Signers of Petition: William Parker, John Stauffer, Elias Barr, Jacob Fordney, Tobias M. Miller, J. H. Kurtz, Peter Swar, Henry M. Reigart, Daniel Hoffman, Henry Imhoff, John D. Lutz, James Hollinger, Christian Brubaker, Benjamin Workman.
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Signers of Petition: John E. Grosh, John Stauffer, Tobias M. Miller, Samuel Parker, Jacob Fordney, John M. Summy, Jacob Myers, Philip Brehm, Henry M. Reigart, Henry Imhoff, Emanuel Shober, John B. Brubaker, Jacob Acker, Peter Bishop, David Gottshall, Christian Kauffman.
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Signers of Petition: John Stauffer, George Strenge, Jacob Fordney, John H. Baer, Alexander Klefeker, John B. Brubaker, J. Bowman, Samuel Parker, Joseph Kinsch, Tobias M. Miller, John Hernly, John Brubaker, Henry S. Herr.
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Additional Notes
Bethel Meeting House.
Hackman, Jacob; Smith, Christian. Contractors.
Congregation is African American.
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RG 01-00 0202
APR 1846 F008 ML
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Custodial History
Digitization of this document was funded by the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, PHMC Appl ID # 202010016624, 2020-2023.
This collection contains correspondence regarding Henry A. Zug's employment with the United States Treasury Department, including a letter from Thaddeus Stevens recommending his appointment to the department, as well as recipes for Zug's National Bitters and teaching certificates of his daughter, Lola Zug, who taught in the Lancaster city schools for 47 years.
Admin/Biographical History
Henry A. Zug was born in Penn Township, Lancaster County in 1826. He worked in as a customs agent in the United States Treasury Department in Philadelphia. He married Fanny Hershey in 1847. Zug also manufactured Zug's National Bitters with business partners, Dr. Jacob H. Kurtz and J. S. Walton. He died in Philadelphia in 1890. His daughter, Lola Zug, was a teacher in Lancaster city schools for 47 years before retiring in 1926.
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