Scope and Content Note: The Coulter and Hepler Land Records contain property records for land in southeastern Lancaster County that once belonged to the Reids, Coulters, and Heplers. The records include deeds, land drafts, and articles of agreement. There is also a desk blotter for I. P. Hepler

Content Note: The Andrew B. Rote Collection contains the business records of C. V. Rote & Co., which later became A. B. Rote & Co., and some family records. The Lancaster company specialized in awnings and ironwork. Deeds, mortgages, and other property records are for property owned by the Rotes and used

the toll operator clarify rates (i.e., a horse-drawn sleigh = a carriage rate). A printed petition from the citizens of Lancaster regarding the route of the railroad between Columbia and Philadelphia. Citizens want the railroad to go through Lancaster; worried about town economy if railroad passes by

. Subpoena issued 5 September 1809. Insert 2 Petition of persons interested in the estate and legal execution of the trust committed to the Trustees of the Society of the Seventh Day Baptists of Ephrata. 23 January 1823, 28 January 1823, 29 January 1823. Petition of Jacob Kimmel regarding the trust in the

Content Note: Collection of Ellmaker family papers, including original papers of the first immigrant, John Leonard Ellmaker of Germany. Papers include correspondence, genealogy charts, deeds and legal papers. newspaper clippings, photographs, articles on Jacob Eichholtz, and a diploma and teachers