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Author
Van Nest, Magaretta.
Date of Publication
1990?
Call Number
929 V266
Author
Van Nest, Magaretta.
Place of Publication
Carbon typescript
Date of Publication
1990?
Physical Description
14, [11] leaves ; 28 cm.
Notes
"Levi Henry Crouse and Mary Louise Worrest were married marh 7, 1843 at the ages 26 and 18 years in Paradise, Lancaster co [sic] Pa. by Rev., Edward y. Buchanan of the Epsicopal church [sic], a brother of the President James Buchanan. Our parents named their first born -- a boy for that minister, Edward Buchanan."
"Aunt Kate was a teacher for some time at Millersville, Pennsylvania Normal School. The school published a magazine entitles [sic] 'The Page Monthly.' Her intimate frind on the faculty was Rose Budd, who wrote an article for the magazine entitled 'Let me die in Autumn.' It was Clara's last school days that she choose [sic] that poem for her recitation. Her wich was granted when she passed away Sept. 1, 1860."
Subjects
Crouse family.
Agriculture - Pennsylvania - Chester County
Agriculture - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County
Genealogy - Pennsylvania - Chester County.
Genealogy - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
Chester County (Pa.) - History.
Lancaster County (Pa.) - History.
Chester County (Pa.) - Personal recollections.
Lancaster (Pa.) - Personal recollections.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
929 V266
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Abstracts of Chester County, Pennsylvania land records

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo12470
Author
Bryant, Carol.
Date of Publication
1997-<1998 >
Call Number
974.813 B915
Responsibility
Carol Bryant.
Author
Bryant, Carol.
Place of Publication
Westminster, Md. (Rear 63 E. Main St., Westminster 21157)
Publisher
Family Line Publications,
Date of Publication
1997-<1998 >
Physical Description
v. <1-5 > : folded maps ; 22 cm.
Notes
Includes indexes.
LCHS has v. 1.
Contents
v. 1. 1681-1730 -- v. 2. 1729-1745 -- v. 3. 1745-1753 -- v. 4. 1753-1758 -- v. 5. 1758-1765.
Subjects
Land tenure - Pennsylvania - Chester County.
Landowners - Pennsylvania - Chester County
Deeds - Pennsylvania - Chester County.
Chester County (Pa.) - Genealogy.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
974.813 B915
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Poor school children record Chester County, Pennsylvania, 1810-1836

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo1606
Date of Publication
1992
Call Number
974.813 P823
Responsibility
compiled by Lucy Simler and Chester County Archives.
Place of Publication
West Chester, Pa
Publisher
Chester County Historical Society
Date of Publication
1992
Physical Description
iii, 239 p. 29 cm.
Subjects
Poor - Chester County.
Taxation - Chester County.
School children
Chester County - Poor.
Additional Author
Simler, Lucy.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
974.813 P823
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The trackless trail leads on : an exploration of conductors and their stations

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo14136
Author
Taylor, Frances Cloud.
Date of Publication
1995.
Call Number
973.7115 T241a
Responsibility
by Frances Cloud Taylor.
Author
Taylor, Frances Cloud.
Place of Publication
Kennett Square, Pa
Publisher
F.C. Taylor,
Date of Publication
1995.
Physical Description
vi, 82 p. : ill., map ; 23 cm.
Notes
Autographed copy.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 80-81).
Summary
This is the sequel to the author's first book about the Underground Railroad. It follows the routes north, south, east and west from Kennett Square, Pennsylvania, and tells the story of its "conductors", men and women who helped slaves escape to freedom. Nicely illustrated with black & white photographs and drawings. [from Amazon.com]
Subjects
Underground railroad - Pennsylvania - Chester County.
Underground railroad - Pennsylvania.
Chester County (Pa.) - History.
Chester County (Pa.) - Biography.
Pennsylvania - History, Local.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
973.7115 T241a
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Collection
Thomas Baker's Surveying Records
Title
Thomas Baker's Surveying Records
Object ID
MG0734
Date Range
1856-1902
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Collection
Thomas Baker's Surveying Records
Title
Thomas Baker's Surveying Records
Description
This collection contains Thomas Baker's three surveying books which document land and property ownership in southern Lancaster County, primarily Colerain Township from 1856-1902. Octorara Creek, Kirkwood, Christiana and Upper Oxford Twp. are among the place names.
Admin/Biographical History
Thomas Baker traces his ancestry back to Sir Richard Baker (1568), born in the county of Kent, England. In 1685, seven generations before Thomas Baker was born, Joseph Baker immigrated to Delaware County, Pennsylvania. Born in Chatham, Chester County to Lewis and Diana Baker, Thomas was well-educated; a teacher until 1840, when he commenced the study of surveying. Land surveying is the location of points on, above and below the surface of the earth and the relation of those points to a common reference system. Employed at Jonathon Goss, at Unionville Academy in Chester, he surveyed over 650 farms in Lancaster County's Colerain Township. He married in 1855; his family adhering to his Quaker faith. The Biographical Annals in Lancaster, published in 1903, describes Baker as "…a man esteemed by his neighbors for his many good qualities and excellent character, and in disposition he is a man of warm heart and kindly feeling."
Date Range
1856-1902
Creation Date
1856-1902
Year Range From
1856
Year Range To
1902
Creator
Baker, Thomas, b. 1822
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Storage Room
Archives South
Storage Wall
Side 15
People
Alexander, Sara
Andrews, Arthur
Armstrong, Lapsley
Ash, Daniel
Aument, Frank
Bailey, Thomas
Bailey, William M.
Bair, William M.
Baker, George
Baker, Harlan
Baker, John
Baker, Thomas
Baldwin, Joseph B.
Baptis, Joseph
Bea, John
Bear, Jacob
Bernard, James J.
Beyer, Andrew
Beyer, Daniel
Beyer, Margaret
Beyer, Robert
Black, Margaret
Blackburn, Cromwell
Blank, Christian
Borland, William
Bosland, William
Brinton, Howard
Brinton, Moses
Brinton, Samuel
Broomell, B. J.
Broomell, Samuel H.
Brosius, Clarkson
Brosius, Jesse
Brosius, John Comly
Brosius, Joseph H.
Brosius, Joshua
Brosius, Levi
Brosius, Mahlon J.
Brosius, William
Brown, J. W.
Brown, James
Brown, K.
Brown, Thomas W.
Bush, Fred
Bushong, Jacob
Carlow, James
Carter, Benjamin
Carter, John C.
Chamberlain, Jonas
Clark, Henry
Cloud, Charles
Coates, Ellis
Coates, Lewis
Coates, Samuel
Coates, Truman
Cochran, Joseph S.
Cohan, Thomas H.
Connar, James
Conner, John
Cooper, Truman
Crossen, James
Dale, George
Davis, Abner
Davis, Christopher
Davis, John
Davis, Joseph B.
Davis, Joseph E.
Davis, Lucretia H.
Davis, William
Dean, Thomas
Doneby, Philip
Donelly, Henry
Donelly, Hugh
Drumm, Earl
Eby, Henry S.
Edwards, Charles
Edwards, James
Elias, Emery
Elizabeth, Mary
Elliott, Cloud
Ernery, Hannah E.
Evans, Carrie R.
Evans, John
Evans, William
Fagler, John
Ferguson, Benjamin
Ferguson, Robert
Ferguson, William
Fleming, Martin J.
Foulk, Mrs.
Fox, William
Frames, David
Fritz, Abby Ann
Gill, John
Goodman, Charles
Gowan, William M.
Graham, Harrison
Graham, John T.
Gray, Ezra
Haines, Eugene M.
Hall, Hiram S.
Hamil, Armor
Hamil, R. A.
Hamilton, J. E.
Hannun, Eurch
Harper, J. D.
Harrar, Daniel
Harrar, Miller
Harray, P.
Harrett, William
Harting, George R.
Hastings, Jeremiah
Hastings, Joseph
Henning, James
Hevenson, Ann
Heyberger, Jacob
Hodgson, Annie C.
Hodgson, Ellis P.
Hollis, William
Holmes, John
Hoopes, Thomas G.
Houston, David
Hoy, P.
Hoy, William
Hudson, Alex
Hurley, John
Jackson William Clark
Jackson, Annetta L.
Jackson, Clark
Jackson, David W.
Jackson, Ellwood
Jackson, Hayes
Jackson, James J.
Jackson, Lydia
Jackson, Thomas
Jackson, Thomas E.
Jackson, Thomas S.
Jeffries, Benjamin
Jenkins, Annie E.
Jones, Emmos S.
Jones, John
Jones, John C.
Jones, John G.
Kalbach, A. M.
Keene, Rebecca J.
Kennedy, Anna
Kennedy, James H.
Kent, Daniel
Kimble, Isaac W.
King, Judson B.
Lamborn, Jacob H.
Lamborn, Kirk
Lechman, Benjamin
Lewis, Alex
Lewis, Elijah
Lewis, Isaac
Lewis, John C.
Lewis, Thompson
Luckenbach, J. S.
Lynch, Philemena C.
Mahaney, Jeremiah
Mahon, Jeremiah
Markey, Pat
Martin, Elijah P.
Martin, James
Martin, Samuel
Martin, William S.
Massey, Isaac
Mayhu, William
McCardle, Eli
McCarter, Henry C.
McCarter, Henry G.
McCarter, John Jones
McCarter, Thompson
McCimans, Mike
McClure, John
McClure, Thomas
McConnel, Samuel
McCord, James
McCord, William
McCullough, James
McCullough, Robert
McElwain, David
McElwain, James
McElwain, Josiah
McElwain, Robert
McHenry, John
McLinaus, John
McLinaus, W. F.
McNeil, George A.
McSparren, James B.
Miller, Andrew
Miller, H. Jackson
Miller, Henry H.
Miller, Joanna
Miller, Lemuel H.
Miller, Minnie R.
Mimm, Jesse
Montgomery, John
Montgomery, Sam E.
Morrison, Caroline B.
Morrison, Emma B.
Morrison, Robert
Morrison, Samuel
Newhauser, John
Nixon, A. W.
Nixon, Joseph
Noble, William M.
Oatman, Eliza
Oatman, Zachariah
Ortlip, Andrew
Patterson, Bordley Shippen
Pennington, Robert H.
Pennington, Thomas
Pennock, F. J.
Pennock, Francis J.
Pennock, Joseph
Pennock, Margaretta Walker
Pennock, William E.
Penny, Joseph
Peters, Abraham
Peters, Abraham K.
Pierce, G.
Pinkerton, James
Purnal, Levis
Pusey, Joseph
Rakestraw, Abraham
Rambo Elijah W.
Rambo, David
Rambo, Elisha
Ramsay, James
Reeses, Peter
Reyburn, James H.
Reylin, John
Reylon, Henry S.
Rhoads, Levi S.
Richey, George
Ricky, Immanuel
Rigg, Hiram F.
Robinson, Amy
Robison, Joseph
Roney, Pat
Ross, George E.
Ross, Hamilton
Russel, Joseph
Rutter, Adam
Rynear, Charles
Sampson, John
Sampson, William
Sellers, Thomas W.
Seltzer, Sara R.
Shaw, Ben
Shivery, Demison
Shivery, Elisha J.
Shivery, George
Shultz, Frank
Simmons, Henry
Siner, John T.
Slack, Hall
Slokom, Samuel
Smith, Abram
Smith, Jackson
Smith, Jesse J.
Smith, S. W.
Smith, Samuel
Sproul, James
Stewart, James
Stump, B. O.
Sutton, Edwin
Sweigert, John W.
Swift, Joseph
Taylor, Jacob
Taylor, Jesse
Thomas, Arthur
Thomas, Edward
Thomas, Margaret
Thompson, James
Thompson, Jane M.
Thompson, Mary Jane
Turner, James
Walker, David
Wallace, Arthur
Walton, Abner Brinton
Walton, Alban
Walton, Brinton
Walton, Elizabeth C.
Walton, Isaac
Walton, Joseph L.
Walton, Joseph B.
Walton, Joseph P.
Watts, Mollie
Webster, Chalkley
Webster, Charles
Webster, Daniel
Webster, George
Webster, Joseph
Webster, Margaret C.
White, Alexander
Whiteside, Mrs.
Whitman, James
Whitson, Martha
Whitson, Moses
Whitson, Samuel
Whitson, Thomas
Whitson, William
Willard, Agnes
Williams, Abner
Williams, David
Williams, William B.
Wood, James
Wood, Joshua
Wood, Thomas
Wood, William N.
Woodruff, John
Woods, Joshua
Woods, Peter
Woods, Thomas
Work, Robert
Worth, Albert B.
Worth, William C.
Subjects
Surveying
Surveyors
Lancaster County (Pa.)
Chester County (Pa.)
Search Terms
Chester County, Pennsylvania
Christiana, Pennsylvania
Colerain Twp.
Finding aids
Kirkwood, Colerain Twp.
Lancaster County, Pennsylvania
Manuscript groups
Octoraro Creek
Surveying
Surveyors
Upper Oxford Twp., Chester County
Extent
1 box, 3 folders, .25 cubic ft.
Object Name
Archive
Language
English
Object ID
MG0734
Location of Originals
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania
Related Item Notes
Surveyor's transit case, Object ID 1973.008
Access Conditions / Restrictions
Original documents may be used by appointment. Please contact research@lancasterhistory.org at least two weeks prior to visit.
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-734
Other Number
MG-734
Classification
MG0734
Description Level
Fonds
Custodial History
Processed and finding aid prepared by AB, November 2014. Added to database 24 May 2021.
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Three hundred years of Quakerism at Birmingham, 1690-1990

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo4701
Date of Publication
1990.
Call Number
974.813 T531
Place of Publication
West Chester, Pa
Publisher
Birmingham Monthly Meeting,
Date of Publication
1990.
Physical Description
164 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Notes
Contains numerous appendices with marriages and membership lists.
Subjects
Society of Friends. - Birmingham, Pa.
Registers of births, etc. - Pennsylvania - Chester County.
Quakers - Pennsylvania - Chester County.
Society of Friends - Pennsylvania - Chester County.
Additional Corporate Author
Society of Friends. Birmingham Monthly Meeting (Chester Co., Pa.)
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
974.813 T531
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The history of Dowlin Forge

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo19138
Author
Brody, Susannah Wilson.
Date of Publication
1995.
Call Number
974.816 B864
Responsibility
by Susannah Wilson Brody.
Author
Brody, Susannah Wilson.
Place of Publication
Chester County, Pa
Publisher
Uwchlan Township Historical Commission,
Date of Publication
1995.
Physical Description
140 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm.
Notes
No. 255/1000.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 135) and index.
Summary
In 1785 Samuel Hibberd established the Mary Ann Forge along the Brandywine Creek in Uwchlan Township, Chester County. In 1801 John Dowlin purchased the forge lands from Hibberd's heirs. Operated by several generations of the Dowlin family during much of the nineteenth century, the forge supported a thriving industrial community known as Dowlin Forge. This book includes information on the Hibberd and Dowlin families as well as Dowlin's Grist Mill, Dowlin's Sawmill,and the company store.
Subjects
Mary Ann Forge (Chester County, Pa.) - History.
Uwchlan (Chester County, Pa. : Township) - History.
Dowlin Forge Park (Chester County, Pa.) - History.
Additional Corporate Author
Uwchlan Township Historical Commission.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
974.816 B864
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1765 Chester County, Pennsylvania archives

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo19788
Author
Dix, Katharine F.
Date of Publication
1990.
Call Number
974.813 D619
Alternate Title
Seventeen sixty-five Chester County, PA archives
Responsibility
compiled by Katharine F. Dix.
ISBN
1558560610
9781558560611
Author
Dix, Katharine F.
Place of Publication
Apollo, PA
Publisher
Closson Press,
Date of Publication
1990.
Physical Description
105 pages ; 28 cm
Summary
"Taken from the published "Pa. Archives, Third Series," this list includes taxpayer/land owner, page number of the volume in the published "Archives," township where the person was recorded, acres, number of horses, head of cattle, number of sheep, servants/slaves, and tax. Over 5,700 names." [from the publisher]
Subjects
Chester County (Pa.) - Genealogy.
Chester County (Pa.) - Registers.
Pennsylvania - Chester County.
Genealogy.
Registers.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
974.813 D619
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Early church records of Chester County, Pennsylvania

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo11787
Author
Reamy, Martha.
Date of Publication
1995-<1998>
Call Number
974.813 R288
Responsibility
Martha Reamy.
Author
Reamy, Martha.
Place of Publication
Westminster, Md. (Rear 63 E. Main St., Westminster 21157)
Publisher
Family Line Publications,
Date of Publication
1995-<1998>
Physical Description
v. <1-3> : map ; 21 cm.
Notes
Includes index.
Contents
v. 1. Quaker records of Bradford Monthly Meeting (Bradford family records, marriages, etc.).--v. 2 Early church records of Chester County, Pennsylvania, by Charlotte Meldum & Martha Reamy (includes Uwchland monthly meeting; East Vincent Reformed Congregation; Goshen monthly meeting, and New Garden monthly meeting).--v. 3 Early church recrods of Chester County, Pennsylvania (includes map of townships of Chester County, Kennett monthly meeting (abstracted by Gilbert Cope); Londongrove monthly meeting (abstracted by Gilbert Cope); Vestry book of St. John's Church, Pequay (copied by Julius F. Sachse); and Great Valley Baptist Church members.
Subjects
Church records and registers - Pennsylvania - Chester County.
Registers of births, etc. - Pennsylvania - Chester County.
Chester County (Pa.) - Genealogy.
Additional Author
Meldum, Charlotte.
Cope, Gilbert.
Sachse, Julius, F.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
974.813 R288
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Collection
Transportation Collection
Title
Transportation Collection
Object ID
MG0123
Date Range
1819-1977
Booklets Brochures Campbelltown, South Londonderry Twp., Lebanon County Center Square Road Station Chestnut Street Christiana Coatesville, Chester County Columbia �230 North President Avenue • Lancaster, Pennsylvania 17603-3125 717.392.4633 • www.LancasterHistory.org Columbia, Ironville and Mount Joy
  1 document  
Collection
Transportation Collection
Title
Transportation Collection
Description
The Transportation Collection contains documents regarding turnpikes, railroads, Conestoga Traction Co., Conestoga Transportation Co., and the Red Rose Transit Authority. The types of items include correspondence, financial papers, business papers, stock certificates, tickets, schedules, maps of routes, and a blueprint.
Date Range
1819-1977
Year Range From
1819
Year Range To
1977
Date of Accumulation
1819-1977
Creator
LancasterHistory (Organization)
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Storage Room
Archives South
Storage Wall
Side 04
People
Bitner, John R.
Boardman, Harris
Bowman, John Jacob
Boyer, Zaccur Prall
Cirt, Anna N.
Griest, William Walton
Hostetter, Albert Keller
Kemrer, Clarence M.
Knapp, Walter
Kreider, Kate
Kriebel, Howard Wiegner
McClellan, Oliver Eldridge
Royer, David
Shuman, James P.
Wohlsen, Anna
Wohlsen, Peter
Subjects
Letters
Minutes (Records)
Philadelphia & Reading Railroad Co.
Philadelphia and Lancaster Turnpike (Pa.)
Posters
Railroads
Rates and tolls
Reading & Columbia Railroad Company
Street-railroads
Trolley cars
Search Terms
Adamstown
Bittersville, Lower Windsor Twp., York County, Pennsylvania
Blueprints
Booklets
Brochures
Campbelltown, South Londonderry Twp., Lebanon County, Pennsylvania
Center Square Road Station
Chestnut Street
Christiana
Coatesville, Chester County, Pennsylvania
Columbia
Columbia, Ironville and Mount Joy Railroad
Conestoga Traction Company
Conestoga Transportation Company
Conewago Water and Power Company
Correspondence
Dallastown, York County, Pennsylvania
Drawings
Duke Street
East Belt line
East King Street
East Petersburg, East Hempfield Twp.
Elizabethtown
Engleside, Lancaster Twp.
Ephemera
Ephrata
Express Printing Company
Greeting cards
Hanover, York County, Pennsylvania
Hershey, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania
Ironville, West Hempfield Twp.
J. G. Brill Company
Kinport Road
Lancaster
Lancaster and York Furnace Street Railway
Lancaster and Columbia Division, Conestoga Transportation Company
Lancaster and Lititz Passenger Railroad Company
Lancaster, Elizabethtown, and Middletown Turnpike
Lebanon, Lebanon County, Pennsylvania
Letters
Lititz
Maple Grove
Maps
Marietta Avenue
North Market Street
Mechanicsburg, Upper Leacock Twp.
Mechanicsville, East Hempfield Twp.
Minutes
Mount Joy
Mulberry Street
National Railway Historical Society
Neffsville, Manheim Twp.
North End Photo Finishing House
North Lime Street
North Queen Street
Palmyra, Lebanon County, Pennsylvania
Parkesburg, Chester County, Pennsylvania
Penn Square
Pequea Twp.
Philadelphia and Lancaster Turnpike Company
Philadelphia and Reading Railroad Company
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Photographs
Placards
Substations
President Avenue
Princess Street
Prospect Street
Quarryville
Railroads
Rates and tolls
Reading and Columbia Railroad Company
Receipts
Red Rose Transit Authority
Reports
Roads
Rocky Springs Railroad Company
Schuylkill Navigation Company
Scrapbooks
South Mountain Railroad
South Queen Street
Stock certificates
Susquehanna Railroad
Tickets
Tolls
Trolley car barns
Trolley car yards
Trolley cars
Trolleys
Turnpikes
Walnut Street
WGAL (television station)
Williams Park Station
Willow Street Turnpike
Windsor Twp., York County, Pennsylvania
WLAN (radio station)
Wrightsville, York County, Pennsylvania
York Bus Company
York Fair
York Railway Company
Extent
2 boxes, 31 folders, 1 cubic ft.
Object Name
Archive
Language
English
Object ID
MG0123
Location of Originals
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania
Notes
Preferred Citation: Title or description of item, date (day, month, year), Transportation Collection (MG0123), 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.
Other Numbers
MG-123
Classification
MG0123
Description Level
Fonds
Custodial History
Added to database 23 September 2021.
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