Rates of Postage and Classification of Mail Matter
Description
Rates of Postage and Classification of Mail Matter, by James H. Marshall, Postmaster of Lancaster, published by The New Era Steam Print. Spring 1880, pp.22. The book details rules and regulations of the post office, classification of mail types and accompanying postage prices, suggestions to the public, and domestic and foreign money order systems. Pinned to pg.4 is "Strange Bible Facts" with advertisement for Turkish bath on reverse side.
"West Point Tic Tacs, A Collection of Military Verse" book belonging to Blanton C. Welsh
Description
"West Point Tic Tacs, A Collection of Military Verse" is book belonging to Blanton C. Welsh that he recieved in West Point, New York at the military academy there. The book was published by Homer Lee & Co. of 65 Liberty Street, New York and copyrighted in 1878. The book is dedicated to the cadets and graduates of the United States Military Academy. The contents include cadet songs and poems, army poems, and other miscellaneous writings as well as illustrations all from various authors and illustrators. There are also loose interted photographs and paper cut outs throughout the pages and signature pages in the back of the book.
Pages in the front of the book are detached but remain inside the book, book spine is crakced and freyed, some pages are stained.
Parent Object ID
MG0828
Object ID
MG0828_SeriesG_F02
Location of Originals
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania
Notes
The book is inscribed as belonging to Blanton C. Welsh. Blanton C. Welsh wrote inside "B.C. Welsh, West Point N.Y. June 11, 1878 Class '81. The three loose photots within the book are evidently from West Point and reside between pages 112 and 113. The signatures in the back of the book date mostly from 1880-1881 but vary and date up until 1882.
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Credit
Courtesy of LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.
Accession Number
2021.030
Classification
MG0828
Description Level
Item
Custodial History
Cataloged by Richard C. Wiggin prior to donation. Added to database 07/20/2022.
Contains 81 leaves, pagination ruled pages with vertical accounting lines. 33 pages are blank.
Front cover and spine are missing. Back cover is not attached and had "J. S. Echelman 93 Master" written on the inside.
Book references to payment received for sales of the day, including produce, eggs, wood, dried apples, butter, peas, lard, wool, oil, washed wool, cigars, bacon, tallen, coffee, etc.
Front cover and spine are missing. Back cover is not attached and is heavily worn with edges worn through.
Pages are loosely bound with string. Pages1 and 2 are missing. Page 3 & 4, 23 & 24, pages 143 to 148, are not attached. All pages have indication of water damage.
Object ID
MG0963_F019
Location of Originals
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania
Notes
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Account book of Gish, West Donegal Township and Penn Township.
Description
Account book of Gish, West Donegal Township and Penn Township.
This is a combination daybook (front) and account book (back).
Contains 85 leaves, ruled, with vertical accounting lines and paginated only to page 21, including 2 front, 1 end leaf and 6 leaves with their edges trimed as tabs, possibly intended to be an index but blank and without letters written on the tabs. 38 pages are blank.
"MILL LEDGER; 1860-1886" is written at the top of the second leaf.
Book references Gish's Mill, red wheat, flour, heaffer, bran etc.
Book is intact. Outside and edges of the covers are worn. Front cover bottom is creased and worn through at a ~1-1/2" section. Bottom right of spine and bottom left of front cover are missing ~1" of material.
Front 3 leaves are foded at the bottom corners and last 2 leaves are missing ~3" of each leaf.
Object ID
MG0963_F028
Location of Originals
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania
Notes
Preferred citation: Title or description of item, date (day, month, year), Collection Title (MG#), Box #, Folder #, (or Object ID), LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania. URL if applicable. Date accessed (day, month, year).
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Contains 317 leaves, ruled, and except for the front leaf and index with vertical accounting lines and paginated. Contains 50 blank pages; (pp. 262-269, pp. 312-325, pp. 486-538 and pp. 550-559).
"Ledger" is stamped on spine.
The following possible newspaper clipping is glued on inside of back cover:
"A New Postoffice."
The Postmaster General had ordered the establishment of a postoffice at Herryville, Lancaster county, and William D. Herr has been appointed postmaster" The date July 26, 1886 is handwritten at the bottom.
Three pieces of paper with notes are glued to pages 10, 23 and 271.
Book references cash, sundries, flour, powder, jacket, pair shoes, salt, boots, hat, cartridge, shot, eggs, cigars, coffee, tobacco, paint, brush, corn, cow, butchering, stockings, spool of thread, oil, raisins, butter, suspenders, etc.
Front and back covers are worn and stained at spots. Spine had begun to separate from the book. Pages have foxing and many have stain spots.
Index tabs A-B, C-D, E-F and O-P are missing.
Pages 8 and 9 are glued together approximately half way at seam and page leaf is torn ~1/2" at seam and pages 130 and 131 are glued together at the inside seam.
The following pages have ~1/3 of their bottoms torn off: pp. 541-542, pp313-314, pp. 541-542.
Pages 253-254 has 3/4 of the outside leaf cut out.
Pages 317 to 322 have been ripped out.
Pages 381 to 390 have a 1-1/2" tare at the top.
Object ID
MG0963_F032
Location of Originals
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania
Notes
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Account book of Emanuel R. Hershey, Paradise Township.
Description
Account book of Emanuel R. Hershey, Paradise Township. Book references cash amounts received, cords of wood hauled, hauling logs, tobacco, pair of shoes, potatoes, rolling the grass lot, ploughing, beef, load of tyes, planting corn, planting tobacco, making hay, weeding corn, harvesting, sewing clover seed, making fence, coal, hand thrashing, veal, lime, nails, meals, lumber, slate, cutting oats, loading manure, grape arbor, wheat, rye, sand, butter, Chestnut wood, etc.
Contains 120 leaves, ruled, and except for the front leaf and index, with vertical accounting lines, and paginated. Contains 4 blank pages).
"Ledger" is written on a piece f paper on the front cover.
"ERH=a" is written on front leaf.
Insert 1 - Blue donor card.
Insert 2 - 4 loose items.
London Vale Flouring Mills account page with picture of milling wheel.
Lower farm account
Isaac Leaman note
Samuel Miller note
Admin/Biographical History
From: Donor Card.
Owner not identified. This could be Dr. Emanuel R. Hershey, Pharmacist (2 May 1847 - 22 October 1921), buried in the Paradise Cemetery. His father , Abraham Hershey (16 August 1819 - 18 December 1886) at his death had three tracts of land, two of them with improvements. Emanuel was the oldest son and may have kept these records.
Front and back covers are worn and have partially separated from the spine. Spine has worn through at places.
Paper has foxing.
Object ID
MG0963_F033
Location of Originals
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania
Notes
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Contains 258 paginated leaves that includes 3 front leaves and 3 end leaves. 140 pages are blank. The body pages are ruled with vertical lines for accounting. The first front page has "thl/shg" in the upper left corner and "Robert Clark's Book bought in the year of our lord one thousand eight hundred and Fifty two Price $1 75 cts" written on it and the next 3 front pages are an index. The end leaves are blank except the last page that has Symptoms of Croup, Cure for Croup and way to water proof boots.
Front inside cover has a typed sticker as follows. "W.M. MURRAY'S; Cheap Books Store, Kramph's Buildings; North Queen St.; Lancaster, Pa."
Back inside cover has an apple orchard layout identifying type of trees.
Spine has "DAY-BOOK" stamped on it.
Book references bills paid and products purchased, e.g, fruit trees, doctors service, plowing, hauling coal, days worked, wheat, dried meat, ham, husking corn, bushels of corn, buckwheat, wood, oats, blacksmith bill, mowing, shad, panth, shirt, gold teeth, potatoes, apples, flour, cider, petticoat, stockings, mittens, candles, butter, oil, salt, boots, sole leather, thrashing, etc.
Insert 1 - Blue donor cards.
Insert 2 - 10 pieces
Item 1 - Canceled checks.
Item 2 - Telephone bills and envelopes.
Insert 3 - 10 pieces
Item 2 - Blank checks.
Item 3 - Loose sheets.
Insert 4 - 10 pieces
Item 1 - Newspaper advertisement.
Item 2 - Canceled check.
Item 3 - Telephone bills.
Item 4 - letter and stamped envelope.
Item 5 - Loose sheets.
Insert 5 - 10 pieces
Item 1 - 2 World's Fair Accommodation Company stamped post cards.
Item 2 - Miscellaneous bills.
Insert 6 - 10 pieces
Item 1 - Chestnut Level Presbyterian Church member notice.
Book is intact. The outside covers and spine have red rot. Front and back outside covers are worn with stain marks at various places. The leather on the book corners, the top and bottom of the spine and 5" of the bottom the back cover have worn through. Many pages are stained at the bottom. The edges of the back ~100 leaves are stained.
2 Leaves (493 to 496) and leaf (489 to 490) have been torn out.
Object ID
MG0963_F018
Location of Originals
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania
Notes
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Letter from Harriet Lane Johnston to Mary Speer containing family gossip including the health of Mary’s father, the white pudding (which Henry Morris tried and failed to like, as did Harriet’s family); [son] Harry is out all day in the goat wagon and never feels tired and she hopes great improvement to report when Da Costa comes; Chand Black just left; futile attempts to send cherries to Mary, Bessie, and Carrie; son Harry is saving material of the assassinated President [Garfield]; inviting them to Wheatland with Mr. Speer as well. With envelope addressed to Miss Mary C. Speer, 1st National Bank, Pittsburgh, Pa. with 3 postmarks and stamp.
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
Notes
May 2020 PastPerfect Conversion
Access Conditions / Restrictions
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Copyright
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Credit
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Accession Number
JBMS1995.005
Other Number
JBFP Part 2, Series 1, Subseries 1, Folder 19
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.
Letter from Harriet Lane Johnston to Mary Speer concerning the health of Cousin Charley and that of Harriet’s son Harry; invites Mary to accompany them to Europe and assured her family that they will treat her as their own daughter. Letterhead for United States Hotel, Saratoga Springs, N. Y. With envelope addressed to Miss Marry C Speer, 1st National Bank, Pittsburgh, Pa. with postmark and stamp mailed from Fifth Avenue Hotel, Madison Square, New York on 22 September 81 at 12 p.m. United States Hotel, Saratoga Springs, N.Y.
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
Notes
May 2020 PastPerfect Conversion
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.
Copyright
Images have been provided for research purposes only. Please contact archives@lancasterhistory.org for a high-resolution image and permission to publish.
LancasterHistory retains the rights to the digital images and content presented. The doctrine of fair use allows limited use of copyrighted material without permission from the copyright holder. Fair use includes comment, criticism, teaching, and private scholarship. Any images and data downloaded, printed or photocopied for these purposes should provide a citation. All other uses beyond those allowed by fair use require written permission.
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Credit
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Accession Number
JBMS2001.003
Other Number
JBFP Part 2, Series 1, Subseries 1, Folder 20
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.
Letter from J. B. Henry to Louisa Anderson remembering fondly the family’s seeing him off; describes several of the passengers including ex-priest Grazzi, Rev. Mr. Murray, and Mr. and Mrs. Frank Osborne and mentions Frank Buchanan, his traveling companion; describes his sightings along the North American coast, the extreme heat aboard; the careful crew watching for icebergs; misses his family greatly; gets cold at the Great Banks; is not impressed with the passengers, especially the women and their “sea chairs”; outlines travel plans in Scotland; mentions great fog; and asks how Roger is doing. Envelope with two 2-pence stamps and no postmark addressed to Mrs. J. Buchanan Henry, Garden City, Long Island, New York, U.S. Steamship Saythia, 1200 miles from New York.
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
Notes
May 2020 PastPerfect Conversion
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.
Copyright
Images have been provided for research purposes only. Please contact archives@lancasterhistory.org for a high-resolution image and permission to publish.
LancasterHistory retains the rights to the digital images and content presented. The doctrine of fair use allows limited use of copyrighted material without permission from the copyright holder. Fair use includes comment, criticism, teaching, and private scholarship. Any images and data downloaded, printed or photocopied for these purposes should provide a citation. All other uses beyond those allowed by fair use require written permission.
Permission for reproduction and/or publication must be obtained in writing from LancasterHistory. Some items are photocopies from other collections--researchers must obtain permission for reproduction and publication from the owner of the original material.
Persons wishing to publish any material from this site must assume all responsibility for identifying and satisfying any claimants of copyright or other use restrictions. Publication fees may apply.
Credit
Courtesy of LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.
Accession Number
JBMS1996.224
Other Number
JBFP Part 3, Series 1, Subseries 1, Folder 118
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.
