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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

• www.LancasterHistory.org Subject Headings: 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 stations Invitations Manuscript groups Minutes Related Materials at LancasterHistory: American Fire Company

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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.

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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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Collection: George Steinman Papers, Series 1 Steinman Album

Title: George Steinman Papers, Series 1 Steinman Album

Object ID: MG0184_S01

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Collection: George Steinman Papers, Series 1 Steinman Album

Title: George Steinman Papers, Series 1 Steinman Album

Description: The George Steinman Papers, Series 1 contains an album, compiled by George Steinman, with many photographs of buildings, tombstones, monuments and scenes of Lancaster city and county. Ephemera and newspaper articles are among the photographs. Represented in the album are Postlethwaite's Tavern, hotels and taverns, fire houses, the Conestoga massacre, churches, cemeteries, Ephrata Cloister, prominent citizens and their homes, Stehli Silk Mill, and schools. The four boxes contain orginal correspondence, documents, photographs and ephemera or and pertaining to the same subject matter as the album.

System of Arrangement: This collection is divided into two series:; Series 1 The Steinman Album; Series 2 Documents, Photographs, Ephemera

Date of Accumulation: ca. 1860-1920

Creator: Steinman, George Michael, 1847-1920

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives South

Storage Wall: Side 04

Storage Shelf: Top shelf

People: Altee, John; André, John; Appel, T. Roberts; Armstrong, Elizabeth; Atlee, Samuel John; Atlee, Washington Lemuel; Atlee, William Augustus; Atlee, William Pitt; Baer, John; Baily, Francis; Bair, Daniel; Baker, James G.; Baldwin, Edith L.; Barr, Elias; Barton, Thomas; Bausman, Elizabeth; Bausman, William; Bear, Henry; Beck, Herbert Huebener; Beck, Martin; Beecher, William C.; Beissel, Conrad; Beissel, John Conrad; Bender, Henry; Bethel, Samuel; Bezellon, Martha Coombe; Bezellon, Peter; Boehm, Henry; Boyle, Philip; Breneman, Benjamin Franklin; Breneman, Gideon; Breneman, Franklin Henry; Broll, John; Brown, J. H.; Bryan, George; Buchanan, James; Buchmiller, Dulon Frank; Burkhart, Anna Margarita; Burkhart, George; Burrowes, Francis Smith; Burrowes, Thomas Henry; Burt, Nathaniel; Calder, George, Jr.; Cameron, James; Carpenter, John; Carpenter, William; Cheves, Langdon; Clay, Henry; Clemson, James; Coleman, Elizabeth; Coleman, Robert; Coleman, William; Cope, Caleb; Cope, Thomas P.; Cox, John; Crawford, James; Crowel, Mary R.; Damant, James; Davis, Benjamin Franklin; Dering, Henry; Detwiler, Thomas Craig; Diffenbaugh, Henry; Diffenderfer, Milton Hess; Diffenderffer, Frank Reid; Diller, Graybill; Donnley, Felix; Downing, Samuel; Dufresne, Samuel; Duvel, P. S.; Eberly, Michael; Edge, Walter Warren; Eichholtz, Jacob; Ellicott, Andrew; Elliot, Robert; Ellmaker, Nathaniel; Eshleman, Frank; Fahnestock, Samuel; Ferree, Philip; Fordney, Melchoir; Forney, J. A.; Fox, Cyrus; Frailey, Jacob; Franklin, George F.; Franklin, Walter; Fraser, Susan; Frazer, Reah; Fulton, Robert; Funck, John; Funk, John; Galbreath, John; Geist, M. W.; Germon, W. L.; Gill, William; Gingrich, Amos; Graff, Andreas; Grant, Hamilton; Graybill, Jacob; Groff, John M.; Groff, Sebastian; Grosh, John; Grove, Annie C.; Grubb, Daisy; Grubb, Peter; Hager, Walter C.; Haldeman, Samuel Steman; Hall, Charles; Hamilton, Andrew; Hamilton, James; Hammond, Frederick W.; Hamond, E. R.; Hand, Edward; Hand, John; Hand, Mollie; Harpel, Charlotte; Hayes, Alexander Laws; Hazen, Moses; Heinitsh, August; Heintzelman, Samuel Peter; Heister, Joseph; Henderson, Barton; Henderson, Thomas G.; Henry, John Joseph; Hensel, George Washington, Jr.; Hensel, William Uhler; Herr, Christian; Herr, Hans; Herr, Rudy; Hews, George H.; Hoffnagle, Peter; Hood, Alexander H.; Hostetter, Albert Keller; Hughes, Edward; Hutter, Christian; Jacobs, Cyrus; Jenkins, David; Jenkins, William; Kevinski, John B.; King, George H.; Kirkpatrick, William; Konigmacher, Joseph; Kroome, Hiram; Krug, George; Kuhn, Simon; Kuhn, Simon Adam; Landis, David Bachman; Landis, David H.; Landis, Harry; Landis, Jacob; Light, John B.; Lightner, Michael; Lincoln, Abraham; Lippold, John W.; Loeb, Jacob; Long, Henry Grimler; Long, Isaac; Lowery, Alexander; Lowery, Lazarus; Ludlow, Robert Fulton; Magee, David Francis; Marshall, Christopher; Marshall, John; Martin, C. H.; Mason, S.; Mathiot, John; Matlack, Timothy; Mayer, Christian B.; McCaskey, John Piersol "Jack"; McClain, Francis Bernard; McClellan, George Brinton; McCormick, D. R.; McFarquahr, Colin; McGrann, Bernard John; Melsheimmer, Frederick Valentine; Metzger, Samuel H.; Mifflin, Thomas; Miller, Dave "Devil"; Miller, John; Miller, Susanna; Mishler, Benjamin; Montgomery, John R.; Montgomery, William; Morton, William Augustus; Mulhatten, Barney; Musser, Yost; Myers, Albert; Mylin, Martin; Neff, John; Nevin, John D.; North, Hugh McAlister; Old, James; Parks, Jake; Pastor, John; Peiper, William L.; Penn, William; Pitt, William; Porter, Andrew; Porter, George B.; Pyle, Howard; Ramsey, David; Raub, Galen John Peoples; Reigart, Adam; Reigart, Emanuel C.; Reilly, Mary Gertrude Costigan; Reinmansnyder, Helen; Reynolds, George Nelson; Reynolds, John Fulton; Reynolds, William; Rogers, Milton C.; Rose, Frederick; Ross, George; Ross, Patton; Sauber, Charles Alvin; Sener, Samuel Miller; Seyfert, Augustus G.; Shober, Emanuel; Shreiner, Philip; Slaymaker, Henry; Slaymaker, Henry Edwin; Slaymaker, L.; Slaymaker, William; Sloane, S.; Slough, Elizabeth; Smith, Charles; Snavely, Harry H.; Stahr, John Summers; Stambauch, Samuel; Stauffer, David McNeely; Stedman, Alexander; Steinman, George Michael; Stevens, Thaddeus; Stiegel, Henry William; Strong Wolf, Chief; Summy, Levi; Sutter, John Augustus; Tener, John C.; Thornburg, Robert; Todd, Charles; Tomlinson, George; Urban, John; Vogan, John; Washington, George; Webb, James; West, Benjamin; Wharton, Thomas; Whiteside, John; Wiley, William; Williamson, Henry Stackhouse; Willson, George Bolivar; Willson, John; Winover, Peter; Wise, Charles; Wise, John; Witmer, Abraham; Witmer, David; Witmer, Esther Elizabeth; Worner, William Frederic; Wright, James; Wright, John; Yeates, Catharine; Yeates, Jasper; Zahm, Godfried; Zahm, Mathias; Zahm, Samuel H.; Zantzinger, Paul; Zehmer, Anthony; Zinzendorf, Nicholaus

Subjects: Ephemera; Photographs; Scrapbooks

Search Terms: Abbeville (Historic estate); Abbeville Mill; Advent Lutheran Church; Albright's Transportation Depot; All Saints Episcopal Church; American Hose Company; Balloons; Bangor Episcopal Church; Berks County Historical Society; Binkley's Bridge; Bird-In-Hand Friends Meetinghouse; Boehm's Chapel; Buch Tavern; Buchanan Park; Caledonia Furnace; Carpenter's Union Church; Cat Tavern; Cemeteries; Central Cigar Store; Chalices; Chestnut Level Presbyterian Church; Christ Lutheran Church; Christian Herr House; Christiana Resistance; Churches; Clare Point Stock Farm; Columbia - Wrightsville Bridge; Columbia Friends Meetinghouse; Conestoga Furnace; Conestoga Glue Factory; Conestoga Navigation Company; Conestoga wagon; Cosgrove's Tavern; County House; Courthouses; Covered bridges; Disasters; Donegal Presbyterian Church; Downing's Mill; Eagle Hotel; Eden Iron Works; Edge Tool Forge; Elizabeth Furnace; Emmanuel Lutheran Church; Engleside, Lancaster Twp.; Ephemera; Ephrata Cloister; Ephrata Mountain Springs Hotel; Exchange Hotel; Feagleyville; Federal Hall; Finding aids; Fire departments; Fires; First National Store; First Presbyterian Church, Lancaster; First Reformed Church, Lancaster; Fites Eddy Hotel; Fountain Inn; Franklin and Marshall College; Franklin College; Franklin House; Fulton Cotton Mill; General Sutter Inn; Golden Swan Hotel; Grace Lutheran Church; Graeff's Landing; Grape Tavern; Gravestones; Graveyards; Green Cottage; Grubb Mansion; Halfway House; Hans Herr House; Hardwicke; Harmony Hall; Heinitsh Drug Store; Historical markers; Hope Episcopal Church; Hopewell Forge; Hotels; Humane Fire Company; Humes Woolen Mill; Hutter's Folly; Indian Queen Tavern; Indigenous peoples; J. B. Distillery; Keener's Mill; Kepler Lodge; Krug House; Lafayette Hill; Lamb Tavern; Lamparter's Row; Lancaster Academy; Lancaster County Courthouse; Lancaster County Historical Society; Lancaster County National Bank; Lancaster County Prison; Lancaster Curling Club; Lancaster Fencibles; Lancaster Moravian Church; Landisville Mennonite Meetinghouse; Leacock Presbyterian Church; Linden Hall; Lititz Moravian Church; Manuscript groups; Marietta and Susquehanna Trading Company; Markets; Martic Forge, Martic Twp.; Martin Meylin's Gunshop; Masonic halls; Masonic lodges; Massasoit Hall; Mechanics Library; Mellinger Mennonite Church; Middle Octorara Presbyterian Church; Millersville Academy; Millersville State Normal School; Millersville University; Mills; Mischler's Exchange; Mishler's Beer Garden; Montgomery House; Monuments; Moss Cigar Factory; Mount Bethel Mansion; Mount Hope Furnace; Native Americans; Odd Fellows Hall; Old City Hall; Old Welsh Graveyard; Paper mills; Parish houses; Paxton Boys; Penn Square; Pennsbury Manor; Pennsylvania Railroad; Pequea Presbyterian Church; Petroglyphs; Photographs; Plough Tavern; Poole Forge; Postlethwaite's Tavern; Powder houses; Practical Farmer Hotel; Ranck's Mill; Reigart's Landing; Reigart's Old Wine Store; Relay Hotel; Revolutionary War; Rock Ford; Ruth's Fine Groceries; Sadsbury Friends Meetinghouse; Safe Harbor Rolling Mill; Schools; Scrapbooks; Shiffler Fire Company; Ship Tavern; Shippen School; Sign of the Bull Tavern; Sign of the Hat Tavern; Sorrel Horse Hotel; St. Catherine of Siena Catholic Church; St. James Episcopal Church; St. John's Episcopal Church; St. John's Lutheran Church; St. John's United Church of Christ; St. Mary's Catholic Church; St. Michael's Lutheran Church; St. Paul's United Church of Christ; St. Peter's Catholic Church; Stamps; Stehli Silk Mill; Stock certificates; Strasburg Academy; Strasburg Mennonite Cemetery; Strasburg Methodist Episcopal Church; Sunflower Inn; Swamp Church; Swan Hotel; Tavern signs; Taverns; Ten Hour House; Three Crowns Tavern; Trinity Lutheran Church; Union Bethel Church; Union Fire Company; Union Hotel; Valley Forge, Chester County, Pennsylvania; Vermont Historical Society; Voganville Hotel; Wabank House; Washington Hotel; Washington Memorial Chapel; Waterloo Tavern; Waterworks; Watt and Shand; Weaverland Mennonite Church; Wheatland; White Horse Hotel; White Swan Hotel; William Pitt Tavern; Windsor Forge; Witmer's Bridge; Witness Tree; Woodward Hill Cemetery; F. W. Woolworth Co.; York Furnace; Young Men's Christian Association; Zion Lutheran Church

Extent: 1 scrapbook, 1.5 cubic ft.

Object Name: Scrapbook

Language: English

Object ID: MG0184_S01

Location of Originals: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania

Copies: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania

Related Item Notes: George Steinman Papers, Series 2 (MG0184_S02) https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/6c7e11c6-f3ca-469c-891a-145832196710; Photograph Collection

Notes: Preferred Citation: Title or description of item, date (day, month, year), Collection Title (MG#), Series #, Box #, Folder #, (or Object ID), LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania. URL if applicable. Date accessed (day, month, year).; "Mr. Geo. Steinman who started this collection of pictures. This book was presented to the Lanc. Co. Historical Society after his death by Mr. Geo. S. Franklin."; John M. Gibson is recorded as the donor, 1968, in LancasterHistory's accession records.; 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.; The use of the original album is restricted. Please contact Research@LancasterHistory.org with questions.

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.

Credit: Courtesy of LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.

Other Number: MG-184, Series 1

Classification: MG0184

Description Level: Item

Custodial History: Processed and finding aid prepared PK and MSH, 2008. Added to database 20 July 2021.; Digitization of this document was funded by the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, PHMC Appl ID # C980002119, 2021-2024.

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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.

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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

, Francinah Swisher, James Henry Swisher, John Swisher, Patrick B. Swisher, Rachel Swisher, Robert Subject Headings: Family records Search Terms: Bills of sale Family records Finding aids Manuscript groups Marriage certificates Memorial cards Probate records Related Materials: Items in Photograph Collections

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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.

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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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Collection: Gibney Road Property Records

Title: Gibney Road Property Records, 1846-1955

Object ID: MG0919

Date Range: 1846-1955

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 Subject Headings: Deeds Search Terms: Deeds Finding aids Indentures Land drafts Manuscript groups Property

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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.

Credit: Courtesy of LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania

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: Heritage of Christiana Collection

Title: Heritage of Christiana Collection

Object ID: MG0906

Date Range: 1861, 1878, 1951

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Collection: Heritage of Christiana Collection

Title: Heritage of Christiana Collection

Description: This collection contains items relating to the history and heritage of the borough of Christiana.

Admin/Biographical History: Once known as Nobleville, Christiana is located on the eastern border of Lancaster County. It was incorporated as a borough in 1894.

Date Range: 1861, 1878, 1951

Creator: LancasterHistory (Organization)

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives South

Storage Wall: Side 19

People: Griest, Elwood

Subjects: Christiana (Pa.); Local history; Riots--Pennsylvania--Christiana; United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865

Search Terms: Christiana Lyceum; Christiana Machine Company; Christiana Resistance; Civil War; Finding aids; Manuscript groups; Secession

Extent: 3 folders

Object Name: Archive

Language: English

Object ID: MG0906

Location of Originals: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania

Notes: Preferred Citation: Title or description of item, date (day, month, year), Heritage of Christiana Collection (MG0906), Box #, Folder #, (or Object ID), LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania. URL if applicable. Date accessed (day, month, year).

Access Conditions / Restrictions: No restrictions. Original documents may be used by appointment--contact Research@LancasterHistory.org prior to visit.

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Accession Number: 2022.MG0906

Other Numbers: MG-906

Classification: MG0906

Description Level: Item

Custodial History: Noted at item level

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Collection: Frank E. Witmer's 1879 Diary

Title: Diary of Frank E. Witmer

Object ID: MG0847

Date Range: 1879, 2020

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Collection: Frank E. Witmer's 1879 Diary

Title: Diary of Frank E. Witmer

Description: This collection contains Frank E. Witmer's original 1879 diary, as well as a transcription and index prepared by Dr. David H. Wallace. The diary provides a detailed record of the daily activities of all members of the family. He primarily records the work involved in running a truck farm--planting, maintaining, and harvesting crops, and preparing for market. Other entries of interest include helping a neighbor move a carriage house; building a hog pen; canning; attendance at several Mennonite churches in the area; the process of moving from one house and barn to a new house and barn on the property; frequent visits between relatives and neighbors; and a few mentions of school and the leisure activities of the young men.

Admin/Biographical History: In 1879, Franklin E. Witmer (1855-1931), at age 23, was the eldest son of Aaron L. Witmer, farmer of West Lampeter Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, and his wife Mary Ann (Herr) Witmer. The household also included his younger brothers Abraham (Abram), 21, and Jacob Elam (Elem), 19; two school-age girls Sarah Dunlap, 13, an apprentice servant, and Hettie Fritz, 8, a ward of Mr. and Mrs. Witmer; and for part of the year a teen-age boarder-farm hand , Thaddeus (Thad) Brackbill. In Frank's diary, each person's activity was recorded daily, almost as if he had set himself a deliberate project to do so.; Mr. Witmer's truck farm embraced fields of grain (wheat, oats and rye), several acres of tobacco, a varied fruit orchard, a large truck garden, and a greenhouse for vegetables and flowering plants, a small herd of dairy cattle, some hogs and chickens; enough variety to make year-round weekly visits to market in Lancaster. During the year the family moved into a new house, raised a new barn, stables, hog-pen and chicken-house, and rented the old house and barn to a tenant farmer, Jacob Dieter.; The Witmers were Mennonites, regularly attending church in Lampeter Twp. and Strasburg, and occasionally in New Providence and Lancaster. Sarah and Hettie and briefly Elam, attended the Lampeter School. Their chief source of entertainment seems to have been visiting among their extended Witmer and Herr families and neighbors, although Abram and Elam sometimes attended "singing school" and the Lampeter Lyceum and did some "driving about" of an evening. Only Abram seems to have had a special girlfriend.; Although all the men of the family did everything in the way of farm chores, each of the boys also had a specialty. Frank, the oldest, had his own corn and tobacco patches to tend and market, Abram tended to concentrate on the greenhouse and truck-garden, and Elam helped his father provide veterinary services to other farmers in the area.; Frank Witmer married Mary Ann Herr on November 30, 1881; he continued general farming in West Lampeter Township, died there on December 10, 1931, and was buried in the Mennonite cemetery in nearby Willow Street, Pennsylvania.; This history was prepared by Dr. David H. Wallace.

Date Range: 1879, 2020

Creation Date: 1879, 2020

Creator: Wallace, David H.

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives South

Storage Wall: Side 19

People: Brackbill, Thaddeus; Dunlap, Sarah; Fritz, Hettie; Wallace, David Harold; Witmer, Aaron L.; Witmer, Abraham Herr; Witmer, Franklin Elmer; Witmer, Jacob Elam; Witmer, Mary Ann Herr

Other Creators: Witmer, Franklin Elmer, 1855-1931

Subjects: Truck farming; Diaries; Agriculture; Indexes

Search Terms: Truck farming; Diaries; Farming; Agriculture; Transcriptions; Indexes; Finding aids; Manuscript groups

Extent: 3 items, 146 pages to scan

Object Name: Archive

Language: English

Object ID: MG0847

Location of Originals: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania

Access Conditions / Restrictions: Please use transcription and index, MG0847_F002 and MG0847_F003.; Original diary may be used by appointment--contact research@lancasterhistory.org at least two weeks prior to visit.

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Accession Number: 2021.011

Other Numbers: MG-847

Other Number: MG-847, Folder 1

Classification: MG0847

Description Level: Item

Custodial History: PDFs of the transcription and index are attached to the correlating records.

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Collection: John B. Eshleman Papers

Title: John B. Eshleman Papers, 1855-1887

Object ID: MG0917

Date Range: 1855-1887

). People: Albright, S. K. Burn, Samuel Conklin, Samuel Eshleman, Henry S. Eshleman, Jacob B. Eshleman, John B. Eshleman, Martin Meyers, E. K. Myers, John Smith, W. S. Weaver, Simon Subject Headings: Letters Search Terms: Civil War Correspondence Finding aids Letters Manuscript groups Related Materials

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Collection: John B. Eshleman Papers

Title: John B. Eshleman Papers, 1855-1887

Description: This collection contains letters and post cards written to John B. Eshleman of Cordelia, West Hempfield Twp., from 1855 to 1887, as well as one insert with biographical information.

Admin/Biographical History: John B. Eshleman was born 11 February 1839 in West Hempfield Township. He had a common school education and taught in West Hempfield and Columbia for 36 years. In 1880 he was elected to the Pennsylvania State Legislature. He served two terms as a Lancaster County Commissioner beginning in 1893. He was also a justice of the peace. He died 21 June 1906 and is buried at Ironville Methodist Church Cemetery in West Hempfield Twp.

Date Range: 1855-1887

Year Range From: 1855

Year Range To: 1887

Date of Accumulation: 1855-1887

Creator: LancasterHistory (Organization)

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives South

Storage Wall: Side 19

People: Albright, S. K.; Burn, Samuel; Conklin, Samuel; Eshleman, Henry S.; Eshleman, Jacob B.; Eshleman, John B.; Eshleman, Martin; Meyers, E. K.; Myers, John; Smith, W. S.; Weaver, Simon

Subjects: Letters

Search Terms: Civil War; Correspondence; Finding aids; Letters; Manuscript groups

Extent: 1 folder

Object Name: Archive

Language: English

Object ID: MG0917

Location of Originals: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania

Notes: Preferred Citation: Title or description of item, date (day, month, year), John B. Eshleman Papers, 1855-1887 (MG0917), 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: 2003.MG0917

Other Numbers: MG-917

Classification: MG0917

Description Level: Item

Custodial History: Transferred from Document Collection Box 33, Folder 7, Items 1-7, 14 April 2022.

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Collection: Frank E. Witmer's 1879 Diary

Title: Diary of Frank E. Witmer

Object ID: MG0847_F001

Date Range: 1879

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Collection: Frank E. Witmer's 1879 Diary

Title: Diary of Frank E. Witmer

Description: This diary provides a detailed record of the daily activities of all members of the family, such as farm work (planting, maintaining, and harvesting crops); building a hog pen; helping a neighbor move a carriage house; washing the buggies; canning; preparing for market; attendance at several Mennonite churches in the area; the processes involved in moving from one house and barn to a new house and barn on the property; frequent visits between relatives and neighbors; and a few mentions of school; and the leisure activities of the young men. Daily Journal for 1879, published annually for the trade, from I. B. Seeley's Truss & Bandage Establishments, 1347 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia and No. 737 Broadway, New York. The volume also contains a counting-house calendar, rates of postage, and interest tables.

Admin/Biographical History: In 1879, Franklin E. Witmer (1855-1931), at age 23, was the eldest son of Aaron L. Witmer, farmer of West Lampeter Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, and his wife Mary Ann (Herr) Witmer. The household also included his younger brothers Abraham (Abram), 21, and Jacob Elam (Elem), 19; two school-age girls Sarah Dunlap, 13, an apprentice servant, and Hettie Fritz, 8, a ward of Mr. and Mrs. Witmer; and for part of the year a teen-age boarder-farm hand , Thaddeus (Thad) Brackbill. In Frank's diary, each person's activity was recorded daily, almost as if he had set himself a deliberate project to do so.; Mr. Witmer's truck farm embraced fields of grain (wheat, oats and rye), several acres of tobacco, a varied fruit orchard, a large truck garden, and a greenhouse for vegetables and flowering plants, a small herd of dairy cattle, some hogs and chickens; enough variety to make year-round weekly visits to market in Lancaster. During the year the family moved into a new house, raised a new barn, stables, hog-pen and chicken-house, and rented the old house and barn to a tenant farmer, Jacob Dieter.; The Witmers were Mennonites, regularly attending church in Lampeter Twp. and Strasburg, and occasionally in New Providence and Lancaster. Sarah and Hettie and briefly Elam, attended the Lampeter School. Their chief source of entertainment seems to have been visiting among their extended Witmer and Herr families and neighbors, although Abram and Elam sometimes attended "singing school" and the Lampeter Lyceum and did some "driving about" of an evening. Only Abram seems to have had a special girlfriend.; Although all the men of the family did everything in the way of farm chores, each of the boys also had a specialty. Frank, the oldest, had his own corn and tobacco patches to tend and market, Abram tended to concentrate on the greenhouse and truck-garden, and Elam helped his father provide veterinary services to other farmers in the area.; Frank Witmer married Mary Ann Herr on November 30, 1881; he continued general farming in West Lampeter Township, died there on December 10, 1931, and was buried in the Mennonite cemetery in nearby Willow Street, Pennsylvania.; This history was prepared by Dr. David H. Wallace.

Date Range: 1879

Creation Date: 1879

Creator: Witmer, Franklin Elmer, 1855-1931

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives South

Storage Wall: Side 19

People: Witmer, Franklin Elmer; Witmer, Aaron L.; Witmer, Mary Ann Herr; Witmer, Abraham Herr; Witmer, Jacob Elam; Dunlap, Sarah; Fritz, Hettie; Brackbill, Thaddeus

Subjects: Truck farming; Diaries; Agriculture

Search Terms: Truck farming; Diaries; Farming; Agriculture; Finding aids; Manuscript groups

Extent: 1 item, 146 pages to scan (26 pages are loose), 13.75 x 4.25 inches

Object Name: Diary

Language: English

Object ID: MG0847_F001

Location of Originals: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania

Related Item Notes: Transcription: MG0847_F002; Index: MG0847_F003

Access Conditions / Restrictions: Please use transcription and index, MG0847_F002 and MG0847_F003.; Original diary may be used by appointment--contact research@lancasterhistory.org at least two weeks prior to visit.

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.

Credit: Courtesy of LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.

Accession Number: 2021.011

Other Numbers: MG-847, Folder 1

Other Number: MG-847, Folder 1

Classification: MG0847

Description Level: Item

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Collection: Brinton Family Collection

Title: Letter from Benjamin Bacon to Martha Whitson

Object ID: MG0038_F021_In04

Date Range: 1873/07/04

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Collection: Brinton Family Collection

Title: Letter from Benjamin Bacon to Martha Whitson

Description: Letter from Benjamin Bacon to Martha Whitson, which mentions the disbanding jubilee of the Pennsylvania Anti-Slavery Society.

Date Range: 1873/07/04

Creation Date: 4 July 1873

Creator: Bacon, Benjamin C.

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives South

Storage Wall: Side 01

Storage Container: Box 0001

People: Bacon, Benjamin C.; Whitson, Martha Hobson

Subjects: Abolitionists; Antislavery movements; Letters; Pennsylvania Anti-Slavery Society

Search Terms: Abolitionists; Antislavery movements; Correspondence; Finding aids; Letters; Manuscript groups; Pennsylvania Anti-Slavery Society

Extent: 1 item, 5 pages to scan

Object Name: Letter

Language: English

Object ID: MG0038_F021_In04

Location of Originals: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania

Related Item Notes: Brinton Family Collection (MG0038) https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/9b2691f8-9606-4fc2-ab26-506011958220

Notes: Preferred Citation: Letter from Benjamin Bacon to Martha Whitson, 4 July 1873, Brinton Family Collection (MG0038), MG0038_F021_In04, 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.

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Other Numbers: MG-38

Other Number: MG-38, Folder 21, Insert 4

Classification: MG0038

Description Level: Item

Custodial History: Cataloged prior to 1997. Box 1 was recataloged by JB, Fall semester 2006. Added to database 5 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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