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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.
Documents
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Collection
Quarter Sessions
Title
Quarter Sessions
Object ID
MAR 1785 F001 QS
Collection
Quarter Sessions
Title
Quarter Sessions
System of Arrangement
Organized by Court of Quarter Sessions term.
Arranged by case number within each term.
Year
1785
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
People
Alsbaugh, George
Wiley, William
Chambers, Syms
Kelty, Fredrick
Subcategory
Documentary Artifact
Search Terms
Quarter Sessions
Recognizance
Charge: hindering the tax collector
Object Name
Record, Judicial
Language
English
Condition
Fair
Object ID
MAR 1785 F001 QS
Additional Notes
Recognizance, charged with hindering the tax collector.
Additional names: William Wiley, Syms Chambers, Fredrick Kelty.
1 item, 1 piece
Access Conditions / Restrictions
Request at Reference Desk; photocopy made by staff member.
Classification
RG 02-00 0908
Description Level
Item
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Collection
Quarter Sessions
Title
Quarter Sessions
Object ID
SEP 1786 F004 QS
Collection
Quarter Sessions
Title
Quarter Sessions
System of Arrangement
Organized by Court of Quarter Sessions term.
Arranged by case number within each term.
Year
1786
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
People
Epright, Phillip
Mandelius, Marcus
Sneider, Henry
Geiger, Bernhard
Feierstein, John
Mosser, Adam
Sibott, Tobias
Epright, Paul
Riem, Andreas
Subcategory
Documentary Artifact
Search Terms
Quarter Sessions
Recognizance
Charge: damaging property
Schools
Object Name
Record, Judicial
Language
English
Condition
Fair
Object ID
SEP 1786 F004 QS
Additional Notes
Additional defendants: Marcus Mandelius, Henry Sneider, Bernhard Geiger, John Feierstein, Adam Mosser, Tobias Sibott, Paul Epright.
Recognizance, charged with damaging a school house.
Additional name: Andreas Riem.
1 item, 1 piece
Access Conditions / Restrictions
Request at Reference Desk; photocopy made by staff member.
Classification
RG 02-00 0908
Description Level
Item
Less detail
Collection
Quarter Sessions
Title
Quarter Sessions
Object ID
FEB 1788 F009 QS
Date Range
1788/02
Collection
Quarter Sessions
Title
Quarter Sessions
System of Arrangement
Organized by Court of Quarter Sessions term.
Arranged by case number within each term.
Date Range
1788/02
Year
1788
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Storage Room
Archives West
People
Miller, Joseph
Robinson, William
Brown, William
Waughub, Edward
Brison, John
May, Alexander
Ralston, Paul
Beard, John
Morrow, William
Subcategory
Documentary Artifact
Search Terms
Quarter Sessions
Grand Jury
Tax collectors
Charge: harboring a fugitive
Object Name
Record, Judicial
Language
English
Condition
Fair
Object ID
FEB 1788 F009 QS
Additional Notes
Presentment of the Grand Jury, defendant charged with harboring William Robinson, delinquent tax collector.
1 item, 1 piece
Access Conditions / Restrictions
Request at Reference Desk; photocopy made by staff member.
Classification
RG 02-00 0908
Description Level
Item
Less detail
Collection
Quarter Sessions
Title
Quarter Sessions
Object ID
JAN 1781 F005 QS
Collection
Quarter Sessions
Title
Quarter Sessions
System of Arrangement
Organized by Court of Quarter Sessions term.
Arranged by case number within each term.
Year
1781
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
People
Strome, Abraham
Strome, Mrs. Abraham
Subcategory
Documentary Artifact
Search Terms
Quarter Sessions
Recognizance
Charge: opposing the tax collector
Charge: making threatening remarks
Object Name
Record, Judicial
Language
English
Condition
Fair
Object ID
JAN 1781 F005 QS
Additional Notes
Also: Mrs. Abraham Strome.
Recognizance, charged with opposing the tax collector and for making threatening remarks.
1 item, 1 piece
Access Conditions / Restrictions
Request at Reference Desk; photocopy made by staff member.
Classification
RG 02-00 0908
Description Level
Item
Less detail