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Author
Paine, Thomas,
Date of Publication
[1777]
Call Number
973.3 P544 1777
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Responsibility
by the author of Common sense.
Author
Paine, Thomas,
Place of Publication
Philadelphia
Publisher
Printed and sold by Styner and Cist, in Second-street, six doors above Arch-street. Where also may be had no. I. and II.,
Date of Publication
[1777]
Physical Description
[25]-56 p. ; 18 cm.
Notes
Signed: Common sense; dated: Philadelphia, April 19, 1777.
On the verso of the t.p. is a proclamatin by General Washington concerning deserters, dated April 6, 1777; also a general order, dated April 8, 1777.
Summary
One of Thomas Paine's 16 "American Crisis " patriotic essays written during the American Revolution between 1776 and 1783.
Subjects
United States - History - Revolution, 1775-1783.
United States - History - Revolution - Contemporary opinion.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Rare Books
Call Number
973.3 P544 1777
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Anno regni Georgii III. Regis, Magnae Britanniae, Franciae & Hiberniae, decimo tertio. : At a General Assembly of the province of Pennsylvania, begun and holden at Philadelphia, the fourteenth day of October, anno Domini 1772 ... And from thence continued by adjournments to the twenty-sixth day of February, 1773

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Corporate Author
Pennsylvania.
Date of Publication
MDCCLXXIII. [1773]
Call Number
Book 583 1773
Corporate Author
Pennsylvania.
Uniform Title
Laws, etc. (Session laws : 1773 Feb.)
Place of Publication
Philadelphia
Publisher
Printed and sold by Hall and Sellers, at the new printing-office, near the market.,
Date of Publication
MDCCLXXIII. [1773]
Physical Description
pages [2], 293-355, [1] ; 34 cm
Notes
Pagination continues session laws published from Feb. 1770 (Evans 11800).
Pennsylvania arms on title page.
Eighteen pages of hand-written notes at end of volume.
Jasper Yeates's Colonial Law Library.
Yeates's signature at top of title page.
Book number 583 as assigned by Yeates.
Evans
Hildeburn, C.R. Pennsylvania,
Contents
Bound with Anno Regni Georgii III Regis...And from thence continued by Adjournments to the Twentieth Day of February 1768, Philadelphia, D. Hall and W. Sellers,1768; - Anno Regni Georgii III Regis...And from thence continued by Adjourments to the highteenth# Day of February 1769, Philadelphia: D. Hall, and W. Sellers, 1769 - Anno Regni Georgii II Regis...And from thence continued by Adjournments to the Twenty-fourthDay of February, 1770, Philadelphhia, D. Hall and W Sellers, 1770 - Anno Regni Gerogii III Regis...And from thence continured by Adjournments to the Twenty-first Day of March 1772, Philadelphia, Hall and Sellers, 1772.
Subjects
Pennsylvania - History - Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775.
Pennsylvania.
History.
Three-quarters leather on printed boards(Binding)
Title stamped on spine (Binding)
Additional Author
Yeates, Jasper,
Location
Lancaster History Library - Yeates Collection
Call Number
Book 583 1773
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Collection
George Steinman Papers, Series 2 Documents, Images, Ephemera
Title
Notice for the sheriff's sale of the property of William White
Object ID
MG0184_S02_F030_In01_It03
Date Range
1773/03/04
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Collection
George Steinman Papers, Series 2 Documents, Images, Ephemera
Title
Notice for the sheriff's sale of the property of William White
Description
Notice for the sheriff's sale of the house and personal property of William White, innkeeper, in Derry Township, and the real property of John Sample, adjoined by William White, Robert McKee, and Samuel Clark. Peter, an enslaved man, is noted. Frederick Stone, sheriff. Printed by Francis Bailey. Lancaster.
Date Range
1773/03/04
Creation Date
4 March 1773
Creator
Lancaster County (Pa.). Sheriff
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Storage Room
Archives South
Storage Wall
Side 04
Storage Container
Series 02, Box 0002
People
Bailey, Francis
Clark, Samuel
McKee, Robert
Peter
Sample, James
Sample, John
Stone, Frederick
White, William
Subjects
African Americans--History
Lancaster County (Pa.). Sheriff
Real property
Real property auctions
Search Terms
Derry Twp., Lancaster County
Enslaved persons
Innkeepers
Lancaster County Sheriff
Persons of color
Real estate
Sheriff's sales
Sheriffs
Extent
1 item, 1 page to scan
Object Name
Announcement
Language
English
Object ID
MG0184_S02_F030_In01_It03
Location of Originals
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania
Related Item Notes
George Steinman Papers, Series 1 (MG0184_S01) https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/786b3ffc-7908-40de-9362-817467455650
George Steinman Papers, Series 2 (MG0184_S02) https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/6c7e11c6-f3ca-469c-891a-145832196710
Notes
Preferred Citation: Title or description of item, date (day, month, year), George Steinman Papers (MG0184), Series 2, Object ID, LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania. URL if applicable. Date accessed (day, month, year).
LancasterHistory is committed to preserving and providing access to materials chronicling Lancaster County's heritage. As a historical resource, this document reflects 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
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Copyright
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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. Persons wishing to publish any material from this site must assume all responsibility for identifying and satisfying any claimants of copyright or other use restrictions. Publication fees may apply.
Credit
Courtesy of LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.
Other Numbers
MG-184, Series 2
Other Number
MG-184, Series 2, Folder 30, Insert 1, Item 3
Classification
MG0184
Description Level
Item
Custodial History
Added to database 26 October 2022.
Digitization of this document was funded by the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, PHMC Appl ID # 202010016624, 2020-2023.
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Collection
Ephrata Cloister Collection
Title
Ephrata Cloister Collection
Object ID
MG0081
Date Range
1753-2007
standards. The finding aid was updated using DACS conventions. �230 North President Avenue • Lancaster, Pennsylvania 17603-3125 717.392.4633 • www.LancasterHistory.org Folder 1 Photograph of Ephrata Cloister. No date. Photograph transferred to the Photograph Collection, 13 October 2017. Folder 2 History of
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Collection
Ephrata Cloister Collection
Title
Ephrata Cloister Collection
Description
Collection of items relating to the Society of Seventh Day Baptists and Ephrata Cloister. Legal papers deal with a dispute concerning the election of trustees and mismanagement of the estate. There are brief histories of the Cloister, poems, publications, programs, tourist brochures, and a booklet describing treatments for various ailments.
Date Range
1753-2007
Year Range From
1753
Year Range To
2007
Date of Accumulation
1753-2007
Creator
Ephrata Cloister
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Storage Room
Archives South
Storage Wall
Side 03
People
Aurand, A. Monroe, Jr.
Baer, Johann
Bar, Johann
Bowman, John
Daniel, N. J.
Doll, Eugene E.
Downes, J. A.
Dunkelberger, Ralph D.
Elsen, John
Franck, Ira S.
Hagen, F. F.
Heatwole, Daniel R.
Hocker, Ludwig
Hollinger, J. Daryl
Keller, James
Kimmel, Jacob
Leber, A. P.
Lollich, P. M.
Loose, John W. W.
Miller, Henry
Mitton, Juliet
Nevin, [ ]
Plessinger, F. P.
Pyle, Howard
Raber, [ ]
Senseman, John
Stubsky, Georg
Subjects
Pamphlets
Watermarks
Search Terms
Aurand Press
Brochures
Ephrata Cloister
Ephrata Cloister Associates, Inc.
Ephrata Cloister Chorus
Harper's New Monthly Magazine
Hocking Printing Company, Inc.
Legal papers
Mennonite Publishing House
Pamphlets
Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission
Pow wow
Review Book Store
Seventh Day Baptists
Society of the Seventh Day Baptists of Ephrata
Watermarks
Ye Village Inne
Extent
2 boxes, 22 folders, 1 volume, .75 cubic ft.
Object Name
Archive
Language
English and German
Object ID
MG0081
Location of Originals
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania
Related Item Notes
See also the Photograph and Library collections
Notes
Preferred Citation: Title or description of item, date (day, month, year), Collection Title (MG#), Series #, Box #, Folder #, (or Object ID), LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania. URL if applicable. Date accessed (day, month, year).
Access Conditions / Restrictions
Restrictions are noted at the item level. Original documents may be used--contact Research@LancasterHistory.org prior to visit or request at Reference Desk.
Copyright
Collection items may be photographed. Please direct questions to Research Center Staff at Research@LancasterHistory.org.
Permission for reproduction and/or publication must be obtained in writing from LancasterHistory. Persons wishing to publish any material from this site must assume all responsibility for identifying and satisfying any claimants of copyright or other use restrictions. Publication fees may apply.
Credit
Courtesy of LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.
Classification
MG0081
Description Level
Fonds
Custodial History
Originally cataloged prior to 1997. Added to database 01 November 2018.
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John Leonard Ellmaker Collection
Title
John Leonard Ellmaker Collection
Object ID
MG0071
Date Range
1726-1922
. Folder 50 Carnegie Hall and Aoelian Hall Concerts, 1920-1922. Folder 51 The Philharmonic Society of New York and Metropolitan Opera House concerts, 1920-1922. Folder 52 Theatre Programs, 1920-1922. Folder 53 Lancaster Journal, 1794. Folder 54 Old Newspaper Clippings. Folder 55 Biography of Enos
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Collection
John Leonard Ellmaker Collection
Title
John Leonard Ellmaker Collection
Description
Collection of Ellmaker family papers, including original papers of the first immigrant, John Leonard Ellmaker of Germany. Papers include correspondence, genealogy charts, deeds and legal papers. newspaper clippings, photographs, articles on Jacob Eichholtz, and a diploma and teachers' certificate. There is also a blank book with paper made at Ephrata Cloister in 1796.
Date Range
1726-1922
Year Range From
1726
Year Range To
1922
Date of Accumulation
1726-1922
Creator
Ellmaker family
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Storage Room
Archives South
Storage Wall
Side 02
People
Cochran, Thomas B.
Eichholtz, Jacob
Elder, Thomas
Ellmaker, Alfred
Ellmaker, Amos
Ellmaker, Ana Margareta
Ellmaker, Benjamin Ellmaker
Ellmaker, E. Ben
Ellmaker, Edgar O.
Ellmaker, Elizabeth
Ellmaker, Enos
Ellmaker, John Leonard
Ellmaker, John Watson
Ellmaker, Leonard
Ellmaker, Lucy H.
Ellmaker, Nathaniel
Ellmaker, Thomas
Graunnon, Christiana Margaretta
Haverstick, H. B.
Hoofgardner, Ferdinand
Hornberger, Maria
Hubbard, Elbert
Huston, R. M.
Koning, P.
Mayor, Robert
Moor, John
Nicolaas, I.
Pancoast, Dr.
Schnierer, Jacob
Snyder, Edwin L.
Snyder, John A.
Snyder, Mrs. Edwin L.
Other Creators
Ellmaker, John Leonard
Subjects
Clippings (Books, newspapers, etc.)
Deeds
Family records
Genealogy
Letters
Marriage records
Stocks
Wills
Search Terms
Aoelian Hall
Carnegie Hall
Clippings (Books, newspapers, etc.)
Correspondence
Deeds
Ephrata Cloister
Family records
Finding aids
Genealogy
Jefferson Medical College of Philadelphia
Letters
Manuscript groups
Marriage records
Metropolitan Opera House
Newspaper clippings
Obituaries
Philharmonic Society of New York
Roycroft
Stocks
Wills
Extent
2 boxes, 58 folders, 1 cubic ft.
Object Name
Archive
Language
English, German, Dutch
Object ID
MG0071
Location of Originals
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania
Related Item Notes
Photograph Collection
Notes
Preferred Citation: Title or description of item, date (day, month, year), Collection Title (MG#), Box #, Folder #, (or Object ID), LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania. URL if applicable. Date accessed (day, month, year).
Access Conditions / Restrictions
No restrictions. Please request at Reference Desk or contact Research@LancasterHistory.org prior to visit.
Copyright
Collection may be photographed. Please direct questions to Research Center Staff at Research@LancasterHistory.org.
Permission for reproduction and/or publication must be obtained in writing from LancasterHistory. Persons wishing to publish any material from this site must assume all responsibility for identifying and satisfying any claimants of copyright or other use restrictions. Publication fees may apply.
Credit
Courtesy of LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.
Classification
MG0071
Description Level
Fonds
Custodial History
Cataloged prior to 1997. Added to database 23 October 2018.
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Diffenderffer Family Papers
Title
Diffenderffer Family Papers
Object ID
MG0410
Date Range
1691-1963
Lancaster Land drafts Lemon Street School Letters Manuscript groups Mortgages New Design, Earl Twp. New Holland Newspaper clippings Programs Real estate Real property surveys Reigart's Landing Susquehanna River Texas Texas Frontier Forces Windsor Forge Related Materials: Processing History: Cataloged by HST
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Collection
Diffenderffer Family Papers
Title
Diffenderffer Family Papers
Description
The Diffenderffer Family Papers collection contains items that have been passed down through generations of the Diffenderffer family. Deeds for tracts of land in New Holland date back to the creation of New Design, the village that preceded New Holland. Correspondence and some manuscripts pertain to J. P. McCaskey's life and accomplishments. F. R. Diffenderffer's manuscripts on Easter Day and Conrad Weiser are preserved with this collection, as well as poems, a program for the C. Elvin Haupt School, and a claim of F. R. Diffenderffer & Co. against the State of Texas.
Date Range
1691-1963
Year Range From
1691
Year Range To
1963
Date of Accumulation
1691-1963
Creator
Diffenderffer family
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Storage Room
Archives South
Storage Wall
Side 10
People
Brubaker, John
Brubaker, Margaret
Brubaker, Philip
Davis, Sarah
Diffenderfer, David
Diffenderfer, Elizabeth Shirk
Diffenderfer, John
Diffenderffer, Christina
Diffenderffer, David
Diffenderffer, David, Sr.
Diffenderffer, Fianna L. Lutz
Diffenderffer, Frank Ried
Diffenderffer, Harold F.
Diffenderffer, John, Jr.
Diffenderffer, John, Sr.
Diffenderffer, Margaretta Stein
Diffenderffer, Michael
Freymyer, Jacob
Grim, Henry
Haupt, Charles Elvin
Hoch, Herman E.
Holl, Wendel
Hubley, Bernard
Kennerly, John
Kinzer, John
Kinzer, Magdalena
Koch, Mary
Koch, Melchior
Law, James D.
Markley, Henry
McCaskey, Donald G.
McCaskey, John Piersol "Jack"
Nevin, Blanche
Painter, John
Penn, William
Rodman, John H.
Shirk, Henry
Smith, Oliver
Smith, William Evans
Sneider, Christian
Stone, David
Stone, George
Stone, Leonard
Stone, Mary
Sutton, Mary A. Diffenderffer
Thomson, Bill "Tommy"
Winter, John
Young, Matthias
Other Creators
Diffenderffer, Fianna L. Lutz, 1918-2009
Diffenderffer, David
Subjects
Deeds
Letters
Real property
Search Terms
Clippings (Books, newspapers, etc.)
Conestoga River
Correspondence
Deeds
Drowning
Earl Twp.
England
Estate settlement
Finding aids
German Reformed Church of New Holland
Haupt Elementary School
Hutchings Printing House
King Street
Lancaster
Land drafts
Lemon Street School
Letters
Manuscript groups
Mortgages
New Design, Earl Twp.
New Holland
Newspaper clippings
Programs
Real estate
Real property surveys
Reigart's Landing
Susquehanna River
Texas
Texas Frontier Forces
Windsor Forge
Extent
1 box, 23 folders, .5 cubic ft.
Object Name
Archive
Language
English
Object ID
MG0410
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).
Deeds in folders 1-18 were a gift of Fianna Diffenderffer and the Diffenderffer family, 4 November 2006.
Items in folders 19-23 were a gift from her nephew, David Diffenderffer, 14 August 2006.
Access Conditions / Restrictions
Restrictions are noted at the item level--please use photocopies or transcriptions for those items. Other 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 collection must assume all responsibility for identifying and satisfying any claimants of copyright or other use restrictions. Publication fees may apply.
Credit
Courtesy of LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.
Accession Number
2006.MG0410_NOV
Other Numbers
MG-410
Classification
MG0410
Description Level
Fonds
Custodial History
Cataloged by HST, November 2008. Added to database 28 July 2021.
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John Wilson and Samuel Houston Collection
Title
John Wilson and Samuel Houston Collection
Object ID
MG0093
Collection
John Wilson and Samuel Houston Collection
Title
John Wilson and Samuel Houston Collection
Description
Family and legal papers of the Wilson and Houston families. Includes wills, deeds, legal papers, estate papers, and correspondence. The collection covers the Earl, Salisbury, and Leacock Township area.
Year Range From
1756
Year Range To
1849
Date of Accumulation
1756-1849
Creator
Wilson family
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Storage Room
Archives South
Storage Wall
Side 03
People
Andress, George
Burkman, J. John
Douglas, John
Douglass, Thomas
Henderson, Thomas
Hopkins, James
Houston, Benjamin F.
Houston, Samuel
Job, Jeremiah
Owen, Archibald
Searle, James
Taylor, Isaac
Weidman, Christopher
Wilson, John
Wilson, John, Sr.
Yoner, Jacob
Other Creators
Houston family
Subjects
Deeds
Family records
Philadelphia and Lancaster Turnpike (Pa.)
Postal service
Promissory notes
Wills
Search Terms
Correspondence
Deeds
Family records
Pequea Meetinghouse
Philadelphia Turnpike
United States Postal Service
Promissory notes
Subpoenas
Wills
Extent
1 box, 28 folder, .5 cubic ft.
Object Name
Archive
Language
English
Object ID
MG0093
Location of Originals
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania
Access Conditions / Restrictions
No restrictions.
Copyright
Collection may not be photocopied. Please contact Research Staff or Archives Staff with questions.
Credit
John Wilson and Samuel Houston Collection (MG-93), Folder #, LancasterHistory.org
Classification
MG0093
Description Level
Fonds
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Hager Store Collection
Title
Hager Store Collection
Object ID
MG0104
Date Range
1774-1953
Lancaster New Era 20 April 1929, “Hager Store Observes Anniversary.” Item 3 2 articles about Fulton Theatre, 31 March 1952 Article 1 “Domino Playhouse Backs Suggestion to Observe Fulton Theatre Centenary.” Article 2 “ Fulton in Almost Continuous Use in First Decade” – notes history of Fulton, and
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Collection
Hager Store Collection
Title
Hager Store Collection
Description
The Hager Store Collection contains anniversary booklets, invoices, advertisements, family papers, and newsletter of the Hager Department Store which was founded in Lancaster. The collection includes a children's book that was distributed by the store and a Christmas catalog. Among the Hager family papers are deeds, land patents, and probate records.
Date Range
1774-1953
Year Range From
1774
Year Range To
1953
Date of Accumulation
1774-1953
Creator
LancasterHistory (Organization)
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Storage Room
Archives South
Storage Wall
Side 03
People
Arnold, Anna
Arnold, Frank W.
Cain, James M.
Cain, Kathryn
Conyngham, David H.
Dehaven, J. Harry
Demuth, Jacob
Diller, Isaac
Dowd, M. Jane
Dubbs, T. Wilson
Frey, Caroline
Frey, Jacob L.
Frosart, John
Gast, Emma L.
Gast, Henry
Graybill, Daniel
Hager, Anne Graham
Hager, Betty Rick
Hager, Charles F.
Hager, Christopher
Hager, Edward T.
Hager, Frances
Hager, Helen R.
Hager, John C.
Hager, John C., Jr.
Hager, John J.
Hager, Katherine
Hager, Margaret H.
Hager, Mary W.
Hager, Nathaniel E.
Hager, Redmond
Hager, Sarah Ellen
Hager, Susan B.
Hager, William H.
Hager, William H., Jr.
Hamilton, Margaret
Hartman, Annie M.
Hartman, George H.
Herr, Alice
Herr, C. S.
Herr, Magdalena
Herr, Rudolph
Hull, William
Keller, H.
Landis, Jacob
Lefevre, Mrs.
Miller, Charles
Randolph, Grace Lee
Randolph, John H.
Randolph, Margaret H.
Reigart, E. L.
Roy, Sue
Slaymaker, Henry
Stark, Martin N.
Steinman, George Michael
Stewart, Charles
Weber, George
Wentz, Jacob H.
Zimmerman, Mary Regina Malone
Zimmerman, Simon Ralph
Subjects
Catalogs
Deeds
Department stores
Probate records
Stores, Retail
Search Terms
Advertisements
Anniversaries
Business Historical Society Bulletin
Catalogs
Deeds
Department stores
Express (Lititz)
Financial records
Finding aids
Frank T. Riley Publishing Company
Fulton Theatre
Hager's Department Store
Hamilton Watch Company
Invoices
Lancaster Agricultural Fair Association
Lancaster Free Press Weekly
Lancaster New Era
Letters
Manuscript groups
Maps
N. Trotter and Company
Newsletters
Newspaper clippings
Pennsylvania Railroad
Philadelphia Electric Company
Postcards
Quarter Century Club
Receipts
Stocks
Stores
Stores, Retail
Taxes
UGI Corporation
Wills
Wondertown
Extent
2 boxes, 37 folders, 1 framed document, 1 cubic ft.
Object Name
Archive
Language
English
Object ID
MG0104
Location of Originals
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania
Notes
Preferred Citation: Title or description of item, date (day, month, year), Collection Title (MG#), 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 be photographed. Please direct questions to Research Center Staff at Research@LancasterHistory.org.
Permission for reproduction and/or publication must be obtained in writing from LancasterHistory. Persons wishing to publish any material from this site must assume all responsibility for identifying and satisfying any claimants of copyright or other use restrictions. Publication fees may apply.
Credit
Courtesy of LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.
Other Numbers
MG-104
Classification
MG0104
Description Level
Fonds
Custodial History
Recataloged by MM, Summer 2011. Added to database 7 February 2019.
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David B. Landis Collection
Title
David B. Landis Collection
Object ID
MG0158
Date Range
1812-1954
Archaeology Sonnets Street and Road Committee, Lancaster Cycling Club Unitarian Laymen’s League Vigil Village Vigil Wickersham Printing Company YMCA Young Men’s Christian Association Related Materials: Processing History: Cataloged by DT, JM, and HST, 1998-2008. This collection has been documented, preserved
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Collection
David B. Landis Collection
Title
David B. Landis Collection
Description
The David B. Landis Collection consists primarily of his personal and business correspondence, as well as his poetry and writings. Of special interest are a booklet with a synopsis autobiography of his life and his picture. There are also family papers, genealogy, membership cards, and obituaries.
Admin/Biographical History
David Bachman Landis was born in Landisville, Pennsylvania on 12 February 1862, the son of Israel C. and Mary M. Landis. As a school boy, he worked in his father's dry goods store and published a paper for boys titled Keystone Amateur. He began his printing career by apprenticing at the Inquirer Printing and Publishing Company in Lancaster in 1878, and in 1883 he opened his own job printing office in Landisville where he published the Village Vigil.
Mr. Landis moved to Lancaster in 1888 and started Pluck Art Printery. He started out in Lancaster by publishing Pluck, a magazine dedicated to the fields of printing and photography, but soon devoted his business to commercial and society printing. The name was changed in 1914 to Landis Art Print.
Printing, however, was not his only passion. He was an avid bicyclist and belonged to the Lancaster Cycling Club and the League of American Wheelmen. Through these organizations, he helped to improve the condition of roads in Pennsylvania. He was active in the Lancaster County Historical Society, the Pennsylvania German Society, the Ben Franklin Club, and Grace Lutheran Church. He wrote poetry and essays, and dedicated many pieces to friends and family.
David B. Landis married Nora K. Baker of Landisville in 1885. They had four children. Nora passed away in 1910. David married his second wife, Bertha L. Cochran, in 1914.
Date Range
1812-1954
Year Range From
1812
Year Range To
1954
Date of Accumulation
1812-1954
Creator
Landis, David Bachman, 1862-1940
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Storage Room
Archives South
Storage Wall
Side 04
People
Baer, Frank
Baker, Catherine
Baker, Emma W.
Baker, P. W.
Barrett, W. W.
Benner, Henry
Brown G. W.
Camp, Edward N.
Carr, George M.
Chamberlain, Frank N.
Cochran, Ada
Cole, Will T.
Conyngham, Redmond
Denlinger, D.
Diehl, H.
Diffenderffer, Frank Ried
Diller, S.
Donaldson, W. M.
Dunbar, William H.
Ely, Alfred
Forshey, E. L.
Frederick, George W.
Garretson, G. R.
Gay, Ed. C.
Grout, J. W.
Gould, J. J.
Greider, Mary Carolyn
Greider, Joseph Landis
Griest, William Walton
Hains, Wilson R.
Haldeman, Victor Macholski
Haldy Gertrude Hensel
Hardy, E. W.
Heister, A. V.
Hershey, Harvey S.
Hershey, J. B.
Hess, Barbara K.
Holbach, George H.
Hood, Jesse A.
Hostetter A. K.
Hostetter Albert K.
Jackson, A. C., Jr.
Johnston, R. A.
Kramer, Donald
Keen, Robert H.
Kreider, A. B.
Krick, William T.
Landis, Benjamin
Landis, Bertha L. Cochran
Landis, Christian
Landis, D. M., Dr.
Landis, David Bachman
Landis, Elvin G.
Landis, Felix
Landis, Florence D.
Landis, Frances
Landis, Henry G.
Landis, Irene Janet
Landis, Israel Christian
Landis, James B.
Landis, Johannes
Landis, John
Landis, John C.
Landis, Mary M. Musselman
Landis, Michael Bachman
Landis, Nora K.
Landis, Priscilla R.
Lehman, Eliza Ann
Lehman, Emma Bachman
Lincoln, Abraham
Marrow, Paul Harding
McBride, Sarah C.
McClain, Frank B.
McGinnis, J.
Merrill, W. J.
Missemer, J. R.
Morrison, Neale
Moyer, Albert,
Moxley, C. A.
Musselman, David
Musselman, Edward M.
Musselman, Sarah
Myrtle, M.
Neale, Fred
Neale, John C.
Nissley, H. L.
Reynolds, Howard
Rial, Abram S.
Rial, S.
Rial, Susan Ann
Shields, R. I.
Shirk, John Kohr
Simon, Daniel B.
Smith, Edwin Hadley
Stein, George
Stephen, Samuel
Taft, William Howard
Thompson, C.
Trout, J. H.
Wager, D. Y.
Walsh, M.
Walsh, Thomas
Washington, George
Weber, Otto E.
Weidel, Melba Landis
Weidman, Joel
Wenaugh, W. L.
Wickersham, J. Harold
Wolf, B.
Wolf, D. Dorsey
Wolf, Edna Kempton
Other Creators
Landis, Bertha L. Cochran, d. 1959
Subjects
Genealogy
Letters
Poetry
Search Terms
Advertising
Ben Franklin Club
Correspondence
Family reunions
Finding aids
Franklin Institute
Genealogy
Invitations
Invoices
Lancaster Board of Trade
Lancaster Chamber of Commerce
Lancaster County Agricultural Society
Lancaster County Historical Society
Lancaster Cycling Club
Landis Art Press
League of American Wheelmen
Letters
Manuscript groups
Pageant of Liberty
Pennsylvania German Society
Pennsylvania State Agricultural Society
Pluck Art Printery
Poetry
Society for Pennsylvania Archaeology
Sonnets
Street and Road Committee, Lancaster Cycling Club
Unitarian Laymen's League
Village Vigil
Wickersham Printing Company
YMCA
Young Men's Christian Association
Extent
1 box, 26 folders, .5 cubic ft.
Object Name
Archive
Language
English
Object ID
MG0158
Location of Originals
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania
Notes
Preferred Citation: David B. Landis Collection (MG0158), Folder #, Insert #, LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.
Access Conditions / Restrictions
Please use photocopies when available.
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
1957.MG0158
Other Numbers
MG-158
Classification
MG0158
Description Level
Fonds
Custodial History
Cataloged by DT, JM, and HST, 1998-2008. Added to database 29 July 2021.
Documents
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Collection
Dr. George B. Kerfoot Collection
Title
Dr. George B. Kerfoot Collection
Object ID
MG0128
Date Range
1828-1851
230 North President Avenue • Lancaster, Pennsylvania 17603-3125 717.392.4633 • www.LancasterHistory.org Dr. George B. Kerfoot Collection, 1828-1851 Object ID: MG0128 1 box 12 folders .25 cubic ft. Repository: LancasterHistory (Organization); PV7 Shelving Location: Archives South, Side 4 Scope and
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Collection
Dr. George B. Kerfoot Collection
Title
Dr. George B. Kerfoot Collection
Description
The Dr. George B. Kerfoot Collection contains medical lectures, mostly given by Dr. Kerfoot. Topics include surgery, epilepsy, colds, injuries of the head, digestion, the senses, phrenology, and morality and science.
Admin/Biographical History
"Dr. George Barrett Kerfoot, M.D., returned to Lancaster to establish a practice in medicine in the Spring of 1830 after graduating from Jefferson Medical College in Philadelphia. That year he also married Elizabeth B. Reed.
From 1830 to 1843, Dr. Kerfoot expressed strong sympathy in lectures for such pseudo sciences as phrenology & Mesmerism, also promoting lectures and courses at his Anatomical Hall. Dr. Kerfoot opened a drug store and placed advertisements for the patent medicines which he sold there. In 1838, Kerfoot conducted a much publicized, sensational electrotherapy experiment on the body of Henry Kobler, a convicted killer, hanged for the murder of Lazarus Zellerbach. An April 1843 newspaper advertisement stated that Dr. Kerfoot was ending his drug and patent medicine business in order to concentrate on "the practice of medicine, surgery and obstetrics." Three weeks after the April 1843 advertisement, Eliza opened a millinery shop, with "Spring fashions" and a "supply of bonnets."
In 1843 the Kerfoot family resided on Center Square next to the Lancaster Bank. George was then aged 35; Eliza (Reed) Kerfoot, 36; children: Ann Louisa Kerfoot, 12; George Kerfoot, Jr., 9; William Dale Kerfoot, 6; Eliza Reed Kerfoot, 4; Emma Kerfoot, 2; and the family's live-in servants. In 1847 a daughter Sweetie H. Kerfoot was born and in 1848 their daughter Emma Kerfoot died.
In the 1840's Dr. Kerfoot served on the City Council, as a Democrat, and on the School Board. Dr. Kerfoot provided expert testimony in Lancaster criminal court in the 1847 Haggerty trial in which the insanity defense was used, and also in the 1851 Knepley trial at Harrisburg.
Dr. Kerfoot was a recording secretary for the Pennsylvania State Medical Society and charter member of the Lancaster City & County Medical Society. He was a Mason and became District Deputy Grand Master; was a member of the Odd Fellows Lodge and a promoter of the Lyceum movement; held membership in the Temperance Society; St. James Episcopal Church; allegedly wrote some for The Lancaster Intelligencer. Dr. Kerfoot practiced medicine until his death in 1851.
>Most of this information, quoted verbatim or paraphrased, is from: "Competing in the Medical Marketplace in Jacksonian America: The Creative Strategy of Dr. George Barrett Kerfoot," by Thomas R. Winpenny. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/106207258/george-barrett-kerfoot
Date Range
1828-1851
Year Range From
1828
Year Range To
1851
Date of Accumulation
1828-1851
Creator
Kerfoot, George Barrett, 1808-1851
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Storage Room
Archives South
Storage Wall
Side 04
People
Kerfoot, George Barrett
McClellan, George
Gibson, William
Spurzheim, Johann Gaspar
Gall, Franz Josef
Subjects
Anatomy
Blood
Botany, Medical
Brain
Burns and scalds
Cerebrovascular disease
Chyle
Cleft lip
Cold (Disease)
Communicable diseases
Depression, Mental
Diagnosis
Digestion
Diseases
Edema
Electricity
Epilepsy
Gangrene
Hemophilia
Hernia
Inflammation
Jaundice
Joints--Diseases
Lancaster Society of Literature & Science
Larynx--Surgery
Lectures
Lyceums
Lymphatics--Diseases
Magnetism
Neuroses
Paralysis
Philosophy
Phrenology
Physiology
Pregnancy
Prognosis
Respiration
Scrofula
Senses and sensation
Surgery
Tetanus
Tonsils
Tumors
Vomiting
Wounds and injuries--Treatment
Search Terms
Anatomy
Apoplexy
Blood
Botany, Medical
Brains
Burns and scalds
Chyle
Cleft lip
Cold (Disease)
Communicable diseases
Depression, Mental
Diagnosis
Digestion
Diseases
Dropsy
Electricity
Epilepsy
Finding aids
Gangrene
Hemophilia
Hernia
Inflammation
Jaundice
Joints, Diseases
Lancaster Society of Literature & Science
Larynx
Lectures
Lyceums
Magnetism
Manuscript groups
Neuroses
Paralysis
Philosophy
Phrenology
Physics
Physiology
Pregnancy
Respiration
Scrofula
Senses and sensation
Surgery
Tetanus
Tonsils
Tumors
Vomiting
Wounds and injuries
Extent
1 box, 12 folders, .25 cubic ft.
Object Name
Archive
Language
English
Object ID
MG0128
Location of Originals
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania
Notes
Preferred Citation: Dr. George B. Kerfoot Collection (MG0128), 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-128
Classification
MG0128
Description Level
Fonds
Custodial History
This collection was cataloged prior to 1997. Added to database 30 July 2021.
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