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The doctrine of the new birth, : exemplified in the life and religious experience of Onesimus, from the eleventh to the twenty-fifth year of his age, or from the year 1779 to 1793, inclusive. : Also, the visions which he saw concerning the city of Philadelphia, in the state of Pennsylvania, in the days when George Washington was the president of the United States of North America, and in the year of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, 1792. The visions with several of the special events of his life shall be illustrated with twenty plates, and the whole designed as a defence of the truth of the Gospel, and proof of the immortality of the human soul. Written in twenty letters, and dedicated to Elder Joseph Maylin. Onesimus

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo19440
Author
Hewson, John,
Date of Publication
1839.
Call Number
248 P544 1839
Author
Hewson, John,
Place of Publication
Philadelphia
Publisher
Printed by William F. Rackliff. Corner of George and Swanwick streets.,
Date of Publication
1839.
Physical Description
164 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.
Notes
Copyright 1839 by John Hewson.
Error in paging: p. 84 misnumbered 48.
Missing title page through page 2.
Yellow fever in Philadelphia page 156.
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Subjects
Immortality.
Yellow fever - Pennsylvania - Philadelphia.
Visions.
Authority
Yellow fever.
Pennsylvania - Philadelphia.
Half-cloth bindings (Binding) - 1839.
Letters.
Allegories.
Additional Author
Maylim, Joseph.
Rackliff, William F.,
Place
United States Pennsylvania Philadelphia.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Rare Books
Call Number
248 P544 1839
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A surgeon's duty : The World War II memoir of John L. Farmer, M.D

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Author
Farmer, Andrew H.
Date of Publication
20 cm.
Call Number
940.5481 F233
Responsibility
by Andrew H. Farmer.
Author
Farmer, Andrew H.
Place of Publication
[s.n
Publisher
s.l.]
Date of Publication
20 cm.
Physical Description
vii, 155 p. : ill. ; 28 cm.
Notes
Bibliography : p.151-155.
Summary
"In the 50 days that followed the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor, John L. Farmer put his civilian surgical practice on hold to join a hastily organized U.S. Army evacuation hospital that was one of the first medical units to go overseas. Letters and diaries written during the three and a half years Farmer was in the Pacific record his experiences from the hectic days assembling the hospital in early 1942 through the campaign to retake the Philippines in 1945." [from Amazon.com]
Subjects
World War, 1939-1945 - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County
Letters.
United States - History - World War, 1939-1945 - Personal narratives.
Additional Author
Farmer, John Lawrence
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
940.5481 F233
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