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Civil War pension affidavits and index to ledgers of Dr. Benjamin F. Porter, 1864-1888

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo17247
Author
Porter, Benjamin Franklin,
Date of Publication
c2011.
Call Number
974.841 P844
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Responsibility
[transcribed by Cynthia Hartman].
Author
Porter, Benjamin Franklin,
Place of Publication
York, Pa
Publisher
South Central Pennsylvania Genealogical Society,
Date of Publication
c2011.
Physical Description
46 p. ; 28 cm.
Series
Special publication ; number 71
Notes
"July 2011."
Subjects
Porter, Benjamin Franklin, - 1827-1886.
Military pensions - United States
Military pensions - Pennsylvania - York County.
Affidavits - Pennsylvania - York County.
Account books - Pennsylvania - York County
York County (Pa.) - Genealogy.
Additional Author
Hartman, Cynthia.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
974.841 P844
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https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/d391e387-cf6e-4b89-a872-845439687754
Collection
Gibbons Diaries, Family Papers, and Mill Records
Title
Gibbons Diaries, Family Papers, and Mill Records
Object ID
MG0846
Date Range
1727 - 1980s
Society of Friends Westtown Boarding School Search Terms: Business records Correspondence Deeds Diaries Lampeter Twp. Leacock Twp. Letters Mills Philadelphia Quakers Society of Friends Westtown Boarding School �230 North President Avenue • Lancaster, Pennsylvania 17603-3125 717.392.4633
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Gibbons Diaries, Family Papers, and Mill Records
Title
Gibbons Diaries, Family Papers, and Mill Records
Description
This collection contains letters, family papers, deeds, diaries, and mill records from three generations of the Gibbons family. The collection starts with documents focused on James Gibbons, then contains papers central to Daniel Gibbons, and finally end with the third generation papers surrounding Joseph Gibbons. The letters in this collection span from 1783 until 1865. The contents within the letters describe the daily happenings within the family and on their property which was located in Lampeter Township, Lancaster County. The family deeds in the collection detail the exchanging of property to and from the Gibbons family mostly within Lampeter Township and Upper Leacock Township, Lancaster County. The deeds span from 1727 to 1879. Also included are some miscellaneous family papers that span from 1799 to 1871. The content of these family papers ranges from anonymous stories about the Gibbons family, an independent order of Good Templars of Joseph Gibbons, to a land draft of James Gibbons' Land. This collection also contains diaries from various members of the Gibbons family, spanning the three generations. These diaries detail the day to day lives of the Gibbons family and also include historical anniversaries of important events or detail the passing of members within the Gibbons family and the surrounding community. The Mill Records in the collection contain information about [ ]. Overall, the Gibbons Family collection includes the regular happenings over the family's three generations in both business and secular life.
Date Range
1727 - 1980s
Creator
Gibbons family
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Storage Room
Archives South
Storage Wall
Side 19
People
Bonsall, Daniel
Bonsall, Edward Horne
Bonsall, Rachel
Brinton, William
Brown, Ellen
Brubaker, Marianna Gibbons
Conrad, Abraham
Dunbar, Andrew
Dunbar, Mary
Eaby, Christian
Eaby, Samuel
Earle, Mary Hussey
Evans, Thomas
Evans, Rebecca
Evans, William
Gibbons, Abraham
Gibbons, Caroline
Gibbons, Daniel
Gibbons, Deborah
Gibbons, Joseph
Gibbons, Phebe Hussey Earle
Gibbons, Rachel
Gibbons, Samuel
Gibbons, William
Grigs, Joseph
Hamilton, James
Hertzkey, John
Kendall, John
Kirk, Jeremiah
Lightfoot, Jepthat
Miller, Eliza
Miller, John
Reynolds, Margaret
Stauffer, Christian
Steer, Joseph
Stevens, Thaddeus
Thomas, William B.
Wartnaby, Elizabeth
Subjects
Business records
Deeds
Letters
Mills and mill-work
Quakers
Society of Friends
Westtown Boarding School
Search Terms
Business records
Correspondence
Deeds
Diaries
Finding aids
Lampeter Twp.
Leacock Twp.
Letters
Manuscript groups
Mill Creek
Mills
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Quakers
Society of Friends
Westtown Boarding School
Object Name
Archive
Language
English
Object ID
MG0846
Location of Originals
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania
Copies
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania
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
2021.008
Other Numbers
MG-846
Other Number
MG-846
Classification
MG0846
Description Level
Fonds
Custodial History
Folders 1-30 processed and finding aid prepared from the donor's notes by MB, 8 July 2021. Added to database 12 July 2021.
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https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/3ea739a1-fd10-400d-b9c6-269786291620
Collection
Diffenderffer Family Papers
Title
Diffenderffer Family Papers
Object ID
MG0410
Date Range
1691-1963
, Pennsylvania 17603-3125 717.392.4633 • www.LancasterHistory.org Search Terms: Clippings (Books, newspapers, etc.) Conestoga River Correspondence Deeds Drowning Earl Twp. England Estate settlement Finding aids German Reformed Church of New Holland Haupt Elementary School Hutchings Printing House King Street
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Collection
Diffenderffer Family Papers
Title
Diffenderffer Family Papers
Description
The Diffenderffer Family Papers collection contains items that have been passed down through generations of the Diffenderffer family. Deeds for tracts of land in New Holland date back to the creation of New Design, the village that preceded New Holland. Correspondence and some manuscripts pertain to J. P. McCaskey's life and accomplishments. F. R. Diffenderffer's manuscripts on Easter Day and Conrad Weiser are preserved with this collection, as well as poems, a program for the C. Elvin Haupt School, and a claim of F. R. Diffenderffer & Co. against the State of Texas.
Date Range
1691-1963
Year Range From
1691
Year Range To
1963
Date of Accumulation
1691-1963
Creator
Diffenderffer family
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Storage Room
Archives South
Storage Wall
Side 10
People
Brubaker, John
Brubaker, Margaret
Brubaker, Philip
Davis, Sarah
Diffenderfer, David
Diffenderfer, Elizabeth Shirk
Diffenderfer, John
Diffenderffer, Christina
Diffenderffer, David
Diffenderffer, David, Sr.
Diffenderffer, Fianna L. Lutz
Diffenderffer, Frank Ried
Diffenderffer, Harold F.
Diffenderffer, John, Jr.
Diffenderffer, John, Sr.
Diffenderffer, Margaretta Stein
Diffenderffer, Michael
Freymyer, Jacob
Grim, Henry
Haupt, Charles Elvin
Hoch, Herman E.
Holl, Wendel
Hubley, Bernard
Kennerly, John
Kinzer, John
Kinzer, Magdalena
Koch, Mary
Koch, Melchior
Law, James D.
Markley, Henry
McCaskey, Donald G.
McCaskey, John Piersol "Jack"
Nevin, Blanche
Painter, John
Penn, William
Rodman, John H.
Shirk, Henry
Smith, Oliver
Smith, William Evans
Sneider, Christian
Stone, David
Stone, George
Stone, Leonard
Stone, Mary
Sutton, Mary A. Diffenderffer
Thomson, Bill "Tommy"
Winter, John
Young, Matthias
Other Creators
Diffenderffer, Fianna L. Lutz, 1918-2009
Diffenderffer, David
Subjects
Deeds
Letters
Real property
Search Terms
Clippings (Books, newspapers, etc.)
Conestoga River
Correspondence
Deeds
Drowning
Earl Twp.
England
Estate settlement
Finding aids
German Reformed Church of New Holland
Haupt Elementary School
Hutchings Printing House
King Street
Lancaster
Land drafts
Lemon Street School
Letters
Manuscript groups
Mortgages
New Design, Earl Twp.
New Holland
Newspaper clippings
Programs
Real estate
Real property surveys
Reigart's Landing
Susquehanna River
Texas
Texas Frontier Forces
Windsor Forge
Extent
1 box, 23 folders, .5 cubic ft.
Object Name
Archive
Language
English
Object ID
MG0410
Location of Originals
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania
Notes
Preferred Citation: Title or description of item, date (day, month, year), Collection Title (MG#), Folder #, (or Object ID), LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania. URL if applicable. Date accessed (day, month, year).
Deeds in folders 1-18 were a gift of Fianna Diffenderffer and the Diffenderffer family, 4 November 2006.
Items in folders 19-23 were a gift from her nephew, David Diffenderffer, 14 August 2006.
Access Conditions / Restrictions
Restrictions are noted at the item level--please use photocopies or transcriptions for those items. Other original documents may be used by researchers--contact Research@LancasterHistory.org prior to visit or request at Reference Desk.
Copyright
Collection items 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 collection 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
2006.MG0410_NOV
Other Numbers
MG-410
Classification
MG0410
Description Level
Fonds
Custodial History
Cataloged by HST, November 2008. Added to database 28 July 2021.
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https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/d93bb007-7aee-4f71-8018-604129249674
Collection
General Collection
Object ID
1-16-01-60
Date Range
May 2010
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Object Name
Print, Photographic
Collection
General Collection
Description
Reenactors at Maytown's Memorial Day Parade.
Date Range
May 2010
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Subcategory
Documentary Artifact
Search Terms
Maytown, East Donegal Twp.
Memorial Day
Parades
Reenactors
Place
East Donegal Twp.
Object Name
Print, Photographic
Print Size
4 x 6 inches
Condition
Good
Object ID
1-16-01-60
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Cedar Grove Cemetery, East Earl Township, Pennsylvania

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo19877
Date of Publication
[2015]
Call Number
310.35 C389e
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Place of Publication
Computer printout
Date of Publication
[2015]
Physical Description
7, [32] leaves.
Notes
Includes the Old, Middle and New Sections.
Rineer's "Churches and Cemeteries of Lancaster County" page 128 #3A.
Subjects
Ceder Grove Cemetery (East Earl Township, Pa.)
Cemeteries - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County - East Earl Twp.
Registers of birth, etc. - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County
Location
Lancaster History Library - Reference
Call Number
310.35 C389e
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Print, Photographic

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/0dd706ed-49df-468e-aa15-940434108432
Collection
General Collection
Object ID
1-17-03-11
Date Range
September 5, 2012
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Object Name
Print, Photographic
Collection
General Collection
Description
Note on back of picture: "Where Marian Louise Baker lived: Reynolds Avenue, 1950"
Date Range
September 5, 2012
Creator
Jolly, James A.
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
People
Baker, Marian Louise
Subcategory
Documentary Artifact
Search Terms
House
Reynolds Avenue
Object Name
Print, Photographic
Print Size
4 x 6 inches
Object ID
1-17-03-11
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https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/48f20525-cdcd-439b-9702-781757334302
Collection
General Collection
Object ID
1-17-03-12
Date Range
August 7, 2012
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Object Name
Print, Photographic
Collection
General Collection
Description
Picture of headstone of Marian Louise Baker with J. A. Jolly standing behind it. Note on back of picture: "J.A. Jolly putting flowers on the grave of Marian Baker, Aug 7, 2012, New Bloomfield, Pennsylvania
Date Range
August 7, 2012
Creator
Jolly, James A.
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
People
Baker, Marian Louise
Jolly, James A. "Jim"
Subcategory
Documentary Artifact
Search Terms
Headstones
Cemeteries
New Bloomfield, Perry County
New Bloomfield Cemetery
Place
New Bloomfield, Perry County, Pennsylvania
Object Name
Print, Photographic
Print Size
4 x 6 inches
Object ID
1-17-03-12
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https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/ae9b1b52-4627-496b-b127-224111542241
Collection
General Collection
Title
Headstone of Marian Louise Baker
Object ID
1-17-03-13
Date Range
August 7, 2012
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Object Name
Print, Photographic
Collection
General Collection
Title
Headstone of Marian Louise Baker
Description
Picture of headstone of Marian Louise Baker with 2 bouquets flowers on it. Note on back of photograph: "On the left: someone had placed flowers (artificial) on her grave, flowers (center) placed by J.A. Jolly, Aug. 7, 2012, New Bloomfield, PA."
Date Range
August 7, 2012
Creator
Jolly, James A.
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
People
Baker, Marian Louise
Jolly, James A. "Jim"
Subcategory
Documentary Artifact
Search Terms
Headstones
Cemeteries
New Bloomfield, Perry County
New Bloomfield Cemetery
Flowers
Object Name
Print, Photographic
Print Size
4 x 6 inches
Object ID
1-17-03-13
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https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/12d95b11-90a6-4492-aab5-817955030922
Collection
General Collection
Object ID
1-17-03-14
Date Range
2012
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Object Name
Print, Photographic
Collection
General Collection
Description
Information on back of picture: "Maple Grove Mill, Columbia Avenue, Lancaster. Here Gibbs threw evidence into the Little Conestoga Ck, 1950"
Date Range
2012
Creator
Jolly, James A.
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
People
Baker, Marian Louise
Jolly, James A. "Jim"
Subcategory
Documentary Artifact
Search Terms
Columbia Avenue
Maple Grove Mill
Little Conestoga Creek
Object Name
Print, Photographic
Print Size
4 x 6 inches
Object ID
1-17-03-14
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https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/0af1de16-c250-43cb-82cd-185416872440
Collection
General Collection
Object ID
1-16-04-37
Date Range
2010
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Object Name
Print, Photographic
Collection
General Collection
Description
Linda Jordan Platt, Nancy Dunlap Collette and Maxine Jordan Ballard in front of what used to be Ice Cream & Things, 564 West Orange Street
Date Range
2010
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
People
Platt, Linda Jordan
Collette, Nancy Dunlap
Ballard, Maxine Jordan
Subcategory
Documentary Artifact
Search Terms
Ice Cream & Things
Candy stores
West Orange Street
Place
Lancaster
Object Name
Print, Photographic
Print Size
4 x 6 inches
Object ID
1-16-04-37
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