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The early telegraph

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Author: Wilson, William Bender,

Date of Publication: 1897

part is now presented for the first time and the whole of it put in form to be of interest, if not of value. The recent destruction of the Columbia bridge prompted my writing a sketch of it, so that there might be a record made of its continuous history, and I will open this paper with that sketch

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Responsibility: by W. B. Wilson, Esq.

Author: Wilson, William Bender,

Place of Publication: Lancaster, Pa

Publisher: Lancaster County Historical Society,

Date of Publication: 1897

Physical Description: [226]-250 p. ; 23 cm.

Series: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 1, no. 6

Summary: The article discusses several bridges that crossed the Susquehanna River from Columbia, PA and their destruction by weather and war. Then the article moves to the initiation of the telegraph between Lancaster and Harrisburg when the invention was still in its infancy.

Subjects: Columbia Bridge Company.; Telegraph - Pennsylvania - Lancaster.; Telegraph - Pennsylvania; Columbia Bridge (Columbia, Pa.); Columbia (Pa.) - History.

Contained In: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 1, number 6 (1897), p. 226-250Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.1

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Envelope

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Collection: General Thomas Welsh Family Papers

Title: Envelope addressed to Mrs. Annie E. Welsh

Object ID: MG0828_SeriesE_F04

Date Range: 1890/12/20

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Collection: General Thomas Welsh Family Papers

Title: Envelope addressed to Mrs. Annie E. Welsh

Description: Handwritten envelope, no return address. Addressed to Mrs. Annie E. Welsh, Columbia, Lancaster County, Penn. Pencil notation, upper left corner: "My mother's letter to my father after the Columbia Bridge was burned." Postmarked December 20, 1890, New Orleans, LA. 2-cent oval stamp, upper right corner. See MG0828 SeriesD-63 F25 for letter referenced in notation.

Admin/Biographical History: Thomas Welsh (1824-1863) was a Lancaster County native (born and raised in Columbia), who rose from hardscrabble origins to local fame, first as a Mexican War hero, and then as a brigadier general during the Civil War. He was well known and well respected as a no nonsense officer, for his leadership and gallantry in battle, for his dedication to the service of his country, and for his concern for the welfare of his men. See MG0828 for more biographical information.

Date Range: 1890/12/20

Creation Date: 1890/12/20

Creator: Welsh, Annie Eunice Young, 1831-1894

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives South

Storage Wall: Side 19

Storage Container: Box 0001

People: Welsh, Annie Eunice Young; Welsh, Thomas

Subjects: Columbia-Wrightsville Bridge (Pa.); Envelopes; United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865; Columbia (Pa.)

Search Terms: Columbia - Wrightsville Bridge; Envelopes; Civil War; Columbia

Extent: 1 item, 1 page to scan

Object Name: Envelope

Language: English

Condition: Poor

Condition Date: 2020-12-29

Condition Notes: Letter is pasted into the Thomas Welsh Scrapbook, MG0828_SeriesF_Scrapbk2

Parent Object ID: MG0828_SeriesE

Object ID: MG0828_SeriesE_F04

Location of Originals: Letter is pasted into the Thomas Welsh Scrapbook, MG0828_SeriesF_Scrapbk2

Notes: Added to PP 12/29/2020 by HST; Provenance: Passed down through the family, Blanton Charles Welsh to Emilie Benson (Welsh) Wiggin to Nancy Jane (Wiggin) Townsend. Acquired from: Chuck Townsend, Knoxville, Tennessee, 2016/05/15.

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Credit: Courtesy of LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.

Other Numbers: TW-E-66-01

Classification: MG0828

Description Level: Item

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Archive

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Collection: Advertising and Promotional Collection

Title: Advertising and Promotional Collection

Object ID: MG0153

Date Range: 1862-1987

Boston Insurance Co. Brochures Brownstown, West Earl Twp. Businesses Christmas carols Clarion Steam Printing House Clipper Magazine Colonial Theatre Columbia Columbia Flour Mills Columbia Herald Job Printing Office �230 North President Avenue • Lancaster, Pennsylvania 17603-3125 717.392.4633

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Collection: Advertising and Promotional Collection

Title: Advertising and Promotional Collection

Description: The Advertising and Promotional Collection contains materials for a wide variety of businesses and organizations in Lancaster County, including manufacturers, department and clothing stores, entertainment venues, grocery stores, restaurants, service providers, and social clubs. Of special interest is the use of both English and German in a brochure from the Great Atlantic and Pacific Tea Co., as well as in the soap-making directions from the Pennsylvania Salt Co. There are also a 1921 program from Lancaster's Colonial Theatre and boxing programs that list Lancaster native, Leo Houck.

Date Range: 1862-1987

Year Range From: 1862

Year Range To: 1987

Date of Accumulation: 1862-1987

Creator: LancasterHistory (Organization)

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives South

Storage Wall: Side 04

People: Bogle, George; Bortzfield, Jere; Butler, Smedley D.; Correll, Clint; Eberly, Jay M.; Evans, Melvern R,; Frueauff, W. Herman T.; Hawbaker, Gary; Houck, Leo; Huss, Arlene Rider; Jackson, J. T.; Jenner, Edward; Kelly, P. B.; Kepler, Aaron Conrad; Lynch, Charles O.; Manning, Peggy Sheets; Martin, John W.; Miller, Charles F.; Musser, Andrew J.; Miller, J. R.; Rohrer, Willis; Ross, Betsy; Schuneman, Ray; Skiles, John D.; Slaymaker, R. M.; Smith, Lynn A.; Smith, Marjorie A.; Stauffer, Sarah Ann; Stumpf, Ed; Suydam, Henry; Tobias, Richard J.; Yecker, Paul C.; Rowe, Ceylon; Landes, Lizzie; Stehman, Henry L.

Subjects: Advertising; Ephemera; Advertising fliers; Fliers (Ephemera)

Search Terms: A&P; A. F. Huber Food Store; Advertisements; Advertising; Advertising fliers; Announcements; Annville, Lebanon County, Pennsylvania; Aunt Betty's Playhouse; Big Boy Restaurants; Boston Insurance Company; Brochures; Brownstown, West Earl Twp.; Business; Christmas carols; Clarion Steam Printing House; Clipper Magazine; Colonial Theatre; Columbia; Columbia Flour Mills; Columbia Herald Job Printing Office; Columbian Printing Company; Cope Brothers; Dr. Raub's Egg White Soap; Drawings; E. H. Gochnauer and Sons; East Tarentum, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania; Ed Stumpf's Service Stations; Engle and Hambright; Ephemera; Express Steam Printers; Finding aids; Finks Baked Products; Flyers; Gardner and Craver; Gates Dental Company, Inc.; Glitsch' Imperial Russian Mustard; Grandview Heights; Great Atlantic and Pacific Tea Company; Harrison Brothers and Company; Heinitsh Furniture Company; Hershey and Groff; Historical Society of Frederick County, Inc. (Maryland); Invitations; John D. Skiles, Dry Goods and Clothing; John Herr's Mill; Kelly Cadillac; Kunkel and Brother; L. B. Herr & Son; Lakeland Stabling Company; Lancaster; Lancaster Advertiser's Club; Lancaster Bar Association; Lancaster Chemical Company; Lancaster Country Store; Lancaster County Heritage Magazine; Lancaster Dispensing Company; Lancaster Outdoor Advertising Company; Lime Spring Farm; Lorillard Tobacco Company; Lynch Drop Center Fifth Wheel and Gear Connections; Manuscript groups; Metropolitan Life Insurance Company; Mill Bridge Village & Camp Resort; Mills; Moderne Manor; Musselman and Slaymaker; New Holland, Earl Twp.; Pacquin's Dentist's and Physician's hand cream; Peach Bottom Slate Mining Company; Pennsylvania Salt Company; Pequea Lime; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Place Marie; Restaurants; Restore 'N More; Rohrerstown, East Hempfield Twp.; Russo Answer-Phone Service; Sayres, Scheid & Sweeton; Steinman Hardware; Stockyard Inn; Stores; Sunday News; Trivers Clothes; Trout and Shank; F. W. Woolworth Co.; H. L. Stehman and Co.; Heitshu's Drug Store

Extent: 1 box, 13 folders, .2 cubic ft.

Object Name: Archive

Language: English

Object ID: MG0153

Location of Originals: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania

Related Item Notes: Business and Industry Collection (MG0107); Invoice and Receipt Collection (MG0253); Billheads from the Commissioners' Orders for Payment Collection (MG0182); Business Letterhead Collection (MG0254)

Notes: Preferred Citation: Advertising and Promotional Collection (MG0153), 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-153

Other Number: MG-153

Classification: MG0153

Description Level: Fonds

Custodial History: This collection was originally cataloged in 1998 and the finding aid is updated as items are added. Added to database 25 August 2021.

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Chart

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Collection: Transportation Collection

Title: Conestoga Traction Company chart

Object ID: MG0123_Framed02

Date Range: ca. 1899

Collection: Transportation Collection

Title: Conestoga Traction Company chart

Description: Conestoga Traction Company chart. A white-line printed chart showing the street railway companies that merged to become the Pennsylvania Traction Company in 1893 and then the Conestoga Traction Company in 1899. Framed.

Date Range: ca. 1899

Creation Date: ca. 1913

Creator: Conestoga Traction Company

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives North

Storage Wall: Side 11

Storage Cabinet: Section 03

Storage Shelf: Top Shelf

Subjects: Street-railroads

Search Terms: Brandywine Street Railway Company; Charts; Christiana and Coatesville Street Railway Company; Coatesville and Western Street Railway Company; Coatesville Rapid Transit Company; Coatesville Traction Company; Columbia and Donegal Railway Company; Columbia and Ironville Street Passenger Railway Company; Conestoga Traction Company; East End Passenger Railway Company; Elizabethtown and Florin Street Railway Company; Ephrata and Adamstown Railway Company; Lancaster and Columbia Railway Company; Lancaster and Eastern Street Railway Company; Lancaster and Lititz Electric Railway Company; Lancaster and Millersville Railroad Company; Lancaster and New Holland Railway Company; Lancaster and Quarryville Street Railway Company; Lancaster and Rocky Springs Railway Company; Lancaster and Terre Hill Street Railway Company; Lancaster City Street Railway Company; Lancaster Traction Company; Lancaster, Mechanicsburg and New Holland Railway Company; Lancaster, Petersburg and Manheim Railway Company; Lancaster, Willow Street, Lampeter and Strasburg Railway Company; New Holland, Blue Ball and Terre Hill Street Railway Company; Parkesburg and Coatesville Street Railway Company; Pennsylvania Traction Company; Rohrerstown, Landisville and Mount Joy Street Railway Company; Street railroads; Trolleys; West Chester Street Railway Company; West End Street Railway Company

Extent: 1 item, 1 page to scan

Object Name: Chart

Language: English

Condition: Poor

Condition Date: 2024-01-29

Condition Notes: Faded and brittle. Tears along the right side and top, left of center.

Object ID: MG0123_Framed02

Location of Originals: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania

Related Item Notes: Letters patent for the consolidation of Conestoga Traction Company (MG0123_F028); Transportation Collection (MG0123) https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/ebadea02-7f2c-4998-b1d2-392759509150

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

Access Conditions / Restrictions: Original document may be used by appointment--please contact Research@LancasterHistory.org prior to visit.

Copyright: This itemmay 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: 2023.055

Other Numbers: MG-123

Other Number: MG-123, Framed 2

Classification: MG0123

Description Level: Item

Record, Marriage

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Collection: Marriage Applications and Consent Forms

Title: Marriage Applications and Consent Forms

Object ID: 1897 F393 MA

Date Range: 1897

Collection: Marriage Applications and Consent Forms

Title: Marriage Applications and Consent Forms

Date Range: 1897

Year: 1897

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives North

Storage Container: Box 0005

People: Corrigan, John H.; Corrigan, Lillie; Wilson, Frank C.; Wilson, Joseph S.

Subcategory: Documentary Artifact

Search Terms: Columbia; Marriage applications and consent forms; Wrightsville, York County, Pennsylvania

Place: Wrightsville, York County, Pennsylvania

Object Name: Record, Marriage

Language: English

Condition: Good

Object ID: 1897 F393 MA

Box Number: 005

Additional Notes: Groom: Wilson, Frank C.; Bride: Corrigan, Lillie. Columbia.; Parents of groom: Wilson, Joseph S.; Parents of bride: Corrigan, John H.; 3 items, 3 pieces

Access Conditions / Restrictions: Request at Reference Desk; photocopy made by staff member.

Application Number: 13441.000

Classification: RG 04-00 0401

Description Level: Item

Record, Judicial

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Collection: Quarter Sessions

Title: Quarter Sessions

Object ID: AUG 1893 F298 QS

Date Range: 1893/08

Collection: Quarter Sessions

Title: Quarter Sessions

System of Arrangement: Organized by Court of Quarter Sessions term.; Arranged by case number within each term.

Date Range: 1893/08

Year: 1893

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Subcategory: Documentary Artifact

Search Terms: Columbia and Washington Turnpike Company

Object Name: Record, Judicial

Language: English

Condition: Fair

Object ID: AUG 1893 F298 QS

Additional Notes: Cases 314 and 315.; Nuisance.; Constable's Return.; 1 item, 1 piece

Access Conditions / Restrictions: Request at Reference Desk; photocopy made by staff member.

Case Number: 313.000

Classification: RG 02-00 0908

Description Level: Item

Record, Marriage

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Collection: Marriage Applications and Consent Forms

Title: Marriage Applications and Consent Forms

Object ID: 1898 F253 MA

Date Range: 1898

Collection: Marriage Applications and Consent Forms

Title: Marriage Applications and Consent Forms

Date Range: 1898

Year: 1898

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives North

Storage Container: Box 0007

People: Floyd, Clarence A.; Ruby, Maud K.; Ruby, Harry K.

Subcategory: Documentary Artifact

Search Terms: Columbia; Delta, York County, Pennsylvania; Marriage applications and consent forms

Place: Delta, York County, Pennsylvania

Object Name: Record, Marriage

Language: English

Condition: Good

Object ID: 1898 F253 MA

Box Number: 007

Additional Notes: Groom: Floyd, Clarence A.; Bride: Ruby, Maud K. Columbia.; Parents of bride: Ruby, Harry K.; 2 items, 2 pieces

Access Conditions / Restrictions: Request at Reference Desk; photocopy made by staff member.

Application Number: 14725.000

Classification: RG 04-00 0401

Description Level: Item

Record, Marriage

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Collection: Marriage Applications and Consent Forms

Title: Marriage Applications and Consent Forms

Object ID: 1894 F002 MA

Date Range: 1894

Collection: Marriage Applications and Consent Forms

Title: Marriage Applications and Consent Forms

Description: Marriage applications completed by the bride and groom contain the names, ages, places of birth, current residences, occupation of groom, if either party had been married before and the results of that union, signatures of applicants, if African-American, and degree of kinship, if any. Parental consent forms, filed with marriage applications, were completed by parent or guardian of under-age applicants and contain the name of parent or guardian, place of current residence, residence of child or ward, and signature of parent or guardian. Arranged chronologically by year and then by license number within that year. Box 2 has additional files for 1895 that were not able to be included in Box 1. Files may contain both an application and consent form or forms, an application, or a consent form or forms.

System of Arrangement: Arranged chronologically and then by application number.

Date Range: 1894

Year: 1894

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives North

Storage Container: Box 0001

People: Myers, George T.; Yellets, Mary S.

Subcategory: Documentary Artifact

Search Terms: Marriage applications and consent forms; Columbia

Place: Columbia

Object Name: Record, Marriage

Language: English

Condition: Good

Object ID: 1894 F002 MA

Box Number: 001

Additional Notes: Groom: Myers, George T.; Bride: Yellets, Mary S. Columbia.; 1 item, 1 piece

Access Conditions / Restrictions: Request at Reference Desk; photocopy made by staff member.

Application Number: 9883.000

Classification: RG 04-00 0401

Description Level: Item

Record, Marriage

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Collection: Marriage Applications and Consent Forms

Title: Marriage Applications and Consent Forms

Object ID: 1894 F008 MA

Date Range: 1894

Collection: Marriage Applications and Consent Forms

Title: Marriage Applications and Consent Forms

Description: Marriage applications completed by the bride and groom contain the names, ages, places of birth, current residences, occupation of groom, if either party had been married before and the results of that union, signatures of applicants, if African-American, and degree of kinship, if any. Parental consent forms, filed with marriage applications, were completed by parent or guardian of under-age applicants and contain the name of parent or guardian, place of current residence, residence of child or ward, and signature of parent or guardian. Arranged chronologically by year and then by license number within that year. Box 2 has additional files for 1895 that were not able to be included in Box 1. Files may contain both an application and consent form or forms, an application, or a consent form or forms.

System of Arrangement: Arranged chronologically and then by application number.

Date Range: 1894

Year: 1894

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives North

Storage Container: Box 0001

People: Witzel, Harry; Beinhauer, Katie; Beinhauer, Henry

Subcategory: Documentary Artifact

Search Terms: Marriage applications and consent forms; Columbia

Place: Columbia

Object Name: Record, Marriage

Language: English

Condition: Good

Object ID: 1894 F008 MA

Box Number: 001

Additional Notes: Groom: Witzel, Harry.; Bride: Beinhauer, Katie. Columbia.; Parents of bride: Beinhauer, Henry.; 2 items, 2 pieces

Access Conditions / Restrictions: Request at Reference Desk; photocopy made by staff member.

Application Number: 9913.000

Classification: RG 04-00 0401

Description Level: Item

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The early telegraph

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Record, Marriage

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