Local Lancaster County politics, 1913-1937.

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Local Lancaster County politics, 1913-1937.

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This scrapbook gives a Republican view towards Lancaster County and national politics during the twenty-four years between 1913 and 1937. Newspaper clippings, political advertisements and handwritten notes provide a look at community thoughts on The New Deal, taxes, education and other political issues. Some of the political figures mentioned include Thaddeus Stevens, Charles D. Zell, Judge Henry Clay Brubaker, and William Walton Griest.

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Lancaster County Historical Society

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Lancaster County Historical Society

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Stevens, Thaddeus, 1792-1868

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Franklin and Marshall College

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