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
Bonds posted by constables, showing names of constable and surety; date and amount of bond; conditions of obligation; signatures of constable, surety, and witnesses; and date filed. Arr. chron. by date filed. No index. Hdw. and typed on ptd. fm.
Admin/Biographical History
The County of Lancaster has given LancasterHistory.org custodial responsibility of this collection.
System of Arrangement
Arranged by year; alphabetical by surname with in year.
Signers of petition: John Fondersmith, E. M. Kline, [ ] Breneman, Jacob Zecher, Christian Widmyer, D. B. Vondersmith, R. McClure, C. Kline, David [King], Whiteman Benner, Reuben S. Rohrer, J. Smith.
1 item, 1 piece
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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: James C. Carpenter, Amos S. Henderson, John K. Reed, David Shultz, W. S. Peifer, B. Champneys Jr., Philip S. Baker, John Fondersmith, H. C. Locher, Henry Hersh, John Metzger, James Smith.
3 items, 3 pieces
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Signers of petition: Dennis Coyle, C. Shertz, Jacob King, Michael Triples, [unknown signature], William Gumpf, James Barnes, James Coyle, John Deaner, William M. Gormley, Jacob Gable, Philip Leonard.
2 items, 2 pieces
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Located in the Northeast Ward on East King Street.
April term.
Signers of petition: John Ehler, John Shroder, G. W. Zahn, G. L. Zahm, H. Baumgardner, C. Kline, R. McClure, John Fondersmith, John Swartz, Jonah Wisner, John K. Reed, J. Bowman.
1 item, 1 piece
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