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An act to incorporate the city of Lancaster with the several subsequent acts relating thereto; and the ordinances for the regulation of the said city, passed by the Select and Common Councils

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo17638
Corporate Author
Lancaster (Pa.).
Date of Publication
1834.
Call Number
090 L224mh 1834
Responsibility
Arr. and published by Councils.
Corporate Author
Lancaster (Pa.).
Place of Publication
Lancaster
Publisher
Printed by Hugh Maxwell,
Date of Publication
1834.
Physical Description
1 v. (various pagings) 20 cm.
Notes
Library copy missing title page.
Subjects
Lancaster (Pa.). - H. Maxwell - (1834)
Ordinances, Municipal - Pennsylvania - Lancaster.
Lancaster (Pa.) - History.
Lancaster (Pa.) - Politics and government.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Rare Books
Call Number
090 L224mh 1834
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Parish register of Christ Church, Leacock, Pa

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo4675
Date of Publication
1828-1879.
Call Number
283 C554Le
Place of Publication
[Leacock, Pa.]
Publisher
Christ Church,
Date of Publication
1828-1879.
Physical Description
2, 279 l. (some blank); 23 x 35 cm.
Notes
Photocopy.
"Original records are located at St. James' Church, Lancaster, Pa."
Rineer's "Churches and Cemeteries of Lancaster County" page 246 #2.
Contents
Baptisms (Dec. 23, 1828 - June 2, 1879), pages 30-69 - Confirmations (June 12,1833 - April 9, 1873, pages 127-132 - Communicants (Dec. 25, 1828 - Alpril 17, 1878, pages 170-185 - Marriages (March 26, 1829 - June 21 1866, pages 194-197 - Marriages (June 10, 1873 - June 10, 1879), pages 198-199 - Burials (April 23, 1837 - April 20, 1872), pages 243-247 - Burials (April 26, 1873 -April 18, 1879), pages 248-249.
Subjects
Christ Episcopal Church (Leacock, Lancaster County, Pa.)
Chuch records and registers - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
Registers of births, etc. - Pennsylvania - Leacock (Township)
Episcopal Church - Pennsylvania - Lancaster Couinty.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Church Record
Call Number
283 C554Le
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History of York and Lancaster Counties [Two histories bound into one volume]

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo1434
Date of Publication
1834/1844
Call Number
974.815 LACO C323
Alternate Title
History of York County, from its erection to the present time/
History of Lancaster County, to which is prefixed a brief sketch of the early history of Pennsylvania. Compiled from authentic sources/
Place of Publication
York, Pa./Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
A. J. Glossbrenner/Gilbert Hills
Date of Publication
1834/1844
Physical Description
21 cm.
Notes
Reprint. Bound with I. Daniel Rupp's History of Lancaster County, 1844. Spine title: History of York and Lancaster Counties, Pa.
Subjects
York County (Pa.)
Lancaster County (Pa.)
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
974.815 LACO C323
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Introductory lecture delivered at the opening of the Lancaster Convservatory of the Arts and Sciences and City Lyceum on the evening of July 3d, 1837

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo15936
Author
Cruse, Christian Frederick,
Date of Publication
1837.
Call Number
121 C957
Responsibility
by the Rev. C. Fr. Cruse.
Author
Cruse, Christian Frederick,
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Printed by C. M'Cleery,
Date of Publication
1837.
Physical Description
28 p. ; 19 cm.
Notes
Includes Constitution of the Lancaster Conservatory of Arts and Sciences and City Lyceum.
Subjects
Lancaster Conservatory of Arts and Sciences and City Lyceum (Lancaster, Pa.)
Knowledge, Theory of.
Learning and scholarship.
Learned institutions and societies - Pennsylvania - Lancaster.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Lancaster County
Call Number
121 C957
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Warrant registers (for Pennsylvania Counties)

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo13303
Date of Publication
1734 - 1935.
Call Number
Drawer 15, Sec. 1
Responsibility
Prepared by Wm. W. Britton, begun 1734, completed May 30, 1935 ;
Date of Publication
1734 - 1935.
Physical Description
4 reels ; 35 mm.
Notes
Microfilmed in 1957. Contains 20 volumes. Lancaster County warrants are on V. 16.
Labeled on box # 257 - # 261.
Material arranged by county and includes names of warrantee, date, acreage, location, date of return, name of patentee, where patent recorded, and where survey is copied.
Subjects
Pennsylvania. Department of Internal Affairs. Bureau of Land Records.
Registers of births, etc. - Pennsylvania.
Land grants - Pennsylvania.
Land grants - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
Land grants - Pennsylvania - Berks County.
Land grants - Pennsylvania - Dauphin County.
Land grants - Pennsylvania - Chester County.
Land grants - Pennsylvania - Lebanon County.
Land grants - Pennsylvania - York County.
Land grants - Pennsylvania - Cumberland County.
Land grants - Pennsylvania - Adams County.
Additional Author
Britton, William W.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Microfilm
Call Number
Drawer 15, Sec. 1
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The life and confession of Henry Smith, who was found guilty in the Court of Quarter Sessions of the County of Lancaster, Pa. in January, 1838 : of the murder of Benjamin Peart, and sentenced to be executed within the walls of the Lancaster County Jail, on the 11th of May 1838

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo5981
Author
Smith, Henry,
Date of Publication
1838.
Call Number
347.072643 S649
Author
Smith, Henry,
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa. :b John K. Reed
Date of Publication
1838.
Physical Description
12 p. , 2cm.
Notes
Photocopy of the original.
Subjects
Smith, Henry, - 1809-1838.
Peart, Benjamin.
Trials (murder) - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Lancaster County
Call Number
347.072643 S649
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A foundation and plain instruction of the saving doctrine of our Lord Jesus Christ, briefly compiled from the word of God ; translated from the Dutch language into the German, together with other instructive treatises, written by the author of this foundation,' which were formerly published separately, but here appended, and the whole arranged as a common manual

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo19461
Author
Menno Simons,
Date of Publication
1835
Call Number
090 L244he 1835
Responsibility
by Menno Simon, to which an index is added in order that all the points, articles, passages, and admonitions herein contained, may be readily found ; translated into the English by I. Daniel Rupp.
Author
Menno Simons,
Place of Publication
[Lancaster, Pa.]
Publisher
Published by John Herr,
Date of Publication
1835
Physical Description
xii, 480 p. ; 19 cm.
Notes
Includes index.
Subjects
Lancaster (Pa.). - Herr - 1835.
Lancaster (Pa.). - Boswell and M'Cleery - 1835.
Theology, Doctrinal.
Salvation
Mennonites
Additional Author
Rupp, I. Daniel
Location
Lancaster History Library - Rare Books
Call Number
090 L244he 1835
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Pastoral records 1808-1835

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo1426
Author
Shaffner, Henry B.
Date of Publication
1808-1835.
Call Number
285.8 S525
Author
Shaffner, Henry B.
Date of Publication
1808-1835.
Physical Description
3 vol.; 28 x40 cm.
Notes
Photocopy of manuscripts at Maytown Reformed Church; each page of photocopy contains two pages of manuscript.
Contents
v. 1. Baptisms (Marietta) 1808-1833 (Rineer page 302 #2); Baptisms (Elizabethtown) 1809-1839 (Riner page 165 #1); Baptisms (Manheim) 1810-1837 (Rineer page 260 #2);, Baptisms (Rapho) 1810-1833, Marriages 1808-1837, Burials 1807-1837 (Rineer page 366 #1); v. 2. Baptisms, Baptisms (Elizabethtown); Baptisms (Columbia), (Rineer page 67 #3); Baptisms (Manheim), Marriages 1830-1847, Burials; v. 3. Record of Preaching.
Subjects
Registers of births, etc. - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
Church records and registers - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Church Record
Call Number
285.8 S525
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Free-masonry unmasked, or, Minutes of the trial of a suit in the Court of Common Pleas of Adams County : wherein Thaddeus Stevens, Esq. was plaintiff, and Jacob Lefever, defendant

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo17926
Author
Stevens, Thaddeus,
Date of Publication
1835.
Call Number
366.1 G394 1835
Author
Stevens, Thaddeus,
Place of Publication
Gettysburg, Pa
Publisher
R.W. Middleton, printer and publisher,
Date of Publication
1835.
Physical Description
93 p. ; 19 cm.
Notes
Title vignette.
Checklist Amer. imprints
Subjects
Lefever, Jacob, - defendant.
Freemasons - Pennsylvania - Trials, litigation, etc.
Freemasonry - Pennsylvania - Controversial literature.
Trials (Libel) - Pennsylvania - Adams County.
Additional Corporate Author
Pennsylvania. Court of Common Pleas (Adams County)
Location
Lancaster History Library - Rare Books
Call Number
366.1 G394 1835
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The doctrine of the new birth, : exemplified in the life and religious experience of Onesimus, from the eleventh to the twenty-fifth year of his age, or from the year 1779 to 1793, inclusive. : Also, the visions which he saw concerning the city of Philadelphia, in the state of Pennsylvania, in the days when George Washington was the president of the United States of North America, and in the year of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, 1792. The visions with several of the special events of his life shall be illustrated with twenty plates, and the whole designed as a defence of the truth of the Gospel, and proof of the immortality of the human soul. Written in twenty letters, and dedicated to Elder Joseph Maylin. Onesimus

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo19440
Author
Hewson, John,
Date of Publication
1839.
Call Number
248 P544 1839
Author
Hewson, John,
Place of Publication
Philadelphia
Publisher
Printed by William F. Rackliff. Corner of George and Swanwick streets.,
Date of Publication
1839.
Physical Description
164 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.
Notes
Copyright 1839 by John Hewson.
Error in paging: p. 84 misnumbered 48.
Missing title page through page 2.
Yellow fever in Philadelphia page 156.
Checklist Amer. imprints
Subjects
Immortality.
Yellow fever - Pennsylvania - Philadelphia.
Visions.
Authority
Yellow fever.
Pennsylvania - Philadelphia.
Half-cloth bindings (Binding) - 1839.
Letters.
Allegories.
Additional Author
Maylim, Joseph.
Rackliff, William F.,
Place
United States Pennsylvania Philadelphia.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Rare Books
Call Number
248 P544 1839
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The life and confession of Daniel Shaeffer, who was found guilty, in the Court of Quarter Sessions of the County of Lancaster, Pa. in November, 1831, of the murder of Elizabeth Bowers and sentenced to be executed on the 13th of April, 1832

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo19389
Author
Shaeffer, Daniel ,
Date of Publication
1832.
Call Number
090 L244ro 1832
345.02523 S524
Author
Shaeffer, Daniel ,
Place of Publication
Lancaster
Publisher
Published by Peter Reed, Jr. and A.F. Osterlon ,
Date of Publication
1832.
Physical Description
23 p. ; 17 cm.
Notes
Original document housed with Rare Books. (090 L244ro 1832)
Subjects
Executions and executioners.
Crime and criminals - Pennsylvania - Lancaster.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Rare Books
Lancaster History Library - Lancaster County
Call Number
090 L244ro 1832
345.02523 S524
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Constitution of the United States of America : the Constitution of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, and rules for the government of the house of representatives of said commonwealth

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo15779
Corporate Author
United States.
Date of Publication
1835.
Call Number
342.02 H313 1835
Corporate Author
United States.
Uniform Title
Constitution.
Place of Publication
Harrisburg, Pa
Publisher
Printed by Patterson & Small,
Date of Publication
1835.
Physical Description
69 p. ; 17 cm.
Notes
Results of the election of the President Van Buren glued on inside front cover.
On front flyleaf: "Abraham Kauffman, member of House of Reprensentatives. Donated Kauffman's Park to the Borough of Manheim. His farm and land to the Mennonite Chuch along Manheim Pike and bears his name."
List of the committees of the House glued on inside back cover.
Subjects
Harrisburg (Pa.). - Patterson & Small - (1835)
Pennsylvania.
United States.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Rare Books
Call Number
342.02 H313 1835
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Speech of Thaddeus Stevens, Esq. in favor of the bill to establish a school of arts in the city of Philadelphia, and to endow the colleges and academies of Pennsylvania. : Delivered in the House of Representatives at Harrisburg, March 10th, 1838

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo19478
Author
Stevens, Thaddeus,
Date of Publication
1838.
Call Number
923.2 S846spe
Responsibility
Reported in short hand by M.T.C. Gould.
Author
Stevens, Thaddeus,
Place of Publication
Harrisburg [Pa.]
Publisher
Printed by Theophilus Fenn.,
Date of Publication
1838.
Physical Description
12 p. ; 22 cm.
Notes
Checklist Amer. imprints
Subjects
Universities and colleges - Pennsylvania.
Schools - Pennsylvania - Philadelphia.
Art schools - Pennsylvania - Philadelphia.
Additional Author
Gould, M. T. C.
Fenn, Theophilus,
Additional Corporate Author
Pennsylvania. General Assembly. House of Representatives.
Place
United States Pennsylvania Harrisburg.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Rare Books
Call Number
923.2 S846spe
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Report of surveys made to avoid the inclined plane upon and for the improvement of the Eastern Division of the Columbia and Philadelphia Rail Road, by order of the Canal Commissioners of the state of Pennsylvania

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo14738
Author
Campbell, H. R.
Date of Publication
1837.
Call Number
385 C188
Responsibility
by H.R. Campbell.
Author
Campbell, H. R.
Place of Publication
Philadelphia
Publisher
Printed by A. Seyfert & Co.,
Date of Publication
1837.
Physical Description
14 p. ; 23 cm.
Notes
"January 1837."
Subjects
Columbia-Philadelphia Railroad.
Railroads - Pennsylvania
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
385 C188
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The Gift : a Christmas and New Year's present for 1836

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo18466
Date of Publication
[1835]
Call Number
810 P544ch 1836
  1 website  
Responsibility
edited by Miss Leslie.
Place of Publication
Philadelphia
Publisher
E.L. Carey & A. Hart,
Date of Publication
[1835]
Physical Description
x, [2], [17]-292 p., [9] leaves of plates : ill. ; 16 cm.
Notes
Publication date suggested by the Preface (p. [v]-vii), signed "Philadelphia, October, 1835."
The Gift was published annually in eight issues dated 1836 to 1845, with none for 1838 and 1841.
Faded inscription on second fly leaf.
Library has 1836 volume.
Faxon, F.W. Literary Annuals and Gift Books,
Thompson, R. Annuals,
BAL,
Heartman, C.F., & Canny, J.R. Bibliography of first printings of the writings of Edgar Allan Poe,
Eliza Leslie was a writer of fiction and nonfiction works for juveniles and adults. Almost yearly, between 1836-1845, she edited an annual gift book called The Gift: A Christmas and New Year's Present, with contributions from Edgar Allan Poe , Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Ralph Waldo Emerson and other authors.
Subjects
American literature.
Gift books - Specimens.
Gift books - Pennsylvania - Philadelphia - 19th century.
Additional Author
Leslie, Eliza,
Poe, Edgar Allan,
Irving, Washington,
Additional Corporate Author
Carey & Hart.
Sherman & Co. (Philadelphia, Pa.)
Place
United States Pennsylvania Philadelphia.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Rare Books
Call Number
810 P544ch 1836
Websites
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A gazetteer of the state of Pennsylvania. Part first ... general description of the state ... geological construction, canals and rail-roads, bridges, revenue, expenditures, public debt, &c. Part second ... counties, towns, cities, villages, mountains, lakes, rivers, creeks, &c., alphabetically arranged

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo3572
Author
Gordon, Thomas Francis,
Date of Publication
1832.
Call Number
974.8009 U58
Responsibility
By Thomas F. Gordon. To which is added a table of all the post offices in the state, their distances from Washington and Harrisburg, and the names of the post masters ...
Author
Gordon, Thomas Francis,
Place of Publication
Philadelphia
Publisher
T. Belknap,
Date of Publication
1832.
Physical Description
2 p. β., 9-63, 508 p. front. (fold. map) 23 cm.
Subjects
Pennsylvania - Description and travel - Gazetteers.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Rare Books
Call Number
974.8009 U58
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Collection
Renunciations
Title
Renunciations
Object ID
Ren 1904 F014
Date Range
1904
Collection
Renunciations
Title
Renunciations
Description
Renunciations are papers filed in the Orphans' Court by executors of an estate who do not wish to administer that estate. They show the name of the decedent, the decedent's place of residence, the name of the person renouncing administration, the name of the replacement administrator to be appointed, and date. The relationship between the decedent, the executor, and the administrator is usually shown. Arranged chronologically and then alphabetically within each year.
System of Arrangement
Arranged chronologically and then alphabetically within each year.
Date Range
1904
Date of Accumulation
1762-1820, 1821-1842, 1880-1906
Year
1904
Creator
Register of Wills
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Storage Container
Box 0021
People
Bradford, George W.
Bradford, Sylvester
Bradford, Mary Louisa
Wood, Sarah C.
Preston, Forest
Subcategory
Documentary Artifact
Search Terms
Renunciation
Lower Oxford Twp., Chester County, Pennsylvania
Place
Lower Oxford Twp., Chester County, Pennsylvania
Extent
12 cubic feet
Object Name
Probate
Language
English
Condition
Fair
Object ID
Ren 1904 F014
Box Number
021
Associated Material
Administrators Accounts
Miscellaneous Orphans' Court Papers
Additional Notes
Renouncers: Bradford, George W.; Bradford, Sylvester; Bradford, Mary Louisa; Wood, Sarah C.
Administrator: Preston, Forest.
1 item, 1 piece
Access Conditions / Restrictions
Restricted use of original. A photocopy will be made for patron use.
Classification
RG 03-00 0115
Description Level
Item
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Collection
Renunciations
Title
Renunciations
Object ID
Ren 1889 F093
Date Range
1889
Collection
Renunciations
Title
Renunciations
Description
Renunciations are papers filed in the Orphans' Court by executors of an estate who do not wish to administer that estate. They show the name of the decedent, the decedent's place of residence, the name of the person renouncing administration, the name of the replacement administrator to be appointed, and date. The relationship between the decedent, the executor, and the administrator is usually shown. Arranged chronologically and then alphabetically within each year.
System of Arrangement
Arranged chronologically and then alphabetically within each year.
Date Range
1889
Date of Accumulation
1762-1820, 1821-1842, 1880-1906
Year
1889
Creator
Register of Wills
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Storage Container
Box 0015
People
Suter, Abraham
Suter, Sallie E.
Collins, Ross C.
Subcategory
Documentary Artifact
Search Terms
Renunciation
Chester County, Pennsylvania
Place
Chester County, Pennsylvania
Extent
12 cubic feet
Object Name
Probate
Language
English
Condition
Fair
Object ID
Ren 1889 F093
Box Number
015
Associated Material
Administrators Accounts
Miscellaneous Orphans' Court Papers
Additional Notes
Renouncer: Suter, Sallie E.
Administrator: Collins, Ross C.
1 item, 1 piece
Access Conditions / Restrictions
Restricted use of original. A photocopy will be made for patron use.
Classification
RG 03-00 0115
Description Level
Item
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Collection
Renunciations
Title
Renunciations
Object ID
Ren 1890 F067
Date Range
1890
Collection
Renunciations
Title
Renunciations
Description
Renunciations are papers filed in the Orphans' Court by executors of an estate who do not wish to administer that estate. They show the name of the decedent, the decedent's place of residence, the name of the person renouncing administration, the name of the replacement administrator to be appointed, and date. The relationship between the decedent, the executor, and the administrator is usually shown. Arranged chronologically and then alphabetically within each year.
System of Arrangement
Arranged chronologically and then alphabetically within each year.
Date Range
1890
Date of Accumulation
1762-1820, 1821-1842, 1880-1906
Year
1890
Creator
Register of Wills
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Storage Container
Box 0015
People
Mullen, Thomas
Mullen, Mary Catharine
Mullen, William
Subcategory
Documentary Artifact
Search Terms
Renunciation
Chester County, Pennsylvania
Columbia
Place
Chester County, Pennsylvania
Extent
12 cubic feet
Object Name
Probate
Language
English
Condition
Fair
Object ID
Ren 1890 F067
Box Number
015
Associated Material
Administrators Accounts
Miscellaneous Orphans' Court Papers
Additional Notes
Died in Columbia
Renouncer: Mullen, Mary Catharine.
Administrator: Mullen, William.
1 item, 1 piece
Access Conditions / Restrictions
Restricted use of original. A photocopy will be made for patron use.
Classification
RG 03-00 0115
Description Level
Item
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Collection
Renunciations
Title
Renunciations
Object ID
Ren 1829 F060
Date Range
1829
Collection
Renunciations
Title
Renunciations
Description
Renunciations are papers filed in the Orphans' Court by executors of an estate who do not wish to administer that estate. They show the name of the decedent, the decedent's place of residence, the name of the person renouncing administration, the name of the replacement administrator to be appointed, and date. The relationship between the decedent, the executor, and the administrator is usually shown. Arranged chronologically and then alphabetically within each year.
System of Arrangement
Arranged chronologically and then alphabetically within each year.
Date Range
1829
Date of Accumulation
1762-1820, 1821-1842, 1880-1906
Year
1829
Creator
Register of Wills
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Storage Room
Archives West
Storage Container
Box 0002
People
Stewart, John
Stewart, Martha
Stewart, John Joseph
Subcategory
Documentary Artifact
Search Terms
Renunciation
Oxford, Chester County, Pennsylvania
Place
Oxford, Chester County, Pennsylvania
Extent
12 cubic feet
Object Name
Probate
Language
English
Condition
Fair
Object ID
Ren 1829 F060
Box Number
002
Associated Material
Administrators Accounts
Miscellaneous Orphans' Court Papers
Additional Notes
Renouncer: Stewart, Martha.
Administrators: Stewart, John Joseph.
1 item, 1 piece
Access Conditions / Restrictions
Restricted use of original. A photocopy will be made for patron use.
Classification
RG 03-00 0115
Description Level
Item
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