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Scrapbook

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Collection: Scrapbook Collection

Title: Marietta Scrapbook

Object ID: MG0434_BoxR010

Date Range: 1879-1919

Lititz Manheim Marietta Maytown, East Donegal Twp. Mountville New Holland Newspaper clippings Peach Bottom, Fulton Twp. Pennsylvania Germans Salunga, West Hempfield Twp. Scrapbooks Wrightsville, York County, Pennsylvania Custodial History: Previously housed in the Scrapbook Collection, Book 88. Cataloged

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Collection: Scrapbook Collection

Title: Marietta Scrapbook

Description: Known as The Marietta Scrapbook, this volume contains a variety of information in newspaper clippings and magazine articles about Marietta, Columbia, and the rest of Lancaster County. The articles convey a well-rounded view of local history. Topics include education, population, crime, taxes, elections, and occupations. There are also many articles on the Pennsylvania Dutch, personal histories, crime, and genealogical information within the book. Histories for the following municipalities are included: Marietta, Christiana, Columbia, Donegal, Erie, Lancaster, Lititz, Manheim, Maytown, Mountville, Peach Bottom, Salunga, and Wrightsville.

Date Range: 1879-1919

Creation Date: 1879-1919

Year Range From: 1879

Year Range To: 1919

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives South

Storage Wall: Side 22

Subjects: Clippings (Books, newspapers, etc.); Education; Job descriptions; Lancaster County (Pa.)--History, local; Lancaster County (Pa.)--Population; Local taxation; Marietta (Pa.); Murder; Occupations; Pennsylvania Dutch; Scrapbooks

Search Terms: Christiana; Clippings (Books, newspapers, etc.); Columbia; Education; Lancaster; Lititz; Manheim; Marietta; Maytown, East Donegal Twp.; Mountville; New Holland; Newspaper clippings; Peach Bottom, Fulton Twp.; Pennsylvania Germans; Salunga, West Hempfield Twp.; Scrapbooks; Wrightsville, York County, Pennsylvania

Extent: 1 volume

Object Name: Scrapbook

Language: English

Object ID: MG0434_BoxR010

Location of Originals: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania

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

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Credit: Courtesy of LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.

Other Numbers: MG-434

Other Number: MG-434, Box R010

Classification: MG0434

Description Level: Item

Custodial History: Cataloged by CRB, October 2007. Added to database, 25 October 2023.; Previously housed in the Scrapbook Collection, Book 88.; This project was funded by the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, ME60112, 2007-2008.

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Petition

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Collection: Bridge Records

Title: Bridge Records

Object ID: Bridge F0135 I004

Collection: Bridge Records

Title: Bridge Records

Description: Papers filed for construction and repair of bridges. The types of petitions presented to the Court of Quarter Sessions include: petitions for bridge construction and repair, petitions for inspections, and petitions for bridge funds. Other types of items include: specifications, proposals, and contracts for bridge construction and repair; bridge blueprints and plans; correspondence; bills for materials; and bridge condition reports. Many papers show date; court term and case number; names of petitioners, viewers, inspectors, and contractors; costs and fees; location of bridge; and name or number of bridge. The order and report of viewers documents are of particular interest as they usually include a copy of the original petition; the order and names of viewers to inspect the site; the public announcement for the viewers meeting; the report and recommendation of viewers, often with a drawing of the site and surrounding area; and the court decision.

System of Arrangement: Records are arranged by township, then chronologically within each township.

Year: 1814

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives West

Storage Container: Box 0002

People: Kochenour, Abraham

Subcategory: Documentary Artifact

Search Terms: Creeks; Pequea Creek; Conestoga Twp.; Martic Twp.; Abraham Kochenour's Crossing; Fords; Lancaster; Peach Bottom, Little Britain Twp.; Fulton Twp.; Petitions; Orders; Reports; Bridges

Place: Conestoga Twp. and Martic Twp.

Object Name: Petition

Language: English

Condition: Fair

Object ID: Bridge F0135 I004

Box Number: 002

Additional Notes: Court term: January 1814.; Location: At Abraham Kochenour's Crossing, on road from Lancaster to Peach Bottom, Little Britain Twp. [now Fulton Twp.].; Document types: Petition for appointment of viewers.; Order and report of viewers.; 2 items, 2 pieces

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

Classification: RG 02-00 0324

Description Level: Item

Record, Judicial

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/8b5399f6-8cfc-4cee-b175-721435578605

Collection: Bridge Records

Title: Bridge Records

Object ID: Bridge F0135 I005

Date Range: 1814/04

Collection: Bridge Records

Title: Bridge Records

Date Range: 1814/04

Year: 1814

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives West

Storage Container: Box 0002

Subcategory: Documentary Artifact

Search Terms: Bridges; Conestoga Twp.; Confirmations; Creeks; Fords; Fulton Twp.; Kochenour's Ford; Lancaster; Martic Twp.; Peach Bottom, Little Britain Twp.; Pequea Creek

Place: Conestoga Twp. and Martic Twp.

Object Name: Record, Judicial

Language: English

Condition: Fair

Object ID: Bridge F0135 I005

Box Number: 002

Additional Notes: Court term: April 1814.; Location: At Kochenour's Fording, on road from Lancaster to Peach Bottom, Little Britain Twp. [now Fulton Twp.].; Document type: Confirmation of report of viewers.; 1 item, 1 piece

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

Classification: RG 02-00 0324

Description Level: Item

List

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Collection: Quarter Sessions

Title: Quarter Sessions

Object ID: MAY 1778 F007 QS

Date Range: 1778

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: 1778

Year: 1778

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Subcategory: Documentary Artifact

Search Terms: Bart Twp.; Bethel Twp.; Brecknock Twp.; Colerain Twp.; Conestoga Twp.; Derry Twp.; Distillers; Enslaved persons; Hanover Twp., Lancaster County; Heidelberg Twp., Lancaster County; Hempfield Twp.; Lampeter Twp.; Lancaster; Lancaster Twp.; Lebanon Twp., Lancaster County; Little Britain Twp.; Martic Twp.; Paxton Twp., Lancaster County; Quarter Sessions; Sadsbury Twp.; Salisbury Twp.; Strasburg Twp.; Taverns; Upper Paxton Twp., Lancaster County; Warwick Twp.

Object Name: List

Language: English

Condition: Fair

Object ID: MAY 1778 F007 QS

Additional Notes: List of tavernkeepers, distillers, and slaves by townships:; Lebanon Twp., Derry Twp., Salsbury Twp., Martic Twp., Hanover Twp., Lancaster Borough, Conestoga Twp., Warwick Twp., Little Britain Twp., Strasburg Twp., Bart Twp., Lancaster Twp., Hempfield Twp., Lampeter Twp., Colerain Twp., Bethel Twp., Brecknock Twp., Sadsbury Twp., Heidelberg Twp., Paxton Twp., Upper Paxton Twp.; 21 items, 21 pieces

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

Classification: RG 02-00 0908

Description Level: Item

Report

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Collection: Bridge Records

Title: Report of recommended bridges to be replaced

Object ID: Bridge F0905 I011

Date Range: 1921

Collection: Bridge Records

Title: Report of recommended bridges to be replaced

Description: Document type: Report of recommended bridges to be replaced.; 1. Pequea No. 4; [Leacock Twp. and Paradise Twp.]; Location: Over Pequea Creek at Shertz's Mill, near Harristown, Paradise Twp.; 2. Conestoga No. 4; [East Earl Twp.]; Location: Over Conestoga Creek at Martin's Mill.; 3. Mill Creek No. 2; [East Lampeter Twp.]; Location: Over Mill Creek at east end of Smoketown, East Lampeter Twp., on old Philadelphia Road.; 4. Bridge over East Branch of Octoraro Creek; Sadsbury Twp. and Chester County; Location: At Steeleville, Sadsbury Twp.; 5. Big Chickies No. 7.5; [Rapho Twp. and West Hempfield Twp.]; Location: Over Chickies Creek at Moore's old Electric LIght Plant, on road between Salunga, West Hempfield Twp. and Newtown, Rapho Twp.; 6. Big Chickies No. 8; Location: Over Chickies Creek.; 7. Bridge over [Conestoga Creek]; [Conestoga Twp. and Manor Twp.]; Location: At Rock Hill, Conestoga Twp.; 8. Engleside Bridge; [Lancaster Twp. and West Lampeter Twp.]; Location: At Engleside, Lancaster Twp., over Conestoga Creek.; 9. Mill Creek No. 6, also known as Eshleman's Mill Bridge; [West Lampeter Twp.]; Location: Over Mill Creek.; 10. Conestoga No. 14; [Manheim Twp. and Upper Leacock Twp.]; Location: Over Conestoga Creek.; 11. Pequea No. 18; [Martic Twp. and Pequea Twp.]; Location: Over Pequea Creek at Burnt Mill, Pequea Twp., near Marticville, Martic Twp.; 12. Bridge [over Conestoga Creek]; [Lancaster Twp. and Pequea Twp.]; Location: At Wabank, Lancaster Twp.; 13. Old Factory Bridge; [Lancaster City and West Lampeter Twp.]; Location: Over [Conestoga Creek] near Rocky Springs Park.; 14. Cocalico No. 3; [Ephrata Twp.]; Location: Over Cocalico Creek, near Ephrata.; 15. White Rock Bridge; [Colerain Twp. and Little Britain Twp.]; Location: Over West Branch of Octoraro Creek at White Rock, Little Britain Twp.; 16. Spruce Grove Bridge; Location: Over West Branch of Octoraro Creek at Spruce Grove, Little Britain Twp.; 17. Bridge No. 1; [Manheim Twp.]; Location : Over Little Conestoga Creek near Long's Park.

System of Arrangement: Records are arranged by township, then chronologically within each township.

Date Range: 1921

Year: 1921

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives West

Storage Container: Box 0013

Subcategory: Documentary Artifact

Search Terms: Bridges; Burnt Mill, Pequea Twp.; Chester County, Pennsylvania; Chickies Creek; Chiques Creek; Cocalico Creek; Colerain Twp.; Conestoga Creek; Conestoga Twp.; Creeks; East Earl Twp.; East Lampeter Twp.; Electric Companies; Engleside Bridge; Engleside, Lancaster Twp.; Ephrata; Ephrata Twp.; Eshleman's Mill; Eshleman's Mill Bridge; Factories; Harristown, Paradise Twp.; Lancaster; Lancaster Twp.; Leacock Twp.; Little Britain Twp.; Little Conestoga Creek; Long's Park; Manheim Twp.; Manor Twp.; Martic Twp.; Marticville, Martic Twp.; Martin's Mill; Mill Creek; Moore's Electric LIght Plant; Newtown, Rapho Twp.; Octoraro Creek, East Branch; Octoraro Creek, West Branch; Old Factory Bridge; Old Philadelphia Road; Paradise Twp.; Parks; Pequea Creek; Pequea Twp.; Rapho Twp.; Reports; Roads; Rock Hill, Conestoga Twp.; Rocky Springs; Sadsbury Twp.; Salunga, West Hempfield Twp.; Shertz's Mill; Smoketown, East Lampeter Twp.; Spruce Grove Bridge; Spruce Grove, Little Britain Twp.; Steeleville, Sadsbury Twp.; Upper Leacock Twp.; Wabank, Lancaster Twp.; West Hempfield Twp.; West Lampeter Twp.; White Rock Covered Bridge; White Rock Forge Covered Bridge; White Rock, Little Britain Twp.

Extent: 1 item, 3 pieces

Object Name: Report

Language: English

Condition: Fair

Object ID: Bridge F0905 I011

Box Number: 013

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

Classification: RG 02-00 0324

Description Level: Item

Probate

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Collection: Renunciations

Title: Renunciations

Object ID: Ren 1875 F085

Date Range: 1875

Collection: Renunciations

Title: Renunciations

Description: Renunciations are papers filed in the Orphans' Court by executors of an estate who do not wish to administer that estate. They show the name of the decedent, the decedent's place of residence, the name of the person renouncing administration, the name of the replacement administrator to be appointed, and date. The relationship between the decedent, the executor, and the administrator is usually shown. Arranged chronologically and then alphabetically within each year.

System of Arrangement: Arranged chronologically and then alphabetically within each year.

Date Range: 1875

Date of Accumulation: 1762-1820, 1821-1842, 1880-1906

Year: 1875

Creator: Register of Wills

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Container: Box 0010

People: Rathvon, Horace; Rathvon, Louisa; Rathvon, Samuel F.

Subcategory: Documentary Artifact

Search Terms: Renunciation; Lancaster

Place: Lancaster

Extent: 12 cubic feet

Object Name: Probate

Language: English

Condition: Fair

Object ID: Ren 1875 F085

Box Number: 010

Associated Material: Administrators Accounts; Miscellaneous Orphans' Court Papers

Additional Notes: Renouncer: Rathvon, Louisa.; Administrator: Rathvon, Samuel F.; 1 item, 1 piece

Access Conditions / Restrictions: Restricted use of original. A photocopy will be made for patron use.

Classification: RG 03-00 0115

Description Level: Item

Probate

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Collection: Renunciations

Title: Renunciations

Object ID: Ren 1875 F099

Date Range: 1875

Collection: Renunciations

Title: Renunciations

Description: Renunciations are papers filed in the Orphans' Court by executors of an estate who do not wish to administer that estate. They show the name of the decedent, the decedent's place of residence, the name of the person renouncing administration, the name of the replacement administrator to be appointed, and date. The relationship between the decedent, the executor, and the administrator is usually shown. Arranged chronologically and then alphabetically within each year.

System of Arrangement: Arranged chronologically and then alphabetically within each year.

Date Range: 1875

Date of Accumulation: 1762-1820, 1821-1842, 1880-1906

Year: 1875

Creator: Register of Wills

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Container: Box 0010

People: Sweeney, Daniel; Sweeney, Harriet; Rhoads, Charles J.

Subcategory: Documentary Artifact

Search Terms: Renunciation; Lancaster

Place: Lancaster

Extent: 12 cubic feet

Object Name: Probate

Language: English

Condition: Fair

Object ID: Ren 1875 F099

Box Number: 010

Associated Material: Administrators Accounts; Miscellaneous Orphans' Court Papers

Additional Notes: Renouncer: Sweeney, Harriet.; Administrator: Rhoads, Charles J.; 1 item, 1 piece

Access Conditions / Restrictions: Restricted use of original. A photocopy will be made for patron use.

Classification: RG 03-00 0115

Description Level: Item

Probate

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/e9b71700-b254-4f09-8b2a-084110364349

Collection: Renunciations

Title: Renunciations

Object ID: Ren 1876 F019

Date Range: 1876

Collection: Renunciations

Title: Renunciations

Description: Renunciations are papers filed in the Orphans' Court by executors of an estate who do not wish to administer that estate. They show the name of the decedent, the decedent's place of residence, the name of the person renouncing administration, the name of the replacement administrator to be appointed, and date. The relationship between the decedent, the executor, and the administrator is usually shown. Arranged chronologically and then alphabetically within each year.

System of Arrangement: Arranged chronologically and then alphabetically within each year.

Date Range: 1876

Date of Accumulation: 1762-1820, 1821-1842, 1880-1906

Year: 1876

Creator: Register of Wills

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Container: Box 0011

People: Eberman, Henry C.; Eberman, Peter G.; Martin, H. C.

Subcategory: Documentary Artifact

Search Terms: Renunciation; Lancaster

Place: Lancaster

Extent: 12 cubic feet

Object Name: Probate

Language: English

Condition: Fair

Object ID: Ren 1876 F019

Box Number: 011

Associated Material: Administrators Accounts; Miscellaneous Orphans' Court Papers

Additional Notes: Renouncer: Eberman, Peter G.; Administrator: Martin, H. C.; 1 item, 1 piece

Access Conditions / Restrictions: Restricted use of original. A photocopy will be made for patron use.

Classification: RG 03-00 0115

Description Level: Item

Probate

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/4e6d3a5a-09b9-4497-b8ed-332888471118

Collection: Renunciations

Title: Renunciations

Object ID: Ren 1876 F044

Date Range: 1876

Collection: Renunciations

Title: Renunciations

Description: Renunciations are papers filed in the Orphans' Court by executors of an estate who do not wish to administer that estate. They show the name of the decedent, the decedent's place of residence, the name of the person renouncing administration, the name of the replacement administrator to be appointed, and date. The relationship between the decedent, the executor, and the administrator is usually shown. Arranged chronologically and then alphabetically within each year.

System of Arrangement: Arranged chronologically and then alphabetically within each year.

Date Range: 1876

Date of Accumulation: 1762-1820, 1821-1842, 1880-1906

Year: 1876

Creator: Register of Wills

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Container: Box 0011

People: Leary, Edward; Whelen, Ellen; Leaman, W.; Murphy, John

Subcategory: Documentary Artifact

Search Terms: Renunciation; Lancaster

Place: Lancaster

Extent: 12 cubic feet

Object Name: Probate

Language: English

Condition: Fair

Object ID: Ren 1876 F044

Box Number: 011

Associated Material: Administrators Accounts; Miscellaneous Orphans' Court Papers

Additional Notes: Renouncer: Whelen, Ellen.; Administrators: Leaman, W.; Murphy, John.; 1 item, 1 piece

Access Conditions / Restrictions: Restricted use of original. A photocopy will be made for patron use.

Classification: RG 03-00 0115

Description Level: Item

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Scrapbook

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Petition

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Record, Judicial

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List

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Report

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Probate

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Probate

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Probate

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Probate

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