This collection contains the legal and personal papers of Judge Henry G. Long. The first ten boxes contain notes of argument and notes of testimony for civil and criminal cases. The remaining papers include receipts for local businesses and services, accounts, documents relating to turnpikes, speeches, stock certificates, deeds, correspondence, and petitions.
Preferred Citation: Title or description of item, date (day, month, year), Judge Henry G. Long Collection (MG0283), Box #, Folder #, LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.
Folders 1-120, gift of The Long Home, 19 January 2001. Folders 121-126, purchased from dealer, October 2013. Folder 127 purchased from The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd., August 2014.
The items in Folders 121-126 were originally part of the collection at The Long Home, but were separated from the rest of the collection and purchased at auction by the dealer who sold them to LancasterHistory.
Access Conditions / Restrictions
Restrictions are noted at the item level.
Copyright
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Credit
Courtesy of LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.
Other Numbers
MG-283
Classification
MG0283
Description Level
Fonds
Custodial History
Boxes 1-15 processed by JM, finding aid prepared by HST. Added to database 7 November 2017.
Tall case clock with works by A. W. Baldwin of Lampeter Square. Federal style cherry case has no carving on tympanum, scrolled crest terminating in roundels, three slender urn finials on plain plinths, four thin free-standing columns on bonnet, wide chamfers on corners of waist and base, and four turned feet. Veneer on tympanum, bonnet door, band above pendulum door and a veneer border surrounding plain panel on base. Unusual feature is a backward curve at the top of the tympanum as well as the top of the bonnet door.
Several notes tacked on interior state clock was purchased by John Mylin on Apr. 3,1829, from A.W. Baldwin for $46.00. Another note says daughter Frances Mylin Keen purchased clock for $10 from the estate of Eli K. Mylin in 1919.
Clockworks made by A. W. Baldwin and case attributed to John Bachman per John Snyder, Jr. He states on p. 60 of Clockmakers of Lancaster Co., "There are strong grounds for attributing this case, and others housing works by A. W. Baldwin to Jacob Bachman."
Provenance
Owned by four generations of the Mylin family. Original owner was John Mylin (1804-1857) of W. Lampeter Twp. who purchased clock from Baldwin in 1828/9 for $46.00. Then passed to son Eli K. Mylin (1833-1918), farmer in Pequea Twp. Then purchased from Eli's 1919 estate sale by his daughter Frances Mylin Keen (1865-1956), Mrs. Harry Grant Keen of Lancaster City. Finally passed to her daughter Lulu Mary Keen (1888-1966) and gifted to LHO by bequest of her estate.
According to Gary Hawbaker, John Mylin (1804-1857) was called Valley John. Hawbaker owns several of his record books.
See G.01.28.1 for painting of the Eli K. Mylin farm (Eli was the 2nd owner of the clock).
Dietrich American Foundation owns an Eli Haverstick fraktur, a birth certificate for the family of the original clock owners, John and Elizabeth Kendig Mylin and their two sons Amos and Eli K. Mylin.
Place of Origin
Lampeter, West Lampeter Twp.
Related Item Notes
See G.01.28.1 for painting of the Eli K. Mylin farm (Eli was the 2nd owner of the clock).
Dietrich American Foundation owns an Eli Haverstick fraktur birth certificate for the family of the original clock owners, John and Elizabeth Kendig Mylin and their two sons Amos and Eli K. Mylin.
Usage
Mylin family
Credit
Bequest of Lulu M. Keen in memory of Harry G. Keen and Frances M. Keen.
Watercolor of Eli K. Mylin farm, mounted in large gilt frame.
Painting is done on a rectangular, heavy sheet of sepia-brown paper with textured surface. Executed in greens, brown, red and white. Immediate foreground shows a railroad stretching from left to right, bordered by wooden fencing. Fields in near foreground lead up to a farmstead in midrange consisting of a stone house at far right encircled by a white picket fence, a large white barn at far left, and various outbuildings located between them. Distant fields rise slightly to form rolling hills with trees and fencing at horizon. Sketchy white clouds are arranged across the sky.
The farm is located directly south of Willow Street, Pequea Twp., Lancaster County and belonged to donor's great-grandfather. Her grandmother, Lillie V. Stehman, grew up there before marrying Isaiah D. Stehman and moving to Mount Joy.
The 1864 Atlas shows E.K. Mylin residing in the extreme southeast corner of Pequea Twp. The 1899 Atlas shows two farms in close proximity, both owned by E. K. Mylin.
Painted in 1913, probably from a photo post card (with a May 1906 postmark) that shows this exact scene.
(Written by Wendell Zercher.)
Provenance
Given in memory of Isaiah D. Stehman and Lillie V. Stehman, grandparents of the donor, Mrs. M. Patricia Bowman of Harrisburg, Pa. Donated on July 11, 2001.
Overall good condition. Minor buckling across surface with vertical streaks of dark soil across both painting and backing paper. Bother papers have suffered some fading. Frame has much of gliding intact on interior surfaces although worn and soiled but exterior surfaces of frame have been painted over to hid chips and losses. Reverse side of frame has torn and soiled brown paper backing covering two large wood back boards.
Renunciations are papers filed in the Orphans' Court by executors of an estate who do not wish to administer that estate. They show the name of the decedent, the decedent's place of residence, the name of the person renouncing administration, the name of the replacement administrator to be appointed, and date. The relationship between the decedent, the executor, and the administrator is usually shown. Arranged chronologically and then alphabetically within each year.
System of Arrangement
Arranged chronologically and then alphabetically within each year.
Renunciations are papers filed in the Orphans' Court by executors of an estate who do not wish to administer that estate. They show the name of the decedent, the decedent's place of residence, the name of the person renouncing administration, the name of the replacement administrator to be appointed, and date. The relationship between the decedent, the executor, and the administrator is usually shown. Arranged chronologically and then alphabetically within each year.
System of Arrangement
Arranged chronologically and then alphabetically within each year.
Renunciations are papers filed in the Orphans' Court by executors of an estate who do not wish to administer that estate. They show the name of the decedent, the decedent's place of residence, the name of the person renouncing administration, the name of the replacement administrator to be appointed, and date. The relationship between the decedent, the executor, and the administrator is usually shown. Arranged chronologically and then alphabetically within each year.
System of Arrangement
Arranged chronologically and then alphabetically within each year.
Renunciations are papers filed in the Orphans' Court by executors of an estate who do not wish to administer that estate. They show the name of the decedent, the decedent's place of residence, the name of the person renouncing administration, the name of the replacement administrator to be appointed, and date. The relationship between the decedent, the executor, and the administrator is usually shown. Arranged chronologically and then alphabetically within each year.
System of Arrangement
Arranged chronologically and then alphabetically within each year.