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Bond, Legal

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Collection: Bridge Records

Title: Indemnity bond for bridge

Object ID: Bridge F0220 I007

Date Range: 1896

Collection: Bridge Records

Title: Indemnity bond for bridge

Description: Location: Over Conestoga Creek near Hinkletown, Earl Twp.; Document type: Indemnity bond for bridge

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

Date Range: 1896

Year: 1896

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives West

Storage Container: Box 0003

Subcategory: Documentary Artifact

Search Terms: Bonds; Bridges; Conestoga Creek; Creeks; Earl Twp.; Ephrata Twp.; Hinkletown Bridge; Hinkletown, Earl Twp.

Place: Earl Twp. and Ephrata Twp.

Extent: 2 items, 2 pieces

Object Name: Bond, Legal

Language: English

Condition: Fair

Object ID: Bridge F0220 I007

Box Number: 003

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

Classification: RG 02-00 0324

Description Level: Item

Bond, Legal

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Collection: Quarter Sessions

Title: Quarter Sessions

Object ID: NOV 1876 F006 QS

Date Range: 1876

Collection: Quarter Sessions

Title: Quarter Sessions

System of Arrangement: Organized by Court of Quarter Sessions term.; Arranged by case number within each term.

Date Range: 1876

Year: 1876

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

People: Bach, Tillman

Subcategory: Documentary Artifact

Search Terms: Recognizance

Object Name: Bond, Legal

Language: English

Condition: Fair

Object ID: NOV 1876 F006 QS

Additional Notes: Recognizance.; 1 item, 1 piece

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

Classification: RG 02-00 0908

Description Level: Item

Appraisal

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Collection: Collateral Appraisements

Title: Collateral Appraisements

Object ID: Coll App 1901 F004 L

Date Range: 1901

Collection: Collateral Appraisements

Title: Collateral Appraisements

Description: Appraisements of real estate for inheritance tax. Some personal property appraisals are also included. Appraisals include: name of decedent; location and description of real estate; description of personal property; valuation of real estate and personal property; and assessed tax. May also include names of heirs. Arranged chronologically by year, then alphabetically by first letter of decedent's last name. Handwritten; from 1886, handwritten on printed forms.

System of Arrangement: Arranged chronologically by year, then alphabetically by first letter of decedent's last name.

Date Range: 1901

Date of Accumulation: 1849-1913

Year: 1901

Creator: Register of Wills

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives West

Storage Container: Box 0009

People: Long, Susan

Subcategory: Documentary Artifact

Search Terms: Collateral appraisement; Quarryville

Place: Quarryville

Extent: 16 boxes (8 cubic feet)

Object Name: Appraisal

Language: English

Condition: Fair

Object ID: Coll App 1901 F004 L

Box Number: 009

Additional Notes: 1 item, 1 piece

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

Classification: RG 03-00 0312

Description Level: Item

Chart

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Collection: Transportation Collection

Title: Conestoga Traction Company chart

Object ID: MG0123_Framed02

Date Range: ca. 1899

Collection: Transportation Collection

Title: Conestoga Traction Company chart

Description: Conestoga Traction Company chart. A white-line printed chart showing the street railway companies that merged to become the Pennsylvania Traction Company in 1893 and then the Conestoga Traction Company in 1899. Framed.

Date Range: ca. 1899

Creation Date: ca. 1913

Creator: Conestoga Traction Company

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives North

Storage Wall: Side 11

Storage Cabinet: Section 03

Storage Shelf: Top Shelf

Subjects: Street-railroads

Search Terms: Brandywine Street Railway Company; Charts; Christiana and Coatesville Street Railway Company; Coatesville and Western Street Railway Company; Coatesville Rapid Transit Company; Coatesville Traction Company; Columbia and Donegal Railway Company; Columbia and Ironville Street Passenger Railway Company; Conestoga Traction Company; East End Passenger Railway Company; Elizabethtown and Florin Street Railway Company; Ephrata and Adamstown Railway Company; Lancaster and Columbia Railway Company; Lancaster and Eastern Street Railway Company; Lancaster and Lititz Electric Railway Company; Lancaster and Millersville Railroad Company; Lancaster and New Holland Railway Company; Lancaster and Quarryville Street Railway Company; Lancaster and Rocky Springs Railway Company; Lancaster and Terre Hill Street Railway Company; Lancaster City Street Railway Company; Lancaster Traction Company; Lancaster, Mechanicsburg and New Holland Railway Company; Lancaster, Petersburg and Manheim Railway Company; Lancaster, Willow Street, Lampeter and Strasburg Railway Company; New Holland, Blue Ball and Terre Hill Street Railway Company; Parkesburg and Coatesville Street Railway Company; Pennsylvania Traction Company; Rohrerstown, Landisville and Mount Joy Street Railway Company; Street railroads; Trolleys; West Chester Street Railway Company; West End Street Railway Company

Extent: 1 item, 1 page to scan

Object Name: Chart

Language: English

Condition: Poor

Condition Date: 2024-01-29

Condition Notes: Faded and brittle. Tears along the right side and top, left of center.

Object ID: MG0123_Framed02

Location of Originals: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania

Related Item Notes: Letters patent for the consolidation of Conestoga Traction Company (MG0123_F028); Transportation Collection (MG0123) https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/ebadea02-7f2c-4998-b1d2-392759509150

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 document may be used by appointment--please contact Research@LancasterHistory.org prior to visit.

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Credit: Courtesy of LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania

Accession Number: 2023.055

Other Numbers: MG-123

Other Number: MG-123, Framed 2

Classification: MG0123

Description Level: Item

Appraisal

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Collection: Collateral Appraisements

Title: Collateral Appraisements

Object ID: Coll App 1911 F003 H

Date Range: 1911

Collection: Collateral Appraisements

Title: Collateral Appraisements

Description: Appraisements of real estate for inheritance tax. Some personal property appraisals are also included. Appraisals include: name of decedent; location and description of real estate; description of personal property; valuation of real estate and personal property; and assessed tax. May also include names of heirs. Arranged chronologically by year, then alphabetically by first letter of decedent's last name. Handwritten; from 1886, handwritten on printed forms.

System of Arrangement: Arranged chronologically by year, then alphabetically by first letter of decedent's last name.

Date Range: 1911

Date of Accumulation: 1849-1913

Year: 1911

Creator: Register of Wills

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives West

Storage Container: Box 0007

People: Hensel, Anna M.

Subcategory: Documentary Artifact

Search Terms: Collateral appraisement; Quarryville; Affidavits

Place: Quarryville

Extent: 16 boxes (8 cubic feet)

Object Name: Appraisal

Language: English

Condition: Fair

Object ID: Coll App 1911 F003 H

Box Number: 007

Additional Notes: Only: affidavit in resettlement for collateral inheritance.; 1 item, 1 piece

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

Classification: RG 03-00 0312

Description Level: Item

Contract

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Collection: Bridge Records

Title: Bridge Records

Object ID: Bridge F0530 I009

Date Range: 1876

Collection: Bridge Records

Title: Bridge Records

Date Range: 1876

Year: 1876

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives West

Storage Container: Box 0008

Subcategory: Documentary Artifact

Search Terms: Blackburn's Ford; Bonds; Bridges; Chester County, Pennsylvania; Contracts; Creeks; Fords; Little Britain Twp.; Octoraro Creek

Place: Little Britain Twp. and Chester County

Object Name: Contract

Language: English

Condition: Fair

Object ID: Bridge F0530 I009

Box Number: 008

Additional Notes: [Little Britain Twp.] and Chester County; Location: On public highway at Blackburn's Ford.; Document type: Contract and bond for abutments for bridge.; 1 item, 1 piece

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

Classification: RG 02-00 0324

Description Level: Item

Agreement

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Collection: Bridge Records

Title: Bridge Records

Object ID: Bridge F0530 I010

Date Range: 1876

Collection: Bridge Records

Title: Bridge Records

Date Range: 1876

Year: 1876

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives West

Storage Container: Box 0008

Subcategory: Documentary Artifact

Search Terms: Agreements; Blackburn's Ford; Bonds; Bridges; Chester County, Pennsylvania; Creeks; Fords; Little Britain Twp.; Octoraro Creek

Place: Little Britain Twp. and Chester County

Object Name: Agreement

Language: English

Condition: Fair

Object ID: Bridge F0530 I010

Box Number: 008

Additional Notes: Location: At Blackburn's Fording in Little Britain Twp.; Document type: Agreement and bond for bridge construction.; 1 item, 1 piece

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

Classification: RG 02-00 0324

Description Level: Item

Documents

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Collection: Bridge Records

Title: Bridge Records

Object ID: Bridge F0765 I006

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: 1898

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives West

Storage Container: Box 0012

Subcategory: Documentary Artifact

Search Terms: Creeks; Cocalico Creek; West Cocalico Twp.; Schoeneck, West Cocalico Twp.; Reinholds Station, West Cocalico Twp.; Bonds; Contracts; Bridges

Place: West Cocalico Twp.

Object Name: Documents

Language: English

Condition: Fair

Object ID: Bridge F0765 I006

Box Number: 012

Additional Notes: Location: On public highway from Schoeneck, West Cocalico Twp., to Reinhold's Station, West Cocalico Twp.; Document type: Bridge bond and contract.; 1 item, 1 piece