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History of education in Sadsbury Township and Christiana

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Author: Garrett, Mary D.

Date of Publication: 1981.

Call Number: 370 G239

Responsibility: by Mary D. Garrett.

Author: Garrett, Mary D.

Place of Publication: [Lancaster, Pa

Publisher: s.n.]

Date of Publication: 1981.

Physical Description: [32] p.: ill.; 21 cm.

Subjects: Education - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.; Sadsbury (Lancaster County, Pa. : Township) - History.; Christiana (Lancaster County, Pa.) - History.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Lancaster County

Call Number: 370 G239

Road to freedom

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Date of Publication: 1985.

Call Number: 905.748 JHM v. 4

Responsibility: by Cloister Junior/Senior Chapter, Ephrata Cloister Associates.

Place of Publication: Lancaster, Pa

Publisher: Student Historians of Pennsylvania, Inc. ;

Date of Publication: 1985.

Physical Description: p. 71 - 78. : 19 cm.

Notes: In: The Junior Historian Magazine, v. 4 (1984-1988).; Bibliography: p. 78.

Subjects: Underground railroad - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County x History.; Christiana (Pa.) - History .

Additional Author: Ephrata Cloister Associates.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 905.748 JHM v. 4

Print, Photographic

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Collection: Historical Markers Album

Object ID: A-39-01-06

Date Range: 1986

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Object Name: Print, Photographic

Collection: Historical Markers Album

Description: Monument of granite at Christiana in commemoration of the riot of 1851 and the resultant treason trials. The event known as the "Christiana Resistance" was engendered when southern slave owners came to Lancaster County in search of runaway slaves. Erected in 1911.

Provenance: Album of historical markers erected by the Lancaster County Historical Society, compiled by George L. Heiges in 1986.

Date Range: 1986

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Subcategory: Documentary Artifact

Search Terms: Historical markers; Monuments; Tablets; Christiana Resistance; Abolition; Civil War

Place: Sadsbury Twp.

Object Name: Print, Photographic

Print Size: 3 x 5 inches

Object ID: A-39-01-06

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Collection: Historical Markers Album

Object ID: A-39-01-08

Date Range: 1986

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Object Name: Print, Photographic

Collection: Historical Markers Album

Description: Monument at Christiana in commemoration of the resistance of 1851.

Provenance: Album of historical markers erected by the Lancaster County Historical Society, compiled by George L. Heiges in 1986.

Date Range: 1986

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Subcategory: Documentary Artifact

Search Terms: Historical markers; Monuments; Tablets; Christiana Resistance; Civil War; Slavery; Abolition

Place: Sadsbury Twp.

Object Name: Print, Photographic

Print Size: 3 x 5 inches

Object ID: A-39-01-08

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Christiana Fire Company : 100th Anniversary, 1884-1984

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Date of Publication: [1984]

Call Number: 352.3 C555

Place of Publication: [Lancaster, Pa.]

Publisher: [s.n.]

Date of Publication: [1984]

Physical Description: [28 p.], ill. ; 22 cm.

Notes: Title from cover.; Includes advertisements.

Subjects: Christiana Fire Company.; Fire departments - Lancaster County

Location: Lancaster History Library - Lancaster County

Call Number: 352.3 C555

The hotel by the railroad : Christiana's finest

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Author: Evans, Melvern R.

Date of Publication: 1985.

The Hotel By The Railroad Christiana's Finest By Melvern Evans, Jr. This story is about a hotel. . . .not just any hotel, but the unique Christiana Hotel, which stood so close to the Pennsylvania main-line railroad that everytime a fast freight rumbled by the whole building vibrated. I was born

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Responsibility: by Melvern Evans, Jr.

Author: Evans, Melvern R.

Place of Publication: Lancaster, Pa

Publisher: Lancaster County Historical Society,

Date of Publication: 1985.

Physical Description: 53-62 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

Series: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 89, no. 2

Subjects: Fieles family.; Christiana Hotel (Pa.)

Contained In: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 89, number 2 (1985), p. 53-62Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.89

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Lancaster County bus map

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Corporate Author: Red Rose Transit Authority.

Date of Publication: [1987?]

Call Number: 974.815 LACI 152

Alternate Title: Lancaster city bus routes; Lancaster County bus routes

Responsibility: Red Rose Transit Authority.

Corporate Author: Red Rose Transit Authority.

Place of Publication: Lancaster, Pa

Publisher: Red Rose Transit Authority,

Date of Publication: [1987?]

Physical Description: 10 maps on 1 sheet : both sides, col. ; 60 x 57 cm. or smaller, on sheet 61 x 82 cm., folded to 21 x 12 cm.

Notes: Ancillary maps (recto): Elizabethtown -- Mount Joy -- Columbia -- Willow Street -- Manheim -- Lititz -- Ephrata -- New Holland.; "This map printed 11/87"--Panel.; Text and col. ill. on verso.

Contents: Lancaster County bus routes -- Lancaster city bus routes.

Subjects: Bus lines - Pennsylvania - Lancaster - Maps.; Bus lines - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County - Maps.; Bus lines - Pennsylvania - Elizabethtown - Maps.; Bus lines - Pennsylvania - Mount Joy - Maps.; Bus lines - Pennsylvania - Columbia - Maps.; Bus lines - Pennsylvania - Willow Street - Maps.; Bus lines - Pennsylvania - Manheim - Maps.; Bus lines - Pennsylvania - Lititz - Maps.; Bus lines - Pennsylvania - Ephrata - Maps.; Bus lines - Pennsylvania - New Holland - Maps.; Lancaster (Pa.) - Maps.; Lancaster County - Maps.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Map

Call Number: 974.815 LACI 152

Pennsylvania German tombstone inscriptions

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Author: Stroh, Oscar H.

Date of Publication: c1980-c1984.

Call Number: 284 S921

Responsibility: sponsored by the Pennsylvania Chapter, Palatines to America.

Author: Stroh, Oscar H.

Place of Publication: Harrisburg, PA (R.D. 4, Box 925, Harrisburg 17112)

Publisher: O.H. Stroh,

Date of Publication: c1980-c1984.

Physical Description: 2 v. ; 29 cm.

Notes: Includes indexes.; v. 1 (File 11) includes: Amityville Lutheran Church cemetery, Amity Township, Berks County (p. 47 - 50); Bauerman's Church cemetery, Wayne Township, Dauphin County (p. 26); Belleview United Brethren Church cemetery, North Annville Township, Lebanon Count y.; Bern Church cemetery, Berks County (p. 1 - 6); Bernville cemetery, Berks County (p. 7 - 11); Bindnagle graveyard, North Londonderry Township, Lebanon County (p. 32 - 35); Chambers Hill cemetery, Swatara Township, Dauphin County (p. 36 - 37); Church of the Brethren (Dunkard) cemetery, Middle Paxton Township, Dauphin County (p. 50 - 54); Dunkard cemetery, Derry Township, Dauphin County (p. 36); Ebersole farm graveyard, South Hanover Township. Dauphin County (p. 30); Ephrata community graveyard, Ephrata Borough (p. 43 - 47); Fetterhoff Church cemetery, Halifax Township, Dauphin County (p. 24 - 25); Fox cemetery, Susquehanna Township, Dauphin County (p. 62 - 64); Greiner farm cemetery, Lower Swatara Township, Dauphin County (p. 42); Hoover farm cemetery, Derry Township, Dauphin County (p. 35).; v. 2 (File 11) includes: Bashore family cemetery, Bethel Township, Berks County (p. 67); Baumgardner cemetery, West Hanover Township, Dauphin County (p. 47); Bittenbender cemetery, Hereford Township, Berks County (p. 45); Church of God cemetery, Halifax Township, Dauphin County (p. 47); Crum's cemetery, Lower Paxton Township, Dauphin County (p. 52); Enders cemetery, Jackson Township, Dauphin County (p. 51); Esterton cemetery, Susquehanna Township, Dauphin County (p. 39); Fisherville cemetery, Jackson Township, Dauphin County (p. 53); Huff cemetery, Hereford Township, Berks County (p. 46); Huff's Union Church, Hereford Township, Berks County (p. 43); Klinger's cemetery, Lykens Township, Dauphin County (p. 91); Masteller cemetery, Hereford Township, Berks County (p. 46); Mount Laurel Church of God cemetery, Piketown, Dauphin County (p. 35); Muddy Creek Union cemetery, East Cocalico Township, Lancaster County (p. 61); Pleasant Hill cemetery, West Donegal Township, Lancaster County (p. 64); Rutt graveyard, West Donegal Township, Lancaster County (p. 64); St. John's (Host's) Reformed Church, Tulpehocken Township, Berks County (p. 1).

Subjects: Pennsylvania Dutch; Palatine Americans - Pennsylvania; Registers of births, etc. - Pennsylvania.; Inscriptions - Pennsylvania.; Cemeteries - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.; Cemeteries - Pennsylvania - Dauphin County.; Cemeteries - Pennsylvania - Berks County.; Pennsylvania - Genealogy.

Additional Corporate Author: Palatines to America (Society). Pennsylvania Chapter.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Church Record

Call Number: 284 S921

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

Adam Reigart, Jr. Returned Wager’s release of the Jacob Bare property for Reigart to hold until he receives complete payment on a bond. 9 December 1807. �230 North President Avenue • Lancaster, Pennsylvania 17603-3125 717.392.4633 • www.LancasterHistory.org Folder 4 Correspondence—Philip Wager to Adam

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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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History of education in Sadsbury Township and Christiana

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo4261

Road to freedom

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo15280

Print, Photographic

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Print, Photographic

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Archive

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Christiana Fire Company : 100th Anniversary, 1884-1984

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo17555

The hotel by the railroad : Christiana's finest

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo1021

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Lancaster County bus map

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Pennsylvania German tombstone inscriptions

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo13547

Archive

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