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The Acadians in Lancaster County

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Author: Sener, Samuel Miller,

Date of Publication: 1897

colony. Those sent to Virginia found a home, finally, in France. Those sent to Maryland seem in a great measure to have been left to do for themselves. Some of them got back again to Acadia; others went to the West Indies; others, finding themselves in new environments, started to work to begin the world

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Responsibility: by S. M. Sener, Esq.

Author: Sener, Samuel Miller,

Place of Publication: Lancaster, Pa

Publisher: Lancaster County Historical Society,

Date of Publication: 1897

Physical Description: [37]-43 p. ; 23 cm.

Series: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 1, no. 2

Summary: This journal article details the expulsion of the French Acadians of Canada to the American Colonies during the French and Indian War. Some of the Acadians arrive in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania.

Subjects: Acadians - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.

Contained In: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 1, number 2 (1897), p. 37-43Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.1

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Act

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Collection: James Buchanan Family Papers, Part 8 Others (Not Part of the Family)

Title: Act to confirm election of trustees of the Second Presbyterian Church

Object ID: JBFP 8.2.3.005

Date Range: 1855/04/06

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Collection: James Buchanan Family Papers, Part 8 Others (Not Part of the Family)

Title: Act to confirm election of trustees of the Second Presbyterian Church

Description: Act to confirm election of trustees of the Second Presbyterian Church signed by Pennsylvania’s Speaker of the House of Representatives, Henry K. Strong, Speaker of the Senate, William Mulhenberg Hiester and Governor, James Pollock . An act to confirm and legalize the election of trustees of the Second Presbyterian Congregation of the City of Lancaster signed by Henry K. Strong, Speaker of the House of Representatives, William M. Hiester, Speaker of the Senate, and James Pollock, Governor, and certified by John M. Sullivan, Deputy Secretary of the Commonwealth confirming the election of several trustees after failing to do so according to the charter of the church. This act upholds the action of the Golden seal with red ribbon on last page. Lancaster, PA.

Date Range: 1855/04/06

Creator: Pennsylvania. General Assembly

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives South

Storage Container: JBFP Part 8, Box 1

People: Strong, Henry K.; Hiester, William Muhlenberg; Pollock, James; Sullivan, John M.

Subjects: Boards of directors; Presbyterian Church; Business records

Search Terms: Boards of directors; Second Presbyterian Church; Business records; Buchanan Collections; James Buchanan Presidential Library

Extent: 1 item, 8 pages to scan, 8.75 x 14 in.

Object Name: Act

Language: English

Parent Object ID: JBFP Part 8 Series 2

Object ID: JBFP 8.2.3.005

Associated Material: James Buchanan Papers, Dickinson College Archives & Special Collections,; http://archives.dickinson.edu/collection-descriptions/james-buchanan-papers; James Buchanan and Harriet Lane Johnston Papers, Library of Congress,; https://www.loc.gov/collections/james-buchanan-and-harriet-lane-johnston-papers/; James Buchanan Papers, Historical Society of Pennsylvania,; http://www2.hsp.org/collections/manuscripts/b/Buchanan0091.html; James Buchanan Papers, Penn State University Libraries,; https://libraries.psu.edu/findingaids/1458.htm

Related Item Notes: James Buchanan Family Papers; MG-96 James Buchanan Collection; Historical Society of Pennsylvania microfilm; Photograph collections; Curatorial collections; Wheatland Mansion

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Credit: Courtesy of LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.

Accession Number: JBMS1996.032

Other Number: JBFP Part 8, Series 2, Subseries 3, Folder 5

Description Level: Item

Custodial History: The James Buchanan Family Papers were collected by the James Buchanan Foundation for the Preservation of Wheatland. This collection was relocated from the Wheatland mansion to the LancasterHistory archives in the Spring of 2009. Digitization of the James Buchanan Family Papers was funded by the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, PHMC Appl ID # 201808013051, 2019-2020.

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Address to President John Adams from the citizens of Lancaster Borough and County supporting the government in its attitude toward France

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Author: Worner, William Frederic.

Date of Publication: 1928

Address to President John Adams from the Citizens of Lancaster Borough and County Supporting the Government in its Attitude Toward France By WILLIAM FREDERIC WORNER IN THE proceedings of the Lancaster County Historical Society of October, 1924, appears an article entitled, "John Marshall in

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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: 53-54 p. ; 23 cm.

Series: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 32, no. 3 & 4

Subjects: Adams, John, - 1735-1826.; Lancaster (Pa.) - History - 1775-1865.; France - History - Revolution, 1789-1799.

Contained In: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 32, number 3/4 (1928), p. 53-54Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.32

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Agreement

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Collection: James Buchanan Family Papers, Part 1 James Buchanan

Title: Agreement between Elliott T. Lane and James Buchanan

Object ID: JBFP 1.2.4.001

Date Range: 1838/12/29

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Collection: James Buchanan Family Papers, Part 1 James Buchanan

Title: Agreement between Elliott T. Lane and James Buchanan

Description: Agreement between Elliott T. Lane and James Buchanan concerning funds of Jane B. Lane, Elliott’s wife and James’ sister, and in case she makes no will, how the estate will be divided. Involves bequeaths from her father, James Buchanan, and her mother, Elizabeth Buchanan. Also mentioned in the agreement are her sister, Harriett Henry, and her brother, the Reverend Edward Y. Buchanan, and her four children, James B. Lane, Elliott E. Lane, Mary Elisabeth Lane and Harriett Rebecca Lane. Franklin County, PA.

Date Range: 1838/12/29

Creator: Buchanan, James, 1791-1868

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives South

Storage Container: JBFP Part 1, Box 5

People: Baker, Mary Elizabeth Speer Lane; Buchanan, Edward Young; Buchanan, Elizabeth Speer; Buchanan, James; Henry, Harriet Buchanan; Johnston, Harriet Lane; Lane, Elliott Eskridge; Lane, Elliott Toll; Lane, James Buchanan; Lane, Jane Buchanan

Subjects: Legal documents; Probate records

Search Terms: Articles of agreement; Legal documents; Probate records; Buchanan Collections; James Buchanan; Harriet Lane Johnston; James Buchanan Presidential Library

Extent: 1 item, 4 pages to scan, 8 x 10 in.

Object Name: Agreement

Language: English

Parent Object ID: JBFP Part 1 Series 2

Object ID: JBFP 1.2.4.001

Associated Material: James Buchanan Papers, Dickinson College Archives & Special Collections,; http://archives.dickinson.edu/collection-descriptions/james-buchanan-papers; James Buchanan and Harriet Lane Johnston Papers, Library of Congress,; https://www.loc.gov/collections/james-buchanan-and-harriet-lane-johnston-papers/; James Buchanan Papers, Historical Society of Pennsylvania,; http://www2.hsp.org/collections/manuscripts/b/Buchanan0091.html; James Buchanan Papers, Penn State University Libraries,; https://libraries.psu.edu/findingaids/1458.htm

Related Item Notes: James Buchanan Family Papers; MG-96 James Buchanan Collection; Historical Society of Pennsylvania microfilm; Photograph collections; Curatorial collections; Wheatland Mansion

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Credit: Courtesy of LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.

Accession Number: JBMS1995.291

Other Number: JBFP Part 1, Series 2, Subseries 4, Folder 1

Description Level: Item

Custodial History: The James Buchanan Family Papers were collected by the James Buchanan Foundation for the Preservation of Wheatland. This collection was relocated from the Wheatland mansion to the LancasterHistory archives in the Spring of 2009. Digitization of the James Buchanan Family Papers was funded by the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, PHMC Appl ID # 201808013051, 2019-2020.

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Agreement

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Collection: James Buchanan Family Papers, Part 1 James Buchanan

Title: Copy of the agreement between Elliott T. Lane and James Buchanan possessed by Harriet Lane Johnston

Object ID: JBFP 1.2.4.002

Date Range: 1839/01/01

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Collection: James Buchanan Family Papers, Part 1 James Buchanan

Title: Copy of the agreement between Elliott T. Lane and James Buchanan possessed by Harriet Lane Johnston

Description: Copy of the agreement between Elliott T. Lane and James Buchanan possessed by Harriet Lane Johnston. On reverse :“Article of agreement between Elliott T. Lane and James Buchanan concerning my Mother’s Estate, Decr 31, 1838.” At end of document: “a copy.” And a summary of her mother’s estate not included in the original. Franklin County, PA.

Date Range: 1839/01/01

Creator: Buchanan, James, 1791-1868

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives South

Storage Container: JBFP Part 1, Box 5

People: Buchanan, James; Johnston, Harriet Lane; Lane, Elliott Toll; Lane, Jane Buchanan

Other Creators: Johnston, Harriet Lane, 1830-1903

Subjects: Legal documents; Probate records

Search Terms: Articles of agreement; Legal documents; Probate records; Buchanan Collections; James Buchanan; Harriet Lane Johnston; James Buchanan Presidential Library

Extent: 1 item, 4 pages to scan, 8 x 10 in.

Object Name: Agreement

Language: English

Parent Object ID: JBFP Part 1 Series 2

Object ID: JBFP 1.2.4.002

Associated Material: James Buchanan Papers, Dickinson College Archives & Special Collections,; http://archives.dickinson.edu/collection-descriptions/james-buchanan-papers; James Buchanan and Harriet Lane Johnston Papers, Library of Congress,; https://www.loc.gov/collections/james-buchanan-and-harriet-lane-johnston-papers/; James Buchanan Papers, Historical Society of Pennsylvania,; http://www2.hsp.org/collections/manuscripts/b/Buchanan0091.html; James Buchanan Papers, Penn State University Libraries,; https://libraries.psu.edu/findingaids/1458.htm

Related Item Notes: James Buchanan Family Papers; MG-96 James Buchanan Collection; Historical Society of Pennsylvania microfilm; Photograph collections; Curatorial collections; Wheatland Mansion

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Credit: Courtesy of LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.

Accession Number: JBMS1995.267

Other Number: JBFP Part 1, Series 2, Subseries 4, Folder 2

Description Level: Item

Custodial History: The James Buchanan Family Papers were collected by the James Buchanan Foundation for the Preservation of Wheatland. This collection was relocated from the Wheatland mansion to the LancasterHistory archives in the Spring of 2009. Digitization of the James Buchanan Family Papers was funded by the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, PHMC Appl ID # 201808013051, 2019-2020.

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Agreement

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Collection: Gibbons Diaries, Family Papers, and Mill Records

Title: Agreement from Daniel Gibbons and others

Object ID: MG0846_F016

Date Range: 1831/07

the surrounding community. The Mill Records in the collection contain daybooks for the mill and farm. Creator: Brubaker and Gibbons families of Bird-in-Hand, Pa. Conditions for Access: Please use digital images and transcriptions when available. Original documents may be used by appointment. Please

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Collection: Gibbons Diaries, Family Papers, and Mill Records

Title: Agreement from Daniel Gibbons and others

Description: Agreement by Daniel Gibbons and six others to pay the sums posted beside their names for the purpose of erecting the Friends meeting house on 9th Street near Spruce Street in Philadelphia.

Admin/Biographical History: Some of the names of the signers in the document are hard to read.

Date Range: 1831/07

Creation Date: July 1831

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives South

Storage Wall: Side 19

People: Gibbons, Daniel; Conard, Abraham; Conard, Isaac; Peart, Thomas

Subjects: Business records; Contracts; Quaker church buildings; Quakers; Society of Friends

Search Terms: Agreements; Business records; Financial records; Hicksite Friends' Meeting House; Meetinghouses; Quakers; Society of Friends

Extent: 1 item, 2 pages to scan

Object Name: Agreement

Language: English

Object ID: MG0846_F016

Location of Originals: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania

Notes: Preferred Citation: Title or description of item, date (day, month, year), Gibbons Diaries, Family Papers, and Mill Records (MG0846), Object ID, LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania. URL. Date accessed (day, month, year).

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Credit: Courtesy of LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.

Accession Number: 2021.008

Other Numbers: MG-846

Other Number: MG-846, Folder 16

Classification: MG0846

Description Level: Item

Custodial History: Cataloged by MB, 8 July 2021. Added to database 28 July 2021.

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Agricultural societies in Lancaster County

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Author: Worner, William Frederic.

Date of Publication: 1930

It was not until 1850 that Millard Fillmore, then President of the United States, had the first bathtub installed in the White House. It was made in Philadelphia, of thin cast iron. It is interesting to note that nine years before Adam Thomp- son introduced the first bathtub into this country

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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: 1930

Physical Description: 278-280 p. ; 23 cm.

Series: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 34, no. 12

Subjects: Agriculture - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.

Contained In: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 34, number 12 (1930), p. 278-280Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.34

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Aid given to Norfolk and Portsmouth in the yellow fever epidemic of 1855

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Author: Worner, William Frederic.

Date of Publication: 1931

. J. H. Longenecker, Lewis Haldy. 1 Lancaster Examiner and Herald, Wednesday, September 12th, 1855. �The Lancaster Examiner and Herald of Wednesday, Novem- ber 21st, 1855, contained the following statement of monies col- lected for the Virginia sufferers : From citizens in the north-west ward

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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: 1931

Physical Description: 15-17 p. ; 23 cm.

Series: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 35, no. 1

Subjects: Yellow fever - Virginia - Norfolk.; Yellow fever - Virginia - Portsmouth.

Contained In: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 35, number 1 (1931), p. 15-17Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.35

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Alexander von Humboldt in Lancaster

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Author: Worner, William Frederic.

Date of Publication: 1930

Alexander von Humboldt in Lancaster By WILLIAM FREDERIC WORNER O N March 7th, 1804, Alexander von Humboldt, who had been traveling in the New World, left Vera Cruz, Mexico, for Havana, on board a royal frigate, to secure collections left there by him for safe keeping in the year 1800. After a stay

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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: 1930

Physical Description: 76-77 p. ; 23 cm.

Series: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 34, no. 4

Subjects: Humboldt, Alexander von, - 1769-1859.

Contained In: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 34, number 4 (1930), p. 76-77Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.34

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Alexander Wilson in Lancaster

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Author: Worner, William Frederic.

Date of Publication: 1924

resided in an elegant mansion (for that day, at least) which stood on the site of Kirk Johnson's music store, 16 West King street. The secretary of state was Nathaniel B. Boileau, whose correct title was "secretary of the commonwealth." In further writing of the persons whom he met in Lancaster, Wilson

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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: 1924

Physical Description: 123-125 p. ; 23 cm.

Series: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 28, no. 8

Subjects: Wilson, Alexander, - 1766-1813.; Ornithologists - United States.; Lancaster (Pa.) - History - 19th century.

Contained In: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 28, number 8 (1924), p. 123-125Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.28

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Amusements in Lancaster 1750-1940

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Author: Reichmann, Felix,

Date of Publication: 1941

forty wax figures in a room at G. Fisher's tavern, also known under the name of "King of Prussia," in West King Street. They kept to American history and emphasized the great American heroes of their past and present. The firm was afterwards changed to Davenport & Street and displayed at the same place

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Responsibility: by Felix Reichmann.

Author: Reichmann, Felix,

Place of Publication: Lancaster, Pa

Publisher: Lancaster County Historical Society,

Date of Publication: 1941

Physical Description: [25]-56 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

Series: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 45, no. 2

Subjects: Theater - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.; Amusements - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.; Lancaster County (Pa.) - Social life and customs.

Contained In: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 45, number 2 (1941), p. 25-56Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.45

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An African lion in Lancaster

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Author: Worner, William Frederic.

Date of Publication: 1928

West- cott's History of Philadelphia, Vol. 2, p. 864.) So far as I am, at pres- ent, able to discover, it was seventy years later before a representative of this "king of beasts" was seen in Lancaster. We know that in 1797 an African lion was placed on exhibition here, although this may not have been

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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: 145 p. ; 23 cm.

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

Subjects: Lions - Pennsylvania - Lancaster.

Contained In: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society.. Volume 32, number 9/10 (1928), p. 145Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.32

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An Astor in Lancaster County

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Author: Haldeman, Horace L.

Date of Publication: 1914

AN ASTOR IN LANCASTER COUNTY, Many years since a German family, consisting of a man by the name of Fessler, his wife, and two children, named Jacob and Susan, drifted into Bainbridge, where they located, but no one knew from whence they came. They located in a small stone house, which was standing

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Responsibility: by Horace L. Haldeman.

Author: Haldeman, Horace L.

Place of Publication: Lancaster, Pa

Publisher: Lancaster County Historical Society,

Date of Publication: 1914

Physical Description: 5-8 p. ; 23 cm.

Series: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 18, no. 1

Subjects: Fessler family.; Astor, John Jacob, - 1763-1848.; Sherer, Yorick.; Bainbridge (Pa.) - History.

Contained In: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 18, number 1 (1914), p. 5-8Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.18

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Andrew Jackson in Lancaster

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Author: Worner, William Frederic.

Date of Publication: 1929

, who was on his way to West Point, N. Y., arrived in York on Sunday, February 14th, at 7 o'clock. His suite consisted of Colonel Butler, Dr. Bronaugh, Captain Young, Captain Huston, Captain Gall, General Owens, General Bryan, Colonel Pervaul and Colonel Mason. They remained in York for an hour, then

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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: 83-84 p. ; 23 cm.

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

Subjects: Jackson, Andrew, - 1767-1845.

Contained In: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 33, number 5 (1929), p. 83-84Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.33

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Andrew Snyder : a Revolutionary soldier who reached the age of 112 years

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Author: Sprout, Oliver S.

Date of Publication: 1939

Andrew Snyder A REVOLUTIONARY SOLDIER WHO REACHED THE AGE OF 112 YEARS By OLIVER SNYDER SPROUT Andrew Snyder was born in Switzerland in the year 1733. Family tradi- tion states that he arrived on these shores during the year 1766. I. Daniel Rupp in his "Thirty Thousand Names of Immigrants," p. 368

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Responsibility: by Oliver Snyder Sprout.

Author: Sprout, Oliver S.

Place of Publication: Lancaster, Pa

Publisher: Lancaster County Historical Society,

Date of Publication: 1939

Physical Description: [128]-130 p. ; 23 cm.

Series: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 43, no. 4

Subjects: Snyder family.; Snyder, Andrew, - 1733-1845.; Lancaster County (Pa.) - Genealogy.

Contained In: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 43, number 4 (1939), p. 128-130Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.43

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An early threshing machine in Lancaster

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Author: Worner, William Frederic.

Date of Publication: 1930

An Early Threshing Machine in Lancaster By WILLIAM FREDERIC WORNER LATE in the summer of 1806, a threshing machine, invented in Scotland, was erected at David Witmer's mill in Lancaster county, Pa. The machine was capable of threshing 35 bushels of oats in an hour, of threshing and cleaning 100

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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: 1930

Physical Description: 284 p. ; 23 cm.

Series: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 34, no. 12

Subjects: Threshing machines - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.

Contained In: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 34, number 12 (1930), p. 284Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.34

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An Italian artist in old Lancaster : (Louigi Persico-1820)

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Author: Hensel, W. U.

Date of Publication: 1912

study his art. He was some- what Greenough's junior, but he preceded Story, Simms, Mills and Crawford. No American sculptor had by that time attained anything like the fame of Copley, West, Allston and Stuart in painting—the sculptor's art longer lingered. Greenough re- ceived the commission for the com

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Responsibility: by W. U. Hensel.

Author: Hensel, W. U.

Place of Publication: Lancaster, Pa

Publisher: Lancaster County Historical Society,

Date of Publication: 1912

Physical Description: 67-101 p. ; 23 cm.

Series: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 16, no. 3

Subjects: Persico, Luigi.; United States Capitol (Washington, D.C.); Lancaster (Pa.) - History.; United States - Politics and government - 19th century.

Contained In: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 16, number 3 (1912), p. 67-101Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.16

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Anthony Wayne in Lancaster

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Author: Worner, William Frederic.

Date of Publication: 1927

recruits arrived here; they also are marching west (on the march in a westerly direction)." This same issue of the paper contains the following: "Pittsburgh. On Thursday, Major General Anthony Wayne, commander- in-chief of the army of the United States, arrived here. On his entry, he was given a salute by

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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: 1927

Physical Description: 6-7 p. ; 23 cm.

Series: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; c. 31, no. 1

Subjects: Wayne, Anthony, - 1745-1796.; Lancaster (Pa.) - History - 18th century.

Contained In: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 31, number 1 (1927), p. 6-7Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.31

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Anthracite iron blast furnaces in Lancaster County 1840-1900

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Author: Loose, John Ward Willson.

Date of Publication: 1982

Railroad freight rates would be pitted.' As soon as the word leaked out that the proposed Hanover Junction and Susquehanna Railroad would connect the iron industries at Marietta and Columbia to another East-West rail line running in competition with the Pennsylvania Railroad, the iron men lost no time in

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Author: Loose, John Ward Willson.

Place of Publication: Lancaster, Pa

Publisher: Lancaster County Historical Society,

Date of Publication: 1982

Physical Description: 78-117 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

Series: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 86, no. 3

Subjects: Blast furnaces - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County; Furnaces.; Iron industry and trade - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County; Founding.

Contained In: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 86, number 3 (1982), p. 78-117Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.86

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