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Act

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Collection
Bridge Records
Title
Act concerning bridge
Object ID
Bridge F0425 I012
Date Range
1812
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Bridge Records
Title
Act concerning bridge
Description
[Witmer's Bridge]
[Lampeter Twp. and Lancaster Twp.]
Location: Over Conestoga Creek.
Document type: Act concerning bridge
System of Arrangement
Records are arranged by township, then chronologically within each township.
Date Range
1812
Year
1812
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Storage Room
Archives West
Storage Container
Box 0006
Subcategory
Documentary Artifact
Search Terms
Acts, Legislative
Bridges
Conestoga Creek
Creeks
Lampeter Twp.
Lancaster Twp.
Witmer's Bridge
Place
Lampeter Twp. and Lancaster Twp.
Extent
1 item, 1 piece
Object Name
Act
Language
English
Condition
Fair
Object ID
Bridge F0425 I012
Box Number
006
Access Conditions / Restrictions
Request at Reference Desk; photocopy made by staff member.
Classification
RG 02-00 0324
Description Level
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Agreement

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/3768456b-6c88-4a3c-9cc6-062916826050
Collection
Bridge Records
Title
Agreement for access to bridge site
Object ID
Bridge F0435 I011
Date Range
1840
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Collection
Bridge Records
Title
Agreement for access to bridge site
Description
Lampeter Twp. and [Lancaster Twp.]
Location: Near Abraham Hostetter's Mill. [Document states location as Manor Twp. and Lampeter Twp.]
Document type: Agreement to let county workers and public have access to bridge site through private lands
Date Range
1840
Year
1840
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Storage Room
Archives West
Storage Container
Box 0006
People
Hostetter, Abraham
Subcategory
Documentary Artifact
Search Terms
Abraham Hostetter's Mill
Agreements
Bridges
Conestoga Creek
Creeks
Lampeter Twp.
Lancaster Twp.
Manor Twp.
Mills
Place
Lampeter Twp. and Lancaster Twp.
Extent
1 item, 1 piece
Object Name
Agreement
Language
English
Condition
Fair
Object ID
Bridge F0435 I011
Box Number
006
Access Conditions / Restrictions
Request at Reference Desk; photocopy made by staff member.
Classification
RG 02-00 0324
Description Level
Item
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Agreement

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Collection
Bridge Records
Title
Concurrence for bridge payment
Object ID
Bridge F0445 I004
Date Range
1799
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Collection
Bridge Records
Title
Concurrence for bridge payment
Description
Court term: August 1799.
Location: Over Conestoga Creek.
Document type: Concurrence for bridge payment.
System of Arrangement
Records are arranged by township, then chronologically within each township.
Date Range
1799
Year
1799
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Storage Room
Archives West
Storage Container
Box 0007
People
Binkley
Subcategory
Documentary Artifact
Search Terms
Agreements
Binkley's Bridge
Bridges
Conestoga Creek
Creeks
Lampeter Twp.
Manheim Twp.
Place
Lampeter Twp. and Manheim Twp.
Extent
1 item, 1 piece
Object Name
Agreement
Language
English
Condition
Fair
Object ID
Bridge F0445 I004
Box Number
007
Access Conditions / Restrictions
Request at Reference Desk; photocopy made by staff member.
Classification
RG 02-00 0324
Description Level
Item
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Agreement

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Collection
Bridge Records
Title
Bridge Records
Object ID
Bridge F0530 I010
Date Range
1876
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Collection
Bridge Records
Title
Bridge Records
Date Range
1876
Year
1876
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Storage Room
Archives West
Storage Container
Box 0008
Subcategory
Documentary Artifact
Search Terms
Agreements
Blackburn's Ford
Bonds
Bridges
Chester County, Pennsylvania
Creeks
Fords
Little Britain Twp.
Octoraro Creek
Place
Little Britain Twp. and Chester County
Object Name
Agreement
Language
English
Condition
Fair
Object ID
Bridge F0530 I010
Box Number
008
Additional Notes
Location: At Blackburn's Fording in Little Britain Twp.
Document type: Agreement and bond for bridge construction.
1 item, 1 piece
Access Conditions / Restrictions
Request at Reference Desk; photocopy made by staff member.
Classification
RG 02-00 0324
Description Level
Item
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Announcement

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Collection
Bridge Records
Title
Notice of meeting to estimate cost of bridge
Object ID
Bridge F0430 I001
Date Range
1812
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Collection
Bridge Records
Title
Notice of meeting to estimate cost of bridge
Description
[Witmer's Bridge]
[Lampeter Twp. and Lancaster Twp.]
Location: Over Conestoga Creek.
Document type: Notice of meeting to estimate cost of bridge
System of Arrangement
Records are arranged by township, then chronologically within each township.
Date Range
1812
Year
1812
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Storage Room
Archives West
Storage Container
Box 0006
Subcategory
Documentary Artifact
Search Terms
Announcements
Bridges
Conestoga Creek
Creeks
Estimates
Lampeter Twp.
Lancaster Twp.
Meetings
Witmer's Bridge
Place
Lampeter Twp. and Lancaster Twp.
Extent
2 items, 2 pieces
Object Name
Announcement
Language
English
Condition
Fair
Object ID
Bridge F0430 I001
Box Number
006
Access Conditions / Restrictions
Request at Reference Desk; photocopy made by staff member.
Classification
RG 02-00 0324
Description Level
Item
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Announcement

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Collection
Bridge Records
Title
Notification of appointment of Commissioners on behalf of Abraham Witmer
Object ID
Bridge F0430 I002
Date Range
1812
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Collection
Bridge Records
Title
Notification of appointment of Commissioners on behalf of Abraham Witmer
Description
[Witmer's Bridge]
[Lampeter Twp. and Lancaster Twp.]
Location: Over Conestoga Creek.
Document type: Notification of appointment of Commissioners on behalf of Abraham Witmer
System of Arrangement
Records are arranged by township, then chronologically within each township.
Date Range
1812
Year
1812
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Storage Room
Archives West
Storage Container
Box 0006
People
Witmer, Abraham
Subcategory
Documentary Artifact
Search Terms
Bridges
Conestoga Creek
Creeks
Lampeter Twp.
Lancaster Twp.
Announcements
Witmer's Bridge
Place
Lampeter Twp. and Lancaster Twp.
Extent
1 item, 1 piece
Object Name
Announcement
Language
English
Condition
Fair
Object ID
Bridge F0430 I002
Box Number
006
Access Conditions / Restrictions
Request at Reference Desk; photocopy made by staff member.
Classification
RG 02-00 0324
Description Level
Item
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Archive

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/41805a26-486d-4f05-bfff-114433871220
Collection
Lyte Family Papers
Title
Lyte Family Papers
Object ID
MG0727
Date Range
1884-1930
Family archives Freemasons Wills Search Terms: Bonds Deeds Family archives Finding aids Freemasons Lancaster Cemetery Manuscript groups Mortgages Musselman & Schwarz Plumbing and Heating West End Building and Loan Wills Processing History: Processed and finding aid prepared by PH, August 2014. This
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Collection
Lyte Family Papers
Title
Lyte Family Papers
Description
The Lyte Family Papers contain documents pertaining to the family of Joshua Louis Lyte and Amelia Fleetwood Lyte. Items include deeds, Masonic membership information, a mortgage, a will and other documents that together provide a few details of the family's relationships and activities from 1884 to 1930.
Date Range
1884-1930
Year Range From
1884
Year Range To
1930
Date of Accumulation
1884-1930
Creator
Lyte, Mary Rebecca, d. 1931
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Storage Room
Archives South
Storage Wall
Side 15
People
Albright, Henry Fleetwood, Jr.
Albright, Laura H.
Burger, Henry
Carter, John C.
Eaby, Joel S.
Fisher, J. Frederick
Fleetwood, David
Groezinger, Robert W.
Keller, William Huestis
Kline, Mabel May
Lansinger, John W.
Lyte, Amelia Fleetwood
Lyte, Eliphalet Oram
Lyte, Elizabeth
Lyte, Harold
Lyte, John H.
Lyte, Joshua Louis
Lyte, Mary Rebecca
Musselman, John E.
Rothermel, George H.
Schwarz, Peter
Subjects
Deeds
Family archives
Freemasons
Wills
Search Terms
Bonds
Deeds
Family archives
Finding aids
Freemasons
Lancaster Cemetery
Manuscript groups
Mortgages
Musselman & Schwarz Plumbing and Heating
West End Building and Loan
Wills
Extent
1 box, 4 folders, .2 cubic ft.
Object Name
Archive
Language
English
Object ID
MG0727
Location of Originals
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania
Notes
Preferred Citation: Title or description of item, date (day, month, year), Lyte Family Papers (MG0727), 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-727
Classification
MG0727
Description Level
Fonds
Custodial History
Transferred from the Document Collection, June 2014. Processed and finding aid prepared by PH, August 2014. Added to database 25 May 2021.
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Archive

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Collection
Gibbons Diaries, Family Papers, and Mill Records
Title
Gibbons Diaries, Family Papers, and Mill Records
Object ID
MG0846
Date Range
1727 - 1980s
Evans’s land. 24 May 1763. Signed and recorded 24 May 1763. Original wax seal still on deed. Folder 22 Deed from Joseph Gibbons of [West Town], Chester County to James Gibbons of Lampeter Twp. for a parcel of land in Lampeter Twp., adjoined by John [Kirk], William Evans, and other land owned by Joseph
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Gibbons Diaries, Family Papers, and Mill Records
Title
Gibbons Diaries, Family Papers, and Mill Records
Description
This collection contains letters, family papers, deeds, diaries, and mill records from three generations of the Gibbons family. The collection starts with documents focused on James Gibbons, then contains papers central to Daniel Gibbons, and finally end with the third generation papers surrounding Joseph Gibbons. The letters in this collection span from 1783 until 1865. The contents within the letters describe the daily happenings within the family and on their property which was located in Lampeter Township, Lancaster County. The family deeds in the collection detail the exchanging of property to and from the Gibbons family mostly within Lampeter Township and Upper Leacock Township, Lancaster County. The deeds span from 1727 to 1879. Also included are some miscellaneous family papers that span from 1799 to 1871. The content of these family papers ranges from anonymous stories about the Gibbons family, an independent order of Good Templars of Joseph Gibbons, to a land draft of James Gibbons' Land. This collection also contains diaries from various members of the Gibbons family, spanning the three generations. These diaries detail the day to day lives of the Gibbons family and also include historical anniversaries of important events or detail the passing of members within the Gibbons family and the surrounding community. The Mill Records in the collection contain information about [ ]. Overall, the Gibbons Family collection includes the regular happenings over the family's three generations in both business and secular life.
Date Range
1727 - 1980s
Creator
Gibbons family
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Storage Room
Archives South
Storage Wall
Side 19
People
Bonsall, Daniel
Bonsall, Edward Horne
Bonsall, Rachel
Brinton, William
Brown, Ellen
Brubaker, Marianna Gibbons
Conrad, Abraham
Dunbar, Andrew
Dunbar, Mary
Eaby, Christian
Eaby, Samuel
Earle, Mary Hussey
Evans, Thomas
Evans, Rebecca
Evans, William
Gibbons, Abraham
Gibbons, Caroline
Gibbons, Daniel
Gibbons, Deborah
Gibbons, Joseph
Gibbons, Phebe Hussey Earle
Gibbons, Rachel
Gibbons, Samuel
Gibbons, William
Grigs, Joseph
Hamilton, James
Hertzkey, John
Kendall, John
Kirk, Jeremiah
Lightfoot, Jepthat
Miller, Eliza
Miller, John
Reynolds, Margaret
Stauffer, Christian
Steer, Joseph
Stevens, Thaddeus
Thomas, William B.
Wartnaby, Elizabeth
Subjects
Business records
Deeds
Letters
Mills and mill-work
Quakers
Society of Friends
Westtown Boarding School
Search Terms
Business records
Correspondence
Deeds
Diaries
Finding aids
Lampeter Twp.
Leacock Twp.
Letters
Manuscript groups
Mill Creek
Mills
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Quakers
Society of Friends
Westtown Boarding School
Object Name
Archive
Language
English
Object ID
MG0846
Location of Originals
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania
Copies
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania
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
2021.008
Other Numbers
MG-846
Other Number
MG-846
Classification
MG0846
Description Level
Fonds
Custodial History
Folders 1-30 processed and finding aid prepared from the donor's notes by MB, 8 July 2021. Added to database 12 July 2021.
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Archive

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Collection
Jacob Ream Collection
Title
Jacob Ream Collection
Object ID
MG0164
Date Range
1744-1848
Real estate Receipts Releases Taxes West Donegal Twp. West Hanover Twp., Dauphin County Wills Processing History: Processed and finding aid prepared in 1998. This collection has been documented, preserved and managed according to professional museum and archives standards. The finding aid was updated
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Jacob Ream Collection
Title
Jacob Ream Collection
Description
The Jacob Ream collection contains original documents pertaining to business conducted by Jacob Ream and his family of Donegal Township. Includes bonds, receipts, land agreement, mortgage, and fire insurance policy. The surname has various spellings, including Riem, Rihm, and Reeme.
Date Range
1744-1848
Year Range From
1744
Year Range To
1848
Date of Accumulation
1744-1848
Creator
Ream family
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Storage Room
Archives South
Storage Wall
Side 04
People
Baller, Samuel
Balmer, Jacob
Balmer, Samuel
Barthemer, John
Beck, Conrad,
Berringer, Elizabeth
Blaser, Peter
Boll, Jacob
Brightbill, John
Carpenter, Samuel
Coble, David
Colt, James
Cunningham, James
Difenbaugh, Isaac
Eckenrode, Henry
Eckenroth, John
Elliott, Robert U.
Fletcher, John
Greene, Daniel
Hart, Barbara
Huber, Jacob
Hughes, Samuel
Jenkins, David
Lauger, Philip
Myers, Henry
Musselman, Christian
Negely, Leonard
Nicholas, Michael
Parthemer, John
Parthimer, Esther
Patimore, John
Ream, Abraham
Ream, Christina
Ream, Daniel
Ream, Elizabeth
Ream, Isaac
Ream, Jacob
Ream, Samuel
Reem, Jamy
Reeme, Jacob
Riem, Jacob
Rihm, Daniel
Rihm, Jacob
Rihm, Samuel
Sheaffer, Philip
Smith, Samuel
Snyder, John
Stauffer, John
Stump, J.
Subjects
Deeds
Receipts (Acknowledgments)
Search Terms
Agreements
Bonds
Chambersburg, Franklin County, Pennsylvania
Cocalico Twp.
Deeds
Donegal Twp.
Finding aids
Green Twp., Franklin County, Pennsylvania
Harford County, Maryland
Insurance policies
Letterkenny Twp., Franklin County, Pennsylvania
Letters
Lower Paxton Twp., Dauphin County, Pennsylvania
Manuscript groups
Mortgages
Mount Joy Twp.
Presbyterian Church
Real estate
Receipts
Releases
Taxes
West Donegal Twp.
West Hanover Twp., Dauphin County, Pennsylvania
Wills
Extent
1 box, 12 folders, .25 cubic ft
Object Name
Archive
Language
English
Object ID
MG0164
Location of Originals
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania
Notes
Preferred Citation: Jacob Ream Collection (MG0164), 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-164
Classification
MG0164
Description Level
Fonds
Custodial History
Processed and finding aid prepared in 1998. Added to database 7 September 2021.
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Archive

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Collection
Mary Kilhefner Papers
Title
Mary Kilhefner Papers
Object ID
MG0416
Date Range
1916-1958
• Lancaster, Pennsylvania 17603-3125 717.392.4633 • www.LancasterHistory.org Search Terms: Annual reports Bonds Checks Correspondence DeWalt, Inc. East Cocalico Twp. Ephrata Hospital Ephrata National Bank Ernst and Ernst Finding aids Fire insurance George Birkins Company H. Good and Son Hahnstown United Zion
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Mary Kilhefner Papers
Title
Mary Kilhefner Papers
Description
This collection contains documents related to Mary Kilhefner, a resident of East Cocalico Township. The majority of these documents are financial in nature. A passbook records transactions in an early savings account. A decade of school tax receipts track tax rates in East Cocalico Township. As a stockholder in Lancaster Iron Works, Kilhefner received numerous items of correspondence regarding that company's operations, including its Depression-era bankruptcy and 1948 name change to Posey Iron Works. Other stock-related materials include an alleged case of fraud by an agent of National Capital Company and National Capital Memorial Park, Inc. Other materials include Ms. Kilhefner's will and invoices for coal, medical care, and Kilhefner's funeral.
Date Range
1916-1958
Year Range From
1916
Year Range To
1958
Date of Accumulation
1916-1958
Creator
Kilhefner, Mary, 1869-1957
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Storage Room
Archives South
Storage Wall
Side 10
People
Adams, Harvey
Brubaker, A. R.
Burrows, C. H.
Gausch, J. W.
Heisey, Amos
Heisey, Richard B.
Kilhefner, John C.
Kilhefner, Mary Garman
Kissinger, Mabel
Leid, Henry H.
Lynch, Anna M. Martin
Lynch, Ross Barton
Martin, Joseph Weaver
Martin, Levi B.
Mitchell, L. A.
Musser, M. E.
Neidhart, Paul Wolfgang
Oberholtzer, Harry B.
Oberholtzer, Richard E.
Schlock, Adam G.
Smith, W. J. B.
Sweet, William H.
Wolf, S.
Subjects
Letters
Receipts (Acknowledgments)
Stockholders
Stocks
Search Terms
Annual reports
Bonds
Checks
Correspondence
DeWalt, Inc.
East Cocalico Twp.
Ephrata Hospital
Ephrata National Bank
Ernst and Ernst
Finding aids
Fire insurance
George Birkins Company
H. Good and Son
Hahnstown United Zion Church
Investments
Invoices
Keystone Mill
Lancaster Iron Works
Letters
Lutheran and Reformed Church Cemetery
Manuscript groups
National Capital Company
National Capital Memorial Park, Inc.
Nazarene Church
Pamphlets
Philadelphia National Bank
Posey Iron Works
Probate records
Real estate
Reamstown Fire Company Ambulance Service
Receipts
Reynolds and Company
Stockholders
Stocks
Taxes
Wills
Extent
1 box, 3 folders
Object Name
Archive
Language
English
Object ID
MG0416
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 collection 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
2007.MG0416
Other Numbers
MG-416
Classification
MG0416
Description Level
Fonds
Custodial History
Added to database 22 February 2022.
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