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Speech of Mr. Buchanan, on the bill imposing additional duties, as depositories in certain cases, on public officers : delivered in Senate U.S. September 29, 1837

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Author
Buchanan, James,
Date of Publication
1837.
Call Number
923.173 B918bs
Author
Buchanan, James,
Place of Publication
Washington
Publisher
Printed at the Globe Office,
Date of Publication
1837.
Physical Description
22 p. ; 24 cm.
Notes
Cover title.
Deals chiefly with the currency question and the re-establishment of a national bank.
Subjects
Currency question - United States.
Independent treasury - Speeches in Congress.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Rare Books
Call Number
923.173 B918bs
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A ritual of freemasonry : illustrated by numerous engravings with notes and remarks : to which is added a key to the Phi Beta Kappa

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Author
Allyn, Avery.
Date of Publication
1831.
Call Number
366.1 B747 1831
Alternate Title
Allyn's ritual
Responsibility
by Avery Allyn.
Author
Allyn, Avery.
Place of Publication
Boston
Publisher
John Marsh,
Date of Publication
1831.
Physical Description
302 p., [30] leaves of plates : ill. ; 19 cm.
Notes
Spine title: Allyn's ritual.
On back of cover: Marked Exhibit B. At the Execution of a Commission for the examination of witnesses between Thaddeus Stevens (Plf) and Jacob Lefever (Deft) this Book was shewn to Israel Pickney, Jason[?] Hanksile [?], Avery Allyn, and by them deposed unto, at the time of their examination. Before me Henry Cotheal, Henrytana Ward, Levi H Clarke, Commissioners.
Contents
York Rite, Royal Arch, Royal Master, Select Master, Ark and Dove, Knights of Constantinople, Secret Monitor, Heroine of Jericho, Knights of Three Kings, Knights of Red Cross, Knights Templars, Knights of Malta, Knights of the Christian Mark, Gaurds of the Conclave, Knights of the Holy Sepulchre, Order of the Cross, Ineffable degrees.
Subjects
Antimasonic Party.
Freemasonry
Freemasonry - United States - Controversial literature.
Secret societies.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Rare Books
Call Number
366.1 B747 1831
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The national portrait gallery of distinguished Americans

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Date of Publication
1834-1839.
Call Number
923.2 L851 Oversize
Responsibility
conducted by James B. Longacre ... and James Herring ... under the superintendence of the American Academy of the Fine Arts.
Place of Publication
Philadelphia
Publisher
Henry Perkins,
Date of Publication
1834-1839.
Physical Description
4 v. : ill. ; 29 cm.
Notes
Each volume has added engraved t.p. with dates: v.1: 1834; v. 2: 1835. An engraved portrait by any of a number of artists precedes each biographical essay.
Original issue has imprint: New York, M. Bancroft, 1834-1839.
Library has v. 3 only.
Contents
v. 1: George Washington, 1st President U.S. -- Martha Washington -- Charles Carroll of Carrollton -- Major-General Nathanael Greene -- Major-General Anthony Wayne -- Major-General William Moultrie -- Major General Israel Putnam -- Colonel Timothy Pickering -- Governor Isaac Shelby -- Governor Aaron Ogden -- John Marshall, LL.D., Chief Justice U.S. -- Edward Shippen, LL.D., Chief Justice of Pennsylvania -- Brigadier-General Jonathan Williams -- Daniel D. Tompkins, Vice President U.S. -- Hon. Henry Clay, U.S. Senate -- Major-General Andrew Jackson, President U.S. -- Hon. Daniel Webster, U.S. Senate -- Hon. William Wirt -- Hon Lewis Cass, Secretary of War -- Commodore Thomas Macdonough, U.S. Navy -- Major-General Alexander Macomb -- Hon. Joel R. Poinsett, LL.D. -- Hon. Josiah S. Johnston, U.S. Senate -- Hon. Edward Livingston -- Hon. Louis M'Lane, Secretary of State -- Right Rev. William White, D.D., Bishop of Pennsylvania -- Rev. Timothy Dwight. S.T.D. LL.D. -- Hon. Joel Barlow -- Colonel John Trumbull -- Gilbert Charles Stuart, Esq. -- Samuel Latham Mitchell, M.D., LL.D. -- Theodoric Romeyn Beck, M.D. Washington Irving, Esq. -- Catharine M. Sedgwick -- James Fenimore Cooper, Esq.
v. 2: Benjamin Franklin, LL.D., F.R.S. -- Thomas Jefferson, 3d President U.S. -- John Hancock, President of Congress -- John Jay, President of Congress, Chief Justice U.S. -- Patrick Henry -- Major-General Joseph Warren -- Major-General Henry Knox -- Major-General Benjamin Lincoln -- Major-General David Wooster -- Major-General Philip Schuyler -- Hon. Alexander Hamilton, Secretary of the Treasury -- Governor John E. Howard -- Brigadier-General Otho H. Williams -- Governor John Brooks -- Colonel Francis Barber -- John Barry, U.S. Navy -- Daniel Boon[!] -- David Rittenhouse, LL.D., F.R.S. -- David Humphreys, LL.D. -- Edward Preble, U.S. Navy -- Oliver H. Perry, U.S. Navy -- Major-General Jacob Brown -- Governor Dewitt Clinton -- Hon. James A. Bayard -- Hon. John C. Calhoun, Vice President U.S. -- Governor Robert Y. Hayne -- Hon. William Gaston -- Hon. Levi Woodbury, Secretary of the Treasury -- Mrs. Marcia Van Ness -- Noah Webster, LL.D. -- Caspar Wistar, M.D. -- David Hosack, M.D., F.R.S. -- James Kent, LL.D. -- Charles Ewing, LL.D., Chief Justice of New Jersy -- Governor George Wolf.
v. 3: James Madison, 4th President U.S. -- Mrs. Madison -- James Monroe, 5th President U.S. -- John Dickinson -- Francis Hopkinson -- Elias Boudinot -- Benjamin Rush, M.D. -- David Ramsay, M.D. -- Major-General Arthur St. Clair -- Major-General Lachlan M'Intosh -- Major-General Daniel Morgan -- Brigadier-General Francis Marion -- Brigadier-General Andrew Pickens -- Brigadier-General Henry Lee -- Brigadier-General William Augustine Washington -- Major-General Morgan Lewis -- Benjamin Tallmadge -- Governor James Jackson -- Governor William Richardson Davie -- Paul Jones, U.S. Navy -- Richard Dale, U.S. Navy -- William Bainbridge, U.S. Navy -- Stephen Decatur, U.S. Navy -- Fisher Ames -- Rufus King -- Stephen Van Rensselaer -- William Pinkney -- Lindley Murray -- Charles Brockden Brown -- Robert Fulton -- Joseph Story, LL.D. -- Major-General William Henry Harrison -- Martin Van Buren, Vice President U.S. -- Mahlon Dickerson, Secretary of the Navy -- Felix Grundy, U.S. Senate.
Subjects
Franklin, Benjamin, - 1706-1790.
United States - Biography.
Additional Author
Herring, James,
Longacre, James Barton,
Additional Corporate Author
American Academy of the Fine Arts.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Rare Books
Call Number
923.2 L851 Oversize
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Leslie's history of the Republican Party

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Author
Seilhamer, George Overcash,
Date of Publication
[1899?]
Call Number
329.6 S461
Author
Seilhamer, George Overcash,
Place of Publication
New York
Publisher
L.A. Williams Pub. and Engraving Co.
Date of Publication
[1899?]
Physical Description
2 v. plates, ports. 31 cm.
Notes
Vol. 2 has imprint: Judge Pub. Co.
Contents
v. 1. Narrative and critical history, 1856-1898.--v. 2. Biographical.
Subjects
Republican Party (U.S. : 1854- ) - History.
United States - Biography.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
329.6 S461
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Author
Diffenderffer, Frank Ried,
Date of Publication
1899
): Freemasons--Pennsylvania--Lancaster. German Reformed Church (New Holland, Pa.) Money--United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783. Moravians--Pennsylvania--Lititz. Paper money--United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783. Vandalism--Pennsylvania--New Holland. Lititz (Pa.)--History. United States--History
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Responsibility
by F. R. Diffenderffer.
Author
Diffenderffer, Frank Ried,
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Lancaster County Historical Society,
Date of Publication
1899
Physical Description
[114]-117 p. ; 23 cm.
Series
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 3, no. 5
Subjects
Freemasons - Pennsylvania - Lancaster.
German Reformed Church (New Holland, Pa.)
Money - United States
Moravians - Pennsylvania - Lititz.
Paper money - United States
Vandalism - Pennsylvania - New Holland.
Lititz (Pa.) - History.
United States - History - Revolution, 1775-1783.
Contained In
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 3, number 5 (1899), p. 114-117Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.3
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The Lancaster barracks : where the British and Hessian prisoners were detained during the Revolution

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Author
Sener, Samuel Miller,
Date of Publication
1895.
  1 website  
Responsibility
by Samuel M. Sener.
Author
Sener, Samuel Miller,
Place of Publication
Harrisburg, Pa
Publisher
Harrisburg Pub. Co.,
Date of Publication
1895.
Physical Description
20 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
Notes
"Reprinted from Notes and queries, Harrisburg daily telegraph."
"Rolls of prisoners": p. 14-20.
Bound with other pamphlets by the author: The Catholic Church at Lancaster, Penn'a (1894, 52 p.) -- Historical sketch of the ancient parish of St. Mary's, Lancaster, Pa. (n. d., 12 p) -- Additional historical notes in reference to St. Mary's at Lancaster (n. d., 5 p.) -- Some Lancaster Catholics, adn other historical notes (n.d ., 6 p.) -- Very Rev. Bernard Keenan, V. G. Sketch of one of the pioneer priest's [sic] of Pennsylvania (n. d. 10 p.) -- The Acadians in Lancaster County, Paper read before Lancaster County Historical Society, September 4, 1896 (1896, 8 p.) -- Simon S. Rathvon, Ph.D: Lancaster's oldest living devotee of science (n. d. 8 p.) -- Old time heroes of the War of the Revolution and War of 182-14 (1895, 11 p.) -- The Lancaster barracks where the British and Hesian prisoners were detained during the Revolution (1895, 20 p.
Subjects
Lancaster (Pa.) - History - Revolution, 1775-1783.
United States - History - Revolution, 1775-1783 - Prisoners and prisons.
 United States  - History y Revolution, 1775-1783 x Participation, German.
United States - History - Revolution, 1775-1783 - Registers.
Contained In
Sketches by Samuel M. SenerLancaster History Library - Lancaster County282 S475
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Colonial days and dames

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Author
Wharton, Anne Hollingsworth,
Date of Publication
1895.
Call Number
973.2 W298c
  1 website  
Responsibility
by Anne Hollingsworth Wharton. With illustrations by E.S. Holloway.
Author
Wharton, Anne Hollingsworth,
Place of Publication
Philadelphia
Publisher
J.B. Lippincott Co.,
Date of Publication
1895.
Physical Description
xiii, [11]-248 p. front., illus., plates, ports. 21 cm.
Notes
̉ۡdition de luxe; 508 copies printed for subscribers.
Contents
CONTENTS: COLONIAL DAYS WOMEN IN THE EARLY SETTLEMENT A GROUP OF EARLY POETESSES COLONIAL DAMES. OLD LANDMARKS WEDDINGS AND MERRY-MAKINGS LEGEND AND ROMANCE
Subjects
Women in the United States.
United States - Social life and customs - To 1775.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
973.2 W298c
Websites
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Men, women & manners in colonial times

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Author
Fisher, Sydney George,
Date of Publication
1897.
Call Number
973.2 F917
Responsibility
By Sydney Geo. Fisher. Illustrated with photogravures and with decorations by Edward Stratton Holloway ...
Author
Fisher, Sydney George,
Place of Publication
Philadelphia
Publisher
J.B. Lippincott Co.,
Date of Publication
1897.
Physical Description
2 v. fronts., illus., plates. 18 cm.
Subjects
United States - Description and travel.
United States - Social life and customs - To 1775.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
973.2 F917
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Retrospect of western travel

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Author
Martineau, Harriet,
Date of Publication
1838.
Call Number
917.3 M384
  2 websites  
Responsibility
By Harriet Martineau ...
Author
Martineau, Harriet,
Place of Publication
London, New York
Publisher
Saunders and Otley; Sold by Harper & Brothers,
Date of Publication
1838.
Physical Description
2 v. 19 cm.
Notes
LCHS copyinscribed: Catharine Yeates, 1839.
Summary
This English journalist travelled in the United States in the early 19th century making observations about its politics and social customs.
Subjects
United States - Description and travel.
United States - Social life and customs.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Rare Books
Call Number
917.3 M384
Websites
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The Lancaster barracks : where the British and Hessian prisoners were detained during the Revolution

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Author
Sener, Samuel Miller,
Date of Publication
1895.
Call Number
973.37 S475
  1 website  
Responsibility
by Samuel M. Sener.
Author
Sener, Samuel Miller,
Place of Publication
Harrisburg, Pa
Publisher
Harrisburg Pub. Co.,
Date of Publication
1895.
Physical Description
20 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
Notes
"Reprinted from Notes and queries, Harrisburg daily telegraph."
"Rolls of prisoners": p. 14-20.
Subjects
Lancaster (Pa.) - History - Revolution, 1775-1783.
United States - History - Revolution, 1775-1783 - Prisoners and prisons.
United States - History - Revolution, 1775-1783 - Registers.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Lancaster County
Call Number
973.37 S475
Websites
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History of the United States from the Compromise of 1850

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Author
Rhodes, James Ford,
Date of Publication
1893-
Call Number
973 R476
Author
Rhodes, James Ford,
Place of Publication
New York
Publisher
Harper & brothers,
Date of Publication
1893-
Physical Description
v. maps (part fold.) 23 cm.
Notes
Imprint of v. 4: New York and London, Harper & brothers.
Contents
v. 1. 1850-1854.--v. 2. 1854-1860.--v. 3. 1860-1862.--v. 4. 1862-1864.- v.5 1864-1866.--v.6 1866-1872--v.7 1872-1877.
Subjects
United States - History - 1849-1877.
United States - History - Civil War, 1861-1865.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
973 R476
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The German soldier in the wars of the United States

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Author
Rosengarten, J. G.
Edition
2d ed., rev. and enl.
Date of Publication
1890.
Call Number
923.5 R813
  1 website  
Responsibility
By J. G. Rosengarten.
Author
Rosengarten, J. G.
Edition
2d ed., rev. and enl.
Place of Publication
Philadelphia
Publisher
J.B. Lippincott company,
Date of Publication
1890.
Physical Description
298 p. 19 cm.
Summary
Published in 1890, the book tells the history of the Germans who took part in the wars of the United States, from the early Colonial days until the book's publication in 1890.
Subjects
United States. - Army - History.
Germans - United States.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
923.5 R813
Websites
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Mitchell's compendium of the internal improvements of the United States; comprising general notices of all the most important canals and rail-roads

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Author
Mitchell, S. Augustus
Date of Publication
1835.
Call Number
383 M681
Responsibility
with a brief notice of internal improvement in Canada and Nova Scotia.
Author
Mitchell, S. Augustus
Place of Publication
Philadelphia
Publisher
Mitchell & Hinman,
Date of Publication
1835.
Physical Description
4, [v]-viii, 9-84 p. incl. tables. fold. map. 16 cm.
Subjects
Canals - United States.
Railroads - United States.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
383 M681
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Date of Publication
1836-1840.
Call Number
630.5 F23
  1 website  
Place of Publication
Philadelphia, Pa
Publisher
Moore & Waterhouse,
Date of Publication
1836-1840.
Physical Description
4 v. : ill. ; 22 cm.
Publication Frequency
Monthly, Feb. 15, 1838-July 15, 1840
Dates of Publication
Vol. 1, no. 1 (July 1, 1836)-v. 4, no. 12 (July 15, 1840) = [whole no. 1]-whole no. 66.
Notes
Library has Vol. 1, no.w (July 1,1836-July 1, 1837)
Title from caption.
"Devoted to agriculture, horticulture, and rural economy."
Later issues published by Kimber & Sharpless.
Subjects
Agriculture - Periodicals.
Agriculture - United States - Periodicals.
Livestock - United States - Periodicals.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Rare Books
Call Number
630.5 F23
Websites
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Author
Baker, La Fayette C.
Date of Publication
c1894.
Call Number
973.785 B167
Responsibility
by La Fayette C. Baker.
Author
Baker, La Fayette C.
Place of Publication
Washington, D.C
Publisher
National Tribune,
Date of Publication
c1894.
Physical Description
398 p. illus. 22 cm.
Subjects
United States. - Secret Service.
United States - History - Civil War, 1861-1865.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
973.785 B167
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Proceedings of the manufacturers, mechanics, merchants, traders and others of the City and County of Philadelphia signers of the memorial to Congress asking for the return of the government deposites to the Bank of the United States : with a report of the delegates appointed to represent at Washington the views and wishes of the memorialists, and a statement of their interview with Andrew Jackson

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Date of Publication
1834.
Call Number
815 P769 # 2
Place of Publication
Philadelphia
Publisher
[s.n.],
Date of Publication
1834.
Physical Description
15 p. ; 24 cm.
Notes
Signed: John A. Brown, President.
Sabin 62089.
In: Political Speeches.
Subjects
Brown, John A.
Bank of the United States (1816-1836)
Banks and banking, Central - United States
Additional Author
Jackson, Andrew,
Location
Lancaster History Library - Rare Books
Call Number
815 P769 # 2
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Index to American genealogies and to genealogical material contained in all works such as town histories, county histories, local histories, historical society publications, biographies, historical periodicals, and kindred works

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Edition
4th ed., rev., improved and enl., containing early 40,000 references.
Date of Publication
1895.
Call Number
929.1 M969 1895
Responsibility
alphabetically arranged.
Edition
4th ed., rev., improved and enl., containing early 40,000 references.
Place of Publication
Albany N.Y
Publisher
J. Munsell's sons,
Date of Publication
1895.
Physical Description
282 p. 24 cm.
Notes
First-third editions compiled by D. S. Durrie, issued under title: Bibliographia genealogica americana.
Subjects
United States - Genealogy - Bibliography.
United States - History, Local - Bibliography.
Additional Author
Durrie, Daniel S.
Additional Corporate Author
Munsell, firm, publishers, Albany, New York.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
929.1 M969 1895
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The reminiscences of a very old man, 1808-1897

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Author
Sartain, John,
Date of Publication
1899.
Call Number
927.6 S249
Responsibility
By John Sartain ...
Author
Sartain, John,
Place of Publication
New York
Publisher
D. Appleton and company,
Date of Publication
1899.
Physical Description
xi p., 1 l., 297 p., 1 l. front., plates, ports. 24 cm.
Subjects
Sartain, John, - 1808-1897
Engravers - United States
Aged men - United States
Art - Pennsylvania.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
927.6 S249
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History of the 49th Pennsylvania Volunteers

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Author
Westbrook, Robert S.
Date of Publication
1898.
Call Number
973.74 W523
  1 website  
Alternate Title
History of the Forty-ninth Pennsylvania Volunteers
Responsibility
By Robert S. Westbrook, late sergeant of Company "B". A correctly compiled roll of the members of the regiment and its marches from 1861 to 1865.
Author
Westbrook, Robert S.
Place of Publication
Altoona, Pa
Publisher
[Altoona Times print.]
Date of Publication
1898.
Physical Description
272, [2] p. front., illus., plates (1 col.) ports. 29 cm.
Subjects
United States. - Army. - Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment, 49th (1861-1865)
United States - History - Civil War, 1861-1865 - Regimental histories.
Pennsylvania - History - Civil War, 1861-1865 - Regimental histories.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
973.74 W523
Websites
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Annual report of the American Historical Association

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Corporate Author
American Historical Association.
Date of Publication
1890-
Call Number
905.748 AHA
Corporate Author
American Historical Association.
Place of Publication
Washington
Publisher
G.P.O.,
Date of Publication
1890-
Physical Description
v. : maps, tables ; 23-25 cm.
Publication Frequency
Annual
Dates of Publication
1889-
Notes
Part of the illustrative matter is folded.
Some issues have title: Annual report.
Latest issue consulted: 1992.
LCHS has 1931 (v,I, II, III), 1933, 1934
Vol. 1 of 1931 has articles dealing with the contributions (based on 1790 census) of English, Scots, Celtic Irish, Ulster Irish, and Germans.
Index to the Writings on American history 1902-1940; General index to Papers and Annual reports, 1884-1914, in 1914, v. 2.
Subjects
History - Periodicals.
Historiography - United States - Periodicals.
United States - History - Periodicals.
Additional Corporate Author
Smithsonian Institution. Press.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
905.748 AHA
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