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Bond

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Collection: Estate Inventories

Title: Administrators' bond, caveat, and notice for John Wright

Object ID: Inv 1771 F009 W

Date Range: 1771

Collection: Estate Inventories

Title: Administrators' bond, caveat, and notice for John Wright

Date Range: 1771

Year: 1771

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives West

Storage Container: Box 0128

People: Wright, John; McCormick, James

Subcategory: Need to Classify

Subjects: Probate records

Search Terms: Administrators' bonds; Bonds; Probate records; York County, Pennsylvania

Place: York County, Pennsylvania

Object Name: Bond

Object ID: Inv 1771 F009 W

Box Number: 128

Additional Notes: Only: caveat, notice, administrators' bond.; Noted: James McCormick's mother and the deceased's father were full cousins.; 3 items, 3 pieces

Classification: RG-03-00-0133

Description Level: Item

Archive

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Collection: Frank R. Diffenderffer Collection

Title: Frank R. Diffenderffer Collection

Object ID: MG0166

Date Range: 1738-1920

Methodist Episcopal Church Armor’s Old Bookstore Articles of agreement Beaver Creek Black Horse Farm Bonds Business records Certificates Charles E. Wentz & Bros. Christ Lutheran Church Cocalico Creek Conestoga Steam Mills Constables Correspondence Court records Farmer’s Bank of Lancaster Farmer’s Hay and

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Collection: Frank R. Diffenderffer Collection

Title: Frank R. Diffenderffer Collection

Description: The Frank R. Diffenderffer Collection contains documents collected by Mr. Diffenderffer. These documents are primarily from the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries and include letters, legal and court papers, indentures, receipts, property and probate records, and financial and military papers. The people and businesses represented include George Ross, Jasper Yeates, A. Herr Smith, Timothy Matlack, Mount Hope Furnace, and the Lancaster, Elizabethtown & Middletown Turnpike Road Company.

System of Arrangement: Collection retains original arrangement.

Date Range: 1738-1920

Year Range From: 1738

Year Range To: 1920

Date of Accumulation: 1738-1920

Creator: Diffenderffer, Frank Ried, 1833-1921

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives South

Storage Wall: Side 04

People: Adams, John Quincy; Adreas, Agnes; Albright, W.; Anderson, James; Andrews, Jacob W.; Andrews, James P.; Ashbridge, Elizabeth; Ashbridge, J. H.; Ashbridge, Sarah; Ashbridge, Sidney; Atlee, Samuel; Attlee, Samuel; Autstch, Adam; Bare, Martin; Barlow, Thomas; Barnitz, Joseph; Barr, John; Barton, David R.; Barton, W.; Bauer, Adam; Beams, Jacob; Beard, Robert; Bearn, John; Beck, Martha; Beck, Paul; Beck, Samuel; Bender, Leonard; Benezet, Daniel; Benner, Henrich; Berntheisel, Henry; Berry, William; Bickham, F. A.; Bickman, George; Bletz, Jacob; Blumer, Abraham; Bollinger, Esther; Bombarger, Martin; Bomberger, John; Bower, Samuel P.; Bowman, Henry; Bowman, J.; Bowman, Samuel; Bowman, W.; Boyd, James; Boyd, Samuel; Bradford, Samuel J.; Breck, Samuel; Bredenstein, Philip; Brown, David; Brown, Matthew; Brown, William; Broud, Bill; Bruener, G.; Bryan, George; Bryan, George I.; Burd, Edward; Burkholder, E.; Burt, Nathaniel; Caldwell, James; Caldwell, Oliver; Caldwell, Robert; Calhoun, John C.; Cameron, James; Cameron, John; Campbell, Sarah; Carpenter, Abraham; Carpenter, Daniel; Carpenter, Jacob; Carpenter, William; Cather, Robert; Chambers, Stephen; Chambers, W.; Charlton, Thomas; Clark, Brice; Clark, John; Clark, Washington; Clemson, Joseph; Cochran, A.; Cochran, William; Coleman, William; Connor, Kitty; Cookson, Thomas; Cooper, William; Creasy, Solomon; Creasy, Solomon M.; Crone, Robert; Cunningham, Hugh; Cunningham, Thomas; Damant, James; Damisch, Fred; Davis, Zaccheus; Deckert, Jacob; Dederick, Henry; Dering, Henry; Derward, Jonas; Detrick, P.; Dickert, Jacob; Dieterick, Jacob; Diffenderffer, David; Diffenderffer, Frank Ried; Diffenderffer, Harold F.; Diffenderfer, Michael; Diffenderfer, Philip; Diller, Peter; Doerses, Frederick; Dougherty, William; Douglass, George; Douglass, James; Doyle, Thomas; Dryer, Andrew; Dubbs, Joseph H.; Duck, Geotge; Duncan, Daniel; Eagen, James; Eagen, Thomas; Eberman, John; Eberman, Philip; Eckert, George; Eckman, John; Eftwein, Johannes; Eichholtz, H.; Eichholtz, Leonard; Eliot, Daniel; Emanuel, John; Ench, Jacob; Espy, George R.; Evans, Frances; Evans, Isaac; Evans, James C.; Evans, Samuel; Ewing, John; Faghterin, Mary; Fahnestock, Samuel; Fehl, Andrew; Feltman, George; Ferree, Conrad; Ferree, Polly; Fissel, Michael; Flowers, Christian; Foltz, Bernard; Fordney, Casper; Fouts, Martin; Franklin, Thomas; Franklin, Thomas E.; Franklin W. B.; Frantz, Phil; Frey, J.; Fultz, John; Galbraith, Bertram; Galloway, Joseph; Geddis, Samuel; Gibble, L. W.; Gibbons, William; Gildersleve, Jonathan H.; Gildersleve Sarah; Gill, Deborah; Gill, Eramus; Gill, James; Gill, Matthew; Givler, Mary; Golden, Jeffery; Graass, Jacob; Graeff, Matthias; Graeff, W.; Graff, Benjamin; Graff, Henry; Graff, Jacob; Gratz, Hyman; Groff, Abraham; Groff, David; Groff, Isaac; Gross, Michael; Grove, Abraham; Grubb, Baird; Grubb, Curtis; Grubb, Henry; Habacker, George; Habacker, Wager; Hartz, John; Hake, Elizabeth; Hake, Jacob; Hale, Charles; Hambright, Henry; Hamilton, James; Hamilton, William; Hand, Edward; Hart, Elizabeth; Hartand, John; Hartmyer, Frederick; Haton, James; Hatz, John; Hayn, Christopher; Hehl, Matthew; Henderson, Mary; Henry, Christopher; Henry, Elizabeth; Henry, Joseph; Henry, Josiah; Henry, John Joseph; Henry, Mary; Herr, Christian; Hensel, William Uhler; Hibshman, Henry; Hoff, John; Hoofnagle, P.; Hoover, Jacob; Host, Catharine; Host, Michael; Howell, William H.; Howell, William Wilson; Huber, J.; Huber, John; Hubley, Adam; Hubley, John; Hubley, Joseph; Hubley, M.; Hubner, Nathanael; Huston, Alex; Hutchinson, E.; Jacks, James; Jenkins, Ron; Johns, Elizabeth; Johns, Jacob; Johns, Paul; Johnston, Sam; Jones, John; Jones, Owen; Jones, Paul T.; Jordan, J.; Kauffman, Abraham; Kauffman, Joseph; Kehler, Andrew; Kelly, Joseph P.; Kelly, William; Kenedy, John; Kittera, John Wilkes; Kittera, Thomas; Kline, David; Kline, George; Kline, Michael; Kling, M.; Konigmaker, James; Krebil, John; Krieg, Philip; Krug, Edward; Krug, H. V.; Krug, Jacob; Krug, Valentine; Kuhn, Frederick; Kuhn, Jacob; Lanck, Jacob; Landes, John; Lauman, Ludwig; Lechler, John; Leman, H. E.; Lewis, Abraham; Lewis, Ellis; Liews, Eliza; Lightner, Nathaniel; Likens, James; Lind, John; Long, Charles E.; Long, Jacob; Longenecker, David; Lowery, Alexander; Lowery, Lazarus; Lowman, Ludwig; Lutz, Peter; Lynch, Thomas; MacGonigle, Jonathan T.; MacGregor, John; MacGregor, Peter; Machold, Lewis Frederick; Marshall, Christopher; Matlack, Timothy; Mattes, George; Mauer, Peter; Maus, Peter; Mayer, John; Mayer, Lewis; McGown, William; McClure, David; McClure, Randle; McKim, James; McKinney, Mordecai; Mease, James; Mease, John; Mercer, John Q.; Messersmith, George; Metzer, Jonas; Metzer, Norman; Miller, David; Miller, Harry; Miller, Henry; Miller, James; Miller, John; Miller, T. H.; Minnich, Lizzie; Mohler, Henry; Montgomery, Jane; Montgomery, S. H.; Moore, James; Moore, John; Musser, John; Myer, John; Myer, John P.; Myer, Josephine; Myers, Christian; Myers, Eckert; Myers, Henry; Myers, Jacob; Myers, John; Myers, Joseph; Myers, Josephine; Myers, S. H.; Myers, Sidney; Muhlenberg, F. A.; Muhlenberg, G. H. E.; Muhlenberg, Henry; Muhlenberg, Henry A.; Munster, Paul; Nager, Ben Willis; Nagle, John; Neal, John; Nees, Adam; Neisser, G. Br.; Nelson, William; Nicholson, John; Norgrave, H.; Odonel, Charles; Old, James; Parvin, Francis; Passmore, John; Patton, James; Pendleton, George H.; Pennypacker, Samuel W.; Penrose, Clement; Petersby, Richard; Physick, Edmund; Pine, Michael; Pohlman, Abraham; Price, Eli K.; Purviance, Samuel; Ralston, Robert; Ramsay, Catharine; Ramsay, David; Ramsay, James; Ramsay, Nathaniel; Ramsay, William; Randall, Samuel; Rank, Samuel; Redsecker, Jacob; Reed, E. L.; Reed, George; Reedly, George; Reedly, John; Reigart, Adam; Reigart, Emanuel; Reigart, Jacob; Riche, Thomas; Rieger, Ann; Rohrer, John; Ross, George; Ross, James; Roth, Jacob; Schaum, Philip; Scheaffer, John; Schnierer, John, Mrs.; Schweinhaupt, Br.; Sell, Henry; Seward, Hugh; Shafer, John; Shaffer, Jacob; Sharer, David; Shearer, Jacob; Sheef, William; Sheldon, William; Shippen, Edward; Shireman, Jacob; Shol, Peter; Shware, Peter; Simon, Joseph; Simon, William; Sindersmith, S. V.; Singer, Casper; Singer, Emanuel; Skiles, William; Slaugher, Hiram; Slaymaker, Amos; Slaymaker, Henry; Slough, Matthias; Smith, A. Herr; Smith, Eliza; Smith, Joanna; Smith, Thomas; Smith, William; Snapp, Samuel; Solomon, Myer; Spencer, S. S.; Sprecher, Frank L.; Stauffer, Henry; Stedman, Alex; Stedman, Charles; Steinert, Christian; Steinman, Charles; Steinman, Frederick; Steinman, George; Steinman, John F.; Stevens, R. S.; Stevenson, George; Stone, John; Stoneman, Tobias; Stones, John; Stuart, Robert; Swan, John G.; Swain, R.; Swentzel, H. Y.; Swift, Joseph; Tanger, David R.; Titball, Joseph; Trimble, James; Trissler, John; Trissler, Joseph David; Turner, Ambrose; Turner, Catharine; Wagen, Philip; Walk, Deetrick; Walker, John; Wallace, John; Wallace, William; Warden, M.; Warfel, John; Washington, Samuel; Watson, David; Webb, James; Weber, Adam; Wegman, Mary; Weitzel, George; Wenger, Roland; Werner, Jacob; Wertsburger, Henry; West, William; Wetherill, Samuel P.; White, George; White, T.; Whitaker, George; Wildred, Daniel; Williams, Evans P.; Williams, John; Wistar, Thomas; Witlow, Hugh; Witman, John; Witman, Michael; Witmer, Abraham; Witmer, Benjamin; Witmer, David; Witmer, Henry; Wolford, Ludwig; Wood, George; Work, Joseph; Wright, James; Wright, John; Wright, S. W.; Yaner, Jacob; Yeates, Jasper; Yeates, John; Young, Henry; Young, Mattias; Zahm, Godfrey; Zantzinger, Adam; Zantzinger, Ester; Zeigler, George; Zimmer, Henry

Subjects: Bonds; Business records; Certificates; Court records; Finance, Personal; Invoices; Letters; Lotteries; Minutes (Records); Probate records; Receipts (Acknowledgments); Schools; Stocks

Search Terms: Accounts; African Methodist Episcopal Church; Armor's Old Bookstore; Articles of agreement; Beaver Creek; Black Horse Farm; Bonds; Business records; Certificates; Charles E. Wentz and Bros.; Christ Lutheran Church; Cocalico Creek; Conestoga Steam Mills; Constables; Correspondence; Court records; Farmers Bank of Lancaster; Farmer's Hay and Straw Market Association; Finance, Personal; Finding aids; Franklin Savings and Building Association; Grosh and Levering; Hamilton Lots; Indentures; Indian Queen Hotel; Invoices; Lancaster Cemetery; Lancaster County Agricultural Park; Lancaster County Historical Society; Lancaster, Elizabethtown and Middletown Turnpike Company; Letters; Lotteries; Manuscript groups; McDowell's Mill; Minutes; Mount Hope Furnace; Northern Central Railway Company; Pennsylvania Council; Philadelphia and Reading Railroad Company; Probate records; Protestant Episcopal Church; Receipts; Sam Wetherill and Sons; Schools; Shaffner and Ziegler; St. James Episcopal Church; Steinman and Son; Stocks; Trinity Lutheran Church; W. Kirkpatrick and Company; Zahm and Jackson Jewelers

Extent: 1 box, 27 folders, 1 cubic ft.

Object Name: Archive

Language: English

Object ID: MG0166

Location of Originals: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania

Notes: Preferred Citation: Frank R. Diffenderfer Collection (MG0166), Folder #, LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.

Access Conditions / Restrictions: No restrictions.

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: 1964.013

Other Numbers: MG-166

Classification: MG0166

Description Level: Fonds

Custodial History: This collection was cataloged prior to 1997. Added to database 23 September 2021.; Accession # L64-13

Documents

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The Ephrata Mountain Springs

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Author: Spohn, Clarence Edwin.

Date of Publication: 2009.

Call Number: 974.815 EPHB S762

Responsibility: by Clarence Edwin Spohn.

Author: Spohn, Clarence Edwin.

Place of Publication: Ephrata, Pa

Publisher: Historical Society of the Cocalico Valley,

Date of Publication: 2009.

Physical Description: v. : ill., photos. ; 29 cm.

Notes: Volume I includes a biography of the Honorable Joseph Konigmacher.; Includes bibliographical references.

Subjects: Konigmacher, Joseph, - d. 1861.; Von Neida Family; Ephrata Mountain Springs (Ephrata, Pa.) - History.; Camp Silver Belle (Ephrata, Pa.) - History; Temple of Truth (Ephrata, Pa.) - History; Stephan Memorial Hospital (Ephrata, Pa.) - History; Ephrata Community Hospital (Ephrata, Pa.) - History; Summer resorts - Pennsylvania - Ephrata; Health resorts - Pennsylvania - Ephrata; Hotels - Pennsylvania - Ephrata; Ephrata (Pa.) - History.

Additional Corporate Author: Historical Society of the Cocalico Valley.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 974.815 EPHB S762

Ephrata Cloister

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo9366

Author: Bradley, John.

Edition: 1st ed.

Date of Publication: c2000.

Call Number: 286.3 B811

Responsibility: text by John Bradley ; photographs by Craig A. Benner.

ISBN: 0811727440 (pbk.)

Author: Bradley, John.

Edition: 1st ed.

Place of Publication: Mechanicsburg, Pa. : [Harrisburg]

Publisher: Stackpole Books ; Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission,

Date of Publication: c2000.

Physical Description: 48 p. : ill. (some col.), maps ; 23 cm.

Series: Pennsylvania trail of history guide

Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 48).

Subjects: Ephrata Cloister - Guidebooks.; Religious communities - Pennsylvania - Ephrata; Ephrata (Pa.) - Guidebooks.; Ephrata (Pa.) - Buildings, structures, etc. - Guidebooks.; Pennsylvania - Religious life and customs - 18th century.; Pennsylvania - History - Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Lancaster County

Call Number: 286.3 B811

A brief history of the Ephrata Cloister Lower Mill

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo13502

Author: Marquet, Cynthia

Date of Publication: 2002.

Call Number: 905.748 JHSCV v.27

Responsibility: by Cynthia Marquet.

Author: Marquet, Cynthia

Place of Publication: Ephrata, Pa

Publisher: The Historical Society of the Cocalico Valley,

Date of Publication: 2002.

Physical Description: 2-13 p. ; 28 cm.

Notes: In: Journal of the Historical Society of the Cocalico Valley, v.27 (2002)

Subjects: Ephrata Grist Mill [Lower Mill] (Ephrata, Pa.); Gristmills - Pennsylvania - Ephrata; Gristmills; Ephrata (Pa.) - History.

Additional Title: Journal of the Historical Society of the Cocalico Valley

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 905.748 JHSCV v.27

Deed

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/f5aa7121-3892-46d3-91a9-074955582160

Collection: Heritage Center Collection

Title: Deed for selling lots in Millers Burgh

Object ID: P.04.34.05

Date Range: 1764-1771

Collection: Heritage Center Collection

Title: Deed for selling lots in Millers Burgh

Description: Deed (indenture) printed by Ephrata Cloister on vellum for John Miller, blacksmith of Lancaster Borough, and his wife Elizabeth, for use in selling lots in the "Town Called "Millers Burgh." Blank areas are filled in by hand for sale of property to Margaret Stout for 50 pounds. Initially filled in on May 1, 1764, and completed at bottom on March 8, 1765. Pink linen ribbons and red sealing wax are affixed at bottom right. The headpieces printed at top left is done in elaborate letter style using the first two words "This indenture." Each initial line is done in the distinctive illuminated manner of Ephrata Cloister, employing floral and foliate designs.; Reverse is also used as a deed for the transfer of property for Margaret Stour to Patrick McElkar, begun 1770 and completed 1771. Red linen ribbons and red sealing wax are affixed to bottom right (of reverse).; (Written by Wendall Zercher.)

Date Range: 1764-1771

Year Range From: 1764

Year Range To: 1771

Creator: Ephrata Cloister Printery

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives West

Storage Cabinet: Framed Items Bin

People: McElkar, Patrick; Miller, John; Miller, Elizabeth; Stout, Margaret

Subject: Ephrata Cloister; Deeds

Search Terms: Deeds; Ephrata Cloister

Object Name: Deed

Height (cm): 40.64

Height (ft): 1.3333333333

Height (in): 16

Width (cm): 47.625

Width (ft): 1.5625

Width (in): 18.75

Dimension Details: Generally good, darkened and soiled on sections of reverse side, sprinkled stains and light soiling overall. Bottom right corner torn off. Three vertical and two horizontal fold lines.; Framed for 2006 Printed Word Exhibit.

Condition: Good

Condition Date: 2004-07-28

Condition Notes: Generally good, darkened and soiled on sections of reverse side, sprinkled stains and light soiling overall. Bottom right corner torn off. Three vertical and two horizontal fold lines.; Framed for 2006 Printed Word Exhibit.

Object ID: P.04.34.05

Mount Zion Cemetery, Ephrata, Pennsylvania

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo13532

Date of Publication: 2004.

Call Number: 286.3 M928

Place of Publication: Computer printout

Date of Publication: 2004.

Physical Description: Various paging ; 28 cm.

Notes: Updating of gravestone inscriptions by W.F. Worner in 1936.; Includes floppy disk in Excel format.; Rineer's "Churches and Cemeteries of Lancaster County" page 170 #1B.

Subjects: Cemeteries - Pennsylvania - Ephrata.; Registers of births, etc. - Pennsylvania - Ephrata.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Church Record

Call Number: 286.3 M928

The records of Cedar Hill Cemetery, 531 North State Street, Ephrata, PA 17522

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo13650

Author: Furlow, Suzanne B.

Date of Publication: 2004.

Call Number: 310.35 C389h

Responsibility: by Suzanne B. Furlow.

Author: Furlow, Suzanne B.

Place of Publication: Ephrata, Pa

Publisher: Historical Society of the Cocalico Valley ,

Date of Publication: 2004.

Physical Description: 68,12,3,20,18,5,1 map ; 28 cm.

Notes: Rineer's "Churches and Cemeteries of Lancaster County" page 179 #31

Subjects: Cedar Hill Cemetery (Ephrata, Pa.); Cemeteries - Pennsylvania - Ephrata.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Reference

Call Number: 310.35 C389h

Ephrata Cloisters : a religious frontier in history [video recording]

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo13750

Date of Publication: 2002.

Call Number: 286.3 E63m VHS

Place of Publication: Ephrata, Pa

Publisher: Ephrata Middle School ,

Date of Publication: 2002.

Physical Description: 1 videocassette : sc.cl ; 1/2 in.

Notes: Made for the 2000-2001 History Day Competition, the documentary category.

Subjects: Ephrata Cloister - History.; Religious communities - Pennsylvania - Ephrata

Additional Author: Martin, Kayla.; Davies, Amber.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Media

Call Number: 286.3 E63m VHS

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Bond

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/cd313026-b148-4897-b861-731217444988

Archive

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/2fde02c9-b19c-4251-98b9-115873451547

Documents

The Ephrata Mountain Springs

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo16299

Archive

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/c1cbb732-78da-40f9-8b03-547384460904

Documents

Ephrata Cloister

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo9366

A brief history of the Ephrata Cloister Lower Mill

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo13502

Deed

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/f5aa7121-3892-46d3-91a9-074955582160

Mount Zion Cemetery, Ephrata, Pennsylvania

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo13532

The records of Cedar Hill Cemetery, 531 North State Street, Ephrata, PA 17522

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo13650

Ephrata Cloisters : a religious frontier in history [video recording]

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo13750