Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 11, no. 7
Summary
This early 20th century article recounts the various settlements in the area near and around Marietta: Anderson's Ferry, Waterford, New Haven. It details how land was passed through generations.
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 5, no. 3/4
Summary
This journal article addresses sureveyor Andrew Ellicott's role in the laying out of the District of Columbia as well as many other later other projects he led.
"One thousand copies of this book have been printed from type and the type distributed."
Summary
A U.S. surveyor who resided in Lancaster County. He helped map many of the territories west of the Appalachians, surveyed the boundaries of the District of Columbia, continued and completed Pierre Charles L'Enfant's work on the plan for Washington, D.C., and served as a teacher in survey methods for Meriwether Lewis.
Contents: 1. Parentage and early life 1754 - 1784. 2. Baltimore and the western boundary of Pennsylvania 1785. 3. Three boundaries and the first measurement of Niagara 1786-1790. 4. The city of Washington in the Territory of Columbia. 5. The road to Presqu' Isle Fort. 6. The Florida boundary 1796 - 1800. 7. The Florida boundary (continued). 8. The Florida boundary (continued). 9. The land office of Pennsylvania 1800 - 1812. 10. West Point and the last surveys 1812-1820. The book contains footnotes and an index.
"A contribution to the history of the Presbyterian churches, Carlisle, Pa. by Rev. Joseph A. Murray, D.D." Cover.
Bound with : New castle in a new world / by Irwin Mahon ; In memoriam : Charles Lytle Lamberton / by James M. Lamberton ; Callapatscink : the Yellow Breeches Creek / by John R. Miller ; Old taverns / by John R. Miller ; Famous old Presbyterian Church at Silver Spring / by E. Rankin Huston ; Old Carlisle dancing assembly : a glimpse at the social life of the eighteenth century / by Charles F. Himes ; Book of plagiariam, Nay, rather.../Sarah Woods Parkinson ; Dickinson College centennial bulletin ; War history : operations of the Union Cavalry on the Peninsula in which some Cumberland County soldiers took part / by Willaim E. Miller ; Local history : the York, Dillsburg, and Greencastle Railroad / by Quitman P. Ahl ; Local history : troops occupying Carlisle, July 1863 / by William E. Miller ; Local history : bridges of Cumberland County, Pennsylvania / by J. D. Hemminger ; Local history : Louther Manor / by Joseph A. Murray ; Local history : the Pennsylvania Archives as they apply to Cumberland County / by James Evelyn Pilcher ; Local history : a few early Carlisle publications / by Sarah Woods Parkinson ; Local history : odds and ends of Cumberland County history / by John R. Miller ; True John Dickinson / by Charles F. Himes ; White man's way : illustrated talks on scientific subjects to "Indian chiefs" on their visits to the Carlisle Indian School / by Charles F. Himes ; Cullings from the literature of the American Revolution / by Irwin Mahon.
