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25 cited as most influential Lancaster Countians of the century

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Author
Loose, John Ward Willson.
Date of Publication
2000.
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by John Ward Willson Loose.
Author
Loose, John Ward Willson.
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Lancaster County Historical Society,
Date of Publication
2000.
Physical Description
178-194 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Series
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v.102, no.4
Notes
Reprinted with permission from Lancaster Newspapers Inc., January 1, 2001.
Contents
Kendig Charles Bare (1913-1989)--D. Luke Biemesderfer (1894-1989)--Bertha Brossman Eby Blair (1892-1985)--Adolph Christian Darmstaetter (1887-1978)--Guy Graybill Diehm (1880-1970)--Milton Thomas Garvin (1860-1946)--William W. Griest (1858-1929)--Nathaniel E. Hager (1900-1982)--Byron K. Horne (1901-1992)--Ruth Grigg Horting (1900-1988)--Nancy Keiper Long (1884-1943)--John Piersol McCaskey(1837-1935)--Paul Albert Mueller, Sr. (1898-1956)--Frank Custer Musser (1873-1933)--Caroline Steinman Nunan (1925-)--Henning Webb Prentis, Jr. (1884-1959)--Earl Franklin Rebman (1895-1984)--Isidore Rosenthal (1872-1954)--William Shand (1889-1982)--S. June Smith--Keith Spalding (1822-)--James Hale Steinman (1886-1962)--Daniel Bursk Strickler (1897-1992)--Clifford G. Twombly (1869-1942)--Henry Stackpole Williamson (1853-1917).
Subjects
Celebrities - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County
Lancaster County (Pa.) - Biography.
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Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 102, number 4 (2000), p. 178-194Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.102, no.4
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100 years of Fulton banking, 1882-1982

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Author
Loose, John Ward Willson.
Date of Publication
1982]
Call Number
332.1 F974L
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Author
Loose, John Ward Willson.
Place of Publication
[Lancaster, Pa.?
Publisher
Fulton Bank?,
Date of Publication
1982]
Physical Description
46 p. : ill. ; 26 x 22 cm.
Notes
Cover title.
Subjects
Fulton Bank (Lancaster Pa.)
Banks and banking - Pennsylvania - Lancaster.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Lancaster County
Call Number
332.1 F974L
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200 years of ancient York Masonry in Lancaster, Pennsylvania history of Lodge, NO. 43, F.&A.M

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Date of Publication
1995
Call Number
366.1 F855de
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Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Published by the Lodge
Date of Publication
1995
Physical Description
iii, 75 p. : 25 cm.
Subjects
Freemasons. - Lodge, No. 43 (Lancaster, Pa.)
Additional Author
Loose, John Ward Willson.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Lancaster County
Call Number
366.1 F855de
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Along the Susquehanna : an exhibition at the Lancaster County Historical Society : summer, 2006-summer, 2007

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Date of Publication
2006.
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Responsibility
Monica Spiese, Vincent Slaugh, John W. W. Loose, James Alton, Heather Tennies and Barry Rauhauser.
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Lancaster County Historical Society ,
Date of Publication
2006.
Physical Description
p. 100 - 147.
Series
In: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society, v. 108, no. 3 (Fall 2006).
Subjects
Lancaster County Historical Society - Exhibitions.
York County Heritage Trust - Exhibitions.
Susquehanna River - Exhibitions.
Susquehanna River Valley - Exhibitions.
Additional Author
Spiese, Monica.
Slaugh, Vincent.
Loose, John Ward Willson.
Alton, James.
Tennies, Heather.
Rauhauser, Barry.
Contained In
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 108, number 3 (2006), p. 100-147Lancaster History Library - Journal974.815 L224 v. 108
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The anthracite iron industry of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania : 1840-1900. A thesis presented to the faculty of the Department of Social Studies, Millersville State College, in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree Master of Education

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Author
Loose, John Ward Willson.
Date of Publication
1967.
Call Number
669.1 L863
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Author
Loose, John Ward Willson.
Place of Publication
Millersville, Pa
Publisher
State College,
Date of Publication
1967.
Physical Description
viii, 171 β. ; 28 cm.
Notes
Bibliography: β. 141-153.
Contents
Chikiswalungo Furnace -- Henry Clay Furnace -- Sarah Ann Furnace -- Conestoga Furnace -- Marietta Furnace -- Donegal Furnace -- Cordelia Furnace -- Safe Harbor Furnace -- St. Charles Furnace -- Eagle Furnace -- Vesta Furnace -- Railroads -- Chickies Furnace -- Penn Iron Works Rolling Mill -- Lancaster Manufacturing Co. -- Penn Iron Co. -- Safe Harbor Rolling Mill -- Reeves, Abbott And Co. -- Columbia Rolling Mill -- Smith, Bruner, Sourbeer and Co. -- Lancaster Rolling Mill -- Susquehanna Rolling Mill -- Susquehanna Iron Co. -- Chickies Rolling Mill -- Columbia Iron Co. Rolling Mill -- Shawnee Furnace.
Subjects
Iron industry and trade - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
Srikes and lockouts
Additional Corporate Author
Millersville State College (Millersville, Pa.). Graduate Studies Division. Masters thesis. History.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Lancaster County
Call Number
669.1 L863
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The anthracite iron industry of Lancaster County : rolling mills 1850-1900

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Author
Loose, John Ward Willson.
Date of Publication
1982.
years for a return on their investment. All that time it was one steady bee-hive of industry for the employment of our iron workers. They, and through them, the town reaped the profits of the investment which the stockholders had had.69 Prices of Susquehanna Iron Company stock soared in 1883 to $206.50
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by John Ward Willson Loose.
Author
Loose, John Ward Willson.
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Lancaster County Historical Society,
Date of Publication
1982.
Physical Description
129-144 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Series
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 86, no. 4
Subjects
Iron industry and trade - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
Founding.
Factories - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
Rolling-mills.
Contained In
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 86, number 4 (1982), p. 129-144Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.86
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Appeals from the Orphans' Court of Lancaster County : in the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania - Eastern District - January term, 1894. Estate of Thaddeus Stevens, deceased

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Call Number
923.2 S846
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Physical Description
Various publications.
Notes
Includes: Appeals from the Orphans' Court of Lancaster County (Appeals of Thaddeus J. B. Stevens and others, heirs-at-law of Thaddeus Stevens, deceased) ; Argument of Appellee (George M. Kline) ; Appellants' paper book (Chas. R. Kline and W. U. Hensel for appellant, January term, 1901, no. 72) ; Lancaster Law Review containing the decisions of the courts of Lancaster County :Stevens' appeal , Stevens' estate ad Wiestling's appeal, Stevens' estate ; Letter from George M. Kline dealing with the estate of Thaddeus Stevens.
Subjects
Stevens, Thaddeus, - 1792 - 1868.
Additional Author
Loose, John Ward Willson.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
923.2 S846
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Archive

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Collection
Tourist Brochures
Title
Tourist Brochures
Object ID
MG0095
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Collection
Tourist Brochures
Title
Tourist Brochures
Description
Collection of brochures relating to tourist attractions, museums, historic sites, events, stores, farmers' markets, hotels, and restaurants in Lancaster, Lebanon, and York Counties. Visitors' guides and road maps provide additional information about points of interest. Items in the collection date back to the late 1920s and continue to the present, but most are from the mid-twentieth century.
Year Range From
1929
Date of Accumulation
1929-present
Creator
LancasterHistory (Organization)
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Storage Room
Archives South
Storage Wall
Side 03
People
Albert, Donna
Anderson, V. F.
Best, J. Donald
Buchanan, James
Burnley, Patricia Kling
Clark, Earl
Clark, Molly
Coleman, Robert
Eberly, Hiram M.
Fulton, Robert
Grubb, Peter
Hampton, Cindy
Hand, Edward
Heine, Paul L. H.
Heine, Paul, Jr.
Heisey, M. Luther
Hess, James E.
Horst, Mel
Loose, John Ward Willson
Kauffman, B. L.
Keener, A. E.
Kingston, Joseph T.
Heisey, M. L.
MacNeill, H. T.
Monaghan, Thomas J.
Motto, Marilyn
Procter, Edward C.
Pyle, Carl E.
Ross, Betsy
Shenk, Aaron S.
Smucker, Alma
Smucker, Paul
Stoltzfus, Louise
Sutter, John Augustus
Trach, M. A.
Tortora, V. R.
Subjects
Pamphlets
Tourism
Search Terms
340-23 Club
A. Bube's Brewery
Amish Country Motel and Restaurant
Amish Dutchland map
Amish Farm and House
Bill Bard Associates
Bird-in-Hand Farmer's Market
Brunnerville Iron Foundry
Candy Americana Museum
Catacombs
Central Hotel
Christian Herr House
Columbia Bank Museum
Columbia Cultural and Historical Association
Columbia Dungeon
Columbia Farmers' Market House
Conestoga Motor Inn
Conestoga Traction Company
Cornwall Iron Furnace
Doneckers
Donegal Presbyterian Church
Donegal Mills Plantation
Duck's New Holland House and Hotel
Dutch Haven
Dutch Wonderland
Dutchland Music Theatre
Elizabethtown College
Ephrata Cloister
Flory's Tourist Rest and Camp Site
Foodergong Lodge
General Engraving Company
General Sutter Hotel and Gold Nugget Saloon Restaurant
Gold Nugget Saloon Restaurant
Groff's Farm Restaurant
Guided Auto Tape Tour for Lancaster
Hammond and Company
Hans Herr House
Hebrew Tabernacle Reproduction
Heritage Center Museum
Heritage Map Museum
Herr Foods, Inc.
Herr's Potato Chips
Hex Barn
Historic Lancaster Walking Tour
Holiday Inn
Lancaster Host Resort
Host Farm
Hotel Brunswick
Hotel Wheatland
Howard Johnson's Motor Lodge
Intelligencer Journal
James Buchanan Foundation for the Preservation of Wheatland
Klein Chocolate Company
Kreider's Tourist Farm Home
Lancaster Automobile Club
Lancaster Chamber of Commerce
Lancaster County Central Park
Lancaster County Council of Churches
Lancaster County Heritage
Lancaster County Historical Society
Lancaster County Outlet Shopping Guide
Lancaster County Planning Commission
Lancaster Downtown Investment District Authority
Lancaster Hilton Inn
Lancaster Mennonite Historical Society
Lancaster-York Heritage Region
Landis Valley Village & Farm Museum
Leacock Presbyterian Church
Lititz Historical Foundation
Julius Sturgis Pretzel Bakery
Maps
Marken and Bielfeld Inc.
Masonic Homes
Masonic Villages
Mennonite Information Center
Miller's Smorgasbord
National Association of Watch & Clock Collectors Inc.
National Central Bank
North Museum of Nature and Science
Old Mill Stream Campground
Old Village Store
Olde Lincoln House
Original Brunswick Pennsylvania Dutch Tours
Pamphlets
Pathway Publishers
Patton School
Pennsylvania Dutch Harvest Frolic
Pennsylvania Dutch Country Visitors Bureau
Discover Lancaster
Pennsylvania Folklife Society
Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission
People's Place
Photo Arts Press
Plain & Fancy Farm and Dining Room
Police Museum
Postcards
Robert Fulton Birthplace
Rock Ford
Rough and Tumble Engineers Historical Association
Sentinel Printing House
Sickman's Mill
South Central Pennsylvania Travel Council
Stevens House
Strasburg Railroad
Susquehanna Valley Tour
Tourism
Trinity Lutheran Church
Underground Railroad
Veitch Printing Corporation
Verdant View Farm
Vernon Martin Associates
Village Restaurant
Wagonland
Warwick Haus
Wheatland
Wilbur Chocolate Company
Wilbur Chocolate's Factory Candy Outlet
Wilbur-Suchard Chocolate Company
York County Heritage Trust
Extent
1 box, 18 folders, .25 cubic ft.
Object Name
Archive
Language
English; Pennsylvania German
Object ID
MG0095
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
Courtesy of LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.
Classification
MG0095
Description Level
Fonds
Custodial History
Processed by AL and HST, July 2007. Finding aid prepared by HST, August 2007. Updated 9 January 2008, HST.
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Archive

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Collection
Daniel Reiber Collection
Title
Daniel Reiber Collection
Object ID
MG0210
Date Range
1805-1981
Collection (MG0281) Related Materials at Other Repositories: See collections related to Martin Bickham at the Historical Society of Pennsylvania. See collections related to Martin Bickham and Stephen Girard at Girard College. Processing History: Processed and finding aid prepared by CF, Summer 2011. This
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Daniel Reiber Collection
Title
Daniel Reiber Collection
Description
The Daniel Reiber Collection contains the personal papers of Martin Bickham, who married Mme. Emilie Raymonde Adeline Eugenie Rivalz de St. Antoine in 1805. Many of the documents and letters are in French, some have been translated into English. There is genealogy tracing lines of the McCamant, Jenkins, McCaa, and Andes families from 1722-1942. Obituaries, correspondence with the McCaa family, and deeds for the Caernarvon Cemetery are among other items in the collection.
Date Range
1805-1981
Year Range From
1805
Year Range To
1981
Date of Accumulation
1805-1981
Creator
Reiber, Daniel Grube, 1910-1990
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Storage Room
Archives South
Storage Wall
Side 05
People
Rivalz de St. Antoine, Emilie Raymonde Adeline Eugenie
Andes, John B.
Bickham, Alfred
Bickham, Stephen Girard
Bickman, Martin
Buchanan, James
Carpenter, William
Collins, Lavina Bickham
Curwen, Joseph
Diffenbaugh, Peter
Diller, Edwin Carpenter
Diller, John Vagan
Frailey, Charles R.
Girard, Stephen
Grube, Daniel Houder
Hull, Isaac
Hull, Louisa
Larramendi, Joseph Jean
Line, Gabriel
Marks, Elizabeth
McCaa, David G.
McCaa, David Jenkins
McCaa, James
McCaa, William J.
McCamant, Alexander
McCamant, James B.
McCamant, Thomas J.
McCamant, Wallace
McMichaels, William
Reed, George
Rivalz, Martin Stephen
Roland, George Oliver
Subjects
Clippings (Books, newspapers, etc.)
Diaries
Genealogy
Letters
Obituaries
Search Terms
Bangor Episcopal Church
Caernarvon Cemetery
Caernarvon Cemetery Association
Clippings (Books, newspapers, etc.)
Correspondence
Delaware River
Diaries
Finding aids
Genealogy
Leacock Twp.
Letters
Manuscript groups
Marriage certificates
Newspaper clippings
Obituaries
Port Louis, Mauritius
Raccoon Island, Gloucester County, New Jersey
Extent
1 box, 14 folders, .25 cubic ft.
Object Name
Archive
Language
English, French
Object ID
MG0210
Location of Originals
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania
Associated Material
See collections related to Martin Bickham at the Historical Society of Pennsylvania.
See collections related to Martin Bickham and Stephen Girard at Girard College.
Related Item Notes
McCaa Collection (MG0281)
Notes
Preferred Citation: Title or description of item, date (day, month, year), Daniel Reiber Collection (MG0210), 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-210
Classification
MG0210
Description Level
Fonds
Custodial History
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Collection
General Thomas Welsh Family Papers
Title
General Thomas Welsh Family Papers
Object ID
MG0828
Date Range
1839-1932
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Collection
General Thomas Welsh Family Papers
Title
General Thomas Welsh Family Papers
Description
The General Thomas Welsh Family Papers is a collection of original correspondence, official documents, and ephemera. Many of the papers were created by or directed to Thomas Welsh between approximately 1843 and his death in 1863. They provide glimpses into his youth, his experiences in the Mexican War, his life in Columbia between the wars, and his rise in rank to Brigadier General during the Civil War.
The collection contains correspondence with his wife and family from 1861-1863. There are also official correspondence and documents related to Welsh's military service, autobiographical pieces, correspondence following his death, obituaries, and family papers into the early twentieth century. Other items in the collection include genealogy pages from the family bible, photographic images of Thomas Welsh and family members, two scrapbooks, newspaper issues and newspaper clippings, written notes from recollections of one of Welsh's daughter, and a biographical sketch of Welsh written by his son.
Admin/Biographical History
Thomas Welsh (1824-1863) was a Lancaster County native (born and raised in Columbia), who rose from hardscrabble origins to local fame, first as a Mexican War hero, and then as a brigadier general during the Civil War. He was well known and well respected as a no nonsense officer, for his leadership and gallantry in battle, for his dedication to the service of his country, and for his concern for the welfare of his men.
Welsh lost his father at the age of 2, and went to work to support his family at age 8. He had very little formal schooling, and was largely self-educated. In 1843, at age 19, he left Lancaster County for Washington City, then went west as an itinerant carpenter/laborer to Cincinnati, Little Rock, and Fort Smith.
When the Mexican War broke out in 1846, he enlisted in a Kentucky regiment, and was severely wounded at the battle of Buena Vista (1847) from which he never fully recovered. Returning home to Columbia, he re-enlisted as a second lieutenant, assigned to the 11th U.S. infantry regiment in Mexico City. Within days of his arrival in Mexico City, he was declared unfit for service on account of his battle wound, and sent home again.
Back in Columbia as a civilian, he dabbled in politics, and received a patronage job in the Pennsylvania Main Line of Public Works (the rail and canal system connecting Philadelphia and Pittsburgh). After several years, he opened up a grocery and dry goods store in Columbia's canal basin. He also became an insurance agent. In 1857, he was elected Justice of the Peace, and his reputation grew as a community leader. By 1860, he was president of the Borough Council, a founding member of the Columbia Board of Trade, Vice President of the Columbia Cricket Club, and a canal boat operator, in addition to a dry goods merchant, insurance agent, and Justice of the Peace. He had a wife, 5 surviving children, and legal guardianship of his sister's 4 children.
When Confederate forces shelled Fort Sumter, marking the beginning of the Civil War, Thomas Welsh raised and organized the first company of volunteers from Lancaster County, and took them into the field as their Captain. Within days, he was promoted to Lieutenant Colonel of the regiment, which served out its 90-day enlistment in the Shenandoah Valley.
Returning to Harrisburg, he was appointed Commandant of Camp Curtin, the problem-plagued processing center for new recruits. In short order, Welsh cleaned up the camp's poor sanitary conditions, improved the health of the camp, and implemented soldierly discipline and training.
In October 1861, he resigned from his camp duties, and as Colonel of the 45th Pennsylvania, led his regiment into the field. After brief service outside of Washington, they were sent to South Carolina in December, where they were posted to Otter Island. After the battle of James Island, they were recalled to Newport News, in July 1862, then sent to guard Aquia Creek.
In September, now in brigade command in Burnsides' 9th Corps, Welsh chased Lee's Confederate army west into central Maryland. His brigade broke the enemy line in Fox's Gap, on Sept. 14, then 3 days later achieved the furthest Union advance at Antietam, reaching the edge of Sharpsburg, and nearly cutting off Lee's only avenue of escape. Welsh's gallantry earned him a field promotion to brigadier general, which Congress confirmed on March 13, 1863.
The 9th Corps (Welsh now in command of the 1st Division) was sent west in the spring of 1863, then dispatched south to support Grant's investment of Vicksburg. After Vicksburg fell, they turned east and defeated Confederate General Johnston at the Battle of Jackson. Welsh contracted malaria in the southern swamps, and died in Cincinnati upon their return north. One of his men later recalled, "Had he lived, Welsh would undoubtedly have attained a much higher command. 1
1. Beauge, Eugene, in Albert, Allen D., Ed., History of the Forty-Fifth Regiment Pennsylvania Veteran Volunteer Infantry 1861-1865, Williamsport, PA: Grit Publ. Co, 1912, p. 79.
System of Arrangement
The collection is arranged in series:
Series A Thomas Welsh before the Mexican War
Series B Mexican War, 1846-1848
Series C Between the Mexican War and the Civil War, 1848-1861
Series D Civil War
Series E Post-Civil War
Series F Miscellaneous Family Papers
Series G Papers from the families of Gen. Thomas Welsh and Blanton C. Welsh
Date Range
1839-1932
Year Range From
1839
Year Range To
1932
Creator
Wiggin, Richard C.
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Storage Room
Archives South
Storage Wall
Side 19
People
Welsh, Thomas
Welsh, Annie Eunice Young
Welsh, Blanton Charles
Welsh, Effie
Welsh, Lilian
Welsh, Mary Young "Mazie"
Buchanan, James
Subjects
Letters
Mexican War, 1846-1848
Military orders
Military promotions
Personal correspondence
Political campaigns
Presidents--Election
Speeches, addresses, etc.
United States. Army--Military life
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865
Search Terms
Civil War
Correspondence, Personal
Letters
Mexican War
Military life
Military orders
Military promotions
Political campaigns
Presidential elections
Speeches
United States Army
Object Name
Archive
Language
English
Condition
Fair to good
Condition Date
2020-12-18
Condition Notes
Items are in fair to good condition.
Object ID
MG0828
Access Conditions / Restrictions
Please use digital images and transcriptions when available. Original documents may be used by appointment. Please contact archives@lancasterhistory.org at least two weeks prior to visit.
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. Some items are photocopies from other collections--researchers must obtain permission for reproduction and publication from the owner of the original material.
Persons wishing to publish any material from this site must assume all responsibility for identifying and satisfying any claimants of copyright or other use restrictions. Publication fees may apply.
Credit
Courtesy of LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pa.
Classification
MG0828
Description Level
Fonds
Custodial History
Almost all of the papers have been passed down through successive generations of Welsh's descendants, from Thomas Welsh's wife and children to his granddaughter, Emilie Benson (Welsh) Wiggin, to her daughter Nancy Jane (Wiggin) Townsend. After Nancy Townsend's death, her son Charles Townsend passed them on to his cousin, Richard Wiggin (grandson of Emilie Benson Wiggin) in 2015.
A few papers passed out of the family's possession and found their way into other collections. Richard Abel of Columbia, PA began collecting Welsh papers and artifacts some years ago, and subsequently transferred this collection of Welsh materials to Richard Wiggin in 2012.
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