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Across the river : murder at Accomac

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo16911

Author: Maloney, Michael.

Date of Publication: c2012

Call Number: 813.54 M257

Responsibility: Michael Maloney.

ISBN: 9780985046606; 0985046600

Author: Maloney, Michael.

Place of Publication: [S.l.]

Publisher: M. Maloney,

Date of Publication: c2012

Physical Description: 480 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

Notes: "Pulled from local news headlines, court records, trial transcripts, and land records, this story weaves together the history of the Accomac river crossing, the town of Marietta, and the untimely death of an innocent young girl. Against a rich historical backdrop, the murder and ensuing legal proceedings provide a compelling account of life Across the river."--P. [4] of cover.; 2d edition.; Includes bibliographical references (p. 457-480).

Subjects: Myers, Emily - Death.; Coyle, John - Trials, litigation, etc.; Murder - Pennsylvania - Marietta.; Trials (Murder) - Pennsylvania - York.; Marietta (Pa.) - History.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 813.54 M257

Album, Photograph

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Collection: History Collection: Events, Lancaster Bicentennial

Object ID: 2008.045.5

Date Range: 1992

Collection: History Collection: Events, Lancaster Bicentennial

Description: Photo album with marbelized cover and 40 plastic sleeves. 12 contain photos and notes related to Lancaster's Bicentennial celebration. Handwritten on card on first page: "June 10, 1992/ These documents from the City Safe were taken to The Conservation Centre for Art, Historic Artifacts in Philadelphia for restoration and preservation. Here are before and after pictures of; a. The Lancaster Corporation Book, 1742; b. The Charter of the City of Lancaster, 1742; c. The Plot Plan of the City of Lancaster, (?); ...Jarvis "(signature); On page 14, handwritten on a card: "This was the metal box in which the Charter was stored until someone framed it and exposed it to the light."; On page 19: "This is the Plot Plan which needs to be studied. It has the drawing of gentleman X on the reverse side. Who drew this?"; Made by Burnes (Made in China)

Date Range: 1992

Year Range From: 1976

Year Range To: 1992

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: DAC

Storage Wall: Island 3

Storage Cabinet: Unit 14

Storage Container: Box 0378

Subcategory: Documentary Artifact

Object Name: Album, Photograph

Height (in): 2.25

Length (in): 6.5

Width (in): 4.75

Condition: Good

Condition Date: 2018-09-17

Object ID: 2008.045.5

Accession Number: 2008.045

Archive

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/8b950e59-596d-4ffd-bc86-444331137484

Collection: Adam Reigart Jr., John S. Murphy Collection

Title: Adam Reigart Jr., John S. Murphy Collection

Object ID: MG0331

Date Range: 1762-2003

County, Pennsylvania Manuscript groups Margaretta Furnace Marietta Bank Morning News Mt. Auburn Cemetery New York, New York Newspaper clippings Obituaries Ohio Pennsylvania German Society Pensacola, Florida Peter Wager & Co. Philadelphia Inquirer Pratt & Kintzing Race Street Receipts Reeve’s Tavern South

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Collection: Adam Reigart Jr., John S. Murphy Collection

Title: Adam Reigart Jr., John S. Murphy Collection

Description: The Adam Reigart Jr., John S. Murphy Collection contains correspondence between Adam Reigart, Jr. in Lancaster and Philip Wager in Philadelphia and their families. The letters are primarily from the early nineteenth century and provide information about family illness, travel, visits, business, and family chatter. The receipts and invoices show purchases made in Lancaster and Philadelphia, especially clothing, fabric, dry goods, and meat. The remainder of the collection is made up of newspaper articles, books, and an album of poetry and drawings. The items were housed in a gig trunk which is now in the museum collection.

Admin/Biographical History: Adam Reigart, Jr. (1765-1844) was born in Lancaster. He was the eldest son of Col. Adam Reigart, owner of the Grape Tavern which served as general headquarters during the Revolutionary War. Adam Jr. founded the Reigart Wine Store in 1785 and was in business with Philip Wager in Philadelphia and Philip's son Peter throughout his career. He was the first president of the Lancaster branch of the Bank of Pennsylvania, and was involved with the Conestoga Navigation Company and the Union Fire Company.; Adam Jr. married Mary Magdalena Wager (1772-1806) in 1791. Mary was the daughter of Philip Wager, a Philadelphia wine merchant. They had eight daughters and a son. Susan married Stephen C. Slaymaker and Margaretta married Henry Y. Slaymaker.

Date Range: 1762-2003

Year Range From: 1762

Year Range To: 2003

Date of Accumulation: 1762-2003

Creator: Murphy, John Slaughter, 1921-2011

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives South

Storage Wall: Side 08

People: Arnold, Benedict; Baker, W.; Bare, Jacob; Blight, Peter; Boughter, Charles; Breidenhart, George; Brien, Edward; Brown, Luke; Butter, Charles; Cassidy, Edward; Clarke, John; Clendenin, Samuel; Coleman, Edward; Coleman, William; Edwards, Susanna; Ehler, John; Fisher, Sammy; Fox, Sam M.; Frey, John; Gaskill, Edmund; Gay, Edward F.; Getz, John; Givens, John; Graeff, George; Greland, D.; Hahn, B. Christian; Harrison, George; Haverstick, William; Hopkins, A. R.; Hopkins, Ann; Houston, James; Hubley, Frederick; Hubley, Joseph; Hultzheimer, N.; Hyde, Charles; Irving, Robert; Jack, Joshua; Kauffman, Jacob; King, George; Kirkpatrick, William; Kline, Jacob; Lane, John; Leiper, George G.; Lowry, Robert; Lowry, Robert K.; Mayer, George Louis; Metzger, Emanuel; Metzger, George; Metzger, Jacob; Miller, Barbara; Miller, Henry; Miller, Martin; Miller, Philip; Montgomery, William; Morris, John; Mosher, Joseph; Murphy, John Slaughter; Myer, John; Myers, John; Newlin, Nathaniel; Nice, Levi; Nimrod, Maxwell; Ogilby, Joseph; Otto, Jacob S.; Otto, John C.; Pennington, Edward; Peters, Abraham; Phinney, Zina; Price, Joseph; Price, Richard; Reigart, Adam; Reigart, Adam, Jr.; Reigart, Ann; Reigart, Emanuel; Reigart, Henrietta; Reigart, Maria Wager; Reigart, Mary; Reigart, Mary C.; Reigart, Philip Wager; Reigart, Susan; Rimfast, John; Sample, Joseph; Schaubel, Johannis; Sener, Samuel Miller; Sewell, Charles S.; Shaeffer, Jacob; Shenk, Abraham; Shenk, Christian; Shippen, Peggy; Singer, A.; Slaymaker, Henry Edwin; Slaymaker, Mary Steele; Slaymaker, Stephen Cochran; Smith, Ann; Smith, Anthony; Smith, Ralph; Stein, Philip; Steinman, George; Stewart, William; Sullivan, Susannah; Wager, George; Wager, Hannah; Wager, James; Wager, Mary; Wager, Peter; Wager, Philip H.; Wager, Sally; Wager, Sophia; Wager, William; Walsh, Christopher; Wentz, Thomas; Wertz, Christian; Wharton, Charles; Whitaker, George; Whitaker, John; Wimer, Michael; Winroth, Margaret; Witmer, David; Woodmund, William; Yeiser, Philip

Other Creators: Reigart family

Subjects: Clippings (Books, newspapers, etc.); Invoices; Letters; Obituaries; Receipts (Acknowledgments)

Search Terms: Adam Reigart and Son; Albums; Bethlehem, Pennsylvania; Boston, Massachusetts; Brenner and Reed; Cambridge, Massachusetts; Cape May, New Jersey; Charles C. and J. Watson; Christ Church Burial Ground; Cincinnati, Ohio; Clippings (Books, newspapers, etc.); Correspondence; Delaware; Dixon Walker and Company; Earp and Brothers; Finding aids; Grape Hotel; Greene County, New York; H. Behlen and Company; Illnesses; Invoices; J. Walker and Company; John Warden and Sons; Kentucky; Lancaster; Lancaster County Almshouse; Lancaster Bar Association; Lancaster Intelligencer; Lancaster Journal; Lancaster New Era; Lancaster Sunday News; Lane Slaymaker and Company; Letters; London, England; Lower Windsor Twp., York County, Pennsylvania; Lowry and Myers; Luzerne County, Pennsylvania; Manuscript groups; Margaretta Furnace; Marietta Bank; Morning News; Mount Auburn Cemetery; New York, New York; Newspaper clippings; Obituaries; Ohio; Pennsylvania German Society; Pensacola, Florida; Peter Wager and Company; Philadelphia Inquirer; Pratt and Kintzing; Race Street; Receipts; Reeve's Tavern; South Carolina; Southwark, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Spain; St. James Episcopal Church; Union Fire Company; Vintners; Wager and Company; Washington Fire Company; West Point Military Academy; William Noyes and Company; Wine merchants; York Springs Boarding House; York Springs, York County, Pennsylvania; York, York County, Pennsylvania

Extent: 2 boxes, 35 folders, 1.5 cubic ft.

Object Name: Archive

Language: English

Object ID: MG0331

Location of Originals: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania

Related Item Notes: Gig trunk (2003.078); Adam Reigart Collection (MG0122)

Notes: Preferred Citation: Title or description of item, date (day, month, year), Adam Reigart Jr., John S. Murphy Collection (MG0331), Folder #, LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.

Access Conditions / Restrictions: Restrictions are noted at the item level.

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: 2003.078

Other Numbers: MG-331

Classification: MG0331

Description Level: Fonds

Custodial History: Processed and finding aid created by KR. Added to database 8 March 2022.

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The cemeteries of Marietta, Pennsylvania

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Date of Publication: 2011.

Call Number: 310.35 L257

Responsibility: compiled by James C. Landis.

Date of Publication: 2011.

Physical Description: 2 v. : ill.; maps ; 28 cm.

Notes: Graves roster and name index follow each cemetery listing.; Rineer's "Churches and Cemeteries of Lancaster County" Union Meeting House Burial Grounds (aka Zion's Church) page 302 #1 -- Old Presbyterian Graveyard page 303 #4 -- Methodist Episcopal Church Cemetery page 303 #3 -- Bethel A M. E. Church page 304 #5 -- Wesley African Methodist Church page 305 #9 -- Marietta Cemetery page 307 #16.; Also contains photocopies of newspaper articles about the murder of Emily Myers by Jonnie Coyle and a copy of the Pa. Supreme Court case of Coyle vs The Commonwealth.

Contents: Introduction / Acknowledgments -- Researcher notes - Burial Ground on Old Colebrook Road -- Union Meeting House Burial Ground (aka Zion's Church) -- Presbyterian Graveyard -- Methodist Episcopal Church Graveyard -- Bethel A.M.E. Church Cemetery -- Wesley African Methodist Church Cemetery -- Marietta Cemetery -- Johnnie Coyle's Grave Hellam Township, York County).

Subjects: Coyle, Johnnie - 1855-1884.; Cemeteries - Pennsylvania - Marietta.; Registers of births, etc. - Pennyslania; Marietta (Pa.) - Genealogy.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Reference

Call Number: 310.35 L257

Coin, Commemorative

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/d8f7cc9d-3857-47b1-8fc3-115823711433

Collection: Red Rose Coin Club Collection

Title: Red Rose Coin Club, Joseph Wharton

Object ID: 2013.010.2

Date Range: 2012

Collection: Red Rose Coin Club Collection

Title: Red Rose Coin Club, Joseph Wharton

Description: Joseph Wharton - Father of American Nickel Coinage; Plastic frame, 3 coins (2 Bronze & 1 Silver).

Date Range: 2012

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: DAC

Storage Cabinet: Cabinet 2

Storage Shelf: Shelf 1

Storage Container: Box 0005

Subcategory: Documentary Artifact

Object Name: Coin, Commemorative

Object ID: 2013.010.2

Accession Number: 2013.010

Coin, Commemorative

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/a01b9620-65b2-4e1a-8bc5-341190772749

Collection: Red Rose Coin Club Collection

Title: Red Rose Coin Club, Paxton Boys Massacre

Object ID: 2013.010.1

Date Range: 2013

Collection: Red Rose Coin Club Collection

Title: Red Rose Coin Club, Paxton Boys Massacre

Description: Massacre of the Conestoga Indians - 1763; RRCC = Coin Set; Plastic frame, 3 coins (2 Bronze & 1 Silver).

Date Range: 2013

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: DAC

Storage Cabinet: Cabinet 2

Storage Shelf: Shelf 1

Storage Container: Box 0005

Subcategory: Documentary Artifact

Object Name: Coin, Commemorative

Object ID: 2013.010.1

Accession Number: 2013.010

Coin, Commemorative

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/70df1c95-2ace-451f-8f60-458371734860

Collection: Red Rose Coin Club Collection

Title: Red Rose Coin Club, Samuel H. Zahm

Object ID: 2013.010.3

Date Range: 2011

Collection: Red Rose Coin Club Collection

Title: Red Rose Coin Club, Samuel H. Zahm

Description: Samuel H. Zahm and his Score Card; RRCC = Coin Set; Plastic frame, 3 coins (2 Bronze & 1 Silver).

Date Range: 2011

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: DAC

Storage Cabinet: Cabinet 2

Storage Shelf: Shelf 1

Storage Container: Box 0004

Subcategory: Documentary Artifact

Object Name: Coin, Commemorative

Object ID: 2013.010.3

Accession Number: 2013.010

Coin, Commemorative

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/8594e75e-ec8a-436c-a1d3-518400232412

Collection: Red Rose Coin Club Collection

Title: Red Rose Coin Club, Bicentennial of the birth of James Buchanan

Object ID: 2007.500.4

Date Range: 1991

Collection: Red Rose Coin Club Collection

Title: Red Rose Coin Club, Bicentennial of the birth of James Buchanan

Description: Commemorative Coin Set, "James Buchanan"; Metal frame; in plastic, 2 coins (Bronze & Silver).

Date Range: 1991

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: DAC

Storage Cabinet: Cabinet 2

Storage Shelf: Shelf 1

Storage Container: Box 0003

Subcategory: Documentary Artifact

Object Name: Coin, Commemorative

Object ID: 2007.500.4

Coin, Commemorative

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/6a5bdff9-127b-4384-bde2-286559714865

Collection: Red Rose Coin Club Collection

Title: Red Rose Coin Club, Bicentennial of the Birth of James Buchanan

Object ID: 2007.500.27

Date Range: 1991

Collection: Red Rose Coin Club Collection

Title: Red Rose Coin Club, Bicentennial of the Birth of James Buchanan

Description: Commemorative Coin Set, "James Buchanan"; Plastic frame, 3 coins (2 Bronze & 1 Silver).

Date Range: 1991

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: DAC

Storage Cabinet: Cabinet 2

Storage Shelf: Shelf 1

Storage Container: Box 0003

Subcategory: Documentary Artifact

Object Name: Coin, Commemorative

Object ID: 2007.500.27

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Across the river : murder at Accomac

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo16911

Album, Photograph

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/971b736e-b31b-4ad3-8a02-289647653709

Archive

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Archive

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The cemeteries of Marietta, Pennsylvania

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo17502

Coin, Commemorative

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Coin, Commemorative

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Coin, Commemorative

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Coin, Commemorative

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Coin, Commemorative

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