"First appeared as "The ringers of the Liberty bell". Journal of the Illinois State Historical Society, XVIII (October, 1925), 658-67."
Andrew McNair, as the doorkeeper of the Assembly of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia for 18 years, was the person who would ring the Liberty Bell during the years leading up to the Revolutionary War.
Joseph Priestley, a respected chemist and theologian, spent the last10 yrs of his life in Northumberland, Pennsylvania. He fled England, because he was considered a subversive due to his liberal political and religious beliefs and for his support for the French Revolution.
Two hundredth anniversary, Tulpehocken settlement, 1723-1923.
Includes advertisements
Program of the 200th anniversary service of the Tulpehocken settlement and dedication of memorial pipe organ, Zion Evangelical Lutheran Church, Womelsdorf, Pa., 1923, inserted.
Summary
Program of the 200th anniversary service of the Tulpehocken settlement and dedication of memorial pipe organ, Zion Evangelical Lutheran Church, Womelsdorf, Pa., 1923, inserted.
xxi, [3] 25-365 p. front, illus. (incl. facsim.) plates. 24 1/2 cm.
Notes
Inns of Lancaster, Pa. mentioned on p. 157-161.
Bibliography: p. 311-315.
Contents
Chapters: Inns from New York City to Springfield, Massachusetts /// From Springfield To Boston, Deerfield and Hadley /// Taverns In and Near Boston /// Another Route From New York To New Haven And On To Rhode Island /// Old Inns of New Hampshire and Vermont /// A Few Old Maine Inns /// Long Island, Staten Island , and New Jersey Inns /// Pennsylvania Inns /// Old Inns of Philadelphia and Vicinity /// Other Pennsylvania Inns /// Delaware and Maryland Inns /// Old Southern Ordinaries /// Inns In Ohio and Erie County /// Inns of New York State /// Some Middlewest Inns /// Kentucky and Missouri Inns with One In Kansas
Chapters: The dawn of the railroad era // America's pioneer railroad // Early days on the Erie // Pennsylvania and the Pennsylvania Railroad // Genesis of the Vanderbilt System // Incubator railroads // The first transcontinental railroad // Through tribulation by rail // Romance of a great railroad
The awakening and the early progress of the Pequea, Conestoga and other Susquehanna Valley settlements : as shown by official letters, etc., of the time
comp. by John C. French, John H. Chatham, Mahlon J. Colcord, Albert D. Karstetter and others; ed. by J. Herbert Walker ... with a foreword by Henry W. Shoemaker.
2 p. l., [3]-122 p. : front., ill., plates, ports. ; 20 cm.
Notes
Includes local and biographical material.
Summary
This book, written in the beginning of the 20th century, looks back to earlier days when timber in Pennsylvania was cut without thought of preserving forests for the future. It tells stories about those heydays and sees hope in the introduction of conservation methods.
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.
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".
by Henry Woodman, with a biography of the author and the author's father who was a soldier with Washington at Valley Forge during the winters of 1777 and 1778. Authorized by the Woodman family.
The Pennsylvania state college. Studies in history and political science, no. 1
Pennsylvania state college. College series, no. 1
Notes
"List of books consulted": p. 341-345.
Summary
"The author has tried to show that an interesting and important part of the history of Pennsylvania has been indelibly written in the names of its counties, cities, towns and townships...He has made every effort to learn all the essential facts about a particular name, and to secure information from the most reliable and authentic sources." [from the preface] /// Chapters include places named for English Shires, English noblemen, French , Presidents, Soldiers, Women, Indians , Industries, and Geographical Features , Etc.
The genealogical record of the Schwenkfelder families, seekers of religious liberty who fled from Silesia to Saxony and thence to Pennsylvania in the years 1731-1737
Printed for the Board of publication of the Schwenkfelder church, Pennsburg, Pennsylvania [by] Rand McNally & company,
Date of Publication
1923.
Physical Description
xx, 1752 p. front., illus. (coat of arms) plates, ports., maps, facsims. 29 cm.
Notes
A revision of the Genealogical record of the descendants of the Schwenkfelders, by R. Kriebel.
The Genealogical Record of the Schwenkfelder Families: Seekers of Religious Liberty Who Fled From Silesia to Saxony and Thence to Pennsylvania in the Years 1731 to 1737 by Samuel Kriebel Brecht chronicles the genealogy of the followers of Caspar Schwenkfelder, German religious reformer. The book also includes photographs of people, places, and documents; historical sketches; church organization, maps, and other information
