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Collection
Transportation Collection
Title
Letters patent for the consolidation of Conestoga Traction Company and eleven other transportation companies
Object ID
MG0123_F028
Date Range
1931/12/04
Collection
Transportation Collection
Title
Letters patent for the consolidation of Conestoga Traction Company and eleven other transportation companies
Description
1931 Letters Patent for the consolidation of the following public transportation companies: Conestoga Traction Company; Lancaster, Mechanicsburg and New Holland Railway Company; Lancaster, Petersburg and Manheim Railway Company; Lancaster, Willow Street, Lampeter and Strasburg Railway Company; Ephrata and Adamstown Railway Company; Lancaster and Rocky Springs Railway Company; New Holland, Blue Ball and Terre Hill Street Railway Company; Lancaster and Quarryville Street Railway Company; Rohrerstown, Landisville and Mount Joy Street Railway Company; Lancaster and Eastern Street Railway Company; Elizabethtown and Florin Street Railway Company; Christiana and Coatesville Street Railway Company.
Recorded in Lancaster County, Charter Book, volume 6, page 438. Signed by Governor Gifford Pinchot, Secretary of the Commonwealth Richard J. Beamish, and Deputy Recorder George L. Keith.
Date Range
1931/12/04
Creation Date
4 December 1931
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Storage Room
Archives South
Storage Wall
Side 04
Storage Container
Oversized Box 01
People
Pinchot, Gifford
Beamish, Richard J.
Keith, George L.
Subjects
Letters patent
Search Terms
Christiana and Coatesville Street Railway Company
Conestoga Traction Company
Elizabethtown and Florin Street Railway Company
Ephrata and Adamstown Railway Company
Lancaster and Eastern Street Railway Company
Lancaster and Quarryville Street Railway Company
Lancaster and Rocky Springs Railway Company
Lancaster, Mechanicsburg and New Holland Railway Company
Lancaster, Petersburg and Manheim Railway Company
Lancaster, Willow Street, Lampeter and Strasburg Railway Company
Letters patent
New Holland, Blue Ball and Terre Hill Street Railway Company
Rohrerstown, Landisville and Mount Joy Street Railway Company
Extent
1 item, 2 pages to scan
Object Name
Patent, Letters
Language
English
Object ID
MG0123_F028
Location of Originals
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania
Related Item Notes
Conestoga Traction Company chart (MG0123_Framed02)
Notes
Preferred Citation: Title or description of item, date (day, month, year), Collection Title (MG#), Series #, Box #, 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--contact Research@LancasterHistory.org prior to visit.
Copyright
This item may 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
2023.028
Classification
MG0123
Description Level
Item
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Collection
Michael Haverstick Photograph Collection
Object ID
MH-01-03-02
  1 image  
Object Name
Postcard
Collection
Michael Haverstick Photograph Collection
Description
Real photo postcard. Pennsylvania's most massive tree, Nolt Farm near Rohrerstown, Lancaster County.
Provenance
Photographs from MG-30 Michael Haverstick Collection
Year Range From
1926
Year Range To
1939
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Subcategory
Written Communication T&E
Search Terms
Trees
Rohrerstown, East Hempfield Twp.
Nolt Farm
Place
East Hempfield Twp.
Object Name
Postcard
Print Size
3.5 x 5 inches
Condition
Not Rated
Object ID
MH-01-03-02
Images
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