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The coming of government to Lancaster, or what happened at Postlethwaite's

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Author
Rineer, A. Hunter.
Call Number
050 L245h v. 1 1984
Responsibility
by A. Hunter Rineer.
Author
Rineer, A. Hunter.
Physical Description
p. 1 - 8.
Notes
Lancaster County Heritage, v. 1 (January 1984).
Subjects
Postlethwaite Tavern (Conestoga Township, Pa.)
Lancaster County (Pa.) - History.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Reference
Call Number
050 L245h v. 1 1984
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Report of the committee having in charge the marking of the site of the Postlethwaite Tavern where the first Courts of Justice in Lancaster County were held

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Date of Publication
1915
  1 document  
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Lancaster County Historical Society,
Date of Publication
1915
Physical Description
219-301 : ill. ; 23 cm.
Series
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 19, no. 8
Subjects
Postlethwaite, John.
Postlethwaite Tavern (Conestoga Township, Pa.)
Courts - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County
Speeches, addresses, etc., American.
Courthouses - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County
Dedication services.
Lancaster County (Pa.) - History.
Contained In
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 19, number 8 (1915), p. 219-301Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.19
Documents

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Why was Postlethwaite's chosen and then abandoned as the county seat of Lancaster County?

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Author
Landis, David H.,
Date of Publication
1908
  1 document  
Responsibility
by D. H. Landis.
Author
Landis, David H.,
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Lancaster County Historical Society,
Date of Publication
1908
Physical Description
[137]-167 p. ; 23 cm.
Series
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 12, no. 4
Summary
"Giving an authentic sketch of the conditions as they appeared here before the scenes were changed by the first Europeans. Also, brief sketches of the Susquehannock or Conestoga Indians, the Traders, Penn's Troubles, the Palatines, Councils held at the Indian Town of Conestoga, Beginning of Lancaster City, Conestoga Manor and the location and present owners of prominent places which were intimately associated with Postlethwaite's; adding a sketch of John Cartlege, the King's first magistrate of what is now Lancaster County."
Subjects
Postlethwaite, John.
Postlethwaite Tavern (Conestoga Township, Pa.)
Indians of North America.
Lancaster County (Pa.) - History - 17th century.
Contained In
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 12, number 4 (1908), p. 137-167Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.12
Documents

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