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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

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

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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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Collection: D. S. Sweeton & Co. Records

Title: D. S. Sweeton & Co. Records

Object ID: MG0320

Date Range: 1886-1893

230 North President Avenue • Lancaster, Pennsylvania 17603-3125 717.392.4633 • www.LancasterHistory.org D. S. Sweeton & Co. Records, 1886-1893 Object ID: MG0320 1 box 6 folders .2 cubic ft. Repository: LancasterHistory (Organization); PV7 Shelving Location: Archives South, Side 8 Scope and Content

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Collection: D. S. Sweeton & Co. Records

Title: D. S. Sweeton & Co. Records

Description: The D. S. Sweeton & Co. Records are made up of orders to the company for wood wheels, receipts for payments made by Sweeton, price lists of the Lancaster Polishing Factory, and personal memorabilia including invitations and a checkbook from Northern National Bank of Lancaster.

Admin/Biographical History: David S. Sweeton was born in Glassboro, New Jersey c.1827. He was a woodturner by trade and specialized in building staircases. He moved to Lancaster in 1881 and first appears in the Lancaster City Directory as a manufacturer of emery wheels in 1892. (An emery wheel has an abrasive coating that is used for buffing or grinding.) From 1897 to 1901 Sweeton is listed as the proprietor of the Lancaster Polishing Wheel Works located at 44 W. Liberty Street, Lancaster. After 1901, he is listed only as a manufacturer.; Sweeton lived at 414 W. Lemon St., Lancaster in 1886 and 1888, but by 1906 he had moved to 439 W. Frederick St., then to 33 W. Liberty St., and finally to 623 N. Shippen St.; Sources: Lancaster City Directories; Obituary, Daily New Era, 1 March 1906.

Date Range: 1886-1893

Year Range From: 1886

Year Range To: 1893

Date of Accumulation: 1886-1893

Creator: D. S. Sweeton & Co.

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives South

Storage Wall: Side 08

People: Coffin, Mathilde E.; Myers, Richard; Neidich, Mary F.; Ragan, Henry Harger; Sweeton, David S.

Other Creators: Sweeton, David S., 1827-1906

Subjects: Business records; Letters; Manufactures; Polishing wheels; Receipts (Acknowledgments)

Search Terms: Abrasive Material Company; Business records; Conestoga Machine Works; Correspondence; D. S. Sweeton and Company; Finding aids; Grey Iron Casting Company; Hanson, Van Winkle and Company; Lancaster Polishing Factory; Lancaster Polishing Wheel Works; Letters; Manuscript groups; Polishing wheels; Potts and Weber; Ragan Lectures; Receipts; Union Manufacturing Company; Zucker and Levett Chemical Company

Extent: 1 box, 6 folders, .2 cubic ft.

Object Name: Archive

Language: English

Object ID: MG0320

Location of Originals: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania

Notes: Preferred Citation: Title or description of item, date (day, month, year), D. S. Sweeton & Co. Records (MG0320), Folder #, LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.

Access Conditions / Restrictions: No restrictions.

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.

Other Numbers: MG-320

Classification: MG0320

Description Level: Fonds

Custodial History: Added to database 3 January 2022.

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Collection: Edward Hand Reunion and Genealogy Collection

Title: Edward Hand Reunion and Genealogy Collection

Object ID: MG0116

Date Range: 1805-1984

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Collection: Edward Hand Reunion and Genealogy Collection

Title: Edward Hand Reunion and Genealogy Collection

Description: 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.

Date Range: 1805-1984

Year Range From: 1805

Year Range To: 1984

Date of Accumulation: 1805-1984

Creator: Hand family

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives South

Storage Wall: Side 03

People: Hand, Edward; Lear, Robert H.; Brien, Edward; Brien, Dorothy Hand; Hand, Jasper

Subjects: Genealogy; Family records; Letters

Search Terms: Genealogy; Family records; Family reunions; Rock Ford; Correspondence; Letters; Manuscript groups; Finding aids

Extent: 1 box, 27 folders, .5 cubic ft.

Object Name: Archive

Language: English

Object ID: MG0116

Access Conditions / Restrictions: No restrictions.

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: Edward Hand Reunion and Genealogy Collection (MG-116), Folder #, LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pa.

Other Numbers: MG-116

Classification: MG0116

Description Level: Fonds

Custodial History: Added to database 1 May 2019.

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Collection: Harriet Diller Collection

Title: Harriet Diller Collection

Object ID: MG0088

Date Range: 1877-1842

Collection: Harriet Diller Collection

Title: Harriet Diller Collection

Description: Collection contains information on the Diller family, collected by Harriet Diller.

Date Range: 1877-1842

Year Range From: 1877

Year Range To: 1942

Date of Accumulation: 1877-1942

Creator: Diller, Harriet

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives South

Storage Wall: Side 03

People: Diller, Harriet; Ellmaker, J. Watson

Subjects: Family records; Genealogy; Letters

Search Terms: Correspondence; Family history; Family records; Finding aids; Genealogy; Letters; Manuscript groups

Extent: 1 box, 2 folders, .1 cubic ft.

Object Name: Archive

Language: English

Object ID: MG0088

Location of Originals: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania (Lancaster, Pa.)

Access Conditions / Restrictions: No restrictions.

Copyright: Collection may not be photocopied. Please contact Research Staff or Archives Staff with questions.

Credit: Harriet Diller Collection (MG-88), Folder #, LancasterHistory.org

Classification: MG0088

Description Level: Fonds

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Collection: Samuel R. Slaymaker II, White Chimneys Collection, Series 2

Title: Samuel R. Slaymaker II, White Chimneys Collection, Series 2

Object ID: MG0268_S02

Date Range: 1759-1928

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Collection: Samuel R. Slaymaker II, White Chimneys Collection, Series 2

Title: Samuel R. Slaymaker II, White Chimneys Collection, Series 2

Description: The Samuel R. Slaymaker II, White Chimneys Collection, Series 2 was carefully curated by Mr. Slaymaker and contains papers dating from the mid-eighteenth century to the early twentieth century. This series is primarily composed of correspondence related to business, railroads, legal affairs, and personal matters. The personal letters are rich in details of social history and genealogy. Legal documents include estate papers for the Fleming, Slaymaker, Leech, and Boyd families. The remaining documents include land surveys, receipts, tickets, accounts, bonds, and wills.

System of Arrangement: The Samuel R. Slaymaker II, White Chimneys Collection is divided into six series according to the original order; Series 1, 2 and 4 have been cataloged and are available for research.; Series 1 Trunk: SRS I and Minnie; Series 2 Document Boxes; Series 3 Family Papers; Series 4 Museum Cases and Metal Box; Series 5 Slaymaker Lock Company Records; Series 6 Papers of Samuel R. Slaymaker II

Date Range: 1759-1928

Year Range From: 1759

Year Range To: 1928

Date of Accumulation: 1759-1928

Creator: Slaymaker, Samuel Redsecker, 1923-1989

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives South

Storage Wall: Side 07

People: Slaymaker, Amos; Slaymaker, Henry Fleming; Slaymaker, Minnie Louise Cohr; Slaymaker, Samuel Cochran, 1828-1894; Slaymaker, Samuel Redsecker

Other Creators: Slaymaker family

Subjects: African Americans--History; Business records; Court records; Deeds; Family records; Invitation cards; Legal documents; Letters; Postmasters; Railroads--Pennsylvania; Railroads--Records and correspondence; Real property surveys--Pennsylvania; Kinzers (Pa.); Lancaster County (Pa.); Salisbury (Lancaster County, Pa. : Township)

Search Terms: Accounts; Business records; Columbia Store; Correspondence; Court records; Deeds; Enslaved persons; Family records; Finding aids; Invitations; Kinzers, Paradise Twp.; Legal documents; Letters; Manuscript groups; Persons of color; Philadelphia and Reading Railroad Company; Postmasters; Railroads; Railroads, Records and correspondence; Reading and Chesapeake Railroad; Reading and Columbia Railroad Company; Reading, Lancaster and Baltimore Railroad; Real property surveys; Receipts; Salisbury Twp.; White Chimneys; Wilmington and Reading Railroad

Extent: 7 boxes, 113 folders, 3.5 cubic ft.

Object Name: Archive

Language: English

Object ID: MG0268_S02

Location of Originals: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania

Related Item Notes: See also Photograph and Object Collections

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

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.

Other Numbers: MG-268, Series 2

Classification: MG0268

Description Level: Series

Custodial History: Added to database 8 August 2022.; Much of this series was microfilmed by the Pennsylvania State Archives. The microfilmed items are noted within the finding aid and the microfilm is available in LancasterHistory's Research Center.

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Collection: Ellsworth Edwards Collection

Title: Ellsworth Edwards Collection (MG-37)

Object ID: MG0037

Date Range: 1827-1933

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Collection: Ellsworth Edwards Collection

Title: Ellsworth Edwards Collection (MG-37)

Description: Contains Edwards family materials including correspondence and family photographs.

Date Range: 1827-1933

Year Range From: 1827

Year Range To: 1933

Date of Accumulation: 1827-1933

Creator: Edwards, Ellsworth

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives South

Storage Wall: Side 01

People: Bair, Maggie; Edwards, Bessie; Edwards, Ellsworth; Edwards, Maggie; Smoker, Katie

Subjects: Family records; Letters

Search Terms: Correspondence; Family records; Letters; Photographs; Wills; Manuscript groups; Finding aids

Extent: 1 box, 8 folders, .25 cubic ft.

Object Name: Archive

Language: English

Object ID: MG0037

Access Conditions / Restrictions: No restrictions.

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.

Other Numbers: MG-37

Classification: MG0037

Description Level: Fonds

Custodial History: Cataloged prior to 1997; added to database 10 May 2018.

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Collection: Hubley Collection

Title: Hubley Collection

Object ID: MG0002

Date Range: 1741-1864

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Collection: Hubley Collection

Title: Hubley Collection

Description: The Hubley Collection contains legal documents, case papers, family and military papers, wills, deeds, bills and receipts, indentures for servants and enslaved persons, correspondence, petitions, and church-related information.

Admin/Biographical History: John Hubley and Joseph Hubley were Lancaster attorneys.

System of Arrangement: The legal papers are arranged chronologically. Case papers are arranged; alphabetically by surname of the plaintiff or defendant. Family papers are grouped by the family member's name and chronologically within that name. Box 6 is arranged chronologically.

Date Range: 1741-1864

Year Range From: 1741

Year Range To: 1864

Date of Accumulation: 1741-1864

Creator: Hubley family

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives South

Storage Wall: Side 01

People: App, Michael; Barr, John; Deshler, Adam; Ferree, Polly; Foulke, Caleb; Franklin, Thomas; Fromberger, John; Hubley, Adam; Hubley, Frederick; Hubley, George; Hubley, John; Hubley, Joseph; Hubley, Michael; Jones, Owen, Jr.; Lauman, Ludwig; Musser, John; Porter, Andrew; Rieger, Jacob; Rieger, Catherine; Thomas, Adam

Subjects: Court records; Deeds; Depositions; Family records; Indentured servants; Judgments; Law offices; Letters; Promissory notes; Slavery; United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783; Wills

Search Terms: Correspondence; Court records; Deeds; Depositions; Enslaved persons; Family records; Finding aids; Indentured servants; Judgments; Law offices; Letters; Manuscript groups; Military; Promissory notes; Revolutionary War; Slavery; Warder, Parker and Company; Wills; Yeiser & Weaver

Extent: 6 boxes, 84 folders, 2.25 cu. ft.

Object Name: Archive

Language: English

Object ID: MG0002

Related Item Notes: Hubley Family File in the library.

Access Conditions / Restrictions: No restrictions.

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.

Other Numbers: MG-2

Classification: MG0002

Description Level: Fonds

Custodial History: Collection was cataloged prior to July 1997; added to database 1 March 2018.

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Collection: John Wilson and Samuel Houston Collection

Title: John Wilson and Samuel Houston Collection

Object ID: MG0093

Collection: John Wilson and Samuel Houston Collection

Title: John Wilson and Samuel Houston Collection

Description: Family and legal papers of the Wilson and Houston families. Includes wills, deeds, legal papers, estate papers, and correspondence. The collection covers the Earl, Salisbury, and Leacock Township area.

Year Range From: 1756

Year Range To: 1849

Date of Accumulation: 1756-1849

Creator: Wilson family

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives South

Storage Wall: Side 03

People: Andress, George; Burkman, J. John; Douglas, John; Douglass, Thomas; Henderson, Thomas; Hopkins, James; Houston, Benjamin F.; Houston, Samuel; Job, Jeremiah; Owen, Archibald; Searle, James; Taylor, Isaac; Weidman, Christopher; Wilson, John; Wilson, John, Sr.; Yoner, Jacob

Other Creators: Houston family

Subjects: Deeds; Family records; Philadelphia and Lancaster Turnpike (Pa.); Postal service; Promissory notes; Wills

Search Terms: Correspondence; Deeds; Family records; Pequea Meetinghouse; Philadelphia Turnpike; United States Postal Service; Promissory notes; Subpoenas; Wills

Extent: 1 box, 28 folder, .5 cubic ft.

Object Name: Archive

Language: English

Object ID: MG0093

Location of Originals: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania

Access Conditions / Restrictions: No restrictions.

Copyright: Collection may not be photocopied. Please contact Research Staff or Archives Staff with questions.

Credit: John Wilson and Samuel Houston Collection (MG-93), Folder #, LancasterHistory.org

Classification: MG0093

Description Level: Fonds

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Collection: John Leonard Ellmaker Collection

Title: John Leonard Ellmaker Collection

Object ID: MG0071

Date Range: 1726-1922

identifying and satisfying any claimants of copyright or other use restrictions. Publication fees may apply. Preferred Citation: Title or description of item, date (day, month, year), Collection Title (MG#), Box #, Folder #, (or Object ID), LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania. URL if applicable. Date

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Collection: John Leonard Ellmaker Collection

Title: John Leonard Ellmaker Collection

Description: Collection of Ellmaker family papers, including original papers of the first immigrant, John Leonard Ellmaker of Germany. Papers include correspondence, genealogy charts, deeds and legal papers. newspaper clippings, photographs, articles on Jacob Eichholtz, and a diploma and teachers' certificate. There is also a blank book with paper made at Ephrata Cloister in 1796.

Date Range: 1726-1922

Year Range From: 1726

Year Range To: 1922

Date of Accumulation: 1726-1922

Creator: Ellmaker family

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives South

Storage Wall: Side 02

People: Cochran, Thomas B.; Eichholtz, Jacob; Elder, Thomas; Ellmaker, Alfred; Ellmaker, Amos; Ellmaker, Ana Margareta; Ellmaker, Benjamin Ellmaker; Ellmaker, E. Ben; Ellmaker, Edgar O.; Ellmaker, Elizabeth; Ellmaker, Enos; Ellmaker, John Leonard; Ellmaker, John Watson; Ellmaker, Leonard; Ellmaker, Lucy H.; Ellmaker, Nathaniel; Ellmaker, Thomas; Graunnon, Christiana Margaretta; Haverstick, H. B.; Hoofgardner, Ferdinand; Hornberger, Maria; Hubbard, Elbert; Huston, R. M.; Koning, P.; Mayor, Robert; Moor, John; Nicolaas, I.; Pancoast, Dr.; Schnierer, Jacob; Snyder, Edwin L.; Snyder, John A.; Snyder, Mrs. Edwin L.

Other Creators: Ellmaker, John Leonard

Subjects: Clippings (Books, newspapers, etc.); Deeds; Family records; Genealogy; Letters; Marriage records; Stocks; Wills

Search Terms: Aoelian Hall; Carnegie Hall; Clippings (Books, newspapers, etc.); Correspondence; Deeds; Ephrata Cloister; Family records; Finding aids; Genealogy; Jefferson Medical College of Philadelphia; Letters; Manuscript groups; Marriage records; Metropolitan Opera House; Newspaper clippings; Obituaries; Philharmonic Society of New York; Roycroft; Stocks; Wills

Extent: 2 boxes, 58 folders, 1 cubic ft.

Object Name: Archive

Language: English, German, Dutch

Object ID: MG0071

Location of Originals: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania

Related Item Notes: Photograph Collection

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

Access Conditions / Restrictions: No restrictions. Please request at Reference Desk or contact Research@LancasterHistory.org prior to visit.

Copyright: Collection 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 site 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.

Classification: MG0071

Description Level: Fonds

Custodial History: Cataloged prior to 1997. Added to database 23 October 2018.

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Collection: Steele Family Papers

Title: Steele Family Papers

Object ID: MG0591

Date Range: 1775-1990

230 North President Avenue • Lancaster, Pennsylvania 17603-3125 717.392.4633 • www.LancasterHistory.org Steele Family Papers, 1775-1990 Object ID: MG0591 1 box 18 folders .5 cubic ft. Repository: LancasterHistory (Organization); PV7 Shelving Location: Archives South, Side 12 Scope and Content Note

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Collection: Steele Family Papers

Title: Steele Family Papers

Description: The Steele Family Papers contain genealogical records, notes, and documents supporting the lineage between Mary Edna Cowell Murphy (DAR No. 297765) and Revolutionary War soldiers Robert Bailey, John Cowell, Adam Reigart, Henry Slaymaker, and John Steele, and architect Robert Smith.

Date Range: 1775-1990

Date of Accumulation: 1775-1990

Creator: Steele family

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives South

Storage Wall: Side 12

Subjects: Family archives; Genealogy; Letters; Obituaries; Probate records; Scrapbooks

Search Terms: Correspondence; Family records; Finding aids; Genealogy; Letters; Manuscript groups; Obituaries; Probate records; Scrapbooks

Extent: 1 box, 18 folders, .5 cubic ft.

Object Name: Archive

Language: English

Object ID: MG0591

Related Item Notes: Adam Reigart Collection (MG0122); Adam Reigart Jr., John S. Murphy Collection (MG0331); Samuel R. Slaymaker II, White Chimneys Collection (MG0268); See also the Photograph Collection; See also the Curatorial Collection

Notes: Preferred Citation: Title or description of item, date (day, month, year), Steele Family Papers (MG0591), Folder #, LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.

Access Conditions / Restrictions: No restrictions.

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.

Accession Number: 2011.001

Other Numbers: MG-591

Classification: MG0591

Description Level: Fonds

Custodial History: Processed and finding aid prepared by MK, 2014. Added to database 26 December 2021.

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