8 S524L

The old Dutch burying ground of Sleepy Hollow in North Tarrytown, New York; a record of the early gravestones and their inscriptions

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Author: Perry, William Graves,

Date of Publication: 1953.

Call Number: 974.727 T192

Author: Perry, William Graves,

Place of Publication: [Boston]

Date of Publication: 1953.

Physical Description: 175 p. illus., fold. map. 23 cm.

Notes: "Privately printed as a contribution ... to the permanent records of the First Reformed Church of Tarrytown, New York."; "In 1926 the History Research Society of the Tappan Zee had published ... 'The old Dutch burying ground of Sleepy Hollow' ... a partial record."

Subjects: Registers of births, etc. - New York (State) - Tarrytown.; Sleepy Hollow Cemetery (North Tarrytown, N.Y.)

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 974.727 T192

Yearbook and directory of St. Paul's Reformed Church (Evangelical and Reformed) : Duke and Orange Streets, Lancaster, Pa

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Date of Publication: 1950.

Call Number: 285.8 S149La 1950

Alternate Title: Program of the one hundredth anniversary of the founding of the church.

Place of Publication: Lancaster, Pa

Publisher: Rudisill and Smith Co,,

Date of Publication: 1950.

Physical Description: 63 p. : ill., ports. ; 23 cm.

Notes: Cover title.

Subjects: St. Paul's Evangelical and Reformed Church (Lancaster, Pa.) - Anniversaries, etc.; St. Paul's Evangelical and Reformed Church (Lancaster, Pa.) - History.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Lancaster County

Call Number: 285.8 S149La 1950

A history of the Garden Spot High School area

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Date of Publication: 1958

Call Number: 975.815 EARL H674

Responsibility: by the Garden Spot Chapter Pennsylvania Federation of Junior Historians

Place of Publication: [S.l

Publisher: s.n.] ;

Date of Publication: 1958

Physical Description: 27 p. ; 15 cm.

Notes: Includes advertising

Subjects: Pennsylvania Federation of Junior Historians; New Holland (Pa.) - History; Terre Hill (Pa.) - History; Brecknock Township - Lancaster County, Pa. - History; Caernarvon Township - Lancaster County, Pa. - History; Earl Township - Lancaster County, Pa. - History

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 975.815 EARL H674

Early Marriage Records, Lancaster County, Pa. : copies as shown on church records Trinity Lutheran Church, New Holland; Zion Lutheran Church, Manheim Boro and St. John's Lutheran Church, Maytown

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo18083

Date of Publication: April 1951

Call Number: 284.1 E121

Responsibility: prepared by the Donegal Chapter of the DAR, Lancaster Pennsylvania.

Place of Publication: Typescript

Date of Publication: April 1951

Physical Description: 20 p. : 29 cm.

Notes: Indexed.; Marriages, Trinity Lutheran, 1730-1752; Zion Lutheran, 1780-1812 and St. John's 1827-1832.; Rineer's "Churches and Cemeteries of Lancaster County ", Trinity pg. 336 #2A; Zion Evangelical pg. 261 #3 and St. John's Evangelical pg. 117 #3.

Subjects: Trinity Lutheran Church (New Holland, Pa.); Zion Evangelical Lutheran Church (Manheim, Pa.); St. John's Evangelical Lutheran Church (Maytown, Pa.); Registers of births, etc. - Pennsylvania - New Holland; Registers of births, etc. - Pensylvania - Manheim; Registers of births, etc - Pennsylvania - Maytown

Location: Lancaster History Library - Church Record

Call Number: 284.1 E121

Pennsylvania German tombstones : A study in folk art

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo12146

Author: Barba, Preston Albert,

Date of Publication: c1954.

Call Number: 905.748 PGFS v.18

Responsibility: by Preston A. Barba. Drawings by Eleanor Barba.

Author: Barba, Preston Albert,

Place of Publication: Allentown, Pa

Publisher: Pennsylvania German Folklore Society,

Date of Publication: c1954.

Physical Description: v. 232 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Series: Pennsylvania German Society (Yearbook) v. 18.

Notes: Bibliography : p. 29-30.

Subjects: Sepulchral monuments - Pennsylvania; Cemeteries - Pennsylvania; Germans - Pennsylvania.

Additional Corporate Author: Barba, Eleanor.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 905.748 PGFS v.18

Reports of cases adjudged in the Supreme Court of Judicature of the State of New Jersey; reported in conformity to the act of the Legislature of the State of New Jersey entitled "An act for the publication of law reports," passed the 12th day of March, A.D. 1806

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Corporate Author: New Jersey. Supreme Court.

Date of Publication: 1808-

Call Number: Book 362 1808

Responsibility: By William Sanford Pennington.

Corporate Author: New Jersey. Supreme Court.

Place of Publication: Newark

Publisher: Printed by W. Tuttle,

Date of Publication: 1808-

Physical Description: volumes 21 cm

Notes: Library lacks volume 2.; Jasper Yeates's Colonial Law Library.; Book number 362 as assigned by Yeates.

Subjects: Law reports, digests, etc. - New Jersey.; Law reports, digests, etc.; New Jersey.; Full leather (Binding); Gilt title on maroon spine label (Binding)

Additional Author: Pennington, William S.; Yeates, Jasper,

Location: Lancaster History Library - Yeates Collection

Call Number: Book 362 1808

Reports of cases argued and determined in the Supreme court of judicature; and in the Court for the trial of impeachments and the correction of errors in the state of New York. [1806-1823]

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Corporate Author: New York (State). Supreme Court.

Date of Publication: 1807-23.

Call Number: Book 391 1818; Book 390 1815; Book 389 1814; Book 388 1813; Book 387 1811; Book 386 1811; Book 385 1811; Book 384 1810; Book 383 1809; Book 382 1809; Book 381 1808; Book 380 1807

Responsibility: by William Johnson ...

Corporate Author: New York (State). Supreme Court.

Place of Publication: New York

Publisher: I. Riley

Date of Publication: 1807-23.

Physical Description: 20 volumes 22 cm

Notes: Binder's title: Johnson's Supreme court reports.; Imprint varies.; Library has volumes 1-12.; Jasper Yeates's Colonial Law Library.; Yeates's signature at top of title page.; Book numbers 380-394 as assigned by Yeates.

Subjects: Law reports, digests, etc. - New York (State); Law reports, digests, etc.; New York (State); Full blind-tooled leather (Binding); Gilt title on maroon spine label (Binding)

Additional Author: Yeates, Jasper,

Location: Lancaster History Library - Yeates Collection

Call Number: Book 391 1818; Book 390 1815; Book 389 1814; Book 388 1813; Book 387 1811; Book 386 1811; Book 385 1811; Book 384 1810; Book 383 1809; Book 382 1809; Book 381 1808; Book 380 1807

Reports of cases adjudged in the Supreme Court of Judicature of the State of New York

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Corporate Author: New York (State). Supreme Court of Judicature.

Date of Publication: 1808-12.

Call Number: Bookk 394 1812; Book 393 1810; Book 392 1808

Responsibility: from January term 1799, to January term 1803, both inclusive: together with cases determined in the Court for the Correction of Errors, during that period, by William Johnson.

Corporate Author: New York (State). Supreme Court of Judicature.

Place of Publication: New York

Publisher: Riley,

Date of Publication: 1808-12.

Physical Description: 3 volumes 24 cm

Notes: Binder's title: Johnson's cases.; Imprint varies.; Jasper Yeates's Colonial Law Library.; Yeates's signature at top of title page.; Book numbers 392, 393, and 394 as assigned by Yeates.

Contents: Vol. 1. From January term, 1799, to July term, 1800 -- Vol. 2. From October term, 1800, to October term, 1801 -- Vol. 3 From January term, 1802, to January term, 1803, inclusive ; with an appendix [People v. Croswell. Feb. 13, 1804]

Summary: "Together with cases determined in the Court for the correction of errors, during that period."--T.p.

Subjects: Law reports, digests, etc. - New York (State); Law reports, digests, etc.; New York (State); Full blind-tooled leather (Binding); Gilt title on maroon spine label (Binding)

Additional Author: Johnson, William,; Yeates, Jasper,

Additional Corporate Author: New York (State). Court for the Trial of Impeachments and the Correction of Errors.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Yeates Collection

Call Number: Bookk 394 1812; Book 393 1810; Book 392 1808

Cases argued and determined in the Court for the Trial of Impeachments and Correction of Errors in the State of New-York [1796-1805]

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Corporate Author: New York (State). Court for the Trial of Impeachments and the Correction of Errors.

Date of Publication: 1805-07.

Call Number: Book 396 1807; Book 395 1805

Responsibility: by George Caines.

Corporate Author: New York (State). Court for the Trial of Impeachments and the Correction of Errors.

Place of Publication: New-York

Publisher: Printed by Hopkins and Seymour, for I. Riley and Co., booksellers, no. 1, City-hotel, Broadway,

Date of Publication: 1805-07.

Physical Description: 2 volumes 25 cm

Notes: Binder's title: New York cases in error.; Vol. 2 has imprint: New York: Printed and published by Isaac Riley, Wall-street, 1807.; Jasper Yeates's Colonial Law Library.; Yeates's signature at top of title page.; Book numbers 395 and 396 as assigned by Yeates.

Subjects: Law reports, digests, etc. - New York (State); Law reports, digests, etc.; New York (State); Full blind-tooled leather (Binding); Gilt title on maroon spine label (Binding)

Additional Author: Caines, George,; Yeates, Jasper,

Additional Corporate Author: New York (State). Supreme Court of Judicature.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Yeates Collection

Call Number: Book 396 1807; Book 395 1805

New York term reports of cases argued and determined in the Supreme court of that state. [1803-1805]

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Corporate Author: New York (State). Supreme Court of Judicature.

Date of Publication: 1804-06.

Call Number: Book 399 1806; Book 398 1805; Bool 397 1804

Responsibility: By George Caines.

Corporate Author: New York (State). Supreme Court of Judicature.

Place of Publication: New-York

Publisher: Printed for Isaac Riley & Co. no. 1, City-hotel.

Date of Publication: 1804-06.

Physical Description: 3 volumes 23 cm

Notes: Vol. 3 has imprint: New-York: Printed for and sold by I. Riley and co. no. 1, City-hotel.; Jasper Yeates Colonial Law Library.; Yeates's signature at top of title page.; Book numbers 397, 398, and 399 as assigned by Yeates.

Subjects: Law reports, digests, etc. - New York (State); Law reports, digests, etc.; New York (State); Full leather binding, vol 1 (Binding); Full blind-tooled leather vols 2 and 3 (Binding); Gilt title on maroon spine label (Binding)

Additional Author: Caines, George,; Yeates. Jasper,

Location: Lancaster History Library - Yeates Collection

Call Number: Book 399 1806; Book 398 1805; Bool 397 1804

Der Wahre Amerikaner. [microfilm]

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Date of Publication: 1804-

Call Number: LCHS Drawer 18, Sec. 3

Alternate Title: Grimlers Zeitung ..... Extra

Place of Publication: Lancaster [Pa.]

Publisher: H. und B. Grimler,

Date of Publication: 1804-

Physical Description: v. ; 27 cm.

Publication Frequency: Weekly

Dates of Publication: Nr. 1 (10. Nov. 1804)-; Ceased in 1849.

Notes: LCHS has: Nov. 10, 1804 - Dec. 28, 1811.; Labeled on box N-213.; See Bound Newspaper Database for additional issues.; Subtitle: Eine Zeitung fuer den Bauer und Stadtmann, Dec. 20, 1806-<1822>.

Subjects: Germans - Pennsylvania - Newspapers.; Lancaster (Pa.) - Newspapers.; Lancaster County (Pa.) - Newspapers.

Additional Author: Grimler, Henry,; Grimler, Benjamin,

Place: United States Pennsylvania Lancaster Lancaster.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Microfilm

Call Number: LCHS Drawer 18, Sec. 3

Wheatland centennial celebration : commemorating the 100th anniversary of the election of James Buchanan 15th president of the United States 1856-1956

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo19364

Date of Publication: 1956?]

Call Number: 728.37 W557c

Place of Publication: [S.l

Publisher: S.n.,

Date of Publication: 1956?]

Physical Description: [10] p. : ill. (some col.) ; 29 cm. + reprint ([8] p. : ill. (some col.) ; 28 cm.)

Notes: Cover title.; Includes the Wheatland commemorative stamp.; "Reprint from American Heritage, Volume 5, number 3, published by the American Association for State and Local History"--P. [8] of reprint.

Subjects: Buchanan, James, - 1791-1868.; Wheatland (Lancaster, Pa.); Historic buildings - Pennsylvania - Lancaster.; Postage stamps - Pennsylvania - Lancaster.

Additional Corporate Author: James Buchanan Foundation for the Preservation of Wheatland.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Lancaster County

Call Number: 728.37 W557c

The hive

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Date of Publication: 1803-

Call Number: Drawer 18, Sec. 1.

Alternate Title: Lancaster hive

Place of Publication: Lancaster, Pa

Publisher: McDowell,

Date of Publication: 1803-

Physical Description: 2 v. ; 27 cm.

Publication Frequency: Weekly

Dates of Publication: Vol. 1, no. 1 (June 22, 1803)-; Ceased with v. 2 (June 12, l805).

Notes: LCHS has: June 22, 1803 - June 12, 1805; Labeled on box N-142.; Published every Wednesday.; Microfilm. Ann Arbor, Mich. University Microfilms, 1946. 1 microfilm reel ; 35 mm. (American periodical series, 1800-1850 ; 22).

Subjects: Lancaster (Pa.) - Newspapers.; Lancaster County (Pa.) - Newspapers.

Additional Author: M'Dowell, Charles.; Greer, William.

Additional Title: Lancaster true American.

Place: United States Pennsylvania Lancaster Lancaster.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Microfilm

Call Number: Drawer 18, Sec. 1.

James Buchanan, "Big wheel" of the railroads

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Author: Sprout, Oliver S.

Date of Publication: 1952.

receiving a charter to construct the Columbia, Lancaster and Philadelphia Railroad, capitalized for $650,000, with permission to in- crease that figure to one million dollars. (5) Included in that group were James Buchanan, General George Porter, member of the Legislature, and Amos Ellmaker, all of

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Responsibility: by Oliver S. Sprout.

Author: Sprout, Oliver S.

Place of Publication: Lancaster, Pa

Publisher: Lancaster County Historical Society,

Date of Publication: 1952.

Physical Description: [21]-34 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

Series: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 56, no. 2

Subjects: Buchanan, James, - 1791-1868.; Columbia, Lancaster and Philadelphia Railroad (Pa.); Harrisburg, Portsmouth, Mt. Joy and Lancaster Railroad Company (Pa.); Pennsylvania Railroad.; Canals - Pennsylvania

Contained In: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 56, number 2 (1952), p. 21-34Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.56

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Orange street

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Author: Reninger, Marion Wallace,

Date of Publication: 1954.

Call Number: 974.815 LACI R413o

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Responsibility: Marion Wallace Reninger.

Author: Reninger, Marion Wallace,

Place of Publication: Lancaster, Pa

Publisher: Rudisill & co.,

Date of Publication: 1954.

Physical Description: 82 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

Contents: Chapters : " Panorama " --- " Peggy Shippen " --- " Properties " --- "Processions " --- " Presidential Romance " --- " People " --- "Prisoner and Counterfeiter " --- " Philanthropists "

Summary: The book is written about an old street in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, on which many historic and interesting events took place - from before the Revolutionary War up to the present time. This series of sketches recounts stories of national interest as well as local tradition. [from the foreward]

Subjects: Kepler family.; North family.; Shand family.; Kendig, William.; Arnold, Margaret Shippen; Shippen family.; Passmore, John.; Andre, John.; Marshall, Christopher.; Coleman, Ann; Jacobs, William.; Reilly, Richard M.; Smith, Amos Herr.; Henry, Ann Wood.; Stevens, Thaddeus; Buchanan, James; Hensel, W. U.; Rettew, Mary; Long, Catherine.; Williamson, Henry S.; Watt, Peter T.; Orange Street (Lancaster, Pa.); Lancaster (Pa.) - Streets.; Memoirs.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 974.815 LACI R413o

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Wheatland, 1848-1868; the home of James Buchanan

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Author: Butler, Joseph Thomas.

Date of Publication: 1957.

Call Number: 728.37 B985

Author: Butler, Joseph Thomas.

Place of Publication: Delaware

Publisher: Univ. of Delaware,

Date of Publication: 1957.

Physical Description: 57 p. ; 28 cm.

Notes: Bibliography:; . 53-57.

Contents: 2 pgs missing; pages from unknown document in their place.

Subjects: Buchanan, James, - 1791-1868.; Wheatland (Lancaster, Pa.); Historic buildings - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Lancaster County

Call Number: 728.37 B985

The centennial brochure of St. Paul's Evangelical and Reformed Church : Quarryville, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo17569

Date of Publication: 1952.

Call Number: 285.8 C397

Place of Publication: Quarryville, PA

Publisher: The Church,

Date of Publication: 1952.

Physical Description: 50 p. : ill., ports. ; 23 cm.

Notes: Cover title: 100th anniversary of the founding, cornerstone laying, dedication and first communion service.; Printed by Ensinger Printing Service, Adamstown, PA.

Subjects: St. Paul's Evangelical and Reformed Church (Quarryville, Pa.) - Anniversaries, etc.; St. Paul's Evangelical and Reformed Church (Quarryville, Pa.) - History.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Lancaster County

Call Number: 285.8 C397

225th anniversary, Fagg's Manor Presbyterian Church

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo18259

Corporate Author: Fagg's Manor Presbyterian Church (Cochranville, Pa.)

Date of Publication: 1955]

Call Number: 974.813 F574

Alternate Title: Two hundred twenty-fifth anniversary, Fagg's Manor Presbyterian Church

Corporate Author: Fagg's Manor Presbyterian Church (Cochranville, Pa.)

Place of Publication: [Cochranville, Pa

Publisher: The Church,

Date of Publication: 1955]

Physical Description: [16] p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

Notes: Cover title.

Subjects: Fagg's Manor Presbyterian Church (Cochranville, Pa.) - History.; Fagg's Manor Presbyterian Church (Cochranville, Pa.) - Anniversaries, etc.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 974.813 F574

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