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Print, Photographic

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Collection
General Collection
Object ID
1-17-02-51
Date Range
circa 1907
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Object Name
Print, Photographic
Collection
General Collection
Description
Large group of people, 6 men, 11 women, 4 children. Back of picture says:
Front Row left to right: Verle Creamer, George Croy, Jacob C, Fannie, Myrtle, Rellie
Second Row: Cora Creamer, James (father) and Mathersa (mother) Naomi (sister to Mathersa) Annie and son Wilbur
Third row: Lewis and wife, Alice, Ed, Louise, Albert, Lottie, William, Naomi, Enos.
Taken at Fishing Creek in orchard about 1907
Date Range
circa 1907
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
People
Creamer, Verle
Croy, George
Creamer, Cora
Aument, Myrtle Aument
Aument, Myrtle
Creamer, Jacob C.
Creamer, Lewis
Creamer, Alice Ressel
Ressel, Alice
Subcategory
Documentary Artifact
Search Terms
Fishing Creek
Families
Orchards
Object Name
Print, Photographic
Film Size
4.5 x 6.5 inches
Object ID
1-17-02-51
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Documents

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Collection
Commissioners' Orders for Payment
Title
Commissioners' order for payment
Object ID
CommOrder 1831 #154
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Commissioners' Orders for Payment
Title
Commissioners' order for payment
Description
This record group contains canceled orders that were issued by the county commissioners for payment to be made by the county treasurer. The orders show date, order number, amount, name of payee, purpose, and signatures of the county commissioners. In the case of "poor children," teachers were reimbursed by the county for tuition and/or the supplies purchased for students whose parents were unable to pay. Orders include: Poor Children, Almshouse, Bridges, Coroners' Inquests, Prisons, Roads, Court House, and Tax Exonerations.
System of Arrangement
The record group is organized chronologically, then arranged by order number within each year.
Date of Accumulation
1810-1901
Year
1831
Creator
County Commissioners
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Storage Container
Box 0011
People
Newton. John
Newton, Aaron
Tower, Jack H.
Webster, Daniel
Webster, Washington
Westley, John
Westley, Ann Eliza
Search Terms
Drumore Twp.
Poor children
Teachers
Commissioners' Orders for Payment
African Americans
Persons of color
Place
Drumore Twp.
Extent
70 boxes (35 cubic ft.)
Object Name
Documents
Language
English
Condition
Fair
Condition Date
2008-03-25
Object ID
CommOrder 1831 #154
Box Number
011
Notes
Entered into Q&A 1993/04/09.
Additional Notes
Poor children.
Fishing Creek School.
Newton. John. African American. Father of Newton, Aaron.
Tower, Jack H. Teacher.
Webster, Daniel. African American. Father of Webster, Washington
Westley, John. African American. Father of Westley, Ann Eliza.
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Access Conditions / Restrictions
Request at research desk. Photocopy made by staff member.
Classification
RG 08-01 0510
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Local superstitions

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Author
Sener, Samuel Miller,
Date of Publication
1905
for three months. "Prawl's Hollow," a lonely place in Drumore township, this county, is haunted by the spirit of a peddler who was killed there; and old Lupin, who broke his neck on Fishing creek, can still be seen there of nights. There are several haunted houses that can- not be occupied; one that
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by S. M. Sener, Esq.
Author
Sener, Samuel Miller,
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Lancaster County Historical Society,
Date of Publication
1905
Physical Description
[233]-245 p. ; 23 cm.
Series
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 9, no. 8
Subjects
Superstition.
Lancaster County (Pa.) - Social life and customs.
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Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 9, number 8 (1905), p. 233-245Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.9
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Print, Photographic

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Collection
General Collection
Object ID
2-02-02-52
Date Range
1905
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Object Name
Print, Photographic
Collection
General Collection
Description
Press Club outing. Group of men on a dock along a creek, some are fishing.
Date Range
1905
Creator
Weber, Otto E.
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Subcategory
Documentary Artifact
Search Terms
Lancaster Press Club
Outings
Fishing
Object Name
Print, Photographic
Print Size
10 x 10 inches
Object ID
2-02-02-52
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Indictment

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Collection
Indictments
Title
Indictments
Object ID
NOV 1894 F143
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Collection
Indictments
Title
Indictments
System of Arrangement
Organized by Court of Quarter Sessions term.
Arranged by case number within each term.
Year
1894
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
People
Greybill, Henry B.
Subcategory
Documentary Artifact
Object Name
Indictment
Language
English
Condition
Fair
Object ID
NOV 1894 F143
Additional Notes
Placing fish basket in Conestoga creek
1 item, 1 piece
Access Conditions / Restrictions
Request at Reference Desk; photocopy made by staff member.
Case Number
142.000
Classification
RG 02-00 0933
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Record, Judicial

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Collection
Quarter Sessions
Title
Quarter Sessions
Object ID
NOV 1896 F035 QS
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Quarter Sessions
Title
Quarter Sessions
System of Arrangement
Organized by Court of Quarter Sessions term.
Arranged by case number within each term.
Year
1896
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
People
Zeiner, Phinias K.
Subcategory
Documentary Artifact
Object Name
Record, Judicial
Language
English
Condition
Fair
Object ID
NOV 1896 F035 QS
Additional Notes
Placing explosives in creek to kill fish.
1 item, 1 piece
Access Conditions / Restrictions
Request at Reference Desk; photocopy made by staff member.
Case Number
29.000
Classification
RG 02-00 0908
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Record, Judicial

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Collection
Quarter Sessions
Title
Quarter Sessions
Object ID
NOV 1896 F036 QS
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Quarter Sessions
Title
Quarter Sessions
System of Arrangement
Organized by Court of Quarter Sessions term.
Arranged by case number within each term.
Year
1896
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
People
Miller, John
Subcategory
Documentary Artifact
Object Name
Record, Judicial
Language
English
Condition
Fair
Object ID
NOV 1896 F036 QS
Additional Notes
Placing explosives in creek to kill fish.
1 item, 1 piece
Access Conditions / Restrictions
Request at Reference Desk; photocopy made by staff member.
Case Number
30.000
Classification
RG 02-00 0908
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The Scotch-Irish : their impress on Lancaster County

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Author
Hensel, W. U.
Date of Publication
1905
to, dur- ing and after the Revolutionary War, but they established and maintained for many years what was known as "The Latin School" on a Fishing Creek farm, in Drumore township. This in- stitution gave an impulse to higher education that has lasted ever since. It sent scores of young men from Lower
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Responsibility
by Hon. W. U. Hensel.
Author
Hensel, W. U.
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Lancaster County Historical Society,
Date of Publication
1905
Physical Description
[246]-268 p. ; 23 cm.
Series
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 9, no. 8
Subjects
Scots-Irish - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
Contained In
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 9, number 8 (1905), p. 246-268Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.9
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Postcard

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Collection
Postcard Collection
Object ID
911-016-024
Date Range
before 1907
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Object Name
Postcard
Collection
Postcard Collection
Description
The Conestoga and Bathing Resorts, Lancaster, Pa. View of People's Bathing Resort and Rocky Springs on the Conestoga Creek.
Date Range
before 1907
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Recipient
Miss Edythe Card, Paterson, NJ 69 Bloomfield Ave., c/o George Stoll
Sender
Ara W. K.
Subcategory
Documentary Artifact
Place
Lancaster
Object Name
Postcard
Print Size
3.5 x 5.5 inches
Publisher
L. B. Herr
Object ID
911-016-024
Additional Notes
"8/10/1906 P.M. My dear friend, This is a place 15 min. trolley ride from Lancaster. Here is stream where I fish for bass. Will ans. your letter and send photos soon. Seem busy this week with sermon on hand etc. Had letter from Ted at two postals from you same day got your letter. Yours, Ara W. K."
Postmarked August 11, 1906 Lancaster and Paterson, NJ
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Conestoga : Reminiscences of an old twnship

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Author
Hiller, Casper.
Date of Publication
1897
manu- facturing places. Probably the oldest was at the mouth of the Little Conestoga creek ; backwater from the building of the Slackwater navigation in 1827 ruined this. The next was the Shenk mill, on the Pequea, on the road between Coues- toga and Marticville. This was replaced ( alter a fire) by a
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Responsibility
by Casper Hiller.
Author
Hiller, Casper.
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Lancaster County Historical Society,
Date of Publication
1897
Physical Description
[24]-26 p. ; 23 cm.
Series
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 1, no. 1
Summary
This brief article discusses the German immigrants of the 18th century who came to Lancaster County as well as the industries that they established.
Subjects
Conestoga (Pa. : Township) - History.
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Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 1, number 1 (1897), p. 24-26Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.1
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Some early county mills, etc., etc. : a fulling mill in 1714

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Author
Evans, Samuel,
Date of Publication
1897
A FULLING MILL IN 1714. In 1716 Stephen Atkinson, to whom lib- erty had been granted about two years before to settle on a neck of land between Edmund Cartlidge and the Conestoga Creek and to build a mill and make a dam, and he having built a good fulling mill a warrant was made out for the neck of
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Responsibility
by Samuel Evans, Esq.
Author
Evans, Samuel,
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Lancaster County Historical Society,
Date of Publication
1897
Physical Description
[167]-175 p. ; 23 cm.
Series
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 1, no. 5
Subjects
Flour mills - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
Sheriffs - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
Irish Americans - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
Contained In
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 1, number 5 (1897), p. 167-175Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.1
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Tour through the northeastern section of Lancaster County

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Author
Hensel, W. U.
Date of Publication
1904
creek. On these periodical Journeys Mr. Hensel has been accompanied by many of our own citizens and by distinguished strangers. The late George Nauman, W. A. Atlee and W. B. Middleton were frequent participants; Vice President Stevenson, Supreme Court Justice Sam'l G. Thompson, United States Con- �sul
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by Hon. W. U. Hensel.
Author
Hensel, W. U.
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Lancaster County Historical Society,
Date of Publication
1904
Physical Description
[256]-266 p. ; 23 cm.
Series
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 8, no. 8
Subjects
Lancaster County (Pa.) - Description and travel.
Cocalico Valley (Pa.) - Description and travel.
Contained In
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 8, number 8 (1904), p. 256-266Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.8
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Odds and ends of local history

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Author
Diffenderffer, Frank Ried,
Date of Publication
1906
stream abound- ed in fish of many kinds. Shad, her- ring and salmon ran up the Conestoga and its tributaries, Mill Creek, the Little Conestoga, Cocalico and Muddy Creek, supplying the people in the in- terior part of the county with an abundance of this excellent fish. But when mills came along, dams
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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
181-215 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Series
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 10, no. 6
Subjects
Lancaster County (Pa.) - History - 17th century.
Contained In
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 10, number 6 (1906), p. 181-215Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.10
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Anderson's ferry

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Author
Sener, Samuel Miller,
Date of Publication
1907
descendants were distinguished offrcers in the Mexican war, and others are now prominent in the United States Army. John Pedan owned the farm and hotel at Big Chickies creek, where Garber's mill now is. He was a son of Captain Hugh Pedan, a Revolutionary officer. He married a daughter os Zachariah Moor and
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Responsibility
by S. M. Sener, Esq.
Author
Sener, Samuel Miller,
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Lancaster County Historical Society,
Date of Publication
1907
Physical Description
[252]-257 p. ; 23 cm.
Series
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.
Subjects
Lancaster County (Pa.) - Biography.
Marietta (Pa.) - History.
Anderson's Ferry (Lancaster County, Pa.)
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Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 11, number 7 (1907), p. 252-257Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.11
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Sketch of Judge Thomas Edwards

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Author
Eshleman, Henry Frank,
Date of Publication
1909
more. The land to which he was entitled in these war- rants he had located on both sides of the Conestoga Creek in one tract, near the head of the creek, in the neighborhood of Spring Grove. now Earl township, Lancaster county. (See Taylor papers, Pennsylvania Histor- ical Society.) He built his house
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by H. Frank Eshleman, Esq.
Author
Eshleman, Henry Frank,
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Lancaster County Historical Society,
Date of Publication
1909
Physical Description
[111]-127 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Series
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 13, no. 5
Subjects
Edwards, Thomas, - 1673-1764.
Judges - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
Lancaster County (Pa.) - History - 17th century.
Lancaster County (Pa.) - Biography.
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Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 13, number 5 (1909), p. 111-127Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.13
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The canals of Pennsylvania and the system of internal improvements

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Author
Klein, Theodore B.
Date of Publication
1901.
Call Number
386.4 K64
, steam was introduced as the motive power and rapid transit became the demand, when laboring under a debt of $40,000,000 and a clamor for relief, negotiations were - �Ga na! Waste Way, with "W hi tney" anti-friction gates, near D a u phin, Pa. �Canal Aqueduct crossing Fishing Greek , at F ort Hunter, P a
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Extract from annual report of Isaac B. Brown, Superintendent Bureau of Railways, to James W. Latta, Secretary of Internal Affairs, for year ending June 30, 1900.
Responsibility
by Theodore B. Klein.
Author
Klein, Theodore B.
Place of Publication
[Harrisburg?]
Publisher
Wm. Stanley Ray,
Date of Publication
1901.
Physical Description
28 p., [34] leaves of plates : ill. ; 23 cm.
Notes
"Extract from annual report of Isaac B. Brown, superintendent, Bureau of Railways, to James W. Latta, secretary of Internal Affairs, for year ending June 30, 1900."
Summary
Includes photos of canal structures in Columbia, Wrightsville, Harrisburg, and Dauphin.
Subjects
Canals - Pennsylvania.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Lancaster History Library - Rare Books
Call Number
386.4 K64
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The last one

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Author
Diffenderffer, Frank Ried,
Date of Publication
1906
creek, about half a mile north of Brownstown, and four or five miles south of Ephrata,inWestEarl township, The first mill built on this site was erected in 1831, just seventy-five years ago, by Mr. Jacob Zook, the father of the present owner and operator, John K. Zook. The present mill is not the one
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by F. R. Diffenderffer.
Author
Diffenderffer, Frank Ried,
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Lancaster County Historical Society,
Date of Publication
1906
Physical Description
295-303 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Series
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 10, no. 8
Subjects
Woolen and worsted manufacture - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
Textile finishing - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
Industries - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
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Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 10, number 8 (1906), p. 295-303Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.10
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Early industries on the Octorara

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Author
Houston, J. W.
Date of Publication
1897
fishing parties are in evidence to catch the g amey bass, with which the stream was stocked twenty years ago. This was the hunting ground of that famed trio of Nimrods,Prof. Hall, of Lan- caster ; George Pownall and William H. Sproul, of Christiana, and woe betide the unlucky grouse, quail, rabbit or
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by Dr. J. W. Houston.
Author
Houston, J. W.
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Lancaster County Historical Society,
Date of Publication
1897
Physical Description
204-217 & [345]-360 p. ; 23 cm.
Series
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 1, no. 6&9
Notes
The first part of this article was published in issue 6, pages 204-217. The second part was published in issue 9, pages 345-360.
Subjects
Industries.
Industries - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
Octoraro Creek (Pa. and Md.)
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Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 1, number 6&9 (1897), p. 204-217 & 345-360Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.1
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Penn's city on the Susquehanna

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Author
Sachse, Julius Friedrich,
Date of Publication
1898
Ships may best ride of deep- est draugt of water if possible to Load, or unload at Ye Bank, orKeyside with- �out boating or litering of it. It would do well if the River coming into Yt Creek be Navigable, at least for Boats up into Ye Country, and Yt the Situa- tion be high, at least dry and sound, and
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by Julius F. Sachse, Esq.
Author
Sachse, Julius Friedrich,
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Lancaster County Historical Society,
Date of Publication
1898
Physical Description
[223]-237 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Series
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 2, no. 8
Subjects
Penn, William, - 1644-1718.
Susquehanna River.
Pennsylvania - History - Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775.
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Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 2, number 8 (1898), p. 223-237Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.2
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Mason and Dixon's line

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Author
Houston, J. W.
Date of Publication
1904
and Delaware as they are bounded at the present time and a portion of Pennsylvania, extend- ing to the 40th degree north latitude, but was restricted to unsettled and uncultivated lands. The Dutch had settled at the mouth of Lewes creek in 1631, for a short �time, but were driven off by the Swedes. In
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by J. W. Houston, M.D.
Author
Houston, J. W.
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Lancaster County Historical Society,
Date of Publication
1904
Physical Description
[115]-128 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Series
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 8, no. 5
Subjects
Lancaster County (Pa.) - Boundaries.
Mason-Dixon Line.
Pennsylvania - Boundaries.
Contained In
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 8, number 5 (1904), p. 115-128Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.8
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