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?"
Bound with : Old roads of Cumberland County, Pennsylvania / by J. D. Hemminger ; The white man's way / by Charles F. Hines ; [First Presbyterian Church, Carlisle, Pa.] : a historical sketch / John B. Landis ; The old stone meeting-house / by John B. Landis ; Exercises in commemoration of the one hundred and seventy-fifth anniversary of the Silver Spring Presbyterian Church, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania / History of the public schools of Carlisle : read before the Hamilton Library Historical Association, February 19, 1909 / by Annie B. Hantch; Courts and bar of Cumberland County in the eighteenth century in the eighteenth century : historical address / by Edward W. Biddle ; Local history : old roads of Cumberland County, Pennsylvania / by J. D. Hemminger ; Washingtonburg / by Christian P. Humrich ; Birth and part history of the American flag / by Irwin Mahon ; John Brown's raid / by W. J. Shearer ; Catalogue and circular of White Hall Academy for 1852-3.
Annual reunion of the Lodge of Perfection Valley of Lancaster, Pennsylvania, October 19, 1991, Ancient Accepted Scottish Rite of Freemasonry for the Northern Masonic Jurisdiction of the U. S. A
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.
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.
