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Specification

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Collection
Bridge Records
Title
Bridge Records
Object ID
Bridge F0690 I002
Date Range
1824
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Bridge Records
Title
Bridge Records
Date Range
1824
Year
1824
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Storage Room
Archives West
Storage Container
Box 0010
Subcategory
Documentary Artifact
Search Terms
Bridges
Chickies Creek
Chiques Creek
Creeks
Hostetter's Mill
Lancaster
Manheim Twp.
Manheim, Rapho Twp.
Mills
Rapho Twp.
Specifications
Tail Run
Warwick Twp.
Place
Rapho Twp. and Warwick Twp.
Object Name
Specification
Language
English
Condition
Fair
Object ID
Bridge F0690 I002
Box Number
010
Additional Notes
[Rapho Twp. and Warwick Twp.]
1. Location: On Road from Manheim, Rapho Twp., to Lancaster City.
Second bridge: Bridge over Tail Run.
2. Location: Near Hostetter's Mill, [Manheim Twp.].
Document type: Specifications for bridge construction.
1 item, 1 piece
Access Conditions / Restrictions
Request at Reference Desk; photocopy made by staff member.
Classification
RG 02-00 0324
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Collection
Bridge Records
Title
Bridge Records
Object ID
Bridge F0690 I003
Date Range
1824
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Collection
Bridge Records
Title
Bridge Records
Date Range
1824
Year
1824
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Storage Room
Archives West
Storage Container
Box 0010
Subcategory
Documentary Artifact
Search Terms
Bridges
Chickies Creek
Chiques Creek
Contracts
Creeks
Drawings
Hostetter's Mill
Lancaster
Manheim Twp.
Manheim, Rapho Twp.
Mills
Rapho Twp.
Specifications
Tail Run
Warwick Twp.
Place
Rapho Twp. and Warwick Twp.
Object Name
Specification
Language
English
Condition
Fair
Object ID
Bridge F0690 I003
Box Number
010
Additional Notes
[Rapho Twp. and Warwick Twp.]
1. Location: On Road from Manheim, Rapho Twp., to Lancaster City.
Second bridge: Bridge over Tail Run.
2. Location: Near Hostetter's Mill in Manheim Twp.
Document types: Specifications and contract for bridge construction.
Drawing of bridge.
2 items, 2 pieces
Access Conditions / Restrictions
Request at Reference Desk; photocopy made by staff member.
Classification
RG 02-00 0324
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Collection
Commissioners' Orders for Payment
Title
Commissioners' order for payment
Object ID
CommOrder 1831 #021
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Commissioners' Orders for Payment
Title
Commissioners' order for payment
Description
This record group contains canceled orders that were issued by the county commissioners for payment to be made by the county treasurer. The orders show date, order number, amount, name of payee, purpose, and signatures of the county commissioners. In the case of "poor children," teachers were reimbursed by the county for tuition and/or the supplies purchased for students whose parents were unable to pay. Orders include: Poor Children, Almshouse, Bridges, Coroners' Inquests, Prisons, Roads, Court House, and Tax Exonerations.
System of Arrangement
The record group is organized chronologically, then arranged by order number within each year.
Date of Accumulation
1810-1901
Year
1831
Creator
County Commissioners
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Storage Container
Box 0011
People
Reiff, Jacob
Search Terms
Courthouses
Lancaster
Rapho Twp.
Commissioners' Orders for Payment
Place
Lancaster
Extent
70 boxes (35 cubic ft.)
Object Name
Documents
Language
English
Condition
Fair
Condition Date
2008-03-25
Object ID
CommOrder 1831 #021
Box Number
011
Notes
Never entered into Q&A.
Additional Notes
Courthouse.
Payment for tax assessment duties in Rapho Twp.
Reiff, Jacob.
1 item. 1 piece.
Access Conditions / Restrictions
Request at research desk. Photocopy made by staff member.
Classification
RG 08-01 0510
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Item
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Archive

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Collection
Transportation Collection
Title
Transportation Collection
Object ID
MG0123
Date Range
1819-1977
Subject Headings: Letters Minutes (Records) Philadelphia & Reading Railroad Co. Philadelphia and Lancaster Turnpike (Pa.) Posters Railroads Rates and tolls Reading & Columbia Railroad Company Street-railroads Trolley cars Search Terms: Adamstown Bittersville, Lower Windsor Twp., York County Blueprints
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Collection
Transportation Collection
Title
Transportation Collection
Description
The Transportation Collection contains documents regarding turnpikes, railroads, Conestoga Traction Co., Conestoga Transportation Co., and the Red Rose Transit Authority. The types of items include correspondence, financial papers, business papers, stock certificates, tickets, schedules, maps of routes, and a blueprint.
Date Range
1819-1977
Year Range From
1819
Year Range To
1977
Date of Accumulation
1819-1977
Creator
LancasterHistory (Organization)
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Storage Room
Archives South
Storage Wall
Side 04
People
Bitner, John R.
Boardman, Harris
Bowman, John Jacob
Boyer, Zaccur Prall
Cirt, Anna N.
Griest, William Walton
Hostetter, Albert Keller
Kemrer, Clarence M.
Knapp, Walter
Kreider, Kate
Kriebel, Howard Wiegner
McClellan, Oliver Eldridge
Royer, David
Shuman, James P.
Wohlsen, Anna
Wohlsen, Peter
Subjects
Letters
Minutes (Records)
Philadelphia & Reading Railroad Co.
Philadelphia and Lancaster Turnpike (Pa.)
Posters
Railroads
Rates and tolls
Reading & Columbia Railroad Company
Street-railroads
Trolley cars
Search Terms
Adamstown
Bittersville, Lower Windsor Twp., York County, Pennsylvania
Blueprints
Booklets
Brochures
Campbelltown, South Londonderry Twp., Lebanon County, Pennsylvania
Center Square Road Station
Chestnut Street
Christiana
Coatesville, Chester County, Pennsylvania
Columbia
Columbia, Ironville and Mount Joy Railroad
Conestoga Traction Company
Conestoga Transportation Company
Conewago Water and Power Company
Correspondence
Dallastown, York County, Pennsylvania
Drawings
Duke Street
East Belt line
East King Street
East Petersburg, East Hempfield Twp.
Elizabethtown
Engleside, Lancaster Twp.
Ephemera
Ephrata
Express Printing Company
Greeting cards
Hanover, York County, Pennsylvania
Hershey, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania
Ironville, West Hempfield Twp.
J. G. Brill Company
Kinport Road
Lancaster
Lancaster and York Furnace Street Railway
Lancaster and Columbia Division, Conestoga Transportation Company
Lancaster and Lititz Passenger Railroad Company
Lancaster, Elizabethtown, and Middletown Turnpike
Lebanon, Lebanon County, Pennsylvania
Letters
Lititz
Maple Grove
Maps
Marietta Avenue
North Market Street
Mechanicsburg, Upper Leacock Twp.
Mechanicsville, East Hempfield Twp.
Minutes
Mount Joy
Mulberry Street
National Railway Historical Society
Neffsville, Manheim Twp.
North End Photo Finishing House
North Lime Street
North Queen Street
Palmyra, Lebanon County, Pennsylvania
Parkesburg, Chester County, Pennsylvania
Penn Square
Pequea Twp.
Philadelphia and Lancaster Turnpike Company
Philadelphia and Reading Railroad Company
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Photographs
Placards
Substations
President Avenue
Princess Street
Prospect Street
Quarryville
Railroads
Rates and tolls
Reading and Columbia Railroad Company
Receipts
Red Rose Transit Authority
Reports
Roads
Rocky Springs Railroad Company
Schuylkill Navigation Company
Scrapbooks
South Mountain Railroad
South Queen Street
Stock certificates
Susquehanna Railroad
Tickets
Tolls
Trolley car barns
Trolley car yards
Trolley cars
Trolleys
Turnpikes
Walnut Street
WGAL (television station)
Williams Park Station
Willow Street Turnpike
Windsor Twp., York County, Pennsylvania
WLAN (radio station)
Wrightsville, York County, Pennsylvania
York Bus Company
York Fair
York Railway Company
Extent
2 boxes, 31 folders, 1 cubic ft.
Object Name
Archive
Language
English
Object ID
MG0123
Location of Originals
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania
Notes
Preferred Citation: Title or description of item, date (day, month, year), Transportation Collection (MG0123), 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.
Other Numbers
MG-123
Classification
MG0123
Description Level
Fonds
Custodial History
Added to database 23 September 2021.
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Archive

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Collection
Apprenticeship and Indenture Documents
Title
Apprenticeship and Indenture Documents
Object ID
MG0721
Date Range
1762-1855
Subject Headings: Apprentices Blacksmiths Carpenters Contract labor Contracts Joiners Saddlery Tinsmiths Weavers Search Terms: Apprentices Blacksmiths Brecknock Twp. Carpenters Contract labor Cocalico Twp. Colerain Twp. Donegal Twp. Drumore Twp. Finding aids Indentures Joiners Lancaster Little Britain Twp
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Collection
Apprenticeship and Indenture Documents
Title
Apprenticeship and Indenture Documents
Description
The Apprenticeship and Indenture Documents include legal contracts between apprentice, or the parent or guardians, and master; as well as one contract between an indentured servant and master. The contracts identify the parties involved, municipalities, trade to be learned, and terms of contract.
Date Range
1762-1855
Creation Date
1762-1855
Year Range From
1762
Year Range To
1855
Creator
LancasterHistory (Organization)
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Storage Room
Archives South
Storage Wall
Side 15
People
Boyd, Nickolas C.
Brant, John
Carver, Seneca
Convery, Patrick
Daly, James
Eshleman, Guy
Eversole, Jacob
Fenney, Catherine
Ganter, George
Hess, John
Humerich, Christian
Humphreville, Frank
Humphreville,Henry
Humphreville, Susanna
Ihling, John
Johns, Jacob
Johnston, Abraham
Lesher, John
Long, George
Messner, Christian
Moore, David
Moore, Zacharias
Parsons, Mary
Peddin, John
Porter, John
Porter, William
Quick, Philip
Reinhard, Jacob
Reinhard, Mary
Remo, Jenetta
Remo, Samuel
Remo, Susanna
Ruch, John
Ruch, Peter
Seeger, Fredrich
Steele, William W.
Stewart, Peter
Welsh, James
Subjects
Apprentices
Blacksmiths
Carpenters
Contract labor
Contracts
Joiners
Saddlery
Tinsmiths
Weavers
Search Terms
Apprentices
Blacksmiths
Brecknock Twp.
Carpenters
Contract labor
Cocalico Twp.
Colerain Twp.
Donegal Twp.
Drumore Twp.
Finding aids
Indentures
Joiners
Lancaster
Little Britain Twp.
Manuscript groups
Persons of color
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Providence Twp.
Saddlery
Tinsmiths
Weavers
Extent
1 box, 6 folders, .25 cubic ft.
Object Name
Archive
Language
English, German
Object ID
MG0721
Location of Originals
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania
Notes
Preferred Citation: Title or description of item, date (day, month, year), Apprenticeship and Indenture Documents (MG0721), 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-721
Classification
MG0721
Description Level
Fonds
Custodial History
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Collection
Bridge Records
Title
Petition for bridge repair
Object ID
Bridge F0445 I007
Date Range
1822
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Bridge Records
Title
Petition for bridge repair
Description
Location: Over Conestoga Creek, on public highway from Lancaster to New Holland, Earl Twp.
Document type: Petition for bridge repair.
System of Arrangement
Records are arranged by township, then chronologically within each township.
Date Range
1822
Year
1822
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Storage Room
Archives West
Storage Container
Box 0007
Subcategory
Documentary Artifact
Search Terms
Binkley's Bridge
Bridges
Conestoga Creek
Creeks
Lampeter Twp.
Lancaster
Manheim Twp.
New Holland, Earl Twp.
Petitions
Place
Lampeter Twp. and Manheim Twp.
Extent
1 item, 2 pieces
Object Name
Petition
Language
English
Condition
Fair
Object ID
Bridge F0445 I007
Box Number
007
Additional Notes
Location: Over Conestoga Creek, on public highway from Lancaster to New Holland, Earl Twp.
Document type: Petition for bridge repair.
1 item, 2 pieces
Access Conditions / Restrictions
Request at Reference Desk; photocopy made by staff member.
Classification
RG 02-00 0324
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Collection
Bridge Records
Title
Bridge Records
Object ID
Bridge F0455 I002
Date Range
1821/04
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Collection
Bridge Records
Title
Bridge Records
Date Range
1821/04
Year
1821
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Storage Room
Archives West
Storage Container
Box 0007
People
Brackbill, Christian
Subcategory
Documentary Artifact
Search Terms
Bridges
Charlestown, Maryland
Christian Brackbill's Mill
Creeks
Lampeter Twp.
Lancaster
Mills
Orders
Pequea Creek
Petitions
Reports
Safe Harbor, Conestoga Twp.
Strasburg
Strasburg Twp.
Place
Lampeter Twp. and Strasburg Twp.
Object Name
Petition
Language
English
Condition
Fair
Object ID
Bridge F0455 I002
Box Number
007
Additional Notes
[Lampeter Twp. and Strasburg Twp.]
Court term: April 1821.
Location: On road from Lancaster City to Charlestown, Maryland and on road from Strasburg to Safe Harbor, Conestoga Twp., near Christian Brackbill's Mill.
Document types: Petition for appointment of viewers.
Order and report of viewers.
2 items, 2 pieces
Access Conditions / Restrictions
Request at Reference Desk; photocopy made by staff member.
Classification
RG 02-00 0324
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Collection
Bridge Records
Title
Bridge Records
Object ID
Bridge F0455 I007
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Bridge Records
Title
Bridge Records
Description
Papers filed for construction and repair of bridges. The types of petitions presented to the Court of Quarter Sessions include: petitions for bridge construction and repair, petitions for inspections, and petitions for bridge funds. Other types of items include: specifications, proposals, and contracts for bridge construction and repair; bridge blueprints and plans; correspondence; bills for materials; and bridge condition reports. Many papers show date; court term and case number; names of petitioners, viewers, inspectors, and contractors; costs and fees; location of bridge; and name or number of bridge. The order and report of viewers documents are of particular interest as they usually include a copy of the original petition; the order and names of viewers to inspect the site; the public announcement for the viewers meeting; the report and recommendation of viewers, often with a drawing of the site and surrounding area; and the court decision.
System of Arrangement
Records are arranged by township, then chronologically within each township.
Year
1827
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Storage Room
Archives West
Storage Container
Box 0007
People
Herr, Christian
Subcategory
Documentary Artifact
Search Terms
Creeks
Pequea Creek
Lampeter Twp.
Strasburg Twp.
Lancaster
New Providence, Providence Twp.
Christian Herr's Ford
Fords
Orders
Inspections
Reports
Bridges
Place
Lampeter Twp. and Strasburg Twp.
Object Name
Documents
Language
English
Condition
Fair
Object ID
Bridge F0455 I007
Box Number
007
Additional Notes
[Lampeter Twp. and Strasburg Twp.]
Court term: August 1827.
Location: On the road from Lancaster to New Providence, Providence Twp., at Christian Herr's Fording.
Document type: Order for inspection and inspection report.
1 item, 1 piece
Access Conditions / Restrictions
Request at Reference Desk; photocopy made by staff member.
Classification
RG 02-00 0324
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Record, Judicial

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Collection
Bridge Records
Title
Bridge Records
Object ID
Bridge F0115 I001
Date Range
1826/08
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Bridge Records
Title
Bridge Records
Date Range
1826/08
Year
1826
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Storage Room
Archives West
Storage Container
Box 0002
Subcategory
Documentary Artifact
Search Terms
Bridges
Conestoga Creek
Conestoga Twp.
Creeks
Lancaster
Lancaster Twp.
Manor Twp.
Petitions
Remonstrances
Place
Conestoga Twp., Lancaster Twp., and Manor Twp.
Object Name
Record, Judicial
Language
English
Condition
Fair
Object ID
Bridge F0115 I001
Box Number
002
Additional Notes
Conestoga Twp., [Lancaster Twp., and Manor Twp.]
Court term: August 1826.
Location: At any place between Lancaster and mouth of Conestoga Creek.
Document type: Petition or remonstrance against erecting a bridge.
1 item, 1 piece
Access Conditions / Restrictions
Request at Reference Desk; photocopy made by staff member.
Classification
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Archive

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Collection
Danner Family Correspondence
Title
Danner Family Correspondence
Object ID
MG0515
Date Range
1745-1857
Elizabethtown Finding aids George Philippe’s Tavern Harrisburg, Pennsylvania Hempfield Twp. Lancaster Letters Manuscript groups Maytown, Donegal Twp. Meadville, Crawford County, Pennsylvania Poetry Salisbury Twp. Savannah, Georgia Somerset, Somerset County, Pennsylvania Washington County, Maryland West
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Danner Family Correspondence
Title
Danner Family Correspondence
Description
The Danner Family Correspondence contains letters to and from members of the Danner family who lived in Pennsylvania, Ohio, Maryland, and Georgia, 1745-1857. The collection also includes poetry and property records. Most documents are written in English and others are in German. One letter from Mary Danner in Lancaster mentions Gen. Lafayette's visit in 1824.
Date Range
1745-1857
Year Range From
1745
Year Range To
1857
Date of Accumulation
1745-1857
Creator
Danner family
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Storage Room
Archives South
Storage Wall
Side 11
People
Baker, A. H.
Baker, Eliza
Baker, Samuel
Batebenner, George
Bohn, John Henry
Brenneman, Elizabeth
Clay, Henry
Cunningham, Francis Alanson
Dannar, Ulrick
Danner, Alexander
Danner, Alexandria
Danner, Catharine
Danner, Elizabeth
Danner, George L.
Danner, Hetty
Danner, Isaac
Danner, John Owen
Danner, John A.
Danner, Mary
Danner, Mary B.
Danner, Mary M.
Danner, Mary Magdelenah
Danner, Polly
Danner, Samuel
Demuth, William Danner
Donnellan, Nelson
Donner, Samuel
Gagan, Elizabeth
Hautz, Anthony
Hautz, Catharina
Hoffman, Peter
Hoffman, Valentine
Hopkins, James
Hoster, Mary
Johnson, Jacob
Keller, Maria
Kirkbride, Thomas S.
Koft, Frederick
Koft, Jacob
Lafayette, Marie Joseph Paul Yves Roch Gilbert Du Motier, marquis de
Lineweaver, William
Locher, Cecelia Margaretta
Locher, Henry C.
Loyle, John
Madison, Catharine
Madison, John
Murrey, Charles
Murrey, Margaret
Nicholes, Abbey
Preston, William
Ranninger, Emma L.
Rigg, Elisha
Rigg, Jane
Stewart, James
Strein, Eliza
Strine, Elizabeth
Strine, Jacob
Waver, Elizabeth
Waver, Jacob
Waver, John
Waver, John Jacob
Waver, John Joseph
Webster, John
Whitlock, Isaac
Other Creators
Waver family
Subjects
Letters
Poetry
Search Terms
Baltimore, Maryland
Bedford County, Pennsylvania
Boonsboro, Washington County, Maryland
Camden, Preble County, Ohio
Chester County, Pennsylvania
Circleville, Pickaway County, Ohio
Correspondence
Eaton, Preble County, Ohio
Elizabethtown
Finding aids
George Philippe's Tavern
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania
Hempfield Twp.
Lancaster
Letters
Manuscript groups
Maytown, Donegal Twp.
Meadville, Crawford County, Pennsylvania
Poetry
Salisbury Twp.
Savannah, Georgia
Somerset, Somerset County, Pennsylvania
Washington County, Maryland
West Alexandria, Preble County, Ohio
Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania
Whitemarsh Twp., Montgomery County, Pennsylvania
Wilmington Pike Road
Extent
1 box, 8 folders, .25 cubic ft.
Object Name
Archive
Language
English, German
Object ID
MG0515
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.
Accession Number
2008.MG0515
Other Numbers
MG-515
Classification
MG0515
Description Level
Fonds
Custodial History
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