The Transportation Collection contains documents regarding turnpikes, railroads, Conestoga Traction Co., Conestoga Transportation Co., and the Red Rose Transit Authority. The types of items include correspondence, financial papers, business papers, stock certificates, tickets, schedules, maps of routes, and a blueprint.
Preferred Citation: Title or description of item, date (day, month, year), Transportation Collection (MG0123), Folder #, LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.
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Signers of petition: John Harnish, John Hartman, Henry Weise, George Walter, Benjamin Kegereis, Peter K. Walter, Joseph Leisey, Daniel L. Lutz, Reuben Bucher, Jacob Bucher, John Weinhold, Benjamin Leisey.
3 items, 3 pieces
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List of signers: John Johnson, Thomas Montgomery, George McCullugh, John Scot, Thomas Grubb, Samuel Scott, George Clengar, Joseph Frezar, Nethanell Brown, John Cahter, James Montgommory, Richard Stedman, Abraham Whiteshoe, James Ramsay, Samuel McConnell, Samuel Polk, Alexander Caldwell, Andrew McIntyer, William Stuart, John Lortes, William Porter, William Moore, Robert McCorkoll, Andrew Wankier, Danell McFarling, William McTier, Robert Reed, William Ritihey, James McSparon and 1 other name.
1 item, 1 piece
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Signers of Petition: James L. Reynolds, William B. Fordney, Elliote E. Lane, James B. Lane, Frederick Kline, [Meichel Earman], William Hensel, George Bechey, John Lind, Martin VanStyke, J. Albright, Ehrman Huber, Owen Hopple, George T. Hambright, Benjamin Foltz.
1 item, 1 piece
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Signers of petition: C. H. Kryder, Martin S. Heiser, Samuel S. Geist, George Hauck, Jacob M. Mayers, Jacob Stoner, Solomon Martin, Michael Danner, Jacob Landis, Daniel S. Grosh, C. L. [ ], William Whitcraft, Henry H. Kurtz, Benjamin Eby.
Receipt to keep a tavern.
3 items, 3 pieces
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Signers of petition: William P. Pusey, Fleming McSparran, Clarkson Jefferis, Miller Hutton, George Brown, Francis B. Groff, James D. Malone, Mark Showalter, Joseph Smith, William R. Ralston, James McCrabb, William W. Steele, Mordecai Hammond, Clemingham Atchison.
1 item, 1 piece
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Signers of petition: Samuel Trimble, Robert W. Moor, Miller Hutton, G. J. Hildebrand, [ ] Zell, Francis McCrabb, Francis B. Groff, [Patteric] Smyth, Thomas R. Johnson, [Amos] Groff, Michael Shea, Samuel Newport, John C. Stone, Ephraim Potts, George Bellamey, Newton Egan, James W. Malone, William Morrison, Thomas McMorrison, Dennis Malone, T. W. Waters, Cheyney H. Pusey, Oliver Caldwell, R. M. Caldwell, Robert W. Moore, Jonathan McMichael, Emanuel D. Waters, James Barnes Jr., Thomas M. Gryder, John B. Hess, John Kennedy, J. S. Jordan, Jeremiah Herr, Jackson Towson, John Findley, Thomas Arnold, Edward J. Hewes, Allen S. Steele, Henry Harner, John W. Fisher, William A. Towson, Enos Evans, James Barnett, William Barr, John Tennant, N. N. Heneil, Edward F. Heneil, J. H. Bryan, Samuel Fisher, Henry M. Ewing, [Elihu] H. Wells, Benjamin H. Witmer, Henry McCann, A. B. Stone, Samuel Broome, Samuel L. Fisher, John Trimbel, Robert W. Moore, Edward McCaa, John Rogers, Anthony Deaver, Cuningham Atikson, Henry Rogers, Lewis Hilton, R. L. Wharton, William T. Wilson, Samuel Cuming, Benjamin Burgess, Christopher M. Hess, George Aument Jr., John Lutz, Daniel D. Hess, Jonathan M. Bushong, James Lowry, James Shank, Benjamin Musser, Westly Philips, William J. Steel, David Stefel, A. Bear, Andrew Lee, Vincent Burkins, Robert M. Cohick, Charles T. Todd, M. Watson, Eli Moore, John Burgin, A. J. Ferguson, Benjamin Brooks, [unknown signature], Jacob Hauk, Daniel R. Hilton, Vincent Reynolds, Thomas Moderwell, Thomas Cully, J. McMichael, William Wescott, Elias Hess, Lewis Jefferis, Mortica Hamond, Isaac Moris, Benjamin F. Sides, S. J. Hamilton, James Duncan, Peter Smyth, Jacob L. Kirk, Archibald Brown, William P. Pusey, H. D. Hildebrand, William Miller, Benjamin Finley, Richard Ward, G. S. Savery, Lewis Todd, Benjamin Brogan, William K. Brown, Hezekiah Freeston, [unknown signature], Samuel C. Marshall, John McKinley, John Steward, Thomas McKinley, John Gallighar, John M. Bishop, Samuel Seipel, Edward Buckman, William Bear, [Wayne Mohr], [unknown signature], Allen Kline, William C. Buckman, John Brown, James W. Allen, John Hoover, Peter Caldwell, James McKinley, Felix W. Sweigert, [Jeremiah] Kirk, S. McConkey, H. J. McIntire, Harrison Hammond, [Elwad H. Done], Clark Philips, john Harveston, James Trimble, Samuel McMichal, Michel Philips, John Hiltibrand, John McColgen, B. R. Watson, Jacob Bear, M. Pharoah, Jacob Hecklar, Thomas Pusey, William Moore, John Harrar, Nathan Watson, George Wishower.
1 item, 1 piece
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Signers of petition: Dieterick Heiss, John Fisher, Daniel Fetter, John Manner, Jacob Zanck, Adam Wilhelm, Peter Rouse, James Burk, Jacob Krug, Valentine Houg, Conrad Graff, Matthias Slough, Paul Zantzinger, Charles Heinetsh, George Graff, Barnard Hubley, P. Hoofnagle, John Shwench, Conread Ferree, and several others.
1 item, 1 piece
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Signers of petition: George Hoofnagel, Lodwick Stone, Jonas Metzger, John Flieger, John Blathenberger, Andrew Heiss, George Musser, Conrad Swartz, Adam Reigart, John Witmer Jr., John Offner, Jacob Graeff, John Hambright, Abraham Scott, and two others.
1 item, 1 piece
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Signers of petition: Christian Neaff, Samuel Boyd, John Jones, Melchor Snyder, Christopher Marshall, Edward Shippen, J. Mosher, Robert Thornbrush, and one other.
1 item, 1 piece
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Signers of petition: James Fulton, John Fryberger, Joseph T. Sample, J. F. Miller, R. E. Cochran, John Felix, Evan Green, Peter Haldeman, J. W. Cottrell, Michael Strein, W. F. Caruthers, Thomas V. Caldwell, John H. Brooks, William Atkins, John Arms, Henry B. Eagle, John Evans, Jacob [Luthmore], Christian Mayer.
1 item, 2 pieces
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Signers of petition: G. Morison, Samuel Morisson, James Barnes, [ ] Bair, John Watson, Joseph Elliott, John B. McCrabb, Peter Sides, James M. Hopkins, David Bair, Philip Housekeeper, J. W. Housekeeper, Gardner Furness, John McSparran, James M. Steele, Joseph P. Hutton, Fleming McSparran.
1 item, 1 piece
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