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Andrew Ellicott, his life and letters

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Author
Mathews, Catharine Van Cortlandt.
Date of Publication
1908
Call Number
925 E46m
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Responsibility
by Catharine Van Cortlandt Mathews.
Author
Mathews, Catharine Van Cortlandt.
Place of Publication
New York
Publisher
The Grafton press
Date of Publication
1908
Physical Description
x, 256 p. front., plates, ports., maps (1 fold.) plans, facsims. 23cm.
Notes
"One thousand copies of this book have been printed from type and the type distributed."
Summary
A U.S. surveyor who resided in Lancaster County. He helped map many of the territories west of the Appalachians, surveyed the boundaries of the District of Columbia, continued and completed Pierre Charles L'Enfant's work on the plan for Washington, D.C., and served as a teacher in survey methods for Meriwether Lewis.
Contents: 1. Parentage and early life 1754 - 1784. 2. Baltimore and the western boundary of Pennsylvania 1785. 3. Three boundaries and the first measurement of Niagara 1786-1790. 4. The city of Washington in the Territory of Columbia. 5. The road to Presqu' Isle Fort. 6. The Florida boundary 1796 - 1800. 7. The Florida boundary (continued). 8. The Florida boundary (continued). 9. The land office of Pennsylvania 1800 - 1812. 10. West Point and the last surveys 1812-1820. The book contains footnotes and an index.
Subjects
Ellicott, Andrew, - 1754-1820.
Atlantic States - Surveys.
Southern boundary of the United States.
Washington (D.C.) - Surveys.
Pennsylvania - Boundaries.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
925 E46m
Websites
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An examination of the Connecticut claim to lands in Pennsylvania : with an appendix, containing extracts and copies taken from original papers

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Author
Smith, William,
Date of Publication
1774.
Call Number
Book 468 1774
Author
Smith, William,
Place of Publication
Philadelphia
Publisher
Printed by Joseph Crukshank, in Market Street,
Date of Publication
1774.
Physical Description
94, 32 pages, [1] folded leaf of plates : map (folded, color) ; 20 cm.
Series
Pamphlets ; v. 4, no. 5
Notes
Jasper Yeates's Colonial Law Library.
Yeates's signagture at top of title page.
Book number 468 as assigned by Yeates.
Sabin,
Evans,
Subjects
Susquehanna Claim, 1753-1808.
Boundaries.
Politics and government.
Pennsylvania - Boundaries.
Connecticut - Boundaries.
Pennsylvania - Politics and government - To 1775.
Connecticut - Politics and government - To 1775.
Connecticut.
Pennsylvania.
Full vellum (Binding)
Additional Author
Yeates, Jasper,
Location
Lancaster History Library - Yeates Collection
Call Number
Book 468 1774
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Boundary monuments on the Maryland-Pennsylvania and the Maryland-Delaware boundaries

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Author
Bayliff, William H.
Date of Publication
Jan. 1, 1951.
Call Number
975.2 B358
Responsibility
William H. Bayliff.
Author
Bayliff, William H.
Place of Publication
Annapolis, Maryland
Publisher
Board of Natural Resources ;
Date of Publication
Jan. 1, 1951.
Physical Description
100 p. : illus. ; 24 cm.
Subjects
Historical markers.
Mason-Dixon line.
Maryland - Boundaries.
Pennsylvania - Boundaries.
Delaware - Boundaries.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
975.2 B358
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A calm appeal to the people of the state of Delaware

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Author
McKean, Thomas,
Date of Publication
[1793]
Call Number
Yeates Book 459 1793
Author
McKean, Thomas,
Place of Publication
Philadelphia
Publisher
Printed by Zachariah Poulson, Junr. ...,
Date of Publication
[1793]
Physical Description
22, [2] p. (last leaf blank) ; 22 cm. (8vo)
Notes
Signed: Tho. McKean, Edmund Physick, Philadelphia, September 3d., 1793.
Signatures: [A]⁴ B-C⁴.
Jasper Yeates's Colonial Law Library.
Yeates's signature at top of title page.
Book number 459 as assigned by Yeates.
Bound with An address, etc. recommendations to the states, by the United States in Congress assembled. Philadelphia: Printed by David C. Claypoole, 1783; -- An examaination of the Constitution for the United States of America, submitted to the people fy the General Convention....Philadelphia: Printed by Zacharariah Poulson, Junr...1788 -- Proceedings in the House of Representatives of the United States of America respecting the contested election for the eastern district of Georgia. : Philadelphia, printed by Parry Hall...1792-- An enquiry into the principles and tendency of certain public measures. Philadelphia: Printed by Thomas Dobson... 1784; -- A vindication of Mr. Randophs's resignation. Philadelphia: printed by Samuel Smith...1795 -- The pretensions of Thomas Jefferson to the presidency examined; and the charges against John Adams refuted...United States, October 1796 -- Observations on the speech of Albert Gallatin, in the House of Representatives of the United States, on the foreign intercourse bill. Washington: Printed by John Colerick, 1798 -- The speech of Mr. Bayard on the foreign intecourse bill delivered in the House of Representatives of the United States on the third day of March 1798. -- The address of the minority in the Virginia Legislature to the people of that state; containing a vindication of the constitutionality of the alien and sedition laws Printer not specified, date not specified -- Letter from the Secfretary of State enclosing the reports of the late and present director of the mint....Philadelphia: Printed by Francis and Robert Bailey...1795 -- Analysis of the report of the committee of the Virginia Assembly, on the preceedings of sundry of the other States in answer to their resolutions. Philadelphia, printed by Zachariah Poulson, junior, 1800 -- Proceedings of the Virginia Assembly, on the answers of sundry states to their resolutions, passed in December, 1798. Philadelphia, printed by James Carey, 1800.
Evans
Subjects
Penn family.
Boundaries.
Delaware - History - Sources.
Delaware - Boundaries.
Delaware.
History.
Sources.
Three-quarters leather on marbled boards (Binding)
Additional Author
Physick, Edmund,
Yeates, Jasper,
Location
Lancaster History Library - Yeates Collection
Call Number
Yeates Book 459 1793
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The changing boundaries of Pennsylvania from 1493-1921

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Author
Landefeld, William R.
Date of Publication
c2009.
Call Number
974.8 L256
Responsibility
William R. Landefeld, Jr.
Author
Landefeld, William R.
Place of Publication
Kennett Square, Pa
Publisher
Barbara C. Landefeld E. Pratt,
Date of Publication
c2009.
Physical Description
viii, 132 p. : ill.(some col.), maps (some col.), fascims. ; 29 cm.
Notes
Includes bibliographical references (p. 130).
Subjects
Pennsylvania - Boundaries - History.
Pennsylvania - History.
Additional Author
Pratt, Barbara C. Landefeld E.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
974.8 L256
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The County of Monroe [to be] formed from Lancaster, Dauphin, and Lebanon Counties

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Call Number
974.8005 E31 (1896)
Physical Description
132-133 p.
Notes
In: Egle's Notes and Queries, Annual Volume, 1896.
Subjects
Monroe County (Pa.) - History.
Lancaster County (Pa.) - Boundaries.
Dauphin County (Pa.) - Boudnaries.
Lebanon County (Pa.) - Boundaries.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Periodical Article
Call Number
974.8005 E31 (1896)
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Author
Hershey, Richard
Call Number
905.748 SM (May 1988)
Responsibility
by Richard Hershey.
Author
Hershey, Richard
Physical Description
16-19 p.
Notes
In: Susquehanna Magazine (May 1988).
Subjects
Cresap, Thomas - 1702-1790.
Maryland
Lancaster County (Pa) - Boundaries.
Lancaster County (Pa) - History - Colonial period, ca 1600-1775.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Periodical Article
Call Number
905.748 SM (May 1988)
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Cresap's War: expansion and conflict in the Susquehanna Valley

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Author
Doutrich, Paul
Call Number
905.748 PHA v.53
Responsibility
by Paul Doutrich.
Author
Doutrich, Paul
Physical Description
84-104 p.
Notes
In: Pennsylvania History, v.53, (April 1986).
Subjects
Cresap, Thomas, - 1735-1737.
Logan, James.
Patterson, James.
Higginbotham, Charles.
Cresap's War
Lancaster County (Pa.) - Boundaries.
Maryland - Boundaries.
Pennsylvania - History - Colonial period, ca 1600-1775.
Maryland - History - Colonial period, ca 1600-1775.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Periodical Article
Call Number
905.748 PHA v.53
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Cresap's war : the Lancaster County border struggle

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Author
Eshleman, Henry Frank,
Date of Publication
1909
%20Info/Pwebrecon.cgi.txt Author: Eshleman, Henry Frank, 1869-1953. Title: Cresap's war : the Lancaster County border struggle / by H. Frank Eshleman, Esq. Primary Material: Book Subject(s): Cresap, Thomas, 1702-1790. Cresap's War--1735-1737. Lancaster County (Pa.)--Boundaries. Lancaster County (Pa
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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
[237]-254 p. ; 23 cm.
Series
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 13, no. 9
Subjects
Cresap, Thomas, - 1702-1790.
Cresap's War
Lancaster County (Pa.) - Boundaries.
Lancaster County (Pa.) - History - 17th century.
Contained In
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 13, number 9 (1909), p. 237-254Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.13
Documents

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The Delaware curve; the story of the Pennsylvania-Delaware circular boundary

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Author
Hayes, Jacob Carroll.
Date of Publication
1923]
Call Number
974.802
Responsibility
by J. Carroll Hayes ...
Author
Hayes, Jacob Carroll.
Place of Publication
[West Chester? Pa
Date of Publication
1923]
Physical Description
cover-title, 21 p. illus. (maps) 25 cm.
Notes
Appendix: p. 20-21.
H. Frank Eshleman Collection.
Subjects
Delaware - Boundaries - Pennsylvania.
Pennsylvania - Boundaries - Delaware.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
974.802
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