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Collection: Frank R. Diffenderffer Collection

Title: Frank R. Diffenderffer Collection

Object ID: MG0166

Date Range: 1738-1920

Methodist Episcopal Church Armor’s Old Bookstore Articles of agreement Beaver Creek Black Horse Farm Bonds Business records Certificates Charles E. Wentz & Bros. Christ Lutheran Church Cocalico Creek Conestoga Steam Mills Constables Correspondence Court records Farmer’s Bank of Lancaster Farmer’s Hay and

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Collection: Frank R. Diffenderffer Collection

Title: Frank R. Diffenderffer Collection

Description: The Frank R. Diffenderffer Collection contains documents collected by Mr. Diffenderffer. These documents are primarily from the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries and include letters, legal and court papers, indentures, receipts, property and probate records, and financial and military papers. The people and businesses represented include George Ross, Jasper Yeates, A. Herr Smith, Timothy Matlack, Mount Hope Furnace, and the Lancaster, Elizabethtown & Middletown Turnpike Road Company.

System of Arrangement: Collection retains original arrangement.

Date Range: 1738-1920

Year Range From: 1738

Year Range To: 1920

Date of Accumulation: 1738-1920

Creator: Diffenderffer, Frank Ried, 1833-1921

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives South

Storage Wall: Side 04

People: Adams, John Quincy; Adreas, Agnes; Albright, W.; Anderson, James; Andrews, Jacob W.; Andrews, James P.; Ashbridge, Elizabeth; Ashbridge, J. H.; Ashbridge, Sarah; Ashbridge, Sidney; Atlee, Samuel; Attlee, Samuel; Autstch, Adam; Bare, Martin; Barlow, Thomas; Barnitz, Joseph; Barr, John; Barton, David R.; Barton, W.; Bauer, Adam; Beams, Jacob; Beard, Robert; Bearn, John; Beck, Martha; Beck, Paul; Beck, Samuel; Bender, Leonard; Benezet, Daniel; Benner, Henrich; Berntheisel, Henry; Berry, William; Bickham, F. A.; Bickman, George; Bletz, Jacob; Blumer, Abraham; Bollinger, Esther; Bombarger, Martin; Bomberger, John; Bower, Samuel P.; Bowman, Henry; Bowman, J.; Bowman, Samuel; Bowman, W.; Boyd, James; Boyd, Samuel; Bradford, Samuel J.; Breck, Samuel; Bredenstein, Philip; Brown, David; Brown, Matthew; Brown, William; Broud, Bill; Bruener, G.; Bryan, George; Bryan, George I.; Burd, Edward; Burkholder, E.; Burt, Nathaniel; Caldwell, James; Caldwell, Oliver; Caldwell, Robert; Calhoun, John C.; Cameron, James; Cameron, John; Campbell, Sarah; Carpenter, Abraham; Carpenter, Daniel; Carpenter, Jacob; Carpenter, William; Cather, Robert; Chambers, Stephen; Chambers, W.; Charlton, Thomas; Clark, Brice; Clark, John; Clark, Washington; Clemson, Joseph; Cochran, A.; Cochran, William; Coleman, William; Connor, Kitty; Cookson, Thomas; Cooper, William; Creasy, Solomon; Creasy, Solomon M.; Crone, Robert; Cunningham, Hugh; Cunningham, Thomas; Damant, James; Damisch, Fred; Davis, Zaccheus; Deckert, Jacob; Dederick, Henry; Dering, Henry; Derward, Jonas; Detrick, P.; Dickert, Jacob; Dieterick, Jacob; Diffenderffer, David; Diffenderffer, Frank Ried; Diffenderffer, Harold F.; Diffenderfer, Michael; Diffenderfer, Philip; Diller, Peter; Doerses, Frederick; Dougherty, William; Douglass, George; Douglass, James; Doyle, Thomas; Dryer, Andrew; Dubbs, Joseph H.; Duck, Geotge; Duncan, Daniel; Eagen, James; Eagen, Thomas; Eberman, John; Eberman, Philip; Eckert, George; Eckman, John; Eftwein, Johannes; Eichholtz, H.; Eichholtz, Leonard; Eliot, Daniel; Emanuel, John; Ench, Jacob; Espy, George R.; Evans, Frances; Evans, Isaac; Evans, James C.; Evans, Samuel; Ewing, John; Faghterin, Mary; Fahnestock, Samuel; Fehl, Andrew; Feltman, George; Ferree, Conrad; Ferree, Polly; Fissel, Michael; Flowers, Christian; Foltz, Bernard; Fordney, Casper; Fouts, Martin; Franklin, Thomas; Franklin, Thomas E.; Franklin W. B.; Frantz, Phil; Frey, J.; Fultz, John; Galbraith, Bertram; Galloway, Joseph; Geddis, Samuel; Gibble, L. W.; Gibbons, William; Gildersleve, Jonathan H.; Gildersleve Sarah; Gill, Deborah; Gill, Eramus; Gill, James; Gill, Matthew; Givler, Mary; Golden, Jeffery; Graass, Jacob; Graeff, Matthias; Graeff, W.; Graff, Benjamin; Graff, Henry; Graff, Jacob; Gratz, Hyman; Groff, Abraham; Groff, David; Groff, Isaac; Gross, Michael; Grove, Abraham; Grubb, Baird; Grubb, Curtis; Grubb, Henry; Habacker, George; Habacker, Wager; Hartz, John; Hake, Elizabeth; Hake, Jacob; Hale, Charles; Hambright, Henry; Hamilton, James; Hamilton, William; Hand, Edward; Hart, Elizabeth; Hartand, John; Hartmyer, Frederick; Haton, James; Hatz, John; Hayn, Christopher; Hehl, Matthew; Henderson, Mary; Henry, Christopher; Henry, Elizabeth; Henry, Joseph; Henry, Josiah; Henry, John Joseph; Henry, Mary; Herr, Christian; Hensel, William Uhler; Hibshman, Henry; Hoff, John; Hoofnagle, P.; Hoover, Jacob; Host, Catharine; Host, Michael; Howell, William H.; Howell, William Wilson; Huber, J.; Huber, John; Hubley, Adam; Hubley, John; Hubley, Joseph; Hubley, M.; Hubner, Nathanael; Huston, Alex; Hutchinson, E.; Jacks, James; Jenkins, Ron; Johns, Elizabeth; Johns, Jacob; Johns, Paul; Johnston, Sam; Jones, John; Jones, Owen; Jones, Paul T.; Jordan, J.; Kauffman, Abraham; Kauffman, Joseph; Kehler, Andrew; Kelly, Joseph P.; Kelly, William; Kenedy, John; Kittera, John Wilkes; Kittera, Thomas; Kline, David; Kline, George; Kline, Michael; Kling, M.; Konigmaker, James; Krebil, John; Krieg, Philip; Krug, Edward; Krug, H. V.; Krug, Jacob; Krug, Valentine; Kuhn, Frederick; Kuhn, Jacob; Lanck, Jacob; Landes, John; Lauman, Ludwig; Lechler, John; Leman, H. E.; Lewis, Abraham; Lewis, Ellis; Liews, Eliza; Lightner, Nathaniel; Likens, James; Lind, John; Long, Charles E.; Long, Jacob; Longenecker, David; Lowery, Alexander; Lowery, Lazarus; Lowman, Ludwig; Lutz, Peter; Lynch, Thomas; MacGonigle, Jonathan T.; MacGregor, John; MacGregor, Peter; Machold, Lewis Frederick; Marshall, Christopher; Matlack, Timothy; Mattes, George; Mauer, Peter; Maus, Peter; Mayer, John; Mayer, Lewis; McGown, William; McClure, David; McClure, Randle; McKim, James; McKinney, Mordecai; Mease, James; Mease, John; Mercer, John Q.; Messersmith, George; Metzer, Jonas; Metzer, Norman; Miller, David; Miller, Harry; Miller, Henry; Miller, James; Miller, John; Miller, T. H.; Minnich, Lizzie; Mohler, Henry; Montgomery, Jane; Montgomery, S. H.; Moore, James; Moore, John; Musser, John; Myer, John; Myer, John P.; Myer, Josephine; Myers, Christian; Myers, Eckert; Myers, Henry; Myers, Jacob; Myers, John; Myers, Joseph; Myers, Josephine; Myers, S. H.; Myers, Sidney; Muhlenberg, F. A.; Muhlenberg, G. H. E.; Muhlenberg, Henry; Muhlenberg, Henry A.; Munster, Paul; Nager, Ben Willis; Nagle, John; Neal, John; Nees, Adam; Neisser, G. Br.; Nelson, William; Nicholson, John; Norgrave, H.; Odonel, Charles; Old, James; Parvin, Francis; Passmore, John; Patton, James; Pendleton, George H.; Pennypacker, Samuel W.; Penrose, Clement; Petersby, Richard; Physick, Edmund; Pine, Michael; Pohlman, Abraham; Price, Eli K.; Purviance, Samuel; Ralston, Robert; Ramsay, Catharine; Ramsay, David; Ramsay, James; Ramsay, Nathaniel; Ramsay, William; Randall, Samuel; Rank, Samuel; Redsecker, Jacob; Reed, E. L.; Reed, George; Reedly, George; Reedly, John; Reigart, Adam; Reigart, Emanuel; Reigart, Jacob; Riche, Thomas; Rieger, Ann; Rohrer, John; Ross, George; Ross, James; Roth, Jacob; Schaum, Philip; Scheaffer, John; Schnierer, John, Mrs.; Schweinhaupt, Br.; Sell, Henry; Seward, Hugh; Shafer, John; Shaffer, Jacob; Sharer, David; Shearer, Jacob; Sheef, William; Sheldon, William; Shippen, Edward; Shireman, Jacob; Shol, Peter; Shware, Peter; Simon, Joseph; Simon, William; Sindersmith, S. V.; Singer, Casper; Singer, Emanuel; Skiles, William; Slaugher, Hiram; Slaymaker, Amos; Slaymaker, Henry; Slough, Matthias; Smith, A. Herr; Smith, Eliza; Smith, Joanna; Smith, Thomas; Smith, William; Snapp, Samuel; Solomon, Myer; Spencer, S. S.; Sprecher, Frank L.; Stauffer, Henry; Stedman, Alex; Stedman, Charles; Steinert, Christian; Steinman, Charles; Steinman, Frederick; Steinman, George; Steinman, John F.; Stevens, R. S.; Stevenson, George; Stone, John; Stoneman, Tobias; Stones, John; Stuart, Robert; Swan, John G.; Swain, R.; Swentzel, H. Y.; Swift, Joseph; Tanger, David R.; Titball, Joseph; Trimble, James; Trissler, John; Trissler, Joseph David; Turner, Ambrose; Turner, Catharine; Wagen, Philip; Walk, Deetrick; Walker, John; Wallace, John; Wallace, William; Warden, M.; Warfel, John; Washington, Samuel; Watson, David; Webb, James; Weber, Adam; Wegman, Mary; Weitzel, George; Wenger, Roland; Werner, Jacob; Wertsburger, Henry; West, William; Wetherill, Samuel P.; White, George; White, T.; Whitaker, George; Wildred, Daniel; Williams, Evans P.; Williams, John; Wistar, Thomas; Witlow, Hugh; Witman, John; Witman, Michael; Witmer, Abraham; Witmer, Benjamin; Witmer, David; Witmer, Henry; Wolford, Ludwig; Wood, George; Work, Joseph; Wright, James; Wright, John; Wright, S. W.; Yaner, Jacob; Yeates, Jasper; Yeates, John; Young, Henry; Young, Mattias; Zahm, Godfrey; Zantzinger, Adam; Zantzinger, Ester; Zeigler, George; Zimmer, Henry

Subjects: Bonds; Business records; Certificates; Court records; Finance, Personal; Invoices; Letters; Lotteries; Minutes (Records); Probate records; Receipts (Acknowledgments); Schools; Stocks

Search Terms: Accounts; African Methodist Episcopal Church; Armor's Old Bookstore; Articles of agreement; Beaver Creek; Black Horse Farm; Bonds; Business records; Certificates; Charles E. Wentz and Bros.; Christ Lutheran Church; Cocalico Creek; Conestoga Steam Mills; Constables; Correspondence; Court records; Farmers Bank of Lancaster; Farmer's Hay and Straw Market Association; Finance, Personal; Finding aids; Franklin Savings and Building Association; Grosh and Levering; Hamilton Lots; Indentures; Indian Queen Hotel; Invoices; Lancaster Cemetery; Lancaster County Agricultural Park; Lancaster County Historical Society; Lancaster, Elizabethtown and Middletown Turnpike Company; Letters; Lotteries; Manuscript groups; McDowell's Mill; Minutes; Mount Hope Furnace; Northern Central Railway Company; Pennsylvania Council; Philadelphia and Reading Railroad Company; Probate records; Protestant Episcopal Church; Receipts; Sam Wetherill and Sons; Schools; Shaffner and Ziegler; St. James Episcopal Church; Steinman and Son; Stocks; Trinity Lutheran Church; W. Kirkpatrick and Company; Zahm and Jackson Jewelers

Extent: 1 box, 27 folders, 1 cubic ft.

Object Name: Archive

Language: English

Object ID: MG0166

Location of Originals: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania

Notes: Preferred Citation: Frank R. Diffenderfer Collection (MG0166), 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: 1964.013

Other Numbers: MG-166

Classification: MG0166

Description Level: Fonds

Custodial History: This collection was cataloged prior to 1997. Added to database 23 September 2021.; Accession # L64-13

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Book, Account

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Collection: Gary Hawbaker's Collection of Business and Personal Record Books

Title: Account book of Slater Brown, Little Britain Township, Fulton Township

Object ID: MG0963_F012

Date Range: 1814-1834

Collection: Gary Hawbaker's Collection of Business and Personal Record Books

Title: Account book of Slater Brown, Little Britain Township, Fulton Township

Description: Account book of Slater Brown, Little Britain Township, Fulton Township.; Contains 197 paginated pages with verticle column lines, plus a 22 page front index and a 22 page up-side-down back index (blank), the tabs of both indexes were cut from the book pages. Also, 3 unpaginated leaves in front of the back index have account information from 1818, 1819 and 1821, plus 9 blank unpaginated in front of the back index.; Front Cover - Inside: "EARLY 19TH CENTURY; GRIST MILL LEDGER OF; SLAYTER BROWN, SON OF;THE QUAKER LEADER; JEREMIAH BROWN OF; PEACH BOTTOM" is written on bottom half.; Front Leaves: Are a 21 tabbed page index. The back sides of each tab are blank.; End Leaves: Are a 20 page tabbed index, The tabs are upside down and the pages are blank.; Back Cover - "Ledger A" is written on the outside of the back cover, back contains an index of clients and what pages they appear on.; Book references an itemized list of client profits and expenses, and the employees of the mill and what they were being compensated for. The profits list ranges from selling and grinding corn, wheat, clover seed, and rye as well as sawing boards. The recorded expenses for the mill include employee wages, transportation costs, and rent. The last page of the account book lists the work done at the schoolhouse in 1818 by helpers Peter and James. Three pressed ferns were also found within the account book (Pages. 1, 19, & 130).; Insert 1 - Blue donor card and 2 page Biographical sheets.; Insert 2 - 10 loose sheets of pieces of paper.; Insert 3 - 7 loose sheets of pieces of paper.; Insert 4 - 2 transparent pages containing 3 fern stems.

Admin/Biographical History: From: Donor Card; Son of Jeremiah Brown and brother of Judge Jeremiah Brown, Slater Brown was born in 1787 and inherited his father's mill in 1820. After continuing to grow the family mill and business, Slater died in 1855, leaving the mill to his son, Jeremiah Brown Jr.

Date Range: 1814-1834

Creation Date: 1 January 1814 to 8 August 1834

Year Range From: 1814

Year Range To: 1834

Creator: Brown, Slater, 1787-1855

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives North

Storage Wall: Side 12

Storage Container: Box 0003

People: Ailes, Ester; Beaty, David; Black, Robert; Boyd, Samuel; Brannon, Francis; Brown, Isaac; Brown, Jeremiah; Brown, Joshua; Brown, Josiah; Brown, Samuel; Brown, William; Burk, Thomas; Carman, Andrew; Churchman, David; Clark, Thomas; Cloverfield, John; Davis, William; Evans, John; Ewing, Alexander; Gray, Jacob; Haines, Jacob; Haines, Timothy; Hambleton, James; Hambleton, Joseph; Harlan, Thomas; Harrison, James; Hawkins, Nathaniel; Hess, Abraham; Heston, Charles; Hill, William; Jackson, Peter; Jones, Benjamin; Kenneda, Letitia; King, James; King, Joshua; Kirk, John; Lefever, John; Long, John; Maxwell, Robert; Mclaughlin, James; Montgomery, Joseph; Moore, William; Nivin, David; Patterson, Thomas; Patton, William; Pennel, William; Ratoo, Sarah; Reynolds, Henrey; Reynolds, Samuel; Rose, Robert; Scott, Francis; Snodgrass, Samuel; Sprout, John; Steel, Elizabeth; Stewart, Adam; Swift, Joseph; Warden, James; Warden, Robert; Webb, Johnathan; Wilson, John

Subjects: Business records; Corn; Gristmills; Mills and mill-work; Rye; Sawmills; Wheat

Search Terms: Account books; Business records; Forges; Fulton Twp.; Gristmills; Little Britain Twp.; Mills; Octorara Forge; Peach Bottom, Fulton Twp.; Pressed flowers; Sawmills

Extent: 508 pages to scan.; Size (L x W): 13-1/8" x 8"

Object Name: Book, Account

Language: English

Condition Date: 2024-02-06

Condition Notes: Binding is damaged, top of back cover is not attached and top of spine has worn to the pages, cover has red rot; the last 33 pages are not attached at the top half of the pages.; Page in front of the back index is missing the bottom ~1".

Object ID: MG0963_F012

Location of Originals: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania

Related Item Notes: Habeas Corpus paper of Letitia Kenady (Habeas 1814 F025)

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).; Slater Brown has a writ of habeas corpus against him from Letitia Kennedy.

Access Conditions / Restrictions: No restrictions. Original documents may be used by appointment. Please contact Research@LancasterHistory.org at least two weeks prior to visit.

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.

Accession Number: 2022.021

Other Numbers: MG-963

Description Level: Item

Book, Account

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Collection: Gary Hawbaker's Collection of Business and Personal Record Books

Title: Account Book of Slater Brown form Little Britain Township and Fulton Township

Object ID: MG0963_F014

Date Range: 1832-1852

Collection: Gary Hawbaker's Collection of Business and Personal Record Books

Title: Account Book of Slater Brown form Little Britain Township and Fulton Township

Description: Account Book of Slater Brown’s gristmill book D, from Little Britain Township and Fulton Township.; Contains 219 paginated ruled leaves with vertical column lines, plus 1 end leaf that is not paginated, and an 20 page index of clients, the last page of which has account information only.; Front Cover: "D." written in black on outside at top; inside has "ISAAC P. COOK" sold by book stamp. Inside cover is marbleized.; Back Cover - Inside cover is marbleized; Spine - "LEDGER" is stamped on the spine and the letter D was written at 3 places.; Front leaves - 2 leaves. The first leaf is marbleized on one side and has x'ed out 2 lines at the top.; second leaf has "Slater Brown Bern?" written on one side.; Back leaf - Only one that is marbleized on one side.; The letter "D" in written in black on the front cover and three times on the spine.; Book references an itemized list of customers profits and expenses, and the employees of the mill and what they were being compensated for. The profits list ranges from selling and grinding corn, wheat, clover seed, and rye as well as sawing boards. The recorded expenses for the mill include employee wages, transportation costs, and rent.; Insert 1 - Blue donor card.; Insert 2 - 8 loose sheets, 3 are small pieces of paper.

Admin/Biographical History: From Donor Card:; Son of Jeremiah Brown and brother of Judge Jeremiah Brown, Slater Brown was born in 1787 and inherited his father's mill in 1820. After continuing to grow the family mill and business, Slater died in 1855, leaving the mill to his son, Jeremiah Brown Jr.

Date Range: 1832-1852

Creation Date: 4 January 1832 to 20 March 1852

Year Range From: 1832

Year Range To: 1852

Creator: Brown, Slater, 1787-1855

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives North

Storage Wall: Side 12

Storage Container: Box 0004

People: Black, Robert; Boyd, Samuel; Bowman, Henry; Brannon, Francis; Brown, Isaac; Brown, Jeremiah; Brown, John; Brown, Joshua; Brown, Josiah; Brown, Samuel; Brown, William; Burk, Thomas; Carman, Andrew; Churchman, David; Clark, Thomas; Davis, William; Evans, John; Ewing, Alexander; Gray, Jacob; Haines, Jacob; Haines, Timothy; Hambleton, James; Hambleton, Joseph; Harlan, Thomas; Harrison, James; Hawkins, Nathaniel; Hess, Abraham; Heston, Charles; Hill, William; Jackson, Peter; Jones, Benjamin; King, James; King, Joshua; Kirk, John; Lefever, John; Long, John; Martin, Smauel; Maxwell, Robert; Mclaughlin, James; Montgomery, Joseph; Moore, William; Nivin, David; Patterson, Thomas; Patton, William; Ratoo, Sarah; Reynolds, Henrey; Reynolds, Samuel; Rose, Robert; Scott, Francis; Snodgrass, Samuel; Sprout, John; Stewart, Adam; Swift, Joseph; Warden, James; Warden, Robert; Webb, Johnathan; Wilson, John

Subjects: Business records; Corn; Gristmills; Mills and mill-work; Rye; Sawmills; Wheat

Search Terms: Account books; Business records; Forges; Fulton Twp.; Gristmills; Little Britain Twp.; Mills; Octorara Forge; Peach Bottom, Fulton Twp.; Sawmills; Schoolhouses

Extent: 488 pages to scan.; Size (L x W): 15-1/2" x 6-5/8"

Object Name: Book, Account

Language: English

Condition Date: 2024-02-03

Condition Notes: Book cover is damaged but intact. Red rot of cover and spine is present and the leather has worn to the base at places on the edges. Spine has separated at the top rear seam. Spine had "LEDGER" printed on it and what appears to be a vertical 1/2" burn mark at the top.; The following stamp in on the inside cover.; SOLD BY; ISAAC P. COOK,; BOOKSELLER AND STATIONER,; No. 37 Market street,, Baltimore,; Where a general assortment of; Books and Stationary may be; obtained at low prices.; Orders thankfully received.; The front and back page have separated from the spine. Pages are in good condition, except pages 212 through 218, that have a 6 inch section of lower edges roughly worn. This is minor damage.

Object ID: MG0963_F014

Location of Originals: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania

Related Item Notes: Slater Brown has a writ of habeas corpus against him from Letitia Kennedy.

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. Original documents may be used by appointment. Please contact Research@LancasterHistory.org at least two weeks prior to visit.

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.

Accession Number: 2022.021

Other Numbers: MG-963

Description Level: Item

Associated Material: James Buchanan Papers, Dickinson College Archives & Special Collections,; http://archives.dickinson.edu/collection-descriptions/james-buchanan-papers; James Buchanan and Harriet Lane Johnston Papers, Library of Congress,; https://www.loc.gov/collections/james-buchanan-and-harriet-lane-johnston-papers/; James Buchanan Papers, Historical Society of Pennsylvania,; http://www2.hsp.org/collections/manuscripts/b/Buchanan0091.html; James Buchanan Papers, Penn State University Libraries,; https://libraries.psu.edu/findingaids/1458.htm

Related Item Notes: James Buchanan Family Papers; MG-96 James Buchanan Collection; Historical Society of Pennsylvania microfilm; Photograph collections; Curatorial collections; Wheatland Mansion

Notes: May 2020 PastPerfect Conversion

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Credit: Courtesy of LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.

Accession Number: JBMS1995.408a

Other Number: JBFP Part 1, Series 5, Subseries 1, Folder 22a

Description Level: Item

Custodial History: The James Buchanan Family Papers were collected by the James Buchanan Foundation for the Preservation of Wheatland. This collection was relocated from the Wheatland mansion to the LancasterHistory archives in the Spring of 2009. Digitization of the James Buchanan Family Papers was funded by the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, PHMC Appl ID # 201808013051, 2019-2020.

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Order for Payment

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Collection: Commissioners' Orders for Payment

Title: Commissioners' order for payment

Object ID: CommOrder 1821 #006

Date Range: 1821

Collection: Commissioners' Orders for Payment

Title: Commissioners' order for payment

Description: This record group contains canceled orders that were issued by the county commissioners for payment to be made by the county treasurer. The orders show date, order number, amount, name of payee, purpose, and signatures of the county commissioners. In the case of "poor children," teachers were reimbursed by the county for tuition and/or the supplies purchased for students whose parents were unable to pay. Orders include: Poor Children, Almshouse, Bridges, Coroners' Inquests, Prisons, Roads, Court House, and Tax Exonerations.

System of Arrangement: The record group is organized chronologically, then arranged by order number within each year.

Date Range: 1821

Date of Accumulation: 1810-1901

Year: 1821

Creator: County Commissioners

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives North

Storage Container: Box 0001

People: Boon, Jane; Boon, Samuel; Brown, D.; Brown, George; Brown, William; Cochren, John; Drebenstat, Fanny; Drebenstat, Frederick; Haines, John; Hollowell, James; Lindon, Thomas; Moore, Charity; Morrow, Ann; Morrow, Elizabeth; Seachrist, Henry; Stape, Daniel; Stape, Michael

Subcategory: Documentary Artifact

Search Terms: Maytown, Donegal Twp.; Poor children; Teachers; Commissioners' Orders for Payment

Place: Maytown, Donegal Twp.

Extent: 70 boxes (35 cubic ft.)

Object Name: Order for Payment

Language: English

Condition: Fair

Condition Date: 2008-03-25

Object ID: CommOrder 1821 #006

Box Number: 001

Notes: Entered into Q&A Date entered Mar 20, 2001.

Additional Notes: Poor Children; Boon, Jane.; Boon, Samuel.; Brown D. Teacher.; Brown, George.; Brown, William.; Cochren, John.; Drebenstat, Fanny.; Drebenstat, Frederick.; Haines, John.; Hollowell, James.; Lindon, Thomas.; Moore, Charity.; Morrow, Ann.; Morrow, Elizabeth.; Seachrist, Henry.; Stape, Daniel.; Stape, Michael.; 1 item, 1 piece

Access Conditions / Restrictions: Request at research desk. Photocopy made by staff member.

Classification: RG 08-01 0510

Description Level: Item

Order for Payment

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Collection: Commissioners' Orders for Payment

Title: Commissioners' order for payment

Object ID: CommOrder 1824 #480

Collection: Commissioners' Orders for Payment

Title: Commissioners' order for payment

Description: This record group contains canceled orders that were issued by the county commissioners for payment to be made by the county treasurer. The orders show date, order number, amount, name of payee, purpose, and signatures of the county commissioners. In the case of "poor children," teachers were reimbursed by the county for tuition and/or the supplies purchased for students whose parents were unable to pay. Orders include: Poor Children, Almshouse, Bridges, Coroners' Inquests, Prisons, Roads, Court House, and Tax Exonerations.

System of Arrangement: The record group is organized chronologically, then arranged by order number within each year.

Date of Accumulation: 1810-1901

Creator: County Commissioners

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Container: Box 0005

People: Aiken, Ebenezer; Aiken, William; Aiken, George; Brown, Samuel; Brown, Wilhelmina; Brown, William; Brown, Thomas; Burkins, Charles; Burkins, Eliza; Burkins, John; Burnett , D.; Carl, Joseph; Carl, William; Carroll, William H.; Corthers, John; Corthers, Richard; Corthers, White; Corthers, William; Dever, Elinor; Dever, John; Dever, Samuel; Evans, Jock; Evans, Thomas; Johnson, David; Leek, Elizabeth; Lewis, Andrew; Lewis, James; Lewis, Mary; Long, Abner; Long, Kersey; Long, Mary; Maxfield, Amos; Maxfield, George; Maxfield, Margaret; Maxwell, Amos; Maxwell, George; Maxwell, Margaret; McGuigan, Rosana; McGuigen, Agnes; McGuigen, Charles; Millburn, Abraham; Millburn, James; Millburn, Nancy; Millburn, William; Miller, Adaline; Miller, Charlotte; Miller, John; Norris, D.C.; Norris, E.; Norris, Levi; Norris, Sarah Ann; Peters, Abraham; Peters, Joshua; Peters, Robert; Peters, William; Richardson, William; Ross, Reason; Thatcher, Amos; Thatcher, Matthew; Tobias, Darias; Tobias, Lydia Ann; Tobias, Samuel; Towsen, Joseph; Towson, Ephram; Towson, Isaac; Wippen, James; Wippen, John; Wippen, Washington

Subcategory: Documentary Artifact

Search Terms: Little Britain Twp.; Poor children; Commissioners' Orders for Payment

Place: Little Britain Twp.

Extent: 70 boxes (35 cubic ft.)

Object Name: Order for Payment

Language: English

Condition: Fair

Condition Date: 2008-03-25

Object ID: CommOrder 1824 #480

Box Number: 005

Notes: Entered into Q & A 1993/12/14.

Additional Notes: Poor children.; Names taken from Lancaster County tax lists.; Aikin, George. Father of Aiken, William, age 8; Aiken, Ebenezer, age 7.; Brown Samuel. Father of William, age 7 (or Brown, Wilhelmina, age 7); Brown,Thomas, age 5.; Burkins, Charles. Father of Burkins, Eliza, age 10; Burkins, John, age 8.; Burnett , D. Parent of Ross, Reason, age 9.; Carl, Joseph. Father of Carl, William, age 9.; Carroll, William H.; Corthers, John. Father of Corthers, William, age 10; Corthers, White, age 8; Corthers, Richard, age 6.; Dever, Samuel. Father of Dever, Elinor, age 9; Dever, John, age, 7.; Evans, Jock. Father of Evans, THomas, age 6.; Leek, Elizabeth. Mother of Richardson, William, age 5; Johnson, David, age 9.; Lewis, Mary. Mother of Lewis, James, age 9; Lewis, Andrew, age 6.; Long, Mary. Mother of Long, Kersey, age 9; Long, Abner, age 7.; Maxfield, George. (Or Maxwell.) Father of Maxfield, Margaret, age 9; Maxfield, Amos, age 5.; McGuigen, Agnes. Mother of McGuigen, Charles, age 9; McGuigan, Rosana, age 8.; Millburn, James. Father of Millburn, Nancy, age 10; Millburn, William, age 8; Millburn, Abraham, age 7.; Miller, John. Father of Miller, Charlotte, age 8; Miller, Adaline, age 6.; Norris, Levi. Father of Norris, E., age 10; Norris, D.C., age 7; Norris, Sarah Ann, age 6.; Peters, Abraham. Father of Peters, Joshua, age 11; Peters, William, age 9; Peters, Robert, age 7.; Thatcher, Amos. Father of Thatcher, Matthew, age 8.; Tobias, Samuel. Father of Tobias, Samuel, age 9; Tobias, Lydia Ann, age 7; Tobias, Darias, age 5.; Towson, Isaac. Father of Towsen, Joseph, age 10; Towson, Ephram, age 9.; Wippen, John. Father of Wippen, Washington, age 10; Wippen, James, age 6.; 1 item. 1 piece.

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Collection: Commissioners' Orders for Payment

Title: Commissioners' order for payment

Object ID: CommOrder 1821 #093

Date Range: 1821

Collection: Commissioners' Orders for Payment

Title: Commissioners' order for payment

Description: This record group contains canceled orders that were issued by the county commissioners for payment to be made by the county treasurer. The orders show date, order number, amount, name of payee, purpose, and signatures of the county commissioners. In the case of "poor children," teachers were reimbursed by the county for tuition and/or the supplies purchased for students whose parents were unable to pay. Orders include: Poor Children, Almshouse, Bridges, Coroners' Inquests, Prisons, Roads, Court House, and Tax Exonerations.

System of Arrangement: The record group is organized chronologically, then arranged by order number within each year.

Date Range: 1821

Date of Accumulation: 1810-1901

Year: 1821

Creator: County Commissioners

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives North

Storage Container: Box 0001

People: Alding, Cathrin; Brown, D.; Brown, George; Brown, William; Cochren, John; Green, Joseph; Haines, John; Hollowell, James; Lindon, Thomas; Maddis, Margaret; Moore, Charity; Morrow, Ann; Morrow, Elizabeth; Sechrist, Henry; Stape, Daniel; Stape, Michael

Subcategory: Documentary Artifact

Search Terms: Maytown, Donegal Twp.; Poor children; Teachers; Commissioners' Orders for Payment

Place: Maytown, Donegal Twp.

Extent: 70 boxes (35 cubic ft.)

Object Name: Order for Payment

Language: English

Condition: Fair

Condition Date: 2008-03-25

Object ID: CommOrder 1821 #093

Box Number: 001

Notes: Entered into Q&A Jun 27, 2001.

Additional Notes: Poor children.; Alding, Cathrin.; Brown, D. Teacher.; Brown, George.; Brown, William.; Cochren, John.; Green, Joseph.; Haines, John.; Hollowell, James.; Lindon, Thomas.; Maddis, Margaret.; Moore, Charity.; Morrow, Elizabeth.; Sechrist, Henry.; Stape, Daniel.; Stape, Michael.; Morrow, Ann.; 1 item, 1 piece

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Collection: Commissioners' Orders for Payment

Title: Commissioners' order for payment

Object ID: CommOrder 1823 #003A

Date Range: 1823

Collection: Commissioners' Orders for Payment

Title: Commissioners' order for payment

Admin/Biographical History: This record group contains canceled orders that were issued by the county commissioners for payment to be made by the county treasurer. The orders show date, order number, amount, name of payee, purpose, and signatures of the county commissioners.

Date Range: 1823

Year: 1823

Creator: County Commissioners

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives North

Storage Container: Box 0003

People: Ableton, F.; Ash, P.; Bailey, Francis; Barckly, R.; Barr, Marg; Beaty, David; Bermite, David; Bermite, Stephen; Bermite, Thomas; Black, John; Boyd, Abraham; Brabson, John; Brabson, Thomas; Brabson, William; Brown, G.; Brown, William; Burk, William; Burkale, John; Carr, James; Carr, John; Carr, Mrs.; Carr, Norman; Carter, John; Chambers, John; Clark, James; Clark, Thomas; Clark, Wiley; Cless, Thomas; Crawford, N.; Curlet, James; Cyle, John; Daily, John; Devenshire, Jesse; Devonshire, B.; Devonshire, B. Jr.; Dornick, John; Drake, William; Dunlap, Hugh; Dunn, John; Eaby, Elexander; Ebets, Jake; Ermony, Michael; Evans, Robert; Ewing, James; Ewing, Phoebe; Eyers, John; Ferguson, Andrew; Ford, Robert; Gordon, Jesse; Gray, Jake; Greenfield, Jane; Gregg, Thomas; Haines, Mrs.; Hamilton, James; Harnes, William; Hawkins, John; Hile, William; Hogg, George; Huton, Benjamin; Hutton, Joseph; James, Adam; James, WIlliam; Jemeson, John; Jemeson, Joseph; Jemeson, Mrs.; Jenkins, Elisha; Jenkins, King; Johnson, George; Keys, Benjamin; Keys, James; Kile, Joseph; King, Jeremiah; King, WIlliam; Kirk, Abraham; Kirk, Benjamin; Lee, John; Lewis, William; Lovit, William; Martz, I.; Maycomer, Phis.; McCann, David; McCracken, James; McCracken, William; McCrackin, John; McCullen, Isaac; McCullon, James; McFee, John; McVey, John; McVey, V.; McVoy, Hiram; McVoy, Joseph; Menaugh, Mrs.; Menaugh, Robert; Milbery, William; Miller, Issek; Miller, John; Morrison, Joseph; Morse, Samuel; Muckelwrath, Elexander; Newlin, John; Nichols, Robert; Nollan, Wolf; Noriss, Levi; Nyce, William; Oldfield, WIlliam; Passmore, Andrew; Patton, R.; Patton, William; Pele, John; Peters, Abram; Petit, George; Price, Joseph; Renolds, Ely; Renolds, Lewis; Renolds, Nathan; Renols, McNeehel; Reuburn, Alexander; Rey, Robert; Reyburn, William; Reynolds, Ely; Richarddon, Joseph; Roberts, John; Roberts, John Jr.; Robson, J.; Rodney, Sesor; Rolph, John; Sadler, John; Sedwick, John; Shafer, John; Shover, Frederick; Snodgrass, William; Stephen, Niles; Stew, Stephen; Steward, Alexander; Sutton, Thomas; Welsh, David; West, John; West, William; Whiteside, John; Whiteside, Mrs.; Wilson, John; Wipper, Benjamin; Withers, Joseph; Wricks, Edward

Subcategory: Documentary Artifact

Search Terms: Commissioners' Orders for Payment; Little Britain Twp.; Persons of color; Tax exonerations; Taxes

Place: Little Britain Twp.

Object Name: Order for Payment

Language: English

Condition: Fair

Condition Date: 2008-03-25

Object ID: CommOrder 1823 #003A

Box Number: 003

Notes: Entered into Q&A Apr 19, 2001.

Additional Notes: Tax exonerations.; Price, Joseph. Tax collector.; Ableton, F.; Bailey, Francis.; Nollan, Wolf.; Bermite, David.; Bermite, Stephen.; Bermite, Thomas.; Ash, P.; Burk, _____.; Burk, William.; Hues, _____.; Barr, Marg.; Burkale, John.; Boyd, Abraham.; Beaty, David.; Brabson, Thomas.; Crawford, N.; Carr, Norman.; Carr, John.; Curlet, James.; Carter, John.; Clark, Thomas.; Clark, Wiley.; Cless, Thomas.; Chambers, John.; Dornick, John.; Drake, William.; Devonshire, B.; Devonshire, B. Jr.; Dunlap, Hugh.; Dunn, John.; Daily, John.; Devenshire, Jesse.; Ebets, Jake.; Ewing, Phoebe.; Eyers, John.; Ewing, James.; Ermony, Michael.; Evans, Robert.; "F.T.W"; Gregg, Thomas.; Gordon, Jesse.; Gray, Jake.; Greenfield, Jane.; Carr, Widow.; Hamilton, James.; Hogg, George.; Huton, Benjamin.; Harnes, William.; Haies, Widow.; Hawkins, John.; Hile, William.; Hutton, Joseph.; Jenkins, King. African American.; James, WIlliam.; Jemeson, Widow.; Jemeson, John.; Johnson, George.; Jenkins, Elisha.; Jemeson, Joseph.; Kirk, Abraham.; Kirk, Benjamin.; Barckly, R.; Keys, Benjamin.; Keys, James.; King, WIlliam.; Kile, Joseph.; King, Jeremiah.; Lewis, William.; Lee, John.; Lovit, William.; McCracken, William.; McCracken, James.; McFee, John.; Milbery, William.; Miller, John.; Morrison, Joseph.; McVey, John.; Morse, Samuel.; Muckelwrath, Elexander.; McCann, David.; McVoy, Hiram.; McVoy, Joseph.; McCrackin, John.; Miller, Issek.; Menaugh, Widow.; Newlin, John.; Noriss, Levi.; Nyce, William.; Oldfield, WIlliam.; Petit, George. African American.; Peters, Abram.; Patton, R.; Patton, William.; Passmore, Andrew.; Pele, John.; Rolph, John.; Roberts, John.; Roberts, John Jr.; Renolds, Lewis.; Reyburn, William.; Reuburn, Alexander.; Rodney, Sesor.; Renols, McNeehel.; Robson,J.; Reynolds, Ely store.; Stephen, Niles.; Steward, Alexander.; Sadler, John.; Shover, Frederick.; Shafer, John.; Sedwick, John.; Stew, Stephen.; Wricks, Edward.; Welsh, David.; Whiteside, Widow.; Wilson, John.; Wipper, Benjamin.; West, William.; Withers, Joseph.; Brabson, John; Brabson, William.; Brown, William.; Black, John.; Brown, G.; Cyle, John.; Clark, James.; Carr, James.; Eaby, Elexander.; E___, Amos.; Sutton, Thomas.; Ford, Robert.; Ferguson, Andrew.; Georg__, Thomas.; Martz, I.; James, Adam.; McVey, V.; Menaugh, Robert.; Maycomer, Phis.; McCullon, James.; McCullen, Isaac.; Nichols, Robert.; Renolds, Ely.; Renolds, Nathan.; Richarddon, Joseph.; Rey, Robert.; Snodgrass, William.; Whiteside, John.; West, John.

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