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https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo16183
Author
Lyte, Eliphalet Oram,
Date of Publication
c1899.
Call Number
816 L998a
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by E. Oram Lyte.
Author
Lyte, Eliphalet Oram,
Place of Publication
New York
Publisher
American Book Co.,
Date of Publication
c1899.
Physical Description
368 p. ; 19 cm.
Series
Lyte's language series
Notes
Includes index.
Subjects
English language
English language - Composition and exercises.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
816 L998a
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Collection
Hamilton Watch Company Collection
Title
Hamilton Watch Company advertisement
Object ID
MG0127_F016
Date Range
1899/04
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Collection
Hamilton Watch Company Collection
Title
Hamilton Watch Company advertisement
Description
Hamilton Watch Co. advertisement for new grades of jewel movements, which appeared in The Keystone, vol. 20, no. 4, April 1899. With the masthead and date of The Keystone issue.
Admin/Biographical History
The Keystone was published by B. Thorpe, 19th and Brown Streets, Philadelphia.
Date Range
1899/04
Creation Date
April 1899
Creator
Hamilton Watch Company
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Storage Room
Archives South
Storage Wall
Side 04
Other Creators
B. Thorpe
Subjects
Advertisements
Clock and watch making
Clocks and watches
Hamilton Watch Company
Search Terms
Advertisements
Hamilton Watch Company
Jewel movements
Keystone, The
Watches
Watchmaking
Extent
2 items, 4 pages to scan
Object Name
Advertisement
Language
English
Object ID
MG0127_F016
Location of Originals
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania
Notes
Preferred Citation: Title or description of item, date (day, month, year), Hamilton Watch Company Collection (MG0127), Folder #, LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.
Access Conditions / Restrictions
No restrictions.
Copyright
Item 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
2022.004
Classification
MG0127
Description Level
Item
Custodial History
Added to database 9 April 2022.
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Annals of Philadelphia and Pennsylvania, in the olden time; being a collection of memoirs, anecdotes, and incidents of the city and its inhabitants, and of the earliest settlements of the inland part of Pennsylvania, from the days of the founders

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Author
Watson, John F.
Date of Publication
1891.
Call Number
974.811 W339
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By John F. Watson ... Enlarged, with many revisions and additions, by Willis P. Hazard...
Author
Watson, John F.
Place of Publication
Philadelphia
Publisher
E. S. Stuart,
Date of Publication
1891.
Physical Description
3 v. fronts., illus., plates, port. 25 cm.
Notes
The third volume of this ed. was prepared at the publisher's request, by W. P. Hazard.
Subjects
Pennsylvania - History.
Philadelphia (Pa.) - History.
Philadelphia (Pa.) - Social life and customs.
Additional Author
Hazard, Willis P.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
974.811 W339
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An old oil mill

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Author
Hensel, L. W.
Date of Publication
1898
AN OLD OIL MILL. At the foot of the western end of the "Mine Ridge," thereabouts better known as "Stony Hill," and in the northwest corner of Eden township, near the old Conowingo ore mines, and about half a mile east of Camargo, on a branch of Beaver creek, stands a large, quaint old stone
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Responsibility
by L. W. Hensel.
Author
Hensel, L. W.
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Lancaster County Historical Society,
Date of Publication
1898
Physical Description
213-215 p. ; 23 cm.
Series
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 2, no. 7
Summary
This article discusses a mill property in Eden Township , Lancaster County. The mill had several owners during the 19th century, and the mill was used for various purposes: Processing wool, sawing wood, making whiskey, and pressing oil from flax seeds [hence the name "oil mill"].
Subjects
Old Oil Mill (Lancaster County, Pa.)
Water mills - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County
Oil mills - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
Mills and mill-work - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
Linseed oil.
Flour mills - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
Contained In
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 2, number 7 (1898), p. 213-215Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.2
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An open letter to the church members at Longenecker's Meeting House, West Lampeter Township, Lancaster Co., Pa

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Author
Kachel, Solomon.
Date of Publication
1891.
Call Number
289.7 K11
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Responsibility
Continued by Solomon Kachel and wife Catharine.
Author
Kachel, Solomon.
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Commercial Print. House,
Date of Publication
1891.
Physical Description
44 p. ; 21 cm.
Notes
Cover title.
LCHS does not have first part.
Subjects
Longenecker's Reformed Mennonite Church (Lancaster County, Pa.)
Church discipline.
Additional Author
Kachel, Katharine.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Lancaster County
Call Number
289.7 K11
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Appraisal

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Collection
Collateral Appraisements
Title
Collateral Appraisements
Object ID
Coll App 1892 F007 H
Date Range
1892
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Collection
Collateral Appraisements
Title
Collateral Appraisements
Description
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.
Date Range
1892
Date of Accumulation
1849-1913
Year
1892
Creator
Register of Wills
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Storage Room
Archives West
Storage Container
Box 0007
People
Hobart, Henrietta W.
Subcategory
Documentary Artifact
Search Terms
Collateral appraisement
Collateral statement
Correspondence
Place
None
Extent
16 boxes (8 cubic feet)
Object Name
Appraisal
Language
English
Condition
Fair
Object ID
Coll App 1892 F007 H
Box Number
007
Additional Notes
Only: two correspondences and collateral statement.
3 items, 3 pieces
Access Conditions / Restrictions
Request at research desk. Photocopy made by staff member.
Classification
RG 03-00 0312
Description Level
Item
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Collection
Collateral Appraisements
Title
Collateral Appraisements
Object ID
Coll App 1912 F002 M
Date Range
1912
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Collateral Appraisements
Title
Collateral Appraisements
Description
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.
Date Range
1912
Date of Accumulation
1849-1913
Year
1912
Creator
Register of Wills
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Storage Room
Archives West
Storage Container
Box 0011
People
McCullaugh, P. J.
McCullagh, P. J.
Subcategory
Documentary Artifact
Search Terms
Collateral appraisement
Lancaster
Letters
Affidavits
Place
Lancaster
Extent
16 boxes (8 cubic feet)
Object Name
Appraisal
Language
English
Condition
Fair
Object ID
Coll App 1912 F002 M
Box Number
011
Additional Notes
Or McCullagh, P. J.
Included letter and affidavit.
3 items, 1 piece
Access Conditions / Restrictions
Request at research desk. Photocopy made by staff member.
Classification
RG 03-00 0312
Description Level
Item
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Archive

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Collection
Paxton Boys and Conestoga Massacre Papers
Title
Paxton Boys and Conestoga Massacre Papers
Object ID
MG0614
Date Range
1764-1766, 1795
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Collection
Paxton Boys and Conestoga Massacre Papers
Title
Paxton Boys and Conestoga Massacre Papers
Description
This collection contains items related to the Paxton Boys and Conestoga Massacre. April 1764 issue of The Gentleman's Magazine includes article on massacre by Benjamin Franklin. 10 January entry in Charles Mason's diary contains discussion of massacre. Manuscript copy of remonstrance, signed by Matthew Smith and James Gibson and sent to Governor John Penn, lays out grievances against provincial government and justifies attacks on Native Americans.
Date Range
1764-1766, 1795
Creation Date
1764-1766, 1795
Date of Accumulation
1764-1766, 1795
Creator
LancasterHistory
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Storage Room
Archives South
Storage Wall
Side 13
People
Cresap, Thomas
Franklin, Benjamin
Gibson, James
Jardine, L. S.
Mason, Charles
Penn, John
Smith, Matthew
Subjects
Conestoga Indians
Conestoga Massacre, Pa., 1763
Court records
Diaries
Fort Augusta (Sunbury, Pa.)
Letters
Northumberland County (Pa.)
Paxton Boys
Remonstrances
Search Terms
Conestoga Indians
Conestoga Massacre
Conojocular War
Cresap's War
Diaries
Gentleman's Magazine
Indigenous peoples
Letters
London Chronicle
Native Americans
Northumberland County, Pennsylvania
Paxton Boys
Persons of color
Remonstrances
Universal Evening Post
Extent
1 box, 5 folders,1 clamshell box on shelf,.25 cubic ft.
Object Name
Archive
Language
English
Object ID
MG0614
Associated Material
Please see See Digital Paxton: Digital Collection, Critical Edition, and Teaching Platform for digital copies and transcriptions of orginal documents; related publications and scholary works; and educational materials
http://digitalpaxton.org/works/digital-paxton/introduction?path=index
Related Item Notes
Please see the collections catalog for published works about the Paxton Boys and the Conestoga Massacre.
https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/
Notes
Preferred Citation: Title or description of item, date (day, month, year), Collection Title (MG#), Object ID, LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania. URL if applicable. Date accessed (day, month, year).
LancasterHistory is committed to preserving and providing access to materials chronicling Lancaster County's heritage. As historical resources, the items in this collection reflects the racial prejudices and actions of the era. In order to maintain the historical integrity and context of collection items, LancasterHistory does not censor historical documents or edit language, titles, or organization names when transcribing original content.
Access Conditions / Restrictions
Restrictions noted at the item level.
Copyright
Collection may not be photocopied. Please contact Research Staff or Archives Staff with questions.
Note: See Digital Paxton: Digital Collection, Critical Edition, and Teaching Platform for historical overviews and additional information,
http://digitalpaxton.org/works/digital-paxton/introduction?path=index
Credit
Papers regarding the Paxton Boys and the Conestoga Massacre Collection (MG-614), Folder #, LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pa.
Other Numbers
MG-614
Classification
MG0614
Description Level
Fonds
Custodial History
Added to database on 11 August 2017.
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https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/cd817511-4306-430b-9f8f-242553026746
Collection
Yeates, Lancaster County Historical Society Collection
Title
Yeates, Lancaster County Historical Society Collection
Object ID
MG0205
Date Range
1699-1934
Ledger Collection, Series 10 Estate Records on 20 March 2009. Folder 36 Restricted access—please use transcription in the library. Letter copybook of Jasper Yeates. Contains copies of his correspondence to friends, family members and colleagues13 and is indexed. The letters are on a variety of topics as
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Collection
Yeates, Lancaster County Historical Society Collection
Title
Yeates, Lancaster County Historical Society Collection
Description
Yeates, Lancaster County Historical Society Collection provides insight into the Yeates family, local social history, and details of legal business from 1743-1870. These documents have been collected by the Lancaster County Historical Society over many years. Collection includes letters, receipts, articles, eviction notice, advertisement, estate inventories, wills, deeds, treaty, court transcript, drawings, photographs, copy of house plan, post road distances, daybook, letter book, catalog of books in Jasper Yeates' library, and an alphabetical catalog of law books.
Date Range
1699-1934
Year Range From
1699
Year Range To
1934
Date of Accumulation
1699-1934
Creator
LancasterHistory (Organization)
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Storage Room
Archives South
Storage Wall
Side 05
People
Atkinson, Matthew
Bausman, William
Bond, Phineas
Bowman, Valentine
Bradford, W.
Brien, Edward
Burd, Edward
Carson, John
Coates, Samuel
Conyngham, David
Conyngham, Elizabeth Yeates
Conyngham, Redmond
Dallas, George M.
Davis, Jonathan
Davison, Benjamin
Dickey, Robert
Duncannon, Thomas
Edward, Thomas
Erter, Henry
Ewing, John
Ferguson, John
Fohren, Michael
Gibson, John
Gillchrist, John
Godcharles, Frederic A.
Graff, Conrad
Gregg, Andrew
Grubb, Peter
Hamilton, Charles
Hamilton, James
Hamilton, John
Hamilton, William
Hand, Edward
Hand, Jasper
Hayes, A. L.
Henry, John
Hess, David
Jago, John
Javin, William
Keeportz, Daniel
Kittera, William
Kremer, Philip
Krug, Jacob
Kurtz, William
Lindsay, William
Loudersmith, Wendel
Lyon, Joseph Barnet
Magaw, David
Marshall, J.
McClellan, John
McKean, Thomas
Millar, John
Miller, Michael
Minich, Henry
Muhlenberg, William Augustus
Nesbitt, John
Nissley, Martin
Ord, John
Philips, David
Postlethwaite, John
Poultney, Thomas
Price, Eli K.
Probst, John
Ramsey, Robert
Rawle, William
Riegart, Adam
Rine, Widow
Ross, George
Ross, J.
Scott, James
Sergeant, Thomas
Shippen, Edward
Shippen, Evans Wallis
Shippen, Robert
Simpson, John
Smith, Charles
Smith, Mary Yeates
Stein, Charles
Steinman, Fredrick
Stevenson, Henry
Stewart, Charles
Sturmii, Johannis Christophorus
Thomas, John
Tilghman, Benjamin C.
Tilghman, E.
Tilghman, Edward
Tilghman, William
Tilghman, William B.
Towson, William
Underwood, John
Wallace, George
Wallace, William
Waln, Nicholas
Warden, J.
White, William
Wickersham, Elijah
Willson, Samuel
Yeates, Catharine
Yeates, Jasper
Yeates, Jasper, Jr.
Yeates, John, Jr.
Yeates, John, Sr.
Yeates, Margaret
Yeates, Sarah Burd "Sally"
Zantzinger, Paul
Subjects
Business records
Deeds
Family records
Law libraries
Letters
Library catalogs
Wills
Search Terms
Business records
Correspondence
Deeds
Family records
Finding aids
Letters
Manuscript groups
Wills
Extent
6 boxes, 49 folders, 13 books, 6 cubic ft.
Object Name
Archive
Language
English
Object ID
MG0205
Location of Originals
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania
Copies
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania
Related Item Notes
Yeates, Aungst Collection (MG0206)
Yeates, Carson Collection (MG0207)
George M. Steinman Collection (MG0184)
Jasper Yeates Colonial Law Library
Objects in the Curatorial Collection
Notes
Preferred Citation: Title or description of item, date (day, month, year), Yeates, Lancaster County Historical Society Collection (MG0205), Folder #, LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.
Access Conditions / Restrictions
Restrictions noted at the item level. The letter copybooks in Folders 31 and 36 are restricted--please use the transcriptions available in the library.
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-205
Classification
MG0205
Description Level
Fonds
Custodial History
Folders 1-34 and Books 1-2 were processed and finding aid prepared prior to 1997. Added to PP on 26 March 2022.
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Collection
Yeates, Aungst Collection
Title
Yeates, Aungst Collection
Object ID
MG0206
Date Range
1765-1810
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Collection
Yeates, Aungst Collection
Title
Yeates, Aungst Collection
Description
The Yeates, Aungst Collection provides insight into the Yeates, Shippen, and Burd families, local social history, eighteenth century legal issues, and details of legal business from 1765-1810. The collection consists mainly of business correspondence and legal documents, and also includes receipts, an impression of the Burd family coat of arms, bail bonds, and a one shilling note.
Date Range
1765-1810
Creation Date
1765-1810
Year Range From
1765
Year Range To
1810
Creator
Yeates family
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Storage Room
Archives South
Storage Wall
Side 05
People
Aby, Jacob
Atlee, William Augustus
Bailey, William
Barr, John
Bickham, James
Biddle, Edward
Bradford, W.
Bright, Michael
Bryan, George
Burd, Edward
Burd, Edward S.
Clark, Brice
Coope, Caleb
Cunningham, James
Dunlop, Andrew
Edwards, Thomas
Evans, Joel
Findley, William
Galbreath, Bartram
Graydon, Andrew
Greides, Michael
Hamilton, William
Hanna, John A.
Hartley, Thomas
Hildebrand, Jacob
Hinkle, Jacob
Hollingsworth, John
Horner, Michael
Hubley, Adam
Hubley, John
Irwin, Moses
Lowrey, Alexander
McCulloch, William
McGinnes, Hamilton
Mifflin, John
Montgomery, J.
Parke, Thomas
Peters, William
Porter, Thomas
Pusey, Joshua
Regg, Elisha
Rosenthal, L. N.
Rosenthal, Max
Ross, George
Rush, Richard
Sewright, William
Shippen, Edward
Shippen, Joseph
Smith, James
Smith, Joseph
Smith, Thomas
Snyder, Charles
Strettells, Amos
Swift, Joseph
Townshend, George
Webb, James
Work, James
Yeates, Jasper
Yeates, John
Yeates, Sarah Burd "Sally"
Zantzinger, Paul
Other Creators
Shippen family
Burd family
Subjects
Bail
Business records
Heraldry
Letters
Search Terms
Bail bonds
Business records
Correspondence
Finding aids
Letters
Manuscript groups
Receipts
Extent
1 box, 3 folders, .5 cubic ft.
Object Name
Archive
Language
English
Object ID
MG0206
Location of Originals
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania
Related Item Notes
Yeates, Carson Collection (MG0207)
Yeates, Lancaster County Historical Society Collection (MG0205)
Notes
Title or description of item, date (day, month, year), Collection Title (MG#), Series #, Box #, Folder #, (or Object ID), LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania. URL if applicable. Date accessed (day, month, year).
Access Conditions / Restrictions
No restrictions.
Copyright
Collection may not be photocopied. Please contact Research Staff or Archives Staff with questions.
Credit
Courtesy of LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.
Classification
MG0206
Description Level
Fonds
Custodial History
Cataloged prior to 1997. Added to database on 11 August 2017.
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