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The Christiana Riot and the treason trials of 1851 : an historical sketch

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Author: Hensel, W. U.

Date of Publication: 1911

THE CHRISTI.AN.A. RIOT, The United States Supr,eme Court held that the Federal Constitution self-executed its provisions; that the owner 0£ a fugitive slave could retake him wherever found; and that the National government -not the State governments - must support and enforce this right; that the

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Responsibility: by W. U. Hensel.

Author: Hensel, W. U.

Place of Publication: Lancaster, Pa

Publisher: Lancaster County Historical Society,

Date of Publication: 1911

Physical Description: iii, 1-134 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

Series: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 15, no. 8 [supplement]

Notes: Supplement to Lancaster County Historical Journal of October 1911

Subjects: United States.; Trials.; Riots - Pennsylvania - Christiana.; Slavery - Pennsylvania.; African Americans - Pennsylvania - Christiana; Fugitive slaves - Pennsylvania - Christiana; Fugitive slaves - Legal status, laws, etc. - Pennsylvania.

Contained In: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 15, number 8 [supplement] (1911), p. 1-134Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.15

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The Christiana riot and the treason trials of 1851 : an historical sketch

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Author: Hensel, W. U.

Edition: 2nd and rev. ed.

Date of Publication: 1911.

Call Number: 974.80323

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Responsibility: by W.U. Hensel ; With some account of the commemoration of these events, September 9, 1911.

Author: Hensel, W. U.

Edition: 2nd and rev. ed.

Place of Publication: Lancaster, Pa

Publisher: Press of the New Era Print. Co.,

Date of Publication: 1911.

Physical Description: ix, 158 p. : ill., facsim., ports. ; 29 cm.

Subjects: United States.; Riots - Pennsylvania - Christiana.; Trials (Treason) - Pennsylvania.; Fugitive slaves - United States.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 974.80323

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Report of the Committee on the Commemoration of the Christiana riot and treason trials of 1851

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Date of Publication: 1911

Call Number: 974.9 L245 v.15

Place of Publication: Lancaster, Pa

Publisher: Lancaster County Historical Society,

Date of Publication: 1911

Physical Description: 237-243 p. ; 23 cm.

Series: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 15, no. 8

Subjects: Lancaster County Historical Society (Pa.); Historical markers - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.; Riots - Pennsylvania - Christiana.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Journal

Call Number: 974.9 L245 v.15

The Christiana riot and the treason trials of 1851; an historical sketch

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Author: Hensel, W. U.

Date of Publication: 1911.

Call Number: 974.80323 H526

Responsibility: by W. U. Hensel. Prepared and published for the commemoration of these events, September 9, 1911.

Author: Hensel, W. U.

Place of Publication: Lancaster, Pa

Publisher: The New Era Printing Company,

Date of Publication: 1911.

Physical Description: iii, 134 p. front., plates, ports. 23 cm.

Series: Lancaster County Historical Society, Lancaster, Pa. Historical papers and addresses ; v. 15, no. 8

Notes: Also issued separately, Lancaster, 1911.; African American resources at Lancaster County Historical Society

Subjects: Riots - Pennsylvania - Christiana.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 974.80323 H526

The newspapers and the Christiana Riots

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Author: Hostetter, Albert K.

Date of Publication: 1911

. Title: The newspapers and the Christiana Riots / by A. K. Hostetter. Primary Material: Book Subject(s): Riots--Pennsylvania--Christiana. United States--Newspapers. Publisher: Lancaster, Pa. : Lancaster County Historical Society, 1911 Description: 296-308 p. ; 23 cm. Series: Journal of the Lancaster

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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: 1911

Physical Description: 296-308 p. ; 23 cm.

Series: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 15, no. 10

Subjects: Riots - Pennsylvania - Christiana.; United States - Newspapers.

Contained In: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 15, number 10 (1911), p. 296-308Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.15

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Aftermath supplementary to Christiana Riot, 1851

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Author: Hensel, W. U.

Date of Publication: 1912

fled from the justice of this State, and has taken refuge within the State of Pennsylvania. Now, Therefore, Pursuant to the provisions of the Constitution and Laws of the United States in such case made and provided, I do here- by request that the said Abraham Johnson (colored) be apprehended and

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Responsibility: by W. U. Hensel.

Author: Hensel, W. U.

Place of Publication: Lancaster, Pa

Publisher: Lancaster County Historical Society,

Date of Publication: 1912

Physical Description: 133-141 p. ; 23 cm.

Series: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 16, no. 5

Subjects: Riots - Pennsylvania - Christiana.; Slavery - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.

Contained In: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 16, number 5 (1912), p. 133-141Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.16

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Commemoration of the Christiana riot and the treason trials of 1851, under the auspices of the Lancaster County Historical Society, Lancaster, Pa., Saturday, September 9, 1911 : souvenir program

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Corporate Author: Lancaster County Historical Society (Pa.)

Date of Publication: 1911]

Call Number: 974.815 LACO L224

Corporate Author: Lancaster County Historical Society (Pa.)

Place of Publication: [Lancaster?

Date of Publication: 1911]

Physical Description: [20] p. : incl. ports., facsims. ; 31 x 23 cm.

Notes: At head of title: 1851. 1911.; Bound with Commemoration of the nativity of Robert Fulton (1915); Commemorating the bi-centennial of the first settlement in Lancaster County (1910); Commemoration of Lancaster County in the Revolution (1912); and Founder's Memorial Bellevue Presbyterian Church, Gap, Lancaster, Pa. (1912).

Subjects: Antislavery movements - United States.; Christiana Riot, 1851.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Rare Books

Call Number: 974.815 LACO L224

The slavery question during the terms of office of John Whitehill and Robert Jenkins, Congressmen from Lancaster County from 1803 to 1807 and 1807 to 1811 respectively

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Author: Spindler, Adaline Bream.

Date of Publication: 1911

the newly-acquired region of Louis- iana. The memorial was referred to the committee on the government of Louisiana,and a provision was inserted into the act authorizing the Territory of New Orleans, that no slaves should be carried to said Territory except from some part of the United States by

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Responsibility: by Miss Adeline B. Spindler.

Author: Spindler, Adaline Bream.

Place of Publication: Lancaster, Pa

Publisher: Lancaster County Historical Society,

Date of Publication: 1911

Physical Description: 253-265 p. ; 23 cm.

Series: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 15, no. 9

Subjects: Whitehill, John, - 1729-1805.; Jenkins, Robert, - 1769-1848.; Slavery - United States; Legislators - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.

Contained In: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 15, number 9 (1911), p. 253-265Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.15

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Red: white: and blue badge, Pennsylvania veteran volunteers. A history of the 93rd regiment, known as the "Lebanon infantry" and "One of the 300 fighting regiments" from September 12th, 1861, to June 27th, 1865

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Author: Mark, Penrose G.

Date of Publication: 1911]

Call Number: 974.8033 M345

Responsibility: By Penrose G. Mark...Authorized by the executive committee of the 93rd Pennsylvania veteran volunteer association.

Author: Mark, Penrose G.

Place of Publication: [Harrisburg, Pa

Publisher: The Aughinbaugh press

Date of Publication: 1911]

Physical Description: 577 p. front., plates, ports. 23 cm.

Subjects: Pennsylvania infantry. - 93d regiment., 1861-1865.; United States - History - Civil War, 1861-1865 - Regimental histories - Pennsylvania Infantry - 93rd.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 974.8033 M345

Commemoration of the Christiana riot and the treason trials of 1851

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Corporate Author: Lancaster County Historical Society (Pa.)

Date of Publication: 1911]

Call Number: 974.80323 C734

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Responsibility: under the auspices of the Lancaster County historical society, Christiana, Pa., Saturday, September 9, 1911; souvenir program.

Corporate Author: Lancaster County Historical Society (Pa.)

Place of Publication: [Lancaster?

Date of Publication: 1911]

Physical Description: cover-title, [16] p. incl. ports., facsims. 30 1/2 x 23 cm.

Notes: At head of title: 1851. 1911.

Subjects: Christiana riot, 1851.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 974.80323 C734

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Mathew Brady's illustrated history of the Civil War, 1861-65 and the causes that led up to the great conflict

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Author: Lossing, Benson John,

Date of Publication: [1978?] c1912.

Call Number: 973.7 L881

Responsibility: by Benson J. Lossing, and a chronological summary and record of every engagement ... showing the total losses and casualties together with war maps of localities, compiled from the official records of the War Department ; illustrated with facsimile photographic reproductions of the official war photographs, taken at the time by Mathew B. Brady, under the authority of President Lincoln and now in the possession of the War Department, Washington, D.C. ...

Author: Lossing, Benson John,

Uniform Title: History of the Civil War

Place of Publication: [S.l.]

Publisher: Fairfax Press,

Date of Publication: [1978?] c1912.

Physical Description: 512 p., [8] leaves of plates : ill. ; 29 cm.

Notes: Reprint of the ed. published by War Memorial Association, New York under title: A history of the Civil War.; On jacket: Distributed by Crown Publishers, New York.

Subjects: United States - History - Civil War, 1861-1865 - Pictorial works.

Additional Author: Brady, Mathew B.,

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 973.7 L881

The attitude of James Buchanan (a citizen of Lancaster County) towards the institution of slavery in the United States

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Author: Hensel, W. U.

Date of Publication: 1911

widespread popular delusion that Abraham Lincoln was the nom- inee of an anti-slavery party and was chosen a candidate and elected in 1860 on a platform pledging, if not abolitionism, at least some modifica- tion of slavery in the Southern States. nothing could be further from the truth. Neither he nor the

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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: 1911

Physical Description: 142-159 p. ; 23 cm.

Series: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 15, no. 5

Subjects: Buchanan, James, - 1791-1868 - Views on slavery.; Slavery - United States

Contained In: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 15, number 5 (1911), p. 142-159Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.15

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History of the Seventeenth Regiment, Pennsylvania Volunteer Cavalry, or One hundred and sixty-second in the line of Pennsylvania volunteer regiments, war to suppress the rebellion, 1861-1865

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Corporate Author: Pennsylvania cavalry. 17th regt.,

Date of Publication: 1911.

Call Number: 974.8003 P415

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Responsibility: compiled from records of the rebellion, official reports, recollections, reminiscences, incidents, diaries and company rosters ; with an appendix by H. P. Moyer.

Corporate Author: Pennsylvania cavalry. 17th regt.,

Place of Publication: Lebanon, Pa

Publisher: Sowers printing company,

Date of Publication: 1911.

Physical Description: 472 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Summary: Compiled from records of the rebellion, official reports, recollections, reminiscences, incidents, diaries and company rosters, with an appendix, by H. P. Moyer.

Subjects: United States. - Army. - Pennsylvania Cavalry Regiment, 17th (1862-1865).; Pennsylvania Cavalry. - 17th Regt., 1862-1865.; United States - History - Civil War, 1861-1865 - Regimental histories - Pennsylvania Cavalry - 17th.; Pennsylvania - History - Civil War, 1861-1865 - Regimental histories.

Additional Author: Moyer, H. P.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 974.8003 P415

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An anti-slavery reminiscence

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Author: Hensel, W. U.

Date of Publication: 1911

An Anti-Slavery Reminiscence The Society is indebted to Dr. Geo. L. Cassel for the priviiege of abstract- ing from the diary of his father, the late Abraham Cassel, of Marietta, an interesting account of his experience as a juror in the United States Court in a famous civil case, growing out of the

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Responsibility: by W. U. Hensel.

Author: Hensel, W. U.

Place of Publication: Lancaster, Pa

Publisher: Lancaster County Historical Society,

Date of Publication: 1911

Physical Description: 123-127 p. ; 23 cm.

Series: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 15, no. 4

Subjects: United States.; Trials.; Riots - Pennsylvania - Christiana.

Additional Author: Cassel, Abraham Harley,

Contained In: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 15, number 4 (1911), p. 123-127Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.15

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The automobile blue book 1916. a touring hand-book of motor routes in New Jersey, Pennsylvania and the South Atlantic states

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Corporate Author: Automobile Blue Book Publishing Company.

Date of Publication: c1916.

Call Number: 917.3 A939 1916

Alternate Title: Official automobile blue book 1916

Corporate Author: Automobile Blue Book Publishing Company.

Place of Publication: New York

Publisher: Automobile Blue Book Pub. Co.,

Date of Publication: c1916.

Physical Description: 1060 p. : ill., maps (some folded) ; 24 cm.

Notes: Includes index.

Subjects: Automobile travel - United States - Guidebooks.; New Jersey - Description and travel.; Pennsylvania - Description and travel.; South Atlantic states - Description and travel.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Rare Books

Call Number: 917.3 A939 1916

Monnet family genealogy : an emphasis of a noble Huguenot heritage, somewhat of the first immigrants Isaac and Pierre Monnet being a presentation of those in America bearing the name as variously spelled, Monet, Monete, Monett, Monette, Monnet, Monnett, Monnete, Monnette, Monay, Maunay, Money, Monie, Monnie, Monat, Monatt, Manett, Mannett, Munnitt, Munnett, Manee, Maney, Amonnet, Amonet, etc., with complete genealogies of the main lines : including the history of la noble maison de Monet de la Marck, seigneurs et barons, from the year 1632 : the genealogy of seigneurs de Monnet, la Maison de Salins, from the year 1184 : and containing short accounts of certain of the Pillot, Nuthall, Sprigg, Hillary, Mariarte, Crabb, Williams, Osborn, Burrell, Hellen, Lake and Bird, Caldwell, Slagle, ReichelsdÃ¶rfer, Hagenbuch, Schissler, Braucher, Wayland, Wilhoit, Kinnear, Hull, Ludwig, Lutz, et al., families

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Author: Monnette, Orra Eugene,

Date of Publication: 1911.

Call Number: 929 M748

Responsibility: written and compiled by Orra Eugene Monnette.

Author: Monnette, Orra Eugene,

Place of Publication: Los Angeles, Calif

Publisher: C.E. Bireley,

Date of Publication: 1911.

Physical Description: various pagings : ill., coats of arms, facsims., maps, ports.

Notes: "Almost all of the information contained in this publication is copied from the original book authored by Mr. Orra Eugene Monnette. Since his book comprises some 1200 pages, and since it is so comprehensive as to include several other branches of the Monnette, Monette and Monnet families, only those pages have been copied and appear herein that support the genealogy of the J.B. Monnette family genealogy."; Printed from Family Tree Maker, CD193 County and Family Histories: PA, 1740-1900, Disk 2, Monnet Family Genealogy.; Includes bibliographical references and index.

Subjects: Monnet family.; Monnet, Isaac, - b. ca. 1650.; Monnet, Pierre, - d. ca. 1712.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 929 M748

Historic background and annals of the Swiss and German pioneer settlers of southeastern Pennsylvania, and of their remote ancestors, from the middle of the Dark Ages, down to the time of the Revolutionary War; an authentic history from original sources ... with particular reference to the German-Swiss Mennonites or Anabaptists, the Amish and other nonresistant sects

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Author: Eshleman, Henry Frank,

Date of Publication: 1917.

Call Number: 289.7 E75

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Author: Eshleman, Henry Frank,

Place of Publication: Lancaster, Pa

Date of Publication: 1917.

Physical Description: 2 p. Ã¸., 386 p. 25 cm.

Subjects: Swiss - Pennsylvania.; Germans - Pennsylvania.; Mennonites - Pennsylvania.; Pennsylvania - History - Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Lancaster County

Call Number: 289.7 E75

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The first American movement west : transcripts from "The Gratz papers, 1750-1850, collected with related documents, maps and notes, 1913-1914"

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Author: Byars, William Vincent,

Date of Publication: 1915.

Call Number: 923.8 G773f

Responsibility: William Vincent Byars, for the Illinois State Historical Library.

Author: Byars, William Vincent,

Date of Publication: 1915.

Physical Description: 70 leaves ; 29 cm.

Notes: Typescript.; "Sources and acknowledgements": leaves 65-70.; Includes facsim, of 1st issue (Aug. 20, 1773) of the Maryland journal and Baltimore advertiser, mounted on leaf at end.

Subjects: Gratz family.; Gratz, B. and M., merchants in Philadelphia.; United States - History - Sources.; United States - Territorial expansion.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 923.8 G773f

The life of Thaddeus Stevens; a study in American political history, especially in the period of the civil war and reconstruction

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Author: Woodburn, James Albert,

Date of Publication: [c1913]

Call Number: 923.2 S846wo

Responsibility: by James Albert Woodburn.

Author: Woodburn, James Albert,

Place of Publication: Indianapolis

Publisher: The Bobbs-Merrill company

Date of Publication: [c1913]

Physical Description: 620 p. illus. 21 cm.

Notes: African American resources at Lancaster County Historical Society

Subjects: Stevens, Thaddeus, - 1792-1868.; United States - Politics and government - Civil War, 1861-1865.; United States - Politics and government - 1865-1869.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 923.2 S846wo

Print, Photographic

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Collection: Christiana Resistance Collection

Title: Christiana Riot House

Object ID: Christiana S02 F05

Date Range: 1896

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Object Name: Print, Photographic

Collection: Christiana Resistance Collection

Title: Christiana Riot House

Description: Ruins of the "Christiana Riot House"; Insert 1 Ruins of the "Christiana Riot House." [1896, 1898].; Insert 2 Ruins of the "Christiana Riot House" with the Pownall farm in the background. [1896, 1898].; Insert 3 The Pownall farm. 1971. (Photograph owned in 1990 by Ms. C. Ammon of Christiana)

Date Range: 1896

Year Range From: 1896

Year Range To: 1971

Storage Location: Moores Memorial Library, Christiana, PA

People: Pownall, Levi

Subject: Riots--Pennsylvania--Christiana; Christiana (Pa.); Photographs; Historical markers

Classification: CHRISTIANA RESISTANCE; Christiana S02 F05

Search Terms: Christiana Resistance; Christiana, Pennsylvania; Historical markers

Place: Christiana

Object Name: Print, Photographic

Object ID: Christiana S02 F05

Notes: The attached images have been provided for research. The original items are restricted for preservation purposes. The digital images of the manuscript and printed material are 300 dpi JPGs; the photographs are 600 dpi JPGs.; Please contact Moores Memorial Library for a high resolution image and permission to publish:; Moores Memorial Library; 9 West Slokom Avenue; Christiana, PA 17509; chrlib@christianalibrary.org; 610-593-6683 or 610-593-6687; The digital master files are stored at LancasterHistory.; LancasterHistory; 230 N. President Ave; Lancaster, PA 17603; archives@lancasterhistory.org; (717) 392-4633; Funds for this project were provided by the Library Services and Technology Act (LSTA) in 2001.

Credit: Christiana Resistance Collection, Series 2, Folder 5, Moores Memorial Library

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The Christiana Riot and the treason trials of 1851 : an historical sketch

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The Christiana riot and the treason trials of 1851 : an historical sketch

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Report of the Committee on the Commemoration of the Christiana riot and treason trials of 1851

The Christiana riot and the treason trials of 1851; an historical sketch

The newspapers and the Christiana Riots

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Aftermath supplementary to Christiana Riot, 1851

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Commemoration of the Christiana riot and the treason trials of 1851, under the auspices of the Lancaster County Historical Society, Lancaster, Pa., Saturday, September 9, 1911 : souvenir program

The slavery question during the terms of office of John Whitehill and Robert Jenkins, Congressmen from Lancaster County from 1803 to 1807 and 1807 to 1811 respectively

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Red: white: and blue badge, Pennsylvania veteran volunteers. A history of the 93rd regiment, known as the "Lebanon infantry" and "One of the 300 fighting regiments" from September 12th, 1861, to June 27th, 1865

Commemoration of the Christiana riot and the treason trials of 1851

Websites

Mathew Brady's illustrated history of the Civil War, 1861-65 and the causes that led up to the great conflict

The attitude of James Buchanan (a citizen of Lancaster County) towards the institution of slavery in the United States

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History of the Seventeenth Regiment, Pennsylvania Volunteer Cavalry, or One hundred and sixty-second in the line of Pennsylvania volunteer regiments, war to suppress the rebellion, 1861-1865

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An anti-slavery reminiscence

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The automobile blue book 1916. a touring hand-book of motor routes in New Jersey, Pennsylvania and the South Atlantic states

Websites

The first American movement west : transcripts from "The Gratz papers, 1750-1850, collected with related documents, maps and notes, 1913-1914"

The life of Thaddeus Stevens; a study in American political history, especially in the period of the civil war and reconstruction

Print, Photographic

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