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The history of the gas and electric industries in Lancaster County

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Author: Barnes, Horace Richards.

Date of Publication: 1948

. Root, Vice- President and Treasurer, of Allentown, Pa.; Mr. L. C. Pursell, Second Vice-President, of Allentown, Pa.; and to Mr. James Huebner, Vice-President, Lancaster Division, Pennsylvania Power and Light Company. Most of the material in this study has been secured from data and records owned by the

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Responsibility: by Horace Richards Barnes.

Author: Barnes, Horace Richards.

Place of Publication: Lancaster, Pa

Publisher: Lancaster County Historical Society,

Date of Publication: 1948

Physical Description: [101]-131 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

Series: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 52, no. 5

Subjects: Pennsylvania Power & Light Company - History.; Lancaster Gas Company (Lancaster, Pa.); Edison Electric Illuminating Company of Lancaster (Pa.); Electric utilities - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County; Public utilities - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County; Gas companies - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County

Contained In: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 52, number 5 (1948), p. 101-131Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.52

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Collection: George Steinman Papers

Title: George Steinman Papers, Series 1 and 2

Object ID: MG0184

Date Range: 1738-1955

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Collection: George Steinman Papers

Title: George Steinman Papers, Series 1 and 2

Description: The George Steinman Papers, Series 1 contains an album, compiled by George Steinman, with many photographs of buildings, tombstones, monuments and scenes of Lancaster city and county. Ephemera and newspaper articles are among the photographs. Represented in the album are Postlethwaite's Tavern, hotels and taverns, fire houses, the Conestoga massacre, churches, cemeteries, Ephrata Cloister, prominent citizens and their homes, Stehli Silk Mill, and schools. The four boxes contain orginal correspondence, documents, photographs and ephemera or and pertaining to the same subject matter as the album.; The George Steinman Papers, Series 2 is a collection of original correspondence, documents, photographs, and ephemera primarily compiled by George Steinman. The contents of Series 2 represent Lancaster city and county events, prominent citizens, buildings, monuments, churches, cemeteries, schools, and businesses. Most of what Steinman collected relates to 18th and 19th century Pennsylvania, highlighting Lancaster and Philadelphia. One of the key events highlighted is the Revolutionary war; with documents and images related to Philadelphia, George Washington, the Atlee family, and General Edward Hand. There are images relating to the Christiana Riot and to various buildings in early Lancaster; including but not limited to the Old Jail, the British Prison, and Postlethwaite's Tavern. Also included in the collection is currency printed by Benjamin Franklin in Philadelphia in 1764, and Confederate States currency and bonds.

System of Arrangement: This collection is divided into two series:; Series 1 The Steinman Album; Series 2 Documents, Photographs, Ephemera

Date Range: 1738-1955

Year Range From: 1738

Year Range To: 1955

Date of Accumulation: ca. 1860-1920

Creator: Steinman, George Michael, 1847-1920

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives South

Storage Wall: Side 04

People: Altee, John; André, John; Appel, T. Roberts; Armstrong, Elizabeth; Atlee, Samuel John; Atlee, Washington Lemuel; Atlee, William Augustus; Atlee, William Pitt; Baer, John; Baily, Francis; Bair, Daniel; Baker, James G.; Baldwin, Edith L.; Barr, Elias; Barton, Thomas; Bausman, Elizabeth; Bausman, William; Bear, Henry; Beck, Herbert Huebener; Beck, Martin; Beecher, William C.; Beissel, Conrad; Beissel, John Conrad; Bender, Henry; Bethel, Samuel; Bezellon, Martha Coombe; Bezellon, Peter; Boehm, Henry; Boyle, Philip; Breneman, Benjamin Franklin; Breneman, Gideon; Breneman, Franklin Henry; Broll, John; Brown, J. H.; Bryan, George; Buchanan, James; Buchmiller, Dulon Frank; Burkhart, Anna Margarita; Burkhart, George; Burrowes, Francis Smith; Burrowes, Thomas Henry; Burt, Nathaniel; Calder, George, Jr.; Cameron, James; Carpenter, John; Carpenter, William; Cheves, Langdon; Clay, Henry; Clemson, James; Coleman, Elizabeth; Coleman, Robert; Coleman, William; Cope, Caleb; Cope, Thomas P.; Cox, John; Crawford, James; Crowel, Mary R.; Damant, James; Davis, Benjamin Franklin; Dering, Henry; Detwiler, Thomas Craig; Diffenbaugh, Henry; Diffenderfer, Milton Hess; Diffenderffer, Frank Reid; Diller, Graybill; Donnley, Felix; Downing, Samuel; Dufresne, Samuel; Duvel, P. S.; Eberly, Michael; Edge, Walter Warren; Eichholtz, Jacob; Ellicott, Andrew; Elliot, Robert; Ellmaker, Nathaniel; Eshleman, Frank; Fahnestock, Samuel; Ferree, Philip; Fordney, Melchoir; Forney, J. A.; Fox, Cyrus; Frailey, Jacob; Franklin, George F.; Franklin, Walter; Fraser, Susan; Frazer, Reah; Fulton, Robert; Funck, John; Funk, John; Galbreath, John; Geist, M. W.; Germon, W. L.; Gill, William; Gingrich, Amos; Graff, Andreas; Grant, Hamilton; Graybill, Jacob; Groff, John M.; Groff, Sebastian; Grosh, John; Grove, Annie C.; Grubb, Daisy; Grubb, Peter; Hager, Walter C.; Haldeman, Samuel Steman; Hall, Charles; Hamilton, Andrew; Hamilton, James; Hammond, Frederick W.; Hamond, E. R.; Hand, Edward; Hand, John; Hand, Mollie; Harpel, Charlotte; Hayes, Alexander Laws; Hazen, Moses; Heinitsh, August; Heintzelman, Samuel Peter; Heister, Joseph; Henderson, Barton; Henderson, Thomas G.; Henry, John Joseph; Hensel, George Washington, Jr.; Hensel, William Uhler; Herr, Christian; Herr, Hans; Herr, Rudy; Hews, George H.; Hoffnagle, Peter; Hood, Alexander H.; Hostetter, Albert Keller; Hughes, Edward; Hutter, Christian; Jacobs, Cyrus; Jenkins, David; Jenkins, William; Kevinski, John B.; King, George H.; Kirkpatrick, William; Konigmacher, Joseph; Kroome, Hiram; Krug, George; Kuhn, Simon; Kuhn, Simon Adam; Landis, David Bachman; Landis, David H.; Landis, Harry; Landis, Jacob; Light, John B.; Lightner, Michael; Lincoln, Abraham; Lippold, John W.; Loeb, Jacob; Long, Henry Grimler; Long, Isaac; Lowery, Alexander; Lowery, Lazarus; Ludlow, Robert Fulton; Magee, David Francis; Marshall, Christopher; Marshall, John; Martin, C. H.; Mason, S.; Mathiot, John; Matlack, Timothy; Mayer, Christian B.; McCaskey, John Piersol "Jack"; McClain, Francis Bernard; McClellan, George Brinton; McCormick, D. R.; McFarquahr, Colin; McGrann, Bernard John; Melsheimmer, Frederick Valentine; Metzger, Samuel H.; Mifflin, Thomas; Miller, Dave "Devil"; Miller, John; Miller, Susanna; Mishler, Benjamin; Montgomery, John R.; Montgomery, William; Morton, William Augustus; Mulhatten, Barney; Musser, Yost; Myers, Albert; Mylin, Martin; Neff, John; Nevin, John D.; North, Hugh McAlister; Old, James; Parks, Jake; Pastor, John; Peiper, William L.; Penn, William; Pitt, William; Porter, Andrew; Porter, George B.; Pyle, Howard; Ramsey, David; Raub, Galen John Peoples; Reigart, Adam; Reigart, Emanuel C.; Reilly, Mary Gertrude Costigan; Reinmansnyder, Helen; Reynolds, George Nelson; Reynolds, John Fulton; Reynolds, William; Rogers, Milton C.; Rose, Frederick; Ross, George; Ross, Patton; Sauber, Charles Alvin; Sener, Samuel Miller; Seyfert, Augustus G.; Shober, Emanuel; Shreiner, Philip; Slaymaker, Henry; Slaymaker, Henry Edwin; Slaymaker, L.; Slaymaker, William; Sloane, S.; Slough, Elizabeth; Smith, Charles; Snavely, Harry H.; Stahr, John Summers; Stambauch, Samuel; Stauffer, David McNeely; Stedman, Alexander; Steinman, George Michael; Stevens, Thaddeus; Stiegel, Henry William; Strong Wolf, Chief; Summy, Levi; Sutter, John Augustus; Tener, John C.; Thornburg, Robert; Todd, Charles; Tomlinson, George; Urban, John; Vogan, John; Washington, George; Webb, James; West, Benjamin; Wharton, Thomas; Whiteside, John; Wiley, William; Williamson, Henry Stackhouse; Willson, George Bolivar; Willson, John; Winover, Peter; Wise, Charles; Wise, John; Witmer, Abraham; Witmer, David; Witmer, Esther Elizabeth; Worner, William Frederic; Wright, James; Wright, John; Yeates, Catharine; Yeates, Jasper; Zahm, Godfried; Zahm, Mathias; Zahm, Samuel H.; Zantzinger, Paul; Zehmer, Anthony; Zinzendorf, Nicholaus

Subjects: Ephemera; Photographs; Scrapbooks

Search Terms: Abbeville (Historic estate); Abbeville Mill; Advent Lutheran Church; Albright's Transportation Depot; All Saints Episcopal Church; American Hose Company; Balloons; Bangor Episcopal Church; Berks County Historical Society; Binkley's Bridge; Bird-In-Hand Friends Meetinghouse; Boehm's Chapel; Buch Tavern; Buchanan Park; Caledonia Furnace; Carpenter's Union Church; Cat Tavern; Cemeteries; Central Cigar Store; Chalices; Chestnut Level Presbyterian Church; Christ Lutheran Church; Christian Herr House; Christiana Resistance; Churches; Clare Point Stock Farm; Columbia - Wrightsville Bridge; Columbia Friends Meetinghouse; Conestoga Furnace; Conestoga Glue Factory; Conestoga Navigation Company; Conestoga wagon; Cosgrove's Tavern; County House; Courthouses; Covered bridges; Disasters; Donegal Presbyterian Church; Downing's Mill; Eagle Hotel; Eden Iron Works; Edge Tool Forge; Elizabeth Furnace; Emmanuel Lutheran Church; Engleside, Lancaster Twp.; Ephemera; Ephrata Cloister; Ephrata Mountain Springs Hotel; Exchange Hotel; Feagleyville; Federal Hall; Finding aids; Fire departments; Fires; First National Store; First Presbyterian Church, Lancaster; First Reformed Church, Lancaster; Fites Eddy Hotel; Fountain Inn; Franklin and Marshall College; Franklin College; Franklin House; Fulton Cotton Mill; General Sutter Inn; Golden Swan Hotel; Grace Lutheran Church; Graeff's Landing; Grape Tavern; Gravestones; Graveyards; Green Cottage; Grubb Mansion; Halfway House; Hans Herr House; Hardwicke; Harmony Hall; Heinitsh Drug Store; Historical markers; Hope Episcopal Church; Hopewell Forge; Hotels; Humane Fire Company; Humes Woolen Mill; Hutter's Folly; Indian Queen Tavern; Indigenous peoples; J. B. Distillery; Keener's Mill; Kepler Lodge; Krug House; Lafayette Hill; Lamb Tavern; Lamparter's Row; Lancaster Academy; Lancaster County Courthouse; Lancaster County Historical Society; Lancaster County National Bank; Lancaster County Prison; Lancaster Curling Club; Lancaster Fencibles; Lancaster Moravian Church; Landisville Mennonite Meetinghouse; Leacock Presbyterian Church; Linden Hall; Lititz Moravian Church; Manuscript groups; Marietta and Susquehanna Trading Company; Markets; Martic Forge, Martic Twp.; Martin Meylin's Gunshop; Masonic halls; Masonic lodges; Massasoit Hall; Mechanics Library; Mellinger Mennonite Church; Middle Octorara Presbyterian Church; Millersville Academy; Millersville State Normal School; Millersville University; Mills; Mischler's Exchange; Mishler's Beer Garden; Montgomery House; Monuments; Moss Cigar Factory; Mount Bethel Mansion; Mount Hope Furnace; Native Americans; Odd Fellows Hall; Old City Hall; Old Welsh Graveyard; Paper mills; Parish houses; Paxton Boys; Penn Square; Pennsbury Manor; Pennsylvania Railroad; Pequea Presbyterian Church; Petroglyphs; Photographs; Plough Tavern; Poole Forge; Postlethwaite's Tavern; Powder houses; Practical Farmer Hotel; Ranck's Mill; Reigart's Landing; Reigart's Old Wine Store; Relay Hotel; Revolutionary War; Rock Ford; Ruth's Fine Groceries; Sadsbury Friends Meetinghouse; Safe Harbor Rolling Mill; Schools; Scrapbooks; Shiffler Fire Company; Ship Tavern; Shippen School; Sign of the Bull Tavern; Sign of the Hat Tavern; Sorrel Horse Hotel; St. Catherine of Siena Catholic Church; St. James Episcopal Church; St. John's Episcopal Church; St. John's Lutheran Church; St. John's United Church of Christ; St. Mary's Catholic Church; St. Michael's Lutheran Church; St. Paul's United Church of Christ; St. Peter's Catholic Church; Stamps; Stehli Silk Mill; Stock certificates; Strasburg Academy; Strasburg Mennonite Cemetery; Strasburg Methodist Episcopal Church; Sunflower Inn; Swamp Church; Swan Hotel; Tavern signs; Taverns; Ten Hour House; Three Crowns Tavern; Trinity Lutheran Church; Union Bethel Church; Union Fire Company; Union Hotel; Valley Forge, Chester County, Pennsylvania; Vermont Historical Society; Voganville Hotel; Wabank House; Washington Hotel; Washington Memorial Chapel; Waterloo Tavern; Waterworks; Watt and Shand; Weaverland Mennonite Church; Wheatland; White Horse Hotel; White Swan Hotel; William Pitt Tavern; Windsor Forge; Witmer's Bridge; Witness Tree; Woodward Hill Cemetery; F. W. Woolworth Co.; York Furnace; Young Men's Christian Association; Zion Lutheran Church

Extent: 1 scrapbook, 4 boxes, 112 folders, 3.5 cubic ft.

Object Name: Archive

Language: English

Object ID: MG0184

Location of Originals: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania

Copies: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania

Notes: Preferred Citation: Title or description of item, date (day, month, year), Collection Title (MG#), Series #, Box #, Folder #, (or Object ID), LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania. URL if applicable. Date accessed (day, month, year).; "Mr. Geo. Steinman who started this collection of pictures. This book was presented to the Lanc. Co. Historical Society after his death by Mr. Geo. S. Franklin."; John M. Gibson is recorded as the donor, 1968, in LancasterHistory's accession records.; LancasterHistory is committed to preserving and providing access to materials chronicling Lancaster County's heritage. As a historical resource, this document reflects the racial prejudices and actions of the era. In order to maintain the historical integrity and context of collection items, LancasterHistory does not censor historical documents or edit language, titles, or organization names when transcribing original content.

Access Conditions / Restrictions: Please use digital images and transcriptions when available.; The use of the original album is restricted. Please contact Research@LancasterHistory.org with questions.

Copyright: Images have been provided for research purposes only. Please contact Research@LancasterHistory.org for a high-resolution image and permission to publish.; LancasterHistory retains the rights to the digital images and content presented. The doctrine of fair use allows limited use of copyrighted material without permission from the copyright holder. Fair use includes comment, criticism, teaching, and private scholarship. Any images and data downloaded, printed or photocopied for these purposes should provide a citation. All other uses beyond those allowed by fair use require written permission.; Permission for reproduction and/or publication must be obtained in writing from LancasterHistory. Persons wishing to publish any material from this site must assume all responsibility for identifying and satisfying any claimants of copyright or other use restrictions. Publication fees may apply.

Credit: Courtesy of LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.

Other Numbers: MG-184

Classification: MG0184

Description Level: Fonds

Custodial History: Series 1 processed and finding aid prepared PK and MSH, 2008. Series 2 finding aid prepared by JE, 2018. Added to database 20 July 2021.; Digitization of this document was funded by the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, PHMC Appl ID # C980002119, 2021-2024.

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Letters relating to Colonial military hospitals in Lancaster County

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Author: Heiges, George L.

Date of Publication: 1948

Lancaster County. This additional source is the diary of Rev. James Sproat, pastor of the Second Presbyterian Church in Phila- delphia, and in March, 1778, appointed to the post of chaplain for �the hospitals of the Middle District. Concerning Rev. Sproat, John Adams wrote this after hearing him preach in

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Responsibility: by George L. Heiges.

Author: Heiges, George L.

Place of Publication: Lancaster, Pa

Publisher: Lancaster County Historical Society,

Date of Publication: 1948

Physical Description: [73]-96 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

Series: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 52, no. 4

Subjects: Potts, Jonathan, - 1745-1781.; Craik, James, - 1730-1814.; Shippen, William, - 1736?-1808.; Rush, Benjamin, - 1746-1813.; Morgan, John.; Military hospitals - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.; United States - History - Revolution, 1775-1783 - Hospitals.

Contained In: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 52, number 4 (1948), p. 73-96Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.52

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Cannon Hill and the Hessian ditch with personal reminiscences of the Furnace Hills

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Author: Beck, Herbert Huebener,

Date of Publication: 1940

now treasured in the home of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Could it but take tongue to tell of its life and times! The James Old mansion, at the Speedwell Forge, with its surrounding farmlands, woods and meadows, to which had been added a superbly built 4 H. C. Grittinger, Leb. Co. Hist

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Responsibility: by Herbert H. Beck.

Author: Beck, Herbert Huebener,

Place of Publication: Lancaster, Pa

Publisher: Lancaster County Historical Society,

Date of Publication: 1940

Physical Description: [21]-39 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

Series: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 44, no. 2

Subjects: Furnace Hills (Lancaster County, Pa.); Hessian Ditch (Lancaster County, Pa.); Iron industry and trade - Pennsylvania.; Lancaster County (Pa.) - Description and travel.

Contained In: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 44, number 2 (1940), p. 21-39Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.44

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William Penn in the Conestoga Valley

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Author: Heisey, M. Luther,

Date of Publication: 1944

were taught gratuitously, and its doors were open to all. By an Act of Assembly it was required that the laws should be read in the schools." William Penn in the Conestoga Valley On the tablet erected in Manor Township by the Lancaster County His- torical Society, marking the site of Conestoga

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Responsibility: by M. Luther Heisey.

Author: Heisey, M. Luther,

Place of Publication: Lancaster, Pa

Publisher: Lancaster County Historical Society,

Date of Publication: 1944

Physical Description: [140]-144 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

Series: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 48, no. 6

Subjects: Penn, William, - 1644-1718.; Pennsylvania - History - Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775.; Lancaster County (Pa.) - History.

Contained In: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 48, number 6 (1944), p. 140-144Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.48

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Early presidential elections in Lancaster County

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Author: Martin, C. H.

Date of Publication: 1943.

, 1792, it had directed letters to 520 persons in various counties of Pennsylvania regarding persons to be nominated for Con- gress and as electors for president and vice-president. Those addressed in Lancaster County, to the number of nineteen, were: Jasper Yeates William A. Atlee John Hubley Alexander

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Responsibility: by C. H. Martin.

Author: Martin, C. H.

Place of Publication: Lancaster, Pa

Publisher: Lancaster County Historical Society,

Date of Publication: 1943.

Physical Description: [93]-105 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

Series: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 47, no. 5

Subjects: Presidents - United States; Elections - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.; Lancaster County (Pa.) - History - 18th century.; Lancaster County (Pa.) - History - 19th century.

Contained In: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 47, number 5 (1943), p. 93-105Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.47

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Railroad and bridge builders of Lancaster

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Author: Heisey, M. Luther,

Date of Publication: 1940

, and one over Shaver's Creek at Petersburg, Huntingdon County, Pa., containing 3,500 yards of masonry. JOHN FREDERICK HOUSTON, of Scotch-Irish ancestry, son of William F. and Amy McCorkle Houston, was born in Columbia, and there spent most of his days. His biographer said, "he was one of the brightest

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Responsibility: 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.

Contained In: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 44, number 4 (1940), p. 57-76Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.44

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Unpublished letters of Jasper Yeates : with added notes on Lancaster County's part in the Whiskey Rebellion/ by Jasper Yeates

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Author: Yeates, Jasper,

Date of Publication: 1946

, "during the prevalence of the Whiskey Insurrection in Pennsylvania took an active part in the field against the insurrectionists, and gained much credit in the campaign." Ellis and Evans' History of Lancaster County, pp. 226, 616 and 698. Pennsylvania Archives, second series, vol. 4, pp. 14, 136, 137 and

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Author: Yeates, Jasper,

Place of Publication: Lancaster, Pa

Publisher: Lancaster County Historical Society,

Date of Publication: 1946

Physical Description: [94]-96 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

Series: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 50, no. 3

Subjects: Whiskey Rebellion, Pa., 1794.; Lancaster (Pa.) - History - 1783-1865.

Contained In: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 50, number 3 (1946), p. 94-96Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.50

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Amusements in Lancaster 1750-1940

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Author: Reichmann, Felix,

Date of Publication: 1941

. We know that the 4 Buttorff, T. Theatre in Reading until 1851. Hist. Review of Berks County, 1940, 9. Gardener Collection, Box 17. 6 Hensel, W. U. Major Andre's Residence in Lancaster. Papers of the �English officers played theatre in Lancaster; Major Andre lived in town. We can conclude therefore

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Responsibility: by Felix Reichmann.

Author: Reichmann, Felix,

Place of Publication: Lancaster, Pa

Publisher: Lancaster County Historical Society,

Date of Publication: 1941

Physical Description: [25]-56 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

Series: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 45, no. 2

Subjects: Theater - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.; Amusements - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.; Lancaster County (Pa.) - Social life and customs.

Contained In: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 45, number 2 (1941), p. 25-56Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.45

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Libraries in Lancaster

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Author: Kieffer, Elizabeth Clarke.

Date of Publication: 1944.

' own meet- ing for the purpose of forming a "Mechanics Society of the City and County of Lancaster." 5 The society, organized the same year and incorporated in 1831, had, when summarized from the elaborate verbosity of its charter, the very progressive purpose of improving the status of the mechanic

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Responsibility: by Elizabeth Clarke Kieffer.

Author: Kieffer, Elizabeth Clarke.

Place of Publication: Lancaster, Pa

Publisher: Lancaster County Historical Society,

Date of Publication: 1944.

Physical Description: [71]-80 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

Series: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 48, no. 3

Subjects: Lancaster Library Company.; Mechanics' Society of the City and County (Lancaster, Pa.); Lancaster Free Public Library (Lancaster, Pa.); Libraries - Pennsylvania - Lancaster.

Contained In: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 48, number 3 (1944), p. 71-80Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.48

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The story of Dillerville

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Author: Pyle, James I.

Date of Publication: 1949

The Storyof By JAMES I. PYLE W HEN King Charles II of England in 1681 granted the lands of Pennsylvania to William Penn in settlement of debts of the Crown to William Penn's father, Admiral Penn, there occurs the first transfer of the site upon which Dillerville was afterwards located. May 15, 1735

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Responsibility: by James I. Pyle.

Author: Pyle, James I.

Place of Publication: Lancaster, Pa

Publisher: Lancaster County Historical Society,

Date of Publication: 1949

Physical Description: [65]-88 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

Series: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 53, no. 3

Subjects: Diller family.; Diller, Adam, - 1790-1859.; Dillerville School (Lancaster County, Pa.); Quarries and quarrying - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.; Railroads - Pennsylvania.; Railroad stations - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.; Dillerville (Pa.) - History.

Contained In: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 53, number 3 (1949), p. 65-88Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.53

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The ironmasters of Marietta and vicinity during the period 1848-1878

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Author: Gramm, Bertha Sue.

Date of Publication: 1948

of Miss Montgomery, died on the hill. He was one of the most active of the ironmasters, and was generally esteemed according to Ellis and Evans' History of Lancaster County as a "genial, kind-hearted, and enterprising gentleman." Abram Musselman's children were all educated in private schools. His

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Responsibility: by Bertha Sue Gramm.

Author: Gramm, Bertha Sue.

Place of Publication: Lancaster, Pa

Publisher: Lancaster County Historical Society,

Date of Publication: 1948

Physical Description: [137]-167 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

Series: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 52, no. 6

Subjects: Musselman family.; Watt family.; Haldeman family.; Historic buildings - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.; Furnaces - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.; Lancaster County (Pa.) - History - 19th century.

Contained In: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 52, number 6 (1948), p. 137-167Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.52

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Schools and education in the borough of Lancaster

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Author: Harbold, Peter Monroe.

Date of Publication: 1942

satisfied, as to any enquiries they may wish to make, by applying at this office, or to Mr. James Ross, teacher of Latin and Greek languages. The situation of Lancaster is, perhaps, preferable to that of any other in this state, for the establishment of a general school. —The town is remark- ably healthy

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Responsibility: by P.M. Harbold.

Author: Harbold, Peter Monroe.

Place of Publication: Lancaster, Pa

Publisher: Lancaster County Historical Society,

Date of Publication: 1942

Physical Description: [1]-44 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

Series: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 46, no. 1

Subjects: Education - Pennsylvania - Lancaster.; Schools - Pennsylvania - Lancaster.; Private schools - Pennsylvania - Lancaster.; Education, Secondary - Pennsylvania - Lancaster.; Education, Higher - Pennsylvania - Lancaster.

Contained In: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 46, number 1 (1942), p. 1-44Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.46

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Three churches in three southern townships

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Author: Eshleman, Wilmer J.

Date of Publication: 1947

Lancaster County. It is now in the possession of the Rev. James Hess. THE ORIGINAL PENN GRANT John Penn Thomas Penn & Richard Penn Esq. true and absolute Proprietaries and Governors in Chief of the Province of Pennsylvania and Counties of New Castle Kent and Sussex on Delaware To �all unto whom these

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Responsibility: by Wilmer J. Eshleman.

Author: Eshleman, Wilmer J.

Place of Publication: Lancaster, Pa

Publisher: Lancaster County Historical Society,

Date of Publication: 1947

Physical Description: [41]-52 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

Series: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 51, no. 2

Subjects: Byerland Mennonite Congregation (Willow Street, Pa.); Devil's Half Acre (Lancaster County, Pa.); Marticville Methodist Episcopal Church (Lancaster County, Pa.); Church buildings - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.

Contained In: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 51, number 2 (1947), p. 41-52Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.51

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Martin Meylin : a progenitor of the Pennsylvania rifle

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Author: Beck, Herbert Huebener,

Date of Publication: 1949

that this gun, the best rifle in the world of its day, had its origin in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. Authoritative works on the subject are "The Kentucky Rifle" by J. G. W. Dillin (1924), "Firearms in American History" by Charles Winthrop Sawyer (1910), and "Lancaster Rifles" by H. K. and G. L

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Responsibility: by Herbert H. Beck.

Author: Beck, Herbert Huebener,

Place of Publication: Lancaster, Pa

Publisher: Lancaster County Historical Society,

Date of Publication: 1949

Physical Description: [33]-[63] p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

Series: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 53, no. 2

Subjects: Mylin, Martin, - 1670-1749.; Mylin family.; Gunsmiths - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.; Rifles; Kentucky rifle.; Lancaster County (Pa.) - History.

Contained In: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 53, number 2 (1949), p. 33-63Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.53

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Trolley lines of Columbia

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Author: Denney, John D.

Date of Publication: 1946

lines in Lancaster County. This new organization, the Pennsylvania Traction Company, took steps to acquire not only the lines to Columbia, Marietta and the "Belt," but also the city lines in Lancaster and the rural lines running to Millersville and Lititz. Consequently, on February 5, 1894, all of the

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Responsibility: by John D. Denney, Jr.

Author: Denney, John D.

Place of Publication: Lancaster, Pa

Publisher: Lancaster County Historical Society,

Date of Publication: 1946

Physical Description: [97]-111 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

Series: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 50, no. 4 & 5

Subjects: Columbia and Ironville Electric Railway.; Columbia and Donegal Electric Railway.; Lancaster Traction Company (Lancaster, Pa.); Pennsylvania Traction Company (Lancaster County, Pa.); Conestoga Traction Company.; Street-railroads - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.; Columbia (Pa.) - History.

Contained In: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 50, number 4/5 (1946), p. 97-111Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.50

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Buchanan's campaign in Lancaster County

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Author: Brady, Gerard.

Date of Publication: 1949

of especially great interest in the campaign of 1856 for it was there that the Democratic candidate, James Buchanan, made his home. Let us see how the common people, the people who made up the constituency of James Buchanan, felt, thought, and finally acted. Lancaster County lies in the southeastern

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Responsibility: by Gerard Brady.

Author: Brady, Gerard.

Place of Publication: Lancaster, Pa

Publisher: Lancaster County Historical Society,

Date of Publication: 1949

Physical Description: [97]-135 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

Series: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 53, no. 4

Subjects: Buchanan, James, - 1791-1868.; Politics, Practical - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.; Elections - United States; Presidents - United States

Contained In: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 53, number 4 (1949), p. 97-135Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.53

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Lancaster's part in the world's watchmaking industry

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Author: Bowman, J. J.

Date of Publication: 1945

. James M. Beck, Solicitor General of the United States in President Coolidge's administration, at Lititz, Pa., about twenty years ago. Mr. Beck was a Lancaster Countian, a native of Lititz, and a first cousin of our Society's President, Dr. Herbert H. Beck. His familiarity with records of the United

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Responsibility: by John J. Bowman.

Author: Bowman, J. J.

Place of Publication: Lancaster, Pa

Publisher: Lancaster County Historical Society,

Date of Publication: 1945

Physical Description: [29]-50 P. : ill. ; 23 cm.

Series: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 49, no. 2

Subjects: Beaumarchais, Pierre Augustin Caron de, - 1732-1799.; Bowman, Ezra F.; Hamilton Watch Company.; Bowman Technical School, (Lancaster, Pa.); Adams & Perry Company (Lancaster, Pa.); Dudley Watch Manufacturing Company (Lancaster, Pa.); Lancaster Watch Company (Lancaster, Pa.); Clocks and watches.

Contained In: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 49, number 2 (1945), p. 29-50Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.49

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