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Collection
Bridge Records
Title
Act concerning bridge
Object ID
Bridge F0425 I012
Date Range
1812
Collection
Bridge Records
Title
Act concerning bridge
Description
[Witmer's Bridge]
[Lampeter Twp. and Lancaster Twp.]
Location: Over Conestoga Creek.
Document type: Act concerning bridge
System of Arrangement
Records are arranged by township, then chronologically within each township.
Date Range
1812
Year
1812
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Storage Room
Archives West
Storage Container
Box 0006
Subcategory
Documentary Artifact
Search Terms
Acts, Legislative
Bridges
Conestoga Creek
Creeks
Lampeter Twp.
Lancaster Twp.
Witmer's Bridge
Place
Lampeter Twp. and Lancaster Twp.
Extent
1 item, 1 piece
Object Name
Act
Language
English
Condition
Fair
Object ID
Bridge F0425 I012
Box Number
006
Access Conditions / Restrictions
Request at Reference Desk; photocopy made by staff member.
Classification
RG 02-00 0324
Description Level
Item
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Collection
Heritage Center Collection
Object ID
P.00.34.1
Date Range
c. 1805
Collection
Heritage Center Collection
Description
Communion altar from Brickerville United Lutheran Church (originally Emanuel Evangelical Lutheran Church). Rectangular altar of painted softwood, panelled construction all four sides with pegged mortise and tenon joints. Small panels over large. Door in the back with a recessed panel and knob handle. Molding around base, the edge of the top, and framing the recessed panels.
Modification to altar in 1947 by Bob Helman (signature underneath when removed 10-17-00) was a long platform shelf covering the back 2/5 of the top, with holes at the back, including an electrical outlet. Entire altar has been given a new coat of paint, a light chocolate brown on top and white on the sides. The unpainted interior has one shelf with a vertical divider.
Altar has been used since circa 1800 to serve communion, using the Brickerville United Lutheran Church's ten-piece pewter communion service which is also in collections (P97.08.01-10).
Perhaps made by Emanuel Dyer of Manheim or Mr. Zartman of Brickerville.
Provenance
Purchased directly from the church.
Date Range
c. 1805
Year Range From
1790
Year Range To
1815
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Storage Room
Groff Gallery
Subcategory
Ceremonial Artifact
Object Name
Altar
Oither Names
Altar, Communion
Material
Wood
Height (in)
45.25
Length (in)
49
Width (in)
33.5
Condition
Good
Condition Date
2016-04-15
Condition Notes
Large crack on top, approx. 4" from front, running halfway across top. Recently painted. Some separation at moldings. Large hole bored in altar top (for electric wire) underneath the added platform, now removed. The modern base molding also removed. Repainted top with brown and attached molding at ends of top to secure plexi top. Paint removed on door.
Object ID
P.00.34.1
Place of Origin
Lancaster County
Credit
Heritage Center Collection, acquired through generosity of James Hale Steinman Foundation and V. Ronald Smith
Accession Number
P.00.34
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An abridgment of the laws of Pennsylvania, from the year one thousand seven hundred, to the second day of April, one thousand eight hundred and eleven. : With references to reports of judicial decisions in the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo21067
Corporate Author
Pennsylvania.
Date of Publication
1811.
Call Number
Bookk 306 1811
Responsibility
By John Purdon, Junr.
Corporate Author
Pennsylvania.
Place of Publication
Philadelphia
Publisher
Published by Farrand, Hopkins, Zantzinger, and Company. Fry and Kammerer, printers.,
Date of Publication
1811.
Physical Description
xxxi, [1], 637, [1] p. ; 24 cm.
Notes
Copyright Oct. 25, 1811 by Farrand, Hopkins, Zantzinger and Company.
Last page blank.
"The Constitution of the United States of America."--p. [vii]-xviii.
"The Constitution of the commonwealth of Pennsylvania."--p. [xix]-xxxi.
"Report of the judges of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania of the English statutes, which are in force in the commonwealth of Pennsylvania; and of those of the said statutes which, in their opinion, ought to be incorporated into the statute laws of the said commonwealth."--p. [562]-585. Signed on p. 585: Wm. Tilghman. J. Yeates. Thomas Smith. H.H. Brackenridge. December 14, 1808.
"Index."--p. [587]-637.
Jasper Yeates's Colonial Law Library.
Yeates's signature at top of title page.
Book number 306 as assigned by Yeates.
Shaw, R.R. American bibliography,
Subjects
Law - Pennsylvania - Digests.
Annotations and citations (Law) - Pennsylvania.
Constitutions - United States.
Constitutions - Pennsylvania.
Annotations and citations (Law)
Constitutions.
Law.
Pennsylvania.
United States.
Leather bindings (Binding)
Blind tooled leather (Binding)
Fillet tools (Binding)
Lettering pieces (Binding)
Gold tooled leather (Binding)
Digests.
Full blind-tooled leather (Binding)
Gilt title on maroon spine label (Binding)
Additional Author
Purdon, John,
Yeates, Jasper,
Additional Corporate Author
Pennsylvania. Supreme Court.
United States.
Pennsylvania.
Farrand, Hopkins, Zantzinger, and Co.,
Fry and Kammerer,
Place
United States Pennsylvania Philadelphia.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Yeates Collection
Call Number
Bookk 306 1811
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Collection
Bridge Records
Title
Notice of meeting to estimate cost of bridge
Object ID
Bridge F0430 I001
Date Range
1812
Collection
Bridge Records
Title
Notice of meeting to estimate cost of bridge
Description
[Witmer's Bridge]
[Lampeter Twp. and Lancaster Twp.]
Location: Over Conestoga Creek.
Document type: Notice of meeting to estimate cost of bridge
System of Arrangement
Records are arranged by township, then chronologically within each township.
Date Range
1812
Year
1812
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Storage Room
Archives West
Storage Container
Box 0006
Subcategory
Documentary Artifact
Search Terms
Announcements
Bridges
Conestoga Creek
Creeks
Estimates
Lampeter Twp.
Lancaster Twp.
Meetings
Witmer's Bridge
Place
Lampeter Twp. and Lancaster Twp.
Extent
2 items, 2 pieces
Object Name
Announcement
Language
English
Condition
Fair
Object ID
Bridge F0430 I001
Box Number
006
Access Conditions / Restrictions
Request at Reference Desk; photocopy made by staff member.
Classification
RG 02-00 0324
Description Level
Item
Less detail
Collection
Bridge Records
Title
Notification of appointment of Commissioners on behalf of Abraham Witmer
Object ID
Bridge F0430 I002
Date Range
1812
Collection
Bridge Records
Title
Notification of appointment of Commissioners on behalf of Abraham Witmer
Description
[Witmer's Bridge]
[Lampeter Twp. and Lancaster Twp.]
Location: Over Conestoga Creek.
Document type: Notification of appointment of Commissioners on behalf of Abraham Witmer
System of Arrangement
Records are arranged by township, then chronologically within each township.
Date Range
1812
Year
1812
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Storage Room
Archives West
Storage Container
Box 0006
People
Witmer, Abraham
Subcategory
Documentary Artifact
Search Terms
Bridges
Conestoga Creek
Creeks
Lampeter Twp.
Lancaster Twp.
Announcements
Witmer's Bridge
Place
Lampeter Twp. and Lancaster Twp.
Extent
1 item, 1 piece
Object Name
Announcement
Language
English
Condition
Fair
Object ID
Bridge F0430 I002
Box Number
006
Access Conditions / Restrictions
Request at Reference Desk; photocopy made by staff member.
Classification
RG 02-00 0324
Description Level
Item
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Collection
Revolutionary War Collection
Title
Revolutionary War Collection
Object ID
MG0098
Date Range
1776-1976
  2 documents  
Collection
Revolutionary War Collection
Title
Revolutionary War Collection
Description
The Revolutionary War Collection contains a variety of materials from and about the Revolutionary War in Lancaster County and Pennsylvania. The original records include correspondence, military pay certificates, court records, and an orderly book kept by Lt. Col. Adam Hubley, Jr. during the Sullivan Campaign of 1779. There are also research notes and secondary sources, including a list of prisoners of war, a list of males in Lancaster County in 1776, Continental Hospital Returns 1777-1780, articles, information on soldiers buried in Lancaster County, and an article about John Paul Jones.
Date Range
1776-1976
Creation Date
1776-1976
Year Range From
1776
Year Range To
1976
Creator
LancasterHistory (Organization)
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Storage Room
Archives South
Storage Wall
Side 03
People
Beddulph, Robert
Boyd, John
Burd, James Edward
Chambers, Stephen
Coedans, James
Cooke, William
Ferree, John
Getty, Christian
Gurney, Francis
Hubley, Adam
Jolly, James A. "Jim"
Joy, Daniel
Kieffer, Henry Martyn
Moore, William
Neal, James
Patterson, Alex
Porter, Thomas
Ramsay, David
Rapp, Brandon
Reid, George W.
Worner, William Frederic
Zellty, John A.
Subjects
Cemeteries
Letters
Military history
Military regulations
Newtown, Battle of, Newtown, N.Y., 1779
Prisoners of war
Soldiers
Stony Point, Battle of, Stony Point, N.Y., 1779
Sullivan's Indian Campaign, 1779
United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783
United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Campaigns
United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Prisoners and prisons
Search Terms
Battle of Newtown
Battle of Stony Point
Cemeteries
Clippings (Books, newspapers, etc.)
Correspondence
Finding aids
Haudenosaunee Confederacy
Letters
Manuscript groups
Military history
Military records
Military regulations
Prisoners of war
Receipts
Revolutionary War
Soldiers
Sullivan Campaign, 1779
Extent
3 boxes, 40 folders, 1.25 cubic ft.
Object Name
Archive
Language
English
Object ID
MG0098
Notes
Harmful Language Warning: LancasterHistory is committed to preserving and providing access to materials chronicling Lancaster County's heritage. As a historical resource, this orderly book reflects the racial prejudices of the era and the violence perpetrated against the Haudenosaunee Confederacy during the American War of Independence. In order to maintain the historical integrity and context of collection items, LancasterHistory does not censor historical documents or edit language, titles, or organization names when transcribing original content. This volume contains language that is offensive, oppressive, graphic, and may cause distress. LancasterHistory does not condone the use of this language.
Access Conditions / Restrictions
No restrictions. Please use digital images and transcriptions when available.
Copyright
Collection may not be photocopied. Please direct questions to Research Center Staff at research@lancasterhistory.org.Images have been provided for research purposes only. Please contact research@lancasterhistory.org for a high-resolution image and permission to publish.
LancasterHistory retains the rights to the digital images and content presented. The doctrine of fair use allows limited use of copyrighted material without permission from the copyright holder. Fair use includes comment, criticism, teaching, and private scholarship. Any images and data downloaded, printed or photocopied for these purposes should provide a citation. All other uses beyond those allowed by fair use require written permission.
Permission for reproduction and/or publication must be obtained in writing from LancasterHistory. Some items are photocopies from other collections--researchers must obtain permission for reproduction and publication from the owner of the original material.
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
Revolutionary War Collection (MG-98), Box #, Folder #, LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pa.
Other Numbers
MG-98
Other Number
MG-98
Classification
MG0098
Description Level
Fonds
Custodial History
Cataloged prior to 1997. Items have been added and the finding aid has been updated since 1997.
Documents
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Collection
Transportation Collection
Title
Transportation Collection
Object ID
MG0123
Date Range
1819-1977
Philadelphia & Reading Railroad Co. Photographs Placards Portable sub-station President Avenue Princess St. Prospect St. Quarryville Railroads Rates and tolls Reading and Columbia Railroad Company Receipts Red Rose Transit Authority Reports Rocky Springs Railroad Company Schuylkill Navigation Company
  1 document  
Collection
Transportation Collection
Title
Transportation Collection
Description
The Transportation Collection contains documents regarding turnpikes, railroads, Conestoga Traction Co., Conestoga Transportation Co., and the Red Rose Transit Authority. The types of items include correspondence, financial papers, business papers, stock certificates, tickets, schedules, maps of routes, and a blueprint.
Date Range
1819-1977
Year Range From
1819
Year Range To
1977
Date of Accumulation
1819-1977
Creator
LancasterHistory (Organization)
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Storage Room
Archives South
Storage Wall
Side 04
People
Bitner, John R.
Boardman, Harris
Bowman, John Jacob
Boyer, Zaccur Prall
Cirt, Anna N.
Griest, William Walton
Hostetter, Albert Keller
Kemrer, Clarence M.
Knapp, Walter
Kreider, Kate
Kriebel, Howard Wiegner
McClellan, Oliver Eldridge
Royer, David
Shuman, James P.
Wohlsen, Anna
Wohlsen, Peter
Subjects
Letters
Minutes (Records)
Philadelphia & Reading Railroad Co.
Philadelphia and Lancaster Turnpike (Pa.)
Posters
Railroads
Rates and tolls
Reading & Columbia Railroad Company
Street-railroads
Trolley cars
Search Terms
Adamstown
Bittersville, Lower Windsor Twp., York County, Pennsylvania
Blueprints
Booklets
Brochures
Campbelltown, South Londonderry Twp., Lebanon County, Pennsylvania
Center Square Road Station
Chestnut Street
Christiana
Coatesville, Chester County, Pennsylvania
Columbia
Columbia, Ironville and Mount Joy Railroad
Conestoga Traction Company
Conestoga Transportation Company
Conewago Water and Power Company
Correspondence
Dallastown, York County, Pennsylvania
Drawings
Duke Street
East Belt line
East King Street
East Petersburg, East Hempfield Twp.
Elizabethtown
Engleside, Lancaster Twp.
Ephemera
Ephrata
Express Printing Company
Greeting cards
Hanover, York County, Pennsylvania
Hershey, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania
Ironville, West Hempfield Twp.
J. G. Brill Company
Kinport Road
Lancaster
Lancaster and York Furnace Street Railway
Lancaster and Columbia Division, Conestoga Transportation Company
Lancaster and Lititz Passenger Railroad Company
Lancaster, Elizabethtown, and Middletown Turnpike
Lebanon, Lebanon County, Pennsylvania
Letters
Lititz
Maple Grove
Maps
Marietta Avenue
North Market Street
Mechanicsburg, Upper Leacock Twp.
Mechanicsville, East Hempfield Twp.
Minutes
Mount Joy
Mulberry Street
National Railway Historical Society
Neffsville, Manheim Twp.
North End Photo Finishing House
North Lime Street
North Queen Street
Palmyra, Lebanon County, Pennsylvania
Parkesburg, Chester County, Pennsylvania
Penn Square
Pequea Twp.
Philadelphia and Lancaster Turnpike Company
Philadelphia and Reading Railroad Company
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Photographs
Placards
Substations
President Avenue
Princess Street
Prospect Street
Quarryville
Railroads
Rates and tolls
Reading and Columbia Railroad Company
Receipts
Red Rose Transit Authority
Reports
Roads
Rocky Springs Railroad Company
Schuylkill Navigation Company
Scrapbooks
South Mountain Railroad
South Queen Street
Stock certificates
Susquehanna Railroad
Tickets
Tolls
Trolley car barns
Trolley car yards
Trolley cars
Trolleys
Turnpikes
Walnut Street
WGAL (television station)
Williams Park Station
Willow Street Turnpike
Windsor Twp., York County, Pennsylvania
WLAN (radio station)
Wrightsville, York County, Pennsylvania
York Bus Company
York Fair
York Railway Company
Extent
2 boxes, 31 folders, 1 cubic ft.
Object Name
Archive
Language
English
Object ID
MG0123
Location of Originals
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania
Notes
Preferred Citation: Title or description of item, date (day, month, year), Transportation Collection (MG0123), Folder #, LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.
Access Conditions / Restrictions
Restrictions are noted at the item level.
Copyright
Collection may not be photocopied. Please direct questions to Research Center Staff at research@lancasterhistory.org.
Permission for reproduction and/or publication must be obtained in writing from LancasterHistory.
Credit
Courtesy of LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.
Other Numbers
MG-123
Classification
MG0123
Description Level
Fonds
Custodial History
Added to database 23 September 2021.
Documents
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Collection
Temperance Collection
Title
Temperance Collection
Object ID
MG0154
Date Range
1815-1959
Christian Temperance Union Pageants Pennsylvania Senior Loyal Temperance Union Pennsylvania Woman’s Christian Temperance Union Pennsylvania World’s Woman’s Christian Temperance Union Philadelphia Poetry Programs Reports Songs Strasburg Temperance Washington, Washington County Williamsport, Lycoming County
  1 document  
Collection
Temperance Collection
Title
Temperance Collection
Description
The Temperance Collection includes convention programs of the Lancaster County Woman's Christian Temperance Union (W.C.T.U.); a history of the group from 1884-1959; Pennsylvania State W.C.T.U. function programs; and a minute book from the Bart Chapter. Included are handwritten notes on some of the conventions, pro-temperance booklets and newspapers (Moral Reformer and American Reformer), and miscellaneous addresses and articles. Of special interest is a booklet "Operation Interview" in which 36 prominent Lancastrians comment on the question, "Is social drinking necessary for success?", and a newspaper article reminiscing on the temperance movement in Columbia, Pennsylvania.
Date Range
1815-1959
Year Range From
1815
Year Range To
1959
Date of Accumulation
1815-1959
Creator
LancasterHistory (Organization)
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Storage Room
Archives South
Storage Wall
Side 04
People
Aikin, Francis
Alexander, Eleanor B.
Brosius, Letitia
Brubaker, George
Eckman, Benjamin F.
Geist, Jacob Miller Willis
Harlan, E. W.
Heiges, George Leonard
Jackson, Josephine
Richardson, Benjamin W.
Rineer, A. Hunter
Rosalind, Countess of Carlisle
Seberry, Cora E.
Thomas, A. Elizabeth
Willard, Frances Elizabeth
Subjects
Associations, institutions, etc.
Minutes (Records)
Pennsylvania Woman's Christian Temperance Union
Programs (Publications)
Temperance
Woman's Christian Temperance Union
Search Terms
Associations, institutions, etc.
Bart Society
Business records
Chestnut Level, Drumore Twp.
Christiana
Churches
Coatesville, Chester County, Pennsylvania
Columbia
Conventions
Dauphin County Historical Society
Eastland Female Temperance Society
Finding aids
Friends Academy
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania
Lancaster
Lancaster County Woman's Christian Temperance Union
Lititz
Locust Valley, Long Island, New York
Manheim
Manuscript groups
Minutes
National Woman's Christian Temperance Union
Pageants
Pennsylvania Senior Loyal Temperance Union
Pennsylvania Woman's Christian Temperance Union
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Poetry
Programs
Reports
Songs
Strasburg
Temperance
Washington, Washington County, Pennsylvania
Williamsport, Lycoming County, Pennsylvania
Woman's Christian Temperance Union
Extent
1 box, 11 folders, .25 cubic ft.
Object Name
Archive
Language
English
Object ID
MG0154
Location of Originals
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania
Notes
Preferred Citation: Temperance Collection (MG0154), 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-154
Classification
MG0154
Description Level
Fonds
Custodial History
The collection was cataloged and the finding aid was prepared in 1998-1999. Added to database 29 September 2021.
Documents
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Collection
Broadsides Collection
Title
Broadsides Collection
Object ID
MG0357
Date Range
1775-1958
. English and Pennsylvania German. H.F.S. 1958. “The Proposed New Prison,” questioning the need for a new jail and the right of the commissioners to make the decision without first obtaining approval from two grand juries and the Court of Quarter Sessions. ca.1850. Transferred from museum flat files, Drawer
  1 document  
Collection
Broadsides Collection
Title
Broadsides Collection
Description
This collection contains broadsides for lectures, stores, businesses, and organizations.
Date Range
1775-1958
Year Range From
1775
Year Range To
1958
Date of Accumulation
1775-1958
Creator
LancasterHistory (Organization)
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Storage Room
Archives South
Storage Wall
Side 09
People
Bailey, Francis
Becker, John
Bomberger, M.
Bowman, Michael
Brinton, F.
Bryson, J. H.
Chryst, Drue Young
Chryst, James
Conyngham, Redmond
Cromwell, J.
Deshong, P. M.
Eply, John
Eshleman, Elam Witmer
Fahnestock, William B.
Funk, Amos H.
Gable, Jacob
Haines, Samuel B.
Harbaugh, Henry
Hershey, Benjamin
Jefferies, Thomas
Kennedy, J. P. M.
Landis, Benjamin
Landis, David
Landis, Jesse
Landis, John
Lefever, John
Lehman, John S.
Lindsay, John J.
List, Friedrich
Mathiot, John
Maxwell, Hugh
McCall, H. W.
Mercer, J. Q.
Messersmith, Jacob
Metzler, Christian E.
Michael, J.
Roosevelt, Theodore
Scott, Joseph
Shreiner, Martin
Steele, John F.
Stevens, Enos
Witmer, A. K.
Witmer, Henry
Wylie, S. A.
Subjects
Broadsides
Political posters
Posters
Search Terms
Advertisements
Announcements
Arithmetic
Boys Work Fund
Broadsides
Camons Island
Cheap Job Printer, Lancaster Inquirer
Court of Quarter Sessions
Cromwell & Bomberger
Finding aids
Flyers
Frantz's Mill
Ku Klux Klan (1915- )
Lancaster Adler
Lancaster County Prison
Lancaster Soil Conservation District
Lancaster Unemployed Council
Lititz Turnpike Company
Manor Turnpike Company
Manuscript groups
Mayors
Mount Vista Gold and Silver Mining Company
New York and Pennsylvania Oil and Coal Mining Company
Newspapers
Notices
Paradise Lyceum
Pennsylvania General Assembly, House of Representatives
Petitions
Philadelphia Mourning Store, Jones & Fisher
Poetry
Political posters
Posters
Programs
Railroads
Reports
Review Print
Russel & Myers
S. B. Cox and Company
Sheriffs
Slackwater Turnpike
Steam Book and Job Printing
Stockholders
Stocks
Tolls
Union and Tribune Office
Youth Appreciation Week
Extent
2 boxes, 19 folders, 1 cubic ft.
Object Name
Archive
Language
English, German, and Pennsylvania German
Object ID
MG0357
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.
Other Numbers
MG-357
Classification
MG0357
Description Level
Fonds
Custodial History
Added to database 3 January 2022.
Documents
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Collection
Black History Collection
Title
Black History Collection, Series 1
Object ID
MG0240_Ser01
Date Range
1780-1834
Collection
Black History Collection
Title
Black History Collection, Series 1
Description
Series 1, Register of enslaved women and their children who were born after 1780, is a compilation of papers filed by holders of enslaved persons that show date; name and place of residence of slaveholder; name of mother (usually an enslaved person) and child; date of birth; sex of child; age when the child will be freed; official seal and signatures; and date when filed.
Date Range
1780-1834
Year Range From
1780
Year Range To
1834
Date of Accumulation
1780-1834
Creator
LancasterHistory (Organization)
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Storage Room
Archives South
Storage Wall
Side 06
People
Anderson, James
Atchinson, John
Baker, John H.
Barton, William
Bayly, James
Bigham, William
Black, Aaron
Boggs, Alexander
Boyd, William
Breading, David
Caldwell, Andrew
Carpenter, Samuel
Clark, Bryce
Clemson, James
Conkle, William
Cook, James
Cooke, Samuel
Crawford, James
Cunningham, Janett
Currin, James
Davis, Edward
Dewers, Thomas
Edwards, Susanna
Edwards, Thomas
Evans, James
Evans, John
Evans, Mrs. Frances
Ewing, John
Fordney, William B.
Franklin, Benjamin
Frazier, Phebe
Galbraith, Bertram Gillespie
Gale, Anthony
Gamble, James
Gibbons, Daniel
Brubaker, Marianna Gibbons
Gibson, William
Givens, Joseph
Graves, B.
Grubb, Peter
Harrison, Thomas
Haydon, George
Heaton, Jeremiah
Henderson, Archibald
Henry, William
Hubley, John
Hudson, Edward
Jacobs, Cyrus
Jenkins, John Carmichael
Johnson, Henry
Johnston, John
King, Robert
Leman, Christian
Lockhart, Josiah
Long, Stephen
Lownes, Caleb
Martin, James
Maxwell, Robert
McCally, James
McCamant, Isaac
McClure, William
McIntire, William
McLaughlin, George
Michener, James B.
Middleton, Anne
Middleton, John
Miller, John
Moore, Zachary
Neal, Thomas
Neel, Thomas
Nicholas, Michael
Old, James
Oldden, John
Patterson, James
Peden, Hugh
Porter, Andrew
Porter, William
Potts, David
Ramsey, Elizabeth
Reigert, Christopher
Ross, George
Samson, George W.
Sanderson, George
Scott, Alexander
Sewell, Charles S.
Skiles, Henry
Slaymaker, Amos
Smith, Joseph
Smith, Margaret
Smith, William
Spear, Robert
Steel, William
Stevens, Thaddeus
Thomas, Mary B.
Walker, Isaac
Wallace, Robert
Watson, John
Weld, Theodore D.
Whitehill, James
Wilson, Samuel
Work, Joseph
Yeates, James
Zantzinger, Paul
Other Creators
Pennsylvania. Court of Quarter Sessions (Lancaster County)
Subjects
African Americans--History
Slaveholders--Pennsylvania--Lancaster County
Slavery--Pennsylvania--Lancaster County
Search Terms
Act for the Gradual Abolition of Slavery
Court of Quarter Sessions
Enslaved persons
Finding aids
Labels
Manuscript groups
Persons of color
Slaveholders
Slavery
Extent
17 folders, 89 items, 648 pages to scan, .25 cubic ft.
Object Name
Archive
Language
English
Object ID
MG0240_Ser01
Location of Originals
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania
Related Item Notes
Copies of MG0240, Series 1, Folders 1-9 are also on microfilm in the Research Center Library (Drawer 3, sec. 2, #206) and bound (326 R294p Oversized)
Black History Collection (MG0240) https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/2b3d42c6-a313-4ebc-966f-516114048136
Notes
Preferred Citation: Title or description of item, date (day, month, year), Black History Collection (MG0240), Object ID, LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania. URL. Date accessed (day, month, year).
LancasterHistory is committed to preserving and providing access to materials chronicling Lancaster County's heritage. As a historical resource, these items reflect the racial prejudices and actions of the era. In order to maintain the historical integrity and context of collection items, LancasterHistory does not censor historical documents or edit language, titles, or organization names when transcribing original content.
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. Restricted access for the Mayor's Register of Coloured Persons found in Series 2, Folder 2: Use transcript in Folder 3 or microfilm.
Copyright
Images have been provided for research purposes. Please contact research@lancasterhistory.org for a high-resolution image and permission to publish. There is no fee for publication of items in MG0240_Ser01.
Credit
Courtesy of Lancaster County Archives and LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.
Other Numbers
MG-240, Series 1
Classification
MG0240
Description Level
Series
Custodial History
Processed prior to 1997 and updated from 2007-present. Added to database on 10 January 2022.
Digitization of this document was funded by the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, PHMC Appl ID # 202010016624, 2020-2023.
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