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Chest of Drawers

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Collection
Heritage Center Collection
Object ID
G.78.90
Date Range
1845
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Collection
Heritage Center Collection
Description
Miniature Empire chest of drawers. Cherry case with mahogany veneer on drawer fronts and edges of top and bottom. Large top drawer overhangs three graduated drawers, all with cock beaded molding. Pressed glass pulls. Overhang of top is supported by S-scrolls at sides. Turned bulbous feet. Small nails with oblong heads used throughout.
Inscriptions in pencilled script: Under bottom drawer is "Made in 1845 by Daniel Kurtz, Lancaster, Pa." On back of 2nd bottom drawer is "Mrs. Kurtz Lancaster, Pa." Chest back has: "Made in 1845 by Daniel Kurtz" and chest bottom has "Flora Kurtz got 1889 from Grandmam when I was 13 years".
A business card, now in file, reads "DANIEL KURTZ./NO. 130 CHARLOTTE STREET,/LANCASTER, PA." On reverse side is written: "Made by Daniel Kurtz in the/ midsumer [sic] of 1845 and/ presented to Miss Lizzy Stoner/ as a token of respect/ Lizzie Stoner who in the/ same year 1845 became his/ wife, later the mother of/ E.S. Kurtz."
Daniel Kurtz, son of Conrad, was raised in the Golden Triangle area. In 1847 he renovated the "Overlook" house on Fruitville Pike and lived there until listed in 1860 Census in the SE Ward of the City
Provenance
File states donor (Mary Herr Glenn) acquired this piece from her neighbor Florence Kurtz, later Mrs. Daniel Musselman Groff.
Maker Daniel Kurtz was a carpenter/builder. Son Emanuel S. Kurtz became a job printer, resided on Church St. and Florence (Flora) was his daughter. She, at age 13, was the recipient of the chest from her "grandmam" (Lizzie Kurtz) in 1889. How and when donor acquired this chest from her neighbor Florence is unknown.
Date Range
1845
Made By
Kurtz, Daniel, 1824-1908
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Storage Room
DAC
Storage Wall
West Wall
Storage Cabinet
Unit 26
Subcategory
Furniture
Inscription Position
Four places
Inscription Technique
Pencil
Inscription Text
Under bottom drawer is "Made in 1845 by Daniel Kurtz, Lancaster, Pa." On back of 2nd bottom drawer is "Mrs. Kurtz Lancaster, Pa." On chest back is: "Made in 1845 by Daniel Kurtz" and chest bottom: "Flora Kurtz got 1889 from Grandmam when I was 13 years".
Inscription Type
Inscription
Object Name
Chest of Drawers
Oither Names
Miniature Chest Of Drawers
Material
Wood, Glass
Height (in)
11.25
Width (in)
8.75
Depth (in)
5
Condition
Good
Condition Date
2015-05-12
Condition Notes
Multiple blemishes overall. Top has 2 losses of veneer at right and 1 at left end. Bottom has veneer at back left edge, as well as a repaired break of this corner with leg. Long crack along grain at back.
Object ID
G.78.90
Place of Origin
Manheim Twp.
Credit
Gift of Mary H. Glenn, Heritage Center Collection
Accession Number
G.78.90
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Archive

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Collection
Heinitsh Business and Family Records
Title
Heinitsh Business and Family Records
Object ID
MG0447
Date Range
1791-1918
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Collection
Heinitsh Business and Family Records
Title
Heinitsh Business and Family Records
Description
This collection contains business and family records for members of the Heinitsh family. Account and ledger books contain records of the drug store and a dry goods store. Personal records show the estate settlement for Charles Heinitsh, including an inventory of his household and kitchen furniture in 1804. Records for Heinitsh's Furniture and Carpet Store include stock inventory books, carpet books and order books.
Date Range
1791-1918
Year Range From
1791
Year Range To
1918
Date of Accumulation
1791-1918
Creator
Heinitsh family
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Storage Room
Archives South
Storage Wall
Side 11
People
Brenneman, Abraham
Heinitsh, August
Heinitsh, Charles
Heinitsh, Frederick
Heinitsh, Henrietta M.
Heinitsh, Henry
Heinitsh, John Frederick
Heinitsh, Walter A.
Heinitsh, William E.
Light, John
Subjects
Account books
Business records
Carpets
Drugstores
Furniture
Furniture showrooms
House furnishings
Pharmacists
Probate records
Stores, Retail
Search Terms
Account books
Bailey Table Company
Business records
Carpets
Estate inventories
Finding aids
Furniture
Heinitsh Drug Store
Heinitsh Furniture Company
House furnishings
Manuscript groups
Pharmacies
Pharmacists
Probate records
Stores, Carpet
Stores, Furniture
Stores, Retail
Extent
4 boxes, 29 folders, 6 volumes on shelf, 4 cubic ft.
Object Name
Archive
Language
English
Object ID
MG0447
Location of Originals
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania
Related Item Notes
Strasburg Pharmacy Records (MG0282)
Bucher-Ortmann Pharmacy Collection (MG0211)
Notes
Preferred Citation: Heinitsh Business and Family Records (MG0447), Box #, 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-447
Other Number
MG-447
Classification
MG0447
Description Level
Fonds
Custodial History
The volumes in Folders 1-9 were transferred from MG-266 Daybook and Ledger Collection, Series 3 on 3 March 2009.
Added to database 27 August 2021.
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Dresser

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Collection
Heritage Center Collection
Object ID
P.77.02
Date Range
c. 1835
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Collection
Heritage Center Collection
Description
Empire style chest of drawers, mahogany veneer on pine or poplar. Four drawers, each with two pressed glass pulls & keyhole and each with bookmatched veneer of highly figured mahogany. The top drawer overhangs lower drawers and has a curved front (top-to-bottom), while the three lower drawers have flat fronts. Freestanding ionic columns flank drawers with carved plinths. Sunken panel construction at sides. Two extensively carved paw feet in front; two ball feet in back.
In April 1982, the entire case was disassembled and discovered to be signed and dated by Markley, behind the left front stile above the column. (Not seen in 2011. Inscription appears on top of thick drawer divider supporting top drawer.) Also stamped by maker within oval on upper surface of top drawer bottom: "J.F. MARKLEY/ CABINETMAKER/ Locust Street/ COLUMBIA."
According to file, the 1830-1846 Columbia Borough tax records list Markley variously as a doctor, cabinetmaker, contractor or gent.
See also a gentleman's dressing table with mirror, P00.39.01.
Date Range
c. 1835
Year Range From
1825
Year Range To
1840
Creator
Markley, Jacob Fry, 1800-1854
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Storage Room
Admin Lobby
People
Markley, Jacob Fry
Subject
Bedroom furniture
Cabinetmakers
Chests of drawers
Dressers (Chests of drawers)
Furniture
Search Terms
Bedroom furniture
Cabinetmakers
Chests of drawers
Dressers
Furniture
Object Name
Dresser
Material
Wood, Glass, Iron
Condition
Good
Condition Date
2017-11-20
Condition Notes
Piece of veneer 1.5" x 0.5" is missing from top right above drawer. Small spots and scratches overall, and two large cracks on top: one near front right corner, and one at rear center, partially filled in. The left pull on the second drawer up from the bottom is split in half; held in place with string windings.
Two toes on the right front foot were pieced and recarved by Joseph Molz of Lancaster City. Some veneer was also pieced.
Object ID
P.77.02
Notes
More info in file. There was a discrepancy in the research with two different Jacob Markleys. It appears that the maker of this chest of drawers was Jacob Fry Markley (1800-1854), born in boro of Strasburg to parents Jacob Markley, Sr. (1765-1829) and Barbara Fry Markley. Jacob Sr. was also a cabinetmaker.
Son Jacob is listed with different occupations over the years. He was living in Columbia in 1830 and possibly as late as 1841. He moved to Spring Grove, Philadelphia County by 1850 and is listed as a druggist in the 1850 Census with wife Ann & 5 children. "JACOB F. MARKLEY M.D." is on his tombstone in the Hatboro Cemetery. Thus Jacob Markley claimed to be a cabinetmaker, druggist and doctor (Doctor is perhaps what he called a pharmacist).
Place of Origin
Columbia
Role
Cabinetmaker
Credit
Gift of the James Hale Steinman Foundation, Heritage Center Coll
Accession Number
P.77.02
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Chest of Drawers

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Collection
Wheatland
Object ID
W.1939.020.001
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Collection
Wheatland
Description
Walnut chest of drawers. Two small drawers mounted side by side just below the top of the chest with three full-width drawers below; each drawer has two glass drawer pulls and a centered, brass escutcheon keyhole. The chest has recessed side panels with matching crotch-grain walnut veneer. The chest sits on four turnip feet for overall support.
Year Range From
1840
Year Range To
1860
Storage Location
Wheatland, Lancaster, PA
Storage Room
Southwest Bedchamber
Storage Wall
Northeast Wall
Object Name
Chest of Drawers
Object ID
W.1939.020.001
Accession Number
W.1939.020
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Mystery of the old Dutch chest

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Author
Savoldi, Gloria Root.
Date of Publication
1965.
Call Number
813.54 S268
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Responsibility
Gloria Root Savoldi ; illustrated by Theresa Brudi.
Author
Savoldi, Gloria Root.
Place of Publication
New York
Publisher
Criterion Books,
Date of Publication
1965.
Physical Description
157 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Summary
A story in a Pennsylvania Dutch setting about a chest which a girl buys for a few dollars at an auction, but the chest is lined with new newspaper and filled with counterfiet money. And someone want to take it away from her.
Subjects
Mystery and Detective.
Detective and mystery stories.
Chests - Netherlands - Juvenile fiction.
Amish - Juvenile fiction.
Juvenile works.
Mystery fiction.
Suspense fiction.
Additional Author
Brudi, Theresa,
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
813.54 S268
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The pioneer Americana collection of Dr. and Mrs. Donald A. Shelley

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Corporate Author
Pook & Pook.
Date of Publication
[2007]
Call Number
745.1 P821
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Responsibility
[photography & catalogue design, Joan Stevens and Kellie Seltzer].
Corporate Author
Pook & Pook.
Place of Publication
Downingtown, PA
Publisher
Pook & Pook, Inc.,
Date of Publication
[2007]
Physical Description
219 p. : col. ill. ; 29 cm.
Notes
"Auction: session one: Friday, April 20, 2007 at 6 PM, session two: Saturday, April 21, 2007 at 10 AM. Exhibition: Wednesday, April 11 - 9 AM to 4 PM ..."
Subjects
Shelley, Donald A. - Art collections
Shelley, Esther - Art collections
Americana - United States - Catalogs.
Americana - Pennsylvania - Catalogs.
Antiques - United States - Catalogs.
Antiques - Pennsylvania - Catalogs.
Furniture - United States - Catalogs.
Furniture - Pennsylvania - Catalogs.
Antique auctions - Pennsylvania - Downingtown - Catalogs.
Additional Author
Shelley, Donald A.
Shelley, Esther.
Stevens, Joan.
Seltzer, Kellie.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
745.1 P821
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Sofa

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Collection
Wheatland
Object ID
W.1943.001.001
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Collection
Wheatland
Description
American Rococo Revival Walnut Sofa. The serpentine back centered by a rose and shell scrolled carved crest, the back joined to closed arms, with a serpentine apron and raised on cabriole legs terminating in casters, silk velvet upholstery.
Provenance
James Buchanan
To - Edward Y. Buchanan
To - Alice Conyngham Buchanan Ewing
To - Cornelia Ewing Brooke
To - The James Buchanan Foundation
Year Range From
1845
Year Range To
1860
Last Owner
Buchanan, James
Storage Location
Wheatland, Lancaster, PA
Storage Room
Parlor
Storage Wall
West Wall
People
Brooke, Cornelia Lansdale Ewing
Buchanan, Edward Young
Buchanan, James
Ewing, Alice Conyngham Buchanan
Subcategory
Furniture
Search Terms
Buchanan Collections
Furniture
James Buchanan
James Buchanan Presidential Library
Sofas
Object Name
Sofa
Material
Walnut
Height (in)
44.562
Width (in)
88
Condition
Good
Condition Date
2003-10-02
Condition Notes
Re-upholstered in the 1940s.
Object ID
W.1943.001.001
Place of Origin
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Accession Number
W.1943.001
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Furniture making by the Slaugh Family of Lancaster, Pennsylvania

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Author
Seitz, Albert Fletcher.
Date of Publication
1969.
Furniture Making by the Slaugh Family of Lancaster, Pennsylvania Albert Fletcher Seitz The purpose of this study was to determine the conception of Slaugh furniture making in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, and to discover the unique implication of both the Slaugh family and their furniture. The methods
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Responsibility
by Albert Fletcher Seitz.
Author
Seitz, Albert Fletcher.
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Lancaster County Historical Society,
Date of Publication
1969.
Physical Description
[1]-25 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Series
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 73, no. 1
Subjects
Slaugh family.
Furniture industry and trade - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
Furniture making - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
Contained In
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 73, number 1 (1969), p. 1-25Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.73
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The reliance on tradition, 1625-1700

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Author
Gilborn, Craig A.
Date of Publication
1969.
Call Number
724.1 G467
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Responsibility
by Craig Gilborn.
ISBN
067500604X
9780675006040
Author
Gilborn, Craig A.
Place of Publication
Columbus
Publisher
Charles E. Merrill Pub. Co.,
Date of Publication
1969.
Physical Description
vi, 89 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.
Series
Arts of the home in early America
A Winterthur book.
Notes
Resource book to be used with two filmstrips and phonodisc.
Presented by the Winterthur Museum.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 71-75).
Summary
"[This book] will lead the student to a livelier understanding of seventeenth-century America through study of the architecture and the furnishings of the home as we know them from surviving examples...and from other contemporary evidence. The structures and the objects illustrated are presented not as museum pieces but as intimate reflections of the times, the circumstances, and the people by whom or for whom they were made. A good cross section of examples is provided, but where there is a scarcity of original materials the student is warned against generalizing from insufficient data." [from the introduction]
Subjects
Architecture, Colonial - United States.
Decoration and ornament - United States.
Furniture - United States.
Architecture, Colonial.
Decoration and ornament.
Furniture.
United States.
Additional Corporate Author
Henry Francis du Pont Winterthur Museum.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
724.1 G467
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Letter

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Collection
James Buchanan Family Papers, Part 1 James Buchanan
Title
Letter from James Buchanan to James B. Lane
Object ID
JBFP 1.1.1.020
Date Range
1845/10/16
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Collection
James Buchanan Family Papers, Part 1 James Buchanan
Title
Letter from James Buchanan to James B. Lane
Description
Letter from James Buchanan to James B. Lane offering him the use of his house and furniture in Lancaster should Buchanan be elevated to the Bench and need to resettle elsewhere and leaving his rented, furnished room in Washington.
Washington, D.C.
Date Range
1845/10/16
Creator
Buchanan, James, 1791-1868
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Storage Room
Archives South
Storage Container
JBFP Part 1, Box 1
People
Buchanan, James
Lane, James Buchanan
Subjects
Letters
Judges
Elections
Furniture
Search Terms
Letters
Correspondence
Judges
Elections
Furniture
James Buchanan
Buchanan Collections
James Buchanan Presidential Library
Extent
1 item, 2 pages to scan, 8.5 x 10.75 in.
Object Name
Letter
Language
English
Parent Object ID
JBFP Part 1 Series 1
Object ID
JBFP 1.1.1.020
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
JBMS1995.168
Other Number
JBFP Part 1, Series 1, Subseries 1, Folder 20
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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