The American statesman: a political history, exhibiting the origin, nature and practical operation of constitutional government in the United States; the rise and progress of parties, the legislation relating to all matters of national importance, with views of distinguished statesmen on questions of foreign and domestic policy
The Holy Bible : containing the Old and New Testaments, translated out of the original tongues, with a complete concordance ... 100,000 marginal references and readings. Apocrypha and Psalms in metre. Dr. William Smith's Standard Bible dictionary ... A comprehensive and critical description of the tabernacle and its sacred furniture ; together with an account of the priesthood and the worship and sacrifices of the Israelites. Compiled expressly for this edition of the Holy Bible, chiefly from the writings of Dr. William Smith, Dean Milman, Rev. John Kitto ... [et al.] ... A history of all the religious denominations of the world, and many other important and useful aids to the study of the Holy Scriptures ... with over 2500 ... illustrations, on steel, wood, and in colors
New Testament has special t.p. :[Contrasted editions]. Both versions of the New Testament of Our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, translated out of the original Greek ; being the version set forth A.D. 1611. Compared with the most ancient authorities and revised A.D. 1881. The old (King James)--version and the revised version arranged in parallel columns for convenience in reference and comparison ...
Genealogy of John R. Fisher and Alice Herr on four pages following the Apocrypha.
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Full morocco binding with elababote gold tooling on both covers, Holy Bible in circular recess; part of tooling at base of spine missing; edge gilding.
New devotional and explanatory pictorial family Bible : containing the Old and New Testaments, apocrypha, concordance, and psalms in metre, translated out of the original tongues, with all former translations diligently compared and revised
1682 pages in various pagings, [54] leaves of plates : illustrations (some color), maps ; 32 cm
Notes
"With illustrations of scenes and incidents in the life of Christ; the cities and towns of the Bible; scenes in the life of St. Paul; topographical sketch of Jerusalem and the Holy Land; the wanderings in the wilderness; illustrations of the Tabernacle and Solomon's Temple; scenes in the lives of the patriarchs, prophets and kings of the Old Testament; illustrations of Bible scenes and incidents; animals, birds, insects, etc. of the Bible; illustrations of the trees, plants and flowers of the Bible; biographies of the reformers and martyrs, etc.
"Together with Dr. William Smith's dictionary of the Bible, in which every important scriptural word is fully explained, and a complete history of each book of the Bible, beautifully illustrated, a history of all the religious denominations of the world, illustrations of the parables of Jesus and proverbs of Solomon, history of the translation of the Bible, chronological and other useful tables, treatises, maps, etc., designed to promote and facilitate the study of the sacred scriptures."
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Frantz-Weaver Bible.
Genealogy of Samuel O. Frantz and Emma Weaver preceding the Old Testament.
Loose items removed to MG-399, Frantz-Weaver family bible, include a feather, newspaper clippings, letters, calling cards, unidentified photographs, wall paper samples, and other mememtoes
The Holy Bible : containing the Old and New Testaments translated out of the original tongues : with the Apocrypha, Concordance and Psalms, and revised New Testament
The New Testament has special t.p.: Both versions of the New Testament of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ translated out of the Greek : being the version set forth A.D. 1611 compared with the most ancient authorities and revised A.D. 1881 ...
Four pages for family records inserted after Apocrypha.
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From the Collection of the Heritage Center Museum, P96.28.1.
Nissley family genealogy, 1863-1973.
Nissley family bible.
Full leather binding with blind tooling and title in gilt on front cover and spine; marbled end papers, gilt edged with tabs; silver clasp intact.
Contents
The names and order of all the books of the Old and New Testaments, and of the Apocrypha -- Contents of the books of the Old and New Testaments -- Chronological and other valuable tables -- Bible aids for social and private prayer -- History of the religious denominations of the world, both ancient ande modern -- Illustrations and explanations of the proverbs of Solomon / by Edward D. Lewis -- Gallery of scripture illustrations -- A comprehensive and critical description of the Israelitsh tabernacle and its sacred furniture / by Williiam Smith -- Gallery of scripture illustrations... / by John L. Williamson -- The wanderings in the wilderness, being an account of the forty years' sojourn of the Israelites in the desert / by Edward H. Harper -- Comprehensive and critical history of the books of the Holy Bible ... / by William Smith -- Complete and practical household dictionary of the Bible ... / by William Smith -- List of readings and renderings preferred by the Ameridan Committee, recorded at their desire -- A chronological inidex to the Holy Bible -- Alphabetical table of the proper names in the Old and New Testaments ... -- Concordance to the Old and and New Testaments -- The psalms of David in metre.
The Holy Bible : containing the Old and New Testaments, translated out of the original tongues, and with the former trnaslations diligently dompared and revised; with the Apocrypha, concordance and Psalms : the text conformable to the Oxford and the American Bible Society's standard editions
Four pages of family history partially by William Henning, Scrivener.
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From the collecltion of the Heritage Center Museum, PO6.18.1.
Genealogy of Habacker family, 1852-1941.
Full leather molded covers with gilded design on front, back, spine, and edges; gilded page edges; Sue F. Shenk stamped in gilt in center of front cover; brass clasp intact.
Contents
Contents of the books of the Old and New Testaments -- Improved comprehensive helps to the study of the Bible ... -- The comprehensive pronouncing Bible dictionary / by Smith, Kitto and Fairbairn -- The books of the Bible, biographical and historicdal -- Tables of scripture measures, weights, and coins -- by Richard of Peterborough -- A table of the several passages in the Old Testament, quoted by Christ and His apostles in the New Testament -- A chronological index to the Holy Bible ... An alphabetical table of the proper names in the Old and New Testaments -- The psalms of David in metre.
Publishers: George H. Ranck & J.W. Sandoe, 1873-1878; George H. Ranck, 1878-1903; C. R. Martin and H. A. Showalter, 1903-1931; and the Raymond Evers Whitmore family, 1931-1984.
Electronic reproduction. Vol. 1, no. 1 (Jan. 18, 1873)-v. 77, no. 52 (Dec. 29, 1950). Lancaster, Pa. : Lancaster County Historical Society, 2008. Mode of access: World Wide Web.
Summary
The New Holland Clarion was published weekly in New Holland, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania from 1873-1984. Until the 1950s, it was the only newspaper for New Holland and chronicles the history of that municipality beginning in 1873. The newspaper provided the local news, world and regional news, information on social events and businesses, and historical sketches of New Holland.
Rights
Digital images copyright Lancaster County Historical Society, Lancaster, Pa. and Eastern Lancaster County Library, New Holland, Pa. All rights reserved. May be used for educational purposes as long as a credit statement is included. For all other uses, contact the Lancaster County Historical Society, 230 North President Ave., Lancaster, PA 17603. Phone: (717) 392-4633. Web site: www.lancasterhistory.org.
"No license." The great pending question. Taxpayers! Look to your interests. What the liquor traffic costs the people. An address to the citizens of Lancaster County, adopted by the No-license Convention, held in Lancaster
"The tax records for this township [Caernarvon] which are here reporduced cover the following years: 1754, 1756-1759, 1769-1770, 1772-1773, 1775, 1777-1783, 1785-1793, 1797-1798, 1800-1803, 1805-1816, 1818-1822, 1824-1828, 1830-1832, 1834, 1836, 1839-1841, 1845."
There is one entry for "Elizabeth Township" in the 1780 PDF file. The entry for Elizabeth Township can be found starting on the 22nd page of the 1780 PDF file.
Recollections of the Hon. A. L. Hayes; incidents of his early and long connection with Lancaster Courts; references made to lawyers James Hopkins, James Buchanan, William Jenkins, William Norris, George Porter, Ebenezer Wright, Clark Frazer and others.
Reprinted from the Daily New Era, January 31, 1878.
The people's standard edition of the Holy Bible : containing the Old and New Testaments and the Apocryphal writings ... the whole prepared expressly for this edition
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From the Collection of the Heritage Center Museum, P95.20.1
Landis family bible.
Genealogy of the Landis family, 1835-1931.
A portrait of D. B. Landis (removed from a book) and a manuscript of the marriage of David Musselman (second time) and Susan Schmeling (1832) and the death of Susan M. Kline (1849) removed and placed in Heritage Center file.
Light brown leather with dark brown stamped ornamentation with gold-stamped ornamentation including Israel C. Landis on front cover; heavy brass clasp, gild eged pages. Like new condition.
Contents
Literature, history, and inspiration of the Holy Bible / James P Boyd -- Civil, social, and domestic life of the Hebrews ... -- Names and order of all the books of the Old and New Testaments, and of the Aprocrypha ... -- Guide to illustrations -- Scripture illustrations and the descriptions of scenes and events in the life of Christ and the apostle Paul ... / Albert Leighton Rawson -- A new and concise dictionary of the Bible ... -- Denominations, sects, and creeds in all ages of the world ... / James P. Boyd -- Contents of tabular aids -- Analytical and chronological aids to the study of the holy scriptures ... -- Contents of the books of the Old and New Testaments -- Family history pages -- A chronological index to the Holy Bible ... -- Offices and sects mentioned in the scriptures -- Concordance to the Old and New Testaments -- The Psalms of David in metre.
Neue illustrirte Familien Bibel : fuÃŒâ¸r haÃŒâ¸usliche Erbauung und Belehrung, enthaltend das Alte und Neue Testament, mit den Apokryphen, der Concordanz und Randparallelen
At head of title: Nationale Publications Gesellschafts Pracht-Ausgabe.
Title on both covers and spine: Heilige Schrift.
Engraved portrait of Martin Luther, preceding title page.
Red and black title page.
Text printed in double column, verse form, reference column down center of page inside double rules, with chronology at top. Verse nos. indented in matching type. Title and chapter no. centered across top of both pages, with running heads. Chapter no. centered in column in larger type. Chapter summaries in smaller type.
Includes a history of the books of the Bible and of the German translations (second group of pages), list of illustrations (third group), illustrations (fourth, fifth, and sixth group), chronology (seventh group), glossary to denominations and religious terms (eighth group), blank pages for family register (eleventh group), and photo-album pages (twelfth group).
Engravings by G. Dore̹ throughout the volume.
The New Testament is divided into sections for readings on Sundays and Holy Days, with sectional headings in parentheses.
The Deuterocanonical Books follow the Old Testament and have special pagination (tenth group); the New Testament pagination continues the one of the Old Testament.
United Bible Societies language: German.
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From the Collection of the Heritage Center Museum, P00.26.1
Genealogy of Horst family, 1812-1861.
Four items removed to Heritage Center Museum acquisitions file: manuscript of birth of Polly Thelber [?], in 1813; unknown person died on 19 March 1895, age 81 years; german script containing information about Beth, Gimel, Daley, Johannes, and Jeremia; and a note from David Horst to his parents announcing the death of Ellie, who died of brain fever at age 18, planting season is going well.
Bound in brown leather, on heavy embossed board covers, gold stamped, title in gold on indented center of cover and on back; title in gold on spine; marbled end papers; marbled edge.
Neue illustrirte Familien Bibel : fuÃŒâ¸r HaÃŒâ¸usliche Erbauung und Belehrung, enthaltend das Alte und Neue Testament, mit den Apokryphen, der Concordanz und Randparallelen
Engraved portrait of Martin Luther, facing title page.
Text printed in double column, verse form, reference column down center of page inside double rules, with chronology at top. Verse nos. indented in matching type. Title and chapter no. centered across top of both pages, with running heads. Chapter no. centered in column in larger type. Chapter summaries in smaller type.
Includes a history of the German translations of the Scriptures, a preface and list of the books of the Bible, illustrations, chronology, biographical and historical overview of the books of the Bible, blank pages for family register, concordance, Old Testament, Apocrypha, New Testament.
The New Testament is divided into sections for readings on Sundays and Holy Days, with sectional headings in parentheses.
Both the Old and the New Testament have an added title page.
Engravings by G. Dore̹ throughout the volume with English and German titles.
United Bible Societies language: German.
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From the Collection of the Heritage Center Museum, P96.4.1.
Three items removed and placed in the Heritage Center acquisitions file: newspaper account of the accidental death of John W. Martin, witnessed by his son Edwin, Jacob H. Peters, and Samuel H. McEllheney, examined by Dr. John F. Mentzer; a marriage certificate for John Sensinig and Susanna W. Martin, 1878; and a slip of paper containing the signature of Anna Sensenig.
Sensig family genealogy, 1859-1939.
Bound in dark brown leather, on heavy embossed board covers, gold stamped; title in gold on spine; covers nearly detached and abraded; marbled edges.
xlvii, [1], 1159, [3], 19, [1] pages, [7] leaves of plates : illustrations, color map ; 28 cm
Notes
Cover title: The Holy Bible, complete, and how to understand it.
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From the Collection of the Heritage Center Museum, P95.26.1
Stauffer genealogy,
1 marriage certificate for Christian E. Stauffer and Susan E. Mohn, 21 March 1871; 2 obituaries for Ellen M. Stauffer Nolt, 9 February 1949; 1 scrap of paper with Ellen M. Nolt, died 89 February 1949; 1 scrap of paper with dates and Henry M. Stauffer, died 20 July 1918 and Christian E. Stauffer, died 13 June 1923; 1 scrap of paper with Milton M. Stauffer died 21 December 1935; and a sheet of paper with a handwritten obituary of Christian E. Stauffer, died 13 June, 1923 placed in the Heritage Center acquisitions file.
Maroon three-quarter leather binding with gilt stamped title on cover and spine and gilt tooling on spine; gilt edges.
