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Collection: Advertising and Promotional Collection

Title: Advertising and Promotional Collection

Object ID: MG0153

Date Range: 1862-1987

Boston Insurance Co. Brochures Brownstown, West Earl Twp. Businesses Christmas carols Clarion Steam Printing House Clipper Magazine Colonial Theatre Columbia Columbia Flour Mills Columbia Herald Job Printing Office �230 North President Avenue • Lancaster, Pennsylvania 17603-3125 717.392.4633

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Collection: Advertising and Promotional Collection

Title: Advertising and Promotional Collection

Description: The Advertising and Promotional Collection contains materials for a wide variety of businesses and organizations in Lancaster County, including manufacturers, department and clothing stores, entertainment venues, grocery stores, restaurants, service providers, and social clubs. Of special interest is the use of both English and German in a brochure from the Great Atlantic and Pacific Tea Co., as well as in the soap-making directions from the Pennsylvania Salt Co. There are also a 1921 program from Lancaster's Colonial Theatre and boxing programs that list Lancaster native, Leo Houck.

Date Range: 1862-1987

Year Range From: 1862

Year Range To: 1987

Date of Accumulation: 1862-1987

Creator: LancasterHistory (Organization)

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives South

Storage Wall: Side 04

People: Bogle, George; Bortzfield, Jere; Butler, Smedley D.; Correll, Clint; Eberly, Jay M.; Evans, Melvern R,; Frueauff, W. Herman T.; Hawbaker, Gary; Houck, Leo; Huss, Arlene Rider; Jackson, J. T.; Jenner, Edward; Kelly, P. B.; Kepler, Aaron Conrad; Lynch, Charles O.; Manning, Peggy Sheets; Martin, John W.; Miller, Charles F.; Musser, Andrew J.; Miller, J. R.; Rohrer, Willis; Ross, Betsy; Schuneman, Ray; Skiles, John D.; Slaymaker, R. M.; Smith, Lynn A.; Smith, Marjorie A.; Stauffer, Sarah Ann; Stumpf, Ed; Suydam, Henry; Tobias, Richard J.; Yecker, Paul C.; Rowe, Ceylon; Landes, Lizzie; Stehman, Henry L.

Subjects: Advertising; Ephemera; Advertising fliers; Fliers (Ephemera)

Search Terms: A&P; A. F. Huber Food Store; Advertisements; Advertising; Advertising fliers; Announcements; Annville, Lebanon County, Pennsylvania; Aunt Betty's Playhouse; Big Boy Restaurants; Boston Insurance Company; Brochures; Brownstown, West Earl Twp.; Business; Christmas carols; Clarion Steam Printing House; Clipper Magazine; Colonial Theatre; Columbia; Columbia Flour Mills; Columbia Herald Job Printing Office; Columbian Printing Company; Cope Brothers; Dr. Raub's Egg White Soap; Drawings; E. H. Gochnauer and Sons; East Tarentum, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania; Ed Stumpf's Service Stations; Engle and Hambright; Ephemera; Express Steam Printers; Finding aids; Finks Baked Products; Flyers; Gardner and Craver; Gates Dental Company, Inc.; Glitsch' Imperial Russian Mustard; Grandview Heights; Great Atlantic and Pacific Tea Company; Harrison Brothers and Company; Heinitsh Furniture Company; Hershey and Groff; Historical Society of Frederick County, Inc. (Maryland); Invitations; John D. Skiles, Dry Goods and Clothing; John Herr's Mill; Kelly Cadillac; Kunkel and Brother; L. B. Herr & Son; Lakeland Stabling Company; Lancaster; Lancaster Advertiser's Club; Lancaster Bar Association; Lancaster Chemical Company; Lancaster Country Store; Lancaster County Heritage Magazine; Lancaster Dispensing Company; Lancaster Outdoor Advertising Company; Lime Spring Farm; Lorillard Tobacco Company; Lynch Drop Center Fifth Wheel and Gear Connections; Manuscript groups; Metropolitan Life Insurance Company; Mill Bridge Village & Camp Resort; Mills; Moderne Manor; Musselman and Slaymaker; New Holland, Earl Twp.; Pacquin's Dentist's and Physician's hand cream; Peach Bottom Slate Mining Company; Pennsylvania Salt Company; Pequea Lime; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Place Marie; Restaurants; Restore 'N More; Rohrerstown, East Hempfield Twp.; Russo Answer-Phone Service; Sayres, Scheid & Sweeton; Steinman Hardware; Stockyard Inn; Stores; Sunday News; Trivers Clothes; Trout and Shank; F. W. Woolworth Co.; H. L. Stehman and Co.; Heitshu's Drug Store

Extent: 1 box, 13 folders, .2 cubic ft.

Object Name: Archive

Language: English

Object ID: MG0153

Location of Originals: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania

Related Item Notes: Business and Industry Collection (MG0107); Invoice and Receipt Collection (MG0253); Billheads from the Commissioners' Orders for Payment Collection (MG0182); Business Letterhead Collection (MG0254)

Notes: Preferred Citation: Advertising and Promotional Collection (MG0153), 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.

Other Numbers: MG-153

Other Number: MG-153

Classification: MG0153

Description Level: Fonds

Custodial History: This collection was originally cataloged in 1998 and the finding aid is updated as items are added. Added to database 25 August 2021.

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Collection: Gibbons Diaries, Family Papers, and Mill Records

Title: Gibbons Diaries, Family Papers, and Mill Records

Object ID: MG0846

Date Range: 1727 - 1980s

James Gibbons for 1,000 acres of land situated on the Conestoga Creek in Chester County. 20 September 1727. Signed 20 September 1727. Original seal still on document. Folder 21 Deed from Joseph Steer of Lampeter Twp. to James Gibbons of Lampeter Twp. for land near Mill Creek and alongside William

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Collection: 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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Collection: Stock Certificates Collection

Title: Stock Certificates Collection

Object ID: MG0326

Date Range: 1822-1995

Growers Company Service and Parking Garage Company Sicily Island Fishing Club Silver Springs Dairy Company Ltd. Stock certificates Tobacco Turnpikes United Ice Company West End Water Company William F. Murphy's Sons Company Winslow Petroleum Company �230 North President Avenue • Lancaster, Pennsylvania

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Collection: Stock Certificates Collection

Title: Stock Certificates Collection

Description: This collection contains stock certificates for businesses and associations in Lancaster County and this region, or for shares held by residents of Lancaster County.

Date Range: 1822-1995

Year Range From: 1822

Year Range To: 1995

Date of Accumulation: 1822-1995

Creator: LancasterHistory (Organization)

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives South

Storage Wall: Side 08

People: Barber, John; Bausman, J. B.; Bolton, W. P.; Bowman, Robert K.; Burkholder, Abe W.; Cleveland, S. M.; Dick, William; Dombach, Calvin S.; Eshleman, Kathryn; Fairlamb, Harry; Folmer, Charles John; Frank, J. Barcley; Franklin, Walter M.; Givler, John; Givler, John S.; Good, C. W.; Green, E.; Haines, Joyce; Haines, Karl; Harrison, W.; Hartman, H. W.; Hartman, John F.; Hartzell, H. O.; Hess, Mark S.; Jenkins, William; Jones, J.; Kauffman, I. M.; Keller, Dean; Kendall, L. A.; Kreider, Elam; Long, John F.; Loose, John Ward Willson "Jack"; Lorch, George A.; Lutz, P. H.; Martin, Isaac; Maxwell, Joseph R.; Maxwell, Mrs. Joseph R.; Metzger, H. R.; Metzler, Christian E.; Meyer, Anna Magdalen; Miller, William; Mowrer, J. H.; Nissley, J. H.; Parkins, R. B.; Pickle, J. Harry; Pollard, Myron A.; Price, Samuel; Riddick, Frank A.; Rudy, James K.; Rush, E. W.; Sahm, Norman R.; Shand, William; Shurler, F.; Smith, Jacob; Smith, W. J. B.; Snavely, Helen; Snyder, P. F.; Sweigart, S. F; Wagner, F. D.; Webster, George W.; Yost, J. F.; Zimmerman, Elmer D.

Subjects: Stock certificates

Search Terms: Agricultural Trust and Savings Company; American Bank Note Company; Armstrong World Industries, Inc.; Associations, institutions, etc.; Broun-Green Company; Columbia Pennsylvania Library Company; Conestoga Aero Corporation; E. A. Wright Bank Note Company; Eastern Livestock Cooperative Marketing Association; Farmers Bank of Lancaster; Farmers Oil Company; Finding aids; Follmer, Clogg and Company; Gap Mine Company; Goldsmith Brothers; International Bank Note Company; Lancaster County Farm Bureau Cooperative Association; Lancaster Development Company; Lancaster Manufacturing Company; Lancaster Suburban Water Company; Lancaster, Oxford and Southern Railroad Company; Linglestown Fair Association; Lone Star Gas and Oil Company; Manheim, Petersburg and Lancaster Plank Road; Manheim, Petersburg and Lancaster Turnpike; Manufacturing; Manuscript groups; New Holland Airport; Railroads; Reynolds and Company; Seed-leaf Tobacco Growers Company; Service and Parking Garage Company; Sicily Island Fishing Club; Silver Springs Dairy Company Ltd.; Stock certificates; Tobacco; Turnpikes; United Ice Company; West End Water Company; William F. Murphy's Sons Company; Winslow Petroleum Company

Extent: 1 box, 13 folders, .25 cubic ft.

Object Name: Archive

Language: English

Object ID: MG0326

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).

Access Conditions / Restrictions: 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 site 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.

Other Numbers: MG-326

Classification: MG0326

Description Level: Fonds

Custodial History: Added to database 9 September 2021.

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Collection: Mills and Bridges of Lancaster County, The R. Harold Barton Collection

Title: Mills and Bridges of Lancaster County

Object ID: MG0015

Date Range: 1637-1916

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Collection: Mills and Bridges of Lancaster County, The R. Harold Barton Collection

Title: Mills and Bridges of Lancaster County

Description: Collection contains the research materials of R. Harold Barton on the mills and bridges of Lancaster County. Included are field notes, working papers, photographer's negatives, and postcards. Indexes are available listing mills by name and location, and bridges by name.; Four notebooks are the finished product of the mills and bridges research of R. Harold Barton. These notebooks are in the library under Barton, R. Harold on the online catalog (LC621.85, B283, v.1-v.4). The notebooks constitute 1 cubic ft. of the collection.; The remaining six boxes are located within the manuscript collection. These boxes house working papers, field notes, worksheets, notebooks, photographs, negatives, additional albums of photographs and other miscellaneous material relating to Lancaster County bridges and mills.; Mr. Barton uses a numerical system to locate bridges and mills by township or by the names of the streams, rivers, runs and creeks. Three indexes have been prepared: one lists the bridges by name, one the location by town or townships, and one the names of the mills.; There are a few notes related to Lancaster County gunsmiths, missionaries, and Indian traders.

System of Arrangement: Collection is arranged by township, number, and index.

Date Range: 1637-1916

Creation Date: 1637-1916

Year Range From: 1637

Year Range To: 1916

Date of Accumulation: 1637-1916

Creator: Barton, R. Harold

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives South

Storage Wall: Side 01

People: Barton, R. Harold

Subjects: Bridges; Covered bridges; Mills and mill-work; Research

Search Terms: Bridges; Covered bridges; Mills; Research; Manuscript groups; Finding aids

Extent: 6 boxes, 2 notebooks, 33 folders, 2.4 cubic ft.

Object Name: Archive

Language: English

Object ID: MG0015

Location of Originals: 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.

Other Numbers: MG-15

Classification: MG0015

Description Level: Fonds

Custodial History: This collection was cataloged prior to 1997; added to database 6 March 2018.

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Collection: Property Records for Shank's Tavern (Marietta, Pa.)

Title: Property Records for Shank's Tavern (Marietta, Pa.)

Object ID: MG0953

Date Range: 1807-1995

Collection: Property Records for Shank's Tavern (Marietta, Pa.)

Title: Property Records for Shank's Tavern (Marietta, Pa.)

Description: Deeds and property records regarding present day Shank's Tavern at 36 South Waterford Avenue, Marietta, PA 17547. 1807-1995:; Deed #1 (James Anderson to Jacob Bitner) 1807 [original]; Deed #2 (James & Mary Anderson to Henry James Corey) 1813 [original]; Deed #3 (James Corey to Jacob Nicholas & Henry Long) 1813 [original]; Deed #4 (Jacob Nicholas to Benjamin Long) 1813 [original]; Deed #5 (Sheriff Frederick Hambright to David Rinehard) 1822 [original]; Deed #6 (John Beidler to John Heistand) 1828 [original]; Deed #7 (Benjamin Long to David Riehard) 1842 [original]; Typed document excerpt from Ellis & Evans History of Lancaster County re: David Rinehart; Deed #8 (Russel Child to Jane Hogan) 1865 [original]; Sheet of Confederate currency 18?? [original]; Deed #9 (Charlotte & George Mehaffey to John Waller) 1894 [original]; Mortgage (John Waller) 1894 [original]; Deed #9 (John Waller to Catherine Waller) 1897 [original]; Fire Insurance Policy (John Waller) 1898 [original]; Deed #10 Mortgage (John & Catherine Waller to Amos Bowman Executor of James Duffy Estate) 1899 [original]; Judgment Bond (John Waller to Catherine Waller) 1899 [original]; Catherine Waller will (1928) [photocopy]; Catherine Waller will (1932) [photocopy]; Catherine Waller to Ruth Rothrock envelope re: Bernard V. Santaniello Office of the Register of Wills and Clerk of the Orphans Court Division [original]; Stock Certificate Providers Benefit Company (Kathleen D. Shank) 1970 [original]; Deed #11 (Ruth Rothrock Frey to Jack S. Frey) 1972 [original]; John P. Hohendal to Jack S. Frey legal correspondence (1972) [original]; Nikolaus & Hohenadel invoice for deed preparation (1972) [original]; Deed #12 (Jack & Janet S. Frey to Frey Heirs) 1991 [original]; Deed #12 (Jack & Janet S. Frey to Frey Heirs) 1991 [photocopy]; David T. Mountz to Jack S. Frey legal correspondence (1991) [original]; David T. Mountz invoice for deed preparation (1991) [original]; Deed #13 (Jeffrey Shank to J. Robert Shank, Jr.) 1995 [photocopy]; Receipt Sign for Shank's Tavern (1991) [photocopy]; Handwritten inventory of antique furniture in Shank's Tavern (private residence); by Mrs. Robert (Wendy) Shank [no date]

Date Range: 1807-1995

Year Range From: 1807

Year Range To: 1995

Creator: Shank, Robert

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives North

Storage Wall: Side 12

People: Shank, Robert; Shank, Wendy

Subjects: Deeds; Real property; Taverns (Inns); Wills

Search Terms: Deeds; Finding aids; Manuscript groups; Property histories; Real estate; Shank's Tavern; Taverns; Wills

Object Name: Archive

Language: English

Object ID: MG0953

Location of Originals: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania

Access Conditions / Restrictions: This collection has not been cataloged, but may be used by appointment. Please contact Research@LancasterHistory.org at least two weeks prior to visit.

Credit: Courtesy of LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.

Accession Number: 2022.014

Other Numbers: MG-953

Classification: MG0953

Description Level: Fonds

Custodial History: Given by owner Bob Shank to one of Jean-Paul's students who was researching Shank's Tavern for a class project. Bob confirmed that he did not want the documents back.

Bellevue in his service : 1823-1982

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Author: Kauffman, Pauline S.

Date of Publication: 1982]

Call Number: 285.1 B442

Author: Kauffman, Pauline S.

Place of Publication: [Gap, Pa

Publisher: Bellevue Presbyterian Church,

Date of Publication: 1982]

Physical Description: 60 p. : ill. ; 28 cm.

Notes: Title from cover.; Written by Pauline Kauffman and Peggy Von Gehr. - p.1, 3.

Subjects: Presbyterian Church - Pennsylvania - Pequea Valley; Pequea Valley (Pa.) - Church history.

Additional Author: Von Gehr, Margaret S.

Additional Corporate Author: Bellevue Presbyterian Church (Gap, Pa.)

Location: Lancaster History Library - Lancaster County

Call Number: 285.1 B442

A nostalgic journey through the Cocalico Valley

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Edition: Limited ed.

Date of Publication: 1984.

Call Number: 974.815 LACO A611 No.2

Edition: Limited ed.

Place of Publication: [Cocalico, Pa.?]

Publisher: The Historical Society of the Cocalico Valley,

Date of Publication: 1984.

Physical Description: 132 p. : chiefly ill. ; 28 cm.

Series: Pictorial book of the Historical Society of the Cocalico Valley ;

Subjects: Cocalico Creek Valley (Pa.) - History - Pictorial works.; Cocalico Creek Valley (Pa.) - Pictorial works.

Additional Corporate Author: Historical Society of the Cocalico Valley.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 974.815 LACO A611 No.2

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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

spirits providing more credit can be granted, garden and mill prospering, and family health. 9 April 1818. Letter from Robert K. Lowry to Adam Reigart. Notes merited reproach in Reigart’s letter and discusses a visit to Pittsburgh and Beaver County, accommodations for guests, reducing debt, a wine and

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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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Collection: Historical Markers Album

Object ID: A-39-01-96

Date Range: 1986

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Object Name: Print, Photographic

Collection: Historical Markers Album

Description: Revere Tavern, Paradise. Formerly the rectory of All Saints Episcopal Church.

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; Taverns; Rectories; Parsonages; Revere Tavern

Place: Paradise Twp.

Object Name: Print, Photographic

Print Size: 3 x 5 inches

Object ID: A-39-01-96

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Down the pike : a history of the Chambersburg-Bedford Turnpike Company

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Author: Nelson, John H.

Date of Publication: 1989.

Call Number: 388 N427

Responsibility: written by John H. Nelson.

Author: Nelson, John H.

Place of Publication: McConnellsburg, PA

Publisher: Fulton County Historical Society,

Date of Publication: 1989.

Physical Description: 65, 35 p. : ill., facsims. ; 22 cm.

Series: Fulton County Historical Society (Pa.) (Series) ;

Notes: Includes text of: Laws relating to the Chambersburg and Bedford Turnpike Road Company (Chambersburg, Pa. : M. Kieffer, 1860).; Bibliography: p. 63-64.

Contents: Contents: 1. A brief look at the development of turnpikes -- 2. The origination of the Chambersburg-Bedford Turnpike Company -- 3. Growth and demise of the company -- 4. End of an era -- 5. Bridges -- 6. Tollgates and tollhouses -- 7. Incidents along the pike -- Stockholders, managers and toolkeepers -- Sources -- Laws of the Chambersburg and Bedford Turnpike Road Company

Subjects: Chambersburg-Bedford Turnpike Company - History.; Toll roads - Pennsylvania.; Bedford County (Pa.) - History.; Fulton County (Pa.) - History.; Franklin County (Pa.) - History.

Additional Corporate Author: Fulton County Historical Society (Pa.)

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 388 N427

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