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Collection: Bridge Records

Title: Bridge Records

Object ID: Bridge F0765 I008

Date Range: 1908/04

Collection: Bridge Records

Title: Bridge Records

Date Range: 1908/04

Year: 1908

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives West

Storage Container: Box 0012

Subcategory: Documentary Artifact

Search Terms: Blainsport, West Cocalico Twp.; Bridges; Cocalico Creek; Creeks; Mills; Orders; Petitions; Reports; West Cocalico Twp.; Witmer's Mill

Place: West Cocalico Twp.

Object Name: Petition

Language: English

Condition: Fair

Object ID: Bridge F0765 I008

Box Number: 012

Additional Notes: Court term: April 1908.; Location: At Witmer's Mill on road to Blainsport, West Cocalico Twp.; Document types: Petition for appointment of viewers.; Order and report of viewers.; 2 items, 2 pieces

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

Case Number: 79.000

Classification: RG 02-00 0324

Description Level: Item

Archive

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Collection: Geist Family Papers

Title: Geist Family Papers

Object ID: MG0294

Date Range: 1865-1961

Jersey Parades Patterson Hotel Pennsylvania State Normal School Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Postage stamps Pottsville, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania Receipts Republican Party San Francisco, California Schools Stamps Stevens, East Cocalico Twp. Stocks Tax returns Taxation Trusts and trustees United

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Collection: Geist Family Papers

Title: Geist Family Papers

Description: The Geist Family Papers include correspondence, tax records, legal documents, and other items related to the Geist family. Some correspondence is personal, while other letters relate to legal proceedings concerning estates and inheritances. A number of wills and associated materials, generally related to adjudications involving family members. Numerous local tax notices and federal income tax returns largely pertain to Daniel W. and Bertha W. Geist. Other materials include notebooks and receipts from Daniel W. Geist's time at Millersville State Normal School, visiting cards, and newspaper clippings.

Date Range: 1865-1961

Year Range From: 1865

Year Range To: 1961

Date of Accumulation: 1865-1961

Creator: Geist family

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives South

Storage Wall: Side 08

People: Alexander, James K.; Anderson, Howard; Bachman, Julie C.; Bard, Bertha; Brown, George; Bulleit, Edward Banister; Dague, Isaac W.; Dague, Lily C. Geist; Diller, Luther R.; Eshleman, John H.; Fox, Christian, Jr.; Geist, Adam; Geist, Agnes; Geist, Bertha Wanner; Geist, Daniel W.; Geist, Ettie G.; Geist, Everett S.; Geist, Harry Kohler; Geist, Lilly Kate; Groff, John M.; Heisher, Daniel; Hobson, Jesse; Hobson, Maria; Horst, Jacob G.; Kjorlien, Alvin C.; Leaman, William; Lyte, Eliphalet Oram; Martin, Luke W.; Milledge, Stanley; Miller, Helen Mildred Diller; Miller, Leon H. B.; Miller, Ruth; Ott, Janet F.; Overly, Herman Witmer; Overly, Richard Geist; Pond, B. C.; Pool, Virginia L.; Roosevelt, Franklin Delano; Rush, Charles William; Rush, Harriet Geist; Shaub, Sadie; Shirk, H. S.; Shirk, Henry; Shirk, Lawrence; Stoner, H. K.; Weaver, C. R.; Weaver, George A.; Werner, John Thomas; Witmer, Clara; Wolf, Lemon A.; Wolfe, Helen

Subjects: Decedents' estates; Estates (Law); Letters; Receipts (Acknowledgments); Taxation

Search Terms: A. Geist and Son; Adams County, Pennsylvania; Albert Pick Company; Births; Bismarck, North Dakota; Blue Ball Bank; Blue Ball, East Earl Twp.; Calling cards; Clippings (Books, newspapers, etc.); Coatesville, Chester County, Pennsylvania; Correspondence; Death; Decedents' estates; Earl Twp.; East Earl Twp.; Ephrata; Estate settlement; Farmers National Bank; Finding aids; Florida; Franklin Twp., Adams County, Pennsylvania; Funerals; Gap, Salisbury Twp.; Grand Forks Herald; Grand Forks, Grand Forks County, North Dakota; Health; Hotel Gladstone; Hunters; Inheritance; Internal Revenue Service; Jamestown, Stutsman County, North Dakota; Johnson City, Broome County, New York; K. Aslesen Company; Lancaster; Lancaster New Era; Leland-Parker Hotel; Letters; Manuscript groups; Masons; McClure House; Miami, Florida; Millersville; Millersville State Normal School; Millersville University; Minneapolis, Minnesota; Minot, Ward County, North Dakota; Mountville Farm Women's Society; New Berlin, Ephrata Twp.; New Holland; Newspaper clippings; Ocean City, Cape May County, New Jersey; Parades; Patterson Hotel; Pennsylvania State Normal School; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Postage stamps; Pottsville, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania; Receipts; Republican Party; San Francisco, California; Schools; Stamps; Stevens, East Cocalico Twp.; Stocks; Tax returns; Taxation; Trusts and trustees; United Commercial Travelers of America; Vienna Bakery Company; Visiting cards; Washington, DC; West Cocalico School District; Wheeling, West Virginia; Wills; YMCA; Young Men's Christian Association

Extent: 1 box, 12 folders, .5 cubic ft.

Object Name: Archive

Language: English

Object ID: MG0294

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: 2002.Hawbaker

Other Numbers: MG-294

Classification: MG0294

Description Level: Fonds

Custodial History: Added to database 19 January 2022.

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Collection: Bridge Records

Title: Bridge Records

Object ID: Bridge F0365 I003

Collection: Bridge Records

Title: Bridge Records

Description: Papers filed for construction and repair of bridges. The types of petitions presented to the Court of Quarter Sessions include: petitions for bridge construction and repair, petitions for inspections, and petitions for bridge funds. Other types of items include: specifications, proposals, and contracts for bridge construction and repair; bridge blueprints and plans; correspondence; bills for materials; and bridge condition reports. Many papers show date; court term and case number; names of petitioners, viewers, inspectors, and contractors; costs and fees; location of bridge; and name or number of bridge. The order and report of viewers documents are of particular interest as they usually include a copy of the original petition; the order and names of viewers to inspect the site; the public announcement for the viewers meeting; the report and recommendation of viewers, often with a drawing of the site and surrounding area; and the court decision.

System of Arrangement: Records are arranged by township, then chronologically within each township.

Year: 1901

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives West

Storage Container: Box 0006

Subcategory: Documentary Artifact

Search Terms: Creeks; Cocalico Creek; Ephrata Twp.; Ephrata; Stevens, East Cocalico Twp.; Petitions; Orders; Reports; Inspections; Bridges

Place: Ephrata Twp.

Object Name: Documents

Language: English

Condition: Fair

Object ID: Bridge F0365 I003

Box Number: 006

Additional Notes: Court term: October 1901.; Location: On public road from Ephrata to Stevens, East Cocalico Twp.; Document types: Petition for appointment of inspectors.; Order for inspection and inspection report.; 2 items, 2 pieces

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

Classification: RG 02-00 0324

Description Level: Item

Petition

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Collection: Bridge Records

Title: Petition for appointment of viewers; order and report of viewers

Object ID: Bridge F0760 I005

Date Range: 1902

Collection: Bridge Records

Title: Petition for appointment of viewers; order and report of viewers

Description: Court term: August 1902.; Location: On public highway from Millport, Warwick Twp., to the public road from Zook's Mill to Akron.; Document types: Petition for appointment of viewers.; Order and report of viewers.

System of Arrangement: Records are arranged by township, then chronologically within each township.

Date Range: 1902

Year: 1902

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives West

Storage Container: Box 0012

Subcategory: Documentary Artifact

Search Terms: Akron, Pennsylvania; Bridges; Cocalico Creek; Creeks; Millport, Warwick Twp.; Mills; Orders; Petitions; Reports; Warwick Twp.; West Earl Twp.; Zook's Mill

Place: Warwick Twp. and West Earl Twp.

Extent: 2 items, 5 pieces

Object Name: Petition

Language: English

Condition: Fair

Object ID: Bridge F0760 I005

Box Number: 012

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

Case Number: 72.000

Classification: RG 02-00 0324

Description Level: Item

Order for Payment

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Collection: Commissioners' Orders for Payment

Title: Commissioners' order for payment

Object ID: CommOrder 1824 #316

Collection: Commissioners' Orders for Payment

Title: Commissioners' order for payment

Description: This record group contains canceled orders that were issued by the county commissioners for payment to be made by the county treasurer. The orders show date, order number, amount, name of payee, purpose, and signatures of the county commissioners. In the case of "poor children," teachers were reimbursed by the county for tuition and/or the supplies purchased for students whose parents were unable to pay. Orders include: Poor Children, Almshouse, Bridges, Coroners' Inquests, Prisons, Roads, Court House, and Tax Exonerations.

System of Arrangement: The record group is organized chronologically, then arranged by order number within each year.

Date of Accumulation: 1810-1901

Creator: County Commissioners

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Container: Box 0005

People: McDowell, Patrick; Regar, Isaac; Regar, Richard

Subcategory: Documentary Artifact

Search Terms: Adamstown, Cocalico Twp.; Brecknock Twp.; Poor children; Teachers; Commissioners' Orders for Payment

Place: Adamstown, Cocalico Twp.

Extent: 70 boxes (35 cubic ft.)

Object Name: Order for Payment

Language: English

Condition: Fair

Condition Date: 2008-03-25

Object ID: CommOrder 1824 #316

Box Number: 005

Notes: Date entered into Q & A was not recorded.

Additional Notes: Poor children.; The school is in Adamstown, Cocalico Twp. Children live in Brecknock Twp.; McDowell, Patrick. Teacher.; Regar, Isaac. Age 6.; Regar, Richard. Age 8.; 1 item. 1 piece.

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

Classification: RG 08-01 0510

Description Level: Item

Documents

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Collection: Commissioners' Orders for Payment

Title: Commissioners' order for payment

Object ID: CommOrder 1826 #347

Collection: Commissioners' Orders for Payment

Title: Commissioners' order for payment

Description: This record group contains canceled orders that were issued by the county commissioners for payment to be made by the county treasurer. The orders show date, order number, amount, name of payee, purpose, and signatures of the county commissioners. In the case of "poor children," teachers were reimbursed by the county for tuition and/or the supplies purchased for students whose parents were unable to pay. Orders include: Poor Children, Almshouse, Bridges, Coroners' Inquests, Prisons, Roads, Court House, and Tax Exonerations.

System of Arrangement: The record group is organized chronologically, then arranged by order number within each year.

Date of Accumulation: 1810-1901

Creator: County Commissioners

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Container: Box 0006

People: Arment, Mrs.; Arment, Madison; Arment, William; Davidson, Mrs.; Davidson, Fanny; Fetter, Mrs.; Fetter, Catharine; Fetter, Jacob; Pealer, Mrs.; Pealer, Lydia; Ream, Samuel; Ream, Peter; Ream, Margaret; Slough, Hiram; Slough, Abraham; Wickel, John

Subcategory: Documentary Artifact

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

Place: Earl Twp.

Extent: 70 boxes (35 cubic ft.)

Object Name: Documents

Language: English

Condition: Fair

Condition Date: 2008-03-25

Object ID: CommOrder 1826 #347

Box Number: 006

Notes: Entered into Q & A 1994/07/22.

Additional Notes: Poor children.; Earl Twp. except where noted.; Arment, Widow. Mother of Arment, Madison; Arment, William.; Davidson, Widow. Mother of Davidson, Fanny.; Fetter, Widow. Mother of Fetter, Catharine; Fetter, Jacob.; Pealer, Widow. Mother of Pealer, Lydia.; Ream, Samuel. Cocalico Twp. Father of Ream, Peter; Ream, Margaret.; Slough, Hiram. Cocalico Twp. Father of Slough, Abraham.; Wickel, John. Teacher.; 1 item. 1 piece.

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

Classification: RG 08-01 0510

Description Level: Item

Documents

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Collection: Commissioners' Orders for Payment

Title: Commissioners' order for payment

Object ID: CommOrder 1826 #378

Collection: Commissioners' Orders for Payment

Title: Commissioners' order for payment

Description: This record group contains canceled orders that were issued by the county commissioners for payment to be made by the county treasurer. The orders show date, order number, amount, name of payee, purpose, and signatures of the county commissioners. In the case of "poor children," teachers were reimbursed by the county for tuition and/or the supplies purchased for students whose parents were unable to pay. Orders include: Poor Children, Almshouse, Bridges, Coroners' Inquests, Prisons, Roads, Court House, and Tax Exonerations.

System of Arrangement: The record group is organized chronologically, then arranged by order number within each year.

Date of Accumulation: 1810-1901

Creator: County Commissioners

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Container: Box 0006

People: Hert, Polly; Kurtz, William; Norten, Anna; Oliver, John; Powden, Hannah; Powden, Leah; Powden, Samuel; Punt, Philip; Rank, William; Spera, Chatherine; Spera, Jacob; Spera, William; Stober, Chatherine; Stober, William; Weaver, Joseph; Zell, Adam; Zell, Allen; Zell, Nancy

Subcategory: Documentary Artifact

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

Place: Cocalico Twp.

Extent: 70 boxes (35 cubic ft.)

Object Name: Documents

Language: English

Condition: Fair

Condition Date: 2008-03-25

Object ID: CommOrder 1826 #378

Box Number: 006

Notes: Entered into Q & A 1994/07/28.

Additional Notes: Poor children.; Cocalico Twp. or Earl Twp.; Hert, Polly.; Kurtz, William.; Norten, Anna. Too old.; Oliver, John.; Powden, Hannah. Too old.; Powden, Leah.; Powden, Samuel.; Punt, Philip.; Rank, William.; Spera, Chatherine.; Spera, Jacob.; Spera, William.; Stober, Chatherine.; Stober, William.; Weaver, Joseph. Teacher.; Zell, Adam.; Zell, Allen.; Zell, Nancy. Too old.; 1 item. 1 pieces.

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

Classification: RG 08-01 0510

Description Level: Item

Order for Payment

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Collection: Commissioners' Orders for Payment

Title: Commissioners' order for payment

Object ID: CommOrder 1824 #426

Collection: Commissioners' Orders for Payment

Title: Commissioners' order for payment

Description: This record group contains canceled orders that were issued by the county commissioners for payment to be made by the county treasurer. The orders show date, order number, amount, name of payee, purpose, and signatures of the county commissioners. In the case of "poor children," teachers were reimbursed by the county for tuition and/or the supplies purchased for students whose parents were unable to pay. Orders include: Poor Children, Almshouse, Bridges, Coroners' Inquests, Prisons, Roads, Court House, and Tax Exonerations.

System of Arrangement: The record group is organized chronologically, then arranged by order number within each year.

Date of Accumulation: 1810-1901

Creator: County Commissioners

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Container: Box 0005

People: Schaffer, Jacob; Souer, Jacob

Subcategory: Documentary Artifact

Search Terms: Swopetown, Earl Twp.; Cocalico Twp.; Poor children; Teachers; Commissioners' Orders for Payment

Place: Earl Twp.

Extent: 70 boxes (35 cubic ft.)

Object Name: Order for Payment

Language: English

Condition: Fair

Condition Date: 2008-03-25

Object ID: CommOrder 1824 #426

Box Number: 005

Notes: Never entered into Q & A.

Additional Notes: Poor children.; School: schoolhouse in Swopetown [southeast end of Hinkletown, Earl Twp.]; Schaffer, Jacob. Earl Twp. Father of two unnamed children.; Souer, Jacob. Cocalico Twp. Father of two unnamed children.; 1 item. 1 piece.

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

Classification: RG 08-01 0510

Description Level: Item

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