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Barnes' 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, educational and benevolent institutions, secret and other societies, &c., &c., 1875-76

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo18004
Date of Publication
1875.
Call Number
917.4815 D598 1875-76 reprint
Alternate Title
Directory of Lancaster County
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Jno. H. Barnes,
Date of Publication
1875.
Physical Description
508 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Notes
Advertisements throughout text.
Includes index.
Reprint.
Subjects
Business enterprises - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
Directories - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
Lancaster County (Pa.) - Directories.
Lancaster County (Pa.) - Commerce - Directories.
Additional Corporate Author
Jno. H. Barnes (Firm)
Location
Lancaster History Library - Reference
Call Number
917.4815 D598 1875-76 reprint
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A brief history of the city of Lancaster; Containing an introduction to the settlement of the county; reminiscences of the past and present of the city; the poor house and hospital; the court house; the county jail; the water works; the railroad; the Franklin and Marshall College; the manufactories; the gas works and agricultural park; with many of the old "land marks," &c

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo16919
Author
Kilburn, Francis,
Date of Publication
1870.
Call Number
974.815 L244p 1870
Author
Kilburn, Francis,
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Pearsol and Geist, printers,
Date of Publication
1870.
Physical Description
40 [2] p. ; 27 cm.
Notes
Cover title.
Includes local business cards and advertisements.
Not in Wilkinson.
Subjects
Lancaster County (Pa.) - History.
Lancaster (Pa.) - History.
Lancaster (Pa.) - Commerce.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Rare Books
Call Number
974.815 L244p 1870
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The Three Earls : an historical sketch, and proceedings of the centennial jubilee, held at New Holland, Pa., July 4, 1876

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo1143
Date of Publication
1876.
Call Number
974.815 EARL D569
Place of Publication
New Holland, [Pa.]
Publisher
Ranck & Sandoe,
Date of Publication
1876.
Physical Description
115 p. ; 18 cm.
Notes
The 1986 reprint includes a new index.
"Historical sketch prepared by Frank R. Diffenderffer": p. [15]-76.
Includes bibliographical references.
Subjects
Fourth of July orations.
Earl (Lancaster County, Pa. : Township) - History.
West Earl (Lancaster County, Pa. : Township) - History.
East Earl (Lancaster County, Pa. : Township)) - History.
New Holland (Pa.) - History.
Additional Author
Diffenderffer, Frank R.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Rare Books
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
974.815 EARL D569
Copy Info
1876
1986 [reprint]
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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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A Brief history of the city of Lancaster : containing an introduction to the settlement of the county, reminiscences of the past and present of the city, the poor house and hospital, the court house, the county jail, the water works, the railroad, the Franklin and Marshall College, the manufactories, the gas works and agricultural park, with many of the old land marks, &c. ; also, the business cards of the principal merchants and manufacturers

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo16047
Date of Publication
1870.
  1 website  
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Published by Francis Kilburn ; Pearsol & Geist, printers,
Date of Publication
1870.
Physical Description
40 p. : ill. ; 27 cm.
Notes
Bound with The Bible in Iron (1914) and Old Home Week Manheim, Pa. (1912) -- this copy is missing as of 4/11/2024. Please access using the electronic copy.
Subjects
Lancaster County (Pa.) - History.
Lancaster (Pa.) - History.
Additional Author
Kilburn, Francis.
Websites
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The history of Pennsylvania from the earliest discovery to the present time. Including an account of the first settlements by the Dutch, Swedes, and English, and of the colony of William Penn, his treaty and pacific measures with the Indians; and the gradual advancement of the state to its present aspect of opulence, culture and refinement. By William Mason Cornell

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo3100
Author
Cornell, William Mason,
Date of Publication
1876.
Call Number
974.8009 C814
  1 website  
Author
Cornell, William Mason,
Place of Publication
Philadelphia
Publisher
Quaker City Pub. House,
Date of Publication
1876.
Physical Description
575, [1] p. illus. 24 cm.
Notes
Bibliography: p. [576]
Subjects
Pennsylvania - History.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
974.8009 C814
Websites
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Caernarvon 1754-1845/Elizabeth 1780 [Tax records]

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Author
Lancaster County Tax Collection Bureau
Date of Publication
1877
Call Number
Drawer 6, sec. 2: #3
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Alternate Title
Caernarvon twp. tax lists
Caernarvon Township taxes
Author
Lancaster County Tax Collection Bureau
Place of Publication
Harrisburg, Pa
Publisher
Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission
Date of Publication
1877
Physical Description
Microfilm. 693 frames. Labeled as "Pos. 3"
Series
Lancaster County Pa. Tax Records, 1748-1855.
Notes
"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.
Subjects
Taxation - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County
Elizabeth (Lancaster County, Pa. : Township) - Genealogy.
Caernarvon (Lancaster County, Pa. : Township) - Genealogy.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Microfilm
Call Number
Drawer 6, sec. 2: #3
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Parish register of Christ Church, Leacock, Pa

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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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Common Pleas of lancaster County sitting in equity between Clement B. Grubb, plaintiff, and Alfred Bates Grubb, defendant: Defendant's answer

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Corporate Author
Pennsylvania. Court of Common Pleas (Lancaster County)
Date of Publication
[1875]
Call Number
347.0770269 G885
Corporate Author
Pennsylvania. Court of Common Pleas (Lancaster County)
Place of Publication
[Lancaster, Pa.]
Publisher
[s.n.],
Date of Publication
[1875]
Physical Description
12 p.; 27 cm.
Notes
Also see volume with call number 347.0770269 G855d in the Rare Books Collection.
Also see volume with call number 343.0770269 G885e in the Rare Books Collection.
Multiple estates or entities are mentioned in this legal document: "Ore Banks and Mine Hills", Mount Hope Estate, Mount Hope Furnace, Elizabeth Furnace, Cornwall Mine Holes, Cornwall Furnace Estate, Mount Vernon Estate, Codorus Estate, Manada Estate.
Subjects
Cornwall Ore Bank Company.
Mount Hope Furnace (Mount Hope, Pa.)
Iron ores - Pennsylvania - Lebanon County.
Lebanon County (Pa.)
Additional Author
Coleman, Robert.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Rare Books
Call Number
347.0770269 G885
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Warrant registers (for Pennsylvania Counties)

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo13303
Date of Publication
1734 - 1935.
Call Number
Drawer 15, Sec. 1
Responsibility
Prepared by Wm. W. Britton, begun 1734, completed May 30, 1935 ;
Date of Publication
1734 - 1935.
Physical Description
4 reels ; 35 mm.
Notes
Microfilmed in 1957. Contains 20 volumes. Lancaster County warrants are on V. 16.
Labeled on box # 257 - # 261.
Material arranged by county and includes names of warrantee, date, acreage, location, date of return, name of patentee, where patent recorded, and where survey is copied.
Subjects
Pennsylvania. Department of Internal Affairs. Bureau of Land Records.
Registers of births, etc. - Pennsylvania.
Land grants - Pennsylvania.
Land grants - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
Land grants - Pennsylvania - Berks County.
Land grants - Pennsylvania - Dauphin County.
Land grants - Pennsylvania - Chester County.
Land grants - Pennsylvania - Lebanon County.
Land grants - Pennsylvania - York County.
Land grants - Pennsylvania - Cumberland County.
Land grants - Pennsylvania - Adams County.
Additional Author
Britton, William W.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Microfilm
Call Number
Drawer 15, Sec. 1
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Charter and by-laws of the Washington Steam Fire Engine and Hose Company, No. 4, of the city of Lancaster instituted March 4, A. D 1820, incorporated Sept. 23 A. D. 1852

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Corporate Author
Washington Steam Fire Engine Co. No. 4 (Lancaster, Pa.)
Date of Publication
1870.
Call Number
353.3 W517
Corporate Author
Washington Steam Fire Engine Co. No. 4 (Lancaster, Pa.)
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Examiner & Herald Print.,
Date of Publication
1870.
Physical Description
31 p. ; 11 cm.
Notes
Blank election of member form precedes title page.
List of honorary members, active members and contributing members.
Subjects
Washington Steam Fire Engine Co. No. 4 (Lancaster, Pa.)
Fire departments - Pennsylvania - Lancaster - By-laws.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Rare Books
Call Number
353.3 W517
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Regulations, by-laws and charter of the Lancaster cemetery, Lancaster, Pa

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Corporate Author
Lancaster (Pa.). Lancaster Cemetery.
Date of Publication
1879.
Call Number
310.35 L244n 1879
Corporate Author
Lancaster (Pa.). Lancaster Cemetery.
Place of Publication
Lancaster
Publisher
The New Era Steam Power Book and Job Print.,
Date of Publication
1879.
Physical Description
15 p. ; 18cm.
Notes
Ex Lib. plate: Library and Museum of Lancaster County Historical Society. Library number 224, Donated by S. M. Sener, Received Oct 7/98.
Subjects
Lancaster cemetery (Lancaster Pa).
Cemeteries - Pennsylvania - Lancaster.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Reference
Call Number
310.35 L244n 1879
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Historical sketch of old Hanover church

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo5742
Author
T. H. R.
Date of Publication
1878.
Call Number
974.818 R664
  1 website  
Responsibility
by Rev. Thomas H. Robinson, D.D. With a notice of the church at Conewago, by A. Boyd Hamilton.
Author
T. H. R.
Place of Publication
Harrisburg, Pa
Publisher
Dauphin County Historical Society,
Date of Publication
1878.
Physical Description
59 p. illus. 26 cm.
Subjects
Hanover Presbyterian Church, Dauphin Co., Pa.
Conewago Church, Dauphin Co., Pa.
Registers of births, etc. - Pennsylvania - Dauphin County.
Dauphin County (Pa.) - Genealogy.
Additional Author
Hamilton, A. Boyd
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
974.818 R664
Websites
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History of Pequea Presbyterian Church : delivered September 8, 1876

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo18027
Author
Alexander, W. C.
Date of Publication
1878.
Call Number
285.1 S167a
Responsibility
by W. C. Alexander.
Author
Alexander, W. C.
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
New Era Steam Book and Job Print ,
Date of Publication
1878.
Physical Description
51 p. ; 19 cm.
Notes
Bound with: Charter and by-laws of the Presbyterian Church of Lancaster, Pa. ; Four hundred and fiftieth anniversary of the Moravian Church : historical discourse / H. A. Gerdsen ; Reminiscenes of the Moravian Church at Lititz, Penn'a. : the centennial exercises of August 13-14, 1887 ... / by Francis P. Hart.
Subjects
Pequea Presbyterian Church (Salisbury Township, Lancaster County, Pa.).
Presbyterian Church
Salisbury (Lancaster, County, Pa. : Township) - Church history.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Lancaster County
Call Number
285.1 S167a
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A biographical history of Lancaster County : being a history of early settlers and eminent men of the county; as also much other unpublished historical information, chiefly of a local character

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo10438
Author
Harris, Alexander,
Date of Publication
1872.
Call Number
090 L244bar 1872
  1 website  
Responsibility
by Alex. Harris.
Author
Harris, Alexander,
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Elias Barr,
Date of Publication
1872.
Physical Description
638 p. ; 23 cm.
Subjects
Lancaster County (Pa.) - Biography.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Rare Books
Call Number
090 L244bar 1872
Websites
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Boyd's directory of Lancaster, Columbia, Chester and West Chester

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo16990
Date of Publication
1874-75
Call Number
917.4815 D598 1874-75 reprint
Responsibility
To which is added a business directory of the principal places in Lancaster, Chester and Delaware Counties. Compiled by Wm. H. Boyd.
Place of Publication
Lancaster [Pa.]
Publisher
J.M. Westhaeffer,
Date of Publication
1874-75
Physical Description
v. 23 cm.
Notes
Reprint.
Subjects
Lancaster, Pa. - Directories.
Columbia Co., Pa. - Directories.
Chester, Pa. - Directories.
West Chester, Pa. - Directories.
Additional Author
Boyd, William Henry,
Location
Lancaster History Library - Reference
Call Number
917.4815 D598 1874-75 reprint
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John Penn's Journal of a visit to Reading, Harrisburg, Carlisle, and Lancaster, in 1788

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo14126
Author
Penn, John,
Date of Publication
1879.
Call Number
905.748 HSP v.3
  1 website  
Responsibility
John Penn.
Author
Penn, John,
Place of Publication
Philadelphia, Pa
Publisher
Historical Society of Pennsylvania ,
Date of Publication
1879.
Physical Description
pp. 284-295 ; 23 cm.
Notes
This record provides a link to this resource on JSTOR's online repository.
In: Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography, v. 3
A description of Lancaster--p.294.
Subjects
Lancaster (Pa.) - History.
Lancaster (Pa.) - Description.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Periodical Article
Call Number
905.748 HSP v.3
Websites
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Charter and by-laws of the Presbyterian Church of Lancaster, Pa

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo18030
Date of Publication
1878.
Call Number
285.1 S167a
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Daily Intelligencer Print,
Date of Publication
1878.
Physical Description
20 p. ; 19cm.
Notes
Bound with: History of Pequea Presbyterian Church : delivered September 8, 1876 / by W. C. Alexander ; Four hundred and fiftieth anniversary of the Moravian Church : historical discourse / H. A. Gerdsen ; Reminiscenes of the Moravian Church at Lititz, Penn'a. : the centennial exercises of August 13-14, 1887... / by Francis P. Hart.
Subjects
First Presbyterian Church (Lancaster, Pa.).
Presbyterian Church
Lancaster, (Pa.) - Church history.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Lancaster County
Call Number
285.1 S167a
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Borough of Columbia, Lancaster County, Pa : Act of incorporation and supplements, borough ordinances, general resolutions, rules of order, organization of council, digest of local public corporations, and other miscellaneous information

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo2465
Date of Publication
1878.
Call Number
352.96 C726
Responsibility
compiled by J. W. Yocum.
Place of Publication
Columbia [Pa.]
Publisher
Columbia Spy and Job Print,
Date of Publication
1878.
Physical Description
124 p. ; 16 cm.
Subjects
Municipal corporations - Pennsylvania.
Columbia (Pa.)
Location
Lancaster History Library - Lancaster County
Call Number
352.96 C726
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Parish register of All Saints Church (Episcopal) Paradise, Pa., 1842-1877: Includes history, baptisms, marriages, and communicants

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo5042
Date of Publication
1842-1877.
Call Number
283 A416p
Place of Publication
[Paradise, Pa.]
Publisher
All Saints Church
Date of Publication
1842-1877.
Physical Description
3 vol.; 29 x 43 cm.
Notes
Photocopy.
Rineer"s "Churches and Cemeteries of Lancaster County" page 340 #3.
Subjects
All Saints Episcopal Church (Paradise, Pa.)
Marriage records - Pennsylvania
Registers of births, etc. - Pennsylvania
Location
Lancaster History Library - Church Record
Call Number
283 A416p
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