Cracked. Reads: "I H 1774" Marked three times: "MZ"
Front and back hounds are heavy wooden members of the running gear. Each is configured into a "wishbone" shape whose "prongs" are attached to front or rear axle. Thus, this iron is likely a hound band that encircles and secures the hounds where they are joined to the coupling pole that runs front to back. (These wooden members are part of what we now call the chassis.)
Lathe-turned wooden tar bucket with fitted lid and remnants of leather straps. Cylindrical vessel has slight taper inward toward middle. Decorated with two double score marks below center. Above center are shoulders jutting outward with vertical holes through which straps of leather handle pass. Handle also passes through lid of conforming shape, although one strap broken off at shoulder while the other is broken off 3 inches above shoulder.Center hole in lid apparently accepted a now-missing stick used to apply tar to wheels. Broken-off 5-inch length of leather strap rests inside. Tar residue in bucket.
Lancaster County or region.
Provenance
Donor believes bucket descended from family members to his parents who displayed it on their mantle. Donor inherited it from parents.
Ink drawing of "an arch erected by the patriotic citizens of W. King S. Lanc. in honor of the arrival of General G. M. Lafayette who visited this town July 27th 1825." G. B. xxxx
Broadside: Notice of Public Sale - 1 story brick dwelling, estate of Thomas M'Caslin. December 26, 1829, at 3 p.m. at public house of Bernard M'Gonigle.
Hanging balance scales with two brass dishes. Attached tag: "Miss Emma H. Ranck". Listed in original accession notes as "Assayers Scales" used specifically for weighing metals.
One-page advertisement for C.Hager & Co., dated September 29. Probably 1821..."Have just received and are now opening at their store at the corner of the marketplace"...the year the first store opened. "Dry Goods" in bold print with a list of a variety of fabrics, shawls, handerkerchiefs and "almost every other description of dry goods desirable" in addition to groceries are for sale. At the bottom juniper berries and Boston mackarel (sic) are listed.
(Christopher Hager: b. 7 Oct.1800; d. 15 April 1868)
Date Range
circa 1821
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Storage Room
DAC
Storage Cabinet
Cabinet 2
Storage Shelf
Shelf 5
Storage Container
Box 0542
Object Name
Print
Height (cm)
24.13
Height (ft)
0.7916666667
Height (in)
9.5
Width (cm)
17.145
Width (ft)
0.5625
Width (in)
6.75
Condition
Good
Condition Date
2023-08-21
Condition Notes
Brown overall, darker along edges. Reverse is dark brown in wide area around edges.
Copy of a black and white sketch of Donegal Church with a group of Colonial soldiers, two women, Pastor Colin McFarquhar and other men under the large leafy white oak tree near the church entrance. One man holds a long paper and is reading to the group. To the left, near a thin tree, a man holds the reins of a horse.
In 1777 congregants of Donegal Presbyterian Church gathered with Pastor Colin McFarquhar under this white oak tree to vow allegiance to the cause of the American patriots in their fight against England and its King.
Date Range
1777
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Storage Room
DAC
Storage Cabinet
Cabinet 2
Storage Shelf
Shelf 2
Storage Container
Box 0009
Object Name
Print
Length (cm)
27.94
Length (ft)
0.9166666667
Length (in)
11
Width (cm)
35.56
Width (ft)
1.1666666667
Width (in)
14
Condition
Good
Condition Date
2023-11-06
Condition Notes
Bend at tip of upper left corner with small tear below. Small tear on lower right edge. Brown on back especially along top edge.
