The Adam Reigart Jr., John S. Murphy Collection contains correspondence between Adam Reigart, Jr. in Lancaster and Philip Wager in Philadelphia and their families. The letters are primarily from the early nineteenth century and provide information about family illness, travel, visits, business, and family chatter. The receipts and invoices show purchases made in Lancaster and Philadelphia, especially clothing, fabric, dry goods, and meat. The remainder of the collection is made up of newspaper articles, books, and an album of poetry and drawings. The items were housed in a gig trunk which is now in the museum collection.
Admin/Biographical History
Adam Reigart, Jr. (1765-1844) was born in Lancaster. He was the eldest son of Col. Adam Reigart, owner of the Grape Tavern which served as general headquarters during the Revolutionary War. Adam Jr. founded the Reigart Wine Store in 1785 and was in business with Philip Wager in Philadelphia and Philip's son Peter throughout his career. He was the first president of the Lancaster branch of the Bank of Pennsylvania, and was involved with the Conestoga Navigation Company and the Union Fire Company.
Adam Jr. married Mary Magdalena Wager (1772-1806) in 1791. Mary was the daughter of Philip Wager, a Philadelphia wine merchant. They had eight daughters and a son. Susan married Stephen C. Slaymaker and Margaretta married Henry Y. Slaymaker.
Preferred Citation: Title or description of item, date (day, month, year), Adam Reigart Jr., John S. Murphy Collection (MG0331), Folder #, LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.
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Credit
Courtesy of LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.
Accession Number
2003.078
Other Numbers
MG-331
Classification
MG0331
Description Level
Fonds
Custodial History
Processed and finding aid created by KR. Added to database 8 March 2022.
Located on North Queen Street, on the railroad, in the North West Ward.
April term.
Signers of petition: Jacob Myers, John B. Frick, Frederick Dern, John Kuhns, Emanuel VanKanan, Frederick Lutz, John Wittmeyer, Jacob [Gruel], [unknown signature], John [Flick], Robert Moderwell, George H. Metzger, John Sehner.
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Signers of petition: Jacob Huber Jr., Daniel Harman, George Diller, H. W. Gundaker, Jacob Weaver, Henry M. Miller, [J. Frey], Samuel Lightner, Adam Dellet, William Wilson, John Masterson, H. H. Harman, Charles Boughter, R. F. Rauch, George [Ford].
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Signers of petition: Isaac Hubley, E. W. Carpenter, David [Lebkicher], W. Whiteside, A. Steward, John Steigerwalt, Christian Stroble, Robert Powers, Martin Harnish, [signature in German], Jacob Greiner, Thomas Silvius.
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Signers of petition: C. Hager, Jacob G. Getz, John C. Hager, E. B. Rose, S. S. Spencer, A. Herr Smith, Henry Gibbs, J. M. Lowe, William Locher, John [Fluent], Jacob H. Gamber, George M. Steinman, Daniel Rhoads, Peter McConomy, George [K. Meeser].
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Signers of petition: Michael Ehrman, George B. Hamilton, Thomas Jefferies, Owen [Hopple], Joseph Brintnall, H. E. Leman, H. Hambright, Eli Overdeer, D. E. Lechler, H. F. Benedict, Frederick Kline, George Beachy, William Hensel, John Erisman, Jonathan Foltz, David Longenecker.
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Signers of petition: John H. Pearsol, G. B. Markley, [unknown signature], H. Shubert, Joseph Cross, Daniel Leman, Isaac Dunn, George W. Curry, Adam W. [Amwell], C. M. Clewell, J. Augustus Beck, Daniel Leman, Isaac Dunn, Abraham R. Zell, Nelson Nutt, John [Cross], J. W. Davis, Henry Metzger, John L. Samson, J. M. [Bakil], George W. [Gorrich], F. Smith, E. Kirkpatrick, Samuel J. Jackson.
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Signers of petition: William Lowry, Charles T. Gould, John Metzger, Lewis Levering, William Groff, Thomas C. Weiley, E. S. Hubley, William Mathiot, George B. Kerfoot, A. B. Kaufman, Charles E. Wentz, W. Gleim, M. D. Holbrook, [C. G. Youngman], Hiram Kendig, A. F. Hambright, Charles Nauman, William T. [Youart], David E. Lechler, James Wiley, George Boyle, F. [Keenan], H. T. Brooks, Mathew McGrann, Michael McGrann, J. J. Keller, M. Carpenter, W. Frick, J. Albright, M. Goldschmith, George McDonald, Joseph Brintall, B. M. Foltz, W. Carpenter, Walter G. Evans, J. H. Kurtz, J. Gonnley, H. C. Wentz, J. C. VanCamp.
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Signers of petition: John Hensler, [unknown signature], B. McGonigle, [B. Connor], Samuel Johnson, Michael McGonigle, [signature in German], Frederick Gemperling, William Leonard, Philip Leonard, Frederick Miller, John McGrann.
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Located on the New Holland turnpike, North East Ward.
April term.
Signers of petition: Michael Malone, [Marthy Malon], John Fondersmith, John Malone, John Jones, Adam Matzer, Daniel Rees, Frederick Hensel, D. E. Lechler, S. G. Musser, Samuel Rupley, Jacob Zecher.
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Located on the North Queen Street, near the railroad, North East Ward.
April term.
Signers of petition: Peter Gerber, Jacob McCulley, [unknown signature], Michael Kelly, Michael Gross, Owen Hepple, Frederick Kline, Jacob Musketnuss, Henry Nauman, John Donnelly, John Huston, Henry [Fines].
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Signers of petition: Peter Reed, John Getz, George M. Steinman, Daniel Rhoads, A. J. Kuhn, Lewis Urban, Edward Steward, Jacob Leibley, David Lebkicher, John Steigerwalt, [signature in German], Philip Fitzpatrick, William Taylor, Martin Harnish.
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Signers of petition: John Fondersmith, C. Kline, R. McClure, Solomon Sprecher, John L. Thompson, D. B. Vondersmith, John Wise, John Carr, George D. Sprecher, J. Smith, W. Carpenter, H. F. Benedict, Z. Swope, [ ] Zecher.
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Signers of petition: Henry Miller, John C. Sample, Samuel F. Huston, Derrick Fahnestock, John Stewart, George Carrigan, Michael Withers, Edward Steward, William Mathiot, [T. H. Burrows], W. Whiteside, James C. Carpenter, Lewis Urban, Charles Gillespie, Reah Frazer, Henry Carpenter.
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Signers of petition: Jacob Wilhelm, John Dorwart, Maxmilian Deichler, Philip Deichler, George Krauskop, [signature in German], Jacob Franciscus, Henry Yost, Jacob Weitzel, John Weitzel, Richard Williams, Conrad Silvius.
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Signers of petition: John H. Pearsol, G. B. Markley, S. [Pelton] Jr., Henry Shubert, Joseph Cross, George W. Curry, Adam W. [Auxwell], C. M. Clewell, J. Augustus Beck, Daniel Leman, Isaac Dunn, Abraham R. Zell, John Gross, Daniel F. Eberman, W. Taylor, Nelson Nutt, W. Davis, Henry Metzger, John L. Samson, J. M. Bahil, George Gorrech, F. Smith, T. Washington Smith, John G. Gumpf, E. Kirkpatrick, Abraham Gibbs, H. W. Hess, J. G. Klein, Joseph Samson, Rudolph Christ, Samuel J. Jackson.
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Signers of petition: Henry Swirgood, P. Cassidy, Henry Hegener, George F. Rote, Philip Metzger, Peter Beir, George W. [Hamerly], A. M. Cassidy, Patrick Brady, Henry [Mishlar], [ ] Muhlenberg, George Wike.
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Signers of petition: Charles Nauman, Whitman Benner, J. Albright, D. Heitshu, H. Baumgardner, J. H. Longenecker, Thomas Baumgardner, G. H. Smith, B. Mishler, Henry Hines, Jacob McCulley, Owen Hopple.
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Signers of petition: John H. Pearsol, G. B. Markly, [S. Palton Jr.], H. Shubert, Joseph Cross, Daniel Leman, Isaac Dunn, George W. Curry, Adam M. Averell, C. M. Clewell, J. Augustus Beck, Daniel Leman, Isaac Dunn, Abraham K. Zell, Nelson Nutt, John Cross, Daniel F. Eberman, Wallace Taylor, J. W. Davis, Henry Metzger, J. M. Bahil, George W. Gerrich, F. Smith, John L. Samson, Michael Ehrman, Lancelot Fairer, E. Kirkpatrick, Samuel J. Jackson.
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