Appraisements of real estate for inheritance tax. Some personal property appraisals are also included. Appraisals include: name of decedent; location and description of real estate; description of personal property; valuation of real estate and personal property; and assessed tax. May also include names of heirs. Arranged chronologically by year, then alphabetically by first letter of decedent's last name. Handwritten; from 1886, handwritten on printed forms.
System of Arrangement
Arranged chronologically by year, then alphabetically by first letter of decedent's last name.
The Reading Railroad and the Cornwall Railroad shared motive power on the "Joint Line," bewteen Lancaster and Lebanon. In this beautiful study of Victorian era railroading from the collection of James Tshudy, the conductor rides the pilot beam of the Cornwall's stately 4-4-0, the "Penryn," as it heads up Lancaster's Water Street after leaving the Reading's King Street station at the old Stevens House. It was a winter day in 1896 and more snow lay ahead in the hills around Mount Hope. Photo, James A. Tshudy, Ephrata, Pa.