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Frederick Valentine Melsheimer

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Author
Frost, S. W.
Date of Publication
1937
Call Number
974.9 L245 v.41
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by Dr. Stuart W. Frost.
Author
Frost, S. W.
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Lancaster County Historical Society,
Date of Publication
1937
Physical Description
[164]-168 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Series
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 41, no. 6
Subjects
Melsheimer, Frederick Valentine, - 1749-1814.
Lancaster County Historical Society (Pa.)
Historical markers - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
Entomology - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
Lancaster County (Pa.) - Biography.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Journal
Call Number
974.9 L245 v.41
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Memorial to Frederick Valentine Melsheimer

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Author
Heisey, M. Luther,
Date of Publication
1937
, that he spent the prime of his life in Lancaster County and that he gave Pennsylvania two sons who followed closely in his footsteps. While he is also well known as an educator and a clergyman, I am concerned chiefly in his career as a scientist. We must admit that Frederick Valentine Melsheimer was
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by M. Luther Heisey.
Author
Heisey, M. Luther,
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Lancaster County Historical Society,
Date of Publication
1937
Physical Description
[162]-163 p. ; 23 cm.
Series
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 41, no. 6
Subjects
Melsheimer, Frederick Valentine, - 1749-1814.
Lancaster County Historical Society (Pa.)
Historical markers - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
Entomology - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
New Holland (Pa.) - History.
Contained In
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 41, number 6 (1937), p. 162-163Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.41
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Frederick Valentine Melsheimer, a pioneer entomologist, and a noted clergyman and author. A paper read before the Historical Society of York county, April 8, 1897,/ c

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Author
Prowell, George Reeser,
Date of Publication
1903]
Call Number
974.841 Y61m
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Author
Prowell, George Reeser,
Place of Publication
[York, Pa
Date of Publication
1903]
Physical Description
cover-title, 17-26 p. ; 22 cm.
Series
[Historical society of York county. Proceedings and collections, v. 1, no. 2]
Notes
Paged continuously with v. 1, no. 1, of the Proceedings and collections.
Bound in LCHS volume with title : York County pamphlets.
Subjects
Melsheimer, Frederick Valentine, - 1749-1814.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
974.841 Y61m
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Melsheimer, Frederick V. family

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Melsheimer, Frederick V.
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Family files are created for Lancaster County families. They may contain correspondence about a family, short genealogies and charts, photocopies of inventories and accounts, letters, etc.
Subjects
Melsheimer, Frederick V. family.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Family File
Call Number
Melsheimer, Frederick V.
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The public career of John Wright, Esq

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Author
Eshleman, Henry Frank,
Date of Publication
1910
Eshleman, Esq. Primary Material: Book Subject(s): Wright, John, 1667-1749. Courts--Pennsylvania--Lancaster County. Judges--Pennsylvania--Lancaster County. Columbia (Pa.)--Biography. Publisher: Lancaster, Pa. : Lancaster County Historical Society, 1910 Description: 251-282 p. : ill. ; 23 cm. Series: Journal
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by H. Frank Eshleman, Esq.
Author
Eshleman, Henry Frank,
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Lancaster County Historical Society,
Date of Publication
1910
Physical Description
251-282 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Series
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 14, no. 9
Subjects
Wright, John, - 1667-1749.
Courts - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
Judges - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
Columbia (Pa.) - Biography.
Contained In
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 14, number 9 (1910), p. 251-282Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.14
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Early Lancaster artists

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Date of Publication
1913
%3BLCHSFS01/OCR%20Journal%20Project/PDF%20Biblio%20Info/Pwebrecon.cgi.txt Title: Early Lancaster artists. Primary Material: Book Subject(s): Huck, Ferdinand. Lightner, Adam Mortimer, 1814-1840. Artists--Pennsylvania--Lancaster County. Lancaster County (Pa.)--Biography. Publisher: Lancaster, Pa. : Lancaster
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Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Lancaster County Historical Society,
Date of Publication
1913
Physical Description
92-93 p. ; 23 cm.
Series
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 17, no. 3
Subjects
Huck, Ferdinand.
Lightner, Adam Mortimer, - 1814-1840.
Artists - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
Lancaster County (Pa.) - Biography.
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Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 17, number 3 (1913), p. 92-93Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.17
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The ironmasters of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania : including Henry Steigel, Robert Coleman, the Grubb dynasty, Henry Haldeman, Henry Watts, and many others

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Author
Martin, Richard E.
Date of Publication
[2014]
©2014
Call Number
672 M382
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by Richard E. Martin.
ISBN
9780615967578
0615967574
Author
Martin, Richard E.
Place of Publication
[Lancaster County, Pennsylvania]
Morgantown, PA
Publisher
Richard E. Martin,
Printed by Masthof Press
Date of Publication
[2014]
©2014
Physical Description
vi, 193 pages : illustrations (some color), portraits ; 23 cm
Notes
"Over 120 illustrations."
Includes bibliographical references (171-172) and index.
Contents
Labor on the plantation -- Charcoal making -- Furnaces operation -- Refining the iron -- Lancaster furnaces -- Rolling mills -- Ironworks sequence -- The ironmasters -- Ore mines -- Preserved iron furnaces -- Paths and trails -- Fords and ferries.
Subjects
Stiegel, Henry William, - 1729-1785.
Coleman, Robert, - 1748-1825.
Coleman family.
Grubb family.
Haldeman, Henry B.
Haldeman family.
Watts, Henry.
Jacobs family.
Potts family.
Taylor family.
Watts family.
Iron industry and trade - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County
Charcoal industry - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County
Iron and steel workers - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County - Biography.
Lancaster County (Pa.) - Biography.
Lancaster County (Pa.) - History.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
672 M382
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Grave of Frederick Powel, revolutionary soldier : marked by a tombstone

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Author
Worner, William Frederic.
Date of Publication
1931
Call Number
974.9 L245 v.35
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by William Frederic Worner.
Author
Worner, William Frederic.
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Lancaster County Historical Society,
Date of Publication
1931
Physical Description
231 p. ; 23 cm.
Series
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 35, no. 9
Subjects
Powel, Frederick.
St. Michael's Lutheran Church (Strasburg, Pa.)
Sepulchral monuments - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Journal
Call Number
974.9 L245 v.35
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Records of marriages and burials in the Monocacy Church in Frederick County, Maryland, and in the Evangelical Lutheran Congregation in the city of Frederick, Maryland, 1743-1811

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Author
Weiser, Frederick Sheely,
Date of Publication
1972.
Call Number
975.2 W427r
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Translated and edited by Frederick Sheely Weiser.
Author
Weiser, Frederick Sheely,
Place of Publication
Washington
Publisher
National Genealogical Society,
Date of Publication
1972.
Physical Description
ix, 183 p. 24 cm.
Series
National Genealogical Society. Special publication no. 38
Notes
Includes bibliographical references.
Subjects
Registers of births, etc. - Maryland - Frederick County.
Registers of births, etc. - Maryland - Frederick.
Frederick County (Md.) - Genealogy.
Frederick (Md.) - Genealogy.
Additional Corporate Author
Frederick (Md.). Evangelical Lutheran Church of Frederick, Maryland.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
975.2 W427r
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Lutheran & Reformed Records: St. John's Evan Luth, East Earl Twp [Church records, 1833-1886. Translated by Frederick S. Weiser]

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Corporate Author
St. John's Evangelical Lutheran Church, East Earl Township, Lancaster County, Pa.
Call Number
Drawer 3, sec. 1: #408
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St. John's Evangelical Lutheran Church, East Earl Township, Lancaster County, Pa.
Physical Description
1 reel , 35 mm.
Notes
Labeled on box #408.
Includes baptisms, 1834-1886; Marriages, 1834 and 1837 and burials 1834-1850.
Rineer's "Churches and Cemeteries of Lancaster County" page 128, #4.
Subjects
St. John's Evangelical Lutheran Church (Lancaster County, Pa.)
Registers of births, etc. - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County
Church records and registers - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County
East Earl (Lancaster County, Pa. : Township) - Genealogy.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Microfilm
Call Number
Drawer 3, sec. 1: #408
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Willem Stober, a pioneer on Antitum (Johan [sic] Wilhelm Stuber), the Right Reverend William Stover

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Author
Royer, Benjamin Franklin,
Date of Publication
1949?]
Call Number
974.844 R 891
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by B. Franklin Royer ; prepared for Kittochtinny Historical Society, Chambersburg, Pa.
Author
Royer, Benjamin Franklin,
Place of Publication
[Chambersburg, Pa.?
Publisher
s.n.,
Date of Publication
1949?]
Physical Description
p. 379-390 : ill., facsims., map ; 23 cm.
Notes
Cover title.
Caption title: Willem Stober (Johann Wilhelm Stuber), a pioneer on Antitum / read by B. Franklin Royer, March 31, 1949.
"Reprinted from Transactions Volume XII."--Cover.
Includes bibliographical references.
Subjects
Stover, William, - 1752-1789.
Church of the Brethren - Pennsylvania - Franklin County - Bishops - Biography.
Church of the Brethren - Maryland - Washington County - Bishops - Biography.
Baptists, German - Pennsylvania - Franklin County - Biography.
Baptists, German - Maryland - Washington County - Biography.
Bishops - Pennsylvania - Franklin County - Biography.
Bishops - Maryland - Washington County - Biography.
Swiss Americans - Pennsylvania - Franklin County - Biography.
Swiss Americans - Maryland - Washington County - Biography.
Franklin County (Pa.) - Biography.
Washington County (Md.) - Biography.
Additional Corporate Author
Kittochtinny Historical Society.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
974.844 R 891
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First farm on the left : Beiler and Mast ancestry

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Author
King, Melba A.,
Date of Publication
[2015]
Call Number
929 B422
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Melba (Beiler) King, author ; Janae King, editor.
Author
King, Melba A.,
Place of Publication
[Place of publication not identified]
Publisher
[publisher not identified],
Date of Publication
[2015]
Physical Description
vii, 37 pages : illustrations, portraits, map, genealogical tables ; 28 cm
Notes
Family stories of Elam and Elizabeth (Mast) Beiler that took place on the "First farm on the left" in Paradise, Lancaster, County, Pennsylvania.
Statement of responsibility from page vi.
Cover title.
Includes bibliographical references.
Subjects
Kihner family.
Mast family.
Byler family.
Mennonites - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County - Biography.
Mennonites.
Lancaster County (Pa.) - Biography.
Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
Biography.
Additional Author
King, Janae,
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
929 B422
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The craftsmen of decorated dower chests, tall case clocks and fancy woven coverlets of Lebanon County, Pennsylvania

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Author
Rohland, Gretchen Krause.
Date of Publication
2010.
©2010
Call Number
974.819 L441 v. 19, # 4
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Gretchen Drause Rohland.
Author
Rohland, Gretchen Krause.
Place of Publication
[Place of publication not identified]
Lebanon, PA
Publisher
Lebanon County Historical Society,
Printed by Donald Blyler Offset.
Date of Publication
2010.
©2010
Physical Description
56 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), map ; 23 cm
Notes
Cover title.
"Volume 19, number 4."
Includes bibliographical references (pages 54-56).
Contents
Dower chest decorations -- Tall case clock masters -- Coverlet weavers.
Subjects
German Americans - Pennsylvania - Lebanon County - Biography.
Artisans - Pennsylvania - Lebanon County - Biography.
Handicraft - Pennsylvania - Lebanon County
Artisans.
German Americans.
Handicraft.
Lebanon County (Pa.) - History.
Lebanon County (Pa.) - Biography.
Pennsylvania - Lebanon County.
Biography.
History.
Additional Corporate Author
Lebanon County Historical Society (Lebanon County, Pa.)
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
974.819 L441 v. 19, # 4
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Mark Bird, 1739-1812, Hopewell Furnace, Berks County, Pennsylvania : ironmaster & patriot

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Author
Graham Daniel A.
Date of Publication
[2016]
©2016
Call Number
974.816 g738
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Mark Bird, ironmaster & patriot
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by Daniel A. Graham.
ISBN
9781601265029
1601265026
Author
Graham Daniel A.
Place of Publication
Elverson, Pennsylvania
Morgantown, PA
Publisher
Friends of Hopewell Furnace,
Masthof Press.
Date of Publication
[2016]
©2016
Physical Description
xiv, 92 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Notes
Includes bibliographical references (pages 71-91).
Contents
Early years and background: Morlatton and Birdsborough, 1739-1761 -- Birdsborough Forges, 1762-1770: ironmaster -- Pre-Revolution, 1770-1774: Birdsborough Forges and Hopewell Furnace ironmaster -- Revolutionary years, 1774-1782: political and military/Colonel Mark Bird -- Revolutionary War years, 1774-1782: Industrial/Hopewell Furnace -- Financial ruin, 1782-1788: Delaware Mills/Works, Bucks County -- Exile and death, 1788-1812: Western North Carolina -- Children of Mark and Mary (Ross) Bird -- Photos.
Summary
This work captures the American Revolutionary spirit of Hopewell Furnace's first ironmaster and founder who served as George Washington's quartermaster and provided needed supplies to Washington while he encamped at Valley Forge during the harsh winter of 1777. The book not only contains the complete Bird biography, but also illustrations of Revolutionary war cannon making, original Mark Bird correspondence, a complete bibliography of sources, and photos of Mark Bird's ironmaking pieces and other relevant historic locales. [from the publisher]
Subjects
Bird, Mark, - 1739-1812.
Byrd family.
Iron-works - Pennsylvania - Berks County
Iron and steel workers - Pennsylvania - Berks County - Biography.
Decorative arts - Pennsylvania - Berks County
Historic sites - Pennsylvania - Berks County.
Berks County (Pa.) - Biography.
Hopewell Furnace National Historic Site (Pa.) - History.
Pennsylvania - Berks County.
Biography.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
974.816 g738
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Conoy Township : (Lancaster County, Pennsylvania) They Proudly Served

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Author
Snyder, Audrey Gates.
Date of Publication
2017.
Call Number
974.815 CONO S675c
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by Audrey Gates Snyder and Jane Andrews Sweigart.
Author
Snyder, Audrey Gates.
Place of Publication
Masthof Press
Publisher
Morgantown, Pa. c
Date of Publication
2017.
Physical Description
[7], 427 p. ill. 28 cm.
Notes
An accounting of those from the township who served in every military conflict of the United States from the French and Indian Wars to the invasion of Iraq.
Includes indes and endnotes: pages 411-427.
Subjects
Military biography.
Veterans - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County - Biography.
Conoy (Lancaster County, Pa. : Township - Genealogy.
Conoy (Lancaster County, Pa. : Township) - History.
Additional Author
Sweigart, Jane Andrews, e jt. author.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Lancaster County
Call Number
974.815 CONO S675c
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The Steinmans of Lancaster : a family and its enterprises

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Author
Brubaker, John H.
Date of Publication
c1984.
Call Number
929 S823b
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John H. Brubaker, III.
ISBN
0961378204
Author
Brubaker, John H.
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Steinman Enterprises,
Date of Publication
c1984.
Physical Description
xv, 219 p. : ill. (some col.), geneal. table ; 29 cm.
Notes
Includes index.
This is the family history of prominent civic leaders and industrial promoters of Lancaster. Steinman Enterprises in Lancaster have included hardware merchandising, cotton and iron manufacture, newspaper and commercial printing, radio, television and cable television.
Bibliography: p. 209-211.
Subjects
Steinman family.
Lancaster Newspapers, Inc.
Publishers and publishing - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County
Businesspeople - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County
Lancaster County (Pa.) - Biography.
Lancaster County (Pa.) - History.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
929 S823b
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From where I stand

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Author
Bucher, Caleb, W.
Call Number
923.7 B919c
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Caleb W. Bucher.
Author
Bucher, Caleb, W.
Place of Publication
[Lititz, PA.]
Publisher
Caleb W. Bucher, c c1988.
Physical Description
127 p. ; 18 cm
Summary
A memoir by Caleb Bucher,school teacher,school principal, and college professor at Millersville University. He was a Principal for many years at Brecht Elementary School in Manheim Township , Pa. The Bucher Elementary School and the Bucher Park in Manheim Township are named for him.Chapters: 1.Family 2.Church 3. Early Education 4. Summer Camp 5. School 6. Changes 7. City 8. Recreation
Subjects
Bucher, Caleb W.
Church of the Brethren - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County - Clergy - Biography.
Educators - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County
Lancaster County (Pa.) - Biography.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
923.7 B919c
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Railroad and bridge builders of Lancaster

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Author
Heisey, M. Luther,
Date of Publication
1940
Lancaster, April 5, 1858. Leaving school when thirteen years of age, he started at the bottom round as water boy in 1871, and kept climbing until 1898 when he retired as a successful railroad contractor. From 1884 to 1889 he was master stonemason for the Frederick Division of the Pennsylvania Railroad
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by M. Luther Heisey.
Author
Heisey, M. Luther,
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Lancaster County Historical Society,
Date of Publication
1940
Physical Description
[57]-76 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Series
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 44, no. 4
Subjects
Bridges - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
Railroads - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
Lancaster County (Pa.) - Transportation.
Lancaster County (Pa.) - Biography.
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Lancaster Airport, 50th Anniversary open house August 10-11, 1985

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Date of Publication
1985.
Call Number
387.736 L245
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edited by George F. Haskins.
Place of Publication
[S. l
Publisher
s.n.] ;
Date of Publication
1985.
Physical Description
32 p. ; ill. ; 28 cm.
Notes
Principal article: The story of air transportation in Lancaster County by William E. Krantz.
Includes advertisements.
Subjects
Krantz, William E.
Lancaster Aero Club (Lancaster, Pa.)
Airports - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County
Aeronautics - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County
Lancaster County (Pa.) - Biography.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Lancaster County
Call Number
387.736 L245
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Unveiling of the tablet commemorating the bicentennial of the James Wright house and the Sesquicentennial of the Borough of Columbia, Pennsylvania

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Author
Hiestand, Elizabeth F. G.
Date of Publication
1938
Historical Society; rather a difficult task wording it so as to honor the father, John Wright, through the son, James, The tablet reads as follows: "Wright Mansion, Built 1738-41 by James, a son of John Wright, 1667-1749, The enterprising and resourceful pioneer who in 1729 named Lancaster County and in 1730
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by Elizabeth F. G. Hiestand.
Author
Hiestand, Elizabeth F. G.
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Lancaster County Historical Society,
Date of Publication
1938
Physical Description
[125]-137 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Series
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 42, no. 5
Subjects
Wright, James.
Wright, John, - 1667-1749.
Lancaster County Historical Society (Pa.)
Historical markers - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
Columbia (Pa.) - Buildings, structures, etc.
Columbia (Pa.) - Centennial celebrations, etc.
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