Framed flag of John Wise used on Balloon flights. 13 stars, 7 red stripes, 6 white stripes. Attached note reads, "This flag has accompanied 239 aerial voyages - has travelled in the air over 11,000 miles - has been constantly the harbinger of good fortune and no serious accident ever occurred while it was present. It is a talisman of good luck. It is over 34 years old and was made in 1834." Bdly faded.
Piece of Donegal Witness Tree.(Cross-sectional slice of branch with bark on one portion.)
Note: This is apparently different than a "section of wood from the Witness Tree at Donegal church. Donated by Mrs. M.N. Robinson. Noted in minutes in Journal of 1 June 1906.
Wenger's Mill covered bridge, also called Rose Hill covered bridge, built in 1849 by Henry Zook. Located on Log Cabin Road, just off of Rose Hill Road. Post card.
Provenance
Photographs of a 2003 Theodore Burr Covered Bridge Society bridge safari.
Wenger's Mill covered bridge, also called Rose Hill covered bridge, built in 1849 by Henry Zook. Located on Log Cabin Road, just off of Rose Hill Road. Postcard of painting by Louise Frank.
Provenance
Photographs of a 2003 Theodore Burr Covered Bridge Society bridge safari.
Photograph- Marker at Lefever Cemetery on North Star Road off of Route 896 near Strasburg. Marker reads: The Huguenots were the protestants of France. Dr. James LeFevre, of 1450, made the first translation of the Bible into French, published in 1530. Isaac LeFevre, our American ancestor, escaped from persecution and death in France in 1685, came to America in 1708 and settled here in Pequea Valley in 1712.
Photograph- Marker at Lefever Cemetery on North Star Road off of Route 896 near Strasburg. Marker reads: The Huguenots were the protestants of France. Dr. James LeFevre, of 1450, made the first translation of the Bible into French, published in 1530. Isaac LeFevre, our American ancestor, escaped from persecution and death in France in 1685, came to America in 1708 and settled here in Pequea Valley in 1712.
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Marker at Lefever Cemetery on North Star Road off of Route 896 near Strasburg. Marker reads: The Huguenots were the protestants of France. Dr. James LeFevre, of 1450, made the first translation of the Bible into French, published in 1530. Isaac LeFevre, our American ancestor, escaped from persecution and death in France in 1685, came to America in 1708 and settled here in Pequea Valley in 1712.
