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Henry E. Leman, riflemaker

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Author: Beck, Herbert Huebener,

Date of Publication: 1936

Henry E. Leman, Riflemaker By HERBERT H. BECK, Sc.D. RIFLE MADE BY HENRY E. LEMAN, AND PRESENTED BY HIM IN 1872 TO THE BECK FAMILY SCHOOL. Henry E. Leman is worthy of special record by the Lancaster County Historical Society. William U. Hensel, Frank R. Diffen- derffer and David F. Magee have

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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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William Henry : progenitor of the steamboat, riflemaker, patriot

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Author: Beck, Herbert Huebener,

Date of Publication: 1950

president of the Historical Society of Pennsylvania, read a brief paper before the Lancaster County Historical Society on his great-great-grandfather, William Henry. In 1910 John W. Jordan's brother, Francis Jordan, Jr., published "The Life of William Henry," 1 which is the most comprehensive and the best

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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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List of iron furnaces formerly operating in Clarion County

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Author: Beck, Herbert Huebener,

Date of Publication: 1927

Myers and Henry Bear, in 1828. Drawn by Paul E. Beck, from description furnished by John Meissinger, Robert Campbell and Jacob Black, old residents of Clarion who, as youths connected with the iron industry, acquired an intimate knowledge of the early furnace and its operations. These men subscribed to

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

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Author: Magee, Daniel F.

Date of Publication: 1939.

Stoner, Christian Forrer. (the Christian Faver article re-written), John Davis, Samuel Quest, Henry William Hall and Jacob Jameson. The paper with these corrections and additions was re-read to the Society at the October meeting, 1939, by Dr. Herbert H. Beck. Of all the publications of the Lancaster

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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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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

Elizabeth Furnace Plantation Herbert H. Beck Elizabeth Furnace Plantation, one of the historic and picturesque features of Pennsylvania, began with John Jacob Huber of Germany. In 1746 Huber acquired 400 acres of lands, with allowance of 18 acres for roads, then in Warwick Township, Lancaster

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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.

, at Reamstown, Lancaster county.2( The Lancaster Journal of Monday, October 16th, 1815, contained the following news item: (9 Lancaster Journal, Saturday, October 17th, 1812. 20 Proceedings of The Lancaster County Historical Society, Vol. XXXIV, pp. 249-250. 2( Lancaster Journal, Wednesday, September

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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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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

Augustine Herrman, Lancaster County's first map maker

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Author: Beck, Herbert Huebener,

Date of Publication: 1931.

AUGUSTINE HERRMAN, LANCASTER COUNTY'S FIRST MAP MAKER By HERBERT H. BECK A UGUSTINE HERRMAN was one of the leading figures of the lower Susquehanna Valley in the seventeenth century. He was the first man to chart this part of Eastern North America. He named Cecil County, Maryland, which adjoins

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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: 1931.

Physical Description: [261]-266 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

Series: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 35, no. 11

Subjects: Herrman, Augustine.; Cartography - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.; Cartographers - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.

Contained In: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 35, number 11 (1931), p. 261-266Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.35

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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

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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The story of Shultz's Mill on Beaver Creek

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Author: Beck, Herbert Huebener,

Date of Publication: 1927

on Beaver Creek / by Herbert H. Beck. Primary Material: Book Subject(s): Shultz, Christian. Shultz's Mill (Lancaster County, Pa.) Flour mills--Pennsylvania--Lancaster County. Beaver Creek (Lancaster County, Pa.) Publisher: Lancaster, Pa. : Lancaster County Historical Society, 1927 Description: 97-100

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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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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

horseshoes. which often carried many horseshoes to the mile. Whence the name Horse- shoe Pike." Phares E. Will, as the writer remembers him, had a wide and apparently accurate knowledge of the technical lore of northern Lancaster County. His blacksmith shop at Penryn was on the historic Newport road. 3 Henry

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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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Rock Springs and their historic surroundings

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Author: Beck, Herbert Huebener,

Date of Publication: 1943.

and Dixon came to Lancaster to meet William Henry, just as the great scientist, Alexander von Humboldt, came to Lancaster, in 1805, to meet the botanist, Henry E. Muhlenberg.12 For this colossal work Mason and Dixon were paid "besides maintenance, 10 shillings six pence each day for coming and

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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: 1943.

Physical Description: [45]-58 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

Series: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 47, no. 3

Subjects: Hensel, George W., - 1866-1943.; Physical geography - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.; Petrology - Middle Atlantic States.; Indian art - North America.; Rock Springs (Fulton Twp., Lancaster County, Pa.); Mason-Dixon Line.; Maryland (Pa.) - Boundaries.

Contained In: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 47, number 3 (1943), p. 45-58Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.47

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Martin Meylin : a progenitor of the Pennsylvania rifle

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Author: Beck, Herbert Huebener,

Date of Publication: 1949

. Landis (1943). "The So-called Kentucky Rifles as made in Lancaster County," by D. F. Magee, "The American Rifle," by W. U. Hensel, "Lancaster Rifles" by F. R. Diffenderffer, "Henry E. Leman, Riflemaker" by Herbert H. Beck, are all good papers on the subject in the publications of the Lancaster County His

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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: 1949

Physical Description: [33]-[63] p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

Series: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 53, no. 2

Subjects: Mylin, Martin, - 1670-1749.; Mylin family.; Gunsmiths - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.; Rifles; Kentucky rifle.; Lancaster County (Pa.) - History.

Contained In: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 53, number 2 (1949), p. 33-63Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.53

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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

Graveyard of the Revolutionary soldiers of Lititz

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Author: Beck, Herbert Huebener,

Date of Publication: 1933

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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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The Conestoga horse

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Author: Strohm, John,

Date of Publication: 1940

The Conestoga Horse By JOHN STROHM (1793-1884) AND HERBERT H. BECK. The Conestoga horse and the Conestoga wagon were evolved in and about that part of southeastern Pennsylvania which, before it was named Lancaster County, was known as Conestoga. The region was named for a river that has its main

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Responsibility: by John Strohm (1793-1884) and Herbert H. Beck.

Author: Strohm, John,

Place of Publication: Lancaster, Pa

Publisher: Lancaster County Historical Society,

Date of Publication: 1940

Physical Description: [77]-92 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

Series: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 44, no. 5

Summary: This article tells the story of the type of horse that was bred to pull the heavy Conestoga wagons which were vital for trade in colonial America. As that mode of transportation changed , the horse disappeared, because horses were bred for specific purposes. There was no longer a need for the "Conestoga horse".

Subjects: Horses - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.

Additional Author: Beck, Herbert Huebener,

Contained In: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 44, number 5 (1940), p. 77-92Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.44

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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

Historical sketch of rural field sports in Lancaster County

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Author: Beck, Herbert Huebener,

Date of Publication: 1923

snipe shooting with a large com- pany of followers. The late Richard R. Tschudy of Lititz, and Philip Deichler of Lancaster, were typical sportsmen of the height of this period. Few regions in Pennsylvania were better stocked with game in the eighteen sixties, seventies and eighties. The bountiful

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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: 1923

Physical Description: 149-160 p. ; 23 cm.

Series: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 27, no. 9

Subjects: Hunting - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County

Contained In: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 27, number 9 (1923), p. 149-160Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.27

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