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Form

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Collection: Black History Collection

Title: Booklet of blank forms

Object ID: MG0240_Ser02_F002_It02

Date Range: 1830s

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Collection: Black History Collection

Title: Booklet of blank forms

Description: Booklet of blank forms used in the 1830s by the Mayor's Office of the city of Lancaster to record information for the "Mayor's Register of Coloured Persons" according to the "ordinance prescribing regulations concerning free persons of colour." Found loose within the "Mayor's Register."

Date Range: 1830s

Creation Date: 1830s

Creator: Lancaster (Pa.). Mayor’s Office

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives South

Storage Wall: Side 06

Subjects: African Americans--History; Blank forms; Demographic surveys; Free Black people; Lancaster (Pa.); Lancaster (Pa.). Mayor’s Office

Search Terms: Blank forms; Demographic surveys; Free persons of color; Lancaster; Persons of color

Extent: 1 item, 22 pages to scan

Object Name: Form

Language: English

Object ID: MG0240_Ser02_F002_It02

Location of Originals: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania

Related Item Notes: Black History Collection (MG0240) https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/2b3d42c6-a313-4ebc-966f-516114048136

Notes: Preferred Citation: Title or description of item, date (day, month, year), Black History Collection (MG0240), Series 2, Object ID, LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania. URL. Date accessed (day, month, year).; 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 In order to maintain the historical integrity and context of collection items, LancasterHistory does not censor historical documents or edit language, titles, or organization names when transcribing original content.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. Original documents may be used by appointment--contact research@lancasterhistory.org prior to visit. Restricted access for the "Mayor's Register of Coloured Persons" found in Series 2, Folder 2: Use transcript in Folder 3 or microfilm.

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.

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Other Numbers: MG-240, Series 2

Other Number: MG-240, Series 2, Folder 2, Item 2

Classification: MG0240

Description Level: Item

Custodial History: Processed prior to 1997 and updated from 2007-present. Added to database on 18 January 2022.; Digitization of this document was funded by the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, PHMC Appl ID # 202010016624, 2020-2023.

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Collection: Gibney Road Property Records

Title: Gibney Road Property Records, 1846-1955

Object ID: MG0919

Date Range: 1846-1955

230 North President Avenue • Lancaster, Pennsylvania 17603-3125 717.392.4633 • www.LancasterHistory.org Gibney Road Property Records, 1846-1955 Object ID: MG0919 8 folders Repository: LancasterHistory (Organization) Shelving Location: Archives South, Side 19 Scope and Content Note: This collection

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Collection: Gibney Road Property Records

Title: Gibney Road Property Records, 1846-1955

Description: This collection contains deeds, articles of agreement, descriptions of property, and a land draft pertaining to property on Gibney Road in West Lampeter Twp. and one deed for property in Penn Twp.

Date Range: 1846-1955

Year Range From: 1846

Year Range To: 1955

Date of Accumulation: 1846-1955

Creator: LancasterHistory (Organization)

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives South

Storage Wall: Side 19

People: Beichler, Christian; Brown, Henry G.; Doulin, Wilmer J.; Gantz, Jacob; Harnish, Michael; Kendig, David; Kendig, John M.; Kendig, Susan; Kline, Abraham; Kreider, George H.; Kreider, John; Landis, Esther; Landis, Musser C., Sr.; McMullen, Elizabeth; McMullen, James; Mylin, Abraham S.; Spring, Jacob

Subjects: Deeds; Real property; Real property surveys

Search Terms: Deeds; Finding aids; Land drafts; Manuscript groups; Property records; Real estate; West Lampeter Twp.

Extent: 8 folders

Object Name: Archive

Language: English

Object ID: MG0919

Location of Originals: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania

Notes: Preferred Citation: Title or description of item, date (day, month, year), Gibney Road Property Records, 1846-1955 (MG0919), Folder #, (or Object ID), LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania. URL if applicable. Date accessed (day, month, year).

Access Conditions / Restrictions: No restrictions. Please request at the Reference Desk or contact Research@LancasterHistory.org prior to visit.

Copyright: Collection 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.

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Accession Number: 2004.MG0919

Other Numbers: MG-919

Classification: MG0919

Description Level: Item

Custodial History: Transferred from Document Collection Box 33, Folder 9, 15 April 2022.

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Collection: Land Records from Elaine Ewing Holden

Title: Land Records from Elaine Ewing Holden, 1747-1848

Object ID: MG0903

1 document

Collection: Land Records from Elaine Ewing Holden

Title: Land Records from Elaine Ewing Holden, 1747-1848

Description: This collection contains various deeds and land drafts for property owned by the Galbreath family in Donegal Township, Lancaster County; tracts of land in Warren County and McKean County, Pennsylvania; lands owned by Martin Mylin in Lampeter Township; lots in the borough (now city) of Lancaster; and a letter form James Buchanan to Col. Henry Carpenter regarding property in Dauphin County, Pennsylvania.

Year Range From: 1747

Year Range To: 1848

Date of Accumulation: 1747-1848

Creator: LancasterHistory (Organization)

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives South

Storage Wall: Side 19

People: Connelly, Susanna; Connely, John; Logan, James; Brown, John; Shultz, Theobald; Breneman, Melchior; Galbreath, James; Galbreath, Bartram; Penn, Thomas; Penn, Richard; Peters, Richard; Hockley, Richard; Carpenter, Col. Henry; Buchanan, James; Hains, Anthony; Mylin, Martin; Furrer, Martin; Mylin, Barbara; Mylin, Jacob; Keesy, Catherine; Rohrer, John; Meck, George; Meck, John; Harnish, D. W.; Harnish, Michael; Keesy, Jacob; Bausman, John; Bausman, Elizabeth; Cooke, David; Shippen, Henry; Humes, James; Bachman, John; Carpenter, Henry; Miller, Jacob; Miller, Elizabeth; Getz, John; Getz, Eleanor; Forney, Jacob; Humes, Agnes; Laughree, Samuel; Steinman, John F.; Kieffer, Christian; Humes, Dr. Samuel

Subjects: Deeds; Correspondence

Search Terms: Finding aids; Manuscript groups; Land records; Deeds; Land drafts; Correspondence; Patents

Extent: 14 folders

Object Name: Archive

Language: English

Object ID: MG0903

Notes: Preferred Citation: Title or description of item, date (day, month, year), Land Records from Elain Ewing Holden, 1747-1848 (MG0903), Box #, Folder #, (or Object ID), LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania. URL if applicable. Date accessed (day, month, year).

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.

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Accession Number: 2001.MG0903

Other Numbers: MG-903

Other Number: MG-903

Classification: MG0903

Description Level: Item

Custodial History: Transferred from Document Collection Box 30, Folder 13, 17 March 2022

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Collection: Washington Fire Company Records

Title: Washington Fire Company Records, 1820-1879

Object ID: MG0521

Date Range: 1820-1879

230 North President Avenue • Lancaster, Pennsylvania 17603-3125 717.392.4633 • www.LancasterHistory.org Washington Fire Company Records, 1820-1879 Object ID: MG0521 1 box 2 folders .25 cubic ft. Repository: LancasterHistory (Organization) Shelving Location: Archives South, Side 11 Scope and Content

1 document

Collection: Washington Fire Company Records

Title: Washington Fire Company Records, 1820-1879

Description: The Washington Fire Company Records contain the eleven articles and a list of members for the Washington Fire Company of Lancaster in 1820, a minute book for 1857-1879, constitution and by-laws printed in 1857, and an undated account sheet.

Admin/Biographical History: The Washington Fire Company was organized in 1820 at the home of John Landis. (Ellis and Evans, History of Lancaster County, pp. 389-390)

Date Range: 1820-1879

Year Range From: 1820

Year Range To: 1879

Date of Accumulation: 1820-1879

Creator: LancasterHistory (Organization)

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives South

Storage Wall: Side 11

People: Ackerman, Jacob; Albright, Jacob; Albright, William; Allen, Ezekial; Bachman, Christian; Barnett, Joseph; Barter, Martin; Beam, William; Beitler, John; Bitner, Abraham; Bowman, Joseph; Brady, David; Bruner, Casper; Buckins, William; Bundel, Jacob; Calder, George; Carpenter, Michael; Dewees, Paul; Dorwart, Henry; Dorwart, Jacob; Dorwart, John; Dorwart, Martin; Faesig, Jacob; Fetter, Jacob; Flick, Christian; Flick, George; Flick, Henry; Frailey, Jacob; Gable, Jacob; Garver, Jacob; Gast, Conrad; Gibbs, Henry; Greiner, John; Gross, Michael; Gumpf, Jacob; Gundaker, George; Haldy, Lewis; Hartman, John; Heitshu, Daniel; Holsworth, William; Hoover, George; Hoover, George Taylor; Hoover, Joseph; Kautz, George; Kessler, Michael; Kreider, John; Kuntz, George; Kuntz, Jacob; Kurtz, William; Lind, William; Longenecker, Henry; Lorentz, Benjamin; Lutz, Peter; McCully, Jacob; McGeehan, Edward; McGloughlin, John; McComsey, William; Metzger, John; Metzger, Philip; Milchsock, Augustus; Miller, John P.; Murray, Thomas; Myers, Jackson; Nagle, Henry; Pontz, George; Ramsey, William; Reed, John; Reitzel, John; Remley, Frederick; Roth, George; Russel, William; Sener, Jacob; Sener, John; Shaeffer, Charles; Shufflebottom, Josiah; Smith, Arnold; Stone, James A.; Stone, John; Stormfeltz, Peter; Tripple, Joseph; Trissler, George; Weigand, George; Westheffer, Michael; Westwood, Thomas; White, H. M.; Williams, James W.; Williams, Nelson; Wineow, Henry; Wineow, Jacob; Young, George; Young, Henry; Zecher, Christian; Zecher, Jacob; Zeller, Ephraim; Zimmerman, John

Subjects: Business records; Fire stations; Minutes (Records)

Search Terms: Business records; Finding aids; Fire departments; Manuscript groups; Minutes; Washington Fire Company

Extent: 4 folders

Object Name: Archive

Language: English

Object ID: MG0521

Location of Originals: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania

Notes: Preferred Citation: Title or description of item, date (day, month, year), Washington Fire Company Records (MG0521), Box #, Folder #, (or Object ID), LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania. URL if applicable. Date accessed (day, month, year).

Access Conditions / Restrictions: No restrictions. Please request at the Reference Desk or contact Research@LancasterHistory.org prior to visit.

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Accession Number: 2022.MG0521

Other Numbers: MG-521

Classification: MG0521

Description Level: Item

Custodial History: Noted at item level

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Collection: American Fire Engine and Hose Company Records

Title: American Fire Engine and Hose Company Records, 1834-1883

Object ID: MG0522

Date Range: 1834-1883

230 North President Avenue • Lancaster, Pennsylvania 17603-3125 717.392.4633 • www.LancasterHistory.org American Fire Engine and Hose Company Records, 1834-1883 Object ID: MG0522 1 box 9 folders .5 cubic ft. Repository: LancasterHistory (Organization) Shelving Location: Archives South, Side 11

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Collection: American Fire Engine and Hose Company Records

Title: American Fire Engine and Hose Company Records, 1834-1883

Description: This collection contains an agreement, constitution and by-laws, and minutes for the American Fire Engine and Hose Company of Lancaster.

Admin/Biographical History: A meeting for the formation of the American Fire-Engine and Hose Company was held 1834, and the company was organized in 1835. (Ellis & Evans, 390)

Date Range: 1834-1883

Year Range From: 1834

Year Range To: 1883

Date of Accumulation: 1834-1883

Creator: LancasterHistory (Organization)

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives South

Storage Wall: Side 11

Subjects: Business records; By-laws; Fire stations; Invitation cards; Minutes (Records)

Search Terms: American Fire Engine and Hose Company; Business records; By-laws; Finding aids; Fire departments; Invitations; Manuscript groups; Minutes

Extent: 1 box, 9 folders, .5 cubic ft.

Object Name: Archive

Language: English

Object ID: MG0522

Location of Originals: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania

Related Item Notes: American Fire Company Parade Hat (1925.014.4); Photograph (2-01-10-02)

Notes: Preferred Citation: Title or description of item, date (day, month, year), American Fire Engine and Hose Company Records, 1834-1883 (MG0522), Box #, Folder #, (or Object ID), LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.

Access Conditions / Restrictions: No restrictions. Please request at the Reference Desk or contact Research@LancasterHistory.org prior to visit.

Copyright: Collection 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.

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Accession Number: Unknown.MG0522

Other Numbers: MG-522

Other Number: MG-522

Classification: MG0522

Description Level: Item

Custodial History: The volumes in Folders 2-8 were transferred from MG-266 Daybook and Ledger Collection, Series 4 on 10 March 2009. Added to database 1 August 2022.

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Report, Annual

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Collection: Woodstream Corporation (Lititz, Pa.) Collection

Title: Annual Report for the Animal Trap Company of America

Object ID: MG0417_F003

Date Range: 1940

#, LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania. People: Endslow, Ellen Wentzel, Leroy Black, Carolyn Askins, Pete Subject Headings: Annual reports Business records Catalogs Decalcomania Decoys (Hunting) Ephemera Search Terms: Animal Trap Company of America Annual reports Business records Catalogs Decals Decoys (Hunting

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Collection: Woodstream Corporation (Lititz, Pa.) Collection

Title: Annual Report for the Animal Trap Company of America

Description: 1940 Annual Report for the Animal Trap Company of America.

Admin/Biographical History: J. M. Mast Manufacturing Company was organized in Lititz in 1901 to manufacture animal traps, patent fishing floats and vegetable graters. In 1905 the Mast Company was merged with the Animal Trap Company of Abingdon, Illinois; the new company was said to be "the largest concern of its kind in the world." (http://www.horseshoe.cc/pennadutch/places/pennsylvania/lancasterco/towns/lititz/lititz.htm, accessed 16 July 2009); The name was changed to Woodstream Corporation in 1966 and is headquartered in Lititz. Woodstream Corporation manufactures and markets pest control, and wildlife caring and control products for the United States, Canada, and European markets. The company offers rodent control products, caring control products for pets and wildlife, pest control products for the lawn and garden, and wild bird feeder segments. It also offers mouse traps, cage traps, toxic insecticides and fungicides, and bird feeders, as well as dog and small animal cages. It distributes its products through retail locations in the United States and internationally.; (http://investing.businessweek.com/research/stocks/private/snapshot.asp?privcapId=96531, accessed 16 July 2009)

Date Range: 1940

Creation Date: 1940

Creator: Animal Trap Company of America

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives South

Storage Wall: Side 10

Subjects: Annual reports; Business records

Search Terms: Animal Trap Company of America; Annual reports; Business records; Finding aids; Manuscript groups

Extent: 1 item, 16 pages to scan

Object Name: Report, Annual

Language: English

Object ID: MG0417_F003

Location of Originals: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania

Related Item Notes: See the Photograph Collection; See the Curatorial Collection

Notes: Preferred Citation: Title or description of item, date (day, month, year), Woodstream Corporation (Lititz, Pa.) Collection, MG0417_F001, LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.

Access Conditions / Restrictions: Please use digital images and transcriptions when available. Original documents may be used by appointment-contact research@lancasterhistory.org prior to visit.

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Other Numbers: MG-417

Other Number: MG-417, Folder 3

Classification: MG0417

Description Level: Item

Custodial History: Cataloged by HST, 2011. Added to database 16 December 2021.

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Catalog

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Collection: James Buchanan Family Papers, Part 1 James Buchanan

Title: Catalogus Praelectionum publice et privatim in Academia Georgia Augusta

Object ID: JBFP 1.6.2.016

Date Range: 1833

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Collection: James Buchanan Family Papers, Part 1 James Buchanan

Title: Catalogus Praelectionum publice et privatim in Academia Georgia Augusta

Description: Catalogus Praelectionum publice et privatim in Academia Georgia Augusta per semester Aestivum A. C I I CCCXXXIII Habendarum per dies XXII-XXVII Aprilis sine ulla prolagione incipiendarum et per dies IX-XIV Septemabaris Finiendarum. Gottingae, Typis Dieterichianis. 1833. Catalog from a university in southern Germany apparently sent to James Buchanan. Written on cover "20 August 1833 Received from Professor Hugo, at Gottengen." On back of catalog: Professors at Gottengen.

Date Range: 1833

Creator: Hugo, Gustav, 1764-1844

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives South

Storage Container: JBFP Part 1, Box 6

People: Hugo, Gustav; Buchanan, James

Subjects: Universitat Gottingen; Universities and colleges--Curricula--Catalogs

Search Terms: Catalogs; Universitat Gottingen; Buchanan Collections; James Buchanan; James Buchanan Presidential Library

Extent: 1 item, 16 pages to scan, 8.75 x 10.25 in. and 10.75 x 8.75 in.

Object Name: Catalog

Parent Object ID: JBFP Part 1 Series 6

Object ID: JBFP 1.6.2.016

Associated Material: James Buchanan Papers, Dickinson College Archives & Special Collections,; http://archives.dickinson.edu/collection-descriptions/james-buchanan-papers; James Buchanan and Harriet Lane Johnston Papers, Library of Congress,; https://www.loc.gov/collections/james-buchanan-and-harriet-lane-johnston-papers/; James Buchanan Papers, Historical Society of Pennsylvania,; http://www2.hsp.org/collections/manuscripts/b/Buchanan0091.html; James Buchanan Papers, Penn State University Libraries,; https://libraries.psu.edu/findingaids/1458.htm

Related Item Notes: James Buchanan Family Papers; MG-96 James Buchanan Collection; Historical Society of Pennsylvania microfilm; Photograph collections; Curatorial collections; Wheatland Mansion

Notes: May 2020 PastPerfect Conversion

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Credit: Courtesy of LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.

Accession Number: JBMS1995.352

Other Number: JBFP Part 1, Series 6, Subseries 2, Folder 16

Description Level: Item

Custodial History: The James Buchanan Family Papers were collected by the James Buchanan Foundation for the Preservation of Wheatland. This collection was relocated from the Wheatland mansion to the LancasterHistory archives in the Spring of 2009. Digitization of the James Buchanan Family Papers was funded by the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, PHMC Appl ID # 201808013051, 2019-2020.

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Collection: Robinson and Krauskop Family Papers

Title: Robinson and Krauskop Family Papers, 1826-1944

Object ID: MG0902

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Collection: Robinson and Krauskop Family Papers

Title: Robinson and Krauskop Family Papers, 1826-1944

Description: This collection contains genealogical data, Civil War Widow's Pension receipts, Lancaster city tax receipts of the family of John and Catharine Robinson, an affidavit of the birth of Anna Duke Krauskop, and an itinerary and program of the Liberty Bell's journey to the Panama-Pacific International Exposition in San Francisco in 1915.

Admin/Biographical History: John Robinson (1826-1866) married Catharine Burns on 9 March 1851. Their daughter, Susan (b. 1851), married Lewis Krauskop. John Robinson served in Co. B, First Pennsylvania Reserves, in the Civil War.

Year Range From: 1826

Year Range To: 1944

Date of Accumulation: 1826-1944

Creator: LancasterHistory (Organization)

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives South

Storage Wall: Side 19

People: Robinson, John; Robinson, Catharine Burns; Krauskop, Susan Robinson; Baker, John C.; Robinson, Hugh; Krauskop, Lewis; Krauskop, Lewis Henry, Jr.; Robinson, Robert; Robinson, William L.; Robinson, Elizabeth; Robinson, Catharine; Robinson, Mary A.; Robinson, Sophia B.; Beal, G. C.; Barr, A. C.; Warfel, Albert; Killinger, David P.; Krauskop, Anna Edith Duke; Duke, Jacob; Duke, Anna Shenk; Duke, Henry Martin; Duke, Abraham Howard; Krauskop, Edna May; Krauskop, Ethel Margaret; Richards, Rev. John William

Subjects: Family records

Search Terms: Finding aids; Manuscript groups; Receipts; Vital records; Programs; Certificates; Civil War; Pension records; Family records; Liberty Bell

Extent: 6 folders

Object Name: Archive

Language: English

Object ID: MG0902

Notes: Preferred Citation: Title or description of item, date (day, month, year), Robinson and Krauskop Family Papers, 1826-1944 (MG0902), Box #, Folder #, (or Object ID), LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania. URL if applicable. Date accessed (day, month, year).

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

Accession Number: 2001.MG0902

Other Numbers: MG-902

Other Number: MG-902

Classification: MG0902

Description Level: Item

Custodial History: Transferred from Document Collection Box 30, Folder 12, Items 1-15, 16 March 2022

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Collection: Swisher and McElree Family Papers

Title: Swisher and McElree Family Papers, 1788-1919

Object ID: MG0918

Date Range: 1788-1919

230 North President Avenue • Lancaster, Pennsylvania 17603-3125 717.392.4633 • www.LancasterHistory.org Swisher and McElree Family Papers, 1788-1919 Object ID: MG0918 2 folders Repository: LancasterHistory (Organization) Shelving Location: Archives South, Side 19 Scope and Content Note: This

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Collection: Swisher and McElree Family Papers

Title: Swisher and McElree Family Papers, 1788-1919

Description: This collection contains documents and ephemera related to the Swisher and McElree families of Lancaster County.

Date Range: 1788-1919

Year Range From: 1788

Year Range To: 1919

Date of Accumulation: 1788-1919

Creator: LancasterHistory (Organization)

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives South

Storage Wall: Side 19

People: Geyer, George S.; Groff, Frederick Fenninger; Huber, Christian S.; Huber, Hettie Ann Swisher; Kohr, John; Kohr, John Jr.; McElree, Catharine; McElree, Esther Ann; McElree, Joseph; McElree, Letitia; McElree, Martha Ann; McElree, Mary; McElree, Rachel; McElree, Rachel Rockafield; Moore, J. P.; Reese, Letitia; Strine, John Jacob; Swisher, Albert; Swisher, Catharine Jane; Swisher, Christen; Swisher, Eliza; Swisher, Elizabeth; Swisher, Elizabeth R. McElree; Swisher, Francinah; Swisher, James Henry; Swisher, John; Swisher, Patrick B.; Swisher, Rachel; Swisher, Robert

Subjects: Family records

Search Terms: Bills of sale; Family records; Finding aids; Manuscript groups; Marriage certificates; Memorial cards; Probate records

Extent: 2 folders

Object Name: Archive

Language: English

Object ID: MG0918

Location of Originals: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania

Related Item Notes: Photographs 1-05-01-39 to 1-05-01-44

Notes: Preferred Citation: Title or description of item, date (day, month, year), Swisher and McElree Family Papers, 1788-1919 (MG0918), Folder #, (or Object ID), LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania. URL if applicable. Date accessed (day, month, year).

Access Conditions / Restrictions: No restrictions. Please request at the Reference Desk or contact Research@LancasterHistory.org prior to visit.

Copyright: Collection 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.

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Accession Number: 1967.63

Other Numbers: MG-918

Classification: MG0918

Description Level: Item

Custodial History: Transferred from Document Collection Box 33, Folder 8, Items 1-12, 15 April 2022.

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Agreement

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Collection: Gibbons Diaries, Family Papers, and Mill Records

Title: Agreement from Daniel Gibbons and others

Object ID: MG0846_F016

Date Range: 1831/07

Society of Friends Westtown Boarding School Search Terms: Business records Correspondence Deeds Diaries Lampeter Twp. Leacock Twp. Letters Mills Philadelphia Quakers Society of Friends Westtown Boarding School �230 North President Avenue • Lancaster, Pennsylvania 17603-3125 717.392.4633

1 document

Collection: Gibbons Diaries, Family Papers, and Mill Records

Title: Agreement from Daniel Gibbons and others

Description: Agreement by Daniel Gibbons and six others to pay the sums posted beside their names for the purpose of erecting the Friends meeting house on 9th Street near Spruce Street in Philadelphia.

Admin/Biographical History: Some of the names of the signers in the document are hard to read.

Date Range: 1831/07

Creation Date: July 1831

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives South

Storage Wall: Side 19

People: Gibbons, Daniel; Conard, Abraham; Conard, Isaac; Peart, Thomas

Subjects: Business records; Contracts; Quaker church buildings; Quakers; Society of Friends

Search Terms: Agreements; Business records; Financial records; Hicksite Friends' Meeting House; Meetinghouses; Quakers; Society of Friends

Extent: 1 item, 2 pages to scan

Object Name: Agreement

Language: English

Object ID: MG0846_F016

Location of Originals: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania

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Accession Number: 2021.008

Other Numbers: MG-846

Other Number: MG-846, Folder 16

Classification: MG0846

Description Level: Item

Custodial History: Cataloged by MB, 8 July 2021. Added to database 28 July 2021.

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