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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

Philadelphia. George is the last one in the house to be ill, but the rest of the family is in good health. 29 August 1807 Letter from Philip Wager to Adam Reigart, Jr. Wager’s son, George and his wife have a new baby girl. She was born around 1:00 am on August 31. 3 September 1807 Letter from Philip Wager to

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Collection: Adam Reigart Jr., John S. Murphy Collection

Title: Adam Reigart Jr., John S. Murphy Collection

Description: The Adam Reigart Jr., John S. Murphy Collection contains correspondence between Adam Reigart, Jr. in Lancaster and Philip Wager in Philadelphia and their families. The letters are primarily from the early nineteenth century and provide information about family illness, travel, visits, business, and family chatter. The receipts and invoices show purchases made in Lancaster and Philadelphia, especially clothing, fabric, dry goods, and meat. The remainder of the collection is made up of newspaper articles, books, and an album of poetry and drawings. The items were housed in a gig trunk which is now in the museum collection.

Admin/Biographical History: Adam Reigart, Jr. (1765-1844) was born in Lancaster. He was the eldest son of Col. Adam Reigart, owner of the Grape Tavern which served as general headquarters during the Revolutionary War. Adam Jr. founded the Reigart Wine Store in 1785 and was in business with Philip Wager in Philadelphia and Philip's son Peter throughout his career. He was the first president of the Lancaster branch of the Bank of Pennsylvania, and was involved with the Conestoga Navigation Company and the Union Fire Company.; Adam Jr. married Mary Magdalena Wager (1772-1806) in 1791. Mary was the daughter of Philip Wager, a Philadelphia wine merchant. They had eight daughters and a son. Susan married Stephen C. Slaymaker and Margaretta married Henry Y. Slaymaker.

Date Range: 1762-2003

Year Range From: 1762

Year Range To: 2003

Date of Accumulation: 1762-2003

Creator: Murphy, John Slaughter, 1921-2011

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives South

Storage Wall: Side 08

People: Arnold, Benedict; Baker, W.; Bare, Jacob; Blight, Peter; Boughter, Charles; Breidenhart, George; Brien, Edward; Brown, Luke; Butter, Charles; Cassidy, Edward; Clarke, John; Clendenin, Samuel; Coleman, Edward; Coleman, William; Edwards, Susanna; Ehler, John; Fisher, Sammy; Fox, Sam M.; Frey, John; Gaskill, Edmund; Gay, Edward F.; Getz, John; Givens, John; Graeff, George; Greland, D.; Hahn, B. Christian; Harrison, George; Haverstick, William; Hopkins, A. R.; Hopkins, Ann; Houston, James; Hubley, Frederick; Hubley, Joseph; Hultzheimer, N.; Hyde, Charles; Irving, Robert; Jack, Joshua; Kauffman, Jacob; King, George; Kirkpatrick, William; Kline, Jacob; Lane, John; Leiper, George G.; Lowry, Robert; Lowry, Robert K.; Mayer, George Louis; Metzger, Emanuel; Metzger, George; Metzger, Jacob; Miller, Barbara; Miller, Henry; Miller, Martin; Miller, Philip; Montgomery, William; Morris, John; Mosher, Joseph; Murphy, John Slaughter; Myer, John; Myers, John; Newlin, Nathaniel; Nice, Levi; Nimrod, Maxwell; Ogilby, Joseph; Otto, Jacob S.; Otto, John C.; Pennington, Edward; Peters, Abraham; Phinney, Zina; Price, Joseph; Price, Richard; Reigart, Adam; Reigart, Adam, Jr.; Reigart, Ann; Reigart, Emanuel; Reigart, Henrietta; Reigart, Maria Wager; Reigart, Mary; Reigart, Mary C.; Reigart, Philip Wager; Reigart, Susan; Rimfast, John; Sample, Joseph; Schaubel, Johannis; Sener, Samuel Miller; Sewell, Charles S.; Shaeffer, Jacob; Shenk, Abraham; Shenk, Christian; Shippen, Peggy; Singer, A.; Slaymaker, Henry Edwin; Slaymaker, Mary Steele; Slaymaker, Stephen Cochran; Smith, Ann; Smith, Anthony; Smith, Ralph; Stein, Philip; Steinman, George; Stewart, William; Sullivan, Susannah; Wager, George; Wager, Hannah; Wager, James; Wager, Mary; Wager, Peter; Wager, Philip H.; Wager, Sally; Wager, Sophia; Wager, William; Walsh, Christopher; Wentz, Thomas; Wertz, Christian; Wharton, Charles; Whitaker, George; Whitaker, John; Wimer, Michael; Winroth, Margaret; Witmer, David; Woodmund, William; Yeiser, Philip

Other Creators: Reigart family

Subjects: Clippings (Books, newspapers, etc.); Invoices; Letters; Obituaries; Receipts (Acknowledgments)

Search Terms: Adam Reigart and Son; Albums; Bethlehem, Pennsylvania; Boston, Massachusetts; Brenner and Reed; Cambridge, Massachusetts; Cape May, New Jersey; Charles C. and J. Watson; Christ Church Burial Ground; Cincinnati, Ohio; Clippings (Books, newspapers, etc.); Correspondence; Delaware; Dixon Walker and Company; Earp and Brothers; Finding aids; Grape Hotel; Greene County, New York; H. Behlen and Company; Illnesses; Invoices; J. Walker and Company; John Warden and Sons; Kentucky; Lancaster; Lancaster County Almshouse; Lancaster Bar Association; Lancaster Intelligencer; Lancaster Journal; Lancaster New Era; Lancaster Sunday News; Lane Slaymaker and Company; Letters; London, England; Lower Windsor Twp., York County, Pennsylvania; Lowry and Myers; Luzerne County, Pennsylvania; Manuscript groups; Margaretta Furnace; Marietta Bank; Morning News; Mount Auburn Cemetery; New York, New York; Newspaper clippings; Obituaries; Ohio; Pennsylvania German Society; Pensacola, Florida; Peter Wager and Company; Philadelphia Inquirer; Pratt and Kintzing; Race Street; Receipts; Reeve's Tavern; South Carolina; Southwark, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Spain; St. James Episcopal Church; Union Fire Company; Vintners; Wager and Company; Washington Fire Company; West Point Military Academy; William Noyes and Company; Wine merchants; York Springs Boarding House; York Springs, York County, Pennsylvania; York, York County, Pennsylvania

Extent: 2 boxes, 35 folders, 1.5 cubic ft.

Object Name: Archive

Language: English

Object ID: MG0331

Location of Originals: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania

Related Item Notes: Gig trunk (2003.078); Adam Reigart Collection (MG0122)

Notes: Preferred Citation: Title or description of item, date (day, month, year), Adam Reigart Jr., John S. Murphy Collection (MG0331), Folder #, LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.

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

Copyright: Collection may not be photocopied. Please direct questions to Research Center Staff at research@lancasterhistory.org.; Permission for reproduction and/or publication must be obtained in writing from LancasterHistory.

Credit: Courtesy of LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.

Accession Number: 2003.078

Other Numbers: MG-331

Classification: MG0331

Description Level: Fonds

Custodial History: Processed and finding aid created by KR. Added to database 8 March 2022.

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Collection: Renunciations

Title: Renunciations

Object ID: Ren 1874 F017

Date Range: 1874

Collection: Renunciations

Title: Renunciations

Description: Renunciations are papers filed in the Orphans' Court by executors of an estate who do not wish to administer that estate. They show the name of the decedent, the decedent's place of residence, the name of the person renouncing administration, the name of the replacement administrator to be appointed, and date. The relationship between the decedent, the executor, and the administrator is usually shown. Arranged chronologically and then alphabetically within each year.

System of Arrangement: Arranged chronologically and then alphabetically within each year.

Date Range: 1874

Date of Accumulation: 1762-1820, 1821-1842, 1880-1906

Year: 1874

Creator: Register of Wills

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Container: Box 0010

People: Diffenderfer, Henry; Diffenderfer, Margaret; Sutton, Albert G.

Subcategory: Documentary Artifact

Search Terms: Renunciation; New York, New York

Place: New York, New York

Extent: 12 cubic feet

Object Name: Probate

Language: English

Condition: Fair

Object ID: Ren 1874 F017

Box Number: 010

Associated Material: Administrators Accounts; Miscellaneous Orphans' Court Papers

Additional Notes: Renouncer: Diffenderfer, Margaret.; Administrator: Sutton, Albert G.; 1 item, 1 piece

Access Conditions / Restrictions: Restricted use of original. A photocopy will be made for patron use.

Classification: RG 03-00 0115

Description Level: Item

A series of the decisions of The Court of King's Bench upon settlement-cases ; from The Death of Lord Raymond in March 1732: To which is Added A Complete Abridgment of the Substance of each Case, and two Tables of the Names of them. Published for the Use of Gentlemen in the Commission of the Peace, and of Barristers and others attending the Quarter-Sessions. By James Burrow, Esq ; Master of the Crown-Office, and one of the Benchers of the Honourable Society of the Inner Temple

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Author: Burrow, James,

Date of Publication: M DCC LXVIII. [1768]

Call Number: Book 650 1768; Book 651 1768

Author: Burrow, James,

Place of Publication: London

Publisher: Printed by His Majesty's Law-Printers, For J. Worrall and B. Tovey, at the Dove, in Bell-Yard near Lincoln's Inn,

Date of Publication: M DCC LXVIII. [1768]

Physical Description: 2 volumes ; 27 cm

Notes: Vol. 2: Containing near Fifteen Years, and including Lord Chief Justice Ryder's Time and the first Twelve Years of Lord Mansfield's. To this Volume is added an index to both Volumes. And there are also subjoined A few thoughts upon pointing and some other Helps towards perspicuity of expression.; Jasper Yeates's Colonial Law Library.; Yeates's signature at top of title page.; Book numbers 650 and 651 as assigned by Yeates.; Bookplate removed from vol. 1; bookplate of Godfrey Lill, Esq. his Majestys Solicitor Gen. of Ireland in vol 2.; ESTC,

Subjects: Law reports, digests, etc - Great Britain - Early works to 1800.; Law reports, digests, etc.; Great Britain.; Early works.; Full leather (Binding); Gilt title on maroon spine label (Label)

Additional Author: Yeates, Jasper,; Lill, Godfrey.

Place: Great Britain England London.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Yeates Collection

Call Number: Book 650 1768; Book 651 1768

The life of the Right Honourable Sir John Holt, knight, lord chief justice of the Court of King's-bench; containing several arguments touching the rights and liberties of the people, delivered by his lordship, with great reason and remarkable courage, upon most important occasions, during the reigns of Their Majesties, King William the Third, and Queen Anne; taken from the report of the Lord Chief Justice Raymond, &c. And an abstract of Lord Chief Justice Holt's will, codicils, &c. Also points of law, resolved by his lordship, on evidence, at nisi prius. With a table of references to all his lordship's arguments and resolutions in the several volumes of reports. Never before published

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Author: Rayner, John

Date of Publication: 1764.

Call Number: Book 1019 1764

Responsibility: By a gentleman of the Inner-Temple.

Author: Rayner, John

Place of Publication: London

Publisher: Printed for the author, and sold by J. Worrall,

Date of Publication: 1764.

Physical Description: xiii, 154, xi, [31] pages 21 cm

Notes: Introduction signed: J.R. [i.e. John Rayner].; Jasper Yeates's Colonial Law Library.; Yeates's signature at top of title page.; Book number 1019 as assigned by Yeates.

Subjects: Holt, John, - Sir, - 1642-1710.; Full blind-tooled decorated leather (Binding); Gilt title on maroon spine label (Binding)

Additional Author: Yeates, Jasper,

Location: Lancaster History Library - Yeates Collection

Call Number: Book 1019 1764

Anno Regni Georgii III. Regis, Magnae Britanniae, Franciae & Hiberniae, primo. : At a General Assembly of the province of Pennsylvania, begun and holden at Philadelphia, the fourteenth day of October, anno Domini 1760, in the thirty-fourth year of the reign of our late sovereign Lord George II. by the grace of God, of Great-Britain, France and Ireland, King, Defender of the Faith, &c. And from thence continued by adjournments to the twenty-third day of April, 1761, in the first year of the reign of our Sovereign Lord George III. &c

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Corporate Author: Pennsylvania.

Date of Publication: MDCCLXI. [1761]

Call Number: Book 463 1761a

Corporate Author: Pennsylvania.

Uniform Title: Laws, etc. (Session laws : 1761 Apr.)

Place of Publication: Philadelphia

Publisher: Printed and sold by B. Franklin, at the new-printing-office, near the market.,

Date of Publication: MDCCLXI. [1761]

Physical Description: pages [2], 101-103, [1] ; (fol.)

Notes: Pagination continues session laws published from Feb. 1760 (Evans 8705).; Signatures: chi1 [C]Â² ([C]2 verso blank).; Title vignette: province seal.; Jasper Yeates's Colonial Law Library.; Book number 463 as assigned by Yeates.; Evans; Hildeburn, C.R. Pennsylvania,; Miller, C.W. Franklin,

Subjects: CHR 1761.; Full blind-tooled suede (Binding)

Additional Author: Franklin, Benjamin,; Yeates, Jasper,Ud1745-1817,

Place: United States Pennsylvania Philadelphia.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Yeates Collection

Call Number: Book 463 1761a

Anno Regni Georgii III. Regis, Magnae Britanniae, Franciae & Hiberniae, primo. : At a General Assembly of the province of Pennsylvania, begun and holden at Philadelphia, the fourteenth day of October, anno Domini 1760, in the thirty-fourth year of the reign of our late sovereign Lord George II. by the grace of God, of Great-Britain, France and Ireland, King, Defender of the Faith, &c. And from thence continued by adjournments to the twenty-sixth day of September, 1761, in the first year of the reign of our Sovereign Lord George III. &c

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Corporate Author: Pennsylvania.

Date of Publication: MDCCLXI. [1761]

Call Number: Book 463 1761b

Corporate Author: Pennsylvania.

Uniform Title: Laws, etc. (Session laws : 1761 Sept.)

Place of Publication: Philadelphia

Publisher: Printed and sold by B. Franklin, at the new-printing-office, near the market.,

Date of Publication: MDCCLXI. [1761]

Physical Description: pages [2], 107-125, [1] ; (fol.)

Notes: Pagination continues session laws published from Feb. 1760 (Evans 8705).; Signatures: [2D]Â² 2E-2HÂ² (2H2 verso blank).; Title vignette: province seal.; Jasper Yeates's Colonial Law Library.; Book number 463 as assigned by Yeates.; Evans; Hildeburn, C.R. Pennsylvania,; Miller, C.W. Franklin,

Subjects: Franklin, Benjamin, - 1706-1790 - Imprints - 1761.; Franklin, Benjamin, - 1706-1790.; CHR 1761.; Full blind-tooled suede (Binding)

Additional Author: Franklin, Benjamin,; Yeates, Jasper,

Location: Lancaster History Library - Yeates Collection

Call Number: Book 463 1761b

The English pilot: describing the sea-coasts, capes, headlands, streights, soundings, sands, shoals, rocks and dangers. The bays, roads, harbours and ports. In the Oriental navigation: shewing the property ande nature of the winds and monsoons in those seas; with the courses and distances frtom one place to another; the setting of the tides and currents; the ebbing and flowing of the sea. Also, a new talble of variations; and a correct table of longitudes and latitudes. With many other things necessary to be known. Containing several large draughts of ports, islands, and descriptions; collected from the practice and experience of divers able and expert navigators of our own and foreign nations

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Date of Publication: 1761.

Call Number: Book 1 1761

Place of Publication: London

Publisher: Printed for W. and J. Mount, T. Page and son, on Tower-Hill,

Date of Publication: 1761.

Physical Description: 70 p, [43] leaves of plates (some folded) : ill, maps; 51 cm.

Notes: Divided into three parts. the first, shewing the nature and properties of the winds and monsoons in the navigation from England to the East-Indies, and the whole Oriental Ocean, and thereby how to shape a course from one port to another, according to the time of year in those seas. The second, containing necessry instructions for sailing between England and the East-Indies, in the spring and autumn. The third, describing the sea-coasts, capes, headlands, streights, soundings, shoals, rocks and dangers. The islands, bays, roads, harbours and ports from Cape Bona-Esperance, to all parts of the Oriental Ocean, being corrected and augmented, with several additions, not before publish'd.; Depths shown by soundings.; Includes charts, coastal profiles, illustrations, maps, and plans.; All pages tipped in.; Jasper Yeates's Colonial Law Library.; Signature of Jasper Yeates at top of title page, 1766.; Book Number 1 as arranged by Yeates; Mount, John,; Full blind-tooled leather binding; covers loose repaired with leather strips top and bottom

Contents: Charts: [1] A new map of the world according to Wrights alias Mercators projections &cc --[2] A new and correct chart of England Scotland and Ireland -- [3] A correct chart of the chanel between England and France -- [4] A large draught of the Isle of Wight and Owers -- [5] A new and correct large draught of Plymouth Sound Catt-water and Hamowse --[6] A chart of the coasts of Ireland and part of England -- [7] A chart of the sea coast from England to the Streights -- [8] A correct chart of the coast of Portugal & Barbaria -- [ 9] A chart of the coast of Guinea from Cape de Verd to Cape Bona EsperanÃ§a -- [10] A general chart from England to Cape Bona Esperance with the coast of Brasille -- [11] A draught of Cape Bona Esperanca -- [12] A new mappe of Saint Hellena -- [13] A draught of the south part of Africa from Cape Bona Esperance to Delagoa -- [14] A chart of the western part of the East-Indies -- [15] A new draught of the island of Madagascar ats St. Lorenzo with Augustin Bay and the island of Bombals at large -- [16] The lslnad of Diego Rays, latitude South 19Â°.40Â¹ -- [17] A chart of the island of Mauritius -- [18] A chart of the Striats of Babelmandell and Moha -- [19] A large draught of the coast of Arabia from Maculla to Dofar -- [20] A large draught of the Golf of Persia -- [21] A large chart of part of the coast of Guzaratt & India from Diu Head to Bombay -- [22] A new mapp of the island of Bombay and Sallset -- [23] A large draught of part of the coast of India from Bombay to Bassalore -- [24] A large draught of the Mallabar coast from Bassalore to Cape Comaroone -- [25] A new mapp of the island of Zeloan -- [26] A large chart of part of the coast of Coremandell from Point Pedro to Armegon -- [27] A new chart of part of the coast of Coremandell from Armegon to Binnlepatam -- [28] A new chart of the coast of Orixa and Galconda --[29] A new and correct chart shewing the goeing over the Braces with the sands shoals depth of water and anchorage from Point Palmiras to Hughley in the Bay of Bengall -- [30] A map of the River English in the Bay of Delagoa -- [31] A new and correct chart, shewing the sands, shoals, mud-banks, depth of water & anchorage. With the going of the Braces, from P. Palmiras to Calcutta in the Hughley in the Bay of Bengall -- [32] A mapp of the great River Ganges as it emptieth it selfe in the Bay of Bengala -- [33] A chart of the easternmost part of the East Indies and China, from Cape Comarine to Iapan, with all the adjacents islands -- [34] A new and corrrect chart of Mergui with the islands adjacent & shewing the sands, shoalds, banks depths of water and anchorage &c. -- [35] A new and correct chart of part of the island of Java from the West End to Batavia with the Streights of Sunda -- [36] A large draught of the coast of Iava from Bantam Point to Batavia -- [37] A large draught of the east end of Java and Madura shewing the Streights of Bally -- [38] A large chart describing streights of Malacca and Singapore -- [39] A large draught of the coast of China from Amoye to Chusan with the harbour of Amoye at large -- [40] A large draught of the north part of China shewing all the passages and channels into the harbour of Chusan -- [41] A large draught from Benjar on the island of Borneo to Macasser on the island of Celebes shewing the streights of Bally with the islands to the eastward thereof -- [42] A large draught of the south part of Borneo -- [43] A draught of the coast of New Holland and parts adjacent.

Additional Author: Mount, William,; Page, Thomas,; Yeates, Jasper,

Additional Corporate Author: W. & J. Mount & T. Page & Son.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Yeates Collection

Call Number: Book 1 1761

Anno Regni Georgii II. Regis, Magnae Britanniae, Franciae & Hiberniae, tricesimo tertio : At a General Assembly of the province of Pennsylvania, begun and holden at Philadelphia, the fifteenth day of October, anno Domini 1759, in the thirty-third year of the reign of our Sovereign Lord George II. by the grace of God, of Great-Britain, France and Ireland, King, Defender of the Faith, &c. And from thence continued by adjournments to the eleventh day of February, 1760

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Corporate Author: Pennsylvania.

Date of Publication: MDCCLX. [1760]

Call Number: Book 463 1760

Corporate Author: Pennsylvania.

Uniform Title: Laws, etc. (Session laws : 1760 Feb.)

Place of Publication: Philadelphia

Publisher: Printed and sold by B. Franklin, at the new-printing-office, near the market,

Date of Publication: MDCCLX. [1760]

Physical Description: 45, [1] pages ; 34 cm (fol.)

Notes: Acts passed at the Pennsylvania General Assembly.; Signatures: [A]2 B-L2 [M]1 ([M]1 verso blank).; Title vignette: province seal.; Jasper Yeates's Colonial Law Library.; Yeates's signature at top of title page.; Book number 463 as assigned by Yeates.; Evans; Hildeburn, C.R. Pennsylvania,; Miller, C.W. Franklin,

Subjects: CHR 1760.; Full blind-tooled suede with taped spine (Binding)

Additional Author: Yeates, Jasper,

Location: Lancaster History Library - Yeates Collection

Call Number: Book 463 1760

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