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Affidavit

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Collection
Bridge Records
Title
Bridge Records
Object ID
Bridge F0690 I006
Date Range
1826
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Collection
Bridge Records
Title
Bridge Records
Date Range
1826
Year
1826
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Storage Room
Archives West
Storage Container
Box 0010
Subcategory
Documentary Artifact
Search Terms
Affidavits
Bridges
Chickies Creek
Chiques Creek
Creeks
Manheim, Rapho Twp.
Rapho Twp.
Warwick Twp.
Place
Rapho Twp. and Warwick Twp.
Object Name
Affidavit
Language
English
Condition
Fair
Object ID
Bridge F0690 I006
Box Number
010
Additional Notes
Location: Manheim, Rapho Twp.
Document type: Affidavit concerning payment for bridge.
1 item, 1 piece
Access Conditions / Restrictions
Request at Reference Desk; photocopy made by staff member.
Classification
RG 02-00 0324
Description Level
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Agreement

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Collection
Sally E. Nungesser Papers
Title
Agreement of Jeremiah Whites and Jeremiah Olmstead to build a smokehouse for Joshua Stevens
Object ID
MG0839_F001
Date Range
1825/06/30
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Collection
Sally E. Nungesser Papers
Title
Agreement of Jeremiah Whites and Jeremiah Olmstead to build a smokehouse for Joshua Stevens
Description
Agreement of Jeremiah Whites and Jeremiah Olmstead to build a smokehouse for Joshua Stevens in exchange for a wagon. The agreement includes specifications for the building and terms of the agreement.
Date Range
1825/06/30
Creation Date
30 June 1825
Creator
Whites, Jeremiah
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Storage Room
Archives South
Storage Wall
Side 19
People
Olmstead, Jeremiah
Stevens, Joshua
Whites, Jeremiah
Other Creators
Olmstead, Jeremiah
Subjects
Contracts
Search Terms
Agreements
Contractors
Smokehouses
Stevens and Smith Center
Extent
1 item, 2 pages to scan
Object Name
Agreement
Language
English
Object ID
MG0839_F001
Location of Originals
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania
Related Item Notes
Thaddeus Stevens Collection (MG0115)
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).
Some of the text has been written over with a ballpoint pen.
Access Conditions / Restrictions
Please use digital images and transcriptions when available. Original documents may be used by appointment--contact Research@LancasterHistory.org prior to visit.
Copyright
Images have been provided for research purposes only. Please contact Research@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. 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
Gift of Peggy Kellermeyer in honor of Kenneth and Sally Nungesser.
Accession Number
2021.007
Other Numbers
MG-839
Other Number
MG-839, Folder 2
Classification
MG0839
Description Level
Item
Custodial History
Added to database 29 December 2023.
Digitization of this document was funded by the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, PHMC Appl ID # 202010016624, 2020-2023.
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American firearms makers: when, where, and what they made from the Colonial period to the end of the nineteenth century

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Author
Carey, Arthur Merwyn,
Date of Publication
[1953]
Call Number
683 C273
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Author
Carey, Arthur Merwyn,
Place of Publication
New York
Publisher
Crowell
Date of Publication
[1953]
Physical Description
xiii, 146 p. illus. 24 cm.
Notes
Bibliography: p. 145-146.
Subjects
Firearms industry and trade - United States.
Firearms
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
683 C273
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American locomotives : a pictorial record of steam power, 1900-1950

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Author
Alexander, Edwin P.
Date of Publication
c1950.
Call Number
385 A969a
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Responsibility
by Edwin P. Alexander.
ISBN
0517014238
Author
Alexander, Edwin P.
Place of Publication
New York
Publisher
Bonanza Books,
Date of Publication
c1950.
Physical Description
254 p. : ill. ; 29 cm.
Notes
Sequel to: Iron horses.
Subjects
Locomotives - United States
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
385 A969a
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Amish and Pennsylvania Dutch tourist guide

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Date of Publication
c1959.
Call Number
917.48 A516
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Responsibility
edited by Alfred L. Soemaker.
Place of Publication
Kutztown, Pa
Publisher
Pennsylvania Folklife Society,
Date of Publication
c1959.
Physical Description
116 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Notes
"Dunkard 'Love Feasts' by Don Yoder": p. [40]-41.
Subjects
Pennsylvania Dutch
Amish
Pennsylvania Dutch - Folklore.
Lancaster County (Pa.) - Description and travel.
Additional Author
Shoemaker, Alfred Lewis,
Yoder, Don.
Additional Corporate Author
Pennsylvania Folklife Society.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
917.48 A516
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Andrew Ellicott : surveyor of the capital of our nation

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Author
Heisey, M. Luther,
Date of Publication
1950
, than Major Ellicott always appeared to me to be in the faithful execution of the public business committed to his charge." Andrew, son of Joseph Ellicott, was born in Bucks County, January 24, 1754, and became famous as a surveyor, astronomer, scientist and mathematician. While yet a young man, he and
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Responsibility
by M. Luther Heisey.
Author
Heisey, M. Luther,
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Lancaster County Historical Society,
Date of Publication
1950
Physical Description
[1]-14 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Series
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 54, no. 1
Subjects
Ellicott, Andrew, - 1754-1820.
Surveyors - Pennsylvania.
City planning - Washington (D.C.)
United States - Capital and capitol.
Contained In
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 54, number 1 (1950), p. 1-14Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.54
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Annual report

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Corporate Author
Lancaster City Planning Commission (Pa.)
Date of Publication
1958-
Call Number
352.1 L244a
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Responsibility
Lancaster City Planning Commission.
Corporate Author
Lancaster City Planning Commission (Pa.)
Place of Publication
[Lancaster, Pa.]
Publisher
[s.n.],
Date of Publication
1958-
Notes
Library has 1958, 1959.
1958 cover title: Lancaster moves ahead;Publication 3.
1959 cover title: Progress thru planning; Publication 7.
Subjects
City planning.
Lancaster City (Pa.) - Politics and government
Location
Lancaster History Library - Lancaster County
Call Number
352.1 L244a
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The antiques book : outstanding, authoritative articles on ceramics, furniture, glass, silver, pewter, architecture, prints and other collecting interests

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Date of Publication
1950.
Call Number
745.1 A632
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Responsibility
Edited by Alice Winchester and the staff of the magazine Antiques.
Place of Publication
New York
Publisher
Bonanza Books,
Date of Publication
1950.
Physical Description
319 p. : ill. ; 29 cm.
Notes
"Articles from the first fifty-six volumes of Antiques, January 1922 through December 1949."
Subjects
Collectors and collecting.
Antiques.
Additional Author
Winchester, Alice.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
745.1 A632
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Archive

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Collection
Archive of Alice P. Fordney
Title
Archive of Alice P. Fordney
Object ID
HC0001
Date Range
1905-1974
: Archives North, Side 27 Scope and Content Note: This collection contains ephemera related to Alice Potter Fordney, antiques dealer and rugmaker. Items in the collection include business correspondence with Armstrong, F. Schumacher & Co., and the Montclair art museum; personal correspondence with friends
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Collection
Archive of Alice P. Fordney
Title
Archive of Alice P. Fordney
Description
This collection contains ephemera related to Alice Potter Fordney, antiques dealer and rugmaker. Items in the collection include business correspondence with Armstrong, F. Schumacher & Co., and the Montclair art museum; personal correspondence with friends and family; hooked rug patterns; and antiques sale flyers from the early 20th century. Also included in the collection are newspaper clippings, including the obituary of Fordney's sister Ellen Franklin; reference material for rug making and interior design (informational sheets, books and patterns); several items related to the Yeates School, which Fordney's brother William Bush Fordney attended; several photographs of unidentified persons; and a statement related to the will of William J. Fordney, her uncle.
Admin/Biographical History
Alice Potter Fordney was born June 21, 1887 in Lancaster, the daughter of Ida Cox and Thomas Potter Fordney. A prominent antique dealer from the late 1920s to her retirement in 1965, Fordney also made and sold hooked rugs.
Fordney's family features prominently in Lancaster County history. Her maternal great-grandfather was John Michael, who owned the historic Grape Hotel from 1805-1839. Fordney's paternal great-grandfather William Jenkins built Wheatland in 1828 and later sold the property to President James Buchanan. Colonel William Bush Fordney, her paternal grandfather, was a prominent lawyer in Lancaster. He served as district attorney from 1839-1845 and negotiated for the loan that enabled Lancaster city to build the "water works" in the 1830s. Sarah Cox, her maternal grandmother, was a known philanthropist and for years helped to manage the Home for Friendless Children in Lancaster. Her sister, Ellen Fordney Franklin, was a "pioneer" in the industry of women's knit suits, opening her first shop in 1929 in Philadelphia.
Fordney never married. She kept in contact with her nieces and nephews, as evidenced by letters in the collection. According to notes provided by Wendell Zercher, Sarah Ellmaker McIlvaine Muench, her niece and the donor of the collection, recalled her as "warm and artistic," and "a character." She died April 17, 1973, at the age of 85.
Works Cited:
"Mrs. Franklin, pioneer of women's knit suits, dies." Daily Intelligencer Journal [Lancaster, PA], 10 May 1963, p. 2.
"Accident Fatal to Mrs. Sarah A. Cox." Daily Intelligencer Journal [Lancaster, PA], no date, page unknown.
"Miss Fordney, Antique Dealer, 85, Succumbs." Daily Intelligencer Journal [Lancaster, PA], 18 April 1973, p. 2.
"One of Lancaster's Most Prominent and Venerable Citizens Passes Away." Daily Intelligencer Journal [Lancaster, PA], 29 July 1889, p. 1.
Date Range
1905-1974
Year Range From
1905
Year Range To
1974
Date of Accumulation
1905-1974
Creator
Fordney, Alice Potter, 1887-1973
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Storage Room
Archives North
Storage Wall
Side 28
People
Appel, Charles Rengier
Bohlen, Sidney Franklin
Bowman, Mrs. Edward J.
Boyer, R. J.
Brenneman, Mary Rue Bard
Brown, Hazel Dell
Chiarell, Fred P.
Clark, George W.
Daugherty, Harvey P.
Demuth, Charles
Dodge, Arthur B.
Embsweiler, Ruth
Erb, Edna
Fordney, Alice Potter
Fordney, William Bush Jr.
Fordney, William Jenkins
Franklin, Ellen Julia Fordney
Gibbons, Alice McIlvaine
Gilbert, L. J.
Gingrich, Milton E.
Graybill, John M.
Griest, Charles J.
Higby, Everett
Hostetter, A. K.
Howe, John
Irvine, Blanche
Kent, William Winthrop
Knodle, Edward
Krone, Herbert B.
Lindenmuth, J. D.
Long, Yvonne
Maclay, Helen Hurley
Malone, Clarence
Morris, Charles R.
Morris, Grace M.
Nauman, Gertrude Colson
Orr, Barclay
Pennypacker, Charles A.
Pennypacker, James G.
Randall, Meda
Rannels, Paul
Stokes, Agnes M.
Strickler, Belle
Wolf, Emily
Other Creators
Muench, Sarah Ellmaker McIlvaine, d. 2006
Subjects
American newspapers--Sections, columns, etc.--Women
Antique dealers
Armstrong Cork Company
Armstrong World Industries
F. Schumacher & Co.
Farm Journal Media
House & Garden
Interior decoration
Letters
Montclair Art Museum
Patterns for crafts
Rugs
Rugs, Hooked
Student newspapers and periodicals
Woman's world magazine
Search Terms
Albert Steiger Company
Antique dealers
Antique sales
Armstrong Cork Company
Armstrong World Industries, Inc.
Berlinwork patterns
Blue and Brown (Yeates School)
Cheney Silks
Cheney Weaves
Christmas
Correspondence
Cricket Club
Dickinson Presbyterian Church
Estate sales
F. Schumacher and Company
Farm Journal Media
Fiber arts
Finding aids
Gilbert's store
Griest Homestead
Guernsey Sales Pavilion
Hager's Department Store
Hershey Fire Hall
Hooked rugs
House & Garden
Interior decoration
Kleinfelter's auction rooms
Letters
Manuscript groups
Montclair Art Museum
Odd Fellows Hall
Olson Rugs
Patterns for crafts
Rossmere Hotel
Rug patterns
Rugs
State Armory Hall
V-mail
Woman's World Magazine
Yeates School
Extent
3 boxes, 37 folders, 333 items, 1,015 pages to scan, 4.5 cubic ft.
Object Name
Archive
Language
English
Object ID
HC0001
Location of Originals
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania
Associated Material
Sarah McIlvaine Muench Family Papers, MS 44 at Archives and Special Collections, Shadek-Fackenthal Library, Franklin and Marshall College, Lancaster, PA.
Related Item Notes
See photograph collection.
See curatorial collection for examples of rugs.
Fordney Family Diaries (MG0539)
Notes
Preferred Citation: Title or description of item, date (day, month, year), Archive of Alice P. Fordney (HC0001), Box #, Folder #, LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.
Access Conditions / Restrictions
The kraft paper patterns in Folders 33-37 are restricted. Please make an appointment with the Director of Archival Services to view these items.
Copyright
Collection may not be photocopied. Please direct questions to Research Center Staff at research@lancasterhistory.org. Permission for reproduction and/or publication must be obtained in writing from LancasterHistory.
Credit
Courtesy of LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.
Accession Number
G.04.23.52
Classification
HC0001
Description Level
Fonds
Custodial History
From the Heritage Center of Lancaster County collection, G04.23.52.
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Archive

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Collection
Calendar Collection
Title
Calendar Collection
Object ID
MG0070
Date Range
1867-1995
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Collection
Calendar Collection
Title
Calendar Collection
Description
This collection consists of calendars containing photographs, drawings, and prints from Lancaster County and the surrounding region. Some depict local culture, architecture, historic sites, events, or have Pennsylvania Dutch sayings. There are also backs of calendars containing information about Lancaster.
Date Range
1867-1995
Year Range From
1867
Year Range To
1995
Date of Accumulation
1867-1995
Creator
LancasterHistory (Organization)
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Storage Room
Archives South
Storage Wall
Side 02
People
Albright, R. A.
Bushong, Joyce
Ferguson, Novelda H.
Forney, Myrl
Hart, Deborah A.
Hough, Doris
Landis, David Bachman
Mellinger, C.
Reed, Anita
Rider, Jacob D.
Sweigart, Caleb K.
Taggart, M. W.
Warfel, Arthur
Wesley, Hazel S.
Wierman, Julia
Subjects
Calendars
Search Terms
Brown and Bigelow
Calendars
Chickaree Studio
De Laval
Denver Service Station
Drawing Board Associates, Inc.
Finding aids
H. M. Stauffer and Sons, Inc.
Historic Preservation Trust of Lancaster County
Intelligencer Printing Company
Lancaster County Association for the Blind
Lancaster County Farm Bureau Co-op Association
Lancaster County Postcard Club
Lebanon High School
Manuscript groups
Mount Joy Area Historical Society
Pearsol and Geist
Pensupreme Dairy
Sir Speedy
Southern Lancaster County Historical Society
Susquehanna Association for the Blind and Vision Impaired
Extent
3 boxes, 14 folders, 3 oversized folders, 2 cubic ft.
Object Name
Archive
Language
English
Object ID
MG0070
Location of Originals
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.
Access Conditions / Restrictions
Restrictions noted at the item level. Restricted items may be used by appointment. Please contact research@lancasterhistory.org at least two weeks prior to visit.
Copyright
Collection may not be photocopied. Please direct questions to Research Center Staff at research@lancasterhistory.org.
Permission for reproduction and/or publication must be obtained in writing from LancasterHistory.
Credit
Courtesy of LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.
Other Numbers
MG-70
Classification
MG0070
Description Level
Fonds
Custodial History
Added to database 23 October 2018.
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