Signers of Petition: James Shaw, Isaac Bower, George Cooper, James [Rea] Jr., Joshua Chamberlin, George Vearntz, John Townsend, Samuel Sellers, Amos Townsend, Joseph C. Dickinson, John Murray, A. Draucker.
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Signers of Petition: Hugh Aikin, John McSorley, Isaac Kinzer, Nathaniel E. Slaymaker, Henry Slaymaker, Levi Eckert, Isaac Walker, Henry Kinzer, George L. Eckert, Christian Hess, Jacob Harsh, Sebastian Schoech.
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Signers of Petition: George Sheffer, George Howerter, Charles Musser, Samuel Hornberger, John Brennise, Martin Fry Jr., Daniel Hahn, John Forney, Christian Wolff, William White, Peter Shindel, Jonas Dorwart, Henry Carpenter, Jacob Slough, E. Schaeffer, William Dean, [ ] German, Joseph Uhrich, George Matter, Frederick Hambright, George Hambright, Leonard Eichholtz, Hugh Maxwell, [unknown signature], [signature in German], John Smith.
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The George Steinman Papers, Series 1 contains an album, compiled by George Steinman, with many photographs of buildings, tombstones, monuments and scenes of Lancaster city and county. Ephemera and newspaper articles are among the photographs. Represented in the album are Postlethwaite's Tavern, hotels and taverns, fire houses, the Conestoga massacre, churches, cemeteries, Ephrata Cloister, prominent citizens and their homes, Stehli Silk Mill, and schools. The four boxes contain orginal correspondence, documents, photographs and ephemera or and pertaining to the same subject matter as the album.
The George Steinman Papers, Series 2 is a collection of original correspondence, documents, photographs, and ephemera primarily compiled by George Steinman. The contents of Series 2 represent Lancaster city and county events, prominent citizens, buildings, monuments, churches, cemeteries, schools, and businesses. Most of what Steinman collected relates to 18th and 19th century Pennsylvania, highlighting Lancaster and Philadelphia. One of the key events highlighted is the Revolutionary war; with documents and images related to Philadelphia, George Washington, the Atlee family, and General Edward Hand. There are images relating to the Christiana Riot and to various buildings in early Lancaster; including but not limited to the Old Jail, the British Prison, and Postlethwaite's Tavern. Also included in the collection is currency printed by Benjamin Franklin in Philadelphia in 1764, and Confederate States currency and bonds.
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"Mr. Geo. Steinman who started this collection of pictures. This book was presented to the Lanc. Co. Historical Society after his death by Mr. Geo. S. Franklin."
John M. Gibson is recorded as the donor, 1968, in LancasterHistory's accession records.
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Other Numbers
MG-184
Classification
MG0184
Description Level
Fonds
Custodial History
Series 1 processed and finding aid prepared PK and MSH, 2008. Series 2 finding aid prepared by JE, 2018. Added to database 20 July 2021.
Digitization of this document was funded by the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, PHMC Appl ID # C980002119, 2021-2024.
Located on the Lancaster and Philadelphia turnpike road. .
Petition granted.
April term.
Signers of Petition: John Kirkwood, Jonathan Booth, James Humphrey, James Paul, James H. Houston, Christian Hess, Samuel Houston, Robert Hoar, Davis Clemson, Samuel Duffield, William Linvill, Rees C. Himes, James McCalley.
Second Sheet: John C. [Mickle], Enoch Passmore, J. G. Henderson, Benjamin Linvill, Samuel Houston, Thomas McIlvain, James B. Humphrey, George D. McIlvain, Benjamin F. Houston, William Gallaher, John Umble, Christian Eby.
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Signers of Petition: Christian Keiffer, E. S. Hubley, Charles Heinitsh, David Bair, P. K. Breneman, W. Ihling, Samuel F. Huston, John N. Lane, D. P. Locher, Christian Widmyer, William Gumpf, Robert Long.
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Located on the road leading from Harrisburg turnpike to New Holland.
Kept by E. Shober.
Petition granted.
April term.
Signers of Petition: Jacob Fordney, John B. Brubaker, Peter Swar, John Gray, Jacob Acker, David Gochnauer, John Minnich, Peter L. Grosh, Jacob Stauffer, Simon Minnich, Michael Gochnauer, John J. Kaufman.
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Signers of Petition: George Vearnes, Joshua Chamberlin, John Townsend, Joseph Rodgers, Amos Townsend, Robert B. Simmons, Samuel Sellers, Joseph C. Dickinson, John Murrey, James Divine, George Todd, John Worrall.
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Located on the Lancaster and Philadelphia turnpike road.
Formerly kept by John McFadden.
Petition granted.
April term.
Signers of Petition: Samuel Duffield, James Slaymaker, James Paul, John Umble, Adam Hoar, James H. Houston, Robert Wilson, John McFadden, Samuel Houston, Enoch Passmore, Thomas McIlvaine, George McIlvaine, B. F. Houston, Solomon Linville.
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Signers of Petition: Samuel Keneagy, Christian Huber, John Raul, R. Downey, Mifflin Worth, Benjamin Rees (drover), Stephan [Gertiseis], Isaac [Girvin], A. E. Groff, Henry Clark, David Hostetter, Jesse Hoffman, D. Miller Barr, David Herr, Christian Blank (drover), Samuel [Kelser], Amos Cochran, Abraham Eshleman, R. C. Cooke, Samuel Caughey (drover), W. H. Whiteside (drover), John F. Lefever (drover), Henry Breneman, Joseph Lovett, Levi Baldwin, George Buchwalter, S. H. Kendig, L. R. Keagey, F. B. Musselman, S. R. Cramer, William Wilson (drover), David Miller, Jacob Seldomridge (drover), John M. Skiles (drover), Samuel Miller (drover), Amos Lanning (drover), Andrew Charles, [A. T. Pan Portwick, Henry Drakemiller, Benjamin Eshleman, Daniel E. Potts, George S. Whitehill, Alexander McCloy, [N. R. Black], Daniel Bosch, [Pusey J. Nichols] (drover), John Murdick, Christian Keneagy, Abraham Weaver, Benjamin Breneman, Henry N. Breneman, Benjamin Longenecker, Christian H. Miller, Lewis Schelling, Jacob Holl, Jesse S. Carmell, Thomas C. Miller, Frederick Powl, John C. Round, F. Clark (drover), George Werntz, Abraham B. Witmer (drover), [J. P. Wilbur], F. Sharp, Thomas Armstrong, Robert Montgomery, P. B. Hauk, Martin Rohrer (drover), John Stewart (drover), George Whitson (drover) George Brubaker, Henry Breneman, John Musselman.
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