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Collection: Diffenderffer Family Papers

Title: Diffenderffer Family Papers

Object ID: MG0410

Date Range: 1691-1963

Reformed Quarterly Review. “Easter Day: Its Observance and Customs.” Written on the back of Diffenderffer Brothers, Bankers letterhead. [1874]. “Conrad Weiser: A Neglected Chapter of Colonial History,” [1876]. Folder 23 Photocopies of Poems “My Wish,” by M. E. I. Addressed to F. R. Diffenderffer, Litt.D

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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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Collection: Decorative Arts Collection: Base Metals

Title: Decorated File Box, 1830-54

Object ID: 1908.002

Date Range: 1830-1854

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Collection: Decorative Arts Collection: Base Metals

Title: Decorated File Box, 1830-54

Description: Domed lid sheet iron box with wire bail handle. Painted black with red border lines and painted drapery ornament in gold.; Label on interior connects box to documents relating to the Asiatic cholera epidemic in Columbia in 1854.; label on side reads, "Francis X. Reuss Collection"

Date Range: 1830-1854

Year Range From: 1830

Year Range To: 1854

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: DAC

Storage Wall: Island 1

Storage Cabinet: Unit 06

Storage Shelf: Shelf 3

Subcategory: Documentary Artifact

Search Terms: cholera

Object Name: Box, File

Material: Sheet Iron

Height (in): 6.25

Width (in): 8.75

Depth (in): 4.75

Condition: Good

Condition Notes: Broken Latch

Object ID: 1908.002

Accession Number: 1908.002

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Certificate

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Collection: Quarter Sessions

Title: Quarter Sessions

Object ID: NOV 1836 F014 QS

Date Range: 1836

Collection: Quarter Sessions

Title: Quarter Sessions

System of Arrangement: Organized by Court of Quarter Sessions term.; Arranged by case number within each term.

Date Range: 1836

Year: 1836

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

People: Raush, Henry; Harper, Oliver B.

Subcategory: Documentary Artifact

Search Terms: Quarter Sessions; Certificates; Jailors; Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania

Object Name: Certificate

Language: English

Condition: Fair

Object ID: NOV 1836 F014 QS

Additional Notes: Certificate of Henry Raush, keeper of the jail at Schuylkill County, regarding Oliver B. Harper.; 1 item, 1 piece

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

Classification: RG 02-00 0908

Description Level: Item

Certificate

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Collection: Bridge Records

Title: Certificate of record to commissioners for appropriation of funds

Object ID: Bridge F0045 I007

Date Range: 1836/04

Collection: Bridge Records

Title: Certificate of record to commissioners for appropriation of funds

Description: Court term: April 1836.; Location: At Hinkletown, Earl Twp., on the Downingtown, Ephrata, and Harrisburg Turnpike.; Document type: Certificate of record to commissioners for appropriation of funds for new bridge

Date Range: 1836/04

Year: 1836

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives West

Storage Container: Box 0001

Subcategory: Documentary Artifact

Search Terms: Bridges; Certificates; Cocalico Twp.; Conestoga Creek; Creeks; Downingtown, Ephrata, and Harrisburg Turnpike; Earl Twp.; Hinkletown, Earl Twp.; Roads; Turnpikes

Place: Cocalico Twp. and Earl Twp.

Extent: 1 item, 1 piece

Object Name: Certificate

Language: English

Condition: Fair

Object ID: Bridge F0045 I007

Box Number: 001

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

Classification: RG 02-00 0324

Description Level: Item

Claim

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Collection: Mechanics' Liens

Title: Mechanics' Liens

Object ID: AUG 1837 F001 ML

Collection: Mechanics' Liens

Title: Mechanics' Liens

System of Arrangement: Arranged chronologically by date filed.

Year: 1837

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives West

Storage Container: Box 0001

People: McAllister, John M. Jr.

Subcategory: Documentary Artifact

Place: Drumore Twp.

Object Name: Claim

Language: English

Condition: Fair

Object ID: AUG 1837 F001 ML

Box Number: 001

Additional Notes: Dwelling.; Showalter, Joseph. Contractor.; 1 item, 1 piece

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

Classification: RG 01-00 0202

Description Level: Item

Contract

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Collection: Bridge Records

Title: Bridge Records

Object ID: Bridge F0110 I001

Date Range: 1835

Collection: Bridge Records

Title: Bridge Records

Date Range: 1835

Year: 1835

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives West

Storage Container: Box 0002

People: Huber, Jacob

Subcategory: Documentary Artifact

Search Terms: Bridges; Conestoga Creek; Conestoga Twp.; Contracts; Creeks; Jacob Huber's Mill; Lancaster Twp.; Mills; Specifications

Place: Conestoga Twp. and Lancaster Twp.

Object Name: Contract

Language: English

Condition: Fair

Object ID: Bridge F0110 I001

Box Number: 002

Additional Notes: Location: Near Jacob Huber's Mill.; Document type: Contract and specifications 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

Documents

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Collection: Commissioners' Orders for Payment

Title: Commissioners' order for payment

Object ID: CommOrder 1828 #005

Collection: Commissioners' Orders for Payment

Title: Commissioners' order for payment

Description: This record group contains canceled orders that were issued by the county commissioners for payment to be made by the county treasurer. The orders show date, order number, amount, name of payee, purpose, and signatures of the county commissioners. In the case of "poor children," teachers were reimbursed by the county for tuition and/or the supplies purchased for students whose parents were unable to pay. Orders include: Poor Children, Almshouse, Bridges, Coroners Inquests, Prisons, Roads, Court House, and Tax Exonerations.

System of Arrangement: The record group is organized chronologically, then arranged by order number within each year.

Date of Accumulation: 1810-1901

Creator: County Commissioners

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Container: Box 0008

People: McCullough, William

Subcategory: Documentary Artifact

Search Terms: Little Britain Twp.; Assessors; Commissioners' Orders for Payment

Place: Little Britain Twp.

Extent: 70 boxes (35 cubic tabard.)

Object Name: Documents

Language: English

Condition: Fair

Condition Date: 2008-03-25

Object ID: CommOrder 1828 #005

Box Number: 008

Notes: Entered into Q & A Jun 28, 2001.

Additional Notes: Assessors.; Payment for work as assessor under the Collateral Inheritance law.; McCullough, William.; 1 item. 1 piece.

Access Conditions / Restrictions: Request at research desk. Photocopy made by staff member.

Classification: RG 08-01 0510

Description Level: Item

Documents

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Collection: Commissioners' Orders for Payment

Title: Commissioners' order for payment

Object ID: CommOrder 1828 #006

Collection: Commissioners' Orders for Payment

Title: Commissioners' order for payment

Description: This record group contains canceled orders that were issued by the county commissioners for payment to be made by the county treasurer. The orders show date, order number, amount, name of payee, purpose, and signatures of the county commissioners. In the case of "poor children," teachers were reimbursed by the county for tuition and/or the supplies purchased for students whose parents were unable to pay. Orders include: Poor Children, Almshouse, Bridges, Coroners Inquests, Prisons, Roads, Court House, and Tax Exonerations.

System of Arrangement: The record group is organized chronologically, then arranged by order number within each year.

Date of Accumulation: 1810-1901

Creator: County Commissioners

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Container: Box 0008

People: Buch, Mariah; Buch, Susanah; Erb, Christian; Erb, Margaret; Fass, Catharine; Fass, Elizabeth; Fink, Isaac; Forney, Sarah C.; Gutyahr, Anna; Gutyahr, Catharine; Hambright, Emanuel; Hambright, Rosanah; Hambright, Sophiah; Hermes, Emanuel

Subcategory: Documentary Artifact

Search Terms: Manheim Twp.; Warwick Twp.; Poor children; Teachers; Commissioners' Orders for Payment

Place: Warwick Twp.

Extent: 70 boxes (35 cubic tabard.)

Object Name: Documents

Language: English

Condition: Fair

Condition Date: 2008-03-25

Object ID: CommOrder 1828 #006

Box Number: 008

Notes: Entered into Q & A 1994/02/10.

Additional Notes: Poor children.; Warwick Twp. unless noted.; Buch, Mariah.; Buch, Susanah.; Erb, Christian. Manheim Twp.; Erb, Margaret. Manheim Twp.; Fass, Catharine.; Fass, Elizabeth.; Fink, Isaac.; Forney, Sarah C. Teacher.; Gutyahr, Anna.; Gutyahr, Catharine.; Hambright, Emanuel.; Hambright, Rosanah.; Hambright, Sophiah.; Hermes, Emanuel.; 1 item. 1 piece.

Access Conditions / Restrictions: Request at research desk. Photocopy made by staff member.

Classification: RG 08-01 0510

Description Level: Item

Documents

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Collection: Commissioners' Orders for Payment

Title: Commissioners' order for payment

Object ID: CommOrder 1828 #007

Collection: Commissioners' Orders for Payment

Title: Commissioners' order for payment

Description: This record group contains canceled orders that were issued by the county commissioners for payment to be made by the county treasurer. The orders show date, order number, amount, name of payee, purpose, and signatures of the county commissioners. In the case of "poor children," teachers were reimbursed by the county for tuition and/or the supplies purchased for students whose parents were unable to pay. Orders include: Poor Children, Almshouse, Bridges, Coroners Inquests, Prisons, Roads, Court House, and Tax Exonerations.

System of Arrangement: The record group is organized chronologically, then arranged by order number within each year.

Date of Accumulation: 1810-1901

Creator: County Commissioners

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Container: Box 0008

People: Clark, John; Krissinger, Nancy; Krissinger, Susan; McCarty, Joseph; Tarbert, David; Tarbert, Nancy; Thomas, Eli H.

Subcategory: Documentary Artifact

Search Terms: Poor children; Teachers; Commissioners' Orders for Payment

Extent: 70 boxes (35 cubic tabard.)

Object Name: Documents

Language: English

Condition: Fair

Condition Date: 2008-03-25

Object ID: CommOrder 1828 #007

Box Number: 008

Notes: Entered into Q & A 1994/02/10.

Additional Notes: Poor children.; Clark, John.; Krissinger, Nancy.; Krissinger, Susan.; McCarty, Joseph.; Tarbert, David.; Tarbert, Nancy.; Thomas, Eli H. Teacher.; 1 item. 1 piece.

Access Conditions / Restrictions: Request at research desk. Photocopy made by staff member.

Classification: RG 08-01 0510

Description Level: Item

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