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Complete catalogue of the names of all the students who have attended the Lititz Academy for Boys, from A.D. 1815 to A.D. 1865, under the direction of Prof. John Beck to which is appended ... a valedictory letter, embracing a brief history of the rise and progress of the institution

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo15127
Date of Publication
1865.
Call Number
370 c736
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Pearsol & Geist,
Date of Publication
1865.
Physical Description
72, [1] p. ; 22 cm.
Subjects
Lititz Academy for Boys (Lititz, Pa.) - Directories.
John Beck's School Lyceum (Lititz, Pa.) - Directories
Schoools - Pennsylvania - Lititz
Lititz (Pa.) - History
Additional Author
Beck, John,
Additional Corporate Author
Lititz Academy for Boys (Lititz, Pa.)
Location
Lancaster History Library - Lancaster County
Call Number
370 c736
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Records of the revolutionary war: containing the military and financial correspondence of distinguished officers; names of the officers and privates of regiments, companies, and corps, with the dates of their commissions and enlistments; general orders of Washington, Lee, and Greene, at Germantown and Valley Forge; with a list of distinguished prisoners of war; the time of their capture, exchange, etc. To which is added the half-pay acts of the Continental Congress; the revolutionary pension laws; and a list of the officers of the Continental Army who acquired the right to half-pay, commutation, and lands

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo1162
Author
Saffell, William Thomas Roberts,
Date of Publication
1860.
Call Number
973.3 S128
Responsibility
By W. T. R. Saffell.
Author
Saffell, William Thomas Roberts,
Place of Publication
Philadelphia
Publisher
G. G. Evans,
Date of Publication
1860.
Physical Description
554 p. 20 cm.
Notes
First published 1858.
Subjects
Pensions, Military - United States
United States - History - Revolution, 1775-1783 - Sources.
United States - History - Revolution, 1775-1783 - Biography.
United States - History - Revolution, 1775-1783 - Registers, lists, etc.
United States - History - Revolution, 1775-1783 - Prisoners and prisons.
Additional Author
Washington, George,
Lee, Charles,
Greene, Nathanael,
Additional Corporate Author
United States. Continental Congress.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
973.3 S128
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Life of Jefferson Davis, with a seceret history of the Southern Confederacy, gathered "behind the scenes in Richmond." Containing curous and extraordinary information of the principal southern characters in the late war, in connection with President Davis, and in relation to the various intrigues of his administration

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo3925
Author
Pollard, Edward Alfred,
Date of Publication
[1869]
Call Number
923.5 D262p
  1 website  
Responsibility
By Edward A. Pollard...
ISBN
0836950747
Author
Pollard, Edward Alfred,
Place of Publication
Philadelphia, Chicago [etc]
Publisher
National Pub. Co.
Date of Publication
[1869]
Physical Description
viii, 536 p. front. (port.) 23 cm.
Notes
LCHS copy lacks title page.
The author was a pro-slavery and pro-secession journalist and writer. A detailed article about him can be found at Encyclopedia.com : https://www.encyclopedia.com/history/energy-government-and-defense-magazines/edward-pollard
Subjects
Davis, Jefferson, - 1808-1889.
Confederate States of America - History.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Rare Books
Call Number
923.5 D262p
Websites
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Annals of Philadelphia and Pennsylvania in the olden time : being a collection of memoirs, anecdote, and incidents of the city and its inhabitants, and of the earliest settlements of the inland part of Pennsylvania, from the days of the founders : intended to preserve the recollections of olden time, and to exhibit society in its changes and manners and customs, and the city and country in their local changes and improvements

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo16459
Author
Watson, John F.
Date of Publication
1860.
Call Number
974.8 P544 1860
Responsibility
by John F. Watson ; embellished with engravings by T.H. Mumford.
Author
Watson, John F.
Place of Publication
Philadelphia
Publisher
Elijah Thomas,
Date of Publication
1860.
Physical Description
3 v., [28] leaves of plates : ill., map, ports. ; 25 cm.
Notes
Spine title: Watson's annals of Philadelphia.
Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Subjects
Pennsylvania - History.
Philadelphia (Pa.) - History.
Philadelphia (Pa.) - Social life and customs.
Additional Author
Mumford, Thomas Howland,
Location
Lancaster History Library - Rare Books
Call Number
974.8 P544 1860
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Message from the President of the United States to the two Houses of Congress, at the commencement of the first session of the thirty-sixth Congress

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo19834
Corporate Author
United States. President (1857-1861 : Buchanan)
Date of Publication
1860.
Call Number
923.173 B918 1860 36th, 1st
Corporate Author
United States. President (1857-1861 : Buchanan)
Place of Publication
Washington, [D.C.]
Publisher
George W. Bowman, printer,
Date of Publication
1860.
Physical Description
v. ; 23 cm.
Series
36th Congress. 1st session. Senate Ex. Doc ; no. 2
Notes
Library has Vol. 1 only.
Contents
v. 1. Annual message of the President ; Report of the Secretary of the Interior ; Report of the Secretary of War ; Report of the Secretary of the Navy ; Report of the Postmaster-General -- v. 2. Report of the Secretary of War --
Subjects
Buchanan, James, - 1791-1868.
Presidents - United States - Messages.
Political science.
Presidents.
United States - Politics and government - 1857-1861 - Sources.
United States - History - 1849-1877 - Sources.
United States.
History.
Sources.
Additional Corporate Author
United States. Department of the Interior.
United States. War Department.
United States. Navy Department.
United States. Postmaster General.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Rare Books
Call Number
923.173 B918 1860 36th, 1st
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The prayer of Thaddeus Hyatt to James Buchanan, president of the United States, in behalf of Kansas, asking for a postponement of all the land sales in that territory, and for other relief : together with correspondence and other documents setting forth its deplorable destitution from the drought and famine : submitted under oath, October 29, 1860

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo16663
Author
Hyatt, Thaddeus,
Date of Publication
1860.
Call Number
923.173 B918hy
  1 website  
Author
Hyatt, Thaddeus,
Place of Publication
Washington
Publisher
H. Polkinhorn, printer,
Date of Publication
1860.
Physical Description
70 p. ; 23 cm.
Notes
Running title: The Destination in Kansas.
"Mr Hyatt was an abolitionist and inventor. In his opposition to slavery, Hyatt organized the efforts of abolitionists in Kansas to have the territory admitted to the Union as a free-state and campaigned for the federal government to aid Kansans afflicted by drought. Hyatt befriended John Brown and provided Brown with financial support; following the raid on Harpers Ferry, Hyatt was investigated by a committee of the United States Senate." [from Wikipedia]
Subjects
Droughts - Kansas
Famines - Kansas
Public land sales - Kansas
Kansas - History - 1854-1861.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Rare Books
Call Number
923.173 B918hy
Websites
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History of Delaware County, Pennsylvania, from the discovery of the territory included within its limit to the present time, with a notice of the geology of the county, and catalogues of its minerals, plants, quadrupeds, and birds, written under the direction and appointment of the Delaware County Institute of Science

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo6921
Author
Smith, George,
Date of Publication
1862.
Call Number
974.814 S648
  1 website  
Responsibility
by George Smith, M.D.
Author
Smith, George,
Place of Publication
Philadelphia
Publisher
Printed by H.B. Ashmead,
Date of Publication
1862.
Physical Description
vii, [1], 581, [1] p. front., plates, maps (part fold.) facsims. 22 cm.
Notes
Frontispiece (map) wanting.
Subjects
Natural history - Pennsylvania - Delaware County.
Delaware County (Pa.) - History.
Additional Corporate Author
Delaware County Institute of Science (Media, Pa.)
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
974.814 S648
Websites
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An authentic history of Lancaster County : in the state of Pennsylvania

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo10865
Author
Mombert, J. I.
Date of Publication
1869.
Call Number
090 L244bar 1869
Responsibility
by J.I. Mombert.
Author
Mombert, J. I.
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
J.E. Barr & Co.,
Date of Publication
1869.
Physical Description
vii, 617, 175 p., [6] p. of plates : ill., maps (some fold.) 25 cm.
Notes
Natural history of the county: p. 500-614.
Subjects
Natural history - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
Lancaster County (Pa.) - History.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Rare Books
Call Number
090 L244bar 1869
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History of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, and directory of the principal business houses

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo8749
Date of Publication
1869.
Call Number
381 K48
Place of Publication
[Lancaster, Pa.?]
Publisher
Frederick & Co.,
Date of Publication
1869.
Physical Description
24 p. ; 23 cm.
Notes
Cover title.
Advertising matter throughout.
Subjects
Lancaster (Pa.) - History.
Lancaster (Pa.) - Directories.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Lancaster County
Call Number
381 K48
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Trial of the assassins and conspirators for the murder of Abraham Lincoln, and the attempted assassination of Vice-President Johnson and the whole cabinet : the most intensely interesting trial on record : containing the evidence in full, with arguments of counsel on both sides, and the verdict of the military commission : correct likenesses and graphic history of all the assassins, conspirators, and other persons connected with their arrest and trial

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo18141
Date of Publication
c1864 [i.e. 1865]
Call Number
973.7092 T819
Place of Publication
Philadelphia
Publisher
Barclay & Co.,
Date of Publication
c1864 [i.e. 1865]
Physical Description
21-102 p., [1] leaf of plates : ill., map, plans, ports. ; 24 cm.
Notes
Trial of David E. Herold, George A. Atzerodt, Lewis Payne, Michael O'Laughlin, Edward Spangler, Samuel Arnold, Mary E. Surratt, and Samuel A. Mudd, before a military commission at Washington, D.C.
Subjects
Herold, David E., - 1844-1865 - Trials, litigation, etc.
Lincoln, Abraham, - 1809-1865 - Assassination.
Trials (Murder) - Washington (D.C.)
Trials (Assassination) - Washington (D.C.)
Trials (Conspiracy) - Washington (D.C.)
True crime literature.
Additional Author
Herold, David E.,
Additional Corporate Author
United States. Army. Military Commission (Lincoln's assassins : 1865)
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
973.7092 T819
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Names of persons who took the oath of allegiance to the State of Pennsylvania, between the years 1777 and 1789, with a history of the "Test laws" of Pennsylvania

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo4124
Author
Westcott, Thompson.
Date of Publication
1865.
Call Number
974.80293 W524
Responsibility
By Thompson Westcott.
Author
Westcott, Thompson.
Place of Publication
Philadelphia
Publisher
J. Campbell,
Date of Publication
1865.
Physical Description
xlii, 145 p. 24 cm.
Notes
"Edition of 250 copies." This copy not numbered.
Subjects
Loyalty oaths - Pennsylvania.
Test law - Pennsylvania.
Pennsylvania - History - Revolution, 1775-1783 - Registers, lists, etc.
Pennsylvania - Politics and government - 1775-1783.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
974.80293 W524
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Date of Publication
1854-1922.
Call Number
974.815 LACO L245i
Date of Publication
1854-1922.
Physical Description
2 vol. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Notes
A series of pamphlets bound together.
Contents
Vol 1: Father Ferdinand Farmer, an apostolic missionary in three states by John F. Quirk--A discourse, delivered in the Leacock Presbyterian Church, Lancaster County, Pa., on Thanksgiving Day, November 23, 1854 by P.J. Timlow--A discourse delivered in the Leacock Presbyterian Church, July 21st, 1892 by P.J. Timlow--Christ Lutheran Church, Lancaster, Pa.--Report of the commissioners appointed to examine the affairs of the Lancaster Savings Institution.
Vol.2: Resources and industries of the City of Lancaster, Lancaster County, Pa.--Historical sketch of St. Anthony's Church, Lancaster, Penna., 1870-1895 by Anthony F. Dorley--A discourse delivered in the Leacock Presbyterian Church, Lancaster County, Pa., on Thanksgiving Day, November 23, 1854--A discourse delivered in the Leacock Presbyterian Church, July 21st, 1892 by P.J. Timlow--Historical sketch of Zion's Reformed Church [Millersville] by D.H. Landis.
Subjects
Timlow, P.J.
St. Anthony's Church (Lancaster, Pa.) - History.
Christ Lutheran Church (Lancaster, Pa.) - History.
Lancaster Savings Institution - Report.
Leacock Presbyterian Church (Lancaste County, Pa.) - History.
Sacred Heart Academy (Lancaster, Pa.) - History.
St. Anthony's Parochial School (Lancaster, Pa.) - History.
Presbyterian Church (Lancaste County, Pa.)
Reformed Church (Lancaster County, Pa.)
Roman Catholic Church (Lancaster County, Pa.)
Lutheran Church (Lancaster County, Pa.)
Millersville (Pa.) - History.
Lancaster (Pa.) - Directories.
Lancaster County (Pa.) - Genealogy.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
974.815 LACO L245i
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Message from the President of the United States to the two houses of Congress : at the commencement of the second session of the thirty-sixth Congress

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo16196
Corporate Author
United States. President (1857-1861 : Buchanan)
Date of Publication
1860.
Call Number
923.173 B918 1860 36th 2nd
Corporate Author
United States. President (1857-1861 : Buchanan)
Place of Publication
Washington
Publisher
G.W. Bowman, printer,
Date of Publication
1860.
Physical Description
v. ; 23 cm.
Series
36th Cong., 2d Sess. House of Representatives. Ex. doc.
Notes
Includes reports of heads of departments.
On spine: Message and documents, 1860-1861 part 1.
Library has: v. 1.
Subjects
Buchanan, James, - 1791-1868.
United States - Politics and government - 1857-1861.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Rare Books
Call Number
923.173 B918 1860 36th 2nd
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Message from the President of the United States to the two houses of Congress at the commencement of the second session of the thirty-sixth Congress

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo16223
Corporate Author
United States. President (1857-1861 : Buchanan)
Date of Publication
1860.
Call Number
923.173 B918 1860
Alternate Title
Message of the President of the United States, December 3, 1860
Annual message of the President
Corporate Author
United States. President (1857-1861 : Buchanan)
Place of Publication
Washington
Publisher
George W. Bowman,
Date of Publication
1860.
Physical Description
28 p. ; 23 cm.
Subjects
Buchanan, James, - 1791-1868.
Slavery - United States
United States - Politics and government - 1857-1861.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Rare Books
Call Number
923.173 B918 1860
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Message from the President of the United States to the two houses of Congress at the commencement of the first session of the thirty-sixth Congress

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo16230
Corporate Author
United States. : President (1857-1861 : Buchanan)
Date of Publication
1860.
Call Number
923.173 B918 1860a
Corporate Author
United States. : President (1857-1861 : Buchanan)
Place of Publication
Washington [D.C.]
Publisher
George W. Bowman, Printer,
Date of Publication
1860.
Physical Description
918 p. ; 24 cm.
Series
36th Congress, 1st session. Senate. Ex. doc. ; no. 2
Notes
Also issued at v. 1 of United States. Congress (36th, lst session). Senate. Executive documents (15 vols.)
Spine title: Senate Documents, 1st session, 36th Congress.
Message is accompanied by Report of the Secretary of the Interior (p. [91]-918).
Location
Lancaster History Library - Rare Books
Call Number
923.173 B918 1860a
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The condition of the South : extracts from the report of Major-General Carl Schurz, on the states of South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi and Louisiana : addressed to the president

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo10390
Author
Schurz, Carl,
Date of Publication
1865?]
Call Number
973.891 B628
Author
Schurz, Carl,
Place of Publication
[Philadelphia, Pa.?
Publisher
s.n.,
Date of Publication
1865?]
Physical Description
32 p. ; 23 cm.
Notes
Caption title.
Sabin,
Subjects
Reconstruction.
United States - Politics and government - 1865-1869.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Rare Books
Call Number
973.891 B628
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Directory of Lancaster County: : embracing a full list of all the adult males and heads of families, with their occupation, residence, and P.O. address, and a classified business directory. Also, an appendix, containing a descriptive list of the courts, banking houses, public buildings, churches, educasional [sic] and benevolent institutions, secret and other societies, &c., &c. 1869-70

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo17315
Date of Publication
1869.
Call Number
917.4815 D598 1869-70 reprint
Responsibility
Published by Barnes & Pearsol.
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Pearsol & Geist, printers, Daily Eppress [sic] Office.,
Date of Publication
1869.
Physical Description
[5], 10-22, [1], 28-492 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Notes
Copyright 1869.
Reprint.
Includes index.
Subjects
Merchants - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
Lancaster County (Pa.) - Directories.
Advertisements - Merchants
Directories - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County - 1869
Location
Lancaster History Library - Reference
Call Number
917.4815 D598 1869-70 reprint
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Life in southern prisons; from the diary of Corporal Charles Smedley, of Company G, 90th regiment Penn'a volunteers, commencing a few days before the "battle of the Wilderness", in which he was taken prisoner, in the evening of the fifth month fifth, 1864: also, a short description of the march to and battle of Gettysburg, together with a biographical sketch of the author

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo1934
Author
Smedley, Charles,
Date of Publication
1865.
Call Number
973.781 S637
Author
Smedley, Charles,
Place of Publication
[Lancaster? Pa.]
Publisher
Ladies' and gentlemen's Fulton aid society,
Date of Publication
1865.
Physical Description
60 p. front. (port.) 19 cm.
Notes
LCHS copy - photocopy. Original in MG-18, Box 9 - Folder 8.
Subjects
United States - History - Civil War, 1861-1865 - Prisoners and prisons.
United States - History - Civil War, 1861-1865 - Personal narratives.
Additional Corporate Author
Pearsol & Geist.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
973.781 S637
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Lant's directory of Lancaster City : containing a list of the names and residence of every family; and also the business directory, or classification of the various business men, with am appendix of much useful information 1866-67

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo12592
Date of Publication
1866.
Call Number
917.4815 D598 1866-67 reprint
Responsibility
compiled by M. W. Lant.
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Cooper, Sanderson, & Co., Printers,
Date of Publication
1866.
Physical Description
139 p. ; 22 cm.
Subjects
Cities and towns - Pennsylvania - Directories.
Lancaster (Pa.) - Directories.
Additional Author
Lant, M. W.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Reference
Call Number
917.4815 D598 1866-67 reprint
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An essay on the origin of the Linnaean society of Lancaster city and county, its objects and progress. Read before the association on its 4th anniversary, at the Athenaeum rooms, February 24th, 1866

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo15666
Author
Rathvon, Simon S.,
Date of Publication
1866.
Call Number
090 L244p 1866
  1 website  
Responsibility
By S.S. Rathvon. To which are appended its charter, and lists of its officers, its members, and its correspondents.
Author
Rathvon, Simon S.,
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Pearsol & Geist, printers,
Date of Publication
1866.
Physical Description
18 p. 23 cm.
Notes
Published by request and by authority of the Society.
Subjects
Linnaean society of Lancaster city and county, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Rare Books
Call Number
090 L244p 1866
Websites
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