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Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania : genealogy, family history, biography ; containing historical sketches of old families and of representative and prominent citizens past and present

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Date of Publication
1916 date not identified..
Call Number
974.817 S397g
917.817 S397g
Place of Publication
Chicago, Ill. : Plac of publication not identified
Publisher
J.H. Beers, Publisher not identified,:
Date of Publication
1916 date not identified..
Physical Description
2 volumes, 45 unnumbered leaves of plates : illustrations, portraits ; 28 cm
Notes
Paged continuously.
Includes indexes.
LHO copy is a reprint with no publishing information.
Subjects
Schuylkill County (Pa.) - Biography.
Schuylkill County (Pa.) - History.
Schuylkill County (Pa.) - Genealogy.
Pennsylvania - Schuylkill County.
Biographies.
Genealogy.
History.
Additional Corporate Author
J.H. Beers & Co.,
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
974.817 S397g
917.817 S397g
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History of Schuylkill County, Pa. : with illustrations and biographical sketches of some of its prominent men and pioneers

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Date of Publication
2000.
Call Number
974.817 H673
Place of Publication
Mt. Vernon, Ind
Publisher
Windmill Publications,
Date of Publication
2000.
Physical Description
390, 60 pages : illustrations, map, portraits ; 29 cm
Notes
Extra numbered pages (40a-b, 213a-g, 305a, 309a, 311a) and unnumbered pages inserted.
"The reproduction of this publication has been made possible through the sponsorship of the Schuylkill County Historical Society, 14 N. Third Street, Pottsville, Pa 17901"--Title page verso.
Reprint. Originally published: New York : W.W. Munsel, 1881.
Subjects
Schuylkill County (Pa.) - History.
Schuylkill County (Pa.) - Biography.
Pennsylvania - Schuylkill County.
Biographies.
History.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
974.817 H673
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A history of Maryland; from its settlement in 1634 to the year 1848, with an account of its first discovery, and the various explorations of the Chesapeake Bay, anterior to its settlement; to which is added, a copious appendix, containing the names of the officers of the old Maryland line: the lords proprietary of the province, and the governors of Maryland, from its settlement to the present time ... For the use of schools

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo20682
Author
McSherry, James,
Date of Publication
1852.
Call Number
975.2 B197 1852
  1 website  
Responsibility
By James McSherry, esq.
Author
McSherry, James,
Place of Publication
Baltimore
Publisher
J. Murphy & Co.; Cushings & Bailey [etc]
Date of Publication
1852.
Physical Description
418 pages 20 cm
Notes
Lists of Maryland officers in service during the revolution, 1776-1781: p. 381-393.
Discarded from the Pennsylvania Farm Museum, Lancaster, :Pa.
Subjects
Maryland. - Militia.
Maryland - History.
Untied States - History - Revolution, 1775-1783 - Regimental histories.
History.
Annotations (Provenance)
Location
Lancaster History Library - Rare Books
Call Number
975.2 B197 1852
Websites
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A general history of England : from the invasion of the Romans under Julius C婁’sar, to the late revolution in MDCLXXXVIII. Including the histories of neighbouring people and states, so far as they are connected with that of England. To which are added, five dissertations ; I. Upon the dark and faboulous ages of the British history ... II. Upon the great revolution of the English governement under Egbert, about the year 828, and its concurrent causes ... III. Upon the indipendency of the Crown of Scotland. IV. Concerning the Norman engraftments upon the English laws and governement. V. Concerning the alienation and accession of property, with the great effects they have had upon our Constitution since the reign of Henry VIII

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo18888
Author
Guthrie, William,
Date of Publication
M DCC XLIV. [-M DCC LI.]
Call Number
Book 7, 1751
Book 6, 1747
Book 5, 1744
Responsibility
by William Guthrie ...
Author
Guthrie, William,
Place of Publication
London
Publisher
Printed by Daniel Browne, for T. Waller, at the Crown and Mitre, opposite to Fetter-Lane, in Fleet-Street.,
Date of Publication
M DCC XLIV. [-M DCC LI.]
Physical Description
3 volumes : maps, portraits ; folio.
Notes
Pagination: v.1: [2], iv, 962, [30] p., [5], 10 leaves of plates; v.2: [4], 1130, [22] p., 11 leaves of plates; v.3: [2], 1396, [12] p., 5 leaves of plates.
Title pages printed in red and black.
Printed marginalia.
Text printed in double columns.
V. 1 has imprint: 'London: printed by Daniel Browne, for T. Waller, at the Crown and Mitre, opposite to Fetter-Lane, in Fleet-Street., M DCC XLIV.'; v.2 has imprint: 'London: printed for T. Waller, at the Crown and Mitre, opposite to Fetter-Lane, in Fleet-Street., M DCC XLVII.'; v.3 has imprint: 'London: printed for T. Waller, at the Mitre and Crown, opposite Fetter-Lane, in Fleet-Street., M DCC LI.'
V.2 has title: A general history of England, beginning with the reign of Edward the Second, and ending with that of Henry the Eighth.
V.3 has title: A general history of England, from Edward the Sixth to the restoration of King Charles the Second. With a summary of public affairs from the restoration to the time of the revolution, digested in annals.
Published in parts.
'Proposals for printing the third and last volume' was issued on 7 November 1747.
Jasper Yeate's Colonial Law Library.
Book numbers 5, 6, and 7 as arranged by Yeates.
Signature of Yeates at top of title page.
Includes index at the end of each volume.
ESTC,
Full leather binding gold tooled around perimeters and figured gold tooling on edges of covers; spines strengthened by leather strips.
Subjects
Great Britain - History.
Great Britain.
History.
Additional Author
Browne, Daniel,
Waller, T.,
Yeates, Jasper,
Place
England London.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Yeates Collection
Call Number
Book 7, 1751
Book 6, 1747
Book 5, 1744
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The colors of courage : Gettysburg's forgotten history : immigrants, women, and African-Americans in the Civil War's defining battle

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Author
Creighton, Margaret S.,
Edition
1st ed.
Date of Publication
c2005.
Call Number
973.7349 C914
  3 websites  
Responsibility
Margaret Creighton.
ISBN
0465014569
9780465014569
9780465014576
0465014577
Author
Creighton, Margaret S.,
Edition
1st ed.
Place of Publication
New York
Publisher
Basic Books,
Date of Publication
c2005.
Physical Description
xix, 321 p., [8] leaves of plates : ill., maps ; 25 cm.
Notes
Includes bibliographical references (p. 293-308) and index.
Contents
The Gettysburg campaign : a brief chronology -- Prologue : the lay of the land; a sign of the times -- An afternoon in the badlands -- The season of disbelief -- Desolation's edge -- Flying thick like blackbirds -- Bold acts -- The wide eye of the storm -- The aftermath -- The seesaw of honor, or, How the pigpen was mightier than the sword -- Women and remembrance -- Making a living on hallowed land.
Summary
"In the summer of 1863, as Union and Confederate armies marched on southern Pennsylvania, the town of Gettysburg found itself thrust onto the center stage of war. The three days of fighting that ensued decisively turned the tide of the Civil War. In The Colors of Courage, Margaret Creighton narrates the tale of this crucial battle from the viewpoint of three unsung groups - women, immigrants, and African Americans - and reveals how wide the battle's dimensions were."
"Creighton draws on memoirs, letters, diaries, and newspapers to bring to life the individuals at the heart of her narrative. In telling the stories of these participants, Margaret Creighton has written a work of original history - a narrative that is sure to redefine the Civil War's most remarkable event."--Jacket.
Subjects
Gettysburg, Battle of, Gettysburg, Pa., 1863.
Immigrants - Pennsylvania - Gettysburg
Women, White - Pennsylvania - Gettysburg
African Americans - Pennsylvania - Gettysburg
African Americans.
Immigrants.
Military participation
Women.
Women, White.
Einwanderer.
Frau.
United States - History - Civil War, 1861-1865 - African Americans.
United States - History - Civil War, 1861-1865 - Women.
United States - History - Civil War, 1861-1865 - Participation, Immigrant.
Pennsylvania - Gettysburg.
United States.
Gettysburg (Pa.) - Schlacht.
Schwarze.
History.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
973.7349 C914
Websites
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Brecknock : early history and biographical annals of Brecknock Township, Berks County, Pennsylvania

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Author
Goodling, Evans C.
Date of Publication
c2014.
Call Number
974.816 G652b
Alternate Title
Early history and biographical annals of Brecknock Township, Berks County, Pennsylvania
Responsibility
by Evans C. Goodling, Jr.
Author
Goodling, Evans C.
Place of Publication
Wyomissing, PA
Publisher
Evans C. Goodling, Jr.,
Date of Publication
c2014.
Physical Description
2 v. : illustrations, maps ; 29 cm.
Summary
In Part 1, Goodling writes a concise history with illustrations from the township's earliest days to the end of the 19th century. It lists churches and schools, post offices, trades and businesses and the military. Part II is a genealogical and biographical record of all families living in the township and nearby areas at the time of the 1860 U.S. Census. Supplement Part 1 describes the churches of the township and appendices. Supplement Part 2 contiues the appendices.
Subjects
Berks County (Pa.) - Biography.
Berks County (Pa.) - Genealogy.
Pennsylvania - Berks County.
Biography.
Genealogy.
History.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
974.816 G652b
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The history and antiquities of the four Inns of Court, namely, the Inner Temple, Middle Temple, Lincoln's Inn, and Gray's Inn : and of the nine Inns of Chancery, to wit, Clifford's Inn, Clement's Inn, Lion's Inn, New Inn, Strand Inn, Furnival's Inn, Thavies Inn, Staple Inn, and Barnard's Inn : also of Serjeant's Inn in Fleet-Street and Chancery-Lane, and Scroop's Inn : containing every particular circumstance relative to each of them, comprized in the well known and justly celebrated work, written by Sir William Dugdale, and published in folio in the years 1666, 1671, and 1680, under the title of Origines juridicales, &c. : to which is subjoined an appendix, containing several modern orders made by the Society of Lincoln's Inn

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo21438
Author
Dugdale, William,
Date of Publication
[17--?]
Call Number
Bookk 497 17?
Responsibility
the whole is published by desire of some members of Parliament, in order to point out the abuses in the government of the Inns of Court and Chancery ...
Author
Dugdale, William,
Place of Publication
Dublin
Publisher
Printed by Henry Watts, Law-bookseller ...,
Date of Publication
[17--?]
Physical Description
xvi, 143, [1] pages (the last page blank) ; 21 cm (8vo)
Notes
Jasper Yeates's Colonial Law Library.
Yeates's signature at top of title page.
Book number 497 as assiged by Yeates.
Published anonymously. Authorship cited in Halkett and Laing, Dictionary of anonymous and pseudonymous English literature, v. 3.
Includes bibliographical references.
Subjects
Law - Great Britain - Early works to 1800.
Inns of Court - Early works to 1800.
Inns of Chancery - Early works to 1800.
Inns of Chancery.
Inns of Court.
Law.
Great Britain.
Three-quarters leather on marbled boards (Binding)
Gilt title on maroon spine label (Binding)
Early works.
History.
Additional Author
Yeates, Jasper,
Cunningham, Timothy,
Dugdale, William,
Location
Lancaster History Library - Yeates Collection
Call Number
Bookk 497 17?
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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
Responsibility
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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A declaration and remonstrance of the distressed and bleeding frontier inhabitants of the province of Pennsylvania, presented by them to the Honourable the governor and Assembly of the province, shewing the causes of their late discontent and uneasiness and the grievances under which they have laboured, and which they humbly pray to have redress'd

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo20937
Author
Smith, Matthew.
Date of Publication
in the year M, DCC, LXIV. [1764]
Call Number
974.802 S655
Responsibility
by Matthew Smith, James Gibson, and William Bradford.
Author
Smith, Matthew.
Place of Publication
[Philadelphia]
Publisher
Printed [by William Bradford],
Date of Publication
in the year M, DCC, LXIV. [1764]
Physical Description
(4) 18, p. ; 24 cm.
Notes
On the massacre of the Conestoga Indians by the "Paxton Boys" and the Indian policy of the Pennsylvania authorities.
"Signed on behalf of ourselves, and by appointment of a great number of the frontier inhabitants. Matthew Smith. James Gibson. February 13th, 1764"--Page 18.
Printer's name and place of publication supplied by Evans.
Signatures: A-B4 C2 (C2 blank).
Reproduction from Library of Congress by Eighteenth Century Collections Online Print Editions, date not specified.
Evans
Hildeburn, C.R. Pennsylvania,
Summary
These documents were created by representatives of the Paxton Boys as a written defence of their massacre of the Conestoga Indians. "A Declaration" was written before the Paxton Boys arrived in Germantown, and Matthew Smith and James Gibson completed the "Remonstrance" on February 13. Both documents were later published together as "A declaration and remonstrance of the distressed and bleeding frontier inhabitants of the province of Pennsylvania". This book is a facsimile of an early published copy of the texts.
Subjects
Indians of North America - Pennsylvania.
Paxton Boys.
Indians of North America.
Pennsylvania - History - Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775.
Pennsylvania.
History.
Additional Author
Gibson, James,
Bradford, William,
Additional Corporate Author
Pennsylvania. General Assembly.
Place
United States Pennsylvania Philadelphia.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
974.802 S655
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The history, civil, political and military, of the southern rebellion, from its incipient stages to its close. Comprehending, also, all important state papers, ordinances of secession, proclamations, proceedings of Congress, official reports of commanders, etc., etc

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo19653
Author
Victor, Orville J.
Date of Publication
[©1861-68?]
Call Number
973.7 N552 1861
Responsibility
By Orville J. Victor.
Author
Victor, Orville J.
Place of Publication
New York
Publisher
J.D. Torrey
Date of Publication
[©1861-68?]
Physical Description
4 volumes frontispieces, plates, portraits, maps (some folded) 26 cm
Notes
Added t.p. engraved, with vignette, in each volume.
Subjects
United States - History - Civil War, 1861-1865.
United States.
History.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Rare Books
Call Number
973.7 N552 1861
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The history of the life of King Henry the Second, and of the age in which he lived, in five books: to which is prefixed a history of the revolutions of England from the death of Edward the Confessor to the birth of Henry the Second: by George Lord Lyttelton

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo21363
Author
Lyttelton, George Lyttelton,
Edition
A new edition, corrected.
Date of Publication
1777.
Call Number
Book 472 1777
Book 473 1777
Book 474 1777
Book 475 1777
Book 477 1777
Book 476 1777
Author
Lyttelton, George Lyttelton,
Uniform Title
History of the life of King Henry the Second.
Edition
A new edition, corrected.
Place of Publication
London
Publisher
Printed for J. Dodsley,
Date of Publication
1777.
Physical Description
4 volumes ; (8vo)
Notes
Each volume has a half-title: 'Lord Lyttelton's history of King Henry II. .'.
Jasper Yeates's Colonial Law Library.
Yeates's signature at top of title page.
Book numbers 472-477 as assigned by Yeates.
ESTC
Subjects
Henry - II, - King of England, - 1133-1189.
Great Britain - History - To 1485.
Great Britain.
History.
Full leather (Binding)
Gilt title on maroon spine label (Binding)
Additional Author
Yeates, Jasper,
Location
Lancaster History Library - Yeates Collection
Call Number
Book 472 1777
Book 473 1777
Book 474 1777
Book 475 1777
Book 477 1777
Book 476 1777
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A geography of Pennsylvania : containing an account of the history, geographical features, soil, climate, geology, botany, zoology, population, education, government, finances, productions, trade, railroads, canals &c. of the state : with a separate description of each county, and questions for the convenience of teachers : to which is appended, a travellers' guide, or table of distances on the principal rail road, canal and stage routes in the state

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo18340
Author
Trego, Charles B.,
Date of Publication
1843.
Call Number
917.48 T784
  2 websites  
Responsibility
by Charles B. Trego ; illustrated by a map of the state and numerous engravings.
Author
Trego, Charles B.,
Place of Publication
Philadelphia
Publisher
Edward C. Biddle,
Date of Publication
1843.
Physical Description
384 p. : ill., fold. map ; 20 cm.
Subjects
Travel.
Pennsylvania - Description and travel.
Pennsylvania - History.
Pennsylvania.
History.
Additional Corporate Author
Marian S. Carson Collection (Library of Congress)
Location
Lancaster History Library - Rare Books
Call Number
917.48 T784
Websites
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The day-light department store remembered

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Author
Haak, David Schantz.
Date of Publication
2011.
Call Number
974.819 L441 Vol. 20, # 1
Responsibility
Dave Haak.
Author
Haak, David Schantz.
Place of Publication
[Place of publication not identified]
Lebanon, PA
Publisher
Lebanon County Historical Society,
Printed by Kwik Quality Press.
Date of Publication
2011.
Physical Description
ii, 56 pages : illustrations (some color), chart, portraits ; 23 cm
Notes
Cover title.
"Volume 20, number 1."
Includes family tree of owners: page 11.
Contents
Dedication -- Contributors -- The day-light department store remembered -- Heritage -- Ownership family tree -- Stambaugh and Haak -- Haak Bros. -- Advertisements -- Recollections -- Beyond Haak's -- Conclusion -- About the author.
Subjects
Haack family.
Stambaugh family.
Haak Bros. Department Store (Myerstown, Pa.) - History.
Family-owned business enterprises - Pennsylvania - Lebanon County
Department stores - Pennsylvania - Lebanon County
Department stores.
Lebanon County (Pa.) - History.
Lebanon County (Pa.) - Genealogy.
Pennsylvania - Lebanon County.
History.
Additional Corporate Author
Lebanon County Historical Society (Lebanon County, Pa.)
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
974.819 L441 Vol. 20, # 1
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Biographical and portrait cyclopedia of Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania : comprising a historical sketch of the county

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo22254
Author
Wiley, Samuel T.
Date of Publication
1993.
Call Number
974.817 W682
Responsibility
by Samuel T. Wiley ; together with about five hundred and fifty biographical sketches of the prominent men and leading citizens of the county ; carefully revised and edited by Henry W. Ruoff.
Author
Wiley, Samuel T.
Place of Publication
Mt. Vernon, IN
Publisher
Windmill Publications,
Date of Publication
1993.
Physical Description
811 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm
Notes
Reprint, with new index. Originally published: Philadelphia : Rush, West and Co., 1893.
Subjects
Schuylkill County (Pa.) - Biography.
Schuylkill County (Pa.) - History.
Pennsylvania - Schuylkill County.
Biographies.
History.
Additional Author
Ruoff, Henry W.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
974.817 W682
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An introduction to the making of Latin : comprising, after an easy, compendious method, the substance of the Latin syntax : with proper English examples, most of them translations from the classic authors, in one column, and the Latin words in antoher : to which is subjoin'd, in the same method, a succinct account of the affairs of ancient Greece and Rome, intended at once to bring boys acquainted with history, and the idiom of the Latin tongue with rules for the gender of nouns

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo22165
Author
Clarke, John,
Edition
The sixteenth edition, revised and carefully corrected.
Date of Publication
MDCCLII [1752]
Call Number
Book 1038 1752
Responsibility
by John Clarke ...
Author
Clarke, John,
Edition
The sixteenth edition, revised and carefully corrected.
Place of Publication
London
Publisher
Printed for C. Hitch and L. Hawes in Pater-Noster-Row, and J. Hodges on London-Bridge,
Date of Publication
MDCCLII [1752]
Physical Description
xii, 297, [3] p. ; 17 cm. (12mo)
Notes
"A dissertation upon the usefulness of translations of classic authors, both literal and free, for the easy and expeditious attainment of the Latin tongue" (p. [277]-297) has special title page.
Signatures: A-N¹².
Bookseller's advertisement on last three pages.
Apparently from Jasper Yeates's personal libarary.
Yeates's signature at top of title page under that of John Yeates.
Book nunber 1038 not assigned by Yeates.
Subjects
Latin language - Early works to 1800.
Latin language - Readers
Latin language.
Latin language
Rome - History.
Greece - History - To 146 B.C.
Greece.
Rome (Empire)
Early works.
History.
Readers.
Full blind-tooled leather (Binding)
No spine title.
Additional Author
Clarke, John,
Yeates, Jasper,
Yeates, John,
Location
Lancaster History Library - Yeates Collection
Call Number
Book 1038 1752
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Minutes of the Convention of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania : which commenced at Philadelphia on Tuesday the twenty-fourth day of November, in the year of Our Lord one thousand seven hundred and eight-nine, for the purpose of reviewing, and if they see occasion, altering and amending the constitution of this state

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo21605
Corporate Author
Pennsylvania. Constitutional Convention
Date of Publication
1789.
Call Number
Book 585 1790
Corporate Author
Pennsylvania. Constitutional Convention
Place of Publication
Philadelphia
Publisher
Printed by Zachariah Poulson, jun. ...,
Date of Publication
1789.
Physical Description
222 p. ; 32 cm. (fol.)
Notes
Signatures: [A]² B-2N² 2O1 2P-3K².
Jasper Yeates's Colonial Law Library.
Yeates's signature at top of title page.
Book number 585 as assigned by Yeates.
Bound with Minutes of the proceedings of the convention of the state of Pennsylvania...fifteenth day of July 1776 - Minutes of the convention of the commonwealth of Pennsylvvania...twentieth day of November 1787...Philadelphia: Hall and Sellers, 1787 - Minutes of the grand committee of the whole convention of the commonwealth of Pennsylvania..twentieth-fourth day of November, 1789 - Index to the journal of the convention who framed the present constitution...Philadelphia: John Bioren, 1808.
Evans
Subjects
Pennsylvania.
Pennsylvania - History - 1775-1865 - Sources.
History.
Sources.
Three-quaraters leather on blue boards (Binding)
No spine label (Binding)
Additional Author
Yeates, Jasper,
Additional Corporate Author
American Imprint Collection (Library of Congress)
Location
Lancaster History Library - Yeates Collection
Call Number
Book 585 1790
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Peaceable kingdom lost : the Paxton Boys and the destruction of William Penn's holy experiment

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo21090
Author
Kenny, Kevin,
Date of Publication
2009.
Call Number
974.802 K36
  1 website  
Responsibility
Kevin Kenny.
ISBN
9780195331509
0195331508
9780199753949
0199753946
Author
Kenny, Kevin,
Place of Publication
Oxford ; New York
Publisher
Oxford University Press,
Date of Publication
2009.
Physical Description
viii, 294 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
Notes
Includes bibliographical references (pages 265-284) and index.
Contents
pt. 1. False dawn -- Newcomers -- Settlers and squatters -- Expansion -- Fraud -- A hunger for land -- pt. 2. Theatre of bloodshed and rapine -- Braddock's defeat -- Pennsylvania goes to war -- Negotiations -- Westward journeys -- Conquest -- pt. 3. Zealots -- Indian uprising -- Rangers -- Conestoga Indiantown -- Lancaster workhouse -- Panic in Philadelphia -- pt. 4. A war of words -- The Declaration and Remonstrance -- A proper spirit of jealousy and revenge -- Christian white savages -- Under the tyrant's foot -- pt. 5. Unraveling -- Killers -- Mercenaries -- Revolutionaries -- Appendix : Identifying the Conestoga Indians.
Summary
"William Penn established Pennsylvania in 1682 as a "holy experiment" in which Europeans and Indians could live together in harmony. In this book, historian Kevin Kenny explains how this Peaceable Kingdom--benevolent, Quaker, pacifist--gradually disintegrated in the eighteenth century, with disastrous consequences for Native Americans ... Based on extensive research in eighteenth-century primary sources, this ... history offers an eye-opening look at how colonists--at first, the backwoods Paxton Boys but later the U.S. government--expropriated Native American lands, ending forever the dream of colonists and Indians living together in peace."--Jacket.
Subjects
Penn, William, - 1644-1718 - Philosophy.
Penn, William, - 1644-1718.
Paxton Boys.
Vigilantes - Pennsylvania
Indians of North America - Pennsylvania
Culture conflict - Pennsylvania
Culture conflict.
Indians of North America.
Philosophy.
Race relations.
Vigilantes.
Pennsylvania - History - Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775.
Pennsylvania - Race relations - History - 18th century.
Pennsylvania.
History.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
974.802 K36
Websites
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The ground swallowed them up : slavery and the underground railroad in York County, Pa

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Author
Mingus, Scott L.
Date of Publication
2016.
©2016
Call Number
973.7115 M664
Responsibility
Scott Mingus.
ISBN
9780979291555
0979291550
Author
Mingus, Scott L.
Place of Publication
York, Pa
Publisher
York County History Center,
Date of Publication
2016.
©2016
Physical Description
x, 232 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm
Notes
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
Introduction / Dr. Leroy T. Hopkins, Jr. -- Foreword / June Burk Lloyd -- Slavery in Pennsylvania and the early abolitionist movement -- The early growth of the Underground Railroad -- Prigg v. Pennsylvania -- An open pathway for fugitives -- From discord toward dissolution -- The bloody road to emancipation -- Afterword / James McClure -- Appendix A : Reported Underground Railroad conductors in York County -- Appendix B : The slaveholder's prayer.
Subjects
Underground Railroad - Pennsylvania.
Fugitive slaves - Pennsylvania
African Americans - Pennsylvania
Historic sites - Pennsylvania.
African Americans.
Fugitive slaves.
Historic sites.
Underground Railroad.
York County (Pa.) - History.
Pennsylvania.
Pennsylvania - York County.
History.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
973.7115 M664
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Minutes of District meetings of the German Baptist Brethren of the Eastern District of Pennsylvania : from 1867 to 1896

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo19556
Corporate Author
Church of the Brethren. Eastern District of Pennsylvania.
Date of Publication
[1896?]
Call Number
289.2748 B844
Corporate Author
Church of the Brethren. Eastern District of Pennsylvania.
Place of Publication
[Place of publication not identified]
Publisher
[publisher not identified],
Date of Publication
[1896?]
Physical Description
135 pages ; 23 cm
Notes
Printed and bound at the order of the District Meeting; J.H. Longenecker and H.E. Light, committee in charge.
Subjects
Church of the Brethren. - Eastern District of Pennsylvania - History.
Church of the Brethren. - Eastern District of Pennsylvania.
Pennsylvania - Church history.
Pennsylvania.
Church history.
History.
Additional Author
Longenecker, J. H.
Light, H. E.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
289.2748 B844
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City of Lebanon Bridges over Norfolk Southern : an historical retrospective of the people and businesses

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo19024
Author
Rhoads, Donald L.
Date of Publication
[2012]
Call Number
974.819
Alternate Title
Bridges over Norfolk Southern
Responsibility
by Donald L. Rhoads, Jr. and Gladys Bucher Sowers.
Author
Rhoads, Donald L.
Place of Publication
[Lebanon, Pa.]
Publisher
[Lebanon County Historical Society],
Date of Publication
[2012]
Physical Description
v, 79 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm
Notes
"March 2012."
"Volume 20, number 2"--Cover.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary
"Presents information on the people and areas of Lebanon affected by the Bridge over Norfolk Southern project. It provides a glimpse of the history of some families who lived in the bridge area; it also provides information on some businesses that were located on the sites where the new bridges will be constructed."--Page ii.
Subjects
Bridges - Pennsylvania - Lebanon.
Railroads - Pennsylvania - Lebanon.
Bridges.
Commerce.
Railroads.
Lebanon (Pa.) - History.
Lebanon (Pa.) - Commerce.
Pennsylvania - Lebanon.
History.
Additional Author
Sowers, Gladys Bucher,
Additional Corporate Author
Lebanon County Historical Society (Lebanon County, Pa.)
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
974.819
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