topic:"Chester County" found 10 records - Research Collections

An account of some of the private schools in the Octorara area

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo10999

Author: Douglass, Hugh.

Call Number: 905.748 OAHS v.4, no.7

Author: Douglass, Hugh.

Notes: In: Octorara Historical Society, v.4, no.7.

Subjects: Moscow Academy (Chester County, Pa.); Schools - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.; Faggs Manor Classical School (Chester County, Pa.); Upper Octorara Classical School (Chester County, Pa.); Ercildoun Academy (Chester County, Pa.); Parkesburg Academy (Parkesburg, Pa.); Mantua Female Seminary (Chester County, Pa.); Brint Young Ladies School (Penningtonville, Pa.); Penn High School (Penningtonville, Pa.); Chester County, Pa.; Schools, Chester County.; Education; Blair Hall, Chester County.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Periodical Article

Call Number: 905.748 OAHS v.4, no.7

An account of the early settlement called Israel's Mills and Penningtonville

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo10151

Author: Douglass, Hugh.

Call Number: 905.748 OAHS

Author: Douglass, Hugh.

Physical Description: unp.

Notes: In: Octorara Area Historical Society, v.3, no.1.

Subjects: Israel, Isaac Grant.; Israel's Mills (Chester County, Pa.); Penningtonville (Pa.)

Location: Lancaster History Library - Periodical Article

Call Number: 905.748 OAHS

"Enterys of the Orphans Court" of Chester County, Pennsylvania, 1716-1730, 1732-1734

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo803

Corporate Author: Pennsylvania. Orphans' Court (Chester Co.)

Date of Publication: 1973.

Call Number: 974.813 G525

Responsibility: Transcribed by Miss Dorothy B. Lapp, under the auspices of the Chester County Historical Society, West Chester, Pennsylania.

Corporate Author: Pennsylvania. Orphans' Court (Chester Co.)

Place of Publication: Danboro, Pa

Publisher: Richard T. and Mildred C. Williams,

Date of Publication: 1973.

Physical Description: 151 p. 29 cm.

Notes: Reproduced from typewritten copy.

Subjects: Court records.; Chester County (Pa.) - History - Sources.

Additional Author: Lapp, Dorothy B.

Additional Corporate Author: Chester County Historical Society (West Chester, Pa.)

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 974.813 G525

Guide to records of the Court of Common Pleas, Chester County, Pennsylvania, 1681-1900 : records of the prothonotary, civil records of the sheriff, select civil records of the Circuit Court of Chester County, and the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo4492

Author: Catanese, Lynn Ann,

Date of Publication: 1987.

Call Number: 974.813 C357

Responsibility: researched and compiled by Lynn Ann Catanese.

Author: Catanese, Lynn Ann,

Place of Publication: West Chester, Pa

Publisher: Chester County Historical Society,

Date of Publication: 1987.

Physical Description: iv, 139 p., 1 leaf of plates : 1 facsim ; 28 cm.

Notes: Includes index.; Bibliography: p. 122-126.

Subjects: Pennsylvania. - Court of Common Pleas (Chester County) - Archives.; Court records - Pennsylvania - Chester County.; Chester County (Pa.) - Genealogy.

Additional Corporate Author: Chester County Historical Society (West Chester, Pa.)

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 974.813 C357

Just over the line: Chester County and the underground railroad. A catalogue to accompany an exhibition organized by the Chester County Historical Society

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo11299

Author: Kashatus, William C.,

Date of Publication: 2002

Call Number: 974.813 K19

Responsibility: William C. Kashatus ; foreword by Roland H. Woodward.

ISBN: 092970617X

Author: Kashatus, William C.,

Place of Publication: West Chester, Pa

Publisher: Chester County Historical Society,

Date of Publication: 2002

Physical Description: ix,119 p. : ill. ; 28 cm.

Notes: "This catalogue accompanies an exhibition held at Chester County Historical Society February 7, 2002 to December 31, 2002."-- T.p. verso.

Summary: Although this resource is described as a "catalogue", its contents are a series of articles about the underground railroad in Chester County.; "Relates the exciting tales of the legendary Underground Railroad in Chester County, Pennsylvania, an area on the front lines of the antebellum struggle over slavery and black freedom. Examines the spectrum of opinion among Quakers, the prominence of black activists, and the interracial cooperation essential to the Underground Railroad's success." [from Worldcat.org]

Subjects: Underground railroad - Pennsylvania - Chester County.; Fugitive slaves - Pennsylvania - Chester County.; Antislavery movements - Pennsylvania - Chester County..

Additional Corporate Author: Chester County Historical Society (West Chester, Pa.)

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 974.813 K19

Muster roll, of all able-bodied men in our area, 1862

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo13994

Author: Douglass, Hugh.

Call Number: 905.748 OASH v.4, no.12

Responsibility: by Hugh Douglass.

Author: Douglass, Hugh.

Notes: In: Octorara Area Historical Society, v.4, no. 12.

Subjects: United States; Chester County (Pa) - History - Civil War 1861-1865.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Periodical Article

Call Number: 905.748 OASH v.4, no.12

The potters and potteries of Chester County, Pennsylvania

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo5870

Author: James, Arthur Edwin,

Edition: [1st ed.

Date of Publication: 1945.

Call Number: 974.813 J28p

Responsibility: by Arthur E. James.

Author: James, Arthur Edwin,

Edition: [1st ed.

Place of Publication: West Chester, Pa.]

Publisher: Pub. under the auspices of the Chester County Historical Society,

Date of Publication: 1945.

Physical Description: 116 p. illus. (incl. ports.) double map. 24 cm.

Notes: Bibliography: p. 115-116.

Subjects: Pottery - Pennsylvania - Chester County.; Potters - Pennsylvania - Chester County.

Additional Corporate Author: Chester County Historical Society (West Chester, Pa.)

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 974.813 J28p

Records of the courts of Chester County, Pennsylvania [1697-1710]: v.2

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo1085

Corporate Author: Chester County (Pa.). Courts.

Date of Publication: 1972.

Call Number: 974.813 L316

Responsibility: Transcribed by Miss Dorothy Lapp under the auspices of the Chester County Historical Society, West Chester, Pennsylvania.

Corporate Author: Chester County (Pa.). Courts.

Place of Publication: Danboro, Pa

Publisher: Richard T. & Mildred C. Williams,

Date of Publication: 1972.

Physical Description: 211, 43 p. 29 cm.

Notes: "Volume 1 was published in 1910 by The Colonial Society of Pennsylvania."; Includes records of the Common Pleas, Quarter Sessions and General Court.