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Wheatland, home of James Buchanan : 15th President of the United States, 1857-1861

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Author: Klein, Frederic Shriver,

Date of Publication: 1970.

Call Number: 728.37 K64

Author: Klein, Frederic Shriver,

Place of Publication: Lancaster, Penna

Publisher: Stel-mar,

Date of Publication: 1970.

Physical Description: [28] p. : ill. ; 18 cm.

Notes: "Text by Frederic S. Klein; Color Photography by Marshall Dussinger; Cover from an Original Painting by Florence Starr Taylor; Copyright by M. A. Dussinger."

Subjects: Buchanan, James, - 1791-1868 - Homes and haunts - Pennsylvania - Lancaster.; Wheatland (Lancaster, Pa.); Presidents - United States

Additional Author: Dussinger, Marshall..; Taylor, Florence Starr..

Location: Lancaster History Library - Lancaster County

Call Number: 728.37 K64

Patriot's Day Ephrata, Penna., Sept. 17th, 1977

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Date of Publication: 1977.

Call Number: 974.815 EPHB P314 1977

Alternate Title: Rededication and exercises marking the 75th anniversary of the dedication of the Mt. Zion monument :

Place of Publication: Ephrata, Pa

Publisher: Hocking Printing,

Date of Publication: 1977.

Physical Description: 22 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.

Notes: Cover title.

Subjects: Soldiers' monuments - Pennsylvania - Ephrata.; Patriots' Day.; Ephrata (Pa.) - History.; United States - History - Revolution, 1775-1783 - Monuments.; Ephrata (Pa.) - Anniversaries, etc.; Pennsylvania - History - Revolution, 1775-1783 - Monuments.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 974.815 EPHB P314 1977

Monuments marking the graves of the Presidents; a collection of photographs and inscriptions

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Author: Laird, Archibald.

Date of Publication: [1971]

Call Number: 917.304 L188

ISBN: 0815802501

Author: Laird, Archibald.

Place of Publication: North Quincy, Mass

Publisher: Christopher Pub. House

Date of Publication: [1971]

Physical Description: 213 p. illus., map (on lining papers) 25 cm.

Notes: Bibliography: p. 213.

Subjects: Buchanan, James, Pres. U.S., 1791-1868.; Presidents - United States.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 917.304 L188

The United Methodist Women in cooperation with the Bicentennial Committee present A Charge to Keep

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Date of Publication: 1976.

Call Number: 287 M592c

Alternate Title: Upon this rock.

Place of Publication: Typescript

Date of Publication: 1976.

Physical Description: 21 p. ; 28 cm.

Notes: Drama in two acts. Originally titled "Upon This Rock".

Subjects: First United Methodist Church (Lancaster, Pa.) - History.; Lancaster (Pa.) - Church history.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Lancaster County

Call Number: 287 M592c

Papers of James Buchanan and Harriet L. Johnston

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Author: Buchanan, James,

Date of Publication: 1977.

Call Number: Drawer 17, Sec. 1

Author: Buchanan, James,

Place of Publication: [Washington, D.C.]

Publisher: Library of Congress Photoduplication Service,

Date of Publication: 1977.

Physical Description: 4 reels ; 35 mm.

Notes: Labeled on box #340-343; "Mss. 16,968."; Includes index: reel 1.

Subjects: Buchanan, James, - 1791-1868.; Presidents - United States; United States - Politics and government - 1815-1861 - Sources.

Additional Author: Johnston, Harriet Lane,

Location: Lancaster History Library - Microfilm

Call Number: Drawer 17, Sec. 1

To what extent did Harriet Lance influence the public policies of James Buchanan?

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Author: Rosenberger, Homer Tope,

Date of Publication: 1970.

contacts would help almost anyone to recognize and analyze the broad issues of the day. Ten years of correspondence between James Buchanan and Harriet Lane, from 1847 to 1857, clearly indicate a mutual respect and admiration of each for the other. In such an atmosphere advice �is sought, given, and

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Responsibility: by Homer T. Rosenberger.

Author: Rosenberger, Homer Tope,

Place of Publication: Lancaster, Pa

Publisher: Lancaster County Historical Society,

Date of Publication: 1970.

Physical Description: [1]-22 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

Series: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 74, no. 1

Subjects: Buchanan, James, - 1791-1868.; Johnston, Harriet Lane, - 1830-1903.; Presidents - United States; United States - Politics and government - 1857-1861.

Contained In: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 74, number 1 (1970), p. 1-22Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.74

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Marriage records of First Reformed Church, Lancaster, Pa. : from 1807 to 1851

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Date of Publication: 1973

Call Number: 285.8 F527Le

Responsibility: copied by Mel Evans, Jr. in March 1973.

Place of Publication: Typescript

Date of Publication: 1973

Physical Description: unpaged ; 29 cm.

Notes: Rineers "Churches and Cemeteries of Lancaster County " page 195 #2.

Subjects: First Reformed (Lancaster, Pa.); Registers of births, etc. - Pennsylvania - Lancaster; Church records and registers - Pennsylanvia - Lancaster

Additional Author: Evans Melvin

Location: Lancaster History Library - Church Record

Call Number: 285.8 F527Le

First Reformed Church of Lancaster, Pa. death and marriage records 1806-1850

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo18172

Date of Publication: 1973.

Call Number: 285.8 F527Lb

Place of Publication: Photocopy

Date of Publication: 1973.

Physical Description: unpaged ; 22 x 33 cm.

Notes: Note: These records were copied in March 1973 by Melvern R. Evans, Jr., from the church recod book, which is kept in the church office vault. In copying, no attempt was made to correct any mis-spellings from the original book, which contains the following: Death records 1750-1931, Confirmations, [and] dismissals. From title page.; Note: These records were copied in March 1973 by Melvern R. Evans, Jr., from the church recod book, which is kept in the church office vault. In copying, no attempt was made to correct any mis-spellings from the original book, which contains the following: Births and baptisms from 1736 thru 1931 (pages 3 to 261) Marriages from 1742-to 1932 (pages M1l to M-186) From title page.; Rineer's "Churches and Cemeteries of Lancaster County" page 195 #2.

Subjects: First Reformed Church (Lancaster, Pa.); Registers of births, etc. - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.; Church records and registers - Pennsylvania - Lancaster

Location: Lancaster History Library - Church Record

Call Number: 285.8 F527Lb

A century in God's service : 1879-1979, First Baptist Church, Duke and Frederick Sts., Lancaster, Pa. 17602

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Author: Summar, James L.

Date of Publication: 1979]

Call Number: 286 F527c

Author: Summar, James L.

Place of Publication: [Lancaster, Pa

Publisher: N.p.,

Date of Publication: 1979]

Physical Description: 24 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.

Subjects: First Baptist Church (Lancaster, Pa.); Baptists - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Lancaster County

Call Number: 286 F527c

St. James' Church (Protestant Episcopal) at mid-century

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Author: Diller, William F.

Date of Publication: 1971.

Call Number: 283 J29d

Alternate Title: Saint James' Church (Protestant Episcopal) at mid-century

Responsibility: by William F. Diller.

Author: Diller, William F.

Place of Publication: Lancaster, Pa

Publisher: Vestry, St. James' Church,

Date of Publication: 1971.

Physical Description: v, 163 p. illus., ports. 24 cm.

Notes: Bibliography: p. 155.

Subjects: St. James' Church (Lancaster, Pa.) - History.; Lancaster (Pa.) - Church history.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Lancaster County

Call Number: 283 J29d

Aunt Mame

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Author: Bixler, Miriam Eyde.

Date of Publication: 1975.

Aunt Mame by Miriam E. Bixler She really wasn't my "Aunt Mame" but her niece, Gertrude Diller, (Mrs. Ammon Longenecker, Manheim) was my best girl friend so I called her that. I don't think I knew, in those early 1920's, that she, Mrs. Levi B. Smith, had instigated the "Decoration Day" services at

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Responsibility: by Miriam E. Bixler.

Author: Bixler, Miriam Eyde.

Place of Publication: Lancaster, Pa

Publisher: Lancaster County Historical Society,

Date of Publication: 1975.

Physical Description: [101]-106 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

Series: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 75, no. 3

Subjects: Smith, Mame Killian, - 1867(?)-; Memorial Day.; Lancaster (Pa.) - Social life and customs.

Contained In: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 75, number 3 (1971), p. 101-106Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.75

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Bart Twp. 1833-1845/ Brecknock Twp. 1833/ Caernarvon Twp. 1844/ Cocalico Twp. 1823, 1829/ Conestoga Twp. 1827, 1831/ Manheim Twp. 1822-1823 [Tax Records]

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Author: Lancaster County Tax Collection Bureau

Date of Publication: 1977

Call Number: Drawer 6, sec. 4: #30

Alternate Title: Brecknock Township tax lists; Bart Township taxes

Author: Lancaster County Tax Collection Bureau

Place of Publication: Harrisburg, PA

Publisher: Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission

Date of Publication: 1977

Physical Description: Microfilm.

Series: Lancaster County Pa. Tax Records, 1748-1855.

Notes: "This microfilm is an addendum to the Lancaster County Tax Records project of 1971 and 1977. The records on this film were donated to the Lancaster County Historical Society in January 1981. They had been kept in the basement of Conestoga View Hospital which was used by the Lancaster County government as a storage facility for records. The tax records were water damaged and subsequently discarded at an unknown point in time. A private citizen discoverd and salvaged the items from a trash heap, and donated them to the Historical Society. The items show extensive damaged [sic] by water, mold, and vermin. Most pages are frayed and sections unreadable."; Bart Twp. 1833-37, 1841, 1843-45.; Brecknock Twp. 1833; Caernarvon Twp. 1844; Cocalico Twp. 1823, 1829; Conestoga Twp. 1827, 1831; Manheim Twp. 1822-23 (Includes List of Poor Children)

Subjects: Taxation - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County; Bart (Lancaster County, Pa. : Township - Genealogy.; Brecknock (Lancaster County, Pa. : Township - Genealogy.; Caernarvon (Lancaster County, Pa. : Township - Genealogy.; Cocalico (Lancaster County, Pa. : Township - Genealogy.; Conestoga (Lancaster County, Pa. : Township - Genealogy.; Manheim (Lancaster County, Pa. : Township) - Genealogy.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Microfilm

Call Number: Drawer 6, sec. 4: #30

The predecessor cotton mill of Lancaster City : also known as Jacob Miller & Co. Mill, Lancaster Cotton Works, Humes Mill, Rockland Mill, the Old Factory

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo5239

Date of Publication: 1976.

Call Number: 621 C948p

Responsibility: compiled by W.T. Crook, Jr.

Place of Publication: Typescript

Publisher: ill. :

Date of Publication: 1976.

Physical Description: 56, [2] p. : ill. ; 29 cm.

Notes: "A history of the creation, management and ultimate fate of a cotton textile enterprise in Lancaster Borough and Township - Pennsylvania - 1812-1870 - together with the lineage of Jacob Miller and history of the Old Facatory Bridge."

Subjects: Miller family; Rockland Mill (Lancaster, Pa.); The Old Factory (Lancaster, Pa.); Lancaster Cotton Works (Lancasater, Pa.); Jacob Miller & Co. Mill (Lancaster, Pa.); Humes Mill (Lancaster, Pa.); Cotton Manufacturing - Pennsylvania - Lancaster; Industry - Pennsylvania - Lancaster; Manufacturers - Pennsylvnai - Lancaster

Additional Author: Miller, Jacob

Location: Lancaster History Library - Lancaster County

Call Number: 621 C948p

100 years of camera scenes: views of eastern Lancaster county in our nation's second century. A bicentennial project of the eastern Lancaster county chapter of the Lancaster County Bicentennial Committee, inc

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Corporate Author: Lancaster County Bicentennial Committee. Eastern Lancaster County Chapter. Historic Research Committee.

Date of Publication: 1978]

Call Number: 974.815 LACO E13

Corporate Author: Lancaster County Bicentennial Committee. Eastern Lancaster County Chapter. Historic Research Committee.

Place of Publication: [Lancaster, Pa.?

Publisher: George Roland ;

Date of Publication: 1978]

Physical Description: X, 192 p. : ill. ; 28 cm.

Subjects: Lancaster County (Pa.) - Description and travel.; Lancaster County (Pa.) - Pictorial works.; Caernarvon (Lancaster County, Pa. : Township) - Pictorial works.; East Earl (Pa. : Township) - Pictorial works.; West Earl (Pa. : Township) - Pictorial works.; Earl (Lancaster County, Pa. : Township) - Pictorial works.; New Holland (Pa.) - Pictorial works.; Terre Hill (Pa.) - Pictorial works.; Brecknock (Pa. : Township) - Pictorial works.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 974.815 LACO E13

Lancaster today; a description of community life

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Corporate Author: Lancaster Tomorrow.

Date of Publication: 1977?]

Call Number: 352.96 L244de

Corporate Author: Lancaster Tomorrow.

Place of Publication: [n.p

Date of Publication: 1977?]

Physical Description: vii, 131 p. ; 28 cm.

Notes: A compilation of 24 papers on various aspects of life in Lancaster county, Pa. in 1976.; Click on Table of Contents for more information.

Contents: Industry -- Retailing --Private finance -- Office space -- Tourism --Agriculture -- Jobs and Income -- Government finance -- Housing -- Culture and the Arts -- Historic Resources -- Education and Learning -- Minorities -- Poverty -- Recreation -- Criminal Justice -- Government organization -- Health Care -- Utilities -- Transportation -- Land use -- Environment -- Urban design -- Planning.

Subjects: Education - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County; Housing - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.; Lancaster County (Pa.) - Statistics.; Lancaster County (Pa.) - Economic conditions.; Lancaster County (Pa.) - Commerce.; Lancaster County (Pa.) - Population.; Lancaster County (Pa.) - Planning.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Lancaster County

Call Number: 352.96 L244de

Let's look at our heritage in Eastern Lancaster County : "Breadbasket of the Revolution"

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Author: Russell, Paul M.

Date of Publication: 1977.

Call Number: 974.815 EARL R966

Responsibility: by Paul M. Russell.

Author: Russell, Paul M.

Place of Publication: [New Holland, Pa.]

Publisher: Elanco Chapter, Lancaster County Bicentennial Committee,

Date of Publication: 1977.

Physical Description: 154 p. : ill. ; 28 cm.

Subjects: American Revolution Bicentennial, 1776-1976 - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.; Lancaster County (Pa.) - History - Miscellanea.; Terre Hill (Pa.) - History.; Brecknock (Pa. : Township) - History.; Caernarvon (Lancaster County, Pa. : Township) - History.; East Earl (Pa. : Township) - History.; Earl (Lancaster County, Pa. : Township) - History.; New Holland (Pa.) - History.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 974.815 EARL R966

A brief history of the Lancaster County Library

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo12259

Date of Publication: 1970?]

Call Number: 027.4748 B853

Place of Publication: [Lancaster

Date of Publication: 1970?]

Physical Description: 19 l. 28 cm.

Notes: Based on Elizabeth Clarke Kieffer's address before the Lancaster Historical Society in 1944.

Subjects: Lancaster County Library, Lancaster, Pa.

Additional Author: Kieffer, Elizabeth Clarke.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Lancaster County

Call Number: 027.4748 B853

The Revolutionary leadership

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Author: Madonna, G. Terry.

Date of Publication: 1976.

Call Number: 974.815 LACO L245ra

Responsibility: by G. Terry Madonna ; original ill. by Henry M. Libhart.

ISBN: 0915010070 :

Author: Madonna, G. Terry.

Place of Publication: Lancaster, [Pa.] : Lititz, Pa

Publisher: Lancaster County Bicentennial Committee ; distributed by Sutter House,

Date of Publication: 1976.

Physical Description: 45 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.

Series: Lancaster County during the American Revolution

Notes: On cover: Revolutionary Lancaster.; Spine title: Lancaster County during the American Revolution; Joseph Walker, editor.; "A Bicentennial book."; Includes bibliographical references.

Summary: Traces the careers of twelve Lancaster County residents who fought against British rule before the Revolutionary War. The patriots are: William A. Atlee, William Bausman, Charles Hall, William Henry, John Hubley, Alexander Lowrey, Adam Reigart, George Ross, Caspar Schaffner, Edward Shippen, Matthias Slough, Jasper Yeates.

Subjects: Lancaster (Pa.) - Biography.; Lancaster (Pa.) - History - Revolution, 1775-1783.; United States - History - Revolution, 1775-1783.

Additional Author: Libhart, Henry M.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 974.815 LACO L245ra

Cocalico 1809-1838; East Cocalico 1842-1846; West Cocalico 1842-1848 [Tax records]

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Author: Lancaster County Tax Collection Bureau

Date of Publication: 1977

Call Number: Drawer 6, sec. 2: #5

Alternate Title: Cocalico twp. taxes; Cocalico Township tax lists

Author: Lancaster County Tax Collection Bureau

Place of Publication: Harrisburg, Pa

Publisher: Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission

Date of Publication: 1977

Physical Description: Microfilm. Cocalico, 838 frames; East Cocalico, 107 frames; West Cocalico, 133 frames. Labeled as "Pos. 5".

Series: Lancaster County Pa. Tax Records, 1748-1855.

Notes: "The dated tax records here reproduced for this township, prior to its division in 1838 into East Cocalico, West Cocalico, and Ephrata townships, cover the following years: 1808-1814, 1816-1822, 1824-1827, 1830, 1832-1836, 1838. These records are followed on the microfilm by a group of undated tax records for this township.; The records for East and West Cocalico follow the records for Cocalico.

Subjects: Taxation - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County; West Cocalico (Lancaster County, Pa. : Township) - Genealogy.; East Cocalico (Lancaster County, Pa. : Township) - Genealogy.; Cocalico (Lancaster County, Pa. : Township) - Genealogy.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Microfilm

Call Number: Drawer 6, sec. 2: #5

1978, Annunciation Hellenic Orthodox Church : 64 Hershey Avenue, Lancaster, Pennsylvania

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Corporate Author: Annunciation Hellenic Orthodox Church (Lancaster, Pa.)

Date of Publication: 1978.

Call Number: 281.9495 A613aL

Alternate Title: Annunciation Hellenic Orthodox Church

Corporate Author: Annunciation Hellenic Orthodox Church (Lancaster, Pa.)

Place of Publication: Lexington, Ohio ; Columbia, Pa

Publisher: 20th Century Publications & Printing : in association with Jean Woodall,

Date of Publication: 1978.

Physical Description: [68] p. : ill., ports. ; 28 cm.

Notes: Cover title.; Includes "Historical highlights of our parish, 1902-1977" (p. [8-9]) and historical photographs.

Subjects: Annunciation Hellenic Orthodox Church (Lancaster, Pa.) - Directories.; Annunciation Hellenic Orthodox Church (Lancaster, Pa.) - History.; Orthodox (Orthodox Eastern Church) - Pennsylvania - Lancaster - Directories.; Lancaster (Pa.) - Church history.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Lancaster County

Call Number: 281.9495 A613aL

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Wheatland, home of James Buchanan : 15th President of the United States, 1857-1861

Patriot's Day Ephrata, Penna., Sept. 17th, 1977

Monuments marking the graves of the Presidents; a collection of photographs and inscriptions

The United Methodist Women in cooperation with the Bicentennial Committee present A Charge to Keep

Papers of James Buchanan and Harriet L. Johnston

To what extent did Harriet Lance influence the public policies of James Buchanan?

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Marriage records of First Reformed Church, Lancaster, Pa. : from 1807 to 1851

First Reformed Church of Lancaster, Pa. death and marriage records 1806-1850

A century in God's service : 1879-1979, First Baptist Church, Duke and Frederick Sts., Lancaster, Pa. 17602

St. James' Church (Protestant Episcopal) at mid-century

Aunt Mame

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Bart Twp. 1833-1845/ Brecknock Twp. 1833/ Caernarvon Twp. 1844/ Cocalico Twp. 1823, 1829/ Conestoga Twp. 1827, 1831/ Manheim Twp. 1822-1823 [Tax Records]

The predecessor cotton mill of Lancaster City : also known as Jacob Miller & Co. Mill, Lancaster Cotton Works, Humes Mill, Rockland Mill, the Old Factory

100 years of camera scenes: views of eastern Lancaster county in our nation's second century. A bicentennial project of the eastern Lancaster county chapter of the Lancaster County Bicentennial Committee, inc

Lancaster today; a description of community life

Let's look at our heritage in Eastern Lancaster County : "Breadbasket of the Revolution"

A brief history of the Lancaster County Library

The Revolutionary leadership

Cocalico 1809-1838; East Cocalico 1842-1846; West Cocalico 1842-1848 [Tax records]

1978, Annunciation Hellenic Orthodox Church : 64 Hershey Avenue, Lancaster, Pennsylvania