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Announcement

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Collection: James Buchanan Family Papers, Part 6 Hiram B. Swarr

Title: Notice from A. R. Barr, assessor, to the estate of E. E. Lane

Object ID: JBFP 6.2.1.015

Date Range: 1868/02/01

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Collection: James Buchanan Family Papers, Part 6 Hiram B. Swarr

Title: Notice from A. R. Barr, assessor, to the estate of E. E. Lane

Description: Notice from A. R. Barr, assessor, to the estate of E. E. Lane that the Lancaster County tax for 1868 is $4.95. Lancaster.

Date Range: 1868/02/01

Creator: Lancaster (Pa.). Tax Assessor

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives South

Storage Container: JBFP Part 6, Box 1

People: Barr, A. R.; Lane, Elliott Eskridge; Swarr, Hiram Behm

Subjects: Receipts (Acknowledgments); Taxation

Search Terms: Taxes; Receipts; Buchanan Collections; James Buchanan Presidential Library

Extent: 1 item, 2 page to scan, 6.5 x 21.5 cm.

Object Name: Announcement

Language: English

Parent Object ID: JBFP Part 6 Series 2

Object ID: JBFP 6.2.1.015

Associated Material: James Buchanan Papers, Dickinson College Archives & Special Collections,; http://archives.dickinson.edu/collection-descriptions/james-buchanan-papers; James Buchanan and Harriet Lane Johnston Papers, Library of Congress,; https://www.loc.gov/collections/james-buchanan-and-harriet-lane-johnston-papers/; James Buchanan Papers, Historical Society of Pennsylvania,; http://www2.hsp.org/collections/manuscripts/b/Buchanan0091.html; James Buchanan Papers, Penn State University Libraries,; https://libraries.psu.edu/findingaids/1458.htm

Related Item Notes: James Buchanan Family Papers; MG-96 James Buchanan Collection; Historical Society of Pennsylvania microfilm; Photograph collections; Curatorial collections; Wheatland Mansion

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Access Conditions / Restrictions: Please use digital images and transcriptions when available. Original documents may be used by appointment. Please contact archives@lancasterhistory.org at least two weeks prior to visit.

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Credit: Courtesy of LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pa.

Other Number: JBFP Part 6, Series 2, Subseries 1, Folder 15

Description Level: Item

Custodial History: The James Buchanan Family Papers were collected by the James Buchanan Foundation for the Preservation of Wheatland. This collection was relocated from the Wheatland mansion to the LancasterHistory archives in the Spring of 2009. Digitization of the James Buchanan Family Papers was funded by the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, PHMC Appl ID # 201808013051, 2019-2020.

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Collection: Jacob Ream Collection

Title: Jacob Ream Collection

Object ID: MG0164

Date Range: 1744-1848

Reeme, Jacob Riem, Jacob Rihm, Daniel Rihm, Jacob Rihm, Samuel Sheaffer, Philip Smith, Samuel Snyder, John Stauffer, John Stump, J. Subject Headings: Deeds Receipts (Acknowledgments) Search Terms: Agreements Bonds Chambersburg, Franklin County Cocalico Twp. Deeds Donegal Twp. Finding aids Green Twp

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Collection: 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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Collection: Frank R. Diffenderffer Collection

Title: Frank R. Diffenderffer Collection

Object ID: MG0166

Date Range: 1738-1920

meadow land. Other names: James Gill, Deborah Gill. 1803. �230 North President Avenue • Lancaster, Pennsylvania 17603-3125 717.392.4633 • www.LancasterHistory.org Insert 6 Receipt from Sam Johnston to Jasper Yeates. Other names: James Old, Abraham Lewis, Francis Parvin, Jacob Dieterick. 1782. Insert 7

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Collection: Frank R. Diffenderffer Collection

Title: Frank R. Diffenderffer Collection

Description: The Frank R. Diffenderffer Collection contains documents collected by Mr. Diffenderffer. These documents are primarily from the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries and include letters, legal and court papers, indentures, receipts, property and probate records, and financial and military papers. The people and businesses represented include George Ross, Jasper Yeates, A. Herr Smith, Timothy Matlack, Mount Hope Furnace, and the Lancaster, Elizabethtown & Middletown Turnpike Road Company.

System of Arrangement: Collection retains original arrangement.

Date Range: 1738-1920

Year Range From: 1738

Year Range To: 1920

Date of Accumulation: 1738-1920

Creator: Diffenderffer, Frank Ried, 1833-1921

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives South

Storage Wall: Side 04

People: Adams, John Quincy; Adreas, Agnes; Albright, W.; Anderson, James; Andrews, Jacob W.; Andrews, James P.; Ashbridge, Elizabeth; Ashbridge, J. H.; Ashbridge, Sarah; Ashbridge, Sidney; Atlee, Samuel; Attlee, Samuel; Autstch, Adam; Bare, Martin; Barlow, Thomas; Barnitz, Joseph; Barr, John; Barton, David R.; Barton, W.; Bauer, Adam; Beams, Jacob; Beard, Robert; Bearn, John; Beck, Martha; Beck, Paul; Beck, Samuel; Bender, Leonard; Benezet, Daniel; Benner, Henrich; Berntheisel, Henry; Berry, William; Bickham, F. A.; Bickman, George; Bletz, Jacob; Blumer, Abraham; Bollinger, Esther; Bombarger, Martin; Bomberger, John; Bower, Samuel P.; Bowman, Henry; Bowman, J.; Bowman, Samuel; Bowman, W.; Boyd, James; Boyd, Samuel; Bradford, Samuel J.; Breck, Samuel; Bredenstein, Philip; Brown, David; Brown, Matthew; Brown, William; Broud, Bill; Bruener, G.; Bryan, George; Bryan, George I.; Burd, Edward; Burkholder, E.; Burt, Nathaniel; Caldwell, James; Caldwell, Oliver; Caldwell, Robert; Calhoun, John C.; Cameron, James; Cameron, John; Campbell, Sarah; Carpenter, Abraham; Carpenter, Daniel; Carpenter, Jacob; Carpenter, William; Cather, Robert; Chambers, Stephen; Chambers, W.; Charlton, Thomas; Clark, Brice; Clark, John; Clark, Washington; Clemson, Joseph; Cochran, A.; Cochran, William; Coleman, William; Connor, Kitty; Cookson, Thomas; Cooper, William; Creasy, Solomon; Creasy, Solomon M.; Crone, Robert; Cunningham, Hugh; Cunningham, Thomas; Damant, James; Damisch, Fred; Davis, Zaccheus; Deckert, Jacob; Dederick, Henry; Dering, Henry; Derward, Jonas; Detrick, P.; Dickert, Jacob; Dieterick, Jacob; Diffenderffer, David; Diffenderffer, Frank Ried; Diffenderffer, Harold F.; Diffenderfer, Michael; Diffenderfer, Philip; Diller, Peter; Doerses, Frederick; Dougherty, William; Douglass, George; Douglass, James; Doyle, Thomas; Dryer, Andrew; Dubbs, Joseph H.; Duck, Geotge; Duncan, Daniel; Eagen, James; Eagen, Thomas; Eberman, John; Eberman, Philip; Eckert, George; Eckman, John; Eftwein, Johannes; Eichholtz, H.; Eichholtz, Leonard; Eliot, Daniel; Emanuel, John; Ench, Jacob; Espy, George R.; Evans, Frances; Evans, Isaac; Evans, James C.; Evans, Samuel; Ewing, John; Faghterin, Mary; Fahnestock, Samuel; Fehl, Andrew; Feltman, George; Ferree, Conrad; Ferree, Polly; Fissel, Michael; Flowers, Christian; Foltz, Bernard; Fordney, Casper; Fouts, Martin; Franklin, Thomas; Franklin, Thomas E.; Franklin W. B.; Frantz, Phil; Frey, J.; Fultz, John; Galbraith, Bertram; Galloway, Joseph; Geddis, Samuel; Gibble, L. W.; Gibbons, William; Gildersleve, Jonathan H.; Gildersleve Sarah; Gill, Deborah; Gill, Eramus; Gill, James; Gill, Matthew; Givler, Mary; Golden, Jeffery; Graass, Jacob; Graeff, Matthias; Graeff, W.; Graff, Benjamin; Graff, Henry; Graff, Jacob; Gratz, Hyman; Groff, Abraham; Groff, David; Groff, Isaac; Gross, Michael; Grove, Abraham; Grubb, Baird; Grubb, Curtis; Grubb, Henry; Habacker, George; Habacker, Wager; Hartz, John; Hake, Elizabeth; Hake, Jacob; Hale, Charles; Hambright, Henry; Hamilton, James; Hamilton, William; Hand, Edward; Hart, Elizabeth; Hartand, John; Hartmyer, Frederick; Haton, James; Hatz, John; Hayn, Christopher; Hehl, Matthew; Henderson, Mary; Henry, Christopher; Henry, Elizabeth; Henry, Joseph; Henry, Josiah; Henry, John Joseph; Henry, Mary; Herr, Christian; Hensel, William Uhler; Hibshman, Henry; Hoff, John; Hoofnagle, P.; Hoover, Jacob; Host, Catharine; Host, Michael; Howell, William H.; Howell, William Wilson; Huber, J.; Huber, John; Hubley, Adam; Hubley, John; Hubley, Joseph; Hubley, M.; Hubner, Nathanael; Huston, Alex; Hutchinson, E.; Jacks, James; Jenkins, Ron; Johns, Elizabeth; Johns, Jacob; Johns, Paul; Johnston, Sam; Jones, John; Jones, Owen; Jones, Paul T.; Jordan, J.; Kauffman, Abraham; Kauffman, Joseph; Kehler, Andrew; Kelly, Joseph P.; Kelly, William; Kenedy, John; Kittera, John Wilkes; Kittera, Thomas; Kline, David; Kline, George; Kline, Michael; Kling, M.; Konigmaker, James; Krebil, John; Krieg, Philip; Krug, Edward; Krug, H. V.; Krug, Jacob; Krug, Valentine; Kuhn, Frederick; Kuhn, Jacob; Lanck, Jacob; Landes, John; Lauman, Ludwig; Lechler, John; Leman, H. E.; Lewis, Abraham; Lewis, Ellis; Liews, Eliza; Lightner, Nathaniel; Likens, James; Lind, John; Long, Charles E.; Long, Jacob; Longenecker, David; Lowery, Alexander; Lowery, Lazarus; Lowman, Ludwig; Lutz, Peter; Lynch, Thomas; MacGonigle, Jonathan T.; MacGregor, John; MacGregor, Peter; Machold, Lewis Frederick; Marshall, Christopher; Matlack, Timothy; Mattes, George; Mauer, Peter; Maus, Peter; Mayer, John; Mayer, Lewis; McGown, William; McClure, David; McClure, Randle; McKim, James; McKinney, Mordecai; Mease, James; Mease, John; Mercer, John Q.; Messersmith, George; Metzer, Jonas; Metzer, Norman; Miller, David; Miller, Harry; Miller, Henry; Miller, James; Miller, John; Miller, T. H.; Minnich, Lizzie; Mohler, Henry; Montgomery, Jane; Montgomery, S. H.; Moore, James; Moore, John; Musser, John; Myer, John; Myer, John P.; Myer, Josephine; Myers, Christian; Myers, Eckert; Myers, Henry; Myers, Jacob; Myers, John; Myers, Joseph; Myers, Josephine; Myers, S. H.; Myers, Sidney; Muhlenberg, F. A.; Muhlenberg, G. H. E.; Muhlenberg, Henry; Muhlenberg, Henry A.; Munster, Paul; Nager, Ben Willis; Nagle, John; Neal, John; Nees, Adam; Neisser, G. Br.; Nelson, William; Nicholson, John; Norgrave, H.; Odonel, Charles; Old, James; Parvin, Francis; Passmore, John; Patton, James; Pendleton, George H.; Pennypacker, Samuel W.; Penrose, Clement; Petersby, Richard; Physick, Edmund; Pine, Michael; Pohlman, Abraham; Price, Eli K.; Purviance, Samuel; Ralston, Robert; Ramsay, Catharine; Ramsay, David; Ramsay, James; Ramsay, Nathaniel; Ramsay, William; Randall, Samuel; Rank, Samuel; Redsecker, Jacob; Reed, E. L.; Reed, George; Reedly, George; Reedly, John; Reigart, Adam; Reigart, Emanuel; Reigart, Jacob; Riche, Thomas; Rieger, Ann; Rohrer, John; Ross, George; Ross, James; Roth, Jacob; Schaum, Philip; Scheaffer, John; Schnierer, John, Mrs.; Schweinhaupt, Br.; Sell, Henry; Seward, Hugh; Shafer, John; Shaffer, Jacob; Sharer, David; Shearer, Jacob; Sheef, William; Sheldon, William; Shippen, Edward; Shireman, Jacob; Shol, Peter; Shware, Peter; Simon, Joseph; Simon, William; Sindersmith, S. V.; Singer, Casper; Singer, Emanuel; Skiles, William; Slaugher, Hiram; Slaymaker, Amos; Slaymaker, Henry; Slough, Matthias; Smith, A. Herr; Smith, Eliza; Smith, Joanna; Smith, Thomas; Smith, William; Snapp, Samuel; Solomon, Myer; Spencer, S. S.; Sprecher, Frank L.; Stauffer, Henry; Stedman, Alex; Stedman, Charles; Steinert, Christian; Steinman, Charles; Steinman, Frederick; Steinman, George; Steinman, John F.; Stevens, R. S.; Stevenson, George; Stone, John; Stoneman, Tobias; Stones, John; Stuart, Robert; Swan, John G.; Swain, R.; Swentzel, H. Y.; Swift, Joseph; Tanger, David R.; Titball, Joseph; Trimble, James; Trissler, John; Trissler, Joseph David; Turner, Ambrose; Turner, Catharine; Wagen, Philip; Walk, Deetrick; Walker, John; Wallace, John; Wallace, William; Warden, M.; Warfel, John; Washington, Samuel; Watson, David; Webb, James; Weber, Adam; Wegman, Mary; Weitzel, George; Wenger, Roland; Werner, Jacob; Wertsburger, Henry; West, William; Wetherill, Samuel P.; White, George; White, T.; Whitaker, George; Wildred, Daniel; Williams, Evans P.; Williams, John; Wistar, Thomas; Witlow, Hugh; Witman, John; Witman, Michael; Witmer, Abraham; Witmer, Benjamin; Witmer, David; Witmer, Henry; Wolford, Ludwig; Wood, George; Work, Joseph; Wright, James; Wright, John; Wright, S. W.; Yaner, Jacob; Yeates, Jasper; Yeates, John; Young, Henry; Young, Mattias; Zahm, Godfrey; Zantzinger, Adam; Zantzinger, Ester; Zeigler, George; Zimmer, Henry

Subjects: Bonds; Business records; Certificates; Court records; Finance, Personal; Invoices; Letters; Lotteries; Minutes (Records); Probate records; Receipts (Acknowledgments); Schools; Stocks

Search Terms: Accounts; African Methodist Episcopal Church; Armor's Old Bookstore; Articles of agreement; Beaver Creek; Black Horse Farm; Bonds; Business records; Certificates; Charles E. Wentz and Bros.; Christ Lutheran Church; Cocalico Creek; Conestoga Steam Mills; Constables; Correspondence; Court records; Farmers Bank of Lancaster; Farmer's Hay and Straw Market Association; Finance, Personal; Finding aids; Franklin Savings and Building Association; Grosh and Levering; Hamilton Lots; Indentures; Indian Queen Hotel; Invoices; Lancaster Cemetery; Lancaster County Agricultural Park; Lancaster County Historical Society; Lancaster, Elizabethtown and Middletown Turnpike Company; Letters; Lotteries; Manuscript groups; McDowell's Mill; Minutes; Mount Hope Furnace; Northern Central Railway Company; Pennsylvania Council; Philadelphia and Reading Railroad Company; Probate records; Protestant Episcopal Church; Receipts; Sam Wetherill and Sons; Schools; Shaffner and Ziegler; St. James Episcopal Church; Steinman and Son; Stocks; Trinity Lutheran Church; W. Kirkpatrick and Company; Zahm and Jackson Jewelers

Extent: 1 box, 27 folders, 1 cubic ft.

Object Name: Archive

Language: English

Object ID: MG0166

Location of Originals: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania

Notes: Preferred Citation: Frank R. Diffenderfer Collection (MG0166), 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.

Accession Number: 1964.013

Other Numbers: MG-166

Classification: MG0166

Description Level: Fonds

Custodial History: This collection was cataloged prior to 1997. Added to database 23 September 2021.; Accession # L64-13

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Collection: Frederick S. Brown Collection

Title: Frederick S. Brown Collection

Object ID: MG0085

Date Range: 1856-1913

Subject Headings: Bonds Letters Real property Receipts (Acknowledgments) Taxation Search Terms: Bonds Correspondence Finding aids Letters Manuscript groups Real estate Receipts Susquehanna River Taxes Processing History: This collection has been documented, preserved and managed according to professional

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Collection: Frederick S. Brown Collection

Title: Frederick S. Brown Collection

Description: The Frederick S. Brown Collection contains tax receipts, bonds, and letters belonging to Mr. Brown. Also, an agreement for the sale of land along the Susquehanna River.

Date Range: 1856-1913

Year Range From: 1856

Year Range To: 1913

Date of Accumulation: 1856-1913

Creator: Brown, Frederick Street, 1875-1936

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives South

Storage Wall: Side 03

People: Brown, Frederick Street

Subjects: Bonds; Letters; Real property; Receipts (Acknowledgments); Taxation

Search Terms: Bonds; Correspondence; Finding aids; Letters; Manuscript groups; Real estate; Receipts; Susquehanna River; Taxes

Extent: 1 box, 1 folder, .1 cubic ft.

Object Name: Archive

Language: English

Object ID: MG0085

Location of Originals: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania

Notes: Preferred Citation: Title or description of item, date (day, month, year), Frederick S. Brown Collection (MG0085), 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-85

Classification: MG0085

Description Level: Fonds

Custodial History: Added to database 13 November 2018.

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Collection: John Erisman Collection

Title: John Erisman Collection

Object ID: MG0101

Date Range: 1796-1847

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Collection: John Erisman Collection

Title: John Erisman Collection

Description: This collection consists of papers generated by John Erisman in his position as Justice of the Peace. These papers are largely receipts, contracts, promissory notes, and judgments. There are many names listed on the documents.

Date Range: 1796-1847

Year Range From: 1796

Year Range To: 1847

Date of Accumulation: 1796-1847

Creator: Erisman, John

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives South

Storage Wall: Side 03

People: Erisman, John

Subjects: Contracts; Judicial bonds; Justices of the peace; Promissory notes; Receipts (Acknowledgments); Summons

Search Terms: Contracts; Judgment bonds; Justices of the peace; Promissory notes; Receipts; Summons; Manuscript groups; Finding aids

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

Object Name: Archive

Language: English, German

Object ID: MG0101

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.

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Other Numbers: MG-101

Other Number: MG-101

Classification: MG0101

Description Level: Fonds

Custodial History: Added to database 5 February 2019.

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Collection: Pinkerton & Slaymaker Collection

Title: Pinkerton & Slaymaker Collection

Object ID: MG0308

Date Range: 1815-1853

Content Note: This collection contains receipts and invoices from the Pinkerton & Slaymaker business. The receipts date primarily from May 1851, with one receipt from May 1853, and are for a wide variety of items. The collection also contains letters from the Philadelphia & Lancaster Turnpike Company and

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Collection: Pinkerton & Slaymaker Collection

Title: Pinkerton & Slaymaker Collection

Description: This collection contains receipts and invoices from the Pinkerton & Slaymaker business. The receipts date primarily from May 1851, with one receipt from May 1853, and are for a wide variety of items. The collection also contains letters from the Philadelphia & Lancaster Turnpike Company and an undated check from the National Bank of Pottstown.

Admin/Biographical History: Henry Edwin Slaymaker and William C. Pinkerton went into the hardware business as Pinkerton & Slaymaker ca. 1850. The store was located on North Queen Street in Lancaster. The business was closed out in 1857.; Biographical Annals of Lancaster County, p. 94.

Date Range: 1815-1853

Year Range From: 1914

Year Range To: 1978

Date of Accumulation: 1815-1853

Creator: Pinkerton & Slaymaker

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives South

Storage Wall: Side 08

People: Bickford, Bacon; Boon, Philip T.; Brady, William; Dale, W. P.; Eberley, Jacob; Govett, William; Hansson, Joseph; Harrison, John; Hayes, Jacob; Hovey, Roswell; Jones, J.; Jones, J. C.; Keller, John; Lewis, Edward; Martin, George; McNeely, William T.; Miller, Samuel; Morris, William; Mullins, Edward; Pinkerton, William C.; Reigart, Adam; Slaymaker, Henry Edwin; Steinman, George Michael; Strenge, George; Thompson, T. S.; Trollezlov, N.; Tucker, Samuel; Wilstach, William P.; Wilt, Peter; Wolf, W. W.; Wyman, Isaac

Subjects: Letters; Receipts (Acknowledgments); Invoices; Business records; Hardware; Hardware stores

Search Terms: Bowlby and Brenner; Business records; Colemanville Works; Correspondence; Cuscaden and Company; E. Van Antwerp and Company; Eagles and Lockwood; F. Curtis and Company; Finding aids; Hanline and Ostheimer; Hardware; Hardware stores; Harrison Brothers and Company; Heaton and Denckla; Invoices; Justice, Steinmetz, and Justice; Letters; M. and J. M. Rowe; Manuscript groups; Meade and Long; National Bank of Pottstown; Philadelphia and Lancaster Turnpike Company; Pinkerton and Slaymaker; Pinkerton and Smeltz; Potter and Carmichael; Receipts; Russell and Erwin Manufacturing Company; William H. Horstmann and Sons

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

Object Name: Archive

Language: English

Object ID: MG0308

Location of Originals: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania

Notes: Preferred Citation: Title or description of item, date (day, month, year), Pinkerton & Slaymaker Collection (MG0308), 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.

Other Numbers: MG-308

Other Number: MG-308

Classification: MG0308

Description Level: Fonds

Custodial History: This collection was cataloged and the finding aid was prepared by MEB, Spring 2006. Added to database 1 October 2021.

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Collection: Walker & Brother (Christiana, Pa.) Records

Title: Walker & Brother (Christiana, Pa.) Records

Object ID: MG0558

Date Range: 1861-1867

• www.LancasterHistory.org Accruals: No further accruals are expected. Preferred Citation: Walker & Brother (Christiana, Pa.) Records (MG0558), LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania. People: Walker, Joseph Coates Walker, Asahel Subject Headings: Business records Letters Receipts (Acknowledgments) Search Terms: Business

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Collection: Walker & Brother (Christiana, Pa.) Records

Title: Walker & Brother (Christiana, Pa.) Records

Description: The Walker & Brother (Christiana, Pa.) Records contain a receipt book of grain merchants, Walker & Brother of Christiana, Pennsylvania. The business correspondence pasted to the receipt stubs documents the firm's purchases and sales of grain, cigars, fertilizer, coal and lumber; banking; debt collection; and purchases of horses, cattle, and baling machinery.

Admin/Biographical History: Joseph Coates Walker was born in Sadsbury Twp., Lancaster County on 4 April 1832. He learned the science of agriculture in his youth and in 1853 became a clerk at a mercantile business in Gap, Pennsylvania. He moved to Christiana briefly, then returned to Gap in 1857 to begin his career in general transportation, grain, coal and lumber, with his brother, Asahel. In 1880, the business became Joseph C. Walker & Son, when E. Enfield Walker joined his father. Outside of the mercantile business, Joseph served as postmaster, revenue collector, justice of the peace and president of Gap National Bank.; Ellis, Franklin, and Samuel Evans. 1883. History of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania… Philadelphia: Everts & Peck, pp. 1055-1058.; Biographical Annals of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania… Chicago: Beers, 1903, pp. 308-9.

Date Range: 1861-1867

Creation Date: 1861-1867

Year Range From: 1861

Year Range To: 1867

Creator: Walker & Brother (Christiana, Pa.)

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives South

Storage Wall: Side 12

People: Walker, Joseph Coates; Walker, Asahel

Subjects: Business records; Letters; Receipts (Acknowledgments)

Search Terms: Business records; Christiana, Pennsylvania; Correspondence; Finding aids; Letters; Manuscript groups; Receipts; Walker and Brother

Extent: 1 volume

Object Name: Archive

Language: English

Object ID: MG0558

Location of Originals: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania

Notes: Preferred Citation: Title or description of item, date (day, month, year), Walker & Brother (Christiana, Pa.) Records (MG0558), LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.

Access Conditions / Restrictions: This volume may be used by appointment. 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.

Accession Number: 2008.MG0558

Other Numbers: MG-558

Classification: MG0558

Description Level: Fonds

Custodial History: Added to database 26 December 2021.

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Collection: D. S. Sweeton & Co. Records

Title: D. S. Sweeton & Co. Records

Object ID: MG0320

Date Range: 1886-1893

, Mathilde E. Myers, Richard Neidich, Mary F. Ragan, Henry Harger Sweeton, David S. Subject Headings: Business records Letters Manufactures Polishing wheels Receipts (Acknowledgments) Search Terms: Abrasive Material Co. of Penna. Business records Conestoga Machine Works Correspondence D. S. Sweeton & Co

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Collection: D. S. Sweeton & Co. Records

Title: D. S. Sweeton & Co. Records

Description: The D. S. Sweeton & Co. Records are made up of orders to the company for wood wheels, receipts for payments made by Sweeton, price lists of the Lancaster Polishing Factory, and personal memorabilia including invitations and a checkbook from Northern National Bank of Lancaster.

Admin/Biographical History: David S. Sweeton was born in Glassboro, New Jersey c.1827. He was a woodturner by trade and specialized in building staircases. He moved to Lancaster in 1881 and first appears in the Lancaster City Directory as a manufacturer of emery wheels in 1892. (An emery wheel has an abrasive coating that is used for buffing or grinding.) From 1897 to 1901 Sweeton is listed as the proprietor of the Lancaster Polishing Wheel Works located at 44 W. Liberty Street, Lancaster. After 1901, he is listed only as a manufacturer.; Sweeton lived at 414 W. Lemon St., Lancaster in 1886 and 1888, but by 1906 he had moved to 439 W. Frederick St., then to 33 W. Liberty St., and finally to 623 N. Shippen St.; Sources: Lancaster City Directories; Obituary, Daily New Era, 1 March 1906.

Date Range: 1886-1893

Year Range From: 1886

Year Range To: 1893

Date of Accumulation: 1886-1893

Creator: D. S. Sweeton & Co.

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives South

Storage Wall: Side 08

People: Coffin, Mathilde E.; Myers, Richard; Neidich, Mary F.; Ragan, Henry Harger; Sweeton, David S.

Other Creators: Sweeton, David S., 1827-1906

Subjects: Business records; Letters; Manufactures; Polishing wheels; Receipts (Acknowledgments)

Search Terms: Abrasive Material Company; Business records; Conestoga Machine Works; Correspondence; D. S. Sweeton and Company; Finding aids; Grey Iron Casting Company; Hanson, Van Winkle and Company; Lancaster Polishing Factory; Lancaster Polishing Wheel Works; Letters; Manuscript groups; Polishing wheels; Potts and Weber; Ragan Lectures; Receipts; Union Manufacturing Company; Zucker and Levett Chemical Company

Extent: 1 box, 6 folders, .2 cubic ft.

Object Name: Archive

Language: English

Object ID: MG0320

Location of Originals: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania

Notes: Preferred Citation: Title or description of item, date (day, month, year), D. S. Sweeton & Co. Records (MG0320), 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-320

Classification: MG0320

Description Level: Fonds

Custodial History: Added to database 3 January 2022.

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Collection: Heleine Family Collection

Title: Heleine Family Collection

Object ID: MG0322

Date Range: 1882-1888

Heleine, William B. Landis, J. H. Lebzelter, William F. Loeb, William Quickel, Samuel, S Taylor, W. H. Subject Headings: Invitation cards Letters Receipts (Acknowledgments) Search Terms: American Hotel Calling cards Columbus Wheel and Bending Company Columbus, Ohio Correspondence Dew House Diaz Grocery

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Collection: Heleine Family Collection

Title: Heleine Family Collection

Description: The Heleine Family Collection consists primarily of letters received by William B. Heleine and Rebecca Jane (Jacoby) Heleine during their youth and reflect the perennial concerns of that age group: friendship, courtship, and finding employment. Many of the letters are from William B. Heleine's cousin William F. Lebzelter, son of J. Philip Lebzelter founder of the Eagle Wheel and Bending Works (later P. Lebzelter & Son Co. then Lebzelter's) in Lancaster.

Date Range: 1882-1888

Year Range From: 1882

Year Range To: 1888

Date of Accumulation: 1882-1888

Creator: Heleine family

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives South

Storage Wall: Side 08

People: Balmer, Addison; Beaver, John H.; Bergman, Annie M.; Blickenderfer, William; Brenneman, C. H.; Daiz, William C.; Diller, Ed; Feagley, John; Fehl, Jacob C.; Gable, Hiram; Gardner, Ellen; Heleine, Rebecca Jane Jacoby; Heleine, William B.; Landis, J. H.; Lebzelter, William F.; Loeb, William; Quickel, Samuel S.; Taylor, W. H.

Subjects: Invitation cards; Letters; Receipts (Acknowledgments)

Search Terms: American Hotel; Calling cards; Columbus Wheel and Bending Company; Columbus, Ohio; Correspondence; Dew House; Diaz Grocery; East King Street; East York, York County, Pennsylvania; Eastman College; Ephrata; F. A. Ferris and Company; Finding aids; Invitations; Iskam House; Keystone House; Lancaster Junction; Letters; Manuscript groups; McClellan and Gotwalt; Mr. Rudy's Store; New Emmitt House; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Receipts; South Queen Street; Visiting cards; Water Street; West Chestnut Street; Williamson and Foster; York, York County, Pennsylvania

Extent: 1 box, 4 folders, .25 cubic ft.

Object Name: Archive

Language: English

Object ID: MG0322

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: 1967.019

Other Numbers: MG-322

Classification: MG0322

Description Level: Fonds

Custodial History: Added to database 3 January 2022.

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Collection: Geist Family Papers

Title: Geist Family Papers

Object ID: MG0294

Date Range: 1865-1961

William Rush, Harriet Geist Shaub, Sadie Shirk, H. S. Shirk, Henry Shirk, Lawrence Stoner, H. K. Weaver, C. R. Weaver, George A. Werner, John Thomas Witmer, Clara Wolf, Lemon A. Wolfe, Helen Subject Headings: Decedents' estates Estates (Law) Letters Receipts (Acknowledgments) Taxation �230 North President

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Collection: Geist Family Papers

Title: Geist Family Papers

Description: The Geist Family Papers include correspondence, tax records, legal documents, and other items related to the Geist family. Some correspondence is personal, while other letters relate to legal proceedings concerning estates and inheritances. A number of wills and associated materials, generally related to adjudications involving family members. Numerous local tax notices and federal income tax returns largely pertain to Daniel W. and Bertha W. Geist. Other materials include notebooks and receipts from Daniel W. Geist's time at Millersville State Normal School, visiting cards, and newspaper clippings.

Date Range: 1865-1961

Year Range From: 1865

Year Range To: 1961

Date of Accumulation: 1865-1961

Creator: Geist family

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives South

Storage Wall: Side 08

People: Alexander, James K.; Anderson, Howard; Bachman, Julie C.; Bard, Bertha; Brown, George; Bulleit, Edward Banister; Dague, Isaac W.; Dague, Lily C. Geist; Diller, Luther R.; Eshleman, John H.; Fox, Christian, Jr.; Geist, Adam; Geist, Agnes; Geist, Bertha Wanner; Geist, Daniel W.; Geist, Ettie G.; Geist, Everett S.; Geist, Harry Kohler; Geist, Lilly Kate; Groff, John M.; Heisher, Daniel; Hobson, Jesse; Hobson, Maria; Horst, Jacob G.; Kjorlien, Alvin C.; Leaman, William; Lyte, Eliphalet Oram; Martin, Luke W.; Milledge, Stanley; Miller, Helen Mildred Diller; Miller, Leon H. B.; Miller, Ruth; Ott, Janet F.; Overly, Herman Witmer; Overly, Richard Geist; Pond, B. C.; Pool, Virginia L.; Roosevelt, Franklin Delano; Rush, Charles William; Rush, Harriet Geist; Shaub, Sadie; Shirk, H. S.; Shirk, Henry; Shirk, Lawrence; Stoner, H. K.; Weaver, C. R.; Weaver, George A.; Werner, John Thomas; Witmer, Clara; Wolf, Lemon A.; Wolfe, Helen

Subjects: Decedents' estates; Estates (Law); Letters; Receipts (Acknowledgments); Taxation

Search Terms: A. Geist and Son; Adams County, Pennsylvania; Albert Pick Company; Births; Bismarck, North Dakota; Blue Ball Bank; Blue Ball, East Earl Twp.; Calling cards; Clippings (Books, newspapers, etc.); Coatesville, Chester County, Pennsylvania; Correspondence; Death; Decedents' estates; Earl Twp.; East Earl Twp.; Ephrata; Estate settlement; Farmers National Bank; Finding aids; Florida; Franklin Twp., Adams County, Pennsylvania; Funerals; Gap, Salisbury Twp.; Grand Forks Herald; Grand Forks, Grand Forks County, North Dakota; Health; Hotel Gladstone; Hunters; Inheritance; Internal Revenue Service; Jamestown, Stutsman County, North Dakota; Johnson City, Broome County, New York; K. Aslesen Company; Lancaster; Lancaster New Era; Leland-Parker Hotel; Letters; Manuscript groups; Masons; McClure House; Miami, Florida; Millersville; Millersville State Normal School; Millersville University; Minneapolis, Minnesota; Minot, Ward County, North Dakota; Mountville Farm Women's Society; New Berlin, Ephrata Twp.; New Holland; Newspaper clippings; Ocean City, Cape May County, New Jersey; Parades; Patterson Hotel; Pennsylvania State Normal School; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Postage stamps; Pottsville, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania; Receipts; Republican Party; San Francisco, California; Schools; Stamps; Stevens, East Cocalico Twp.; Stocks; Tax returns; Taxation; Trusts and trustees; United Commercial Travelers of America; Vienna Bakery Company; Visiting cards; Washington, DC; West Cocalico School District; Wheeling, West Virginia; Wills; YMCA; Young Men's Christian Association

Extent: 1 box, 12 folders, .5 cubic ft.

Object Name: Archive

Language: English

Object ID: MG0294

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.

Accession Number: 2002.Hawbaker

Other Numbers: MG-294

Classification: MG0294

Description Level: Fonds

Custodial History: Added to database 19 January 2022.

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