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.
Signers of Petition: Michael Breneman, John Haldeman, Henry Musser, David Cooke, Alexander Boggs, John Watson, James Eagan, George Hollinger, John McClure, Hugh Wilson and 1other.
1 item, 1 piece
Access Conditions / Restrictions
Request at Reference Desk; photocopy made by staff member.
Signers of Petition: Jacob Grosh, Jacob Reimer, Abraham Reimer, John Greider, William Child, George Snyder, Thomas Faulkner, David Sandoe, David Muma, Fridrick Nogle, John Miller, Christian Shirck, William McClure, Randle McClure, Mattias Ranck, James, Mehaffey, David Cooke and one other.
1 item, 1 piece
Access Conditions / Restrictions
Request at Reference Desk; photocopy made by staff member.
Signers of Petition: Emanuel Reigart, Hugh Wilson, Alexander Boggs, Samuel S. Galbraith, John Longmaker, Frederick Long, David Cooke, Jacob Grosh, Jacob Ludwick, David Sandoe, Jacob Nicholas, John Long, John Breneman, George Snyder and two others.
1 item, 1 piece
Access Conditions / Restrictions
Request at Reference Desk; photocopy made by staff member.
Signers of Petition: John A. Kenney, Anthony Ellmaker, John Thompson, Adam Zell, James Martin, Edward Smith, George Thompson, John Sturgis, Jacob Duchman.
1 item, 1 piece
Access Conditions / Restrictions
Request at Reference Desk; photocopy made by staff member.
Petition allowed on his giving security according to the Act of Assembly.
Signers of Petition: Jonathan Hinkel, George Yound, Henry Frankhouser, Leonard Rapp, Philip Shirk, Andrew Yunt, Jacob Breneise, J. Gerlach Hoffer, Dietrich Deshong, George Brennen, Jacob Longenecker, and 3 others.
1 item, 1 piece
Access Conditions / Restrictions
Request at Reference Desk; photocopy made by staff member.
Located in the village of Hahnstown, on the road from Reamstown towards Hinkletown, and also on the road from Muddy Creek Valley towards Lancaster.
Petition allowed.
Signers of Petition: Henry Hambright, Peter Stipe, John Kreyle, Curtis Ream, George Kintzel, Daniel Hahn, John Johnson, George Weidman, John Holl, John Ream, and five others.
1 item, 1 piece
Access Conditions / Restrictions
Request at Reference Desk; photocopy made by staff member.
