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Petition

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Collection: Bridge Records

Title: Bridge Records

Object ID: Bridge F0490 I002

Date Range: 1823/04

Collection: Bridge Records

Title: Bridge Records

Date Range: 1823/04

Year: 1823

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives West

Storage Container: Box 0007

People: Ruth, John

Subcategory: Documentary Artifact

Search Terms: Bridges; Conestoga Creek; Creeks; John Ruth's Mill; Leacock Twp.; Manheim Twp.; Manheim, Rapho Twp.; Mills; New Holland, Earl Twp.; Orders; Petitions; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Reports

Place: Leacock Twp. and Manheim Twp.

Object Name: Petition

Language: English

Condition: Fair

Object ID: Bridge F0490 I002

Box Number: 007

Additional Notes: Court term: April 1823.; Location: On public road from Manheim, Rapho Twp., to New Holland, Earl Twp., and Philadelphia, near John Ruth's Mill.; Document types: Petition for appointment of viewers.; Order and report of viewers.; 2 items, 4 pieces

Access Conditions / Restrictions: Request at Reference Desk; photocopy made by staff member.

Classification: RG 02-00 0324

Description Level: Item

Petition

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Collection: Bridge Records

Title: Bridge Records

Object ID: Bridge F0490 I003

Date Range: 1825/04

Collection: Bridge Records

Title: Bridge Records

Date Range: 1825/04

Year: 1825

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives West

Storage Container: Box 0007

People: Ruth, John

Subcategory: Documentary Artifact

Search Terms: Bridges; Conestoga Creek; Creeks; John Ruth's Mill; Leacock Twp.; Manheim Twp.; Manheim, Rapho Twp.; Mills; New Holland, Earl Twp.; Petitions; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Subscriptions

Place: Leacock Twp. and Manheim Twp.

Object Name: Petition

Language: English

Condition: Fair

Object ID: Bridge F0490 I003

Box Number: 007

Additional Notes: Court term: April 1825.; Location: On public road from Manheim, Rapho Twp., to New Holland, Earl Twp., and Philadelphia, near John Ruth's Mill.; Document types: Petition for a bridge.; Subscription lists of citizens willing to contribute to building bridge.; 2 items, 3 pieces

Access Conditions / Restrictions: Request at Reference Desk; photocopy made by staff member.

Classification: RG 02-00 0324

Description Level: Item

Daybook

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Collection: Gary Hawbaker's Collection of Business and Personal Record Books

Title: Daybook of Benjamin B. Eshleman Bart Twp., Colerain Twp., Leacock Twp.

Object ID: MG0963_F020

Date Range: 1824-1829

Collection: Gary Hawbaker's Collection of Business and Personal Record Books

Title: Daybook of Benjamin B. Eshleman Bart Twp., Colerain Twp., Leacock Twp.

Description: Daybook of Benjamin B. Eshleman Bart Twp., Colerain Twp., Leacock Twp.; Contains 87 leaves, unpaginated, unruled but most with vertical accounting lines. There are 2 front leaves; the 1st page has "Wheat Book; August the 20th 1824" written at the top and references to memorandum on the rest of the page. The 2nd, 3rd and 4th front leaves are blank. There are 2 end leaves with accounting notes on the 2nd, 3rd and 4th last pages.; Front cover has "Day Book" faintly written on the outside.; Book references rum, molasses, Liverpool plates, powder, blue broad cloth, silk twist & thread, whiskey, tobacco, fine ivory comb, salico, snuff, pair of shoes, lace, pepper, mackerel, etc.; Insert 1 - Blue donor card; NOTE: Death year "1851" on donor card is incorrect. It should be "1854".; Source: Benjamin B. Eshleman, vital record; digital image by subscription, "Ancestry.com", Lancaster, Pennsylvania, U.S., Mennonite Vital Records, 1750-2014 (https://www.ancestrylibrary.com : accessed 3 April 2024).; Insert 2 - 3 loose sheets:

Admin/Biographical History: From: Donor Card

Date Range: 1824-1829

Creation Date: 20 August 1824 to 25 April 1829

Year Range From: 1845

Year Range To: 1847

Creator: Eshleman, Benjamin Brackbill, 1793-1854

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives North

Storage Wall: Side 12

Storage Container: Box 0005

Subjects: Account books; Business records

Search Terms: Account books; Business records; Bart Twp.; Colerain Twp.; Leacock Twp.

Extent: 184 pages to scan.; Size (L x W): 12-7/8" x 7-3/4"

Object Name: Daybook

Language: English

Condition Date: 2024-03-28

Condition Notes: Book is in poor condition. There is no spine.; Front cover is heavily worn. The inside glued page is only attached at the upper right 6".; Back cover outside finish is completely worn off and inside glued page has been removed.; All leaves are loose and have signs of water damage. Front two leaves are missing ~1" x 1" pieces from bottom right sides.

Object ID: MG0963_F020

Location of Originals: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania

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Accession Number: 2022.021

Other Numbers: MG-963

Classification: MG0963

Description Level: Item

Petition

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Collection: Bridge Records

Title: Bridge Records

Object ID: Bridge F0490 I004

Date Range: 1828/08

Collection: Bridge Records

Title: Bridge Records

Date Range: 1828/08

Year: 1828

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives West

Storage Container: Box 0007

People: Ruth, John

Subcategory: Documentary Artifact

Search Terms: Bridges; Conestoga Creek; Creeks; Elizabethtown; John Ruth's Mill; Leacock Twp.; Lititz; Manheim Twp.; Manheim; Mills; New Holland; Petitions; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Place: Leacock Twp. and Manheim Twp.

Object Name: Petition

Language: English

Condition: Fair

Object ID: Bridge F0490 I004

Box Number: 007

Additional Notes: Court term: August 1828.; Location: On road from Lititz, Warwick Twp.; Elizabethtown; Manheim, Rapho Twp., to New Holland, Earl Twp., and Philadelphia, near John Ruth's Mill.; Document type: Petition for a bridge.; 1 item, 1 piece

Access Conditions / Restrictions: Request at Reference Desk; photocopy made by staff member.

Classification: RG 02-00 0324

Description Level: Item

Documents

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Collection: Commissioners' Orders for Payment

Title: Commissioners' order for payment

Object ID: CommOrder 1830 #443

Collection: Commissioners' Orders for Payment

Title: Commissioners' order for payment

Description: 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.

Date of Accumulation: 1810-1901

Year: 1830

Creator: County Commissioners

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Container: Box 0011

People: Graham, Susanna; Irven, Henry; Irven, Levina; Kain, John; McCanna, Eliza; McCanna, William; McKinley, Caroline; McKinley, Rebeckah A.; Meharry, Jane; Meharry, John; Parks, James; Ronk, David; Ronk, Margaret Ann

Search Terms: Poor children; Bart Twp.; Lampeter Twp.; Leacock Twp.; Strasburg Twp.; Teachers; Commissioners' Orders for Payment

Place: Leacock Twp.

Extent: 70 boxes (35 cubic ft.)

Object Name: Documents

Language: English

Condition: Fair

Condition Date: 2008-03-25

Object ID: CommOrder 1830 #443

Box Number: 011

Notes: Entered into Q&A 1995/05/02.

Additional Notes: Poor children.; Leacock, Lampeter, Bart or Strasburg Township, as noted.; Graham, Susanna. Strasburg Twp.; Irven, Henry. Leacock Twp.; Irven, Levina. Leacock Twp.; Kain, John. Teacher.; McCanna, Eliza. Leacock Twp.; McCanna, William. Leacock Twp.; McKinley, Caroline. Lampeter Twp.; McKinley, Rebeckah A. Lampeter Twp.; Meharry, Jane. Leacock Twp.; Meharry, John. Leacock Twp.; Parks, James. Bart Twp.; Ronk, David. Leacock Twp.; Ronk, Margaret Ann. Leacock Twp.; 1 item. 1 piece.

Access Conditions / Restrictions: Request at research desk. Photocopy made by staff member.

Classification: RG 08-01 0510

Description Level: Item

Documents

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Collection: Commissioners' Orders for Payment

Title: Commissioners' order for payment

Object ID: CommOrder 1830 #513

Collection: Commissioners' Orders for Payment

Title: Commissioners' order for payment

Description: 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.

Date of Accumulation: 1810-1901

Year: 1830

Creator: County Commissioners

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Container: Box 0011

People: Clark, George; Clark, Nathaniel; Freeman, William; Kelly, Elizabeth; Kelly, John; Krowner, Samuel; McNeil, Daniel; McNeil, Samuel; Millenger, Charles; Millenger, William; Shippen, Amos; Shippen, Samuel; Smith, Bolden; Spindler, Mary; Spindler, Susannah

Search Terms: Leacock Twp.; Strasburg Twp.; Sadsbury Twp.; Poor children; Teachers; Commissioners' Orders for Payment

Place: Leacock Twp.

Extent: 70 boxes (35 cubic ft.)

Object Name: Documents

Language: English

Condition: Fair

Condition Date: 2008-03-25

Object ID: CommOrder 1830 #513

Box Number: 011

Notes: Entered into Q&A 1995/06/06.

Additional Notes: Poor children.; Leacock Township unless noted.; Clark, George. Sadsbury Twp.; Clark, Nathaniel. Sadsbury Twp.; Freeman, William. Teacher.; Kelly, Elizabeth.; Kelly, John. Strasburg Twp.; Krowner, Samuel. Strasburg Twp.; McNeil, Daniel.; McNeil, Samuel.; Millenger, Charles.; Millenger, William.; Shippen, Amos.; Shippen, Samuel.; Smith, Bolden. Strasburg Twp.; Spindler, Mary.; Spindler, Susannah.; 1 item. 1 piece.

Access Conditions / Restrictions: Request at research desk. Photocopy made by staff member.

Classification: RG 08-01 0510

Description Level: Item

Documents

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Collection: Commissioners' Orders for Payment

Title: Commissioners' order for payment

Object ID: CommOrder 1830 #578

Collection: Commissioners' Orders for Payment

Title: Commissioners' order for payment

Description: 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.

Date of Accumulation: 1810-1901

Year: 1830

Creator: County Commissioners

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Container: Box 0011

People: Bair, Abraham; Church, William; Hauck, David; Hauck, William; Iler, David; Kurn, Abraham; Lindecom, Catharine; Lindecom, Elias; Lynch, Alexander; Lynch, Ann; Shaw, Jane

Search Terms: Earl Twp.; Leacock Twp.; Salisbury Twp.; Poor children; Teachers; Commissioners' Orders for Payment

Place: Salisbury Twp.

Extent: 70 boxes (35 cubic ft.)

Object Name: Documents

Language: English

Condition: Fair

Condition Date: 2008-03-25

Object ID: CommOrder 1830 #578

Box Number: 011

Notes: Entered into Q&A 1995/06/27.

Additional Notes: Poor children.; Springville Schoolhouse.; Salisbury Township unless noted.; Bair, Abraham. Teacher.; Church, William.; Hauck, David. Earl Twp.; Hauck, William. Earl Twp.; Iler, David.; Kurn, Abraham. Leacock Twp.; Lindecom, Catharine.; Lindecom, Elias.; Lynch, Alexander.; Lynch, Ann.; Shaw, Jane.; 1 item. 1 piece.

Access Conditions / Restrictions: Request at research desk. Photocopy made by staff member.

Classification: RG 08-01 0510

Description Level: Item

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