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Cornwall furnace and the Cornwall ore banks, or mine hills. Situate at Cornwall, Lebanon County, Penna. Paper read before the Lebanon County historical society, February 20, 1901

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo18629
Author
Grittinger, Henry C.
Date of Publication
1901
Call Number
974.819 L441 v. 2 no. 2
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Author
Grittinger, Henry C.
Place of Publication
[Lebanon, Pa
Publisher
Lebanon Courier Print,
Date of Publication
1901
Physical Description
54 p. illus., fold. map. 24 cm.
Series
Lebanon County Historical Society (Lebanon County, Pa.). Historical paper and addresses. Vol. II, no. 1
Contents
Chapters : The early manufacture and uses of iron -- The first manufacture of iron in America and in Pennsylvania -- The first manufacture of iron at Cornwall -- Robert Coleman -- Subsequent owners of Cornwall Furnace -- Henry William Stiegel -- The Cornwall ore banks , or mine hills -- Some of the theories relative to the formation of the Cornwall ore banks , from a geological standpoint
Subjects
Iron industry and trade - Pennsylvania - Cornwall.
Iron mines and mining - Pennsylvania - Lebanon County.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Periodical Article
Call Number
974.819 L441 v. 2 no. 2
Websites
https://archive.org/details/cornwallfurnacea21grit/page/n3
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Cornwall furnace and the Cornwall ore banks, or mine hills. Situate at Cornwall, Lebanon County, Penna. Paper read before the Lebanon County historical society, February 20, 1901

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo5606
Author
Grittinger, Henry C.
Date of Publication
1901
Call Number
974.819 G871
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Author
Grittinger, Henry C.
Place of Publication
[Lebanon, Pa
Publisher
Lebanon Courier Print,
Date of Publication
1901
Physical Description
54 p. illus., fold. map. 24 cm.
Series
Lebanon County Historical Society papers and addresses. Vol. II, no. 1.
Notes
LCHS also has copy of this paper in : Lebanon County Historical papers and addresses, v. 2, no. 1 : Call number : 974.819 - L441.
Contents
Chapters : The early manufacture and uses of iron -- The first manufacture of iron in America and in Pennsylvania -- The first manufacture of iron at Cornwall -- Robert Coleman -- Subsequent owners of Cornwall Furnace -- Henry William Stiegel -- The Cornwall ore banks , or mine hills -- Some of the theories relative to the formation of the Cornwall ore banks , from a geological standpoint
Subjects
Iron industry and trade - Pennsylvania - Cornwall.
Iron mines and mining - Pennsylvania - Lebanon County.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
974.819 G871
Websites
https://archive.org/details/cornwallfurnacea21grit/page/n3
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Elizabeth Furnace Plantation Site : Archaeological information from the website of the Archaeology program at Millersville University

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo22206
Author
Millersville University.
Date of Publication
n.d.
Call Number
672 M646
throughout the grounds, therefore represents an opportunity for research into the colonial period in Lancaster County. Buildings which were once part of the Elizabeth Furnace Plantation village, and which appear on historic maps of the property but are no longer standing today, include at least eleven tenant
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Author
Millersville University.
Place of Publication
Millersville, PA
Publisher
Millersville University
Date of Publication
n.d.
Subjects
Elizabeth Furnace Plantation (Lancaster County, Pa.)
Iron industry and trade - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
Excavations - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
672 M646
Websites
https://www.millersville.edu/archaeology/research/elizabeth-furnace/index.php
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Bamford zinc mine, Lancaster County, Pa

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo20644
Author
Mosier, McHenry
Date of Publication
1948.
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Responsibility
McHenry Mosier
Author
Mosier, McHenry
Place of Publication
Washington, D.C
Publisher
US Dept. of the Interior, Bureau of Mines
Date of Publication
1948.
Subjects
Mine examination - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
Zinc mines and mining - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Electronic Resources
Websites
https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015078480418
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Joseph Wharton's nickel business

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo11123
Author
Yates, W. Ross
Call Number
905.748 HSP v.101
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Responsibility
by W. Ross Yates.
Author
Yates, W. Ross
Physical Description
287 p.
Notes
This record provides a link to this resource on the publisher's official online repository.
In: The Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography, July 1977.
Subjects
Wharton, Joseph.
Nickel mines and mining - Pennsylvania - Bart Township (Lancaster County)
Location
Lancaster History Library - Periodical Article
Call Number
905.748 HSP v.101
Websites
https://journals.psu.edu/pmhb/article/view/43360/43081
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A biographical history of Lancaster County: being a history of early settlers and eminent men of the county; as also much other unpublished historical information, chiefly of a local character

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo19127
Author
Harris, Alexander,
Date of Publication
1974.
Call Number
920 H313 1977
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ISBN
0806305908
9780806305905
Author
Harris, Alexander,
Place of Publication
Baltimore
Publisher
Genealogical Pub. Co.,
Date of Publication
1974.
Physical Description
638 p. 23 cm.
Notes
Reprint of the 1872 ed. published by E. Barr, Lancaster, Pa.
Subjects
Frontier and pioneer life - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
Lancaster County (Pa.) - Biography.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Reference
Call Number
920 H313 1977
Websites
https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=coo1.ark:/13960/t04x6h324;view=1up;seq=7
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Naturalizations of foreign Protestants in the American and West Indian colonies (pursuant to Statute 13 George 11, c.7)

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo4796
Author
Giuseppi, Montague Spencer,
Date of Publication
1979.
Call Number
929.33 G538
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Responsibility
edited by M.S. Guiseppi.
Author
Giuseppi, Montague Spencer,
Place of Publication
Baltimore
Publisher
Genealogical Pub. Co., ;
Date of Publication
1979.
Physical Description
xix, 195 p. ; 24 cm.
Notes
"Originally published as volume XXIV of The Publications of The Huguenot Society of London, London, 1921."
Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Subjects
Naturalization records - Pennsylvania.
Naturalization records - Pennsylvania - Berks County.
Naturalization records - Pennsylvania - York County.
Naturalization records - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
United States - Genealogy - Sources.
United States - Emigration and immigration.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
929.33 G538
Websites
https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=yale.39002009604746;view=1up;seq=13
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Names of foreigners who took the oath of allegiance to the province and State of Pennsylvania, 1727-1775, with the foreign arrivals, 1786-1808

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo5571
Date of Publication
1976.
Call Number
929.2 E31
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Responsibility
edited by William Henry Egle.
ISBN
0806301015
Place of Publication
Baltimore
Publisher
Genealogical Pub. Co.,
Date of Publication
1976.
Physical Description
788 p. ; 24 cm.
Notes
Title on spine: Pennsylvania oaths of allegiance.
Reprint of the 1892 ed.
"Originally published as Pennsylvania archives, second series, vol. XVII, 1890."
Includes index
Subjects
Oaths - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
Pennsylvania - Emigration and immigration.
Pennsylvania - Genealogy.
Additional Author
Egle, William Henry,
Additional Title
Pennsylvania archives.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
929.2 E31
Websites
https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=loc.ark:/13960/t87h1rr72&view=1up&seq=7
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A mysterious bank robbery : the story of the Marietta and Susquehanna Trading Company

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo11915
Author
Windolph, F. Lyman ,
Call Number
905.748 HSP v.94
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Responsibility
by Franics Lyman Windolph.
Author
Windolph, F. Lyman ,
Physical Description
384-395 p.
Notes
In: Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography.
Subjects
Grosh, Jacob
Marietta and Susquehanna Trading Company (Lancaster County, Pa.)
Banks and banking - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Periodical Article
Call Number
905.748 HSP v.94
Websites
https://journals.psu.edu/pmhb/article/view/42648/42369
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Map of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo19526
Author
Scott, Joshua.
Date of Publication
1824.
Call Number
912.74815 L244 1824
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Responsibility
respectfully dedicated to the inhabitants by Joshua Scott.
Author
Scott, Joshua.
Place of Publication
Lancaster
Publisher
[s.n.],
Date of Publication
1824.
Physical Description
1 map : hand col., cloth backing ; 87 x 115 cm., folded to 93 x 61 cm.
Notes
General-content county map also showing election districts.
Hand col. to emphasize township boundaries and territories.
Relief shown by hachures.
Orientated with north toward the upper left.
Prime meridian: Washington (D.C.).
Published "Lancaster January 1st 1824".
Originally printed on 4 sheets (later conjoined).
Copy 2: From the collections of the Heritage Center, P05.29.1.
LC Land ownership maps,
Copy 2: green boards.
Copy 1: Marble boards, three-quarater red leather, spine taped.
Subjects
Election districts - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County - Maps.
Landowners - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County - Maps.
Election districts.
Landowners.
Lancaster County (Pa.) - Maps.
Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
Maps.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Rare Books
Call Number
912.74815 L244 1824
Websites
http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.gmd/g3823l.la000760
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The Hampton furnace ; reminiscences of an important industry and its old time owners

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo14270
Author
Schuler, H. A.
Call Number
905.748 PGA v. 7 (1906)
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Responsibility
by H. A. Schuler.
Author
Schuler, H. A.
Physical Description
p. 233 - 240.
Notes
The Pennsylvania German, v. 7 (1906).
Subjects
Hampton furnace (Lehigh County, Pa.) - History.
Furnaces
Industries - Pennsylvania - Lehigh County
Lehigh County (Pa.) - History.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Periodical Article
Call Number
905.748 PGA v. 7 (1906)
Websites
https://nam12.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.com%2Fbooks%2Fedition%2FThe_Pennsylvania_German%2FgNIwAQAAMAAJ%3Fhl%3Den%26gbpv%3D1%26dq%3DThe%2BHampton%2Bfurnace%2B%253B%2Breminiscences%2Bof%2Ban%2Bimportant%2Bindustry%2Band%2Bits%2Bold%2Btime%2Bowners%26pg%3DPA233%26printsec%3Dfrontcover&data=05%7C01%7Cshianne.hargrove%40lancasterhistory.org%7Ccfd559763aa64805b8db08db888e1fe2%7C77252d1418a546d9b9d933511a635493%7C0%7C0%7C638253916231271166%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&sdata=H5uhDaKXXgU%2BlbbQ5nPOZzIR86471NrxwHiYrYMrCCM%3D&reserved=0
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The iron industries of Lebanon County : paper read before the Lebanon County Historical Society, June 17, 1904

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo18701
Author
Grittinger, Henry C.
Date of Publication
1904.
Call Number
672 L441
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Alternate Title
Legend of the hounds
Responsibility
by Henry C. Grittinger.
Author
Grittinger, Henry C.
Place of Publication
[Lebanon, Pa.]
Publisher
Lebanon County Historical Society,
Date of Publication
1904.
Physical Description
50 p. ; 24 cm.
Series
Lebanon County Historical Society (Lebanon County, Pa.). Historical papers and addresses. ; Vol. 3, no. 1
Notes
With : The legend of the hounds / by Geo. H. Boker.
Contents
Subjects : New Market Forge --- Colebrook Furnace --- Monroe Forge --- Myerstown Foundry --- Lebanon Furnaces --- The North Lebanon Foundry --- The Cornwall Anthracite Furnaces --- The Dudley Furnace --- The Weimer Machine Works Company --- Lebanon Steam Forge --- Lebanon Iron Company --- Lebanon Valley Furnace--- The Lebanon Manufacturing Company --- THe Bird Coleman Furnaces --- North Cornwall Furnace --- Colebrook Furnaces
Summary
The legend of the hounds is a poem about an incident in the iron industry in Cornwall, England.
Subjects
Iron industry and trade - Pennsylvania - Lebanon County
Additional Author
Boker, George H.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
672 L441
Websites
https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=wu.89062015847;view=1up;seq=13
https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=wu.89062015847;view=1up;seq=43
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Mayor's Registry of Colored Persons: 1820-1849

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo20731
Call Number
Drawer 3, sec. 2: #205
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Alternate Title
Negro entry book.
Mayor's register of coloured persons.
Negro registry.
Physical Description
32 p.
Notes
Original manuscript is in the archives. Microfilm box labeld # 205.
Subjects
African Americans - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County
Slaves - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County
Slave records - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County
Location
Lancaster History Library - Microfilm
Call Number
Drawer 3, sec. 2: #205
Websites
https://lhdo-verso.auto-graphics.com/mvc/PersistentLink?key=M1Y3BvVZuW1IuSqBHoGW2Q%3d%3d
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Index [of] Lancaster County Mss. [Miscellaneous] [Papers] : 1724-1772

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo18037
Call Number
016 I38 Oversize
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Alternate Title
Index of Lancaster County Miscellaneous Papers, 1724-1772.
Physical Description
Photocopies ; 37 cm.
Notes
For microfilm copy of materials indexed, see microfilm #245, part 1 in 2 volumes. Table of contents with each volume.
Subjects
Blunston, Samuel, - 1689-1745.
Court records - Pennsylvania - Lancaster - Indexes.
Taxation - Lists.
Indians of North America - Pennsylvania - Lancaster.
Paxton Boys.
Lancaster County (Pa.) - History - Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775.
Lancaster County (Pa.) - Occupations.
Lancaster County (Pa.) - Boundaries.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Lancaster County
Call Number
016 I38 Oversize
Websites
https://lhdo.agverso.com/record?key=8156&agcn=15187&cid=lhdo&lid=lhdo
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Presbyterian Church Records- Middle Octorara, Bart Twp: [Church records 1796-1827 including membership list, accounts and minutes]

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo16418
Corporate Author
Middle Octorara Presbyterian Church, Bart Township, Lancaster County, Pa.
Call Number
Drawer 2, sec. 5: #382
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Alternate Title
Presbyterian Church Records- Middle Octorara Presbyterian Church, Bart Township, Lancaster County, Pa.
Corporate Author
Middle Octorara Presbyterian Church, Bart Township, Lancaster County, Pa.
Physical Description
1 reel , 35 mm.
Notes
Membership list
Subscription accts, 1816-1823
Treasurer's accts, 1815-1827
Trustees' minutes, 1796-1822
Labeled on box #382.
Rineer's "Churches and Cemeteries of Lancaster County" page 43, #1.
Subjects
Middle Octorara Presbyterian Church (Lancaster County, Pa.)
Registers of births, etc. - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County
Church records and registers - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County
Bart (Lancaster County, Pa. : Township) - Genealogy.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Microfilm
Call Number
Drawer 2, sec. 5: #382
Websites
https://lhdo-verso.auto-graphics.com/mvc/PersistentLink?key=Eu691m3Pul6RJs%2fsTaay5Q%3d%3d
https://lhdo-verso.auto-graphics.com/mvc/PersistentLink?key=N0LSLL%2bBX27EGSuxeu2F4A%3d%3d
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An essay on the origin of the Linnaean society of Lancaster city and county, its objects and progress. Read before the association on its 4th anniversary, at the Athenaeum rooms, February 24th, 1866

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo15666
Author
Rathvon, Simon S.,
Date of Publication
1866.
Call Number
090 L244p 1866
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Responsibility
By S.S. Rathvon. To which are appended its charter, and lists of its officers, its members, and its correspondents.
Author
Rathvon, Simon S.,
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Pearsol & Geist, printers,
Date of Publication
1866.
Physical Description
18 p. 23 cm.
Notes
Published by request and by authority of the Society.
Subjects
Linnaean society of Lancaster city and county, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Rare Books
Call Number
090 L244p 1866
Websites
https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=nyp.33433007678281;view=1up;seq=9
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Commemoration of Lancaster County in the Revolution : at "Indian Rock", Williamson Park, near "Rockford", the home of General Edward Hand, M.D., Friday P.M., September 20, cmmxii

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo19384
Date of Publication
1912.
Call Number
923.5 H236c
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Place of Publication
[Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
s.l.]
Date of Publication
1912.
Physical Description
8 p. : ill. ; 30 cm.
Notes
Order of exercises and songs laid in.
Summary
Program from the ceremony to commemorate Lancaster County's involvement in the American Revolution. The order of events in the ceremony is included. Also includes a chronology of Lancaster County's participation in events related to the French and Indian War and the American Revolution, citing General Edward Hand's activities. A genealogy of the Hand family is included in the program.
Subjects
Hand, Edward , - 1744-1802.
Lancaster County Historical Society (Pa.)
Historical markers - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
United States - History - Revolution, 1775-1783.
Lancaster County (Pa.) - History - 18th century.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
923.5 H236c
Websites
https://archive.org/details/commemoration00lanc/page/n5
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Middle Octorara Presbyterian, Bart Township: [Church records including session minutes 1847-1874, members, admissions and dismissals 1847-1873, baptisms 1848-1859, deaths 1848-1859 and cemetery lot sales 1882-1894]

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo16420
Corporate Author
Middle Octorara Presbyterian Church, Bart Township, Lancaster County, Pa
Call Number
Drawer 2, sec. 5: #384
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Corporate Author
Middle Octorara Presbyterian Church, Bart Township, Lancaster County, Pa
Physical Description
1 reel , 35 mm.
Notes
Labeled on box #384.
Rineer's "Churches and Cemeteries of Lancaster County" page 43, #1.
Subjects
Middle Octorara Presbyterian Church (Lancaster County, Pa.)
Registers of births, etc. - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County
Church records and registers - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County
Location
Lancaster History Library - Microfilm
Call Number
Drawer 2, sec. 5: #384
Websites
https://lhdo-verso.auto-graphics.com/mvc/PersistentLink?key=V41v0cEodvQmQ4tATxtmUg%3d%3d
https://lhdo-verso.auto-graphics.com/mvc/PersistentLink?key=N0LSLL%2bBX27EGSuxeu2F4A%3d%3d
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Middle Octorara Presbyterian Church Records, Bart Twp, 1796-1905: [Including primary Sunday school rolls, pew rents, treasurer's accounts, subscriptions and trustees minutes for various dates]

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo16295
Corporate Author
Middle Octorara Presbyterian Church, Bart Township, Lancaster County, Pa.
Call Number
Drawer 2, sec. 5: #385
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Corporate Author
Middle Octorara Presbyterian Church, Bart Township, Lancaster County, Pa.
Physical Description
1 reel , 35 mm.
Notes
Primary Sunday School Roll Bk, 1898-1905
Records, 1847-1850- Pew rents, map/woodland/Bart Twp, treasurer's account
Records, 1837-1850- Pew rents, treasurer's acct., salary receipt
Labeled on box #385.
Rineer's "Churches and Cemeteries of Lancaster County" page 43, #1.
Subjects
Middle Octorara Presbyterian Church (Lancaster County, Pa.)
Registers of births, etc. - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County
Church records and registers - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County
Location
Lancaster History Library - Microfilm
Call Number
Drawer 2, sec. 5: #385
Websites
https://lhdo-verso.auto-graphics.com/mvc/PersistentLink?key=V41v0cEodvQmQ4tATxtmUg%3d%3d
https://lhdo-verso.auto-graphics.com/mvc/PersistentLink?key=Eu691m3Pul6RJs%2fsTaay5Q%3d%3d
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History of Lancaster county. To which is prefixed a brief sketch of the early history of Pennsylvania. Comp. from authentic sources

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo3630
Author
Rupp, I. Daniel
Date of Publication
1844.
Call Number
090 L244hi 1844
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Responsibility
By I. Daniel Rupp ...
Author
Rupp, I. Daniel
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Penn
Publisher
G. Hills,
Date of Publication
1844.
Physical Description
531 p. front., plates, fold. tab. 21 cm.
Notes
Geology, natural history, etc.: p. 465-511.
Copy 5: bound in three-quarter maroon leather and linen and marbled end papers.
Copy 5: Bookplate of Redmond Conyngham,No. 3133.
Subjects
Natural history - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
Lancaster County (Pa.) - History.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Rare Books
Call Number
090 L244hi 1844
Websites
https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=loc.ark:/13960/t3nv9r02m;view=1up;seq=9
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