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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: Denues Family Papers

Title: Denues Family Papers

Object ID: MG0528

Date Range: 1855-1890

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Collection: Denues Family Papers

Title: Denues Family Papers

Description: The Denues Family Papers contain documents related to the professional and military career of Charles Denues, as well as information about the Denues family. This collection also contains Civil War era items, including a $20 South Carolina note, and a presidential ticket from the 1864 election.

Admin/Biographical History: Charles Denues was born on 28 August 1923 in Shrewsbury Pennsylvania. He married Fannie Haines on 21 August 1859, and the couple had 8 children. Before enlisting to fight with the Union Army, Denues was a lawyer and a school teacher. In 1862 he enlisted, and became captain of the 135th Regiment, Pennsylvania Volunteers, Company E on 12 August 1862. On 24 May 1863 he was honorably discharged with the rest of his company.

Date Range: 1855-1890

Year Range From: 1855

Year Range To: 1890

Date of Accumulation: 1855-1890

Creator: Denues family

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives South

Storage Wall: Side 11

People: Curtin, Andrew Gregg; Denues, Charles; Geary, John White; Johnson, Andrew; Lincoln, Abraham; Strawbridge, George W.

Subjects: Appointment to office; Appointments, Military; Military pensions; Money--Confederate States of America; Soldiers; United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865

Search Terms: Ballots; Civil War; Elections; Finding aids; Manuscript groups; Military appointments; Pensions, Military; Military records; Money; Political appointments; Presidential elections; Soldiers

Extent: 1 box, 7 folders, 15 items, 47 pages to scan, .25 cubic feet

Object Name: Archive

Language: English

Object ID: MG0528

Location of Originals: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania

Related Item Notes: Civil War Collection, MG0018, Box 2, Folder 85; Civil War Collection, MG0018, Box 4, Folder 128; Civil War Collection, MG0018, Box 15, Books 1-4; James Buchanan Family Papers, JBFP 1.2.3.011

Notes: Preferred Citation: Denues Family Papers (MG0528), 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-528

Other Number: MG-528

Classification: MG0528

Description Level: Fonds

Custodial History: Processed and finding aid prepared by RA, 15 September 2015. Added to database 6 August 2021.

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Collection: Card Collection

Title: Card Collection

Object ID: MG0180

Date Range: 1820 - present

Advertising cards Business cards Ephemera Greeting cards Invitation cards Visiting cards Search Terms: A. D. Caufman and Company A. Haldeman and Company Abraham, Eberly and Company Adler Boots and Shoes Advertising Advertising cards Aikin and Neuhauser Albany Dentists American Tea Company Associations

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Collection: Card Collection

Title: Card Collection

Description: The Card Collection contains advertising cards for businesses throughout Lancaster County, greeting cards, invitations, membership cards, and visiting cards. The occasions represented by the greeting cards include Valentine's Day, Christmas, New Year's, Easter, birthday, and anniversary cards.

Date Range: 1820 - present

Date of Accumulation: 1820 - present

Creator: LancasterHistory (Organization)

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives South

Storage Wall: Side 04

People: Adams, Bessie; Anderson, Ada L.; Anderson, Daisy; Armstrong, Charles Dudley; Bachman, M. E.; Bair, David; Bankratz, B.; Bausman, D. H.; Berdainer, Paul F.; Blough, Clara; Bollinger, W. H.; Bomberger, Lizzie S.; Bones, John G.; Bowers, J.; Bowers, W. B.; Boyd, George; Brackbill, Henry P.; Breneman, A. N.; Brimmer, H. J.; Brown, E. W.; Brucker, John; Bruner, P. M.; Bucher, Max; Buchmiller, D. F.; Burk, Jacob; Bursk, D. S.; Byrne, J. W.; Campbell, L. H.; Carmitchell, Thomas H.; Carter, Elmer E.; Charles, John A.; Chase, Ernest Dudley; Clark, L. F.; Clarke, Samuel; Cochran, Ada M.; Cogley, A. H.; Cooper, L. A.; Crouse, Matilda G.; Danner, George H.; Davis, I. J.; Delbo, S. L.; Denlinger, B. Willis; Dennis, George M.; Diller, H.; Diller, I. N.; Diller, Isaac; Doyle, W. A.; Eby, Samuel; Enck, W. C.; Erben, John A.; Erisman, E. J.; Erisman, George F. K.; Esbenshade, E. Herr; Fahnestock, Return E.; FonDersmith, G. L.; Frailey, William O.; Frey, Andrew G.; Frey, Walter H.; Fry, Margie J.; Fulmer, A. P.; Garber, A. M.; Garner, Emma Saylor; Gast, William H.; Getz, Charles A.; Gill, Charles S.; Gochenaur, Harry E.; Goerhing, Reaves F. Jr.; Griffits, Frank P.; Groff, Samuel A.; Grove, Fanny; Grove, L. H.; Grundisch, F.; Gundaker, H.; Haberbush, M.; Hackman, Lizzie B.; Hager, Ruth; Haldeman, Grace S. Garner; Haldeman, Sarah J.; Harbaugh, Henry; Harding, William H.; Harnish, C. B.; Harnish, D. L.; Harnish, Jacob; Harnish, M. S.; Hartman, Lewis S.; Hatz, Samuel; Heidelbaugh, Milton; Heinitsh, John F.; Heisey, Kate; Heisey, Martin Luther; Hensel, Joann W.; Herr, Daniel D.; Herr, Daniel H.; Herr, Eugene M.; Herr, Harry B.; Herr, L. B.; Hess, J. R.; Hess, Witmer; Hiemenz, John; Hireisy, F. H.; Hirsh, A.; Hoffer, D. B.; Hoffman, Barbara; Hoffmeier, A. K.; Hollinger, J. P.; Hoover, George J.; Hoover, Jacob; Houghton, M. A.; Houseal, Lottie M.; Hubley, Alfred A.; Hull, George W.; Jameson, J. P.; Jeffries, Mary; Johns, H. Forrey; Kappler, Edward S.; Keiffer, J. H.; Keiffer, Josepine; Keiper, J. M.; Keller, J. W.; Kettring, John H.; Killian, G. C.; Killian, George W.; Kinzler, Frederick; Kirchner, Sharon; Knapp, Catharine; Kreckel, Edward; Kulp, D. H.; Landis, Allen B.; Landis, Bertha Cochran; Landis, David Bachman; Landis, Katie M.; Lane, C. M.; Lebkicher, J. P.; Lefevre, P. G.; Levy, M.; Locher, Charles A.; Loeb, Millie; Loeb, William; Long, Charles E.; Lowell, J. W.; Luchenbach, H. H.; Lynch, Charles O.; MacNay, Charles; Manby, William H.; Marshall, William L.; Martin, H. A.; McClain, John C.; McCleery, Samuel B.; Merrill, Lizzie L.; Miley, Frank B.; Miller, George H.; Miltonberger, J. C.; Mower, J. H.; Moyer, J. G.; Musser, Maggie; Owens, Steve J.; Parry, H. B.; Phiffer, Amanda; Poutz, Lilian; Poutz, May; Prangley, James Jr.; Ramsdell, O. J.; Reeser, Joseph; Reinoehl, A. F.; Reitzel, Amanda; Ressel, Richard P.; Richardson, Clara V.; Riest, A. H.; Riest, J. Frank; Riest, W. A.; Ringwalt, A. G.; Roadman, Samuel H.; Rock, Allen; Rohrer, F. S.; Rohrer, J.; Rosenstein, Al; Rote, Amos C.; Rote, J. E.; Roth, John B.; Rothschild, Jacob; Roy, William H.; Royer, J. R.; Saylor, J. J.; Schaefer, E. M.; Schaum, George B.; Schmidt, H. A.; Schneider, H. J.; Schoenberger, John; Shelly, Jeremiah A.; Shirk, Peter; Shreiner, H. M.; Shrum, J. H.; Shultz, E. J.; Shultz, H. S.; Simon, C. H.; Sing, Daniel; Slandt, John W.; Smaling, J. K.; Smith, A. H.; Smith, A. Herr; Snyder, H. N.; Snyder, P. C.; Sprecher, John M.; Sprecher, William D.; Stackhouse, D. P.; Stauffer, H. S.; Stauffer, Harry F.; Steinhauser, Frank J.; Steinhauser, Kate A.; Swarr, John P.; Teahl, J. A.; Thorbahn, Fanny; Trout, Harry L.; Trout, Mary; Trout, Mollie S.; Urban, B. F. W.; Urban, Ruth; Van Pelt, Charles P.; Vollmer, Frederick; Waylan, John; Webber, Annie; Weber, Ferdinand; Weidle, Laura I.; Weikel, A. W.; Wiant, George; Wiggins, Alice B.; Wilson, Edward G; Withrow, J. L.; Wood, Helen; Woodward, A. W.; Wormley, W.; Zahm, Edward J.; Ziegler, Joe C.; Keller, John; Fordney, Sara Cox; Fordney, Thomas Potter; McIlvaine, George Duffield; Haupt, C. Elvin

Subjects: Advertising; Advertising cards; Associations, institutions, etc.; Business cards; Ephemera; Greeting cards; Invitation cards; Visiting cards

Search Terms: A. D. Caufman and Company; A. Haldeman and Company; Abraham, Eberly and Company; Adler Boots and Shoes; Advertising; Advertising cards; Aikin and Neuhauser; Albany Dentists; American Tea Company; Associations, institutions, etc.; Astrich Bros.; Athenaeum, Historical, Agricultural & Mechanics' Institute; Austen's Forest Flower Cologne; Bair and Keen; Barbers; Black Horse Hotel and Corn Exchange; Bomberger and Loeb; Bon-Ton; Borgenski's; Boston Store; Bowers and Hurst; Brecht and Brothers; Burger and Sutton; Business cards; Calling cards; Cash Grocery; City Shoe Store; Colahan and Company; Columbia Spy Steam Job Print; Columbia Wagon Company; Common Sense Shoe Store; Conestoga Carriage Factory; Conestoga Grocery; Conestoga Steam Mills; Confectioners; Cooper House; Deichler and Schaum; Deichler's Stationary; Delmonico Café; Department stores; Dressmakers; Duncan's; Eagle Shoe Store; Edison Electric Company; Ephemera; Estey Organ Company; F. A. North and Company; Fairview Nurseries; Farmers First Bank; Finding aids; First National Bank of Columbia; Flinn and Breneman; Flinn and Willson; Frew's Carriage Factory; Frey and Eckert; Fry and Mast; Funerals; Furriers; Geis and Company; George Boyd and Sons; George M. Steinman and Company; Glenn Manor Service Station and Tourist Cabins; Gottshalk and Lederman's Great New York Bazaar; Grace Lutheran Church; Graduations; Great Atlantic and Pacific Tea Company; Greeting cards; Grocery stores; Guthrie and Son; Hahn's Store; Hallet and Davis; Harnish and Company; Harting's Old Whiskies; Hatcher Company; Hats; Hatters; Heitshu's Drug Store; Henwood and Thomas; Herr's Book Store; Hildesheimer and Faulkner; Hill Poultry Yard; Hirsh and Brother; Hoar and McNabb; Hoffer's Steam Drillers; Hoffmeier Brothers; Holly Tree Coffee House; Hotels; Houghton's Popular Millinery; Incubators; Invitations; Iris Club; J. B. Martin and Company; J. F. Long and Company; J. H. Abraham and Brother; J. Rose and Son; John A. Erben's Cheap Clothing Store; John P. Schaum and Son; John Schoenberger and Sons; Keplinger and Company; Keystone Collar Factory; Kirk Johnson & Co.; L. B. Herr & Son; Ladies Hebrew Benevolent Society; Lancaster Bargain Bazaar; Lancaster City Pharmacy; Lancaster Country Store; Lancaster County Chapter National Multiple Sclerosis Society; Lancaster Gas Light and Fuel Company; Lancaster Maennerchor; Lancaster Photo Engraving Company; Lancaster Trust Company; Lane and Company; Locher's Drug Store; M. Deichler and Son; Manby's Music Store; Manuscript groups; Marshall E. Smith Company; Mayor and Simon; Merrick Thread Company; Metropolitan Life Insurance Company; Miesse Candies & Ice Cream; Miller and Bushong; Miller and Umbdenstock; Millineries; Mitchell's Carpet Cleaning House; Morrow's Fine Shoes; Muhlenberg's Drug Store; Myers and Rathfon; National Bearings Company; Neffsville Hotel; New York Dairy Lunch; New York Millinery Store; Norbeck and Miley; Novelty Bazaar; P. C. Snyder and Brother; Palace Saloon; Penn Boiler and Burner Manufacturing Corporation; Pennsylvania Clothing Company; Philip Schum, Son and Company; Photographers; Popular Cigar Store; Powell and Rhode's New Dancing Academy; R. B. and H. Factory; Ranck and Kurtz; Reece's Parlor Shoe Store; Reilly Brothers and Raub; Royal St. John Sewing Machine Office; S. B. Cox and Company; S. H. Zahm and Company; Samuel Hatz's Tobacco and Cigar Store; Seamstresses; Shaub and Brothers; Shaub and Burns; Shiffler Fire Company; Shirk's Carpet Hall; Shultz's Sons; Singer Manufacturing Company; Singer Sewing Machine Company; Slough and Brother; Slough and Kauffman; Sorrel Horse Hotel; St. James Episcopal Church; Star Shoe House; Stauffer and Company; Steckel Printing, Inc.; Steinwandle Boots and Shoes; Stockyard Inn; Stoner, Shreiner and Company; Swan Hotel; Swarthmore College; Tailors; Thomae's Fashionable Millinery; Thomas W. Price Company; Trade cards; Trinity Choral Society; Visiting cards; W. A. Reist and Company; Weddings; Wenger Carriage Factory; West and Haverstick; Westhaeffer's Book Store; White, Stokes and Allen; William D. Sprecher and Son; William Knabe and Company; William Kray and Company; Williamson and Foster; Women's Republican Club

Extent: 3 boxes, 6 series, 1.5 cubic ft.

Object Name: Archive

Language: English

Object ID: MG0180

Location of Originals: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania

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: No restrictions.

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.; Images have been provided for research purposes only. Please contact Research@LancasterHistory.org for a high-resolution image and permission to publish. LancasterHistory retains the rights to the digital images and content presented. The doctrine of fair use allows limited use of copyrighted material without permission from the copyright holder. Fair use includes comment, criticism, teaching, and private scholarship. Any images and data downloaded, printed or photocopied for these purposes should provide a citation. All other uses beyond those allowed by fair use require written permission.

Credit: Courtesy of LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.

Other Numbers: MG-180

Classification: MG0180

Description Level: Fonds

Custodial History: Added to database 25 August 2021.

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Collection: Papers of Josiah F. Passmore

Title: Papers of Josiah F. Passmore

Object ID: MG0859

Date Range: 1856-1858, 1863, 1893

Collection: Papers of Josiah F. Passmore

Title: Papers of Josiah F. Passmore

Description: Teacher's book of Josiah F. Passmore, Union High School for Girls and Boys, New Providence, Providence Twp., Lancaster County, 1856-1858, 1893; Scanned copy of letter from Josiah F. Passmore to his sister. Written in Falmouth, VA. 12 April 1863. (sent with Deed of Gift)

Date Range: 1856-1858, 1863, 1893

Year Range From: 1856

Year Range To: 1893

Date of Accumulation: 1856-1858, 1863, 1893

Creator: Shoffner, Shirey M.

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives South

Storage Wall: Side 19

People: Passmore, Josiah F.

Subjects: Letters; United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865

Search Terms: Civil War; Correspondence; Finding aids; Letters; Manuscript groups; New Providence, Providence Twp.; Union High School for Girls and Boys

Extent: 2 items

Object Name: Archive

Language: English

Object ID: MG0859

Associated Material: More information about the Passmore family at Chester County History Center. http://www.chestercohistorical.org/online-catalog-0

Notes: Given in memory of Shirley M. Shoffner.; Not fully cataloged

Credit: Courtesy of LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.

Accession Number: 2021.037

Other Numbers: MG-859

Other Number: MG-859

Classification: MG0859

Description Level: Fonds

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Collection: Lebkicher Family Civil War Letters and Discharge Papers

Title: Lebkicher Family Civil War Letters and Discharge Papers

Object ID: MG0258

Date Range: 1855-1865, 1972

Collection: Lebkicher Family Civil War Letters and Discharge Papers

Title: Lebkicher Family Civil War Letters and Discharge Papers

Description: Lebkicher Family Civil War Letters and Discharge Papers contain letters from Lebkicher family members before and during the Civil War. There are discharge papers for Jonah R. Duke and William H. Lebkicher who enlisted with Captain J. Miller Raub's Company D, 122nd Regiment of Pennsylvania Volunteers in August 1862. William (1846-1929) re-enlisted and his letters continue to 1865. Some of the letters concern transportation by train and subsequent wrecks and derailments, the rioting in Lancaster, the shortage of food and feed for animals, and the soldiers getting used to the shelling of their camp by the rebels. The majority of letters were written during the Civil War.

Admin/Biographical History: For more information about William H. Lebkicher, please see the Hershey Community Archives website. https://hersheyarchives.org/encyclopedia/lebkicher-william-henry-lebbie-1845-1929/

Date Range: 1855-1865, 1972

Year Range From: 1855

Year Range To: 1972

Date of Accumulation: 1855-1865, 1972

Creator: Lebkicher family

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives South

Storage Wall: Side 06

People: Lebkicher, William Henry "Lebbie"; Lebkicher, Edwin M.; Lebkicher, David McGran

Subjects: Letters; Military discharge; Personal correspondence; United States. Army--Military life; United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865; Soldiers; Soldiers, Black

Search Terms: Civil War; Correspondence, Personal; Discharge papers; Finding aids; Letters; Manuscript groups; Military discharge; Military life; Persons of color; Soldiers; Soldiers, Black

Extent: 1 box, 12 folders, .25 cubic ft.

Object Name: Archive

Language: English

Object ID: MG0258

Location of Originals: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania

Related Item Notes: Lebkicher Family Civil War Letters and Discharge Papers (MG0258) https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/4b929d84-1c6a-4e1f-8bc2-523672636170

Notes: Preferred Citation: Title or description of item, date (day, month, year), Lebkicher Family Civil War Letters and Discharge Papers (MG0258), 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.

Accession Number: 1998.MG0258

Other Numbers: MG-258

Other Number: MG-258

Classification: MG0258

Description Level: Fonds

Custodial History: Organized and finding aid prepared by JM. Finding aid typed by KS and SH, 2013. Added to database 10 January 2022.

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Collection: Watt & Shand Collection

Title: Watt & Shand Collection

Object ID: MG0237

Date Range: 1880-2003

• Lancaster, Pennsylvania 17603-3125 717.392.4633 • www.LancasterHistory.org Biographical and Historical Note: On 22 February 1878, Peter Watt, James Shand and Gilbert Thompson advertised the opening of a new store, The New York Store, featuring new lines of foreign and domestic dry goods as well as fancy

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Collection: Watt & Shand Collection

Title: Watt & Shand Collection

Description: The Watt & Shand Collection contains materials related to the Watt & Shand Department Store in Lancaster, Pennsylvania.; Series 1 includes employee handbooks, job description, beauty salon price list, bridal registry information, a history of the store, a Christmas catalog, a Historic Preservation Trust calendar, and children's books.; Series 2 is a record of the property at the downtown location and at Park City Mall beginning in 1880 with deeds, legal agreements, a building inspector's permit, and insurance policies.

Admin/Biographical History: On 22 February 1878, Peter Watt, James Shand and Gilbert Thompson advertised the opening of a new store, The New York Store, featuring new lines of foreign and domestic dry goods as well as fancy goods and notions. The New York Store opened on 9 March 1878 and was an immediate success focusing on customer service. The owners had an unwritten policy stating that they remained open until the last customer left. During that first year, partner Gilbert Thompson died. Watt and Shand purchased a building located at 8-10 East King Street and changed their name from The New York Store to Watt, Shand and Company. Then during 1885, the store name was shortened to Watt & Shand even though the business was expanding to acquire 6 East King Street. The Ladies' Ready-To-Wear Department was added in 1889 which included coats, suits, dresses, and underwear. The owners proceeded to expand the business over several decades and procured Appel & Weber jewelry store and Hager's Department Store during the 1950s and 1960s. The branch store opened in 1970 at Park City Mall. The Bon-Ton Stores purchased Watt & Shand in 1992 and the store officially closed in March of 1995

System of Arrangement: This collection is arranged by series.; Series 1 Items collected by LancasterHistory; Series 2 Gift of Penn Square Partners

Date Range: 1880-2003

Year Range From: 1880

Year Range To: 2003

Date of Accumulation: 1880-2003

Creator: LancasterHistory (Organization)

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives South

Storage Wall: Side 06

People: Ammon, Cora Mae Fox; Ammon, John M.; Appel, Eva Rengier; Appel, Percy L.; Baker, Miriam Rengier; Bell, Louise Price; Berger, R. R.; Blatchley, Charles A.; Breyers, C. J.; Buchanan, James; Drukenbrod, Lee Roy; Fehl, J. Herbert; Frantz, I. E.; Fritz, C. C.; Goodhart, E. C.; Groff, Alpheaus S.; Groff, Ella L.; Hermansader, T. F.; Hirsh, Bertha; Hirsh, Gabriel; Hostetter, D. B.; Lively, Henry; Long, Jacob M.; Loss, Natalie M.; Loss, Nathan; Marshall, Elizabeth H. W.; Marshall, Elizabeth Weber; Marshall, George A.; Marshall, George W.; Marshall, Maria L. Good; May, Jennie H.; Miller, E. N.; Myers, Harry; Myers, Maria; Myers, Patricia Marshall; Myrtetus, George B.; Noonan, Ella O.; Noonan, Raymond Smith; Prangley, James; Reed, George R.; Reichley, Jacob Christian; Reifsnyder, Arden P.; Reifsnyder, Christine Kauffman; Rengier, Charles F.; Rengier, John S.; Rohrer, Adelaide C. Crohen; Rohrer, George Redsecker; Rohrer, Jeremiah; Rohrer, Mary Ann Redsecker; Roth, George R.; Rupert, L. H.; Schaller, Kimberly; Shand, James; Shand, Thomas Marshall; Sherrill, Anita B.; Sherrill, S. Edward; Short, Edwin P.; Skyllas, Drossos A.; Slaymaker, Peter J. Eckert; Stiles, H. A.; Stirk, Isaac; Stirk, Sarah C.; Swarr, Donald; Urban, Cassius Emlen; Watt, Laura Louise Geiger; Watt, Peter T.; Weber, May H.; Wisegarver, Harry P.; Witmer, Albert F.

Other Creators: Watt & Shand Department Store (Pa.)

Subjects: Advertising; Architectural drawings; Blueprints; Building leases; Calendars; Catalogs; Deeds; Department stores; Historical markers; Insurance policies; Letters; Menus; Newsletters; Penn Square (Lancaster, Pa.); Scrapbooks; Stores, Retail

Search Terms: A and S Realty and Investment Corporation; A. B. Rote & Co.; Advertising; Agreements; Air conditioning; American Blower Corporation; Appel & Weber; Architectural plans; Automatic Sprinkler Corporation of America; Awards; Blueprints; Bon-Ton; Bon-Ton Beauty Salon; Booklets; C. J. Breyer and Associates, Inc.; Calendars; Catalogs; Central Automatic Sprinkler Company; Certificates; Columbia; Commonwealth Land Title Insurance Company; Commonwealth Title Company of Philadelphia; Correspondence; Deeds; Department stores; DUSCO Property Management, Inc.; East Hempfield Twp.; Employee handbooks; Employees; Ephemera; Escalators; Finding aids; Fire sprinklers; Floorplans; Gatter and Diehl Consulting Engineers; Gift certificates; Ground-rent; Hager and Bro., Inc.; Hager Realty Corporation; Heating and ventilation systems; Historic Preservation Trust of Lancaster County; Historical markers; Insurance policies; Job descriptions; Kroll Electric Company, Inc.; Lancaster; Lancaster Parking Authority; Lancaster Trust Company; Leases; Letters; Manuscript groups; Menus; Mortgages; Newsletters; Oblender's Furnishing, Inc.; Park City Mall; Penn Square; Pennsylvania Company for Insurance on Lives and Granting Annuities; Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission; Pennsylvania Power and Light Company; Permits; Poetry; PPL; Price lists; Principal Mutual Life Insurance Company; Reynolds and Reynolds Company; Scrapbooks; Stores, Retail; Total Energy Leasing Corporation; Trion, Inc.; Watt and Shand; Workers' Compensation Act; York Corporation

Extent: 4 boxes, 59 folders, 1 scrapbook, 2 cubic ft.

Object Name: Archive

Language: English

Object ID: MG0237

Location of Originals: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania

Notes: Preferred citation: Title or description of item, date (day, month, year), Collection Title (MG#), Series #, Folder #, (or Object ID), LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania. URL if applicable. Date accessed (day, month, year).

Access Conditions / Restrictions: Folder 2 contains restricted items. With the exception of Folder 2, the items in this collection may be used by researchers--contact Research@LancasterHistory.org prior to visit or request at Reference Desk.

Copyright: Collection items may be photographed. Please direct questions to Research Center Staff at Research@LancasterHistory.org. Permission for reproduction and/or publication must be obtained in writing from LancasterHistory. Persons wishing to publish any material from this site must assume all responsibility for identifying and satisfying any claimants of copyright or other use restrictions. Publication fees may apply.

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Other Numbers: MG-237

Classification: MG0237

Description Level: Fonds

Custodial History: Scrapbook cataloged by CB, 2008. Series 2, Folder 1-48 cataloged by ML, Summer 2014. Added to database 13 January 2022.; The Watt & Shand Department Store scrapbook was cataloged and preserved with funding from the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission. ME60112.

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Collection: Hood and Lockwood Family Papers

Title: Hood and Lockwood Family Papers

Object ID: MG0875

her marriage to Henry Grisinger on 19 July 1865. Marriage was performed by Rev. Dr. Welldor, Episcopal Clergyman. (1 item, 2 pages to scan) Insert 2 Letter to Annie Lockwood Cochran from her stepsister, Mary T. [Barge] Grisinger, Prairie Farm, Buena Vista, Stephenson County, Illinois, 14 January 1873

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Collection: Hood and Lockwood Family Papers

Title: Hood and Lockwood Family Papers

Description: The Hood and Lockwood Family Papers contain a certificate for Bernarda Black's honorary membership in the Lincoln Farm Association, dated 19 June 1907, a copy of her obituary from the Lancaster News-Journal, 2 April 1924, miscellaneous papers and memoranda written by Alexander Hood and his father Frederick Hood, letters written to Annie Lockwood Cochran, daughter of George Lockwood and Catharine Hood, and correspondence and documents relating to the Civil War pension of Thomas Tillbrook, husband of Emma Hood Lockwood.

Admin/Biographical History: The Hon. Alexander H. Hood was a noted attorney in Lancaster. His daughter, Bernarda, married A. Ross Black, and lived in Strasburg, Lancaster County.; Annie Lockwood Cochran was the daughter of Geroge Lockwood and Catharine Hood Lockwood and wife of David Cochran.

Year Range From: 1838

Year Range To: 1907

Date of Accumulation: 1838-1907

Creator: LancasterHistory (Organization)

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives South

Storage Wall: Side 19

People: Barge, Mollie; Black, A. Ross; Black, Bernarda Hood; Cochran, Annie Lockwood; Grisinger, Bertha Bernarda; Grisinger, Henry; Grisinger, Mary T. Barge; Hood, Alexander H.; Hood, Frederick; Landis, Bertha Cochran; Lockwood, Bell; Lockwood, Betsey; Lockwood, Elizabeth; Palmer, Dora E. Tillbrook; Stoner, Mary T. Tillbrook; Tillbook, Emma Hood Lockwood; Tillbrook, David; Tillbrook, Glendor; Tillbrook, Thomas

Subjects: Associations, institutions, etc.; Letters; United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865

Search Terms: Associations, institutions, etc.; Certificates; Correspondence; Finding aids; Letters; Lincoln Farm Association; Manuscript groups; Obituaries

Extent: 13 folders

Object Name: Archive

Language: English

Object ID: MG0875

Location of Originals: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania

Notes: Preferred Citation: Title or description of item, date (day, month, year), Hood and Lockwood Family Papers, 1838-1907 (MG0875), Box #, Folder #, (or Object ID), LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania. URL if applicable. Date accessed (day, month, year).

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.

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Accession Number: 1956.MG0875

Other Numbers: MG-875

Other Number: MG-875

Classification: MG0875

Description Level: Fonds

Custodial History: Transferred from Document Collection Box 5, Folder 15, Item 10, 24 January 2022. Folders 2-7 transferred from Document Collection, Box 29, Folder 6, 9 March 2022. Folder 8-12 transferred from Document Collection, Box 31, Folder 5, items 1-14, 1 April 2022.

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Collection: Civil War Enlistment Certificates

Title: Civil War Enlistment Certificates

Object ID: MG0422

Date Range: 1864

Signed by: H. K. Killian, George Yeisley, Robert A. Evans Bearer: Abraham Habecker Ward: Southwest ward Date: 13 April 1864 Name on reverse: Abraham Habecker Signed by: H. K. Killian, Robert A. Evans, Anthony Lechler, George Yeisley Bearer: John Carpenter Ward: Southwest ward Date 13 April 1864 Name on

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Collection: Civil War Enlistment Certificates

Title: Civil War Enlistment Certificates

Description: This collection contains certificates of enlistment for volunteer soldiers from Lancaster City for April and May 1864. The documents show the name of the volunteer; the ward he was from; date; and signatures of volunteer, witness, and/or the draftee for which the volunteer was a substitute; and signatures of members of the Committee on Bounty Fund. These volunteers were "credited to the quota of the City of Lancaster, in the President's calls for troops."

Admin/Biographical History: "No conscription in the North during the Civil War was absolute. The drafted man could always hire a substitute if he could afford it. Starting in 1862, the U.S. government allowed this escape from military service on the theory that, so long as each name drawn from the wheel produced a man, it made no difference whether the drafted person or one hired to take his place appeared for muster. The Conscription Act of 3 March 1863 legalized this method of draft evasion. Until the act of 24 February 1864, the conscript could choose between hiring a substitute or paying the government $300 as commutation of service. Thereafter, the government only permitted substitution, except for conscientious objectors. Furthermore, exemption by furnishing a substitute extended only until the next succeeding draft, at which point the principal again became liable. Immediately, the prices of substitutes rose far above the $300 to which the commutation clause had held them. For this reason, legal draft evasion became the prerogative of only the unusually well-to-do."; "Substitutes, Civil War," www.answers.com/topic/substitutes-civil-war

Date Range: 1864

Creation Date: 1864

Creator: Committee on Bounty Fund (Lancaster, Pa.)

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives South

Storage Wall: Side 10

Subjects: Bounties, Military; Recruiting and enlistment; United States. Army--Recruiting, enlistment, etc.; United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865

Search Terms: Civil War; Finding aids; Manuscript groups; Military bounties

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

Object Name: Archive

Language: English

Object ID: MG0422

Location of Originals: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania

Related Item Notes: Record of Recruits, 1863-1864. City Archives Collection (CA 08-01 1604-005)

Notes: Preferred Citation: Title or description of item, date (day, month, year), Civil War Enlistment Certificates (MG0422), 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.

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Accession Number: 2007.MG0422

Other Numbers: MG-422

Classification: MG0422

Description Level: Fonds

Custodial History: Added to database 22 February 2022.

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Collection: Lancaster County Citizens Committee Collection

Title: Lancaster County Citizens Committee Collection

Object ID: MG0899

Date Range: 1950

: The Lancaster County Citizens Committee Collection contains the report of the Mid-Century White House Conference on Children and Youth, 1950. Creator: LancasterHistory (Organization) Conditions for Access: No restrictions. Conditions Governing Reproductions: Collection may not be photocopied. Please

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Collection: Lancaster County Citizens Committee Collection

Title: Lancaster County Citizens Committee Collection

Description: The Lancaster County Citizens Committee Collection; contains the report of the Mid-Century White House Conference on Children and Youth, 1950.

Date Range: 1950

Creator: LancasterHistory (Organization)

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives South

Storage Wall: Side 19

People: Appel, James Z.; Armstrong, C. W.; Batchelder, Robert C.; Brandon, Grant D.; Brenner, Sidney; Cantor, William; Denlinger, John; Eshleman, Edith; Gaige, Charles S.; Hare, Edgar Jr.; Harrison, james; Headrick, L. B.; Hershey, H. Raymond; Hill, Sherman L.; Kilgore, S. Ernest; Lockwood, Lewis; Mayser, Charles W.; Miller, Vesta; Nissley, Wilbur; Roschy, Robert W.; Sayles, Howard W.; Schildnecht, Page M.; Schreiber, Edna F.; Sheetz, Samuel B.; Slough, Mary E.; Smith, S. June; Smrtic, JoLouise; Stoner, Olivia; Taft, Sigmund S.; Wagner, James E.

Search Terms: Finding aids; Lancaster County Citizens Committee; Manuscript groups; Reports; Mid-Century White House Conference on Children and Youth; Washington, DC

Extent: 1 folder, 1 item

Object Name: Archive

Language: English

Object ID: MG0899

Location of Originals: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania

Notes: Preferred Citation: Title or description of item, date (day, month, year),Lancaster County Citizens Committee (MG0899), Folder #, (or Object ID), LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania. URL if applicable. Date accessed (day, month, year).

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.

Other Numbers: MG-899

Classification: MG0899

Description Level: Fonds

Custodial History: Transferred from Document Collection, Box 29, Folder 3, Item 1, 9 March 2022.

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Collection: Tobias Bowman Papers

Title: Tobias Bowman Papers

Object ID: MG0900

Date Range: 1863-1898

--Civil War, 1861-1865 Search Terms: Civil War Correspondence Draft Finding aids John Baer’s Sons Letters Manuscript groups Related Materials: Processing History: Processed and finding aid prepared by MSH, 10 March 2022. This collection has been documented, preserved and managed according to professional

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Collection: Tobias Bowman Papers

Title: Tobias Bowman Papers

Description: The Tobias Bowman Papers contain letters and documents of Tobias Bowman of Bowmansville, Brecknock Township, from 1863 to 1898.

Admin/Biographical History: Tobias Bowman was born 30 March 1837, the son of Isaac Bowman and Judith Gehman of Bowmansville. He was self-educated, wrote letters in both English and German and acted as a scribe for neighbors. He was interested in local and family history. He died 4 March 1906 and is buried at Bowmansville Mennonite Church.

Date Range: 1863-1898

Year Range From: 1863

Year Range To: 1898

Date of Accumulation: 1863-1898

Creator: LancasterHistory (Organization)

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives South

Storage Wall: Side 19

People: Bixler, Daniel; Bowman, Tobias; Good, Ezra G.; Harting, M. S.; Hershey, Andrew

Subjects: Draft; Letters; United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865

Search Terms: Civil War; Correspondence; Draft; Finding aids; John Baer's Sons; Letters; Manuscript groups

Extent: 1 folder, 11 items, 28 pages to scan

Object Name: Archive

Language: English

Object ID: MG0900

Location of Originals: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania

Notes: Preferred Citation: Title or description of item, date (day, month, year), Tobias Bowman Papers (MG0900), Folder #, (or Object ID), LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania. URL if applicable. Date accessed (day, month, year).

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

Accession Number: 2000.MG0900

Other Numbers: MG-900

Classification: MG0900

Description Level: Fonds

Custodial History: Transferred from Document Collection Box 29, Folder 7, Items 1-11, 10 March 2022

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