This collection consists of business records for Whitson & Sproul of Christiana, Lancaster County and documents related to estate settlements. The business records include a ledger, letters and statements concerning the sale and purchase of various materials. One letter mentions the 1860 election of "Old Abe." The receipts and court documents consist primarily of receipts, releases, and sale agreements relating to the settlement of the estates of James Sproul and Moses Whitson.
This collection contains the legal and personal papers of Judge Henry G. Long. The first ten boxes contain notes of argument and notes of testimony for civil and criminal cases. The remaining papers include receipts for local businesses and services, accounts, documents relating to turnpikes, speeches, stock certificates, deeds, correspondence, and petitions.
Preferred Citation: Title or description of item, date (day, month, year), Judge Henry G. Long Collection (MG0283), Box #, Folder #, LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.
Folders 1-120, gift of The Long Home, 19 January 2001. Folders 121-126, purchased from dealer, October 2013. Folder 127 purchased from The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd., August 2014.
The items in Folders 121-126 were originally part of the collection at The Long Home, but were separated from the rest of the collection and purchased at auction by the dealer who sold them to LancasterHistory.
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Other Numbers
MG-283
Other Number
MG-283
Classification
MG0283
Description Level
Fonds
Custodial History
Boxes 1-15 processed by JM, finding aid prepared by HST. Added to database 7 November 2017.
This record group contains canceled orders that were issued by the county commissioners for payment to be made by the county treasurer. The orders show date, order number, amount, name of payee, purpose, and signatures of the county commissioners. In the case of "poor children," teachers were reimbursed by the county for tuition and/or the supplies purchased for students whose parents were unable to pay. Orders include: Poor Children, Almshouse, Bridges, Coroners' Inquests, Prisons, Roads, Court House, and Tax Exonerations.
System of Arrangement
The record group is organized chronologically, then arranged by order number within each year.
This record group contains canceled orders that were issued by the county commissioners for payment to be made by the county treasurer. The orders show date, order number, amount, name of payee, purpose, and signatures of the county commissioners. In the case of "poor children," teachers were reimbursed by the county for tuition and/or the supplies purchased for students whose parents were unable to pay. Orders include: Poor Children, Almshouse, Bridges, Coroners' Inquests, Prisons, Roads, Court House, and Tax Exonerations.
System of Arrangement
The record group is organized chronologically, then arranged by order number within each year.
Letter of support. of Milton Cain, and as a remonstrance against Joseph C. Dickinson.
Signers of Petition: [unknown signature], C. Umble, Nathaniel Ellmaker Jr., J. W. Rutter, William F. Baker, John [Criley], John R. Owens, John [H. Taylor], William Brooks, Charles H. Booth, Daniel S. Smith, Alfred Bomgardner, Dwayne Gray, H. L. Rockey, Thomas Warner, A. Stewart, Joseph Clegg, William D. Noble, William Clegg, Henry Rodgers, Christopher Graham, William Robison, John Kinnard, W. C. [Arnat], David K. Tate, Nathan W. Milerwick, Joseph Large, Peter Rambo, John Chamberlin, Joseph Gormler, Franklin Homsher, John Homsher, William Linton, [ ] Calwell, Samuel D. Smoker, John W. Thompson, Winfield S. Kennedy, George Townsend, James W. Curry, Pusey S. Nichols, Thomas S. McIlvaine, James H. Houston, Jacob Umble, John [Carvell], Isaac Albright, Enoch Passmore Jr., Charles M. Ludwick, Hugh Rambo, William Millar, Isaac C. [Krempser], Abraham Baker, J. B. Elliott, John H. Kendig, David B. Stott, John Greenwood, Robert A. Harnish, William Wright, John Boon, James M. Dare, William Beddis, James Noble, John A. McLaughlin, Samuel J. Boone, Samuel Johnson, Lloyd Oakfords, John McFillin, Jacob Heidlebaugh, John D. Laverty, D. W. Crawford, John Reynolds, R. Jackson, A. F. Barber, David Shultz, Thomas Cox, Thomas [Mireer], David Fulmer, James Gilleland, Robert Evans, T. Murphy, Martin Bear, John Tearon, William Todd, John Gallagher.
1 item, 1 piece
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Signers of Petition: Samuel J. Boon, John Boon, Jeremiah Moore, Nathaniel Gillespie, A. Stewart, [D. H. Lyte], Philip Bush, Samuel Johnson, John A. McLaughlin, John H. Taylor, Henry Brosius, W. F. P. Noble.
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Signers of Petition: J. D. Pownall, D. Hood, Henry Pownall, J. B. Pugh, John Potts, James Booth, Elijah [Bugh], A. P. Patterson, J. R. Townsend, [ ] Fairlamb, Martin Wilson, Thomas H. Pownall, James Coates, James H. Longhead, William J. Ross, Thomas Warner, James M. Dare, David F. Tate, W. R. Mitchell, James Divine, George Whitson, John D. Miller, Joseph Clegg, Nathaniel Gillespie, David Shuber, William Nelings, Henry W. [Rhay], [unknown signature], William M. Noble, James Vaugherty, Enos Pennock, William Clegg, Thomas Warner, Joseph Hughes, J. P. Scarlett, John Johnson, Charles Cloud, Jonathan Booth, S. Slokom, Irvin Nicholson, William M. Chamberlin, John Townsend, Morris r. Wilkinson, Lewis Cooper, Robert B. Simmons, Nelson Divine, Simeon B. Pownall, William L. Miller, Arthur Yeager, John Houston Jr., William D. McLaughlin, Slater Brown, G. Morrison, Joseph C. Stubbs, J. H. Clendenin, John A. McLaughlin, Samuel Johnson, Joseph McGowan, Cyrus Moore, William Brison,John Faran, William [Reddig], Wallace Neill, James W. Curry, Joseph Davis, Robert Stube, Henry McCann, William F. Rea, George Brooks, J. B. Brooks, Joseph Wright, Ethelbert Rees, Samuel A. Hughes, Thomas Wright, Samuel Pennell.
1 item, 1 piece
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Signers of Petition: Simon S. Warner, James Bryan, John A. McLaughlin, Milton Cooper, Cyrus Hartley, William D. Slack, Washington Peirce, Andrew P. Moore, Samuel J. Boon, Joseph Moore, Isaac Moore, Andrew Moore, Simmons Coates, Lindley Coates, Cyrus Brinton, Samuel Brinton, Jason D. Caruthers, A. W. Cain, [R. W. Kemble], Henry Brosius, Lewis Cooper, Isaac Walker, John Warner, James F. Cowan, Charles Rees, James Williams, Thomas Whitson, Joseph W. Fawkes, [S. S. Debrey], Andrew Shannon, Othniel Geiger, Andrew Shannon.
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Signers of Petition: Hiram Kinnard, John Potts, John D. Miller, Philip Hathaway, Ambrose Pownall, David F. Welsh, James Reed, Nelson Divine, James D. Reed, Nathaniel Gillespie, Christopher Corbitt, William M. Noble, William F. Rea, Irwin Nicholson.
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Signers of Petition: Daniel Miller, Daniel Rosch, J. J. Buckwalter, Jacob Weaver, Abraham B. Witmer, Jacob Rehm, B. B. Gonder, Jacob Rehm, Daniel Crider, Henry Spiehlman, Michael Book, Samuel Spielman, Conrad Litzmann.
1 item, 1 piece
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