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Illustrated catalogue of the Champion steel blowers and steel forges, lever and crank blowers

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Corporate Author: Champion Blower and Forge Company.

Date of Publication: 1920.

Corporate Author: Champion Blower and Forge Company.

Place of Publication: Lancaster, Pa

Publisher: Champion Blower and Forge Co.,

Date of Publication: 1920.

Physical Description: 324 pages, 3 leaves of plates ; 20 cm

Notes: January, 1920.; Accompanied by net prices and discounts, effective March 15th, 1920, August 10th, 1920 and September 10th, 1921.

Subjects: Forging machinery - Catalogs.; Fans (Machinery) - Catalogs.; Metal-working machinery - Catalogs.; Fans (Machinery); Forging machinery.; Metal-working machinery.; Catalogs.

Polk's official street directory, car line and information guide of Lancaster including ready reference map: giving description, location,number and intersection of each street, and the nearest car line to each number on the street, also key numbers for use with Polk's Ready Reference Map. Also routes of city and suburban car lines, list of public buildings, cemeteries, churches, fire department, libraries, parks,police department, post office, schools and other valuable information

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Date of Publication: 1924

Call Number: 917.4815

Place of Publication: Philadelphia

Publisher: R. L. Polk & Co., Publishers,

Date of Publication: 1924

Physical Description: 64 p. map ; 15 cm.

Notes: Includes advertising.; Map tipped in rear cover.

Subjects: Lancaster (Pa.) - Directories.

Additional Corporate Author: R.L. Polk & Co.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Lancaster County

Call Number: 917.4815

The Burnham handbook of engineering data : Assembled and compiled for use in connection with the installation of Burhnam boilers for steam, vapor and hot water heating, also for Hot -water supply

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Corporate Author: Burnham Boiler Corporation.

Date of Publication: 1927.

Call Number: 6210402 B966 1927

Responsibility: compiled by Harry W. Fiedler.

Corporate Author: Burnham Boiler Corporation.

Place of Publication: Burnham Boiler Corporation

Publisher: Irvington, New York ,

Date of Publication: 1927.

Physical Description: 96 p. : ill. ; 19cm.

Notes: First edition.

Subjects: Burnham Boiler Corporation - Catalogs.; Heating - Catalogs.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 6210402 B966 1927

Woolworth Building : the most popular store and office building in southeastern Pennsylvania

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Date of Publication: 1929?

Call Number: 720 W917

Alternate Title: Woolworth Building, Lancaster, Penna

Place of Publication: Lancaster, Pa

Publisher: Woolworth Building Co., Lancaster Press, Inc.

Date of Publication: 1929?

Physical Description: 20 pages ; 23 cm

Notes: Woolworth building directory, August, 1930, p. 18-20.

Subjects: Architecture, Commercial - Pennsylvania - Lancaster.; Historic buildings - Pennsylvania - Lancaster.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Lancaster County

Call Number: 720 W917

Industrial directory of Lancaster : "the red rose city" of Pennsylvania and county seat of Lancaster County "America's garden spot."

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Date of Publication: [(1929?).]

Call Number: 330.974815 L224w

Alternate Title: What Lancaster "the red rose city of Pennsylvania" manufactures

Place of Publication: Lancaster, Pa

Publisher: Lancaster Chamber of Commerce,

Date of Publication: [(1929?).]

Physical Description: 52 pages ; 16 cm

Notes: Cover title: What Lancaster "The Red Rose City of Pennsylvania" manufactures. An alphabetical list of manufacturers and an index of the commodities they produce.

Subjects: Industries - Pennsylvania - Lancaster - Directories.; Industries.; Pennsylvania - Lancaster.; Directories.

Additional Corporate Author: Lancaster Chamber of Commerce.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 330.974815 L224w

Copy Info: 1929

Masonic ceremonies for laying of the corner-stone of the Lancaster County Memorial building at the Masonic Homes of the right worshipful grand lodge F. & A.M. of Pennsylvania, Elizabethtown, Pa. Saturday, May 16, A.D. 1925-A.L. 5925 at high noon

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Author: Hershey, Andrew Hiestand,

Date of Publication: 1926.

Call Number: 366.1 M412c

Author: Hershey, Andrew Hiestand,

Place of Publication: [N.p.]

Publisher: Committee on Library,

Date of Publication: 1926.

Physical Description: 48 p. : ill., ports. ; 24 cm.

Subjects: Freemasons - Elizabethtown (Pa.) - Right Worshipful Grand Lodge.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 366.1 M412c

The Indian wars of Pennsylvania : an account of the Indian events, in Pennsylvania, of the French and Indian war, Pontiac's war, Lord Dunmore's war, the revolutionary war, and the Indian uprising from 1789 to 1795 ; tragedies of the Pennsylvania frontier based primarily on the Penna. archives and colonial records / by C. Hale Sipe ; introduction by Dr. George P. Donehoo

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Author: Sipe, C. Hale

Date of Publication: 1929.

Call Number: 974.8011 S618w

Author: Sipe, C. Hale

Place of Publication: Harrisburg

Publisher: The Telegraph Press,

Date of Publication: 1929.

Physical Description: 793 p., [16] p. of plates : ill., fold. map (in pocket) ; 23 cm.

Notes: Tail-pieces.; "Principal sources utilized in the preparation of this work": p. [6]; "Officers of the colonies of the Delaware before the time of William Penn, and the governors of the province and the commonwealth from 1681 to 1799": p. [745]-746.; "Principal Indian towns in Pennsylvania": p. [747]-754.; "List of blockhouses not mentioned in the text of this history": p. [755]-761.; Includes information on the Conoy Indians, Conestoga Indians, Susquehanna Indians and Delaware Indians.

Subjects: Indians of North America - Pennsylvania.; Indians of North America; Fortification - Pennsylvania.; Pennsylvania - History - Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775.; Pennsylvania - History - Revolution, 1775-1783.; Pennsylvania - Historic houses, etc.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 974.8011 S618w

Journals of the Select and Common Councils of the city of Lancaster : and resolutions in memorial to Honorable Henry Lightner Trout of the city of Lancaster

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Corporate Author: Lancaster (Pa.). Select and Common Councils.

Date of Publication: 1920

Call Number: 352.008 S464j

Corporate Author: Lancaster (Pa.). Select and Common Councils.

Place of Publication: Lancaster, Pa

Publisher: The Examiner Printing House,

Date of Publication: 1920

Physical Description: v. ; 23 cm.

Notes: LCHS has January 1920.

Subjects: Trout, Henry Lightner.; Municipal government - Pennsylvania - Lancaster.; Lancaster (Pa.) - Politics and government.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Lancaster County

Call Number: 352.008 S464j

Historic Lancaster : a description of the mural painting in the new building of the Farmers Trust Company of Lancaster

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Author: Klein, H. M. J.

Date of Publication: [1929]

Call Number: 974.815 LACO K64hi

Responsibility: by H.M.J. Klein.

Author: Klein, H. M. J.

Place of Publication: [Place of publication not identified]

Publisher: [publisher not identified],

Date of Publication: [1929]

Physical Description: 1 sheet, folded ; 16 cm

Subjects: Hewlett, J. Monroe.; Farmers Trust Company (Lancaster, Pa.); Lancaster County (Pa.); Lancaster County (Pa.) - Centennial celebrations, etc.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 974.815 LACO K64hi

The early architecture of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania : being an account of the origin and development of architectural forms in Lancaster County during the eighteenth century

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Author: Kocher, Alfred L.

Date of Publication: 1920

wood and then plastered with lime mortar or clay. A few small windows admitted light, and slabs of wood served as a door. Instead of glass, skins of wild animals or oiled paper served to keep out draughts of wind. The interior usually consisted of one room with a fire- place at one end for cooking

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Responsibility: by Alfred L. Kocher, A.I.A.

Author: Kocher, Alfred L.

Place of Publication: Lancaster, Pa

Publisher: Lancaster County Historical Society,

Date of Publication: 1920

Physical Description: 91-106 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

Series: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 24, no. 5

Subjects: Architecture.; Greek revival (Architecture); Architecture, Domestic - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.; Architecture, Colonial - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.; Lancaster County (Pa.) - Social life and customs.

Contained In: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 24, number 5 (1920), p. 91-106Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.24

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Report of the committee to place and unveil a marker designating and commemorating the Indian town of Conestoga, in Manor Township, Lancaster County, Penna

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Date of Publication: 1924

weather was cool and cloudy. The event was delightful to everyone and a success in every respect. The chairmen presiding at the rendition of the program were Col. Henry W. Shoemaker, chairman of the Pennsylvania Historical Commission, and Professor Herbert H. Beck, president of the Lancaster County

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Place of Publication: Lancaster, Pa

Publisher: Lancaster County Historical Society,

Date of Publication: 1924

Physical Description: 129-149 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

Series: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 28, no. 9

Subjects: Penn, William, - 1644-1718.; Indian Town (Conestoga, Pa.); Historical markers - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.; Indians of North America - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.; Conestoga Indians.; Paxton Boys.; Conestoga Massacre, Pa., 1763.; Conestoga (Pa. : Township) - History.

Additional Author: Magee, Daniel F.; Landis, David H.,; Beck, Herbert Huebener,

Contained In: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 28, number 9 (1924), p. 129-152Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.28

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The awakening and the early progress of the Pequea, Conestoga and other Susquehanna Valley settlements : as shown by official letters, etc., of the time

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Author: Landis, David M.

Date of Publication: 1921.

rapidly going on. Those letters are mounted in folios entitied "Lancaster County Miscellany" and "Taylor Pa- pers", etc., rstn the Historical Society of Pennsylvania, at Philadelphia; but that does not stop the fading out of the ink. It is with the greatest diffi- culty even now that some of them may be

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Responsibility: by David M. Landis.

Author: Landis, David M.

Place of Publication: Lancaster, Pa

Publisher: Lancaster County Historical Society,

Date of Publication: 1921.

Physical Description: 5-16 p. ; 23 cm.

Series: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 25, no. 1

Subjects: Land settlement - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.; Taylor papers.; Lancaster County (Pa.) - History - 17th century.

Contained In: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 25, number 1 (1921), p. 5-16Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.25

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Collections for the sufferers from fire in Lancaster in 1823

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Author: Worner, William Frederic.

Date of Publication: 1929

been received for the sufferers and deposited in the Branch Bank of Pennsylvania. Collections for the Sufferers from Fire in Lancaster in 1823 By WILLIAM FREDERIC WORNER ON Friday, July 25th, 1823, near midnight, the inhabitants of Lancaster were awakened by the cry of fire. It originated in the

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Responsibility: by William Frederic Worner.

Author: Worner, William Frederic.

Place of Publication: Lancaster, Pa

Publisher: Lancaster County Historical Society,

Date of Publication: 1929

Physical Description: 87-88 p. ; 23 cm.

Series: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 33, no. 5

Subjects: Fires - Pennsylvania - Lancaster.; Lancaster (Pa.) - Fires and fire prevention.; Lancaster (Pa.) - History - 19th century.

Contained In: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 33, number 5 (1929), p. 87-88Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.33

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Journal of an English emigrant farmer : a record of the journey of an unknown Englishman to America in the year 1838 and his sojourn for a summer among the early pioneer settlers of Muncy Valley

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Date of Publication: 1928.

Call Number: 974.851 J86

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Responsibility: edited by T. Kenneth Wood.

Place of Publication: Williamsport [Pa.]

Publisher: Lycoming Historical Society,

Date of Publication: 1928.

Physical Description: 38 p., [7] leaves of plates : ill. ; 24 cm.

Series: Proceedings and papers - Lycoming Historical Society ; no. 6

Notes: "Occasional Publication No. 6."

Subjects: Farmers; United States - Description and travel - 1783-1848.; Pennsylvania - Description and travel - Personal narratives.

Additional Author: Wood, T. Kenneth.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 974.851 J86

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Indenture, Conestoga Terminal Company and Girard Trust Company, June 1, 1924... Guaranty agreement beween Edison Electric Company, Conestoga Traction Company, Girard Trust Company and the holders of the above bonds

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Corporate Author: Girard Trust Company.

Date of Publication: 1925.

Call Number: 332.63244 G519

Responsibility: by Girard Trust Company.

Corporate Author: Girard Trust Company.

Place of Publication: Philadelphia

Publisher: Allen, Lane & Scott ,

Date of Publication: 1925.

Physical Description: 60 p. ; 23 cm.

Subjects: Girard Trust Co. - Finance.; Mortgages - Pennsylvania - Lancaster.; Electricity - Pennsylvania - Lancaster.; Street-railroads - Pennsylvania - Delaware.

Additional Corporate Author: Conestoga Terminal Company (Lancaster, Pa.); Edison Electric Company (Philadelphia, Pa.); Conestoga Traction Company (Lancaster, Pa.)

Location: Lancaster History Library - Lancaster County

Call Number: 332.63244 G519

Report on the committee appointed to participate in the exercises incident to the restoration of City Hall, Lancaster, Pa., to its original colonial design and dignity

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Author: Garvin, Milton Thomas.

Date of Publication: 1925

Call Number: 974.9 L245 v.29

Responsibility: address of Mr. M. T. Garvin. Address of Richard Reilly, Esq.

Author: Garvin, Milton Thomas.

Place of Publication: Lancaster, Pa

Publisher: Lancaster County Historical Society,

Date of Publication: 1925

Physical Description: 3-7 p. ; 23 cm.

Series: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 29, no. 1

Subjects: City Hall (Lancaster, Pa.); Architecture, Colonial - Pennsylvania - Lancaster.; Historic buildings - Pennsylvania - Lancaster; Lancaster (Pa.) - History - 1865-

Additional Author: Reilly, R. M.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Journal

Call Number: 974.9 L245 v.29

Contributions from Lancaster County for the distressed poor of Philadelphia during the yellow fever epidemic of 1797

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Author: Worner, William Frederic.

Date of Publication: 1928

became necessary for the local authorities to appeal for general assistance. Money, provisions and clothing were desperately needed. In a paper read before the Lancaster County Historical Society on November 5th, 1915, and published in Vol. XIX, pages 315-325, of its proceedings, the author, Miss Lottie

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Responsibility: by William Frederic Worner.

Author: Worner, William Frederic.

Place of Publication: Lancaster, Pa

Publisher: Lancaster County Historical Society,

Date of Publication: 1928

Physical Description: 137-139 p. ; 23 cm.

Series: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 32, no. 9 & 10

Subjects: Yellow fever - Pennsylvania - Philadelphia; Epidemics - Pennsylvania - Philadelphia; Poor - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County

Contained In: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 32, number 9/10 (1928), p. 137-139Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.32

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The Indian chiefs of Pennsylvania, or, A story of the part played by the American Indian in the history of Pennsylvania : based primarily on the Pennsylvania archives and colonial records, and built around the outstanding chiefs

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Author: Sipe, C. Hale

Date of Publication: c1927.

Call Number: 974.8011 S618c

Responsibility: by C. Hale Sipe ; with an introduction by Dr. George P. Donehoo.

Author: Sipe, C. Hale

Place of Publication: Butler, Pa

Publisher: Ziegler Print. Co., Inc.,

Date of Publication: c1927.

Physical Description: 569 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Notes: Includes information on the Conestoga Indians, Susquehanna Indians, Delaware Indians, Conoy Indians, Shawnee Indians and Shikellamy (Indian chief).; Includes bibliographical references and index.

Subjects: Indians of North America - Pennsylvania.; Indians of North America; Pennsylvania - History - Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 974.8011 S618c

Comb making in America, an account of the origin and development of the industry for which Leominster has become famous, to which are added pictures of many of the early comb makers and views of the old time comb shops

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Author: Walton, Perry,

Date of Publication: c1925]

Call Number: 688.5 W241

Responsibility: compiled and privately printed for Bernard W. Doyle, president of the Viscoloid company, inc., in commemoration of the one hundred and fiftieth anniversary of the founding of the comb industry in Leominster, Massachusetts.

Author: Walton, Perry,

Place of Publication: [Boston

Date of Publication: c1925]

Physical Description: xiv, 158 p. incl. front., illus., ports. pl. 27 cm.

Notes: "Compiled, written and printed under direction of Perry Walton."

Contents: Antiquity of combs -- Establishment of the comb industry in America -- Growth of the comb industry in West Newbury -- The Noyes family : their relation to the comb industry -- Improvements in the manufacture of combs -- The Hills family and the comb industry in Leominster -- Comb-making in Clinton, Massachusetts, and other industrial centers -- Horn, tortoise shell, ivory and their substitutes -- The town of Leominster.

Subjects: Combs.

Additional Author: Doyle, Bernard W.

Additional Corporate Author: Viscoloid company, Leominster, Mass.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 688.5 W241

The great fire of 1825

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Author: Worner, William Frederic.

Date of Publication: 1929

large brick houses on West King street, a barn owned by Jacob Fry, Jr., Mr. Jacob Lindy's brick house, and a brick building next door occupied as a hatter's shop. The Lancaster Journal of Friday, October 21st, 1825, states, "Fortunately the wind moderated soon after the commencement of the fire, or

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Responsibility: by William Frederic Worner.

Author: Worner, William Frederic.

Place of Publication: Lancaster, Pa

Publisher: Lancaster County Historical Society,

Date of Publication: 1929

Physical Description: 91-93 p. ; 23 cm.

Series: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 33, no. 5

Subjects: Fires - Pennsylvania - Lancaster.; Lancaster (Pa.) - Fires and fire prevention.

Contained In: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 33, number 5 (1929), p. 91-93Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.33

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Illustrated catalogue of the Champion steel blowers and steel forges, lever and crank blowers

The Burnham handbook of engineering data : Assembled and compiled for use in connection with the installation of Burhnam boilers for steam, vapor and hot water heating, also for Hot -water supply

Woolworth Building : the most popular store and office building in southeastern Pennsylvania

Industrial directory of Lancaster : "the red rose city" of Pennsylvania and county seat of Lancaster County "America's garden spot."

Masonic ceremonies for laying of the corner-stone of the Lancaster County Memorial building at the Masonic Homes of the right worshipful grand lodge F. & A.M. of Pennsylvania, Elizabethtown, Pa. Saturday, May 16, A.D. 1925-A.L. 5925 at high noon

Journals of the Select and Common Councils of the city of Lancaster : and resolutions in memorial to Honorable Henry Lightner Trout of the city of Lancaster

Historic Lancaster : a description of the mural painting in the new building of the Farmers Trust Company of Lancaster

The early architecture of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania : being an account of the origin and development of architectural forms in Lancaster County during the eighteenth century

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Report of the committee to place and unveil a marker designating and commemorating the Indian town of Conestoga, in Manor Township, Lancaster County, Penna

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The awakening and the early progress of the Pequea, Conestoga and other Susquehanna Valley settlements : as shown by official letters, etc., of the time

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Collections for the sufferers from fire in Lancaster in 1823

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Journal of an English emigrant farmer : a record of the journey of an unknown Englishman to America in the year 1838 and his sojourn for a summer among the early pioneer settlers of Muncy Valley

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Indenture, Conestoga Terminal Company and Girard Trust Company, June 1, 1924... Guaranty agreement beween Edison Electric Company, Conestoga Traction Company, Girard Trust Company and the holders of the above bonds

Report on the committee appointed to participate in the exercises incident to the restoration of City Hall, Lancaster, Pa., to its original colonial design and dignity

Contributions from Lancaster County for the distressed poor of Philadelphia during the yellow fever epidemic of 1797

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The Indian chiefs of Pennsylvania, or, A story of the part played by the American Indian in the history of Pennsylvania : based primarily on the Pennsylvania archives and colonial records, and built around the outstanding chiefs

Comb making in America, an account of the origin and development of the industry for which Leominster has become famous, to which are added pictures of many of the early comb makers and views of the old time comb shops

The great fire of 1825

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