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The Martin Meylin anvil and papers

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Author: Beck, Herbert Huebener,

Date of Publication: 1949

Call Number: 974.9 L245 v.53

Responsibility: by Herbert H. Beck.

Author: Beck, Herbert Huebener,

Place of Publication: Lancaster, Pa

Publisher: Lancaster County Historical Society,

Date of Publication: 1949

Physical Description: 150-154 p. ; 23 cm.

Series: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 53, no. 5

Subjects: Mylin, Martin, - 1670-1749.; Mylin family.; Gunsmithing; Gunsmiths - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.; Blacksmithing; Blacksmiths - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Journal

Call Number: 974.9 L245 v.53

William Henry : progenitor of the steamboat, riflemaker, patriot

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Author: Beck, Herbert Huebener,

Date of Publication: 1950

single piece marked "W. H. Lancaster." Nor is one among the Henry de- scendants. Even though he was known to be a liberal advertiser, William Henry probably did not mark his guns; as, fortunately for the records of the Penn- sylvania rifle, did Martin Meylin (1670-1749) and Matthew Roesser (1708- �1771

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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: 1950

Physical Description: [65]-88 p. ; 23 cm.

Series: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 54, no. 4

Subjects: Henry, William, - 1729-1786.; United States. - Army - Officers.; Steam-navigation; Inventors - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.; Gunsmiths - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.; United States - History - Revolution, 1775-1783.

Contained In: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 54, number 4 (1950), p. 65-88Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.54

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Report of the committee to place and unveil a marker designating and commemorating the Indian town of Conestoga, in Manor Township, Lancaster County, Penna

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Date of Publication: 1924

weather was cool and cloudy. The event was delightful to everyone and a success in every respect. The chairmen presiding at the rendition of the program were Col. Henry W. Shoemaker, chairman of the Pennsylvania Historical Commission, and Professor Herbert H. Beck, president of the Lancaster County

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Place of Publication: Lancaster, Pa

Publisher: Lancaster County Historical Society,

Date of Publication: 1924

Physical Description: 129-149 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

Series: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 28, no. 9

Subjects: Penn, William, - 1644-1718.; Indian Town (Conestoga, Pa.); Historical markers - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.; Indians of North America - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.; Conestoga Indians.; Paxton Boys.; Conestoga Massacre, Pa., 1763.; Conestoga (Pa. : Township) - History.

Additional Author: Magee, Daniel F.; Landis, David H.,; Beck, Herbert Huebener,

Contained In: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 28, number 9 (1924), p. 129-152Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.28

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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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A chapter on the ornithology of Lancaster county, Pennsylvania with supplementary notes on the mammals

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Author: Beck, Herbert Huebener,

Date of Publication: n.d.]

Call Number: 598.2 B393

Responsibility: by Herbert H. Beck...

Author: Beck, Herbert Huebener,

Place of Publication: [n.p

Date of Publication: n.d.]

Physical Description: 39 p. ; 23 cm.

Notes: Originally in "Lancaster county, Pennsylvania--a history," by H.M.J. Klein, 1924. Reprinted by permission of the Lewis Historical Publishing co., inc.

Subjects: Birds - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.; Mammals - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Lancaster County

Call Number: 598.2 B393

History of the Moravian congregation of Lititz, Pennsylvania

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Author: Huebener, Mary Augusta,

Date of Publication: 1949.

Call Number: 284.6 H874

Responsibility: by Mary Augusta Huebener.

Author: Huebener, Mary Augusta,

Place of Publication: Bethlehem, Pa

Publisher: Times Pub. Co.,

Date of Publication: 1949.

Physical Description: p. 199-310, [1] leaf of plates : ill. ; 24 cm.

Notes: "This volume is published in connection with the celebration of the Bicentennial Celebration of the Moravian Congregation at Lititz, Pennsylvania [...] The following pages have appeared in the Transaction of the Moravian Historical Society (Volume XIV, Parts 3 and 4)". -- Foreword.; Includes bibliographical references.

Contents: Bicentennial history of the Lititz Moravian congregation / by Mary Augusta Huebener -- The Beck Family School / by Herbert Huebener Beck -- Linden Hall Junior College and School for Girls, 1748-1948 / by W.N. Schwarze.

Subjects: Moravian Church - Pennsylvania - History.; Beck Family School for Boys.; Linden Hall Junior College and School for Girls.; Moravians - Pennsylvania - Lititz.; Lititz (Pa.) - Church history.

Additional Author: Huebener, Mary Augusta,; Beck, Herbert Huebener,; Schwarze, William Nathaniel,

Additional Corporate Author: Moravian Historical Society.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Lancaster County

Call Number: 284.6 H874

Henry E. Leman, riflemaker

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Author: Beck, Herbert Huebener,

Date of Publication: 1936

the powder, particularly in wet weather. If the powder, which was poured into the priming pan of the flintlock, became moist, the gun would not go off at the * David F. Magee in his pa per "The So-Called 'Kentucky Rifle' as made in Lancaster County," (Vol. XXX, p. 58), lists 94 gunsmiths who were

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Responsibility: by Herbert H. Beck, Sc. D.

Author: Beck, Herbert Huebener,

Place of Publication: Lancaster, Pa

Publisher: Lancaster County Historical Society,

Date of Publication: 1936

Physical Description: [37]-49 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

Series: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 40, no. 3

Subjects: Leman, Henry Eichholtz, - 1812-1887.; Leman, James C., - 1865.; Beck, Abraham Reincke, - 1833-1928.; Beck Family School (Lititz, Pa.); Gunsmiths - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.; Industries - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County

Contained In: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 40, number 3 (1936), p. 37-49Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.40

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Cannon Hill and the Hessian ditch with personal reminiscences of the Furnace Hills

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Author: Beck, Herbert Huebener,

Date of Publication: 1940

, Stiegel named the township for his wife. See the Names of the Townships, by Joseph H. Dubbs, Vol. I, No. 3, Lancaster County Historical Society. F. A. God- charles, in his Pennsylvania History, says the township was named for Queen Elizabeth. 2 The Horseshoe Pike, which was laid out from Downingtown to

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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: 1940

Physical Description: [21]-39 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

Series: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 44, no. 2

Subjects: Furnace Hills (Lancaster County, Pa.); Hessian Ditch (Lancaster County, Pa.); Iron industry and trade - Pennsylvania.; Lancaster County (Pa.) - Description and travel.

Contained In: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 44, number 2 (1940), p. 21-39Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.44

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Address delivered at the unveiling of a bronze tablet to John Wright, pioneer ferryman

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Author: Beck, Herbert Huebener,

Date of Publication: 1931

not until 1753, rights were granted for Harris's Ferry. That Wright's Ferry was the first important crossing point of the Sus- quehanna, is an established historical fact. We, of Lancaster county, recognize John Wright as a leading figure in the county's history. He was a fitting, resourceful pioneer

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Responsibility: by Prof. Herbert H. Beck.

Author: Beck, Herbert Huebener,

Place of Publication: Lancaster, Pa

Publisher: Lancaster County Historical Society,

Date of Publication: 1931

Physical Description: 199-201 p. ; 23 cm.

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

Subjects: Wright, John, - 1667-1749.; Columbia (Pa.) - History.

Contained In: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 35, number 8 (1931), p. 199-204Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.35

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The story of Shultz's Mill on Beaver Creek

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Author: Beck, Herbert Huebener,

Date of Publication: 1927

ownership is recorded in Philadelphia in Deed Book D, Vol. 2, Page 9; and an admirable map of the Martin Bear tract was placed by H. Frank Eshleman in the pamphlet of the Lancaster �County Historical Society, January, 1924. This map shows that the Martin Bear tract extended north to a point where its

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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: 1927

Physical Description: 97-100 p. ; 23 cm.

Series: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 31, no. 7

Subjects: Shultz, Christian.; Shultz's Mill (Lancaster County, Pa.); Flour mills - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.; Beaver Creek (Lancaster County, Pa.)

Contained In: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 31, number 7 (1927), p. 97-100Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.31

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List of iron furnaces formerly operating in Clarion County

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Author: Beck, Herbert Huebener,

Date of Publication: 1927

. R. L. R. Snyder Mrs. Sara Kuhns Mr. George M. Myers and some others. And to the following: Davis' "History Of Clarion County" Caldwell's "Atlas Of Clarion County" �Device for supplying air blast to primitive iron Air-blast engine of Lancaster County Type, introduced into Clarion County by Christian

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Responsibility: by Herbert Huebener Beck.

Author: Beck, Herbert Huebener,

Place of Publication: Lancaster, Pa

Publisher: Lancaster County Historical Society,

Date of Publication: 1927

Physical Description: 149-153 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

Series: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 31, no. 9 & 10

Subjects: Myers, Christian, - 1796-1877.; Bear, Henry.; Clarion Furnace (Clarion County, Pa.); Iron mines and mining - Pennsylvania - Clarion County; Iron industry and trade - Pennsylvania - Clarion County; Clarion County (Pa.) - History.

Contained In: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 31, number 9/10 (1927), p. 149-153Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.31

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The Beck Family School

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Author: Beck, Herbert Huebener,

Date of Publication: 1949.

Call Number: 370 B393

Responsibility: by Herbert Huebener Beck

Author: Beck, Herbert Huebener,

Place of Publication: Bethlehem, Pa

Publisher: Times Publishing Company ;

Date of Publication: 1949.

Physical Description: p. 273-292 ill. 23 cm.

Notes: Reprinted from an unidentified source.

Subjects: The Beck Family School for Boys, Lititiz, Pa.; Education - Lancaster County.; Audubon Villa - Pennsylvania - Lititz.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Lancaster County

Call Number: 370 B393

The meeting of the Continental Congress in Lancaster

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Author: Beck, Herbert Huebener,

Date of Publication: 1927

and government--1775-1783. Lancaster (Pa.)--History--18th century. Publisher: Lancaster, Pa. : Lancaster County Historical Society, 1927 Description: 101-103 p. ; 23 cm. Series: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 31, no. 7 Call Number: 974.9 L245 v.31 Location: LCHSJL -- Journal

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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: 1927

Physical Description: 101-103 p. ; 23 cm.

Series: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 31, no. 7

Subjects: United States. - Continental Congress.; Constitutional history - United States.; United States - Politics and government - 1775-1783.; Lancaster (Pa.) - History - 18th century.

Contained In: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 31, number 7 (1927), p. 101-103Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.31

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Grandfathers' clocks : their making and their makers in Lancaster County

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Author: Magee, Daniel F.

Date of Publication: 1939.

: 1, Grandfathers' clocks; 2, the makers of Lancaster County, and 3, deal more particularly with their own lives and ancestry, and not extensively with the family history of their descendants; to go beyond this would make the length of the paper far beyond the limits allowed by our rules. It may be a

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Responsibility: by D. F. Magee, Esq.

Author: Magee, Daniel F.

Place of Publication: Lancaster, Pa

Publisher: Lancaster County Historical Society,

Date of Publication: 1939.

Physical Description: [137]-[164] p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

Series: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 43, no. 5

Notes: Second edition of paper originally read April 6, 1917. Contains corrections and additions.

Subjects: Clock and watch makers - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County; Industries - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.; Longcase clocks - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.; Lancaster County (Pa.) - Biography.

Additional Author: Beck, Herbert Huebener,; Coldren, Charles M.,; Gorgas, Harry S.; Heisey, M. Luther,

Contained In: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 43, number 5 (1939), p. 137-164Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.43

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The San Domingo Creek : how it was named

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Author: Beck, Herbert Huebener,

Date of Publication: 1950

Call Number: 974.9 L245 v.54

Responsibility: by Herbert H. Beck.

Author: Beck, Herbert Huebener,

Place of Publication: Lancaster, Pa

Publisher: Lancaster County Historical Society,

Date of Publication: 1950

Physical Description: [63]-64 p. ; 23 cm.

Series: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 54, no. 3

Subjects: Rivers - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.; San Domingo Creek (Lancaster County, Pa.)

Location: Lancaster History Library - Journal

Call Number: 974.9 L245 v.54

Peter Lehn Grosh : (1798-1859)

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Author: Beck, Herbert Huebener,

Date of Publication: 1912

Call Number: 974.9 L245 v.16

Responsibility: by Herbert H. Beck.

Author: Beck, Herbert Huebener,

Place of Publication: Lancaster, Pa

Publisher: Lancaster County Historical Society,

Date of Publication: 1912

Physical Description: 285-291 p. ; 23 cm.

Series: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 16, no. 10

Subjects: Grosh, Peter Lehn, - 1798-1859.; Artists - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.; Portrait painters - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.; Lancaster County (Pa.) - Biography.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Journal

Call Number: 974.9 L245 v.16

Elizabeth Furnace Plantation

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Author: Beck, Herbert Huebener,

Date of Publication: 1965

; the long stables, with their flattened arch doorway, one of the architectural features of Lancaster County today; a general store, used as late as 1832, (gone today); a school house, (gone today); a blacksmith and wagon mak- er's shop (gone today); a grist mill and saw mill (gone today). The char

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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: 1965

Physical Description: [25]-41 p. ill. ; 23 cm.

Series: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 69,l no. 1

Subjects: Coleman, Robert, - 1748-1825.; Iron industry and trade - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.; Glass manufacture - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.; Elizabeth Furnace Plantation (Lancaster County Pa.)

Additional Author: Woerner, H. Ray.

Contained In: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 69, number 1 (1965), p. 25-41Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.69

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Horse-racing in Lancaster County

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Author: Beck, Herbert Huebener,

Date of Publication: 1933.

advertised to be run over the course at New Holland, Lancaster county, Pa., for a purse of sixty dollars. The race was to consist of two mile heats3 and repeat; it was open for any horse, mare or gelding; and each horse was required to carry 140 pounds. An entrance fee of three dollars was required, if

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Responsibility: by Herbert H. Beck and William Frederic Worner.

Author: Beck, Herbert Huebener,

Place of Publication: Lancaster, Pa

Publisher: Lancaster County Historical Society,

Date of Publication: 1933.

Physical Description: [41]-58 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

Series: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 37, no. 3

Subjects: Horse racing - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.; Sports - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.; Lancaster County (Pa.) - Social life and customs.

Additional Author: Worner, William Frederic.

Contained In: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 37, number 3 (1933), p. 41-58Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.37

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The Camerons of Donegal

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Author: Beck, Herbert Huebener,

Date of Publication: 1952.

, with and on which he entertained many of his friends. The life and character of Donald Cameron are intimately connected with this house-boat ; as is a human interest incident worthy of place in Lancaster County history. The record of these subjects comes from Mrs. Mary Calder Appel, of Lancaster, 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: 1952.

Physical Description: [84]-109 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

Series: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 56, no. 4

Subjects: Cameron, Simon, - 1799-1889.; Cameron family.; Donegal Springs (Pa.) - History.

Contained In: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 56, number 4 (1952), p. 84-109Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.56

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Journal of Ensign Thomas Hughes

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Author: Beck, Herbert Huebener,

Date of Publication: 1954.

his "Travels through the Interior Parts of America in a Series of Letters" (London, 1789), left interesting and valuable observations on Lancaster and Lancaster County ; but Ensign Hughes lived in the town for eighteen months, during which time he noted his life and the life about him. There is no

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Responsibility: compiled and annotated by Herbert H. Beck.

Author: Beck, Herbert Huebener,

Place of Publication: Lancaster, Pa

Publisher: Lancaster County Historical Society,

Date of Publication: 1954.

Physical Description: [1]-25 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

Series: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 58, no. 1

Subjects: Hughes, Thomas, - 1759-1790.; Diaries.; Lancaster County (Pa.) - History - 18th century.

Contained In: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 58, number 1 (1954), p. 1-25Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.58

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The Martin Meylin anvil and papers

William Henry : progenitor of the steamboat, riflemaker, patriot

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Report of the committee to place and unveil a marker designating and commemorating the Indian town of Conestoga, in Manor Township, Lancaster County, Penna

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Graveyard of the Revolutionary soldiers of Lititz

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A chapter on the ornithology of Lancaster county, Pennsylvania with supplementary notes on the mammals

History of the Moravian congregation of Lititz, Pennsylvania

Henry E. Leman, riflemaker

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Cannon Hill and the Hessian ditch with personal reminiscences of the Furnace Hills

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Address delivered at the unveiling of a bronze tablet to John Wright, pioneer ferryman

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The story of Shultz's Mill on Beaver Creek

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List of iron furnaces formerly operating in Clarion County

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The Beck Family School

The meeting of the Continental Congress in Lancaster

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Grandfathers' clocks : their making and their makers in Lancaster County

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The San Domingo Creek : how it was named

Peter Lehn Grosh : (1798-1859)

Elizabeth Furnace Plantation

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Horse-racing in Lancaster County

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Journal of Ensign Thomas Hughes

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