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Collection: Columbia Bridge Company Collection

Title: Columbia Bridge Company Collection

Object ID: MG0217

Date Range: 1809-1843

-1820, 1822. Folder 55 3 bonds and 3 bond forms. 1814, 1820 Folder 56 Bridge stock accounts of Edward Wilson, William Dickson, and others with the first Bridge Company 1814-1818. Folder 57 Financial papers related to the first bridge including an accounting of stage tolls due by Samuel Slaymaker. 1814

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Collection: Columbia Bridge Company Collection

Title: Columbia Bridge Company Collection

Description: The Columbia Bridge Company Collection is a valuable source of information concerning construction of bridges in the early 1800s. Documents concern the building of the first two bridges across the Susquehanna River in 1814 and 1832. Items in the collection include minutes, form for stock certificate, invoices, legal papers, proposals, receipts, stockholders, promissory notes, by-laws, settlement of stage tolls with Samuel Slaymaker 1813, salary receipts, circulars and announcements, bridge tolls, orders for payment, correspondence, and a stock certificate from 1842

Admin/Biographical History: First Bridge; Construction of the first Columbia-Wrightsville Bridge was begun in 1812 and completed December 5, 1814, by J. Wolcott, H. Slaymaker, S. Slaymaker at a total cost of $231,771, which was underwritten by the newly formed Columbia Bank and Bridge Company. The bridge was 5,690 feet (1,730 m) long and 30 feet (9.1 m) wide and had 54 piers and twin carriageways. Constructed of wood and stone, the covered bridge also included a wooden roof, a whitewashed interior and openings in its wooden sides to view the river and surrounding areas. It was considered the longest covered bridge in the world at the time. The bridge accommodated east-west traffic across the Susquehanna River for 14 years before being destroyed by ice, high water and severe weather on February 5, 1832.; Second bridge; Construction of the second Columbia-Wrightsville Bridge, also covered, started mid-1832 and was completed in 1834 (opening on July 8, 1834) by James Moore and John Evans at a cost of $157,300. It was 5,620 feet (1,710 m) long and 28 feet (8.5 m) wide and also enjoyed the distinction of being the world's longest covered bridge. The wood and stone structure had 27 piers, a carriageway, walkway, and two towpaths to guide canal traffic across the river. Much of the mostly oak timber used in its construction was salvaged from the previous bridge. Its roof was covered with shingles, its sides with weatherboard, and its interior was whitewashed. The structure was modified in 1840 by the Canal Company at a cost of $40,000 concurrent with the construction of the Wrightsville Dam. Towpaths of different levels and with sidewalls were added to prevent horses from falling into river, as happened several times when the river flooded. The roof of the lower path formed the floor of upper path. In this way, canal boats were towed across the river from the Pennsylvania Canal on the Columbia side to the Susquehanna and Tidewater Canal at Wrightsville. Sometime after 1846, a double-track railway was added, linking the Philadelphia and Columbia Railroad to the Northern Central Railway. Due to fear of fire caused by locomotives, rail cars were pulled across the bridge by teams of mules or horses.; Information from "Columbia-Wrightsville Bridge," https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Columbia%E2%80%93Wrightsville_Bridge. Accessed 3 February 2020.

System of Arrangement: The papers of the First Columbia Bridge built in 1814 are filed in folders #1 to 157. The papers of the Second Columbia Bridge built in 1832 are filed in folders #158 to 181.

Date Range: 1809-1843

Year Range From: 1809

Year Range To: 1843

Date of Accumulation: 1809-1843

Creator: Goodell, Robert Hilliard, 1899-1992.

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives South

Storage Wall: Side 05

People: Albright, William; Chew, Benjamin; Coleman, Robert; Dickson, William; Gilpin, Joshua; Gilpin, Thomas; Grimler, Benjamin; Haldeman, C.; Hamilton, William; Harbaugh, Leonard; Hoff, John; Hopkins, James; Hubley, John; Hubley, Joseph; Lloyd, Evan; Mifflin, Joseph; Poulson, Zachariah; Reynolds, John; Rittenhouse, Joseph; Shaffner, Casper; Slaymaker, Henry; Slaymaker, Samuel; Varle, Charles; Wilson, Edward; Wilson, Thomas A.; Witmer, A.; Wright, William; Wolcott, John

Subjects: Bridges; Business records; Columbia (Pa.); Letters; Minutes (Records); Stockholders; Stocks; Susquehanna River

Search Terms: Advertising; Applications; Board of Directors; Bonds; Bridges; Broadsides; Business records; By-laws; Checks; Columbia; Columbia Bridge Company; Construction; Contracts; Correspondence; Farmers Bank of Lancaster; Financial records; Finding aids; Gatekeepers; Invoices; Letters; Loans; Manuscript groups; Minutes; Murray Draper and Company; Promissory notes; Receipts; Reports; Salaries; Stockholders; Stocks; Susquehanna River; Taxes; Tollhouses; Tolls

Extent: 5 boxes, 190 folders, 3 cubic ft.

Object Name: Archive

Language: English

Object ID: MG0217

Location of Originals: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania

Notes: Preferred Citation: Title or description of item, date (day, month, year), Collection Title (MG#), Folder #, (or Object ID), LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania. URL if applicable. Date accessed (day, month, year).

Access Conditions / Restrictions: Please use digital images and transcriptions when available. The original items in Folder 69 may not be used due to their fragile condition. All other original documents may be used by researchers--contact Research@LancasterHistory.org prior to visit or request at Reference Desk.

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Credit: Courtesy of LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.

Other Numbers: MG-217

Classification: MG0217

Description Level: Fonds

Custodial History: Added to database 13 January 2022.

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Blueprint

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Collection: Bridge Records

Title: Bridge Records

Object ID: Bridge F0680 I005

Date Range: 1905

Collection: Bridge Records

Title: Bridge Records

Date Range: 1905

Year: 1905

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives West

Storage Container: Box 0010

Subcategory: Documentary Artifact

Search Terms: Beaver Creek; Blueprints; Bridges; Creeks; Lancaster; Providence Twp.; Quarryville; Refton, Strasburg Twp.; Strasburg Twp.

Place: Providence Twp. and Strasburg Twp.

Object Name: Blueprint

Language: English

Condition: Fair

Object ID: Bridge F0680 I005

Box Number: 010

Additional Notes: Location: On road from Lancaster to Quarryville, near Refton, Strasburg Twp.; Document type: Bridge blueprints.; 2 items, 2 pieces

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

Classification: RG 02-00 0324

Description Level: Item

Bond, Legal

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Collection: Quarter Sessions

Title: Recognizance for Christopher Burkholder and Thomas Patterson

Object ID: AUG 1808 F030 QS

Date Range: 1808/08

Collection: Quarter Sessions

Title: Recognizance for Christopher Burkholder and Thomas Patterson

Date Range: 1808/08

Year: 1808

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives West

People: Burkholder, Christopher; Patterson, Thomas

Subcategory: Documentary Artifact

Search Terms: Charge: stealing; Quarter Sessions; Recognizance; Susquehanna River; York County, Pennsylvania

Place: York County, Pennsylvania

Object Name: Bond, Legal

Language: English

Condition: Fair

Object ID: AUG 1808 F030 QS

Additional Notes: Also: Thomas Patterson.; Recognizance, charged with stealing two platforms of boards on the Susquehanna River.; 1 item, 1 piece

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

Classification: RG 02-00 0908

Description Level: Item

Documents

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Collection: Bridge Records

Title: Bridge Records

Object ID: Bridge F0560 I002

Collection: Bridge Records

Title: Bridge Records

Description: Papers filed for construction and repair of bridges. The types of petitions presented to the Court of Quarter Sessions include: petitions for bridge construction and repair, petitions for inspections, and petitions for bridge funds. Other types of items include: specifications, proposals, and contracts for bridge construction and repair; bridge blueprints and plans; correspondence; bills for materials; and bridge condition reports. Many papers show date; court term and case number; names of petitioners, viewers, inspectors, and contractors; costs and fees; location of bridge; and name or number of bridge. The order and report of viewers documents are of particular interest as they usually include a copy of the original petition; the order and names of viewers to inspect the site; the public announcement for the viewers meeting; the report and recommendation of viewers, often with a drawing of the site and surrounding area; and the court decision.

System of Arrangement: Records are arranged by township, then chronologically within each township.

Year: 1904

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives West

Storage Container: Box 0008

Subcategory: Documentary Artifact

Search Terms: Creeks; Octoraro Creek; Little Britain Twp.; West Nottingham Twp., Chester County; Quarryville; Rising Sun, Cecil County, Maryland; Proposals; Bridges

Place: Little Britain Twp. and West Nottingham Twp., Chester County

Object Name: Documents

Language: English

Condition: Fair

Object ID: Bridge F0560 I002

Box Number: 008

Additional Notes: [Little Britain Twp. and West Nottingham Twp., Chester County]; Location: On road from Quarryville to Rising Sun, Maryland.; Document type: Proposal for bridge construction.; 1 item, 2 pieces

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

Classification: RG 02-00 0324

Description Level: Item

Documents

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/a4c8250a-5a90-4b2b-b32a-727480926370

Collection: Bridge Records

Title: Bridge Records

Object ID: Bridge F0685 I001

Collection: Bridge Records

Title: Bridge Records

Description: Papers filed for construction and repair of bridges. The types of petitions presented to the Court of Quarter Sessions include: petitions for bridge construction and repair, petitions for inspections, and petitions for bridge funds. Other types of items include: specifications, proposals, and contracts for bridge construction and repair; bridge blueprints and plans; correspondence; bills for materials; and bridge condition reports. Many papers show date; court term and case number; names of petitioners, viewers, inspectors, and contractors; costs and fees; location of bridge; and name or number of bridge. The order and report of viewers documents are of particular interest as they usually include a copy of the original petition; the order and names of viewers to inspect the site; the public announcement for the viewers meeting; the report and recommendation of viewers, often with a drawing of the site and surrounding area; and the court decision.

System of Arrangement: Records are arranged by township, then chronologically within each township.

Year: 1900

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives West

Storage Container: Box 0010

Subcategory: Documentary Artifact

Search Terms: Creeks; Beaver Creek; Quarryville; Hawksville, Eden Twp.; Petitions; Orders; Reports; Bridges

Place: Quarryville

Object Name: Documents

Language: English

Condition: Fair

Object ID: Bridge F0685 I001

Box Number: 010

Additional Notes: Court term: April 1900.; Location: On public highway from Quarryville to Hawksville, Eden Twp.; Document types: Petition for appointment of viewers.; Order and report of viewers.; 2 items, 10 pieces

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

Case Number: 68.000

Classification: RG 02-00 0324

Description Level: Item

Documents

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/a355e590-2a16-4157-b300-811917301381

Collection: Bridge Records

Title: Bridge Records

Object ID: Bridge F0685 I002

Collection: Bridge Records

Title: Bridge Records

Description: Papers filed for construction and repair of bridges. The types of petitions presented to the Court of Quarter Sessions include: petitions for bridge construction and repair, petitions for inspections, and petitions for bridge funds. Other types of items include: specifications, proposals, and contracts for bridge construction and repair; bridge blueprints and plans; correspondence; bills for materials; and bridge condition reports. Many papers show date; court term and case number; names of petitioners, viewers, inspectors, and contractors; costs and fees; location of bridge; and name or number of bridge. The order and report of viewers documents are of particular interest as they usually include a copy of the original petition; the order and names of viewers to inspect the site; the public announcement for the viewers meeting; the report and recommendation of viewers, often with a drawing of the site and surrounding area; and the court decision.

System of Arrangement: Records are arranged by township, then chronologically within each township.

Year: 1901

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives West

Storage Container: Box 0010

Subcategory: Documentary Artifact

Search Terms: Creeks; Beaver Creek; Quarryville; Specifications; Bridges

Place: Quarryville

Object Name: Documents

Language: English

Condition: Fair

Object ID: Bridge F0685 I002

Box Number: 010

Additional Notes: Document type: Specifications for bridge construction.; 1 item, 11 pieces

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

Classification: RG 02-00 0324

Description Level: Item

Documents

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/6bef7081-9dbc-4020-8183-648074433998

Collection: Bridge Records

Title: Bridge Records

Object ID: Bridge F0685 I003

Collection: Bridge Records

Title: Bridge Records

Description: Papers filed for construction and repair of bridges. The types of petitions presented to the Court of Quarter Sessions include: petitions for bridge construction and repair, petitions for inspections, and petitions for bridge funds. Other types of items include: specifications, proposals, and contracts for bridge construction and repair; bridge blueprints and plans; correspondence; bills for materials; and bridge condition reports. Many papers show date; court term and case number; names of petitioners, viewers, inspectors, and contractors; costs and fees; location of bridge; and name or number of bridge. The order and report of viewers documents are of particular interest as they usually include a copy of the original petition; the order and names of viewers to inspect the site; the public announcement for the viewers meeting; the report and recommendation of viewers, often with a drawing of the site and surrounding area; and the court decision.

System of Arrangement: Records are arranged by township, then chronologically within each township.

Year: 1901

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives West

Storage Container: Box 0010

Subcategory: Documentary Artifact

Search Terms: Creeks; Beaver Creek; Quarryville; Blueprints; Bridges

Place: Quarryville

Object Name: Documents

Language: English

Condition: Fair

Object ID: Bridge F0685 I003

Box Number: 010

Additional Notes: Document type: Bridge blueprints.; 2 items, 2 pieces

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

Classification: RG 02-00 0324

Description Level: Item

Documents

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/6e31a000-2004-4909-bceb-594737111286

Collection: Bridge Records

Title: Bridge Records

Object ID: Bridge F0345 I002

Collection: Bridge Records

Title: Bridge Records

Description: Papers filed for construction and repair of bridges. The types of petitions presented to the Court of Quarter Sessions include: petitions for bridge construction and repair, petitions for inspections, and petitions for bridge funds. Other types of items include: specifications, proposals, and contracts for bridge construction and repair; bridge blueprints and plans; correspondence; bills for materials; and bridge condition reports. Many papers show date; court term and case number; names of petitioners, viewers, inspectors, and contractors; costs and fees; location of bridge; and name or number of bridge. The order and report of viewers documents are of particular interest as they usually include a copy of the original petition; the order and names of viewers to inspect the site; the public announcement for the viewers meeting; the report and recommendation of viewers, often with a drawing of the site and surrounding area; and the court decision.

System of Arrangement: Records are arranged by township, then chronologically within each township.

Year: 1907

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives West

Storage Container: Box 0005

Subcategory: Documentary Artifact

Search Terms: Creeks; Hammer Creek; Elizabeth Twp.; Warwick Twp.; Lititz; Clay, Clay Twp.; Bonds; Bridges

Place: Elizabeth Twp. and Warwick Twp.

Object Name: Documents

Language: English

Condition: Fair

Object ID: Bridge F0345 I002

Box Number: 005

Additional Notes: Location: On public highway from Lititz to Clay, Clay Twp.; Document type: Bond for bridge construction.; 2 items, 2 pieces

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

Classification: RG 02-00 0324

Description Level: Item

Notice, Legal

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Collection: Bridge Records

Title: Bridge Records

Object ID: Bridge F0705 I002

Date Range: 1882/11

Collection: Bridge Records

Title: Bridge Records

Date Range: 1882/11

Year: 1882

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives West

Storage Container: Box 0011

People: Moore, Michael H.

Subcategory: Documentary Artifact

Search Terms: Bridges; Chickies Creek; Chiques Creek; Creeks; Michael H. Moore's Mill; Mills; Notifications; Rapho Twp.; West Hempfield Twp.

Place: Rapho Twp. and West Hempfield Twp.

Object Name: Notice, Legal

Language: English

Condition: Fair

Object ID: Bridge F0705 I002

Box Number: 011

Additional Notes: Court term: November 1882.; Location: Near Michael H. Moore's Mill.; Document type: Notification that a bridge re-reviewer is not an impartial party.; 1 item, 1 piece

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

Classification: RG 02-00 0324

Description Level: Item

Record, Judicial

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Collection: Quarter Sessions

Title: Quarter Sessions

Object ID: NOV 1804 F026 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: 1804

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

People: Corbman, Mary; Barber, Thomas; Jefferies, Emmor; Kennedy, Joseph; Evan, Charles; Lloyd, Israel; Burk, John

Subcategory: Documentary Artifact

Search Terms: Quarter Sessions; Recognizance; Charge: bastardy; Charge: assault and battery; Charge: obstructing the legal process; Constables

Object Name: Record, Judicial

Language: English

Condition: Fair

Object ID: NOV 1804 F026 QS

Additional Notes: List of recognizance.; Thomas Barber, charged with bastardy against Mary Corbman.; Emmor Jefferies, charged with assault and batter on Joseph Kennedy.; Charles Evan, charged with obstructing the Constable in his legal duty.; Additional names: John Burk, Israel Lloyd.; 1 item, 1 piece

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

Classification: RG 02-00 0908

Description Level: Item

Record, Judicial

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Collection: Quarter Sessions

Title: Quarter Sessions

Object ID: FEB 1805 F003 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: 1805

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Subcategory: Documentary Artifact

Search Terms: Quarter Sessions; Constables

Object Name: Record, Judicial

Language: English

Condition: Fair

Object ID: FEB 1805 F003 QS

Additional Notes: List of Constables.; 1 item, 1 piece

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

Classification: RG 02-00 0908

Description Level: Item

Record, Judicial

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Collection: Quarter Sessions

Title: Quarter Sessions

Object ID: AUG 1809 F016 QS

Date Range: 1809/08

Collection: Quarter Sessions

Title: Quarter Sessions

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

Date Range: 1809/08

Year: 1809

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives West

People: Backman, Jacob; Bachman, Jacob; Correll, Magdalena; Carpenter, Christian; Swarr, John; Greider, Martin; Dietrich, Henry; Kindig, Francis; Herr, Christian; Ross, George; Bachman, John; Correll, Christian

Subcategory: Documentary Artifact

Search Terms: Quarter Sessions; Recognizance; Charge: fornication; Summons; Constables; Bills

Object Name: Record, Judicial

Language: English

Condition: Fair

Object ID: AUG 1809 F016 QS

Additional Notes: Recognizance, charged with fornication with Magdalena Correll.; Summons of Christian Carpenter, John Swarr, Martin Greider, Henry Dietrich, Francis Kindig, Christian Herr, George Ross.; Constable Bill.; Constable Fees.; Additional names; John Bachman, Christian Correll.; 4 items, 4 pieces

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

Case Number: 17.000

Classification: RG 02-00 0908

Description Level: Item

Record, Judicial

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Collection: Quarter Sessions

Title: Quarter Sessions

Object ID: NOV 1809 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: 1809

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

People: Miller, Jesse; Piersol, John; Hensel, George

Subcategory: Documentary Artifact

Search Terms: Quarter Sessions; Recognizance; Charge: assault; Constables; Salisbury Twp.

Object Name: Record, Judicial

Language: English

Condition: Fair

Object ID: NOV 1809 F018 QS

Additional Notes: Recognizance, assault on John Piersol, Constable of Salisbury Twp. in executing his job.; Additional name: George Hensel.; 1 item, 1 piece