Lathe-turned wooden tar bucket with fitted lid and remnants of leather straps. Cylindrical vessel has slight taper inward toward middle. Decorated with two double score marks below center. Above center are shoulders jutting outward with vertical holes through which straps of leather handle pass. Handle also passes through lid of conforming shape, although one strap broken off at shoulder while the other is broken off 3 inches above shoulder.Center hole in lid apparently accepted a now-missing stick used to apply tar to wheels. Broken-off 5-inch length of leather strap rests inside. Tar residue in bucket.
Lancaster County or region.
Provenance
Donor believes bucket descended from family members to his parents who displayed it on their mantle. Donor inherited it from parents.
Located on the Downingtown, Ephrata and Harrisburg turnpike.
January term.
Signers of petition: Alex. Dasher, J. H. M. Causland, John Erb, Isaac Bricker, Elias Eby, John Bomberger, Joseph [Sandes], Benjamin Ruth, Jacob Carpenter, Samuel Illig, Jacob Brubaker, George Bentz.
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Located on the Downingtown, Ephrata, Harrisburg turnpike.
April term.
Signers of petition: John Hibshman, Peter Elser, Joseph Snyder, [signature in German], John Elser, George Weidman, John Lowry, Samuel Schenk, Samuel Buffameyer, Hiram Erb, [signature in German], Isaac Bricker, Harrison Elser, Jacob Illig, Jacob Carpenter.
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Signers of petition: Jacob Shiffer, John Shiffer, Henry Eby, Elias Eby, John Bamberger, John Zartman, George Kohler, Frederich Koehler, Benjamin Hollinger, George Weachter, George Bentz, Christian Bentz, Henry K. Schiffer.
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Signers of petition: John B. Erb, Peter Stauffer, Jacob [Schutz], Gabriel Bear, Samuel Hacker, Peter Martin, Samuel Eberly, Samuel Illig, John Erb, Elias Eby, Benjamin Hollinger, Michael Keller, John Keller.
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Signers of petition: Evan Bricker, Samuel Illig, Abraham Eby, John Steiner, John Zartman, Isaac Bricker, John Bamberger, Jacob Hartronft, Peter Martin, Martin Grube, Joseph Landes Jr., Samuel H. Miller, Jacob B. Miller, Augustus Boyd.
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Signers of petition: Jacob Redsecker, John Foltz, Samuel Redsecker, A. Greenawalt, Andrew Wade, B. F. Baer, C. G. Huber, John Lynch, Isaac Redsecker, [Henry Myer], John Rhoads, Jacob G. Diffenderfer, George Patterson, Joseph Buchanan, Henry Ober, Samuel Harmony, Michael Kitch, William Pfaff.
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Signers of petition: Jacob Redsecker, John Kuntz, Henry Ober, John Lynch, Sebastian Keller, B. F. Baer, Joseph Buchanan, A. Greenawalt, John Rhoads, Daniel Balmer, Samuel Harmony, George Patterson, Joseph Clinton, George Boyer.
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Signers of petition: Jacob Redsecker, Daniel Balmer, Henry Myers, Benjamin Shaeffer, Jackson Schaeffer, George Boyer, Andrew Wade, B. F. [Baez], Joseph Buchanan, Abraham Redsecker, William Hagel, Jacob A. Breneman.
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Signers of petition: Jacob Redsecker, George Patterson, Joseph Clinton, John Lynch, Samuel Harmony, Michael Kitch, Sebastian Keller, Henry Shultz, A. Greenawalt, Andrew Wade, John William Roeting, [signature in German], John Foltz, Isaac Redsecker.
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Signers of petition: Jacob Redsecker, George [Fisher], Abraham Breneman, A. Greenawalt, [signature in German], William Hagee, Samuel Redsecker, C. G. Huber, Isaac Redsecker, John S. Boyer, Henry Ober, Jackson Schaeffer, Emanuel Hoffman, George Boyer, Philip [Fisher], David Coble.
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Located on the road leading from the Downingtown, Ephrata and Harrisburg turnpike to the Reamstown and Churchtown.
April term.
Signers of petition: P. Martin Heitler, Samuel Gorgas, Zaccheus Killian, Samuel Ranck, [signature in German], Henry Dreisch, [signature in German], Daniel Fry, Isaac Johnston, Israel L. Herman, William Amweg, [ ] Schnader, Daniel Epler, Henry Showalter, John Hornberger.
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Signers of petition: Jacob Martin, Samuel Royer, J. Robinson, Jonas S. Miller, John Schaeffer, John Kurtz Jr., L. Hacker, Jacob Fry, Samuel Fry, Jacob Longenecker, George Norton, Henry Keller, Martin Gross, Joseph Uhrich, Henry Fritz.
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