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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: Pvt. George L. Caley Collection

Title: Pvt. George L. Caley Collection

Object ID: MG0047

Date Range: 1943-1945

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Collection: Pvt. George L. Caley Collection

Title: Pvt. George L. Caley Collection

Description: This collection contains letters written to U.S. Army Private; George L. Caley during his service in World War II. The correspondence is from his parents and siblings in Philadelphia, aunts and uncles and friends in Columbia, Lancaster County, and friends from Millersville University. Many of his friends are also in the service and write to him of their experiences. The letters contain family and local news, as well as news of friends and family in the service.

Date Range: 1943-1945

Year Range From: 1943

Year Range To: 1945

Creator: Caley, George L.

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives South

Storage Wall: Side 02

People: Acker, Jim; Acker, Kathleen Altwegg; Albright, Gladys; Albright, Stanley; Allabach, Bill; Allwigg, Kathleen; Arnold, Emma; Arnold, Flora; Arnold, Lloyd; Arnold, Mrs. Lloyd; Arnold, Stanley; Arnold, Wayne; Bard, Pat; Bartch, Eddie; Bartch, G. M.; Bartch, Virginia; Barthwick, Dorothy; Bassler, Harry; Baufort, Mrs.; Bauman, Robert; Beckmyer, G. F.; Behney, H. J.; Bennett, Carrie P.; Beryn, John L.; Biemesderfer, D. Luke; Biemsderfer, Jeanne; Biffart, Max; Billet, Miriam; Blatton, Lena; Bloom, Dorothy; Bomberger, Ruth A.; Borden, Caroline; Boyl, Harry; Bratton, Lena; Brenner, George; Brenner, Wilson; Brommer, Charles; Broome, A. E.; Broome, Bessie; Broome, Bob; Broome, Christ; Broome, Dorothy; Broome, Mrs. A. E.; Broome, Paul; Brosey, Jacob; Brummer, Charles; Bucher, Bud; Bucher, Helen; Burris, Audree; Burris, Homer E.; Butler, Otis E.; Byrd, Juanita; Caley, Bill; Caley, Doris; Caley, Emma; Caley, Ethel; Caley, G. H.; Caley, George L.; Caley, John; Caley, John C.; Caley, John G.; Caley, Josephine; Caley, Josie; Caley, Mrs. John G.; Caley, Mrs. Tom; Caley, Sarah; Caley, T. E.; Caley, T. G.; Caley, Tom; Carnahan, Agnes; Carter, Alice; Clark, Mary; Cleland, Jessie M.; Clelaud, Jenie M.; Clime, Nancy Ann; Coleman, Laura; Contreras, Ralph; Cooper, Bettie; Cornell, Katharine; Corrigan, Chet; Courtney, Mrs.; Cover, Clyde; Crist, Jean Kepper; Crist, Ned; Curry, Mrs. Elmer E.; Daniels, Lawrence A.; Daum, Jean; De Grange, Jane; De Grange, John; Deacon, Deborah; Deitz, Mrs.; Deitzel, Bessie; Dellinger, Dan; Dellinger, Mrs. Dan; Dennison, Blanche; Dennison, Virginia; Detweiler, Effie; Detweiler, Gerry; Diehl, Roy; Diemer, Miss; Dinkel, Billy; Dively, Bob; Dombach, Earl; Dombach, Mrs. Earl; Taylor, Gardiner P.; Draude, Harry; Drew, Edward; Duncan, David; Duncan, Mrs. David; Dunn, Dean; Eastwood, Raymond "Red"; Ehrlager, Clair L.; Ehrlager, Dora; Eisenberger, Abram; Elexander, Miss; Elsboyer, Clair; Elslager, Arlene; Elslager, Clair; Engle, Edison G.; Eshelman, Bob; Eshleman, Laura; Eshleman, Lorna; Eshleman, Lorna Jean; Eshleman, Sara; Eshlemen, Alldice; Feinald, Natalie Richmond; Fidler, Dorothy; Fidler, Martin; Flynn, Mercedes; Folch, Kathleen Johanna; Forbert, Jean; Forrey, Edna; Frank, George A.; Freeland, Mabel l.; Frey, Amelia Ann; Frey, Anna S.; Frey, Carl; Frey, Gay; Friend, Cora; Fry, Anna S.; Fry, Charles; Fuller, John; Furnwal, Doris Lillian; Gable, Charlie; Gable, Pete; Gambler, Jim; Garber, Roy; Gasway, Billie; Montgomery, General; Gerfin, Nancy; Gerlden, Harry; Gibson, Margaret; Gickel, Nancy; Gnilyk, Betty; Gnilyk, Walter W.; Gottschalk, Catherine G.; Gramm, George; Gray, Jean; Greeley, Betty; Greeley, Walter Jr.; Greenawalt, Mrs.; Greenleaf, Doris; Greenly, Doris; Greider, Ed; Griffin, Martha; Grimm, Clark; Grimm, Mrs.; Groom, Mrs. W. R.; Groom, Stella; Groom, W. R.; Groome, George "Red" H.; Groome, Gordon "Buck"; Groome, Mrs.; Grooms, Ruth; Grueling, Betty; Gufin, Nancy; Habbell, Jane; Hable, Kline; Hable, Thelma J. McCombs; Halde, Diane Marie; Harig, Ren; Harting, George; Hartman, Lou; Harvey, Elmer; Harvey, Lewis; Harvey, Lewis M.; Haug, Ken; Hemphill, Louise; Hendrickson, Clara Jane; Herbert, Mary A.; Herr, Miss; Hess, Marian; Hill, Verna; Himes, Ray; Hobbell, Jane; Hoble, Kline; Hogentogler, Sonny; Hollingsworth, Lee; Hoover, Maurice; Horn, Florence; Hougendoubler, Janet; Hubbard, Raymond; Hubbell, Jane; Hubbely, Jane; Huston, Isabelle B.; Jackson, H. S.; Jackson, Harry; Jackson, Henry; Jackson, Marguarette; Jackson, Mrs. H. S.; Jackson, Ray; Kammerer, John; Kauffman, Harold; Kauffman, Thera; Keefer, Minerva; Keeley, Dorothy; Keesey, Jim; Keesey, Mildred; Keller, Dick; Keller, Dorothy; Keller, Richard C.; Kelley, Dorothy Mae; Kelley, Luther; Kelley, Nancy; Kelly, Dorothy; Kemble, Bill; Kemble, Helen; Kepper, Jean; Kiefer, Mrs.; Kilgore, Virginia; Kilgove, Alice; Kimball, Beverly; Kirchner, Charles; Kirstein, Freddie; Klinestever, Miss; Knighton, Clarence; Knipe, James L.; Knipe, Lillian; Knipe, Lillie M.; Kochler, Anna Mae; Kohler, Arabella; Kohler, Billie; Kraft, Billy; Kraft, Bob; Kroff, Bob; Kurtz, Lillian; Layne, Martha; Leahman, Charles; Lefever, Gertrude M.; Lenhardt, Esther E.; Lenhardt, Jack; Lenhardt, Mary; Libed, Mamie; Lindy, Annie; Linhardt, Esther; Lockard, Joe; Lockard, Mrs. Joseph; Lockard, Richard; Logan, Bernard St. Clair; Logan, Eleanor Martha Nolte; Long, Alice Carter; Long, Betty; Long, Bill; Longenecker, David R. Jr.; Louis, Joe; Lutz, Bette; Lutz, Betty; Lutz, George; Lutz, Lou; Lutz, Louise M.; Lutz, Mrs.; Lutz, William; Lyle, Johnny; Lyle, Miss; Madly, Mary Louise; Mahoney, Bill; Mahoney, Flynn; Mahoney, John; Mahoney, Mercedes Flynn; Malone, Ted; Mann, Walt; Markel, Jack; Marley, Alice Kilgove; Marley, Jake; Marley, Mary Louise; Marley, Tom; McCarty, Charles; McCombs, Gwen; McCombs, Thelma J.; McComsey, Mrs.; McComsey, Mrs. Sanders P.; McComsey, Sanders P.; McCoy, H. L.; McGraw, Harvey D.; McKnight, Carroll; McManus, Dennis; McManus, Doris; Metzger, Donald; Metzger, John; Metzler, Paul; Michael, Donald; Michael, Mrs. C. A.; Michaels, Mrs.; Miller, Clara; Miller, Doris Lillian Furnwal; Miller, Kenneth Wickersham; Miller, Mrs. K. W.; Moore, Charley; Moore, Lee; Morris, Walt; Morrow, Carl F. Jr.; Morrow, Carol F.; Mowrey, Charlie; Mowrey, Virginia Bartch; Mueller, Walter; Mumma, Mrs.; Mummau, Guy; Murray, Donald; Musser, Geraldine; Musser, Jerry; Musser, Mary B.; Musser, Mrs.; Musser, Mrs. Jerry; Nau, Ernie; Nikolaus, Fred; Nikolaus, Mrs. Fred; Nollie, Eleanor; Nollis, Eleanor; Nolte, Eleanor Martha; Null, Adelaide; Oberholtzer, Joe; Olemy, Mrs.; Olewine, Eleanor Vogt; Olewine, Larry; O'Neal, Gladys Jean; O'Neal, Jay; O'Neill, James; Painter, Bill; Peters, Carrie; Peters, Catherine; Peters, H. M.; Peters, Hubert; Peters, Louise M.; Peters, Mrs. W. T.; Peters, Pooch; Pickel, Nancy M.; Pickelti, Lenorita Nawcita; Porter, Melyer R.; Potter, Jeannette; Preston, Billy; Price, George; Punlop, Mary Margaret; Pyle, Ernie; Quinn, Jimmy; Quinn, Ruth; Rambo, Margie; Rank, Jack; Reisinger, M.; Renner, Robert; Richards, Betty; Richards, Glady Albright; Richardson, Hattie; Richardson, Hettie; Riegle, Bill; Rill, "Buffalo"; Rill, Bob; Rill, R. W. "Giff"; Rineer, Charlie; Roll, Bob; Ross, Bob; Roye, Laura; Roye, Nancy; Rupp, Barney; Ryfsnyder, Dutch; Scheaffer, Marie Courtney; Schlotthauer, Jim; Schmidt, Beatrice; Schmidt, Bob; Schotthauer, J. L.; Schuler, Harry; Seifred, Ethel; Seigfred, Elsie; Sellers, Bertha; Senneson, Virginia; Sforsa, Count; Shank, Nancy; Sharpless, Laura Lee; Shaw, Linda; Shaw, Sara; Shearer, Pat; Sheckard, Mary; Sheckard, Mrs. Raymond Sr.; Sheckard, Raymond; Sheckard, Raymond Sr.; Shepard, Raymond; Shertzer, G.; Shertzer, Mae; Shertzer, Mrs.; Shockard, Mary Ellen; Sieple, Ben; Smith, Catherine; Smith, John H.; Smith, Lillian; Smith, Mrs. John H.; Smoker, Buddy; Smoker, Howard G.; Snyder, Emily Harriet; Sousbees, P. G.; Spencer, Marion; Staab, Bernice; Staab, Bob; Staab, Doris; Staab, Josie; Staab, Laura; Staab, Mrs.; Staab, Mrs. J. A.; Staabs, Bob; Staabs, O. S.; Staats, Mrs. J. A.; Stauffer, Margaret; Stegel, William; Stevens, Billy; Stoltz, Mrs.; Stoner, E.; Stoner, Mary; Stotz, Catherine B.; Stotz, Mia; Stotz, Mrs.; Strawbridge, Jim; Strawbridge, J.; Street, Mrs.; Strickland Gillilan; Studenroth, Kathryn; Switzer, Art; Tessier, L. H. Tessier; Thompson, Bill; Torbert, Dottie; Torbert, Jean; Trimble, Helen; Trull, B. H.; Trull, Mrs. B. H.; Trull, Virginia; Truman, President; Urban, Sarah; Utz, Betty; Vidler, Dorothy; Vidler, Martin; Vogt, Eleanor; Wagner, Annie; Walsh, Jean; Warfel, Dick; Warfel, Ruth; Weaver, Anna Mae; Weaver, Frank; Weaver, Taylor; Webster, Mary Jane; Webster, Virginia; Weigle, G. E.; Weigle, Mrs. G. E.; Weisser, Gladie; Welsh, Arlene; Welsh, William; Wike, Jeanette; Witchel, John; Wolf, Ann; Yentzer, Janet; Young, Alma; Young, Arnold; Young, Don; Zaks, Jim; Ziegler, Ana

Subjects: World War, 1939-1945; United States. Army; Letters; Columbia (Pa.)

Search Terms: Armstrong Cork Company; Columbia Daily News; Columbia High School; Finding aids; Fulton Opera House; Hamilton Watch Company; Hostetter's Play Barn; Lancaster County Hospital; Long's Park; Manuscript groups; Millersville State College; Millersville University; Mount Bethel Cemetery; Mount Gretna, Lebanon County, Pennsylvania; Rocky Springs; Salome United Brethren Church; St. Anne's Retirement Community; Standard Garment Company; Steelton High School; Tidy Products; United Brethren in Christ Church

Extent: 8 boxes, 97 folders, 4 cubic ft.

Object Name: Archive

Language: English

Object ID: MG0047

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-47

Classification: MG0047

Description Level: Fonds

Custodial History: Processed by KR and SB, 2006-2009; Finding aid typed by DC, KR and CF, 2009-2010. Added to database 31 July 2018.

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Collection: City of Lancaster Records

Title: City of Lancaster Records

Object ID: MG0420

Date Range: 1763-1919

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. Creators: City Council (Lancaster, Pa.); Tax Assessor (Lancaster, Pa.); Bureau of Police (Lancaster, Pa.) System of

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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: Christiana Resistance Collection

Title: Christiana Resistance Collection

Object ID: CHRISTIANA RESISTANCE

Date Range: 1803-1971

to as the “Christiana Riot” occurred in September of 1851 in Christiana, Pennsylvania, a borough in Lancaster County. The events known as the Christiana Resistance include an attack from slaveholders in Maryland on the inhabitants and home of William Parker (1822), a free black living in Christiana

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Collection: Christiana Resistance Collection

Title: Christiana Resistance Collection

Description: The Christiana Resistance, commonly referred to as the "Christiana Riot," occurred in September of 1851 in Christiana, Pennsylvania, a borough in Lancaster County. The events known as the Christiana Resistance include an attack from slaveholders in Maryland on the inhabitants and home of William Parker (1821-1891), a free Black man living in Christiana, Pennsylvania. The slaveholders crossed the state border, and attempted claim and return the Freedom Seekers as their property, under the Fugitive Slave Act of 1850.; The violent confrontation resulted in the death of Edward Gorsuch, a slaveholder, and the escape of William Parker to freedom in Canada. Edward's son, Dickinson Gorsuch, was; wounded and taken to the farm of Levi Pownall, where the Pownall family nursed him back to health. Historically, this event challenged the Fugitive Slave Act of 1850 and is considered a; precursor to the Civil War.; The collection contains 2 distinct series: documents and photographs, from 1803-1971. Documents include: land drafts and deeds, correspondence to and from the Pownall family regarding the incident, notes regarding kidnappings in the area from 1850-1851, photocopied pages of Dickinson Gorsuch's diary, and published accounts of the event, memorializations, announcements and a radio drama related to or inspired by the Christiana Resistance event of 1851.; Contained in the photograph series are photographs of: the event place and places related to the Christiana Resistance, the Pownall farm, event monuments, daguerreotypes of key figures and survivors of the resistance.; Moores Memorial Library (Christiana, Pa.) owns some of the most significant manuscript material relating to the Christiana Resistance. The staff of Moores Memorial Library, part of the Library System of Lancaster County, and the Lancaster County Historical Society worked together to arrange and preserve the collection and create a finding aid to make the materials accessible to the public.; Funds for this project were provided by the Library Services and Technology Act (LSTA) in 2001.

Admin/Biographical History: The Christiana Resistance, commonly referred to as the "Christiana Riot" occurred in September of 1851 in Christiana, Pennsylvania, a borough in Lancaster County. The events known as the Christiana Resistance include an attack from slaveholders in Maryland on the inhabitants and home of William Parker a free Black man living in Christiana, Pennsylvania. The slaveholders crossed the state border, and attempted claim and return the freedom seekers as their property, under the Fugitive Slave Act of 1850.; The violent confrontation resulted in the death of Edward Gorsuch, a slaveholder, and the escape of William Parker to freedom in Canada. Edward's son, Dickinson Gorsuch, was wounded and taken to the farm of Levi Pownall, where the Pownall family nursed him back to health. Historically, this event challenged the Fugitive Slave Act of 1850 and is considered a precursor to the Civil War.

System of Arrangement: Series 1 Manuscript and Printed Material, 1803-1955; Series 2 Photographs, 1895-1971 and No date

Date Range: 1803-1971

Year Range From: 1803

Year Range To: 1971

Date of Accumulation: 1803-1971

Creator: Moores Memorial Library

Storage Location: Moores Memorial Library, Christiana, PA

Subjects: Riots--Pennsylvania--Christiana; Christiana (Pa.)

Search Terms: Christiana Resistance

Extent: 1 box, 37 folders, .5 cubic ft.

Physical Characteristics: The digital images of the manuscript and printed material are 300 dpi JPGs; the photographs are 600 dpi JPGs.

Object Name: Archive

Language: English

Object ID: CHRISTIANA RESISTANCE

Location of Originals: Moores Memorial Library; 9 West Slokom Avenue; Christiana, PA 17509; chrlib@christianalibrary.org; 610-593-6683 or 610-593-6687

Access Conditions / Restrictions: The attached images have been provided for research. The original items are restricted for preservation purposes.

Copyright: The attached images may be used for research purposes only.; Please contact Moores Memorial Library for high resolution images and permission to publish:; Moores Memorial Library; 9 West Slokom Avenue; Christiana, PA 17509; chrlib@christianalibrary.org; 610-593-6683 or 610-593-6687

Credit: Christiana Resistance Collection, Series #, Folder #, Moores Memorial Library

Classification: CHRISTIANA RESISTANCE

Description Level: Fonds

Custodial History: Moores Memorial Library (Christiana, Pa.) owns some of the most significant manuscript material relating to the Christiana Resistance. The staff of Moores Memorial Library, part of the Library System of Lancaster County, and the Lancaster County Historical Society worked together to arrange and preserve the collection and create a finding aid to make the materials accessible to the public.; The collection contains correspondence to and from the Pownall family regarding the incident, notes regarding kidnappings in the area from 1850-1851, photocopied pages of Dickinson Gorsuch's diary, and published accounts. An 1896 photograph shows Peter Woods and Samuel Hopkins, survivors of the riot. There are also photographs of the Christiana Riot House, the Pownall farm, and key figures in the riot and at the Treason Trials of 1851.; The staff of Moores Memorial Library, part of the Library System of Lancaster County, and the Lancaster County Historical Society worked together to arrange and preserve the collection and create a finding aid to make the materials accessible to the public. Funds for this project were provided by the Library Services and Technology Act (LSTA) in 2001.

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Collection: William McCaskey Civil War Papers

Title: William McCaskey Civil War Letters

Object ID: MG0355

Date Range: 1862-1865

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Collection: William McCaskey Civil War Papers

Title: William McCaskey Civil War Letters

Description: The William McCaskey Civil War Papers contain letters written by William Spencer McCaskey to his brother, Jack and sister-in-law, Ellen during his service in the U.S. Army during the Civil War. In most letters, he writes about politics, life in camp, members of his unit, their brothers, and the campaigns in Georgia and South Carolina with General Sherman. Related biographical data and images are among the contents of this collection.

Admin/Biographical History: William Spencer McCaskey was born near Paradise, Lancaster County, in 1843. The family moved to Lancaster in 1855, where William received his education in public schools. And in 1859, he began an apprenticeship at the printing office of the Examiner, where he worked until the outbreak of the Civil War.; Just days after Fort Sumter was fired upon in April 1861, William joined the army and served with Company F of the 1st Pennsylvania Infantry until he mustered out in July. He joined Company B of the 79th Pennsylvania Regiment as 1st Sergeant in September of that year; this company of Lancastrians served under Col. Henry A. Hambright and Lt. Col. David Miles. They engaged in battles in Kentucky and Tennessee before they returned to Lancaster in 1864 and re-enlisted. Company B joined Gen. Sherman's army in May 1864. As they moved through Georgia and South Carolina in Sherman's March to the Sea, William wrote about the campaign, the residents, and affects that the Union Army's actions had on the South.; Capt. McCaskey mustered out in July 1865, and in spite of the many objections he had voiced about army life, he re-enlisted in 1866 after receiving a recommendation of the commission of second lieutenant from Thaddeus Stevens. William commanded troops throughout his career on the frontiers of Dakota, Montana, Minnesota, Texas, and Missouri and also during the Spanish-American War in Cuba and the Philippines. He retired at the rank of Major General in October 1907.; John Piersol "Jack" McCaskey is better known to Lancastrians as J. P. McCaskey, a teacher and publisher. He began teaching at the Boys' High School in Lancaster in 1855, accepted the position of principal in 1865, and later became superintendent. Jack married Ellen Margaret Chase in 1860.

Date Range: 1862-1865

Year Range From: 1862

Year Range To: 1865

Date of Accumulation: 1862-1865

Creator: McCaskey, William Spencer, 1843-1914

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives South

Storage Wall: Side 09

People: Brown, Daniel; Brown, Mrs.; Hambright, Henry Augustus; Johnston, Joseph E.; Kaufman, Innis; Locher, Michael H.; McBride, John S.; McCaskey, Cyrus Davis "Cye"; McCaskey, Ellen Margaret Chase "Ellie"; McCaskey, John; McCaskey, John Piersol "Jack"; McCaskey, Joseph; McCaskey, Walter; McCaskey, William Spencer; Miles, David; Riley, George; Riley, George, Mrs.; Sherman, William Tecumseh; Stevens, Thaddeus

Subjects: Letters; Personal correspondence; United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865; United States. Army. Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment, 79th (1861-1865). Company B; Wounds and injuries

Search Terms: Alexandria, Virginia; Atlanta, Georgia; Camp McCloud, Tennessee; Chattanooga, Tennessee; Civil War; Correspondence; Correspondence, Personal; Finding aids; Goldsboro, North Carolina; Letters; Louisville, Kentucky; Manuscript groups; Martha's Vineyard, North Carolina; Milledgeville, Georgia; Moorsville, North Carolina; Nashville, Tennessee; Richmond, Virginia; Savannah, Georgia; Washington, DC

Extent: 1 box, 6 folders, .25 cubic ft.

Object Name: Archive

Language: English

Object ID: MG0355

Location of Originals: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania

Access Conditions / Restrictions: Please use digital images and transcriptions when available.; The original letters in Folders 2 and 3 may not be used. Transcriptions have been provided in Folder 1 for patron use.

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-355

Classification: MG0355

Description Level: Fonds

Custodial History: Added to database 14 January 2021.

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Collection: Thomas Baker's Surveying Records

Title: Thomas Baker's Surveying Records

Object ID: MG0734

Date Range: 1856-1902

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Collection: Thomas Baker's Surveying Records

Title: Thomas Baker's Surveying Records

Description: This collection contains Thomas Baker's three surveying books which document land and property ownership in southern Lancaster County, primarily Colerain Township from 1856-1902. Octorara Creek, Kirkwood, Christiana and Upper Oxford Twp. are among the place names.

Admin/Biographical History: Thomas Baker traces his ancestry back to Sir Richard Baker (1568), born in the county of Kent, England. In 1685, seven generations before Thomas Baker was born, Joseph Baker immigrated to Delaware County, Pennsylvania. Born in Chatham, Chester County to Lewis and Diana Baker, Thomas was well-educated; a teacher until 1840, when he commenced the study of surveying. Land surveying is the location of points on, above and below the surface of the earth and the relation of those points to a common reference system. Employed at Jonathon Goss, at Unionville Academy in Chester, he surveyed over 650 farms in Lancaster County's Colerain Township. He married in 1855; his family adhering to his Quaker faith. The Biographical Annals in Lancaster, published in 1903, describes Baker as "…a man esteemed by his neighbors for his many good qualities and excellent character, and in disposition he is a man of warm heart and kindly feeling."

Date Range: 1856-1902

Creation Date: 1856-1902

Year Range From: 1856

Year Range To: 1902

Creator: Baker, Thomas, b. 1822

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives South

Storage Wall: Side 15

People: Alexander, Sara; Andrews, Arthur; Armstrong, Lapsley; Ash, Daniel; Aument, Frank; Bailey, Thomas; Bailey, William M.; Bair, William M.; Baker, George; Baker, Harlan; Baker, John; Baker, Thomas; Baldwin, Joseph B.; Baptis, Joseph; Bea, John; Bear, Jacob; Bernard, James J.; Beyer, Andrew; Beyer, Daniel; Beyer, Margaret; Beyer, Robert; Black, Margaret; Blackburn, Cromwell; Blank, Christian; Borland, William; Bosland, William; Brinton, Howard; Brinton, Moses; Brinton, Samuel; Broomell, B. J.; Broomell, Samuel H.; Brosius, Clarkson; Brosius, Jesse; Brosius, John Comly; Brosius, Joseph H.; Brosius, Joshua; Brosius, Levi; Brosius, Mahlon J.; Brosius, William; Brown, J. W.; Brown, James; Brown, K.; Brown, Thomas W.; Bush, Fred; Bushong, Jacob; Carlow, James; Carter, Benjamin; Carter, John C.; Chamberlain, Jonas; Clark, Henry; Cloud, Charles; Coates, Ellis; Coates, Lewis; Coates, Samuel; Coates, Truman; Cochran, Joseph S.; Cohan, Thomas H.; Connar, James; Conner, John; Cooper, Truman; Crossen, James; Dale, George; Davis, Abner; Davis, Christopher; Davis, John; Davis, Joseph B.; Davis, Joseph E.; Davis, Lucretia H.; Davis, William; Dean, Thomas; Doneby, Philip; Donelly, Henry; Donelly, Hugh; Drumm, Earl; Eby, Henry S.; Edwards, Charles; Edwards, James; Elias, Emery; Elizabeth, Mary; Elliott, Cloud; Ernery, Hannah E.; Evans, Carrie R.; Evans, John; Evans, William; Fagler, John; Ferguson, Benjamin; Ferguson, Robert; Ferguson, William; Fleming, Martin J.; Foulk, Mrs.; Fox, William; Frames, David; Fritz, Abby Ann; Gill, John; Goodman, Charles; Gowan, William M.; Graham, Harrison; Graham, John T.; Gray, Ezra; Haines, Eugene M.; Hall, Hiram S.; Hamil, Armor; Hamil, R. A.; Hamilton, J. E.; Hannun, Eurch; Harper, J. D.; Harrar, Daniel; Harrar, Miller; Harray, P.; Harrett, William; Harting, George R.; Hastings, Jeremiah; Hastings, Joseph; Henning, James; Hevenson, Ann; Heyberger, Jacob; Hodgson, Annie C.; Hodgson, Ellis P.; Hollis, William; Holmes, John; Hoopes, Thomas G.; Houston, David; Hoy, P.; Hoy, William; Hudson, Alex; Hurley, John; Jackson William Clark; Jackson, Annetta L.; Jackson, Clark; Jackson, David W.; Jackson, Ellwood; Jackson, Hayes; Jackson, James J.; Jackson, Lydia; Jackson, Thomas; Jackson, Thomas E.; Jackson, Thomas S.; Jeffries, Benjamin; Jenkins, Annie E.; Jones, Emmos S.; Jones, John; Jones, John C.; Jones, John G.; Kalbach, A. M.; Keene, Rebecca J.; Kennedy, Anna; Kennedy, James H.; Kent, Daniel; Kimble, Isaac W.; King, Judson B.; Lamborn, Jacob H.; Lamborn, Kirk; Lechman, Benjamin; Lewis, Alex; Lewis, Elijah; Lewis, Isaac; Lewis, John C.; Lewis, Thompson; Luckenbach, J. S.; Lynch, Philemena C.; Mahaney, Jeremiah; Mahon, Jeremiah; Markey, Pat; Martin, Elijah P.; Martin, James; Martin, Samuel; Martin, William S.; Massey, Isaac; Mayhu, William; McCardle, Eli; McCarter, Henry C.; McCarter, Henry G.; McCarter, John Jones; McCarter, Thompson; McCimans, Mike; McClure, John; McClure, Thomas; McConnel, Samuel; McCord, James; McCord, William; McCullough, James; McCullough, Robert; McElwain, David; McElwain, James; McElwain, Josiah; McElwain, Robert; McHenry, John; McLinaus, John; McLinaus, W. F.; McNeil, George A.; McSparren, James B.; Miller, Andrew; Miller, H. Jackson; Miller, Henry H.; Miller, Joanna; Miller, Lemuel H.; Miller, Minnie R.; Mimm, Jesse; Montgomery, John; Montgomery, Sam E.; Morrison, Caroline B.; Morrison, Emma B.; Morrison, Robert; Morrison, Samuel; Newhauser, John; Nixon, A. W.; Nixon, Joseph; Noble, William M.; Oatman, Eliza; Oatman, Zachariah; Ortlip, Andrew; Patterson, Bordley Shippen; Pennington, Robert H.; Pennington, Thomas; Pennock, F. J.; Pennock, Francis J.; Pennock, Joseph; Pennock, Margaretta Walker; Pennock, William E.; Penny, Joseph; Peters, Abraham; Peters, Abraham K.; Pierce, G.; Pinkerton, James; Purnal, Levis; Pusey, Joseph; Rakestraw, Abraham; Rambo Elijah W.; Rambo, David; Rambo, Elisha; Ramsay, James; Reeses, Peter; Reyburn, James H.; Reylin, John; Reylon, Henry S.; Rhoads, Levi S.; Richey, George; Ricky, Immanuel; Rigg, Hiram F.; Robinson, Amy; Robison, Joseph; Roney, Pat; Ross, George E.; Ross, Hamilton; Russel, Joseph; Rutter, Adam; Rynear, Charles; Sampson, John; Sampson, William; Sellers, Thomas W.; Seltzer, Sara R.; Shaw, Ben; Shivery, Demison; Shivery, Elisha J.; Shivery, George; Shultz, Frank; Simmons, Henry; Siner, John T.; Slack, Hall; Slokom, Samuel; Smith, Abram; Smith, Jackson; Smith, Jesse J.; Smith, S. W.; Smith, Samuel; Sproul, James; Stewart, James; Stump, B. O.; Sutton, Edwin; Sweigert, John W.; Swift, Joseph; Taylor, Jacob; Taylor, Jesse; Thomas, Arthur; Thomas, Edward; Thomas, Margaret; Thompson, James; Thompson, Jane M.; Thompson, Mary Jane; Turner, James; Walker, David; Wallace, Arthur; Walton, Abner Brinton; Walton, Alban; Walton, Brinton; Walton, Elizabeth C.; Walton, Isaac; Walton, Joseph L.; Walton, Joseph B.; Walton, Joseph P.; Watts, Mollie; Webster, Chalkley; Webster, Charles; Webster, Daniel; Webster, George; Webster, Joseph; Webster, Margaret C.; White, Alexander; Whiteside, Mrs.; Whitman, James; Whitson, Martha; Whitson, Moses; Whitson, Samuel; Whitson, Thomas; Whitson, William; Willard, Agnes; Williams, Abner; Williams, David; Williams, William B.; Wood, James; Wood, Joshua; Wood, Thomas; Wood, William N.; Woodruff, John; Woods, Joshua; Woods, Peter; Woods, Thomas; Work, Robert; Worth, Albert B.; Worth, William C.

Subjects: Surveying; Surveyors; Lancaster County (Pa.); Chester County (Pa.)

Search Terms: Chester County, Pennsylvania; Christiana, Pennsylvania; Colerain Twp.; Finding aids; Kirkwood, Colerain Twp.; Lancaster County, Pennsylvania; Manuscript groups; Octoraro Creek; Surveying; Surveyors; Upper Oxford Twp., Chester County

Extent: 1 box, 3 folders, .25 cubic ft.

Object Name: Archive

Language: English

Object ID: MG0734

Location of Originals: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania

Related Item Notes: Surveyor's transit case, Object ID 1973.008

Access Conditions / Restrictions: Original documents may be used by appointment. Please contact research@lancasterhistory.org at least two weeks 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-734

Other Number: MG-734

Classification: MG0734

Description Level: Fonds

Custodial History: Processed and finding aid prepared by AB, November 2014. Added to database 24 May 2021.

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Collection: Apprenticeship and Indenture Documents

Title: Apprenticeship and Indenture Documents

Object ID: MG0721

Date Range: 1762-1855

be obtained in writing from LancasterHistory. Language: English and German Source of Acquisition: Source of acquisition is noted at the item level if known. Accruals: LancasterHistory will continue to add items to this collection. Preferred Citation: Title or description of item, date (day, month

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Collection: Apprenticeship and Indenture Documents

Title: Apprenticeship and Indenture Documents

Description: The Apprenticeship and Indenture Documents include legal contracts between apprentice, or the parent or guardians, and master; as well as one contract between an indentured servant and master. The contracts identify the parties involved, municipalities, trade to be learned, and terms of contract.

Date Range: 1762-1855

Creation Date: 1762-1855

Year Range From: 1762

Year Range To: 1855

Creator: LancasterHistory (Organization)

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives South

Storage Wall: Side 15

People: Boyd, Nickolas C.; Brant, John; Carver, Seneca; Convery, Patrick; Daly, James; Eshleman, Guy; Eversole, Jacob; Fenney, Catherine; Ganter, George; Hess, John; Humerich, Christian; Humphreville, Frank; Humphreville,Henry; Humphreville, Susanna; Ihling, John; Johns, Jacob; Johnston, Abraham; Lesher, John; Long, George; Messner, Christian; Moore, David; Moore, Zacharias; Parsons, Mary; Peddin, John; Porter, John; Porter, William; Quick, Philip; Reinhard, Jacob; Reinhard, Mary; Remo, Jenetta; Remo, Samuel; Remo, Susanna; Ruch, John; Ruch, Peter; Seeger, Fredrich; Steele, William W.; Stewart, Peter; Welsh, James

Subjects: Apprentices; Blacksmiths; Carpenters; Contract labor; Contracts; Joiners; Saddlery; Tinsmiths; Weavers

Search Terms: Apprentices; Blacksmiths; Brecknock Twp.; Carpenters; Contract labor; Cocalico Twp.; Colerain Twp.; Donegal Twp.; Drumore Twp.; Finding aids; Indentures; Joiners; Lancaster; Little Britain Twp.; Manuscript groups; Persons of color; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Providence Twp.; Saddlery; Tinsmiths; Weavers

Extent: 1 box, 6 folders, .25 cubic ft.

Object Name: Archive

Language: English, German

Object ID: MG0721

Location of Originals: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania

Notes: Preferred Citation: Title or description of item, date (day, month, year), Apprenticeship and Indenture Documents (MG0721), 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-721

Classification: MG0721

Description Level: Fonds

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

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Collection: Lancaster County Society of Farm Women of Pennsylvania

Title: Lancaster County Society of Farm Women of Pennsylvania

Object ID: MG0711

Date Range: 1917-2004

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Collection: Lancaster County Society of Farm Women of Pennsylvania

Title: Lancaster County Society of Farm Women of Pennsylvania

Description: This collection contains the Board Minutes for the Lancaster County Society of Farm Women from 1922 to 2004. These minutes include roll calls, treasurer reports, entertainment schedules and activity reports. Minutes from 1922 through 1971 are contained in leather bound books. The following years are in three-prong pocket folders or three-ring binders. This allowed for additional items to be put in with the minutes such as Thank-you cards, newspaper articles of events they sponsored and hand-written notes. By the 1990's the minutes are more sporadic, only a few or one from each year. There are programs from the annual convention of the County Society starting with the 13th convention in 1929 through the 60th convention in 1977. The following years are missing: 1934; 1943-1944; 1949-1954; 1957-1958; 1961-1962; 1965-1971. Some of the minutes also contain a copy of these programs. Later years and some of these missing programs may be found in the minutes themselves. There are four typed up documents that comprise the history of the Society that were drafted between 1929 through 1982. This includes a summary of the past years written in what they call a "skit." The final years also contain documentation regarding the duties of the officers of the society-elected board members.

Admin/Biographical History: The Society of Farm Women of Pennsylvania was established by Flora Black from Berks County, Pennsylvania, in 1914 when she invited her female neighbors to her farm for lunch. Mrs. Black began the meeting for fellowship, but she also wanted to establish a support system for women living in rural communities. It was also a goal of the society to teach women to take on leadership roles and help contribute to society. Their numbers grew rapidly making it necessary for County chapters. (Reading Eagle. 8 Oct 2014. Society of Farm Women of Pennsylvania Celebrating 100th Anniversary. http://www.readingeagle.com/berks-country/article/society-of-farm-women-of-pennsylvania-celebrating-100th-anniversary) The Lancaster County Chapter was formed in January, 1917. It was very popular and eventual grew to 33 separate societies throughout Lancaster by the 1980s. They founded many successful charity drives and scholarship programs, but also provided entertainment for their members, such as bus trips and vacation tours.

Date Range: 1917-2004

Creation Date: 1917-2004

Year Range From: 1917

Year Range To: 2004

Creator: Society of Farm Women of Lancaster County (Pa.)

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives South

Storage Wall: Side 15

Subjects: Business records; Ephemera; Lancaster County (Pa.); Meetings; Minutes (Records); Women in agriculture

Search Terms: Agriculture; Business records; Ephemera; Farming; Finding aids; Lancaster County Society of Farm Women of Pennsylvania; Manuscript groups; Meetings; Minutes; Women in agriculture

Extent: 3 boxes, 23 folders/binders, 80 items, 3168 pages to scan, 1.5 cubic feet

Object Name: Archive

Language: English

Object ID: MG0711

Location of Originals: 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-711

Other Number: MG-711

Classification: MG0711

Description Level: Fonds

Custodial History: Processed and finding aid prepared by KB, 11 December 2015. Added to database 26 May 2021.

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Collection: Brinton Family Collection

Title: Brinton Family Collection

Object ID: MG0038

Date Range: 1808-1946

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Collection: Brinton Family Collection

Title: Brinton Family Collection

Description: The Brinton Family Collection contains genealogy, estate records, receipts, school workbooks, correspondence, farm records, tax records, bank records, wedding and funeral announcements, invitations, visiting cards, and postcards.

Admin/Biographical History: The Brintons were a prosperous family, owned farms and mills, and participated in other business ventures. They were of English heritage and members of the Quakers, or Society of Friends. In order to escape religious persecution in England, William Brinton purchased 200 acres in Birmingham Twp., Pennsylvania in 1684. His descendants eventually moved further west to eastern Lancaster County.1; Cyrus Brinton (1830-1917), the fourth of six children, was the son of Samuel and Lydia P. Jackson Brinton. In 1813, Samuel purchased 200 acres of land in Christiana (land that was later bounded by the Christiana Machine Shop on the south, Pine St. on the west, Sadsbury Ave. on the north, and Rte. 41 on the east). The land was not ideal for farming, but the property was picturesque and the farm was successful. Cyrus married Rebecca Whitson and they farmed on his father's property for about ten years. At that time they purchased a farm and mill on the road from Cooperville to the Noble Road. The original woolen mill was later turned into a grist mill, then a creamery. Cyrus and Rebecca had five children: Francis, Thomas Luther, William Haslam, Anne Haslam, and Martha Alice.2; Genealogy:3; Thomas Whitson m. Martha Hobson; b. 7 February 1796 b. 10 November 1800; d. 27 November 1864 d. 18 June 1889; (Sadsbury, Chester County) (Sadsbury); They were married at New Salem Meeting, 17 May 1827. Rebecca was one of their eight children.; Cyrus Brinton m. Rebecca Whitson; b. 28 December 1830 b. 3 February 1832; d. 9 February 1917 d. 29 October 1903; (Sadsbury, Lancaster County) (Lancaster County); They were married at Christiana, PA, 12 February 1857.; Thomas Whitson m. Hannah Starr; b. 27 September 1760 b. 3 February 1765; d. 1 June 1826 d. 20 April 1836; (Sadsbury); The parents of Thomas Whitson, they were married 31 October 1787.; Francis Hobson m. Ann Johnson; b. 14 February 1768 b. 15 December 1775; d. 1835 (Lancaster County); farmer and shoemaker d. 1852; (New Garden) (New Garden); The parents of Martha Hobson, they were married 14 September 1797.; 1 Garrett, Mary. 1979. "Brintons of Sadsbury Township, Lancaster County: Where they originated, what they accomplished, and where they have gone." Octorara Area Historical Society 1:13.; 2 Ibid.; 3 Whitson Family Chart, August 1951. The Albert Cook Myers Collection. Chester County Historical Society (Pa.)

Date Range: 1808-1946

Year Range From: 1808

Year Range To: 1946

Date of Accumulation: 1808-1946

Creator: LancasterHistory (Organization)

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives South

Storage Wall: Side 01

People: Bacon, Benjamin C.; Brinton, Samuel; Garrison, William Lloyd; Whitson, Martha Hobson; Whitson, Thomas

Subjects: Abolitionists; Antislavery movements; Finance, Personal; Invitation cards; Letters; New-England Anti-Slavery Society; Pennsylvania Anti-Slavery Society; Personal correspondence; Receipts (Acknowledgments); School notebooks; Social reformers; Visiting cards

Search Terms: Abolitionists; Antislavery movements; Calling cards; Correspondence; Finance, Personal; Finding aids; Invitations; Land records; Letters; Manuscript groups; New-England Anti-Slavery Society; Pennsylvania Anti-Slavery Society; Receipts; Sadsbury School District; Sadsbury Twp.; School books; Sharon Boarding School; Social reformers; Surveys; Visiting cards

Extent: 4 boxes, 40 folders, 2 cubic ft.

Object Name: Archive

Language: English

Object ID: MG0038

Location of Originals: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania

Associated Material: The Chester County History Center (Pa.) also has information on the Brinton and Whitson families.

Notes: Preferred Citation: Title or description of item, date (day, month, year), Brinton Family Collection (MG0038), Folder #, LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.; Folder 40 was a gift of Betsey Collins, 5 March 1993.

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-38

Classification: MG0038

Description Level: Fonds

Custodial History: Cataloged prior to 1997. Box 1 was recataloged by JB, Fall semester 2006. Added to database 16 June 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

President Avenue • Lancaster, Pennsylvania 17603-3125 717.392.4633 • www.LancasterHistory.org Box 1 Folder 1 Letter from James Gibbons in Chester, Chester County to Abraham Gibbons in Mill Creek, Lancaster County regarding his plan to sell the mill and tavern in Lancaster County with woodland and cleared

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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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