Samuel E. Dyke was a noted authority on the Pennsylvania rifle and wrote on this subject. Collection consists of articles, correspondence, photographs, research notes, and working papers on firearms. Also included is information on gunsmiths, the Rockford Foundation, the Heritage Center, cabinetmakers, grandfather clocks, and the Armstrong Cork Company. 1670-1985
Signers of petition: John Fondersmith, Archibald Warren, Amos Bowman, John Dinkelberg, Henry Hersh, Jay Cadwell, Philip Ginder, Abraham Gibbs, John Schleich, S. W. P. Boyd, William Hensel, Amos S. Henderson.
Receipt to keep a tavern.
3 items, 3 pieces
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Signers of petition: Charles F. Voigt, John Urban, Frederik Hess, Philip Keller, Kenrich Keller, [signature in German], John Fisher, [signature in German], Joseph Jacob, Jacob Brock, Henry Schaum, Samuel Huber.
Petition for an eating house.
Signers of petition: John A. Scheusenbranch, Philip Keller, Henry Dorr, Joseph Witmyer, Herrman Miller, John Deaner, A. W. Bolenius, A. F. Fleffman, John Wittmyer, George Amer, John Dorr, [unknown signature], [signature in German], Jacob Gundaker, C. F. Mengier, John Kuhns, Luis [Ston].
3 items, 3 pieces
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