Appraisements of real estate for inheritance tax. Some personal property appraisals are also included. Appraisals include: name of decedent; location and description of real estate; description of personal property; valuation of real estate and personal property; and assessed tax. May also include names of heirs. Arranged chronologically by year, then alphabetically by first letter of decedent's last name. Handwritten; from 1886, handwritten on printed forms.
System of Arrangement
Arranged chronologically by year, then alphabetically by first letter of decedent's last name.
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.
Signers of petition: D. L. Young, Israel Brenner, William Yoxtheimer, Benjamin Daily, Martin Daily, Samuel Kendig, Christian Ohmit, John Else, Abraham Keperling, Henry [Lyband], Jacob Detrick, F. J. Miller, Elias Deridinger.
Receipt to keep a tavern.
3 items, 3 pieces
Access Conditions / Restrictions
Request at Reference Desk; photocopy made by staff member.
Signers of petition: Adam Warfel, Abraham Kline, Daniel Kline, Jacob S. Witmer, Abraham Bitner, Jacob Zimmer, Henry Brener, Jacob F. Frey, Amos Eshleman, Abraham Kauffman, John W. Fry, John S. Smith, Christian Sourbeer.
Receipt to keep a tavern.
3 items, 3 pieces
Access Conditions / Restrictions
Request at Reference Desk; photocopy made by staff member.