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200th anniversary, 1754-1954, Intercourse, Pennsylvania

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Corporate Author: Intercourse Civic Association, Intercourse, Pa.

Date of Publication: 1954.

Call Number: 974.815 LEAC I61

Corporate Author: Intercourse Civic Association, Intercourse, Pa.

Place of Publication: Intercourse, Pa

Publisher: Intercourse Civic Association,

Date of Publication: 1954.

Physical Description: 192 p. : illus. ; 29 cm.

Notes: Includes advertisements.; Historical souvenir book and tourist guide.

Subjects: Amish.; Intercourse (Pa.) - History - Pictorial works.; Lancaster County (Pa.) - History.; Leacock (Pa. : Township)

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 974.815 LEAC I61

1712 Pequea settlement tour : eastern 4000 acre section of the Martin Kendig tract settled by the Ferree and LeFevre families

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Author: Wenger, Samuel Esbenshade.

Date of Publication: 2001]

Call Number: 974.815 WLAM W474b

Alternate Title: Pequea settlement tour; Seventeen-twelve Pequea settlement tour; 1712 Pequea settlement tour (eastern portion)

Responsibility: ... written and compiled by Samuel E. Wenger.

Author: Wenger, Samuel Esbenshade.

Place of Publication: [Lancaster, Pa

Publisher: Lancaster Mennonite Historical Society,

Date of Publication: 2001]

Physical Description: ii, 20 p. ; 28 cm. + 2 folded maps ; 28 x 44 cm.

Notes: "This tour is sponsored by Lancaster Mennonite Historical Society ...."

Subjects: Ferree family.; Ferree, Daniel, - 1652-1708 - Family.; Ferree, Marie Warrenberre, - ca. 1653-1716 - Family.; Lefevre family.; LeFevre, Isaac, - b. 1669 - Family.; LeFevre, Catherine Ferree, - 1679-1749 - Family.; Lancaster County (Pa.) - Genealogy.; Lancaster County (Pa.) - History.

Additional Corporate Author: Lancaster Mennonite Historical Society.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 974.815 WLAM W474b

Address of General Henry Shippen Huidekoper at the commencement exercises of the Shippen School For Girls of Lancaster, Pa. : June 6, 1916

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Author: Huidekoper, H. S.

Date of Publication: [1916]

Call Number: 370 H899

Author: Huidekoper, H. S.

Place of Publication: Lancaster, Pa

Publisher: Press of the New Era Print. Co.,

Date of Publication: [1916]

Physical Description: 16 p., [1] leaf of plates : ill. ; 23 cm.

Subjects: Lincoln, Abraham, - 1809-1865.; Slavery - Pennsylvania.; Lancaster County (Pa.) - History.; Lancaster County (Pa.) - Biography.

Additional Corporate Author: Shippen School for Girls.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Lancaster County

Call Number: 370 H899

[A memoir]

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Author: Van Nest, Magaretta.

Date of Publication: 1990?

Call Number: 929 V266

Author: Van Nest, Magaretta.

Place of Publication: Carbon typescript

Date of Publication: 1990?

Physical Description: 14, [11] leaves ; 28 cm.

Notes: "Levi Henry Crouse and Mary Louise Worrest were married marh 7, 1843 at the ages 26 and 18 years in Paradise, Lancaster co [sic] Pa. by Rev., Edward y. Buchanan of the Epsicopal church [sic], a brother of the President James Buchanan. Our parents named their first born -- a boy for that minister, Edward Buchanan."; "Aunt Kate was a teacher for some time at Millersville, Pennsylvania Normal School. The school published a magazine entitles [sic] 'The Page Monthly.' Her intimate frind on the faculty was Rose Budd, who wrote an article for the magazine entitled 'Let me die in Autumn.' It was Clara's last school days that she choose [sic] that poem for her recitation. Her wich was granted when she passed away Sept. 1, 1860."

Subjects: Crouse family.; Agriculture - Pennsylvania - Chester County; Agriculture - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County; Genealogy - Pennsylvania - Chester County.; Genealogy - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.; Chester County (Pa.) - History.; Lancaster County (Pa.) - History.; Chester County (Pa.) - Personal recollections.; Lancaster (Pa.) - Personal recollections.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 929 V266

An address on the early settlement of the Valley of Pequea

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Author: Conyngham, Redmond,

Date of Publication: 1842.

Call Number: 974.815 LACO C768

Responsibility: Delivered by Redmond Conyngham, at the Lyceum celebration, Fourth of July 1842, at Paradise. With an appendix containing a history of the Piquaws, with a notice of Tanawa, an Indian King of great celebrity. To which is appended anecdotes of William Penn, with the names of the early settlers and dates of settlement.

Author: Conyngham, Redmond,

Place of Publication: [Paradise

Publisher: Published for the Paradise Lyceum,

Date of Publication: 1842.

Physical Description: 12 p. 23 cm.

Notes: Reprint of original. Reprint and index by Gary T. Hawbaker

Subjects: Fourth of July orations.; Pequea Valley (Pa.) - History.; Lancaster County (Pa.) - History.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 974.815 LACO C768

An authentic history of Lancaster County : in the state of Pennsylvania

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Author: Mombert, J. I.

Date of Publication: 1869.

Call Number: 090 L244bar 1869

Responsibility: by J.I. Mombert.

Author: Mombert, J. I.

Place of Publication: Lancaster, Pa

Publisher: J.E. Barr & Co.,

Date of Publication: 1869.

Physical Description: vii, 617, 175 p., [6] p. of plates : ill., maps (some fold.) 25 cm.

Notes: Natural history of the county: p. 500-614.

Subjects: Natural history - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.; Lancaster County (Pa.) - History.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Rare Books

Call Number: 090 L244bar 1869

... And the improvements upon the land

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Edition: Limited ed.

Date of Publication: 1988.

Call Number: 974.815 LACO A611 No.4

Responsibility: [prepared by] The Historical Society of the Cocalico Valley.

Edition: Limited ed.

Place of Publication: Ephrata, Pa

Publisher: The Historical Society of Cocalico Valley ; Printed by Science Press,

Date of Publication: 1988.

Physical Description: 135 p. : ill. ; 28 cm.

Series: Pictorial book of the Historical Society of the Cocalico Valley ; 4

Notes: Limited ed. no. 1415.; LCHS has no.1420.

Summary: Includes " photographs of the tremendously diverse structures of the Cocalico Valley: area churches, schools, bridges, and businesses , plus the incomparable buildings of the Ephrata Cloister." [from the foreword]

Subjects: Cocalico Valley (Pa.) - History - Pictorial works.; Lancaster County (Pa.) - History.

Additional Corporate Author: Historical Society of the Cocalico Valley.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 974.815 LACO A611 No.4

An early road petition

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Author: Diffenderffer, Frank Ried,

Date of Publication: 1906

building in this county, and the country et large. A New Highway Called For. The foregoing brief account of the early road making has been prepared as introductory to an attempt made by the people of this city and county in 1770 to have a new King's highway built between Lancaster and Philadel- phia, by a

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Responsibility: by F. R. Diffenderffer, Litt.D.

Author: Diffenderffer, Frank Ried,

Place of Publication: Lancaster, Pa

Publisher: Lancaster County Historical Society,

Date of Publication: 1906

Physical Description: [145]-156 p. ; 23 cm.

Series: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 10, no. 5

Subjects: Roads - Pennsylvania; Lancaster County (Pa.) - History.

Contained In: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 10, number 5 (1906), p. 145-156Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.10

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Annals of the Conestoga Valley in Lancaster, Berks, and Chester Counties, Pennsylvania / compiled and published by C.Z. Mast and Robert E. Simpson

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Date of Publication: 1942.

Call Number: 974.815 CAER M423

Place of Publication: Elverson, Pa. ; Churchtown, Pa

Publisher: The Authors,

Date of Publication: 1942.

Physical Description: xviii, 689 p. : ill., map ; 23 cm.

Notes: Separate index volume compiled by J. Lemar and Lois Ann Mast in 1981.

Subjects: Lancaster County (Pa.) - History.; Berks County (Pa.) - History.; Chester County (Pa.) - History.; Conestoga Valley (Pa.) - History.

Additional Author: Mast, C. Z.; Simpson, Robert Emmett,

Location: Lancaster History Library - Rare Books; Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 974.815 CAER M423

Anti-German sentiment in Lancaster County, 1915-1919

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Author: Dumeyer, David M.

Date of Publication: 1981.

Call Number: 974.815 LACI D888

Author: Dumeyer, David M.

Place of Publication: Millersville, Pa

Publisher: State College,

Date of Publication: 1981.

Physical Description: viii, [1], 110 Î². : ill. ; 28 cm.

Notes: Bibliography: Î². 107-110.

Subjects: Germans - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.; World War, 1914-1918.; Lancaster County (Pa.) - History.

Additional Corporate Author: Millersville State College (Millersville, Pa.). Graduate Studies Division. Masters thesis. History.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 974.815 LACI D888

The Army has a heart : a war incident in Lancaster County

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Author: Klein, H. M. J.

Date of Publication: 1946.

Call Number: 940.531 K64a

Responsibility: by H. M. J. Klein.

Author: Klein, H. M. J.

Place of Publication: Mount Joy, Pa

Publisher: Harry N. Nissly,

Date of Publication: 1946.

Physical Description: [2], 15 p. ; 24 cm.

Subjects: United States. - Army - Public relations.; Lancaster County (Pa.) - History.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Lancaster County

Call Number: 940.531 K64a

Authentic history of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania : and Lancaster County divorces, 1788-1800, Moravian marriages at Litiz, 1743-1800, births and baptisms, St. Mary's Roman Catholic Church, 1789-1792, some Lancaster funeral procession notices, 1841-1855, especially edited for inclusion in this reprint

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Author: Mombert, J. I.

Date of Publication: c1988.

Call Number: 974.815 LACO M733 reprint

Responsibility: by William L. Iscrupe and Shirley G.M. Iscrupe.

ISBN: 0944128017

Author: Mombert, J. I.

Place of Publication: Laughlintown, Pa

Publisher: Southwest Pennsylvania Genealogical Services,

Date of Publication: c1988.

Physical Description: 833 p. in various pagings : ill., map ; 24 cm.

Notes: Reprint. Originally published: An authentic history of Lancaster County in the state of Pennsylvania / by J.I. Mombert. Lancaster, Pa. : J.E. Barr & Co., 1869.; Includes reprint of original title-page.; Includes index.

Subjects: Lancaster County (Pa.) - History.

Additional Author: Iscrupe, William L.; Iscrupe, Shirley G. M.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book; Lancaster History Library - Reference

Call Number: 974.815 LACO M733 reprint

The best poor man's country; a geographical study of early southeastern Pennsylvania

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Author: Lemon, James T.

Date of Publication: [1972]

Call Number: 974.800912 L556

Responsibility: [by] James T. Lemon.

ISBN: 0801811899

Author: Lemon, James T.

Place of Publication: Baltimore

Publisher: Johns Hopkins Press

Date of Publication: [1972]

Physical Description: xviii, 295 p. maps. 24 cm.

Notes: Includes bibliographical references.

Subjects: Land use - Pennsylvania.; Lancaster County (Pa.) - History.; Chester County (Pa.) - History.; Dauphin County (Pa.) - History.; Pennsylvania - Social conditions.; Pennsylvania - Economic conditions.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 974.800912 L556

Biographical annals of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania

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Date of Publication: <1985- >

Call Number: 920 B615 Reprint

ISBN: 0871524104 (set)

Place of Publication: Spartanburg, S.C

Publisher: Published for Pennsylvania Reprint Society and Southwest Pennsylvania Genealogical Services [by] The Reprint Co.,

Date of Publication: <1985- >

Physical Description: v. <1-4> ; 24 cm.

Notes: Reprint. Originally published: [U.S.] : Beers, 1903.; "Containing biographical and genealogical sketches of prominent and representative citizens and many of the early settles, with new index."; Includes index.

Subjects: Lancaster County (Pa.) - Biography.; Lancaster County (Pa.) - Genealogy.; Lancaster County (Pa.) - History.

Additional Corporate Author: Pennsylvania Reprint Society.; Southwest Pennsylvania Genealogical Services.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Reference

Call Number: 920 B615 Reprint

A brief history of Lancaster county, Pennsylvania

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Author: Lestz, Gerald S.

Date of Publication: c1998.

Call Number: 974.815 LACO L643b

Responsibility: by Gerald S. Lestz.

Author: Lestz, Gerald S.

Place of Publication: Lancaster, Pa

Publisher: John Baer's Sons,

Date of Publication: c1998.

Physical Description: 16 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.

Notes: Cover title.

Subjects: Lancaster County (Pa.) - History.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 974.815 LACO L643b

A brief history of Lancaster County, with special reference to the growth and development of ist institutions, designed for the school and home

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Author: Clare, Israel Smith,

Date of Publication: 1892.

Call Number: 974.815 LACO C591

Responsibility: By Israel Smith Clare. Edited by Anna Lyle ...

Author: Clare, Israel Smith,

Place of Publication: Lancaster, Pa

Publisher: Argus publishing company,

Date of Publication: 1892.

Physical Description: vi, p., 1 l., 317 p. : illus., 3 double maps ; 19 cm.

Subjects: Lancaster County (Pa.) - History.

Additional Author: Lyle, Anna.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 974.815 LACO C591

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

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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

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

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Date of Publication: 1870.

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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.