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The awakening and the early progress of the Pequea, Conestoga and other Susquehanna Valley settlements : as shown by official letters, etc., of the time

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Author: Landis, David M.

Date of Publication: 1921.

the past. This will give our publications dignity and value among the historians of our state and country. �To lay the ground for the plan just outlined, it is necessary to go WA to a date prior to the first settlement in what is now our county. The earlies Scotch-Irish and English immigration here

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Responsibility: by David M. Landis.

Author: Landis, David M.

Place of Publication: Lancaster, Pa

Publisher: Lancaster County Historical Society,

Date of Publication: 1921.

Physical Description: 5-16 p. ; 23 cm.

Series: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 25, no. 1

Subjects: Land settlement - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.; Taylor papers.; Lancaster County (Pa.) - History - 17th century.

Contained In: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 25, number 1 (1921), p. 5-16Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.25

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Blunston's licenses

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Author: Royes, Mrs. Harry.

Call Number: 905.29 GSP v. 11, v. 12

Responsibility: by Mrs. Harry Royes.

Author: Royes, Mrs. Harry.

Physical Description: p. 180-185, 269-275 (v. 11) ; p. 62-70 (v. 12).

Notes: Pennsylvania Genealogical Society, v. 11 (1932), v. 12 (1935)

Subjects: Blunston, Samuel, - 1689-1745.; Land settlement - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Reference

Call Number: 905.29 GSP v. 11, v. 12

Book, Account

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Collection: James Buchanan Family Papers, Part 6 Hiram B. Swarr

Title: Account of H. B. Swarr, one of the executors of James Buchanan, with Farmers’ National Bank of Lancaster

Object ID: JBFP 6.2.1.101

Date Range: 1868-1870

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Collection: James Buchanan Family Papers, Part 6 Hiram B. Swarr

Title: Account of H. B. Swarr, one of the executors of James Buchanan, with Farmers’ National Bank of Lancaster

Description: Account of H. B. Swarr, one of the executors of James Buchanan, with Farmers’ National Bank of Lancaster listing the debits and credits of the of James Buchanan’s estate, the final balance being $7693.15; also lists four collections for June and July of 1868. 1 leather-bound volume. Lancaster.

Date Range: 1868-1870

Year Range From: 1868

Year Range To: 1870

Creator: Pennsylvania. Orphans' Court (Lancaster County)

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives South

Storage Container: JBFP Part 6, Box 2

People: Buchanan, James; Swarr, Hiram Behm

Subjects: Decedents' estates; Estates (Law); Executors and administrators; Probate records

Search Terms: Administrators' accounts; Buchanan Collections; Decedents' estates; Estate settlement; Executors and administrators; James Buchanan; James Buchanan Presidential Library; Probate records

Extent: 1 item, 60 pages to scan

Object Name: Book, Account

Language: English

Parent Object ID: JBFP Part 6 Series 2

Object ID: JBFP 6.2.1.101

Associated Material: James Buchanan Papers, Dickinson College Archives & Special Collections,; http://archives.dickinson.edu/collection-descriptions/james-buchanan-papers; James Buchanan and Harriet Lane Johnston Papers, Library of Congress,; https://www.loc.gov/collections/james-buchanan-and-harriet-lane-johnston-papers/; James Buchanan Papers, Historical Society of Pennsylvania,; http://www2.hsp.org/collections/manuscripts/b/Buchanan0091.html; James Buchanan Papers, Penn State University Libraries,; https://libraries.psu.edu/findingaids/1458.htm

Related Item Notes: James Buchanan Family Papers; MG-96 James Buchanan Collection; Historical Society of Pennsylvania microfilm; Photograph collections; Curatorial collections; Wheatland Mansion

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Credit: Courtesy of LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.

Accession Number: JBB1996.176.1

Other Number: JBFP Part 6, Series 2, Subseries 1, Folder 101

Description Level: Item

Custodial History: The James Buchanan Family Papers were collected by the James Buchanan Foundation for the Preservation of Wheatland. This collection was relocated from the Wheatland mansion to the LancasterHistory archives in the Spring of 2009. Digitization of the James Buchanan Family Papers was funded by the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, PHMC Appl ID # 201808013051, 2019-2020.

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Book, Receipt

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Collection: James Buchanan Family Papers, Part 6 Hiram B. Swarr

Title: Receipt book of H. B. Swarr containing the outflow of James Buchanan’s estate

Object ID: JBFP 6.2.1.102

Date Range: 1873

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Collection: James Buchanan Family Papers, Part 6 Hiram B. Swarr

Title: Receipt book of H. B. Swarr containing the outflow of James Buchanan’s estate

Description: Receipt book of H. B. Swarr, one of the executors of James Buchanan, containing the outflow of James Buchanan’s estate, with most of the recipients’ signatures; some are pasted receipts; some with United States Internal Revenue stamps. 1 leather bound volume with “Receipts” stamped in gold. Lancaster. 13 June – 28 January 1873.

Date Range: 1873

Creator: Swarr, Hiram Behm, 1821-1896

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives South

Storage Container: JBFP Part 6, Box 2

People: Swarr, Hiram Behm; Buchanan, James

Subjects: Receipts (Acknowledgments); Estates (Law); Executors and administrators; Decedents' estates; Probate records

Search Terms: Receipts; Estate settlement; Executors and administrators; Decedents' estates; Probate records; James Buchanan; Buchanan Collections; James Buchanan Presidential Library

Extent: 1 item, 266 pages to scan

Object Name: Book, Receipt

Language: English

Parent Object ID: JBFP Part 6 Series 2

Object ID: JBFP 6.2.1.102

Associated Material: James Buchanan Papers, Dickinson College Archives & Special Collections,; http://archives.dickinson.edu/collection-descriptions/james-buchanan-papers; James Buchanan and Harriet Lane Johnston Papers, Library of Congress,; https://www.loc.gov/collections/james-buchanan-and-harriet-lane-johnston-papers/; James Buchanan Papers, Historical Society of Pennsylvania,; http://www2.hsp.org/collections/manuscripts/b/Buchanan0091.html; James Buchanan Papers, Penn State University Libraries,; https://libraries.psu.edu/findingaids/1458.htm

Related Item Notes: James Buchanan Family Papers; MG-96 James Buchanan Collection; Historical Society of Pennsylvania microfilm; Photograph collections; Curatorial collections; Wheatland Mansion

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Credit: Courtesy of LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.

Accession Number: JBB1996.177.1

Other Number: JBFP Part 6, Series 2, Subseries 1, Folder 102

Description Level: Item

Custodial History: The James Buchanan Family Papers were collected by the James Buchanan Foundation for the Preservation of Wheatland. This collection was relocated from the Wheatland mansion to the LancasterHistory archives in the Spring of 2009. Digitization of the James Buchanan Family Papers was funded by the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, PHMC Appl ID # 201808013051, 2019-2020.

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Carolina cradle; settlement of the northwest Carolina frontier, 1747-1762

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Author: Ramsey, Robert Wayne.

Date of Publication: [1964]

Call Number: 975.671 R181

Responsibility: [by] Robert W. Ramsey.

Author: Ramsey, Robert Wayne.

Place of Publication: Chapel Hill

Publisher: University of North Carolina Press

Date of Publication: [1964]

Physical Description: xiii, 251 p. facsim., maps. 24 cm.

Notes: Bibliography: p. [219]-238.

Subjects: Land settlement - North Carolina - Rowan County.; Migration, Internal - United States.; Rowan County (N.C.) - History.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 975.671 R181

Correspondence

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Collection: James Buchanan Family Papers

Title: James Buchanan Family Papers, Part 2 Papers of Harriet Lane Johnston, Series 4 Henry Elliott Johnston

Object ID: JBFP Part 2 Series 4

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Collection: James Buchanan Family Papers

Title: James Buchanan Family Papers, Part 2 Papers of Harriet Lane Johnston, Series 4 Henry Elliott Johnston

Description: The James Buchanan Family Papers Part 2, Harriet Lane Johnston, Series 4 contains the papers of her husband, Henry Elliot Johnston. The series is divided into four subseries, including correspondence, financial documents, legal documents, and ephemera. The correspondence includes letters sent by Henry Elliot Johnston to H. B. Swarr from 1867-1873 regarding the distribution from President Buchanan's estate and letters from Isaac Hiester and George Ticknor Curtis. The financial and legal documents include the sale of land, cemetery arrangements, the disposition of presidential papers including those held by E. Y. Buchanan, the choice of President Buchanan's biographer, and legal papers regarding bequests to Mary C. Speer and Louise Speer.

System of Arrangement: JBFP Part 2 Series 4 Papers of Henry Elliot Johnston; Subseries 1 Correspondence; Subseries 2 Financial documents; Subseries 3 Legal documents; Subseries 4 Ephemera

Creator: Johnston, Henry Elliot, 1831-1884

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives South

People: Buchanan, James; Johnston, Harriet Lane; Johnston, Henry Elliot

Other Creators: Johnston, Harriet Lane, 1830-1903; James Buchanan Foundation for the Preservation of Wheatland (Lancaster, Pa.)

Subjects: Biographies; Decedents' estates; Estates (Law); Legal documents; Letters; Probate records

Search Terms: Biographies; Buchanan Collections; Correspondence; Harriet Lane Johnston; James Buchanan; Letters; Probate records; Finding aids; Manuscript groups; Legal documents; Estate settlement; Decedents' estates; James Buchanan Presidential Library

Extent: 1 box, 47 folders, .25 cubic ft.

Object Name: Correspondence

Language: English

Object ID: JBFP Part 2 Series 4

Associated Material: James Buchanan Papers, Dickinson College Archives & Special Collections http://archives.dickinson.edu/collection-descriptions/james-buchanan-papers; James Buchanan and Harriet Lane Johnston Papers, Library of Congress https://www.loc.gov/collections/james-buchanan-and-harriet-lane-johnston-papers/; James Buchanan Papers, Historical Society of Pennsylvania, http://www2.hsp.org/collections/manuscripts/b/Buchanan0091.html; James Buchanan Papers, Penn State University Libraries, https://libraries.psu.edu/findingaids/1458.htm

Related Item Notes: James Buchanan Family Papers; James Buchanan Collection, MG0096; Historical Society of Pennsylvania microfilm; Photograph collections; Curatorial collections; Wheatland Mansion

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Credit: Courtesy of LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania

Description Level: Series

Custodial History: The James Buchanan Family Papers were collected by the James Buchanan Foundation for the Preservation of Wheatland. This collection was relocated from the Wheatland mansion to the LancasterHistory archives in the Spring of 2009. Digitization of the James Buchanan Family Papers was funded by the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, PHMC Appl ID # 201808013051, 2019-2020.

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Ground rent and ground charges of Lebanon

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Author: Killinger, Roy C.

Call Number: 974.819 L441 v.14, no.3

Responsibility: by Roy C. Killinger.

Author: Killinger, Roy C.

Physical Description: 51-96 p.

Notes: In: Lebanon County Historical Society, v.14, no.3 (1968)

Subjects: Steitz, George.; Land grants - Pennsylvania - Lebanon County.; Land settlement.; Rent charges - Pennsylvania - Lebanon County.; Lebanon (City), Pa.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 974.819 L441 v.14, no.3

Incident at Tulpehocken

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Author: Jennings, Francis

Call Number: 905.748 PHA v.35

Responsibility: by Francis Jennings.

Author: Jennings, Francis

Physical Description: 335-355 p.

Notes: In: Pennsylvania History, v.35 (1968)

Subjects: Logan, James , - 1674-1751.; Land grants - Pennsylvania.; Tulpehocken Settlement.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Periodical Article

Call Number: 905.748 PHA v.35

The influence of Lancaster County on the Pennsylvania frontier

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Author: Godcharles, Frederic Antes,

Date of Publication: 1920

fact that the permanent settlement of what is now Central Pennsylvania was due to the bravery and sacrifice of the noble sons of Lancaster County. Thus Lancaster County had furnished the majority of the troops and the ablest officers during the building of this most important of all the frontier

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Responsibility: address by Hon. Frederick A. Godcharles.

Author: Godcharles, Frederic Antes,

Place of Publication: Lancaster, Pa

Publisher: Lancaster County Historical Society,

Date of Publication: 1920

Physical Description: 77-82 p. ; 23 cm.

Series: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 24, no. 4

Subjects: Frontier and pioneer life.; Land settlement.; Pennsylvania - History - Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775.

Contained In: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 24, number 4 (1920), p. 77-82Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.24

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Letter

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Collection: Thaddeus Stevens Collection

Title: Letter from Thaddeus Stevens to Col. Reah Frazer

Object ID: MG0115_P01_F029

Date Range: 1846

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Collection: Thaddeus Stevens Collection

Title: Letter from Thaddeus Stevens to Col. Reah Frazer

Description: Letter from Thaddeus Stevens to Col. Reah Frazer, attorney for the accountants of the estate of [G. Winters], regarding an upcoming meeting to review the accounts of the estate. 2 January 1846.

Date Range: 1846

Creation Date: 1846

Creator: Stevens, Thaddeus, 1792-1868

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives South

Storage Wall: Side 03

People: Frazer, Reah; Huber, Sarah; Stevens, Thaddeus; Winters, G.

Subjects: Letters; Estates (Law)

Search Terms: Correspondence; Estate settlement; Letters; Stevens and Smith Center

Extent: 1 item, 2 pages to scan

Object Name: Letter

Language: English

Condition: Good

Condition Date: 2021-11-26

Object ID: MG0115_P01_F029

Location of Originals: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania

Related Item Notes: Thaddeus Stevens Collection (MG0115_P01) https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/fc4d62c6-ef85-4f0f-bfb8-361140325885

Notes: Preferred Citation: Thaddeus Stevens Collection, MG0115_Part01_F029, LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.

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Credit: Courtesy of LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.

Accession Number: 1999.MG0115F29

Other Numbers: MG-115

Other Number: MG-115, Part 1, Folder 29

Classification: MG0115

Description Level: Item

Custodial History: Transferred from the Document Collection, Box 27, Folder 7.; Added to database on 26 November 2021.; Digitization of this document was funded by the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, PHMC Appl ID # 202010016624, 2020-2023.

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The awakening and the early progress of the Pequea, Conestoga and other Susquehanna Valley settlements : as shown by official letters, etc., of the time

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Blunston's licenses

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Book, Account

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Book, Receipt

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Carolina cradle; settlement of the northwest Carolina frontier, 1747-1762

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Ground rent and ground charges of Lebanon

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Incident at Tulpehocken

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The influence of Lancaster County on the Pennsylvania frontier

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