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Collection: Diffenderffer Family Papers

Title: Diffenderffer Family Papers

Object ID: MG0410

Date Range: 1691-1963

Note: The Diffenderffer Family Papers collection contains items that have been passed down through generations of the Diffenderffer family. Deeds for tracts of land in New Holland date back to the creation of New Design, the village that preceded New Holland. Correspondence and some manuscripts pertain

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Collection: Diffenderffer Family Papers

Title: Diffenderffer Family Papers

Description: The Diffenderffer Family Papers collection contains items that have been passed down through generations of the Diffenderffer family. Deeds for tracts of land in New Holland date back to the creation of New Design, the village that preceded New Holland. Correspondence and some manuscripts pertain to J. P. McCaskey's life and accomplishments. F. R. Diffenderffer's manuscripts on Easter Day and Conrad Weiser are preserved with this collection, as well as poems, a program for the C. Elvin Haupt School, and a claim of F. R. Diffenderffer & Co. against the State of Texas.

Date Range: 1691-1963

Year Range From: 1691

Year Range To: 1963

Date of Accumulation: 1691-1963

Creator: Diffenderffer family

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives South

Storage Wall: Side 10

People: Brubaker, John; Brubaker, Margaret; Brubaker, Philip; Davis, Sarah; Diffenderfer, David; Diffenderfer, Elizabeth Shirk; Diffenderfer, John; Diffenderffer, Christina; Diffenderffer, David; Diffenderffer, David, Sr.; Diffenderffer, Fianna L. Lutz; Diffenderffer, Frank Ried; Diffenderffer, Harold F.; Diffenderffer, John, Jr.; Diffenderffer, John, Sr.; Diffenderffer, Margaretta Stein; Diffenderffer, Michael; Freymyer, Jacob; Grim, Henry; Haupt, Charles Elvin; Hoch, Herman E.; Holl, Wendel; Hubley, Bernard; Kennerly, John; Kinzer, John; Kinzer, Magdalena; Koch, Mary; Koch, Melchior; Law, James D.; Markley, Henry; McCaskey, Donald G.; McCaskey, John Piersol "Jack"; Nevin, Blanche; Painter, John; Penn, William; Rodman, John H.; Shirk, Henry; Smith, Oliver; Smith, William Evans; Sneider, Christian; Stone, David; Stone, George; Stone, Leonard; Stone, Mary; Sutton, Mary A. Diffenderffer; Thomson, Bill "Tommy"; Winter, John; Young, Matthias

Other Creators: Diffenderffer, Fianna L. Lutz, 1918-2009; Diffenderffer, David

Subjects: Deeds; Letters; Real property

Search Terms: Clippings (Books, newspapers, etc.); Conestoga River; Correspondence; Deeds; Drowning; Earl Twp.; England; Estate settlement; Finding aids; German Reformed Church of New Holland; Haupt Elementary School; Hutchings Printing House; King Street; Lancaster; Land drafts; Lemon Street School; Letters; Manuscript groups; Mortgages; New Design, Earl Twp.; New Holland; Newspaper clippings; Programs; Real estate; Real property surveys; Reigart's Landing; Susquehanna River; Texas; Texas Frontier Forces; Windsor Forge

Extent: 1 box, 23 folders, .5 cubic ft.

Object Name: Archive

Language: English

Object ID: MG0410

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).; Deeds in folders 1-18 were a gift of Fianna Diffenderffer and the Diffenderffer family, 4 November 2006.; Items in folders 19-23 were a gift from her nephew, David Diffenderffer, 14 August 2006.

Access Conditions / Restrictions: Restrictions are noted at the item level--please use photocopies or transcriptions for those items. Other 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: 2006.MG0410_NOV

Other Numbers: MG-410

Classification: MG0410

Description Level: Fonds

Custodial History: Cataloged by HST, November 2008. Added to database 28 July 2021.

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Bond, Legal

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Collection: Quarter Sessions

Title: Recognizance for Christopher Burkholder and Thomas Patterson

Object ID: AUG 1808 F030 QS

Date Range: 1808/08

Collection: Quarter Sessions

Title: Recognizance for Christopher Burkholder and Thomas Patterson

Date Range: 1808/08

Year: 1808

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives West

People: Burkholder, Christopher; Patterson, Thomas

Subcategory: Documentary Artifact

Search Terms: Charge: stealing; Quarter Sessions; Recognizance; Susquehanna River; York County, Pennsylvania

Place: York County, Pennsylvania

Object Name: Bond, Legal

Language: English

Condition: Fair

Object ID: AUG 1808 F030 QS

Additional Notes: Also: Thomas Patterson.; Recognizance, charged with stealing two platforms of boards on the Susquehanna River.; 1 item, 1 piece

Access Conditions / Restrictions: Request at Reference Desk; photocopy made by staff member.

Classification: RG 02-00 0908

Description Level: Item

Contract

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/1ad65562-9551-4ff5-b91c-364852732000

Collection: Bridge Records

Title: Bridge Records

Object ID: Bridge F0425 I006

Date Range: 1807

Collection: Bridge Records

Title: Bridge Records

Date Range: 1807

Year: 1807

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives West

Storage Container: Box 0006

People: Hostetter, Abraham

Subcategory: Documentary Artifact

Search Terms: Bridges; Conestoga Creek; Contracts; Creeks; Hostetter's Run; Lampeter Twp.; Lancaster Twp.

Place: Lampeter Twp. and Lancaster Twp.

Object Name: Contract

Language: English

Condition: Fair

Object ID: Bridge F0425 I006

Box Number: 006

Additional Notes: [Lampeter Twp. and Lancaster Twp.]; Location: At Hostetter's Run.; Document type: Contract for bridge construction.; 1 item, 2 pieces

Access Conditions / Restrictions: Request at Reference Desk; photocopy made by staff member.

Classification: RG 02-00 0324

Description Level: Item

Contract

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/0235a28d-e832-45cf-860a-082802906130

Collection: Bridge Records

Title: Bridge Records

Object ID: Bridge F0425 I007

Date Range: 1807

Collection: Bridge Records

Title: Bridge Records

Date Range: 1807

Year: 1807

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives West

Storage Container: Box 0006

People: Hostetter, John

Subcategory: Documentary Artifact

Search Terms: Bridges; Conestoga Creek; Contracts; Creeks; John Hostetter's Mill; Lampeter Twp.; Lancaster Twp.; Mills

Place: Lampeter Twp. and Lancaster Twp.

Object Name: Contract

Language: English

Condition: Fair

Object ID: Bridge F0425 I007

Box Number: 006

Additional Notes: [Lampeter Twp. and Lancaster Twp.]; Location: Near John Hostetter's Mill in Lancaster Twp.; Document type: Contract for bridge construction.; 1 item, 1 piece