Appraisements of real estate for inheritance tax. Some personal property appraisals are also included. Appraisals include: name of decedent; location and description of real estate; description of personal property; valuation of real estate and personal property; and assessed tax. May also include names of heirs. Arranged chronologically by year, then alphabetically by first letter of decedent's last name. Handwritten; from 1886, handwritten on printed forms.
System of Arrangement
Arranged chronologically by year, then alphabetically by first letter of decedent's last name.
Page 30: Gen. Morgan's Home, near Morgantown, June 28, 1902; "Windsor Forge tentant house, built 1735, June 29, 1902, only one left in rows, where Robert Coleman's parents started"; Gen. Morgan Farm near Morgantown, June 28, 1902; Mrs. King, age 88, near Morgantown; Blanche Nevin playing guitar on a boat, "Taken on Honululu Boat - Miss Blanche Nevin"; "Mrs. King, daughter, and Blanche Nevin, King home, June 29, 1902, near Morgantown."
Provenance
First of two Diffenderfer family albums. Compiled by Frank Reid Diffenderfer, a former member of LCHS and an editor of a Lancaster city newspaper. Album documents his family as well as that of his neighbors on North Duke Street, Lancaster, between 1901 and 1903. Neighbors include Charles Fondersmith, Robert Slaymaker, and his daughter, Ida, who married Frank Fondersmith.
Page 41: Wernersville Hotel, September 7, 1902; Group of people, "After dinner, September 7, 1902"; Grand View Hotel and Cottage, Wernersville, September 7, 1902; From entrance to Grand View, Wernersville, September 7, 1902; Chapel from Hotel porch, Wernersville, September 7, 1901; View of chapel.
Provenance
First of two Diffenderfer family albums. Compiled by Frank Reid Diffenderfer, a former member of LCHS and an editor of a Lancaster city newspaper. Album documents his family as well as that of his neighbors on North Duke Street, Lancaster, between 1901 and 1903. Neighbors include Charles Fondersmith, Robert Slaymaker, and his daughter, Ida, who married Frank Fondersmith.
Page 49: Group of people seated on porch; View of huge, old tree with bench around it; Grand View Hotel, Wernersville; Looking up toward Grand View Hotel, Wernersville.
Provenance
First of two Diffenderfer family albums. Compiled by Frank Reid Diffenderfer, a former member of LCHS and an editor of a Lancaster city newspaper. Album documents his family as well as that of his neighbors on North Duke Street, Lancaster, between 1901 and 1903. Neighbors include Charles Fondersmith, Robert Slaymaker, and his daughter, Ida, who married Frank Fondersmith.
