Collection consists largely of information on the descendants of Edward Hand and on the Hand Family Reunion. Contains correspondence, genealogical materials, family charts, photographs, and commemorative booklet 1912, on Lancaster County in the Revolutionary War. Also, three documents concerning the settling of the Hand estate.
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 26, no. 3
Notes
The author of this article states that the purpose of most early roads was to provide access to churches and to mills. Many of the roads profiled in this article refer to specific mills. Although information about the mills is limited, this article could prove fruitful for some researchers.
Collection contains correspondence, accounts, newspaper clippings, Pennsylvania and federal tax returns, stock certificate book, minute books, record books, and a receipt and payment book.