Scrapbook of reminisces of Elizabethtown, churches of Lancaster, Hensel, Rock Ford, Thaddeus Stevens, first courts of Lancaster, and General John Sutter, 1875-1924.

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Scrapbook of reminisces of Elizabethtown, churches of Lancaster, Hensel, Rock Ford, Thaddeus Stevens, first courts of Lancaster, and General John Sutter, 1875-1924.

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The majority of the scrapbook contains information about churches and religion in Lancaster County, including Boehm's Church, St. John's Free Church, Moravian Church, St. John's Episcopal Church, Saint Mary's Catholic Church, Salem Heller's Reformed Church, First Methodist Episcopal Church, Steven's Greenland Cemetery, and the Ephrata Cloister. Composed of newspaper clippings secured in a book, the volume also contributes information regarding prominent Lancastrians such as Thaddeus Stevens, General John Sutter, Blanche Nevin, William Uhler Hensel and Robert Fulton. Other subjects mentioned include North American Indians, German ancestry, the Iris Club, and Cornwall Iron Furnace. Elizabethtown, Lancaster, Cornwall, Blue Bell, Reamstown, Donegal, Quarryville, and Ephrata are locations that repeatedly occur throughout the scrapbook.

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Historic Rock Ford Plantation and Kauffman Museum (Lancaster, Pa.)

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Hensel, W. U. (William Uhler), 1851-1915

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William Uhler Hensel was born in Quarryville, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania on 3 December 1851. Hensel attended the local public school and a series of private academies before entering Franklin and Marshall College in 1866. Hensel was very active in the school including fraternities and clubs. He graduated from Franklin and Marshall College in 1870. After graduation, Hensel pursued a career in law and studied under Judge Isaac Hiester and David G. Eshleman. In 1873, Hensel was adm...

Sutter, John Augustus, 1803-1880

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Sutter, California pioneer, had gold discovered on his estate in 1848, prompting the Gold Rush. From the description of ALS, 1856 September 7 : Hock Farm, to Colonel (James G.G.F. Warren?). (Copley Press, J S Copley Library). WorldCat record id: 16723069 From the description of ALS, 1851 June 25 : Hock Farm, to General John Wilson, San Francisco. (Copley Press, J S Copley Library). WorldCat record id: 16722847 American pioneer. Owner of Sutter's mill where gold was ...

Ephrata Cloister

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The Ephrata Cloister, near Lancaster, Pa., was a religious community of German Seventh Day Baptists founded by Johann Conrad Beissel in 1728. Under Beissel's guidance, Ephrata became known for its mystical music, hymn writings, and manuscript illuminations. Two sisters, Anastasia and Iphigenia, were the principal ornamental writers; the artists of the illuminations are unknown. There were three major collections of hymns produced at Ephrata: Zionitischer Weyrauch's Hügel, Turtel Taube, and Para...

Stevens, Thaddeus, 1792-1868

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Lawyer from Pennsylvania who was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives in 1859 and served as chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee. After the war, he led the Radical Republicans, opposing both Lincoln and then Andrew Johnson, endorsing military occupation of the South. When Johnson opposed ratification of the 14th Amendment, Stevens led the call for his impeachment. From the description of Letter, Dec. 7, 1865. (Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library). WorldCat record i...

Nevin, Blanche, 1841-1925

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Fulton, Robert, 1765-1815

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Civil engineer, artist, and inventor. From the description of Letter : New York, to Edward P. Livingston, Clermont, [N.Y.], 1814 February 11. (New York State Library). WorldCat record id: 50631960 Inventor, engineer, and artist. From the description of Papers, 1812-1815. (New York State Library). WorldCat record id: 50799372 Inventor. From the description of Robert Fulton papers, 1809-1838. (Columbia University In the City of New York). World...