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Pennsylvania Genealogy & History Books: General Interest:

Immigration of the Irish Quakers Into Pennsylvania, 1682-1750: With Their Early History in Ireland

Index to the 1810 Census of Pennsylvania

Marriages and Vital Records of Western Pennsylvania & Eastern Ohio

The Scots-Irish in Pennsylvania & Kentucky

Colonial and Revolutionary Families of Pennsylvania

Pennsylvania in 1780: a Statewide Index of Circa 1780 Pennsylvania Tax Lists

Pennsylvania German Church Records: Births, Baptisms, Marriages, Burials, Etc. from the Pennsylvania German Society Proceedings and Addresses

An Alphabetical Index to Ulster Emigrants to Philadelphia, 1803-1850

Early Pennsylvania Births, 1675-1875

Virginia Court Records in Southwestern Pennsylvania - Records of the District of West Augusta and Ohio and Yohogania Counties, Virginia, 1775-1780

Buried Genealogical Data: A Complete List of Addressed Letters Left in the Post Offices of Philadelphia, Chester, Lancaster, Trenton, New Castle & Wilmington Between 1748 and 1780

18th-Century Records of the Germantown Reformed Church of Pennsylvania

Pennsylvania Land Records: A History and Guide for Research

Historic Background and Annals of the Swiss and German Pioneer Settlers of Southeastern Pennsylvania and of Their Remote Ancestors

Passenger Arrivals at the Port of Philadelphia, 1800-1819: The Philadelphia Baggage Lists

Encyclopedia of American Quaker Genealogy Vol. II: New Jersey and Pennsylvania

Central Pennsylvania Marriages, 1700-1896

The German & Swiss Settlements of Colonial Pennsylvania: A Study of the So-Called Pennsylvania Dutch

Pennsylvania Genealogical Library Guide

Abstracts of South Central Pennsylvania Newspapers, Volume I, 1785-1790

Abstracts of South Central Pennsylvania Newspapers, Volume II, 1791-1795

Abstracts of South Central Pennsylvania Newspapers, Volume III: 1796-1800

Emigrants to Pennsylvania, 1641-1819: A Consolidation of Ship Passenger Lists from the Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography

Index to the Obituaries as Found in the Pottsville Republican and Various Other Periodicals of the Region: Covers Schuylkill as Well as Adjoining Counties

Philadelphia Naturalization Records, 1789-1880: Index to Records of Aliens' Declarations of Intention And/or Oaths of Allegiance

Runaway Women: Elopements and Other Miscreant Deeds: As Advertised in the Pennsylvania Gazette, 1728-1789: (Together with a Few Abused Wives and Unfortunate Children)

Pennsylvania German Marriages: Marriages and Marriage Evidence in Pennsylvania German Churches

Passengers and Ships Prior to 1684, Penn's Colony

Summer Excursion Routes; Pennsylvania Railroad Co., 1890

Eldorado Found: the Central Pennsylvania Highlands

Down Along the Old Bel-Del: The History of the Belvidere Delaware Railroad Company -  A Pennsylvania Railroad Company

The Longrifles of Western Pennsylvania: Allegheny & Westmoreland Counties

The Pennsylvania-Kentucky Rifle

Gunsmiths of Western Pennsylvania, Volume 1

Erie Railroad: a Pictorial Review (in 2 Volumes)

Pen and Pencil Pictures on the Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad

Abstracts From the Pennsylvania Gazette, 1748-1755

Pennsylvania Marriages Prior to 1790: Names of Persons for Whom Marriage Licenses Were Issued in the Province of Pennsylvania, Previous to 1790

Record of Pennsylvania Marriages Prior to 1810

A Collection of Upwards of Thirty Thousand Names of German, Swiss, Dutch, French and Other Immigrants in Pennsylvania from 1727 to 1776

Pennsylvania Place Names

Presbyterians in Colonial Pennsylvania

Genealogical Data From the Pennsylvania Chronicle 1767-1774

The Provincial Councilors of Pennsylvania Who Held Office Between 1733 and 1776

Ship Passenger Lists: Pennsylvania and Delaware (1641-1825)

Quaker Arrivals at Philadelphia, 1682-1750: Being a List of Certificates of Removal Received at Philadelphia Monthly Meeting of Friends

Listen to Our Words: Oral Histories of the Jewish Community of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania

Welsh Settlement of Pennsylvania (#740)

The German Immigration into Pennsylvania Through the Port of Philadelphia,
"This important historical study deals with the background of German immigration, especially that of the Palatines, the causes, migration patterns, the leading figures in the movement, and the disposition of the immigrants. Much of the book deals with the redemptioners, those who bound themselves to service as payment for the trip to America. It covers the types of bond servants and evaluates their role in the development of the German settlements, with accounts of their rise, progress, and place in American Society."

Ironmasters' Houses: Nine Drawings

A History of Baltimore Yearly Meeting of Friends-Three Hundred Years of Quakerism in Maryland, Virginia, the District of Columbia, and Central Pennsylvania  

A History of Muhlenberg College, 1848-1967

The People and Times of Western Pennsylvania: Pittsburgh Gazette Abstracts

The Finns on the Delaware, 1638-1655: an Essay in American Colonial History

Bibliography of Pennsylvania History...

Pennsylvania German Folklore Society

A Gazetteer of the State of Pennsylvania  

Where Pennsylvania History Began [Cover Title], Or Sketch and Map of a Trip From Philadelphia to Tinicum Island, Delaware County, Pennsylvannia

County Courthouses of Pennsylvania: A Guide

The Scotch-Irish of Colonial Pennsylvania  
"The best history of the Scotch-Irish of colonial Pennsylvania ever written, Dunaway's classic is indispensable to the genealogist because it outlines the circumstances behind the settlement of Lowland Scots in Ulster, their life in that Province for two or three generations, and the reasons for their emigration to America, further tracing the important migratory movements of the Scotch-Irish from Northern Ireland to Pennsylvania, and from Pennsylvania down the foothills of the Appalachians through the Great Valley of Virginia to the Carolinas and Georgia."

Early Lutheran Baptisms and Marriages in Southeast Pennsylvania
"One of the first clergymen to serve the early Pennsylvania-German settlers, John Casper Stoever maintained a ministry in southeastern Pennsylvania for a period of fifty years, during which time he kept a record of the baptisms and marriages he performed in his missionary travels. Stoever's journal, which was written in German, was translated and published in a limited edition, without an index, in 1896. Copies of the work have been eagerly sought after but have not been available for years, for which reason we are pleased to publish this reprint edition, adding to it the index so sadly lacking in the original."

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Pennsylvania Patriots

Soldiers True: the Story of the One Hundred and Eleventh Regiment Pennsylvania Veteran Volunteers, and of Its Campaigns in the War for the Union 1861-1865

The Burial Places of Mercersburg's Sons From Meaux to Compiegne
American Revolutionary Soldiers of Franklin County, Pennsylvania

History of the First Regiment Pennsylvania Reserve Cavalry, from Its Organization, August, 1861, to September, 1864, With List of Names of All Officers Who Have Ever Belonged to the Regiment

History of the 127th Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteers

"Coryell's Ferry" (Now New Hope, Bucks County, Pennsylvania) in the Revolution

A Record of the Officers, Enlisted Men and Nurses of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. in the World War, 1917-1918

Revolutionary Patriots of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania

Roster of the Grand Army of the Republic Department of Pennsylvania

Orderly Book, Fourth Pennsylvania Battalion (1906)

Revolutionary War Years in Berks, Chester and Montgomery Counties, Pennsylvania, Being Chiefly Concerned From September 11 till December 18, 1777

The Story of the Forty-Eighth: a Record of the Campaigns of the Forty-Eighth Regiment Pennsylvania Veteran Volunteer Infantry During the Four Eventful Years of Its Service in the War for the Preservation of the Union

Chickamauga, Andersonville, Fort Sumter and Guard Duty at Home: Four Civil War Diaries by Pennsylvania Soldiers

War from the Inside: The Story of the 132nd Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry in the War for the Supression of the Rebellion

Elwood's Stories of the Old Ringgold Cavalry 1847-1865

Paddy OWEN's Regulars
During the American Civil War, the lads of the 69th Pennsylvania "Irish Volunteers" from Philadelphia fought in every battle with the Army of the Potomac. From 1861 to 1865 the regiment marched under its Irish Green battle flag in the midst of engagements from Glendale to Antietam to Gettysburg to Petersburg. They participated in the entire Peninsular campaign and at the battle of Glendale their bayonet charge to recover captured union artillery pieces was hailed as "the first successful bayonet charge of the war." They charged into the West Woods at Antietam and charged up Marye's Heights at Fredericksburg On July 3, 1863 at Gettysburg, the wall they defended was the target of Pickett's charge. That day they lost 50% of their men killed, wounded or captured along with their Colonel, Lieutenant Colonel and Major. In the Winter of 1864 the 69th became the only regiment in their Brigade to reenlist as a unit to fight the war to the end. At Spotsylvania, they attacked the "mule shoe" and captured a confederate battle flag. On to Cold Harbor and Petersburg they fought finally pursuing Lee's Army of Northern Virginia to surrender at Appomattox. Of the more than 1000 men who marched off to war in August 1861, only 56 remained on duty at Appomattox Courthouse. This book is about their history, their combat and their daily lives. It details the role they played in every battle and the personalities that constituted the regiment. Incorporating hundreds of personal letters with photographs and maps, the tale of the "Irish Volunteers" is examined on a day to day basis. From their roots as children of Irish immigrants during the Potato famine to their return home to Philadelphia in glory, the story of the 69th Pennsylvania "Irish Volunteers," Paddy Owen's regulars is the story of heroism and individual courage.

The Story of Our Regiment: a History of the 148th Pennsylvania Volunteers (Centre County, Pennsylvania)

Col. Henry BOUQUET and His Campaigns of 1763 and 1764

Rough and Regular: a History of the 119th Regiment of Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry...

Quill of the Wild Goose: Civil War Letters and Diaries of Private Joel MOLYNEUX, 141st Pennsylvania Volunteers

Pennsylvania in the War with Mexico

"If Thee Must Fight:" A Civil War History of Chester County, Pennsylvania

Longknives: the U.S. Cavalry and Other Mounted Forces, 1845-1942

History of Pennsylvania Volunteers, 1861-5

History of the First Regiment Infantry, National Guard of Pennsylvania (Gray Reserves), 1861-1911

History of the Eighty-Fifth Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry 1861-1865 Comprising an Authentic Narrative of Casey's Division at the Battle of Seven Pines

History of the 88th Pennsylvania Volunteers in the War for the Union. 1861-1865

Yankee Cavalrymen: Through the Civil War with the Ninth Pennsylvania Cavalry

The Soldier's Manual: for Cavalry, Artillery, Light Infantry, and Infantry: Embellished With Twelve Plates Representing Different Volunteer Corps in the First Division Pennsylvania Militia

No Braver Man: The Story of Fritz ROHM, Bugler, 16th PA Cavalry

History of the Pennsylvania Reserve Corps: A Complete Record of the Organization & of the Different Companies, Regiments, & Brigades

Military and Genealogical Records of Soldiers of Blair County, Pennsylvania

"He's Gone to Be a Soldier: Blairsville at War, 1861-1865

The Price of Patriotism: Indiana County, Pennsylvania and the Civil War

History of Berks County, Pennsylvania in the Revolution, From 1774-1783

Centennial Commemorative Observance of Columbia's Role in the Civil War at Columbia, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania  

Minute Men of Pennsylvania: With a Brief Biography of Their Leader in Blair, Bedford and Cambria Counties, Col. Jacob C. HIGGINS

Original Historic War of 1812 Document at Alibris!  Partially Printed Document Signed, a "List of Persons Composing the Crew of the Schooner Dart of Philadelphia, Henry RIHL, Master
From the seller: "WAR OF 1812. Partially printed Document signed, a "List of Persons Composing the Crew of the Schooner Dart of Philadelphia, whereof is Master Henry RIHL, bound for Cape Henry (Virginia). " Listed are 2 mates and 12 seamen. Name, place of birth, place of residence, nationality, age, height, complexion, and hair color are listed for each; 2 seamen are designated as "black, " 1 as "mulatto, " and 1 as "swarthy. " The document's validity is certified on verso. 1 1/2 pages, large folio (holes, edges torn, dampstaining). Philadelphia, March 8, 1813."

Bound to Be a Soldier: The Letters of Private James T. Miller, 111th Pennsylvania Infantry, 1861-1864.

Irish Brigade and Its Campaigns

Register of the Members of the "Artillery Corps, Washington Grays" of the City of Philadelphia Who Served in the War of the Rebellion 1861-1865
(1912)

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Uniquely Pennsylvania

Unique, Original Handwritten Manuscript Docket of H. H. SWETLAND, Justice of the Peace for Potter County, Pennsylvania. Records for 1903-1937

Original 1865 Civil War-Era Handwritten Farm Log Book by Noted Pennsylvania Poet-Historian Steuben JENKINS

Original, Antique Handwritten Manuscript General Store Day Account Books; Tunkhannock, Pennsylvania
From the seller: "Four individual general store day account books from Tunkhannock, Pennsylvania. The first was the account of Charles WALL at C L Kresky & Co, entered in a 4 x 6 1/2 inch soft cover booklet with a curious drawing of a cherub surrounded by the stock in trade with 17 pp of itemized purchases for 1889, apparently made during weekly trips to town, with 4 pp in the back of produce he presumably sold to them, mainly butter and eggs. Next is a 3 3/4 x 6 inch soft cover booklet, this one with entries for 1894 with pages towards the back filled with simple arithmetic, probably some rough accounting, plus several laid-in sheets. Next is a 3 3/4 x 6 1/2 inch full tan leather book with a folding flap and pocket, with more entries for 1889 (approximately 100 pp), but these are for various people, each identified by their name, plus 2 laid-in flysheets for the Union Coffee Co of New York, an 1889 invoice from Rice, Levy & Co, Scranton, PA, and 3 bills of lading from the Leigh Valley Railroad, in the name of Charles WALL, who may have then been the owner or an employee of the store. Last is a hardcover tan leather-bound, this one with approximately 100 pp of entries for various identified customers for 1900 and part of 1901. Good to very good overall, with the only major defects being some inactive silverfish nibble marks on 6 or 7 leaves of the third book. With occasional exceptions, all entries are legible. A fascinating glimpse into the domestic economy of a small Pennsylvania town, with the bulk of the purchases being for items that could not be produced on the farm or home, and a few conveniences and luxuries, such as shoes, matches, oil, spices and raisins at the period when more and more manufactured and goods from distant points were penetrating the heartland."

Original, Antique 1872 Map: Counties of Warren, McKean, Potter, Forest, Elk and Cameron
From the seller: "This antique map is from the Topographical Atlas of the State of Pennsylvania created by Henry F. Walling and O.W. Gray, in 1872. The map's brilliance is obvious through the hand coloring of pink, green, yellow, and tan. In addition to the counties of Warren, McKean, Potter, Forest, Elk, and Cameron, surrounding counties and towns can be seen as well. MAKER: Henry Walling & O. W. Gray CONDITION: Very Good SIZE: 15.5 x 24 Year:1872"

Pennsylvania Kid's Cookbook: Recipes, How-to, History, Love and More!
"During school visits, Carole discovered that kids love to talk about food. So, she decided this was a great way to approach history, geography, multicultural studies, women, science & more - by teaching kids the culinary contributions of Pennsylvania and the history and folklore behind them. Who created the first corn flake? What was the first pizza called? Who sold the first hot dog and how did it get that name? There are also fun recipes, food games, a table cloth project, a fortune cookie writing activity and recipe, plus lots more. A great way to introduce kids to the importance of following directions, weights and measurements, cooking and food safety, and encourage their creativeness. Free teacher's guide gives specific suggestions and instructions on how to get max educational value from this book."

A History of the Schuylkill Fishing Company of the State in Schuylkill, 1732-1888

One Hundred Years in Philadelphia, 1847-1947: The Evening Bulletin's Anniversary Yearbook

Roadside Geology of Pennsylvania

Rural Delivery Real Photo Postcards From Central Pennsylvania 1905-1935

The Lincoln Highway

The Rumford Complete Cook Book + Handwritten Recipes

Cooking Favorites of Clearfield Methodist Church

The Bounty of Chester County Cookbook, 1682-1982

Sauerkraut Yankees: Pennsylvania Dutch Foods & Foodways

Pennsylvania's Historic Restaurants and Their Recipes

The Bedford Village Cook Book

Amische Lieder

Pennsylvania Dutch Cook Book of Fine Old Recipes Compiled From Tried and Tested Recipes Made Famous and Handed Down By the Early Dutch Settlers in Pennsylvania

The Road Taken: A Journey in Time Down Pennsylvania Route 45

Original Catalogue of Medical Graduates in the University of Pennsylvania, at the Commencement Held April 6th, 1850

Victorian Thymes & Pleasures: A Community Cookbook by the Junior League of Williamsport

Rum Punch & Revolution: Taverngoing & Public Life in Eighteenth Century Philadelphia

Bucks (the Artists' County) Cooks: a Gourmet's Guide to Estimable Comestibles With Pictures

Discoursing Sweet Music: Town Bands and Community Life in Turn-Of-The Century Pennsylvania

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