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Collection: George Steinman Papers

Title: George Steinman Papers, Series 1 and 2

Object ID: MG0184

Date Range: 1738-1955

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Collection: George Steinman Papers

Title: George Steinman Papers, Series 1 and 2

Description: The George Steinman Papers, Series 1 contains an album, compiled by George Steinman, with many photographs of buildings, tombstones, monuments and scenes of Lancaster city and county. Ephemera and newspaper articles are among the photographs. Represented in the album are Postlethwaite's Tavern, hotels and taverns, fire houses, the Conestoga massacre, churches, cemeteries, Ephrata Cloister, prominent citizens and their homes, Stehli Silk Mill, and schools. The four boxes contain orginal correspondence, documents, photographs and ephemera or and pertaining to the same subject matter as the album.; The George Steinman Papers, Series 2 is a collection of original correspondence, documents, photographs, and ephemera primarily compiled by George Steinman. The contents of Series 2 represent Lancaster city and county events, prominent citizens, buildings, monuments, churches, cemeteries, schools, and businesses. Most of what Steinman collected relates to 18th and 19th century Pennsylvania, highlighting Lancaster and Philadelphia. One of the key events highlighted is the Revolutionary war; with documents and images related to Philadelphia, George Washington, the Atlee family, and General Edward Hand. There are images relating to the Christiana Riot and to various buildings in early Lancaster; including but not limited to the Old Jail, the British Prison, and Postlethwaite's Tavern. Also included in the collection is currency printed by Benjamin Franklin in Philadelphia in 1764, and Confederate States currency and bonds.

System of Arrangement: This collection is divided into two series:; Series 1 The Steinman Album; Series 2 Documents, Photographs, Ephemera

Date Range: 1738-1955

Year Range From: 1738

Year Range To: 1955

Date of Accumulation: ca. 1860-1920

Creator: Steinman, George Michael, 1847-1920

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives South

Storage Wall: Side 04

People: Altee, John; André, John; Appel, T. Roberts; Armstrong, Elizabeth; Atlee, Samuel John; Atlee, Washington Lemuel; Atlee, William Augustus; Atlee, William Pitt; Baer, John; Baily, Francis; Bair, Daniel; Baker, James G.; Baldwin, Edith L.; Barr, Elias; Barton, Thomas; Bausman, Elizabeth; Bausman, William; Bear, Henry; Beck, Herbert Huebener; Beck, Martin; Beecher, William C.; Beissel, Conrad; Beissel, John Conrad; Bender, Henry; Bethel, Samuel; Bezellon, Martha Coombe; Bezellon, Peter; Boehm, Henry; Boyle, Philip; Breneman, Benjamin Franklin; Breneman, Gideon; Breneman, Franklin Henry; Broll, John; Brown, J. H.; Bryan, George; Buchanan, James; Buchmiller, Dulon Frank; Burkhart, Anna Margarita; Burkhart, George; Burrowes, Francis Smith; Burrowes, Thomas Henry; Burt, Nathaniel; Calder, George, Jr.; Cameron, James; Carpenter, John; Carpenter, William; Cheves, Langdon; Clay, Henry; Clemson, James; Coleman, Elizabeth; Coleman, Robert; Coleman, William; Cope, Caleb; Cope, Thomas P.; Cox, John; Crawford, James; Crowel, Mary R.; Damant, James; Davis, Benjamin Franklin; Dering, Henry; Detwiler, Thomas Craig; Diffenbaugh, Henry; Diffenderfer, Milton Hess; Diffenderffer, Frank Reid; Diller, Graybill; Donnley, Felix; Downing, Samuel; Dufresne, Samuel; Duvel, P. S.; Eberly, Michael; Edge, Walter Warren; Eichholtz, Jacob; Ellicott, Andrew; Elliot, Robert; Ellmaker, Nathaniel; Eshleman, Frank; Fahnestock, Samuel; Ferree, Philip; Fordney, Melchoir; Forney, J. A.; Fox, Cyrus; Frailey, Jacob; Franklin, George F.; Franklin, Walter; Fraser, Susan; Frazer, Reah; Fulton, Robert; Funck, John; Funk, John; Galbreath, John; Geist, M. W.; Germon, W. L.; Gill, William; Gingrich, Amos; Graff, Andreas; Grant, Hamilton; Graybill, Jacob; Groff, John M.; Groff, Sebastian; Grosh, John; Grove, Annie C.; Grubb, Daisy; Grubb, Peter; Hager, Walter C.; Haldeman, Samuel Steman; Hall, Charles; Hamilton, Andrew; Hamilton, James; Hammond, Frederick W.; Hamond, E. R.; Hand, Edward; Hand, John; Hand, Mollie; Harpel, Charlotte; Hayes, Alexander Laws; Hazen, Moses; Heinitsh, August; Heintzelman, Samuel Peter; Heister, Joseph; Henderson, Barton; Henderson, Thomas G.; Henry, John Joseph; Hensel, George Washington, Jr.; Hensel, William Uhler; Herr, Christian; Herr, Hans; Herr, Rudy; Hews, George H.; Hoffnagle, Peter; Hood, Alexander H.; Hostetter, Albert Keller; Hughes, Edward; Hutter, Christian; Jacobs, Cyrus; Jenkins, David; Jenkins, William; Kevinski, John B.; King, George H.; Kirkpatrick, William; Konigmacher, Joseph; Kroome, Hiram; Krug, George; Kuhn, Simon; Kuhn, Simon Adam; Landis, David Bachman; Landis, David H.; Landis, Harry; Landis, Jacob; Light, John B.; Lightner, Michael; Lincoln, Abraham; Lippold, John W.; Loeb, Jacob; Long, Henry Grimler; Long, Isaac; Lowery, Alexander; Lowery, Lazarus; Ludlow, Robert Fulton; Magee, David Francis; Marshall, Christopher; Marshall, John; Martin, C. H.; Mason, S.; Mathiot, John; Matlack, Timothy; Mayer, Christian B.; McCaskey, John Piersol "Jack"; McClain, Francis Bernard; McClellan, George Brinton; McCormick, D. R.; McFarquahr, Colin; McGrann, Bernard John; Melsheimmer, Frederick Valentine; Metzger, Samuel H.; Mifflin, Thomas; Miller, Dave "Devil"; Miller, John; Miller, Susanna; Mishler, Benjamin; Montgomery, John R.; Montgomery, William; Morton, William Augustus; Mulhatten, Barney; Musser, Yost; Myers, Albert; Mylin, Martin; Neff, John; Nevin, John D.; North, Hugh McAlister; Old, James; Parks, Jake; Pastor, John; Peiper, William L.; Penn, William; Pitt, William; Porter, Andrew; Porter, George B.; Pyle, Howard; Ramsey, David; Raub, Galen John Peoples; Reigart, Adam; Reigart, Emanuel C.; Reilly, Mary Gertrude Costigan; Reinmansnyder, Helen; Reynolds, George Nelson; Reynolds, John Fulton; Reynolds, William; Rogers, Milton C.; Rose, Frederick; Ross, George; Ross, Patton; Sauber, Charles Alvin; Sener, Samuel Miller; Seyfert, Augustus G.; Shober, Emanuel; Shreiner, Philip; Slaymaker, Henry; Slaymaker, Henry Edwin; Slaymaker, L.; Slaymaker, William; Sloane, S.; Slough, Elizabeth; Smith, Charles; Snavely, Harry H.; Stahr, John Summers; Stambauch, Samuel; Stauffer, David McNeely; Stedman, Alexander; Steinman, George Michael; Stevens, Thaddeus; Stiegel, Henry William; Strong Wolf, Chief; Summy, Levi; Sutter, John Augustus; Tener, John C.; Thornburg, Robert; Todd, Charles; Tomlinson, George; Urban, John; Vogan, John; Washington, George; Webb, James; West, Benjamin; Wharton, Thomas; Whiteside, John; Wiley, William; Williamson, Henry Stackhouse; Willson, George Bolivar; Willson, John; Winover, Peter; Wise, Charles; Wise, John; Witmer, Abraham; Witmer, David; Witmer, Esther Elizabeth; Worner, William Frederic; Wright, James; Wright, John; Yeates, Catharine; Yeates, Jasper; Zahm, Godfried; Zahm, Mathias; Zahm, Samuel H.; Zantzinger, Paul; Zehmer, Anthony; Zinzendorf, Nicholaus

Subjects: Ephemera; Photographs; Scrapbooks

Search Terms: Abbeville (Historic estate); Abbeville Mill; Advent Lutheran Church; Albright's Transportation Depot; All Saints Episcopal Church; American Hose Company; Balloons; Bangor Episcopal Church; Berks County Historical Society; Binkley's Bridge; Bird-In-Hand Friends Meetinghouse; Boehm's Chapel; Buch Tavern; Buchanan Park; Caledonia Furnace; Carpenter's Union Church; Cat Tavern; Cemeteries; Central Cigar Store; Chalices; Chestnut Level Presbyterian Church; Christ Lutheran Church; Christian Herr House; Christiana Resistance; Churches; Clare Point Stock Farm; Columbia - Wrightsville Bridge; Columbia Friends Meetinghouse; Conestoga Furnace; Conestoga Glue Factory; Conestoga Navigation Company; Conestoga wagon; Cosgrove's Tavern; County House; Courthouses; Covered bridges; Disasters; Donegal Presbyterian Church; Downing's Mill; Eagle Hotel; Eden Iron Works; Edge Tool Forge; Elizabeth Furnace; Emmanuel Lutheran Church; Engleside, Lancaster Twp.; Ephemera; Ephrata Cloister; Ephrata Mountain Springs Hotel; Exchange Hotel; Feagleyville; Federal Hall; Finding aids; Fire departments; Fires; First National Store; First Presbyterian Church, Lancaster; First Reformed Church, Lancaster; Fites Eddy Hotel; Fountain Inn; Franklin and Marshall College; Franklin College; Franklin House; Fulton Cotton Mill; General Sutter Inn; Golden Swan Hotel; Grace Lutheran Church; Graeff's Landing; Grape Tavern; Gravestones; Graveyards; Green Cottage; Grubb Mansion; Halfway House; Hans Herr House; Hardwicke; Harmony Hall; Heinitsh Drug Store; Historical markers; Hope Episcopal Church; Hopewell Forge; Hotels; Humane Fire Company; Humes Woolen Mill; Hutter's Folly; Indian Queen Tavern; Indigenous peoples; J. B. Distillery; Keener's Mill; Kepler Lodge; Krug House; Lafayette Hill; Lamb Tavern; Lamparter's Row; Lancaster Academy; Lancaster County Courthouse; Lancaster County Historical Society; Lancaster County National Bank; Lancaster County Prison; Lancaster Curling Club; Lancaster Fencibles; Lancaster Moravian Church; Landisville Mennonite Meetinghouse; Leacock Presbyterian Church; Linden Hall; Lititz Moravian Church; Manuscript groups; Marietta and Susquehanna Trading Company; Markets; Martic Forge, Martic Twp.; Martin Meylin's Gunshop; Masonic halls; Masonic lodges; Massasoit Hall; Mechanics Library; Mellinger Mennonite Church; Middle Octorara Presbyterian Church; Millersville Academy; Millersville State Normal School; Millersville University; Mills; Mischler's Exchange; Mishler's Beer Garden; Montgomery House; Monuments; Moss Cigar Factory; Mount Bethel Mansion; Mount Hope Furnace; Native Americans; Odd Fellows Hall; Old City Hall; Old Welsh Graveyard; Paper mills; Parish houses; Paxton Boys; Penn Square; Pennsbury Manor; Pennsylvania Railroad; Pequea Presbyterian Church; Petroglyphs; Photographs; Plough Tavern; Poole Forge; Postlethwaite's Tavern; Powder houses; Practical Farmer Hotel; Ranck's Mill; Reigart's Landing; Reigart's Old Wine Store; Relay Hotel; Revolutionary War; Rock Ford; Ruth's Fine Groceries; Sadsbury Friends Meetinghouse; Safe Harbor Rolling Mill; Schools; Scrapbooks; Shiffler Fire Company; Ship Tavern; Shippen School; Sign of the Bull Tavern; Sign of the Hat Tavern; Sorrel Horse Hotel; St. Catherine of Siena Catholic Church; St. James Episcopal Church; St. John's Episcopal Church; St. John's Lutheran Church; St. John's United Church of Christ; St. Mary's Catholic Church; St. Michael's Lutheran Church; St. Paul's United Church of Christ; St. Peter's Catholic Church; Stamps; Stehli Silk Mill; Stock certificates; Strasburg Academy; Strasburg Mennonite Cemetery; Strasburg Methodist Episcopal Church; Sunflower Inn; Swamp Church; Swan Hotel; Tavern signs; Taverns; Ten Hour House; Three Crowns Tavern; Trinity Lutheran Church; Union Bethel Church; Union Fire Company; Union Hotel; Valley Forge, Chester County, Pennsylvania; Vermont Historical Society; Voganville Hotel; Wabank House; Washington Hotel; Washington Memorial Chapel; Waterloo Tavern; Waterworks; Watt and Shand; Weaverland Mennonite Church; Wheatland; White Horse Hotel; White Swan Hotel; William Pitt Tavern; Windsor Forge; Witmer's Bridge; Witness Tree; Woodward Hill Cemetery; F. W. Woolworth Co.; York Furnace; Young Men's Christian Association; Zion Lutheran Church

Extent: 1 scrapbook, 4 boxes, 112 folders, 3.5 cubic ft.

Object Name: Archive

Language: English

Object ID: MG0184

Location of Originals: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania

Copies: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania

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).; "Mr. Geo. Steinman who started this collection of pictures. This book was presented to the Lanc. Co. Historical Society after his death by Mr. Geo. S. Franklin."; John M. Gibson is recorded as the donor, 1968, in LancasterHistory's accession records.; LancasterHistory is committed to preserving and providing access to materials chronicling Lancaster County's heritage. As a historical resource, this document 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: Please use digital images and transcriptions when available.; The use of the original album is restricted. Please contact Research@LancasterHistory.org with questions.

Copyright: Images have been provided for research purposes only. Please contact Research@LancasterHistory.org for a high-resolution image and permission to publish.; LancasterHistory retains the rights to the digital images and content presented. The doctrine of fair use allows limited use of copyrighted material without permission from the copyright holder. Fair use includes comment, criticism, teaching, and private scholarship. Any images and data downloaded, printed or photocopied for these purposes should provide a citation. All other uses beyond those allowed by fair use require written permission.; 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-184

Classification: MG0184

Description Level: Fonds

Custodial History: Series 1 processed and finding aid prepared PK and MSH, 2008. Series 2 finding aid prepared by JE, 2018. Added to database 20 July 2021.; Digitization of this document was funded by the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, PHMC Appl ID # C980002119, 2021-2024.

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Collection: Papers of the Warfel Family of Conestoga Township

Title: Papers of the Warfel Family of Conestoga Township

Object ID: MG0982

Date Range: ca. 1751 - 1869

Collection: Papers of the Warfel Family of Conestoga Township

Title: Papers of the Warfel Family of Conestoga Township

Description: Deeds, patents, letters, family papers of the Warfel, Bachman, Hess, Herr, Haverstick families of Conestoga Twp. and Manor Twp., c. 1751 to 1860s:; 11 deeds, deed polls, patents, property records - ten are for property in Conestoga Twp., most at Slackwater; one is for land in Manor Twp.; Land drafts; Property records; Probate records: Estate inventory for Abraham Warfel, 1851; Administrators' account for Abraham Warfel, 1853; Personal papers of Jacob Warfel, 1833-1852; Abraham Warfel correspondence (Ohio and Iowa), 1846-1862; Martin B. Warfel correspondence (Indiana), 1856-1864; Lewis A. and Rachel Warfel Geiger correspondence (Pennsylvania and Texas), 1850s, 1862, 1869; J. Warfel correspondence (Illinois), 1860; Aaron Goode Bachman correspondence (Kansas), 1862; Benjamin R. Bachman correspondence (Tennessee), 1866; Hiram W. Bachman correspondence (Texas), 1865; John Bachman correspondence (Conestoga), 1842; David Bair correspondence (Ohio), 1840; J. C. Geiger correspondence (Texas), 1858; Samuel Hess correspondence (Salunga), 1869; John and Margaret Good, birthdates of their children, 1818-1842; Agreement for Conestoga Schoolhouse, 1828; Advertising for Thomas W. Evans & Co., Philadelphia, no date; Store account for Miss E. C. [Hess] from Fondersmith & [Son], Lancaster, 1851; Some Warfel and Haverstick genealogy, mostly copied from published sources with annotations; "Speech of Hon. Thaddeus Stevens, of Pennsylvania, of the National Finance," 20 January 1863

Date Range: ca. 1751 - 1869

Year Range From: 1751

Year Range To: 1869

Date of Accumulation: ca. 1751-1869

Creator: Warfel family

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives North

Storage Wall: Side 13

People: Bachman, Aaron Goode; Bachman, Benjamin; Bachman, Benjamin R.; Bachman, Hiram W.; Bachman, John; Bachman, Susan A. Barton; Bair, David; Breneman, Adam; Buchanan, James; Charles, Henry; Charles, Jacob; Dayton, William Lewis; Dunkle, George; Fillmore, Millard; Fremont, John Charles; Geiger, John C.; Geiger, Lewis A.; Geiger, Rachel H. Warfel; Good, Adam; Good, Catharine; Good, Christian; Good, Elizabeth; Good, Fanny; Good, Jacob B.; Good, John E.; Good, Margaret; Good, Margaret Brunner; Good, Valentine; Gramer, Peter; Harnish, Martin; Haverstick, Anna B. Miller; Haverstick, Charles Arthur; Haverstick, Clara May; Haverstick, Elvina C. Warfel; Haverstick, Florence Ray; Haverstick, Harry Hoyt; Haverstick, John M.; Haverstick, Levi H.; Hess, Christian; Hess, Elizabeth; Hess, John; Hess, Joseph; Hess, Samuel; Hess, Susan Good; House, John; Kaigey, Henry; McClelland, William Bloomfield; Mennert, Frederick; Mennert, Jacob; Morgan, John; Musser, John; Puterbaugh, Elizabeth Warfel Bachman Mennert "Lizzie"; Ross, Indiana McClelland Warfel; Schoch, Jacob; Shank, Michael; Shenk, John; Stauffer, Abraham; Stevens, Thaddeus; Stoner, Christian; Sweigart, Jacob H.; Taylor, Zachary; Warfel, Abraham; Warfel, George W.; Warfel, Jacob; Warfel, John Brenneman; Warfel, Leah Good; Warfel, Martin B.; Warfel, Mary B. Good; Wissler, Jacob; Worley, Caleb

Subjects: African Americans; African Americans--History; Deeds; Family archives; Letters; Real property; Slavery; United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865; Real property surveys

Search Terms: Accounts; Agriculture; Cedar Grove, Kaufman County, Texas; Civil War; Clermont, Marion County, Indiana; Conestoga Schoolhouse; Conestoga Twp.; Correspondence; Crops; Deeds; El Paso, El Paso County, Texas; Elections; Family archives; Finding aids; Galveston, Texas; Genealogy; Ice; Iowa; Land drafts; Letters; Manor Twp.; Manuscript groups; Martic Twp.; Memphis, Shelby County, Tennessee; Mexico; Mississippi & Tennessee Railroad; Ohio; Persons of color; Politics; Postal service employees; Presidential candidates; Presidential elections; Real estate; Real property surveys; Rocky Mountains; Safe Harbor, Conestoga Twp.; Slackwater, Conestoga Twp.; Tennessee; Texas; Thomas W. Evans and Company; Washington County, Iowa; Wayne County, Ohio; Wayne Twp., Marion County, Indiana; Weather; Zionsville, Boone County, Indiana

Extent: 66 items

Object Name: Archive

Language: English

Object ID: MG0982

Location of Originals: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania

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).; This collection was given in memory of the donor's maternal grandparents, David S. Warfel and Clara Haverstick Warfel.

Access Conditions / Restrictions: This collection has not been cataloged. Original documents may be used by appointment--contact Research@LancasterHistory.org prior to visit.

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: 2023.053

Other Numbers: MG-982

Classification: MG0982

Description Level: Fonds

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Collection: Diffenderffer Family Papers

Title: Diffenderffer Family Papers

Object ID: MG0410

Date Range: 1691-1963

, Pennsylvania 17603-3125 717.392.4633 • www.LancasterHistory.org 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

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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: Transportation Collection

Title: Transportation Collection

Object ID: MG0123

Date Range: 1819-1977

Transportation Company The Conestoga Traction Company became the Conestoga Transportation Company in 1931, according to documents in this collection. Insert 1 Stock offer for a branch line of the Conestoga Traction Company 2 February 1909. Conestoga Transportation Company letter regarding problems of management

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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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Collection: Columbia Bridge Company Collection

Title: Columbia Bridge Company Collection

Object ID: MG0217

Date Range: 1809-1843

Content Note: The Columbia Bridge Company Collection is a valuable source of information concerning construction of bridges in the early 1800s. Documents concern the building of the first two bridges across the Susquehanna River in 1814 and 1832. Items in the collection include minutes, form for stock

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Collection: Columbia Bridge Company Collection

Title: Columbia Bridge Company Collection

Description: The Columbia Bridge Company Collection is a valuable source of information concerning construction of bridges in the early 1800s. Documents concern the building of the first two bridges across the Susquehanna River in 1814 and 1832. Items in the collection include minutes, form for stock certificate, invoices, legal papers, proposals, receipts, stockholders, promissory notes, by-laws, settlement of stage tolls with Samuel Slaymaker 1813, salary receipts, circulars and announcements, bridge tolls, orders for payment, correspondence, and a stock certificate from 1842

Admin/Biographical History: First Bridge; Construction of the first Columbia-Wrightsville Bridge was begun in 1812 and completed December 5, 1814, by J. Wolcott, H. Slaymaker, S. Slaymaker at a total cost of $231,771, which was underwritten by the newly formed Columbia Bank and Bridge Company. The bridge was 5,690 feet (1,730 m) long and 30 feet (9.1 m) wide and had 54 piers and twin carriageways. Constructed of wood and stone, the covered bridge also included a wooden roof, a whitewashed interior and openings in its wooden sides to view the river and surrounding areas. It was considered the longest covered bridge in the world at the time. The bridge accommodated east-west traffic across the Susquehanna River for 14 years before being destroyed by ice, high water and severe weather on February 5, 1832.; Second bridge; Construction of the second Columbia-Wrightsville Bridge, also covered, started mid-1832 and was completed in 1834 (opening on July 8, 1834) by James Moore and John Evans at a cost of $157,300. It was 5,620 feet (1,710 m) long and 28 feet (8.5 m) wide and also enjoyed the distinction of being the world's longest covered bridge. The wood and stone structure had 27 piers, a carriageway, walkway, and two towpaths to guide canal traffic across the river. Much of the mostly oak timber used in its construction was salvaged from the previous bridge. Its roof was covered with shingles, its sides with weatherboard, and its interior was whitewashed. The structure was modified in 1840 by the Canal Company at a cost of $40,000 concurrent with the construction of the Wrightsville Dam. Towpaths of different levels and with sidewalls were added to prevent horses from falling into river, as happened several times when the river flooded. The roof of the lower path formed the floor of upper path. In this way, canal boats were towed across the river from the Pennsylvania Canal on the Columbia side to the Susquehanna and Tidewater Canal at Wrightsville. Sometime after 1846, a double-track railway was added, linking the Philadelphia and Columbia Railroad to the Northern Central Railway. Due to fear of fire caused by locomotives, rail cars were pulled across the bridge by teams of mules or horses.; Information from "Columbia-Wrightsville Bridge," https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Columbia%E2%80%93Wrightsville_Bridge. Accessed 3 February 2020.

System of Arrangement: The papers of the First Columbia Bridge built in 1814 are filed in folders #1 to 157. The papers of the Second Columbia Bridge built in 1832 are filed in folders #158 to 181.

Date Range: 1809-1843

Year Range From: 1809

Year Range To: 1843

Date of Accumulation: 1809-1843

Creator: Goodell, Robert Hilliard, 1899-1992.

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives South

Storage Wall: Side 05

People: Albright, William; Chew, Benjamin; Coleman, Robert; Dickson, William; Gilpin, Joshua; Gilpin, Thomas; Grimler, Benjamin; Haldeman, C.; Hamilton, William; Harbaugh, Leonard; Hoff, John; Hopkins, James; Hubley, John; Hubley, Joseph; Lloyd, Evan; Mifflin, Joseph; Poulson, Zachariah; Reynolds, John; Rittenhouse, Joseph; Shaffner, Casper; Slaymaker, Henry; Slaymaker, Samuel; Varle, Charles; Wilson, Edward; Wilson, Thomas A.; Witmer, A.; Wright, William; Wolcott, John

Subjects: Bridges; Business records; Columbia (Pa.); Letters; Minutes (Records); Stockholders; Stocks; Susquehanna River

Search Terms: Advertising; Applications; Board of Directors; Bonds; Bridges; Broadsides; Business records; By-laws; Checks; Columbia; Columbia Bridge Company; Construction; Contracts; Correspondence; Farmers Bank of Lancaster; Financial records; Finding aids; Gatekeepers; Invoices; Letters; Loans; Manuscript groups; Minutes; Murray Draper and Company; Promissory notes; Receipts; Reports; Salaries; Stockholders; Stocks; Susquehanna River; Taxes; Tollhouses; Tolls

Extent: 5 boxes, 190 folders, 3 cubic ft.

Object Name: Archive

Language: English

Object ID: MG0217

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: Please use digital images and transcriptions when available. The original items in Folder 69 may not be used due to their fragile condition. All other original documents may be used by researchers--contact Research@LancasterHistory.org prior to visit or request at Reference Desk.

Copyright: Collection may be photographed. Images have been provided for research purposes only. Please contact Research@LancasterHistory.org with questions or for a high-resolution image and permission to publish.; LancasterHistory retains the rights to the digital images and content presented. The doctrine of fair use allows limited use of copyrighted material without permission from the copyright holder. Fair use includes comment, criticism, teaching, and private scholarship. Any images and data downloaded, printed or photocopied for these purposes should provide a citation. All other uses beyond those allowed by fair use require written permission.; 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-217

Classification: MG0217

Description Level: Fonds

Custodial History: Added to database 13 January 2022.

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Collection: Lancaster County Almshouse and Hospital Collection

Title: Lancaster County Almshouse and Hospital Collection

Object ID: MG0277

Date Range: 1798-1993

scrapbook of Conestoga View. Creator: Lancaster County (Pa.). Board of County Commissioners LancasterHistory (Organization) Conditions for Access: Restrictions noted at the item level. Conditions Governing Reproductions: Collection may not be photocopied. Please direct questions to Research Center Staff at

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Collection: Lancaster County Almshouse and Hospital Collection

Title: Lancaster County Almshouse and Hospital Collection

Description: The Lancaster County Almshouse and Hospital Collection is comprised of accounts, registers, minutes, and other records kept by this county department. There are birth and death records, lists of inmates, supply and payroll books, and auditors' reports, and a scrapbook of Conestoga View.

Date Range: 1798-1993

Year Range From: 1798

Year Range To: 1993

Date of Accumulation: 1798-1993

Creator: Lancaster County (Pa.). Board of County Commissioners

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives South

Storage Wall: Side 08

People: Ash, Phineas; Bachman, J. M.; Bachman, John; Bair, Ivan; Baney, William; Bard, R. W.; Bare, Adam; Bausman, John; Bubach, Gerhart; Carpenter, Sam; Centini, Jane E.; Clark, Thomas; Coleman, Thomas; Colwell, James; Dale, Samuel; Dorwart, Jonas; Dunlap, Stephan; Eaby, George W.; Esler, P. O.; Gibbons, William; Good, William; Graybill, N. W.; Graybill, H.; Gryder, Christian; Haines, Timothy; Halbach, W. A.; Harnish, Jacob; Harnish, Samuel; Heck, Lewis; Herr, Christian; Hershey, W. E. H.; Hildebrant, W.; Hollinger, George; Humes, Samuel; Jackson, James J.; Kean, Thomas M.; Kready, David C.; Lane, P. C.; Lenegan, Archibald M.; Light, John; Livingston, J. B.; Long, Jacob; Metzger, John W.; Meyers, Samuel M.; Murray, William; Musser, George; Nauman, J. W.; Nicholson, John; Overholzer, H. D.; Patterson, D. W.; Reed, John K.; Schwartz, Conrad; Slaymaker, Henry; Snyder, Simon; Stone, Abraham; Strine, Jacob S.; Summy, A.; Sweigart, E.; Weaver, B. F.; Webb, Will; Wein, John; Wentz, Thomas; Witmer, Abraham; Witters, Jacob W.; Young, Mathias; Zantzinger, Paul

Other Creators: LancasterHistory (Organization)

Subjects: Almshouses; Almshouses--Pennsylvania--Lancaster County--History; Auditors' reports; Conestoga View (Lancaster, Pa.); Poor--Services for--Pennsylvania--Lancaster County--History; Scrapbooks

Search Terms: Almshouses; Auditors' reports; Conestoga View; Finding aids; Manuscript groups; Scrapbooks

Extent: 3 boxes, 33 books and folders, 3.5 cubic ft.

Object Name: Archive

Language: English

Object ID: MG0277

Location of Originals: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania

Notes: Preferred Citation: Title or description of item, date (day, month, year), Lancaster County Almshouse and Hospital Collection (MG0277), Folder or Book #, 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.

Classification: MG0277

Description Level: Fonds

Custodial History: Most of the items in this collection are part of the Lancaster County Government Records, RG 08-12. They were transferred into MG-277 in 1999 during the planning of the Almshouse and Hospital exhibition. Other items are on loan from the Edward Hand Medical Heritage Foundation or were collected by LancasterHistory.; Added to database 21 July 2017.

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Collection: Herr, Neff and Kauffman Family (Manor Twp.) Papers

Title: Herr, Neff and Kauffman Family (Manor Twp.) Papers

Object ID: MG0700

Date Range: 1791-1956

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Collection: Herr, Neff and Kauffman Family (Manor Twp.) Papers

Title: Herr, Neff and Kauffman Family (Manor Twp.) Papers

Description: This collection contains mostly deeds and releases for property in Manor Township between the Herr, Kauffman, and Neff families. The dates for the deeds and releases are 1791-1792, 1804-1808, and 1841-1865. It seems that there are three main properties that all of the documents are mentioning within Manor Township. There are also nine bonds between Tobias H. Herr and Henry Herr Sr. that were all made in 1864. There are two Cyrus Neff's mentioned in this collection, Cyrus Neff and Cyrus L. Neff. One of the documents is Cyrus Neff's Certificate of Election for the Lancaster County Auditor in 1887. The documents pertaining to Cyrus L. Neff are his policy with the Pennsylvania Threshermen & Farmers' Mutual Casualty Insurance Company in the early 1920's. Towards the end of the collection there are two newspapers from 1929 and 1947, pertaining to the Herr family farm and house as well as what seems to be instructions on how to make animal feed.

Admin/Biographical History: John Herr came to Pennsylvania in 1710 with four of his five sons. His oldest son, Abraham Herr came with his father in 1710, and was the only one to settle west of the Conestoga River in Manor Township.; Francis Neff came to America from Switzerland in the early 1700's. One of his sons, Henry Neff, was the first to live in Manor Township. One of Henry Neff's four sons, Henry Neff Jr., was the only child that stayed at the homestead in Manor Township. He and his wife, Susannah Neff, had a son named Benjamin Neff who, in turn, married Anna Hostetter, daughter of Ulrich Hostetter and had two sons, Cyrus and Benjamin H. Neff. Cyrus Neff attended common schools till he was 18 years old then farmed for 11 years, after which he taught in schools for three terms. He was very active in the school board for six years and then was elected as Lancaster County Auditor in 1887. He married Kate Lehman, a daughter of Reverend Benjamin Lehman, of Manor Township, and together they had eight children. Cyrus died in 1890 at the age of thirty-eight years.; The donor, Ethel Huber, is related to the Neff and the Herr families on her mother's side and may be a descendent of Abraham Herr, the brother of Christian Herr.

Date Range: 1791-1956

Year Range From: 1791

Year Range To: 1956

Date of Accumulation: 1791-1956

Creator: Huber, Ethel M.

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives South

Storage Wall: Side 15

People: Barr, Ann Kauffman; Garber, Jacob B.; Herr, Abraham; Herr, Ann; Herr, Catharine; Herr, Harry; Herr, Henry, Sr.; Herr, Rudolph; Herr, Tobias H.; Hershey, Christian; Hershey, Magdalen; Hertzler, Abraham; Hertzler, Barbara; Hertzler, Mary; Hochstetter, Jacob; Huber, Ethel M.; Huston, Esther Kauffman; Kauffman, Edgar M.; Kauffman, John; Kaufman, Abraham; Kaufman, Ester; Kaufman, John; Kaufman, Rudolph; Miller, Abraham; Neff, Annie K.; Neff, Cyrus; Neff, Cyrus L.; Neff, Edward; Randler, Charles G.; Randler, M. Elizabeth; Strickler, Jacob; Sweeny, Elizabeth; Witmer, Abraham; Witmer, Barbara; Witmer, David; Witmer, Eli; Witmer, Jacob; Witmer, John; Witmer, Magdalena

Subjects: Bonds; Clippings (Books, newspapers, etc.); Deeds; Insurance policies; Manor (Lancaster County, Pa. : Township)

Search Terms: Bonds; Certificates; Clippings (Books, newspapers, etc.); Newspaper clippings; Deeds; First-Columbia National Bank; Insurance policies; Letters; Manor Twp.; Pennsylvania Threshermen & Farmers' Mutual Casualty Insurance Company; Garden Spot Farm News; Manuscript groups; Finding aids

Extent: 1 box, 17 folders, 40 items, 74 pages, .2 cubic feet

Object Name: Archive

Language: English

Object ID: MG0700

Access Conditions / Restrictions: Please use photocopy in Folder 11.

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-700

Classification: MG0700

Description Level: Fonds

Custodial History: Processed and finding aid prepared by EB, Spring-Summer 2015. Added to database 25 January 2018.

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Collection: William Wright Collection

Title: William Wright Collection

Object ID: MG0056

Date Range: 1729-1962

Collection: William Wright Collection

Title: William Wright Collection

Description: The William Wright Collection contains the papers of William Wright and his descendants. The papers include wills, land drafts, inventories, releases, receipts, correspondence, genealogical information, photographs, and copies of obituaries.

Date Range: 1729-1962

Year Range From: 1729

Year Range To: 1962

Date of Accumulation: 1729-1962

Creator: Wright family

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives South

Storage Wall: Side 02

People: Bartram, Elizabeth; Bartram, John; Bartram, William; Benson, Evelyn A.; Cartlidge, John; Johnson, C. Edwin; Johnson, Frank L.; Johnston, C. Edwin; Logan, William; Postlethwaite, John Jr.; Say, Thomas; Wright, Benjamin; Wright, Elizabeth; Wright, Hannah; Wright, James; Wright, Joseph; Wright, Joseph B.; Wright, Lillian; Wright, Mary; Wright, Thomas; Wright, William; Wright, William Jr.; Wright, William Sr.

Subjects: Family records; Wills; Deeds; Letters; Genealogy

Search Terms: Conestoga Manor; Correspondence; Deeds; Family records; Genealogy; Letters; Obituaries; Receipts; Wills

Extent: 1 box, 26 folders, .5 cubic ft.

Object Name: Archive

Language: English

Object ID: MG0056

Location of Originals: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania

Notes: (It appears there is a correlation between this Wright family and the John Wright who petitioned the Philadelphia courts for the formation of Lancaster County in 1729. Further research must be done on this link. There were several interesting envelopes containing documents in bad repair. These envelopes all had the return address of C. J. Rainear & Co., Inc, 210 N. 21st Street, Philadelphia 3, PA. One envelope has been retained with the collection. Further investigation is necessary to determine the relationship between this company, the donor and the Wright family.)

Access Conditions / Restrictions: No restrictions. Original documents may be used by appointment--contact Research@LancasterHistory.org 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: William Wright Collection (MG-56), Box #, Folder #, LancasterHistory.org

Other Numbers: MG-56

Classification: MG0056

Description Level: Fonds

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Collection: Whitson & Sproul Collection

Title: Whitson & Sproul Collection

Object ID: MG0151

Date Range: 1847-1869

DACS conventions. �230 North President Avenue • Lancaster, Pennsylvania 17603-3125 717.392.4633 • www.LancasterHistory.org Folder 1 Insert 1 1. Letter to Jacob Whitson requesting support for the candidacy of G. C. Hawthorn for the office of Register, Manor Twp., 1860. 2. Letter to Sproul & Pownall from

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Collection: Whitson & Sproul Collection

Title: Whitson & Sproul Collection

Description: This collection consists of business records for Whitson & Sproul of Christiana, Lancaster County and documents related to estate settlements. The business records include a ledger, letters and statements concerning the sale and purchase of various materials. One letter mentions the 1860 election of "Old Abe." The receipts and court documents consist primarily of receipts, releases, and sale agreements relating to the settlement of the estates of James Sproul and Moses Whitson.

Date Range: 1847-1869

Year Range From: 1847

Year Range To: 1869

Date of Accumulation: 1847-1869

Creator: Whitson & Sproul

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives South

Storage Wall: Side 04

People: Armstrong, James; Aulthouse, George; Boyd, John A.; Brady, John; Brown, Jeremiah; Coates, Lindley; Collins, Eliza; Collins, James; Cooper, James; Cooper, John; Dickinson, Joseph C.; Frame, Benjamin; Hamilton, T. J.; Hawthorn, G. C.; Hess, J. G.; Iddings, Harriet J.; Irwin, Ellis P.; Irwin, George W.; Johnston, James; Johnston, Robert; Lefever, Daniel; Lewis, Samuel; Lincoln, Abraham; May, Daniel W.; Meiditch, John; Moore, Jeremiah; Morrison, George; Paxson, Elma E.; Paxson, Franklin G.; Paxson, Latitia Ann; Pownall, Joseph; Pownall, Moses; Pusey, John; Retzer, John; Rohrer, J. S.; Roland, John; Russel, John N.; Smith, Edward K.; Sproul, Annie; Sproul, Charles N.; Sproul, James; Steele, Margaret; Steele, William W.; Thompson, Jesse; Whitson, Jacob T.; Whitson, Micah; Whitson, Moses; Wright, James

Subjects: Business records; Letters; Probate records

Search Terms: Agreements; Bart Twp.; Boldin and Wartmun; Business cards; Business records; Christiana; Coal; Columbia; Correspondence; Drumore Twp.; Dunwoody, Philadelphia; Finding aids; Grain; Guardians; Ledgers; Letters; Lumber; Manor Twp.; Manuscript groups; Philadelphia Railroad; Probate records; Receipts; Sadsbury Forge; Sadsbury Twp.; Stocks; Strasburg; Tobacco; Vetterlein Co.; West Philadelphia Railroad; Whitson and Sproul; Widows

Extent: 1 box, 2 folders, .25 cubic ft.

Object Name: Archive

Language: English

Object ID: MG0151

Location of Originals: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania

Notes: Preferred Citation: Whitson & Sproul Collection (MG0151), 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-151

Classification: MG0151

Description Level: Fonds

Custodial History: The collection was cataloged and the finding aid was prepared in 1998-1999 by DT. Added to database 29 September 2021.

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Collection: Mills and Bridges of Lancaster County, The R. Harold Barton Collection

Title: Mills and Bridges of Lancaster County

Object ID: MG0015

Date Range: 1637-1916

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Collection: Mills and Bridges of Lancaster County, The R. Harold Barton Collection

Title: Mills and Bridges of Lancaster County

Description: Collection contains the research materials of R. Harold Barton on the mills and bridges of Lancaster County. Included are field notes, working papers, photographer's negatives, and postcards. Indexes are available listing mills by name and location, and bridges by name.; Four notebooks are the finished product of the mills and bridges research of R. Harold Barton. These notebooks are in the library under Barton, R. Harold on the online catalog (LC621.85, B283, v.1-v.4). The notebooks constitute 1 cubic ft. of the collection.; The remaining six boxes are located within the manuscript collection. These boxes house working papers, field notes, worksheets, notebooks, photographs, negatives, additional albums of photographs and other miscellaneous material relating to Lancaster County bridges and mills.; Mr. Barton uses a numerical system to locate bridges and mills by township or by the names of the streams, rivers, runs and creeks. Three indexes have been prepared: one lists the bridges by name, one the location by town or townships, and one the names of the mills.; There are a few notes related to Lancaster County gunsmiths, missionaries, and Indian traders.

System of Arrangement: Collection is arranged by township, number, and index.

Date Range: 1637-1916

Creation Date: 1637-1916

Year Range From: 1637

Year Range To: 1916

Date of Accumulation: 1637-1916

Creator: Barton, R. Harold

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives South

Storage Wall: Side 01

People: Barton, R. Harold

Subjects: Bridges; Covered bridges; Mills and mill-work; Research

Search Terms: Bridges; Covered bridges; Mills; Research; Manuscript groups; Finding aids

Extent: 6 boxes, 2 notebooks, 33 folders, 2.4 cubic ft.

Object Name: Archive

Language: English

Object ID: MG0015

Location of Originals: 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-15

Classification: MG0015

Description Level: Fonds

Custodial History: This collection was cataloged prior to 1997; added to database 6 March 2018.

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