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Date of Publication
n.d.
Call Number
725.72 L244
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Typescript
Date of Publication
n.d.
Physical Description
unp. 30 cm.
Subjects
Hotels - Pennsylvania - Lancaster.
Taverns (Inns) - Pennsylvania - Lancaster.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Lancaster County
Call Number
725.72 L244
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Two day unreserved public auction of antique reference books, Pennsylania history, early imprints, early photographs, 18th & 19th century manuscripts, ephemera, fraktur, folk art, art & prints...piecrimper collection of the late Jacob M. Borry of Ephrata, Pa.; primitives, pottery, English China (Late Adams, transfer decorated, gaudy ironstone, gaudy Welsh, gaudy Dutch, Lustre, Mocha, spatter, pearlware, etc.) inkwells, glassware (Stiegel-type, blown, marbles, lamps, bottles, etc.), textiles, & furniture from the collections of the late Jacob M. Borry of Ephrata, Lancaster Co, Penna. Margaret K. Osburn, formerly of Lancater Co, Penna. and others : [to be held] Friday, May 30, 2008, and Saturday, May 31, 2008

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Corporate Author
Horst Auction Center (Ephrata, Pa.)
Date of Publication
2008]
Call Number
745.0294 H819
Responsibility
Horst Auction Center. ... ; catalogue by Clarence E. Spohn ...
Corporate Author
Horst Auction Center (Ephrata, Pa.)
Place of Publication
[Ephrata, Pa
Publisher
Horst Auction Center,
Date of Publication
2008]
Physical Description
100 p. : ill. ; 28 cm.
Notes
Cover title.
Text inside front cover.
Subjects
Antiques - Catalogs.
Folk art - Pennsylvania - Catalogs.
Additional Author
Spohn, Clarence E.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
745.0294 H819
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Trial of John Lechler for the murder of his wife, Mary Lechler : before the Court of Oyer and Terminer, held for the county of Lancaster, on the nineteenth day of August, 1822 : containing all the evidence with the particulars of the murder of Mrs. Haag : including the speeches of counsel, the charge and sentence of the court

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo16135
Author
Lechler, John.
Date of Publication
1822.
Call Number
090 L244m 1822
Responsibility
reported by Daniel Fuller.
Author
Lechler, John.
Place of Publication
Lancaster [Pa.]
Publisher
Printed and published by Hugh Maxwell,
Date of Publication
1822.
Physical Description
64 p. ; 21 cm.
Notes
Bound in green three-quarter leather and green linen with marbled end papers.
Bookplate of Redmond Conyngham, No. 2671.
Shoemaker
McDade, T.M. Murder,
Subjects
Lechler, Mary, - d. 1822.
Haag, - Mrs., - d. 1822.
Murder - Pennsylvania - Lancaster.
Trials (Murder) - Pennsylvania - Lancaster.
Uxoricide - Pennsylvania - Lancaster.
Additional Author
Fuller, Daniel.
Additional Corporate Author
Pennsylvania. Court of Oyer and Terminer (Lancaster County)
Location
Lancaster History Library - Rare Books
Call Number
090 L244m 1822
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The wayside inns on the Lancaster roadside between Philadelphia and Lancaster

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Author
Sachse, Julius Friedrich ,
Call Number
905.748 PG v.22
Responsibility
by Julius Sachse.
Author
Sachse, Julius Friedrich ,
Notes
In: Pennsylvania German Society, v.22.
Subjects
Hotels, taverns, etc. - Pennsylvania
Hotels, taverns, etc. - Pennslvania - Lancaster
Location
Lancaster History Library - Periodical Article
Call Number
905.748 PG v.22
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Journal of the Senate of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania : which commenced at Lancaster, on Tuesday, the third day of December, in the year of our Lord, one thousand, seven hundred and ninety-nine, and of the independence of the United States of America the twenty-fourth. : Volume X. which commenced at Lancaster, on Tuesday, the third day of December, in the year of our Lord, one thousand, seven hundred and ninety-nine, and of the independence of the United States of America the twenty-fourth. : Volume X

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo20596
Corporate Author
Pennsylvania. General Assembly. Senate.
Date of Publication
[1800].
Call Number
Yeates Book 24a.1 1800
Corporate Author
Pennsylvania. General Assembly. Senate.
Place of Publication
Lancaster
Publisher
Printed by William Hamilton. Franklin's Head, West King-Street,
Date of Publication
[1800].
Physical Description
281, [1], 59, [1] p ; (fol.)
Series
Early American imprints // ed. by Clifford Kenyon Shipton and the American Antiquarian Society ; Ser. 1 ; 38214 [Dig. Serial]
Notes
"Receipts and expenditures of the Treasury of Pennsylvania ..."--59 p., 3rd count, with separate title page. Also issued separately (Evans 38218).
Evans, 38214.
Through Mar. 17, 1800.
Jasper Yeates Colonial Law Library.
Signature of Yeates at top of title page.
Book number 24 as assigned by Yeates.
Marbled boards, three-quarters leather, and morocco spine label with printed label Yeates 941 above.
Subjects
Finance, Public - Pennsylvania
Additional Author
Yeates, Jaaper,
Additional Corporate Author
Pennsylvania. Register-General's Office.
Pennsylvania. Treasury.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Yeates Collection
Call Number
Yeates Book 24a.1 1800
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State of the accounts of the collectors of excise for Lancaster County, from the twenty-eighth of February, one thousand seven hundred and seventy-six (to which time they have been settled by the committees of assembly, and the ballances paid) until the tenth day of August, one thousand seven hundred and eighty-two

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo16874
Corporate Author
Lancaster County (Pa.). Collector of Excise.
Date of Publication
1783.
Call Number
352.135 P544 1783
Corporate Author
Lancaster County (Pa.). Collector of Excise.
Place of Publication
Philadelphia
Publisher
Printed by Hall and Sellers,
Date of Publication
1783.
Physical Description
11 p. ; 20 cm.
Notes
"In which is exhibited, the amount of the monies received and accounted for : also, lists, shewing the names of the persons from which excise became due, and was received : likewise, the payments made to the state treasurer."
"Comptroller-General's Office, Philadelphia, July 4, 1783, John Nicholson"--P. 11.
Subjects
Revenue - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
Taxation - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Rare Books
Call Number
352.135 P544 1783
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Favorite hotels and lodgings in Lancaster in 1799 : (Lodgings of assemblyman)

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Author
Eshleman, Henry Frank,
Date of Publication
1924
�Bucks Countians lodged as follows: Isaac Van Horne at Nauman's and Ralph Stone and James Erwin at John Musser's corner of East Orange and Lime Streets and Gerardus Wynkoch at Judge Henry's. The Chester County legislators divided: Jos. Hemphill lodged at A Scott's on Orange Street; Jas. Hannum at
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Responsibility
by Henry Frank Eshleman.
Author
Eshleman, Henry Frank,
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Lancaster County Historical Society,
Date of Publication
1924
Physical Description
6-7 p. ; 23 cm.
Series
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 28, no. 1
Subjects
Legislators - Pennsylvania.
Hotels - Pennsylvania - Lancaster.
Pennsylvania - Politics and government - To 1775.
Lancaster (Pa.) - History - Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775.
Contained In
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 28, number 1 (1924), p. 6-7Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.28
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The dying confession of John Lechler : who was convicted for the murder of his wife Mary Lechler and sentenced to be executed on the 25th day of October, 1822, made in the presence of Samuel Carpenter, mayor of the city of Lancaster & others

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Author
Lechler, John,
Date of Publication
1822.
Call Number
090 L244st 1822
Author
Lechler, John,
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Penn
Publisher
S.C. Stambaugh, printer,
Date of Publication
1822.
Physical Description
16 pages ; 23 cm
Notes
Inscriped on first page: Jacob Bucher his book.
Bound with: A Report of the trial of John Lechler.
Subjects
Criminals - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
Confession of judgment - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
Confession of judgment.
Criminals.
Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Rare Books
Call Number
090 L244st 1822
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[Ledger of Josiah K. Irwin and son Benjamin F. Irwin, 1811-1873

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Author
Irwin, Josiah Kennedy.
Call Number
647.94 I72 Oversize
Author
Irwin, Josiah Kennedy.
Place of Publication
1811-1815
Physical Description
63 l. ; 34 x 22 cm.
Notes
Photocopy.
"Because of the size of the ledger, I only copied the early part pertaining to their life in Lancaster and in Ohio in the very early years. Actually the original ledger was kept up by Josiah all the while he lived in Fairfield Co. and then on to Putnam Co., Ohio in 1833, until his death in 1844. It was then kept by his son Benjamin Franklin Irwin until 1864." Letter of Marjorie Featheringill Waterfield attached to the ledger.
Note on the family's leaving Lancaster County on last page.
Subjects
Irwin, Josiah K.
Irwin, Benjamin F.
Taverns (Inns) - Pennsylvania - Lancaster.
Hotels - Pennsylvania - Lancaster.
White Chimneys (Gap, Pa.)
Location
Lancaster History Library - Lancaster County
Call Number
647.94 I72 Oversize
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Progressive Pennsylvania; a record of the remarkable industrial development of the Keystone state, with some account of its early and its later transportation systems, its early settlers, and its prominent men

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Author
Swank, James Moore,
Date of Publication
1908.
Call Number
974.8009 S972
Responsibility
By James M. Swank...
Author
Swank, James Moore,
Place of Publication
Philadelphia
Publisher
J.B. Lippincott company,
Date of Publication
1908.
Physical Description
vi, p., 1 l., 360 p. illus. 25 cm.
Notes
"Authorities consulted": p. [v]-vi.
Subjects
Pennsylvania - Economic conditions.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
974.8009 S972
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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
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. "No chapter in the history of national manners would illustrate so well, if duly executed, the progress of social life
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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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The first long turnpike in the United States : Parts I-III

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Author
Landis, Charles Israel,
Date of Publication
1916
THE FIRST LONG TURNPIKE IN THE UNITED STATES. PART I. THE KING'S HIGHWAY. A HISTORY of the Philadelphia and Lancaster Turnpike seems to me to involve the whole early system of transportation in this Colony and State from Philadelphia to the West, and I have, therefore, concluded that the most
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Responsibility
by Judge C. I. Landis.
Author
Landis, Charles Israel,
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Lancaster County Historical Society,
Date of Publication
1916
Physical Description
205-226 p. (no. 8) ; 235/258 p. (no. 9) ; 265-340 p. (no. 10) : ill. ; 23 cm.
Series
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 20, no. 8-10.
Notes
This journal article was published in three successive issues. All the articles and their corresponding appendices are collected here into one file.
Subjects
Brooke, Robert, - 1770-1821.
King's Highway (Lancaster County, Pa.)
Philadelphia and Lancaster Turnpike Road Company.
Roads - Pennsylvania.
Toll roads - Pennsylvania.
Hotels - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County
Taverns (Inns)
Philadelphia and Lancaster Turnpike Road.
Contained In
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 20, number 8-10 (1916), p. 205-340Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.20
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Draft of a tract of 121 acres and 12 perches of land belonging to Samuel Bethel situated within the limits of the Borough of Lancaster : granted the 10 day of August, 1763

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Date of Publication
n.d.
Call Number
974.815 LACI 110
Responsibility
copied from the original by W. Carpenter.
Place of Publication
[S.l.]
Publisher
[s.n.] ,
Date of Publication
n.d.
Physical Description
1 map ; 34 x 40 cm.
Notes
Includes landowners names.
Includes numbers of Bethelstown lots running from 67 to 124.
Pen and ink.
Subjects
Bethel, Samuel.
Real property - Pennsylvania - Lancaster
Landowners - Pennsylvania - Lancaster
Lancaster (Pa.) - Maps.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Map
Call Number
974.815 LACI 110
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Journal of the Senate of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, : which commenced at Lancaster, the sixth day of December, in the year of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and three, and of the independence of the United States of America the twenty-eighth. : Volume XIV

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo20673
Corporate Author
Pennsylvania. General Assembly. Senate.
Date of Publication
1803 [i.e. 1804].
Call Number
Book 26a 1803
Corporate Author
Pennsylvania. General Assembly. Senate.
Place of Publication
Lancaster [Pa.]
Publisher
Printed by Brown & Bowman, East King-Street.,
Date of Publication
1803 [i.e. 1804].
Physical Description
586 p. ; 23 cm.
Notes
Journal of the session which began Dec. 6, 1803 and concluded Apr. 3, 1804.
Jasper Yeates's Colonial Law Library.
Book number 26 as assigned by Yeates.
Signature of Yeates at top of title page.
"Expiration of the appointments of the members of the Senate."--Page 586.
Shaw & Shoemaker
Marbled boards, three-quarter leather, and maroon spine label.
Subjects
Legislative journals - Pennsylvania.
Employees.
Legislative journals.
Politics and government
Pennsylvania - Politics and government - 1775-1865.
Pennsylvania - Officials and employees.
Pennsylvania.
Additional Corporate Author
Yeates, Jasper,
Brown & Bowman,
Place
United States Pennsylvania Lancaster.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Yeates Collection
Call Number
Book 26a 1803
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Journal of the Senate of the commonwealth of Pennsylvania, : which commenced at Lancaster, the third day of December, in the year of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and five, and of the independence of the United States of America the thirtieth. : Volume XVI

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo20690
Corporate Author
Pennsylvania. General Assembly. Senate.
Date of Publication
1805 [i.e. 1806].
Call Number
Book 28 1805
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Corporate Author
Pennsylvania. General Assembly. Senate.
Place of Publication
Lancaster [Pa.]
Publisher
Printed by John Burnside.,
Date of Publication
1805 [i.e. 1806].
Physical Description
478 p. ; 21 cm.
Notes
Journal of the session which began Dec. 3, 1805 and concluded Mar. 31, 1806.
Jasper Yeates's Colonial Law Library.
Signature of Yeates at top of title page.
Book number 28 as assigned by Yeates.
"Appointments made by the governor of Pennsylvania, since March seventeenth, one thousand eight hundred, (the date of the last report of the secretary of the commonwealth, to the legislature) with the dates of their commissions, and the names of their sureties ..."--Page 423-461.
"Expiration of the appointments of the members of Senate."--Page 478.
Report of a committee 21 pages printed by William Hamilton.
Shaw & Shoemaker
Full tooled leather binding with maroon title on spine.
Subjects
Legislative journals - Pennsylvania.
Employees.
Legislative journals.
Politics and government
Pennsylvania - Politics and government - 1775-1865.
Pennsylvania - Officials and employees.
Pennsylvania.
Additional Author
Burnside, John,
Yeates, Jaspe,r
Place
United States Pennsylvania Lancaster.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Yeates Collection
Call Number
Book 28 1805
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Taverns and tavern lore of Dutchland

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Author
Shaner, Richard H.
Call Number
905.748 PDF v. 22 (Folk Festival Supplement)
Author
Shaner, Richard H.
Physical Description
31-35 p.
Notes
In: Pennsylvania Folklife, vol. 22 (Folk Festival Supplement 1972)
Subjects
Taverns (Inns) - Pennsylvania
Location
Lancaster History Library - Periodical Article
Call Number
905.748 PDF v. 22 (Folk Festival Supplement)
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Acts of the General Assembly of the commonwealth of Pennsylvania, : passed at a session which was begun and held at the borough of Lancaster, on Tuesday the sixth day of December, in the year of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and eight, and of the independence of the United States of America, the thirty-third. : Published by authority

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Corporate Author
Pennsylvania.
Date of Publication
1809.
Call Number
Book 317 1809
Corporate Author
Pennsylvania.
Uniform Title
Laws, etc. (Session laws : 1808)
Place of Publication
Philadelphia
Publisher
Printed by John Bioren, no. 88, Chesnut-Street.,
Date of Publication
1809.
Physical Description
vii, [1], 210, [6] p. ; 21 cm.
Notes
"Index."--Page [211-216].
Jasper Yeates's Colonial Law Library.
Yeates's signature at top of title page.
Book number 317 as assigned by Yeates.
Shaw & Shoemaker
Subjects
Law - Pennsylvania.
Law.
Pennsylvania.
Full blind-tooled leather (Binding)
Gilt title on maroon pine label (Binding)
Additional Author
Bioren, John,
Yeates, Jasper,
Place
United States Pennsylvania Philadelphia.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Yeates Collection
Call Number
Book 317 1809
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Journal of the nineteenth House of Representatives of the commonwealth of Pennsylvania, : commenced at Lancaster, on Tuesday, the sixth day of December, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eight, and of the commonwealth the thirty-third

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Corporate Author
Pennsylvania. General Assembly. House of Representatives.
Date of Publication
1808 [i.e. 1809].
Call Number
Book 30 1808
Alternate Title
Journal of the House of Representatives.
Index to the Journal of the nineteenth House of Representatives of the commonwealth of Pennsylvania
Corporate Author
Pennsylvania. General Assembly. House of Representatives.
Place of Publication
Lancaster [Pa.]
Publisher
Printed by Benjamin Grimler.,
Date of Publication
1808 [i.e. 1809].
Physical Description
946, 8, [2], 9-40 p. ; 22 cm
Notes
Journal of the session which began Dec. 6, 1808 and concluded April 4, 1809.
Jasper Yeates's Colonial Law Library.
Signature of Yeates at top of title page.
Book number 30 as assigned by Yeates.
"Index to the Journal of the nineteenth House of Representatives of the commonwealth of Pennsylvania."--8, [2], 40 p., has separate t.p. with imprint: Lancaster Printed by Benjamin Grimler, 1809.
Shaw & Shoemaker
Subjects
Legislative journals - Pennsylvania.
Legislative journals.
Politics and government
Pennsylvania - Politics and government - 1775-1865.
Pennsylvania.
Legislative proceedings - Pennsylvania - 1808-1809.
Additional Author
Yeates, Jasper,
Location
Lancaster History Library - Yeates Collection
Call Number
Book 30 1808
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Tales told out of school : An informal history of the Lancaster Country Day School and the Shippen School

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Date of Publication
1984.
Call Number
370 C855
Responsibility
compiled by Anna Downey Gardner.
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
The School ,
Date of Publication
1984.
Physical Description
52 pages : ill. ; 21 x 28 cm.
Subjects
Lancaster Country Day School (Lancaster County, Pa.)
The Shippen School (Lancaster, Pa.)
Miss Stahr's School (Lancaster, Pa.)
Lancaster College (Lancaster, Pa.)
Franklin and Marshall Academy (Lancaster, Pa.)
Private schools - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
Education - Pennsylvania - Lancaster.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Lancaster County
Call Number
370 C855
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The Washington House Inn

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Author
DeChant, Jean Miller.
Date of Publication
1984.
associations as pertaining to the history of the largest inland city in the colonies, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, can keep historians—amateur and professional—awake into the night, delving into archives, digesting anecdotes. An interested amateur historian in his own right was Mr. Walter C. Miller, former owner
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Responsibility
by Jean Miller DeChant.
Author
DeChant, Jean Miller.
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Lancaster County Historical Society,
Date of Publication
1984.
Physical Description
46-50 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Series
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 88, no. 2
Subjects
Washington House Inn (Lancaster, Pa.)
Historic buildings - Pennsylvania - Lancaster.
Hotels - Pennsylvania - Lancaster.
Taverns (Inns) - Pennsylvania - Lancaster.
Contained In
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 88, number 2 (1984), p. 46-50Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.88
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