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Lant's directory of Lancaster City : containing a list of the names and residence of every family; and also the business directory, or classification of the various business men, with am appendix of much useful information 1866-67

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo12592

Date of Publication: 1866.

Call Number: 917.4815 D598 1866-67 reprint

Responsibility: compiled by M. W. Lant.

Place of Publication: Lancaster, Pa

Publisher: Cooper, Sanderson, & Co., Printers,

Date of Publication: 1866.

Physical Description: 139 p. ; 22 cm.

Subjects: Cities and towns - Pennsylvania - Directories.; Lancaster (Pa.) - Directories.

Additional Author: Lant, M. W.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Reference

Call Number: 917.4815 D598 1866-67 reprint

Records of the revolutionary war: containing the military and financial correspondence of distinguished officers; names of the officers and privates of regiments, companies, and corps, with the dates of their commissions and enlistments; general orders of Washington, Lee, and Greene, at Germantown and Valley Forge; with a list of distinguished prisoners of war; the time of their capture, exchange, etc. To which is added the half-pay acts of the Continental Congress; the revolutionary pension laws; and a list of the officers of the Continental Army who acquired the right to half-pay, commutation, and lands

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo1162

Author: Saffell, William Thomas Roberts,

Date of Publication: 1860.

Call Number: 973.3 S128

Responsibility: By W. T. R. Saffell.

Author: Saffell, William Thomas Roberts,

Place of Publication: Philadelphia

Publisher: G. G. Evans,

Date of Publication: 1860.

Physical Description: 554 p. 20 cm.

Notes: First published 1858.

Subjects: Pensions, Military - United States; United States - History - Revolution, 1775-1783 - Sources.; United States - History - Revolution, 1775-1783 - Biography.; United States - History - Revolution, 1775-1783 - Registers, lists, etc.; United States - History - Revolution, 1775-1783 - Prisoners and prisons.

Additional Author: Washington, George,; Lee, Charles,; Greene, Nathanael,

Additional Corporate Author: United States. Continental Congress.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 973.3 S128

Gopsill's directory of Lancaster, Harrisburg, Lebanon and York, 1863-4

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo14571

Date of Publication: 1863.

Call Number: 917.4845 D598 1863-64; 917.4815 D598 1863-64 reprint

Place of Publication: Jersey City, N.J

Publisher: James Gopsill,

Date of Publication: 1863.

Physical Description: 379 p.; 20 cm.

Notes: Copies in Reference are photocopies, copy in Rare Books is original.

Contents: Gopsill's Lancaster Directory, 1863-4--Gopsill's Harrisburg Directory, 1863-4--Gopsill's Directory Lebanon Directory, 1863-4--Gopsill's York Directory, 1863-4.

Subjects: Lancaster - Directories.; Harrisburg - Directories.; Lebanon - Directories.; York - Directories.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Rare Books; Lancaster History Library - Reference

Call Number: 917.4845 D598 1863-64; 917.4815 D598 1863-64 reprint

History of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, and directory of the principal business houses

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo8749

Date of Publication: 1869.

Call Number: 381 K48

Place of Publication: [Lancaster, Pa.?]

Publisher: Frederick & Co.,

Date of Publication: 1869.

Physical Description: 24 p. ; 23 cm.

Notes: Cover title.; Advertising matter throughout.

Subjects: Lancaster (Pa.) - History.; Lancaster (Pa.) - Directories.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Lancaster County

Call Number: 381 K48

Complete catalogue of the names of all the students who have attended the Lititz Academy for Boys, from A.D. 1815 to A.D. 1865, under the direction of Prof. John Beck to which is appended ... a valedictory letter, embracing a brief history of the rise and progress of the institution

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo15127

Date of Publication: 1865.

Call Number: 370 c736

Place of Publication: Lancaster, Pa

Publisher: Pearsol & Geist,

Date of Publication: 1865.

Physical Description: 72, [1] p. ; 22 cm.

Subjects: Lititz Academy for Boys (Lititz, Pa.) - Directories.; John Beck's School Lyceum (Lititz, Pa.) - Directories; Schoools - Pennsylvania - Lititz; Lititz (Pa.) - History

Additional Author: Beck, John,

Additional Corporate Author: Lititz Academy for Boys (Lititz, Pa.)

Location: Lancaster History Library - Lancaster County

Call Number: 370 c736

Historical sketch of Nazareth Hall from 1755 to 1869; with an account of the reunions of former pupils and of the inauguration of a monument at Nazareth on the 11th of June, 1868, erected in memory of alumni who fell in the late rebellion

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo3419

Author: Reichel, William Cornelius,

Date of Publication: 1869.

Call Number: 370 R349

Responsibility: By William C. Reichel.

Author: Reichel, William Cornelius,

Place of Publication: Philadelphia

Publisher: Printed for the Reunion society of Nazareth Hall by J. B. Lippincott,

Date of Publication: 1869.

Physical Description: Various pagings. front., plates, fold. plan. 22 cm.

Subjects: Nazareth Hall.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 370 R349

History of Delaware County, Pennsylvania, from the discovery of the territory included within its limit to the present time, with a notice of the geology of the county, and catalogues of its minerals, plants, quadrupeds, and birds, written under the direction and appointment of the Delaware County Institute of Science

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo6921

Author: Smith, George,

Date of Publication: 1862.

Call Number: 974.814 S648

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Responsibility: by George Smith, M.D.

Author: Smith, George,

Place of Publication: Philadelphia

Publisher: Printed by H.B. Ashmead,

Date of Publication: 1862.

Physical Description: vii, [1], 581, [1] p. front., plates, maps (part fold.) facsims. 22 cm.

Notes: Frontispiece (map) wanting.

Subjects: Natural history - Pennsylvania - Delaware County.; Delaware County (Pa.) - History.

Additional Corporate Author: Delaware County Institute of Science (Media, Pa.)

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 974.814 S648

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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

the county for a month or so. 18 June 1805. Letter from Peter Wager to Adam Reigart. He was planning on going to Bethlehem and Lancaster with a group of others but the trip fell through. Has not been involved with business for the past three months. 28 August 1805. Letter from Peter 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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The American domestic cook book for 1869-70

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo12820

Date of Publication: [1869?]

Call Number: 641 A512

Place of Publication: Albany, N.Y

Publisher: Leonard W. Warner & Co.,

Date of Publication: [1869?]

Physical Description: 32 p. ; 16 cm.

Notes: Cover title.; "Entered according to Act of Congress in the year 1869 by Dr. Herrick & Co., in the clerk's office for the Northern District of New York."; "For gratuitous distribution."

Subjects: Cookery, American.; Recipes.; Medicine, Popular.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 641 A512

Lancaster County Papers

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo15602

Date of Publication: 1854-1922.

Call Number: 974.815 LACO L245i

Date of Publication: 1854-1922.

Physical Description: 2 vol. : ill. ; 23 cm.

Notes: A series of pamphlets bound together.

Contents: Vol 1: Father Ferdinand Farmer, an apostolic missionary in three states by John F. Quirk--A discourse, delivered in the Leacock Presbyterian Church, Lancaster County, Pa., on Thanksgiving Day, November 23, 1854 by P.J. Timlow--A discourse delivered in the Leacock Presbyterian Church, July 21st, 1892 by P.J. Timlow--Christ Lutheran Church, Lancaster, Pa.--Report of the commissioners appointed to examine the affairs of the Lancaster Savings Institution.; Vol.2: Resources and industries of the City of Lancaster, Lancaster County, Pa.--Historical sketch of St. Anthony's Church, Lancaster, Penna., 1870-1895 by Anthony F. Dorley--A discourse delivered in the Leacock Presbyterian Church, Lancaster County, Pa., on Thanksgiving Day, November 23, 1854--A discourse delivered in the Leacock Presbyterian Church, July 21st, 1892 by P.J. Timlow--Historical sketch of Zion's Reformed Church [Millersville] by D.H. Landis.

Subjects: Timlow, P.J.; St. Anthony's Church (Lancaster, Pa.) - History.; Christ Lutheran Church (Lancaster, Pa.) - History.; Lancaster Savings Institution - Report.; Leacock Presbyterian Church (Lancaste County, Pa.) - History.; Sacred Heart Academy (Lancaster, Pa.) - History.; St. Anthony's Parochial School (Lancaster, Pa.) - History.; Presbyterian Church (Lancaste County, Pa.); Reformed Church (Lancaster County, Pa.); Roman Catholic Church (Lancaster County, Pa.); Lutheran Church (Lancaster County, Pa.); Millersville (Pa.) - History.; Lancaster (Pa.) - Directories.; Lancaster County (Pa.) - Genealogy.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 974.815 LACO L245i

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