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Collection: David B. Hackman Collection

Title: David B. Hackman Collection

Object ID: MG0072

Date Range: 1850-1896

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Collection: David B. Hackman Collection

Title: David B. Hackman Collection

Description: Collection contains the original and typed copies of correspondence describing life in the gold fields of California in the 1850s, an account of crossing the desert on the way west, and a journal describing the sea voyage home. Also, two newspaper images relevant to the gold rush and Mr. Hackman's obituary. He sent many letters home to his family in which he related the details of his experience, hardships of finding gold, the high prices and lack of provisions, observations of life in mining towns, his health, and asked for news from home. He also wrote letters to his sweetheart, Harriet B. Miller asking her to write him back, and his uncle, regarding family financial information.

Admin/Biographical History: David Baer Hackman (1827-1896) was the second child of David Heistand Hackman and Susanna Frantz Baer. He was a third cousin, once removed, of Milton Hershey. David left Lancaster in the fall of 1849 with the hope of finding gold in California. In the spring of 1850, he went to Ohio and joined others headed west. They boarded a steamboat in Cincinnati that was bound for St. Louis and then travelled by wagon train to Sacramento City, where they arrived in September 1850. David found enough gold to buy food and supplies, and then had modest success in 1853. In 1854, he decided to return home, this time travelling by steamer and train from San Francisco to New York via Panama.; The adventure of travelling westward and his life in the gold fields of California are described in detail in David's journal and correspondence. He sent many letters home to his family in which he related the details of his experience, hardships, the prices and lack of provisions, observations of life in mining towns, and asked for news from home.; David also wrote to his sweetheart, Harriet B. Miller (1829-1870), the daughter of Adam and Rebecca Miller of Manheim. Although he did not receive any letters from her, they reunited upon his return to Lancaster in 1854 and married soon after. They had one son named Augustus, who became a minister. Harriet passed away in 1870. David later married Ella C. (1851-1907) and they had five children, Frank, Mabel, Harry, Walter, and Edith.; David's obituary shows that he was involved in the grocery, clothing, hat, and shoemaking businesses. In the 1860 Census he is listed as a hatter, and in 1880 as a saloon keeper. He was well-liked and respected in the community. David and Harriet are buried in Manheim Fairview Cemetery.

Date Range: 1850-1896

Year Range From: 1850

Year Range To: 1896

Date of Accumulation: 1850-1896

Creator: Hackman, David Baer, 1827-1896

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives South

Storage Wall: Side 02

People: Hackman, David Baer; Miller, Harriet B.; Hackman, Susanna Frantz Baer

Subjects: Letters; Diaries; Gold miners; Gold mines and mining; California; Manheim (Pa.); Lancaster (Pa.)

Search Terms: California; Correspondence; Diaries; Finding aids; Gold miners; Gold mines and mining; Lancaster; Letters; Manheim; Manuscript groups

Extent: 1 box, 4 folders, 52 items, 484 pages to scan, .25 cubic feet

Object Name: Archive

Language: English

Object ID: MG0072

Location of Originals: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania

Access Conditions / Restrictions: Original materials in Folder 1, Insert 1 and Folder 3 may not be used. Patrons may use the transcripts provided within this collection.

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-72

Classification: MG0072

Description Level: Fonds

Custodial History: Processed and finding aid prepared by DT, 1999; revised by JK, 2016. Added to database 30 October 2018.

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An abridgment of the laws of Pennsylvania, from the year one thousand seven hundred, to the second day of April, one thousand eight hundred and eleven. : With references to reports of judicial decisions in the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania

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Corporate Author: Pennsylvania.

Date of Publication: 1811.

Call Number: Bookk 306 1811

Responsibility: By John Purdon, Junr.

Corporate Author: Pennsylvania.

Place of Publication: Philadelphia

Publisher: Published by Farrand, Hopkins, Zantzinger, and Company. Fry and Kammerer, printers.,

Date of Publication: 1811.

Physical Description: xxxi, [1], 637, [1] p. ; 24 cm.

Notes: Copyright Oct. 25, 1811 by Farrand, Hopkins, Zantzinger and Company.; Last page blank.; "The Constitution of the United States of America."--p. [vii]-xviii.; "The Constitution of the commonwealth of Pennsylvania."--p. [xix]-xxxi.; "Report of the judges of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania of the English statutes, which are in force in the commonwealth of Pennsylvania; and of those of the said statutes which, in their opinion, ought to be incorporated into the statute laws of the said commonwealth."--p. [562]-585. Signed on p. 585: Wm. Tilghman. J. Yeates. Thomas Smith. H.H. Brackenridge. December 14, 1808.; "Index."--p. [587]-637.; Jasper Yeates's Colonial Law Library.; Yeates's signature at top of title page.; Book number 306 as assigned by Yeates.; Shaw, R.R. American bibliography,

Subjects: Law - Pennsylvania - Digests.; Annotations and citations (Law) - Pennsylvania.; Constitutions - United States.; Constitutions - Pennsylvania.; Annotations and citations (Law); Constitutions.; Law.; Pennsylvania.; United States.; Leather bindings (Binding); Blind tooled leather (Binding); Fillet tools (Binding); Lettering pieces (Binding); Gold tooled leather (Binding); Digests.; Full blind-tooled leather (Binding); Gilt title on maroon spine label (Binding)

Additional Author: Purdon, John,; Yeates, Jasper,

Additional Corporate Author: Pennsylvania. Supreme Court.; United States.; Pennsylvania.; Farrand, Hopkins, Zantzinger, and Co.,; Fry and Kammerer,

Place: United States Pennsylvania Philadelphia.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Yeates Collection

Call Number: Bookk 306 1811

Journal of the Senate of the commonwealth of Pennsylvania, : which commenced at Lancaster, the fifth day of December, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and nine, and of the independence of the United States of America the thirty-fourth. : Volume XX

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Corporate Author: Pennsylvania. General Assembly. Senate.

Date of Publication: 1809 [i.e. 1810].

Call Number: Book 32a 1809

Corporate Author: Pennsylvania. General Assembly. Senate.

Place of Publication: [Lancaster, Pa.]

Publisher: William Greer, printer--Lancaster.,

Date of Publication: 1809 [i.e. 1810].

Physical Description: 569, [3], 27, [1] p. ; 23 cm.

Notes: Journal of the session which began Dec. 5, 1809 and concluded Mar. 20, 1810.; Last page blank.; Jasper Yeates Colonial Law Library.; Signature of Yeates at top of title page.; Book number 32 as assigned by Yeates.; "Index to the Journal of the Senate of Pennsylvania. Session 1809-10. William Greer, printer. 1810"--27 p., 2nd count.; Shaw & Shoemaker

Subjects: Legislative journals - Pennsylvania.; Legislative journals.; Politics and government; Pennsylvania - Politics and government - 1775-1865.; Pennsylvania.; Full leather binding with gold lettering on maroon leather on spine.

Additional Author: Greer, William,; Yeates, Jasper,

Additional Title: Index to the Journal of the Senate of Pennsylvania, session 1809-10.

Place: United States Pennsylvania Lancaster.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Yeates Collection

Call Number: Book 32a 1809

Marshall's diary in its relation to Lancaster city and county

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Author: Diffenderffer, Frank Ried,

Date of Publication: 1899

having been held in Carpenter's Hall. He was also a member of the committee that met in the State House in April, 1775, to con- sider what measures should be adopt- ed in view of the "critical affairs of America." His "Remembrancer" furnishes �abundant evidence of his interest and energy in these various

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Responsibility: by F. R. Diffenderffer.

Author: Diffenderffer, Frank Ried,

Place of Publication: Lancaster, Pa

Publisher: Lancaster County Historical Society,

Date of Publication: 1899

Physical Description: [131]-161 p. ; 23 cm.

Series: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 3, no. 6

Subjects: Marshall, Christopher, - 1709-1797 - Diaries.; Lancaster County (Pa.) - History - 18th century - Personal narratives.; Lancaster (Pa.) - History - 18th century - Personal narratives.; Lancaster County (Pa.) - History - 17th century - Personal narratives.; Diaries.

Contained In: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 3, number 6 (1899), p. 131-161Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.3

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Work of the Daughters of the American Revolution, resident in Pennsylvania : between February, 1898, and February, 1899

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Corporate Author: Daughters of the American Revolution. Pennsylvania.

Date of Publication: 1899?]

Call Number: 369.135 D235d

Corporate Author: Daughters of the American Revolution. Pennsylvania.

Place of Publication: [S.l

Publisher: Pennsylvania Daughters of the American Revolution,

Date of Publication: 1899?]

Physical Description: 28 p. ; 23 cm.

Subjects: Daughters of the American Revolution. - Pennsylvania.; United States - History - Revolution, 1775-1783 - Societies, etc.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 369.135 D235d

The Gap copper mine

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Author: Houston, R. J.

Date of Publication: 1897

interest of the future historians, to make copious extracts from it. The title page reads: "A plan with Proposals for forming a Company to work mines in the United States, and to Smelt and Refine the ores, whether of Copper, Lead, Tin, Silver or Gold, by Benjamin Henfrey. The original can be seen at the

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Responsibility: by R. J. Houston.

Author: Houston, R. J.

Place of Publication: Lancaster, Pa

Publisher: Lancaster County Historical Society,

Date of Publication: 1897

Physical Description: [283]-298 p. ; 23 cm.

Series: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 1, no. 7

Subjects: Gap Mining Company.; Copper mines and mining - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.

Contained In: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 1, number 7 (1897), p. 283-298Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.1

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Journal of the Senate of the commonwealth of Pennsylvania, : which commenced at Harrisburg, the first day of December, in the year of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and twelve, and of the independence of the United States of America the thirty-seventh. : Volume XXIII

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Corporate Author: Pennsylvania. General Assembly. Senate.

Date of Publication: 1812 [i.e. 1813].

Call Number: Book 35a 1812

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Corporate Author: Pennsylvania. General Assembly. Senate.

Place of Publication: Harrisburg [Pa.]

Publisher: Printed by William Greer.,

Date of Publication: 1812 [i.e. 1813].

Physical Description: 620 [i.e. 618], [2], 24 p. ; 23 cm.

Notes: Journal of the session which began Dec. 1, 1812 and concluded Mar. 29, 1813.; Errors in paging: numbers 465-466 omitted; p. 306, 313, 314, 496 misnumbered 506, 213, 214, 696.; "Index to the Journal of the Senate of the commonwealth of Pennsylvania. Session, 1812-13. Harrisburg: Printed by William Greer. 1813"--24 p., 2nd count. Recorded separately by Shaw & Showmaker as entry 29472.; Jasper Yeates Colonial Law Library.; Yeates signature at top of title page.; Book number 35 as assigned by Yeates.; "Expiration of the appointments of the members of Senate."--Page 620.; Shaw & Shoemaker

Subjects: Legislative journals - Pennsylvania.; Politics and government; Pennsylvania - Politics and government - 1775-1865.

Additional Author: Greer, William,; Yeates, Jasper,

Additional Title: Index to the Journal of the Senate of the commonwealth of Pennsylvania. Session, 1812-13.

Place: United States Pennsylvania Harrisburg.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Yeates Collection

Call Number: Book 35a 1812

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Journal of the Senate of the commonwealth of Pennsylvania, : which commenced at Harrisburg the seventh day of December, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirteen, and of the independence of the United States of America the thirty-eighth. : Volume XXIV

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Corporate Author: Pennsylvania. General Assembly. Senate.

Date of Publication: 1813.

Call Number: Book 36 1813

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Corporate Author: Pennsylvania. General Assembly. Senate.

Place of Publication: Harrisburg [Pa.]

Publisher: Printed by Christian Gleim,

Date of Publication: 1813.

Physical Description: 560, 42 [i.e. 24] p. ; 23 cm.

Notes: Journal of the session which began Dec. 7, 1813 and concluded Mar. 28, 1814.; Error in paging: p. 24, 2nd count, misnumbered 42.; "Index to the Journal of the Senate of the commonwealth of Pennsylvania, session 1813-14"--24 p., 2nd count. Recorded separately by Shaw & Shoemaker as entry 32469.; "Members of Senate, whose seats will be vacated."--Page 560.; Jasper Yeates Colonial Law Library.; Yeates's signature at top of title page.; Book number 36 as assigned by Yeates.; Shaw & Shoemaker

Subjects: Legislative journals - Pennsylvania.; Legislative journals.; Politics and government; Pennsylvania - Politics and government - 1775-1865.; Pennsylvania.; Full leather (Binding); Blind tooling with maroon spine label (Binding)

Additional Author: Gleim, Christian,; Yeates, Jasper,

Additional Title: Index to the Journal of the Senate of the commonwealth of Pennsylvania, session 1813-14.

Place: United States Pennsylvania Harrisburg.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Yeates Collection

Call Number: Book 36 1813

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Journal of the twentieth House of Representatives of the commonwealth of Pennsylvania : commenced at Lancaster, on Tuesday, the fifth day of December, in the year of our Lord 1809, and of the commonwealth the thirty-fourth

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Corporate Author: Pennsylvania. General Assembly. House of Representatives.

Date of Publication: 1809 [i.e. 1810]

Call Number: Book 31 1809

Corporate Author: Pennsylvania. General Assembly. House of Representatives.

Place of Publication: Lancaster [Pa.]

Publisher: Printed by Benjamin Grimler.,

Date of Publication: 1809 [i.e. 1810]

Notes: Journal of the session which began Dec. 5, 1809 and concluded Mar. 20, 1810.; "Index to the Journal of the twentieth House of Representatives, of the commonwealth of Pennsylvania. Lancaster--Printed by Benjamin Grimler--1810. 44 p., 2nd count. With separate title page.; Jasper Yeates Colonial Law Library.; Book number 31 as assigned by Yeates.; Signature of Yeates at top of title page.; Signature of J Burrows at top of verso of page 891.; Shaw & Shoemaker

Subjects: Legislative journals - Pennsylvania.; Legislative journals.; Politics and government; Pennsylvania - Politics and government - 1775-1865.; Pennsylvania.

Additional Author: Yeates, Jasper,; Buroows, J.

Additional Title: Index to the Journal of the twentieth House of Reprensentatives of the commonwealth of Pennsylvania.

Place: United States Pennsylvania Lancaster.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Yeates Collection

Call Number: Book 31 1809

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An abridgment of the laws of Pennsylvania, from the year one thousand seven hundred, to the second day of April, one thousand eight hundred and eleven. : With references to reports of judicial decisions in the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania

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Journal of the Senate of the commonwealth of Pennsylvania, : which commenced at Lancaster, the fifth day of December, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and nine, and of the independence of the United States of America the thirty-fourth. : Volume XX

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Marshall's diary in its relation to Lancaster city and county

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Work of the Daughters of the American Revolution, resident in Pennsylvania : between February, 1898, and February, 1899

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The Gap copper mine

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Archive

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Journal of the Senate of the commonwealth of Pennsylvania, : which commenced at Harrisburg, the first day of December, in the year of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and twelve, and of the independence of the United States of America the thirty-seventh. : Volume XXIII

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo20819

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Journal of the Senate of the commonwealth of Pennsylvania, : which commenced at Harrisburg the seventh day of December, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirteen, and of the independence of the United States of America the thirty-eighth. : Volume XXIV

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Journal of the twentieth House of Representatives of the commonwealth of Pennsylvania : commenced at Lancaster, on Tuesday, the fifth day of December, in the year of our Lord 1809, and of the commonwealth the thirty-fourth

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