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American creation : triumphs and tragedies at the founding of the republic

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Author: Ellis, Joseph J.

Edition: 1st ed.

Date of Publication: 2007.

Call Number: 973.3 E47

Responsibility: Joseph J. Ellis.

ISBN: 9780307263698; 030726369X

Author: Ellis, Joseph J.

Edition: 1st ed.

Place of Publication: New York

Publisher: A. A. Knopf,

Date of Publication: 2007.

Physical Description: xi, 283 p. ; 25 cm.

Notes: "This is a Borzoi book"--T.p. verso.; Includes bibliographical references and index.

Summary: An ironic examination of the founding years of our country. Historian Ellis guides us through the decisive issues of the nation's founding, and illuminates the emerging philosophies, shifting alliances, and personal and political foibles of our now iconic leaders. He explains how the idea of a strong federal government, championed by Washington, was eventually embraced by the American people, the majority of whom had to be won over. And he details the emergence of the two-party system--then a political novelty--which today stands as the founders' most enduring legacy. But Ellis is equally incisive about their failures, making clear how their inability to abolish slavery and to reach a just settlement with the Native Americans has played an equally important role in shaping our national character. Ellis strips the mythic veneer of the revolutionary generation to reveal men possessed of both brilliance and blindness.--From publisher description.

Subjects: Statesmen - United States; Politicians - United States; Political culture - United States; National characteristics, American.; United States - History - Revolution, 1775-1783.; United States - History - 1783-1815.; United States - Politics and government - 1775-1783.; United States - Politics and government - 1783-1809.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 973.3 E47

American genealogical research at the DAR, Washington, D.C

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Author: Grundset, Eric.

Edition: 2nd ed.

Date of Publication: c2004.

Call Number: 016.9291 G891

Responsibility: by Eric G. Grundset and Steven B. Rhodes.

ISBN: 1892237083 (pbk.)

Author: Grundset, Eric.

Edition: 2nd ed.

Place of Publication: Washington, D.C

Publisher: National Society Daughters of the American Revolution,

Date of Publication: c2004.

Physical Description: 175 p. : ill., maps ; 28 cm.

Notes: Includes index.

Subjects: Daughters of the American Revolution. - Library - Handbooks, manuals, etc.; Genealogy.; United States - Genealogy - Handbooks, manuals, etc.

Additional Author: Rhodes, Steven B.

Additional Corporate Author: Daughters of the American Revolution.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 016.9291 G891

America's bachelor president and the First Lady

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Author: Stern, Milton.

Date of Publication: c2004.

Call Number: 923.173 B918ste

Responsibility: by Milton Stern.

ISBN: 1413729088; 9781413729085

Author: Stern, Milton.

Place of Publication: Baltimore

Publisher: PublishAmerica,

Date of Publication: c2004.

Physical Description: 326 p. ; 23 cm.

Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 322-326).

Subjects: Buchanan, James, - 1791-1868.; Johnston, Harriet Lane, - 1830-1903.; Presidents - United States - Biography.; Presidents' spouses - United States - Biography.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 923.173 B918ste

An ounce of prevention : integrated disaster planning for archives, libraries, and record centres

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Author: Wellheiser, Johanna G.

Edition: 2nd ed.

Date of Publication: 2002.

Call Number: 025.82 W452

Responsibility: Johanna Wellheiser and Jude Scott.

ISBN: 0810841762 (pbk. : alk. paper)

Author: Wellheiser, Johanna G.

Edition: 2nd ed.

Place of Publication: Lanham, Md. : Toronto, Ont

Publisher: Scarecrow Press ; Canadian Archives Foundation,

Date of Publication: 2002.

Physical Description: xvi, 283 p. ; 28 cm.

Notes: Rev. ed. of: An ounce of prevention / John P. Barton, Johanna G. Wellheiser, editors. 1985.; Includes bibliographical references and index.

Subjects: Libraries - Canada; Archives - Canada; Emergency management - Canada.; Libraries; Archives; Emergency management.; Library materials; Archival materials

Additional Author: Scott, Jude,

Additional Corporate Author: Canadian Archives Foundation.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 025.82 W452

Archive

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

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

Object ID: MG0331

Date Range: 1762-2003

, 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

1 document

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.