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Collection: City of Lancaster Records

Title: City of Lancaster Records

Object ID: MG0420

Date Range: 1763-1919

incurred by the city during an outbreak of smallpox. 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

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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: Ephrata Cloister Collection

Title: Ephrata Cloister Collection

Object ID: MG0081

Date Range: 1753-2007

230 North President Avenue • Lancaster, Pennsylvania 17603-3125 717.392.4633 • www.LancasterHistory.org Ephrata Cloister Collection, 1753-2007 Object ID: MG0081 2 boxes 22 folders, 1 volume .75 cubic ft. Repository: LancasterHistory (Organization) Shelving Location: Archives South, Side 3 Scope and

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Collection: Ephrata Cloister Collection

Title: Ephrata Cloister Collection

Description: Collection of items relating to the Society of Seventh Day Baptists and Ephrata Cloister. Legal papers deal with a dispute concerning the election of trustees and mismanagement of the estate. There are brief histories of the Cloister, poems, publications, programs, tourist brochures, and a booklet describing treatments for various ailments.

Date Range: 1753-2007

Year Range From: 1753

Year Range To: 2007

Date of Accumulation: 1753-2007

Creator: Ephrata Cloister

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives South

Storage Wall: Side 03

People: Aurand, A. Monroe, Jr.; Baer, Johann; Bar, Johann; Bowman, John; Daniel, N. J.; Doll, Eugene E.; Downes, J. A.; Dunkelberger, Ralph D.; Elsen, John; Franck, Ira S.; Hagen, F. F.; Heatwole, Daniel R.; Hocker, Ludwig; Hollinger, J. Daryl; Keller, James; Kimmel, Jacob; Leber, A. P.; Lollich, P. M.; Loose, John W. W.; Miller, Henry; Mitton, Juliet; Nevin, [ ]; Plessinger, F. P.; Pyle, Howard; Raber, [ ]; Senseman, John; Stubsky, Georg

Subjects: Pamphlets; Watermarks

Search Terms: Aurand Press; Brochures; Ephrata Cloister; Ephrata Cloister Associates, Inc.; Ephrata Cloister Chorus; Harper's New Monthly Magazine; Hocking Printing Company, Inc.; Legal papers; Mennonite Publishing House; Pamphlets; Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission; Pow wow; Review Book Store; Seventh Day Baptists; Society of the Seventh Day Baptists of Ephrata; Watermarks; Ye Village Inne

Extent: 2 boxes, 22 folders, 1 volume, .75 cubic ft.

Object Name: Archive

Language: English and German

Object ID: MG0081

Location of Originals: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania

Related Item Notes: See also the Photograph and Library collections

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: Restrictions are noted at the item level. Original documents may be used--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.

Classification: MG0081

Description Level: Fonds

Custodial History: Originally cataloged prior to 1997. Added to database 01 November 2018.

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Collection: J. Houston Mifflin Collection

Title: J. Houston Mifflin Collection

Object ID: MG0150

Date Range: 1754-1881

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Collection: J. Houston Mifflin Collection

Title: J. Houston Mifflin Collection

Description: Collection consists of personal, legal, and business-related letters and documents concerning the life and affairs of J. Houston Mifflin. Also, similar documents to, from, and about other members of the extended Houston and Mifflin families. Contains typed copies of two letters from J. Houston Mifflin to his son, Lloyd Mifflin, containing an eye-witness account of the June 1863 Confederate advance into Wrightsville. Also, a legal document signed by John Passmore.

Date Range: 1754-1881

Year Range From: 1754

Year Range To: 1881

Date of Accumulation: 1754-1881

Creator: Mifflin, J. Houston, 1807-1888

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives South

Storage Wall: Side 04

People: Archer, H. W.; Bayard, A. C.; Cowen, John F.; Fisher, J. N.; Franklin, Thomas E.; Gamble, J. A.; Grier, David; Grisein, David J.; Houston, Anna S.; Houston, Henry H.; Houston, J. W.; Houston, John J.; Houston, Robert W.; Houston, Susanna; Houston, William F.; Howell, C. M.; Jenkins, William; Jordan, John; Kerbaugh, Francis; Lane, J.; Marshall, William; Mattack, Thomas; Mifflin, Ann; Mifflin, Elizabeth A. B.; Mifflin, James E.; Mifflin, John Houston; Mifflin, Joseph; Mifflin, Lloyd; Mifflin, Samuel W.; Neagle, J.; Nunemacher, John R.; Plant, Augusta Mifflin; Plant, T. H.; Reynolds, James L.; Rogers, Anna R.; Wilson, Benjamin

Other Creators: Mifflin family

Subjects: Artists; Business records; Family records; Legal instruments; Real property; Letters; Photographers

Search Terms: Artists; Bank of Pennsylvania; Business records; Charlton and Ward; Columbia Bank and Bridge Company; Correspondence; Family records; Finding aids; Land records; Legal documents; Letters; Manuscript groups; Mifflin and Houston Company; P. Malcolm and Company; Photographers; Real estate; Tilford and Samuel; Wills

Extent: 1 box, 11 folders, .25 cubic ft.

Object Name: Archive

Language: English

Object ID: MG0150

Location of Originals: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania

Related Item Notes: Photograph Collection; Curatorial Collection; Lloyd Mifflin Collection, 1751-1965, MG0059

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-150

Other Number: MG-150

Classification: MG0150

Description Level: Fonds

Custodial History: Folders 1-10 processed and finding aid prepared by DT, 1998-1999. Folder 11 was cataloged in 2011. Added to the database 28 September 2017.

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Collection: Military Collection

Title: Military Collection

Object ID: MG0078

Date Range: 1764-present

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Collection: Military Collection

Title: Military Collection

Description: This collection contains documents beginning with the American Revolution and continuing through the War of 1812, Mexican War, Civil War, World War I, World War II, and the Korean War. There are account books, notes and written letters, vouchers, inspections of camps, receipts of payments, honorable discharge certificates, lists of absentees, envelopes used during the Civil War, and lists of unpaid fines during the service of the Pennsylvania Militia soldiers. There are also newsletters and articles relating to World Wars I and II and the Korean War for advertisement and description of items including the history of the Philadelphia Naval Base.

Date Range: 1764-present

Date of Accumulation: 1764-present

Creator: LancasterHistory (Organization)

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives South

Storage Wall: Side 03

People: Alexander, Peter; Andre, John; Andrews, George; Auxer, Jacob; Barton, David R.; Baughman, George; Bausman, Frederick; Bethel, Samuel; Bevins, George; Biddle, George; Bietz, George; Billman, William L.; Bitner, Abraham; Bowers, George; Bowers, Lerina; Bowers, M. F.; Bradd, John; Brant, John; Brenner, Henry; Brush, George; Buchanan, James; Calwell, James; Cassidy, John; Cockley, David; Coleman, Robert; Comstock, Elmo; Comstock, Willard; Conyngham, G.; Cooke, Jacob; Crider, David; Dallas, A. L.; Demuth, William D.; Diffenderfer, Jacob; Diller, Adam; Duchman, John H.; Eshleman, John; Eugstler, Philip; Ewing, William; Fulton, Eleanore J.; Gardner, Daniel; Garrison, Lindley M.; Gidy, Peter; Graeff, Matthias; Haerrs, Dane; Hamilton, William; Hamilton, Robert; Hand, Edward; Haughman, George; Hayes, Rutherford Birchard; Heitler, Richard R.; Hiester, Gabriel; Hubley, Adam; Irvine, William; Jackson, Cyrus E.; Jacobs, Barnet; Jameson, Samuel; Johnson, Edward; Johnson, Relief; Johnson, Thomas; Kearns, Christian; Keller, Adam; Kendig, Adam; Kendig, Benjamin F.; King, Alexander; King, Robert, Jr.; Kirkpatrick, William; Kissel, Frederick; Landis, Bertha Cochran; Landis, Charles; Light, John; Lloyd, Thomas; Longenecker, John; Lutz, John; McCarty, Isaiah; McConnel, Abraham; McElhattan, Alexander; McKean, Thomas; McSherry, J. L., III; Megrady, Patrick; Mifflin, Thomas; Morgan, Thomas; Morrison, A. K.; Morrison, Alexander W.; Morrison, Samuel W.; Neal, Thomas; Nicholson, John; Ohlen, John; Paster, Peter; Patterson, James; Price, Rebecca L.; Price, Robert C.; Reigart, Adam; Reigart, Christopher; Reinoehl, Adolphus; Roath, E. D.; Ross, James; Russell, A. L.; Sample, Nathaniel W.; Scarritt, Jeremiah M.; Scott, Hugh; Shippen, Joseph; Skiles, William; Skillings, Charles W.; Smith, John M.; Smith, Richard; Snyder, Eberhart Michael; Snyder, Eugene; Speel, Alexander R.; Strickler, M. M.; Sutherland, Thomas Jefferson; Thompson, R. W.; Wager, Philip; Weller, John; White, John; Witmer, David M.; Witmer, Sarah; Wolf, Joseph; Work, Joseph; Wright, Horatio G.; Zahm, Mary; Zeilin, William F.; Buchen, Martin L.; Hildebran, James; Pratt, J. E.; Elias, C. Harry; Martin, E. K.; McClain, Frank B.; Hewitt, A. G.; Negley, J. S.

Subjects: United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783; United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865; United States--History--War of 1812; Mexican War, 1846-1848; World War, 1914-1918; World War, 1939-1945; Korean War, 1950-1953; Letters; Business records; Programs (Publications)

Search Terms: Business records; Civil War; Clippings (Books, newspapers, etc.); Correspondence; Discharge certificates; Envelopes; Finding aids; Jackson Riflemen; Korean War; Lancaster Militia; Letters; Manuscript groups; Mexican War; Military history; Military records; Monuments; Newsletters; Pennsylvania Militia; Programs; Receipts; Revolutionary War; Soldiers and Sailors Monument; War of 1812; World War I; World War II; Reunions

Extent: 2 boxes, 25 folders, 1 cubic ft.

Object Name: Archive

Language: English

Object ID: MG0078

Location of Originals: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania

Related Item Notes: Curatorial Collection

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.

Credit: Courtesy of LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.

Other Numbers: MG-78

Classification: MG0078

Description Level: Fonds

Custodial History: Processed and finding aid prepared by DD, Summer 2000. Updated by HST, 2010, 2011.

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Collection: John Wilson and Samuel Houston Collection

Title: John Wilson and Samuel Houston Collection

Object ID: MG0093

Collection: John Wilson and Samuel Houston Collection

Title: John Wilson and Samuel Houston Collection

Description: Family and legal papers of the Wilson and Houston families. Includes wills, deeds, legal papers, estate papers, and correspondence. The collection covers the Earl, Salisbury, and Leacock Township area.

Year Range From: 1756

Year Range To: 1849

Date of Accumulation: 1756-1849

Creator: Wilson family

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives South

Storage Wall: Side 03

People: Andress, George; Burkman, J. John; Douglas, John; Douglass, Thomas; Henderson, Thomas; Hopkins, James; Houston, Benjamin F.; Houston, Samuel; Job, Jeremiah; Owen, Archibald; Searle, James; Taylor, Isaac; Weidman, Christopher; Wilson, John; Wilson, John, Sr.; Yoner, Jacob

Other Creators: Houston family

Subjects: Deeds; Family records; Philadelphia and Lancaster Turnpike (Pa.); Postal service; Promissory notes; Wills

Search Terms: Correspondence; Deeds; Family records; Pequea Meetinghouse; Philadelphia Turnpike; United States Postal Service; Promissory notes; Subpoenas; Wills

Extent: 1 box, 28 folder, .5 cubic ft.

Object Name: Archive

Language: English

Object ID: MG0093

Location of Originals: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania

Access Conditions / Restrictions: No restrictions.

Copyright: Collection may not be photocopied. Please contact Research Staff or Archives Staff with questions.

Credit: John Wilson and Samuel Houston Collection (MG-93), Folder #, LancasterHistory.org

Classification: MG0093

Description Level: Fonds

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Collection: Samuel E. Dyke Collection of Papers

Title: Samuel E. Dyke Collection of Papers

Object ID: MG0061

Date Range: 1670-1985

Collection: Samuel E. Dyke Collection of Papers

Title: Samuel E. Dyke Collection of Papers

Description: Samuel E. Dyke was a noted authority on the Pennsylvania rifle and wrote on this subject. Collection consists of articles, correspondence, photographs, research notes, and working papers on firearms. Also included is information on gunsmiths, the Rockford Foundation, the Heritage Center, cabinetmakers, grandfather clocks, and the Armstrong Cork Company. 1670-1985

Date Range: 1670-1985

Creation Date: mid-20th century-1985

Year Range From: 1670

Year Range To: 1985

Creator: Dyke, Samuel Eugene, 1900-1985

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives South

Storage Wall: Side 02

People: Armstrong, John; Atherton, Cornelius; Atkins, Wyatt; Beck, John Philip; Berry, Peter; Breitenhard, Johann Christoph; Brown, Parker B.; Buchele, William M.; Corridon, Raymond R.; Dobson, Thomas; Dubbs, Jacob; Dyke, Samuel Eugene; Fetter, George; Feder, George; Fondersmith, John; Grancsay, Steven V.; Grove, S.; Grubb, Peter; Hawkins, Henry; Henry, William; Hoff, H. Bare; Kendig, Joe, Jr.; Kuntz, Jacob; Kuntz, Peter; Landis, George; Landis, Henry; Lehn, Joseph; Lincoln, Abraham; Magee, D. F.; Manger, Henry; Meyhardt, Peter; Pennypacker, A. J.; Sprecher, Peter; Walker, Joseph E.; Yeates, Jasper

Subjects: Armstrong Cork Company; Gunsmiths; Kentucky rifle; Cabinetmakers; Clocks and watches

Search Terms: Armstrong Cork Company; Booklets; Cabinetmakers; Clocks and watches; Conrad Weiser State Park; Correspondence; Flintlock Rifles; Gunsmiths; Halbach Pistols; Harpers Ferry Arsenal and Armory; Hopewell Forge; Kentucky Match Rifle; Kentucky rifles; Kentucky Rifle Association; Lancaster County Bicentennial Committee; Malsh Pistols; Metropolitan Museum of Art; Pamphlets; Pennsylvania Rifles; Rotary International; Pennsylvania Deithsch Eck; World War II

Extent: 6 boxes, 113 folders, 4.25 cubic ft.

Object Name: Archive

Language: English

Object ID: MG0061

Location of Originals: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania

Related Item Notes: Photograph Collection

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: Samuel E. Dyke Collection of Papers (MG-61), Folder #, LancasterHistory.org

Other Numbers: MG-61

Classification: MG0061

Description Level: Fonds

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Collection: Conestoga Church of the Brethren Records

Title: Conestoga Church of the Brethren Records

Object ID: MG0646

Date Range: 1734-1849

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Collection: Conestoga Church of the Brethren Records

Title: Conestoga Church of the Brethren Records

Description: The Conestoga Church of the Brethren Records contain photocopies of the baptism records of the Conestoga Church of the Brethren from 1734 to 1849. The Conestoga Church of Brethren was founded in 1724.

Date Range: 1734-1849

Year Range From: 1734

Year Range To: 1849

Date of Accumulation: 1734-1849

Creator: Conestoga Church of the Brethren (Leola, Pa.)

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives South

Storage Wall: Side 13

Subjects: Church records and registers; Churches; Baptismal records

Search Terms: Baptismal records; Church records and registers; Churches; Conestoga Church of the Brethren; Finding aids; Manuscript groups

Extent: 1 folder

Object Name: Archive

Language: English

Object ID: MG0646

Location of Originals: [Conestoga Church of the Brethren]

Copies: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania

Notes: Preferred Citation: Conestoga Church of the Brethren Records (MG0646), 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-646

Other Number: MG-646

Classification: MG0646

Description Level: Fonds

Custodial History: Processed and finding aid prepared by KV, May-June 2014. Added to database 2 July 2021.

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Collection: Gibbons Diaries, Family Papers, and Mill Records

Title: Gibbons Diaries, Family Papers, and Mill Records

Object ID: MG0846

Date Range: 1727 - 1980s

230 North President Avenue • Lancaster, Pennsylvania 17603-3125 717.392.4633 • www.LancasterHistory.org Gibbons Diaries, Family Papers, and Mill Records, 1727-1929, 20th century Object ID: MG0846 5 boxes 4 cubic ft. 30 folders—35 documents and 90 pages to scan; original diaries and transcriptions

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Collection: Gibbons Diaries, Family Papers, and Mill Records

Title: Gibbons Diaries, Family Papers, and Mill Records

Description: This collection contains letters, family papers, deeds, diaries, and mill records from three generations of the Gibbons family. The collection starts with documents focused on James Gibbons, then contains papers central to Daniel Gibbons, and finally end with the third generation papers surrounding Joseph Gibbons. The letters in this collection span from 1783 until 1865. The contents within the letters describe the daily happenings within the family and on their property which was located in Lampeter Township, Lancaster County. The family deeds in the collection detail the exchanging of property to and from the Gibbons family mostly within Lampeter Township and Upper Leacock Township, Lancaster County. The deeds span from 1727 to 1879. Also included are some miscellaneous family papers that span from 1799 to 1871. The content of these family papers ranges from anonymous stories about the Gibbons family, an independent order of Good Templars of Joseph Gibbons, to a land draft of James Gibbons' Land. This collection also contains diaries from various members of the Gibbons family, spanning the three generations. These diaries detail the day to day lives of the Gibbons family and also include historical anniversaries of important events or detail the passing of members within the Gibbons family and the surrounding community. The Mill Records in the collection contain information about [ ]. Overall, the Gibbons Family collection includes the regular happenings over the family's three generations in both business and secular life.

Date Range: 1727 - 1980s

Creator: Gibbons family

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives South

Storage Wall: Side 19

People: Bonsall, Daniel; Bonsall, Edward Horne; Bonsall, Rachel; Brinton, William; Brown, Ellen; Brubaker, Marianna Gibbons; Conrad, Abraham; Dunbar, Andrew; Dunbar, Mary; Eaby, Christian; Eaby, Samuel; Earle, Mary Hussey; Evans, Thomas; Evans, Rebecca; Evans, William; Gibbons, Abraham; Gibbons, Caroline; Gibbons, Daniel; Gibbons, Deborah; Gibbons, Joseph; Gibbons, Phebe Hussey Earle; Gibbons, Rachel; Gibbons, Samuel; Gibbons, William; Grigs, Joseph; Hamilton, James; Hertzkey, John; Kendall, John; Kirk, Jeremiah; Lightfoot, Jepthat; Miller, Eliza; Miller, John; Reynolds, Margaret; Stauffer, Christian; Steer, Joseph; Stevens, Thaddeus; Thomas, William B.; Wartnaby, Elizabeth

Subjects: Business records; Deeds; Letters; Mills and mill-work; Quakers; Society of Friends; Westtown Boarding School

Search Terms: Business records; Correspondence; Deeds; Diaries; Finding aids; Lampeter Twp.; Leacock Twp.; Letters; Manuscript groups; Mill Creek; Mills; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Quakers; Society of Friends; Westtown Boarding School

Object Name: Archive

Language: English

Object ID: MG0846

Location of Originals: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania

Copies: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania

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.

Accession Number: 2021.008

Other Numbers: MG-846

Other Number: MG-846

Classification: MG0846

Description Level: Fonds

Custodial History: Folders 1-30 processed and finding aid prepared from the donor's notes by MB, 8 July 2021. Added to database 12 July 2021.

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Collection: Frank R. Diffenderffer Collection

Title: Frank R. Diffenderffer Collection

Object ID: MG0166

Date Range: 1738-1920

witnessed by John Hubley. 31 December 1798. (1 item, 2 pages to scan) Insert 3 Announcement of insolvency, signed by William Skiles. Other names: William Sheef, John Trissler. 1789. Insert 4 Indictment for assault and battery, The King vs. Tobias Stoneman, Andrew Fehl. Other names: Mary Faghterin, John

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Collection: Frank R. Diffenderffer Collection

Title: Frank R. Diffenderffer Collection

Description: The Frank R. Diffenderffer Collection contains documents collected by Mr. Diffenderffer. These documents are primarily from the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries and include letters, legal and court papers, indentures, receipts, property and probate records, and financial and military papers. The people and businesses represented include George Ross, Jasper Yeates, A. Herr Smith, Timothy Matlack, Mount Hope Furnace, and the Lancaster, Elizabethtown & Middletown Turnpike Road Company.

System of Arrangement: Collection retains original arrangement.

Date Range: 1738-1920

Year Range From: 1738

Year Range To: 1920

Date of Accumulation: 1738-1920

Creator: Diffenderffer, Frank Ried, 1833-1921

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives South

Storage Wall: Side 04

People: Adams, John Quincy; Adreas, Agnes; Albright, W.; Anderson, James; Andrews, Jacob W.; Andrews, James P.; Ashbridge, Elizabeth; Ashbridge, J. H.; Ashbridge, Sarah; Ashbridge, Sidney; Atlee, Samuel; Attlee, Samuel; Autstch, Adam; Bare, Martin; Barlow, Thomas; Barnitz, Joseph; Barr, John; Barton, David R.; Barton, W.; Bauer, Adam; Beams, Jacob; Beard, Robert; Bearn, John; Beck, Martha; Beck, Paul; Beck, Samuel; Bender, Leonard; Benezet, Daniel; Benner, Henrich; Berntheisel, Henry; Berry, William; Bickham, F. A.; Bickman, George; Bletz, Jacob; Blumer, Abraham; Bollinger, Esther; Bombarger, Martin; Bomberger, John; Bower, Samuel P.; Bowman, Henry; Bowman, J.; Bowman, Samuel; Bowman, W.; Boyd, James; Boyd, Samuel; Bradford, Samuel J.; Breck, Samuel; Bredenstein, Philip; Brown, David; Brown, Matthew; Brown, William; Broud, Bill; Bruener, G.; Bryan, George; Bryan, George I.; Burd, Edward; Burkholder, E.; Burt, Nathaniel; Caldwell, James; Caldwell, Oliver; Caldwell, Robert; Calhoun, John C.; Cameron, James; Cameron, John; Campbell, Sarah; Carpenter, Abraham; Carpenter, Daniel; Carpenter, Jacob; Carpenter, William; Cather, Robert; Chambers, Stephen; Chambers, W.; Charlton, Thomas; Clark, Brice; Clark, John; Clark, Washington; Clemson, Joseph; Cochran, A.; Cochran, William; Coleman, William; Connor, Kitty; Cookson, Thomas; Cooper, William; Creasy, Solomon; Creasy, Solomon M.; Crone, Robert; Cunningham, Hugh; Cunningham, Thomas; Damant, James; Damisch, Fred; Davis, Zaccheus; Deckert, Jacob; Dederick, Henry; Dering, Henry; Derward, Jonas; Detrick, P.; Dickert, Jacob; Dieterick, Jacob; Diffenderffer, David; Diffenderffer, Frank Ried; Diffenderffer, Harold F.; Diffenderfer, Michael; Diffenderfer, Philip; Diller, Peter; Doerses, Frederick; Dougherty, William; Douglass, George; Douglass, James; Doyle, Thomas; Dryer, Andrew; Dubbs, Joseph H.; Duck, Geotge; Duncan, Daniel; Eagen, James; Eagen, Thomas; Eberman, John; Eberman, Philip; Eckert, George; Eckman, John; Eftwein, Johannes; Eichholtz, H.; Eichholtz, Leonard; Eliot, Daniel; Emanuel, John; Ench, Jacob; Espy, George R.; Evans, Frances; Evans, Isaac; Evans, James C.; Evans, Samuel; Ewing, John; Faghterin, Mary; Fahnestock, Samuel; Fehl, Andrew; Feltman, George; Ferree, Conrad; Ferree, Polly; Fissel, Michael; Flowers, Christian; Foltz, Bernard; Fordney, Casper; Fouts, Martin; Franklin, Thomas; Franklin, Thomas E.; Franklin W. B.; Frantz, Phil; Frey, J.; Fultz, John; Galbraith, Bertram; Galloway, Joseph; Geddis, Samuel; Gibble, L. W.; Gibbons, William; Gildersleve, Jonathan H.; Gildersleve Sarah; Gill, Deborah; Gill, Eramus; Gill, James; Gill, Matthew; Givler, Mary; Golden, Jeffery; Graass, Jacob; Graeff, Matthias; Graeff, W.; Graff, Benjamin; Graff, Henry; Graff, Jacob; Gratz, Hyman; Groff, Abraham; Groff, David; Groff, Isaac; Gross, Michael; Grove, Abraham; Grubb, Baird; Grubb, Curtis; Grubb, Henry; Habacker, George; Habacker, Wager; Hartz, John; Hake, Elizabeth; Hake, Jacob; Hale, Charles; Hambright, Henry; Hamilton, James; Hamilton, William; Hand, Edward; Hart, Elizabeth; Hartand, John; Hartmyer, Frederick; Haton, James; Hatz, John; Hayn, Christopher; Hehl, Matthew; Henderson, Mary; Henry, Christopher; Henry, Elizabeth; Henry, Joseph; Henry, Josiah; Henry, John Joseph; Henry, Mary; Herr, Christian; Hensel, William Uhler; Hibshman, Henry; Hoff, John; Hoofnagle, P.; Hoover, Jacob; Host, Catharine; Host, Michael; Howell, William H.; Howell, William Wilson; Huber, J.; Huber, John; Hubley, Adam; Hubley, John; Hubley, Joseph; Hubley, M.; Hubner, Nathanael; Huston, Alex; Hutchinson, E.; Jacks, James; Jenkins, Ron; Johns, Elizabeth; Johns, Jacob; Johns, Paul; Johnston, Sam; Jones, John; Jones, Owen; Jones, Paul T.; Jordan, J.; Kauffman, Abraham; Kauffman, Joseph; Kehler, Andrew; Kelly, Joseph P.; Kelly, William; Kenedy, John; Kittera, John Wilkes; Kittera, Thomas; Kline, David; Kline, George; Kline, Michael; Kling, M.; Konigmaker, James; Krebil, John; Krieg, Philip; Krug, Edward; Krug, H. V.; Krug, Jacob; Krug, Valentine; Kuhn, Frederick; Kuhn, Jacob; Lanck, Jacob; Landes, John; Lauman, Ludwig; Lechler, John; Leman, H. E.; Lewis, Abraham; Lewis, Ellis; Liews, Eliza; Lightner, Nathaniel; Likens, James; Lind, John; Long, Charles E.; Long, Jacob; Longenecker, David; Lowery, Alexander; Lowery, Lazarus; Lowman, Ludwig; Lutz, Peter; Lynch, Thomas; MacGonigle, Jonathan T.; MacGregor, John; MacGregor, Peter; Machold, Lewis Frederick; Marshall, Christopher; Matlack, Timothy; Mattes, George; Mauer, Peter; Maus, Peter; Mayer, John; Mayer, Lewis; McGown, William; McClure, David; McClure, Randle; McKim, James; McKinney, Mordecai; Mease, James; Mease, John; Mercer, John Q.; Messersmith, George; Metzer, Jonas; Metzer, Norman; Miller, David; Miller, Harry; Miller, Henry; Miller, James; Miller, John; Miller, T. H.; Minnich, Lizzie; Mohler, Henry; Montgomery, Jane; Montgomery, S. H.; Moore, James; Moore, John; Musser, John; Myer, John; Myer, John P.; Myer, Josephine; Myers, Christian; Myers, Eckert; Myers, Henry; Myers, Jacob; Myers, John; Myers, Joseph; Myers, Josephine; Myers, S. H.; Myers, Sidney; Muhlenberg, F. A.; Muhlenberg, G. H. E.; Muhlenberg, Henry; Muhlenberg, Henry A.; Munster, Paul; Nager, Ben Willis; Nagle, John; Neal, John; Nees, Adam; Neisser, G. Br.; Nelson, William; Nicholson, John; Norgrave, H.; Odonel, Charles; Old, James; Parvin, Francis; Passmore, John; Patton, James; Pendleton, George H.; Pennypacker, Samuel W.; Penrose, Clement; Petersby, Richard; Physick, Edmund; Pine, Michael; Pohlman, Abraham; Price, Eli K.; Purviance, Samuel; Ralston, Robert; Ramsay, Catharine; Ramsay, David; Ramsay, James; Ramsay, Nathaniel; Ramsay, William; Randall, Samuel; Rank, Samuel; Redsecker, Jacob; Reed, E. L.; Reed, George; Reedly, George; Reedly, John; Reigart, Adam; Reigart, Emanuel; Reigart, Jacob; Riche, Thomas; Rieger, Ann; Rohrer, John; Ross, George; Ross, James; Roth, Jacob; Schaum, Philip; Scheaffer, John; Schnierer, John, Mrs.; Schweinhaupt, Br.; Sell, Henry; Seward, Hugh; Shafer, John; Shaffer, Jacob; Sharer, David; Shearer, Jacob; Sheef, William; Sheldon, William; Shippen, Edward; Shireman, Jacob; Shol, Peter; Shware, Peter; Simon, Joseph; Simon, William; Sindersmith, S. V.; Singer, Casper; Singer, Emanuel; Skiles, William; Slaugher, Hiram; Slaymaker, Amos; Slaymaker, Henry; Slough, Matthias; Smith, A. Herr; Smith, Eliza; Smith, Joanna; Smith, Thomas; Smith, William; Snapp, Samuel; Solomon, Myer; Spencer, S. S.; Sprecher, Frank L.; Stauffer, Henry; Stedman, Alex; Stedman, Charles; Steinert, Christian; Steinman, Charles; Steinman, Frederick; Steinman, George; Steinman, John F.; Stevens, R. S.; Stevenson, George; Stone, John; Stoneman, Tobias; Stones, John; Stuart, Robert; Swan, John G.; Swain, R.; Swentzel, H. Y.; Swift, Joseph; Tanger, David R.; Titball, Joseph; Trimble, James; Trissler, John; Trissler, Joseph David; Turner, Ambrose; Turner, Catharine; Wagen, Philip; Walk, Deetrick; Walker, John; Wallace, John; Wallace, William; Warden, M.; Warfel, John; Washington, Samuel; Watson, David; Webb, James; Weber, Adam; Wegman, Mary; Weitzel, George; Wenger, Roland; Werner, Jacob; Wertsburger, Henry; West, William; Wetherill, Samuel P.; White, George; White, T.; Whitaker, George; Wildred, Daniel; Williams, Evans P.; Williams, John; Wistar, Thomas; Witlow, Hugh; Witman, John; Witman, Michael; Witmer, Abraham; Witmer, Benjamin; Witmer, David; Witmer, Henry; Wolford, Ludwig; Wood, George; Work, Joseph; Wright, James; Wright, John; Wright, S. W.; Yaner, Jacob; Yeates, Jasper; Yeates, John; Young, Henry; Young, Mattias; Zahm, Godfrey; Zantzinger, Adam; Zantzinger, Ester; Zeigler, George; Zimmer, Henry

Subjects: Bonds; Business records; Certificates; Court records; Finance, Personal; Invoices; Letters; Lotteries; Minutes (Records); Probate records; Receipts (Acknowledgments); Schools; Stocks

Search Terms: Accounts; African Methodist Episcopal Church; Armor's Old Bookstore; Articles of agreement; Beaver Creek; Black Horse Farm; Bonds; Business records; Certificates; Charles E. Wentz and Bros.; Christ Lutheran Church; Cocalico Creek; Conestoga Steam Mills; Constables; Correspondence; Court records; Farmers Bank of Lancaster; Farmer's Hay and Straw Market Association; Finance, Personal; Finding aids; Franklin Savings and Building Association; Grosh and Levering; Hamilton Lots; Indentures; Indian Queen Hotel; Invoices; Lancaster Cemetery; Lancaster County Agricultural Park; Lancaster County Historical Society; Lancaster, Elizabethtown and Middletown Turnpike Company; Letters; Lotteries; Manuscript groups; McDowell's Mill; Minutes; Mount Hope Furnace; Northern Central Railway Company; Pennsylvania Council; Philadelphia and Reading Railroad Company; Probate records; Protestant Episcopal Church; Receipts; Sam Wetherill and Sons; Schools; Shaffner and Ziegler; St. James Episcopal Church; Steinman and Son; Stocks; Trinity Lutheran Church; W. Kirkpatrick and Company; Zahm and Jackson Jewelers

Extent: 1 box, 27 folders, 1 cubic ft.

Object Name: Archive

Language: English

Object ID: MG0166

Location of Originals: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania

Notes: Preferred Citation: Frank R. Diffenderfer Collection (MG0166), 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.

Accession Number: 1964.013

Other Numbers: MG-166

Classification: MG0166

Description Level: Fonds

Custodial History: This collection was cataloged prior to 1997. Added to database 23 September 2021.; Accession # L64-13

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Collection: Alice E. Brown Family Papers

Title: Alice E. Brown Family Papers

Object ID: MG0583

Date Range: 1727-1963

-3125 717.392.4633 • www.LancasterHistory.org Folder 1 Alice E. Brown genealogy. Families of Mary Ann Hipple and William Brown. Folder 2 Insert 1 Life of Aunt Grace and Uncle Frank, no author given. After 1960. Insert 2 Family record of Jacob Brown (14 June 1827) and Barbara Brown (7 September 1844) 4

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Collection: Alice E. Brown Family Papers

Title: Alice E. Brown Family Papers

Description: The Alice E. Brown Family Papers contain genealogy and family records, deeds, land drafts, ads and ephemera for local businesses, bonds, estate papers, wills, and personal papers. Some of the deeds and maps are for property also owned by the Coates and Pownall families. Alice's father was a race horse breeder and the collection contains certificates from the American Trotting Register for some of his horses.

Admin/Biographical History: "Alice E. Brown, age 93, of Christiana, PA passed away on Monday, March 15, 2010 at Tel Hai Retirement Community. She was born in Salisbury Twp., daughter of the late John H. & Lizzie F. Brown. She was a member of Latta Memorial Presbyterian Church of Christiana. Alice graduated from the Millersville Normal School in 1934. She was a School Teacher for 7 years at the former Simmontown one-room schoolhouse. She also worked for Dr. Beacher of Gap. She was known as a wonderful artist. She was preceded in death by 4 siblings: Norris, Phares, Lela, and Leah Brown. She was the last of her immediate family. Funeral service will take place from the Shivery Funeral Home, 111 Elizabeth Street, Christiana, PA on Wednesday, March 17th, at 11 a.m. with Rev. Jane DeFord officiating. Interment will be in the Sadsbury Friends Burial Grounds, Gap, PA."; From the obituary of Alice E. Brown, Lancaster Intelligencer Journal, 16 March 2010.

Date Range: 1727-1963

Year Range From: 1727

Year Range To: 1963

Date of Accumulation: 1727-1963

Creator: Brown, Alice E., 1916-2010

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives South

Storage Wall: Side 12

People: Bedard, A. J.; Beecher, Eleanor; Beecher, Samuel; Beyer, W. F.; Brinton, Susanna; Brown, Alice E.; Brown, Barbara; Brown, Clemson; Brown, David; Brown, David, Jr.; Brown, Elizabeth F.; Brown, Hannah; Brown, J. Norris; Brown, Jacob; Brown, John H.; Brown, John Henry; Brown, Leah; Brown, Lindley T.; Brown, Lizzie F.; Brown, Lydia; Brown, Margaret C.; Brown, Phares; Brown, Samuel; Brown, Sarah "Sallie"; Brown, William; Coates, Lindley; Davis, Benjamin F.; Dubree, Absolom; Dubree, Ann; Elliot, Joseph; Eshleman, Jacob; Fleming, John; Hipple, Mary Ann; Hostetter, Abraham F.; Howell, Philip; Jackson, Mary Louise; Kunkel, H. Clinger; Lindley T. Brown; McNeely, Abigail; Mews, Hannah; Mews, John; Moore, Thomas; Murray, John; Murry, John; Murry, Susanna; Pownall, Deborah; Pownall, Ellen; Pownall, George H.; Pownall, Harriet; Pownall, Levi; Wasson, Samuel; Pownall, Martha; Pownall, Theodore; Rhea, Ann; Samson, Margaret; Samson, William; Steele, Elizabeth; Steele, Hugh E.; Swanger, John H.; Taylor, Isaac; Walker, Asahel; Wasson, Ann; Wasson, Ruth; Wasson, Usher; Wayser, Janet L. Knox; Whitson, George; Williams, Robert

Subjects: Advertisements; Deeds; Family archives; Genealogy; Horse breeders; Probate records

Search Terms: Advertisements; Certificates; Deeds; Family records; Finding aids; Genealogy; Horse breeders; Lutheran and Reformed Church; Manuscript groups; Pikeland Church; Probate records; Sadsbury Friends Cemetery; Simmontown School; Union Cemetery

Extent: 1 box, 35 folders, .5 cubic ft.

Object Name: Archive

Language: English

Object ID: MG0583

Location of Originals: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania

Related Item Notes: See also the Photograph Collections

Notes: Preferred Citation: Title or description of item, date (day, month, year), Alice E. Brown Family Papers (MG0583), 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.

Accession Number: 2010.MG0583

Other Numbers: MG-583

Classification: MG0583

Description Level: Fonds

Custodial History: Processed by RW, February 2010; finding aid typed by SH, July 2013. Added to database 26 December 2021.

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