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Affidavit

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Collection
Veterans' Peddlers Licenses
Title
Veterans' Peddlers Licenses
Object ID
Veterans F01 I04
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Collection
Veterans' Peddlers Licenses
Title
Veterans' Peddlers Licenses
Description
Record of applications for peddlers' licenses showing date of application, name of applicant, type of license, and dates granted and lifted. Many applications for soldiers' licenses; these are peddlers' licenses issued to honorably discharged veterans. Handwritten.
System of Arrangement
Organized by year, then alphabetically by surname.
Year
1899
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Storage Room
Archives West
Storage Container
Box 0001
People
May, Henry
Subcategory
Documentary Artifact
Search Terms
Veterans' Peddlers License
Civil War
Petitions
Object Name
Affidavit
Language
English
Condition
Good
Object ID
Veterans F01 I04
Box Number
001
Additional Notes
Petition.
203rd Regiment, Company A, Pennsylvania Volunteers.
Civil War.
1 item, 1 piece
Access Conditions / Restrictions
Request at Reference Desk; photocopy made by staff member.
Classification
RG 02-00 0601
Description Level
Item
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Agreement

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Collection
Bridge Records
Title
Calculations and settlement with Chester County for bridge
Object ID
Bridge F0095 I006
Date Range
1893
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Collection
Bridge Records
Title
Calculations and settlement with Chester County for bridge
Description
Also Bridge No. 5.
Location: Over [East Branch] of Octoraro Creek.
Document type: Calculations and settlement with Chester County for bridge
System of Arrangement
Records are arranged by township, then chronologically within each township.
Date Range
1893
Year
1893
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Storage Room
Archives West
Storage Container
Box 0001
Subcategory
Documentary Artifact
Search Terms
Agreements
Bridges
Calculations
Colerain Twp.
Creeks
Mills
Octoraro Creek, East Branch
Upper Oxford Twp., Chester County, Pennsylvania
Worth's Bridge
Worth's Mill
Place
Colerain Twp. and Upper Oxford Twp., Chester County
Extent
3 items, 3 pieces
Object Name
Agreement
Language
English
Condition
Fair
Object ID
Bridge F0095 I006
Box Number
001
Access Conditions / Restrictions
Request at Reference Desk; photocopy made by staff member.
Classification
RG 02-00 0324
Description Level
Item
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Agreement

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Collection
George Steinman Papers, Series 2 Documents, Images, Ephemera
Title
Legal ruling regarding Christian Grove
Object ID
MG0184_S02_F018_It01
Date Range
02 December 1782
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Collection
George Steinman Papers, Series 2 Documents, Images, Ephemera
Title
Legal ruling regarding Christian Grove
Description
Legal ruling regarding the degree of guilt of Christian Grove who was charged with assisting in the escape of Tory prisoners.
Admin/Biographical History
Thomas McKean and George Bryan both served on the Pennsylvania Supreme Court at this time and later became governors of Pennsylvania.
Date Range
02 December 1782
Creation Date
No date
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Storage Room
Archives South
Storage Wall
Side 04
Storage Container
Series 02, Box 0001
People
Bryan, George
Grove, Christian
McKean, Thomas
Subjects
American Loyalists
Political prisoners
Search Terms
American Loyalists
Incarcerated persons
Legal agreements
Legal cases
Political prisoners
Supreme Executive Council, State of Pennsylvania
Extent
1 item, 1 page to scan
Object Name
Agreement
Language
English
Object ID
MG0184_S02_F018_It01
Location of Originals
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania
Related Item Notes
George Steinman Papers, Series 1 (MG0184_S01) https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/786b3ffc-7908-40de-9362-817467455650
George Steinman Papers, Series 2 (MG0184_S02) https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/6c7e11c6-f3ca-469c-891a-145832196710
Photograph (1-08-07-91)
Thaddeus Stevens Collection (MG0115)
Notes
Preferred Citation: Title or description of item, date (day, month, year), George Steinman Papers (MG0184), Series 2, Object ID, LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.
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
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Credit
Courtesy of LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.
Other Numbers
MG-184, Series 2
Other Number
MG-184, Series 2, Folder 18, Item 1
Classification
MG0184
Description Level
Item
Custodial History
Added to database 14 October 2022.
Digitization of this document was funded by the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, PHMC Appl ID # 202010016624, 2020-2023.
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Ambrotype

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Collection
History Collection: Person, Sarah Ann Stauffer
Object ID
2002.154.54
Date Range
1850-1890
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Collection
History Collection: Person, Sarah Ann Stauffer
Description
Portrait of young gentleman. Fairly faded out. Water marks/stains, one around right eye of man (viewer's left) in decorative bronze-colored frame with glass narrow gold-colored braid around edge. All with a red velvet rectangle. On the red velvet lining of the lid/cover: "Addis (?) s Lancaster Gallery/ NE Corner of Centre Square & N. Queen St." Black container has decorative motifs on front and back.
Date Range
1850-1890
Year Range From
1850
Year Range To
1890
Creator
Addis's Lancaster Gallery
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Storage Room
DAC
Storage Wall
Island 4
Storage Cabinet
Unit 20
Storage Container
Box 0615
Subcategory
Documentary Artifact
Object Name
Ambrotype
Height (in)
0.625
Length (in)
3.75
Width (in)
3.25
Condition
Fair
Condition Date
2018-09-21
Condition Notes
Fabric hinge torn: ambrotype and cover are separated.
Image somewhat faded. Water marks/stains, one around right eye of man (viewer's left) Wear on outside where black has rubbed off
Object ID
2002.154.54
Accession Number
2002.154
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The American historical register

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Date of Publication
1895-1897.
Call Number
369.1 A512
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Alternate Title
American historical register and monthly gazette of the patriotic-hereditary societies of the United States of America
American historical register and monthly gazette of the historic, military and patriotic-hereditary societies of the United States of America
Place of Publication
Philadelphia
Publisher
Historical Register Pub. Co.,
Date of Publication
1895-1897.
Physical Description
5 v. : ill., plates (part col.) ports., facsims. ; 26 cm.
Publication Frequency
Monthly
Dates of Publication
[Vol. 1] no. 1 (Sept. 1894)-v. 4, no. 6 (Oct./Nov. 1896); new ser., [v. 1, no. 1] (Mar. 1897)-v. 1, no. 3 (May 1897).
Notes
Title from cover.
Edited by Charles H. Browning.
LCHS has v. 1 - v.4.
Subjects
Patriotic societies - Periodicals.
United States - History - Periodicals.
Additional Author
Browning, Charles Henry,
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
369.1 A512
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American Indians : the who, what and whence of the Pre-Columbian dwellers, or the misnomered peoples, Indians, of Lancaster County

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Author
Urban, Theodore L.
Date of Publication
1898
to say, little interest is manifested by the masses, and their origin and antiqui- ties are with indifference overlooked or wholly ignored. The modern scholar does not consider his education com- plete unless he has paid homage at the ruined piles of monumental art of the Orient, to which history has
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Responsibility
by Theodore L. Urban, Esq.
Author
Urban, Theodore L.
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Lancaster County Historical Society,
Date of Publication
1898
Physical Description
[89]-103 p. ; 23 cm.
Series
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 2, no. 4
Summary
This late 19th century article asks the question, "Were the indians of Pennsylvania the descendants of the Lost tribe of Israel ?"
Subjects
Indians of North America - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
Delaware Indians - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
Contained In
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 2, number 4 (1898), p. 89-103Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.2
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Ancient and historic landmarks in the Lebanon Valley

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Author
Croll, P. C.
Date of Publication
1895.
Call Number
974.819 C944
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Responsibility
by P.C. Croll.
Author
Croll, P. C.
Place of Publication
Philadelphia
Publisher
Lutheran Publication Society,
Date of Publication
1895.
Physical Description
334 p. : ill., port. ; 21 cm.
Notes
Howes C 908.
Subjects
Lebanon County (Pa.) - History.
Berks County (Pa.) - History.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
974.819 C944
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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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Responsibility
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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The annals of the families of Caspar, Henry, Baltzer and George Spengler, who settled in York County, respectively, in 1729, 1732, 1732, and 1751. With biographical and historical sketches, and memorabilia of contemporaneous local events

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Author
Spangler, Edward W.
Date of Publication
1896.
Call Number
929 S747
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Responsibility
by Edward W. Spangler.
Author
Spangler, Edward W.
Place of Publication
York, Pa
Publisher
[Printed by the York Daily Publishing Co.]
Date of Publication
1896.
Physical Description
xii, 605 p. front., illus., plates, ports., facsims., geneal. tables, col. coat of arms. 26 cm.
Subjects
Spangler family.
York County (Pa.) - History.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
929 S747
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Ann Henry : Lancaster County's woman treasurer

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Author
Steinman, George.
Date of Publication
1897
ANN HENRY: LANCASTER COUNTY'S WOMAN TREASURER. Ann Henry, the treasurer of Lancaster county and wife of the Hon. William Henry, was the daughter of Abraham and Ursula Wood. According to the family records she was born In Bucks county, but the records of the Moravian Church, of Lancaster, show her
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Alternate Title
Ann Wood Henry:
Responsibility
by George Steinman, Esq.
Author
Steinman, George.
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Lancaster County Historical Society,
Date of Publication
1897
Physical Description
[69]-71 p. ; 23 cm.
Series
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 1, no. 3
Subjects
Henry, Ann Wood, - 1732-1798.
Women - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County
Lancaster County (Pa.) - History - 18th century.
Contained In
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 1, number 3 (1897), p. 69-71Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.1 n.3
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