Located on the road leading from Reading to Lancaster.
April term.
Signers of petition: Henry [Gray], William Amweg, John W. Gross, L. H. Lenher, Jacob Wenger, Daniel B. Bauman, John Dissinger, Henry Fritz, R. R. Heitler, Samuel Hahn, David Martin, Charles Bauman, Isaac Steinmetz, David Bauman, John Gross, Benjamin Uhrich, Benjamin Konigmacher.
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Signers of petition: Charles Bauman, Barton H. McCord, George [Frautz], Jacob Wenger, Samuel Fry, Solomon Regar, Martin Gross, Jeremiah Hallecher, John Bowman, Henry Keller, John W. Gross, William Konigmacher, Henry Gray, Henry Kemper, Jacob Hart.
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Located at the crossing of roads leading from Lancaster to Reading and from Lititz to Hinkletown.
Petition granted.
April term.
Signers of Petition: Daniel Bauman, Charles Harllacher, [signature in German], Jacob Peiffer, John Coover, Martin Gross, [unknown signature], David Martin, Issac Stonemetz, [signature in German], R. R. Heitler, William Amweg, William McCloud, George Dissinger, Jacob Slick, Henry Gray, William Konigmacher, John Gross.
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Located on the road leading from Reading to Lancaster. Town was formerly known as Mount Pleasant.
Petition granted.
April term.
Signers of Petition: David Bauman, Martin Gross, Jacob Givler, Benjamin Uhrich, Barton H. McCord, John Faust, John Gross, Charles Bauman, William McCloud, Daniel Bauman, Jacob Heiser, Charles Harllacher, Jacob Slick, R. R. Heitler, J. J. Keller, Abraham Bauman, David Martin.
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Joel and Thomas Smedley’s Prospect Mills account book B
Description
Joel and Thomas Smedley’s Prospect Mills account book B contains an index of clients and what pages they appear on, an itemized list of their profits and expenses, an index of sales and where they are found, and the employees of the mill and what they were being compensated for.. The profits list ranges from selling corn, wheat, bran, oats, and flour, as well as sawing boards and planks. The recorded expenses include purchases from a brickyard (pg. 102), Susquehanna Canal Company (122), and Deer Creek Iron Works Company (125). Other mill expenses include employee wages, lumber, and potatoes.
Admin/Biographical History
Joel Smedley was born in 1799 to parents Joseph Smedley and Rebecca Lewis Smedley. Joel married Martha Wildman and fathered six children including Charles, Mary, John, Lewis, Anne, and Ellwood. Joel inherited the mill from his father in 1833 and expanded it by building a sorghum factory. Joel died in 1872.
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Smedley & Kirk Prospect Mills Daybook D contains an itemized list of their profits and expenses and the employees of the mill and what they were being compensated for. The profits list ranges from selling corn, wheat, bran, oats, and flour, as well as sawing boards and planks. The recorded expenses for the mill include employee wages, and transportation costs. The daybook also contains a lock of hair with root attached (pg. 86-87). The hair is a brown with red highlights and is wryly; the source is unknown.
Admin/Biographical History
Joel Smedley was born in 1799 to parents Joseph Smedley and Rebecca Lewis Smedley. Joel married Martha Wildman and fathered six children including Charles, Mary, John, Lewis, Anne, and Ellwood. Joel inherited the mill from his father in 1833 and expanded it by building a sorghum factory. Joel died in 1872.
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Smedley & Clark Prospect Mills Daybook contains an itemized list of their profits and expenses and the employees of the mill and what they were being compensated for as well as an account of the money borrowed for the mill. The profits list ranges from selling corn, wheat, bran, oats, and flour, as well as sawing boards and planks. The recorded expenses for the mill include employee wages and transportation costs.
Admin/Biographical History
Joel Smedley was born in 1799 to parents Joseph Smedley and Rebecca Lewis Smedley. Joel married Martha Wildman and fathered six children including Charles, Mary, John, Lewis, Anne, and Ellwood. Joel inherited the mill from his father in 1833 and expanded it by building a sorghum factory. Joel died in 1872.
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Signers of petition: Isaac Steinmetz, Henry Kemper, Jacob Adams, Jacob Kemper, William McCloud, Samuel Wolf, Jacob Stoll, Jacob Hart, Charles Bauman, David Kemper Jr., Barton H. McCord, John Dissinger, Henry Keller, Elias A. Schrantz.
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Located at the crossroads on the Newport Road, where Lancaster and Hinkletown Raod crosses the same.
April term.
Signers of petition: F. H. Carpenter, Abraham Kachel, Abrahm F. Bair, Jacob Steinmetz, Peter Kafroth, Samuel Kull, George Caruthers, Emanuel Carpenter, Elias Reemsnyder, Gabriel Carpenter, Samuel Reemsnyder, Henry Kafroth, John Forney.
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