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Old Lancaster tales and traditions

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Author
Worner, William Frederic.
Date of Publication
1927.
Call Number
974.815 LACI W928
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Author
Worner, William Frederic.
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
The Author,
Date of Publication
1927.
Physical Description
x, 261 p. illus. 24 cm.
Contents
Declaration of Independence in Lancaster--Thomas Wharton, Jr. in Lancaster--Baron Steuben in Lancaster--Lancaster in 1778--Lancaster in 1783--Ephrata Community--Lancaster in 1788--Camel in Lancaster--Lancaster in 1795--Lancaster in 1797--John Marshall in Lancaster--First elephant in Lancaster--General Pinckney in Lancaster--Lancaster in 1807--Alexander Wilson in Lancaster--Mrs. Royall's visit to Lancaster--Royal Arabian horse in Lancaster--Daniel Webster in Lancaster--Rich men of Lancaster City in 1845--The Wreath--Chinese soldier in the Civil War--Hope Church--Seventy-fifth aniversaryof Hope Church--Story of Salome Le Roy--Tory of the Revolution.
Illustrations--Rare old Lancaster imprint--Lancaster Count Courthouse--Residence of Christopher Marshall--Trinity Lutheran Church--Cat Tavern--Old Ferry House--Buildings of the Ephrata Cloister--Watermark, Ephrata Cloister--Finest Colonial House in Lancaster--Caleb Cope House--Barracks on Howard Avenue--Saron House. Ephrata Cloister--Cell, Ephrata Cloister--Watermarks, Ephrata Cloister--Room in Saron House, Ephrata Cloister--Kitchen, Ephrata Cloister--Fireplace, Ephrata Cloister--Matin Room--Ephrata Cloister--Seal, Ephrata Cloister--Government Buildings, Lancaster--Washington Hotel--Old Powder House--Lancaster Academy--Male camel--Watermarks, Ephrata Cloister--Johann Conrad Beissel--Tomb of Johann Conrad Beissel--Fountain Inn--Rockford, Home of General Hand--White Swan Tavern--Blunderbuss--Lancaster City Hall--Newspaper account of Marshall's arival--Residence of Jasper Yeates--Residence of Timothy Matlack--Advertisement of the elephant--Oldest tobacco shop in the United States--Old wooden sign, Demuth Tobacco Shop--View of North Queen Street about 1840--William Pitt Tavern--Sign of William Pitt Tavern--Lancaster in 1810--Anchor Inn, Lititz, Pa.--Heinitsh's Drug Store--James Buchanan--Steinman's Hardware Store--Slaymaker's Hotel--Abbeville--House and tannery of Georg H. Krug--Fire engine--View of West King Street about 1850--The Wreath--Button Suctio Engine--Hose cart--Hope Episcopal Church, Mount Hope, Pa.--Mount Hope Mansion--Memorial chancel and altar, Hope Church--Brew House--Bird's-eye view of Lancaster--German Reformed Church--House built about 1760--Lancaster County Prison.
Subjects
Woo, Hong Neok - 1834-1919.
Folklore - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
Lancaster (Pa.) - History.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
974.815 LACI W928
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History of the Reformed Church in the United States, 1725-1792

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Author
Good, James I.
Date of Publication
1899.
Call Number
285.8 G646
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Author
Good, James I.
Place of Publication
Reading, Pa
Publisher
D. Miller,
Date of Publication
1899.
Physical Description
vii, 701 p. illus. 20 cm.
Subjects
Reformed Church in the United States - History.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
285.8 G646
Websites
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The Taufers: or, The German Baptist brethren. The origin, history, religious beliefs and achievements of one of the prominent religious denominations in the United States

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Author
Diffenderffer, Frank Ried,
Date of Publication
1899.
Call Number
286.5 D569
Author
Diffenderffer, Frank Ried,
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Reprinted from the New era,
Date of Publication
1899.
Physical Description
23 p. 24 cm.
Notes
Signed: F.R.D.
A review of "A history of the German Baptist brethren in Europe and America." By M.G. Brumbaugh.
Subjects
Brumbaugh, Martin Grove, - 1862-1930.
Church of the Brethren.
German Baptist Brethren (U.S.)
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
286.5 D569
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Documentary history of the Evangelical Lutheran ministerium of Pennsylvania and adjacent states. Proceedings of the annual conventions from 1748 to 1821. Compiled and translated from records in the archives and from the written protocols

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Corporate Author
Evangelical Lutheran Ministerium of Pennsylvania and the Adjacent States.
Date of Publication
1898.
Call Number
284.1 E92
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Corporate Author
Evangelical Lutheran Ministerium of Pennsylvania and the Adjacent States.
Place of Publication
Philadelphia
Publisher
Board of Publication of the General Council of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in North America,
Date of Publication
1898.
Physical Description
iv, 619 p. 24 cm.
Notes
Lettered on cover: Jubilee memorial, 1748-1898.
"Sources": p. 1-2.
Subjects
Evangelical Lutheran Ministerium of Pennsylvania and the Adjacent States - History.
Lutheran Church
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
284.1 E92
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The Philadelphia Negro; a social study

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Author
Du Bois, W. E. B.
Date of Publication
1899.
Call Number
326 D816
Responsibility
by W. E. Burghardt Du Bois. Together with a special report on domestic service by Isabel Eaton.
Author
Du Bois, W. E. B.
Place of Publication
Philadelphia
Publisher
Published for the University,
Date of Publication
1899.
Physical Description
xx, 520 p. illus. 26 cm.
Series
Publications of the University of Pennsylvania. Series in political economy and public law, no. 14
Contents
Chapters: CHAPTER I. THE SCOPE OF THIS STUDY / CHAPTER II / THE PROBLEM / CHAPTER III. THE NEGRO IN PHILADELPHIA, 1638-1820 / CHAPTER IV. THE NEGRO IN PHILADELPHIA, 1820-1896 / CHAPTER V. THE SIZE, AGE AND SEX OF THE NEGRO POPULATION / CHAPTER VI. CONJUGAL CONDITION / CHAPTER VII. SOURCES OF THE NEGRO POPULATION / CHAPTER VIII. EDUCATION AND ILLITERACY / CHAPTER IX. THE OCCUPATIONS OF NEGROES / CHAPTER X. THE HEALTH OF NEGROES / CHAPTER XI. THE NEGRO FAMILY / CHAPTER XII. THE ORGANIZED LIFE OF NEGROES.CHAPTER / XIII. THE NEGRO CRIMINAL.CHAPTER / XIV. PAUPERISM AND ALCOHOLISM.CHAPTER / XV. THE ENVIRONMENT OF THE NEGRO.CHAPTER / XVI. THE CONTACT OF THE RACESCHAPTER / XVII. NEGRO SUFFRAGE.CHAPTER / XVIII. A FINAL WORD.
Subjects
Afro-Americans - Pennsylvania - Philadelphia.
Domestics.
Slavery - Pennsylvania.
African Americans
United States - Race relations.
Philadelphia (Pa.) - History.
Additional Author
Eaton, Isabel.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
326 D816
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Seeing Lancaster county and city by automobile

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Author
Magee, Daniel F.
Date of Publication
1924.
Call Number
974.815 LACO M191
Responsibility
Prepared and distributed by Lancaster Automobile Club. Sketched and written by D. F. Magee, esq. and contributed to the club.
Author
Magee, Daniel F.
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Lancaster Automobile Club,
Date of Publication
1924.
Physical Description
24 p. ; 23 cm.
Contents
Route No.1, A trip to the southern end, Chestnut level, Fulton House, Penn Hill -- Route No. 2, Donegal Church, Elizabethtown and Hershey -- Route No. 3, Some old and famous roads; the Newport road and Peter's road -- Route No. 4, Ephrata, Brickerville, Clay, Elizabeth Furnace, Penryn -- Route No. 5, Conestoga Township, Safe Harbor, The first court house, Postlethwaite -- Route No. 6, The Octorara and the early English settlements and the southern end -- Route No. 7, An all day Sunday route by York, Baltimore Pike, Havre de Grace, Elkton, Wilmington -- Route No. 8, Millersville, Indian Town, Creswell, Columbia, Chickies, Silver Springs -- Route No. 9, Two routes to McCall's Ferry -- Route No. 10, From Lancaster via Wilmington, Delaware, Atlantic City and Bowers Beach -- Route No. 11, Moore's Mill, a beautiful spot via East Petersburg, Salunga, Ironville and the Quay Farm -- Route No. 12, The South Mountain and the Blue Hills: Summer Resorts -- Route No. 13, Some nice evening drives as the sun seeks the west -- Route No. 14, Long's Park, Rohrerstown, Millersville, Wabank, Second Lock -- Route No. 15, Long's Park, Petersburg, Oregon, Lehman's Rifle factory.
Subjects
Lancaster County (Pa.) - Description and travel.
Lancaster (Pa.) - Description and travel.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
974.815 LACO M191
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Educational blue book and directory of the Church of the Brethren : 1708-1923, with biographies

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Author
Cable, William Arthur,
Date of Publication
1923.
Call Number
286.5 E21
Responsibility
compiled and edited by W. Arthur Cable; Homer F. Sanger.
Author
Cable, William Arthur,
Place of Publication
Elgin, Ill
Publisher
The General Education Board of the Church,
Date of Publication
1923.
Physical Description
656 p.: ill.; 22 cm.
Notes
Durnbaugh, 694.
"A history of education in the Church of the Brethren" / John S. Flory: p. [2]-104.
Summary
The Educational Blue Book and Directory undertakes to present the main facts of the educational movement in the Church of the Brethren from its origin to the present time (1923), and to preserve for future use as much data as possible connected with the educational work of the Brethren. A brief history of education in the Church of the Brethren was prepared for this volume by Dr. John S. Flory, of Bridgewater College, Bridgewater, Virginia. To accompany the text, the Editors assembled numerous photographs of buildings, views, and persons.
Subjects
Church of the Brethren - Biography.
Church of the Brethren - Education.
Additional Author
Sanger, Homer Festus,
Flory, John S.
Additional Corporate Author
Church of the Brethren. General Education Board.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
286.5 E21
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History of Lamberton Lodge, no.476 Ancient York Masons, Lancaster, Pa

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Author
Bolenius, Robert Miller,
Date of Publication
1921?
Call Number
366.1 L223
Responsibility
Compiled from the records of the first fifty years of its existence; also biographies of the warrant members and past masters of Lodge 476, with a complete list of members
Author
Bolenius, Robert Miller,
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
s.n.
Date of Publication
1921?
Physical Description
vii, 218 p. ill. 20 cm.
Subjects
Freemasons - Pennsylvania - Lancaster.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Lancaster County
Call Number
366.1 L223
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Pageant of gratitude, for two hundred years of blessing upon Lancaster County

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Author
Burrell, Percy Jewett.
Date of Publication
1929]
Call Number
974.815 LACO B969p
Responsibility
by Percy Jewett Burrell, master of the pageant; Alice Kraft, associate and dance director; Harry A. Sykes ... composer and musical director; presented by the people of the city and county of Lancaster, Pennsylvania, June 24th, 25th and 26th, 1929, 7:45 o'clock in the evening.
Author
Burrell, Percy Jewett.
Place of Publication
[Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Intelligence Printing Co.,
Date of Publication
1929]
Physical Description
126 p. ill. (incl. music) 29 cm.
Notes
Music: p. 106-107.
Seal of Lancaster County: 1 leaf at end.
"Design of cover and book by Robert B. Hartman."
"A chronicle", by Dr. H. M. J. Klein": p. 119-125.
Subjects
Pageants - Pennsylvania - Lancaster.
Lancaster County (Pa.) - History - Drama.
Additional Author
Sykes, Harry A.
Klein, H. M. J.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
974.815 LACO B969p
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History and rhymes of the Lost Battalion

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Author
McCollum, Lee Charles.
Date of Publication
c1929.
Call Number
940.41 M129
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A genealogy of the Hess family from the first emigrant to this country down to the present time as far as could be ascertained

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Author
Hess, John H.,
Date of Publication
1896
Call Number
929 h586
Responsibility
by John H. Hess.
Author
Hess, John H.,
Place of Publication
Lititz, Pa
Publisher
J.H. Hess,
Date of Publication
1896
Physical Description
248, [12] p. ; 14 cm.
Notes
Includes index.
Subjects
Hess family (Samuel Hess, fl. 1712)
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
929 h586
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Through colonial doorways

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Author
Wharton, Anne Hollingsworth,
Edition
9th ed.
Date of Publication
1893.
Call Number
973.2 W298
Responsibility
By Anne Hollingsworth Wharton.
Author
Wharton, Anne Hollingsworth,
Edition
9th ed.
Place of Publication
Philadelphia
Publisher
J.B. Lippincott Co.,
Date of Publication
1893.
Physical Description
xiii, 237 p. front., 21 cm.
Contents
Through colonial doorways.--The meschianza.--New York balls and receptions.--The American philosophical society.--The Wistar parties.--A bundle of old love letters.--The Philadelphia dancing assemblies.
Subjects
United States - Social life and customs - To 1775.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
973.2 W298
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Colonial days and dames

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Author
Wharton, Anne Hollingsworth,
Date of Publication
1895.
Call Number
973.2 W298c
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Responsibility
by Anne Hollingsworth Wharton. With illustrations by E.S. Holloway.
Author
Wharton, Anne Hollingsworth,
Place of Publication
Philadelphia
Publisher
J.B. Lippincott Co.,
Date of Publication
1895.
Physical Description
xiii, [11]-248 p. front., illus., plates, ports. 21 cm.
Notes
̉ۡdition de luxe; 508 copies printed for subscribers.
Contents
CONTENTS: COLONIAL DAYS WOMEN IN THE EARLY SETTLEMENT A GROUP OF EARLY POETESSES COLONIAL DAMES. OLD LANDMARKS WEDDINGS AND MERRY-MAKINGS LEGEND AND ROMANCE
Subjects
Women in the United States.
United States - Social life and customs - To 1775.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
973.2 W298c
Websites
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Side glimpses from the colonial meeting-house

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Author
Bliss, William Root,
Date of Publication
1894.
Call Number
973.2 B649
  1 website  
Responsibility
by William Root Bliss.
Author
Bliss, William Root,
Place of Publication
Boston, New York
Publisher
Houghton, Mifflin and Company,
Date of Publication
1894.
Physical Description
256 p. 20 cm.
Contents
Chapters: The Meeting House Devil // Rum and Slavery // The Composite Puritan // The Personality of the Meeting House // The Summons To Worship // The Seating of the People // The Wretched Boys // Disturbers of Public Worship // The Neighbors of the Meeting House // The Comedy and Tragedy of the Pulpit // The Poor Parsons // The Notorious Ministers // The Simple Evangelist // The Muse of Choral Song // The Bible and the Confessional // The Hour Glass
Summary
The author uses the Colonial Meeting House as a central focus of the New England town and from it looks to other practices and customs to better illuminate life in the town and New England.
Subjects
Puritans.
Witchcraft - New England.
Slavery - New England.
New England - Social life and customs - Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
973.2 B649
Websites
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Date of Publication
1899.
Call Number
936.3 H864
Responsibility
Edited by Arthur C. Howland.
Place of Publication
Philadelphia, Pa., London
Publisher
The Dept. of History of the University of Pennsylvania; P. S. King,
Date of Publication
1899.
Physical Description
36 p. 22 cm.
Series
Translations and reprints from the original sources of European history. vol.VI, no. 3
Notes
Cover title.
Subjects
Germany - History - Early period to 843 - Sources.
Germany - Social life and customs.
Additional Author
Howland, Arthur Charles,
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
936.3 H864
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A constitutional league of peace in the stone age of America; the League of the Iroquois and its constitution

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Author
Hewitt, J. N. B.
Date of Publication
1920.
Call Number
970.1 S664c
  1 website  
Responsibility
by J. N. B. Hewitt.
Author
Hewitt, J. N. B.
Place of Publication
Washington
Publisher
Govt. Print. Off.,
Date of Publication
1920.
Physical Description
527-545 p. 24 cm.
Notes
From: Smithsonian Institution. Annual report. 1918.
"The author,John Napoleon Brinton Hewitt (December 16, 1859 - October 14, 1937) , was a linguist and ethnographer who specialized in Iroquoian and other Native American languages. Hewitt was born on the Tuscarora Indian Reservation near Lewiston, New York. His parents were Harriet and David; his mother was of Tuscarora, French, Oneida, and Scottish descent, his father of English and Scottish, but raised in a Tuscarora family. His parents raised him speaking the English language, but when he left the reservation to attend schools in Wilson and Lockport, he learned to speak the Tuscarora language from other students who spoke the language." [from Wikipedia]
Summary
Discussion of the formation of the Iroquois League by five separate native American tribes ( Mohawk, Oneida, Onondaga, Cayuga and Seneca ) in 16th century America.
Subjects
Iroquois Indians.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
970.1 S664c
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A brief record of the Ebys, from their arrival in America to my grandparents Peter and Margaret Hess Eby [and] their descendants

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Author
Eby, Jacob,
Date of Publication
1923.
Call Number
929 E16e
Author
Eby, Jacob,
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Date of Publication
1923.
Physical Description
50 p. 24 cm.
Subjects
Eby family.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
929 E16e
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Costume of colonial times

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Author
Earle, Alice Morse,
Date of Publication
1894.
Call Number
973.2 E12c
Responsibility
by Alice Morse Earle.
Author
Earle, Alice Morse,
Place of Publication
New York
Publisher
C. Scribner's Sons,
Date of Publication
1894.
Physical Description
xiv, 264 p. 19 cm.
Subjects
Costume - United States.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
973.2 E12c
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Men, women & manners in colonial times

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Author
Fisher, Sydney George,
Date of Publication
1897.
Call Number
973.2 F917
Responsibility
By Sydney Geo. Fisher. Illustrated with photogravures and with decorations by Edward Stratton Holloway ...
Author
Fisher, Sydney George,
Place of Publication
Philadelphia
Publisher
J.B. Lippincott Co.,
Date of Publication
1897.
Physical Description
2 v. fronts., illus., plates. 18 cm.
Subjects
United States - Description and travel.
United States - Social life and customs - To 1775.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
973.2 F917
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Letters of Rebecca Gratz

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Author
Gratz, Rebecca,
Date of Publication
1929.
Call Number
920.1 G773p
Responsibility
edited, with an introd. and notes, by Rabbi David Philipson.
Author
Gratz, Rebecca,
Place of Publication
Philadelphia
Publisher
The Jewish publication society of America,
Date of Publication
1929.
Physical Description
xxiv, 454 p. plates, 2 port. (incl. front.) facsims. 21 cm.
Additional Author
Philipson, David,
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
920.1 G773p
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