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Collection: Civil War Collection

Title: Civil War Collection

Object ID: MG0018

Date Range: 1859-1990

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Collection: Civil War Collection

Title: Civil War Collection

Description: The Civil War Collection consists of material acquired over many years from different sources. Coverage is of Lancaster County soldiers and of daily life in the county during the Civil War. The collection contains records of various military units, family correspondence, "Home Front" papers, Civil War era diaries, the Captain John R. Bricker/Dept. of Commissary papers, celebration and reunion materials, images, newspaper clippings, and general orders.

System of Arrangement: The collection is organized by category into ten series.; The oversized documents of Series A, C, F, and H are oversized and filed flat in Box 4.; Series A Military Units: Series A contains documents of military units, including muster rolls, enlistment papers, discharge certificates, assignment and promotion records, and papers of individual soldiers and officers.; Pennsylvania Volunteers; Pennsylvania Militia; Certificate of State Regiments; U.S. Regiments; Series B Civil War Families; Benjamin Reed Family; Soldier's Letters; Series C The Lancaster Home Front; The Bounty Funds; Pension Claims; Articles; Letters; Series D Lancaster Notables; Series E Civil War Era Diaries; Series F The Captain John R. Bricker/Dept. of PA Commissary Papers; Series G Celebrations & Reunions; Series H Appendix; Articles, Photographic Prints, Blank Forms; Series I Printed General Orders; Series J Books

Date Range: 1859-1990

Year Range From: 1859

Year Range To: 1990

Date of Accumulation: 1859-1990

Creator: LancasterHistory (Organization)

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives South

Storage Wall: Side 01

People: Clark, James; Fass, John; Flick, Henry; Harris, Samuel; Hess, Martin D., Mrs.; Watson, George W.

Subjects: Letters; Soldiers; Soldiers, Black; United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865; United States. Army; United States. Army--Recruiting, enlistment, etc.

Search Terms: Autobiographies; Civil War; Discharge papers; Finding aids; Manuscript groups; Memoirs; Muster rolls; Persons of color; Soldiers; Soldiers, Black; United States Army

Extent: 15 boxes, 212 folders, 11 books, 9 cubic ft.

Object Name: Archive

Language: English

Object ID: MG0018

Location of Originals: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania

Related Item Notes: Abraham H. Good Family Papers (MG0542); Henry Seiger's Civil War Letters (MG0570); Lewis Jones Family Papers (MG0541); Robert Clark Morrison Family Papers (MG0543); Springer Family Letters (MG0540); William M. McClure Family Papers (MG0544); William McCaskey Civil War Letters (MG0355)

Notes: Preferred Citation: Title or description of item, date (day, month, year), Civil War Collection (MG0018), Series #, Folder #, (or Object ID), LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania. URL if applicable. Date accessed (day, month, year).

Access Conditions / Restrictions: Restrictions are noted at the item level.

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-18

Classification: MG0018

Description Level: Fonds

Custodial History: Much of the collection was cataloged prior to 1997. Added to database 23 March 2022.

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Collection: Adam Reigart Jr., John S. Murphy Collection

Title: Adam Reigart Jr., John S. Murphy Collection

Object ID: MG0331

Date Range: 1762-2003

230 North President Avenue • Lancaster, Pennsylvania 17603-3125 717.392.4633 • www.LancasterHistory.org Adam Reigart Jr., John S. Murphy Collection, 1762-2003 Object ID: MG0331 2 boxes 35 folders 1.5 cubic ft. Repository: LancasterHistory (Organization); PV7 Shelving Location: Archives South, Side

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Collection: Adam Reigart Jr., John S. Murphy Collection

Title: Adam Reigart Jr., John S. Murphy Collection

Description: The Adam Reigart Jr., John S. Murphy Collection contains correspondence between Adam Reigart, Jr. in Lancaster and Philip Wager in Philadelphia and their families. The letters are primarily from the early nineteenth century and provide information about family illness, travel, visits, business, and family chatter. The receipts and invoices show purchases made in Lancaster and Philadelphia, especially clothing, fabric, dry goods, and meat. The remainder of the collection is made up of newspaper articles, books, and an album of poetry and drawings. The items were housed in a gig trunk which is now in the museum collection.

Admin/Biographical History: Adam Reigart, Jr. (1765-1844) was born in Lancaster. He was the eldest son of Col. Adam Reigart, owner of the Grape Tavern which served as general headquarters during the Revolutionary War. Adam Jr. founded the Reigart Wine Store in 1785 and was in business with Philip Wager in Philadelphia and Philip's son Peter throughout his career. He was the first president of the Lancaster branch of the Bank of Pennsylvania, and was involved with the Conestoga Navigation Company and the Union Fire Company.; Adam Jr. married Mary Magdalena Wager (1772-1806) in 1791. Mary was the daughter of Philip Wager, a Philadelphia wine merchant. They had eight daughters and a son. Susan married Stephen C. Slaymaker and Margaretta married Henry Y. Slaymaker.

Date Range: 1762-2003

Year Range From: 1762

Year Range To: 2003

Date of Accumulation: 1762-2003

Creator: Murphy, John Slaughter, 1921-2011

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives South

Storage Wall: Side 08

People: Arnold, Benedict; Baker, W.; Bare, Jacob; Blight, Peter; Boughter, Charles; Breidenhart, George; Brien, Edward; Brown, Luke; Butter, Charles; Cassidy, Edward; Clarke, John; Clendenin, Samuel; Coleman, Edward; Coleman, William; Edwards, Susanna; Ehler, John; Fisher, Sammy; Fox, Sam M.; Frey, John; Gaskill, Edmund; Gay, Edward F.; Getz, John; Givens, John; Graeff, George; Greland, D.; Hahn, B. Christian; Harrison, George; Haverstick, William; Hopkins, A. R.; Hopkins, Ann; Houston, James; Hubley, Frederick; Hubley, Joseph; Hultzheimer, N.; Hyde, Charles; Irving, Robert; Jack, Joshua; Kauffman, Jacob; King, George; Kirkpatrick, William; Kline, Jacob; Lane, John; Leiper, George G.; Lowry, Robert; Lowry, Robert K.; Mayer, George Louis; Metzger, Emanuel; Metzger, George; Metzger, Jacob; Miller, Barbara; Miller, Henry; Miller, Martin; Miller, Philip; Montgomery, William; Morris, John; Mosher, Joseph; Murphy, John Slaughter; Myer, John; Myers, John; Newlin, Nathaniel; Nice, Levi; Nimrod, Maxwell; Ogilby, Joseph; Otto, Jacob S.; Otto, John C.; Pennington, Edward; Peters, Abraham; Phinney, Zina; Price, Joseph; Price, Richard; Reigart, Adam; Reigart, Adam, Jr.; Reigart, Ann; Reigart, Emanuel; Reigart, Henrietta; Reigart, Maria Wager; Reigart, Mary; Reigart, Mary C.; Reigart, Philip Wager; Reigart, Susan; Rimfast, John; Sample, Joseph; Schaubel, Johannis; Sener, Samuel Miller; Sewell, Charles S.; Shaeffer, Jacob; Shenk, Abraham; Shenk, Christian; Shippen, Peggy; Singer, A.; Slaymaker, Henry Edwin; Slaymaker, Mary Steele; Slaymaker, Stephen Cochran; Smith, Ann; Smith, Anthony; Smith, Ralph; Stein, Philip; Steinman, George; Stewart, William; Sullivan, Susannah; Wager, George; Wager, Hannah; Wager, James; Wager, Mary; Wager, Peter; Wager, Philip H.; Wager, Sally; Wager, Sophia; Wager, William; Walsh, Christopher; Wentz, Thomas; Wertz, Christian; Wharton, Charles; Whitaker, George; Whitaker, John; Wimer, Michael; Winroth, Margaret; Witmer, David; Woodmund, William; Yeiser, Philip

Other Creators: Reigart family

Subjects: Clippings (Books, newspapers, etc.); Invoices; Letters; Obituaries; Receipts (Acknowledgments)

Search Terms: Adam Reigart and Son; Albums; Bethlehem, Pennsylvania; Boston, Massachusetts; Brenner and Reed; Cambridge, Massachusetts; Cape May, New Jersey; Charles C. and J. Watson; Christ Church Burial Ground; Cincinnati, Ohio; Clippings (Books, newspapers, etc.); Correspondence; Delaware; Dixon Walker and Company; Earp and Brothers; Finding aids; Grape Hotel; Greene County, New York; H. Behlen and Company; Illnesses; Invoices; J. Walker and Company; John Warden and Sons; Kentucky; Lancaster; Lancaster County Almshouse; Lancaster Bar Association; Lancaster Intelligencer; Lancaster Journal; Lancaster New Era; Lancaster Sunday News; Lane Slaymaker and Company; Letters; London, England; Lower Windsor Twp., York County, Pennsylvania; Lowry and Myers; Luzerne County, Pennsylvania; Manuscript groups; Margaretta Furnace; Marietta Bank; Morning News; Mount Auburn Cemetery; New York, New York; Newspaper clippings; Obituaries; Ohio; Pennsylvania German Society; Pensacola, Florida; Peter Wager and Company; Philadelphia Inquirer; Pratt and Kintzing; Race Street; Receipts; Reeve's Tavern; South Carolina; Southwark, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Spain; St. James Episcopal Church; Union Fire Company; Vintners; Wager and Company; Washington Fire Company; West Point Military Academy; William Noyes and Company; Wine merchants; York Springs Boarding House; York Springs, York County, Pennsylvania; York, York County, Pennsylvania

Extent: 2 boxes, 35 folders, 1.5 cubic ft.

Object Name: Archive

Language: English

Object ID: MG0331

Location of Originals: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania

Related Item Notes: Gig trunk (2003.078); Adam Reigart Collection (MG0122)

Notes: Preferred Citation: Title or description of item, date (day, month, year), Adam Reigart Jr., John S. Murphy Collection (MG0331), Folder #, LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.

Access Conditions / Restrictions: Restrictions are noted at the item level.

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: 2003.078

Other Numbers: MG-331

Classification: MG0331

Description Level: Fonds

Custodial History: Processed and finding aid created by KR. Added to database 8 March 2022.

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Collection: Tobias Bowman Papers

Title: Tobias Bowman Papers

Object ID: MG0900

Date Range: 1863-1898

, Pennsylvania. URL if applicable. Date accessed (day, month, year). �230 North President Avenue • Lancaster, Pennsylvania 17603-3125 717.392.4633 • www.LancasterHistory.org People: Bixler, Daniel Bowman, Tobias Good, Ezra G. Harting, M. S. Hershey, Andrew Subject Headings: Draft Letters United States--History

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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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Collection: Danner Family Correspondence

Title: Danner Family Correspondence

Object ID: MG0515

Date Range: 1745-1857

an invitation to visit at the end of the month and announcing that her health is better. 2 August 1824. Insert 2 Letter from Mary Danner in Lancaster to John Vaver in Savannah asking if she is dead or alive, single or married. She states that William marched with the Guard to welcome Gen. Lafayette

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Collection: Danner Family Correspondence

Title: Danner Family Correspondence

Description: The Danner Family Correspondence contains letters to and from members of the Danner family who lived in Pennsylvania, Ohio, Maryland, and Georgia, 1745-1857. The collection also includes poetry and property records. Most documents are written in English and others are in German. One letter from Mary Danner in Lancaster mentions Gen. Lafayette's visit in 1824.

Date Range: 1745-1857

Year Range From: 1745

Year Range To: 1857

Date of Accumulation: 1745-1857

Creator: Danner family

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives South

Storage Wall: Side 11

People: Baker, A. H.; Baker, Eliza; Baker, Samuel; Batebenner, George; Bohn, John Henry; Brenneman, Elizabeth; Clay, Henry; Cunningham, Francis Alanson; Dannar, Ulrick; Danner, Alexander; Danner, Alexandria; Danner, Catharine; Danner, Elizabeth; Danner, George L.; Danner, Hetty; Danner, Isaac; Danner, John Owen; Danner, John A.; Danner, Mary; Danner, Mary B.; Danner, Mary M.; Danner, Mary Magdelenah; Danner, Polly; Danner, Samuel; Demuth, William Danner; Donnellan, Nelson; Donner, Samuel; Gagan, Elizabeth; Hautz, Anthony; Hautz, Catharina; Hoffman, Peter; Hoffman, Valentine; Hopkins, James; Hoster, Mary; Johnson, Jacob; Keller, Maria; Kirkbride, Thomas S.; Koft, Frederick; Koft, Jacob; Lafayette, Marie Joseph Paul Yves Roch Gilbert Du Motier, marquis de; Lineweaver, William; Locher, Cecelia Margaretta; Locher, Henry C.; Loyle, John; Madison, Catharine; Madison, John; Murrey, Charles; Murrey, Margaret; Nicholes, Abbey; Preston, William; Ranninger, Emma L.; Rigg, Elisha; Rigg, Jane; Stewart, James; Strein, Eliza; Strine, Elizabeth; Strine, Jacob; Waver, Elizabeth; Waver, Jacob; Waver, John; Waver, John Jacob; Waver, John Joseph; Webster, John; Whitlock, Isaac

Other Creators: Waver family

Subjects: Letters; Poetry

Search Terms: Baltimore, Maryland; Bedford County, Pennsylvania; Boonsboro, Washington County, Maryland; Camden, Preble County, Ohio; Chester County, Pennsylvania; Circleville, Pickaway County, Ohio; Correspondence; Eaton, Preble County, Ohio; Elizabethtown; Finding aids; George Philippe's Tavern; Harrisburg, Pennsylvania; Hempfield Twp.; Lancaster; Letters; Manuscript groups; Maytown, Donegal Twp.; Meadville, Crawford County, Pennsylvania; Poetry; Salisbury Twp.; Savannah, Georgia; Somerset, Somerset County, Pennsylvania; Washington County, Maryland; West Alexandria, Preble County, Ohio; Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania; Whitemarsh Twp., Montgomery County, Pennsylvania; Wilmington Pike Road

Extent: 1 box, 8 folders, .25 cubic ft.

Object Name: Archive

Language: English, German

Object ID: MG0515

Location of Originals: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania

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

Access Conditions / Restrictions: Original documents 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.

Credit: Courtesy of LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.

Accession Number: 2008.MG0515

Other Numbers: MG-515

Classification: MG0515

Description Level: Fonds

Custodial History: Added to database 12 March 2022.

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Collection: George and Rhonda Andreadis Collection of Lancaster City Records, Series 1

Title: George and Rhonda Andreadis Collection of Lancaster City Records, Series 1 Market Houses

Object ID: MG0545_Series01

Date Range: 1827-1926, 1999

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Collection: George and Rhonda Andreadis Collection of Lancaster City Records, Series 1

Title: George and Rhonda Andreadis Collection of Lancaster City Records, Series 1 Market Houses

Description: The documents in MG0545, Series 1 represent the business of the City of Lancaster related to the market houses, primarily in the nineteenth century. Payments to Market Masters and for gas lighting, advertising and maintenance show some of the costs associated with running the market houses in the nineteenth century. Market license certificates provide the names of stand holders and their products for 1925-1926.

System of Arrangement: This collection is organized into series:; Series 1 Market Houses; Series 2 Fire Department; Series 3 Bridges; Series 4 Railroads; Series 5 Lamps and Lighting; Series 6 Relief Fund; Series 7 Administrative Records

Date Range: 1827-1926, 1999

Creation Date: 1827-1926, 1999

Year Range From: 1827

Year Range To: 1999

Creator: Lancaster (Pa.)

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives South

Storage Wall: Side 11

People: Snyder, John; Wilhelm, John; Bostick, John; Donley, Henry; Wilhelm, Henry; Book, John

Subjects: Business records; Lancaster (Pa.); Markets--Pennsylvania--Lancaster

Search Terms: Business records; Finding aids; Invoices; Lancaster Gas Light and Fuel Company; Licenses; Manuscript groups; Market houses; Markets; Mellert Foundry and Machine Company

Extent: 1 box, 40 folders, .5 cubic ft.

Object Name: Archive

Language: English

Object ID: MG0545_Series01

Location of Originals: LancasterHistory

Related Item Notes: Lancaster City Archives; George and Rhonda Andreadis Collection of Lancaster City Records, MG0545

Access Conditions / Restrictions: No restrictions. Original documents may be used. Please contact research@lancasterhistory.org prior to visit.

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-545, Series 1

Other Number: MG-545, Series 1

Classification: MG0545

Description Level: Series

Custodial History: Note: These documents are mostly administrative records, not permanent records, and were likely purged by the city offices when they were no longer needed. We are fortunate that they survived as they contain details about Lancaster's past.; Organized and preserved by MM, Summer 2011. Added to database 10 May 2021.

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Collection: George and Rhonda Andreadis Collection of Lancaster City Records, Series 4

Title: George and Rhonda Andreadis Collection of Lancaster City Records, Series 4 Railroads

Object ID: MG0545_Series04

Date Range: 1833-1896

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Collection: George and Rhonda Andreadis Collection of Lancaster City Records, Series 4

Title: George and Rhonda Andreadis Collection of Lancaster City Records, Series 4 Railroads

Description: The documents in MG0545, Series 4 represent the business of the City of Lancaster related to the Columbia and Philadelphia Railroad and the Pennsylvania Railroad, including correspondence, invoices and a petition.

System of Arrangement: This collection is organized into series:; Series 1 Market Houses; Series 2 Fire Department; Series 3 Bridges; Series 4 Railroads; Series 5 Lamps and Lighting; Series 6 Relief Fund; Series 7 Administrative Records

Date Range: 1833-1896

Creation Date: 1833-1896

Year Range From: 1833

Year Range To: 1896

Creator: Lancaster (Pa.)

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives South

Storage Wall: Side 11

People: Ihling, Charles C.; Flick, Henry; Zimmerman, John

Subjects: Business records; Columbia-Philadelphia Railroad; Invoices; Lancaster (Pa.); Pennsylvania Railroad; Petitions; Railroads

Search Terms: Business records; Columbia and Philadelphia Railroad; Correspondence; Finding aids; Invoices; Lancaster; Letters; Manuscript groups; Pennsylvania Railroad; Petitions; Railroads

Extent: 1 box, 4 folders, .1 cubic ft.

Object Name: Archive

Language: English

Object ID: MG0545_Series04

Location of Originals: LancasterHistory

Related Item Notes: Lancaster City Archives; George and Rhonda Andreadis Collection of Lancaster City Records, MG0545

Access Conditions / Restrictions: No restrictions. Original documents may be used. Please contact research@lancasterhistory.org prior to visit.

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-545, Series 4

Other Number: MG-545, Series 4

Classification: MG0545

Description Level: Series

Custodial History: Note: These documents are mostly administrative records, not permanent records, and were likely purged by the city offices when they were no longer needed. We are fortunate that they survived as they contain details about Lancaster's past.; Collection was organized and rehoused by JP, Summer 2011.

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Collection: Thomas Baker's Surveying Records

Title: Thomas Baker's Surveying Records

Object ID: MG0734

Date Range: 1856-1902

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Collection: Thomas Baker's Surveying Records

Title: Thomas Baker's Surveying Records

Description: This collection contains Thomas Baker's three surveying books which document land and property ownership in southern Lancaster County, primarily Colerain Township from 1856-1902. Octorara Creek, Kirkwood, Christiana and Upper Oxford Twp. are among the place names.

Admin/Biographical History: Thomas Baker traces his ancestry back to Sir Richard Baker (1568), born in the county of Kent, England. In 1685, seven generations before Thomas Baker was born, Joseph Baker immigrated to Delaware County, Pennsylvania. Born in Chatham, Chester County to Lewis and Diana Baker, Thomas was well-educated; a teacher until 1840, when he commenced the study of surveying. Land surveying is the location of points on, above and below the surface of the earth and the relation of those points to a common reference system. Employed at Jonathon Goss, at Unionville Academy in Chester, he surveyed over 650 farms in Lancaster County's Colerain Township. He married in 1855; his family adhering to his Quaker faith. The Biographical Annals in Lancaster, published in 1903, describes Baker as "…a man esteemed by his neighbors for his many good qualities and excellent character, and in disposition he is a man of warm heart and kindly feeling."

Date Range: 1856-1902

Creation Date: 1856-1902

Year Range From: 1856

Year Range To: 1902

Creator: Baker, Thomas, b. 1822

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives South

Storage Wall: Side 15

People: Alexander, Sara; Andrews, Arthur; Armstrong, Lapsley; Ash, Daniel; Aument, Frank; Bailey, Thomas; Bailey, William M.; Bair, William M.; Baker, George; Baker, Harlan; Baker, John; Baker, Thomas; Baldwin, Joseph B.; Baptis, Joseph; Bea, John; Bear, Jacob; Bernard, James J.; Beyer, Andrew; Beyer, Daniel; Beyer, Margaret; Beyer, Robert; Black, Margaret; Blackburn, Cromwell; Blank, Christian; Borland, William; Bosland, William; Brinton, Howard; Brinton, Moses; Brinton, Samuel; Broomell, B. J.; Broomell, Samuel H.; Brosius, Clarkson; Brosius, Jesse; Brosius, John Comly; Brosius, Joseph H.; Brosius, Joshua; Brosius, Levi; Brosius, Mahlon J.; Brosius, William; Brown, J. W.; Brown, James; Brown, K.; Brown, Thomas W.; Bush, Fred; Bushong, Jacob; Carlow, James; Carter, Benjamin; Carter, John C.; Chamberlain, Jonas; Clark, Henry; Cloud, Charles; Coates, Ellis; Coates, Lewis; Coates, Samuel; Coates, Truman; Cochran, Joseph S.; Cohan, Thomas H.; Connar, James; Conner, John; Cooper, Truman; Crossen, James; Dale, George; Davis, Abner; Davis, Christopher; Davis, John; Davis, Joseph B.; Davis, Joseph E.; Davis, Lucretia H.; Davis, William; Dean, Thomas; Doneby, Philip; Donelly, Henry; Donelly, Hugh; Drumm, Earl; Eby, Henry S.; Edwards, Charles; Edwards, James; Elias, Emery; Elizabeth, Mary; Elliott, Cloud; Ernery, Hannah E.; Evans, Carrie R.; Evans, John; Evans, William; Fagler, John; Ferguson, Benjamin; Ferguson, Robert; Ferguson, William; Fleming, Martin J.; Foulk, Mrs.; Fox, William; Frames, David; Fritz, Abby Ann; Gill, John; Goodman, Charles; Gowan, William M.; Graham, Harrison; Graham, John T.; Gray, Ezra; Haines, Eugene M.; Hall, Hiram S.; Hamil, Armor; Hamil, R. A.; Hamilton, J. E.; Hannun, Eurch; Harper, J. D.; Harrar, Daniel; Harrar, Miller; Harray, P.; Harrett, William; Harting, George R.; Hastings, Jeremiah; Hastings, Joseph; Henning, James; Hevenson, Ann; Heyberger, Jacob; Hodgson, Annie C.; Hodgson, Ellis P.; Hollis, William; Holmes, John; Hoopes, Thomas G.; Houston, David; Hoy, P.; Hoy, William; Hudson, Alex; Hurley, John; Jackson William Clark; Jackson, Annetta L.; Jackson, Clark; Jackson, David W.; Jackson, Ellwood; Jackson, Hayes; Jackson, James J.; Jackson, Lydia; Jackson, Thomas; Jackson, Thomas E.; Jackson, Thomas S.; Jeffries, Benjamin; Jenkins, Annie E.; Jones, Emmos S.; Jones, John; Jones, John C.; Jones, John G.; Kalbach, A. M.; Keene, Rebecca J.; Kennedy, Anna; Kennedy, James H.; Kent, Daniel; Kimble, Isaac W.; King, Judson B.; Lamborn, Jacob H.; Lamborn, Kirk; Lechman, Benjamin; Lewis, Alex; Lewis, Elijah; Lewis, Isaac; Lewis, John C.; Lewis, Thompson; Luckenbach, J. S.; Lynch, Philemena C.; Mahaney, Jeremiah; Mahon, Jeremiah; Markey, Pat; Martin, Elijah P.; Martin, James; Martin, Samuel; Martin, William S.; Massey, Isaac; Mayhu, William; McCardle, Eli; McCarter, Henry C.; McCarter, Henry G.; McCarter, John Jones; McCarter, Thompson; McCimans, Mike; McClure, John; McClure, Thomas; McConnel, Samuel; McCord, James; McCord, William; McCullough, James; McCullough, Robert; McElwain, David; McElwain, James; McElwain, Josiah; McElwain, Robert; McHenry, John; McLinaus, John; McLinaus, W. F.; McNeil, George A.; McSparren, James B.; Miller, Andrew; Miller, H. Jackson; Miller, Henry H.; Miller, Joanna; Miller, Lemuel H.; Miller, Minnie R.; Mimm, Jesse; Montgomery, John; Montgomery, Sam E.; Morrison, Caroline B.; Morrison, Emma B.; Morrison, Robert; Morrison, Samuel; Newhauser, John; Nixon, A. W.; Nixon, Joseph; Noble, William M.; Oatman, Eliza; Oatman, Zachariah; Ortlip, Andrew; Patterson, Bordley Shippen; Pennington, Robert H.; Pennington, Thomas; Pennock, F. J.; Pennock, Francis J.; Pennock, Joseph; Pennock, Margaretta Walker; Pennock, William E.; Penny, Joseph; Peters, Abraham; Peters, Abraham K.; Pierce, G.; Pinkerton, James; Purnal, Levis; Pusey, Joseph; Rakestraw, Abraham; Rambo Elijah W.; Rambo, David; Rambo, Elisha; Ramsay, James; Reeses, Peter; Reyburn, James H.; Reylin, John; Reylon, Henry S.; Rhoads, Levi S.; Richey, George; Ricky, Immanuel; Rigg, Hiram F.; Robinson, Amy; Robison, Joseph; Roney, Pat; Ross, George E.; Ross, Hamilton; Russel, Joseph; Rutter, Adam; Rynear, Charles; Sampson, John; Sampson, William; Sellers, Thomas W.; Seltzer, Sara R.; Shaw, Ben; Shivery, Demison; Shivery, Elisha J.; Shivery, George; Shultz, Frank; Simmons, Henry; Siner, John T.; Slack, Hall; Slokom, Samuel; Smith, Abram; Smith, Jackson; Smith, Jesse J.; Smith, S. W.; Smith, Samuel; Sproul, James; Stewart, James; Stump, B. O.; Sutton, Edwin; Sweigert, John W.; Swift, Joseph; Taylor, Jacob; Taylor, Jesse; Thomas, Arthur; Thomas, Edward; Thomas, Margaret; Thompson, James; Thompson, Jane M.; Thompson, Mary Jane; Turner, James; Walker, David; Wallace, Arthur; Walton, Abner Brinton; Walton, Alban; Walton, Brinton; Walton, Elizabeth C.; Walton, Isaac; Walton, Joseph L.; Walton, Joseph B.; Walton, Joseph P.; Watts, Mollie; Webster, Chalkley; Webster, Charles; Webster, Daniel; Webster, George; Webster, Joseph; Webster, Margaret C.; White, Alexander; Whiteside, Mrs.; Whitman, James; Whitson, Martha; Whitson, Moses; Whitson, Samuel; Whitson, Thomas; Whitson, William; Willard, Agnes; Williams, Abner; Williams, David; Williams, William B.; Wood, James; Wood, Joshua; Wood, Thomas; Wood, William N.; Woodruff, John; Woods, Joshua; Woods, Peter; Woods, Thomas; Work, Robert; Worth, Albert B.; Worth, William C.

Subjects: Surveying; Surveyors; Lancaster County (Pa.); Chester County (Pa.)

Search Terms: Chester County, Pennsylvania; Christiana, Pennsylvania; Colerain Twp.; Finding aids; Kirkwood, Colerain Twp.; Lancaster County, Pennsylvania; Manuscript groups; Octoraro Creek; Surveying; Surveyors; Upper Oxford Twp., Chester County

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

Object Name: Archive

Language: English

Object ID: MG0734

Location of Originals: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania

Related Item Notes: Surveyor's transit case, Object ID 1973.008

Access Conditions / Restrictions: Original documents may be used by appointment. Please contact research@lancasterhistory.org at least two weeks prior to visit.

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-734

Other Number: MG-734

Classification: MG0734

Description Level: Fonds

Custodial History: Processed and finding aid prepared by AB, November 2014. Added to database 24 May 2021.

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Collection: Apprenticeship and Indenture Documents

Title: Apprenticeship and Indenture Documents

Object ID: MG0721

Date Range: 1762-1855

230 North President Avenue • Lancaster, Pennsylvania 17603-3125 717.392.4633 • www.LancasterHistory.org Apprenticeship and Indenture Documents, 1762-1855 Object ID: MG0721 1 box 6 folders .25 cubic ft. Repository: LancasterHistory (Organization); PV7 Shelving Location: Archives South, Side 15 Scope

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Collection: Apprenticeship and Indenture Documents

Title: Apprenticeship and Indenture Documents

Description: The Apprenticeship and Indenture Documents include legal contracts between apprentice, or the parent or guardians, and master; as well as one contract between an indentured servant and master. The contracts identify the parties involved, municipalities, trade to be learned, and terms of contract.

Date Range: 1762-1855

Creation Date: 1762-1855

Year Range From: 1762

Year Range To: 1855

Creator: LancasterHistory (Organization)

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives South

Storage Wall: Side 15

People: Boyd, Nickolas C.; Brant, John; Carver, Seneca; Convery, Patrick; Daly, James; Eshleman, Guy; Eversole, Jacob; Fenney, Catherine; Ganter, George; Hess, John; Humerich, Christian; Humphreville, Frank; Humphreville,Henry; Humphreville, Susanna; Ihling, John; Johns, Jacob; Johnston, Abraham; Lesher, John; Long, George; Messner, Christian; Moore, David; Moore, Zacharias; Parsons, Mary; Peddin, John; Porter, John; Porter, William; Quick, Philip; Reinhard, Jacob; Reinhard, Mary; Remo, Jenetta; Remo, Samuel; Remo, Susanna; Ruch, John; Ruch, Peter; Seeger, Fredrich; Steele, William W.; Stewart, Peter; Welsh, James

Subjects: Apprentices; Blacksmiths; Carpenters; Contract labor; Contracts; Joiners; Saddlery; Tinsmiths; Weavers

Search Terms: Apprentices; Blacksmiths; Brecknock Twp.; Carpenters; Contract labor; Cocalico Twp.; Colerain Twp.; Donegal Twp.; Drumore Twp.; Finding aids; Indentures; Joiners; Lancaster; Little Britain Twp.; Manuscript groups; Persons of color; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Providence Twp.; Saddlery; Tinsmiths; Weavers

Extent: 1 box, 6 folders, .25 cubic ft.

Object Name: Archive

Language: English, German

Object ID: MG0721

Location of Originals: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania

Notes: Preferred Citation: Title or description of item, date (day, month, year), Apprenticeship and Indenture Documents (MG0721), 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-721

Classification: MG0721

Description Level: Fonds

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Collection: Lancaster County Society of Farm Women of Pennsylvania

Title: Lancaster County Society of Farm Women of Pennsylvania

Object ID: MG0711

Date Range: 1917-2004

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Collection: Lancaster County Society of Farm Women of Pennsylvania

Title: Lancaster County Society of Farm Women of Pennsylvania

Description: This collection contains the Board Minutes for the Lancaster County Society of Farm Women from 1922 to 2004. These minutes include roll calls, treasurer reports, entertainment schedules and activity reports. Minutes from 1922 through 1971 are contained in leather bound books. The following years are in three-prong pocket folders or three-ring binders. This allowed for additional items to be put in with the minutes such as Thank-you cards, newspaper articles of events they sponsored and hand-written notes. By the 1990's the minutes are more sporadic, only a few or one from each year. There are programs from the annual convention of the County Society starting with the 13th convention in 1929 through the 60th convention in 1977. The following years are missing: 1934; 1943-1944; 1949-1954; 1957-1958; 1961-1962; 1965-1971. Some of the minutes also contain a copy of these programs. Later years and some of these missing programs may be found in the minutes themselves. There are four typed up documents that comprise the history of the Society that were drafted between 1929 through 1982. This includes a summary of the past years written in what they call a "skit." The final years also contain documentation regarding the duties of the officers of the society-elected board members.

Admin/Biographical History: The Society of Farm Women of Pennsylvania was established by Flora Black from Berks County, Pennsylvania, in 1914 when she invited her female neighbors to her farm for lunch. Mrs. Black began the meeting for fellowship, but she also wanted to establish a support system for women living in rural communities. It was also a goal of the society to teach women to take on leadership roles and help contribute to society. Their numbers grew rapidly making it necessary for County chapters. (Reading Eagle. 8 Oct 2014. Society of Farm Women of Pennsylvania Celebrating 100th Anniversary. http://www.readingeagle.com/berks-country/article/society-of-farm-women-of-pennsylvania-celebrating-100th-anniversary) The Lancaster County Chapter was formed in January, 1917. It was very popular and eventual grew to 33 separate societies throughout Lancaster by the 1980s. They founded many successful charity drives and scholarship programs, but also provided entertainment for their members, such as bus trips and vacation tours.

Date Range: 1917-2004

Creation Date: 1917-2004

Year Range From: 1917

Year Range To: 2004

Creator: Society of Farm Women of Lancaster County (Pa.)

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives South

Storage Wall: Side 15

Subjects: Business records; Ephemera; Lancaster County (Pa.); Meetings; Minutes (Records); Women in agriculture

Search Terms: Agriculture; Business records; Ephemera; Farming; Finding aids; Lancaster County Society of Farm Women of Pennsylvania; Manuscript groups; Meetings; Minutes; Women in agriculture

Extent: 3 boxes, 23 folders/binders, 80 items, 3168 pages to scan, 1.5 cubic feet

Object Name: Archive

Language: English

Object ID: MG0711

Location of Originals: 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-711

Other Number: MG-711

Classification: MG0711

Description Level: Fonds

Custodial History: Processed and finding aid prepared by KB, 11 December 2015. Added to database 26 May 2021.

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Collection: Brinton Family Collection

Title: Brinton Family Collection

Object ID: MG0038

Date Range: 1808-1946

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Collection: Brinton Family Collection

Title: Brinton Family Collection

Description: The Brinton Family Collection contains genealogy, estate records, receipts, school workbooks, correspondence, farm records, tax records, bank records, wedding and funeral announcements, invitations, visiting cards, and postcards.

Admin/Biographical History: The Brintons were a prosperous family, owned farms and mills, and participated in other business ventures. They were of English heritage and members of the Quakers, or Society of Friends. In order to escape religious persecution in England, William Brinton purchased 200 acres in Birmingham Twp., Pennsylvania in 1684. His descendants eventually moved further west to eastern Lancaster County.1; Cyrus Brinton (1830-1917), the fourth of six children, was the son of Samuel and Lydia P. Jackson Brinton. In 1813, Samuel purchased 200 acres of land in Christiana (land that was later bounded by the Christiana Machine Shop on the south, Pine St. on the west, Sadsbury Ave. on the north, and Rte. 41 on the east). The land was not ideal for farming, but the property was picturesque and the farm was successful. Cyrus married Rebecca Whitson and they farmed on his father's property for about ten years. At that time they purchased a farm and mill on the road from Cooperville to the Noble Road. The original woolen mill was later turned into a grist mill, then a creamery. Cyrus and Rebecca had five children: Francis, Thomas Luther, William Haslam, Anne Haslam, and Martha Alice.2; Genealogy:3; Thomas Whitson m. Martha Hobson; b. 7 February 1796 b. 10 November 1800; d. 27 November 1864 d. 18 June 1889; (Sadsbury, Chester County) (Sadsbury); They were married at New Salem Meeting, 17 May 1827. Rebecca was one of their eight children.; Cyrus Brinton m. Rebecca Whitson; b. 28 December 1830 b. 3 February 1832; d. 9 February 1917 d. 29 October 1903; (Sadsbury, Lancaster County) (Lancaster County); They were married at Christiana, PA, 12 February 1857.; Thomas Whitson m. Hannah Starr; b. 27 September 1760 b. 3 February 1765; d. 1 June 1826 d. 20 April 1836; (Sadsbury); The parents of Thomas Whitson, they were married 31 October 1787.; Francis Hobson m. Ann Johnson; b. 14 February 1768 b. 15 December 1775; d. 1835 (Lancaster County); farmer and shoemaker d. 1852; (New Garden) (New Garden); The parents of Martha Hobson, they were married 14 September 1797.; 1 Garrett, Mary. 1979. "Brintons of Sadsbury Township, Lancaster County: Where they originated, what they accomplished, and where they have gone." Octorara Area Historical Society 1:13.; 2 Ibid.; 3 Whitson Family Chart, August 1951. The Albert Cook Myers Collection. Chester County Historical Society (Pa.)

Date Range: 1808-1946

Year Range From: 1808

Year Range To: 1946

Date of Accumulation: 1808-1946

Creator: LancasterHistory (Organization)

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives South

Storage Wall: Side 01

People: Bacon, Benjamin C.; Brinton, Samuel; Garrison, William Lloyd; Whitson, Martha Hobson; Whitson, Thomas

Subjects: Abolitionists; Antislavery movements; Finance, Personal; Invitation cards; Letters; New-England Anti-Slavery Society; Pennsylvania Anti-Slavery Society; Personal correspondence; Receipts (Acknowledgments); School notebooks; Social reformers; Visiting cards

Search Terms: Abolitionists; Antislavery movements; Calling cards; Correspondence; Finance, Personal; Finding aids; Invitations; Land records; Letters; Manuscript groups; New-England Anti-Slavery Society; Pennsylvania Anti-Slavery Society; Receipts; Sadsbury School District; Sadsbury Twp.; School books; Sharon Boarding School; Social reformers; Surveys; Visiting cards

Extent: 4 boxes, 40 folders, 2 cubic ft.

Object Name: Archive

Language: English

Object ID: MG0038

Location of Originals: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania

Associated Material: The Chester County History Center (Pa.) also has information on the Brinton and Whitson families.

Notes: Preferred Citation: Title or description of item, date (day, month, year), Brinton Family Collection (MG0038), Folder #, LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.; Folder 40 was a gift of Betsey Collins, 5 March 1993.

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-38

Classification: MG0038

Description Level: Fonds

Custodial History: Cataloged prior to 1997. Box 1 was recataloged by JB, Fall semester 2006. Added to database 16 June 2021.

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