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Lancaster's contribution to Ireland in famine of 1847

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Author: Worner, William Frederic.

Date of Publication: 1930

Philadelphia 577 barrels of corn meal and 100 barrels of flour. A part of the flour and corn meal from Lancaster city and county was dispatched to Ire- land in the following vessels,— (the barrels being marked by order of the committee in Philadelphia, "Lancaster, Pennsylvania, Dona- tion")—the brig "St

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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: 270-273 p. ; 23 cm.

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

Subjects: Famines - Ireland; Lancaster (Pa.) - History - 19th century.; Ireland - History - 19th century.

Contained In: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 34, number 12 (1930), p. 270-273Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.34

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Extracts from the early court records of Chester County, Pa

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Author: Wilson, H.

Date of Publication: 1931

EXTRACTS FROM THE EARLY COURT RECORDS OF CHESTER COUNTY, PA. By H. WILSON EARLY APPOINTMENTS OF OFFICERS TO SERVE IN WHAT IS NOW LANCASTER COUNTY W ILLIAM PENN, proprietary and governor, made the first appointments of justices for the Province of Pennsylvania. Succeeding governors continued to

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Responsibility: by H. Wilson.

Author: Wilson, H.

Place of Publication: Lancaster, Pa

Publisher: Lancaster County Historical Society,

Date of Publication: 1931

Physical Description: 247-252 p. ; 23 cm.

Series: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 35, no. 10

Subjects: Court records - Pennsylvania - Chester County.; Chester County (Pa.) - History.; Lancaster County (Pa.) - History - 18th century.

Contained In: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 35, number 10 (1931), p. 247-252Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.35

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Mural presented to city of Lancaster

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Author: Worner, William Frederic.

Date of Publication: 1934

building—one with appro- priate descriptions designating its place in the history of Lancaster city, and the other giving a history of Lancaster itself. LOVE OF BEAUTY Through his love of art, too, the Unitarian Church of Our Father, in Lancaster, of which Mr. Garvin is a zealous and an active member, has

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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: 1934

Physical Description: [93]-97 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

Series: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 38, no. 4

Subjects: Garvin, Milton Thomas.; Newswanger, Vernon K.; Hamilton, James, - 1710-1783.; Mural painting and decoration - Pennsylvania - Lancaster.; Lancaster (Pa.) - Buildings, structures, etc.; Lancaster (Pa.) - History.

Contained In: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 38, number 4 (1934), p. 93-97Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.38

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Widow and Orphan Assurance Society of the City and County of Lancaster

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Author: Worner, William Frederic.

Date of Publication: 1930

bill to incorporate the Widow and Orphan Assurance Society of the City and County of Lancaster, had passed the Senate of Pennsylvania. Three years later, a notice appeared in the Lancaster Journal of Friday, April 22nd, 1825, which was as follows : "A special election for a director of the Widow and

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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: 135 p. ; 23 cm.

Series: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 34, no. 6

Subjects: Widow and Orphan Assurance Society of the City and County of Lancaster (Lancaster, Pa.); Charity organization.; Charities - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.

Contained In: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 34, number 6 (1930), p. 135Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.34

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Weaverland : settlement, settlers, graveyard and its four plantations now (1933 divided into forty-five farms

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Author: Weaver, Martin G.

Date of Publication: 1933.

Call Number: 974.815 EEAR W363w

Responsibility: by M.G. Weaver.

Author: Weaver, Martin G.

Place of Publication: [New Holland, Pa

Publisher: M.G. Weaver],

Date of Publication: 1933.

Physical Description: 32 p.: ill., map ; 22 cm.

Notes: Running title: Early Weaverland history.; "November first, Nineteen hundred and thirty-three."; "Revised and reprinted from the New Holland Clarion."

Subjects: Plantations - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.; Weaverland (Lancaster County, Pa.) - History.; Weaverland (Lancaster County, Pa.) - Biography.; Lancaster County (Pa.) - Genealogy.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 974.815 EEAR W363w

A history of an old frame grist mill converted into a schoolhouse and of the ancient Durlach Schoolhouse

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Author: Eberly, David G.

Date of Publication: 1936

A History Of An Old Frame Grist Mill Converted Into A Schoolhouse and of the Ancient Durlach Schoolhouse by DAVID G. EBERLY It is beginning to be more and more the custom of holding annual reunions at rural schoolhouses in our section of the county. On Sunday afternoon, August 18th, 1935, the

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Responsibility: by David G. Eberly.

Author: Eberly, David G.

Place of Publication: Lancaster, Pa

Publisher: Lancaster County Historical Society,

Date of Publication: 1936

Physical Description: [1]-8 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

Series: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 40, no. 1

Subjects: Durlach School (Clay Township, Lancaster County, Pa.); Schools - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.; Lancaster County (Pa.) - Buildings, structures, etc.

Contained In: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 40, number 1 (1936), p. 1-8Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.40

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Archive

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Collection: George Steinman Papers

Title: George Steinman Papers, Series 1 and 2

Object ID: MG0184

Date Range: 1738-1955

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Collection: George Steinman Papers

Title: George Steinman Papers, Series 1 and 2

Description: The George Steinman Papers, Series 1 contains an album, compiled by George Steinman, with many photographs of buildings, tombstones, monuments and scenes of Lancaster city and county. Ephemera and newspaper articles are among the photographs. Represented in the album are Postlethwaite's Tavern, hotels and taverns, fire houses, the Conestoga massacre, churches, cemeteries, Ephrata Cloister, prominent citizens and their homes, Stehli Silk Mill, and schools. The four boxes contain orginal correspondence, documents, photographs and ephemera or and pertaining to the same subject matter as the album.; The George Steinman Papers, Series 2 is a collection of original correspondence, documents, photographs, and ephemera primarily compiled by George Steinman. The contents of Series 2 represent Lancaster city and county events, prominent citizens, buildings, monuments, churches, cemeteries, schools, and businesses. Most of what Steinman collected relates to 18th and 19th century Pennsylvania, highlighting Lancaster and Philadelphia. One of the key events highlighted is the Revolutionary war; with documents and images related to Philadelphia, George Washington, the Atlee family, and General Edward Hand. There are images relating to the Christiana Riot and to various buildings in early Lancaster; including but not limited to the Old Jail, the British Prison, and Postlethwaite's Tavern. Also included in the collection is currency printed by Benjamin Franklin in Philadelphia in 1764, and Confederate States currency and bonds.

System of Arrangement: This collection is divided into two series:; Series 1 The Steinman Album; Series 2 Documents, Photographs, Ephemera

Date Range: 1738-1955

Year Range From: 1738

Year Range To: 1955

Date of Accumulation: ca. 1860-1920

Creator: Steinman, George Michael, 1847-1920

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives South

Storage Wall: Side 04

People: Altee, John; André, John; Appel, T. Roberts; Armstrong, Elizabeth; Atlee, Samuel John; Atlee, Washington Lemuel; Atlee, William Augustus; Atlee, William Pitt; Baer, John; Baily, Francis; Bair, Daniel; Baker, James G.; Baldwin, Edith L.; Barr, Elias; Barton, Thomas; Bausman, Elizabeth; Bausman, William; Bear, Henry; Beck, Herbert Huebener; Beck, Martin; Beecher, William C.; Beissel, Conrad; Beissel, John Conrad; Bender, Henry; Bethel, Samuel; Bezellon, Martha Coombe; Bezellon, Peter; Boehm, Henry; Boyle, Philip; Breneman, Benjamin Franklin; Breneman, Gideon; Breneman, Franklin Henry; Broll, John; Brown, J. H.; Bryan, George; Buchanan, James; Buchmiller, Dulon Frank; Burkhart, Anna Margarita; Burkhart, George; Burrowes, Francis Smith; Burrowes, Thomas Henry; Burt, Nathaniel; Calder, George, Jr.; Cameron, James; Carpenter, John; Carpenter, William; Cheves, Langdon; Clay, Henry; Clemson, James; Coleman, Elizabeth; Coleman, Robert; Coleman, William; Cope, Caleb; Cope, Thomas P.; Cox, John; Crawford, James; Crowel, Mary R.; Damant, James; Davis, Benjamin Franklin; Dering, Henry; Detwiler, Thomas Craig; Diffenbaugh, Henry; Diffenderfer, Milton Hess; Diffenderffer, Frank Reid; Diller, Graybill; Donnley, Felix; Downing, Samuel; Dufresne, Samuel; Duvel, P. S.; Eberly, Michael; Edge, Walter Warren; Eichholtz, Jacob; Ellicott, Andrew; Elliot, Robert; Ellmaker, Nathaniel; Eshleman, Frank; Fahnestock, Samuel; Ferree, Philip; Fordney, Melchoir; Forney, J. A.; Fox, Cyrus; Frailey, Jacob; Franklin, George F.; Franklin, Walter; Fraser, Susan; Frazer, Reah; Fulton, Robert; Funck, John; Funk, John; Galbreath, John; Geist, M. W.; Germon, W. L.; Gill, William; Gingrich, Amos; Graff, Andreas; Grant, Hamilton; Graybill, Jacob; Groff, John M.; Groff, Sebastian; Grosh, John; Grove, Annie C.; Grubb, Daisy; Grubb, Peter; Hager, Walter C.; Haldeman, Samuel Steman; Hall, Charles; Hamilton, Andrew; Hamilton, James; Hammond, Frederick W.; Hamond, E. R.; Hand, Edward; Hand, John; Hand, Mollie; Harpel, Charlotte; Hayes, Alexander Laws; Hazen, Moses; Heinitsh, August; Heintzelman, Samuel Peter; Heister, Joseph; Henderson, Barton; Henderson, Thomas G.; Henry, John Joseph; Hensel, George Washington, Jr.; Hensel, William Uhler; Herr, Christian; Herr, Hans; Herr, Rudy; Hews, George H.; Hoffnagle, Peter; Hood, Alexander H.; Hostetter, Albert Keller; Hughes, Edward; Hutter, Christian; Jacobs, Cyrus; Jenkins, David; Jenkins, William; Kevinski, John B.; King, George H.; Kirkpatrick, William; Konigmacher, Joseph; Kroome, Hiram; Krug, George; Kuhn, Simon; Kuhn, Simon Adam; Landis, David Bachman; Landis, David H.; Landis, Harry; Landis, Jacob; Light, John B.; Lightner, Michael; Lincoln, Abraham; Lippold, John W.; Loeb, Jacob; Long, Henry Grimler; Long, Isaac; Lowery, Alexander; Lowery, Lazarus; Ludlow, Robert Fulton; Magee, David Francis; Marshall, Christopher; Marshall, John; Martin, C. H.; Mason, S.; Mathiot, John; Matlack, Timothy; Mayer, Christian B.; McCaskey, John Piersol "Jack"; McClain, Francis Bernard; McClellan, George Brinton; McCormick, D. R.; McFarquahr, Colin; McGrann, Bernard John; Melsheimmer, Frederick Valentine; Metzger, Samuel H.; Mifflin, Thomas; Miller, Dave "Devil"; Miller, John; Miller, Susanna; Mishler, Benjamin; Montgomery, John R.; Montgomery, William; Morton, William Augustus; Mulhatten, Barney; Musser, Yost; Myers, Albert; Mylin, Martin; Neff, John; Nevin, John D.; North, Hugh McAlister; Old, James; Parks, Jake; Pastor, John; Peiper, William L.; Penn, William; Pitt, William; Porter, Andrew; Porter, George B.; Pyle, Howard; Ramsey, David; Raub, Galen John Peoples; Reigart, Adam; Reigart, Emanuel C.; Reilly, Mary Gertrude Costigan; Reinmansnyder, Helen; Reynolds, George Nelson; Reynolds, John Fulton; Reynolds, William; Rogers, Milton C.; Rose, Frederick; Ross, George; Ross, Patton; Sauber, Charles Alvin; Sener, Samuel Miller; Seyfert, Augustus G.; Shober, Emanuel; Shreiner, Philip; Slaymaker, Henry; Slaymaker, Henry Edwin; Slaymaker, L.; Slaymaker, William; Sloane, S.; Slough, Elizabeth; Smith, Charles; Snavely, Harry H.; Stahr, John Summers; Stambauch, Samuel; Stauffer, David McNeely; Stedman, Alexander; Steinman, George Michael; Stevens, Thaddeus; Stiegel, Henry William; Strong Wolf, Chief; Summy, Levi; Sutter, John Augustus; Tener, John C.; Thornburg, Robert; Todd, Charles; Tomlinson, George; Urban, John; Vogan, John; Washington, George; Webb, James; West, Benjamin; Wharton, Thomas; Whiteside, John; Wiley, William; Williamson, Henry Stackhouse; Willson, George Bolivar; Willson, John; Winover, Peter; Wise, Charles; Wise, John; Witmer, Abraham; Witmer, David; Witmer, Esther Elizabeth; Worner, William Frederic; Wright, James; Wright, John; Yeates, Catharine; Yeates, Jasper; Zahm, Godfried; Zahm, Mathias; Zahm, Samuel H.; Zantzinger, Paul; Zehmer, Anthony; Zinzendorf, Nicholaus

Subjects: Ephemera; Photographs; Scrapbooks

Search Terms: Abbeville (Historic estate); Abbeville Mill; Advent Lutheran Church; Albright's Transportation Depot; All Saints Episcopal Church; American Hose Company; Balloons; Bangor Episcopal Church; Berks County Historical Society; Binkley's Bridge; Bird-In-Hand Friends Meetinghouse; Boehm's Chapel; Buch Tavern; Buchanan Park; Caledonia Furnace; Carpenter's Union Church; Cat Tavern; Cemeteries; Central Cigar Store; Chalices; Chestnut Level Presbyterian Church; Christ Lutheran Church; Christian Herr House; Christiana Resistance; Churches; Clare Point Stock Farm; Columbia - Wrightsville Bridge; Columbia Friends Meetinghouse; Conestoga Furnace; Conestoga Glue Factory; Conestoga Navigation Company; Conestoga wagon; Cosgrove's Tavern; County House; Courthouses; Covered bridges; Disasters; Donegal Presbyterian Church; Downing's Mill; Eagle Hotel; Eden Iron Works; Edge Tool Forge; Elizabeth Furnace; Emmanuel Lutheran Church; Engleside, Lancaster Twp.; Ephemera; Ephrata Cloister; Ephrata Mountain Springs Hotel; Exchange Hotel; Feagleyville; Federal Hall; Finding aids; Fire departments; Fires; First National Store; First Presbyterian Church, Lancaster; First Reformed Church, Lancaster; Fites Eddy Hotel; Fountain Inn; Franklin and Marshall College; Franklin College; Franklin House; Fulton Cotton Mill; General Sutter Inn; Golden Swan Hotel; Grace Lutheran Church; Graeff's Landing; Grape Tavern; Gravestones; Graveyards; Green Cottage; Grubb Mansion; Halfway House; Hans Herr House; Hardwicke; Harmony Hall; Heinitsh Drug Store; Historical markers; Hope Episcopal Church; Hopewell Forge; Hotels; Humane Fire Company; Humes Woolen Mill; Hutter's Folly; Indian Queen Tavern; Indigenous peoples; J. B. Distillery; Keener's Mill; Kepler Lodge; Krug House; Lafayette Hill; Lamb Tavern; Lamparter's Row; Lancaster Academy; Lancaster County Courthouse; Lancaster County Historical Society; Lancaster County National Bank; Lancaster County Prison; Lancaster Curling Club; Lancaster Fencibles; Lancaster Moravian Church; Landisville Mennonite Meetinghouse; Leacock Presbyterian Church; Linden Hall; Lititz Moravian Church; Manuscript groups; Marietta and Susquehanna Trading Company; Markets; Martic Forge, Martic Twp.; Martin Meylin's Gunshop; Masonic halls; Masonic lodges; Massasoit Hall; Mechanics Library; Mellinger Mennonite Church; Middle Octorara Presbyterian Church; Millersville Academy; Millersville State Normal School; Millersville University; Mills; Mischler's Exchange; Mishler's Beer Garden; Montgomery House; Monuments; Moss Cigar Factory; Mount Bethel Mansion; Mount Hope Furnace; Native Americans; Odd Fellows Hall; Old City Hall; Old Welsh Graveyard; Paper mills; Parish houses; Paxton Boys; Penn Square; Pennsbury Manor; Pennsylvania Railroad; Pequea Presbyterian Church; Petroglyphs; Photographs; Plough Tavern; Poole Forge; Postlethwaite's Tavern; Powder houses; Practical Farmer Hotel; Ranck's Mill; Reigart's Landing; Reigart's Old Wine Store; Relay Hotel; Revolutionary War; Rock Ford; Ruth's Fine Groceries; Sadsbury Friends Meetinghouse; Safe Harbor Rolling Mill; Schools; Scrapbooks; Shiffler Fire Company; Ship Tavern; Shippen School; Sign of the Bull Tavern; Sign of the Hat Tavern; Sorrel Horse Hotel; St. Catherine of Siena Catholic Church; St. James Episcopal Church; St. John's Episcopal Church; St. John's Lutheran Church; St. John's United Church of Christ; St. Mary's Catholic Church; St. Michael's Lutheran Church; St. Paul's United Church of Christ; St. Peter's Catholic Church; Stamps; Stehli Silk Mill; Stock certificates; Strasburg Academy; Strasburg Mennonite Cemetery; Strasburg Methodist Episcopal Church; Sunflower Inn; Swamp Church; Swan Hotel; Tavern signs; Taverns; Ten Hour House; Three Crowns Tavern; Trinity Lutheran Church; Union Bethel Church; Union Fire Company; Union Hotel; Valley Forge, Chester County, Pennsylvania; Vermont Historical Society; Voganville Hotel; Wabank House; Washington Hotel; Washington Memorial Chapel; Waterloo Tavern; Waterworks; Watt and Shand; Weaverland Mennonite Church; Wheatland; White Horse Hotel; White Swan Hotel; William Pitt Tavern; Windsor Forge; Witmer's Bridge; Witness Tree; Woodward Hill Cemetery; F. W. Woolworth Co.; York Furnace; Young Men's Christian Association; Zion Lutheran Church

Extent: 1 scrapbook, 4 boxes, 112 folders, 3.5 cubic ft.

Object Name: Archive

Language: English

Object ID: MG0184

Location of Originals: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania

Copies: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania

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).; "Mr. Geo. Steinman who started this collection of pictures. This book was presented to the Lanc. Co. Historical Society after his death by Mr. Geo. S. Franklin."; John M. Gibson is recorded as the donor, 1968, in LancasterHistory's accession records.; LancasterHistory is committed to preserving and providing access to materials chronicling Lancaster County's heritage. As a historical resource, this document reflects the racial prejudices and actions of the era. In order to maintain the historical integrity and context of collection items, LancasterHistory does not censor historical documents or edit language, titles, or organization names when transcribing original content.

Access Conditions / Restrictions: Please use digital images and transcriptions when available.; The use of the original album is restricted. Please contact Research@LancasterHistory.org with questions.

Copyright: Images have been provided for research purposes only. Please contact Research@LancasterHistory.org for a high-resolution image and permission to publish.; LancasterHistory retains the rights to the digital images and content presented. The doctrine of fair use allows limited use of copyrighted material without permission from the copyright holder. Fair use includes comment, criticism, teaching, and private scholarship. Any images and data downloaded, printed or photocopied for these purposes should provide a citation. All other uses beyond those allowed by fair use require written permission.; Permission for reproduction and/or publication must be obtained in writing from LancasterHistory. Persons wishing to publish any material from this site must assume all responsibility for identifying and satisfying any claimants of copyright or other use restrictions. Publication fees may apply.

Credit: Courtesy of LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.

Other Numbers: MG-184

Classification: MG0184

Description Level: Fonds

Custodial History: Series 1 processed and finding aid prepared PK and MSH, 2008. Series 2 finding aid prepared by JE, 2018. Added to database 20 July 2021.; Digitization of this document was funded by the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, PHMC Appl ID # C980002119, 2021-2024.

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Former Indian habitations and ancient relics found near Lancaster City

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Author: Landis, David Bachman,

Date of Publication: 1934

borders, ten years after the period when Lancaster became a borough in 1742 and before a massacre of the Conestoga Indians in 1763. Within the present confines of Lancaster city, preceding advent of the white man, early in the eighteenth century, there were around about its various hill slopes numbers of

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Responsibility: by D. B. Landis.

Author: Landis, David Bachman,

Place of Publication: Lancaster, Pa

Publisher: Lancaster County Historical Society,

Date of Publication: 1934

Physical Description: [1]-12 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

Series: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 38, no. 1

Subjects: Indians of North America - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.; Lancaster County (Pa.) - History.; Lancaster County (Pa.) - Antiquities.

Contained In: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 38, number 1 (1934), p. 1-12Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.38

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Bronze tables on St. James's Church

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Author: Worner, William Frederic.

Date of Publication: 1931.

inscription until 1858, when it cracked while being rung for a service. Sub- sequently, it was recast, and to-day bears the following inscrip- tion: "Pack & Chapman of London. Fecit. St. James's Church, Lancaster, Pennsylvania." The Lancaster County Historical Society has in its collections �the original

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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: [177]-182 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

Series: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 35, no. 8

Subjects: St. James Episcopal Church (Lancaster, Pa.); Lancaster (Pa.) - History - 18th century.

Contained In: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 35, number 8 (1931), p. 177-182Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.35

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The Society of the Cincinnati in Lancaster

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Author: Martin, C. H.

Date of Publication: 1937

The Society of the Cincinnati in Lancaster By C. H. MARTIN Incorporated in the membership certificate of a society organized by officers of the American Army, at the time of its disbanding in 1783, are these words: "The duty of laying down in peace arms assumed for public defence, and of uniting in

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Responsibility: by C. H. Martin.

Author: Martin, C. H.

Place of Publication: Lancaster, Pa

Publisher: Lancaster County Historical Society,

Date of Publication: 1937

Physical Description: [93]-101 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

Series: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 41, no. 4

Subjects: Society of the Cincinnati.; Lancaster (Pa.) - History - 18th century.; Lancaster (Pa.) - Biography.

Contained In: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 41, number 4 (1937), p. 93-101Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.41

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Lancaster County and the Swedish settlement on the Delaware

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Author: Heiges, George L.

Date of Publication: 1938

Pennsylvania (1797) and reappeared in Rupp's History of Lancaster County (1845), a Swedish missionary was stationed at the Indian village of Conestoga about 1710. This is the story as it appears in Proud's history: "In or about the year of our Lord, 1710, a Swedish missionary preached a sermon, at an Indian

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Responsibility: by George L. Heiges.

Author: Heiges, George L.

Place of Publication: Lancaster, Pa

Publisher: Lancaster County Historical Society,

Date of Publication: 1938

Physical Description: [97]-104 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

Series: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 42, no. 4

Subjects: Swedes - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.; New Sweden - History.; Lancaster County (Pa.) - History - 17th century.

Contained In: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 42, number 4 (1938), p. 97-104Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.42

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Continental stables in Lancaster

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Author: Byrne, Jacob Hill.

Date of Publication: 1932

and reprisals for digging and refining the same. From that time to the present, this reservation has been of no practical effect; because, unfortunately, no gold or silver has ever been found in the soil now occupied by the city of Lancaster. A good deal of gold and silver has been sunk in the ground

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Responsibility: by Jacob Hill Byrne, Esq.

Author: Byrne, Jacob Hill.

Place of Publication: Lancaster, Pa

Publisher: Lancaster County Historical Society,

Date of Publication: 1932

Physical Description: [177]-186 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

Series: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 36, no. 7

Subjects: Lancaster County Historical Society (Pa.); Historical markers - Pennsylvania - Lancaster.; Historic buildings - Pennsylvania - Lancaster.; Lancaster (Pa.) - History.

Contained In: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 36, number 7 (1932), p. 177-186Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.36

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The unveiling of the Eichholtz tablet and valuable notes concerning some portraits by the distinguished artist, Jacob Eichholtz

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Author: Barnes, Horace Richards.

Date of Publication: 1935

by The Lancaster County Historical Society, not only to the city, but also to the county and to the state of Pennsylvania. The exercises were held Sunday afternoon, October 13, 1935, on South Lime Street, Lancaster, Pennsylvania; and the tablet was placed on the property No. 46 South Lime Street

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Responsibility: by Professor Horace R. Barnes.

Author: Barnes, Horace Richards.

Place of Publication: Lancaster, Pa

Publisher: Lancaster County Historical Society,

Date of Publication: 1935

Physical Description: [121]-125 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

Series: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 39, no. 6

Subjects: Eichholtz, Jacob, - 1776-1842.; Lancaster County Historical Society (Pa.); Historical markers - Pennsylvania - Lancaster.; Historic buildings - Pennsylvania - Lancaster.; Portraits, American; Lancaster (Pa.) - Biography.

Contained In: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 39, number 6 (1935), p. 121-125Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.39

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History of Lodge no. 43, F. & A.M., of Lancaster, Pennsylvania, 1785-1935 : with biographical sketches of charter members, past members, and present officers together with complete list of members of the lodge from its constitution

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Author: Welchans, George Reuben,

Date of Publication: 1936

Call Number: 366.1 F855c

Responsibility: by George R. Welchans, et.al.

Author: Welchans, George Reuben,

Place of Publication: Lancaster, Pa

Publisher: The Lodge,

Date of Publication: 1936

Physical Description: xx, 438 p. 24 cm

Subjects: Freemasons. - Lodge, No. 43 - Lancaster (Pa.); Freemasonry - Lancaster (Pa.)

Additional Author: Hershey, Andrew Hiestand,

Location: Lancaster History Library - Lancaster County

Call Number: 366.1 F855c

James Buchanan, the squire from Lancaster

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Author: Auchampaugh, Philip Gerald.

Date of Publication: 1931.

Call Number: 905.748 HSP v.55

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Responsibility: by Philip G. Auchampaugh.

Author: Auchampaugh, Philip Gerald.

Place of Publication: Philadelphia, Pa

Publisher: Historical Society of Pennsylvania ,

Date of Publication: 1931.

Physical Description: pp. 288-300 ; 23 cm.

Notes: In: Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography, v. 55.; Regards Buchanan's relationship to Lancaster. Includes a detailed description of Lancaster in his day.; This record provides a link to this resuorce on the publisher's official online repository.

Subjects: Buchanan, James, - 1791-1868.; Lancaster (Pa.) - History - 19th century.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Periodical Article

Call Number: 905.748 HSP v.55

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Lancaster's contribution to New York in the fire of 1835

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Author: Worner, William Frederic.

Date of Publication: 1930

and townships in the county also responded with generous sub- scriptions. The Moravian congregation of Lancaster made a special offering ; money was collected in the common schools ; and the chil- dren of St. James's Episcopal Sunday school, Lancaster city, con- tributed. The treasurer of the fund

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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: 273-275 p. ; 23 cm.

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

Subjects: Fires - New York (State) - New York.; Lancaster (Pa.) - History - 19th century.

Contained In: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 34, number 12 (1930), p. 273-275Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.34

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Graveyard of the Revolutionary soldiers of Lititz

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Author: Beck, Herbert Huebener,

Date of Publication: 1933

GRAVEYARD OF THE REVOLUTIONARY SOLDIERS AT LITITZ* By HERBERT H. BECK OR nearly a century the burial place of the 110 Revolutionary soldiers who had been interred in Lititz was a mystery. At least Abraham R. Beck, former archivist of the Lititz Moravian Congregation, who was born in 1833 and who

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Responsibility: by Herbert H. Beck.

Author: Beck, Herbert Huebener,

Place of Publication: Lancaster, Pa

Publisher: Lancaster County Historical Society,

Date of Publication: 1933

Physical Description: [1]-5 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

Series: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 37, no. 1

Subjects: Cemeteries - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.; Lancaster County (Pa.) - History - 17th century.; Lititz (Pa.) - History - Revolution, 1775-1783.

Contained In: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 37, number 1 (1933), p. 1-5Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.37

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George Washington in Lancaster

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Author: Worner, William Frederic.

Date of Publication: 1933

Call Number: 974.9 L245 v.37

Responsibility: by William Frederic Worner.

Author: Worner, William Frederic.

Place of Publication: Lancaster, Pa

Publisher: Lancaster County Historical Society,

Date of Publication: 1933

Physical Description: [181]-228 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

Series: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 37, no. 8

Subjects: Washington, George, - 1732-1799 - Journeys.; Lancaster County (Pa.) - History - 18th century.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Journal

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Major John Light--a hero of the Revolutionary War

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Author: Worner, William Frederic.

Date of Publication: 1930

ultimo, [September], at his residence in Columbia, Pa., in the 69th year of his age, Mr. Michael Wislar. He was one of the worthies who early engaged in the contest for freedom, in the Revolutionary War. In his 19th year, he entered the standing army of his country, and continued therein until the

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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: 167-168 p. ; 23 cm.

Series: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 34, no. 7

Subjects: Light, John.; Lancaster (Pa.) - History - 18th century.

Contained In: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 34, number 7 (1930), p. 167-168Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.34

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Brigadier General Jeremiah Mosher : a hero of the Revolution

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Author: Worner, William Frederic.

Date of Publication: 1930

directed to proceed through the Prov- ince of Maine to the Kenebec river, and to ascend it in boats, as far as practicable, then to penetrate through the wilderness to the river Chaudierre, in the Province of Canada, and thence to the 2 Lancaster Journal, Friday, March 19th, 1830. �city of Quebec. The

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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: [265]-270 p. ; 23 cm.

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

Subjects: Mosher, Jeremiah, - 1753-1830.; Lancaster (Pa.) - History - 18th century.

Contained In: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 34, number 12 (1930), p. 265-270Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.34

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