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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

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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: Diffenderffer Family Papers

Title: Diffenderffer Family Papers

Object ID: MG0410

Date Range: 1691-1963

Lancaster Land drafts Lemon Street School Letters Manuscript groups Mortgages New Design, Earl Twp. New Holland Newspaper clippings Programs Real estate Real property surveys Reigart's Landing Susquehanna River Texas Texas Frontier Forces Windsor Forge Related Materials: Processing History: Cataloged by HST

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Collection: Diffenderffer Family Papers

Title: Diffenderffer Family Papers

Description: The Diffenderffer Family Papers collection contains items that have been passed down through generations of the Diffenderffer family. Deeds for tracts of land in New Holland date back to the creation of New Design, the village that preceded New Holland. Correspondence and some manuscripts pertain to J. P. McCaskey's life and accomplishments. F. R. Diffenderffer's manuscripts on Easter Day and Conrad Weiser are preserved with this collection, as well as poems, a program for the C. Elvin Haupt School, and a claim of F. R. Diffenderffer & Co. against the State of Texas.

Date Range: 1691-1963

Year Range From: 1691

Year Range To: 1963

Date of Accumulation: 1691-1963

Creator: Diffenderffer family

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives South

Storage Wall: Side 10

People: Brubaker, John; Brubaker, Margaret; Brubaker, Philip; Davis, Sarah; Diffenderfer, David; Diffenderfer, Elizabeth Shirk; Diffenderfer, John; Diffenderffer, Christina; Diffenderffer, David; Diffenderffer, David, Sr.; Diffenderffer, Fianna L. Lutz; Diffenderffer, Frank Ried; Diffenderffer, Harold F.; Diffenderffer, John, Jr.; Diffenderffer, John, Sr.; Diffenderffer, Margaretta Stein; Diffenderffer, Michael; Freymyer, Jacob; Grim, Henry; Haupt, Charles Elvin; Hoch, Herman E.; Holl, Wendel; Hubley, Bernard; Kennerly, John; Kinzer, John; Kinzer, Magdalena; Koch, Mary; Koch, Melchior; Law, James D.; Markley, Henry; McCaskey, Donald G.; McCaskey, John Piersol "Jack"; Nevin, Blanche; Painter, John; Penn, William; Rodman, John H.; Shirk, Henry; Smith, Oliver; Smith, William Evans; Sneider, Christian; Stone, David; Stone, George; Stone, Leonard; Stone, Mary; Sutton, Mary A. Diffenderffer; Thomson, Bill "Tommy"; Winter, John; Young, Matthias

Other Creators: Diffenderffer, Fianna L. Lutz, 1918-2009; Diffenderffer, David

Subjects: Deeds; Letters; Real property

Search Terms: Clippings (Books, newspapers, etc.); Conestoga River; Correspondence; Deeds; Drowning; Earl Twp.; England; Estate settlement; Finding aids; German Reformed Church of New Holland; Haupt Elementary School; Hutchings Printing House; King Street; Lancaster; Land drafts; Lemon Street School; Letters; Manuscript groups; Mortgages; New Design, Earl Twp.; New Holland; Newspaper clippings; Programs; Real estate; Real property surveys; Reigart's Landing; Susquehanna River; Texas; Texas Frontier Forces; Windsor Forge

Extent: 1 box, 23 folders, .5 cubic ft.

Object Name: Archive

Language: English

Object ID: MG0410

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).; Deeds in folders 1-18 were a gift of Fianna Diffenderffer and the Diffenderffer family, 4 November 2006.; Items in folders 19-23 were a gift from her nephew, David Diffenderffer, 14 August 2006.

Access Conditions / Restrictions: Restrictions are noted at the item level--please use photocopies or transcriptions for those items. Other 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: 2006.MG0410_NOV

Other Numbers: MG-410

Classification: MG0410

Description Level: Fonds

Custodial History: Cataloged by HST, November 2008. Added to database 28 July 2021.

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Collection: Harry Lincoln Long Collection

Title: Harry Lincoln Long Collection

Object ID: MG0380

Date Range: 1739-1883

Slaymaker, Henry Edwin Smith, Howard Smith, Joseph Stevens, Thaddeus Walker, John Warner, Rily White, William Widmyer, C. Worrell, Elijah Worrell, Elizabeth Worrell, Joseph Yost, Jacob Subject Headings: Deeds Letters Real property surveys Receipts (Acknowledgments) �230 North President Avenue • Lancaster

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Collection: Harry Lincoln Long Collection

Title: Harry Lincoln Long Collection

Description: The Harry Lincoln Long Collection contains documents of the Long family of Drumore Twp. Most papers pertain to property of the Long and Worrell families, and the estate of Robert H. Long. The documents include a broadside, deeds, land drafts, receipts, insurance policies, and correspondence.

Date Range: 1739-1883

Year Range From: 1739

Year Range To: 1883

Date of Accumulation: 1739-1883

Creator: Long, Harry Lincoln, 1865-1948

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives South

Storage Wall: Side 09

People: Ball, John; Ball, Joseph; Barclay, James; Barclay, Mary; Black, James; Boyd, Ann Margaret; Boyd, Hugh; Boyd, Isabella R.; Boyd, Samuel; Buchanan, James; Calvert, John; Churchman, George; Churchman, John; Clark, Nathaniel; Clerk, Nathan; Collins, Cornelius; Crawford, David; Crawford, Edward; Crawford, Robert; Dickson, Samuel; Ensminger, Samuel; Fairman, George Walter; Findlay, William; Forsh, Jonathan; Gardner, Valentine; Gill, George; Gryder, Jacob; Harrah, Patrick; Hecket, Frank; Hibshman, Jacob; James, John; King, Robert; Lamborn, Robert; Long, Harry Lincoln; Long, Hugh; Long, James; Long, Robert H.; Martin, Hugh; McElray, John; McPherson, James; McPherson, Martha; Mitchell, John; Mitchell, Samuel; Moore, Alexander; Neel, Thomas; Pennepacker, Henry W.; Penny, Hugh M.; Penny, John Joseph; Porter, Thomas; Quin, Bryan; Rippey, Matthew; Robertson, James; Robinson, James; Seiple, Samuel; Slaymaker, Henry Edwin; Smith, Howard; Smith, Joseph; Stevens, Thaddeus; Walker, John; Warner, Rily; White, William; Widmyer, C.; Worrell, Elijah; Worrell, Elizabeth; Worrell, Joseph; Yost, Jacob

Subjects: Deeds; Letters; Real property surveys; Receipts (Acknowledgments)

Search Terms: Accounts; Agreements; Altick and McGinnis; Baltimore, Maryland; Bank of the United States; Barns; Broadsides; Correspondence; Deeds; Drumore Twp.; Estate settlement; Finding aids; Fishing Creek; Independent Whig Steam Press; Insurance policies; Invoices; Land drafts; Letters; Manuscript groups; Mortgages; Promissory notes; Real estate; Real property surveys; Receipts; Southern Mutual Insurance Company of Lancaster County; Surveys

Extent: 1 box, 9 folders, .25 cubic ft.

Object Name: Archive

Language: English

Object ID: MG0380

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: 2005.MG0380

Other Numbers: MG-380

Classification: MG0380

Description Level: Fonds

Custodial History: Harry Lincoln Long was the donor's maternal grandfather; he kept these documents for the family.; Added to database 20 February 2022.

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Collection: Coulter and Hepler Land Records

Title: Coulter and Hepler Land Records

Object ID: MG0426

Date Range: 1733-1929

, Jerre P. Wilson, Josephine �230 North President Avenue • Lancaster, Pennsylvania 17603-3125 717.392.4633 • www.LancasterHistory.org Subject Headings: Advertisements Blotting paper Deeds Real property Real property surveys Search Terms: Advertisements Bart Twp. Blotters (Paper) Colerain Twp. Deeds

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Collection: Coulter and Hepler Land Records

Title: Coulter and Hepler Land Records

Description: The Coulter and Hepler Land Records contain property records for land in southeastern Lancaster County that once belonged to the Reids, Coulters, and Heplers. The records include deeds, land drafts, and articles of agreement. There is also a desk blotter for I. P. Hepler.

Admin/Biographical History: Walter R. and Esther E. Hepler (parents of donor) purchased a farm from R. M. Coulter in 1929. The farm was located in Bart Twp. and Colerain Twp. with an address of 113 Rosedale Road, Quarryville. In the early 1930s, Walter was injured in a farm accident and the family had to sell the farm in a sheriff's sale. They subsequently lived with Esther's parents and helped on their farm, earning 50¢ per week plus meals and shelter. Somehow, Walter was able to keep the family's truck through these difficult times.; He later was employed as manager at the Capital Theatre in Lancaster where he earned $14.75 per week. He moved the family into a three-story house in Lancaster with indoor plumbing and electricity, which was an exciting change for the children-James and his sister, Dorothy. As the U.S. emerged from the Depression and entered World War II, Walter used his carpentry skills to obtain a position in the shipyards and earned $2.37½ per day. James Hepler retired from Trojan Yachts as a boat-builder.

Date Range: 1733-1929

Year Range From: 1733

Year Range To: 1929

Date of Accumulation: 1733-1929

Creator: Hepler, Walter Rupert, 1897-1967

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives South

Storage Wall: Side 10

People: Armstrong, Jackson; Beyer, John D.; Caughey, John; Coulter, Hugh; Coulter, James; Coulter, John; Coulter, Nathaniel; Coulter, Rankin Martin; Coulter, Samuel; Dip, Robert; Downing, Samuel; Duire, David; Eastburn, Benjamin; Eshleman, B. B.; Eshleman, Isaac S.; Eshleman, William G.; Hepler, Esther E. Sheaffer; Hepler, Israel Painter; Hepler, Walter Rupert; Homsher, John; Hunter, Alexander; Jackson, Levin H.; Johnson, J. B.; Johnson. J. Buckley; McCauley, James; McNiss, Edgar; Parke, John; Read, Andrew; Read, John; Read, Nathan; Read, Sarah; Read, Thomas; Reid, Andrew; Reid, Sarah; Reinhart, William; Thompson, John; Thompson, Mary; Trout, Frank M.; Trout, Jerre P.; Wilson, Josephine

Other Creators: Hepler, Esther E. Sheaffer, 1901-1997; Coulter, Rankin Martin, 1860-1929; Coulter family

Subjects: Advertisements; Blotting paper; Deeds; Real property; Real property surveys

Search Terms: Advertisements; Bart Twp.; Blotters (Paper); Colerain Twp.; Deeds; Finding aids; Land drafts; Manuscript groups; National Fire and Marine Insurance Company of New Jersey; Octoraro Creek; Quarryville; Real estate; Sadsbury Twp.

Extent: 1 oversized box, 7 folders, 1 cubic ft.

Object Name: Archive

Language: English

Object ID: MG0426

Location of Originals: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania

Notes: Preferred Citation: Title or description of item, date (day, month, year), Coulter and Hepler Land Records (MG0426), 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.

Accession Number: 2007.MG0426

Other Numbers: MG-426

Classification: MG0426

Description Level: Fonds

Custodial History: Added to database 28 December 2021.

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Collection: Property Records of the Neel Family of Drumore Twp.

Title: Property Records of the Neel Family of Drumore Twp.

Object ID: MG0463

Date Range: 1756-1867

W. Hibshman, Jacob McCandle, John McCullough, George Mitchell, Ann Mitchell, David Mitchell, William Morrison, Daniel Neel, Hugh Neel, Margaret Neel, Mary Ann Neel, Thomas Penn, Richard Penn, Thomas Robison, Thomas Subject Headings: Deeds Real property Real property surveys Search Terms: Deeds

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Collection: Property Records of the Neel Family of Drumore Twp.

Title: Property Records of the Neel Family of Drumore Twp.

Description: This collection contains documents pertaining to property owned by the Neel family in Drumore Township, Lancaster County. The land along the Susquehanna River was originally deeded to William Mitchell by Thomas and Richard Penn. The land drafts show property lines and owners of the adjoining tracts.

Date Range: 1756-1867

Year Range From: 1756

Year Range To: 1867

Date of Accumulation: 1756-1867

Creator: Neel family

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives South

Storage Wall: Side 11

People: Campbell, Jacob M.; Churchman, George; Churchman, John; Denny, William; Geary, John W.; Hibshman, Jacob; McCandle, John; McCullough, George; Mitchell, Ann; Mitchell, David; Mitchell, William; Morrison, Daniel; Neel, Hugh; Neel, Margaret; Neel, Mary Ann; Neel, Thomas; Penn, Richard; Penn, Thomas; Robison, Thomas

Subjects: Deeds; Real property; Real property surveys

Search Terms: Deeds; Drumore Twp.; Finding aids; Land drafts; Manuscript groups; Real estate

Extent: 1 box, 4 folders, .25 cubic ft.

Object Name: Archive

Language: English

Object ID: MG0463

Location of Originals: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania

Notes: Preferred Citation: Title or description of item, date (day, month, year), Property Records of the Neel Family of Drumore Twp. (MG0463), Folder #, LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.

Access Conditions / Restrictions: The land drafts in Folder 2 are very fragile; patrons may use photocopies of the documents.

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: 2004.MG0463

Other Numbers: MG-463

Classification: MG0463

Description Level: Fonds

Custodial History: Added to database 22 February 2022.

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Collection: Land Records Collection

Title: Land Records Collection

Object ID: MG0304

Date Range: 1717-1983

#, (or Object ID), LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania. URL if applicable. Date accessed (day, month, year). People: �230 North President Avenue • Lancaster, Pennsylvania 17603-3125 717.392.4633 • www.LancasterHistory.org Subject Headings: Deeds Real property Surveys Search Terms: Deeds Real estate

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Collection: Land Records Collection

Title: Land Records Collection

Description: This collection contains several types of land records including deeds, leases, land drafts and articles of agreement. These documents record transactions involving real estate within Lancaster County and/or by residents of Lancaster County.

Date Range: 1717-1983

Year Range From: 1717

Year Range To: 1983

Date of Accumulation: 1717-1983

Creator: LancasterHistory (Organization)

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives South

Storage Wall: Side 08

Subjects: Deeds; Real property; Surveys

Search Terms: Deeds; Real estate; Land drafts; Surveys

Extent: 3 boxes, 70 folders, 10 oversized folders, 8 framed deeds, 6 cubic ft.

Object Name: Archive

Language: English

Object ID: MG0304

Location of Originals: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania

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: Original documents may be used by appointment--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.

Other Numbers: MG-304

Classification: MG0304

Description Level: Fonds

Custodial History: Transferred from the library, 13 October 2023.

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Collection: Land Records Collection

Title: Land draft of Bethelstown, Lancaster Borough

Object ID: MG0304_FramedDeed#10

Date Range: 1764/05/20

Collection: Land Records Collection

Title: Land draft of Bethelstown, Lancaster Borough

Description: Land draft of Bethelstown, Lancaster Borough. "A draught of a tract of land belonging to Mr. Samuel Bethel situate within the limits of the Borough of Lancaster. Shows the lots and lot holders. Great part of which he has lett out upon Ground Rent." Surveyed by John Hubley. 20 May 1764.

Date Range: 1764/05/20

Creation Date: 20 May 1764

Creator: Hubley, John

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives South

Storage Wall: Side 08

People: Baker, Philip; Bausman, William; Bethel, Samuel; Boyd, Samuel; Breidenhart, Christian; Davis, Joseph; Dehoof, Abraham; Dehoof, Henry; Dehoof, Mathias; Dellow, Nicholas; Duncan, Robert; Feight, Michael; Fulton, Robert; Hamilton, James; Hopson, John; Hubley, Bernard; Hubley, John; Kline, Godfried; Knight, Nicholas; Kuhn, Adam Simon; Lowden, Richard; Lowman, Ludwig; Lowman, Martin; Meyer, George; Michael, Hubley; Miller, John; Mummart, John; Nelson, Samuel; Nutz, Michael; Poultney, Thomas; Price, John; Ralfe, James; Reese, Abel; Smith, Christian; Snyder, Melchor; Stewart, Andrew; Stewart, Charles; Stone, Frederick; Stout, David; Vertz, Christian; Walters, Maria; Wells, Stephen; Whitelock, Isaac; Young, John

Subjects: Real property surveys--Pennsylvania

Search Terms: Beaver Street; Bethelstown, Lancaster; Cherry Street; Conestoga River; Hazel Street; Lancaster; Land drafts; Mill Road; Plum Street; Queen Street; Real estate; Real property surveys

Extent: 1 item, framed

Object Name: Survey, Land

Language: English

Object ID: MG0304_FramedDeed#10

Location of Originals: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania

Related Item Notes: Land Records Collection (MG0304) https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/1e0d265e-e717-4874-98fa-012242172365

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).; Provenance:; Owned and framed by Houston Mifflin, 1897; Purchased by John Aungst from the estate of Lloyd Mifflin in 1961; Purchased by Bruce Shoemaker from Margaret Aungst in 1990; Purchased by Jack and Ruth Bryson in 2012; Purchased by Baldwin House Antiques from the estate of Ruth Bryson

Access Conditions / Restrictions: This item may be viewed by appointment--contact Research@LancasterHistory.org prior to visit.

Copyright: This item 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.

Accession Number: 2022.032

Other Numbers: MG-304

Other Number: MG-304, Framed Deed #10

Classification: MG0304

Description Level: Item

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Collection: Jacob Ream Collection

Title: Jacob Ream Collection

Object ID: MG0164

Date Range: 1744-1848

Real estate Receipts Releases Taxes West Donegal Twp. West Hanover Twp., Dauphin County Wills Processing History: Processed and finding aid prepared in 1998. This collection has been documented, preserved and managed according to professional museum and archives standards. The finding aid was updated

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Collection: Jacob Ream Collection

Title: Jacob Ream Collection

Description: The Jacob Ream collection contains original documents pertaining to business conducted by Jacob Ream and his family of Donegal Township. Includes bonds, receipts, land agreement, mortgage, and fire insurance policy. The surname has various spellings, including Riem, Rihm, and Reeme.

Date Range: 1744-1848

Year Range From: 1744

Year Range To: 1848

Date of Accumulation: 1744-1848

Creator: Ream family

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives South

Storage Wall: Side 04

People: Baller, Samuel; Balmer, Jacob; Balmer, Samuel; Barthemer, John; Beck, Conrad,; Berringer, Elizabeth; Blaser, Peter; Boll, Jacob; Brightbill, John; Carpenter, Samuel; Coble, David; Colt, James; Cunningham, James; Difenbaugh, Isaac; Eckenrode, Henry; Eckenroth, John; Elliott, Robert U.; Fletcher, John; Greene, Daniel; Hart, Barbara; Huber, Jacob; Hughes, Samuel; Jenkins, David; Lauger, Philip; Myers, Henry; Musselman, Christian; Negely, Leonard; Nicholas, Michael; Parthemer, John; Parthimer, Esther; Patimore, John; Ream, Abraham; Ream, Christina; Ream, Daniel; Ream, Elizabeth; Ream, Isaac; Ream, Jacob; Ream, Samuel; Reem, Jamy; Reeme, Jacob; Riem, Jacob; Rihm, Daniel; Rihm, Jacob; Rihm, Samuel; Sheaffer, Philip; Smith, Samuel; Snyder, John; Stauffer, John; Stump, J.

Subjects: Deeds; Receipts (Acknowledgments)

Search Terms: Agreements; Bonds; Chambersburg, Franklin County, Pennsylvania; Cocalico Twp.; Deeds; Donegal Twp.; Finding aids; Green Twp., Franklin County, Pennsylvania; Harford County, Maryland; Insurance policies; Letterkenny Twp., Franklin County, Pennsylvania; Letters; Lower Paxton Twp., Dauphin County, Pennsylvania; Manuscript groups; Mortgages; Mount Joy Twp.; Presbyterian Church; Real estate; Receipts; Releases; Taxes; West Donegal Twp.; West Hanover Twp., Dauphin County, Pennsylvania; Wills

Extent: 1 box, 12 folders, .25 cubic ft

Object Name: Archive

Language: English

Object ID: MG0164

Location of Originals: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania

Notes: Preferred Citation: Jacob Ream Collection (MG0164), 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-164

Classification: MG0164

Description Level: Fonds

Custodial History: Processed and finding aid prepared in 1998. Added to database 7 September 2021.

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Collection: Danner Family Correspondence

Title: Danner Family Correspondence

Object ID: MG0515

Date Range: 1745-1857

Alexandria, Preble County, Ohio Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania Whitemarsh Twp., Montgomery County, Pennsylvania Wilmington Pike Road Related Materials: Processing History: This collection has been documented, preserved and managed according to professional museum and archives standards. The finding aid

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Collection: Danner Family Correspondence

Title: Danner Family Correspondence

Description: The Danner Family Correspondence contains letters to and from members of the Danner family who lived in Pennsylvania, Ohio, Maryland, and Georgia, 1745-1857. The collection also includes poetry and property records. Most documents are written in English and others are in German. One letter from Mary Danner in Lancaster mentions Gen. Lafayette's visit in 1824.

Date Range: 1745-1857

Year Range From: 1745

Year Range To: 1857

Date of Accumulation: 1745-1857

Creator: Danner family

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives South

Storage Wall: Side 11

People: Baker, A. H.; Baker, Eliza; Baker, Samuel; Batebenner, George; Bohn, John Henry; Brenneman, Elizabeth; Clay, Henry; Cunningham, Francis Alanson; Dannar, Ulrick; Danner, Alexander; Danner, Alexandria; Danner, Catharine; Danner, Elizabeth; Danner, George L.; Danner, Hetty; Danner, Isaac; Danner, John Owen; Danner, John A.; Danner, Mary; Danner, Mary B.; Danner, Mary M.; Danner, Mary Magdelenah; Danner, Polly; Danner, Samuel; Demuth, William Danner; Donnellan, Nelson; Donner, Samuel; Gagan, Elizabeth; Hautz, Anthony; Hautz, Catharina; Hoffman, Peter; Hoffman, Valentine; Hopkins, James; Hoster, Mary; Johnson, Jacob; Keller, Maria; Kirkbride, Thomas S.; Koft, Frederick; Koft, Jacob; Lafayette, Marie Joseph Paul Yves Roch Gilbert Du Motier, marquis de; Lineweaver, William; Locher, Cecelia Margaretta; Locher, Henry C.; Loyle, John; Madison, Catharine; Madison, John; Murrey, Charles; Murrey, Margaret; Nicholes, Abbey; Preston, William; Ranninger, Emma L.; Rigg, Elisha; Rigg, Jane; Stewart, James; Strein, Eliza; Strine, Elizabeth; Strine, Jacob; Waver, Elizabeth; Waver, Jacob; Waver, John; Waver, John Jacob; Waver, John Joseph; Webster, John; Whitlock, Isaac

Other Creators: Waver family

Subjects: Letters; Poetry

Search Terms: Baltimore, Maryland; Bedford County, Pennsylvania; Boonsboro, Washington County, Maryland; Camden, Preble County, Ohio; Chester County, Pennsylvania; Circleville, Pickaway County, Ohio; Correspondence; Eaton, Preble County, Ohio; Elizabethtown; Finding aids; George Philippe's Tavern; Harrisburg, Pennsylvania; Hempfield Twp.; Lancaster; Letters; Manuscript groups; Maytown, Donegal Twp.; Meadville, Crawford County, Pennsylvania; Poetry; Salisbury Twp.; Savannah, Georgia; Somerset, Somerset County, Pennsylvania; Washington County, Maryland; West Alexandria, Preble County, Ohio; Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania; Whitemarsh Twp., Montgomery County, Pennsylvania; Wilmington Pike Road

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

Object Name: Archive

Language: English, German

Object ID: MG0515

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 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.

Accession Number: 2008.MG0515

Other Numbers: MG-515

Classification: MG0515

Description Level: Fonds

Custodial History: Added to database 12 March 2022.

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Collection: Watt & Shand Collection

Title: Watt & Shand Collection

Object ID: MG0237

Date Range: 1880-2003

Title Company of Philadelphia Correspondence Deeds Department stores DUSCO Property Management, Inc. East Hempfield Twp. Employees Ephemera Escalators Mortgages Finding aids Gatter and Diehl Consulting Engineers Gift certificates Ground-rent Hager and Bro., Inc. Hager Realty Corporation Employee

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Collection: Watt & Shand Collection

Title: Watt & Shand Collection

Description: The Watt & Shand Collection contains materials related to the Watt & Shand Department Store in Lancaster, Pennsylvania.; Series 1 includes employee handbooks, job description, beauty salon price list, bridal registry information, a history of the store, a Christmas catalog, a Historic Preservation Trust calendar, and children's books.; Series 2 is a record of the property at the downtown location and at Park City Mall beginning in 1880 with deeds, legal agreements, a building inspector's permit, and insurance policies.

Admin/Biographical History: On 22 February 1878, Peter Watt, James Shand and Gilbert Thompson advertised the opening of a new store, The New York Store, featuring new lines of foreign and domestic dry goods as well as fancy goods and notions. The New York Store opened on 9 March 1878 and was an immediate success focusing on customer service. The owners had an unwritten policy stating that they remained open until the last customer left. During that first year, partner Gilbert Thompson died. Watt and Shand purchased a building located at 8-10 East King Street and changed their name from The New York Store to Watt, Shand and Company. Then during 1885, the store name was shortened to Watt & Shand even though the business was expanding to acquire 6 East King Street. The Ladies' Ready-To-Wear Department was added in 1889 which included coats, suits, dresses, and underwear. The owners proceeded to expand the business over several decades and procured Appel & Weber jewelry store and Hager's Department Store during the 1950s and 1960s. The branch store opened in 1970 at Park City Mall. The Bon-Ton Stores purchased Watt & Shand in 1992 and the store officially closed in March of 1995

System of Arrangement: This collection is arranged by series.; Series 1 Items collected by LancasterHistory; Series 2 Gift of Penn Square Partners

Date Range: 1880-2003

Year Range From: 1880

Year Range To: 2003

Date of Accumulation: 1880-2003

Creator: LancasterHistory (Organization)

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives South

Storage Wall: Side 06

People: Ammon, Cora Mae Fox; Ammon, John M.; Appel, Eva Rengier; Appel, Percy L.; Baker, Miriam Rengier; Bell, Louise Price; Berger, R. R.; Blatchley, Charles A.; Breyers, C. J.; Buchanan, James; Drukenbrod, Lee Roy; Fehl, J. Herbert; Frantz, I. E.; Fritz, C. C.; Goodhart, E. C.; Groff, Alpheaus S.; Groff, Ella L.; Hermansader, T. F.; Hirsh, Bertha; Hirsh, Gabriel; Hostetter, D. B.; Lively, Henry; Long, Jacob M.; Loss, Natalie M.; Loss, Nathan; Marshall, Elizabeth H. W.; Marshall, Elizabeth Weber; Marshall, George A.; Marshall, George W.; Marshall, Maria L. Good; May, Jennie H.; Miller, E. N.; Myers, Harry; Myers, Maria; Myers, Patricia Marshall; Myrtetus, George B.; Noonan, Ella O.; Noonan, Raymond Smith; Prangley, James; Reed, George R.; Reichley, Jacob Christian; Reifsnyder, Arden P.; Reifsnyder, Christine Kauffman; Rengier, Charles F.; Rengier, John S.; Rohrer, Adelaide C. Crohen; Rohrer, George Redsecker; Rohrer, Jeremiah; Rohrer, Mary Ann Redsecker; Roth, George R.; Rupert, L. H.; Schaller, Kimberly; Shand, James; Shand, Thomas Marshall; Sherrill, Anita B.; Sherrill, S. Edward; Short, Edwin P.; Skyllas, Drossos A.; Slaymaker, Peter J. Eckert; Stiles, H. A.; Stirk, Isaac; Stirk, Sarah C.; Swarr, Donald; Urban, Cassius Emlen; Watt, Laura Louise Geiger; Watt, Peter T.; Weber, May H.; Wisegarver, Harry P.; Witmer, Albert F.

Other Creators: Watt & Shand Department Store (Pa.)

Subjects: Advertising; Architectural drawings; Blueprints; Building leases; Calendars; Catalogs; Deeds; Department stores; Historical markers; Insurance policies; Letters; Menus; Newsletters; Penn Square (Lancaster, Pa.); Scrapbooks; Stores, Retail

Search Terms: A and S Realty and Investment Corporation; A. B. Rote & Co.; Advertising; Agreements; Air conditioning; American Blower Corporation; Appel & Weber; Architectural plans; Automatic Sprinkler Corporation of America; Awards; Blueprints; Bon-Ton; Bon-Ton Beauty Salon; Booklets; C. J. Breyer and Associates, Inc.; Calendars; Catalogs; Central Automatic Sprinkler Company; Certificates; Columbia; Commonwealth Land Title Insurance Company; Commonwealth Title Company of Philadelphia; Correspondence; Deeds; Department stores; DUSCO Property Management, Inc.; East Hempfield Twp.; Employee handbooks; Employees; Ephemera; Escalators; Finding aids; Fire sprinklers; Floorplans; Gatter and Diehl Consulting Engineers; Gift certificates; Ground-rent; Hager and Bro., Inc.; Hager Realty Corporation; Heating and ventilation systems; Historic Preservation Trust of Lancaster County; Historical markers; Insurance policies; Job descriptions; Kroll Electric Company, Inc.; Lancaster; Lancaster Parking Authority; Lancaster Trust Company; Leases; Letters; Manuscript groups; Menus; Mortgages; Newsletters; Oblender's Furnishing, Inc.; Park City Mall; Penn Square; Pennsylvania Company for Insurance on Lives and Granting Annuities; Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission; Pennsylvania Power and Light Company; Permits; Poetry; PPL; Price lists; Principal Mutual Life Insurance Company; Reynolds and Reynolds Company; Scrapbooks; Stores, Retail; Total Energy Leasing Corporation; Trion, Inc.; Watt and Shand; Workers' Compensation Act; York Corporation

Extent: 4 boxes, 59 folders, 1 scrapbook, 2 cubic ft.

Object Name: Archive

Language: English

Object ID: MG0237

Location of Originals: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania

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

Access Conditions / Restrictions: Folder 2 contains restricted items. With the exception of Folder 2, the items in this collection 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 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.

Other Numbers: MG-237

Classification: MG0237

Description Level: Fonds

Custodial History: Scrapbook cataloged by CB, 2008. Series 2, Folder 1-48 cataloged by ML, Summer 2014. Added to database 13 January 2022.; The Watt & Shand Department Store scrapbook was cataloged and preserved with funding from the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission. ME60112.

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Collection: George Ross Papers

Title: George Ross Papers

Object ID: MG0624

Date Range: 1767-1777

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Collection: George Ross Papers

Title: George Ross Papers

Description: The George Ross Papers contain a land draft for Burkholder's Island, owned by George Ross, and articles of agreement for the sale of property in Donegal Twp.

Date Range: 1767-1777

Year Range From: 1767

Year Range To: 1777

Date of Accumulation: 1767-1777

Creator: LancasterHistory (Organization)

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives South

Storage Wall: Side 13

People: Ross, George; Hamilton, Charles; Wheeler, John; Burkholder, Abraham; Preston, Thomas

Subjects: Islands; Real property; Real property surveys--Pennsylvania; Susquehanna River

Search Terms: Manuscript groups; Articles of agreement; Burkholder's Island; Islands; Land drafts; Real estate; Susquehanna River

Extent: 1 box, 2 folders, 2 items, 6 pages to scan

Object Name: Archive

Language: English

Object ID: MG0624

Location of Originals: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania

Notes: Preferred Citation: George Ross Papers (MG0624), 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-624

Other Number: MG-624

Classification: MG0624

Description Level: Fonds

Custodial History: Processed and finding aid prepared 2014. This collection has been documented, preserved and managed according to professional museum and archives standards. The collection was cataloged using DACS conventions.

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Illustrated historical atlas of Lancaster county

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo17299

Edition: Limited edition.

Date of Publication: c2006.

Call Number: 912.74815 I29 oversize; 912.74815 I29

Alternate Title: Atlas of surveys of the County of Lancaster State of Pennsylvania.

ISBN: 0977700402 (hardcover); 9780977700400 (hardcover); 0977700410 (leatherbound); 9780977700417 (leatherbound)

Edition: Limited edition.

Place of Publication: East Petersburg, PA

Publisher: Historic Arts Press,

Date of Publication: c2006.

Physical Description: 275 p. : ill. (chiefly col.), maps (chiefly col.), facsims. (chiefly col.) ; 44 cm.

Notes: Includes a complete reprint of: Atlas of surveys of the county of Lancaster, State of Pennsylvania,compiled from actual surveys, city and county records. Boston: Graves & Steinbarger, 1899.; Includes index.; Includes facsimile of original title page.; "...published on the occasion of the 15th anniversary of Fox Chapel Publishing."

Subjects: Real property - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County - Maps.; Lancaster County (Pa.) - Surveys.; Lancaster County (Pa.) - History.; Lancaster County (Pa.) - Maps.

Additional Author: Giagnocavo, Alan.; Ryan, Thomas R.; Alton, James T.; Loose, John Ward Willson.; Smedick, Timothy A.; Seibert, Peter S.; Heberlein, Michael.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Lancaster County; Lancaster History Library - Reference

Call Number: 912.74815 I29 oversize; 912.74815 I29

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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

Invoices J. Walker & Co. John Warden & Sons Kentucky Lancaster Lancaster Almshouse Lancaster Bar Association Lancaster Intelligencer Lancaster Journal Lancaster New Era Lancaster Sunday News Lane Slaymaker & Co. Letters London, England Lower Windsor Twp., York County, Pennsylvania Lowry & Myers Luzerne

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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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Dear Catharine, dear Taylor : the Civil War letters of a Union soldier and his wife

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo14326

Author: Peirce, Taylor,

Date of Publication: 2002.

Call Number: 973.781 P378

Responsibility: edited by Richard L. Kiper ; letters transcribed by Donna B. Vaughn.

ISBN: 070061205X (alk. paper)

Author: Peirce, Taylor,

Place of Publication: Lawrence

Publisher: University Press of Kansas,

Date of Publication: 2002.

Physical Description: xii, 448 p. : ill., maps ; 25 cm.

Series: Modern war studies

Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [431]-438) and index.

Contents: August 20, 1862 to March 22, 1863, Missouri -- March 28 to September 24, 1863, the Vicksburg Campaign -- October 4, 1863 to July 24, 1864, Texas and Louisiana -- July 26, 1864 to December 25, 1864, Virginia -- January 9, 1865 to August 2, 1865, South Carolina, North Carolina, Iowa.

Summary: "While there are many collections of letters from Civil War soldiers to their wives, very few include such a rich trove of letters from the homefront. Together they paint an engrossing portrait of a soldier and husband who was trying to do his patriotic and familial duty, and of a wife trying to cope with loneliness and responsibility while longing for her husband's safe return. Beautifully edited and annotated...they bring to life a nation under siege and provide a rare look at the war's impact on both the common soldier and his family." [from the book jacket]

Subjects: Peirce, Taylor, - 1822-1901; Peirce, Catherine L., - d. 1867; United States. - Army. - Iowa Infantry Regiment, 22nd (1862-1865); Soldiers - United States - Correspondence.; Army spouses - Iowa - Des Moines - Correspondence.; United States - History - Civil War, 1861-1865 - Personal narratives.; United States - History - Civil War, 1861-1865 - Social aspects.; Iowa - History - Civil War, 1861-1865 - Personal narratives.; Iowa - History - Civil War, 1861-1865 - Social aspects.; Des Moines (Iowa) - Biography.

Additional Author: Peirce, Catherine L.,; Kiper, Richard L.,; Vaughn, Donna B.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 973.781 P378

The colors of courage : Gettysburg's forgotten history : immigrants, women, and African-Americans in the Civil War's defining battle

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo20679

Author: Creighton, Margaret S.,

Edition: 1st ed.

Date of Publication: c2005.

Call Number: 973.7349 C914

3 websites

Responsibility: Margaret Creighton.

ISBN: 0465014569; 9780465014569; 9780465014576; 0465014577

Author: Creighton, Margaret S.,

Edition: 1st ed.

Place of Publication: New York

Publisher: Basic Books,

Date of Publication: c2005.

Physical Description: xix, 321 p., [8] leaves of plates : ill., maps ; 25 cm.

Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 293-308) and index.

Contents: The Gettysburg campaign : a brief chronology -- Prologue : the lay of the land; a sign of the times -- An afternoon in the badlands -- The season of disbelief -- Desolation's edge -- Flying thick like blackbirds -- Bold acts -- The wide eye of the storm -- The aftermath -- The seesaw of honor, or, How the pigpen was mightier than the sword -- Women and remembrance -- Making a living on hallowed land.

Summary: "In the summer of 1863, as Union and Confederate armies marched on southern Pennsylvania, the town of Gettysburg found itself thrust onto the center stage of war. The three days of fighting that ensued decisively turned the tide of the Civil War. In The Colors of Courage, Margaret Creighton narrates the tale of this crucial battle from the viewpoint of three unsung groups - women, immigrants, and African Americans - and reveals how wide the battle's dimensions were."; "Creighton draws on memoirs, letters, diaries, and newspapers to bring to life the individuals at the heart of her narrative. In telling the stories of these participants, Margaret Creighton has written a work of original history - a narrative that is sure to redefine the Civil War's most remarkable event."--Jacket.

Subjects: Gettysburg, Battle of, Gettysburg, Pa., 1863.; Immigrants - Pennsylvania - Gettysburg; Women, White - Pennsylvania - Gettysburg; African Americans - Pennsylvania - Gettysburg; African Americans.; Immigrants.; Military participation; Women.; Women, White.; Einwanderer.; Frau.; United States - History - Civil War, 1861-1865 - African Americans.; United States - History - Civil War, 1861-1865 - Women.; United States - History - Civil War, 1861-1865 - Participation, Immigrant.; Pennsylvania - Gettysburg.; United States.; Gettysburg (Pa.) - Schlacht.; Schwarze.; History.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 973.7349 C914

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The Slaves' War : the Civil War in the words of former slaves

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo21092

Author: Ward, Andrew,

Date of Publication: 2008.

Call Number: 973.711 W256

Responsibility: Andrew Ward.

ISBN: 9780618634002; 0618634002; 9780547237923; 0547237928

Author: Ward, Andrew,

Place of Publication: Boston

Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Co.,

Date of Publication: 2008.

Physical Description: xiv, 386 pages, [16] pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm

Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 354-372) and index.

Summary: The first narrative history of the Civil War as told by the very people it freed. Historian of nineteenth-century and African-American history Andrew Ward weaves together hundreds of interviews, diaries, letters, and memoirs. Here is the Civil War as seen from slave quarters, kitchens, roadsides, swamps, and fields. Body servants, army cooks and launderers, runaways, teamsters, and gravediggers bring the war to richly detailed life. From slaves' theories about the causes of the Civil War to their frank assessments of major figures; from their searing memories of the carnage of battle to their often startling attitudes toward masters and liberators alike; and from their initial jubilation at the Yankee invasion of the slave South to the crushing disappointment of freedom's promise unfulfilled, this is a transformative vision of America's second revolution.--From publisher description.

Subjects: Slaves - Southern States - Biography.; Freedmen - United States - Biography.; African Americans - Biography.; African Americans.; Freedmen.; Slaves.; Social aspects.; United States - History - Civil War, 1861-1865 - Personal narratives.; United States - History - Civil War, 1861-1865 - African Americans.; United States - History - Civil War, 1861-1865 - Social aspects.; Southern States.; United States.; Biography.; History.; Personal narratives.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 973.711 W256

Dover and Conewago townships, York County, Pennsylvania

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo11515

Author: Hively, Neal Otto.

Date of Publication: c2002.

Call Number: 974.841 H676d

Responsibility: Neal Otto Hively.

ISBN: 0971812519 (pbk.) :

Author: Hively, Neal Otto.

Place of Publication: [U.S.A.]

Publisher: N.O. Hively,

Date of Publication: c2002.

Physical Description: 168 p. : map ; 21 cm.

Series: Original Pennsylvania land records ; v. 13

Notes: Includes index.; Ask research staff for accompanying map found in Map Drawer 15 (Map 974.841 H676d, Map no.31)

Subjects: Land grants - Pennsylvania - Dover (Township); Land grants - Pennsylvania - Conewago (York County : Township); Real property - Pennsylvania - Dover (Township); Real property - Pennsylvania - Conewago (York County : Township); Landowners - Pennsylvania - Dover (Township); Landowners - Pennsylvania - Conewago (York County : Township); Dover (Pa. : Township) - Genealogy.; Conewago (York County, Pa. : Township) - Genealogy.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 974.841 H676d

Newberry and Fairview townships, York County, Pennsylvania

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo13713

Author: Hively, Neal Otto.

Date of Publication: c2002.

Call Number: 974.841 H676ne

Responsibility: Neal Otto Hiveley.

ISBN: 0971812535 (pbk.) :

Author: Hively, Neal Otto.

Place of Publication: [U.S.A.]

Publisher: N.O. Hively,

Date of Publication: c2002.

Physical Description: 180 p. : maps ; 21 cm.

Series: Original Pennsylvania land records series ; v. 15

Notes: Ask research staff for accompanying map found in Map Drawer #15 (Map 974.841 H676ne Map #33.; Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Subjects: Land grants - Pennsylvania - Newberry (Township); Land grants - Pennsylvania - Fairview (York County : Township); Real property - Pennsylvania - Newberry (Township); Real property - Pennsylvania - Fairview (York County : Township); Landowners - Pennsylvania - Newberry (Township); Landowners - Pennsylvania - Fairview (York County : Township); Newberry (Pa. : Township) - Genealogy.; Fairview (York County, Pa. : Township) v Genealogy.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 974.841 H676ne

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Collection: Paxton Boys and Conestoga Massacre Papers

Title: Paxton Boys and Conestoga Massacre Papers

Object ID: MG0614

Date Range: 1764-1766, 1795

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Collection: Paxton Boys and Conestoga Massacre Papers

Title: Paxton Boys and Conestoga Massacre Papers

Description: This collection contains items related to the Paxton Boys and Conestoga Massacre. April 1764 issue of The Gentleman's Magazine includes article on massacre by Benjamin Franklin. 10 January entry in Charles Mason's diary contains discussion of massacre. Manuscript copy of remonstrance, signed by Matthew Smith and James Gibson and sent to Governor John Penn, lays out grievances against provincial government and justifies attacks on Native Americans.

Date Range: 1764-1766, 1795

Creation Date: 1764-1766, 1795

Date of Accumulation: 1764-1766, 1795

Creator: LancasterHistory

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives South

Storage Wall: Side 13

People: Cresap, Thomas; Franklin, Benjamin; Gibson, James; Jardine, L. S.; Mason, Charles; Penn, John; Smith, Matthew

Subjects: Conestoga Indians; Conestoga Massacre, Pa., 1763; Court records; Diaries; Fort Augusta (Sunbury, Pa.); Letters; Northumberland County (Pa.); Paxton Boys; Remonstrances

Search Terms: Conestoga Indians; Conestoga Massacre; Conojocular War; Cresap's War; Diaries; Gentleman's Magazine; Indigenous peoples; Letters; London Chronicle; Native Americans; Northumberland County, Pennsylvania; Paxton Boys; Persons of color; Remonstrances; Universal Evening Post

Extent: 1 box, 5 folders,1 clamshell box on shelf,.25 cubic ft.

Object Name: Archive

Language: English

Object ID: MG0614

Associated Material: Please see See Digital Paxton: Digital Collection, Critical Edition, and Teaching Platform for digital copies and transcriptions of orginal documents; related publications and scholary works; and educational materials; http://digitalpaxton.org/works/digital-paxton/introduction?path=index

Related Item Notes: Please see the collections catalog for published works about the Paxton Boys and the Conestoga Massacre.; https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/

Notes: Preferred Citation: Title or description of item, date (day, month, year), Collection Title (MG#), Object ID, LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania. URL if applicable. Date accessed (day, month, year).; LancasterHistory is committed to preserving and providing access to materials chronicling Lancaster County's heritage. As historical resources, the items in this collection reflects the racial prejudices and actions of the era. In order to maintain the historical integrity and context of collection items, LancasterHistory does not censor historical documents or edit language, titles, or organization names when transcribing original content.

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

Copyright: Collection may not be photocopied. Please contact Research Staff or Archives Staff with questions.; Note: See Digital Paxton: Digital Collection, Critical Edition, and Teaching Platform for historical overviews and additional information,; http://digitalpaxton.org/works/digital-paxton/introduction?path=index

Credit: Papers regarding the Paxton Boys and the Conestoga Massacre Collection (MG-614), Folder #, LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pa.

Other Numbers: MG-614

Classification: MG0614

Description Level: Fonds

Custodial History: Added to database on 11 August 2017.

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Defend or destroy? The Columbia-Wrightesville Bridge in the Gettysburg campaign

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo17893

Author: Schaefer, Thomas L.

Date of Publication: 2003.

Call Number: 974.815 COLU D313 DVD

Responsibility: written and directed by Thomas L. Schaefer.

Author: Schaefer, Thomas L.

Place of Publication: [S. l.]

Publisher: A Total Magic Video Production ,

Date of Publication: 2003.

Physical Description: 1 videodisc : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.

Notes: "Produced for Rivertownes PA USA in commemoration of the 140th anniversary of the burning of the Columbia-Wrightsville Bridge on 28 June 1863, this program narrates the dramatic story of the bridge's destruction and details the valiant attempt of an outnumbered detachment of raw Union militia to halt the advance of Confederate Brigadier General John Gordon's determined veteran infantry."; Also "introduces the poignant, very risky participation of a company of free blacks from Columbia."

Subjects: Gettysburg (Pa.) Battle of, 1863-; African Americans - Pennsylvania; Covered bridges - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.; Covered bridges - Pennsylvania - York County.; Lancaster County (Pa.) - History - Civil War, 1861-1865.; York County (Pa.) - History - Civil War, 1861-1865.; Columbia-Wrightsville Bridge (Lancaster County, Pa.)

Location: Lancaster History Library - Media

Call Number: 974.815 COLU D313 DVD

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