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Fire on the river : the defense of the world's longest covered bridge and how it changed the Battle of Gettysburg

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo16903

Author: Sheldon, George

Date of Publication: 2006.

Call Number: 973.7349 S544

Responsibility: by George Sheldon.

Author: Sheldon, George

Place of Publication: Lancaster, Pa

Publisher: Quaker Hills Press ,

Date of Publication: 2006.

Physical Description: 186 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.

Notes: Includes bibliographic references.

Summary: It is late June 1863 in southern Pennsylvania. The Confederates are invading the North, and one of their toughest and most cantankerous generals has decided to capture the grand covered bridge that spans the Susquehanna from Wrightsville to Columbia. From there, General Jubal Early plans to capture Lancaster, and then seize the state's capital, Harrisburg. General Early had orders to destroy it, but intended to capture it on his way to siege the North. Fire on the River tells the story that is often described as a mere skirmish in most history books. What happened in the tiny village of Wrightsville, Pennsylvania, on June 28, 1863, changes the course of the Civil War. Here is the story that for so long has been overlooked in the history books. It is an amazing story of courage, and perhaps not surprisingly, how the U.S. Congress never compensated the bridge's owner for the loss, yet the burning of the covered bridge probably saved the Union. [from Amazon.com]

Subjects: Gettysburg (Pa.) Battle of, 1863-; Covered bridges - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.; Covered bridges - Pennsylvania - York County.; Lancaster County (Pa.) - History - Civil War, 1861-1865.; York County (Pa.) - History - Civil War, 1861-1865.; Columbia-Wrightsville Bridge (Lancaster County, Pa.)

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 973.7349 S544

Archive

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/8b950e59-596d-4ffd-bc86-444331137484

Collection: Adam Reigart Jr., John S. Murphy Collection

Title: Adam Reigart Jr., John S. Murphy Collection

Object ID: MG0331

Date Range: 1762-2003

life. 21 October 1827. Letter to Stephen Slaymaker from Adam Reigart commenting on the goodness of God and the whereabouts of many people. 27 September 1828. Letter from Stephen Slaymaker in Lancaster to his wife, Susan at Margaretta Furnace, York County. Regarding the death of Adam and news of family

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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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The Manchester townships, Manchester, West Manchester and East Manchester : and that portion of Hellam Township outside of the Manor of Springettsbury, York County, Pennsylvania

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo15909

Author: Hiveley, Neal Otto.

Date of Publication: 2002.

Call Number: 974.841 H676man

Responsibility: Neal Otto Hively.

Author: Hiveley, Neal Otto.

Place of Publication: [Pennsylvania?]

Publisher: N.O. Hively,

Date of Publication: 2002.

Physical Description: 155 p. : ill., map (124 x 92 cm) ; 21 cm.

Series: York County original land records, v. 12.

Notes: Ask research staff for accompanying map found in map drawer 15 (974.841 H676man, Map no. 30)

Subjects: Manchester (York County, Pa. : Township) - Genealogy; West Manchester (York County, Pa. : Township) - Genealogy.; East Manchester (York County, Pa. : Township) - Genealogy.; Hellam Township (York County, Pa. : Township) - Genealogy.; Landowners - Pennsylvania - Manchester (York County, Pa. : Township) - Registers.; Landowners - Pennsylvania - West Manchester (York County, Pa. : Township) - Registers.; Landowners - Pennsylvania - East Manchester (York County, Pa. : Township) - Registers.; Hellam - Pennsylvania - Hellam (York County, Pa. : Township) - Registers.; York County (Pa.) - Land grants.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 974.841 H676man

Defend or destroy? The Columbia-Wrightesville Bridge in the Gettysburg campaign

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo17893

Author: Schaefer, Thomas L.

Date of Publication: 2003.

Call Number: 974.815 COLU D313 DVD

Responsibility: written and directed by Thomas L. Schaefer.

Author: Schaefer, Thomas L.

Place of Publication: [S. l.]

Publisher: A Total Magic Video Production ,

Date of Publication: 2003.

Physical Description: 1 videodisc : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.

Notes: "Produced for Rivertownes PA USA in commemoration of the 140th anniversary of the burning of the Columbia-Wrightsville Bridge on 28 June 1863, this program narrates the dramatic story of the bridge's destruction and details the valiant attempt of an outnumbered detachment of raw Union militia to halt the advance of Confederate Brigadier General John Gordon's determined veteran infantry."; Also "introduces the poignant, very risky participation of a company of free blacks from Columbia."

Subjects: Gettysburg (Pa.) Battle of, 1863-; African Americans - Pennsylvania; Covered bridges - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.; Covered bridges - Pennsylvania - York County.; Lancaster County (Pa.) - History - Civil War, 1861-1865.; York County (Pa.) - History - Civil War, 1861-1865.; Columbia-Wrightsville Bridge (Lancaster County, Pa.)

Location: Lancaster History Library - Media

Call Number: 974.815 COLU D313 DVD

Lawyers and leaders : the role of lawyers in the development of York County, Pennsylvania

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo17241

Author: Sheets, Georg R.,

Date of Publication: c2005.

Call Number: 974.841 S541L

Responsibility: by Georg R. Sheets ; Eleanor Boggs Shoemaker, editor ; Sandra N. Twitchell, style editor.

ISBN: 0976662906 (hardback); 9780976662907 (hardback); 0976662914 (paperback); 9780976662914 (paperback)

Author: Sheets, Georg R.,

Place of Publication: York, Pa

Publisher: York County Bar Association,

Date of Publication: c2005.

Physical Description: xiv, 161 p. : ill. ; 26 cm.

Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 147-151) and index.

Contents: Foreword -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. The colonial period (1682-1749) -- 2. Late colonial to early nation (1749-1800) -- 3. National growth and division (1800-1865) -- 4. From the Civil War to the Korean War (1865-1950) -- 5. Mid-century and beyond (1950 to today) -- Appendix A: Roster of the York County bar -- Appendix B: Intergenerational families at bar -- Appendix C: Public servants -- Appendix D: Attorney-to-population ratio -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.

Subjects: York County Bar Association (York, Pa.) - Registers.; Lawyers - Pennsylvania - York County.; Law - Pennsylvania - York County; York County (Pa.) - History.

Additional Author: Shoemaker, Eleanor Boggs.; Twitchell, Sandra N.

Additional Corporate Author: York County Bar Association (York, Pa.)

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 974.841 S541L

Historic structures Survey and Determination of Eligibility Report : East Lampeter, Leacock, Strasburg, Paradise, Salisbury, and Sadsbury Townships, Lancaster County, Pensylvania

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo16262

Date of Publication: 2005.

Call Number: 351.8642 M312hi

Place of Publication: Computer printout

Date of Publication: 2005.

Physical Description: 5 v. : ill; photos, col. maps ; 28 cm.

Notes: S.R. 0030 Section So1 Corridor Improvement Study...E.R. No. 03-8010-071.; Draft of the study.; Includes Pennsylvania Historic Resource Survey (PHRS) forms.; Prepared for the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation...prepared by A.D. Marble & Company...prepared with Archeaological & Historial Consultants.; Corridor of Lincoln Highway Eat.

Subjects: Architecture - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.; Lincoln Highway - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.; Historic buildings - Pennsylvania - East Lampeter Twp.; Historic buildings - Pennsylvania - Leacock Twp.; Historic buildings - Pennsylvania - Strasburg Twp.; Historic buildings - Pennsylvania - Paradise Twp.; Historic buildings - Pennsylvania - Salisbury Twp.; Historic buildings - Pennsylvania - Sadsbury Twp.; Salisbury (Lancaster County, Pa. : Township) - History.; Paradise (Lancaster County, Pa. : Township) - History.; Strasburg (Lancaster County, Pa. : Township) - History.; Leacock (Lancaster County, Pa. : Township) - History.; East Lampeter (Lancaster County, Pa. : Township) - History.; Sadsbury (Lancaster County, Pa. : Township) - History.; United States Highway 30 - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Lancaster County

Call Number: 351.8642 M312hi

"The wealth of years" : collecting and remembering Lancaster County; an exhibit at the Lancaster County Historical Society December 2000-June 2001

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo14345

Date of Publication: 2001.

Place of Publication: Lancaster, Pa

Publisher: Lancaster County Historical Society ,

Date of Publication: 2001.

Physical Description: 52-104 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

Series: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society v.103, no.2.

Contents: From slavery to freedom--middle class African-Americans in Lancaster County (Hannah Bosley, William Whipper, Stephen Smith, Dinah McIntire)--Joseph Simon: Jewish merchant and philanthropist of the eighteenth century--Firefighting in early Lancaster--Family history at the Lancaster County Historical Society (Demuth family history)--Cooking in the County--Blanche Nevin--Lloyd Mifflin: artist and sonneteer--The bridge at Columbia--Ephrata Cloister--A distinguished military family (Henry A. Hambright)--A midwife (Susana Rohrer Mueller)--John Wise, balloonist (1808-1879)--Jasper Yeates, attorney and Pennsylvania Supreme Court Justice--Thaddeus Stevens--Robert Fulton, engineer and artist--"Gold!" (John Augustus Sutter)--George Washington--Oddities and the END.

Subjects: Lancaster County Historical Society (Pa.) - Exhibitions.; Lancaster County (Pa.) - History.; Lancaster County (Pa.) - Biography.

Contained In: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 103, number 2 (2001), p. 52-104Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.103, no.2

From Lancaster to the moon : recounting the 1960's and 1970's in Lancaster, Pennsylvania through the pages of Intelligencer Journal, Lancaster New Era, Sunday News

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo13893

Date of Publication: c2004.

Call Number: 070 F931 Oversize

Alternate Title: From Lancaster to the moon :

Place of Publication: [S.l

Publisher: s.n.],

Date of Publication: c2004.

Physical Description: [294] p. : facsims. ; 36 cm.

Subjects: Lancaster (Pa.) - History - 20th century - Sources.; Lancaster County (Pa.) - History - 20th century - Sources.

Additional Corporate Author: Lancaster Newspapers Inc.

Additional Title: Intelligencer journal.; Lancaster new era.; Sunday news.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Lancaster County

Call Number: 070 F931 Oversize

The Amish of Lancaster County

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo18102

Author: Kraybill, Donald B.

Edition: 1st ed.

Date of Publication: 2008.

Call Number: 289.71 K89

Responsibility: text by Donald B. Kraybill ; photography by Daniel Rodriguez.

ISBN: 9780811734783 (pbk.); 0811734781 (pbk.)

Author: Kraybill, Donald B.

Edition: 1st ed.

Place of Publication: Mechanicsburg, PA

Publisher: Stackpole Books,

Date of Publication: 2008.

Physical Description: 88 p. : col. ill., col. maps ; 23 cm.

Subjects: Amish - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County; Amish - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County - Pictorial works.; Community life - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.; Lancaster County (Pa.) - Social life and customs.; Lancaster County (Pa.) - Ethnic relations.; Lancaster County (Pa.) - Church history.

Additional Author: Rodriguez, Daniel

Location: Lancaster History Library - Lancaster County

Call Number: 289.71 K89

The 50-year history of the Red Rose Coin Club

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo19524

Date of Publication: 2008.

Call Number: 737.06 R312 2008

Place of Publication: [S.n. : s.l.]

Date of Publication: 2008.

Physical Description: 56 p. : ill ; 28cm.

Subjects: Red Rose Coin Club (Lancaster, Pa.).; Coins - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Lancaster County

Call Number: 737.06 R312 2008

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