Land draft of Bethelstown, Lancaster Borough. "A draught of a tract of land belonging to Mr. Samuel Bethel situate within the limits of the Borough of Lancaster. Shows the lots and lot holders. Great part of which he has lett out upon Ground Rent." Surveyed by John Hubley. 20 May 1764.
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Provenance:
Owned and framed by Houston Mifflin, 1897
Purchased by John Aungst from the estate of Lloyd Mifflin in 1961
Purchased by Bruce Shoemaker from Margaret Aungst in 1990
Purchased by Jack and Ruth Bryson in 2012
Purchased by Baldwin House Antiques from the estate of Ruth Bryson
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Page 21: View of Conestoga River; Railroad tracks; Man with two buckets on a yoke; View of countryside; Three women sitting under a tree; Two women by a creek; Lancaster County Almshouse.
Provenance
Second of two Diffenderfer family albums. Compiled by Frank Reid Diffenderfer, a former member of LCHS and an editor of a Lancaster city newspaper. Album documents his family as well as that of his neighbors on North Duke Street, Lancaster, beginning in 1903. Neighbors include Charles Fondersmith, Robert Slaymaker, and his daughter, Ida, who married Frank Fondersmith.
Photograph of the hotel of George Graeff at Graeff's Landing. Two lane covered bridge at Engleside, also called Graeff's Landing. Bridge built in 1824, demolished in 1961. 317 feet long. Two and a half story stone house at the Conestoga River. Group of people possibly waiting at the dock for the Lady Gay or Evelyn B. paddleboats.
Photograph of Graeff's Landing, duplicate of this image (1-01-04-98)
View along the Conestoga River at Graeff's Landing (1-12-01-92)
Drawing of Graeff's Landing (HC-29-07-03)
Photograph of Raildroad Bridge (1-01-04-81)
George Steinman Papers, Series 1 (MG0184_S01) https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/786b3ffc-7908-40de-9362-817467455650
George Steinman Papers, Series 2 (MG0184_S02) https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/6c7e11c6-f3ca-469c-891a-145832196710
Notes
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Other Numbers
MG-184, Series 2
Other Number
MG-184, Series 2, Folder 38, Insert 1, Item 2
Classification
MG0184
Description Level
Item
Custodial History
Added to database 09 March 2024.
Digitization of this document was funded by the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, PHMC Appl ID # C980002119, 2021-2024.
Photograph- Two lane covered bridge at Engleside, also called Graeff's Landing. Bridge built in 1824, demolished in 1961. 317 feet long. Two and a half story stone house at the Conestoga River. Group of people possibly waiting at the dock for the Lady Gay or Evelyn B. paddleboats.
Photograph- Two lane covered bridge at Engleside, also called Graeff's Landing. Bridge built in 1824, demolished in 1961. 317 feet long. Two and a half story stone house at the Conestoga River. Group of people possibly waiting at the dock for the Lady Gay or Evelyn B. paddleboats.
Description
Two lane covered bridge at Engleside, also called Graeff's Landing. Bridge built in 1824, demolished in 1961. 317 feet long. Two and a half story stone house at the Conestoga River. Group of people possibly waiting at the dock for the Lady Gay or Evelyn B. paddleboats.
