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Statement, Financial

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Collection: James Buchanan Family Papers, Part 6 Hiram B. Swarr

Title: Executors’ account of Edward Young Buchanan and H. B. Swarr of the biographical funds

Object ID: JBFP 6.2.1.097

Date Range: 1883/11/07

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Collection: James Buchanan Family Papers, Part 6 Hiram B. Swarr

Title: Executors’ account of Edward Young Buchanan and H. B. Swarr of the biographical funds

Description: Executors’ account of Edward Young Buchanan and H. B. Swarr of the biographical funds to date with funds being distributed to J. B. Baker, William B. Reed, John Cadwalader, H. B. Swarr, secretary, copyist, travel, office rent, insurance policies, sundries, registrar’s fees, and clerk of D.C. Court’s fees. Lancaster.

Date Range: 1883/11/07

Creator: Pennsylvania. Orphans' Court (Lancaster County)

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives South

Storage Container: JBFP Part 6, Box 2

People: Swarr, Hiram Behm; Buchanan, James; Buchanan, Edward Young; Baker, Joseph Boyd; Reed, William Bradford; Cadwalader, John

Subjects: Biographies; Estates (Law); Executors and administrators; Decedents' estates; Probate records

Search Terms: Biographies; Executors' accounts; Estate settlement; Executors and administrators; Decedents' estates; Probate records; James Buchanan; Buchanan Collections; James Buchanan Presidential Library

Extent: 1 item, 4 pages to scan, 32.25 x 8.75 in.

Object Name: Statement, Financial

Language: English

Parent Object ID: JBFP Part 6 Series 2

Object ID: JBFP 6.2.1.097

Associated Material: James Buchanan Papers, Dickinson College Archives & Special Collections,; http://archives.dickinson.edu/collection-descriptions/james-buchanan-papers; James Buchanan and Harriet Lane Johnston Papers, Library of Congress,; https://www.loc.gov/collections/james-buchanan-and-harriet-lane-johnston-papers/; James Buchanan Papers, Historical Society of Pennsylvania,; http://www2.hsp.org/collections/manuscripts/b/Buchanan0091.html; James Buchanan Papers, Penn State University Libraries,; https://libraries.psu.edu/findingaids/1458.htm

Related Item Notes: James Buchanan Family Papers; MG-96 James Buchanan Collection; Historical Society of Pennsylvania microfilm; Photograph collections; Curatorial collections; Wheatland Mansion

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Credit: Courtesy of LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.

Accession Number: JBMS1995.509

Other Number: JBFP Part 6, Series 2, Subseries 1, Folder 97

Description Level: Item

Custodial History: The James Buchanan Family Papers were collected by the James Buchanan Foundation for the Preservation of Wheatland. This collection was relocated from the Wheatland mansion to the LancasterHistory archives in the Spring of 2009. Digitization of the James Buchanan Family Papers was funded by the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, PHMC Appl ID # 201808013051, 2019-2020.

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Probate

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Collection: James Buchanan Family Papers, Part 6 Hiram B. Swarr

Title: Release of Elliott E. Lane to H. B. Swarr and Edward Young Buchanan

Object ID: JBFP 6.2.1.098

Date Range: 1884/08/22

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Collection: James Buchanan Family Papers, Part 6 Hiram B. Swarr

Title: Release of Elliott E. Lane to H. B. Swarr and Edward Young Buchanan

Description: Release of Elliott E. Lane to H. B. Swarr and Edward Young Buchanan, one of the legatees in the will of James Buchanan has received $16,159.06 in full satisfaction of the terms of the will. 5 July 1883. Lancaster. Recorded 22 August 1884.

Date Range: 1884/08/22

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives South

Storage Container: JBFP Part 6, Box 2

People: Swarr, Hiram Behm; Buchanan, James; Lane, Elliott Eskridge; Buchanan, Edward Young

Subjects: Beneficiaries; Estates (Law); Executors and administrators; Decedents' estates; Wills; Probate records

Search Terms: Releases; Beneficiaries; Estate settlement; Executors and administrators; Decedents' estates; Wills; Probate records; James Buchanan; Buchanan Collections; James Buchanan Presidential Library

Extent: 1 item, 4 pages to scan, 14 x 8.75 in.

Object Name: Probate

Language: English

Parent Object ID: JBFP Part 6 Series 2

Object ID: JBFP 6.2.1.098

Associated Material: James Buchanan Papers, Dickinson College Archives & Special Collections,; http://archives.dickinson.edu/collection-descriptions/james-buchanan-papers; James Buchanan and Harriet Lane Johnston Papers, Library of Congress,; https://www.loc.gov/collections/james-buchanan-and-harriet-lane-johnston-papers/; James Buchanan Papers, Historical Society of Pennsylvania,; http://www2.hsp.org/collections/manuscripts/b/Buchanan0091.html; James Buchanan Papers, Penn State University Libraries,; https://libraries.psu.edu/findingaids/1458.htm

Related Item Notes: James Buchanan Family Papers; MG-96 James Buchanan Collection; Historical Society of Pennsylvania microfilm; Photograph collections; Curatorial collections; Wheatland Mansion

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Credit: Courtesy of LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.

Accession Number: JBMS1995.224c

Other Number: JBFP Part 6, Series 2, Subseries 1, Folder 98

Description Level: Item

Custodial History: The James Buchanan Family Papers were collected by the James Buchanan Foundation for the Preservation of Wheatland. This collection was relocated from the Wheatland mansion to the LancasterHistory archives in the Spring of 2009. Digitization of the James Buchanan Family Papers was funded by the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, PHMC Appl ID # 201808013051, 2019-2020.

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Collection: James Buchanan Family Papers, Part 6 Hiram B. Swarr

Title: Release of Harriet Lane Johnston, one of the legatees in the will of James Buchanan

Object ID: JBFP 6.2.1.099

Date Range: 1884/08/22

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Collection: James Buchanan Family Papers, Part 6 Hiram B. Swarr

Title: Release of Harriet Lane Johnston, one of the legatees in the will of James Buchanan

Description: Release of Harriet Lane Johnston, one of the legatees in the will of James Buchanan has received $44,063 in full satisfaction of the terms of the will. 29 May 1884.

Date Range: 1884/08/22

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives South

Storage Container: JBFP Part 6, Box 2

People: Buchanan, James; Johnston, Harriet Lane; Swarr, Hiram Behm

Subjects: Beneficiaries; Estates (Law); Executors and administrators; Decedents' estates; Wills; Probate records

Search Terms: Releases; Beneficiaries; Estate settlement; Executors and administrators; Decedents' estates; Wills; Probate records; James Buchanan; Harriet Lane Johnston; Buchanan Collections; James Buchanan Presidential Library

Extent: 1 item, 4 pages to scan, 14.25 x 8.75 in.

Object Name: Probate

Language: English

Parent Object ID: JBFP Part 6 Series 2

Object ID: JBFP 6.2.1.099

Associated Material: James Buchanan Papers, Dickinson College Archives & Special Collections,; http://archives.dickinson.edu/collection-descriptions/james-buchanan-papers; James Buchanan and Harriet Lane Johnston Papers, Library of Congress,; https://www.loc.gov/collections/james-buchanan-and-harriet-lane-johnston-papers/; James Buchanan Papers, Historical Society of Pennsylvania,; http://www2.hsp.org/collections/manuscripts/b/Buchanan0091.html; James Buchanan Papers, Penn State University Libraries,; https://libraries.psu.edu/findingaids/1458.htm

Related Item Notes: James Buchanan Family Papers; MG-96 James Buchanan Collection; Historical Society of Pennsylvania microfilm; Photograph collections; Curatorial collections; Wheatland Mansion

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Credit: Courtesy of LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.

Accession Number: JBMS1995.224d

Other Number: JBFP Part 6, Series 2, Subseries 1, Folder 99

Description Level: Item

Custodial History: The James Buchanan Family Papers were collected by the James Buchanan Foundation for the Preservation of Wheatland. This collection was relocated from the Wheatland mansion to the LancasterHistory archives in the Spring of 2009. Digitization of the James Buchanan Family Papers was funded by the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, PHMC Appl ID # 201808013051, 2019-2020.

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Statement, Financial

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Collection: James Buchanan Family Papers, Part 1 James Buchanan

Title: Account of Edward Y. Buchanan and H. B. Swarr, guardians of E. Elliott Lane

Object ID: JBFP 1.2.4.005

Date Range: 1883/05/17

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Collection: James Buchanan Family Papers, Part 1 James Buchanan

Title: Account of Edward Y. Buchanan and H. B. Swarr, guardians of E. Elliott Lane

Description: Account of Edward Y. Buchanan and H. B. Swarr, guardians of E. Elliott Lane, the will of James Buchanan, late of Lancaster Township, Lancaster County, deceased, showing the amount debited and credited on behalf of Elliott Lane in the amount of $16,542.22. Signed by the guardians and certified by C. F. Jones. Lancaster. [Probably Elliott Eskridge Lane, son of James Buchanan Lane.]

Date Range: 1883/05/17

Creator: Pennsylvania. Orphans' Court (Lancaster County)

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives North

Storage Container: JBFP Oversized Box 1

People: Buchanan, Edward Young; Swarr, Hiram Behm; Lane, E. Elliott; Jones, C. F.

Subjects: Probate records; Pennsylvania. Orphans' Court (Lancaster County)

Search Terms: Guardianship accounts; Probate records; Orphans' Court; Buchanan Collections; James Buchanan; James Buchanan Presidential Library

Extent: 1 item, 4 pages to scan, 8.5 x 14 in.

Object Name: Statement, Financial

Language: English

Parent Object ID: JBFP Part 1 Series 2

Object ID: JBFP 1.2.4.005

Location of Originals: Housed in JBFP Oversized Box 1.

Associated Material: James Buchanan Papers, Dickinson College Archives & Special Collections,; http://archives.dickinson.edu/collection-descriptions/james-buchanan-papers; James Buchanan and Harriet Lane Johnston Papers, Library of Congress,; https://www.loc.gov/collections/james-buchanan-and-harriet-lane-johnston-papers/; James Buchanan Papers, Historical Society of Pennsylvania,; http://www2.hsp.org/collections/manuscripts/b/Buchanan0091.html; James Buchanan Papers, Penn State University Libraries,; https://libraries.psu.edu/findingaids/1458.htm

Related Item Notes: James Buchanan Family Papers; MG-96 James Buchanan Collection; Historical Society of Pennsylvania microfilm; Photograph collections; Curatorial collections; Wheatland Mansion

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Access Conditions / Restrictions: Please use digital images and transcriptions when available. Original documents may be used by appointment. Please contact archives@lancasterhistory.org at least two weeks prior to visit.

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Credit: Courtesy of LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.

Accession Number: JBMS1995.696

Other Number: JBFP Part 1, Series 2, Subseries 4, Folder 5

Description Level: Item

Custodial History: The James Buchanan Family Papers were collected by the James Buchanan Foundation for the Preservation of Wheatland. This collection was relocated from the Wheatland mansion to the LancasterHistory archives in the Spring of 2009. Digitization of the James Buchanan Family Papers was funded by the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, PHMC Appl ID # 201808013051, 2019-2020.

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Probate

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Collection: James Buchanan Family Papers, Part 2 Harriet Lane Johnston

Title: Legal papers noting a bequest from Harriet Lane Johnston to Mary C. Speer

Object ID: JBFP 2.4.3.001

Date Range: 1904/03/15

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Collection: James Buchanan Family Papers, Part 2 Harriet Lane Johnston

Title: Legal papers noting a bequest from Harriet Lane Johnston to Mary C. Speer

Description: Legal papers noting that Harriet Lane Johnston has bequeathed $10,000 to Mary C. Speer and containing her signed consent to the delivery of the residue of Henry E. Johnston’s estate to the executors of Harriet Lane Johnston’s estate. Printed. Baltimore.

Date Range: 1904/03/15

Creator: Maryland. Register of Wills (Baltimore City)

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives South

Storage Container: JBFP Part 2, Box 2

People: Johnston, Harriet Lane; Johnston, Henry Elliot; Speer, Mary C.

Subjects: Probate records

Search Terms: Probate records; Harriet Lane Johnston; Buchanan Collections; James Buchanan Presidential Library

Extent: 1 item, 4 pages to scan, 8.5 x 14.25 in.

Object Name: Probate

Language: English

Parent Object ID: JBFP Part 2 Series 4

Object ID: JBFP 2.4.3.001

Associated Material: James Buchanan Papers, Dickinson College Archives & Special Collections,; http://archives.dickinson.edu/collection-descriptions/james-buchanan-papers; James Buchanan and Harriet Lane Johnston Papers, Library of Congress,; https://www.loc.gov/collections/james-buchanan-and-harriet-lane-johnston-papers/; James Buchanan Papers, Historical Society of Pennsylvania,; http://www2.hsp.org/collections/manuscripts/b/Buchanan0091.html; James Buchanan Papers, Penn State University Libraries,; https://libraries.psu.edu/findingaids/1458.htm

Related Item Notes: James Buchanan Family Papers; MG-96 James Buchanan Collection; Historical Society of Pennsylvania microfilm; Photograph collections; Curatorial collections; Wheatland Mansion

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Credit: Courtesy of LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.

Accession Number: JBMS1995.360

Other Number: JBFP Part 2, Series 4, Subseries 3, Folder 1

Description Level: Item

Custodial History: The James Buchanan Family Papers were collected by the James Buchanan Foundation for the Preservation of Wheatland. This collection was relocated from the Wheatland mansion to the LancasterHistory archives in the Spring of 2009. Digitization of the James Buchanan Family Papers was funded by the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, PHMC Appl ID # 201808013051, 2019-2020.

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Collection: James Buchanan Family Papers, Part 2 Harriet Lane Johnston

Title: Legal papers noting a bequest from Harriet Lane Johnston to Louise Speer

Object ID: JBFP 2.4.3.002

Date Range: 1904/03/15

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Collection: James Buchanan Family Papers, Part 2 Harriet Lane Johnston

Title: Legal papers noting a bequest from Harriet Lane Johnston to Louise Speer

Description: Legal papers noting that Harriet Lane Johnston has bequeathed $3,000 to Louise Speer and containing her signed consent to the delivery of the residue of Henry E. Johnston’s estate to the executors of Harriet Lane Johnston’s estate. Printed. Baltimore.

Date Range: 1904/03/15

Creator: Maryland. Register of Wills (Baltimore City)

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives South

Storage Container: JBFP Part 2, Box 2

People: Johnston, Harriet Lane; Johnston, Henry Elliot; Speer, Louise

Subjects: Probate records

Search Terms: Probate records; Harriet Lane Johnston; Buchanan Collections; James Buchanan Presidential Library

Extent: 1 item, 4 pages to scan, 8.5 x 14.25 in.

Object Name: Probate

Language: English

Parent Object ID: JBFP Part 2 Series 4

Object ID: JBFP 2.4.3.002

Associated Material: James Buchanan Papers, Dickinson College Archives & Special Collections,; http://archives.dickinson.edu/collection-descriptions/james-buchanan-papers; James Buchanan and Harriet Lane Johnston Papers, Library of Congress,; https://www.loc.gov/collections/james-buchanan-and-harriet-lane-johnston-papers/; James Buchanan Papers, Historical Society of Pennsylvania,; http://www2.hsp.org/collections/manuscripts/b/Buchanan0091.html; James Buchanan Papers, Penn State University Libraries,; https://libraries.psu.edu/findingaids/1458.htm

Related Item Notes: James Buchanan Family Papers; MG-96 James Buchanan Collection; Historical Society of Pennsylvania microfilm; Photograph collections; Curatorial collections; Wheatland Mansion

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Credit: Courtesy of LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.

Accession Number: JBMS1995.364

Other Number: JBFP Part 2, Series 4, Subseries 3, Folder 2

Description Level: Item

Custodial History: The James Buchanan Family Papers were collected by the James Buchanan Foundation for the Preservation of Wheatland. This collection was relocated from the Wheatland mansion to the LancasterHistory archives in the Spring of 2009. Digitization of the James Buchanan Family Papers was funded by the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, PHMC Appl ID # 201808013051, 2019-2020.

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Fraktur

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Collection: Heritage Center Collection

Object ID: G.77.50.1

Date Range: c. 1789

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Collection: Heritage Center Collection

Description: Birth & baptismal certificate on laid paper. Printed form with central textblock in German within a multiple line border. Infilled and decorated around textblock by Speyer; cross-legged angel at top, pelicans feeding young at sides and flowers at sides and bottom. Watercolors are red, blue, yellow, green and brown.; Infilled for Johannes, son of Valiendein (Valentine) and Eliesabetha (Elisabetha) Bohmer of Brecknock Township in Lancaster Co., born Dec. 13, 1788.; Georg Friederich Speyer (active 1774-1801) used this printed form produced c. 1789 by Barton & Johnson of Reading. See Notes.

Date Range: c. 1789

Year Range From: 1789

Year Range To: 1895

Creator: Speyer, Georg Friederich

Made By: Barton & Johnson

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: DAC

Storage Wall: Island 5

Storage Cabinet: Unit 43

Storage Shelf: Bin 2-F

Subcategory: Need to Classify

Subject: Fraktur art; Frakturs (Documents); Baptismal records

Search Terms: Fraktur; Baptismal records

Object Name: Fraktur

Oither Names: Taufschein

Material: Paper, Ink, Watercolor

Height (in): 16.5

Width (in): 13

Dimension Details: Frame is 19.75 x 16'.

Condition: Good

Condition Date: 2015-07-27

Condition Notes: General wear with numerous creases and wrinkles; one pronounced vertical centerline crease. Repaired tears, esp at left edge. All edges are ragged and uneven, esp. at right.; Conserved by CCAHA in 1989 (see report in file). Hinged into window mat & back mat. Relaced in its original frame using UF-3 Plexiglas and acid-free cardboard on reverse with a taped mylar dust shield.

Object ID: G.77.50.1

Notes: Printed form by Reading printers Thomas Barton and Benjamin Johnson, circa 1789 (see Klaus Stopp, The Printed Birth & Baptismal Certificates of the Pa. Germans, v. 4, p. 84). Speyer used this printed form for Johannes Bohmer who was born the previous year in1788.

Place of Origin: Lancaster County

Role: Artist

Credit: Gift of Mr. & Mrs. Richard Flanders Smith, Heritage Center Collection

Accession Number: G.77.50

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Fraktur

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Collection: Fraktur Collection

Object ID: 2004.743

Date Range: c. 1902

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Collection: Fraktur Collection

Description: Color-printed Marriage Certificate on heavy tan paper. Inside border on brown field is an overarching banner with "Jesus Christus along with 3 bible verses. Surround a white field with text are 5 color scenes in circles and ovals along with flowers. Text block has a small angel with putti flanked by "Traus" and "Schein" (Marriage Certificate). Infilled in cursive with black ink. Bridal couple are Joseph W. Houk and Marie A. Schleeger, both of Columbia, married 30 June 1902 in St. Paul Evangelical Lutheran Church in Columbia. Witnesses were Martin Schwarz, Louis Schleeger, Frederick Schleeger and August Witte. It is signed at the bottom "Harrisburg den 5ten Februar 1902 / Eduard H. Paar, / Ev. Luth. Pastor." Below the outside border is "No. 104" at left and "Verlag von Ernst Kaufmann, 330 Pearl Street, New York." at right. Reverse side has "White & gilt / 85" written in pencil.; Printed in New York City by Ernst Kaufmann. Infilled in Columbia or Harrisburg, likely by pastor Eduard H. Paar.

Date Range: c. 1902

Year Range From: 1890

Year Range To: 1902

Made By: Kaufmann, Ernst

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: DAC

Storage Cabinet: Cabinet 2

Storage Shelf: Shelf 5

Storage Container: Box 0537

People: Houk, Joseph W.; Schleeger, Marie A.; Schleeger, Louis; Schleeger, Frederick; Schwarz, Martin; Witte, August; Paar, Edward H.

Subject: Fraktur art; Frakturs (Documents); Marriage records

Search Terms: Fraktur; Marriage certificates; Marriage records

Object Name: Fraktur

Oither Names: Marriage Certificate

Material: Paper, Ink

Height (cm): 40.64

Height (ft): 1.3333333333

Height (in): 16

Width (cm): 30.48

Width (ft): 1

Width (in): 12

Condition: Good

Condition Date: 2017-10-17

Condition Notes: Dark smudges at top center. Brown liquid stains along bottom and upper right corner. Along left edge are two minor creases and one small tear. Reverse shows acid burn from backing board while framed as well as brown soil around all edges. Liquid stains evident particularly in bottom corners. Dark smudges along top.

Object ID: 2004.743

Notes: Appraised by Rev. Fred Weiser, 2 Sept 1988. This certificate designated #43.

Accession Number: 2004.743

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Letter

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Collection: Philip Schum, Son & Co. Papers

Title: Philip Schum, Son & Co. Papers

Object ID: MG0837_F001_In04

Date Range: 1883/08/27

Content Note: The Philip Schum, Son & Co. Papers contain advertising ephemera for the business and one letter from John Schum. Creator: LancasterHistory (Organization) Conditions for Access: No restrictions. Conditions Governing Reproductions: Collection may not be photocopied. Please direct questions to

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Collection: Philip Schum, Son & Co. Papers

Title: Philip Schum, Son & Co. Papers

Description: Note from John Schum to William McLean, Esq. Schum is requesting amount due for birds.

Admin/Biographical History: For information about Philip Schum, John Schum, and Philip Schum, Son & Co., see Portrait and Biographical Record of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. https://books.google.com/books?id=HuxHAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA350&lpg=PA350&dq=philip+schum+son+%26+co&source=bl&ots=kNLKl4SUmM&sig=ACfU3U3APEU8LXaqzX4bKc5unU9gW4wu3w&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwih95i8g-n0AhUul3IEHU2iABoQ6AF6BAgKEAM#v=onepage&q=philip%20schum%20son%20%26%20co&f=false

Date Range: 1883/08/27

Creation Date: 27 August 1883

Creator: Philip Schum, Son & Co.

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives South

Storage Wall: Side 19

People: McLean, William; Schum, John; Schum, Philip

Subjects: Advertising; Advertising cards; Business records; Ephemera; Weavers

Search Terms: Advertising; Advertising cards; Business records; Ephemera; Finding aids; Manuscript groups; Philip Schum, Son & Co.; Trade cards; Weavers

Extent: 1 item, 2 pages to scan

Object Name: Letter

Language: English

Object ID: MG0837_F001_In04

Location of Originals: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania

Related Item Notes: See the Curatorial Collection; See the Photograph Collection

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Accession Number: 2019.009

Other Numbers: MG-837

Other Number: MG-837, Folder 1, Insert 4

Classification: MG0837

Description Level: Item

Custodial History: Cataloged by KEF, 04 December 2020. Added to database 16 December 2021.

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Set, Cup and Saucer

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Collection: Heritage Center Collection

Title: Lancaster Teacup & Saucer

Object ID: G.01.35.20a-b

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Collection: Heritage Center Collection

Title: Lancaster Teacup & Saucer

Description: Small teacup (A) and saucer (B), white-bodied china. (A) Round teacup has scalloped base including four projecting feet. Rises with an inward curve before curving outward at lip.decorated with applied dark blue petals flanking a circle of applied light blue-painted flowers centering in gold-stampled lettering: " Souvener/ of/ Lancaster/ Pa." Body has molded flowers embossed around top and branch-like handle applied at side. Gold painted trim on one side of handle, the lip, and applied flowers as well as three stamped flowers at each side.; (B) Saucer (4 3/4" dia.) has embossed foliate design on top; small foot ring. Gold painted line on outer edge and inner line circle at central depression. Does not match teacup and may be a later addition.; (A) Teacup stamped on bottom with a crown over a shield with the monogram of "TGC"(?). Impressed nearby is a number, possible "1912" or "1917". (B) Saucer is stamped "MADE IN GERMANY" within a circle. The number "50" is stamped in gold.

Provenance: Donor believes this set was purchased at Woolworth's store in Lancaster.

Year Range From: 1900

Year Range To: 1914

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: DAC

Storage Wall: West Wall

Storage Cabinet: Unit 35

Storage Shelf: Shelf 1

Subcategory: Need to Classify

Object Name: Set, Cup and Saucer

Material: Clay, Glaze, Paint

Height (in): 2.5

Width (in): 3

Dimension Details: Measurements of teacup. Width includes handle.

Condition: Excellent

Condition Date: 2014-05-08

Object ID: G.01.35.20a-b

Place of Origin: Germany

Credit: Gift of Dorothy Mowery Smith, Heritage Center Collection

Accession Number: G.01.35.

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