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Painting

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Collection: Fine Arts Collection: Paintings

Title: John Wise

Object ID: 1967.009.2

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Collection: Fine Arts Collection: Paintings

Title: John Wise

Description: Portrait of John Wise by grandson John Wise, son of Charles Wise

Creator: Wise, John

Painted By: John Wise (grandson)

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: DAC

Storage Wall: Island 5

Storage Cabinet: Unit 44

Storage Shelf: Shelf 3

Storage Drawer: Bin 2

People: Wise, John; Wise, Charles

Subcategory: Art

Subject of Painting: John Wise (inventor)

Object Name: Painting

Oither Names: Portrait

Condition: Poor

Condition Notes: Painting condition: Poor, 4" tear top center, 2" tear top center, 2" tear left center, numerous punctures; Painting repair: humidify, line, mend tears and holes, remove old varnish, inpaint, revarnish; Frame condition: Unframed; Frame repair:

Object ID: 1967.009.2

Notes: Frame measurements: Height 27; Width 22; Depth

Accession Number: 1967.009

Other Number: Painting #083

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Flag

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Collection: History Collection

Title: John Wise 13 Star American Flag

Object ID: 1967.009.1

Date Range: 1834

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Collection: History Collection

Title: John Wise 13 Star American Flag

Description: Framed flag of John Wise used on Balloon flights. 13 stars, 7 red stripes, 6 white stripes. Attached note reads, "This flag has accompanied 239 aerial voyages - has travelled in the air over 11,000 miles - has been constantly the harbinger of good fortune and no serious accident ever occurred while it was present. It is a talisman of good luck. It is over 34 years old and was made in 1834." Bdly faded.

Date Range: 1834

Year Range From: 1834

Year Range To: 1834

Made By: Wise, Sarah Stock

Last Owner: Wise, John

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: DAC

Storage Wall: Island 5

Storage Cabinet: Unit 42

Storage Shelf: Shelf 2

Storage Drawer: Bin 2-A

People: Wise, John

Subcategory: Ceremonial Artifact

Search Terms: balloons

Object Name: Flag

Material: Silk

Height (in): 26.5

Width (in): 43.5

Condition: Good

Condition Notes: Needs rematted, removal of acidic backing board

Object ID: 1967.009.1

Accession Number: 1967.009

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Archive

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Collection: John Wise and History of Ballooning Collection

Title: John Wise and History of Ballooning Collection

Object ID: MG0019

Date Range: 1850-1993

. W. Wilbur, W. H. Wise, John Wiseman, Frederick J. Wolcott, Charles Wolf, Constance Woodruff, J. C. Wright, Wilbur Young, Pearl Wise, John Subject headings: Balloonists (LHo-LOC sh 85011323) Ballooning (LHo-LOC sh 90002491) Hot air balloons (LHo-LOC sh 85062431) Aeronautics (LHo-LOC sh 85001319

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Collection: John Wise and History of Ballooning Collection

Title: John Wise and History of Ballooning Collection

Description: The John Wise and History of Ballooning Collection contains material about John Wise, a pioneering balloonist from Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, and the history of ballooning. Articles written by and about John Wise provide information about the man and his career. The bulk of Series 1 is correspondence, research notes, and drafts of "The John Wise Story," by John H. Andrews. Series 2 contains material about the ballooning hobby, other early aircraft, and the history of air mail.

Admin/Biographical History: As an adventurous and inquisitive young boy, John Wise was drawn to the skies above his native Lancaster County. He was fascinated by aerial pursuits and began to conduct experiments. He tied his cat to his homemade parachute and observed the cat's safe descent from a local church steeple.; A keen interest in ballooning developed and Wise became a famous aeronaut. Although balloon ascensions were common at county fairs and carnivals he had never observed an ascension before he made his first one in Philadelphia in 1835. John Wise completed 462 balloon ascensions including Lancaster ascensions from Penn Square and the prison yard.; In the nineteenth century many ascensions were made just for the novelty of the event, but John Wise's approach was from a scientific perspective. Each ascension gave him a chance to conduct scientific investigations of the atmosphere, pneumatics and hydrostatics.; It also gave him the opportunity to develop a more advanced flying machine. Wise was the first to observe the "great river of air which always blows from west to east" in the higher regions of the atmosphere. Today we call this phenomenon the jet stream. He also developed the ripcord safety mechanism.; John Wise promoted the advantages of balloon transportation. In 1843 he conceived a project for crossing the Atlantic Ocean and asked Congress to appropriate $15,000 for the project. Congress rejected the appropriation. Wise suggested a plan to bomb the Castle at Vera Cruz during the Mexican War and during the Civil War the Bureau of Topographical Engineers requested his services as a balloonist. He is credited with the first airmail transportation in 1859.; Detailed descriptions of his ascensions and experiments are found in his book, Through the Air, published in 1873. The last ascent of John Wise took place on September 29, 1879 from St. Louis, Missouri. This flight ended disastrously in Lake Michigan where his balloon fell and his remains lie.; Prepared by the Lancaster County Historical Society, ca. 1995.

System of Arrangement: This collection is arranged into two series.; Series 1 John Wise; Series 2 History of Ballooning

Date Range: 1850-1993

Creation Date: 1850-1993

Year Range From: 1850

Year Range To: 1993

Date of Accumulation: 1850-1993

Creator: Andrews, John H.

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives South

Storage Wall: Side 01

People: Albertson, Catherine; Andrews, John Henry; Atkinson, S. C.; Bache, Hartman; Ball, Charles I.; Bartlett, Mrs. R. A.; Batchelder, Robert C.; Beckwith, A.; Beller, William; Black, J. W.; Blanchard, Jean Pierre; Blitzstein, Madelin; Bradbury, Ray; Brown, Elizabeth B.; Bruce, George; Burlingame, Roger; Burr, George; Byars, W. W.; Casey, Louis; Cessna, Clyde; Coffman, Ramon; Cornish, Joseph Jenkins, III; Cox, Palmer; Douty, Esther; Douty, Esther M.; Drepperd, Carl W.; Edwards, Vincent; Elvin, Thomas; Evans, William; Field, Francis J.; Fischer, Hans; Fleck, Glen; French, Melvin; Galzer, Emmett J.; Gambetta, Francis Leon; Greeley, A. W.; Grimm, Janet; Gryzewski, Tad; Halmi, Robert; Harrell, D. Tudor; Hautrive, M.; Hayden, F. Stansbury; Hopkins, Philip S.; Hunt, E. F.; Ingle, Harold E.; Kehr, Ernest A.; Keith, Barbara; Kessler, F. W.; Klein, Frederic S.; Kouwenhoven, John A.; Kreider, Ira; Kriebel, Robert C.; Kriebel, Robert G.; Lamorisse, Albert; LaPaz, Lincoln; Lindbergh, Charles; Lindquist, H. L.; Long, Elmer R.; Lundgren, Laura May Gross; Madsen, Peter; Maier, Alfred D.; Maxwell, George T.; McCloskey, Lores; McDevitt, William; Mills, James; Myers, Wilfred; Naves, Glen W.; Nicklin, John; Pasquarella, Gus; Peers, W.; Prevost, John W.; Roland, John; Rosenfeld, Albert; Sanabria, Nicolas; Schatvet, H. C.; Serviss, Garrett P.; Smith, Philip R., Jr.; Stehling, Kurt R; Steinmetz, Rollin; Stilphen, George F.; Taylor, Florence; Thompson, Howard; Topping, A.D.; Waitt, Robert; Warner, B. H.; Watson, Marion A.; Wetherill, Richard B.; Whipple, A. W.; Wilbur, W. H.; Wise, John; Wiseman, Frederick J.; Wolcott, Charles; Wolf, Constance; Woodruff, J. C.; Wright, Wilbur; Young, Pearl

Other Creators: Lancaster County Historical Society (Pa.)

Subjects: Hot air balloons; Hot air balloons--Launching; Airships; Aeronautics; Letters; Air mail service; Hindenburg (Airship); Reconnaissance aircraft; Clippings (Books, newspapers, etc.)

Search Terms: Aeronautics; Air mail service; Airships; Aviation; Clippings (Books, newspapers, etc.); Correspondence; Finding aids; Hindenburg (Airship); Hot air balloons; Letters; Manuscript groups; Newspaper clippings; Obituaries; Reconnaissance aircraft

Extent: 3 boxes, 40 folders, 1 scrapbook, 1 cubic ft.

Object Name: Archive

Language: English

Object ID: MG0019

Access Conditions / Restrictions: No restrictions.

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.

Other Numbers: MG-19

Classification: MG0019

Description Level: Fonds

Custodial History: This collection was cataloged prior to 1997; added to database on 28 February 2018.

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Documents

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Collection: Quarter Sessions

Title: Quarter Sessions

Object ID: NOV 1870 F038 QS

Collection: Quarter Sessions

Title: Quarter Sessions

System of Arrangement: Organized by Court of Quarter Sessions term.; Arranged by case number within each term.

Year: 1870

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

People: Wise, John

Search Terms: Quarter Sessions; Charge: assault and battery

Object Name: Documents

Language: English

Condition: Fair

Object ID: NOV 1870 F038 QS

Additional Notes: Assault and battery.; 1 item, 1 piece

Access Conditions / Restrictions: Request at Reference Desk; photocopy made by staff member.

Case Number: 41.000

Classification: RG 02-00 0908

Description Level: Item

Order for Payment

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Collection: Commissioners' Orders for Payment

Title: Commissioners' order for payment

Object ID: CommOrder 1830 #377

Date Range: 1830

Collection: Commissioners' Orders for Payment

Title: Commissioners' order for payment

Admin/Biographical History: This record group contains canceled orders that were issued by the county commissioners for payment to be made by the county treasurer. The orders show date, order number, amount, name of payee, purpose, and signatures of the county commissioners.

Date Range: 1830

Year: 1830

Creator: County Commissioners

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives North

Storage Container: Box 0010

People: Albright, John; Allen, James; Bankus, George; Bastick, Philip; Beidleman, Solomon; Best, Catharine; Black, George; Blayard, James; Boggs, Joseph; Boot, Catharine; Brien, Mathew; Brown, Jacob S.; Brown, Samuel; Brush, Joseph; Bush, Elizabeth; Call, James; Catharin, Peter; Conner, Samuel; Coplin, John; Cromwell, Eliza; Cronan, Patrick; Darling, Henry; Dash, Elizabeth; Diller, Adam; Donaven, John; Donavon, Thomas; Ducket, Robert; Eichholtz, George; Eisenberger, Nicholas; Fantick, WIlliam; Fisher, George; Frazer, Daniel; French, Abraham; French, John; George Hill; German, Daniel; Getz, Daniel; Getz, William; Gibhart, Jacob; Gillespie, Abraham; Gilmore, Moses; Good. Samuel; Gordon, Nancy; Graves, Rachel; Green, John; Green, William; Gumpf, Mathias; Hatz, Eliza; Henry, Rachel; Hoffman, David; Hook, Baltis; Hoover, Joseph; Houston, Ann; Houston, Peter; Hughes, Joseph; Hyden, George; Jackson, Nelson; Johnson, Peggy; Jolly, Peggy; Jones, Jacob; Jones, Samuel; Jones, William; Joseph; Kearns, Robert; Koshe, James; Lee, Catharine; Long, Henry; Malone, Michael; Malson, William; Mathews, Samuel; McCoy, James; McGregor, Samuel; McGuire, Rosanna; McLaughlin, Hugh; Miller, Sally; Montgomery, William; Moore, George; Musketnus, Susan; Musser, Mathias; Myers, Michael; Nixdorf, Henry; Nugen, Edward; Owen, Elijah; Owen, Mrs.; Parker, Joseph; Peerman, Samuel; Pile, Elizabeth; Poolman, David; Porter, Hugh; Randal, Michael; Redsecker, John; Reed, Francis; Reeder, Juster; Reuben, John; Richardson, Samuel; Riley, Samuel; Roberts, Abraham; Roberts, Susan; Robinson, John; Ruth, Bernard; Sammons, John; Sawyer, Benjamin; Sharp, Maria; Sidwell, Jesse; Sinclair, Jane; Singor, John; Skelly, Augustus; Skelly, John; Smith, Charles; Smith, P.; Souder, Rudolph; Spiece, Conrad; Stains, Jacob; Star, Job; Stevenson, John; Stewart, Samuel; Stewart, William; Stout, Daniel; Swenk, Peter; Tragoe, Robert; Uhl, Philip; Ulrich, Jacob; Urban, Joseph; Wallace, William; Washington, Mary; Watson, Morris; Weaver, John Sr.; Weidle, Adam; Weidle, Daniel; Weidle, Jacob; Widle, Adam; Willower, Joseph; Wise, Catharine; Wise, Jacob; Wise, John; Yerlitz, Peggy; Zilbert, George

Search Terms: Lancaster; Prisons; Persons of color; Commissioners' Orders for Payment

Place: Lancaster

Object Name: Order for Payment

Language: English

Condition: Fair

Condition Date: 2008-03-25

Object ID: CommOrder 1830 #377

Box Number: 010

Notes: Entered into Q&A Aug 3, 2001.

Additional Notes: Prison.; Payment for maintenance of prisoners.; Diller, Adam. Jailor.; Prisoners and crime.; Ruth, Bernard. Felony and larceny.; Jackson, Nelson. Surety of peace.; Parker, Joseph. Larceny.; Brown, Jacob S. Forgery.; Brown, Samuel. Larceny.; Koshe, James. Larceny.; Stewart, Samuel. Surety of peace.; Sharp, Maria. Vagrant etc.; George Hill. Larceny.; Richardson, Samuel. Larceny.; Jones, Jacob. Larceny.; Boggs, Joseph. Larceny.; Urban, Joseph. Debt.; Beidleman, Solomon. Larceny.; Dash, Elizabeth. Disorderly.; Reuben, John. Larceny.; Hook, Baltis. Larceny.; Eisenberger, Nicholas. Larceny.; Yerlitz, Peggy. Alias Johnson, Peggy. Surety of peace.; Hyden, George. Larceny.; Riley, Samuel. Larceny.; Moore, George. Fornication etc.; Long, Henry. Fornication etc.; Brien, Mathew. Surety of peace.; Bankus, George. Debt.; Catharin, Peter. Vagrant.; Pile, Elizabeth. Larceny.; Frazer, Daniel. Debt.; [ ], Joseph. Person of color. Vagrant.; Blayard, James. Vagrant etc.; Brush, Joseph. Profane swearing.; Getz, Daniel. Debt.; Roberts, Susan. Costs.; Gordon, Nancy. Disorderly.; Malson, William, Debt.; Hatz, Eliza. Vagrant.; Albright, John. Debt.; Weaver, John Sr. Debt.; Smith, Charles. Vagrant.; Willower, Joseph. Riot debt.; Donaven, Joh. Riot debt.; Jones, William. Riot debt.; Fantick, WIlliam. Riot debt.; Hoover, Joseph. Riot debt.; Jones, Samuel. Riot debt.; Gilmore, Moses. Assault and battery.; Sammons, John. Larceny.; Getz, William. Surety of peace.; Cronan, Patrick. Debt.; Sidwell, Jesse. Debt.; Donavon, Thomas. Riot debt.; Nugen, Edward. Vagrant.; Weidle, Jacob. Assault and battery.; Weidle, Daniel. Assault and battery.; Montgomery, William. Disorderly.; Stout, Daniel. Debt.; Singor, John. Assault and battery.; Gumpf, Mathias. Vagrant.; Black, George. Debt.; Spiece, Conrad. Surety of peace; Wallace, William. Bail.; Tragoe, Robert. Disorderly.; Reeder, Juster. Disorderly.; Sinclair, Jane. Vagrant.; Fisher, George. Vagrant.; McLaughlin, Hugh. Vagrant.; Miller, sally. Surety of peace.; Reed, Francis. Debt.; Myers, Michael. Debt.; Bush, Elizabeth. Vagrant.; German, Daniel. Debt.; "Crazy Dutchman." Vagrant.; Bastick, Philip. Debt.; Gillespie, Abraham. Vagrant.; Eichholtz, George. Vagrant.; Nixdorf, Henry. Surety of peace.; Hughes, Joseph. Larceny.; Musketnus, Susan. Vagrant.; Zilbert, George. Gambling.; French, John. Debt.; French, Abraham. Debt.; Weidle, Jacob. Vagrant.; Boggs, Joseph. Vagrant.; Star, Job. Vagrant.; Weidle, Daniel. Vagrant.; Weidle, Adam. Surety of peace.; Kearns, Robert. Surety of peace.; McGregor, Samuel, Surety of peace.; Wise, Jacob. Surety of peace.; Wise, Catharine. Surety of peace.; McGuire, Rosanna. Vagrant.; Robinson, John. Tippling house.; Malone, Michael. Larceny.; Stevenson, John. Vagrant.; Stains, Jacob. Larceny.; Coplin, John. Debt.; Call, James. Disorderly.; Redsecker, John. Surety of peace.; Darling, Henry. Larceny.; Roberts, Abraham. Surety of peace.; Hoffman, David. Larceny.; Sawyer, Benjamin. Larceny.; Wise, Jacob. Vagrant.; Wise, Catharine. Vagrant.; Best, Catharine. Vagrant.; Souder, Rudolph. Surety of peace.; Houston, Peter. Disorderly.; Houston, Ann. Disorderly.; Stewart, William. Disorderly.; Washington, Mary. Disorderly.; Cromwell, Eliza. Bawdy house.; Sammons, John. Bail.; Widle, Adam. Bail.; Uhl, Philip. Debt.; Jolly, Peggy. Vagrant.; Musser, Mathias. Surety of peace.; Ducket, Robert. Debt.; Graves, Rachel. Larceny.; "Old Irishman." Vagrant.; Gibhart, Jacob. Surety of peace.; Conner, Samuel. Disorderly.; Green, John. Vagrant.; Green, William. Vagrant.; Stewart, Samuel. Disorderly.; Henry, Rachel. Disorderly.; Mathews, Samuel. Disorderly.; "Crazy Woman." Vagrant.; Porter, Hugh. Horse stealing.; Watson, Morris. Horse stealing etc.; Skelly, Augustus. Surety of peace.; McCoy, James. Runaway.; Wise, John. Vagrant.; Allen, James. Larceny.; Peerman, Samuel. Larceny.; Owen, Elijah. Vagrant.; Owen, [ ] Mrs. Vagrant.; Smith, P. Vagrant.; Good. Samuel. Surety of peace.; Ulrich, Jacob. Surety of peace.; Swenk, Peter. Surety of peace.; Randal, Michael., Surety of peace.; Boot, Catharine. Disorderly.; Skelly, John. Debt.; Skelly, Augustus. Larceny.; Lee, Catharine. Larceny.; Poolman, David. Debt.; 1 item. 2 pieces.

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Classification: RG 08-01 0510

Description Level: Item

Record, Judicial

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Collection: Quarter Sessions

Title: Quarter Sessions

Object ID: JAN 1851 F018 QS

Collection: Quarter Sessions

Title: Quarter Sessions

System of Arrangement: Organized by Court of Quarter Sessions term.; Arranged by case number within each term.

Year: 1851

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

People: Schnader, Amos; Kessler, Isaac; Kessler, Benjamin; Schupp, John; Wise, Nicholas; Wise, John; Griffe, Even; Hutchason, Amos; Becher, John; Schnader, William; Hutchason, David; Leinbach, Elias; Leinbach, Frederick; Musser, Daniel

Search Terms: Quarter Sessions; Charge: riot

Object Name: Record, Judicial

Language: English

Condition: Fair

Object ID: JAN 1851 F018 QS

Additional Notes: Also: Isaac Kessler; Benjamin Kessler; John Schupp; Nicholas Wise; John Wise; Even Griffe; Amos Hutchason; John Becher; William Schnader; David Hutchason; Elias Leinbach; Frederick Leinbach; Daniel Musser.; Riot.; 1 item, 1 piece