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250th birthday anniversary George Washington 1732-1799

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Author
Gainter, J. Richard.
Date of Publication
1981
250th Birthday Anniversary George Washington 1732 -1799 By J. Richard Gaintner Introductory Notes As part of the celebration of the 250th anniversary of the birth of George Washington, the writer is pleased to present AStory of George Washington in Postage Stamps, Envelopes, Postcards and Postmarks
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Responsibility
by J. Richard Gaintner.
Author
Gainter, J. Richard.
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Lancaster County Historical Society,
Date of Publication
1981
Physical Description
40-62 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Series
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v.85, no. 2
Subjects
Washington, George, - 1732-1799.
Commemorative postage stamps - United States.
Stamp collecting.
Postcards.
Contained In
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 85, number 2 (1981), p. 40-62Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.85
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1752 List of taxables, Berks County, Pennsylvania

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Author
Williams, RIchard T.
Date of Publication
n.d.
Call Number
974.816 W726L
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Richard T. & Mildred C. Williams.
Author
Williams, RIchard T.
Place of Publication
Photocopyl
Date of Publication
n.d.
Physical Description
29 p. ; 29 cm.
Subjects
Taxation - Pennsylvania - Berks County
Berks County (Pa.) - Genealogy.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
974.816 W726L
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[Abridgement of the law]

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Author
Statham, Nicholas,
Date of Publication
ca. 1490].
Call Number
Book 794 1490
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Author
Statham, Nicholas,
Place of Publication
[Rouen
Publisher
Guillaume Le Talleur,
Date of Publication
ca. 1490].
Physical Description
[190] leaves ; 24 cm. (fol.)
Notes
Signatures: pi² a-y⁸ z⁶ [et]⁶.
At end of index: Per me. R. Pynson.
The index may have been printed after the text and added only to some copies, Pynson being the compiler of the index, and not the printer. Cf. Duff, BM 15th cent.
Gothic type, with sideglosses.
Device of G. Le Talleur on last page.
"Contains an abridgement of cases decided in the courts between the reign Edward I and the end of that of Henry VI."--BM 15th cent.
Handwritten RF above device on last page.
Jasper Yeates's Colonial Law Library.
Yeates's signature at top of first page.
Book number 794 as assigned by Yeates.
Goff
Hain-Copinger
Duff
Oates
Proctor
BM 15th cent.,
Subjects
Law - England - Sources.
Law reports, digests, etc - France - Normandy.
Law reports, digests, etc - England.
Incunabula - Specimens.
Incunabula.
Law.
Law reports, digests, etc.
England.
France - Normandy.
Sources.
Specimens.
Full leather (Binding)
Gilt title on maroon spine label (Binding)
Additional Author
Le Talleur, Guillaume,
Pynson, Richard,
Yeates's Jasper,
Location
Lancaster History Library - Yeates Collection
Call Number
Book 794 1490
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Academic ethnic terms: Pennsylvania German or Dutch

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Author
Shaner, Richard H.
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by Richard H. Shaner.
Author
Shaner, Richard H.
Physical Description
3-8 p.
Subjects
Pennsylvania German dialect.
Contained In
Der Reggeboge v. 44, no. 1.Lancaster History Library - Periodical Article905.748 PGSR
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Act

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Collection
James Buchanan Family Papers, Part 1 James Buchanan
Title
An Act supplementary to the “Act for the relief of certain surviving officers and soldiers of the revolution”
Object ID
JBFP 1.6.3.003
Date Range
1832/06/07
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James Buchanan Family Papers, Part 1 James Buchanan
Title
An Act supplementary to the “Act for the relief of certain surviving officers and soldiers of the revolution”
Description
An Act supplementary to the “Act for the relief of certain surviving officers and soldiers of the revolution.” Accompanied by envelope from James Buchanan to Col. R. R Heitler, Ephrata, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. Washington, D.C.
Date Range
1832/06/07
Creator
United States. Congress
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Storage Room
Archives South
Storage Container
JBFP Part 1, Box 6
People
Buchanan, James
Heitler, Richard R.
Subjects
United States. Congress
Legislation
Statutes and codes
Search Terms
Acts, Legislative
Legislation
United States Congress
Buchanan Collections
James Buchanan
James Buchanan Presidential Library
Extent
1 item, 2 pages to scan, 8.25 x 8 in.
Object Name
Act
Language
English
Condition Notes
Pasted to boards.
Parent Object ID
JBFP Part 1 Series 6
Object ID
JBFP 1.6.3.003
Associated Material
James Buchanan Papers, Dickinson College Archives & Special Collections,
http://archives.dickinson.edu/collection-descriptions/james-buchanan-papers
James Buchanan and Harriet Lane Johnston Papers, Library of Congress,
https://www.loc.gov/collections/james-buchanan-and-harriet-lane-johnston-papers/
James Buchanan Papers, Historical Society of Pennsylvania,
http://www2.hsp.org/collections/manuscripts/b/Buchanan0091.html
James Buchanan Papers, Penn State University Libraries,
https://libraries.psu.edu/findingaids/1458.htm
Related Item Notes
James Buchanan Family Papers
MG-96 James Buchanan Collection
Historical Society of Pennsylvania microfilm
Photograph collections
Curatorial collections
Wheatland Mansion
Notes
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Credit
Courtesy of LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.
Accession Number
JBMS1996.461
Other Number
JBFP Part 1, Series 6, Subseries 3, Folder 3
Description Level
Item
Custodial History
The James Buchanan Family Papers were collected by the James Buchanan Foundation for the Preservation of Wheatland. This collection was relocated from the Wheatland mansion to the LancasterHistory archives in the Spring of 2009. Digitization of the James Buchanan Family Papers was funded by the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, PHMC Appl ID # 201808013051, 2019-2020.
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Admiralty decisions in the District Court of the United States, for the Pennsylvania District

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Author
Peters, Richard,
Date of Publication
1807.
Call Number
Book 816 1897
Book 817 1807
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by Richard Peters, comprising also some decisions in the same court, by the late Francis Hopkinson, to which are added cases determined in other districts of the United States. With an appendix containing --The laws of Oleron.--The laws of Wisbuy.--The laws of the Hanse towns.--The Marine ordinances of Louis XIV.--A treatise on the rights and duties of owners, freighters, and masters of ships, and of mariners: and the laws of the United States relative to mariners.
Author
Peters, Richard,
Place of Publication
Philadelphia
Publisher
Published by William P. Farrand; Robert Carr, printer,
Date of Publication
1807.
Physical Description
2 volumes 23 cm
Notes
Preface signed: Richard Peters, Jun.
Jasper Yeates's Colonial Law Library.
Yeates's signature at top of title page.
On verso of front flyleaf: "Affectionely presented to Judge Yeates - by his old & Sincere] Friend, Classmate, and Fellow Student, Richard Peters, Aug. 1807."
Subjects
Admiralty - United States.
Law reports, digests, etc. - United States.
Maritime law - United States.
Merchant mariners - United States.
Admiralty.
Law reports, digests, etc.
Maritime law.
Merchant mariners.
Droit maritime - États-Unis
Marins (marine marchande)
United States.
Full blind-tooled leather (Binding)
Gilt title on maroon spine label (Binding)
Additional Author
Peters, Richard,
Hopkinson, Francis,
Yeates, Jasper,
Additional Corporate Author
United States. District Court (Pennsylvania)
Visby (Sweden).
Hanseatic League.
France.
United States.
Additional Title
Rolls of Oleron.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Yeates Collection
Call Number
Book 816 1897
Book 817 1807
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Advance the colors! : Pennsylvania Civil War battle flags

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Author
Sauers, Richard Allen.
Date of Publication
c1987-c1991.
Call Number
974.8033 S259
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Responsibility
Richard A. Sauers.
ISBN
0818200901 (v. 1) :
081820155X
Author
Sauers, Richard Allen.
Place of Publication
[Harrisburg]
Publisher
Capitol Preservation Committee,
Date of Publication
c1987-c1991.
Physical Description
2 v. (xvi, 611 p.) : ill. (some col.) ; 29 cm.
Notes
Includes bibliographies.
Subjects
Pennsylvania - History - Civil War, 1861-1865 - Flags.
Pennsylvania - History - Civil War, 1861-1865 - Regimental histories.
United States - History - Civil War, 1861-1865 - Flags.
United States - History - Civil War, 1861-1865 - Regimental histories.
Additional Corporate Author
Pennsylvania. Capitol Preservation Committee.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
974.8033 S259
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Advertisement for runaway slaves, indentured servants, and apprentices in the Pennsylvania Gazette 1795-1796

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Author
Wojtowica, Richard
Call Number
905.748 PHA v.54
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Author
Wojtowica, Richard
Physical Description
34-71 p.
Notes
In: Pennsylvania History v.54 (January 1987).
Subjects
Pennsylvania Gazette (newspaper).
Apprentices - Pennsylvania.
Indentured servants - Pennsylvania.
Slaves
Location
Lancaster History Library - Periodical Article
Call Number
905.748 PHA v.54
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Akron, Pennsylvania centennial 1895-1995

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Date of Publication
1995]
Call Number
974.815 AKRO A315
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Responsibility
[Richard Wanner, editor].
Place of Publication
[Akron, Pa
Publisher
The Akron Centennial Planning Committee,
Date of Publication
1995]
Physical Description
[102] p. : ill., map, ports. ; 28 cm.
Notes
Cover title.
Editor's name from p. [6].
Click on Table of Contents button for more information.
Contents
A sketch of the shoe industry -- Surrounding farms -- Akron's cigar industry -- Martin's Prezel Bakery -- Showalter's Meats -- Sports -- Borough schools -- Mennonite Central Committee -- The Electric Company -- Akron tinsmiths -- Railroad service to Akron Borough -- Trolley service to Akron -- Restaurants -- History of Mt. Zion United Methodist Church -- Zion Lutheran Church -- Grace Evangelical Congregational Church -- Akron Church of the Brethren -- Akron United Zion Church -- Akron Mennonite Church -- The Bible Baptist Church -- Pilgrims Mennonite Church -- The New Joy Brethren in Christ Church.
Subjects
Business enterprises - Pennsylvania - Akron Borough
Akron (Pa.)
Additional Author
Wanner, Richard,
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
974.815 AKRO A315
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American folk painting : selections from the collection of Mr. and Mrs. William E. Wiltshire III : an exhibition on display at the Virginia Museum, Richmond, November 29, 1977- January 8, 1978

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Author
Woodward, Richard B.,
Date of Publication
1977.
Call Number
759.13 W912
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Responsibility
organized by the Virginia Museum ; and circulated by the American Federation of Arts ; catalog compiled by Richard B. Woodward.
ISBN
091704603X
9780917046032
0917046021 (pbk.)
9780917046025 (pbk.)
Author
Woodward, Richard B.,
Place of Publication
Richmond
Publisher
The Museum,
Date of Publication
1977.
Physical Description
110 p. : col. ill. ; 26 cm.
Notes
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Subjects
Wiltshire, William E. - Art collections
Painting, American - Exhibitions.
Primitivism in art - United States - Exhibitions.
Additional Corporate Author
Virginia Museum of Fine Arts.
American Federation of Arts.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
759.13 W912
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