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Buffaloes in Pennsylvania

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Author
Swank, James Moore,
Date of Publication
1908
BUFFALOES IN PENNSYLVANIA The following brief article on the Buffalo in Pennsylvania is Chapter IX of a book published in Philadelphia under the title of "Progressive Penn- sylvania." The author is Mr. James M. Swank, who for thirty-five years has been the general manager of the American Iron and
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Responsibility
by James M. Swank.
Author
Swank, James Moore,
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Lancaster County Historical Society,
Date of Publication
1908
Physical Description
]295]-302 p. ; 23 cm.
Series
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 12, no. 8
Notes
From "Progressive Pennsylvania, Chapter 9."
Subjects
American bison - Pennsylvania.
Pennsylvania - History - Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775.
Contained In
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 12, number 8 (1908), p. 295-302Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.12
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Claims of Connecticut to Pennsylvania territory

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Author
Reilly, R. M.
Date of Publication
1901
further differ- ences, the tract of land lying between �the Bay of Delaware and the Eastern Sea, on the one side, and the Chesa- peake Bay on the other, be divided into equal parts by a line from the latitude of Cape Henlopen to the 40th degree of north latitude, the southern boundary of Pennsylvania by
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Responsibility
by R. M. Reilly, Esq.
Author
Reilly, R. M.
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Lancaster County Historical Society,
Date of Publication
1901
Physical Description
[27]-35 p. ; 23 cm.
Series
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 5, no. 2
Subjects
Pennsylvania - History - Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775.
Connecticut - History - Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775.
Contained In
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 5, number 2 (1901), p. 27-35Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.5
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Conrad Weiser and the Indian policy of colonial Pennsylvania

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Author
Walton, Joseph Solomon,
Date of Publication
1900.
Call Number
973.2 W239
Responsibility
by Joseph S. Walton.
Author
Walton, Joseph Solomon,
Place of Publication
Philadelphia
Publisher
George W. Jacobs & Co.,
Date of Publication
1900.
Physical Description
420 p., [18] p. of plates : ill. ; 23 cm.
Notes
Includes index.
Subjects
Weiser, Conrad, - 1696-1760.
Indians of North America - Pennsylvania.
Pennsylvania - History - Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
973.2 W239
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The Dutch and Quaker colonies in America

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Author
Fiske, John,
Date of Publication
1903.
Call Number
973.22 F541
Responsibility
by John Fiske. Illustrated with portraits, maps, facsimiles, contemporary views, prints, and other historic materials...
Author
Fiske, John,
Place of Publication
Boston and New York
Publisher
Houghton, Mifflin and company,
Date of Publication
1903.
Physical Description
2 v. fronts., illus., plates (part. double; incl. ports., maps, facsims.) 24 cm.
Notes
"Illustrated edition."
The facsimiles include reproductions of title-pages.
Subjects
Dutch - United States
Quakers - United States
United States - History - Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775.
New York (State) - History - Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775.
Pennsylvania - History - Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775.
Middle Atlantic States - History - Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
973.22 F541
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Author
Eshleman, Henry Frank,
Date of Publication
1907
Penn- sylvania its first newspaper a good many years before New York had any newspaper at all. Pennsylvania's next newspaper was the Pennsylvania Gazette, first published in Philadel- phia by Ben Franklin in 1728. The Mercury ran until 1745, and the Gazette until after the Revolution. The series of
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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
1907
Physical Description
[281]-296 p. ; 23 cm.
Series
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 11, no. 8
Subjects
Newspapers - Pennsylvania.
Pennsylvania - History - Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775.
Lancaster County (Pa.) - Social life and customs - Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775.
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Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 11, number 8 (1907), p. 281-296Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.11
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The making of Pennsylvania; an analysis of the elements of the population and the formative influences that created one of the greatest of the American states

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Author
Fisher, Sydney George,
Edition
[8th ed.]
Date of Publication
1908 [c1896]
Call Number
974.8009 F536
Author
Fisher, Sydney George,
Edition
[8th ed.]
Place of Publication
Philadelphia
Publisher
J.B. Lippincott,
Date of Publication
1908 [c1896]
Physical Description
viii, 380 p. front. (map) 20 cm.
Subjects
Pennsylvania - History - Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775.
Pennsylvania - Population.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
974.8009 F536
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Note on the treaty tree and the Fairman Mansion

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Date of Publication
1907
treaty tree and the Fairman Mansion / by the Secretary. Primary Material: Book Subject(s): Penn, William, 1644-1718. Fairman Mansion (Philadelphia, Pa.) Pennsylvania--History--Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775. Publisher: Lancaster, Pa. : Lancaster County Historical Society, 1907 Description: [64]-67 p
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Responsibility
by the Secretary.
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Lancaster County Historical Society,
Date of Publication
1907
Physical Description
[64]-67 p. ; 23 cm.
Series
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 11, no. 2
Summary
Tells how the tree under which William Penn reportedly signed a treaty with the Lenni Lenape native americans was propagated into other generations. It also gives information about later owners of the Fairman Mansion at that site.
Subjects
Penn, William, - 1644-1718.
Fairman Mansion (Philadelphia, Pa.)
Pennsylvania - History - Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775.
Additional Author
Hayden, Horace Edwin,
Wright, Eleanor E.
Contained In
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 11, number 2 (1907), p. 64-67Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.11
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Author
Landis, James D.,
Date of Publication
1906
village that the meeting took place. "Second—In 1835, the Historical Society of Pennsylvania appointed a committee, consisting of Peter S. Du- ponceau, Joshua F. Fisher, and Rob- erts Vaux, to report a communication of John S. Watson, of Bucks Co., in reference to 'the Indian treaty for the lands now the
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Alternate Title
Penn's treaty tree and the Fairman Mansion.
Responsibility
by Mrs. James D. Landis.
Author
Landis, James D.,
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Lancaster County Historical Society,
Date of Publication
1906
Physical Description
405-415 p. ; 23 cm.
Series
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 10, no. 11
Summary
A journal article from 1906 discussing the reported meeting of William Penn with Lenape indians to make a peace treaty in 1683. The meeting was said to have occured on land which was later used to build the Fairman Mansion.
Subjects
Penn, William, - 1644-1718.
Fairman Mansion (Philadelphia, Pa.)
Pennsylvania - History - Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775.
Contained In
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 10, number 11 (1906), p. 405-415Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.10
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Author
Diffenderffer, Frank Ried,
Date of Publication
1905
some loyalists into Pennsylvania in order to remove them from the scene of their operations. In April, 1776, the North Carolina "Committee of Secrecy, War and Intelligence" noti- fied the Pennsylvania Committee of Safety that they had judged it expe- �dient to remove some prisoners lately taken, 'to
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Responsibility
by F. R. Diffenderffer, Litt.D.
Author
Diffenderffer, Frank Ried,
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Lancaster County Historical Society,
Date of Publication
1905
Physical Description
[77]-117 p. ; 23 cm.
Series
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 9, no. 4
Subjects
Quakers - Pennsylvania.
Pennsylvania - History - Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775.
Pennsylvania - Politics and government - To 1775.
Contained In
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 9, number 4 (1905), p. 77-117Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.9
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Redemptioners and indentured servants in the colony and commonwealth of Pennsylvania

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Author
Geiser, Karl Frederick,
Date of Publication
[1901]
Call Number
331.62 G313
Responsibility
by Karl Frederick Geiser.
Author
Geiser, Karl Frederick,
Place of Publication
New Haven, Conn
Publisher
The Tuttle, Morehouse & Taylor co.
Date of Publication
[1901]
Physical Description
128 p. 23 cm.
Notes
At head of title: Supplement to the Yale review, vol. X, no. 2, August, 1901.
Bibliography: p. 120-125.
Summary
Written in 1901, this books describes the systems that were developed to bring willing workers to the American colonies from Europe when they did not have the money to travel and to establish themselves in a new home.
Subjects
Redemptioners.
Indentured servants - Pennsylvania.
Ocean travel
Pennsylvania - Emigration and immigration.
Pennsylvania - History - Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
331.62 G313
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