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Regina, the German captive

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo19237
Date of Publication
1904
Call Number
974.819 L441 v. II no. 2
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Date of Publication
1904
Physical Description
p. 79-97. : 21 cm.
Series
Lebanon County Historical Society papers and addresses, ,vol. II., no. 2, 1901 - 1904.
Notes
Part I : The location, by Capt. H. M. M. Richards : Part II : The story, by S. P. Heilman.
Summary
On the morning of Oct. 16, 1755, the Hartman family house was attacked by native Americans. The father and son were killed, and two daughters, Regina and Barbara, were carried off. Much of this account includes qualifiers, such as "...as per tradition". The author states, "The latter story is a tradition, but tradition, which differs only from written history in being oral history, transmitted orally from ancestors to posterity, is often quite as reliable as the written kind."
Subjects
Hartman, Regina.
Indian captivities - Pennsylvania - Lebanon County.
United States - History - French and Indian War 1755 - 1763
Pennsylvania - History - French and Indian War 1755 - 1763
Additional Author
Richards, Henry Melchior Muhlenberg.
Heilman, Samuel P.,
Location
Lancaster History Library - Periodical Article
Call Number
974.819 L441 v. II no. 2
Websites
https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=wu.89062015839;view=1up;seq=93
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Samuel Postlethwaite : Trader, patriot, gentleman of early Carlisle

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Responsibility
by Carla Christiansen.
Physical Description
5-51 p.
Summary
"Samuel Postlethwaite deserves a prominent place on a list of early Cumberland County notables. A frontier trader, he helped supply the Continental Army in the American Revolution and played an active role in Cumberland County's government and social institutions during the early days of the American Republic. In the 1790's, he served in the Pennsylvania legislature as the senator from Cumberland County." [from the text]
Subjects
Postlethwaite, Samuel, - 1739-1810.
Postlewthaite family.
United States - History - French and Indian War, 1755-1763.
United States - History - Revolution, 1775-1781
Contained In
v. 31, 2014.Lancaster History Library - Book974.843 CCH vol. 31
Websites
https://gardnerlibrary.org/sites/default/files/vol31n1.pdf#page=7
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Travels in New France

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Date of Publication
1941.
Call Number
971.018 P416
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Responsibility
by J. C. B. Prepared by Pennsylvania Historical Survey (Frontier Forts and Trails Survey) Division of Community Service Projects, Work Projects Administration. Edited by Sylvester K. Stevens, Donald H. Kent and Emma Edith Woods.
Place of Publication
Harrisburg
Publisher
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Dept. of Public Instruction, The Pennsylvania Historical Commission,
Date of Publication
1941.
Physical Description
xiv, 167 p. front., illus., plates (incl. map) 24 cm.
Notes
Maps on lining papers.
"The present translation is based on Casgrain's edition."--p. vi.
Summary
"A French soldier set down his memories of life and adventure in western Pennsylvania and other parts of North America during the thrilling events of the French and Indian War, and called the book 'Voyage au Canada dans le nord de l' Amerique Septentrionale, fait depuis l'an 1751 A 1761'...The author is known only by his initials, J.C.B...These reminiscences of life and events in the wilderness, in the towns of New France, and as a prisoner in New York City, give vivid pictures of the experiences of an ordinary man in an age which was full of significance for the future of America. [from the foreword]
Subjects
Indians of North America.
Canada - History - 1663-1713 (New France).
Canada - Description and travel.
United States - History - French and Indian War, 1755-1763 - Personal narratives.
Additional Author
Stevens, Sylvester Kirby,
Kent, Donald H.,
Woods, Emma Edith,
Casgrain, H. R.
J.-C. B.
Additional Corporate Author
Pennsylvania Historical Survey.
Frontier Forts and Trails Survey.
Pennsylvania Historical Commission.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
971.018 P416
Websites
https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015011030973;view=1up;seq=7
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Braddock's defeat; the journal of Captain Robert Cholmley's batman, the journal of a British officer [and] Halkett's orderly book

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo4819
Author
Hamilton, Charles,
Edition
[1st ed.]
Date of Publication
[1959]
Call Number
923.5 B798h
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Edited from the original MSS. with an introd. and notes.
Author
Hamilton, Charles,
Edition
[1st ed.]
Place of Publication
Norman
Publisher
University of Oklahoma Press
Date of Publication
[1959]
Physical Description
xxi, 134 p. illus., ports., map, facsim. 24 cm.
Subjects
Braddock's Campaign, 1755.
United States - History - French and Indian War, 1755-1763 - Sources.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
923.5 B798h
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Letters and papers relating chiefly to the Provincial history of Pennsylvania : with some notices of the writers

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Date of Publication
1855.
Call Number
974.8028 B174
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Place of Publication
Philadelphia
Publisher
Crissy and Markley, Printers,
Date of Publication
1855.
Physical Description
cxxxviii, 312 p. ; 21 cm.
Notes
A selection from the "Shippen mss." in possession of the Historical Society of Pennsylvania; with other letters, papers, etc.
Privately printed.
Subjects
Shippen family.
Pennsylvania - History - Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775 - Sources.
United States - History - French and Indian War, 1755-1763 - Sources.
Additional Author
Balch, Thomas,
Shippen, Edward,
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
974.8028 B174
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Writings of General John Forbes relating to his service in North America

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Author
Forbes, John,
Date of Publication
1938.
Call Number
923.5 F692j
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compiled and edited by Alfred Procter James for the Allegheny County Committee of the Pennsylvania Society of the Colonial Dames of America.
Author
Forbes, John,
Place of Publication
Menasha, Wis
Publisher
Collegiate Press,
Date of Publication
1938.
Physical Description
xv, 316 p., [8] p. of plates : ill., maps ; 24 cm.
Notes
Includes index.
"This edition is limited to 750 copies."
John Forbes (5 September 1707-11 March 1759) was a British general in the French and Indian War. He is best known for leading the Forbes Expedition that captured the French outpost at Fort Duquesne and for naming the city of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania after British Secretary of State William Pitt the Elder.
Summary
This book consists of letters Forbes wrote to British secretary of state William Pitt, Governor Denny of Pennsylvania, and Governor Sharpe of Maryland . A few letters by other persons were included due to their relevance to the subject of the letters. A biographical sketch of General Forbes is also included.
Subjects
Forbes Expedition against Fort Duquesne, 1758.
United States - History - French and Indian War, 1755-1763.
Additional Author
James, Alfred Procter.
Additional Corporate Author
National Society of the Colonial Dames of America. Pennsylvania. Allegheny County Committee.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
923.5 F692j
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The journal of Johann Michael Lindenmuth (1737-1812)

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Author
Lindenmuth, Johann Michael,
Date of Publication
c2000.
Call Number
973.2 L744
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Responsibility
transcribed and translated by Brigitte Burkett ; foreword by Lewis Bunker Rohrbach.
ISBN
0897254058 (alk. paper)
Author
Lindenmuth, Johann Michael,
Place of Publication
Rockport, Me
Publisher
Picton Press,
Date of Publication
c2000.
Physical Description
128 p. ; 22 cm.
Notes
Includes index.
Summary
"Johann Michael Lindenmuth has left us one of the better day-to-day journals of the French & Indian War as well as a brief journal of his service in the Revolutionary War...When Lindenmuth was discharged in December 1759, he had fought through a multitude of the battles, skirmishes, and ambushes in western Pennsylvania. In a laconic, direct, and simple style he tells of what happened, who did it, and why. Amid the tales of scalping, looting, murder, mayhem, and of boredom, fatigue, huger, and desparir, Lindemuth also tells us of his family and friends, his ancestors, and his children and grandchildren." [from the back cover]
Subjects
Lindenmuth, Johann Michael, - 1737-1812
Soldiers - Pennsylvania - Diaries.
German Americans - Pennsylvania - Diaries.
Farmers - Pennsylvania - Diaries.
United States - History - French and Indian War, 1755-1763 - Personal narratives.
Pennsylvania - History - Revolution, 1776-1783 - Personal narratives.
United States - History - Revolution, 1775-1783 - Personal narratives.
Additional Author
Burkett, Brigitte.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
973.2 L744
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Regina, the German captive, or, True piety among the lowly

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Author
Weiser, R.
Date of Publication
1860.
Call Number
920.7 W427 1860
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Responsibility
by Rev. R. Weiser.
Author
Weiser, R.
Place of Publication
Baltimore
Publisher
T. Newton Kurtz,
Date of Publication
1860.
Physical Description
252 p. illus., 16 cm.
Summary
A story of the Hartman family's immigration to America from Germany, the attack by Indians in their American home, and the abduction of two daughters by native Indians.
Subjects
United States - History - French and Indian War, 1755-1763 - Personal narratives.
Pennsylvania - History - French and Indian War, 1755-1763. - Personal narratives.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Rare Books
Call Number
920.7 W427 1860
Websites
https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=dul1.ark:/13960/t9864g86m&view=1up&seq=9
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Indian trader troubles

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo288
Author
Diffenderffer, Frank Ried,
Date of Publication
1905
, William, 1715-1774. Indians of North America. Fur trade--United States. United States--History--French and Indian War, 1755-1763. Publisher: Lancaster, Pa. : Lancaster County Historical Society, 1904/1905 Description: [305]-326 p. ; 23 cm. Series: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 9
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Responsibility
by F. R. Diffenderffer, Litt.D.
Author
Diffenderffer, Frank Ried,
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Lancaster County Historical Society,
Date of Publication
1905
Physical Description
[305]-326 p. ; 23 cm.
Series
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 9, no. 10
Subjects
Johnson, William, - Sir, - 1715-1774.
Indians of North America.
Fur trade - United States.
United States - History - French and Indian War, 1755-1763.
Contained In
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 9, number 10 (1905), p. 305-326Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.9
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Washington's expeditions (1753-1754) and Braddock's expedition (1755) with history of Tom Fausett, the slayer of General Edward Braddock

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Author
Hadden, James,
Edition
(2d ed.).
Date of Publication
[c1910]
Call Number
974.80283 H126
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Responsibility
By James Hadden.
Author
Hadden, James,
Edition
(2d ed.).
Place of Publication
Uniontown, Pa
Date of Publication
[c1910]
Physical Description
139 p. front., plates, ports., maps. 19 cm.
Subjects
Fausett, Thomas, - d. 1820?
Washington, George, - 1732-1799.
Braddock, Edward, - 1695-1755.
Washington's Expedition to the Ohio, 1st, 1753-1754.
Washington's Expedition to the Ohio, 2nd, 1754.
Braddock's Campaign, 1755.
United States - History - French and Indian War, 1755-1763.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
974.80283 H126
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