646. History of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania (1883)

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With Biographical Sketches of many of its Pioneers and Prominent Men by Franklin Ellis and Samuel Evans. Illustrated. Philadelphia: Everts & Peck. 1883. “The work is intended to indicate, to some extent, th present development of the county, side by side with its century and a half of history, and under this view, it is obvious that after the lapse of twenty, thirty, or fifty years, this very feature of the work – presenting portraits and biographical sketches of a few of the representative men of each condition of life, as well as illustrations of their homes and surroundings, giving an idea of the county as it is in the year 1883 – will have become a matter of exceeding interest and importance.” Hardcover. 1,101 pages. Condition: Clean; not circulated; hardly opened; no markings.