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Seventeenth century survivors : pre-1700 buildings in the five county Philadelphia area

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Author: Feaver, Jane.

Date of Publication: 1982.

Call Number: 720 F288

Responsibility: by Jane Feaver ; introduction by Edwin Wolf 2nd.

Author: Feaver, Jane.

Place of Publication: Philadelphia, Pa

Publisher: Colonial Society of Philadelphia [i.e. Pennsylvania],

Date of Publication: 1982.

Physical Description: 51 p. : ill., maps ; 22 x 28 cm.

Notes: Includes bibliographies.

Subjects: Architecture - Pennsylvania - Philadelphia Region.; Architecture, Colonial - Pennsylvania - Philadelphia Region.; Historic buildings - Pennsylvania - Philadelphia Region.; Montgomery County (Pa.) - History.; Chester County (Pa.) - History.; Bucks County (Pa.) - History.; Philadelphia County (Pa.) - History.; Delaware County (Pa.) - History.

Additional Corporate Author: Colonial Society of Pennsylvania.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 720 F288

Germantown and the Germans : an exhibition of books, manuscripts, prints, and photographs from the collections of the Library Company of Philadelphia and the Historical Society of Pennsylvania, October 1983 to January 1984

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Corporate Author: Library Company of Philadelphia.

Date of Publication: 1983.

Call Number: 745 G373

Corporate Author: Library Company of Philadelphia.

Place of Publication: Philadelphia

Publisher: [The Library : The Society],

Date of Publication: 1983.

Physical Description: 120 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

Subjects: Library Company of Philadelphia - Exhibitions.; Historical Society of Pennsylvania - Exhibitions.; German Americans - Pennsylvania - Philadelphia; Printing; Germantown (Philadelphia, Pa.) - History - Sources - Exhibitions.; Philadelphia (Pa.) - History - Sources - Exhibitions.

Additional Corporate Author: Historical Society of Pennsylvania.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 745 G373

Archive

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Collection: Adam Reigart Jr., John S. Murphy Collection

Title: Adam Reigart Jr., John S. Murphy Collection

Object ID: MG0331

Date Range: 1762-2003

Tavern which served as general headquarters during the Revolutionary War. Adam Jr. founded the Reigart Wine Store in 1785 and was in business with Philip Wager in Philadelphia and Philip’s son Peter throughout his career. He was the first president of the Lancaster branch of the Bank of Pennsylvania, and

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Collection: Adam Reigart Jr., John S. Murphy Collection

Title: Adam Reigart Jr., John S. Murphy Collection

Description: The Adam Reigart Jr., John S. Murphy Collection contains correspondence between Adam Reigart, Jr. in Lancaster and Philip Wager in Philadelphia and their families. The letters are primarily from the early nineteenth century and provide information about family illness, travel, visits, business, and family chatter. The receipts and invoices show purchases made in Lancaster and Philadelphia, especially clothing, fabric, dry goods, and meat. The remainder of the collection is made up of newspaper articles, books, and an album of poetry and drawings. The items were housed in a gig trunk which is now in the museum collection.

Admin/Biographical History: Adam Reigart, Jr. (1765-1844) was born in Lancaster. He was the eldest son of Col. Adam Reigart, owner of the Grape Tavern which served as general headquarters during the Revolutionary War. Adam Jr. founded the Reigart Wine Store in 1785 and was in business with Philip Wager in Philadelphia and Philip's son Peter throughout his career. He was the first president of the Lancaster branch of the Bank of Pennsylvania, and was involved with the Conestoga Navigation Company and the Union Fire Company.; Adam Jr. married Mary Magdalena Wager (1772-1806) in 1791. Mary was the daughter of Philip Wager, a Philadelphia wine merchant. They had eight daughters and a son. Susan married Stephen C. Slaymaker and Margaretta married Henry Y. Slaymaker.

Date Range: 1762-2003

Year Range From: 1762

Year Range To: 2003

Date of Accumulation: 1762-2003

Creator: Murphy, John Slaughter, 1921-2011

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives South

Storage Wall: Side 08

People: Arnold, Benedict; Baker, W.; Bare, Jacob; Blight, Peter; Boughter, Charles; Breidenhart, George; Brien, Edward; Brown, Luke; Butter, Charles; Cassidy, Edward; Clarke, John; Clendenin, Samuel; Coleman, Edward; Coleman, William; Edwards, Susanna; Ehler, John; Fisher, Sammy; Fox, Sam M.; Frey, John; Gaskill, Edmund; Gay, Edward F.; Getz, John; Givens, John; Graeff, George; Greland, D.; Hahn, B. Christian; Harrison, George; Haverstick, William; Hopkins, A. R.; Hopkins, Ann; Houston, James; Hubley, Frederick; Hubley, Joseph; Hultzheimer, N.; Hyde, Charles; Irving, Robert; Jack, Joshua; Kauffman, Jacob; King, George; Kirkpatrick, William; Kline, Jacob; Lane, John; Leiper, George G.; Lowry, Robert; Lowry, Robert K.; Mayer, George Louis; Metzger, Emanuel; Metzger, George; Metzger, Jacob; Miller, Barbara; Miller, Henry; Miller, Martin; Miller, Philip; Montgomery, William; Morris, John; Mosher, Joseph; Murphy, John Slaughter; Myer, John; Myers, John; Newlin, Nathaniel; Nice, Levi; Nimrod, Maxwell; Ogilby, Joseph; Otto, Jacob S.; Otto, John C.; Pennington, Edward; Peters, Abraham; Phinney, Zina; Price, Joseph; Price, Richard; Reigart, Adam; Reigart, Adam, Jr.; Reigart, Ann; Reigart, Emanuel; Reigart, Henrietta; Reigart, Maria Wager; Reigart, Mary; Reigart, Mary C.; Reigart, Philip Wager; Reigart, Susan; Rimfast, John; Sample, Joseph; Schaubel, Johannis; Sener, Samuel Miller; Sewell, Charles S.; Shaeffer, Jacob; Shenk, Abraham; Shenk, Christian; Shippen, Peggy; Singer, A.; Slaymaker, Henry Edwin; Slaymaker, Mary Steele; Slaymaker, Stephen Cochran; Smith, Ann; Smith, Anthony; Smith, Ralph; Stein, Philip; Steinman, George; Stewart, William; Sullivan, Susannah; Wager, George; Wager, Hannah; Wager, James; Wager, Mary; Wager, Peter; Wager, Philip H.; Wager, Sally; Wager, Sophia; Wager, William; Walsh, Christopher; Wentz, Thomas; Wertz, Christian; Wharton, Charles; Whitaker, George; Whitaker, John; Wimer, Michael; Winroth, Margaret; Witmer, David; Woodmund, William; Yeiser, Philip

Other Creators: Reigart family

Subjects: Clippings (Books, newspapers, etc.); Invoices; Letters; Obituaries; Receipts (Acknowledgments)

Search Terms: Adam Reigart and Son; Albums; Bethlehem, Pennsylvania; Boston, Massachusetts; Brenner and Reed; Cambridge, Massachusetts; Cape May, New Jersey; Charles C. and J. Watson; Christ Church Burial Ground; Cincinnati, Ohio; Clippings (Books, newspapers, etc.); Correspondence; Delaware; Dixon Walker and Company; Earp and Brothers; Finding aids; Grape Hotel; Greene County, New York; H. Behlen and Company; Illnesses; Invoices; J. Walker and Company; John Warden and Sons; Kentucky; Lancaster; Lancaster County Almshouse; Lancaster Bar Association; Lancaster Intelligencer; Lancaster Journal; Lancaster New Era; Lancaster Sunday News; Lane Slaymaker and Company; Letters; London, England; Lower Windsor Twp., York County, Pennsylvania; Lowry and Myers; Luzerne County, Pennsylvania; Manuscript groups; Margaretta Furnace; Marietta Bank; Morning News; Mount Auburn Cemetery; New York, New York; Newspaper clippings; Obituaries; Ohio; Pennsylvania German Society; Pensacola, Florida; Peter Wager and Company; Philadelphia Inquirer; Pratt and Kintzing; Race Street; Receipts; Reeve's Tavern; South Carolina; Southwark, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Spain; St. James Episcopal Church; Union Fire Company; Vintners; Wager and Company; Washington Fire Company; West Point Military Academy; William Noyes and Company; Wine merchants; York Springs Boarding House; York Springs, York County, Pennsylvania; York, York County, Pennsylvania

Extent: 2 boxes, 35 folders, 1.5 cubic ft.

Object Name: Archive

Language: English

Object ID: MG0331

Location of Originals: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania

Related Item Notes: Gig trunk (2003.078); Adam Reigart Collection (MG0122)

Notes: Preferred Citation: Title or description of item, date (day, month, year), Adam Reigart Jr., John S. Murphy Collection (MG0331), Folder #, LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.

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.

Accession Number: 2003.078

Other Numbers: MG-331

Classification: MG0331

Description Level: Fonds

Custodial History: Processed and finding aid created by KR. Added to database 8 March 2022.

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List of Baptisms : St. Joseph's Church, Philadelphia, from January 1, 1776 to October 21, 1781

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo2223

Date of Publication: September 1982

Call Number: 974.811 S143

Responsibility: indexed by Barbara Brady O'Keefe.

Place of Publication: Typescript

Date of Publication: September 1982

Physical Description: 72 pgs. : 29 cm.

Notes: Reprinted from the American Catholic Historical Society Record

Subjects: St. Joseph's Church (Philadelphia, Pa.); Registers of births, etc. - Pennsylvania - Philadelphia; Church records and registers - Pennsylvania - Philadelphia

Additional Author: O'Keefe, Barbara Brady

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 974.811 S143

Passenger arrivals at the Port of Philadelphia, 1800-1819 : the Philadelphia baggage lists

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Author: Tepper, Michael.

Date of Publication: 1986.

Call Number: 929.3 P287

Responsibility: general editor, Michael H. Tepper ; transcribed by Elizabeth P. Bentley.

ISBN: 080631138X

Author: Tepper, Michael.

Place of Publication: Baltimore

Publisher: Genealogical Pub. Co.,

Date of Publication: 1986.

Physical Description: xvii, 913 p. ; 24 cm.

Subjects: Registers of births, etc. - Pennsylvania - Philadelphia.; Ships - Pennsylvania - Philadelphia; Pennsylvania - Genealogy.; United States - Genealogy.

Additional Author: Bentley, Elizabeth Petty.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 929.3 P287

Proprietary tax list of Philadelphia County & city, 1769

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo5849

Date of Publication: 1988.

Call Number: 974.811 P965

Place of Publication: Westminster, Maryland

Publisher: Family Line Publications,

Date of Publication: 1988.

Physical Description: iv, 209 p. ; 21 cm.

Notes: "Pertaining to the inhabitants of Philadelphia County (including that area which became Montgomery County in 1784), and the city of Philadelphia."; "Reprinted from the (published) Pennsylvania Archives, Series 3, Volume xiv"--t.p. verso.; Includes index.

Subjects: Taxation - Pennsylvania - Philadelphia County; Taxation - Pennsylvania - Philadelphia

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 974.811 P965

Guide to the records of Philadelphia Yearly Meeting

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Corporate Author: Philadelphia Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends. Records Committee.

Date of Publication: 1989.

Call Number: 289.6 E19

Responsibility: compiled by Jack Eckert.

Corporate Author: Philadelphia Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends. Records Committee.

Place of Publication: [S.l

Publisher: s.n.],

Date of Publication: 1989.

Physical Description: xix, 288 p. ; 28 cm.

Notes: "Haverford College, Records Committee of Philadelphia Yearly Meeting, Swarthmore College."; "This guide to the records in the Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College and the Quaker Collection of Haverford College lists the minutes ... and other types of records"--P. v.; Includes bibliographical references (p. 265-268) and index.

Summary: Guide to the records of the Society of Friends from the beginings of the Quaker settlement in the Delaware River Valley in 1676 to present held in the Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College and the Quaker Collection of Haverford College.

Subjects: Philadelphia Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends. - Records Committee - Manuscripts - Microform catalogs.; Philadelphia Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends. - Records Committee - History - Sources - Bibliography - Microform catalogs.; Haverford College. - Quaker Collection - Microform catalogs.; Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College - Microform catalogs.; Manuscripts - Pennsylvania; Manuscripts on microfilm; Catalogs, Union - Pennsylvania.

Additional Author: Eckert, Jack,

Additional Corporate Author: Haverford College. Quaker Collection.; Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 289.6 E19

The Pennsylvania German collection

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo9003

Corporate Author: Philadelphia Museum of Art.

Date of Publication: c1982.

Call Number: 745 P544

Responsibility: Beatrice B. Garvan.

ISBN: 0876330359 (pbk.) :

Corporate Author: Philadelphia Museum of Art.

Place of Publication: Philadelphia, Pa

Publisher: Philadelphia Museum of Art,

Date of Publication: c1982.

Physical Description: xxviii, 372 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 26 cm.

Series: Handbooks in American art ;

Notes: Includes index.; Bibliography: p. 350-352.

Subjects: Philadelphia Museum of Art - Catalogs.; Decorative arts, Pennsylvania Dutch; Decorative arts - Pennsylvania - Philadelphia

Additional Author: Garvan, Beatrice B.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 745 P544

Baptisms and burials from the records of Christ Church, Philadelphia, 1709-1760

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo17435

Date of Publication: 1982.

Call Number: 929.3 B222

Responsibility: compiled by Charles R. Hildeburn.

ISBN: 0806309792

Place of Publication: Baltimore

Publisher: Genealogical Pub. Co.,

Date of Publication: 1982.

Physical Description: 231 p. ; 23 cm.

Notes: Spine title: Baptisms and burials, Christ Church, Philadelphia.; "Excerpted and reprinted from the Pennsylvania magazine of history and biography, volumes I-VII, 1877-1883 (Burials), volumes XII-XVII, 1888-1893 (Baptisms)"--T.p. verso.; "Records of Christ Church, Philadelphia. Baptisms, 1709-1760" (p. 1-109) published separately ca. 1894.

Subjects: Christ Church (Philadelphia, Pa.); Registers of births, etc. - Pennsylvania - Philadelphia.; Philadelphia (Pa.) - Genealogy.

Additional Author: Hildeburn, Charles Swift RichÃ¢e,

Additional Corporate Author: Christ Church (Philadelphia, Pa.)

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 929.3 B222

Forging freedom : the formation of Philadelphia's Black community, 1720-1840

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Author: Nash, Gary B.

Date of Publication: 1988.

Call Number: 326 N249f

Responsibility: Gary B. Nash.

ISBN: 0674309340 (alk. paper)

Author: Nash, Gary B.

Place of Publication: Cambridge, Mass

Publisher: Harvard University Press,

Date of Publication: 1988.

Physical Description: xii, 354 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Notes: Includes index.; Bibliography: p. [283]-343.

Subjects: African Americans - Pennsylvania - Philadelphia; Philadelphia (Pa.) - History.; Philadelphia (Pa.) - Race relations.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 326 N249f

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