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Collection
David B. Hackman Collection
Title
David B. Hackman Collection
Object ID
MG0072
Date Range
1850-1896
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Collection
David B. Hackman Collection
Title
David B. Hackman Collection
Description
Collection contains the original and typed copies of correspondence describing life in the gold fields of California in the 1850s, an account of crossing the desert on the way west, and a journal describing the sea voyage home. Also, two newspaper images relevant to the gold rush and Mr. Hackman's obituary. He sent many letters home to his family in which he related the details of his experience, hardships of finding gold, the high prices and lack of provisions, observations of life in mining towns, his health, and asked for news from home. He also wrote letters to his sweetheart, Harriet B. Miller asking her to write him back, and his uncle, regarding family financial information.
Admin/Biographical History
David Baer Hackman (1827-1896) was the second child of David Heistand Hackman and Susanna Frantz Baer. He was a third cousin, once removed, of Milton Hershey. David left Lancaster in the fall of 1849 with the hope of finding gold in California. In the spring of 1850, he went to Ohio and joined others headed west. They boarded a steamboat in Cincinnati that was bound for St. Louis and then travelled by wagon train to Sacramento City, where they arrived in September 1850. David found enough gold to buy food and supplies, and then had modest success in 1853. In 1854, he decided to return home, this time travelling by steamer and train from San Francisco to New York via Panama.
The adventure of travelling westward and his life in the gold fields of California are described in detail in David's journal and correspondence. He sent many letters home to his family in which he related the details of his experience, hardships, the prices and lack of provisions, observations of life in mining towns, and asked for news from home.
David also wrote to his sweetheart, Harriet B. Miller (1829-1870), the daughter of Adam and Rebecca Miller of Manheim. Although he did not receive any letters from her, they reunited upon his return to Lancaster in 1854 and married soon after. They had one son named Augustus, who became a minister. Harriet passed away in 1870. David later married Ella C. (1851-1907) and they had five children, Frank, Mabel, Harry, Walter, and Edith.
David's obituary shows that he was involved in the grocery, clothing, hat, and shoemaking businesses. In the 1860 Census he is listed as a hatter, and in 1880 as a saloon keeper. He was well-liked and respected in the community. David and Harriet are buried in Manheim Fairview Cemetery.
Date Range
1850-1896
Year Range From
1850
Year Range To
1896
Date of Accumulation
1850-1896
Creator
Hackman, David Baer, 1827-1896
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Storage Room
Archives South
Storage Wall
Side 02
People
Hackman, David Baer
Miller, Harriet B.
Hackman, Susanna Frantz Baer
Subjects
Letters
Diaries
Gold miners
Gold mines and mining
California
Manheim (Pa.)
Lancaster (Pa.)
Search Terms
California
Correspondence
Diaries
Finding aids
Gold miners
Gold mines and mining
Lancaster
Letters
Manheim
Manuscript groups
Extent
1 box, 4 folders, 52 items, 484 pages to scan, .25 cubic feet
Object Name
Archive
Language
English
Object ID
MG0072
Location of Originals
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania
Access Conditions / Restrictions
Original materials in Folder 1, Insert 1 and Folder 3 may not be used. Patrons may use the transcripts provided within this collection.
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-72
Classification
MG0072
Description Level
Fonds
Custodial History
Processed and finding aid prepared by DT, 1999; revised by JK, 2016. Added to database 30 October 2018.
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The history of my travels : through the states of Pennsylvania, Maryland, Virginia, Ohio, Kentucky, Indiana, Illinois, Missouri, Iowa, Michigan, New York, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut and New Jersey from April 7th to June 28th 1847

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Author
Zercher, Emanuel H.
Date of Publication
1847, 1997.
Call Number
917.73 Z58e
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Responsibility
by E. H. Zercher.
Author
Zercher, Emanuel H.
Place of Publication
{s.l
Publisher
s.n.] ,
Date of Publication
1847, 1997.
Physical Description
40 l. ; 29 cm.
Notes
Transcribed from the original by Leigh A. (Hashagen) Miller.
LCHS has copy of original and transcription.
LCHS has copy of diary of brother, Jacob, who took the same trip. (917.73 Z58.)
Subjects
Zercher, Emanuel H.
Rohrer, J. W.
Zercher family.
Voyages and travels.
Pennsylvania - Description and travel - 1783-1848.
Maryland - Description and travel - 1783-1848.
Virginia - Description and travel - 1783-1848.
Ohio - Description and travel - 1783-1848.
Kentucky - Description and travel - 1783-1848.
Indiana - Description and travel - 1783-1848.
Illinois - Description and travel - 1783-1848.
Missouri - Description and travel - 1783-1848.
Iowa - Description and travel - 1783-1848.
Michigan - Description and travel - 1783-1848.
New York - Description and travel - 1783-1848.
Massachusetts - Description and travel - 1783-1848.
Rhode Island - Description and travel - 1783-1848.
Connecticut - Description and travel - 1783-1848.
New Jersey - Description and travel - 1783-1848.
Additional Author
Miller, Leigh A. (Hashagen).
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
917.73 Z58e
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The diaries of Peter C. Hiller, Conestoga, Pennsylvania, 1875-1898 : a reflection of the life and times in Conestoga, Pennsylvania during the late 1800s

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Author
Hiller, Peter C.,
Date of Publication
1994.
Call Number
974.815 CONE H652
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Responsibility
[edited by] Pauline Benedict Eshelman.
Author
Hiller, Peter C.,
Place of Publication
Lancaster, PA
Publisher
P.B. Eshelman,
Date of Publication
1994.
Physical Description
xx, 420 p. : ill. ; 29 cm.
Notes
Includes indexes.
Library's copy inscribed by Pauline Benedict Eshelman.
Summary
Peter Clinger Hiller was born in Conestoga, PA, and lived there with his wife and four daughters. He was a teacher and farmer. He also sold and repaired organs, bought and sold tobacco, was a clerk in the Internal Revenue office selling cigar stamps along with other duties, wrote deeds for the county Recorder's office, and served as Justice of the Peace. He belonged to several civic organization and had many hobbies.
Subjects
Hiller, Peter C., - 1847-1898 - Diaries.
Hiller family.
Conestoga (Lancaster County, Pa. : Township) - History - Sources.
Conestoga (Lancaster County, Pa. : Township) - History - 19th century - Personal narratives.
Diaries.
Additional Author
Eshelman, Pauline Benedict.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
974.815 CONE H652
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Don't forget it the Civil War military correspondence of Private John W. Bookman, 45th regiment, Pennsylvania volunteer infantry

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Date of Publication
1997
Call Number
973.781 B724
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Publisher
Typescript
Date of Publication
1997
Physical Description
7, unp. 28 cm.
Subjects
Personal narratives
United States - History - Civil War, 1861-1865 - Personal narratives.
United States - History - Civil War, 1861-1865.
Diaries
Additional Author
Lenox, Ronald S.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
973.781 B724
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A Pennsylvanian in blue : the Civil War diary of Thomas Beck Walton

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Author
Walton, Thomas Beck,
Date of Publication
1995
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Responsibility
edited by Robert A. Taylor
ISBN
0942597826 (softcover : alk. paper)
Author
Walton, Thomas Beck,
Place of Publication
Shippensburg, PA
Publisher
Burd Street Press,
Date of Publication
1995
Physical Description
xiv, 65 p. : ill ; 23 cm
Series
Civil War heritage series ;
Notes
Includes bibliographical references
Subjects
Walton, Thomas Beck, - 1840-1913 - Diaries
United States. - Army. - Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment, 195th (1864-1865)
Soldiers - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County
United States - History - Civil War, 1861-1865 - Personal narratives
Pennsylvania - History - Civil War, 1861-1865 - Personal narratives
Lancaster County (Pa.) - Biography
Additional Author
Taylor, Robert A.,
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Marshall's diary in its relation to Lancaster city and county

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Author
Diffenderffer, Frank Ried,
Date of Publication
1899
having been held in Carpenter's Hall. He was also a member of the committee that met in the State House in April, 1775, to con- sider what measures should be adopt- ed in view of the "critical affairs of America." His "Remembrancer" furnishes �abundant evidence of his interest and energy in these various
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Responsibility
by F. R. Diffenderffer.
Author
Diffenderffer, Frank Ried,
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Lancaster County Historical Society,
Date of Publication
1899
Physical Description
[131]-161 p. ; 23 cm.
Series
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 3, no. 6
Subjects
Marshall, Christopher, - 1709-1797 - Diaries.
Lancaster County (Pa.) - History - 18th century - Personal narratives.
Lancaster (Pa.) - History - 18th century - Personal narratives.
Lancaster County (Pa.) - History - 17th century - Personal narratives.
Diaries.
Contained In
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 3, number 6 (1899), p. 131-161Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.3
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The history of northeastern Pennsylvania : the last 100 years : proceedings of the ninth annual Conference on the History of Northeastern Pennsylvania

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Date of Publication
1997.
Call Number
974.83 C748
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Meeting
Conference on the History of Northeastern Pennsylvania (9th : 1997 : Nanticoke, Pa.)
Place of Publication
[Nanticoke, Pa
Publisher
Luzerne County Community College,
Date of Publication
1997.
Physical Description
ii, 102 p. : ill. ; 28 cm.
Notes
Title from cover.
"Sponsored by the LCCC Social Science/History Department."
Includes bibliographical references.
Contents
Introduction -- Bootleg coal mining, 1925-1953 / William F. Gustafson -- Gold & gold from the Poconos : a history of the Stegmaier Brewing Company, Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania / Robert A. Janosov -- The Jews of Wyoming Valley : paradigm and paradox / Marjorie Levin -- After anthracite : the attempt to re-industrialize & diversify the economy after the decline of mining / Thomas Dublin.
Subjects
Stegmaier Brewing Company (Wilkes-Barre, Pa.)
Coal mines and mining - Pennsylvania
Breweries - Pennsylvania
Jews - Wyoming Valley (Pa.).
Pennsylvania - History.
Additional Corporate Author
Luzerne County Community College. Social Science History Dept.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
974.83 C748
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The history of northeastern Pennsylvania : the last 100 years : proceedings of the tenth annual Conference on the History of Northeastern Pennsylvania

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Date of Publication
1998?].
Call Number
974.83 C748
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Meeting
Conference on the History of Northeastern Pennsylvania (10th : 1998 : Nanticoke, Pa.)
Place of Publication
[Nanticoke, Pa
Publisher
Luzerne County Community College,
Date of Publication
1998?].
Physical Description
110 p. : ill. ; 28 cm.
Notes
Title from cover.
"Sponsored by the LCCC Social Science/History Department."
Click on Table of Contents for more information.
Includes bibliographical references.
Contents
Introduction -- Carrying anthracite from the Wyoming Valley to Tidewater -- The west side Carbondale mine fire -- African American laborers in Luzerne and Lackawanna counties -- Concrete City historical marker dedication ceremony -- Model company housing in an age of industrial efficiency : the tale of Concrete City.
Subjects
Coal mines and mining - Pennsylvania
African Americans - Pennsylvania.
Concrete City (Pa.) - History.
Wyoming Valley (Pa.) - History.
Lackawanna Valley (Pa.) - History.
Additional Corporate Author
Luzerne County Community College. Social Science History Dept.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
974.83 C748
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Thirty thousand miles with John Heckewelder, or, Travels amoung [i.e. among] the Indians of Pennsylvania, New York, & Ohio in the 18th century

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Author
Heckewelder, John Gottlieb Ernestus,
Date of Publication
1998.
Call Number
917.3 W193
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Alternate Title
Thirty thousand miles with John Heckewelder
Travels amoung the Indians of Pennsylvania, New York, & Ohio in the 18th century
Travels among the Indians of Pennsylvania, New York, & Ohio in the 18th century
Responsibility
edited by Paul A. W. Wallace.
ISBN
1889037133
Author
Heckewelder, John Gottlieb Ernestus,
Place of Publication
Lewisburg, Pa
Publisher
Wennawoods Publishing,
Date of Publication
1998.
Physical Description
xvii, 474 p., [9] leaves of plates : ill., maps ; 24 cm. + 1 folded map (38 cm. x 58 cm.)
Notes
Reprint. Originally published: Pittsburgh, Pa. : University of Pittsburgh Press, 1958.
This is number 532 of 1000 copies printed.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary
"John Heckewelder was one of the most active and observant American travellers in the eighteenth century. His extensive journeys through our eastern woods in the service of the Moravian Church and, at times, of the government of the United States, have been preserved for us in a number of superb travel journals. Hitherto these either have lain unseen in manuscript collections or, if published, have appeared disconnectedly, so that few readers have suspected how engrossing they are and how illuminative of our early history when read as a continuous narrative." [from the foreward]
Subjects
Heckewelder, John Gottlieb Ernestus, - 1743-1823 - Journeys.
Indians of North America.
Moravians
Pennsylvania - Description and travel - Personal narratives.
New York - Description and travel - Early works to 1800.
Ohio - Description and travel - Early works to 1800.
Additional Author
Wallace, Paul A. W.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
917.3 W193
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The 1869 diary of Samuel R. Hess of Clay Township, Lancaster County : Mennonite, farmer & nurseryman

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Author
Hess, Samuel R.,
Date of Publication
c1997
Call Number
905.748 JHSCV v. 22
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Responsibility
introduction, transcribed & indexed by Clarence Edwin Spohn.
Author
Hess, Samuel R.,
Place of Publication
Ephrata, Pa
Publisher
Historical Society of the Cocalico Valley,
Date of Publication
c1997
Physical Description
viii, 48 p. : ill. ; 28 cm.
Series
Journal of the Historical Society of the Cocalico Valley ;
Notes
Includes index.
Summary
This issue contains the transcription of the 1869 diary of Clay Township resident Samuel R. Hess, and provides a day-to-day look at the life of a typical Mennonite farmer and businessman. The diary has been indexed by name and provides a list of local residents with whom Hess had contact with.
Subjects
Hess, Samuel R., - 1830-1906 - Diaries.
Mennonites - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
Farmers - Pennsylvania
Lancaster County (Pa.) - History - 19th century - Personal narratives.
Additional Author
Spohn, Clarence E.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
905.748 JHSCV v. 22
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