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Benjamin Lightfoot and his account of an expedition to "Tankhannink" in the year of 1770 : address presented before the Northumberland County Historical Society, Sunbury, Pa., May 18, 1937

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Author: Lightfoot, T. Montgomery

Date of Publication: 1937?]

Call Number: 929 L724L

Responsibility: by T. Montgomery Lightfoot.

Author: Lightfoot, T. Montgomery

Place of Publication: [Muncy? Pa

Publisher: s.n.,

Date of Publication: 1937?]

Physical Description: 22 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Subjects: Lightfoot, Benjamin, - fl. 1770.

Additional Corporate Author: Northumberland County Historical Society.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 929 L724L

Colonial ironwork in old Philadelphia; the craftsmanship of the early days of the republic, by Philip B. Wallace

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Author: Wallace, Philip B.

Date of Publication: [c1930]

Call Number: 720 W193 Oversize

Responsibility: measured drawings by William Allen Dunn; introduction by Kiske Kimball.

Author: Wallace, Philip B.

Place of Publication: New York

Publisher: Architectural Book Publishing Company, inc.

Date of Publication: [c1930]

Physical Description: 3 p. Ã¸., 147 p. of illus. front. 33 cm.

Subjects: Ironwork - Pennsylvania - Philadelphia.; Decorative arts - Pennsylvania - Philadelphia; Architectural ironwork - Pennsylvania - Philadelphia; Decoration and ornament, Architectural - Pennsylvania - Philadelphia; Architecture

Additional Author: Dunn, William Allen.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 720 W193 Oversize

Pennsylvania beginnings in the colony of New Sweden : remarks by Hon. C. Hale Sipe, Litt. D., before the Pennsylvania Senate, April 13, 1937

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Author: Sipe, C. Hale

Date of Publication: 1937.

Call Number: 974.8013 S618

Author: Sipe, C. Hale

Place of Publication: [Harrisburg?]

Publisher: Pennsylvania Historical Commission,

Date of Publication: 1937.

Physical Description: [9] p. ; 23 cm.

Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [9])

Subjects: Swedes - Pennsylvania; Pennsylvania - History - Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 974.8013 S618

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Collection: Adam Reigart Jr., John S. Murphy Collection

Title: Adam Reigart Jr., John S. Murphy Collection

Object ID: MG0331

Date Range: 1762-2003

, travel, visits, business, and family chatter. The receipts and invoices show purchases made in Lancaster and Philadelphia, especially clothing, fabric, dry goods, and meat. The remainder of the collection is made up of newspaper articles, books, and an album of poetry and drawings. The items were housed

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Collection: Adam Reigart Jr., John S. Murphy Collection

Title: Adam Reigart Jr., John S. Murphy Collection

Description: The Adam Reigart Jr., John S. Murphy Collection contains correspondence between Adam Reigart, Jr. in Lancaster and Philip Wager in Philadelphia and their families. The letters are primarily from the early nineteenth century and provide information about family illness, travel, visits, business, and family chatter. The receipts and invoices show purchases made in Lancaster and Philadelphia, especially clothing, fabric, dry goods, and meat. The remainder of the collection is made up of newspaper articles, books, and an album of poetry and drawings. The items were housed in a gig trunk which is now in the museum collection.

Admin/Biographical History: Adam Reigart, Jr. (1765-1844) was born in Lancaster. He was the eldest son of Col. Adam Reigart, owner of the Grape Tavern which served as general headquarters during the Revolutionary War. Adam Jr. founded the Reigart Wine Store in 1785 and was in business with Philip Wager in Philadelphia and Philip's son Peter throughout his career. He was the first president of the Lancaster branch of the Bank of Pennsylvania, and was involved with the Conestoga Navigation Company and the Union Fire Company.; Adam Jr. married Mary Magdalena Wager (1772-1806) in 1791. Mary was the daughter of Philip Wager, a Philadelphia wine merchant. They had eight daughters and a son. Susan married Stephen C. Slaymaker and Margaretta married Henry Y. Slaymaker.

Date Range: 1762-2003

Year Range From: 1762

Year Range To: 2003

Date of Accumulation: 1762-2003

Creator: Murphy, John Slaughter, 1921-2011

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives South

Storage Wall: Side 08

People: Arnold, Benedict; Baker, W.; Bare, Jacob; Blight, Peter; Boughter, Charles; Breidenhart, George; Brien, Edward; Brown, Luke; Butter, Charles; Cassidy, Edward; Clarke, John; Clendenin, Samuel; Coleman, Edward; Coleman, William; Edwards, Susanna; Ehler, John; Fisher, Sammy; Fox, Sam M.; Frey, John; Gaskill, Edmund; Gay, Edward F.; Getz, John; Givens, John; Graeff, George; Greland, D.; Hahn, B. Christian; Harrison, George; Haverstick, William; Hopkins, A. R.; Hopkins, Ann; Houston, James; Hubley, Frederick; Hubley, Joseph; Hultzheimer, N.; Hyde, Charles; Irving, Robert; Jack, Joshua; Kauffman, Jacob; King, George; Kirkpatrick, William; Kline, Jacob; Lane, John; Leiper, George G.; Lowry, Robert; Lowry, Robert K.; Mayer, George Louis; Metzger, Emanuel; Metzger, George; Metzger, Jacob; Miller, Barbara; Miller, Henry; Miller, Martin; Miller, Philip; Montgomery, William; Morris, John; Mosher, Joseph; Murphy, John Slaughter; Myer, John; Myers, John; Newlin, Nathaniel; Nice, Levi; Nimrod, Maxwell; Ogilby, Joseph; Otto, Jacob S.; Otto, John C.; Pennington, Edward; Peters, Abraham; Phinney, Zina; Price, Joseph; Price, Richard; Reigart, Adam; Reigart, Adam, Jr.; Reigart, Ann; Reigart, Emanuel; Reigart, Henrietta; Reigart, Maria Wager; Reigart, Mary; Reigart, Mary C.; Reigart, Philip Wager; Reigart, Susan; Rimfast, John; Sample, Joseph; Schaubel, Johannis; Sener, Samuel Miller; Sewell, Charles S.; Shaeffer, Jacob; Shenk, Abraham; Shenk, Christian; Shippen, Peggy; Singer, A.; Slaymaker, Henry Edwin; Slaymaker, Mary Steele; Slaymaker, Stephen Cochran; Smith, Ann; Smith, Anthony; Smith, Ralph; Stein, Philip; Steinman, George; Stewart, William; Sullivan, Susannah; Wager, George; Wager, Hannah; Wager, James; Wager, Mary; Wager, Peter; Wager, Philip H.; Wager, Sally; Wager, Sophia; Wager, William; Walsh, Christopher; Wentz, Thomas; Wertz, Christian; Wharton, Charles; Whitaker, George; Whitaker, John; Wimer, Michael; Winroth, Margaret; Witmer, David; Woodmund, William; Yeiser, Philip

Other Creators: Reigart family

Subjects: Clippings (Books, newspapers, etc.); Invoices; Letters; Obituaries; Receipts (Acknowledgments)

Search Terms: Adam Reigart and Son; Albums; Bethlehem, Pennsylvania; Boston, Massachusetts; Brenner and Reed; Cambridge, Massachusetts; Cape May, New Jersey; Charles C. and J. Watson; Christ Church Burial Ground; Cincinnati, Ohio; Clippings (Books, newspapers, etc.); Correspondence; Delaware; Dixon Walker and Company; Earp and Brothers; Finding aids; Grape Hotel; Greene County, New York; H. Behlen and Company; Illnesses; Invoices; J. Walker and Company; John Warden and Sons; Kentucky; Lancaster; Lancaster County Almshouse; Lancaster Bar Association; Lancaster Intelligencer; Lancaster Journal; Lancaster New Era; Lancaster Sunday News; Lane Slaymaker and Company; Letters; London, England; Lower Windsor Twp., York County, Pennsylvania; Lowry and Myers; Luzerne County, Pennsylvania; Manuscript groups; Margaretta Furnace; Marietta Bank; Morning News; Mount Auburn Cemetery; New York, New York; Newspaper clippings; Obituaries; Ohio; Pennsylvania German Society; Pensacola, Florida; Peter Wager and Company; Philadelphia Inquirer; Pratt and Kintzing; Race Street; Receipts; Reeve's Tavern; South Carolina; Southwark, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Spain; St. James Episcopal Church; Union Fire Company; Vintners; Wager and Company; Washington Fire Company; West Point Military Academy; William Noyes and Company; Wine merchants; York Springs Boarding House; York Springs, York County, Pennsylvania; York, York County, Pennsylvania

Extent: 2 boxes, 35 folders, 1.5 cubic ft.

Object Name: Archive

Language: English

Object ID: MG0331

Location of Originals: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania

Related Item Notes: Gig trunk (2003.078); Adam Reigart Collection (MG0122)

Notes: Preferred Citation: Title or description of item, date (day, month, year), Adam Reigart Jr., John S. Murphy Collection (MG0331), Folder #, LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.

Access Conditions / Restrictions: Restrictions are noted at the item level.

Copyright: Collection may not be photocopied. Please direct questions to Research Center Staff at research@lancasterhistory.org.; Permission for reproduction and/or publication must be obtained in writing from LancasterHistory.

Credit: Courtesy of LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.

Accession Number: 2003.078

Other Numbers: MG-331

Classification: MG0331

Description Level: Fonds

Custodial History: Processed and finding aid created by KR. Added to database 8 March 2022.

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Reports of cases taken and adjudged in the Court of Chancery, in the reigns of King Charles I., Charles II., and James II. : being special cases and most of them decreed with the assistance of the judges, and all of them referring to the register books : wherein are setled several points of equity, law, and practice : to which are added learned arguments relating to the antiquity of the said Court, its dignity, power, and jurisdiction : as also the great case between the Dutchess of Albemarle and the Earl of Bathe : in two volumes

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Corporate Author: Great Britain. Court of Chancery.

Edition: The second edition, with large additions,

Date of Publication: 1715.

Call Number: Book 522 1716; Book 521 1715; Book 520 1715

Corporate Author: Great Britain. Court of Chancery.

Edition: The second edition, with large additions,

Place of Publication: In the Savoy [London]

Publisher: Printed by J. Nutt, assignee of Edward Sayer, Esq., for J. Walthoe ...,

Date of Publication: 1715.

Physical Description: 2 v. ; 20 cm (8vo)

Notes: A third part was issued in 1716.; Vol. 1: [4], 288, 88, [28] p.; v. 2: [12], 437, [19] p.; Includes indexes.; Bookseller's advertisements: v. 1, p. [2] in front, p. [27-28] at end; v. 2: p. [2] in front.; Jasper Yeates's Colonial Law Library.; Yeates's signature at top of title page under two or three struck former owners; signature also on flyleaf.; Books numbers 520, 521, and 522 as assigned by Yeates,; Sowerby, E.M. Catalogue of the Library of Thomas Jefferson,; English Short Title Catalogue,

Subjects: Great Britain. - Court of Chancery.; Law reports, digests, etc. - Great Britain - Early works to 1800.; Equity pleading and procedure - Great Britain - Early works to 1800.; Equity pleading and procedure.; Law reports, digests, etc.; Great Britain.; Early works.; Full-blind-tooled leather (Binding); Gilt title on maroon spine label (Binding)

Additional Author: Yeates, Jasper,

Additional Corporate Author: Great Britain. Court of Chancery.

Place: England London.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Yeates Collection

Call Number: Book 522 1716; Book 521 1715; Book 520 1715

Praxis almae curiae cancellariae : in two volumes : being a collection of precedents, by bill and answer, plea and demurrer, in causes of the greatest moment (wherein equity hath been allowed) which have been commenced in the High Court of Chancery, for more than 30 years last past : with appeals (in several cases of great difficulty) to the House of Peers in Parliament, and the proceedings thereupon : also, a compleat collection of all the writs and process concerning the same, together with a praeliminary discourse, by way of rules, succinctly and methodically drawn up, containing the practice of the said court, in every particular branch of the equitable part thereof

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Author: Brown, William,

Edition: The third edition, with additions.

Date of Publication: 1714.

Call Number: Book 519 1714; Book 518 1714

Author: Brown, William,

Edition: The third edition, with additions.

Place of Publication: In the Savoy [London]

Publisher: Printed by J. Nutt, assignee of Edward Sayer Esq. for Abel Roper, and Samuel Butler ...,

Date of Publication: 1714.

Physical Description: 2 v. ; 20 cm (8vo)

Notes: "By William Brown"--T.p. of v. 2.; Sometimes attributed to Sir Robert Heath. Cf. Halkett & Laing.; Vol. 1: [8], 576 p.; v. 2: [8], 103, [1]; 176; 401-720, [40] p.; Jasper Yeates's Colonial Law Library.; Yeates's signature at top of title page.; Book numbers 518 and 519 as assigned by Yeates.; Signature of B. Crosby on flyleaf struck.; Sowerby, E.M. Catalogue of the Library of Thomas Jefferson,; English Short Title Catalogue,

Subjects: Great Britain. - Court of Chancery.; Equity pleading and procedure - Great Britain - Early works to 1800.; Equity pleading and procedure.; Great Britain.; Publishers' advertisements - Great Britain.; Early works.; Vol 1: linen boards (Binding); Vol 2: Full blind-tooled leather(Binding); Gilt title on maroon spine label (Binding)

Additional Author: Heath, Robert,; Bay, Elihu Hall,; Yeates, Jasper,

Place: England London.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Yeates Collection

Call Number: Book 519 1714; Book 518 1714

Benjamin Chew, 1722-1810 : head of the Pennsylvania judiciary system under Colony and Commonwealth

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Author: Konkle, Burton Alva,

Date of Publication: 1932.

Call Number: 923.4 C529k

Responsibility: by Burton Alva Konkle.

Author: Konkle, Burton Alva,

Place of Publication: Philadelphia

Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press,

Date of Publication: 1932.

Physical Description: xix, 316 p. : ports., plates, maps (1 double), facsims. ; 26 cm.

Notes: Title vignette (Chew coat of arms).; Includes bibliographical references and index.

Subjects: Chew, Benjamin, - 1722-1810.; Chew family.; Pennsylvania. - High Court of Errors and Appeals.; Judges - Pennsylvania; Pennsylvania - History - Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 923.4 C529k

Pennsylvania German illuminated manuscripts; a classification of fraktur-schriften and an inquiry into their history and art

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Author: Borneman, Henry Stauffer,

Date of Publication: 1937.

Call Number: 740 B736 oversize

Responsibility: [by] Henry S. Borneman ...

Author: Borneman, Henry Stauffer,

Place of Publication: Norristown, Pa

Publisher: Pennsylvania German Society,

Date of Publication: 1937.

Physical Description: 8 p. l., 58 p., 1 l. 38 facsim. (part col., incl. music) 27 x 39 cm.

Series: Proceedings of Pennsylvania German Society. 1937. vol. XLVI

Notes: Each facsimile accompanied by leaf with descriptive letterpress not included in paging.

Subjects: Illumination of books and manuscripts, Pennsylvania Dutch.; Illumination of books and manuscripts; Germans - Pennsylvania.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 740 B736 oversize

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Collection: Geist Family Papers

Title: Geist Family Papers

Object ID: MG0294

Date Range: 1865-1961

, including birth of brother’s baby and own health. 1 January 1939. Envelope. Unidentified sender in Miami, Florida, to Daniel W. Geist. 2 January 1939. Letter. Harry K. Geist to Daniel W. Geist. Notes enclosure of letter from C. R. Weaver regarding several stocks. Discusses fate of the stocks. 4 March 1945

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Collection: Geist Family Papers

Title: Geist Family Papers

Description: The Geist Family Papers include correspondence, tax records, legal documents, and other items related to the Geist family. Some correspondence is personal, while other letters relate to legal proceedings concerning estates and inheritances. A number of wills and associated materials, generally related to adjudications involving family members. Numerous local tax notices and federal income tax returns largely pertain to Daniel W. and Bertha W. Geist. Other materials include notebooks and receipts from Daniel W. Geist's time at Millersville State Normal School, visiting cards, and newspaper clippings.

Date Range: 1865-1961

Year Range From: 1865

Year Range To: 1961

Date of Accumulation: 1865-1961

Creator: Geist family

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives South

Storage Wall: Side 08

People: Alexander, James K.; Anderson, Howard; Bachman, Julie C.; Bard, Bertha; Brown, George; Bulleit, Edward Banister; Dague, Isaac W.; Dague, Lily C. Geist; Diller, Luther R.; Eshleman, John H.; Fox, Christian, Jr.; Geist, Adam; Geist, Agnes; Geist, Bertha Wanner; Geist, Daniel W.; Geist, Ettie G.; Geist, Everett S.; Geist, Harry Kohler; Geist, Lilly Kate; Groff, John M.; Heisher, Daniel; Hobson, Jesse; Hobson, Maria; Horst, Jacob G.; Kjorlien, Alvin C.; Leaman, William; Lyte, Eliphalet Oram; Martin, Luke W.; Milledge, Stanley; Miller, Helen Mildred Diller; Miller, Leon H. B.; Miller, Ruth; Ott, Janet F.; Overly, Herman Witmer; Overly, Richard Geist; Pond, B. C.; Pool, Virginia L.; Roosevelt, Franklin Delano; Rush, Charles William; Rush, Harriet Geist; Shaub, Sadie; Shirk, H. S.; Shirk, Henry; Shirk, Lawrence; Stoner, H. K.; Weaver, C. R.; Weaver, George A.; Werner, John Thomas; Witmer, Clara; Wolf, Lemon A.; Wolfe, Helen

Subjects: Decedents' estates; Estates (Law); Letters; Receipts (Acknowledgments); Taxation

Search Terms: A. Geist and Son; Adams County, Pennsylvania; Albert Pick Company; Births; Bismarck, North Dakota; Blue Ball Bank; Blue Ball, East Earl Twp.; Calling cards; Clippings (Books, newspapers, etc.); Coatesville, Chester County, Pennsylvania; Correspondence; Death; Decedents' estates; Earl Twp.; East Earl Twp.; Ephrata; Estate settlement; Farmers National Bank; Finding aids; Florida; Franklin Twp., Adams County, Pennsylvania; Funerals; Gap, Salisbury Twp.; Grand Forks Herald; Grand Forks, Grand Forks County, North Dakota; Health; Hotel Gladstone; Hunters; Inheritance; Internal Revenue Service; Jamestown, Stutsman County, North Dakota; Johnson City, Broome County, New York; K. Aslesen Company; Lancaster; Lancaster New Era; Leland-Parker Hotel; Letters; Manuscript groups; Masons; McClure House; Miami, Florida; Millersville; Millersville State Normal School; Millersville University; Minneapolis, Minnesota; Minot, Ward County, North Dakota; Mountville Farm Women's Society; New Berlin, Ephrata Twp.; New Holland; Newspaper clippings; Ocean City, Cape May County, New Jersey; Parades; Patterson Hotel; Pennsylvania State Normal School; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Postage stamps; Pottsville, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania; Receipts; Republican Party; San Francisco, California; Schools; Stamps; Stevens, East Cocalico Twp.; Stocks; Tax returns; Taxation; Trusts and trustees; United Commercial Travelers of America; Vienna Bakery Company; Visiting cards; Washington, DC; West Cocalico School District; Wheeling, West Virginia; Wills; YMCA; Young Men's Christian Association

Extent: 1 box, 12 folders, .5 cubic ft.

Object Name: Archive

Language: English

Object ID: MG0294

Location of Originals: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania

Notes: Preferred Citation: Title or description of item, date (day, month, year), Collection Title (MG#), Folder #, (or Object ID), LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania. URL if applicable. Date accessed (day, month, year).

Access Conditions / Restrictions: Original documents may be used by researchers--contact Research@LancasterHistory.org prior to visit or request at Reference Desk.

Copyright: Collection items may be photographed. Please direct questions to Research Center Staff at Research@LancasterHistory.org. Permission for reproduction and/or publication must be obtained in writing from LancasterHistory. Persons wishing to publish any material from this collection must assume all responsibility for identifying and satisfying any claimants of copyright or other use restrictions. Publication fees may apply.

Credit: Courtesy of LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania

Accession Number: 2002.Hawbaker

Other Numbers: MG-294

Classification: MG0294

Description Level: Fonds

Custodial History: Added to database 19 January 2022.

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Benjamin Lightfoot and his account of an expedition to "Tankhannink" in the year of 1770 : address presented before the Northumberland County Historical Society, Sunbury, Pa., May 18, 1937

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo5756

Colonial ironwork in old Philadelphia; the craftsmanship of the early days of the republic, by Philip B. Wallace

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo8206

Pennsylvania beginnings in the colony of New Sweden : remarks by Hon. C. Hale Sipe, Litt. D., before the Pennsylvania Senate, April 13, 1937

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo4157

Archive

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https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo21498

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo21497

Benjamin Chew, 1722-1810 : head of the Pennsylvania judiciary system under Colony and Commonwealth

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo4321

Pennsylvania German illuminated manuscripts; a classification of fraktur-schriften and an inquiry into their history and art

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo15715

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