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Collection: Whitson & Sproul Collection

Title: Whitson & Sproul Collection

Object ID: MG0151

Date Range: 1847-1869

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Collection: Whitson & Sproul Collection

Title: Whitson & Sproul Collection

Description: This collection consists of business records for Whitson & Sproul of Christiana, Lancaster County and documents related to estate settlements. The business records include a ledger, letters and statements concerning the sale and purchase of various materials. One letter mentions the 1860 election of "Old Abe." The receipts and court documents consist primarily of receipts, releases, and sale agreements relating to the settlement of the estates of James Sproul and Moses Whitson.

Date Range: 1847-1869

Year Range From: 1847

Year Range To: 1869

Date of Accumulation: 1847-1869

Creator: Whitson & Sproul

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives South

Storage Wall: Side 04

People: Armstrong, James; Aulthouse, George; Boyd, John A.; Brady, John; Brown, Jeremiah; Coates, Lindley; Collins, Eliza; Collins, James; Cooper, James; Cooper, John; Dickinson, Joseph C.; Frame, Benjamin; Hamilton, T. J.; Hawthorn, G. C.; Hess, J. G.; Iddings, Harriet J.; Irwin, Ellis P.; Irwin, George W.; Johnston, James; Johnston, Robert; Lefever, Daniel; Lewis, Samuel; Lincoln, Abraham; May, Daniel W.; Meiditch, John; Moore, Jeremiah; Morrison, George; Paxson, Elma E.; Paxson, Franklin G.; Paxson, Latitia Ann; Pownall, Joseph; Pownall, Moses; Pusey, John; Retzer, John; Rohrer, J. S.; Roland, John; Russel, John N.; Smith, Edward K.; Sproul, Annie; Sproul, Charles N.; Sproul, James; Steele, Margaret; Steele, William W.; Thompson, Jesse; Whitson, Jacob T.; Whitson, Micah; Whitson, Moses; Wright, James

Subjects: Business records; Letters; Probate records

Search Terms: Agreements; Bart Twp.; Boldin and Wartmun; Business cards; Business records; Christiana; Coal; Columbia; Correspondence; Drumore Twp.; Dunwoody, Philadelphia; Finding aids; Grain; Guardians; Ledgers; Letters; Lumber; Manor Twp.; Manuscript groups; Philadelphia Railroad; Probate records; Receipts; Sadsbury Forge; Sadsbury Twp.; Stocks; Strasburg; Tobacco; Vetterlein Co.; West Philadelphia Railroad; Whitson and Sproul; Widows

Extent: 1 box, 2 folders, .25 cubic ft.

Object Name: Archive

Language: English

Object ID: MG0151

Location of Originals: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania

Notes: Preferred Citation: Whitson & Sproul Collection (MG0151), Folder #, LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.

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-151

Classification: MG0151

Description Level: Fonds

Custodial History: The collection was cataloged and the finding aid was prepared in 1998-1999 by DT. Added to database 29 September 2021.

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Indictment

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/462c20b5-46cc-4090-9455-586961060080

Collection: Indictments

Title: Indictments

Object ID: NOV 1842 F017

Collection: Indictments

Title: Indictments

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

Year: 1842

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

People: Armstrong, James

Subcategory: Documentary Artifact

Object Name: Indictment

Language: English

Condition: Fair

Parent Object ID: INDICTMENTS

Object ID: NOV 1842 F017

Additional Notes: Gambling house.; 1 item, 1 piece

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

Case Number: 17.000

Classification: RG 02-00 0933

Description Level: Item

Indictment

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/b9b008eb-b50e-4f43-aa13-539603279286

Collection: Indictments

Title: Indictments

Object ID: AUG 1840 F024

Collection: Indictments

Title: Indictments

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

Year: 1840

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

People: Armstrong, James

Subcategory: Documentary Artifact

Object Name: Indictment

Language: English

Condition: Fair

Parent Object ID: INDICTMENTS

Object ID: AUG 1840 F024

Additional Notes: Tippling house.; 1 item, 1 piece

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

Case Number: 24.000

Classification: RG 02-00 0933

Description Level: Item

Indictment

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/5c17eacc-dfcb-482a-a40f-364117150840

Collection: Indictments

Title: Indictments

Object ID: AUG 1841 F015

Collection: Indictments

Title: Indictments

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

Year: 1841

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

People: Armstrong, James

Subcategory: Documentary Artifact

Object Name: Indictment

Language: English

Condition: Fair

Parent Object ID: INDICTMENTS

Object ID: AUG 1841 F015

Additional Notes: Tippling house.; 1 item, 1 piece

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

Case Number: 15.000

Classification: RG 02-00 0933

Description Level: Item

Indictment

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/c4b6a685-ac2e-4c41-9ebe-981154374690

Collection: Indictments

Title: Indictments

Object ID: NOV 1847 F016

Collection: Indictments

Title: Indictments

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

Year: 1847

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

People: Armstrong, James

Subcategory: Documentary Artifact

Object Name: Indictment

Language: English

Condition: Fair

Parent Object ID: INDICTMENTS

Object ID: NOV 1847 F016

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

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

Case Number: 16.000

Classification: RG 02-00 0933

Description Level: Item

Indictment

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/89a7155c-f657-40cc-b599-975344235061

Collection: Indictments

Title: Indictments

Object ID: MAY 1802 F004

Date Range: 1802/05

Collection: Indictments

Title: Indictments

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

Date Range: 1802/05

Year: 1802

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives West

People: Armstrong, James

Subcategory: Documentary Artifact

Object Name: Indictment

Language: English

Condition: Fair

Parent Object ID: INDICTMENTS

Object ID: MAY 1802 F004

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

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

Classification: RG 02-00 0933

Description Level: Item

Record, Judicial

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/16641f38-bcf8-4a96-bc1d-453319403018

Collection: Quarter Sessions

Title: Quarter Sessions

Object ID: APR 1802 F002 QS

Date Range: 1802/04

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: 1802/04

Year: 1802

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives West

People: Armstrong, James; Hormcum, Henry; Hormcum, Harry; Mosser, John

Subcategory: Documentary Artifact

Search Terms: Quarter Sessions; Recognizance; Charge: assault and battery

Object Name: Record, Judicial

Language: English

Condition: Fair

Object ID: APR 1802 F002 QS

Additional Notes: Recognizance, charged with assault and battery on Henry Hormcum, or Henry Hormcom.; Additional name: John Mosser.; 1 item, 1 piece