fishing creek found 26 records - Research Collections

Print, Photographic

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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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Collection: Commissioners' Orders for Payment

Title: Commissioners' order for payment

Object ID: CommOrder 1831 #154

Collection: 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.; 1 item. 1 piece.

Access Conditions / Restrictions: Request at research desk. Photocopy made by staff member.

Classification: RG 08-01 0510

Description Level: Item

Dauphin County tombstone inscriptions

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Author: Stroh, Oscar H.

Date of Publication: 1985

Call Number: 974.818 S921

Responsibility: Oscar H. Stroh.

ISBN: 1558561234 (pbk. : v. 3)

Author: Stroh, Oscar H.

Place of Publication: Harrisburg, PA

Publisher: Oscar H. Stroh

Date of Publication: 1985

Physical Description: v. <3 > ; 28 cm.

Notes: Includes indexes.

Contents: Strohs Cemetery, Fishing Creek Valley, Middle Paxton Twp. -- Sheafer Cemetery, Wiconisco Twp. -- Middletown Reformed -- Fetterhoff Church, north of Halifax -- Bauerman's Church, near Enterline, Jefferson Twp. -- Shoop's Church, east of Harrisburg -- Ebersole Farm Graveyard, South Hanover Twp. -- An Old Presbyterian Cemetery in Middletown -- Runkle Family Graveyard, West Hanover Twp. -- Dunkard Graveyard in Derry Twp. -- Chambers Hill Cemetery, Swatara Twp. -- Three small Graveyards north of Highspire -- Hoover Farm Cemetery, west of Hershey -- St. John's Lutheran Church, near Berrysburg -- Greiner Farm Cemetery, northeast of Highspire -- Mt Laurel Cemetery, West Hanover Twp. -- Estherton Cemetery, north of Harrisburg -- Straw's Church Cemetery in Jackson Twp. -- Baumgardner's Cemetery in West Hanover Twp. -- Church of God Cemetery in Halifax Twp. -- Zion U.B. Church in Halifax Twp. -- Enders Cemetery -- Crum's Cemetery in Lower Paxton Twp. -- Fisherville Cemetery -- Klinger's Cemetery in Lykens Twp. -- Derry Presbyterian Church in Hershey -- Hanover Presbyterian Cemetery in East Hanover Twp. -- Paxton Presbyterian Cemetery, east of Harrisburg -- Two Nissley Cemeteries in Swatara Twp. -- Church of the Brethren (Dunkard) Cemetery in Middle Paxton Twp. -- Shope Cemetery, southeast of Highspire -- Zeager Farm Cemetery in Londonderry Twp. -- Nissley Cemetery in Londonderry Twp. -- An old U.B. Graveyard in MIddletown -- Long's Cemetery south of Halifax -- Fox Cemetery, north of Harrisburg -- St. Peter's Church Graveyard in Middletown -- Stone Church Cemetery in Elizabethville -- Hill Cemetery, Halifax -- Umberger Cemetery in West Hanover Twp. -- Geiger Cemetery north of Dauphin -- McAllister's Methodist Cemetery in Rush Twp. -- Ebenezer E.U.B. Cemetery, north of Halifax -- An old Presbyterian Cemetery in Middletown -- Boyer Farm Cemetery -- Gratz Union Cemetery -- Lutheran and Reformed Cemetery in Elizabethville -- Riverview (Heckton) Cemetery in Middle Paxton Twp. -- Wenrich Church Cemetery (Part I), east of Linglestown -- Miller's Church cemetery in Jackson Twp. -- Church of God Cemetery in Linglestown -- Dauphin Cemetery, northeast of Dauphin -- Wenrich Church Cemetery (Part II), east of Linglestown -- Metzger Cemetery, Londonderry Twp. -- Shell's Lutheran and Reformed Church in Shellsville -- German Baptist Church in Lower Paxton Twp. -- Zion Evangelical Lutheran Churchyard in Hummelstown -- Union Deposit Cemetery, east of Harrisburg -- Some Veterans of the American Revolution -- Indices

Subjects: Registers of births, etc. - Pennsylvania - Dauphin County.; Cemeteries - Pennsylvania - Dauphin County.; Inscriptions - Pennsylvania - Dauphin County.; Dauphin County (Pa.) - Genealogy.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 974.818 S921

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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Responsibility: 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.

Contained In: 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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Bass fishing in Lancaster County

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Author: Long, John D.

Date of Publication: 1989

fishing again. He never did—shortly after this episode he suffered a stroke and died. The Pequea The Pequea Creek rises in eastern Lancaster County and flows generally westward through southern Lancaster County to empty into the Susquehanna. It is a small stream and Dad and I had never seriously

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Responsibility: by John D. Long, Ph.D.

Author: Long, John D.

Place of Publication: Lancaster, Pa

Publisher: Lancaster County Historical Society,

Date of Publication: 1989

Physical Description: [18]-26 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

Series: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v.92, no. 1

Subjects: Fishing - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.; Fishing

Contained In: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 92, number 1 (1989), p. 18-26Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.92

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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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Tinkerers, mechanics and inventors of Lancaster County

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Author: Loose, John Ward Willson.

Date of Publication: 1983

credit. Joseph died in 1902 and is buried near Union Grove. Shirk's improvement of the grain cradle should remind us that during the first four decades of the 19th century Drumore Township had a number �of scythe and sickle mills, most of them along Fishing Creek and Puddle Duck Creek. An 1820 local

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Responsibility: by John Ward Willson Loose.

Author: Loose, John Ward Willson.

Place of Publication: Lancaster, Pa

Publisher: Lancaster County Historical Society,

Date of Publication: 1983

Physical Description: 97-109 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

Series: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 87, no. 3

Subjects: Henry, William, - 1729-1786.; Fulton, Robert, - 1765-1815.; Getz, Peter.; Brandt, John.; Shirk, Joseph.; Industrial arts - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.; Inventions - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.; Inventors - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.; Agricultural machinery - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.

Contained In: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 87, number 3 (1983), p. 97-109Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.87

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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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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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Responsibility: 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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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: 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.)

Contained In: 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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Responsibility: 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.

Contained In: 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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Alternate Title: 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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Responsibility: 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.

Contained In: 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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The diaries of Willam T. Clark of Chestnut Level, Drumore Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania : Dating from his enlistment in Co. B 79th Penna. Vet. Vols. September 12, 1861 to November 30, 1865

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Author: Clark, William T.,

Date of Publication: 1988.

Call Number: 973.781 C596

Polk. Facing the same troops they held off at Perryville, the 79th held their ground all day until being ordered from the field after expending all their ammunition. In July of 1864, the 79th had the honor ofparticipating in the lead ofthe counter charge at the Battle of Peach Tree Creek. Captain

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Responsibility: Transcribed by William G. Davis and Janet B. Davis.

Author: Clark, William T.,

Place of Publication: Computer printout

Date of Publication: 1988.

Physical Description: 10 vols. ; 28 cm.

Notes: "Transcribed from six volumes of daily entries while in the field with the U. S. Army of the West during the CIvil War, and three volumes of miscellaneous entries."; Library has v. 1-7; copy 2 (v.1-6 )has information about William Clark and the 79th Pennsylvania and computer disc inserted.

Contents: vol 1. 9/12/61 - 5/21/62 Enlistment; Departure; Louisville, Ky.; Tennessee; Raid into Alabama -- v. 2. 5/22/62 - 2/9/63 Tennessee; Kentucky; Battle of Chaplin Hills (Perryville, Ky.; Kentucky hospitals; Battle of Stones River (Murfreesboro), Tenn. -- v. 3. 2/10/63 - 10/4/63 Tennessee; Raid into Alabama; Furlough home to recruit during Battle of Gettysburg; Battle of Chickamauga, Tenn. -- v. 4. 10/5/63-6/10/64 Georgia; Tennessee; Battles of Missionary Ridge, Lookout Mountain, Ringgold, Tunnel Hill; Regimental furlough home; Battles of Resaca, Buzzard's Roost, Etoway, Georgia -- v. 5. 6/11/64 - 2/11/65 Battles of Kennesaw Mountain, Allatoona, Marietta; The campaign for Altanta; Sherman's March to the Sea;The campaign for Savannah -- v. 6. 2/12/65 - 11/30/65 North through the Carolinas; The capture of Columbia; Battle of Bentonsville, N. C.; Surrender of Gen. Johnston; March to Washinton via Richmond;Victory parade; Return to Chestnut Level -- v. 7. Company B muster list; Original roll of Company B; Reenlistment as Veteran Volunteers (2/8/64); Miscellaneous expenses from January 1864 -- v. 8. Lists of rations issued as Regimental Commissary Sergeant, 1865 -- v. 9. Addenda and maps; Brief histories of W. T. Clark, 79th Regt. P.V.V.; The Clark family; Information on a few persons of note mentioned in the diaries -- v. 10. Rewrite of volume one.

Subjects: Pennsylvania Infantry. - 87th Regiment, 1861-1864.; United States - History - Civil War, 1861-1865 - Personal narratives.; United States - History - Civil War, 1861-1865 - Regimental histories - Pennsylvania Infantry - 79th.; Diaries.

Additional Author: Davis, William G.; Davis, Janet B.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 973.781 C596

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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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Responsibility: 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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Why was Postlethwaite's chosen and then abandoned as the county seat of Lancaster County?

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Author: Landis, David H.,

Date of Publication: 1908

, passing over the hill, and crossing the Little Conestoga at Dentlinger's mill, then down the west side of the creek, and in the In- diantown Road to the Indiantown of Conestoga. It was probably along this road that trade was carried on more than half a century before Penn's arrival, between the Dutch at

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Responsibility: by D. H. Landis.

Author: Landis, David H.,

Place of Publication: Lancaster, Pa

Publisher: Lancaster County Historical Society,

Date of Publication: 1908

Physical Description: [137]-167 p. ; 23 cm.

Series: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 12, no. 4

Summary: "Giving an authentic sketch of the conditions as they appeared here before the scenes were changed by the first Europeans. Also, brief sketches of the Susquehannock or Conestoga Indians, the Traders, Penn's Troubles, the Palatines, Councils held at the Indian Town of Conestoga, Beginning of Lancaster City, Conestoga Manor and the location and present owners of prominent places which were intimately associated with Postlethwaite's; adding a sketch of John Cartlege, the King's first magistrate of what is now Lancaster County."

Subjects: Postlethwaite, John.; Postlethwaite Tavern (Conestoga Township, Pa.); Indians of North America.; Lancaster County (Pa.) - History - 17th century.

Contained In: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 12, number 4 (1908), p. 137-167Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.12

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Some Shippen letters

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Author: Diffenderffer, Frank Ried,

Date of Publication: 1907

us with our love, whom we long to See, which I am afraid I shall not have the pleasure this Fall, as I have been lame, & my Leg is very tender that I cant ride except as far as the creek, without hurting it. The misfortune happened a month before & making too free with it last Sessions, it festered

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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: 1907

Physical Description: [3]-23 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

Series: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 11, no. 1

Subjects: Shippen family.; Shippen, Edward, - ca. 1703-1781.; Lancaster (Pa.) - Biography.

Contained In: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 11, number 1 (1907), p. 3-23Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.11

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Dauphin County tombstone inscriptions

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Bass fishing in Lancaster County

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The Scotch-Irish : their impress on Lancaster County

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Tinkerers, mechanics and inventors of Lancaster County

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Postcard

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Tour through the northeastern section of Lancaster County

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Odds and ends of local history

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Anderson's ferry

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Sketch of Judge Thomas Edwards

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The canals of Pennsylvania and the system of internal improvements

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The diaries of Willam T. Clark of Chestnut Level, Drumore Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania : Dating from his enlistment in Co. B 79th Penna. Vet. Vols. September 12, 1861 to November 30, 1865

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Mason and Dixon's line

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Why was Postlethwaite's chosen and then abandoned as the county seat of Lancaster County?

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Some Shippen letters

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