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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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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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A series of views of the collieries in the counties of Northumberland and Durham. By T.H. Hair. With descriptive sketches, and a preliminary essay on coal and the coal trade. By M. Ross.
Coal mines and mining -- Great Britain
"It may be stated, however, that the design of the work has been to afford faithful delineations of the various objects connected with the working and shipment of coal..."
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Sustainable production of fresh-market tomatoes and other summer vegetables with organic mulches.
Tomatoes -- United States, Mulching -- United States, Sustainable agriculture -- United States, Agriculture -- Pennsylvania.
A short but in depth guide to the use of non-chemical fertilizers. A 1997 revision of a publication originally issued in 1994. Farmers' bulletin (United States. Dept. of Agriculture) : 2279.
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