History of the early settlement of the Juniata valley: embracing an account of the early pioneers, and the trials and privations incident to the settlement of the valley, predatory incursions, massacres, and abductions by the Indians during the French and Indian wars, and the war of the revolution, &c
https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo4508
- Responsibility
- By U. J. Jones. With notes and extensions compiled as a glossary from the memoirs of early settlers, the pension statements of revolutionary war soldiers, and other source material, by Floyd G. Hoenstine ...
- Author
- Jones, U. J.
- Place of Publication
- [Harrisburg, Pa
- Publisher
- The Telegraph Press,
- Date of Publication
- c1940]
- Physical Description
- 440 p. incl. illus., plates, front. 24 cm.
- Notes
- Maps on lining-papers.
- First edition published at Philadelphia, 1856.
- Appendix, prepared by William H. Egle (including a biographical sketch of U. J. Jones and The Pattersons of Juniata): p. [351]-421.
- Subjects
- Frontier and pioneer life - Pennsylvania.
- Indians of North America - Pennsylvania.
- Juniata River Valley (Pa.) - History.
- Additional Author
- Egle, William Henry,
- Hoenstine, Floyd G.
- Location
- Lancaster History Library - Book
- Call Number
- 974.802 P968 1940
Websites
Journal from Boston to the western country and down the Ohio and Mississippi rivers to New Orleans
https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo758
- 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
Cannon Hill and the Hessian ditch with personal reminiscences of the Furnace Hills
https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo4410
- Author
- Beck, Herbert Huebener,
- Date of Publication
- 1940
Cannon Hill and the Hessian Ditch
With Personal Reminiscences of the Furnace Hills
By HERBERT H. BECK
Cannon Hill, in northern Elizabeth Township, 1 is one of the hills in the
red sandstone range which extends along the border line between Lancaster
and Lebanon counties. All of this country
1 document
- Responsibility
- by Herbert H. Beck.
- Author
- Beck, Herbert Huebener,
- Place of Publication
- Lancaster, Pa
- Publisher
- Lancaster County Historical Society,
- Date of Publication
- 1940
- Physical Description
- [21]-39 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
- Series
- Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 44, no. 2
- Subjects
- Furnace Hills (Lancaster County, Pa.)
- Hessian Ditch (Lancaster County, Pa.)
- Iron industry and trade - Pennsylvania.
- Lancaster County (Pa.) - Description and travel.
- Contained In
- Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 44, number 2 (1940), p. 21-39Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.44
Documents
Records of the Ministerial Acts pertaining to the Muddy Creek Lutheran Church, 1728-1869 : Cocalico Township, Lancaster County Pa
https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo18114
- Responsibility
- translated from the original German Records by Rev. Melville B. Schmoyer.
- Place of Publication
- Typescript
- Date of Publication
- November 1941.
- Physical Description
- 106 p. : 29 cm.
- Notes
- Baptisms, indexed, 1728 - 1869; list of Pastors; marriages 1730- 1752 and confirmations May 12, 1782.
- Rineer's "Churches and Cemeteries of Lancaster County" page 109 # 1.
- Subjects
- Muddy Creek Evangelical Lutheran Church (East Cocalico Township).
- Registers of birth, etc. - Pennsylvania - East Cocalico (Pa. : Township)
- Church records and registers - Pennsylvania - East Cocalico (Pa. : Township)
- Additional Author
- Schmoyer, Melville B.
- Location
- Lancaster History Library - Church Record
- Call Number
- 284.1 M943
Lancaster's part in the world's watchmaking industry
https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo594
- Author
- Bowman, J. J.
- Date of Publication
- 1945
. James M. Beck, Solicitor General of the United
States in President Coolidge's administration, at Lititz, Pa., about
twenty years ago. Mr. Beck was a Lancaster Countian, a native
of Lititz, and a first cousin of our Society's President, Dr. Herbert
H. Beck. His familiarity with records of the United
1 document
- Responsibility
- by John J. Bowman.
- Author
- Bowman, J. J.
- Place of Publication
- Lancaster, Pa
- Publisher
- Lancaster County Historical Society,
- Date of Publication
- 1945
- Physical Description
- [29]-50 P. : ill. ; 23 cm.
- Series
- Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 49, no. 2
- Subjects
- Beaumarchais, Pierre Augustin Caron de, - 1732-1799.
- Bowman, Ezra F.
- Hamilton Watch Company.
- Bowman Technical School, (Lancaster, Pa.)
- Adams & Perry Company (Lancaster, Pa.)
- Dudley Watch Manufacturing Company (Lancaster, Pa.)
- Lancaster Watch Company (Lancaster, Pa.)
- Clocks and watches.
- Contained In
- Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 49, number 2 (1945), p. 29-50Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.49
Documents
The borough fathers
https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo593
- Author
- Heisey, M. Luther,
- Date of Publication
- 1942
PAPERS OF THE
LANCASTER COUNTY HISTORICAL
SOCIETY
Vol. XLVI 1942 Nos. 2 and 3
By M. LUTHER HEISEY
The leading residents of Lancaster, when it was incorporated into a
borough, were those who were nominated and appointed in the charter as
burgesses and assistants, and a few others. This charter
1 document
- Responsibility
- by M. Luther Heisey.
- Author
- Heisey, M. Luther,
- Place of Publication
- Lancaster, Pa
- Publisher
- Lancaster County Historical Society,
- Date of Publication
- 1942
- Physical Description
- [45]-82 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
- Series
- Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 46, no. 2 & 3
- Subjects
- Cookson, Thomas, - 1709-1753.
- Graff, Sebastian, - 1711-1763.
- Streets - Pennsylvania - Lancaster.
- Lancaster (Pa.) - Officials and employees.
- Lancaster (Pa.) - Maps.
- Hamilton lots (Lancaster, Pa.)
- Contained In
- Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 46, number 2/3 (1942), p. 45-82Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.46
Documents
The York city-county comprehensive planning survey
https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo18040
- Corporate Author
- York County (Pa.). Post War Planning Committee.
- Date of Publication
- 1948.
- Call Number
- 974.841 Y615y Oversize
- Corporate Author
- York County (Pa.). Post War Planning Committee.
- Place of Publication
- York, Pa
- Publisher
- York Chamber of Commerce,
- Date of Publication
- 1948.
- Physical Description
- iii-xv, 370 p. : ill. ; 28 cm.
- Notes
- Survey authorized by City of York [and] County of York, Pennsylvania.
- Subjects
- Cities and towns - York (City), Pa.
- Regional planning - Pennsylvania - York County.
- York (Pa.) - Economic conditions.
- York County (Pa.) - Economic conditions.
- Location
- Lancaster History Library - Book
- Call Number
- 974.841 Y615y Oversize
Industrial Berks County, 1748-1948. Presented to: the people of Reading and Berks County on the occasion of the two hundredth anniversary of the city of Reading
https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo6923
- Author
- Graeff, Arthur Dundore,
- Place of Publication
- [Reading? Pa.]
- Date of Publication
- 1948.
- Physical Description
- 35 p. : illus., map (on lining-papers) ; 23 x 28 cm.
- Notes
- Click on Table of Contents for more information.
- Appropriate for juvenile literature.
- Illustrations for Sally Ann Furnace, Robesonia Slag Bank, Fisher Mansion, Canal locks at Leesport, The Bernville stage.
- Contents
- The giant's ribs: the iron industry--To milady's taste: clothing--Not only for today: shelter--Shoofly: food--An omer for everyman: agriculture--Berks County speaking: communication--Two hours to anywhere: transportation.
- Additional Author
- Taylor, Francis Starr
- Location
- Lancaster History Library - Book
- Call Number
- 974.816 B513i
The pioneers of Mifflin County, Pennsylvania : who's who in the early records with an account of the growth of the county before 1790
https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo9367
- Responsibility
- by John Martin Stroup and Raymond Martin Bell.
- Author
- Stroup, John Martin,
- Place of Publication
- Lewistown, Pa
- Publisher
- [s.n.],
- Date of Publication
- 1942.
- Physical Description
- 41 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
- Notes
- "Largely supplementary to The genesis of Mifflin County, Pennsylvania."
- Subjects
- Mifflin County (Pa.) - Biography.
- Mifflin County (Pa.) - History.
- Mifflin County (Pa.) - Genealogy.
- Additional Author
- Bell, Raymond Martin,
- Location
- Lancaster History Library - Book
- Call Number
- 974.846 S919p
Inventory of the county archives of Pennsylvania
https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo5264
- Responsibility
- prepared by the Pennsylania Historical Survey, Division of Community Service Programs, Work Projects Administration .
- Place of Publication
- Reading, Pa
- Publisher
- Board of County Commissioners,
- Date of Publication
- 1941.
- Physical Description
- 409 p.: ill. ; 23 cm.
- Notes
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Subjects
- Archives - Pennsylvania - Berks County
- Berks Count (Pa.) - Genealogy.
- Berks County (Pa.) - Politics and government - Sources.
- Additional Corporate Author
- Pennsylania Historical Survey.
- Location
- Lancaster History Library - Book
- Call Number
- 974.816 P415