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In search of Buchanan : 'Clarior hinc honos' : the stories of some Buchanan ancestors before and after the emigration of James Buchanan of Ramelton, County Donegal, Ireland, in 1783

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Author: Martin, Irene.

Date of Publication: 2011.

Call Number: 923.173 B918ma

Responsibility: Irene Martin.

ISBN: 9780956797902; 0956797903

Author: Martin, Irene.

Place of Publication: [Ireland]

Publisher: Rossnashannagh,

Date of Publication: 2011.

Physical Description: iii, 152, [17] pages : illustrations (some color), maps (some color), portraits (some color), facsimiles ; 25 cm

Notes: Sub-title on cover: from Anselan to President James Buchanan.; "Some of these stories are incorporated in the BBC1 TV documentary, 'Are you related to an American President?', produced by Big Mountain Productions."; Includes bibliographical references.

Subjects: Buchanan, James, - 1791-1868.; Buchanan family.; Scotland - Genealogy.; Ireland - Genealogy.; United States - Genealogy.; Ireland.; Scotland.; United States.; Genealogy.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 923.173 B918ma

Sentiments of a British-American woman : Esther DeBerdt Reed and the American Revolution

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Author: Ireland, Owen S.,

Date of Publication: [2017]; Â©2017.

Responsibility: Owen S. Ireland.

ISBN: 9780271079288 (cloth : alk. paper)

Author: Ireland, Owen S.,

Place of Publication: University Park, Pennsylvania

Publisher: The Pennsylvania State University Press,

Date of Publication: [2017]; Â©2017.

Physical Description: xi, 252 pages ; 24 cm

Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 215-244) and index.

Contents: Esther : imprudent and impatient love -- Joseph : love and calculation -- A willful girl matures -- Responsibilities and schemes -- Politics : old world patronage -- Love defeats prudence -- Exiled where women "stooped like country girls" -- A new political identity : "they" becomes "we" -- "Unleash the dogs of war" -- Politics : new world democracy -- America's female politician -- Triumph and tragedy.

Summary: "Explores the life and work of political publicist and strategist Esther DeBerdt Reed, who, in a life highly structured by conflict, national identity, religion, and the overall importance of being a wife and mother, gave eloquent expression to the political aspirations of female patriots in Revolutionary America" --Publisher.

Subjects: Reed, Esther, - 1747-1780.; Women political activists - United States - Biography.; Politicians' spouses - United States - Biography.; United States - History - Revolution, 1775-1783 - Women - Biography.; United States - History - Revolution, 1775-1783.; United States - Politics and government - 1775-1783.

Timothy Matlack, scribe of the Declaration of Independence

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo17994

Author: Coelho, Chris.

Date of Publication: [2013].; Â©2013

Call Number: 973.3092 C762

Responsibility: Chris Coelho.

ISBN: 9780786474431 (softcover : alk. paper); 0786474432 (softcover : alk. paper)

Author: Coelho, Chris.

Place of Publication: Jefferson, North Carolina

Publisher: McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers,

Date of Publication: [2013].; Â©2013

Physical Description: vii, 222 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.

Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents: Chapters: The Failed Crossing --- Haddonfield and Philadelphia --- The March of the Paxton Boys --- Revolution --- Independence --- Democracy --- The Winter Campaign --- The British Occupation --- Benedict Arnold Part One (Illicit Affairs ) --- The Fort Wilson Riot --- Benedict Arnold Part Two ( Court-Martial ) --- A Brief Term In Congress --- Savannah, Georgia --- The Revolution of 1800--- Common Sense Revisited

Summary: "On July 4, 1776, the Declaration of Independence was read aloud to a crowd gathered outside the State House in Pennsylvania. Later in the month the proclamation was engrossed on vellum. Delegates began signing that finely penned document in early August. The man who read the Declaration and then later embossed it"--

Subjects: Matlack, Timothy, - 1736-1829.; United States.; Paxton Boys.; Statesmen - United States - Biography; United States - History - Revolution, 1775-1783.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 973.3092 C762

James Wilson, founding father : what the history books do not tell us

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo361

Author: Rosenberg, Morton M.

Date of Publication: 1986

the Scottish Metaphysics to American Political Thought," 384, 404ff. 30. Carson, Hampton L., "James Wilson and James Iredell," 6-7. 31. Mitchell, Broadus, and Mitchell, Louise Pearson. A Biography of the Constitution of the United States: Its Origin, Formation, Adoption, Interpretation (New York, 1975

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Responsibility: by Morton M. Rosenberg, Ph.D.

Author: Rosenberg, Morton M.

Place of Publication: Lancaster, Pa

Publisher: Lancaster County Historical Society,

Date of Publication: 1986

Physical Description: 102-115 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

Series: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 90, no. 2

Subjects: Wilson, James, - 1742-1798.; United States - History - Revolution, 1775-1783.

Contained In: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 90, number 2 (1986), p. 102-115Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.90

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Genealogies of the families of the presidents

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo15053

Author: Henry, Reginald Buchanan,

Date of Publication: 1935.

Call Number: 929.3 H521

Responsibility: compiled by Reginald Buchanan Henry, M.D.

Author: Henry, Reginald Buchanan,

Place of Publication: Rutland, Vt

Publisher: Tuttle Co.,

Date of Publication: 1935.

Physical Description: 340 p. 27 cm.

Notes: Includes genealogy of James Buchanan, p. 231-236.; Bibliography: p. [9]-10.

Subjects: Presidents - United States - Genealogy.; United States - Genealogy.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 929.3 H521

Johannes Schwalm, the Hessian

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo5967

Date of Publication: 1976.

Call Number: 929 S398

Place of Publication: Lyndhurst, Ohio

Publisher: Johannes Schwalm Historical Association,

Date of Publication: 1976.

Physical Description: viii, 296 p. (p. 294-296 blank) : ill. ; 29 cm.

Notes: Includes indexes.; Bibliography: p. 214-216.

Summary: "Emphasis is upon the Hessian regiment von Knyphausen and it's part in the American Revolution. Johannes was in the Leibkompanie of that regiment. He was one of the thousands whose observation of American freedom led them to change allegiance and remain here. Also emphasized is Die Schwalm, the district in the valley of the Schwalm River from which Johannes and many of his comrades came. Its art and customs are reflected in the areas where they made their new home. The book lists most of his descendants in the United States and and relatives that remained in Germany. It also contains short genealogical records of the related families, Bobb, Stein, Klinger,and Schmeltz " [from the book jacket]

Subjects: Schwalm family.; Schwalm, Johannes, - 1749-1833?; Hessians - United States - Biography.; United States - Genealogy.; Â United StatesÂ Â - HistoryÂ Â - Revolution, 1775-1783Â Â - Participation, German.; Germany - Genealogy.

Additional Corporate Author: Johannes Schwalm Historical Association.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 929 S398

American migrations, 1765-1799 : the lives, times, and families of colonial Americans who remained loyal to the British Crown before, during, and after the Revolutionary War, as related in their own words and through their correspondence

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo14118

Author: Coldham, Peter Wilson.

Date of Publication: c2000.

Call Number: 973.314 C688a

Responsibility: Peter Wilson Coldham.

ISBN: 0806316187 (pbk.)

Author: Coldham, Peter Wilson.

Place of Publication: Baltimore, Md

Publisher: Genealogical Pub. Co.,

Date of Publication: c2000.

Physical Description: xiii, 931 p. ; 24 cm.

Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 842-844) and indexes.

Subjects: American loyalists - Biography.; American loyalists - Registers.; United States - History - Revolution, 1775-1783 - Registers.; United States - Genealogy.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 973.314 C688a

The Revolutionary leadership

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Author: Madonna, G. Terry.

Date of Publication: 1976.

Call Number: 974.815 LACO L245ra

Responsibility: by G. Terry Madonna ; original ill. by Henry M. Libhart.

ISBN: 0915010070 :

Author: Madonna, G. Terry.

Place of Publication: Lancaster, [Pa.] : Lititz, Pa

Publisher: Lancaster County Bicentennial Committee ; distributed by Sutter House,

Date of Publication: 1976.

Physical Description: 45 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.

Series: Lancaster County during the American Revolution

Notes: On cover: Revolutionary Lancaster.; Spine title: Lancaster County during the American Revolution; Joseph Walker, editor.; "A Bicentennial book."; Includes bibliographical references.

Summary: Traces the careers of twelve Lancaster County residents who fought against British rule before the Revolutionary War. The patriots are: William A. Atlee, William Bausman, Charles Hall, William Henry, John Hubley, Alexander Lowrey, Adam Reigart, George Ross, Caspar Schaffner, Edward Shippen, Matthias Slough, Jasper Yeates.

Subjects: Lancaster (Pa.) - Biography.; Lancaster (Pa.) - History - Revolution, 1775-1783.; United States - History - Revolution, 1775-1783.

Additional Author: Libhart, Henry M.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 974.815 LACO L245ra

American creation : triumphs and tragedies at the founding of the republic

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Author: Ellis, Joseph J.

Edition: 1st ed.

Date of Publication: 2007.

Call Number: 973.3 E47

Responsibility: Joseph J. Ellis.

ISBN: 9780307263698; 030726369X

Author: Ellis, Joseph J.

Edition: 1st ed.

Place of Publication: New York

Publisher: A. A. Knopf,

Date of Publication: 2007.

Physical Description: xi, 283 p. ; 25 cm.

Notes: "This is a Borzoi book"--T.p. verso.; Includes bibliographical references and index.

Summary: An ironic examination of the founding years of our country. Historian Ellis guides us through the decisive issues of the nation's founding, and illuminates the emerging philosophies, shifting alliances, and personal and political foibles of our now iconic leaders. He explains how the idea of a strong federal government, championed by Washington, was eventually embraced by the American people, the majority of whom had to be won over. And he details the emergence of the two-party system--then a political novelty--which today stands as the founders' most enduring legacy. But Ellis is equally incisive about their failures, making clear how their inability to abolish slavery and to reach a just settlement with the Native Americans has played an equally important role in shaping our national character. Ellis strips the mythic veneer of the revolutionary generation to reveal men possessed of both brilliance and blindness.--From publisher description.

Subjects: Statesmen - United States; Politicians - United States; Political culture - United States; National characteristics, American.; United States - History - Revolution, 1775-1783.; United States - History - 1783-1815.; United States - Politics and government - 1775-1783.; United States - Politics and government - 1783-1809.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 973.3 E47

General Francis Nichols (1737-1812) Pottstown's other Revolutionary War hero : a biographical sketch

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo16973

Author: Graham, Daniel A.

Date of Publication: 2011.

Call Number: 923.5 N618

Responsibility: Daniel A. Graham.

Author: Graham, Daniel A.

Place of Publication: Montrose Pa

Publisher: Daniel A Graham,

Date of Publication: 2011.

Physical Description: 32 p. : ill. ; 28 cm.

Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.

Subjects: Nichols, Francis, - 1737-1812.; Landowners - Pennsylvania - Pottstown - Biography.; United States - History - Revolution, 1775-1783.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 923.5 N618

Treacherous beauty : Peggy Shippen, the woman behind Benedict Arnold's plot to betray America

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo17392

Author: Jacob, Mark.

Date of Publication: c2012.

Call Number: 973.3 J15

Responsibility: Mark Jacob and Stephen H. Case.

ISBN: 9780762773886 (hbk.); 076277388X (hbk.)

Author: Jacob, Mark.

Place of Publication: Guilford, Conn

Publisher: Lyons Press,

Date of Publication: c2012.

Physical Description: viii, 279 p. : ill., map ; 24 cm.

Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 260-270) and index.

Contents: Princess of Philadelphia -- No safe haven -- Enter AndrÃ© -- The Meschianza -- Arnold arrives -- Love and money -- The general's wife -- Spymaster -- The dance of deceit -- The way to West Point -- "The greatest treasure you have" -- Meeting after midnight -- A capture and an escape -- The mad scene -- Pariah of Philadelphia -- The three fates -- "The handsomest woman in England" -- Strangers in America -- Unmanned -- The keepsake -- Epilogue.

Subjects: Arnold, Margaret Shippen, - 1760-1804.; Arnold, Benedict, - 1741-1801.; American loyalists - Biography.; United States - History - Revolution, 1775-1783.

Additional Author: Case, Stephen H.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 973.3 J15

Germans to America--series II : lists of passengers arriving at U.S. ports in the 1840s

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo11233

Date of Publication: c2002-

Call Number: 929.3 G373 Series II

Alternate Title: Germans to America--series 2

Responsibility: edited by Ira A. Glazier ; with a foreword by P. William Filby.

ISBN: 0842050809 (set : alk. paper); 0842050817 (v. 1 : alk. paper); 0842050825 (v. 2 : alk. paper)

Place of Publication: Wilmington, Del

Publisher: Scholarly Resources,

Date of Publication: c2002-

Physical Description: v. <1-7> : map ; 24 cm.

Notes: Includes index.

Contents: v. 1. January 1840-June 1843 -- v. 2 July 1843-December 1845 - v. 3. January 1846-October 1846 - v. 4. November 1846 - July 1847 - v. 5. July 1847 - March 1848 - v. 6. April 1848-October 1848 - v. 7. October 1848-December 1849.

Subjects: German Americans - Genealogy.; Immigrants - United States - Registers.; Ships - United States - Passenger lists.; United States - Genealogy.; Germany - Genealogy.; Bremen (Germany) - Emigration and immigration - History - 19th century.; Hamburg (Germany) - Emigration and immigration - History - 19th century.; United States - Emigration and immigration - History - 19th century.

Additional Author: Glazier, Ira A.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 929.3 G373 Series II

Amish and Amish Mennonite genealogies

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo6752

Author: Gingerich, Hugh F.

Date of Publication: 1986.

Call Number: 929.2 G492

Responsibility: Hugh F. Gingerich and Rachel W. Kreider.

Author: Gingerich, Hugh F.

Place of Publication: Gordonville, PA (Gordonville 17529)

Publisher: Pequea Publishers,

Date of Publication: 1986.

Physical Description: xxxviii, 858 p. ; 29 cm.

Notes: Pages 850-858 blank for "Notes."; Bibliography: p. xxix-xxxiv.

Subjects: Amish - United States; Mennonites - United States; Registers of births, etc. - United States.; United States - Genealogy.

Additional Author: Kreider, Rachel W.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 929.2 G492

Prisoners who died at Andersonville Prison : Atwater list

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Author: Atwater, Dorence,

Date of Publication: 1981]

Call Number: 973.771 P959

Author: Atwater, Dorence,

Place of Publication: [Andersonville, Ga

Publisher: National Society of Andersonville,

Date of Publication: 1981]

Physical Description: viii, 74 leaves ; 28 cm.

Notes: Cover title.; Rev. ed. of: A list of the Union soldiers buried at Andersonville. 1890.

Subjects: Andersonville Prison.; Registers of births, etc. - United States.; United States - History - Civil War, 1861-1865 - Registers of dead.; United States - History - Civil War, 1861-1865 - Prisoners and prisons - Registers.; United States - Genealogy.

Additional Author: Atwater, Dorence,

Additional Corporate Author: National Society of Andersonville.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 973.771 P959

Index to volunteer soldiers, 1784-1811

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo7167

Author: White, Virgil D.

Edition: 1st ed.

Date of Publication: 1987.

Call Number: 929.311 W588v

Responsibility: transcribed by Virgil D. White.

ISBN: 0945099037

Author: White, Virgil D.

Edition: 1st ed.

Place of Publication: Waynesboro, Tenn

Publisher: National Historical Pub. Co.,

Date of Publication: 1987.

Physical Description: 747 p. ; 22 cm.

Subjects: Registers of births, etc. - United States.; Soldiers - United States; United States - Genealogy.; United States - History - 1783-1815 - Registers.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 929.311 W588v

Military genealogical sources

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo5528

Author: Heisey, John W.

Date of Publication: 1986]

Call Number: 929.1 H473mg

Responsibility: by John W. Heisey.

Author: Heisey, John W.

Place of Publication: [Indianapolis, IN] (3851 S. Post Rd., Indaniapolis 46239)

Publisher: [Heritage House,

Date of Publication: 1986]

Physical Description: a-b, 44 leaves ; 28 cm.

Notes: Bibliography: leaves 41-44.

Subjects: Registers of births, etc. - United States.; United States - Armed Forces - Records and correspondence.; United States - Genealogy.; United States - Armed Forces - Documents.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 929.1 H473mg

Mennonite migration from southeastern Pennsylvania

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo5915

Author: Alderfer, Joel D.

Date of Publication: [1986]

Call Number: 325 A361

Responsibility: Joel D. Alderfer.

Author: Alderfer, Joel D.

Place of Publication: Souderton, Pa. (24 Main St., Souderton 18964)

Publisher: Mennonite Historians of Eastern Pennsylvania,

Date of Publication: [1986]

Physical Description: 22 p. : ill. ; 28 cm.

Notes: "August, 1986."; Bibliography: p. [21]-22.

Subjects: Mennonites - United States; Migration, Internal - United States.; United States - Genealogy.; United States - Population.

Additional Corporate Author: Mennonite Historians of Eastern Pennsylvania.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 325 A361

Explorations in early American culture

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo653

Date of Publication: 1998.

Call Number: 973.2 E96

Responsibility: editors, William Pencak, George W. Boudreau.

Place of Publication: [University Park, PA]

Publisher: Pennsylvania Historical Association for the McNeil Center for Early American Studies,

Date of Publication: 1998.

Physical Description: 283 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

Notes: "A special supplemental issue of Pennsylvania history, volume 65."; Includes bibliographical references and index.

Subjects: United States - Civilization.; United States - History - Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775.; United States - History - Revolution, 1775-1783.; United States - History - 1783-1865.

Additional Author: Pencak, William,; Boudreau, George W.

Additional Corporate Author: Pennsylvania Historical Association.; McNeil Center for Early American Studies.

Additional Title: Pennsylvania history.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 973.2 E96

Ethnic genealogy : a research guide

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo3274

Date of Publication: 1983.

Call Number: 929.1 E84

Responsibility: edited by Jessie Carney Smith ; foreword by Alex Haley.

ISBN: 0313225931 (lib. bdg.)

Place of Publication: Westport, Conn

Publisher: Greenwood Press,

Date of Publication: 1983.

Physical Description: xxxix, 440 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.

Notes: Includes bibliographies and index.; African American resources at Lancaster County Historical Society

Contents: Librarians and genealogical research / Russell E. Bidlack -- Basic sources for genealogical research / Jean Elder Cazort -- Library records and research / Casper L. Jordan -- Researching family history / Bobby L. Lovett -- The national archives and records service / James D. Walker -- The genealogical society of Utah library / Roger Scanland -- American indian records and research / Jimmy B. Parker -- Asian-American records and research / Greg Gubler -- Black American records and research / Lyman De Platt.

Subjects: African Americans; Asian Americans; Hispanic Americans; Indians of North America; United States - Genealogy - Handbooks, manuals, etc.; United States - Genealogy - Library resources.; United States - Genealogy.; United States - Ethnic groups - Genealogical sources

Additional Author: Smith, Jessie Carney.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 929.1 E84

"Villainy and Maddness" : Washington's Flying Camp

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/16783440

Author: Baker, Richard Lee,

Date of Publication: 2011.

Responsibility: by Richard Lee Baker.

ISBN: 9780806355061; 0806355069

Author: Baker, Richard Lee,

Place of Publication: Baltimore, Maryland

Publisher: Genealogical Publisher Company,

Date of Publication: 2011.

Physical Description: 115 pages : illustrations, maps ; 28 cm

Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 109-113) and index.

Contents: A grand view -- "Spirits form the vastly deep" -- Delaware --- Maryland -- Pennsylvania -- New Jersey -- From North and South -- Glory forgotten.; Introduction -- A grand view -- "Spirits from the vastly deep" -- Delaware -- Maryland -- Pennsylvania -- New Jersey -- From North and South -- Glory forgotten.

Summary: "The "Flying Camp" is a vaguely understood episode of the American Revolution. In May 1776 the Continental Congress authorized the formation of a force of 10,000 militia, conceived by General George Washington as a "mobile reserve" that would both defend the army's garrisons in the Middle States and spread alarm amongst the British. Most, but not all, of the putative organization was to come from the states of New York, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and Maryland. In point of fact, the Flying Camp as an idea and actuality barely survived the year. In the wake of the New York and New Jersey campaigns of 1776 it became abundantly clear that what Washington needed was a reliable and substantial Continental Army, not short-term, undersubscribed militia haphazardly organized under the chimera of a "Flying Camp." Despite its unsustainability as a military concept, the officers and noncommissioned members of the various elements of the Flying Camp rendered important service to the Nation in the campaigns of Long Island, Trenton, and Princeton, among others. Drawing on original sources, particularly the correspondence of the Continental Congress, state committees of safety, the George Washington papers, and more, Baker fills in the gaps in the history of the Flying Camp that have eluded historians until now. In his able hands, we trace the Flying Camp from its beginnings in Washington's imagination, to the dispatches of the new Congress enjoining the Middle States to commit specified numbers of militiamen to this important cause, to the logistical difficulties in achieving the objectives in General Washington's master plan, and to the actual service of Flying Camp militia in the campaigns of 1776." -- Publisher.

Subjects: Washington, George, - 1732-1799.; United States. - Continental Army.; Delaware - Genealogy.; Maryland - Genealogy.; Pennsylvania - Genealogy.; New Jersey - Genealogy.; United States - History - Revolution, 1775-1783.; United States - History - Revolution, 1775-1783 - Campaigns.; United States - Militia - History - 18th century.

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