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The history of my travels : through the states of Pennsylvania, Maryland, Virginia, Ohio, Kentucky, Indiana, Illinois, Missouri, Iowa, Michigan, New York, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut and New Jersey

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Author
Zercher, Jacob H.[Hartman]
Date of Publication
1847, 1997.
Call Number
917.73 Z58

The history of my travels : through the states of Pennsylvania, Maryland, Virginia, Ohio, Kentucky, Indiana, Illinois, Missouri, Iowa, Michigan, New York, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut and New Jersey from April 7th to June 28th 1847

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Author
Zercher, Emanuel H.
Date of Publication
1847, 1997.
Call Number
917.73 Z58e

Sketches of a tour to the Western Country: through the states of Ohio and Kentucky

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Author
Cuming, Fortescue,
Date of Publication
1810.
  1 website  
Alternate Title
Cuming's sketches of a tour to the western country, 1807-1809
Cuming's tour to the western country (1807-1809)
Responsibility
/ by Fortescue Cuming.
Author
Cuming, Fortescue,
Place of Publication
Pittsburgh, PA
Publisher
Cramer, Spear & Richbaum,
Date of Publication
1810.
Series
Early western travels, 1748-1846; v.4
Notes
"Reprint from the original edition (Pittsburgh, 1810). The appendix, being composed of irrelevant matter, is herein omitted."--Page [15].
Contents
Chapter 1: Commencement of journey - Schuylkill bridge - Schuylkill river - Downingstown - Brandywine creek - Pequea creek - New Holland - Connestoga creek and bridge - Lancaster / Chapter 2: Elizabethtown - Susquehannah river - Harrisburgh / Chapter 3: Conestoga massacre - Carlisle and Dickinson college...
Subjects
Pennsylvania - Description and travel.
Mississippi River Valley - Description and travel.
Kentucky - Description and travel.
Ohio - Description and travel.
Ohio River Valley - Description and travel.
Additional Author
Thwaites, Reuben Gold,
Contained In
Early western travels, 1748-1846. Cleveland, Ohio : The Arthur H. Clark Company, 1904-1907 v.4Lancaster History Library - Electronic ResourcesOnline resource-See full library record for link
Websites
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Author
Gudehus, Jonas Heinrich
Call Number
905.748 TPG v.14
Responsibility
by Jonas Gudehus and Larry M Neff.
Author
Gudehus, Jonas Heinrich
Physical Description
173-329 p.
Notes
In: Pennsylvania German Society, v.14 (1980).
Subjects
Ocean travel
United States - Description and travel - 19th century.
Pennsylvania - Description and travel - 19th century.
Lancaster County (Pa.) - Description and travel - 19th century.
Additional Author
Neff, Larry M.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Periodical Article
Call Number
905.748 TPG v.14
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The journal of Joshua Gilpin, 1809 : pleasure and business in western Pennsylvania

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Author
Gilpin, Joshua
Date of Publication
1975.
Call Number
974.80313 G489
Responsibility
Joseph E. Walker, editor.
Author
Gilpin, Joshua
Place of Publication
Harrisburg
Publisher
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission,
Date of Publication
1975.
Physical Description
vii, 156 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Notes
Bibliography: p. 153-56.
Summary
Joshua Gilpin (1765-1840) and his brother Thomas had a business in Philadelphia as general merchants, and on the Brandywine Creek as manufacturers of paper, and woolen and cotton textiles. He travelled quite a bit in Europe at the end of the 18th century seeking to learn about industrial practices. In 1809 Joshua Gilpin combined a famly vacation with a business survey of the Redstone area (the vicinity of Brownsville), Pittsburgh, and Indiana County. He described the country through which he drove from Philadelphia to Pittsburgh and return. He discussed land values and business prospects with innkeepers, businessmen, and legal experts all along the way; noted the presence of natural resources; and spent some time in Pittsburgh in conferences with men who were able to supply him with the ind of information he desired.His route west took him through Lancaster. His return trip east took him through Harrisburg, Lebanon, and Reading.Contents :1. From Philadelphia to the Redstone/ 2. In the Redstone Country/ 3. Pittsburg Business prospects/ 4. Pittsburgh to Bedford via Indiana County/ 5. Bedford to Philadelphia
Subjects
Gilpin, Joshua
Pennsylvania - Description and travel - Personal narratives.
Pittsburgh (Pa.) - Description and travel.
Washington County (Pa.) - Description and travel.
Indiana County (Pa.) - Description and travel.
Additional Corporate Author
Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
974.80313 G489
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German immigrants in America as presented in travel accounts

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Author
Farrior, Stephanie
Call Number
905.748 PDF v.26
Responsibility
by Stephanie Farrior.
Author
Farrior, Stephanie
Physical Description
42-48 p.
Notes
In: Pennsylvania Folklife, v.26, #2, Fall 1976-Summer 1977.
Subjects
Pennsylvania Dutch
Pennsylvania - Description and travel - 17th century.
Pennsylvania - Description and travel - 18th century.
United States - Description and travel - 17th century.
United States - Description and travel - 18th century.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Periodical Article
Call Number
905.748 PDF v.26
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The automobile blue book 1916. a touring hand-book of motor routes in New Jersey, Pennsylvania and the South Atlantic states

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Corporate Author
Automobile Blue Book Publishing Company.
Date of Publication
c1916.
Call Number
917.3 A939 1916
Alternate Title
Official automobile blue book 1916
Corporate Author
Automobile Blue Book Publishing Company.
Place of Publication
New York
Publisher
Automobile Blue Book Pub. Co.,
Date of Publication
c1916.
Physical Description
1060 p. : ill., maps (some folded) ; 24 cm.
Notes
Includes index.
Subjects
Automobile travel - United States - Guidebooks.
New Jersey - Description and travel.
Pennsylvania - Description and travel.
South Atlantic states - Description and travel.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Rare Books
Call Number
917.3 A939 1916
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Journal from Boston to the western country and down the Ohio and Mississippi rivers to New Orleans

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Author
Richardson, William,
Date of Publication
1940.
Call Number
917.3 R521
  1 website  
Responsibility
by William Richardson, 1815-1816.
Author
Richardson, William,
Place of Publication
New York
Publisher
Priv. print. for Vale pilot corporation,
Date of Publication
1940.
Physical Description
2 p., 40 p. port., 4 facsim., fold. map. 25 cm.
Notes
"These excerpts from ... [the author's] 'Journal' are now published for the first time by courtesy of his great-grandson, Mr. Lawrence Richardson of Boston."--Foreword signed: William Bell Wait.
"Limited edition ... no. 80 [and] 398."
Description of travel from Philadelphia to Ohio (p. 3 - 7).
Subjects
United States - Description and travel.
Mississippi River - Description and travel.
Lancaster County (Pa.) - Description and travel.
Additional Author
Wait, William Bell,
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
917.3 R521
Websites
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Thirty thousand miles with John Heckewelder, or, Travels amoung [i.e. among] the Indians of Pennsylvania, New York, & Ohio in the 18th century

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Author
Heckewelder, John Gottlieb Ernestus,
Date of Publication
1998.
Call Number
917.3 W193
Alternate Title
Thirty thousand miles with John Heckewelder
Travels amoung the Indians of Pennsylvania, New York, & Ohio in the 18th century
Travels among the Indians of Pennsylvania, New York, & Ohio in the 18th century
Responsibility
edited by Paul A. W. Wallace.
ISBN
1889037133
Author
Heckewelder, John Gottlieb Ernestus,
Place of Publication
Lewisburg, Pa
Publisher
Wennawoods Publishing,
Date of Publication
1998.
Physical Description
xvii, 474 p., [9] leaves of plates : ill., maps ; 24 cm. + 1 folded map (38 cm. x 58 cm.)
Notes
Reprint. Originally published: Pittsburgh, Pa. : University of Pittsburgh Press, 1958.
This is number 532 of 1000 copies printed.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary
"John Heckewelder was one of the most active and observant American travellers in the eighteenth century. His extensive journeys through our eastern woods in the service of the Moravian Church and, at times, of the government of the United States, have been preserved for us in a number of superb travel journals. Hitherto these either have lain unseen in manuscript collections or, if published, have appeared disconnectedly, so that few readers have suspected how engrossing they are and how illuminative of our early history when read as a continuous narrative." [from the foreward]
Subjects
Heckewelder, John Gottlieb Ernestus, - 1743-1823 - Journeys.
Indians of North America.
Moravians
Pennsylvania - Description and travel - Personal narratives.
New York - Description and travel - Early works to 1800.
Ohio - Description and travel - Early works to 1800.
Additional Author
Wallace, Paul A. W.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
917.3 W193
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Travels in the years 1791 and 1792 in Pennsylvania, New York and Vermont; journals of John Lincklaen, agent of the Holland land company

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Author
Lincklaen, John,
Date of Publication
1897.
Call Number
974.80091 L736
Responsibility
with a biographical sketch and notes.
Author
Lincklaen, John,
Place of Publication
New York, London
Publisher
G.P. Putnam's Sons,
Date of Publication
1897.
Physical Description
1 p. ø., xi, 162, 4 p. ports., fold. maps, facsim. 22 cm.
Notes
500 copies printed.
Edited by Helen L. Fairchild.
"List of principal authorities consulted": p. ix-xi.
Subjects
Holland Purchase.
Pennsylvania - Description and travel.
New York (State) - Description and travel.
Vermont - Description and travel.
Additional Author
Fairchild, Helen L.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
974.80091 L736
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