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Collection: City of Lancaster Records

Title: City of Lancaster Records

Object ID: MG0420

Date Range: 1763-1919

. Stewart and Son James W. Queen and Company John Baer's Sons John Best and Son John Mingle and Son Kauffman and Keller Kauffman Keller and Company Kepler and Slaymaker L. G. Tillotson and Company Lancaster and Williams Town Pike Company Lancaster City Bureau of Police Lancaster City Steam Soap and Candle

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Collection: City of Lancaster Records

Title: City of Lancaster Records

Description: Series 1 contains invoices, arrest warrants, and tax collector books for the city of Lancaster. Invoices that were approved by the city council in 1878, 1883 and 1884 for payroll and supplies include road and bridge maintenance, water works, fire departments, clerk and inspection work, and costs incurred by the city during an outbreak of small pox. Arrest warrants for 1918-1919 show names of defendant(s) and police officer, the charge, date and case number. There are also tax collector records for 1860-1889, incomplete.; Series 2 contains documents regarding the market houses, waterworks, lamps, roads, railroad and city ordinances. Petitions support a candidate for night watchman, seek to repeal an ordinance for hanging signs and regulations for public scales, and request a reward for the apprehension of a murderer. There is an 1815 naturalization certificate for James Williams and a resolution regarding a visit of Gen. Andrew Jackson.; Series 3 contains miscellaneous items related to the Borough of Lancaster (1742 to 1818) found in the Document Collection. Items include an act regulating the buildings and keeping in repair the streets, lanes, and alley of Lancaster, passed 14 January 1774; oaths of office sworn by various men from 1764 to 1769; and an extract of Lancaster Borough laws enacted 22 January 1774 reporting the regulations and fines of this borough.

Date Range: 1763-1919

Year Range From: 1763

Year Range To: 1919

Creator: City Council (Lancaster, Pa.)

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives South

Storage Wall: Side 10

People: Able, John F.; Allen, Samuel; Althouse, Henry F.; Amer, William; Amwake, William F. H.; Arnold, John. L.; Atkins, Bessie; Aument, Charles F.; Baer, John; Bair, G. D.; Bair, L. D.; Baker, Edward W.; Barber, Samuel; Barr, Charles H.; Barr, J. K.; Barr, Jacob K.; Bauer, Peter J.; Bauman, Ray; Beamsderfer, Howard; Beck, William; Beck, William D.; Beidle, John; Beitz, Philip; Bender, Frantz; Benedict, H. F.; Best, John; Betz, Philip; Bickham, James; Bitner, D. P.; Bitner, David; Bletz, David; Blickenderfer, R.; Bolbach, Philip; Bolenius, R. M.; Bowman, Martin; Bowman, William; Brimmer, Frederick; Brown, B. J.; Brown, C. H.; Brown, George W.; Brown, J. S.; Brown, Jesse S.; Burkholder, Clayton; Burrowes, F. S.; Bushong, Walter G.; Calder, George; Callahan, George B.; Carpenter, James C.; Carr, James; Casini, Frank; Cassel, A. N.; Castner, Frank; Charles, Walter; Cherry, Patrick; Churchill, Marion; Clark, William; Clendman, E. S.; Cochran, H. B.; Cooper, Thomas F.; Cranley, Ambrogi; Cummings, Samuel; Curry, Joseph; Daily, D. G.; Daily, David G.; Deacon, Edward; Deem, David L.; Deen, D. L.; Deiby, Philip; Deichler, Harry; Dickee, Frederick; Dickle, Fred; Diffenbaugh, A. L.; Diller, Harry A.; Doerley, Henry; Doerson, Philip; Dommel, Harry; Dorley, Harry; Dorley, Henry; Dornbaugh, Graybill; Douts, Walter; Druckemiller, Jacob; Dull, Walter W.; Eaby, George W.; Eberman, H. F.; Eberts, Jasper; Eckert, Henry; Eckert, Leonard; Ehler, Henry; Eichholtz, Robert L.; Eleight, James M.; Elligott, James M.; Elliott, Samuel; Ellis, Charles T.; Embich, Christian; Ensurian, H. M.; Erb, J. B.; Erisman, C. Y.; Eshleman, D. Y.; Evans, Samuel; Faesig, Frank J.; Fellman, John; Fetter, Jacob; Finefrock, B. Frank; Finney, W. B.; Finney, William B.; Fisher, William; Fisher, Henry; Fisher, Wilson; Fitzpatrick, J. A.; Flora, Charles W.; Fondersmith, G. L.; Fox, Benjamin; Franciscus, Stofel; Franklin, Witney; Frantz, Andrew F.; Freh, John; Fries, George; Fritchey, J. U.; Furniss, Joseph; Gable, Jacob; Gerhart, William R.; Gill, John; Goodman, Jonas; Gorman, John; Gormley, Charles; Grauer, George; Greenwalt, Charles; Greivetz, D.; Groff, B. F.; Groff, H. D.; Groff, H. L.; Groff, Raymond; Grubley, John; Gundaker, Jacob; Hagen, Patrick; Haines, Harry; Halbach, J.; Halbach, Jacob; Haley, James; Hamilton, J. A.; Hamilton, John A.; Hardy, George; Harkins, W. E.; Harsh, Benjamin; Hart, John; Hartman, J.; Heinitsh, Charles A.; Henry, Benjamin; Henry, William; Herr, L. B.; Hinchey, Edward; Hindie, Robert; Hogarth, Joseph; Holman, I. D.; Holman, Janice; Hopson, John; Hostetter, Simon; Howell, H. N.; Howell, Henry H.; Huber, Joseph H.; Hubley, Isaac; Jeffries, John R.; Johnson, George; Johnson, J. W.; Johnson, John F.; Kachel, Elvin; Kahle, William; Karer, Henry; Kauffman, Isaac; Kauffman, J. R.; Keller, John; Keller, Kauffman; Kepler, Aaron Conrad; Kiehl, John C.; Kirkpatrick, William; Kirsch, John; Kitch, Davis; Kline, G. M.; Kreckovich, Michael; Kuhns, John; Kurtz, George; Landis, D. B.; Landis, F. F.; Landis, A. B.; Landis, Philip; Laucks, John H.; Lauman, Ludwig; Lawrence, George; Lawrence, William; Lebzelter, Philip; Leonard, H.; Leonard, Henry; Levan, S. H.; Levan, William A.; Levengood, John; Lichty, J. B.; Long, Abram; Long, John F.; Lorentz, William; Loucks, J. H.; Loucks, John H.; Lyons, Harry; MacGonigle, John T.; Madden, Thomas; Markley, J. B.; Martin, Henry; Massaline, Frank; Mastenna, Antonio; Maxwell, Abram; May, Henry; Mayer, David M.; Mayer, George; Maynard, Walter; McDonald, Alexander; McCarter, A. W.; McCarter, Arthur; McCormick, D. R.; McCue, George W.; McCulley, R. C.; McCully, R. G.; McDonnell, Samuel; McElligott, Thomas F.; McGeehan, John; McKilchey, Charles; McLaughlin, Daniel; Mencher, M. H.; Metzger, M. A.; Metzger, M. I.; Miller, Fred J.; Miller, H.; Miller, Harry; Miller, Herman; Miller, Howard; Miller, Philip; Mohr, Malin; Montooth, Samuel; Montor, Benny; Moore, Harry; Moowawer, Oliver; Morgan, Thomas H.; Morrow, R. M.; Moyer, H. M.; Murray, John; Musser, F. W.; Musser, John; Myers, C. F.; Myers, John C.; Myers, William; Nagle, Peter; Neff, Abraham; Negley, Frank L.; Netscher, C. E.; Nickel, Albert; Noll, Lewis; Nolls, F. Lewis; O'Conner, Thomas; O'Donell, Frank; Orem, William; Orem, William J.; Oster, R. S.; Ostheim, Joseph; Overly, H.; Pavenger, Gertrude; Pearsol, John H.; Pennington, William; Pinkerton, Elizabeth; Pool, Samuel J.; Price, Thomas P.; Price, William W.; Pryor, Fred; Puck, Thomas P.; Pyott, J. D.; Quade, C. F.; Raub, M. W.; Raum, Samuel; Rawlings, Henry; Rawlins, John; Reeder, T. L.; Reily, James; Reiner, Henry; Reinir, Anslem; Remley, John; Richardson, William; Ricker, Frank A.; Ringwalt, Amos; Rogers, Harry; Rogers, Henry; Rohrer, DuBois; Rohrer, J. B.; Roy, William H.; Rudy, Philip; Ruhl, Cyrus; Russel, Charles; Samson, Benjamin; Schaum, George H.; Schindler, A.; Schwartz, John; Schwebel, Charles; Sehner, George; Seibley, Andrew; Seran, S. H.; Sevan, S. H.; Shaffner, Caspar; Sheil, Raymond F.; Shenck, H. C.; Shenk, Joseph; Shroder, F.; Shulmyer, Russel; Siegler, John A.; Skinner, John; Smallvachs, Alexander; Smith, C. Henry; Smith, John; Smith, Michael; Snyder, E. E.; Snyder, Elmer; Snyder, George; Solsky, Samuel; Sorenze, William; Spurrier, A. K.; Staices, George; Stainz, George W.; Stauffer, John F.; Steel, Charles; Stehman, W. H.; Steinman, G. M.; Steinman, George M.; Steinwandel, A.; Stone, John; Stone, Lodwick; Sussner, Henry; Thran, John W.; Thurlow, Thomas; Tillinghast, B. C.; Tillotson, L. G.; Tomlinson, George; Trapnell, David N.; Voght, Christian; Waitz, Gustave; Walker, Edward; Warfel, Bertha; Weiles, Lewis F.; Welchans, Edward; Wenger, D. H.; Westhaffer, H. E.; Wetzel, Edward; Wetzel, John; White, Henry A.; Whitlock, Isaac; Wiley, W. B.; Wilhelm, F.H.; Wimer, J. A.; Winower, Harry J.; Winower, Peter; Wise, Christian; Wisler, J. L.; Wolf, Joseph; Wolpert, L.; Worthington, Henry P.; Worthington, Henry R.; Zell, William D.; Ziegler, J. A.

Other Creators: Tax Assessor (Lancaster, Pa.); Bureau of Police (Lancaster, Pa.).

Subjects: Business records; Criminal records; Lancaster (Pa.)--Bureau of Police; Lancaster (Pa.)--Tax Assessor; Tax collection

Search Terms: American Fire Engine and Hose Company; American Life Insurance Company; Arrests; Bartle and Snyder; Baumgardner, Eberman and Company; Bowers and Hurst; Brimmer and Tucker; Chain Carrier; Christian Wise and Brothers; Common Sense Metallic Packing Manufacturing Company; Conestoga Steam Mills; D. H. Wenger and Brother; Declarations; Directors of the Poor of Lancaster County; Empire Hook and Ladder Company; Everts and Overdeer; F. Shroder and Company; Fines; Flinn and Breneman; Friendship Fire Company; G. L. FonDersmith; G. Sener and Sons; George Fries and Company; George M. Steinman and Company; George Martin and Company; Givler, Bowers and Hurst; Gorrecht and Company; H. Baumgardner and Company; Humane Fire Company; Humphreville and Keiffer; Invoices; J. Stewart and Son; James W. Queen and Company; John Baer's Sons; John Best and Son; John Mingle and Son; Kauffman and Keller; Kauffman Keller and Company; Kepler and Slaymaker; L. G. Tillotson and Company; Lancaster and Williams Town Pike Company; Lancaster City Bureau of Police; Lancaster City Steam Soap and Candle Works; Lancaster County Prison; Lancaster Examiner; Lancaster Freie Presse; Lancaster Gas Light and Fuel Company; Lancaster Intelligencer; Lancaster Lamp Committee; Lancaster New Era; Lancaster Waterworks; Leonard and Ellis; Market House No. 1; Market House No. 2; Market House No. 3; Maxim Electric Light and Power Company; Mellert and Company; Miller and Detz Contractors; Mrs. H. Miller and Son; Oaths of office; Payroll; Pennsylvania Globe Gas Light Company; Pennsylvania Railroad; Pennsylvania Telephone Company; Philadelphia and Reading Railroad Company; Philip Lebzelter and Company; Pontz and Brothers; Regulations; Regulators; Shiffler Fire Company; Snyder and Price; Sprecher and Pfeiffer; Station houses; Steinman and Hensel; Stoner, Shreiner and Company; Sun Fire Company; Union Fire Company; Washington Fire Company; Weimer and Carter; West Reading Pipe and Machine Works

Extent: 3 boxes 37 folders 1 cubic ft.

Object Name: Archive

Language: English

Object ID: MG0420

Location of Originals: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania

Related Item Notes: Lancaster City Archives; George and Rhonda Andreadis Collection of Lancaster City Records (MG0545)

Notes: Preferred Citation: Title or description of item, date (day, month, year), Collection Title (MG#), Series #, Box #, Folder #, (or Object ID), LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania. URL if applicable. Date accessed (day, month, year).

Access Conditions / Restrictions: Please use digital images and transcriptions when available. Original documents may be used by appointment--contact Research@LancasterHistory.org prior to visit.

Copyright: Collection may not be photocopied. Please direct questions to Research Center Staff at Research@LancasterHistory.org.; Permission for reproduction and/or publication must be obtained in writing from LancasterHistory.

Credit: Courtesy of LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.

Other Numbers: MG-420

Classification: MG0420

Description Level: Fonds

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A Lancaster schoolboy views the Civil War : (diary of Immanuel C. Pehrson, 1862-1863. Collection of the Fackenthal Library, Franklin and Marshall College)

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Author: Pehrson, Immanuel C.

Date of Publication: 1950

L. Reynolds, Esq., brother of General John Fulton Reynolds, later Quartermaster-General of Pennsylvania. Mr. Reynolds was, at this time under heavy criticism because, having been Buchanan's lawyer and chief political aide, he had with the beginning of the war gone over to the Repub- lican party

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Responsibility: reviewed by Elizabeth C. Kieffer.

Author: Pehrson, Immanuel C.

Place of Publication: Lancaster, Pa

Publisher: Lancaster County Historical Society,

Date of Publication: 1950

Physical Description: [17]-37 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

Series: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 54, no. 2

Subjects: Pehrson, Immanuel - Diaries.; Diaries.; United States - History - Civil War, 1861-1865.; Lancaster (Pa.) - Social life and customs.

Additional Author: Kieffer, Elizabeth Clarke.

Contained In: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 54, number 2 (1950), p. 17-37Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.54

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Pennsylvania agriculture and country life : 1840-1940

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Author: Fletcher, Stevenson Whitcomb,

Date of Publication: 1955.

Call Number: 974.802821 F615

Responsibility: by Stevenson Whitcomb Fletcher ; illustrations by S.W. Fletcher, Jr.

Author: Fletcher, Stevenson Whitcomb,

Place of Publication: Harrisburg

Publisher: Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission,

Date of Publication: 1955.

Physical Description: xx, 619 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.

Subjects: Agriculture - Pennsylvania; Country life - Pennsylvania.; Pennsylvania - Social life and customs.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 974.802821 F615

Pennsylvania agriculture and country life, 1640-1840

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Author: Fletcher, S. W.

Date of Publication: 1950.

Call Number: 974.802821 F615a

Responsibility: Illus. by S.W. Fletcher, Jr.

Author: Fletcher, S. W.

Place of Publication: Harrisburg

Publisher: Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission,

Date of Publication: 1950.

Physical Description: xiv, 605 p. illus. 24 cm.

Notes: Includes bibliographies.

Subjects: Agriculture - Pennsylvania; Country life - Pennsylvania.; Pennsylvania - Social life and customs.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 974.802821 F615a

Days off : historical story of the Susquehanna Pirates and their cruises / by Edwin G. Searles

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Author: Searles, Edwin G.

Date of Publication: 1950?

Call Number: 367 P667s

Author: Searles, Edwin G.

Place of Publication: [S.l

Publisher: s.n.]

Date of Publication: 1950?

Physical Description: 37, 5 leaves: ill. ; 28 cm.

Notes: Included are newsletters for August 7,September 19, 1925 - May 17, 1926.

Subjects: Susquehanna Pirates.; Clubs - Pennsylvania - Lancaster.; Lancaster (Pa.) - Social life and customs.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Lancaster County

Call Number: 367 P667s

A digest of the revenue laws of the United States : wherein are arranged, under distinct heads, the duties of collectors, naval officers, surveyors, merchants, masters of vessels, and all other persons connected with the imposts

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Author: Addington, L.

Date of Publication: 1804.

Call Number: Book 470 1804

Alternate Title: Revenue laws

Responsibility: by L. Addington : to which is annexed an appendix, containing the forms and oaths in use at the custom-house.

Author: Addington, L.

Place of Publication: Philadelphia

Publisher: Printed and published by B. Graves, no. 40, North Fourth-street,

Date of Publication: 1804.

Physical Description: iv, [3]-262, xlv pages ; 17 cm

Notes: Jasper Yeates's Colonial Law Library.; Book number 470 as assigned by Yeates.; Signature of John Yeates on back of front cover and on front of flyleaf.; LHS copy includes a 19 page supplement to the digest of the revenue laws passed during the second session of the eighth Congress ending March 3, 1803 with separate title page, published by B. Graves, Philadelphia, No. 40, North Fourth Street.

Subjects: Customs administration - United States - Digests.; Tariff - United States - Digests.; Customs administration.; Tariff; United States.; Digests.; Full calf (Binding)

Additional Author: Yeates, Jasper,

Additional Corporate Author: United States.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Yeates Collection

Call Number: Book 470 1804

Pennsylvania Dutch, the plain and the fancy

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo16570

Author: Brenner, Scott Francis,

Date of Publication: [1957]

Call Number: 917.48 B838

Author: Brenner, Scott Francis,

Place of Publication: Harrisburg, Pa

Publisher: Stackpole Co.

Date of Publication: [1957]

Physical Description: 244 p. illus. 23 cm.

Subjects: Germans - Pennsylvania.; Pennsylvania - Social life and customs.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 917.48 B838

Blue hills and shoofly pie in Pennsylvania Dutchland

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Author: Hark, Ann. 1891-

Edition: [1st ed.]

Date of Publication: 1952.

Call Number: 301.452 H282

Responsibility: by Ann Hark with drawings by Oliver Grimley.

Author: Hark, Ann. 1891-

Edition: [1st ed.]

Place of Publication: Philadelphia, Pa

Publisher: Lippincott

Date of Publication: 1952.

Physical Description: 284 p. illus. 21 cm.

Contents: Chapters: July: Home, sweet home ; Picnics and what they lead to ; Thrashing day ; Sing unto the Lord - August: Speaking of birthdays ; Vanilla pie ; It at first you don't succeed ; Waldeck weekend - September: It's done with mirrors ; The mystery deepens ; Sidetracked ; Another disappointment ; At last a clue! ; The plotthickens ; Dead end - October: Applebutter time ; Knee-deep in Indians ; Auction preview - November: Yankee versus Pennsylvania Dutch ; Til death us do part ; -and still fluttered down the snow - December: A hooked rug is begun ; Twin wood carvers ; Silent night ; Christmas Day - January:More of Mrs. Richards ; Baker-General of the Army ; What price antiques! ; Hexerei - February:The last of the old-time potters ; Old Bethlehem days ; Nemesis on the trail - March:Five-foot bookshelf of the past ; Little red schoolhouse ; Sorrow songs and such - April:Cave diem! ; Midnight alarm ; Mountain Mary - May:Dunker love-feast ; The gun that won the revolution - June:Summer serenade ; "Yes, well-good-night!' ; Year's end.

Summary: A wealth of historical fact & little-known lore, mouth-watering recipes & accounts of bountiful repasts, all given month-by-month for a year; Miss Hark, who was born in the heart of the Pennsylvania Dutch country at Lancaster, has a sensitive understanding of her neighbors that has given her a passport into their private lives, their feasts & their ceremonies.

Subjects: Germans - Pennsylvania.; Pennsylvania Dutch - Social life and customs.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 301.452 H282

The Pennsylvania Dutch country. Art [by] Malcolm R. Potteiger

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Author: Shoemaker, Alfred Lewis,

Date of Publication: c1954]

Call Number: 917.48 S559

Author: Shoemaker, Alfred Lewis,

Place of Publication: [Lancaster, Pa.]

Publisher: Rudisill [for Pennsylvania Dutch Folklore Center, Franklin and Marshall College,

Date of Publication: c1954]

Physical Description: 1 v. (chiefly illus.)

Subjects: Germans - Pennsylvania.; Pennsylvania - Social life and customs.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 917.48 S559

Toward Gettysburg; a biography of General John F. Reynolds

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Author: Nichols, Edward J.

Date of Publication: 1958.

Call Number: 923.5 R462n

Author: Nichols, Edward J.

Place of Publication: [University Park]

Publisher: Pennsylvania State University Press,

Date of Publication: 1958.

Physical Description: x, 276 p. illus., maps, ports. 25 cm.

Notes: Bibliography: p. 259-264.

Subjects: Reynolds, John Fulton, - 1820-1863; Generals - United States; United States - History - Civil War, 1861-1865 - Campaigns.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 923.5 R462n

Report of the trial of the Hon. Samuel Chase : one of the associate justices of the Supreme Court of the United States, before the High Court of Impeachment, composed of the Senate of the United States, for charges exhibited against him by the House of Representatives, in the name of themselves, and of all the people of the United States for high crimes nd misdemeanors, supposed to have been by him committed : with the necessary documents and official papers, from his impeachment to final acquittal

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Author: Chase, Samuel,

Date of Publication: 1805.

Call Number: Book 618 1805

Responsibility: taken in short hand, by Charles Evans ; and the arguments of counsel revised by them from his manuscript.

Author: Chase, Samuel,

Place of Publication: Baltimore

Publisher: Printed for Samuel Butler and George Keatinge,

Date of Publication: 1805.

Physical Description: [6], 12, [3]-268 (i.e. 312), 68 pages ; 25 cm (8vo)

Notes: Pages 50-51 omitted in numbering; p. 205-212 repeated; extra numbered p. 101*-112*, 212* (i.e. 213*)-230*, 237*-244*.; "Appendix. Impeachment of the Hon. Samuel Chase, with the articles exhibited against him by the House of Representatives; also his answer and pleas, exhibits, and the replication of the House of Representatives, &c. &c.": 68 p. at end, with separate title page.; Trial January 2-March 1, 1805, for alleged misdemeanors in the political trials of Fries and Callender.--cf. Sabin, Dictionary of books relating to America.; Jasper Yeates's Colonial Law Library.; Yeates's signature at top of title page.; Book number 618 as assigned by Yeates.

Subjects: Fries, John, - approximately 1750-1818.; Callender, James Thomson, - 1758-1808.; Impeachments - United States.; Impeachments.; United States.; Full blind-tooled leather (Binding); Gilt title on maroon spine label (Binding)

Additional Author: Evans, Charles,; Yeates, Jasper,

Additional Corporate Author: United States. Congress

Location: Lancaster History Library - Yeates Collection

Call Number: Book 618 1805

Historic Philadelphia : from the founding until the early nineteenth century : papers dealing with its people and buildings, with an illustrative map

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Date of Publication: 1953.

Call Number: 974.811 P544t

Place of Publication: [Philadelphia, Pa.]

Publisher: American Philosophical Society,

Date of Publication: 1953.

Physical Description: 331 p. : ill., fold. col. map, ports. 30 cm.

Series: Transactions of the American Philosophical Society ; v. 43, pt. 1

Notes: "Part of old Philadelphia, a map showing historic buildings & sites from the founding until the early nineteenth century, compiled by Grant Miles Simon": 1 folded map in pocket.; Includes bibliographical references.

Subjects: Historic buildings - Pennsylvania - Philadelphia.; Philadelphia (Pa.) - Buildings.; Philadelphia (Pa.) - Social life and customs.; Philadelphia (Pa.) - Maps, Pictorial.

Additional Author: Simon, Grant Miles.

Additional Corporate Author: American Philosophical Society.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 974.811 P544t

A narrative of the suppression by Col. Burr, of the history of the administration of John Adams, late President of the United States, written by John Wood ... To which is added a biography of Thomas Jefferson, President of the United States; and of General Hamilton: with strictures on the conduct of John Adams, and on the character of General C.C. Pinckney. Extracted verbatim from the suppressed history

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Author: Cheetham, James,

Date of Publication: 1802.

Call Number: Book 460 1802

Responsibility: By a citizen of New-York.

Author: Cheetham, James,

Place of Publication: New York

Publisher: Printed by Denniston and Cheetham,

Date of Publication: 1802.

Physical Description: 72 pages 21 cm

Notes: Jasper Yeates's Colonial Law Library.; Book number 460 as asssigned by Yeates.; Bound with Features of Mr. Jay's treaty. to which is annexed a view of the commerce of the United States, as it stands at present, and as it is fixed by Mr. Jay's treaty. Philadelphia: printed by Land & Ustick, for Mathew Carey, 1795. -- Report of the Commmittee of the House of Representatives of the United States appointed to prepare and report articles of impeachment against William Blount, a Senator of the United States.... Printed by John Fenno, Place and date not specified -- Instructions to the envoys extraordinary and ministers plenipotentiary from the United States of Ameridca, to the French Republic,.... Philadelphia: Printed by W. Ross in Locust Street...[1798].--.Message from the President of the United States, accompanying sundry papers relative to the affairs of the United States with the French Republic. 18 January,1799, published by order of the House of Representatives -- Message from the President of the United States, accompanying a report of the Secretary of State....Philadelphia: Printed by John Ward Fenno. 1700.--.Report of the Committee, to whom was referred, so much of the President's speech, as relates to a revision and amended of the judiciary system.1 May 1800, published by order of the House of Representatives; Includes bibliographical references.

Contents: Preface -- A narrative [of the suppression by Col. Burr of the history of the administration of John Adams] -- Biography of Mr. Jefferson -- Biography of Mr. Hamiltion -- Of General Washington -- Of Jonathan Dayton -- Of Charles Cotesworth Pinckney -- Quarrell at Trenton between Mr. Adams and his ministers.

Subjects: Wood, John, - 1775?-1822.; Adams, John, - 1735-1826.; Jefferson, Thomas, - 1743-1826.; Hamilton, Alexander, - 1757-1804.; Burr, Aaron, - 1756-1836.; Three-quarters leather on marbled boards (Binding)

Additional Author: Yeates, Jasper,

Location: Lancaster History Library - Yeates Collection

Call Number: Book 460 1802

The traitor and the spy: Benedict Arnold and John Andre

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Author: Flexner, James Thomas,

Edition: [1st ed.]

Date of Publication: [1953]

Call Number: 923.5 A752

Author: Flexner, James Thomas,

Edition: [1st ed.]

Place of Publication: New York

Publisher: Harcourt, Brace

Date of Publication: [1953]

Physical Description: 431 p. illus. 25 cm.

Notes: Includes bibliography.; Of interest to Lancaster readers, Arnold's wife, Peggy Shippen, was a member of a wealthy Philadelphia family that had links to Lancaster. Major John Andre, the British spy, also had links to Lancaster. He had been captured earlier in the Revolution and had been a prisoner of war in Lancaster . As was the custom for interned officers, he was housed in a private home and was permitted to walk freely in the city.

Summary: "An account of the traitorous trio ( Arnold, his wife, and John Andre ) who almost toppled the American nation at its birth. Benedict Arnold offered to sell his soldiers, with the key fortress of West Point, and to deliver to the enemy, dead or alive, George Washington. The plot promised to destroy the American battle of freedom." [from the publisher]

Subjects: Arnold, Benedict, - 1741-1801.; Andre, John, - 1751-1780.; Arnold, Margaret Shippen, - 1760-1804.; Generals - United States; Spies - United States; American loyalists; United States - History - Revolution, 1775-1783 - Secret service - Biography.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 923.5 A752

The life of Billy Yank : the common soldier of the Union

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Author: Wiley, Bell Irvin,

Date of Publication: 1997, c1952.

Call Number: 973.715 W673

Responsibility: Bell Irvin Wiley.

ISBN: 0807104760 (pbk.)

Author: Wiley, Bell Irvin,

Place of Publication: Baton Rouge

Publisher: Louisiana State University Press,

Date of Publication: 1997, c1952.

Physical Description: 454 p., [20] p. of plates : ill., ports. ; 23 cm.

Series: Civil War classic

Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 438-446) and index.

Subjects: United States. - Army - Military life.; Soldiers - United States.; United States - History - Civil War, 1861-1865 - Personal narratives.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 973.715 W673

The memorial and petition of the president and directors of the Chesapeak and Delaware Canal Company, to the Senate and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. January 1, 1806

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Corporate Author: Chesapeake and Delaware Canal Company.

Date of Publication: 1806]

Call Number: 386.4 P544 1806

Corporate Author: Chesapeake and Delaware Canal Company.

Place of Publication: [Philadelphia

Publisher: s.n.,

Date of Publication: 1806]

Physical Description: 20 p. ; 21 cm.

Notes: "Signed by order and on behalf of the president and directors by two, George Fox. Joshua Gilpin. Philadelphia, January 1, 1806."--p. 8.; Includes also the memorial and petition of Feb. 1, 1805 (p. [9]-20).; Signatures: [A]â´ Bâ´ CÂ².; Not in Shaw & Shoemaker.

Subjects: Canals - United States.; Canals.; Chesapeake and Delaware Canal (Del. and Md.); United States.; United States - Chesapeake and Delaware Canal.

Additional Corporate Author: Pennsylvania. General Assembly.

Place: United States Pennsylvania Philadelphia.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Rare Books

Call Number: 386.4 P544 1806

Journals of Congress : containing their proceedings from September 5, 1774, to [November 3, 1788]

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Corporate Author: United States. Continental Congress.

Date of Publication: 1800-1801.

Call Number: Book 863 n.d.; Book 8641800; Book 865 1800; Book 866 1800; Book 867 1787; Book 868 1800; Book 869 n. d.; Book 870 1801; Book 871 1801; Book 872 1807; Book 873 n.d.; Book 862 1800; Book 861 1800

Responsibility: published by authority.

Corporate Author: United States. Continental Congress.

Place of Publication: Philadelphia

Publisher: From Folwell's Press,

Date of Publication: 1800-1801.

Physical Description: 13 volumes ; 21-22 cm

Notes: Includes indexes.; Vol. 1-9 dated 1800.; Jasper Yeates's Colonial Law Library.; Yeates's signature at top of title page.; Book numbers 861-873 as assigned by Yeates.; Vol 3 published by John Patterson, New York, no date; vol 7 published by John Patterson, New York, 1787; vol 9 published by John Dunlap, Philadelphia; vol 12 place and publisher not identified, 1887; vol 13 place not identified. printed by Jon Dunlap.

Contents: v. 1. Sept. 5, 1774 to Jan. 1, 1776 -- v. 2. Jan. 1, 1776 to Dec. 31, 1776 -- v. 3. Jan. 1, 1777 to Jan. 1, 1778 -- v. 4. Jan. 1, 1778 to Jan. 1, 1779 -- v. 5. Jan. 1, 1779 to Jan. 1, 1780 -- v. 6. Jan. 1, 1780 to Jan. 1, 1781 -- v. 7. Jan. 1, 1781 to Nov. 2, 1782 -- v. 8. Nov. 2, 1782 to Nov. 1, 1783 -- v. 9. Nov. 3, 1783 to June 3, 1784. Contains also: Journal of the Committee of the States : containing the proceedings from the first Friday in June, 1784, to the second Friday in August, 1784 (29 p. at end) -- v. 10. Nov. 1, 1784 to Nov. 4, 1785 -- v. 11. Nov. 4, 1785 to Nov. 3, 1786 -- v. 12. Nov. 6, 1786 to Nov. 5, 1787 -- v. 13. Nov. 5, 1787 to Nov. 3, 1788.

Subjects: United States. - Continental Congress - Sources.; United States. - Continental Congress.; Constitutional history - United States - Sources.; Constitutional history - United States - Early works to 1800.; Constitutional history.; Politics and government.; United States - Politics and government - 1775-1783 - Sources.; United States - Politics and government - 1783-1789 - Sources.; United States.; Early works.; Sources.; Three-quarters leather on speckled boards (Binding); Gilt title on maroon spine label (Binding)

Additional Author: Folwell, Richard,; Yeates, Jasper,

Location: Lancaster History Library - Yeates Collection

Call Number: Book 863 n.d.; Book 8641800; Book 865 1800; Book 866 1800; Book 867 1787; Book 868 1800; Book 869 n. d.; Book 870 1801; Book 871 1801; Book 872 1807; Book 873 n.d.; Book 862 1800; Book 861 1800

John W. Forney, journalist and politician

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Author: Dowdell, George R.

Date of Publication: 1951

and special attention. But we have an inter- esting note on Buchanan's association with the Press. Dr. Philip Shriver Klein, professor of history at the Pennsylvania State College and an authority on the life and career of President Buchanan, expresses the belief that Forney "was set up, as a peace

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Responsibility: by George R. Dowdell.

Author: Dowdell, George R.

Place of Publication: Lancaster, Pa

Publisher: Lancaster County Historical Society,

Date of Publication: 1951

Physical Description: [49]-67 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

Series: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 55, no. 2

Subjects: Forney, John W. - 1817-1881.; Buchanan, James, - 1791-1868.; Journalists.; Politics, Practical.; Politicians - Pennsylvania.; United States - History - 19th century.

Contained In: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 55, number 2 (1951), p. 49-67Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.55

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