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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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Annual report of the Adjutant-General of Pennsylvania ... for the year 1866

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo19162
Corporate Author
Pennsylvania. Adjutant-General's Office.
Date of Publication
1867.
Call Number
355.37 H313 1866
Corporate Author
Pennsylvania. Adjutant-General's Office.
Place of Publication
Harrisburg, PA
Publisher
Singerly & Myers,
Date of Publication
1867.
Physical Description
1221 p. ; 25 cm.
Contents
Includes index.
Subjects
Pennsylvania. - Militia.
Regimental histories.
United States - History - Civil War, 1861-1865 - Regimental histories.
Pennsylvania.
United States.
History.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Rare Books
Call Number
355.37 H313 1866
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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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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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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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The keystone monthly : a magazine of general literature

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo19845
Date of Publication
1859-1860
Call Number
050 K525
Alternate Title
Keystone monthly :
Place of Publication
Millersville, Pa
Publisher
B. H. Hershey,
Date of Publication
1859-1860
Physical Description
1 v. ; 23 cm.
Publication Frequency
Monthly
Dates of Publication
Began with: Vol. 1, no. 1 (July 1859); ceased with v. 1, no. 12 (June 1860).
Subjects
Page Literary Society (Millersville, Pa.) - Periodicals.
Normal Literary Society - Periodicals.
Pennsylvania State Normal School of the Second District - Periodicals.
Literature - Periodicals.
Additional Corporate Author
Page Literary Society (Millersville, Pa.)
Normal Literary Society.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Rare Books
Call Number
050 K525
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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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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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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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History of the Pennsylvania reserve corps: a complete record of the organization; and of the different companies, regiments and brigades; containing descriptions of expeditions, marches, skirmishes, and battles; together with biographical sketches of officers and personal records of each man during his term of service

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo4287
Author
Sypher, J. R.
Date of Publication
[1864]
Call Number
974.8033 S994
Responsibility
Compiled from official reports and other documents. By J. R. Sypher, esq.
Author
Sypher, J. R.
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Published by E. Barr & co.
Date of Publication
[1864]
Physical Description
723 p. illus. 23 cm.
Subjects
Pennsylvania. - Militia.
United States - History - Civil War, 1861-1865 - Regimental histories - Pa.
Pennsylvania - History - Civil War, 1861-1865.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Rare Books
Call Number
974.8033 S994
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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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General index to the Colonial records, in 16 volumes, and to the Pennsylvania archives, in 12 volumes

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo20687
Date of Publication
1860.
Call Number
974.8 P415 Index
Responsibility
prepared and arranged by Samuel Hazard under an act of the General Assembly of Pennsylvania.
Place of Publication
Philadelphia
Publisher
Printed by J. Stevens,
Date of Publication
1860.
Physical Description
vi, 653 pages ; 23 cm
Subjects
History
Pennsylvania - History - Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775 - Sources - Indexes.
Pennsylvania - History - Revolution, 1775-1783 - Sources - Indexes.
Pennsylvania - History - Sources - Indexes.
United States
Pennsylvania.
History.
Indexes.
Additional Author
Hazard, Samuel,
Location
Lancaster History Library - Reference
Call Number
974.8 P415 Index
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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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Annual report of the Surveyor General, of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo12194
Corporate Author
Pennsylvania. Surveyor general's office.
Date of Publication
1866-
Call Number
526.92 P417
Corporate Author
Pennsylvania. Surveyor general's office.
Place of Publication
Harrisburg
Publisher
Singerly & Myers,
Date of Publication
1866-
Physical Description
v. : maps ; 24 cm.
Notes
LCHS has 1866 only.
Contains map showing the various purchases made from the Indians. Also contains a map of the "lost county".
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
526.92 P417
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Address of the Union State Central Committee to the people of Pennsylvania and the platforms of the two political organizations for 1865

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo10427
Corporate Author
Union Party (Pa.). State Central Committee.
Date of Publication
1865.
Call Number
973.891 B891
Corporate Author
Union Party (Pa.). State Central Committee.
Place of Publication
Philadelphia
Publisher
King & Baird, Printers,
Date of Publication
1865.
Physical Description
16 p.; 24 cm.
Subjects
Lincoln, Abraham, - 1809-1865.
Reconstruction.
Pennsylvania - Politics and government - 1861-1865.
United States - Politics and government - 1861-1865.
Additional Corporate Author
Union Party (Pa.). Convention
Democratic Party (Pa.). Convention
Location
Lancaster History Library - Rare Books
Call Number
973.891 B891
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Parish register of Christ Church, Leacock, Pa

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo4675
Date of Publication
1828-1879.
Call Number
283 C554Le
Place of Publication
[Leacock, Pa.]
Publisher
Christ Church,
Date of Publication
1828-1879.
Physical Description
2, 279 l. (some blank); 23 x 35 cm.
Notes
Photocopy.
"Original records are located at St. James' Church, Lancaster, Pa."
Rineer's "Churches and Cemeteries of Lancaster County" page 246 #2.
Contents
Baptisms (Dec. 23, 1828 - June 2, 1879), pages 30-69 - Confirmations (June 12,1833 - April 9, 1873, pages 127-132 - Communicants (Dec. 25, 1828 - Alpril 17, 1878, pages 170-185 - Marriages (March 26, 1829 - June 21 1866, pages 194-197 - Marriages (June 10, 1873 - June 10, 1879), pages 198-199 - Burials (April 23, 1837 - April 20, 1872), pages 243-247 - Burials (April 26, 1873 -April 18, 1879), pages 248-249.
Subjects
Christ Episcopal Church (Leacock, Lancaster County, Pa.)
Chuch records and registers - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
Registers of births, etc. - Pennsylvania - Leacock (Township)
Episcopal Church - Pennsylvania - Lancaster Couinty.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Church Record
Call Number
283 C554Le
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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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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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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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