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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

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

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

Samuel's surprise

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo6671

Corporate Author: Fourth Grade Class at Hinkletown (Pa.) Mennonite School.

Date of Publication: 2000.

Call Number: 974.815 EPHB H663

Responsibility: by the Fourth Grade Class of Hinkletown (Pa.) Mennonite School.

Corporate Author: Fourth Grade Class at Hinkletown (Pa.) Mennonite School.

Place of Publication: [Hinkletown, Pa.]

Publisher: the class,

Date of Publication: 2000.

Physical Description: 12 p. : ill. ; 28 cm.

Notes: Harriet Douple, teacher.

Subjects: Douple, Harriet - teacher.; Konigmacher family - Juvenile fiction.; Hinkletown (Pa.) Mennonite School.; Ephrata Mountain Springs Hotel - Juvenile fiction.; Ephrata (Pa.)

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 974.815 EPHB H663

Keller's Covered Bridge and Middle Creek Road Bridge

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo15632

Date of Publication: 2006.

Call Number: 624.2 K29

Place of Publication: Computer printout

Date of Publication: 2006.

Physical Description: 2 reports : ill., maps ; 28 cm.

Notes: Written historical and descriptive data and photographs [a state-level recordation, Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, Bureau for Historic Preservation.

Subjects: Bridges - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.; Keller's Covered Bridge (Ephrata Twp., Lancaster County, Pa.); Middle Creek Road Bridge (Ephrata Twp., Lancaster County, Pa.)

Location: Lancaster History Library - Lancaster County

Call Number: 624.2 K29

The myths surrounding the Ephrata Cloister and the Revolutionary War Era

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo12602

Author: Spohn, Clarence E.

Date of Publication: 2002

Call Number: 905.748 JHSCV v.27

Responsibility: by Clarence E. Spohn.

Author: Spohn, Clarence E.

Place of Publication: Ephrata, Pa

Publisher: The Historical Society of the Cocalico Valley ,

Date of Publication: 2002

Physical Description: 22-49 p. ; 28 cm.

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

Subjects: Ephrata Cloister.; Ephrata (Pa.) - History - Revolution, 1775-1783.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 905.748 JHSCV v.27

UrstÃ¤ndliche und erfahrungs-volle hohe ZeugnÃ¼sse wie man zum geistlichen Leben und dessen Vollkommenheit, gelangen mÃ¶ge. : Welche ein hoch-erleuchteter und gott-ergebener Zeuge Jesu Christi, in seinem geistlichen Tage-Werck erlernet ; und dieselbe ... an seine geistliche Kinder, und Anverwandte erÃ¶ffnet

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo19408

Author: Beissel, Conrad,

Date of Publication: 1745.

Call Number: 090 E63br 1745a

Responsibility: von denselben aber um ihrer Vortrefflichkeit willen, gesammlet, und, zum Unterricht anderer, ans Licht gegeben.

Author: Beissel, Conrad,

Uniform Title: Zionitischen Stiffts I. Theil

Place of Publication: Ephrata, in Peusylvanien [sic]

Publisher: Drucks der BrÃ¼derschafft,

Date of Publication: 1745.

Physical Description: [8], 294 pages ; 20 cm (4to)

Notes: Author's name from Evans.; Originally published as: Zionitischen Stiffts I. Theil. Ephrata, 1745. these are the same sheets with a new title page, preface, special half title, and 11 additional pages.; Signatures:)(aâ´, A-2â´ [2]Â²; From the Collecltions of the Heritage Center Museum, G.83.2.; "Mystische Und Erfahrungs-volle Episteln ..." (p. [59]-294) has special half title with title vignette (flowers in vase).; Sabin; Evans; Seidensticker, O. German printing,; Full leather binding badly damanged with missing spine resluting in loose covers.

Subjects: Ephrata Cloister.; Mysticism.

Place: United States Pennsylvania Ephrata.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Rare Books

Call Number: 090 E63br 1745a

125 years of history, Ephrata National Bank, 1881-2006

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo15718

Author: Brubaker, Paul W.

Date of Publication: 2006.

Call Number: 905.748 JHSCV, v. 31

Responsibility: by Paul W. Brubaker.

Author: Brubaker, Paul W.

Place of Publication: Ephrata, Pa

Publisher: The Cocalico Valley Historical Society of the Cocalico Valley ,

Date of Publication: 2006.

Physical Description: 96 p. : ill. ; 28 cm.

Notes: Issued as: Journal of the Historical Society of the Cocalico Valley, 31 (2006)

Summary: This issue of the journal commemorates the 125 year history of the Ephrata National Bank, and includes brief biographical sketches of the bank's seven presidents and a list of the bank's directors since 1881.

Subjects: Ephrata (Pa.) National Bank - History.; Banks and banking - Pennsylvania - Lancaster.; Ephrata, Pa. - History.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 905.748 JHSCV, v. 31

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Archive

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

Documents

The Ephrata Mountain Springs

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

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

Archive

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

Documents

Samuel's surprise

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo6671

Keller's Covered Bridge and Middle Creek Road Bridge

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo15632

The myths surrounding the Ephrata Cloister and the Revolutionary War Era

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo12602

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo19408

125 years of history, Ephrata National Bank, 1881-2006

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo15718