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Adams County History Vol 14
Adams County History Vol 14

Adams County History Vol 14 (JOURNAL0014)

Adams County History Vol 14

JOURNAL0014

Volume: 14

Publisher: Adams County Historical Society

Publish Date: 2008

This journal includes the following articles:

"Will the Real James Duncan Stand Up?" by Dr. Charles H. Glatfelter and Wayne E. Motts

"Black Labor at Pine Grove & Caledonia Furnaces, 1789-1860," by Troy D. Harman

"Register of Births 1854-1894 of Dr. Isaac William Pearson," edited by Kevin L. Greenholt

"Expanding Horizons for American Lutherans: The Story of Abdel Ross Wentz," a review by Charles Hambrick-Stowe

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Adams County History Vol 1
Adams County History Vol 1

Adams County History Vol 1 (JOURNAL0001)

Adams County History Vol 1

JOURNAL0001

Volume: 1

Publisher: Adams County Historical Society

Publish Date: 1995

This journal includes the following articles:

"Preparations for the Forbes Expedition, 1758, in Adams County, with Particular Focus on the Reverend Thomas Barton," by James P. Myers, Jr.

"Anatomy of a Log House in Adams County, Pennsylvania and Its Unspoken Language," by Elwood W. Christ

"Catherine Mary White Foster's Eyewitness Account of the Battle of Gettysburg, with Background on the Foster Family Union Soldiers," edited by David A. Murdoch

"Funeral Practices in Upper Northeast Adams," by Nancy DeLong

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Adams County History Vol 2
Adams County History Vol 2

Adams County History Vol 2 (JOURNAL0002)

Adams County History Vol 2

JOURNAL0002

Volume: 2

Publisher: Adams County Historical Society

Publish Date: 1996

This journal includes the following articles:

"The Jameson Raid (1758) as a Focus for Historical Inquiry," by Dr. Charles H. Glatfelter

"A Tour of Gettysburg's Visual Battle Damage," by Timothy H. Smith

"William and Isabel: Parallels between the Life and Times of the William Bliss Family, Transplanted New Englanders at Gettysburg, and a Nineteenth-Century Novel, Isabel Carollton: A Personal Retrospect, by Kneller Glen," by Elwood W. Christ

"World War II: On the Home Front--M. Francis Coulson Interviewed," by Jenney Sonnenberg

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Adams County History Vol 3
Adams County History Vol 3

Adams County History Vol 3 (JOURNAL0003)

Adams County History Vol 3

JOURNAL0003

Volume: 3

Publisher: Adams County Historical Society

Publish Date: 1997

This journal includes the following articles:

"The Bermudian Creek Tories," by James P. Myers, Jr.

"Building a Battle Site: Roads to and through Gettysburg," by Elwood W. Christ

"Lavinia Dock: Adams County Suffragette," by Mary Lou Schwartz

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Adams County History Vol 7
Adams County History Vol 7

Adams County History Vol 7 (JOURNAL0007)

Adams County History Vol 7

JOURNAL0007

Volume: 7

Publisher: Adams County Historical Society

Publish Date: 2001

This journal includes the following articles:

"Adams County Gravestone-Cutters, 1770-1918," by Nancy DeLong

"'Not only for...Material Progress...but for the General Good and Uplift': A History of Guernsey and Its Humpback Bridge," by Elwood W. Christ

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Adams County History Vol 8
Adams County History Vol 8

Adams County History Vol 8 (JOURNAL0008)

Adams County History Vol 8

JOURNAL0008

Volume: 8

Publisher: Adams County Historical Society

Publish Date: 2002

This journal includes the following articles:

"Two Documents by the Rev. Thomas Barton" (Barton's Report of 8 November 1756, and Barton's Forbes Expedition Journal, 1758), by James P. Myers, Jr.

"The Benjamin Loan Mills," by Barbara Senier and John Senier

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Adams County History Vol 9
Adams County History Vol 9

Adams County History Vol 9 (JOURNAL0009)

Adams County History Vol 9

JOURNAL0009

Volume: 9

Publisher: Adams County Historical Society

Publish Date: 2003

This journal is comprised of a detailed study of slavery in Adams County, and includes the names and ages of known slaves, and a listing of known masters. It is titled:

"Slaveholders and Slaves of Adams County," by Larry C. Bolin

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Adams County History Vol 10
Adams County History Vol 10

Adams County History Vol 10 (JOURNAL0010)

Adams County History Vol 10

JOURNAL0010

Volume: 10

Publisher: Adams County Historical Society

Publish Date: 2004

This journal includes the following articles:

"A 'Typical Country Doctor': Robert B. Elderdice, McKnightstown," by Kevin L. Greenholt

"Statistical Analysis of Dr. Elderdice's Ledger," by Sheryl Hollis Snyder

"Veterans Residing in Adams County, Pennsylvania, 1840-1930," by Kevin L. Greenholt

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Adams County History Vol 11
Adams County History Vol 11

Adams County History Vol 11 (JOURNAL0011)

Adams County History Vol 11

JOURNAL0011

Volume: 11

Publisher: Adams County Historical Society

Publish Date: 2005

This journal includes the following articles:

"Jack Hopkins' Civil War," by Peter C. Vermilyea

"Mt. Pleasant Church, Conewago Township," by Larry C. Bolin

"'A Visit to the Battlefield,'" edited by Michael J. Birkner and Richard E. Winslow III

"Index, Volumes 6-10"

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Adams County History Vol 12
Adams County History Vol 12

Adams County History Vol 12 (JOURNAL0012)

Adams County History Vol 12

JOURNAL0012

Volume: 12

Publisher: Adams County Historical Society

Publish Date: 2006

This journal includes the following articles:

"George Arnold and a Town Immortalized," by Dr. Charles H. Glatfelter

"March Into Oblivion," by Larry C. Bolin (History of Adams County & the Whiskey Rebellion)

"Thaddeus Stevens in Gettysburg: The Making of an Abolitionist," by Peter C. Vermilyea

Index to Volumes 11-12

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Adams County History Vol 13
Adams County History Vol 13

Adams County History Vol 13 (JOURNAL0013)

Adams County History Vol 13

JOURNAL0013

Volume: 13

Publisher: Adams County Historical Society

Publish Date: 2007

This journal includes the following articles:

"A Beautiful Dream Realized: John S. Rice and the Seventy-Fifth Anniversary of the Battle of Gettysburg," by Brian Matthew Jordan

"John Charles Wills: Reminiscences of the Three Days Battle of Gettysburg at the Globe Hotel," edited by Benjamin K. Neely

"No Small Influence on the Intellect, the Morals, and the Temporal Prosperity of Our Town: Gettysburg College and Its Community," by Dr. Charles H. Glatfelter

"The Eisenhowers at Twilight: A Visit to the Eisenhower Farm, 1967," edited by Michael J. Birkner

"The Lincoln Highway: Coast to Coast from Times Square to the Golden Gate," by Wayne E. Motts

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Adams County History Vol 15
Adams County History Vol 15

Adams County History Vol 15 (JOURNAL0015)

Adams County History Vol 15

JOURNAL0015

Volume: 15

Publisher: Adams County Historical Society

Publish Date: 2009

This journal includes the following articles:

"Adams County Votes for President 1804-2008," by Dr. Charles H. Glatfelter

"Heart Language: Elsie Singmaster and Her Pennsylvania German Writings," a review by Anna Jane Moyer

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Adams County History Vol 16
Adams County History Vol 16

Adams County History Vol 16 (JOURNAL0016)

Adams County History Vol 16

JOURNAL0016

Volume: 16

Publisher: Adams County Historical Society

Publish Date: 2010

This journal includes the following articles:

"The Last Full Measure of Devotion," by Bradley R. Hoch and Gerald Christianson (an article about the Battle of Gettysburg and the New Museum in Schmucker Hall)

"The First Battle of Gettysburg, April 22, 1861," by Timothy H. Smith

"Mapping Gettysburg: Baltimore Street in 1910," by Danielle Hiss and Megan Gray

"March into Oblivion: A Footnote," by Larry C. Bolin

"Preston Review," by David L. Preston (a review of James P. Myers, Jr.'s book, The Ordeal of Thomas Barton).

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Adams County History Vol 17/18
Adams County History Vol 17/18

Adams County History Vol 17/18 (JOURNAL0017-18)

Adams County History Vol 17/18

JOURNAL0017-18

Volume: 17/18

Publisher: Adams County Historical Society

Publish Date: 2011

This journal includes the following articles:

"Shedding New Light on a Pennsylvania Painter: Finding 'R. Fibich' and His Graveyard," by Judith S. Pyle

"Girl Abducted by Indians," by Kevin L. Greenholt

"A Century of Brickmaking at Berlin Junction: A History of the Alwine Brick Company," by Duane F. Alwin

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Adams County History Vol 19
Adams County History Vol 19

Adams County History Vol 19 (JOURNAL0019)

Adams County History Vol 19

JOURNAL0019

Volume: 19

Publisher: Adams County Historical Society

Publish Date: 2013

This journal includes the following detailed study of the town of Fairfield and its history:

"A History of the Early Fairfield Town Lots," by Timothy H. Smith

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Adams County History Vol 20
Adams County History Vol 20

Adams County History Vol 20 (JOURNAL0020)

Adams County History Vol 20

JOURNAL0020

Volume: 20

Publisher: Adams County Historical Society

Publish Date: 2014

This journal includes the following articles:

"'Remembrance Will Cling to us Through Life': Kate Bushman's Memoir of the Battle of Gettysburg," by Brian Matthew Jordan

"Dan Sickles, William H. Tipton, and the Birth of Battlefield Preservation," by John M. Rudy

"Growing Up in the Trenches: Fritz Draper Hurd and the Great War," by S. Marianne Johnson

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Adams County History Vol 21
Adams County History Vol 21

Adams County History Vol 21 (JOURNAL0021)

Adams County History Vol 21

JOURNAL0021

Volume: 21

Publisher: Adams County Historical Society

Publish Date: 2015

This journal includes the following articles:

"The Brutal Murder of George J. Bushman," by Conrad B. Richter and Dale J. Molina

"Annotated Bibliography of Elsie Singmaster's Gettysburg Writings," by Susan Colestock Hill

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Adams County History Vol 22
Adams County History Vol 22

(BOOK0021)

BOOK0021

Volume 22 of the Adams County History Journal contains the following articles:

The Military Career of James Gettys, by Melissa M. Gettys and Amanda A. Howlett

The Rev. Jacob Stewart Hartman Family, by Sue Fortna Majer

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Adams County History Vol 23
Adams County History Vol 23

(BOOK0021)

BOOK0021

Volume 23 of Adams County History contains the following article:

"In The Days of My Youth": Frances Fulton Cunningham Harper

Edited by Pamela DiVanna

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Adams County History Vol 24
Adams County History Vol 24

(BOOK0021)

BOOK0021

Volume 24 of Adams County History contains the following article:

The World War One Gold Star Soldiers From Adams County, by Valerie J. Young

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