Smedley & Kirk Prospect Mills Daybook D contains an itemized list of their profits and expenses and the employees of the mill and what they were being compensated for. The profits list ranges from selling corn, wheat, bran, oats, and flour, as well as sawing boards and planks. The recorded expenses for the mill include employee wages, and transportation costs. The daybook also contains a lock of hair with root attached (pg. 86-87). The hair is a brown with red highlights and is wryly; the source is unknown.
Admin/Biographical History
Joel Smedley was born in 1799 to parents Joseph Smedley and Rebecca Lewis Smedley. Joel married Martha Wildman and fathered six children including Charles, Mary, John, Lewis, Anne, and Ellwood. Joel inherited the mill from his father in 1833 and expanded it by building a sorghum factory. Joel died in 1872.
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Signers of petition: Hiram Watson, Benjamin Witmer, Abraham Huber, Samuel Summers, Christian Brenneman, Jacob R. Miller, Christian Kreider, John Tombow, John C. Smith, John Nagle, Siles Winter, George Martin, James Passmore, George Hart, Daniel Resler.
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Signers of petition: Henry Hart, Matthias Wilson, James Rice, W. A. Crawford, Hugh [O'Laid], Theodore Crawford, Edmund E. Rhoades, John J. Porter, [unknown signature], Henry Galen, John Smith, Benjamin Welson, Matthis McComsey, Simon Hart, Henry Appleton, Mathis Myers, L. Morton.
Possible additional signatures: John Spence Jr., Henry Smith, Henry Rees, Henry Good, [ ] S. Hough, Tilman Thompson, David K. Haverstick.
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Located on the road leading from Lancaster to the Buck Tavern.
April term.
Signers of petition: Samuel Herr, Christian Brenneman, Hiram Watson, C. Breneman, John Nagle, David Snavely, Martin Huber Jr., David Huber, Samuel Huber, Benjamin Herr, Benjamin Huber, Henry Rush, John Smith, George Martin, John Strohm.
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Signers of petition: Jacob Kreider, Daniel Fulton, Jacob Bostick, William J. [Stroebe], George T. Clark, John McCallister, Thomas McCorran, William Cross, Christian Shultz Sr., Joseph Gochenour, Jonas Urban, John Williamson, Henry Andrews, Henry Gall, Robert Cohick, Philip [Hitts], John McMullen, William J. Hess, Jacob King, Obed Werfel, John Houser, Francis B. Groff, James Morrison, [ ] Phillips, Abraham Snavely, Benjamin Long, Benjamin Long, Benjamin Rowe Sr., P. H. Gochnauer, Lewis Urban, Henry M. Kreider, John Charles, M. W. Schindel, John Cole, Samuel Martin, John Eberly, John P. Long, Henry Diffenbaugh Jr., Samuel Gardner, Robert [Laire], Samuel [Horace], Christian Yordy, Jacob Hibble, Samuel Hess, Samuel Charles, Jacob Acman, Jacob House, Isaac Houser, Benjamin Fritz, Daniel Eckman, Benjamin F. Sides, Amos Groff, John F. Sterrett, T. W. Housekeeper, C. W. Shaub, George H. Kling, Christian K. Howry, John Rohrer, Emanuel Stetter, John Gochenour.
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Signers of petition: Nathaniel Smith, Henry Isenbarger, David Mowrer, Jacob Cramer, Abner Peoples, Henry Wimer, Samuel Ressler, J. R. Rohrer, Joseph Herr, John Miller, Josiah [McMullen], John Raub, Daniel Huber, Martin Herr, Emanuel Winter, John Clark, Samuel Summers, John Huber, Samuel Hart, John Eshleman, [signature in German], George Kreider, John Tombow, Peter Miller, David Summers, Andrew Reese, John Mann, John Bleacher, Benjamin Coughnour, John Varly, Adam Varly, Michel Finefrock, James Howet, Henry Sprout, George [Harman], Henry Harman, Amor Reynolds, Joseph Gochenour, Henry Lefever, Jacob Leaman, George Hart, John Peoples, A. W. Baldwin Jr., [unknown signature], Joseph Winter, Benjamin Winter, Simon Winters Jr., Simon Winters Sr., Socrates Miller, Henry Reese, William [McMullison], Daniel Resler, Daniel Lefever, Siles Winter, Joshua Winter, Jacob Isenbarger, John Kepperly, Henry Reinhart, Peter Krug, Daniel Brenneman, Thomas Robinson, John Huber, Peter Ross, Emanuel Reese, Samuel Harman, Henry Newport, Jacob Miller, Jacob [Sumers], Peter Rees, Martin Rees, George Stiver.
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Located on the road leading from Lancaster to Port Deposit.
April term.
Signers of petition: Christian Brenneman, David Snavely, Henry Martin, Daniel Resler, Henry Rush, John C. Smith, John Strohm, George Martin, George Hart, Benjamin Huber, Martin Huber Jr., Samuel Huber, John Gochnauer, Hiram Watson.
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This record group contains canceled orders that were issued by the county commissioners for payment to be made by the county treasurer. The orders show date, order number, amount, name of payee, purpose, and signatures of the county commissioners. In the case of "poor children," teachers were reimbursed by the county for tuition and/or the supplies purchased for students whose parents were unable to pay. Orders include: Poor Children, Almshouse, Bridges, Coroners' Inquests, Prisons, Roads, Court House, and Tax Exonerations.
System of Arrangement
The record group is organized chronologically, then arranged by order number within each year.
This record group contains canceled orders that were issued by the county commissioners for payment to be made by the county treasurer. The orders show date, order number, amount, name of payee, purpose, and signatures of the county commissioners. In the case of "poor children," teachers were reimbursed by the county for tuition and/or the supplies purchased for students whose parents were unable to pay. Orders include: Poor Children, Almshouse, Bridges, Coroners' Inquests, Prisons, Roads, Court House, and Tax Exonerations.
System of Arrangement
The record group is organized chronologically, then arranged by order number within each year.
This record group contains canceled orders that were issued by the county commissioners for payment to be made by the county treasurer. The orders show date, order number, amount, name of payee, purpose, and signatures of the county commissioners. In the case of "poor children," teachers were reimbursed by the county for tuition and/or the supplies purchased for students whose parents were unable to pay. Orders include: Poor Children, Almshouse, Bridges, Coroners' Inquests, Prisons, Roads, Court House, and Tax Exonerations.
System of Arrangement
The record group is organized chronologically, then arranged by order number within each year.
