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Items include a report on the 1907 Dar Mine Disaster relief efforts; the Twin Shaft mining disaster investigation, 1986, Early Indian history along the Susquehanna River, Problem of the Irish in America speech, 1886, American Freeman, 1867.
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Address of the Democratic State Central Committee : letter of Major Geo. A. Woodward. Letter of Judge Woodward.
Address of the Democratic State Central Committee : letter of Major Geo. A. Woodward. Letter of Judge Woodward.
Campaign literature, 1863 -- Democratic -- Pennsylvania, United States -- Politics and government -- 1861-1865
Campaign pamphlet for the 1863 gubernatorial election in support of Democratic candidate Judge George W. Woodward. Pamphlet is anti-abolitionist, and also contains Judge Woodward's son's letter in response to attacks on his father by T. J. Bigham, as well as the Judge's response. Pages contains some bleed from preceding pages.
Colonel Lambert Cadwalader, of Trenton, New Jersey
Colonel Lambert Cadwalader, of Trenton, New Jersey
Cadwalader, Lambert, 1742-1823
Biography of Lambert Cadwalder, an American merchant and leader in New Jersey and Pennsylvania. He fought in the Revolutionary War, then represented New Jersey in the Continental Congress and the U.S. Congress.
Darr mine relief fund report to the Executive committee, covering the collection and distribution of the public fund for the dependents of the men killed by the explosion in the Darr mine of the Pittsburgh coal company, December 19th, 1907.
Darr mine relief fund report to the Executive committee, covering the collection and distribution of the public fund for the dependents of the men killed by the explosion in the Darr mine of the Pittsburgh coal company, December 19th, 1907.
Darr mine disaster, Jacobs creek, Pa, Coal mines and mining Pennsylvania, Coal mine accidents.
A report on relief efforts to the families of the victims of the Darr Mine Disaster of December 19, 1907. Includes governance and uses of the fund established for that purpose, a schedule of distribution of benefits, and a list of contributors. Also contains an appendix on other mine disasters and the relief efforts devoted to those victims.Believed to have been published in Pittsburgh circa 1910.
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Arts -- Periodicals ; Arts, British -- Periodicals ; English literature -- Periodicals
A quarterly journal containing poetry, sketches, articles of literary and critical interest combined with prints, woodcuts, lithographs, calligraphy, decorations and initials.
The freeman, Volume 1, 1920-03-17 to 1920-09-08
The freeman, Volume 1, 1920-03-17 to 1920-09-08
Political science -- Periodicals ; History, Modern -- 20th century -- Periodicals
The Freeman, a weekly journal of politics, economics, international life and the arts, established in New York in the first year of the decade. Includes an index to Volume 1, numbers 1-26.
The freeman, Volume 2, 1920-09-15 to 1921-03-09
The freeman, Volume 2, 1920-09-15 to 1921-03-09
Political science -- Periodicals ; History, Modern -- 20th century -- Periodicals
The Freeman, a weekly journal of politics, economics, international life and the arts, established in New York in the first year of the decade. Includes an index to Volume 2, numbers 27-52.
The freeman, Volume 3, 1921-03-16 to 1921-09-07
The freeman, Volume 3, 1921-03-16 to 1921-09-07
Political science -- Periodicals ; History, Modern -- 20th century -- Periodicals
The Freeman, a weekly journal of politics, economics, international life and the arts, established in New York in the first year of the decade. Includes an index to Volume 3, numbers 53-78.
The freeman, Volume 4, 1921-09-14 to 1922-03-08
The freeman, Volume 4, 1921-09-14 to 1922-03-08
Political science -- Periodicals ; History, Modern -- 20th century -- Periodicals
The Freeman, a weekly journal of politics, economics, international life and the arts, established in New York in the first year of the decade. Includes index to Volume 4, 1921-09-14 to 1922-03-08, numbers 79-104.
The freeman, Volume 5, 1922-03-15 to 1922-09-06
The freeman, Volume 5, 1922-03-15 to 1922-09-06
Political science -- Periodicals ; History, Modern -- 20th century -- Periodicals
The Freeman, a weekly journal of politics, economics, international life and the arts, established in New York in the first year of the decade. Includes an index to Volume 5, numbers 105-130.
The freeman, Volume 6, 1922-09-13 to 1923-03-07
The freeman, Volume 6, 1922-09-13 to 1923-03-07
Political science -- Periodicals ; History, Modern -- 20th century -- Periodicals
The Freeman, a weekly journal of politics, economics, international life and the arts, established in New York in the first year of the decade.
The freeman, Volume 7, 1923-03-14 to 1923-09-05
The freeman, Volume 7, 1923-03-14 to 1923-09-05
Political science -- Periodicals ; History, Modern -- 20th century -- Periodicals
The Freeman, a weekly journal of politics, economics, international life and the arts, established in New York in the first year of the decade.
The freeman, Volume 8, 1923-09-12 to 1924-03-05
The freeman, Volume 8, 1923-09-12 to 1924-03-05
Political science -- Periodicals ; History, Modern -- 20th century -- Periodicals
The Freeman, a weekly journal of politics, economics, international life and the arts, established in New York in the first year of the decade.
How to tell the age of the domestic animals.
How to tell the age of the domestic animals.
Domestic animals -- Age determination, Teeth, Agriculture -- Pennsylvania.
Short volume on estimating the age of livestock using their teeth. Deals mainly with horses. Many illustrations.
The Irish in America. A lecture by William R. Grace, Mayor of New York, at Boston theatre, February 21, 1886
The Irish in America. A lecture by William R. Grace, Mayor of New York, at Boston theatre, February 21, 1886
Irish -- United States, Irish Americans, Ireland. Irish Land Act, 1870, Ireland -- History -- Famine, 1845-1852, Aliens -- United States -- Law and legislation, United States -- Emigration and immigration, Anti-Catholicism -- United States, Fenians, Land League (Ireland), Parnell, Charles Stewart, 1846-1891.
This speech contains a discussion of the problem of the Irish in America. Pro-Irish, it cites such remarkable traits as adaptability and the organization of the Irish community for political purposes. Mentions Cromwell's Navigation Laws and the Irish community of Logan founded in Pennsylvania in 1699. Speaks of the Quebec Act, which allowed Catholics to hold positions in business and politics in English colonies. Points to the anti-Catholic sentiment of the original colonies, which they attempted to overcome in their appeal to Quebec during the Revolution. Notes the anti-Presbyterian sentiment in England and the work of the members of the sect in the Revolutionary War. Discusses the immigration laws of the newly formed republic and the early Alien and Sedition laws. Mentions the uprising of anti-Irish feeling as immigration grew, and the 1834 burning of the Ursuline Convent in Charlestown. Speaks of the Native American movement, its attempted takeover of local government and its role in the split of the Whig party. Notes the Protestant Know-Nothingism movement of the mid-19th Century. Gives the figures for American-born Irishmen and their various industries. Speaks of Fenianism and the Land League, as well as James Stephens and Charles Stewart Parnell, as well as Michael Davitt and the Fenian Brotherhood. Discusses sharecropping in Ireland and the Land Bills of 1870 and 1881. Ends with a discourse on Parnell and the other Irish in Parliament.
A journal of the Rev. John Marrant, from August the 18th, 1785, to the 16th of March, 1790 : to which are added : two sermons, one preached on Ragged Island on Sabbath Day, the 27th day of October, 1787, the other at Boston, in New England, on Thursday, t
A journal of the Rev. John Marrant, from August the 18th, 1785, to the 16th of March, 1790 : to which are added : two sermons, one preached on Ragged Island on Sabbath Day, the 27th day of October, 1787, the other at Boston, in New England, on Thursday, the 24th of June, 1789. Published approximately 1790 in London.
Marrant, John, 1755-1791
A journal kept by the Reverend Marrant for publication, written during his time in Nova Scotia and Boston. Appended are two sermons, one a funeral sermon for a man whom the Reverend converted, named John Lock, the other preached in front of the African Lodge of the Honourable Society of Free and Accepted Masons in Boston.
Manures, their composition, preparation, and action upon soils; with the quantities to be applied. Being a field companion for the farmer. From the French of standard authorities.
Manures, their composition, preparation, and action upon soils; with the quantities to be applied. Being a field companion for the farmer. From the French of standard authorities.
Fertilizers, Agriculture -- Pennsylvania.
An in depth study of fertilizers, their usage and applications. "Almost entirely from papers, (by F * * * and Mallet,) in the Dictionnaire des arts et manufactures."--Pref.
The master masons to the crown of Scotland and their works
The master masons to the crown of Scotland and their works
Architecture -- Great Britain
BOOK I. Royal Architecture prior to the Reformation. Chapter I: The increase of building under James III and IV. Chapter II: Alexander, Abbot of Cambuskenneth. Chapter III: The Family of Franche. Chapter IV: The French Influence. BOOK II. Result of the Union of Great Britain under one Crown. Chapter V: The Revival Under James VI. Chapter VI: The Ancient Bridge of Perth. Chapter VII: John Mylne of Perth, Master Mason to Charles I. Chapter VIII: John Mylne of Edinburgh, Master Mason to Charles I and Charles II. BOOK III. The Restoration of the House of Stuart. Chapter IX: The Building of Holyrood. Chapter X: The Completion of the Palace. Chapter XI: Robert Mylne of Balfargie, Master Mason to Charles II, James II, William and Mary and Queen Anne. BOOK IV. The Descendants of the Master Mason to Queen Anne. Chapter XII: Thomas Mylne of Powderhall, William Mylne. Chapter XIII: Robert Mylne of London, F.R.S. Chapter XIV: William Chadwell Mylne, F.R.S. Robert William Mylne, F.R.S. Appendix, Pedigrees, Index.
Report of William Stein, Edward Roderick, and Edward Brennan, who were requested by the Governor of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania to investigate the disaster which occurred at the Twin Shaft colliery, Pittston, Pennsylvania, on the morning of the twent
Report of William Stein, Edward Roderick, and Edward Brennan, who were requested by the Governor of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania to investigate the disaster which occurred at the Twin Shaft colliery, Pittston, Pennsylvania, on the morning of the twenty-eighth day of June, 1896.
Twin Shaft Colliery, (Pittston, Pa.), Coal mines and mining -- Pennsylvania -- Safety measures, Coal mine accidents -- Pennsylvania.
The 160-page official report investigating the cause of a disastrous mine accident that happened on 28 June 1896, taking the lives of 58 miners. The greater part of this book consists of the transcribed testimony of the witnesses before the mine inspectors. The report itself ends (pp. 17-18) with 5 recommendations "to guard against and prevent a repetition of such accidents." Pages 131-133 contain a list of the names of all the deceased and of their dependents, the relation of dependent to miner, and the age of the children.
[Scrap book]
[Scrap book]
Municipal government -- Collections, Clippings (Books, newspapers, etc.)
A scrapbook of clippings about municipal government. Many of the clippings refer to the National Municipal League. Clippings possibly taken from a publication by the National Municipal League.
Second annual report of the Friends' Association of Philadelphia for the aid and elevation of the Freeman. With a list of officers for the year 1866.
Second annual report of the Friends' Association of Philadelphia for the aid and elevation of the Freeman. With a list of officers for the year 1866.
African Americans -- Missions -- Pennsylvania -- Periodicals, Freedmen -- Missions -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia -- Periodicals, Theodore Roosevelt Island (Washington, D.C.).
A report by the Philadelphia chapter of the Friends' Association of Philadelphia for the Aid and Elevation of the Freedmen, who had charge of the schools at Mason's Island (now Theodore Roosevelt Island), in Washington, D.C. and Camp Wadsworth, Langley, Virginia, and several new schools established in Fairfax County, Virginia. Includes personal narratives and letters from members, and the Treasurer's report.