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Filed under: Pennsylvania -- Antiquities

Archaeological Studies of the Susquehannock Indians of Pennsylvania (Safe Harbor report #2; Harrisburg: Pennsylvania Historical Commission, 1936), by Donald A. Cadzow (page images at HathiTrust)
Petroglyphs (Rock Carvings) in the Susquehanna River near Safe Harbor, Pennsylvania (Safe Harbor report #1; Harrisburg: Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, 1934), by Donald A. Cadzow (multiple formats at archive.org)

Filed under: Pennsylvania -- Biography

The Encyclopedia of Pennsylvania Biography (partial serial archives)
Emigrants From the Palatinate to the American Colonies in the 18th Century (special study #1; Norristown, PA: Pennsylvania German Society, 1953), by Friedrich Krebs and Milton Rubincam (page images at HathiTrust)
Quaker Arrivals at Philadelphia, 1682-1750: Being a List of Certificates of Removal Received at Philadelphia Monthly Meeting of Friends (Philadelphia: Ferris and Leach, 1902), by Albert Cook Myers
- page images at HathiTrust
- multiple formats at archive.org
A Journal of a Voyage from Philadelphia to Cork in the Year of our Lord, 1809; Together With a Description of a Sojourn in Ireland (Philadelphia: West Park Pub. Co., 1915), by Margaret Boyle Harvey, contrib. by Dora Harvey Develin (multiple formats at archive.org)
A Narrative of the Captivity of John McCullough, ESQ: Written by Himself (handwritten volume; 1833), by John McCullough (page images at ohiomemory.org)

Filed under: Pennsylvania -- Boundaries

Message from the Governor of Maryland, Transmitting the Reports of the Joint Commissioners, and of Lt. Col. Graham, U. S. Engineers, in Relation to the Intersection of the Boundary Lines of the States of Maryland, Pennsylvania, and Delaware, by Commission on Boundary Lines (page images at MOA)

Filed under: Pennsylvania -- Capital and capitol

An Historical Account of the Old State House of Pennsylvania, Now Known as the Hall of Independence (Boston: J. R. Osgood and Co., 1876), by Frank M. Etting
- multiple formats at archive.org
- page images at HathiTrust

Filed under: Pennsylvania -- Church history

History of the Wyoming Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church (New York: Eaton and Mains, 1904), by A. F. Chaffee (multiple formats at archive.org)

Filed under: Pennsylvania -- Description and travel

A Hoosier Holiday (first issue, with a WW1 reference that later issues changed; New York and London: J. Lane Co., 1916), by Theodore Dreiser, illust. by Franklin Booth (multiple formats at Indiana)
Observations on the Inhabitants, Climate, Soil, Rivers, Productions, Animals, and Other Matters Worthy of Notice Made By Mr. John Bartram, in His Travels From Pensilvania to Onondago, Oswego and the Lake Ontario, in Canada: To Which Is Annex'd a Curious Account of the Cataracts At Niagara By Mr. Peter Kalm, a Swedish Gentleman Who Travelled There (London: Printed for J. Whiston and B. White, 1751), by John Bartram and Pehr Kalm
- multiple formats at archive.org
- page images at HathiTrust
A Journey to Ohio in 1810, As Recorded in the Journal of Margaret Van Horn Dwight (Yale Historical Manuscripts #1; New Haven: Yale University Press, 1912), by Margaret Van Horn Dwight, ed. by Max Farrand
- multiple formats at archive.org
- page images at HathiTrust
Pioneer Life: or, Thirty Years a Hunter (Buffalo: Published for the author, 1854), by Philip Tome (multiple formats at archive.org)
A Topographical Description of Virginia, Pennsylvania, Maryland and North Carolina (Boston: J. Norman, 1787), by Thomas Hutchins

Filed under: Pennsylvania -- Economic conditions

The Negro in Pennsylvania: A Study in Economic History (University of Pennsylvania PhD. dissertation, ca. 1912), by Richard R. Wright (page images at HathiTrust)

Filed under: Pennsylvania -- Emigration and immigration

The German Immigration into Pennsylvania Through the Port of Philadelphia, 1700 to 1775 (two parts, the second titled The Redemptioners, in one volume; Lancaster; The author, 1900), by Frank Ried Diffenderffer (page images at Hathitrust)
Names of Foreigners Who Took the Oath of Allegiance to the Province and State of Pennsylvania, 1727-1775, With the Foreign Arrivals, 1786-1808 (Harrisburg: E. K. Meyers, state printer, 1892), ed. by William Henry Egle
- multiple formats at archive.org
- page images at HathiTrust
Pennsylvania German Pioneers: A Publication of the Original Lists of Arrivals in the Port of Philadelphia from 1727 to 1808 (3 volumes; Norristown, PA: Pennsylvania German Society, 1934), by Ralph Beaver Strassburger, ed. by William John Hinke
- all volumes: page images at HathiTrust; US access only
- Volume I: page images at HathiTrust

Filed under: Pennsylvania -- Ethnic relations

"Pennsylvania Dutch" and Other Essays (Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott and Co., 1872), by Phebe Earle Gibbons (multiple formats at archive.org)

Filed under: Pennsylvania -- Fiction

13 Bullets: A Vampire Tale (2007), by David Wellington (HTML with commentary at archive.org)
Joseph and His Friend: A Story of Pennsylvania (New York: G. P. Putnam and Sons, 1870), by Bayard Taylor (page images at MOA)
The Millionaire: A Novel, by Frank Cowan (page images at HathiTrust)
The Coast of Bohemia (biographical edition; New York and London: Harper and Bros., 1899), by William Dean Howells (Gutenberg text, illustrated HTML, and page images)
The White Rocks: or, The Robbers' Den: A Tragedy of the Mountains (Philadelphia: Keystone Pub. Co., 1890), by A. F. Hill (multiple formats at archive.org)
The White Rocks: or, The Robbers' Den: A Tragedy of the Mountains (Morgantown: Morgantown Printing and Binding Co., 1915), by A. F. Hill (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
Tillie, a Mennonite Maid: A Story of the Pennsylvania Dutch, by Helen Reimensnyder Martin (Gutenberg text)

Filed under: Pennsylvania -- Genealogy

Van der Slice and Allied Families (Los Angeles: Printed by the Neuner Corp., c1931), by Howard Vanderslice and Howard N. Monnett (page images at HathiTrust)
Byberry Waltons: An Account of Four English Brothers, Nathaniel and Thomas and Daniel and William Walton, Who Settled About 1683 in Byberry Township, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania; With Accounts of More Than 4000 Waltons and Many More by Other Surnames Descended From These Four Brothers (Philadelphia: Stephenson Bros., 1958), by Norman Walton Swayne (page images at HathiTrust)
The Pennsylvania LeFevres (Strasburg, PA: LeFevre Cemetery and Historical Association, 1952), by George Newton LeFevre and Franklin D. LeFevre (page images at HathiTrust)
The Goodman Family History: Huntingdon and Berks Counties, Pennsylvania (1951), by Goodman Reunion Association (page images at HathiTrust)
Names of Foreigners Who Took the Oath of Allegiance to the Province and State of Pennsylvania, 1727-1775, With the Foreign Arrivals, 1786-1808 (Harrisburg: E. K. Meyers, state printer, 1892), ed. by William Henry Egle
- multiple formats at archive.org
- page images at HathiTrust
My Folks: Story of the Forefathers of Oliver Francis Mershon, M.D. As Told by Himself, in the Words of Grace Lucile Olmstead Mershon (Rahway, NJ: Privately printed by Quinn and Boden Co., 1946), by Oliver Francis Mershon and Grace Lucile Olmstead Mershon (page images at HathiTrust)
Welsh Founders of Pennsylvania (2 volumes; Oxford: Fox, Jones and Co., 1911-1913), by Thomas Allen Glenn (page images at HathiTrust)

Filed under: Pennsylvania -- History

An Illustrated History of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Political and Military, From Its Earliest Settlement to the Present Time (Harrisburg, PA: De Witt C. Goodrich and Co., 1876), by William Henry Egle (multiple formats at archive.org)
Pennsylvania History Told by Contemporaries (New York: Macmillan, 1925), by Asa Earl Martin and Hiram H. Shenk (page images at HathiTrust)
A Narrative of the Captivity of John McCullough, ESQ: Written by Himself (handwritten volume; 1833), by John McCullough (page images at ohiomemory.org)
History and Topography of Northumberland, Huntingdon, Mifflin, Centre, Union, Columbia, Juniata and Clinton Counties, Pa. (Lancaster, PA: G. Hills, 1847), by I. Daniel Rupp
- multiple formats at archive.org
- page images at HathiTrust

Filed under: Pennsylvania -- History, Local

An Illustrated History of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Political and Military, From Its Earliest Settlement to the Present Time (Harrisburg, PA: De Witt C. Goodrich and Co., 1876), by William Henry Egle (multiple formats at archive.org)

Filed under: Pennsylvania -- Imprints

A Century of Printing: The Issues of the Press in Pennsylvania, 1685-1784 (2 volumes; 1885-1886), by Charles R. Hildeburn
List of the Publications Issued in Pennsylvania, 1685 to 1759 (Philadelphia: Collins, 1882), by Charles R. Hildeburn (page images at HathiTrust)

Filed under: Pennsylvania -- Militia

History of Pennsylvania Volunteers, 1861-5, Prepared in Compliance with Acts of the Legislature (5 volumes; Harrisburg: B. Singerly, state printer, 1869-1871), by Samuel P. Bates

Filed under: Pennsylvania -- Poetry

The Centralia Mine Fire, by Leonard Kress (HTML at Wayback Machine)

Filed under: Pennsylvania -- Social conditions

Workers' World: Kinship, Community, and Protest in an Industrial Society, 1900-1940 (originally published 1982; open access edition Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 2019), by John E. Bodnar (multiple formats with commentary at Project MUSE)

Filed under: Pennsylvania -- Social life and customs

In the Seven Mountains: Legends Collected in Central Pennsylvania (Reading, PA: Bright Printing Co., 1913), by Henry W. Shoemaker (multiple formats at archive.org)
"Pennsylvania Dutch" and Other Essays (Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott and Co., 1872), by Phebe Earle Gibbons (multiple formats at archive.org)

Filed under: Pennsylvania -- Trials, litigation, etc.

Report of the Case of Edward Prigg Against the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Argued and Adjudged in the Supreme Court of the United States, at January ,term, 1842, In Which It Was Decided That All the Laws of the Several States Relative to Fugitive Slaves Are Unconstitutional and Void, and That Congress Have the Exclusive Power of Legislation on the Subject of Fugitive Slaves Escaping Into Other States (Philadelphia: L. Johnson, 1842), ed. by Richard Peters (multiple formats at archive.org)

Filed under: Antietam Creek (Pa. and Md.)

The Antietam and Its Bridges: The Annals of an Historic Stream (New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1910), by Helen Ashe Hays, illust. by John C. Artz (multiple formats at archive.org)

Filed under: Brandywine Creek (Pa. and Del.)

Along the Western Brandywine (second edition; West Chester, PA: F. S. Hickman, printer, 1912), by Wilmer W. MacElree (multiple formats at archive.org)

Filed under: Catholic Church. Archdiocese of Philadelphia (Pa.)|* Catholic Church Archdiocese of Philadelphia (Pa.)

Response of the Archdiocese of Philadelphia to the Report of the Investigating Grand Jury (2005), by Catholic Church Archdiocese of Philadelphia (Pa.) (PDF files at Wayback Machine)
Grand Jury Report on the Sexual Abuse of Minors by Clergy (2005; with commentary and the Archdiocese of Philadelphia Response), by Philadelphia District Attorney's Office (PDF files with commentary at bishop-acountability.org)

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