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Collection: James Buchanan Family Papers, Part 2 Harriet Lane Johnston

Title: Acknowledgment of George B. Willson that he has bought Harriet Lane Johnston’s Wheatland estate

Object ID: JBFP 2.2.2.002

Date Range: 1884/05/22

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Collection: James Buchanan Family Papers, Part 2 Harriet Lane Johnston

Title: Acknowledgment of George B. Willson that he has bought Harriet Lane Johnston’s Wheatland estate

Description: Acknowledgment of George B. Willson that he has bought Harriet Lane Johnston’s Wheatland estate for $20,000, half to be paid now and the rest in installments; sale includes plants for the garden, bookcases in library, 2 cows, one horse, all farming implements; she may continue occupying the house until 1 July next with free supply of ice, fruit, and vegetables. Approved by Harriet Lane Johnston. Written on Harriet Lane Johnston’s stationery. 120 Park Street, [Baltimore].

Date Range: 1884/05/22

Creator: Willson, George Bolivar, 1855-1929

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives South

Storage Container: JBFP Part 2, Box 1

People: Willson, George Bolivar; Johnston, Harriet Lane

Search Terms: Harriet Lane Johnston; Buchanan Collections; James Buchanan; James Buchanan Presidential Library

Extent: 1 item, 4 pages to scan, 9 x 7 in.

Object Name: Acknowledgment

Language: English

Parent Object ID: JBFP Part 2 Series 2

Object ID: JBFP 2.2.2.002

Associated Material: James Buchanan Papers, Dickinson College Archives & Special Collections,; http://archives.dickinson.edu/collection-descriptions/james-buchanan-papers; James Buchanan and Harriet Lane Johnston Papers, Library of Congress,; https://www.loc.gov/collections/james-buchanan-and-harriet-lane-johnston-papers/; James Buchanan Papers, Historical Society of Pennsylvania,; http://www2.hsp.org/collections/manuscripts/b/Buchanan0091.html; James Buchanan Papers, Penn State University Libraries,; https://libraries.psu.edu/findingaids/1458.htm

Related Item Notes: James Buchanan Family Papers; MG-96 James Buchanan Collection; Historical Society of Pennsylvania microfilm; Photograph collections; Curatorial collections; Wheatland Mansion

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Access Conditions / Restrictions: Please use digital images and transcriptions when available. Original documents may be used by appointment. Please contact archives@lancasterhistory.org at least two weeks prior to visit.

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Credit: Courtesy of LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.

Accession Number: JBMS1995.412

Other Number: JBFP Part 2, Series 2, Subseries 2, Folder 2

Description Level: Item

Custodial History: The James Buchanan Family Papers were collected by the James Buchanan Foundation for the Preservation of Wheatland. This collection was relocated from the Wheatland mansion to the LancasterHistory archives in the Spring of 2009. Digitization of the James Buchanan Family Papers was funded by the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, PHMC Appl ID # 201808013051, 2019-2020.

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Collection: City of Lancaster Records

Title: City of Lancaster Records

Object ID: MG0420

Date Range: 1763-1919

, roads, railroad, and city ordinances. Petitions support a candidate for night watchman, seek to repeal an ordinance for hanging signs and regulations for public scales, and request a reward for the apprehension of a murderer. There is an 1815 naturalization certificate for James Williams and a

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Collection: City of Lancaster Records

Title: City of Lancaster Records

Description: Series 1 contains invoices, arrest warrants, and tax collector books for the city of Lancaster. Invoices that were approved by the city council in 1878, 1883 and 1884 for payroll and supplies include road and bridge maintenance, water works, fire departments, clerk and inspection work, and costs incurred by the city during an outbreak of small pox. Arrest warrants for 1918-1919 show names of defendant(s) and police officer, the charge, date and case number. There are also tax collector records for 1860-1889, incomplete.; Series 2 contains documents regarding the market houses, waterworks, lamps, roads, railroad and city ordinances. Petitions support a candidate for night watchman, seek to repeal an ordinance for hanging signs and regulations for public scales, and request a reward for the apprehension of a murderer. There is an 1815 naturalization certificate for James Williams and a resolution regarding a visit of Gen. Andrew Jackson.; Series 3 contains miscellaneous items related to the Borough of Lancaster (1742 to 1818) found in the Document Collection. Items include an act regulating the buildings and keeping in repair the streets, lanes, and alley of Lancaster, passed 14 January 1774; oaths of office sworn by various men from 1764 to 1769; and an extract of Lancaster Borough laws enacted 22 January 1774 reporting the regulations and fines of this borough.

Date Range: 1763-1919

Year Range From: 1763

Year Range To: 1919

Creator: City Council (Lancaster, Pa.)

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives South

Storage Wall: Side 10

People: Able, John F.; Allen, Samuel; Althouse, Henry F.; Amer, William; Amwake, William F. H.; Arnold, John. L.; Atkins, Bessie; Aument, Charles F.; Baer, John; Bair, G. D.; Bair, L. D.; Baker, Edward W.; Barber, Samuel; Barr, Charles H.; Barr, J. K.; Barr, Jacob K.; Bauer, Peter J.; Bauman, Ray; Beamsderfer, Howard; Beck, William; Beck, William D.; Beidle, John; Beitz, Philip; Bender, Frantz; Benedict, H. F.; Best, John; Betz, Philip; Bickham, James; Bitner, D. P.; Bitner, David; Bletz, David; Blickenderfer, R.; Bolbach, Philip; Bolenius, R. M.; Bowman, Martin; Bowman, William; Brimmer, Frederick; Brown, B. J.; Brown, C. H.; Brown, George W.; Brown, J. S.; Brown, Jesse S.; Burkholder, Clayton; Burrowes, F. S.; Bushong, Walter G.; Calder, George; Callahan, George B.; Carpenter, James C.; Carr, James; Casini, Frank; Cassel, A. N.; Castner, Frank; Charles, Walter; Cherry, Patrick; Churchill, Marion; Clark, William; Clendman, E. S.; Cochran, H. B.; Cooper, Thomas F.; Cranley, Ambrogi; Cummings, Samuel; Curry, Joseph; Daily, D. G.; Daily, David G.; Deacon, Edward; Deem, David L.; Deen, D. L.; Deiby, Philip; Deichler, Harry; Dickee, Frederick; Dickle, Fred; Diffenbaugh, A. L.; Diller, Harry A.; Doerley, Henry; Doerson, Philip; Dommel, Harry; Dorley, Harry; Dorley, Henry; Dornbaugh, Graybill; Douts, Walter; Druckemiller, Jacob; Dull, Walter W.; Eaby, George W.; Eberman, H. F.; Eberts, Jasper; Eckert, Henry; Eckert, Leonard; Ehler, Henry; Eichholtz, Robert L.; Eleight, James M.; Elligott, James M.; Elliott, Samuel; Ellis, Charles T.; Embich, Christian; Ensurian, H. M.; Erb, J. B.; Erisman, C. Y.; Eshleman, D. Y.; Evans, Samuel; Faesig, Frank J.; Fellman, John; Fetter, Jacob; Finefrock, B. Frank; Finney, W. B.; Finney, William B.; Fisher, William; Fisher, Henry; Fisher, Wilson; Fitzpatrick, J. A.; Flora, Charles W.; Fondersmith, G. L.; Fox, Benjamin; Franciscus, Stofel; Franklin, Witney; Frantz, Andrew F.; Freh, John; Fries, George; Fritchey, J. U.; Furniss, Joseph; Gable, Jacob; Gerhart, William R.; Gill, John; Goodman, Jonas; Gorman, John; Gormley, Charles; Grauer, George; Greenwalt, Charles; Greivetz, D.; Groff, B. F.; Groff, H. D.; Groff, H. L.; Groff, Raymond; Grubley, John; Gundaker, Jacob; Hagen, Patrick; Haines, Harry; Halbach, J.; Halbach, Jacob; Haley, James; Hamilton, J. A.; Hamilton, John A.; Hardy, George; Harkins, W. E.; Harsh, Benjamin; Hart, John; Hartman, J.; Heinitsh, Charles A.; Henry, Benjamin; Henry, William; Herr, L. B.; Hinchey, Edward; Hindie, Robert; Hogarth, Joseph; Holman, I. D.; Holman, Janice; Hopson, John; Hostetter, Simon; Howell, H. N.; Howell, Henry H.; Huber, Joseph H.; Hubley, Isaac; Jeffries, John R.; Johnson, George; Johnson, J. W.; Johnson, John F.; Kachel, Elvin; Kahle, William; Karer, Henry; Kauffman, Isaac; Kauffman, J. R.; Keller, John; Keller, Kauffman; Kepler, Aaron Conrad; Kiehl, John C.; Kirkpatrick, William; Kirsch, John; Kitch, Davis; Kline, G. M.; Kreckovich, Michael; Kuhns, John; Kurtz, George; Landis, D. B.; Landis, F. F.; Landis, A. B.; Landis, Philip; Laucks, John H.; Lauman, Ludwig; Lawrence, George; Lawrence, William; Lebzelter, Philip; Leonard, H.; Leonard, Henry; Levan, S. H.; Levan, William A.; Levengood, John; Lichty, J. B.; Long, Abram; Long, John F.; Lorentz, William; Loucks, J. H.; Loucks, John H.; Lyons, Harry; MacGonigle, John T.; Madden, Thomas; Markley, J. B.; Martin, Henry; Massaline, Frank; Mastenna, Antonio; Maxwell, Abram; May, Henry; Mayer, David M.; Mayer, George; Maynard, Walter; McDonald, Alexander; McCarter, A. W.; McCarter, Arthur; McCormick, D. R.; McCue, George W.; McCulley, R. C.; McCully, R. G.; McDonnell, Samuel; McElligott, Thomas F.; McGeehan, John; McKilchey, Charles; McLaughlin, Daniel; Mencher, M. H.; Metzger, M. A.; Metzger, M. I.; Miller, Fred J.; Miller, H.; Miller, Harry; Miller, Herman; Miller, Howard; Miller, Philip; Mohr, Malin; Montooth, Samuel; Montor, Benny; Moore, Harry; Moowawer, Oliver; Morgan, Thomas H.; Morrow, R. M.; Moyer, H. M.; Murray, John; Musser, F. W.; Musser, John; Myers, C. F.; Myers, John C.; Myers, William; Nagle, Peter; Neff, Abraham; Negley, Frank L.; Netscher, C. E.; Nickel, Albert; Noll, Lewis; Nolls, F. Lewis; O'Conner, Thomas; O'Donell, Frank; Orem, William; Orem, William J.; Oster, R. S.; Ostheim, Joseph; Overly, H.; Pavenger, Gertrude; Pearsol, John H.; Pennington, William; Pinkerton, Elizabeth; Pool, Samuel J.; Price, Thomas P.; Price, William W.; Pryor, Fred; Puck, Thomas P.; Pyott, J. D.; Quade, C. F.; Raub, M. W.; Raum, Samuel; Rawlings, Henry; Rawlins, John; Reeder, T. L.; Reily, James; Reiner, Henry; Reinir, Anslem; Remley, John; Richardson, William; Ricker, Frank A.; Ringwalt, Amos; Rogers, Harry; Rogers, Henry; Rohrer, DuBois; Rohrer, J. B.; Roy, William H.; Rudy, Philip; Ruhl, Cyrus; Russel, Charles; Samson, Benjamin; Schaum, George H.; Schindler, A.; Schwartz, John; Schwebel, Charles; Sehner, George; Seibley, Andrew; Seran, S. H.; Sevan, S. H.; Shaffner, Caspar; Sheil, Raymond F.; Shenck, H. C.; Shenk, Joseph; Shroder, F.; Shulmyer, Russel; Siegler, John A.; Skinner, John; Smallvachs, Alexander; Smith, C. Henry; Smith, John; Smith, Michael; Snyder, E. E.; Snyder, Elmer; Snyder, George; Solsky, Samuel; Sorenze, William; Spurrier, A. K.; Staices, George; Stainz, George W.; Stauffer, John F.; Steel, Charles; Stehman, W. H.; Steinman, G. M.; Steinman, George M.; Steinwandel, A.; Stone, John; Stone, Lodwick; Sussner, Henry; Thran, John W.; Thurlow, Thomas; Tillinghast, B. C.; Tillotson, L. G.; Tomlinson, George; Trapnell, David N.; Voght, Christian; Waitz, Gustave; Walker, Edward; Warfel, Bertha; Weiles, Lewis F.; Welchans, Edward; Wenger, D. H.; Westhaffer, H. E.; Wetzel, Edward; Wetzel, John; White, Henry A.; Whitlock, Isaac; Wiley, W. B.; Wilhelm, F.H.; Wimer, J. A.; Winower, Harry J.; Winower, Peter; Wise, Christian; Wisler, J. L.; Wolf, Joseph; Wolpert, L.; Worthington, Henry P.; Worthington, Henry R.; Zell, William D.; Ziegler, J. A.

Other Creators: Tax Assessor (Lancaster, Pa.); Bureau of Police (Lancaster, Pa.).

Subjects: Business records; Criminal records; Lancaster (Pa.)--Bureau of Police; Lancaster (Pa.)--Tax Assessor; Tax collection

Search Terms: American Fire Engine and Hose Company; American Life Insurance Company; Arrests; Bartle and Snyder; Baumgardner, Eberman and Company; Bowers and Hurst; Brimmer and Tucker; Chain Carrier; Christian Wise and Brothers; Common Sense Metallic Packing Manufacturing Company; Conestoga Steam Mills; D. H. Wenger and Brother; Declarations; Directors of the Poor of Lancaster County; Empire Hook and Ladder Company; Everts and Overdeer; F. Shroder and Company; Fines; Flinn and Breneman; Friendship Fire Company; G. L. FonDersmith; G. Sener and Sons; George Fries and Company; George M. Steinman and Company; George Martin and Company; Givler, Bowers and Hurst; Gorrecht and Company; H. Baumgardner and Company; Humane Fire Company; Humphreville and Keiffer; Invoices; J. Stewart and Son; James W. Queen and Company; John Baer's Sons; John Best and Son; John Mingle and Son; Kauffman and Keller; Kauffman Keller and Company; Kepler and Slaymaker; L. G. Tillotson and Company; Lancaster and Williams Town Pike Company; Lancaster City Bureau of Police; Lancaster City Steam Soap and Candle Works; Lancaster County Prison; Lancaster Examiner; Lancaster Freie Presse; Lancaster Gas Light and Fuel Company; Lancaster Intelligencer; Lancaster Lamp Committee; Lancaster New Era; Lancaster Waterworks; Leonard and Ellis; Market House No. 1; Market House No. 2; Market House No. 3; Maxim Electric Light and Power Company; Mellert and Company; Miller and Detz Contractors; Mrs. H. Miller and Son; Oaths of office; Payroll; Pennsylvania Globe Gas Light Company; Pennsylvania Railroad; Pennsylvania Telephone Company; Philadelphia and Reading Railroad Company; Philip Lebzelter and Company; Pontz and Brothers; Regulations; Regulators; Shiffler Fire Company; Snyder and Price; Sprecher and Pfeiffer; Station houses; Steinman and Hensel; Stoner, Shreiner and Company; Sun Fire Company; Union Fire Company; Washington Fire Company; Weimer and Carter; West Reading Pipe and Machine Works

Extent: 3 boxes 37 folders 1 cubic ft.

Object Name: Archive

Language: English

Object ID: MG0420

Location of Originals: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania

Related Item Notes: Lancaster City Archives; George and Rhonda Andreadis Collection of Lancaster City Records (MG0545)

Notes: Preferred Citation: Title or description of item, date (day, month, year), Collection Title (MG#), Series #, Box #, Folder #, (or Object ID), LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania. URL if applicable. Date accessed (day, month, year).

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: 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.

Credit: Courtesy of LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.

Other Numbers: MG-420

Classification: MG0420

Description Level: Fonds

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Collection: George and Rhonda Andreadis Collection of Lancaster City Records, Series 5

Title: George and Rhonda Andreadis Collection of Lancaster City Records, Series 5 Lamps and Lighting

Object ID: MG0545_Series05

Date Range: 1834-1895

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Collection: George and Rhonda Andreadis Collection of Lancaster City Records, Series 5

Title: George and Rhonda Andreadis Collection of Lancaster City Records, Series 5 Lamps and Lighting

Description: The documents in MG0545 Series 5 pertain to providing street lighting around Lancaster City. Series begins in 1834 with the City Council receiving bids for oil to burn in street lamps and concludes in 1895 with an invoice from the Citizens' Electric, Heat and Power Co. This series also includes invoices for parts, payment receipts for various labors connected to the city power system, petitions to have lamps installed or removed, and bids from companies to receive the city contract to provide citizens of Lancaster with light.

System of Arrangement: This collection is organized into series by subject:; Series 1 Market Houses; Series 2 Fire Department; Series 3 Bridges; Series 4 Railroads; Series 5 Lamps and Lighting; Series 6 Relief Fund; Series 7 Administrative Records

Date Range: 1834-1895

Year Range From: 1834

Year Range To: 1895

Date of Accumulation: 1834-1895

Creator: Lancaster (Pa.)

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives South

Storage Wall: Side 11

People: Algier, Michael; Althouse, Henry; Baumgardner, Henry; Bietz, Jacob; Blickenderfer, R.; Brown, George W.; Brown, Theodore; Carpenter, Dr.; Corcoran, Hugh; Cosgrove, Johannes; Ecinaras, C.; Ernst, George, Jr.; Fairer, A.; Flick, John; Frain, Davis M.; Gable, Jacob; Garber, Abraham; Geiger, E.; Getz, Elleanor; Hambright, Henry; Harman, Daniel; Hawthorn, H. C.; Henry, J.; Hess, Josiah; Hildebrand, Casper; Hildebrand, Henry; Howister, Ken; Kautz, Jacob F.; Kerfoot, George B; Lamparter, Ehrhart; Lamparter, Elizabeth; Lamparter, Mrs.; Long, John F.; Mackley, J. R.; Magendabler, John; Mathiot, John; McCuhley, J.; Mefsenkop, John; Miller, Herman; Morningstar, Jacob; Morton, William; Oberman, J.; Raub, M.; Renard, Henry; Richard, Luther; Ringwalt, A. S.; Sanderson, George; Schaeffer, Bartram; Schaum, Henry; Schaum, John P.; Sewars, William; Simpson, Jacob G.; Skiles, John D.; Smith, John; Sturgis, B. R.; Tyle, Henry; Wagner, J. Jacob; Werz, Jacob; Wiley, John; Yeisley, George

Subjects: Lamps; Street lighting; Business records; Lancaster (Pa.)

Search Terms: Boon and Cockley; Business records; Citizens' Electric Light; Contracts; Coonley and Woodward; Finding aids; Gable and Company; Heat and Power Company; Heintish and Carter House; Heupel and Huber; Invoices; Isaac Diller and Sons; John Bush and Son; Lamp Committee; Lamps; Lancaster City Waterworks; Lancaster Gas Light and Fuel Company; Manuscript groups; Morris Tasker and Company; Ordinances; Pennsylvania Globe Gas Light Company; Pinkerton and Slaymaker; Proposals; Receipts; Shenk and Long; State Electric Lighting Company; Street lighting

Extent: 1 box, 17 folders, .25 cubic ft.

Object Name: Archive

Language: English

Object ID: MG0545_Series05

Location of Originals: LancasterHistory

Related Item Notes: Lancaster City Archives; George and Rhonda Andreadis Collection of Lancaster City Records, MG0545

Access Conditions / Restrictions: No restrictions. Original documents may be used. Please contact research@lancasterhistory.org prior to visit.

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.

Credit: Courtesy of LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.

Other Numbers: MG-545, Series 5

Other Number: MG-545, Series 5

Classification: MG0545

Description Level: Series

Custodial History: Note: These documents are mostly administrative records, not permanent records, and were likely purged by the city offices when they were no longer needed. We are fortunate that they survived as they contain details about Lancaster's past.; The collection was organized and rehoused by JP, Summer 2011; finding aid typed by KR, April 2012.

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Collection: Lancaster County Court House Collection

Title: Lancaster County Court House Collection

Object ID: MG0080

Date Range: 1784-1976

Collection: Lancaster County Court House Collection

Title: Lancaster County Court House Collection

Description: Documents relating to the county courthouse in Lancaster. Consists mostly of proposals and bids for the construction in 1852. Also included are booklets, newspaper clippings from additional construction in the 1970s, court calendars and original affidavits of witness testimony in the investigation of the burning of the courthouse in 1784.

Date Range: 1784-1976

Year Range From: 1784

Year Range To: 1976

Date of Accumulation: 1784-1976

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives South

Storage Wall: Side 03

People: Eckman, D. Richard; Lynch, David

Subjects: Courthouses; Letting of contracts

Search Terms: Bids; Courthouses; Finding aids; Manuscript groups; Petitions; Proposals

Extent: 1 box, 20 folders, .125 cubic ft.

Object Name: Archive

Language: English

Object ID: MG0080

Location of Originals: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania (Lancaster, Pa.)

Notes: Preferred Citation: Title or description of item, date (day, month, year), Collection Title (MG#), Series #, Box #, Folder #, (or Object ID), LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania. URL if applicable. Date accessed (day, month, year).

Access Conditions / Restrictions: No restrictions. Please request at the Reference Desk or by contacting Research@LancasterHistory.org prior to visit.

Copyright: Collection may be photographed. Please direct questions to Research Center Staff at Research@LancasterHistory.org.; Permission for reproduction and/or publication must be obtained in writing from LancasterHistory. Persons wishing to publish any material from this site must assume all responsibility for identifying and satisfying any claimants of copyright or other use restrictions. Publication fees may apply.

Credit: Lancaster County Court House Collection (MG-80), Folder #, LancasterHistory.org

Classification: MG0080

Description Level: Fonds

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Collection: George and Rhonda Andreadis Collection of Lancaster City Records, Series 6

Title: George and Rhonda Andreadis Collection of Lancaster City Records, Series 6 Relief Fund

Object ID: MG0545_Series06

Date Range: 1858-1888

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Collection: George and Rhonda Andreadis Collection of Lancaster City Records, Series 6

Title: George and Rhonda Andreadis Collection of Lancaster City Records, Series 6 Relief Fund

Description: The documents in MG0545, Series 6 pertain to a city fund set up by the Hon. James Buchanan in 1853 [or 1849] with the purchase and donation of a $4,000 bond, the interest of which was used to buy heating fuel and other items for needy women (mostly widows) throughout the city. As other philanthropists contributed money, the Fund had additional names added to it, such as the Buchanan-McEvoy Fund and the Buchanan-McEvoy-Reynolds Fund. The documents in this series include invoices and receipts for some of the financial transactions completed by the relief fund such as the purchasing of coal, advertizing the fund and soliciting for coal donations in local newspapers, as well as the printing of Relief Fund "tickets."

Admin/Biographical History: The Buchanan Donation Fund was a city fund set up by the Hon. James Buchanan in 1853 [or 1849] with the purchase and donation of a $4,000 bond, the interest of which was used to buy heating fuel and other items for needy women (mostly widows) throughout the city. As other philanthropists contributed money, additional names were added to the title.

System of Arrangement: This collection is organized into series:; Series 1 Market Houses; Series 2 Fire Department; Series 3 Bridges; Series 4 Railroads; Series 5 Lamps and Lighting; Series 6 Relief Fund; Series 7 Administrative Records

Date Range: 1858-1888

Creation Date: 1858-1888

Year Range From: 1858

Year Range To: 1888

Creator: Lancaster (Pa.)

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives South

Storage Wall: Side 11

People: Shulmyer, George; McGonigle, John T.; Carpenter, J. A. E.

Subjects: Business records; Charitable uses, trusts, and foundations; Invoices; Lancaster (Pa.); Receipts (Acknowledgments)

Search Terms: Buchanan Donation Fund; McEvoy Donation Fund; Buchanan-McEvoy Donation Fund; Buchanan Collections; James Buchanan; Charitable organizations; Charity; G. Sener and Sons; H. G. Smith and Co.; Buchanan-McEvoy-Reynolds Donation Fund; Invoices; Receipts; Lancaster; Finding aids; Manuscript groups

Extent: 4 folders, 8 items

Object Name: Archive

Language: English

Object ID: MG0545_Series06

Location of Originals: LancasterHistory

Related Item Notes: Lancaster City Archives, CA 08-01 0130; George and Rhonda Andreadis Collection of Lancaster City Records, MG0545

Access Conditions / Restrictions: No restrictions. Original documents may be used. Please contact research@lancasterhistory.org prior to visit.

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.

Credit: Courtesy of LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.

Other Numbers: MG-545, Series 6

Other Number: MG-545, Series 6

Classification: MG0545

Description Level: Series

Custodial History: Note: These documents are mostly administrative records, not permanent records, and were likely purged by the city offices when they were no longer needed. We are fortunate that they survived as they contain details about Lancaster's past.; Organized and preserved by KH, January 2012.

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Collection: Helen Buckwalter Woerner Family Papers

Title: Helen Buckwalter Woerner Family Papers

Object ID: MG0720

Date Range: 1798-1939

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Collection: Helen Buckwalter Woerner Family Papers

Title: Helen Buckwalter Woerner Family Papers

Description: This collection contains the family papers of Helen Buckwalter Woerner from 1798-1939 including deeds, farm inventories, public sale posters, estate papers, and contracts. Some items of interest are the deeds, public sale documents, and a Campbell's Soup Company contract for tomato growing. A map shows the site master plan for the Lancaster Airport that was built on this family's farmland.

Date Range: 1798-1939

Year Range From: 1798

Year Range To: 1939

Date of Accumulation: 1798-1939

Creator: Woerner family

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives South

Storage Wall: Side 15

People: Bassler, Maria; Bernhard, Henry; Bernhardy, Henry; Breitigan, Daniel Mumma; Bomgardener, Elias; Burkholder, Ann; Buckwalter, Barbara; Buckwalter Daniel W.; Buckwalter, David Joseph; Buckwalter, Elam; Buckwalter, Harry Sahm; Burkholder, Henry; Buckwalter, Henry W.; Buckwalter, Hiram; Buckwalter, Ivan; Buckwalter, Joseph; Burkholder, Martha; Buckwalter, Stella; Burkholder, Rebecca; Burkholder, Veronica; Cross, Peter; Drutt, George; Dunlap, W. M.; Dutt, Anne; Dutt, George; Eberle, Ann; Eberly, H. S.; Fory, Zeno; Frank, Christian; Fulmer, Phillip; Hackman, Andrew; Harnish, M. M.; Hartman, Frank; Heidman, Elizabeth; Heilmand, John; Herr, Isaac; Herr, Walter; Hollersten, Peter; Homsher, Fred; Huber, Abraham; Kreider, Abraham; Kreiter, Christian; Landis, Levi; Myers, N. S.; Myers, Samuel; Masterson, Maria; Masterson, Thomas; Newcomer, Jacob; Nolly, Loretta Jane; Peifer, Amos; Ritter, Benjamin; Ruth, John; Sahm, Aaron; Sahm, David C.; Sahm, Eliza Gross; Sahm, George; Sahm, Henry Gross; Sahm, Lizzie M. Longenecker; Sahm, Levi; Sahm, Menno L.; Shriner, Daniel; Snyder, H. B.; Spacht, Ralph M.; Stauffer, Christian; Weidman, David; Witmer, David M.

Subjects: Airports; Auctions; Broadsides; Campbell Soup Company; Contracts; Deeds; Inventories; Loans; Maps; Probate records; Receipts (Acknowledgments); Runways (Aeronautics); Stocks; Taxation; Wills

Search Terms: Administrators' accounts; Agreements; Airports; American Union Telephone Company; Auctions; Broadsides; Campbell Soup Company; Contracts; Deeds; East Petersburg, East Hempfield Twp.; Estate inventories; Executors' accounts; Farm Debt Adjustment Committee; Farmers Market Company; Federal Land Bank of Baltimore; Financial records; Guardianship accounts; Inventories; Kissel Hill Telephone Company; Lancaster Abattoir Company; Lancaster Trust Company; Leaf Tobacco Company; Livestock; Loans; Manheim Fairview Cemetery; Manheim Twp.; Maps; Mount Joy Mutual Fire Insurance Company; Neffsville, Manheim Twp.; Penn Twp.; Phoenix Water Power Company; Probate records; Reading Transit and Light Company; Receipts; Runways; Stocks; Taxation; Taxes; Warwick Twp.; West Lampeter Twp.; Wills

Extent: 2 boxes, 46 folders, 1 rolled map, 2 cubic ft.

Object Name: Archive

Language: English

Object ID: MG0720

Location of Originals: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania

Notes: Preferred Citation: Helen Buckwalter Woerner Family Papers (MG0720), Folder #, LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.

Access Conditions / Restrictions: No restrictions.

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.

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Other Numbers: MG-720

Other Number: MG-720

Classification: MG0720

Description Level: Fonds

Custodial History: Processed and finding aid prepared by EH, Fall 2014. Added to database 26 May 2021.

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Collection: Denues Family Papers

Title: Denues Family Papers

Object ID: MG0528

Date Range: 1855-1890

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Collection: Denues Family Papers

Title: Denues Family Papers

Description: The Denues Family Papers contain documents related to the professional and military career of Charles Denues, as well as information about the Denues family. This collection also contains Civil War era items, including a $20 South Carolina note, and a presidential ticket from the 1864 election.

Admin/Biographical History: Charles Denues was born on 28 August 1923 in Shrewsbury Pennsylvania. He married Fannie Haines on 21 August 1859, and the couple had 8 children. Before enlisting to fight with the Union Army, Denues was a lawyer and a school teacher. In 1862 he enlisted, and became captain of the 135th Regiment, Pennsylvania Volunteers, Company E on 12 August 1862. On 24 May 1863 he was honorably discharged with the rest of his company.

Date Range: 1855-1890

Year Range From: 1855

Year Range To: 1890

Date of Accumulation: 1855-1890

Creator: Denues family

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives South

Storage Wall: Side 11

People: Curtin, Andrew Gregg; Denues, Charles; Geary, John White; Johnson, Andrew; Lincoln, Abraham; Strawbridge, George W.

Subjects: Appointment to office; Appointments, Military; Military pensions; Money--Confederate States of America; Soldiers; United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865

Search Terms: Ballots; Civil War; Elections; Finding aids; Manuscript groups; Military appointments; Pensions, Military; Military records; Money; Political appointments; Presidential elections; Soldiers

Extent: 1 box, 7 folders, 15 items, 47 pages to scan, .25 cubic feet

Object Name: Archive

Language: English

Object ID: MG0528

Location of Originals: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania

Related Item Notes: Civil War Collection, MG0018, Box 2, Folder 85; Civil War Collection, MG0018, Box 4, Folder 128; Civil War Collection, MG0018, Box 15, Books 1-4; James Buchanan Family Papers, JBFP 1.2.3.011

Notes: Preferred Citation: Denues Family Papers (MG0528), Folder #, LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.

Access Conditions / Restrictions: No restrictions.

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.

Credit: Courtesy of LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.

Other Numbers: MG-528

Other Number: MG-528

Classification: MG0528

Description Level: Fonds

Custodial History: Processed and finding aid prepared by RA, 15 September 2015. Added to database 6 August 2021.

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Collection: Pennsylvania Railroad Collection

Title: Pennsylvania Railroad Collection

Object ID: MG0131

Date Range: 1859-1956

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Collection: Pennsylvania Railroad Collection

Title: Pennsylvania Railroad Collection

Description: The papers in this Pennsylvania Railroad Collection are largely the documents of legal actions against the Pennsylvania Railroad. Among the items are property records, agreements, a construction contract, correspondence, and a proposal for a footbridge.

System of Arrangement: Arranged chronologically.

Date Range: 1859-1956

Year Range From: 1859

Year Range To: 1956

Date of Accumulation: 1859-1956

Creator: Pennsylvania Railroad

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives South

Storage Wall: Side 04

Subjects: Columbia (Pa.); Contracts; Deeds; Footbridges; Lancaster (Pa.); Letters; Pennsylvania Railroad

Search Terms: Columbia; Contracts; Correspondence; Deeds; Finding aids; Footbridges; Lancaster; Letters; Manuscript groups; Pennsylvania Railroad

Extent: 3 boxes, 68 folders, 1.5 cubic ft.

Object Name: Archive

Language: English

Object ID: MG0131

Location of Originals: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania

Notes: Preferred Citation: Pennsylvania Railroad Collection (MG0131), Box #, Folder #, LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.

Access Conditions / Restrictions: No restrictions.

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. Persons wishing to publish any material from this collection must assume all responsibility for identifying and satisfying any claimants of copyright or other use restrictions.

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Other Numbers: MG-131

Other Number: MG-131

Classification: MG0131

Description Level: Fonds

Custodial History: This collection was cataloged prior to 1997. Added to database 7 September 2021.

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Collection: Stock Certificates Collection

Title: Stock Certificates Collection

Object ID: MG0326

Date Range: 1822-1995

. Parkins, secretary. One share issued to P. H. Lutz. Certificate no. 81. Copyright, Goes 81. 10 March 1920. Articles of agreement for shares in Lone Star Gas & Oil Co. 5 January 1920. Contract written and signed in pencil. Name of James K. Rudy added in pen. Letterhead of Kappa Chapter, Phi Sigma Kappa

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Collection: Stock Certificates Collection

Title: Stock Certificates Collection

Description: This collection contains stock certificates for businesses and associations in Lancaster County and this region, or for shares held by residents of Lancaster County.

Date Range: 1822-1995

Year Range From: 1822

Year Range To: 1995

Date of Accumulation: 1822-1995

Creator: LancasterHistory (Organization)

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives South

Storage Wall: Side 08

People: Barber, John; Bausman, J. B.; Bolton, W. P.; Bowman, Robert K.; Burkholder, Abe W.; Cleveland, S. M.; Dick, William; Dombach, Calvin S.; Eshleman, Kathryn; Fairlamb, Harry; Folmer, Charles John; Frank, J. Barcley; Franklin, Walter M.; Givler, John; Givler, John S.; Good, C. W.; Green, E.; Haines, Joyce; Haines, Karl; Harrison, W.; Hartman, H. W.; Hartman, John F.; Hartzell, H. O.; Hess, Mark S.; Jenkins, William; Jones, J.; Kauffman, I. M.; Keller, Dean; Kendall, L. A.; Kreider, Elam; Long, John F.; Loose, John Ward Willson "Jack"; Lorch, George A.; Lutz, P. H.; Martin, Isaac; Maxwell, Joseph R.; Maxwell, Mrs. Joseph R.; Metzger, H. R.; Metzler, Christian E.; Meyer, Anna Magdalen; Miller, William; Mowrer, J. H.; Nissley, J. H.; Parkins, R. B.; Pickle, J. Harry; Pollard, Myron A.; Price, Samuel; Riddick, Frank A.; Rudy, James K.; Rush, E. W.; Sahm, Norman R.; Shand, William; Shurler, F.; Smith, Jacob; Smith, W. J. B.; Snavely, Helen; Snyder, P. F.; Sweigart, S. F; Wagner, F. D.; Webster, George W.; Yost, J. F.; Zimmerman, Elmer D.

Subjects: Stock certificates

Search Terms: Agricultural Trust and Savings Company; American Bank Note Company; Armstrong World Industries, Inc.; Associations, institutions, etc.; Broun-Green Company; Columbia Pennsylvania Library Company; Conestoga Aero Corporation; E. A. Wright Bank Note Company; Eastern Livestock Cooperative Marketing Association; Farmers Bank of Lancaster; Farmers Oil Company; Finding aids; Follmer, Clogg and Company; Gap Mine Company; Goldsmith Brothers; International Bank Note Company; Lancaster County Farm Bureau Cooperative Association; Lancaster Development Company; Lancaster Manufacturing Company; Lancaster Suburban Water Company; Lancaster, Oxford and Southern Railroad Company; Linglestown Fair Association; Lone Star Gas and Oil Company; Manheim, Petersburg and Lancaster Plank Road; Manheim, Petersburg and Lancaster Turnpike; Manufacturing; Manuscript groups; New Holland Airport; Railroads; Reynolds and Company; Seed-leaf Tobacco Growers Company; Service and Parking Garage Company; Sicily Island Fishing Club; Silver Springs Dairy Company Ltd.; Stock certificates; Tobacco; Turnpikes; United Ice Company; West End Water Company; William F. Murphy's Sons Company; Winslow Petroleum Company

Extent: 1 box, 13 folders, .25 cubic ft.

Object Name: Archive

Language: English

Object ID: MG0326

Location of Originals: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania

Notes: Preferred Citation: Title or description of item, date (day, month, year), Collection Title (MG#), Folder #, (or Object ID), LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania. URL if applicable. Date accessed (day, month, year).

Access Conditions / Restrictions: Original documents may be used by researchers--contact Research@LancasterHistory.org prior to visit or request at Reference Desk.

Copyright: Collection items may be photographed. Please direct questions to Research Center Staff at Research@LancasterHistory.org.; Permission for reproduction and/or publication must be obtained in writing from LancasterHistory. Persons wishing to publish any material from this site must assume all responsibility for identifying and satisfying any claimants of copyright or other use restrictions. Publication fees may apply.

Credit: Courtesy of LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.

Other Numbers: MG-326

Classification: MG0326

Description Level: Fonds

Custodial History: Added to database 9 September 2021.

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Collection: John Leaman Collection

Title: John Leaman Collection

Object ID: MG0274

Date Range: 1865-1898

and Company Business records Columbia Correspondence Crops Envelopes Everts and Overdeer F. M. and H. Brooke Farm produce Finding aids First National Bank of Strasburg Friedenthal George Cookman and Company Grain trade Harbert and Raymond James C. Walker and Son Kennedy, Eckert and Company Lancaster

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Collection: John Leaman Collection

Title: John Leaman Collection

Description: The John Leaman Collection consists primarily of letters between John Leaman of Leaman Place and businesses in Philadelphia regarding produce and grain markets and prices.

System of Arrangement: Arranged chronologically.

Date Range: 1865-1898

Year Range From: 1865

Year Range To: 1898

Date of Accumulation: 1865-1898

Creator: Leaman, John

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives South

Storage Wall: Side 08

People: Baumgardner, H.; Bruner, H. F.; Bushong, Viola; Eberman, E. M.; Ellmaker, Nathaniel; Herr, Calvin A.; Herr, J. F.; Leaman, A.; Leaman, Henry; Leaman, John; Leaman, Joseph H.; Leaman, Mary E.; Leaman, William; Lefevre, C. H.; Rakestraw, Charles J.; Seldomridge, J. F.; Shuey, D. B.; Thomas, W. B.; Thomas, William B.; Witmer, John S.; Woods, John N.

Subjects: Business records; Crops; Farm produce; Grain trade; Letters; Produce trade

Search Terms: Agriculture; Bitners and Company; Business records; Columbia; Correspondence; Crops; Envelopes; Everts and Overdeer; F. M. and H. Brooke; Farm produce; Finding aids; First National Bank of Strasburg; Friedenthal; George Cookman and Company; Grain trade; Harbert and Raymond; James C. Walker and Son; Kennedy, Eckert and Company; Lancaster County Mutual Insurance Company; Leaman Place, Paradise Twp.; Letters; Manuscript groups; McCallum and Sloan; Newberry Brothers; Prices; Princeton, New Jersey; Produce trade; Thomas, Mason and Company; Trout and Miller

Extent: 1 box, 8 folders, .5 cubic ft.

Object Name: Archive

Language: English

Object ID: MG0274

Location of Originals: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania

Notes: Preferred Citation: Title or description of item, date (day, month, year), Collection Title (MG#), Folder #, (or Object ID), LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania. URL if applicable. Date accessed (day, month, year).

Access Conditions / Restrictions: Original documents may be used by researchers--contact Research@LancasterHistory.org prior to visit or request at Reference Desk.

Copyright: Collection may be photographed. Please direct questions to Research Center Staff at Research@LancasterHistory.org.; Permission for reproduction and/or publication must be obtained in writing from LancasterHistory. Persons wishing to publish any material from this site must assume all responsibility for identifying and satisfying any claimants of copyright or other use restrictions. Publication fees may apply.

Credit: Courtesy of LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.

Other Numbers: MG-274

Classification: MG0274

Description Level: Fonds

Custodial History: Added to database 9 September 2021.

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