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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

County, Pennsylvania Manuscript groups Margaretta Furnace Marietta Bank Morning News Mt. Auburn Cemetery New York, New York Newspaper clippings Obituaries Ohio Pennsylvania German Society Pensacola, Florida Peter Wager & Co. Philadelphia Inquirer Pratt & Kintzing Race Street Receipts Reeve’s Tavern South

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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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Index to marriage and death notices in the New-Yorker Staats-Zeitung, 1836-1870

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo20736

Author: Biebel, Frank A.

Date of Publication: 2000.

Call Number: 929.3 B586

Responsibility: compiled, researched and written by Frank A. Biebel.

ISBN: 1877692077; 9781877692079

Author: Biebel, Frank A.

Place of Publication: New York

Publisher: New York Genealogical and Biographical Society,

Date of Publication: 2000.

Physical Description: viii, 496 pages ; 24 cm

Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 483-488).

Subjects: German Americans - New York (State) - Genealogy.; Marriage records - New York (State) - Indexes.; Death notices - New York (State) - Indexes.; New York (State) - Genealogy.; United States, New York - Newspapers - Indexes.; United States, New York, New York (City) - Newspapers - Indexes.

Additional Corporate Author: New York Genealogical and Biographical Society.

Additional Title: New-Yorker Staats-Zeitung (New York, N.Y. : Daily)

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 929.3 B586

Worden's index to The New York genealogical and biographical record, 1870-1998

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo15044

Author: Worden, Jean D.

Date of Publication: c2002.

Call Number: 974.7 W265 CD

ISBN: 1877692085

Author: Worden, Jean D.

Place of Publication: [New York]

Publisher: New York Genealogical and Biographical Society,

Date of Publication: c2002.

Physical Description: 1 CD-ROM ; 4 3/4 in.

Subjects: New York genealogical and biographical record - Indexes.; New York (State) - History - Periodicals - Indexes.; New York (State) - Biography - Periodicals - Indexes.; New York (State) - Genealogy - Periodicals - Indexes.

Additional Corporate Author: New York Genealogical and Biographical Society.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Media

Call Number: 974.7 W265 CD

The underground railroad in Pennsylvania

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo9044

Author: Switala, William J.

Edition: 1st ed.

Date of Publication: 2001.

Call Number: 973.7115 S979

Responsibility: William J. Switala.

ISBN: 0811729524 (HC)

Author: Switala, William J.

Edition: 1st ed.

Place of Publication: Mechanicsburg, PA

Publisher: Stackpole Books,

Date of Publication: 2001.

Physical Description: p. cm.

Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.; African American resources at Lancaster County Historical Society.

Subjects: Underground railroad - Pennsylvania.; Fugitive slaves - Pennsylvania; African Americans - Pennsylvania; Historic sites - Pennsylvania.; Pennsylvania - Race relations.; Pennsylvania - History - 1775-1865.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 973.7115 S979

Equal but separate : the life and career of an African American businessman in Columbia, Pennsylvania, 1796?-1841 /by Teresa A. Weisser

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo13151

Author: Weisser, Teresa A.

Date of Publication: 2003.

Call Number: 926.74 S661

Alternate Title: The life and career of an African American businessman in Columbia, Pennsylvania, 1796?-1841.

Author: Weisser, Teresa A.

Date of Publication: 2003.

Physical Description: v, 133 leaves.

Summary: "Born in Middle Paxton Township, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania at the end of the 18th century to a slave mother and an unknown father, Stephen Smith overcame the handicaps posed by racism and poverty to become one of the wealthiest African Americans in the United States. As his prosperity and prominence increased, Smith also became a recognized and respected leader of the African American community, first in Columbia, Pennsylvania, and later on the state and national level...I have sought to understand the forces that shaped him, the circumstances that allowed him to succeed in business when so many others were unable to do so, and the contributions he made to the African American community." [from the author]

Subjects: Smith, Stephen, - 1796-1841.; Columbia, Pa. - History.; African Americans - Pennsylvania.; African American business people - Pennsylvania.; Lumber trade.; Slavery - Pennsylvania; Columbia (Pa.) - Race relations - 19th century.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 926.74 S661

New York State censuses & substitutes : an annotated bibliography of state censuses, census substitutes, and selected name lists in print, on microform, or online : with county boundary maps, 1683-1915 : and state census examples and extraction forms, 1825-1925

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo17358

Author: Dollarhide, William.

Date of Publication: 2006, c2005.

Call Number: 929.1 D665n

Alternate Title: New York State censuses and substitutes

Responsibility: by William Dollarhide ; [foreword by Gordon L. Remington].

ISBN: 0806317663

Author: Dollarhide, William.

Place of Publication: Baltimore, Md

Publisher: Genealogical Publishing,

Date of Publication: 2006, c2005.

Physical Description: xix, 228, [1] p. : facsims., maps ; 28 cm.

Notes: "This book identifies the state census manuscripts that survive, and the microfilmed copies available for New York's sixty-two counties"--Preface, p. xiii.

Subjects: Registers of births, etc. - New York (State) - Bibliography.; Counties - New York (State) - Maps.; New York (State) - Genealogy - Bibliography.; New York (State) - Census - Bibliography.; New York (State) - Maps.

Additional Author: Remington, Gordon Lewis.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 929.1 D665n

Genealogical resources in New York

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo14421

Date of Publication: 2003.

Call Number: 929.1 G326g

Responsibility: edited by Estelle M. Guzik.

ISBN: 0962186317

Place of Publication: New York

Publisher: Jewish Genealogical Society,

Date of Publication: 2003.

Physical Description: x, 417 p. : maps ; 29 cm.

Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.

Subjects: Jews - Directories.; Archival resources - New York Metropolitan Area.; Archival resources - New York (State) - New York.; New York (State) - Genealogy - Bibliography.; New York (N.Y.) - Genealogy - Bibliography.; New York (State) - History, Local - Sources - Bibliography.; New York (N.Y.) - History, Local - Sources - Bibliography.

Additional Author: Guzik, Estelle M.

Additional Corporate Author: Jewish Genealogical Society (New York, N.Y.)

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 929.1 G326g

Guide to African American resources at the Pennsylvania State Archives

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo9545

Author: Hodge, Ruth E.

Date of Publication: 2000.

Call Number: 016.9748 H688

Alternate Title: African American resources at the Pennsylvania State Archives.

Responsibility: Ruth E. Hodge.

ISBN: 089271087X

Author: Hodge, Ruth E.

Place of Publication: Harrisburg, [Pa.]

Publisher: Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission,

Date of Publication: 2000.

Physical Description: xii, 598 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

Notes: Clifford Edmond, Jr. Collection on African American History.; Includes bibliographical references and index.

Subjects: Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission. - Division of Archives and Manuscripts - Catalogs.; African Americans - Pennsylvania - Bibliography - Catalogs.; Manuscripts, American - Pennsylvania - Harrisburg - Catalogs.; Pennsylvania - Race relations - Sources - Bibliography - Catalogs.

Additional Corporate Author: Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 016.9748 H688

African Americans in Pennsylvania : above ground and underground : an illustrated guide

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo17129

Author: Blockson, Charles L.

Date of Publication: 2001.

Call Number: 326 B651

Responsibility: Charles L. Blockson.

ISBN: 1879441853; 9781879441859

Author: Blockson, Charles L.

Place of Publication: Harrisburg, PA

Publisher: RB Books,

Date of Publication: 2001.

Physical Description: 320 p. : col. ill., col. maps ; 24 cm.

Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 294-297) and index.

Contents: Enslaved Africans in early Pennsylvania --- African Resistance to Slavery --- The Underground Railroad --- The Fugitive Slave Law of1850 --- Black Enfranchisement --- The Question of Emigrationor Migration --- The Role of the Church --- Progress throughEducation --- Black Men and Women of letters --- EarlyPhiladelphia entrepreneurs --- Black Inventors and Scientists ---African Americans in Medicine --- African Americans in the Media--- Black Americans in Performing Arts ( Dance , Theater , Music, Film, and Television ) --- Black Artists --- Black Athletes --- A Guide to Historic Places

Summary: An illustrated biographical guide to some of the distinguished Afro-Americans of Pennsylvania.

Subjects: African Americans - Pennsylvania; Pennsylvania - Race relations.; Pennsylvania - History, Local.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 326 B651

Notes and documents of free persons of color : four hundred years of an American families history

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo12258

Author: Wills, Anita L.

Date of Publication: c2003.

Call Number: 326 W741

Responsibility: Anita L. Wills.

Author: Wills, Anita L.

Place of Publication: San Leondro, CA

Publisher: LeBoudin Pub. Co.,

Date of Publication: c2003.

Physical Description: 299 p. : ill. ; 21 cm.

Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 249-251) and index.

Subjects: Baxter family.; Green family.; Martin family.; Bowden family.; Pinn family.; Free African Americans - Virginia; African Americans - Virginia; Virginia - Race relations.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 326 W741

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