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They came in ships : a guide to finding your immigrant ancestor's arrival record

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo12614
Author
Colletta, John Philip,
Edition
Rev. ed., 2nd ed., rev. & enl.
Date of Publication
1993.
Call Number
929.3 C368
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Responsibility
by John Philip Colletta.
ISBN
0916489426 (pbk.)
Author
Colletta, John Philip,
Edition
Rev. ed., 2nd ed., rev. & enl.
Place of Publication
Salt Lake City, Utah
Publisher
Ancestry,
Date of Publication
1993.
Physical Description
xv, 93 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.
Notes
Includes bibliographical references (p. [83]-93).
Subjects
Ships - United States
United States - Genealogy - Handbooks, manuals, etc.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
929.3 C368
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Records of the American Catholic Historical Society of Philadelphia

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo15816
Date of Publication
1887-c2000.
Call Number
905.748 CHS
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ISSN
0002-7790
Place of Publication
Philadelphia
Publisher
American Catholic Historical Society of Philadelphia,
Date of Publication
1887-c2000.
Physical Description
109 v. : ill., ports., facsims. ; 23-25 cm.
Publication Frequency
Twice a year, <1998>
Dates of Publication
Vol. 1 (1884-86)-v. 109, no. 3-4 (fall-winter 1998).
Notes
These volumes are in the "library work room". They are not on the open shelves. However, there is an index on the open shelves. Its call number is 905.748 CHS Index. Patrons should consult the index first. If there is a volume that they want to see, the library attendant should pull the volume from the shelves in the "library work room".
Library has: Vol. 1 (1884-1886) - Vol. 109, no. 3-4 (Fall-Winter 1998)
Vols. 1 (1884-86)-31 (1920). 1 v.; Vols. 32 (1921)-41 (1930). 1 v.
Subjects
Catholic Church - History - Societies, etc. - Periodicals.
Catholic Church - United States - History - Periodicals.
Catholic Church - Pennsylvania - Philadelphia - Periodicals.
Additional Corporate Author
American Catholic Historical Society of Philadelphia.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
905.748 CHS
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Local businesses : exploring their history

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo2200
Author
Kerr, K. Austin
Date of Publication
©1990.
Call Number
338.74 K41
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Responsibility
K. Austin Kerr, Amos J. Loveday and Mansel G. Blackford.
ISBN
0942063090
9780942063097
Author
Kerr, K. Austin
Place of Publication
Nashville, Tenn
Publisher
American Association for State and Local History,
Date of Publication
©1990.
Physical Description
xiv, 128 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.
Series
The Nearby history series ; 5
Notes
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
Exploring Local Business History -- Learning the Internal History of a Business -- Developing the History of a Business in its Environment -- Local Business History:Internal Sources -- Local Business History: External Sources -- Presenting Local Business History.
Subjects
Corporations - United States
Business enterprises - United States
Local history.
Business History
Business enterprises
Corporations
United States - History, Local - Handbooks, manuals, etc.
United States.
Handbooks and manuals.
Additional Author
Loveday, Amos J.
Blackford, Mansel G.,
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
338.74 K41
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A few incidents in the life of Professor James P. Espy

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo3922
Author
Morehead, L. M.
Date of Publication
1888.
Call Number
923.7 E77m
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Responsibility
by his niece, Mrs. L.M. Morehead.
Author
Morehead, L. M.
Place of Publication
Cincinnati
Publisher
R. Clarke & Co., Printers,
Date of Publication
1888.
Physical Description
5-22 p. ; 19 cm.
Summary
Mrs L.M. Moorehead wrote this short memoir of the life of her uncle James Pollard Espy. Mr Espy was born in Cumberland County in Pennsylvania in 1785. He trained as a lawyer and taught school for a time, but was best known for his work as a meteorologist. He worked at this for the U.S. War Department and the U.S. Navy. He continued this work at the Smithsonian Institute.Mr Espy developed a theory about the science of cloud formation and how storms were born. He began the use of the telegraph to collect weather data. His book "The Philosophy of Storms " was published in 1841.
Subjects
Espy, James P. - 1785-1860.
Meteorologists - United States.
Cumberland County (Pa.) - History.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
923.7 E77m
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