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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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Collection
Card Collection
Title
Card Collection
Object ID
MG0180
Date Range
1820 - present
, Lancaster. Deichler’s. Stationery, toys, notions, postcards. 20-22 East Chestnut Street, Lancaster, opposite Pennsylvania Railroad Station. Reverse is postcard sent to Helen Wood, Peters Creek, Lancaster County. Postmark 7 December 1906. Insert 2 S. L. Delbo. Boots and shoes. Main Street, Lititz. Delmonico
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Collection
Card Collection
Title
Card Collection
Description
The Card Collection contains advertising cards for businesses throughout Lancaster County, greeting cards, invitations, membership cards, and visiting cards. The occasions represented by the greeting cards include Valentine's Day, Christmas, New Year's, Easter, birthday, and anniversary cards.
Date Range
1820 - present
Date of Accumulation
1820 - present
Creator
LancasterHistory (Organization)
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Storage Room
Archives South
Storage Wall
Side 04
People
Adams, Bessie
Anderson, Ada L.
Anderson, Daisy
Armstrong, Charles Dudley
Bachman, M. E.
Bair, David
Bankratz, B.
Bausman, D. H.
Berdainer, Paul F.
Blough, Clara
Bollinger, W. H.
Bomberger, Lizzie S.
Bones, John G.
Bowers, J.
Bowers, W. B.
Boyd, George
Brackbill, Henry P.
Breneman, A. N.
Brimmer, H. J.
Brown, E. W.
Brucker, John
Bruner, P. M.
Bucher, Max
Buchmiller, D. F.
Burk, Jacob
Bursk, D. S.
Byrne, J. W.
Campbell, L. H.
Carmitchell, Thomas H.
Carter, Elmer E.
Charles, John A.
Chase, Ernest Dudley
Clark, L. F.
Clarke, Samuel
Cochran, Ada M.
Cogley, A. H.
Cooper, L. A.
Crouse, Matilda G.
Danner, George H.
Davis, I. J.
Delbo, S. L.
Denlinger, B. Willis
Dennis, George M.
Diller, H.
Diller, I. N.
Diller, Isaac
Doyle, W. A.
Eby, Samuel
Enck, W. C.
Erben, John A.
Erisman, E. J.
Erisman, George F. K.
Esbenshade, E. Herr
Fahnestock, Return E.
FonDersmith, G. L.
Frailey, William O.
Frey, Andrew G.
Frey, Walter H.
Fry, Margie J.
Fulmer, A. P.
Garber, A. M.
Garner, Emma Saylor
Gast, William H.
Getz, Charles A.
Gill, Charles S.
Gochenaur, Harry E.
Goerhing, Reaves F. Jr.
Griffits, Frank P.
Groff, Samuel A.
Grove, Fanny
Grove, L. H.
Grundisch, F.
Gundaker, H.
Haberbush, M.
Hackman, Lizzie B.
Hager, Ruth
Haldeman, Grace S. Garner
Haldeman, Sarah J.
Harbaugh, Henry
Harding, William H.
Harnish, C. B.
Harnish, D. L.
Harnish, Jacob
Harnish, M. S.
Hartman, Lewis S.
Hatz, Samuel
Heidelbaugh, Milton
Heinitsh, John F.
Heisey, Kate
Heisey, Martin Luther
Hensel, Joann W.
Herr, Daniel D.
Herr, Daniel H.
Herr, Eugene M.
Herr, Harry B.
Herr, L. B.
Hess, J. R.
Hess, Witmer
Hiemenz, John
Hireisy, F. H.
Hirsh, A.
Hoffer, D. B.
Hoffman, Barbara
Hoffmeier, A. K.
Hollinger, J. P.
Hoover, George J.
Hoover, Jacob
Houghton, M. A.
Houseal, Lottie M.
Hubley, Alfred A.
Hull, George W.
Jameson, J. P.
Jeffries, Mary
Johns, H. Forrey
Kappler, Edward S.
Keiffer, J. H.
Keiffer, Josepine
Keiper, J. M.
Keller, J. W.
Kettring, John H.
Killian, G. C.
Killian, George W.
Kinzler, Frederick
Kirchner, Sharon
Knapp, Catharine
Kreckel, Edward
Kulp, D. H.
Landis, Allen B.
Landis, Bertha Cochran
Landis, David Bachman
Landis, Katie M.
Lane, C. M.
Lebkicher, J. P.
Lefevre, P. G.
Levy, M.
Locher, Charles A.
Loeb, Millie
Loeb, William
Long, Charles E.
Lowell, J. W.
Luchenbach, H. H.
Lynch, Charles O.
MacNay, Charles
Manby, William H.
Marshall, William L.
Martin, H. A.
McClain, John C.
McCleery, Samuel B.
Merrill, Lizzie L.
Miley, Frank B.
Miller, George H.
Miltonberger, J. C.
Mower, J. H.
Moyer, J. G.
Musser, Maggie
Owens, Steve J.
Parry, H. B.
Phiffer, Amanda
Poutz, Lilian
Poutz, May
Prangley, James Jr.
Ramsdell, O. J.
Reeser, Joseph
Reinoehl, A. F.
Reitzel, Amanda
Ressel, Richard P.
Richardson, Clara V.
Riest, A. H.
Riest, J. Frank
Riest, W. A.
Ringwalt, A. G.
Roadman, Samuel H.
Rock, Allen
Rohrer, F. S.
Rohrer, J.
Rosenstein, Al
Rote, Amos C.
Rote, J. E.
Roth, John B.
Rothschild, Jacob
Roy, William H.
Royer, J. R.
Saylor, J. J.
Schaefer, E. M.
Schaum, George B.
Schmidt, H. A.
Schneider, H. J.
Schoenberger, John
Shelly, Jeremiah A.
Shirk, Peter
Shreiner, H. M.
Shrum, J. H.
Shultz, E. J.
Shultz, H. S.
Simon, C. H.
Sing, Daniel
Slandt, John W.
Smaling, J. K.
Smith, A. H.
Smith, A. Herr
Snyder, H. N.
Snyder, P. C.
Sprecher, John M.
Sprecher, William D.
Stackhouse, D. P.
Stauffer, H. S.
Stauffer, Harry F.
Steinhauser, Frank J.
Steinhauser, Kate A.
Swarr, John P.
Teahl, J. A.
Thorbahn, Fanny
Trout, Harry L.
Trout, Mary
Trout, Mollie S.
Urban, B. F. W.
Urban, Ruth
Van Pelt, Charles P.
Vollmer, Frederick
Waylan, John
Webber, Annie
Weber, Ferdinand
Weidle, Laura I.
Weikel, A. W.
Wiant, George
Wiggins, Alice B.
Wilson, Edward G
Withrow, J. L.
Wood, Helen
Woodward, A. W.
Wormley, W.
Zahm, Edward J.
Ziegler, Joe C.
Keller, John
Fordney, Sara Cox
Fordney, Thomas Potter
McIlvaine, George Duffield
Haupt, C. Elvin
Subjects
Advertising
Advertising cards
Associations, institutions, etc.
Business cards
Ephemera
Greeting cards
Invitation cards
Visiting cards
Search Terms
A. D. Caufman and Company
A. Haldeman and Company
Abraham, Eberly and Company
Adler Boots and Shoes
Advertising
Advertising cards
Aikin and Neuhauser
Albany Dentists
American Tea Company
Associations, institutions, etc.
Astrich Bros.
Athenaeum, Historical, Agricultural & Mechanics' Institute
Austen's Forest Flower Cologne
Bair and Keen
Barbers
Black Horse Hotel and Corn Exchange
Bomberger and Loeb
Bon-Ton
Borgenski's
Boston Store
Bowers and Hurst
Brecht and Brothers
Burger and Sutton
Business cards
Calling cards
Cash Grocery
City Shoe Store
Colahan and Company
Columbia Spy Steam Job Print
Columbia Wagon Company
Common Sense Shoe Store
Conestoga Carriage Factory
Conestoga Grocery
Conestoga Steam Mills
Confectioners
Cooper House
Deichler and Schaum
Deichler's Stationary
Delmonico Café
Department stores
Dressmakers
Duncan's
Eagle Shoe Store
Edison Electric Company
Ephemera
Estey Organ Company
F. A. North and Company
Fairview Nurseries
Farmers First Bank
Finding aids
First National Bank of Columbia
Flinn and Breneman
Flinn and Willson
Frew's Carriage Factory
Frey and Eckert
Fry and Mast
Funerals
Furriers
Geis and Company
George Boyd and Sons
George M. Steinman and Company
Glenn Manor Service Station and Tourist Cabins
Gottshalk and Lederman's Great New York Bazaar
Grace Lutheran Church
Graduations
Great Atlantic and Pacific Tea Company
Greeting cards
Grocery stores
Guthrie and Son
Hahn's Store
Hallet and Davis
Harnish and Company
Harting's Old Whiskies
Hatcher Company
Hats
Hatters
Heitshu's Drug Store
Henwood and Thomas
Herr's Book Store
Hildesheimer and Faulkner
Hill Poultry Yard
Hirsh and Brother
Hoar and McNabb
Hoffer's Steam Drillers
Hoffmeier Brothers
Holly Tree Coffee House
Hotels
Houghton's Popular Millinery
Incubators
Invitations
Iris Club
J. B. Martin and Company
J. F. Long and Company
J. H. Abraham and Brother
J. Rose and Son
John A. Erben's Cheap Clothing Store
John P. Schaum and Son
John Schoenberger and Sons
Keplinger and Company
Keystone Collar Factory
Kirk Johnson & Co.
L. B. Herr & Son
Ladies Hebrew Benevolent Society
Lancaster Bargain Bazaar
Lancaster City Pharmacy
Lancaster Country Store
Lancaster County Chapter National Multiple Sclerosis Society
Lancaster Gas Light and Fuel Company
Lancaster Maennerchor
Lancaster Photo Engraving Company
Lancaster Trust Company
Lane and Company
Locher's Drug Store
M. Deichler and Son
Manby's Music Store
Manuscript groups
Marshall E. Smith Company
Mayor and Simon
Merrick Thread Company
Metropolitan Life Insurance Company
Miesse Candies & Ice Cream
Miller and Bushong
Miller and Umbdenstock
Millineries
Mitchell's Carpet Cleaning House
Morrow's Fine Shoes
Muhlenberg's Drug Store
Myers and Rathfon
National Bearings Company
Neffsville Hotel
New York Dairy Lunch
New York Millinery Store
Norbeck and Miley
Novelty Bazaar
P. C. Snyder and Brother
Palace Saloon
Penn Boiler and Burner Manufacturing Corporation
Pennsylvania Clothing Company
Philip Schum, Son and Company
Photographers
Popular Cigar Store
Powell and Rhode's New Dancing Academy
R. B. and H. Factory
Ranck and Kurtz
Reece's Parlor Shoe Store
Reilly Brothers and Raub
Royal St. John Sewing Machine Office
S. B. Cox and Company
S. H. Zahm and Company
Samuel Hatz's Tobacco and Cigar Store
Seamstresses
Shaub and Brothers
Shaub and Burns
Shiffler Fire Company
Shirk's Carpet Hall
Shultz's Sons
Singer Manufacturing Company
Singer Sewing Machine Company
Slough and Brother
Slough and Kauffman
Sorrel Horse Hotel
St. James Episcopal Church
Star Shoe House
Stauffer and Company
Steckel Printing, Inc.
Steinwandle Boots and Shoes
Stockyard Inn
Stoner, Shreiner and Company
Swan Hotel
Swarthmore College
Tailors
Thomae's Fashionable Millinery
Thomas W. Price Company
Trade cards
Trinity Choral Society
Visiting cards
W. A. Reist and Company
Weddings
Wenger Carriage Factory
West and Haverstick
Westhaeffer's Book Store
White, Stokes and Allen
William D. Sprecher and Son
William Knabe and Company
William Kray and Company
Williamson and Foster
Women's Republican Club
Extent
3 boxes, 6 series, 1.5 cubic ft.
Object Name
Archive
Language
English
Object ID
MG0180
Location of Originals
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania
Notes
Preferred Citation: Title or description of item, date (day, month, year), Collection Title (MG#), Series #, Box #, Folder #, (or Object ID), LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania. URL if applicable. Date accessed (day, month, year).
Access Conditions / Restrictions
No restrictions.
Copyright
Collection items may be photographed. Please direct questions to Research Center Staff at Research@LancasterHistory.org. Permission for reproduction and/or publication must be obtained in writing from LancasterHistory. Persons wishing to publish any material from this site must assume all responsibility for identifying and satisfying any claimants of copyright or other use restrictions. Publication fees may apply.
Images have been provided for research purposes only. Please contact Research@LancasterHistory.org for a high-resolution image and permission to publish. LancasterHistory retains the rights to the digital images and content presented. The doctrine of fair use allows limited use of copyrighted material without permission from the copyright holder. Fair use includes comment, criticism, teaching, and private scholarship. Any images and data downloaded, printed or photocopied for these purposes should provide a citation. All other uses beyond those allowed by fair use require written permission.
Credit
Courtesy of LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.
Other Numbers
MG-180
Classification
MG0180
Description Level
Fonds
Custodial History
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Sphinx Club Records
Title
Sphinx Club Records
Object ID
MG0341
Date Range
1912-2000
burial service for Nathaniel Ellmaker Hager. 1991. Insert 9 “An Old-Timer Recalls Memorable Dinner Down at Cross Creek,” by Cynthia Parks. Florida Times-Union, Jacksonville, Florida. Article is about an elite private club called Mensheviki. April 1991. Insert 10 “New book Highlights Decorating Trends
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Sphinx Club Records
Title
Sphinx Club Records
Description
This collection contains the official records of the Sphinx Club in Lancaster, Pennsylvania. The minute books date from 1912-1985. Histories of the club were prepared in 1934 and 1962. Dinner programs, membership lists, meeting and speaker schedules, correspondence and speeches make up the bulk of the collection. There are images of some of the earliest members, as well as articles about the statue of the Sphinx.
Date Range
1912-2000
Year Range From
1912
Year Range To
2000
Date of Accumulation
1912-2000
Creator
Sphinx Club (Lancaster, Pa.)
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Storage Room
Archives South
Storage Wall
Side 08
People
Appel, Roberts R.
Browne, George I.
Cooper, John Wallace
Cramer, Margaret Snader
Cramer, William Stuart
Davidson, Paul
Dippell, Marion Fox
Dippell, Victor William
Distler, Theodore A.
Donner, M. M.
Dotterer, Ray H.
Duke, Robert W.
Hager, E. M.
Hager, Nathaniel Ellmaker
Hamblin, Dora Jane
Hartman, Edwin Mitman
Hartman, Mr.
Herman, Emma Garrigan
Herman, Theodore F.
Honig, Margaret
Honig, Stanley
Jefferson, Thomas
Jordan, Paul
Jurgelski, Susan
Kell, R. M.
Kilby, Tom
Kunkel, Arthur King
Lincoln, Abraham
Maugans, David
Mencken, Henry Louis
Michalak, Beverly
Michalak, Stanley
Moore, C. Eugene
Parks, Cynthia
Poole, H. Herbert
Roosevelt, Franklin Delano
Roy, John
Rudisill, Carl
Rudisill, Flo
Sayres, Alfred Nevin
Schmitchew, Peter
Schwalm, Ted
Smith, Howard P.
Steinmetz, Rollin
Thornley, Richard
Twombly, Clifford Gray
Subjects
Associations, institutions, etc.
Business records
Letters
Minutes (Records)
Obituaries
Search Terms
Accomac Inn
Alfred's Victorian Restaurant
Associations, institutions, etc.
Business records
Bynden Wood
Conestoga Bridge
Correspondence
Finding aids
Flyers
Franklin and Marshall College
Hamilton Club
Huachung University
Letters
Manuscript groups
Membership
Minutes
Mount Gretna, Lebanon County, Pennsylvania
Obituaries
Outings
Poetry
Republican Party
Restaurants
Sphinx Club
St. Peter's Village, Chester County, Pennsylvania
Trivia
World War II
WWII
Extent
1 box, 21 folders, 1 cubic ft.
Object Name
Archive
Language
English
Object ID
MG0341
Location of Originals
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania
Notes
Preferred Citation: Title or description of item, date (day, month, year), Collection Title (MG#), Folder #, (or Object ID), LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania. URL if applicable. Date accessed (day, month, year).
Access Conditions / Restrictions
Original documents may be used by researchers--contact Research@LancasterHistory.org prior to visit or request at Reference Desk.
Copyright
Collection items may be photographed. Please direct questions to Research Center Staff at Research@LancasterHistory.org. Permission for reproduction and/or publication must be obtained in writing from LancasterHistory. Persons wishing to publish any material from this site must assume all responsibility for identifying and satisfying any claimants of copyright or other use restrictions. Publication fees may apply.
Credit
Courtesy of LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.
Accession Number
2004.MG0341
Other Numbers
MG-341
Classification
MG0341
Description Level
Fonds
Custodial History
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Harry Lincoln Long Collection
Title
Harry Lincoln Long Collection
Object ID
MG0380
Date Range
1739-1883
, Pennsylvania 17603-3125 717.392.4633 • www.LancasterHistory.org Search Terms: Accounts Agreements Altick and McGinnis Baltimore, Maryland Bank of the United States Barns Broadsides Correspondence Deeds Drumore Twp. Estate settlement Finding aids Fishing Creek Independent Whig Steam Press Insurance policies
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Harry Lincoln Long Collection
Title
Harry Lincoln Long Collection
Description
The Harry Lincoln Long Collection contains documents of the Long family of Drumore Twp. Most papers pertain to property of the Long and Worrell families, and the estate of Robert H. Long. The documents include a broadside, deeds, land drafts, receipts, insurance policies, and correspondence.
Date Range
1739-1883
Year Range From
1739
Year Range To
1883
Date of Accumulation
1739-1883
Creator
Long, Harry Lincoln, 1865-1948
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Storage Room
Archives South
Storage Wall
Side 09
People
Ball, John
Ball, Joseph
Barclay, James
Barclay, Mary
Black, James
Boyd, Ann Margaret
Boyd, Hugh
Boyd, Isabella R.
Boyd, Samuel
Buchanan, James
Calvert, John
Churchman, George
Churchman, John
Clark, Nathaniel
Clerk, Nathan
Collins, Cornelius
Crawford, David
Crawford, Edward
Crawford, Robert
Dickson, Samuel
Ensminger, Samuel
Fairman, George Walter
Findlay, William
Forsh, Jonathan
Gardner, Valentine
Gill, George
Gryder, Jacob
Harrah, Patrick
Hecket, Frank
Hibshman, Jacob
James, John
King, Robert
Lamborn, Robert
Long, Harry Lincoln
Long, Hugh
Long, James
Long, Robert H.
Martin, Hugh
McElray, John
McPherson, James
McPherson, Martha
Mitchell, John
Mitchell, Samuel
Moore, Alexander
Neel, Thomas
Pennepacker, Henry W.
Penny, Hugh M.
Penny, John Joseph
Porter, Thomas
Quin, Bryan
Rippey, Matthew
Robertson, James
Robinson, James
Seiple, Samuel
Slaymaker, Henry Edwin
Smith, Howard
Smith, Joseph
Stevens, Thaddeus
Walker, John
Warner, Rily
White, William
Widmyer, C.
Worrell, Elijah
Worrell, Elizabeth
Worrell, Joseph
Yost, Jacob
Subjects
Deeds
Letters
Real property surveys
Receipts (Acknowledgments)
Search Terms
Accounts
Agreements
Altick and McGinnis
Baltimore, Maryland
Bank of the United States
Barns
Broadsides
Correspondence
Deeds
Drumore Twp.
Estate settlement
Finding aids
Fishing Creek
Independent Whig Steam Press
Insurance policies
Invoices
Land drafts
Letters
Manuscript groups
Mortgages
Promissory notes
Real estate
Real property surveys
Receipts
Southern Mutual Insurance Company of Lancaster County
Surveys
Extent
1 box, 9 folders, .25 cubic ft.
Object Name
Archive
Language
English
Object ID
MG0380
Location of Originals
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania
Notes
Preferred Citation: Title or description of item, date (day, month, year), Collection Title (MG#), Folder #, (or Object ID), LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania. URL if applicable. Date accessed (day, month, year).
Access Conditions / Restrictions
Original documents may be used by researchers--contact Research@LancasterHistory.org prior to visit or request at Reference Desk.
Copyright
Collection items may be photographed. Please direct questions to Research Center Staff at Research@LancasterHistory.org. Permission for reproduction and/or publication must be obtained in writing from LancasterHistory. Persons wishing to publish any material from this collection must assume all responsibility for identifying and satisfying any claimants of copyright or other use restrictions. Publication fees may apply.
Credit
Courtesy of LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.
Accession Number
2005.MG0380
Other Numbers
MG-380
Classification
MG0380
Description Level
Fonds
Custodial History
Harry Lincoln Long was the donor's maternal grandfather; he kept these documents for the family.
Added to database 20 February 2022.
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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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Bishop Francis Asbury and the Reverend Henry Boehm

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Author
Heiges, George L.
Date of Publication
1966
31, 1799—We had a comfortable meeting at Boehm's Church. Here lieth the dust of William Jessop and Michael Wilson.'° I feebly attempted a discourse on Heb. 6:12. In the evening we rode to Jacob Keagay's near the mouth of Pequea Creek. THURSDAY, AUGUST 1, 1799—After a suspension of rain in some parts
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Responsibility
by George L. Heiges.
Author
Heiges, George L.
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Lancaster County Historical Society,
Date of Publication
1966
Physical Description
[129]-162 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Series
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 70, no. 3
Subjects
Asbury, Francis, - 1745-1816.
Boehm, Henry, - 1775-1875.
Boehms Chapel (Lancaster County, Pa.) - History.
Methodists - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
Lancaster County (Pa.) - Church history.
Contained In
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 70, number 3 (1966), p. 129-162Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.70
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Black Rock forges and rock furnaces

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Author
Shertz, Albert W.
Date of Publication
1978
Black Rock Forges & Rock Furnaces Albert W. Shertz The excavation in the streambed of the West Branch of the Octoraro Creek at Black Rock in 1967 for the piers of another bridge across the stream revealed evidence of some of the past iron history of Southern Lan- caster County. In the two
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Responsibility
by Albert W. Shertz.
Author
Shertz, Albert W.
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Lancaster County Historical Society,
Date of Publication
1978
Physical Description
[39]-48 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Series
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 82, no. 1
Subjects
Iron-works - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
Contained In
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 82, number 1 (1978), p. 39-48Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.82
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A brief postal history of Lancaster County

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Author
Heisey, M. Luther,
Date of Publication
1944
Inn for Fertility, Wheatland Mills and Strasburg. Nor- man W. Waidley. From Fountain Inn for Willow Street, Smithville, Buck, Chestnut Level, Greene, Peter's Creek, Pleasant Grove, Fairmount, Mechanics' Grove, Lyle and Little Britain, in Pennsylvania; Rock Springs, Oakwood and Rowlands- ville, in
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Responsibility
by M. Luther Heisey.
Author
Heisey, M. Luther,
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Lancaster County Historical Society,
Date of Publication
1944
Physical Description
[1]-37 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Series
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 48, no. 1
Subjects
Postal service - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County
Postmasters.
Postal rates.
Coaching - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
Contained In
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 48, number 1 (1944), p. 1-37Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.48
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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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Collection
Card Collection
Title
Advertising trade card for John A. Erben's Cheap Clothing Store
Object ID
MG0180_S01_F009_In04
Date Range
ca. 1850s
, Lancaster. Deichler’s. Stationery, toys, notions, postcards. 20-22 East Chestnut Street, Lancaster, opposite Pennsylvania Railroad Station. Reverse is postcard sent to Helen Wood, Peters Creek, Lancaster County. Postmark 7 December 1906. Insert 2 S. L. Delbo. Boots and shoes. Main Street, Lititz. Delmonico
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Collection
Card Collection
Title
Advertising trade card for John A. Erben's Cheap Clothing Store
Description
Advertising trade card for John A. Erben's Cheap Clothing Store, sign of the Striped Coat. Largest and cheapest assortment of men's and boys' clothing in the city. "Customer work promptly attended to." Express Print, Lancaster. 42 North Queen Street, Lancaster. ca. 1850s.
Admin/Biographical History
John A. Erben (1827-1898) married Anna E. Musselman in 1855. He retired from his career as a tailor in his forties and began a new career as a store clerk.
Date Range
ca. 1850s
Creation Date
[1850s]
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Storage Room
Archives South
Storage Wall
Side 04
People
Erben, John A.
Subjects
Advertising
Advertising cards
Boys' clothing
Business cards
Clothing trade
Ephemera
Men's clothing
Stores, Retail
Tailors
Search Terms
Advertising
Advertising cards
Business cards
Clothing stores
Clothing, Boys'
Clothing, Men's
Ephemera
Express Printing Company
John A. Erben's Cheap Clothing Store
Lancaster
North Queen Street
Stores, Retail
Tailors
Trade cards
Extent
1 item, 2 pages to scan
Object Name
Card, Advertising
Language
English
Object ID
MG0180_S01_F009_In04
Location of Originals
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania
Related Item Notes
Receipt book of John A. Erben (MG0266_Ser04_F036)
Card Collection (MG0180) https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/39cc1c47-2885-4667-81d0-959136391688
Notes
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Access Conditions / Restrictions
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Copyright
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Credit
Courtesy of LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.
Accession Number
2022.005
Other Numbers
MG-180
Other Number
MG-180, Series 1, Folder 9, Insert 4
Classification
MG0180
Description Level
Item
Custodial History
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The Christiana Riot and the treason trials of 1851 : an historical sketch

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Author
Hensel, W. U.
Date of Publication
1911
, boarding and sleeping there and then they were building him a saw mill on Pine! Creek, which ran through his extensive farm. Four 0£ his slaves were Noah Buley and Joshua Hammond-whose time was nearly up -and two younger, about twenty-one years old, named Nelson Ford and George Hammond who had six or seven
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Responsibility
by W. U. Hensel.
Author
Hensel, W. U.
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Lancaster County Historical Society,
Date of Publication
1911
Physical Description
iii, 1-134 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Series
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 15, no. 8 [supplement]
Notes
Supplement to Lancaster County Historical Journal of October 1911
Subjects
United States.
Trials.
Riots - Pennsylvania - Christiana.
Slavery - Pennsylvania.
African Americans - Pennsylvania - Christiana
Fugitive slaves - Pennsylvania - Christiana
Fugitive slaves - Legal status, laws, etc. - Pennsylvania.
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The Christiana Riot : an evaluation of its national significance

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Author
Nash, Roderick W.
Date of Publication
1961.
a group of eight white men trudged silently along the Valley Road and turned into a nar- row lane to the south. At a shallow creek that threaded its way through the Valley, they paused to check the priming of their firearms. As the men continued along the lane, a two-story stone house loomed up in
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Responsibility
by Roderick W. Nash.
Author
Nash, Roderick W.
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Lancaster County Historical Society,
Date of Publication
1961.
Physical Description
[65]-91 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Series
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 65, no. 2
Subjects
Riots - Pennsylvania - Christiana.
Christiana (Pa.) - History.
Contained In
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Cider press at Hess Mill

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Date of Publication
1965
little cider press located on Fishing Creek at Cramer's Mill in Drumore Town- ship. Mr. Grossman, a specialist in early log cabin culture, sketched the press and later prepared a measured drawing of it for the National Park Service, U. S. Department of the Interior. An employee of the National Park
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Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Lancaster County Historical Society,
Date of Publication
1965
Physical Description
[181]-183 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Series
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 69, no. 3
Subjects
Hess Mill (Lancaster, Pa.)
Cider industry - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
Contained In
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 69, number 3 (1965), p. 181-183Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.69
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Commercial fishing in the Susquehanna River

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Author
Heydinger, Earl J.
Date of Publication
1960.
COMMERCIAL FISHING IN THE SUSQUEHANNA RIVER Forever yielding products of economic value, the broad Susquehanna, beauti- ful as well as utilitarian, is studied by Mr. Heydinger in its role as a fish- monger's paradise. The story of fishing in the Susquehanna breaks into time sections matching
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Responsibility
by Earl J. Heydinger.
Author
Heydinger, Earl J.
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Lancaster County Historical Society,
Date of Publication
1960.
Physical Description
[194]-197 p. ; 23 cm.
Series
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 64, no. 3
Subjects
Fishing - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
Susquehanna River.
Contained In
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 64, number 3 (1960), p. 194-197Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.64
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Conestoga navigation PennDot's 2019 historic resource survey form

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Corporate Author
Pennsylvania Department of Transportation.
Date of Publication
2019.
Call Number
386.4 P415
. 1928 “Company To Navigate The Conestoga Creek Failed In Face Of A Great Future.” 21 January: 9. Lancaster, Pennsylvania. 1955 “Some Operational Detail On Famed ‘Rails’ Mill.” 18 February: 14. Lancaster, Pennsylvania. Library Company of Philadelphia (LOC) Ca. 1850 Safe-Harbor Iron [Works, Reeves
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Corporate Author
Pennsylvania Department of Transportation.
Place of Publication
Computer printout
Date of Publication
2019.
Physical Description
18, 2, 2, 3 3 pages : illustrations , 29 cm.
Notes
Key #101539 (Update)
"Conestoga Navigation Lock No. 6 (Lock No. 8) is recommended not eligible for individual listings in the National Register of Historic Places. Further, Conestoga Navigation Lock No. 6 (Lock No. 8) is recommended not eligible for listing in the NRHP as a contributing feature of a larger non-contiguous historic district."
Subjects
Pennsylvania - Department of Transportation.
Conestoga Navigation Company.
Canals - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
Historic sites - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
Conestoga River - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Lancaster County
Call Number
386.4 P415
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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.
Contained In
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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The Conestoga River at Lancaster

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Author
Landis, David Bachman,
Date of Publication
1932.
fishing, at times on Sundays, along grassy banks of water. They were satisfied, when moderately successful, to take a catch of fresh fish to their homes, where pleasing wives would prepare the savory mess in frying pans for their entire household. In the last century sun-fish, suckers, catfish, pike, bass
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Responsibility
by D. B. Landis.
Author
Landis, David Bachman,
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Lancaster County Historical Society,
Date of Publication
1932.
Physical Description
[261]-271 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Series
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 36, no. 11
Subjects
Conestoga River (Pa.)
Lancaster County (Pa.) - Description and travel.
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Conoy Indian town and Peter Bezaillion

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Author
Landis, David H.,
Date of Publication
1933.
Indians located along the Conoy creek were generally known, while here, as Conoys or Ganowese ; but, as with all these early tribes, there was much confusion in their names. This was due to their different Indian names, and the different names given them by the Dutch, Swedish, French and English Indian
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Responsibility
by David H. Landis.
Author
Landis, David H.,
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Lancaster County Historical Society,
Date of Publication
1933.
Physical Description
[113]-136 p. ; 23 cm.
Series
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 37, no. 5
Subjects
Bezaillion, Peter, - 1662-1742.
Conoy Indian Town (Lancaster County, Pa.)
Lancaster County (Pa.) - History - 17th century.
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Conoy Indian town site marked

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Author
Worner, William Frederic.
Date of Publication
1933
CONOY INDIAN TOWN SITE MARKED By WILLIAM FREDERIC WORNER CONOY INDIAN town site, and the termination of "Old Peter's Road," so named for Peter Bezaillion, the Indian trader, near Bainbridge and the mouth of the Conoy creek, were appropriately marked on Sunday, October 15th, 1933, by members of The
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Responsibility
by William Frederic Worner.
Author
Worner, William Frederic.
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Lancaster County Historical Society,
Date of Publication
1933
Physical Description
[106]-112 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Series
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 37, no. 4
Subjects
Bezaillion, Peter, - 1662-1742.
Lancaster County Historical Society (Pa.)
Conoy Indian Town (Lancaster County, Pa.)
Peters Road (Lancaster, Pa.)
Historical markers - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
Contained In
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 37, number 4 (1933), p. 106-112Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.37
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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
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