name:"Witmer, Jacob" found 7 records - Research Collections

Additional Notes: Located on the Philadelphia & Lancaster Turnipike road.; Lately occupied by Jacob Witmer.; Petition granted.; April term.; Signers of Petition: William D. Slaymaker, James H. Houston, Samuel Duffield, Hopkins Lightner, William M. Slaymaker, Isaac Trout.; 1 Item, 1 Piece

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Classification: RG 02-00 0602

Description Level: Item

Documents

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Collection: Liquor License Papers

Title: Liquor License Papers

Object ID: Tav 1861 F02 I01

Collection: Liquor License Papers

Title: Liquor License Papers

System of Arrangement: Arranged by municipalities by year.

Year: 1861

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Container: Box 0027

People: Messner, Isaac; Witmer, Jacob; Messner, Daniel

Subcategory: Documentary Artifact

Search Terms: Brecknock Twp.

Place: Brecknock Twp.

Object Name: Documents

Language: English

Condition: Fair

Object ID: Tav 1861 F02 I01

Box Number: 027

Additional Notes: Bond: Jacob Witmer, Daniel Messner.; Receipt to keep a tavern.; 2 items, 2 pieces

Access Conditions / Restrictions: Request at Reference Desk; photocopy made by staff member.

Classification: RG 02-00 0602

Description Level: Item

Petition

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Collection: Liquor License Papers

Title: Liquor License Papers

Object ID: Tav 1840 F13 I01

Date Range: 1840

Collection: Liquor License Papers

Title: Liquor License Papers

Date Range: 1840

Year: 1840

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives West

Storage Container: Box 0014

People: Bowen, Mr.; Breneman, Adam; Brenneman, Abraham; Brenneman, Joseph; Funk, Christian; Funk, Henry; Hartzler, John; Holl, Samuel; Lintner, Daniel; Manning, Henry; Rumel, Peter; Schitz, Christian; Sourbeer, John; Withers, George; Witmer, Jacob; Wittmer, John

Subcategory: Documentary Artifact

Search Terms: Liquor License; Petitions; Safe Harbor, Manor Twp.; Taverns

Place: Safe Harbor, Manor Twp.

Object Name: Petition

Language: English

Condition: Excellent

Object ID: Tav 1840 F13 I01

Box Number: 014

Additional Notes: Lately kept by Mr. Bowen.; Petition granted.; April term.; Signers of Petition: Adam Breneman, George Withers, Joseph Brenneman, Henry Funk, Christian Schitz, Samuel Holl, Jacob Witmer, Daniel Lintner, Abraham Brenneman, John Wittmer, Henry Manning, Peter Rumel, John Sourbeer, John Hartzler.; 1 item, 1 piece

Access Conditions / Restrictions: Request at Reference Desk; photocopy made by staff member.

Classification: RG 02-00 0602

Description Level: Item

Coverlet

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Collection: Heritage Center Collection

Object ID: G.01.28.8

Date Range: 1838

1 image

Collection: Heritage Center Collection

Description: Woven coverlet of two 39-inch widths seamed together. Horizontal rows of red, gold and blue wool; lenghtwise, natural cotton. Bird/tree border on both sides and the foot. Roses and flower designs. Top is rolled and stitched. 5.5-inch wool fringes on sides. 1-inch woven cotton border at foot with 7-in. self-fringe.; Weaver's blocks at foot: "MADE BY/ J. WITMER/ MANOR/ TOWNSHIP/ FOR/ CATHERINE/ HERR/ 1838."; .

Date Range: 1838

Made By: Witmer, Jacob

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: DAC

Storage Wall: Island 2

Storage Cabinet: Unit 12

Storage Shelf: Top Shelf

Storage Container: Box 1016

Object Name: Coverlet

Length (cm): 256.54

Length (ft): 8.4166666667

Length (in): 101

Width (cm): 226.06

Width (ft): 7.4166666667

Width (in): 89

Dimension Details: Width: 78 inches long plus 5.5-inch fringes on both sides; Length: 94 inches long with 7-inch cotton fiber fringe

Condition: Good

Condition Date: 2020-03-06

Object ID: G.01.28.8

Notes: Weaver Jacob Witmer cited in:; 1. Heisey, John W., compiler. "A Checklist of American Coverlet Weavers." Wmsburg, VA: The Colonial Wmsbrg. Foundation, 1978. p. 120.; 2. Anderson, Clarita. "American Coverlets and Their Weavers." Wmsburg, VA, 2002. p. 230; An 1851 Witmer coverlet (#72) is pictured on pp. 154-55 in:; Shein, Jos. D. "Coverlets & the Spirit of America." Schiffer: Atglen, PA, 2002.

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Coverlet

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Collection: Heritage Center Collection

Object ID: G.80.137.2

Date Range: 1840

1 image

Collection: Heritage Center Collection

Description: Jacquard coverlet, cotton warp and wool weft. Wool is dyed with madder red, indigo blue and green. Made with a 4 & 1 tiedown weave structure. Joined at center seam.; Corner block reads: "Made by J. Witmer, Manor Township, for Mary Shopf, 1840."; Note: Mary Shopf''s 1841 sampler is G.80.137.1.; Witmer, Jacob (1797 - 1887) Extant coverlets: 1837-1851

Provenance: Descent: Maker Mary Shopf Hertzler to daughter Mary Hertzler Herr to son Amos Herr to daughter and donor Anna C. Herr Wilkinson.; Genealogy: Mary Shopf (1 Feb 1823 - 12 Mar 1903) m. Rudolph Hertzler, dau. Mary Hertzler (16 Aug 1849 - 14 Apr 1929) m. Christian Herr, son Amos Herr (b. 1876) m. A.M. Hollinger, dau. Anna C. Herr m. Harold Wilkinson." (Anna is donor); Maker was possibly the daughter of Henry Shopf & Elizabeth K. Kauffman. Henry was from Manor Twp.

Date Range: 1840

Made By: Witmer, Jacob

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: DAC

Storage Wall: Island 2

Storage Cabinet: Unit 13

Storage Shelf: Top Shelf

Storage Container: Box 1013

Subcategory: Bedding

Object Name: Coverlet

Material: Cotton, Wool

Length (in): 101

Width (in): 88

Dimension Details: Includes fringe.

Condition: Good

Condition Date: 2015-10-12

Object ID: G.80.137.2

Notes: Weaver Jacob Witmer also cited in :; 1. Heisey, John W., compiler. A Checklist of American Coverlet Weavers. Williamsburg, VA: The Colonial Wmsbrg. Foundation, 1978. p.120.; 3. Anderson, Clarita. American Coverlets and Their Weavers. Wmsburg, VA, 2002. p.230.

Place of Origin: Manor Twp.

Credit: Gift of Mrs. Harold Wilkinson

Accession Number: G.80.137

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Petition

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Collection: Liquor License Papers

Title: Liquor License Papers

Object ID: Tav 1818 F24 I02

Date Range: 1818

Collection: Liquor License Papers

Title: Liquor License Papers

System of Arrangement: Arranged by municipalities by year.

Date Range: 1818

Year: 1818

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Container: Box 0005

People: Witmer, Jacob

Subcategory: Documentary Artifact

Place: Strasburg Twp.

Object Name: Petition

Language: English

Condition: Excellent

Object ID: Tav 1818 F24 I02

Box Number: 005

Additional Notes: Located on the Lancaster and Philadelphia Turnpike road.; Formerly occupied by Margaret Lefever.; Petition granted.; Signers of Petition: John S. Carpenter, Philip Fosler, Michael Musselman, Jacob Duchman, John Harmon, John B. Henderson, Samuel C. Offrey, James Porter, John Henderson, John Cooker, W. B. Ross.; 1 Item, 1 Piece

Access Conditions / Restrictions: Request at Reference Desk; photocopy made by staff member.

Classification: RG 02-00 0602

Description Level: Item

Petition

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Collection: Liquor License Papers

Title: Liquor License Papers

Object ID: Tav 1835 F27 I09

Date Range: 1835

Collection: Liquor License Papers

Title: Liquor License Papers

System of Arrangement: Arranged by municipalities by year.

Date Range: 1835

Year: 1835

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Container: Box 0011

People: Trout, Daniel; Witmer, Jacob

Subcategory: Documentary Artifact

Place: Paradise, Strasburg Twp.

Object Name: Petition

Language: English

Condition: Excellent

Object ID: Tav 1835 F27 I09

Box Number: 011

Additional Notes: Owned by Jacob Witmer.; Known as the Anaconda.; Petition granted.; April term.; Signers of Petition: A. K. Witmer, Abraham Keagey, Joseph S. Lefever, Philip Foster, David Witmer, Emanuel Herr, Henry Leaman, Thomas Dobson, Robert Tagert, Benjamin H. Harr, Jacob [Harsh], Samuel Esbenshade.; 1 item, 1 piece

Access Conditions / Restrictions: Request at Reference Desk; photocopy made by staff member.

Classification: RG 02-00 0602

Description Level: Item

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