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A brief history of the Lancaster County Historical Society

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Author
Heisey, M. Luther,
Date of Publication
1956
Call Number
974.9 L245 v.60, no. 1 & 2
Responsibility
by M. Luther Heisey.
Author
Heisey, M. Luther,
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Lancaster County Historical Society,
Date of Publication
1956
Physical Description
[1]-31 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Series
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 60, no. 1 & 2
Notes
Willson Memorial Building Special Issue.
Subjects
Willson, George B., - 1856-1929.
Rettew, Mary Willson, - 1865-1934.
Lancaster County Historical Society (Pa.) - History.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Journal
Call Number
974.9 L245 v.60, no. 1 & 2
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Author
Reninger, Marion Wallace,
Date of Publication
1954.
Call Number
974.815 LACI R413o
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Responsibility
Marion Wallace Reninger.
Author
Reninger, Marion Wallace,
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Rudisill & co.,
Date of Publication
1954.
Physical Description
82 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Contents
Chapters : " Panorama " --- " Peggy Shippen " --- " Properties " --- "Processions " --- " Presidential Romance " --- " People " --- "Prisoner and Counterfeiter " --- " Philanthropists "
Summary
The book is written about an old street in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, on which many historic and interesting events took place - from before the Revolutionary War up to the present time. This series of sketches recounts stories of national interest as well as local tradition. [from the foreward]
Subjects
Kepler family.
North family.
Shand family.
Kendig, William.
Arnold, Margaret Shippen
Shippen family.
Passmore, John.
Andre, John.
Marshall, Christopher.
Coleman, Ann
Jacobs, William.
Reilly, Richard M.
Smith, Amos Herr.
Henry, Ann Wood.
Stevens, Thaddeus
Buchanan, James
Hensel, W. U.
Rettew, Mary
Long, Catherine.
Williamson, Henry S.
Watt, Peter T.
Orange Street (Lancaster, Pa.)
Lancaster (Pa.) - Streets.
Memoirs.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
974.815 LACI R413o
Websites
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