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Additional Notes
Recorded as John Steret in will book.
Indentured servant listed.
Enslaved persons listed, one woman and one boy.
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Courtesy of Lancaster County Archives and LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.
Classification
RG-03-00-0133
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Item
Custodial History
Digitization of this document was funded by the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, PHMC Appl ID # 202010016624, 2020-2023.
The Ghost of Christmas Present magically transports Scrooge so he can observe the holiday preparation about him - which will eventually lead to Ebenezer's reformation. Part of the Victorian Christmas Celebration at Mount Hope Estate and Winery.
Provenance
Photographs and slides donated by Discover Lancaster/Pennsylvania Dutch Country Visitors Bureau, June 2016.
Dispel the Scrooge from this Christmas season as the Ghost of Christmas Present did for Ebenezer. Actors portraying the immortal Dickens characters entertain guests to the Victorian Christmas Celebration at Moutn Hope Estate and Winery.
Provenance
Photographs and slides donated by Discover Lancaster/Pennsylvania Dutch Country Visitors Bureau, June 2016.
The newest of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania's wineries is the Mount Hope Estate and Winery. At Mt. Hope, visitors complete the tour of this formal Victorian mansion with an elegant touch: the tasting of wines, served in the billiard room, surrounded by stained glass windows and an 18 foot ceiling.
Provenance
Photographs and slides donated by Discover Lancaster/Pennsylvania Dutch Country Visitors Bureau, June 2016.
Coroners' Inquests are inquests conducted by six men, on behalf of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, into the cause of a person's death. Inquests include: municipality; name of coroner; signatures of the six jurors; name of decedent; date of inquest; reason for death; name of coroner's physician, and names of witnesses to the inquest. Handwritten on printed form.
Cause of death: on Saturday, September 14th, 1889, at the residence of Andrew Felker, in Rapho Twp., that he no mark of violence, appearing about his body and that he died from natural causes.
Deputy Coroner: Zeller, John H.
Coroner's Physician: Ziegler, J. P.
Jurors: Baker, George F.; Hertzler, John H.; Eby, Eli S.; Sink, Samuel; Krall, Matthias; Sink, Phares.
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