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Anno regni Georgii III. Regis, Magnae Britanniae, Franciae & Hiberniae, decimo. : At a General Assembly of the province of Pennsylvania, begun and holden at Philadelphia, the fourteenth day of October, anno Domini 1769 ... And from thence continued by adjournments to the twenty-ninth day of September, 1770

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Corporate Author
Pennsylvania.
Date of Publication
MDCCLXX. [1770]
Call Number
Biook 583 1770
  1 website  
Corporate Author
Pennsylvania.
Uniform Title
Laws, etc. (Session laws : 1770 Sept.)
Place of Publication
Philadelphia
Publisher
Printed and sold by D. Hall, and W. Sellers, at the new printing-office, near the market.,
Date of Publication
MDCCLXX. [1770]
Physical Description
p. [2], 41-50 ; (fol.)
Notes
Pagination continues session laws published from Feb. 1770 (Evans 11800).
Pennsylvania arms on title page.
Hand-wriiten notes on blank page at end of volume.
Jasper Yeates's Colonial Law Library.
Yeates's signature at top of title page.
Book number 583 as assigned by Yeates.
Evans
Hildeburn, C.R. Pennsylvania,
Contents
Bound with Anno Regni Georgii III Regis...And from thence continued by Adjournments to the Eighteen Day of February 1768, Philadelphia, D. Hall and W. Sellers,1768; - Anno Regni Georgii III Regis...And from thence continued by Adjourments to the Twenty-fourth Day of February 1769, Philadelphia: D. Hall, and W. Sellers, 1769 - Anno Regni Georgii II Regis...And from thence continued by Adjournments to the Twenty-first Day of March, 1772, Philadelphhia, D. Hall and W Sellers, 1772 - Anno Regni Gerogii III Regis...And from thence continured by Adjournments to the Twenty-sixth Day of February 1773, Philadelphia, Hall and Sellers, 1773.
Subjects
Law - Pennsylvania.
Law.
Pennsylvania.
Relief prints - Seals - Pennsylvania - 1770.
Three-quarters leather on printed boards (Binding)
Title stamp on spine (Binding)
Additional Author
Hall, David,
Sellers, William,
Yeates, Jasper,
Place
United States Pennsylvania Philadelphia.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Yeates Collection
Call Number
Biook 583 1770
Websites
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Berner Taufzettel : Funktionen und Formen vom 17. bis 19. Jahrhundert

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Author
Weber, Konrad.
Date of Publication
c1991.
Call Number
740 W374
Responsibility
Konrad Weber.
ISBN
3716507717
Author
Weber, Konrad.
Place of Publication
Wabern-Bern
Publisher
Benteli,
Date of Publication
c1991.
Physical Description
207 p. : ill. (chiefly col.) ; 31 cm.
Notes
Includes bibliographical references (p. 207) and index.
Subjects
Baptismal certificates - Switzerland - Bern (Canton)
Prints, Swiss
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
740 W374
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Biblia, das ist, die ganze Heilige Schrift Alten und Neuen Testaments

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Date of Publication
1819.
Call Number
220 L975 1819
220 L523 1819
220 G874 1819
220 B351 1819
Responsibility
nach der deutschen Uebersetzung von Martin Luther. ; Mit lehrreichen Vorreden, und vielen nützlichen und seltenen Registern versehen. ; Nebst dem dritten Buch der Maccabäer, und Zugabe des dritten und vierten Buchs Esra. ; Imgleichen: eine kurz gefasste Biblische Geschichte und Lebensbeschreibung Doctor Martin Luthers. ; [Three lines from Joshua].
Place of Publication
Lancaster, (Penn.)
Publisher
Gedruckt und im Verlage bey Johann Bär.,
Date of Publication
1819.
Physical Description
[10], 100, 12, [4], 738, 26, [4], 227, [1], 92 p., [2] leaves of plates : 2 ill. ; 38 cm.
Notes
Illustrations variously signed: Jas. Henry sculp; J. Henry sc. According to Bötte & Tannhof, the engraver is probably John Henry. Cf. Hamilton, S. "Early American book illustrators and wood engravers," no. 1704.
Advertised in "Der Volksfreund," Lancaster, Pa., Nov. 25, 1817.
Parentheses substituted for square brackets in imprint transcription.
Printed in two columns.
"Biblia" printed in Roman type.
"Subscribenten-Verzeichniss."--P. [5-9], 1st count. List of subscribers' names, organized by state. Printed in four columns.
"August Herman Frankens kurzer Unterricht, wie man die Heilige Schrift zu seiner wahren Erbauung lesen solle."--P. [1-2], 4th count.
"Das Neue Testament unsers Herrn und Heilandes, Jesu Christi. Verdeutschet durch Doctor Martin Luther."--227, [1] p., 7th count, with separate title page. Parentheses substituted for square brackets in transcription.
Includes indexes, p. [1]-92, 8th count. Printed in three columns.
Viewing bibles contingent on staff availability, an appointment may be required.
Bausman bible has genealogy of Andrew Bausman, 1806-1875 on page between the Old and New Testaments. Copy in family files.
Groff bible has genealogy 1773-1853 of Abraham Groff and Mary Bear on front of fly leaf.
Lehn bible has genealogy 1845-1880 of Christian Lehn and Mary Hartranft.
Lehn bible has genealogical notes and newspaper articles affixed to inside front cover, 1745-1873.
Lutz bible has genealogy 1797-1896 of Johanes Lutz born 1797 and Susanna Schwahr born 1804 in German and English before the New Testament.
Lutz bible: in English: All interred at Union Cemetery, Denver, Pa.; see family bible, Henry S. Goodspeed, pub. 1872.
Lutz bible: page after genealogical page and before the New Testament removed.
Lehn bible has affixed in upper right-hand corner of inside cover: "Henrich Miller, Buchbinder, in der Ost Oranien Strasse, gegenüber der Deutch Reformirten Kirche, Lancaster."
Two loose genealogical items (1814-1869) and three miscellaneous loose items removed to MG-399; Lehn family bible.
Shaw & Shoemaker
Bötte & Tannhof. German printing,
Groff bible: full leather gold tooled binding with both clasps missing.
Bausman bible: full leather blind tooled binding with one clasp missing and one loose.
Bausman bible housed in dark blue linen box with gold title.
Lehn bible: Full leather binding with clasps missing, edge gilding.
Lutz bible: Full leather binding with spine title; one clasp missing.
Subjects
Luther, Martin, - 1483-1546
Luther, Katharina von Bora, - 1499-1552
Luther, Katharina von Bora, - 1499-1552.
Luther, Martin, - 1483-1546.
Bausman family - Genealogy.
Groff family - Genealogy.
Lehn family - Genealogy.
Lutz family - Genealogy.
Stained leather (Binding)
Intaglio prints.
Leather bindings (Binding)
Fillet tools (Binding)
Dentelle bindings (Binding)
Onlays (Binding)
Lettering pieces (Binding)
Gilt edges (Binding)
Wooden boards (Binding)
Bevelled edge boards (Binding)
Clasps (Binding)
Additional Author
Luther, Martin,
Bär, Johann,
Henry, John,
Francke, August Hermann,
Keller, Felix.
Kaemmerer, B.
Additional Title
Bible.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Bible
Call Number
220 L975 1819
220 L523 1819
220 G874 1819
220 B351 1819
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The care of prints and drawings

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Author
Ellis, Margaret Holben.
Date of Publication
c1995.
Call Number
760.0288 E47
Responsibility
Margaret Holben Ellis.
ISBN
0761991360
9780761991366
Author
Ellis, Margaret Holben.
Place of Publication
Walnut Creek
Publisher
AltaMira Press,
Date of Publication
c1995.
Physical Description
x, 253 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Series
American Association for state and local history book series
Notes
IMLS Connecting to Collections Bookshelf
Originally published: Nashville, Tenn. : AASLH Press, c1987.
"Published with the assistance of the J. Paul Getty Trust and in cooperation with the American Association for State and Local History."
Includes bibliographical references (p. 243-246) and index.
Subjects
Prints
Drawing
Additional Corporate Author
J. Paul Getty Trust.
American Association for State and Local History.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
760.0288 E47
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Das Neue Testament unsers Herrn und Heilandes Jesu Christi

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Edition
Erste mit Stereotypen gedruckt Auflage.
Date of Publication
[1824]
Call Number
225 C283 1824
Responsibility
Nach der deutschen Uebersetzung von. D. Martin Luther. ; Mit kurzem Inhalt eines jeden Capitels, vollständiger Anweisung gleicher Schriftstellen, und aller sonn- und festtäglichen Evangelien und Episteln. ; Mit 12 Bildern geziert.
Edition
Erste mit Stereotypen gedruckt Auflage.
Place of Publication
Carlisle, (Pa.)
Publisher
1824. Gedruckt und zu haben bey Moser und Peters.,
Date of Publication
[1824]
Physical Description
511, 5 p., [12] leaves of plates : ill. ; 17 cm.
Notes
Printed in two columns.
From the collection of the Heritage Center Museum, G77.50.5
Hand-drawn bookplate on inside front cover reading Maragaret Weidman/her/Testament in black ink intertwined with red and green vining tulips growing from a red base at the bottom.
Two advertising cards for Hirneisen & Wolf, dealers in poultry, calves, etd, Clay, Lanc. Co. Pa. and Allen's superior knitting cotton No. 12 and second clasp removed and placed in Heritage Center file.
Shoemaker
Bötte & Tannhof. German printing,
Subjects
Weidman, Margaret.
Bookplates - American - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
Fraktur (Provenance)
Relief prints.
Ornate types (Type evidence)
Leather bindings (Binding)
Bookplates (Provenance)
Clasps (Binding)
Additional Author
Luther, Martin,
Additional Corporate Author
Moser and Peters,
Place
United States Pennsylvania Carlisle.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Rare Books
Call Number
225 C283 1824
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Das neue und verbesserte Gesang-Buch : worinnen die Psalmen Davids samt einer Sammlung alter und neuer geistreicher Lieder sowohl für privat und Hausandachten, als auch für den öffentlichen Gottesdienst enthalten sind : nebst einem Anhang des Heydelbergischen Catechismus, wie auch erbaulicher Gebäter

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Date of Publication
1797.
Call Number
245.31 P544sk 1797
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Responsibility
nach einem synodal Schluss zusammengetragen und eingerichtet vor die Evangelisch-Reformirten Gemeinen in den Vereinigten Staaten von America.
Place of Publication
Philadelphia
Publisher
Gedruckt by Steiner und Kämmerer, und H. Kämmerer, Jun.,
Date of Publication
1797.
Physical Description
[8], 148, [8], 585, [43] p. : ill., music ; 17 cm. (12mo)
Notes
Signatures: pi⁴ A-N⁶ (A)-(V)⁶ (W)⁶ (X)-(2U)⁶ (2W)⁶ (2X)-(3D)⁶ (3E)² (pi1 recto blank).
Printed in two columns.
"Sammlung alter und neuer geistreicher Lieder ..."--[8], 585, [10] p., with separate t.p.
"Catechismus, oder kurzer Unterricht christlicher Lehre ..."--P. [11-43], last count.
Copy 1 inscription on inside front cover: "This book was used by Marie Salome Le Roy Hall-Schnickel; born 1742 - died 1817. She was a daughter of Abram Le Roy and became wife of Charles Hall. After his death she was married to ____Schinckel. She was the Great-Great-Grandmother of Marion E. Breneman, of Dayton, Ohio. The line of descent being as follows: Salome Le Roy Hall, Elizabeth Hall Ford, Marian Ford Breneman, Edward Breneman, Marion E. Bredneman".
Without music.
Includes index.
Evans
Subjects
Breneman family.
German Reformed Church (U.S.) - Hymns - Texts.
German Reformed Church (U.S.) - Catechisms.
Hymns, German - Texts.
Relief prints.
Hymnals.
Catechisms.
Prayers.
Additional Author
Steiner, Melchior,
Kammerer, Henry,
Hall, Salome Le Roy Hall.
Additional Corporate Author
German Reformed Church (U.S.)
Additional Title
Bible.
Heidelberger Katechismus.
Place
United States Pennsylvania Philadelphia.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Rare Books
Call Number
245.31 P544sk 1797
Websites
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The Holy Bible, : containing the Old and New Testaments

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Date of Publication
1799.
Call Number
220 A735 1799
  1 website  
Responsibility
translated out of the original tongues: and with the former translations diligently compared and revised. ; With marginal references.
Place of Publication
Philadelphia
Publisher
Printed for Thomas Dobson, at the stone house, no. 41, South Second Street,
Date of Publication
1799.
Physical Description
[752] p., [18] leaves of plates : ill., 2 maps ; 42 cm. (fol.)
Notes
Includes the Apocrypha. The New Testament (p. [589-735]) has separate title page.
Made up of the sheets of the 1796 edition printed by Jacob R. Berriman for Berriman & Co. (Evans 30065), the title page and title page to the New Testament having been reprinted. The plates are the same as those found in the 1796 issue, save the frontispiece ("A scheme of the lives of the Patriarchs, from Adam to Moses inclusive. By Jas. Purves. 1786.").
Signatures: [A]² B-7I² [7K]² 7L-9D².
Printed in two columns. Plates engraved by Alexander Anderson, Cornelius Tiebout, William Rollinson, and Amos Doolittle.
Note on back of photocopy of genealogical record: Lancaster Journal, Wed. Oct 30, 1799, James Armstrong ad on "A Stray" on p. 2.
Genealogical material available in family file.
Viewing bible contingent on staff availability, an appointment may be required.
"An index to the Holy Bible ..."--P. [737-748]. Tables, p. [748-750]. "List of subscribers' names."--p. [751-752].
Loose items removed to MG-399, Armstrong family bible including: a birthday post card, an evelope postmarked Saint Louis, Mo., and paid stamp addressed to Miss Lizzie Armstrong, Lancaster, Penna; a blue cutout valentine with blue ribbon and verse on reverse; a program of the Price Literary Society, C. S. N. S. Lock Have, Pa, November 30, 1883; a calling card of Jno. F. Shenk, Class of '84, Central State Normal School; a manuscript describing flowers by Mattie C. Hess, November 5, 1875, and a manuscript describing water by Mattie C. Hess, February 16, 1876.
Genealogical material on both sides of front flyleaf, 1796 - 1911
Evans
Hills, M.T. Engl. Bible in Amer.,
Full leather binding with marbled end papers and maroon leather title on spine; covers detached from spine.
Subjects
Armstrong family.
Intaglio prints.
Maps - Palestine.
Press figures (Printing)
Extra-illustrated copies (Provenance)
Additional Author
Purves, James,
Anderson, Alexander,
Tiebout, Cornelius,
Rollinson, William,
Doolittle, Amos,
Dobson, Thomas,
Place
United States Pennsylvania Philadelphia.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Bible
Call Number
220 A735 1799
Websites
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Jachin and Boaz: or An authentic key to the door of Free-Masonry, ancient and modern. : Calculated, not only for the instruction of every new made Mason, but also, for the information of all who intend to become brethren. : Illustrated with a beautiful frontispiece of the regalia, jewels and emblematical ornaments belonging to Masonry; and an accurate plan of the drawing on the floor of a lodge. : Interspersed with a variety of notes and remarks, necessary to explain and render the whole clear to the meanest capacity

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo18359
Author
Gentleman belonging to the Jerusalem Lodge.
Date of Publication
1811.
Call Number
366.1 P544 1811
Responsibility
By a gentleman, belonging to the Jerusalem Lodge; a frequent visitor at the Queen's Arms, St. Paul's Church-yard; the Horn, in Fleet-Street; Crown and Anchor, Strand; and the Salutation, Newgate-Street. ; Try me--prove me.
Author
Gentleman belonging to the Jerusalem Lodge.
Place of Publication
Poughkeepsie [N.Y.]
Publisher
Printed by C.C. Adams, for Richard Scott, bookseller, New-York.,
Date of Publication
1811.
Physical Description
107, [1] p. : ill. ; 15 cm.
Notes
Caption title: An authentic key to the door of Free-Masonry.
"Advertisement," p. [6], signed: R.S.
Last page blank.
"Odes, anthems and songs, sung in the best lodges."--p. 81-100.
Shaw & Shoemaker
Subjects
Freemasons - Rites and ceremonies.
Masonic music.
Songs.
Relief prints.
Quarter bindings (Binding)
Additional Author
Adams, Charles Chauncey,
Scott, Richard,
Place
United States New York Poughkeepsie.
United States New York New York.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Rare Books
Call Number
366.1 P544 1811
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Journal of the first session of the tenth House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, : which commenced at Lancaster, on Tuesday, the third day of December, in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and ninety-nine, and of the Commonwealth the twenty-fourth

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Corporate Author
Pennsylvania. General Assembly. House of Representatives.
Date of Publication
1799 [i.e. 1800].
Call Number
Book 20a.1
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Corporate Author
Pennsylvania. General Assembly. House of Representatives.
Place of Publication
Lancaster [Pa.]
Publisher
Printed by Francis & Robert Bailey, in King-Street.,
Date of Publication
1799 [i.e. 1800].
Physical Description
439, [1], 59, [1], 18 p. ; 34 cm. (fol.)
Notes
The session ended March 17, 1800.
Signatures: [A]² B-5S² ²[A]² ²B-P² ³ [A]² ³B-D² ³E1.
Title vignette: state seal.
Jasper Yeates's Colonial Law Library.
Signature of Richard Smith at top of title page.
Book number 20a.1 as arranged by Yeates.
"Appendix. Receipts and expenditures in the Treasury of Pennsylvania, from the first of January to the thirty-first of December, 1799, both days inclusive."--Page 59, [1] p. at end, with separate title page.
"Report of the register-general of the state of Pennsylvania for the year 1799"--18 p. at end, with separate title page.
Evans
Bound in library boards with leather spine.
Subjects
Finance, Public - Pennsylvania.
Finance, Public.
Pennsylvania.
Relief prints - Seals - Pennsylvania - 1800.
Additional Author
Bailey, Francis,
Bailey, Robert,
Yeates, Jasper,
Smith, Richard.
Additional Corporate Author
Pennsylvania. Treasury.
Place
United States Pennsylvania Philadelphia.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Yeates Collection
Call Number
Book 20a.1
Websites
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Collection
Wheatland
Title
The Presidents of the United States'
Object ID
W.2003.006.001
Date Range
1845
Collection
Wheatland
Title
The Presidents of the United States'
Description
Color lithograph of 'The Presidents of the United States.' George Washington in center oval. Surrounding ovals contain pictures of John Adams, James Madison, John Quincy Adams, Martin Van Buren, John Tyler, James Polk, William Henry Harrison, Andrew Jack
Provenance
Found in collection.
Date Range
1845
Creator
Currier, Nathaniel, 1813-1888
People
Adams, John
Adams, John Quincy
Jackson, Andrew
Jefferson, Thomas
Madison, James
Monroe, James
Polk, James
Tyler, John
Van Buren, Martin
Washington, George
Subcategory
Need to Classify
Search Terms
Lithographs
Presidents
Prints
Object Name
Lithograph
Material
Paper
Makers Mark
Lith. & Pub. by N. Currier, 2 Spruce St. N.Y.'
Height (in)
14.75
Width (in)
9.75
Condition
Poor
Condition Date
2003-06-27
Condition Notes
Removed from acidic frame and backing due to acid burn and discoloration.
Object ID
W.2003.006.001
Notes
Removed from acidic frame and backing to prevent further acid burns / discoloration.
Place of Origin
USA
Credit
Courtesy of LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Accession Number
W.2003.006
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