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Final report and proposed home rule charter for county government : submitted to the citizens of Lancaster County

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo18252

Author: The Lancaster County Government Study Commission.

Date of Publication: May 6,2008

Call Number: 320.83 L244

Author: The Lancaster County Government Study Commission.

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

Date of Publication: May 6,2008

Physical Description: 41 p. ; 28 cm.

Subjects: Home rule - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.; County government - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Lancaster County

Call Number: 320.83 L244

Final amended report and proposed home rule charter for county government : submitted to the citizens of Lancaster County

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo18292

Author: The Lancaster County Government Study Commission.

Date of Publication: August 19, 2008

Call Number: 320.83 L244a

Author: The Lancaster County Government Study Commission.

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

Date of Publication: August 19, 2008

Physical Description: 42 p. ; 28 cm.

Subjects: Home rule - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County; County government - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County

Location: Lancaster History Library - Lancaster County

Call Number: 320.83 L244a

Covered bridges of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo11909

Author: Collins, Kenneth W. 1946-

Date of Publication: 2002

Call Number: 624 C712

Responsibility: by Kenneth W. Collins.

ISBN: 0971593205 (pbk.)

Author: Collins, Kenneth W. 1946-

Place of Publication: Lancaster, PA

Publisher: Sterling ; [dist. by CPC/Science Press],

Date of Publication: 2002

Physical Description: 75 p. : ill., map ; 22 x 28 cm.

Notes: "A Sterling Book"; Autographed copy.; Includes bibliographical references.

Subjects: Covered bridges - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.; Bridges - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Lancaster County

Call Number: 624 C712

The Comprehensive Plan for Lancaster County, Pennsylvania

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo14600

Corporate Author: Lancaster County Planning Commission.

Date of Publication: 2006.

Call Number: 352.96 L245cp

Corporate Author: Lancaster County Planning Commission.

Place of Publication: Lancaster, Pa

Publisher: Lancaster County Planning Commission,

Date of Publication: 2006.

Physical Description: 4 vol. : ill., maps ; 28 cm.

Notes: Vol 1. Balance: the growth management element, April 2006 - vol. 2. Choices: the housing element, April 2006 - vol. 3. Heritage: the cultural heritage element: a strategy for preserving our sense of place, April 2006 - vol 4. Tourism: the strategic tourism development element, June 2005.; Cover title.

Subjects: Regional planning - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County - Maps.; Regional planning - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.; Housing - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.; Historic preservation - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 352.96 L245cp

Copy Info: 2006; 2005

Index to naturalizations, 1800-1897 for Lancaster County, Pa

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo15073

Date of Publication: 2006.

Call Number: 929.33 I38

Place of Publication: Photocopy

Date of Publication: 2006.

Physical Description: 2 vol. ; 28 cm.

Subjects: Naturalization records - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.; Registers of births, etc. - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.; Lancaster County - Genealogy.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Reference

Call Number: 929.33 I38

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

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

Adam Reigart, Jr. Returned Wager’s release of the Jacob Bare property for Reigart to hold until he receives complete payment on a bond. 9 December 1807. �230 North President Avenue • Lancaster, Pennsylvania 17603-3125 717.392.4633 • www.LancasterHistory.org Folder 4 Correspondence—Philip 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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Bicycle map, Lancaster County : a guide to bicycling, walking & transit

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo19792

Corporate Author: Steve Spindler Cartography (Firm)

Date of Publication: [2004]

Call Number: 974.815 LACO 513

Alternate Title: Lancaster County bicycle map

Responsibility: map produced for Lancaster County, Pennsylvania ; cartography--Steve Spindler Cartography ; design--Peter Volz Design ; project management--Toole Design Group.

Corporate Author: Steve Spindler Cartography (Firm)

Place of Publication: [Lancaster, Pa.]

Publisher: Lancaster County Planning Commission,

Date of Publication: [2004]

Physical Description: 1 map : col. ; 64 x 67 cm., folded to 22 x 10 cm.

Notes: Bicycling conditions shown on road-map base.; Relief shown by shading.; "December 2004."; "Information on this map is accurate as of June 2004."; Title from panel.; Includes text, distance/travel-time table, and col. ill.; Text, directory of bicycle shops, and col. ill. on verso.; Maps on verso: City of Lancaster -- Transit map, Lancaster city routes -- County routes.

Subjects: Bicycle trails - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County - Maps.; Bicycle trails - Pennsylvania - Lancaster - Maps.; Bicycle stores - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County - Maps.; Bus lines - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County - Maps.; Bus lines - Pennsylvania - Lancaster - Maps.; Roads - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County - Maps.; Hiking - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County - Maps.

Additional Corporate Author: Peter Volz Design (Firm); Toole Design Group.; Lancaster County Planning Commission.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Map

Call Number: 974.815 LACO 513

Cars, trains, buggies & planes : transportation in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo15474

Date of Publication: 2005.

Call Number: 380.5 C321

ISBN: 0974016225

Place of Publication: Lancaster, PA

Publisher: Lancaster County Historical Society,

Date of Publication: 2005.

Physical Description: vi,136 p. : ill. ; 23 x 25 cm.

Notes: Includes index.

Contents: Foreward by Thomas R. Ryan --Introduction by Thomas R. Winpenny -- Horsing around by Marianne Heckles -- All aboard by John Ward Willson Loose -- Two wheelers by Barry R. Rauhauser -- Clang, Clang, Clang by John Ward Willson Loose -- Barnstormers and grass strips by William E. Krantz -- Messing around in boats y Barry R. Rauhauser -- The horseless carriage by Tamsin Wolff --Fill 'er up! by Tansin Wolff -- Billboards on wheels by Marianne Heckles

Subjects: Transportation, Automotive; Railroads; Horse-drawn vehicles - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.; Airplanes - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.; Boats and boating - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.; Advertising - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.; Trolley buses - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.; Bicycles - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Lancaster County

Call Number: 380.5 C321

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

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