Furniture treasury : (mostly of American origin). All periods of American furniture with some foreign examples in America, also American hardware and household utensils. 5000 illustrations with descriptions on the same page
1795-1895. One hundred years of American commerce ... a history of American commerce by one hundred Americans, with a chronological table of the important events of American commerce and invention within the past one hundred yeras
ed. by Chauncey M. Depew ... Issued in commemoration of the completion of the first century of American commercial progress as inaugurated by the treaty ... negotiated by Chief Justice Jay and approved by President Washington in 1795.
Describes and illustrates the work of craftsmen and artisans in Colonial America. Shows types of work done in town shops and manufacturies, as well as, in homes, village shops, and country forges.
The Civil War Collection consists of material acquired over many years from different sources. Coverage is of Lancaster County soldiers and of daily life in the county during the Civil War. The collection contains records of various military units, family correspondence, "Home Front" papers, Civil War era diaries, the Captain John R. Bricker/Dept. of Commissary papers, celebration and reunion materials, images, newspaper clippings, and general orders.
System of Arrangement
The collection is organized by category into ten series.
The oversized documents of Series A, C, F, and H are oversized and filed flat in Box 4.
Series A Military Units: Series A contains documents of military units, including muster rolls, enlistment papers, discharge certificates, assignment and promotion records, and papers of individual soldiers and officers.
Pennsylvania Volunteers
Pennsylvania Militia
Certificate of State Regiments
U.S. Regiments
Series B Civil War Families
Benjamin Reed Family
Soldier's Letters
Series C The Lancaster Home Front
The Bounty Funds
Pension Claims
Articles
Letters
Series D Lancaster Notables
Series E Civil War Era Diaries
Series F The Captain John R. Bricker/Dept. of PA Commissary Papers
Preferred Citation: Title or description of item, date (day, month, year), Civil War Collection (MG0018), Series #, Folder #, (or Object ID), LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania. URL if applicable. Date accessed (day, month, year).
Access Conditions / Restrictions
Restrictions are noted at the item level.
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-18
Classification
MG0018
Description Level
Fonds
Custodial History
Much of the collection was cataloged prior to 1997. Added to database 23 March 2022.
These volumes are in the "library work room". They are not on the open shelves. However, there is an index on the open shelves. Its call number is 905.748 CHS Index. Patrons should consult the index first. If there is a volume that they want to see, the library attendant should pull the volume from the shelves in the "library work room".
Publications of the Foundation for Research in Legal History, Columbia University School of Law
Notes
Bibliography: p. [314]-318.
Contents
Chapters: The Problem // Precedent Forms Of Association // Colonial Business Organization // Pre-Revolutionary Land Companies // Post Revolutionary Land Companies // Corporations vs Associations : The Business Community's Attitudes // Corporations vs Associations : Legislative Vagaries // Corporations vs Associations : Judicial Inertia
Lynn Iron Works -- Free Society of traders -- Frankfort Company -- Connecticut Copper Mines -- Principio Company -- Equivalent Land Company -- Land and Silver Banks in Massachusetts -- Status of the Corporation -- French and Continental Law -- 1748 Ohio Company -- Susquehannah Company -- Transylvania Project -- Companyof Military Adventurers Mississippi Company -- Illinois-Wabash Companies -- Ilinois Company -- Indiana Company -- Grand Ohio Company, or Vandalia -- Dismal Swamp Adventurers -- Lesser Land Project -- Ohio Company -- Yazoo Companies -- North American Land Company -- Asylum Company -- Eastern Land Associates -- Connecticut Land Company -- Fire Lands -- Gore Land Company -- Western New York Companies -- "Castorland".
Summary
"A treatise on the rise of the modern business corporation from early American land companies and the subsequent enactment of general incorporation laws in the United States." [from Amazon]
