Family files are created for Lancaster County families. They may contain correspondence about a family, short genealogies and charts, photocopies of inventories and accounts, letters, etc.
Snively-Snavely : the Swiss ancestors and American descendants of Johann Jacob Schnebele (1659-1743) and other Snivelys and Snavelys of southeastern Pennsylvania
Champion Seeder. Rectangular wooden box (painted red), 2 inches deep with durable canvas fabric tacked around rim. This bag to hold seeds is seamed vertically (one side) and is 13 inches high. On one side of the box is a wooden handle that opens. An internal slot allows seeds to drop onto a circular tin spreader that spins. 4 blades scatter seeds.
Stamped onto the red painted wooden side: "Champion Seeder/ Pat 1880,82, 85 & 88"
A 2-handled dowel is attached to a center spool by a thin leather cord. Pulling this cord side to side makes the spreader spin.
Heat motor invented by Anthony Iske. Cylindircal metal containers in red and blue base/basin to be filled with water. Containers spin as steam heats metal and heat rises. Like turbine, but much smaller
Hound iron from government wagon in Revolutionary War period. Black. Hand-wrought flattened iron is shaped into a rounded band marked "1775 : CB" .
Front and back hounds are heavy wooden members of the running gear. Each is configured into a "wishbone" shape whose "prongs" are attached to front or rear axle. Thus, this iron is likely a hound band that encircles and secures the hounds where they are joined to the coupling pole that runs front to back. (These wooden members are part of what we now call the chassis.)
