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The 1869 diary of Samuel R. Hess of Clay Township, Lancaster County : Mennonite, farmer & nurseryman

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo5667
Author
Hess, Samuel R.,
Date of Publication
c1997
Call Number
905.748 JHSCV v. 22
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Responsibility
introduction, transcribed & indexed by Clarence Edwin Spohn.
Author
Hess, Samuel R.,
Place of Publication
Ephrata, Pa
Publisher
Historical Society of the Cocalico Valley,
Date of Publication
c1997
Physical Description
viii, 48 p. : ill. ; 28 cm.
Series
Journal of the Historical Society of the Cocalico Valley ;
Notes
Includes index.
Summary
This issue contains the transcription of the 1869 diary of Clay Township resident Samuel R. Hess, and provides a day-to-day look at the life of a typical Mennonite farmer and businessman. The diary has been indexed by name and provides a list of local residents with whom Hess had contact with.
Subjects
Hess, Samuel R., - 1830-1906 - Diaries.
Mennonites - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
Farmers - Pennsylvania
Lancaster County (Pa.) - History - 19th century - Personal narratives.
Additional Author
Spohn, Clarence E.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
905.748 JHSCV v. 22
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The agricultural stability of the Old Order Amish and Old Order Mennonites of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania

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Author
Kollmorgen, Walter M.
Call Number
630.973 K81
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Responsibility
by Walter M. Kollmorgen.
Author
Kollmorgen, Walter M.
Physical Description
233-241 p.
Notes
In: The American Journal of Sociology, v.49, no.3 (Nov. 1943)
Subjects
Old Order Amish - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County
Old Order Mennonites - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County
Amish farmers - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
Agriculture - Pennsylvania - Lancaster, Pa.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Lancaster County
Call Number
630.973 K81
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Amish agriculture and popular opinion in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo14399
Author
Deeben, John P.
Call Number
905.748 PMH v. 15 (April 1992)
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Responsibility
by John P. Deeben.
Author
Deeben, John P.
Physical Description
p. 21 - 29.
Notes
In: Pennsylvania Mennonite Heritage, v. 15 (April 1992).
Subjects
Amish farmers - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
Agriculture - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Periodical Article
Call Number
905.748 PMH v. 15 (April 1992)
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Central Market : cornerstone of the Lancaster community

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Author
Aleci Linda S.
Date of Publication
2009
Call Number
352.5 A367
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Author
Aleci Linda S.
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
The Friends of Central Market ;
Date of Publication
2009
Physical Description
90 p. : ill. : 22 x 27 cm.
Notes
With photographs by Richard K. Kent.
Subjects
Central Market (Lancaster, Pa.)
Farmers' markets - Pennsylvania - Lancaster.
Additional Author
Kent, Richard K.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Lancaster County
Call Number
352.5 A367
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Col James Duffy of Marietta entertains the Farmers' Club, 1881-1888

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Author
Loose, John Ward Willson.
Date of Publication
1972.
Col. James Duffy of Marietta Entertains the Farmers' Club, 1881-1888 by John Ward Willson. Loose Colonel James Duffy of Marietta amassed a comfortable fortune as a contractor, and he believed in being liberal to his fellow men. Few gentlemen in Lancaster County's "Gilded Age" entertained on so
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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
1972.
Physical Description
[94]-116 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Series
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 76, no. 2
Subjects
Duffy, James W., - 1818-1888.
Farmers' Club of Pennsylvania.
Contained In
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 76, number 2 (1972), p. 94-116Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.76
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Daily diary, 1911 March 6 - December 28

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Author
Hess, Mercy Mylin,
Call Number
920.7 H586 1911
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Author
Hess, Mercy Mylin,
Physical Description
1 volume (unpaged) : bound ; 20x13 cm.
Notes
Some days contain no entries.
Diary transfered to archives.
Separate volume includes index of names, typescript of diary, background of family, and letters compiled by Robert T. Hale, ca. 1983.
Subjects
Hess family.
Farmers - Pennsylvania - Lancaster
Lancaster County (Pa.) - 20th century - Personal narratives.
Diaries.
Additional Author
Hess, Mercy Mylin.
Hall, Robert T.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
920.7 H586 1911
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Green Dragon Farmers Market and Auction : memories and life of seventy-five-year-old son of the founder

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Author
Burkholder, David H.
Date of Publication
c1997.
Call Number
929 B959
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Responsibility
David H. Burkholder, as told to Marie E. Cutman.
Author
Burkholder, David H.
Place of Publication
Morgantown, PA
Publisher
MecPublishing,
Date of Publication
c1997.
Physical Description
xiii, [1], 112 p. : ill., map, ports. ; 22 cm.
Subjects
Burkholder, David H.
Green Dragon Farmers Market and Auction.
Mennonites - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County - Biography.
Ephrata (Pa.) - History.
Additional Author
Cutman, Marie E.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
929 B959
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The Hildebrand farm in Earl Township

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Author
White, Andrew J.
Call Number
905.748 PMH v. 19, no.4
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Responsibility
by Andrew J. White.
Author
White, Andrew J.
Physical Description
p. 22 - 30.
Notes
Pennsylvania Mennonite Heritage, v. 19, no. 4 (October 1996).
Subjects
Hildebrand family.
Farmers - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County - Earl Township.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Periodical Article
Call Number
905.748 PMH v. 19, no.4
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Historic Lancaster

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Author
Klein, H. M. J.
Date of Publication
[1929]
Call Number
974.815 LACO K64his
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Responsibility
by H.M.J. Klein.
Author
Klein, H. M. J.
Place of Publication
[Place of publication not identified]
Publisher
[publisher not identified],
Date of Publication
[1929]
Physical Description
1 sheet, folded ; ill. ; 23 cm
Notes
Cover consists of a reproduction of "The Vision and the Full Strength of Manhood" painted on the western wall of the new building of the Farmers Trust Company of Lancasater.
Subjects
Hewlett, J. Monroe.
Farmers Trust Company (Lancaster, Pa.)
Lancaster County (Pa.)
Lancaster County (Pa.) - Centennial celebrations, etc.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
974.815 LACO K64his
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Historic Lancaster : a description of the mural painting in the new building of the Farmers Trust Company of Lancaster

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Author
Klein, H. M. J.
Date of Publication
[1929]
Call Number
974.815 LACO K64hi
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Responsibility
by H.M.J. Klein.
Author
Klein, H. M. J.
Place of Publication
[Place of publication not identified]
Publisher
[publisher not identified],
Date of Publication
[1929]
Physical Description
1 sheet, folded ; 16 cm
Subjects
Hewlett, J. Monroe.
Farmers Trust Company (Lancaster, Pa.)
Lancaster County (Pa.)
Lancaster County (Pa.) - Centennial celebrations, etc.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
974.815 LACO K64hi
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