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Collection: Black History Collection

Title: Black History Collection, Series 2

Object ID: MG0240_Ser02

Date Range: 1779-1984

Collection: Black History Collection

Title: Black History Collection, Series 2

Description: Series 2, Black History Records, contains the Mayor's Register of Coloured Persons or Negro Entry Book, a census of free persons of color living in Lancaster city; a biographical account of Rev. James William Charles Pennington; and items related to early twentieth century Black History in Lancaster County. The collection also contains letters from anti-slavery societies, papers related to abolitionist activity, a letter regarding the American Colonization Society, and a manumission paper from the state of Virginia.

Date Range: 1779-1984

Year Range From: 1779

Year Range To: 1984

Date of Accumulation: 1779-1984

Creator: LancasterHistory (Organization)

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives South

Storage Wall: Side 06

People: Allen, Richard; Anderson, George L.; Anderson, Mildred; Bailey, Bessie; Bailey, Charles; Ball, James H.; Barber, Florence; Beaubian, Beulah; Beaubian, Charles S.; Blonden, Louisa; Book, Anna H.; Book, Simon; Bradley, Daniel; Bridgett, Alexander; Broadnax, Joseph; Brown, E. D.; Brown, Ernest; Brown, H. H.; Brubaker, Marianna Gibbons; Cain, Annie; Cain, Jennie; Cain, John; Cain, Louisa; Carter, John C.; Carter, John W.; Carter, Laura; Carter, Nettie; Clark, Josephine; Clark, Russia; Clark, Ruth; Cohn, Jason; Cooper, Bella; Craig, Mary; Craig, Samuel; Davis, Emily; Davis, Robert; Dorsey, Steven; Edwards, Mary; Edwards, Thomas L.; Foster, Carrie; Foster, Daniel; George, H. E., Mrs.; George, Harriet; Goins, Dora; Green, Annie; Green, Charles; Green, Cora; Green, Jane; Green, Mary A.; Hardy, Laura; Hayes, Hannah; Hayes, O. H.; Heard, William Henry; Henry, Ella; Henry, Mary; Hill, Emily; Hill, Harriet; Hood, Solomon Porter; Hopkins, Ada; Hopkins, Sadie; Hopkins, Stanton; Hunter, Mabel; Hunter, Rosie; Hurdle, Emma; Hurdle, James; Jackson, Florence; Jackson, Letitia; Jackson, Rebecca; Johnson, Chester A.; Johnson, Estella Book; Johnson, Florence; Kelley, Calvin; Kelley, David; Keyes, Emma; La Barre, John; Link, John Lewis; Lynch, Dora; MacNeal, William; Mason, Alice; Mitchell, Blanche; Moore, Martha; Morrison, J. S.; Morrison, J. S., Mrs.; Moton, Charles; Murray, Clara P.; Nickumn, Theresa; Palmer, John M.; Payne, Benedine; Polite, Abraham L.; Polite, Blanche; Price, J. C.; Richardson, Ella M.; Robinson, Sara; Rosenthal, Isidore; Shissler, Simon; Shorter, George; Snow, Josephine; Spraggan, R. F.; Stewart, J. O.; Tall, Rebecca; Thomas, Virginia; Thornton, Elizabeth; Toney, Joseph M.; Trout, Henry Leightner "Harry"; Tryman, Mary; Turner, Ruth; Waters, Ruth; Webster, Frank T. M.; William, Ella; Williams, Mary; Wilson, Albert E., Sr.; Wilson, Edith; Wilson, Helen; Wilson, Laura; Wilson, Maude; Winston, Charity; Winston, William; Witcher, W. E.; Wolford, Edward; Woods, Elizabeth

Other Creators: Pennsylvania. Court of Quarter Sessions (Lancaster County)

Subjects: Abolitionists; African Americans--History; Antislavery movements; Free Black people; Freedmen; Letters; Slaveholders--Pennsylvania--Lancaster County; Slavery--Pennsylvania--Lancaster County

Search Terms: Abolitionists; Antislavery movements; Certificates; Correspondence; Court of Quarter Sessions; Enslaved persons; Free persons of color; Freedmen; Letters; Persons of color; Slaveholders; Slavery

Extent: 17 folders, 35 items, .5 cubic ft.

Object Name: Archive

Language: English

Object ID: MG0240_Ser02

Location of Originals: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania

Related Item Notes: Black History Collection (MG0240) https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/2b3d42c6-a313-4ebc-966f-516114048136; Conestoga Elks Lodge Records (MG0760)

Notes: Preferred Citation: Title or description of item, date (day, month, year), Black History Collection (MG0240), Series 2, Object ID, LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania. URL. Date accessed (day, month, year).; LancasterHistory is committed to preserving and providing access to materials chronicling Lancaster County's heritage. As a historical resource, this document reflects the racial prejudices and actions of the era. In order to maintain the historical integrity and context of collection items, LancasterHistory does not censor historical documents or edit language, titles, or organization names when transcribing original content.

Access Conditions / Restrictions: Please use digital images and transcriptions when available. Original documents may be used by appointment--contact research@lancasterhistory.org prior to visit. Restricted access for the "Mayor's Register of Coloured Persons" found in Series 2, Folder 2: Use transcript in Folder 3 or microfilm.

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-240, Series 2

Classification: MG0240

Description Level: Series

Custodial History: Processed prior to 1997 and updated from 2007-present. Added to database on 17 January 2022.; Digitization of this document was funded by the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, PHMC Appl ID # 202010016624, 2020-2023.

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Collection: Brinton Family Collection

Title: Brinton Family Collection

Object ID: MG0038

Date Range: 1808-1946

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Collection: Brinton Family Collection

Title: Brinton Family Collection

Description: The Brinton Family Collection contains genealogy, estate records, receipts, school workbooks, correspondence, farm records, tax records, bank records, wedding and funeral announcements, invitations, visiting cards, and postcards.

Admin/Biographical History: The Brintons were a prosperous family, owned farms and mills, and participated in other business ventures. They were of English heritage and members of the Quakers, or Society of Friends. In order to escape religious persecution in England, William Brinton purchased 200 acres in Birmingham Twp., Pennsylvania in 1684. His descendants eventually moved further west to eastern Lancaster County.1; Cyrus Brinton (1830-1917), the fourth of six children, was the son of Samuel and Lydia P. Jackson Brinton. In 1813, Samuel purchased 200 acres of land in Christiana (land that was later bounded by the Christiana Machine Shop on the south, Pine St. on the west, Sadsbury Ave. on the north, and Rte. 41 on the east). The land was not ideal for farming, but the property was picturesque and the farm was successful. Cyrus married Rebecca Whitson and they farmed on his father's property for about ten years. At that time they purchased a farm and mill on the road from Cooperville to the Noble Road. The original woolen mill was later turned into a grist mill, then a creamery. Cyrus and Rebecca had five children: Francis, Thomas Luther, William Haslam, Anne Haslam, and Martha Alice.2; Genealogy:3; Thomas Whitson m. Martha Hobson; b. 7 February 1796 b. 10 November 1800; d. 27 November 1864 d. 18 June 1889; (Sadsbury, Chester County) (Sadsbury); They were married at New Salem Meeting, 17 May 1827. Rebecca was one of their eight children.; Cyrus Brinton m. Rebecca Whitson; b. 28 December 1830 b. 3 February 1832; d. 9 February 1917 d. 29 October 1903; (Sadsbury, Lancaster County) (Lancaster County); They were married at Christiana, PA, 12 February 1857.; Thomas Whitson m. Hannah Starr; b. 27 September 1760 b. 3 February 1765; d. 1 June 1826 d. 20 April 1836; (Sadsbury); The parents of Thomas Whitson, they were married 31 October 1787.; Francis Hobson m. Ann Johnson; b. 14 February 1768 b. 15 December 1775; d. 1835 (Lancaster County); farmer and shoemaker d. 1852; (New Garden) (New Garden); The parents of Martha Hobson, they were married 14 September 1797.; 1 Garrett, Mary. 1979. "Brintons of Sadsbury Township, Lancaster County: Where they originated, what they accomplished, and where they have gone." Octorara Area Historical Society 1:13.; 2 Ibid.; 3 Whitson Family Chart, August 1951. The Albert Cook Myers Collection. Chester County Historical Society (Pa.)

Date Range: 1808-1946

Year Range From: 1808

Year Range To: 1946

Date of Accumulation: 1808-1946

Creator: LancasterHistory (Organization)

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives South

Storage Wall: Side 01

People: Bacon, Benjamin C.; Brinton, Samuel; Garrison, William Lloyd; Whitson, Martha Hobson; Whitson, Thomas

Subjects: Abolitionists; Antislavery movements; Finance, Personal; Invitation cards; Letters; New-England Anti-Slavery Society; Pennsylvania Anti-Slavery Society; Personal correspondence; Receipts (Acknowledgments); School notebooks; Social reformers; Visiting cards

Search Terms: Abolitionists; Antislavery movements; Calling cards; Correspondence; Finance, Personal; Finding aids; Invitations; Land records; Letters; Manuscript groups; New-England Anti-Slavery Society; Pennsylvania Anti-Slavery Society; Receipts; Sadsbury School District; Sadsbury Twp.; School books; Sharon Boarding School; Social reformers; Surveys; Visiting cards

Extent: 4 boxes, 40 folders, 2 cubic ft.

Object Name: Archive

Language: English

Object ID: MG0038

Location of Originals: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania

Associated Material: The Chester County History Center (Pa.) also has information on the Brinton and Whitson families.

Notes: Preferred Citation: Title or description of item, date (day, month, year), Brinton Family Collection (MG0038), Folder #, LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.; Folder 40 was a gift of Betsey Collins, 5 March 1993.

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-38

Classification: MG0038

Description Level: Fonds

Custodial History: Cataloged prior to 1997. Box 1 was recataloged by JB, Fall semester 2006. Added to database 16 June 2021.

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Collection: Broadsides Collection

Title: Broadsides Collection

Object ID: MG0357

Date Range: 1775-1958

717.392.4633 • www.LancasterHistory.org Search Terms: Advertisements Announcements Arithmetic Boys Work Fund Broadsides Camons Island Cheap Job Printer, Lancaster Inquirer Steam Book and Job Printing Court of Quarter Sessions Cromwell & Bomberger Finding aids Flyers Frantz’s Mill Ku Klux Klan (1915

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Collection: Broadsides Collection

Title: Broadsides Collection

Description: This collection contains broadsides for lectures, stores, businesses, and organizations.

Date Range: 1775-1958

Year Range From: 1775

Year Range To: 1958

Date of Accumulation: 1775-1958

Creator: LancasterHistory (Organization)

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives South

Storage Wall: Side 09

People: Bailey, Francis; Becker, John; Bomberger, M.; Bowman, Michael; Brinton, F.; Bryson, J. H.; Chryst, Drue Young; Chryst, James; Conyngham, Redmond; Cromwell, J.; Deshong, P. M.; Eply, John; Eshleman, Elam Witmer; Fahnestock, William B.; Funk, Amos H.; Gable, Jacob; Haines, Samuel B.; Harbaugh, Henry; Hershey, Benjamin; Jefferies, Thomas; Kennedy, J. P. M.; Landis, Benjamin; Landis, David; Landis, Jesse; Landis, John; Lefever, John; Lehman, John S.; Lindsay, John J.; List, Friedrich; Mathiot, John; Maxwell, Hugh; McCall, H. W.; Mercer, J. Q.; Messersmith, Jacob; Metzler, Christian E.; Michael, J.; Roosevelt, Theodore; Scott, Joseph; Shreiner, Martin; Steele, John F.; Stevens, Enos; Witmer, A. K.; Witmer, Henry; Wylie, S. A.

Subjects: Broadsides; Political posters; Posters

Search Terms: Advertisements; Announcements; Arithmetic; Boys Work Fund; Broadsides; Camons Island; Cheap Job Printer, Lancaster Inquirer; Court of Quarter Sessions; Cromwell & Bomberger; Finding aids; Flyers; Frantz's Mill; Ku Klux Klan (1915- ); Lancaster Adler; Lancaster County Prison; Lancaster Soil Conservation District; Lancaster Unemployed Council; Lititz Turnpike Company; Manor Turnpike Company; Manuscript groups; Mayors; Mount Vista Gold and Silver Mining Company; New York and Pennsylvania Oil and Coal Mining Company; Newspapers; Notices; Paradise Lyceum; Pennsylvania General Assembly, House of Representatives; Petitions; Philadelphia Mourning Store, Jones & Fisher; Poetry; Political posters; Posters; Programs; Railroads; Reports; Review Print; Russel & Myers; S. B. Cox and Company; Sheriffs; Slackwater Turnpike; Steam Book and Job Printing; Stockholders; Stocks; Tolls; Union and Tribune Office; Youth Appreciation Week

Extent: 2 boxes, 19 folders, 1 cubic ft.

Object Name: Archive

Language: English, German, and Pennsylvania German

Object ID: MG0357

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.

Other Numbers: MG-357

Classification: MG0357

Description Level: Fonds

Custodial History: Added to database 3 January 2022.

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Collection: Military Collection

Title: Military Collection

Object ID: MG0078

Date Range: 1764-present

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Collection: Military Collection

Title: Military Collection

Description: This collection contains documents beginning with the American Revolution and continuing through the War of 1812, Mexican War, Civil War, World War I, World War II, and the Korean War. There are account books, notes and written letters, vouchers, inspections of camps, receipts of payments, honorable discharge certificates, lists of absentees, envelopes used during the Civil War, and lists of unpaid fines during the service of the Pennsylvania Militia soldiers. There are also newsletters and articles relating to World Wars I and II and the Korean War for advertisement and description of items including the history of the Philadelphia Naval Base.

Date Range: 1764-present

Date of Accumulation: 1764-present

Creator: LancasterHistory (Organization)

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives South

Storage Wall: Side 03

People: Alexander, Peter; Andre, John; Andrews, George; Auxer, Jacob; Barton, David R.; Baughman, George; Bausman, Frederick; Bethel, Samuel; Bevins, George; Biddle, George; Bietz, George; Billman, William L.; Bitner, Abraham; Bowers, George; Bowers, Lerina; Bowers, M. F.; Bradd, John; Brant, John; Brenner, Henry; Brush, George; Buchanan, James; Calwell, James; Cassidy, John; Cockley, David; Coleman, Robert; Comstock, Elmo; Comstock, Willard; Conyngham, G.; Cooke, Jacob; Crider, David; Dallas, A. L.; Demuth, William D.; Diffenderfer, Jacob; Diller, Adam; Duchman, John H.; Eshleman, John; Eugstler, Philip; Ewing, William; Fulton, Eleanore J.; Gardner, Daniel; Garrison, Lindley M.; Gidy, Peter; Graeff, Matthias; Haerrs, Dane; Hamilton, William; Hamilton, Robert; Hand, Edward; Haughman, George; Hayes, Rutherford Birchard; Heitler, Richard R.; Hiester, Gabriel; Hubley, Adam; Irvine, William; Jackson, Cyrus E.; Jacobs, Barnet; Jameson, Samuel; Johnson, Edward; Johnson, Relief; Johnson, Thomas; Kearns, Christian; Keller, Adam; Kendig, Adam; Kendig, Benjamin F.; King, Alexander; King, Robert, Jr.; Kirkpatrick, William; Kissel, Frederick; Landis, Bertha Cochran; Landis, Charles; Light, John; Lloyd, Thomas; Longenecker, John; Lutz, John; McCarty, Isaiah; McConnel, Abraham; McElhattan, Alexander; McKean, Thomas; McSherry, J. L., III; Megrady, Patrick; Mifflin, Thomas; Morgan, Thomas; Morrison, A. K.; Morrison, Alexander W.; Morrison, Samuel W.; Neal, Thomas; Nicholson, John; Ohlen, John; Paster, Peter; Patterson, James; Price, Rebecca L.; Price, Robert C.; Reigart, Adam; Reigart, Christopher; Reinoehl, Adolphus; Roath, E. D.; Ross, James; Russell, A. L.; Sample, Nathaniel W.; Scarritt, Jeremiah M.; Scott, Hugh; Shippen, Joseph; Skiles, William; Skillings, Charles W.; Smith, John M.; Smith, Richard; Snyder, Eberhart Michael; Snyder, Eugene; Speel, Alexander R.; Strickler, M. M.; Sutherland, Thomas Jefferson; Thompson, R. W.; Wager, Philip; Weller, John; White, John; Witmer, David M.; Witmer, Sarah; Wolf, Joseph; Work, Joseph; Wright, Horatio G.; Zahm, Mary; Zeilin, William F.; Buchen, Martin L.; Hildebran, James; Pratt, J. E.; Elias, C. Harry; Martin, E. K.; McClain, Frank B.; Hewitt, A. G.; Negley, J. S.

Subjects: United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783; United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865; United States--History--War of 1812; Mexican War, 1846-1848; World War, 1914-1918; World War, 1939-1945; Korean War, 1950-1953; Letters; Business records; Programs (Publications)

Search Terms: Business records; Civil War; Clippings (Books, newspapers, etc.); Correspondence; Discharge certificates; Envelopes; Finding aids; Jackson Riflemen; Korean War; Lancaster Militia; Letters; Manuscript groups; Mexican War; Military history; Military records; Monuments; Newsletters; Pennsylvania Militia; Programs; Receipts; Revolutionary War; Soldiers and Sailors Monument; War of 1812; World War I; World War II; Reunions

Extent: 2 boxes, 25 folders, 1 cubic ft.

Object Name: Archive

Language: English

Object ID: MG0078

Location of Originals: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania

Related Item Notes: Curatorial Collection

Access Conditions / Restrictions: Restrictions are noted at the item level.

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-78

Classification: MG0078

Description Level: Fonds

Custodial History: Processed and finding aid prepared by DD, Summer 2000. Updated by HST, 2010, 2011.

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Collection: James Buchanan Collection

Title: James Buchanan Collection

Object ID: MG0096

Date Range: 1816-present

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Collection: James Buchanan Collection

Title: James Buchanan Collection

Description: The James Buchanan Collection, 1816-present, contains material that pertains to the life and legacy of James Buchanan and his Lancaster home, Wheatland. The collection includes correspondence of James Buchanan and letters written by his niece, Harriet Lane Johnston. Newspaper articles discuss Buchanan's life and Wheatland, tell the story of Buchanan's romance with Ann Coleman, and report on commemorative events. Legal and personal business are represented by deeds, financial matters, and Buchanan's probate records.; Political papers include the Presidential appointment of Buchanan as Minister to Russia, certification to represent Pennsylvania in the U.S. Senate, and a series of letters regarding the Atlantic slave trade in 1819 and Liberia in 1858. In letters, Buchanan outlined his reasons for not wanting to run for Governor, wrote about the confidence bestowed on him by the Democratic Party, and established a fund for the city of Lancaster to purchase wood and coal for poor women during the winter. After the Crimean War, Buchanan wrote to the ambassador to the United Kingdom and observed that Russia seemed to be intent on recovering its military prestige and had made vast naval preparations.; There is an assortment of ephemera, such as programs for memorial celebrations, material related to John Updike's play Buchanan Dying, commemorative stamps, sheet music, and invitations. Souvenir pamphlets from Wheatland provide history about Buchanan's home and the museum. Speeches range from those given by Buchanan to several that honor his life and Presidency. A scrapbook describes the establishment of Wheatland as a museum and contains newspaper articles about archaeology on the site in 1948.

Admin/Biographical History: James Buchanan was born on April 23, 1791 to James Buchanan and Elizabeth Speer. He was the second child born out of ten children, and he would go on to outlive all but one of his siblings. Most popularly remembered as Pennsylvania's only President and as a lifelong bachelor, Buchanan committed a lifetime to politics. In 1821, he left his law practice and embarked on his political career after having been voted into the U.S. House of Representatives. He would remain in the House for five consecutive terms before serving as the U.S. Minister to Russia, a Senator in the U.S. Senate, the U.S. Secretary of State, the U.S. Minister to Great Britain, and finally, the 15th President of the United States. He died in his bedchamber at Wheatland at 8:30 AM on June 1, 1868. He was 77 years old.

Date Range: 1816-present

Creation Date: 1816-present

Year Range From: 1816

Creator: LancasterHistory (Organization)

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives South

Storage Wall: Side 03

People: Buchanan, James; Johnston, Harriet Lane

Other Creators: Buchanan, James (1791-1868)

Subjects: Ambassadors; Historic houses; Legal documents; Legislators--United States; Letters; Memorials; Monuments; Personal correspondence; Presidents--United States; Russia; Slavery; Statues; Wheatland (Lancaster, Pa.)

Search Terms: Ambassadors; Buchanan Collections; Historic houses; James Buchanan; James Buchanan Presidential Library; Legal documents; Letters; Memorials; Monuments; Correspondence, Personal; Presidents; Russia; Senators, United States; Slavery; Statues; Wheatland

Extent: 2 boxes, 80 folders, 1 scrapbook, 1 oversized item, 4 cubic ft.

Object Name: Archive

Language: English

Object ID: MG0096

Location of Originals: Location of originals is noted when known.; Newspaper articles were preserved as photocopies.

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 (JBFP); Historical Society of Pennsylvania microfilm in the LancasterHistory Research Library; LancasterHistory Library collection; Photograph collection; Curatorial collection; Wheatland Mansion

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.

Copyright: Images have been provided for research purposes only.; LancasterHistory retains the rights to the digital images and content presented. The doctrine of fair use allows limited use of copyrighted material without permission from the copyright holder. Fair use includes comment, criticism, teaching, and private scholarship. Any images and data downloaded, printed or photocopied for these purposes should provide a citation. All other uses beyond those allowed by fair use require written permission.; Permission for reproduction and/or publication must be obtained in writing from LancasterHistory. Some items are photocopies from other collections--researchers must obtain permission for reproduction and publication from the owner of the original material. 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.; To make a request, please contact archives@lancasterhistory.org for a high-resolution image and permission to publish.

Credit: Courtesy of LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.

Classification: MG0096

Description Level: Fonds

Custodial History: Digitization of the James Buchanan Collection was funded by the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, PHMC Appl ID # 201808013051, 2019-2020.; James Buchanan and Wheatland Scrapbook, February 1936-May; 1948 was cataloged as part of a project funded by the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, ME60112, 2007-2008.

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Collection: Civil War Collection

Title: Civil War letters to Moses Long and Joseph H. Long's obituary

Object ID: MG0018_SerA_F060_It01-15

Date Range: 1861-1864, 1934, 1961

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Collection: Civil War Collection

Title: Civil War letters to Moses Long and Joseph H. Long's obituary

Description: Item 1 Letter from Reuben C. Long to his brother, Joseph H. Long. Camp Nevin. With transcription. 29 October 1861.; Item 2 Photocopy of newspaper articles. "Col. Hambright Slashes Red Tape, Gets Lancaster Regiment in Field" and "Local Troops Chowless on Stalled Train." Reprinted in the Lancaster Intelligencer, 24 November 1961.; Item 3 Letter from Reuben C. Long to his father, Moses Long. Camp Nevin. With transcription and genealogy. 8 November 1861.; Item 4 Letter from Reuben C. Long to his father, Moses Long. Camp Cooper near Shelbeyville. With transcription. 20 June 1863.; Item 5 Letter from Reuben C. Long to his father, Moses Long. Louisville, Kentucky. With transcription. 1 October 1862.; Item 6 Map of Gen. O. M. Mitchell's campaign.; Envelope addressed to Moses Long. Postmarked Nashville, Tennessee, 18 July 1863.; Envelope addressed to Moses Long. Postmarked June 25.; Item 7 Letter from Reuben C. Long to his father, Moses Long. Murfreesboro, Tennessee. With envelope and transcription.; 6 June 1863.; Item 8 Letter from Reuben C. Long to his father, Moses Long. Murfreesboro, Tennessee. With transcription. 22 June 1863. (see MG0018_SerA_F060_It08); Item 9 Pass for a person of color to mend a fence along the Manchester Road. Written by Capt. M. D. Wickersham. 6 August 1862.; Item 10 Letter from Reuben C. Long to his father, Moses Long. Camp King, Kentucky. With transcription. 13 July 1863.; Item 11 Letter from Reuben C. Long to his father, Moses Long with praise for Mart Bachman. With transcription. No date.; Item 12 Letter from Reuben C. Long to his father, Moses Long. Cowan Station, Tennessee. With transcription. 1 August 1863.; Item 13 Letter from Lt. Edward McCaffrey to Moses Long with news of Reuben's death. Chattanooga, Tennessee. With transcription. 28 September 1863.; Item 14 Letter from Samuel W. Lantz to Moses Long stating that Reuben's body was not recovered from the battlefield. With transcription. 26 October 1863.; Item 15 Photocopy of newspaper obituary of Joseph H. Long (1845-1934).

Admin/Biographical History: Reuben Clark Long (1843-1863) enlisted 30 September 1861 and served as a private with the 79th Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteers, Company E until his death at Chickamauga, Georgia on 19 September 1863.

Date Range: 1861-1864, 1934, 1961

Creation Date: 1861-1864, 1934, 1961

Creator: Long family

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives South

Storage Wall: Side 01

Storage Container: Box 0002

People: Lantz, Samuel W.; Long, Joseph Henry; Long, Moses; Long, Reuben Clark; McCaffrey, Edward

Subjects: African Americans--History; Letters; United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865; United States. Army. Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment, 79th (1861-1865)

Search Terms: 79th Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment (1861-1865); Carroll County, Maryland; Civil War; Correspondence; Death; Letters; Manchester Road; Military life; Persons of color; Soldiers; United States Army

Extent: 31 items

Object Name: Archive

Language: English

Object ID: MG0018_SerA_F060_It01-15

Location of Originals: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania

Related Item Notes: Letter from R. C. Long to his father, 1863 (MG0018_SerA_F060_It08)

Notes: Preferred Citation: Title or description of item, date (day, month, year), Civil War Collection (MG0018), Series #, Folder #, (or Object ID), LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania. URL if applicable. Date accessed (day, month, year).

Access Conditions / Restrictions: Please use digital images and transcriptions when available. Original documents may be used by appointment--contact Research@LancasterHistory.org prior to visit.

Copyright: Images have been provided for research purposes only. Please contact Research@LancasterHistory.org for a high-resolution image and permission to publish.; LancasterHistory retains the rights to the digital images and content presented. The doctrine of fair use allows limited use of copyrighted material without permission from the copyright holder. Fair use includes comment, criticism, teaching, and private scholarship. Any images and data downloaded, printed or photocopied for these purposes should provide a citation. All other uses beyond those allowed by fair use require written permission.; Permission for reproduction and/or publication must be obtained in writing from LancasterHistory. Publication fees may apply.

Credit: Courtesy of LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.

Accession Number: 1972.MSS72-162

Other Numbers: MG-18

Other Number: MG-18, Series A, Folder 60, Items 1-15

Classification: MG0018

Description Level: Item

Custodial History: Added to database 28 December 2023.

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Collection: Grand Army of the Republic Collection

Title: Grand Army of the Republic Collection

Object ID: MG0017

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Collection: Grand Army of the Republic Collection

Title: Grand Army of the Republic Collection

Description: Collection consists of records of the Grand Army of the Republic and allied organizations. Most papers are from G.A.R. Post 478 (Mount Joy) and Post 84 (Lancaster). Included are minute books, burial records, membership applications, correspondence, national and state G.A.R. orders, encampment information, and Post correspondence. Many records are in book form.; Soldiers and sailors honorably discharged from the Army, Navy or Marine Corps of the U.S. who fought in the cause of the Union from Apr. 12, 1861 to Apr. 9, 1865 were eligible to become members of the Grand Army of the Republic. Allied Orders include: Ladies of the Grand Army of the Republic, Woman's Relief Corps, Sons of Veterans U.S.A. (later Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War) and their Auxiliary, as well as the Daughters of Veterans (later Daughters of Union Veterans of the Civil War).

Creation Date: 1861-1931

Year Range From: 1861

Year Range To: 1931

Date of Accumulation: 1861-1931

Creator: Grand Army of the Republic Post 478

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives South

Storage Wall: Side 01

People: Cruikshank, William; Furgeson, Elizabeth; Leach, David; Long, George; Nissley, D. H.; Nissley, David H.; Stephenson, Benjamin F.; Thomas, George H.; Thumb, Tom; Veil, Chas. H.; Wimer, John; Wolf, Joseph

Other Creators: Grand Army of the Republic Post 84; Grand Army of the Republic Post 524.

Subjects: Business records; Grand Army of the Republic; Grand Army of the Republic. Department of Pennsylvania; Ladies of the Grand Army of the Republic; Ladies of the Grand Army of the Republic. Department of Pennsylvania; Sons of Veterans, U.S.A; United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865; Woman's Relief Corp (U.S.). Department of Pennsylvania

Search Terms: Burial records; Business records; Civil War; Correspondence; Finding aids; Grand Army of the Republic; Iroquois Band; Stork's Orchestra; Ladies of the Grand Army of the Republic; Letters; Lincoln Cemetery; Manuscript groups; Mount Joy Cemetery; Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War; Woman's Relief Corp (U.S.)

Extent: 6 boxes, 56 folders, 24 volumes, 3 cubic ft.

Object Name: Archive

Language: English

Object ID: MG0017

Location of Originals: LancasterHistory (Organization)

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-17

Classification: MG0017

Description Level: Fonds

Custodial History: This collection was cataloged prior to 1997; added to database on 6 March 2018.

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Collection: Papers of the Warfel Family of Conestoga Township

Title: Papers of the Warfel Family of Conestoga Township

Object ID: MG0982

Date Range: ca. 1751 - 1869

Collection: Papers of the Warfel Family of Conestoga Township

Title: Papers of the Warfel Family of Conestoga Township

Description: Deeds, patents, letters, family papers of the Warfel, Bachman, Hess, Herr, Haverstick families of Conestoga Twp. and Manor Twp., c. 1751 to 1860s:; 11 deeds, deed polls, patents, property records - ten are for property in Conestoga Twp., most at Slackwater; one is for land in Manor Twp.; Land drafts; Property records; Probate records: Estate inventory for Abraham Warfel, 1851; Administrators' account for Abraham Warfel, 1853; Personal papers of Jacob Warfel, 1833-1852; Abraham Warfel correspondence (Ohio and Iowa), 1846-1862; Martin B. Warfel correspondence (Indiana), 1856-1864; Lewis A. and Rachel Warfel Geiger correspondence (Pennsylvania and Texas), 1850s, 1862, 1869; J. Warfel correspondence (Illinois), 1860; Aaron Goode Bachman correspondence (Kansas), 1862; Benjamin R. Bachman correspondence (Tennessee), 1866; Hiram W. Bachman correspondence (Texas), 1865; John Bachman correspondence (Conestoga), 1842; David Bair correspondence (Ohio), 1840; J. C. Geiger correspondence (Texas), 1858; Samuel Hess correspondence (Salunga), 1869; John and Margaret Good, birthdates of their children, 1818-1842; Agreement for Conestoga Schoolhouse, 1828; Advertising for Thomas W. Evans & Co., Philadelphia, no date; Store account for Miss E. C. [Hess] from Fondersmith & [Son], Lancaster, 1851; Some Warfel and Haverstick genealogy, mostly copied from published sources with annotations; "Speech of Hon. Thaddeus Stevens, of Pennsylvania, of the National Finance," 20 January 1863

Date Range: ca. 1751 - 1869

Year Range From: 1751

Year Range To: 1869

Date of Accumulation: ca. 1751-1869

Creator: Warfel family

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives North

Storage Wall: Side 13

People: Bachman, Aaron Goode; Bachman, Benjamin; Bachman, Benjamin R.; Bachman, Hiram W.; Bachman, John; Bachman, Susan A. Barton; Bair, David; Breneman, Adam; Buchanan, James; Charles, Henry; Charles, Jacob; Dayton, William Lewis; Dunkle, George; Fillmore, Millard; Fremont, John Charles; Geiger, John C.; Geiger, Lewis A.; Geiger, Rachel H. Warfel; Good, Adam; Good, Catharine; Good, Christian; Good, Elizabeth; Good, Fanny; Good, Jacob B.; Good, John E.; Good, Margaret; Good, Margaret Brunner; Good, Valentine; Gramer, Peter; Harnish, Martin; Haverstick, Anna B. Miller; Haverstick, Charles Arthur; Haverstick, Clara May; Haverstick, Elvina C. Warfel; Haverstick, Florence Ray; Haverstick, Harry Hoyt; Haverstick, John M.; Haverstick, Levi H.; Hess, Christian; Hess, Elizabeth; Hess, John; Hess, Joseph; Hess, Samuel; Hess, Susan Good; House, John; Kaigey, Henry; McClelland, William Bloomfield; Mennert, Frederick; Mennert, Jacob; Morgan, John; Musser, John; Puterbaugh, Elizabeth Warfel Bachman Mennert "Lizzie"; Ross, Indiana McClelland Warfel; Schoch, Jacob; Shank, Michael; Shenk, John; Stauffer, Abraham; Stevens, Thaddeus; Stoner, Christian; Sweigart, Jacob H.; Taylor, Zachary; Warfel, Abraham; Warfel, George W.; Warfel, Jacob; Warfel, John Brenneman; Warfel, Leah Good; Warfel, Martin B.; Warfel, Mary B. Good; Wissler, Jacob; Worley, Caleb

Subjects: African Americans; African Americans--History; Deeds; Family archives; Letters; Real property; Slavery; United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865; Real property surveys

Search Terms: Accounts; Agriculture; Cedar Grove, Kaufman County, Texas; Civil War; Clermont, Marion County, Indiana; Conestoga Schoolhouse; Conestoga Twp.; Correspondence; Crops; Deeds; El Paso, El Paso County, Texas; Elections; Family archives; Finding aids; Galveston, Texas; Genealogy; Ice; Iowa; Land drafts; Letters; Manor Twp.; Manuscript groups; Martic Twp.; Memphis, Shelby County, Tennessee; Mexico; Mississippi & Tennessee Railroad; Ohio; Persons of color; Politics; Postal service employees; Presidential candidates; Presidential elections; Real estate; Real property surveys; Rocky Mountains; Safe Harbor, Conestoga Twp.; Slackwater, Conestoga Twp.; Tennessee; Texas; Thomas W. Evans and Company; Washington County, Iowa; Wayne County, Ohio; Wayne Twp., Marion County, Indiana; Weather; Zionsville, Boone County, Indiana

Extent: 66 items

Object Name: Archive

Language: English

Object ID: MG0982

Location of Originals: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania

Notes: Preferred Citation: Title or description of item, date (day, month, year), Collection Title (MG#), Series #, Box #, Folder #, (or Object ID), LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania. URL if applicable. Date accessed (day, month, year).; This collection was given in memory of the donor's maternal grandparents, David S. Warfel and Clara Haverstick Warfel.

Access Conditions / Restrictions: This collection has not been cataloged. Original documents may be used by appointment--contact Research@LancasterHistory.org prior to visit.

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: 2023.053

Other Numbers: MG-982

Classification: MG0982

Description Level: Fonds

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Collection: Marriott Brosius Papers

Title: Marriott Brosius Papers

Object ID: MG0952

Date Range: 1837-2000s

Collection: Marriott Brosius Papers

Title: Marriott Brosius Papers

Description: Marriott Brosius Papers:; Letter to Deborah T. Simmons Coates from [a sibling], 1837; Letter to Elizabeth Coates from Alice, 1862 (Elizabeth Jackson Coates, future wife of Marriott Brosius); Civil War diary of Marriott Brosius, 1863-1865, with damage from bullet that shattered his arm (original, digital copy of images of each page and transcription); Note from Gertrude (donor's g-g-grandmother) to her daughters Gertrude and Helen regarding the diary; Framed certificate: Commission to 2nd Lt., 97th Infantry; Pass for leave, Marriott Brosius, 1863; Digital and hardcopy of "Marriott Brosius story"; Digital and hardcopy of "Marriott Brosius military regiment history"

Date Range: 1837-2000s

Date of Accumulation: 1837-2000s

Creator: Reinhardsen, Jeffrey L.

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives North

Storage Wall: Side 12

People: Brosius, Marriott Henry; Coates, Deborah T. Simmons; Brosius, Elizabeth Jackson Coates; Coho, Gertrude Coates Brosius; Reinhardsen, Gertrude Brosius Coho; Vestey, Helen Elizabeth Coho

Subjects: Biographies; Diaries; Letters; Military promotions; United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865; United States. Army; United States. Army--Officers

Search Terms: Biographies; Civil War; Correspondence; Diaries; Finding aids; Letters; Manuscript groups; Military promotions; United States Army

Extent: 7 items

Object Name: Archive

Language: English

Object ID: MG0952

Location of Originals: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania

Access Conditions / Restrictions: This collection has not been cataloged, but may be used by appointment. Please contact Research@LancasterHistory.org at least two weeks prior to visit.

Credit: Courtesy of LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.

Accession Number: 2022.013

Other Numbers: MG-952

Classification: MG0952

Description Level: Fonds

Custodial History: Added to database 19 August 2022.

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Collection: William McCaskey Civil War Papers

Title: William McCaskey Civil War Letters

Object ID: MG0355

Date Range: 1862-1865

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Collection: William McCaskey Civil War Papers

Title: William McCaskey Civil War Letters

Description: The William McCaskey Civil War Papers contain letters written by William Spencer McCaskey to his brother, Jack and sister-in-law, Ellen during his service in the U.S. Army during the Civil War. In most letters, he writes about politics, life in camp, members of his unit, their brothers, and the campaigns in Georgia and South Carolina with General Sherman. Related biographical data and images are among the contents of this collection.

Admin/Biographical History: William Spencer McCaskey was born near Paradise, Lancaster County, in 1843. The family moved to Lancaster in 1855, where William received his education in public schools. And in 1859, he began an apprenticeship at the printing office of the Examiner, where he worked until the outbreak of the Civil War.; Just days after Fort Sumter was fired upon in April 1861, William joined the army and served with Company F of the 1st Pennsylvania Infantry until he mustered out in July. He joined Company B of the 79th Pennsylvania Regiment as 1st Sergeant in September of that year; this company of Lancastrians served under Col. Henry A. Hambright and Lt. Col. David Miles. They engaged in battles in Kentucky and Tennessee before they returned to Lancaster in 1864 and re-enlisted. Company B joined Gen. Sherman's army in May 1864. As they moved through Georgia and South Carolina in Sherman's March to the Sea, William wrote about the campaign, the residents, and affects that the Union Army's actions had on the South.; Capt. McCaskey mustered out in July 1865, and in spite of the many objections he had voiced about army life, he re-enlisted in 1866 after receiving a recommendation of the commission of second lieutenant from Thaddeus Stevens. William commanded troops throughout his career on the frontiers of Dakota, Montana, Minnesota, Texas, and Missouri and also during the Spanish-American War in Cuba and the Philippines. He retired at the rank of Major General in October 1907.; John Piersol "Jack" McCaskey is better known to Lancastrians as J. P. McCaskey, a teacher and publisher. He began teaching at the Boys' High School in Lancaster in 1855, accepted the position of principal in 1865, and later became superintendent. Jack married Ellen Margaret Chase in 1860.

Date Range: 1862-1865

Year Range From: 1862

Year Range To: 1865

Date of Accumulation: 1862-1865

Creator: McCaskey, William Spencer, 1843-1914

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives South

Storage Wall: Side 09

People: Brown, Daniel; Brown, Mrs.; Hambright, Henry Augustus; Johnston, Joseph E.; Kaufman, Innis; Locher, Michael H.; McBride, John S.; McCaskey, Cyrus Davis "Cye"; McCaskey, Ellen Margaret Chase "Ellie"; McCaskey, John; McCaskey, John Piersol "Jack"; McCaskey, Joseph; McCaskey, Walter; McCaskey, William Spencer; Miles, David; Riley, George; Riley, George, Mrs.; Sherman, William Tecumseh; Stevens, Thaddeus

Subjects: Letters; Personal correspondence; United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865; United States. Army. Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment, 79th (1861-1865). Company B; Wounds and injuries

Search Terms: Alexandria, Virginia; Atlanta, Georgia; Camp McCloud, Tennessee; Chattanooga, Tennessee; Civil War; Correspondence; Correspondence, Personal; Finding aids; Goldsboro, North Carolina; Letters; Louisville, Kentucky; Manuscript groups; Martha's Vineyard, North Carolina; Milledgeville, Georgia; Moorsville, North Carolina; Nashville, Tennessee; Richmond, Virginia; Savannah, Georgia; Washington, DC

Extent: 1 box, 6 folders, .25 cubic ft.

Object Name: Archive

Language: English

Object ID: MG0355

Location of Originals: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania

Access Conditions / Restrictions: Please use digital images and transcriptions when available.; The original letters in Folders 2 and 3 may not be used. Transcriptions have been provided in Folder 1 for patron use.

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-355

Classification: MG0355

Description Level: Fonds

Custodial History: Added to database 14 January 2021.

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Collection: Society of the 28th Division, American Expeditionary Forces

Title: Society of the 28th Division, American Expeditionary Forces (MG-0028)

Object ID: MG0028

Date Range: 1913-1981

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Collection: Society of the 28th Division, American Expeditionary Forces

Title: Society of the 28th Division, American Expeditionary Forces (MG-0028)

Description: Records of the Society which was formed to continue the traditions of the 28th Division, American Expeditionary Forces, which began in World War I. Includes membership lists, post minutes, correspondence, financial reports, convention programs, scrapbooks, and Divisional histories.

Date Range: 1913-1981

Year Range From: 1913

Year Range To: 1981

Date of Accumulation: 1913-1981

Creator: Society of the 28th Division, American Expeditionary Forces

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives South

Storage Wall: Side 01

People: Diffenderfer, William C.; Stern, Charles Augustus; Walze, George T.

Subjects: Business records; Letters; Programs (Publications); Scrapbooks; United States. Army; United States. Army. American Expeditionary Forces; United States. Army. Infantry Division, 28th; World War, 1914-1918; World War, 1914-1918--Pennsylvania--Lancaster County; World War, 1939-1945

Search Terms: American Expeditionary Forces, Ambulance Company No. 111; Business records; Correspondence; Finding aids; Manuscript groups; Minutes; Programs; Scrapbooks; United States Army; United States Army, American Expeditionary Forces; United States Army, Infantry Division, 28th; World War I; World War II; WWI; WWII

Extent: 6 boxes, 59 folders, 3 scrapbooks, 5 books, 3 cubic feet

Object Name: Archive

Language: English

Object ID: MG0028

Location of Originals: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania

Related Item Notes: MG-17 The Grand Army of the Republic Collection; MG- 18 The Civil War Collection; MG-45 The World War I Collection; MG-209 The Col. Robert E. Miller Collection; MG-29 The Gen. Daniel B. Strickler Collection

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-28

Classification: MG0028

Description Level: Fonds

Custodial History: This collection was cataloged prior to July 1997; added to database 5 September 2017.

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Collection: General Thomas Welsh Family Papers

Title: General Thomas Welsh Family Papers

Object ID: MG0828

Date Range: 1839-1932

Collection: General Thomas Welsh Family Papers

Title: General Thomas Welsh Family Papers

Description: The General Thomas Welsh Family Papers is a collection of original correspondence, official documents, and ephemera. Many of the papers were created by or directed to Thomas Welsh between approximately 1843 and his death in 1863. They provide glimpses into his youth, his experiences in the Mexican War, his life in Columbia between the wars, and his rise in rank to Brigadier General during the Civil War.; The collection contains correspondence with his wife and family from 1861-1863. There are also official correspondence and documents related to Welsh's military service, autobiographical pieces, correspondence following his death, obituaries, and family papers into the early twentieth century. Other items in the collection include genealogy pages from the family bible, photographic images of Thomas Welsh and family members, two scrapbooks, newspaper issues and newspaper clippings, written notes from recollections of one of Welsh's daughter, and a biographical sketch of Welsh written by his son.

Admin/Biographical History: Thomas Welsh (1824-1863) was a Lancaster County native (born and raised in Columbia), who rose from hardscrabble origins to local fame, first as a Mexican War hero, and then as a brigadier general during the Civil War. He was well known and well respected as a no nonsense officer, for his leadership and gallantry in battle, for his dedication to the service of his country, and for his concern for the welfare of his men.; Welsh lost his father at the age of 2, and went to work to support his family at age 8. He had very little formal schooling, and was largely self-educated. In 1843, at age 19, he left Lancaster County for Washington City, then went west as an itinerant carpenter/laborer to Cincinnati, Little Rock, and Fort Smith.; When the Mexican War broke out in 1846, he enlisted in a Kentucky regiment, and was severely wounded at the battle of Buena Vista (1847) from which he never fully recovered. Returning home to Columbia, he re-enlisted as a second lieutenant, assigned to the 11th U.S. infantry regiment in Mexico City. Within days of his arrival in Mexico City, he was declared unfit for service on account of his battle wound, and sent home again.; Back in Columbia as a civilian, he dabbled in politics, and received a patronage job in the Pennsylvania Main Line of Public Works (the rail and canal system connecting Philadelphia and Pittsburgh). After several years, he opened up a grocery and dry goods store in Columbia's canal basin. He also became an insurance agent. In 1857, he was elected Justice of the Peace, and his reputation grew as a community leader. By 1860, he was president of the Borough Council, a founding member of the Columbia Board of Trade, Vice President of the Columbia Cricket Club, and a canal boat operator, in addition to a dry goods merchant, insurance agent, and Justice of the Peace. He had a wife, 5 surviving children, and legal guardianship of his sister's 4 children.; When Confederate forces shelled Fort Sumter, marking the beginning of the Civil War, Thomas Welsh raised and organized the first company of volunteers from Lancaster County, and took them into the field as their Captain. Within days, he was promoted to Lieutenant Colonel of the regiment, which served out its 90-day enlistment in the Shenandoah Valley.; Returning to Harrisburg, he was appointed Commandant of Camp Curtin, the problem-plagued processing center for new recruits. In short order, Welsh cleaned up the camp's poor sanitary conditions, improved the health of the camp, and implemented soldierly discipline and training.; In October 1861, he resigned from his camp duties, and as Colonel of the 45th Pennsylvania, led his regiment into the field. After brief service outside of Washington, they were sent to South Carolina in December, where they were posted to Otter Island. After the battle of James Island, they were recalled to Newport News, in July 1862, then sent to guard Aquia Creek.; In September, now in brigade command in Burnsides' 9th Corps, Welsh chased Lee's Confederate army west into central Maryland. His brigade broke the enemy line in Fox's Gap, on Sept. 14, then 3 days later achieved the furthest Union advance at Antietam, reaching the edge of Sharpsburg, and nearly cutting off Lee's only avenue of escape. Welsh's gallantry earned him a field promotion to brigadier general, which Congress confirmed on March 13, 1863.; The 9th Corps (Welsh now in command of the 1st Division) was sent west in the spring of 1863, then dispatched south to support Grant's investment of Vicksburg. After Vicksburg fell, they turned east and defeated Confederate General Johnston at the Battle of Jackson. Welsh contracted malaria in the southern swamps, and died in Cincinnati upon their return north. One of his men later recalled, "Had he lived, Welsh would undoubtedly have attained a much higher command. 1; 1. Beauge, Eugene, in Albert, Allen D., Ed., History of the Forty-Fifth Regiment Pennsylvania Veteran Volunteer Infantry 1861-1865, Williamsport, PA: Grit Publ. Co, 1912, p. 79.

System of Arrangement: The collection is arranged in series:; Series A Thomas Welsh before the Mexican War; Series B Mexican War, 1846-1848; Series C Between the Mexican War and the Civil War, 1848-1861; Series D Civil War; Series E Post-Civil War; Series F Miscellaneous Family Papers; Series G Papers from the families of Gen. Thomas Welsh and Blanton C. Welsh

Date Range: 1839-1932

Year Range From: 1839

Year Range To: 1932

Creator: Wiggin, Richard C.

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives South

Storage Wall: Side 19

People: Welsh, Thomas; Welsh, Annie Eunice Young; Welsh, Blanton Charles; Welsh, Effie; Welsh, Lilian; Welsh, Mary Young "Mazie"; Buchanan, James

Subjects: Letters; Mexican War, 1846-1848; Military orders; Military promotions; Personal correspondence; Political campaigns; Presidents--Election; Speeches, addresses, etc.; United States. Army--Military life; United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865

Search Terms: Civil War; Correspondence, Personal; Letters; Mexican War; Military life; Military orders; Military promotions; Political campaigns; Presidential elections; Speeches; United States Army

Object Name: Archive

Language: English

Condition: Fair to good

Condition Date: 2020-12-18

Condition Notes: Items are in fair to good condition.

Object ID: MG0828

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.

Copyright: Images have been provided for research purposes only. Please contact archives@lancasterhistory.org for a high-resolution image and permission to publish.; LancasterHistory retains the rights to the digital images and content presented. The doctrine of fair use allows limited use of copyrighted material without permission from the copyright holder. Fair use includes comment, criticism, teaching, and private scholarship. Any images and data downloaded, printed or photocopied for these purposes should provide a citation. All other uses beyond those allowed by fair use require written permission.; Permission for reproduction and/or publication must be obtained in writing from LancasterHistory. Some items are photocopies from other collections--researchers must obtain permission for reproduction and publication from the owner of the original material.; 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, Pa.

Classification: MG0828

Description Level: Fonds

Custodial History: Almost all of the papers have been passed down through successive generations of Welsh's descendants, from Thomas Welsh's wife and children to his granddaughter, Emilie Benson (Welsh) Wiggin, to her daughter Nancy Jane (Wiggin) Townsend. After Nancy Townsend's death, her son Charles Townsend passed them on to his cousin, Richard Wiggin (grandson of Emilie Benson Wiggin) in 2015.; A few papers passed out of the family's possession and found their way into other collections. Richard Abel of Columbia, PA began collecting Welsh papers and artifacts some years ago, and subsequently transferred this collection of Welsh materials to Richard Wiggin in 2012.

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Collection: Civil War Collection

Title: Civil War Collection

Object ID: MG0018

Date Range: 1859-1990

1 document

Collection: Civil War Collection

Title: Civil War Collection

Description: The Civil War Collection consists of material acquired over many years from different sources. Coverage is of Lancaster County soldiers and of daily life in the county during the Civil War. The collection contains records of various military units, family correspondence, "Home Front" papers, Civil War era diaries, the Captain John R. Bricker/Dept. of Commissary papers, celebration and reunion materials, images, newspaper clippings, and general orders.

System of Arrangement: The collection is organized by category into ten series.; The oversized documents of Series A, C, F, and H are oversized and filed flat in Box 4.; Series A Military Units: Series A contains documents of military units, including muster rolls, enlistment papers, discharge certificates, assignment and promotion records, and papers of individual soldiers and officers.; Pennsylvania Volunteers; Pennsylvania Militia; Certificate of State Regiments; U.S. Regiments; Series B Civil War Families; Benjamin Reed Family; Soldier's Letters; Series C The Lancaster Home Front; The Bounty Funds; Pension Claims; Articles; Letters; Series D Lancaster Notables; Series E Civil War Era Diaries; Series F The Captain John R. Bricker/Dept. of PA Commissary Papers; Series G Celebrations & Reunions; Series H Appendix; Articles, Photographic Prints, Blank Forms; Series I Printed General Orders; Series J Books

Date Range: 1859-1990

Year Range From: 1859

Year Range To: 1990

Date of Accumulation: 1859-1990

Creator: LancasterHistory (Organization)

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives South

Storage Wall: Side 01

People: Clark, James; Fass, John; Flick, Henry; Harris, Samuel; Hess, Martin D., Mrs.; Watson, George W.

Subjects: Letters; Soldiers; Soldiers, Black; United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865; United States. Army; United States. Army--Recruiting, enlistment, etc.

Search Terms: Autobiographies; Civil War; Discharge papers; Finding aids; Manuscript groups; Memoirs; Muster rolls; Persons of color; Soldiers; Soldiers, Black; United States Army

Extent: 15 boxes, 212 folders, 11 books, 9 cubic ft.

Object Name: Archive

Language: English

Object ID: MG0018

Location of Originals: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania

Related Item Notes: Abraham H. Good Family Papers (MG0542); Henry Seiger's Civil War Letters (MG0570); Lewis Jones Family Papers (MG0541); Robert Clark Morrison Family Papers (MG0543); Springer Family Letters (MG0540); William M. McClure Family Papers (MG0544); William McCaskey Civil War Letters (MG0355)

Notes: Preferred Citation: Title or description of item, date (day, month, year), Civil War Collection (MG0018), Series #, Folder #, (or Object ID), LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania. URL if applicable. Date accessed (day, month, year).

Access Conditions / Restrictions: Restrictions are noted at the item level.

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-18

Classification: MG0018

Description Level: Fonds

Custodial History: Much of the collection was cataloged prior to 1997. Added to database 23 March 2022.

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Collection: Bushong Diary Collection

Title: Bushong Diary Collection

Object ID: MG0278

Date Range: 1850-1862

Collection: Bushong Diary Collection

Title: Bushong Diary Collection

Description: This collection contains the diaries of Gilbert and Edith Bushong.; The first diaries in this collection (Folder #1), written by Gilbert Bushong who is 14 years old, are dated from 3m 17 1850 - 5m 29 1852 and April 20, 1853. The topics covered are the everyday events of family life and farming activities. He also writes about school life, and butchering hogs, and trips to visit family and friends.; The second part of this collection (Folder #2-5) was written by Edith Paxson Bushong and dates from December 31, 1858 - April 5, 1862, after Gilbert presents her with a new diary journal on his return from a trip to Lancaster. Edith writes mostly about the welfare of her family and friends, including news of marriages, births, illnesses, and deaths.; She also writes about life on the farm, her housework routine, and news of the Civil War, including the battle at Gettysburg.

Admin/Biographical History: Gilbert Bushong was the son of Henry Bushong and Esther Valentine. He was born on 2 December 1836 in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania and died on 10 December 1911 in Chester County, Pennsylvania. He was a farmer in Eden Twp., Lancaster County. Gilbert was a member of the Society of Friends (Quakers) and an abolitionist who helped, with family members Henry and Jacob Bushong, to run the Underground Railroad for runaway slaves during the Civil War at Bird-in-Hand, Pennsylvania.; Edith D. Kinsey Paxson was born on 14 January 1836 and died 2 December 1914 in Chester County, Pennsylvania. She was the second daughter of Elwood H. Paxson and Elizabeth Moore White. She married Gilbert Bushong on 20 December 1855. The Bushongs owned a farm along what is now Valley Road, Route 372, on the eastern side of Eden Twp. and received their mail at May Post Office. They are buried together at Sadsbury Meeting Cemetery in Chester County.; Children of Gilbert and Edith Bushong:; 1. Dr. Charles Henry Bushong (1 October 1856-20 December 1903). He was married twice, to sisters who were twins, Anna W. Keene and Nora E. Keene. One died and he married the other.; 2. Frances E. Bushong (18 May 1858-16 November 1861).; 3. Marion E. Bushong (20 March 1860-March 1937). She married Sanders M. Collins on 20 December 1884. Their children were Edith Bushong Collins (1886-1966) and Wallace Collins (b. 1899). Edith never married. She kept house for her father and was a school teacher. Wallace married Marion Chandler.; 4. Marvin E. Bushong (7 June 1878-27 October 1936). He married Lydia Rakestraw on 10 September 1903. Their children were Henry Rakestraw Bushong (b. 28 July 1904) and Gertrude (b. 4 August 1909). At 21, Marvin was appointed a Justice of the Peace of Eden Twp. and in 1908 was elected Clerk of Quarter Sessions at Lancaster County. Later, he was associated with the Pennsylvania Water and Power Company, and in 1933 was vice-president of the Safe Harbor Water Power Corp.

Date Range: 1850-1862

Year Range From: 1850

Year Range To: 1862

Creator: Bushong, Gilbert, 1836-1911

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives South

Storage Wall: Side 08

People: Albright, Esther; Alexander, James; Alexander, Rachel; Bacon, Martha; Bacon, Tom; Baer, Joel; Baily, Rachel; Bair, David; Barnhouse, Pusey; Barton, Mavis; Beatol, Ely; Beecher, Henry Ward; Bernard, Louisa; Bolton, Mary; Bolton, Sallie; Bolton, Susanna; Bonsall, Daniel; Bower, Hiram; Bowers, H.; Bromell, Isaac; Brown, Elas; Brown, John; Bushing, Francis Elwood; Bushong, Jesse G.; Bushong, Anna W. Keene; Bushong, Charles Henry; Bushong, Edith D. Kinsey Paxson; Bushong, Edith K.; Bushong, Edwin; Bushong, Esther Valentine; Bushong, Frances E.; Bushong, Gilbert; Bushong, Henry; Bushong, Henry Rakestraw; Bushong, Israel; Bushong, Jacob; Bushong, John; Bushong, Lydia Rakestraw; Bushong, Margaret; Bushong, Marion E.; Bushong, Marvin E.; Bushong, Mary; Bushong, Nora E. Keene; Bushong, Gertrude; Carter, Benjamin; Carter, John; Carter, Tish; Cato, Jesse; Chanley, Hannah; Clarkson, Mary Ann; Coats, Simmons; Colfax, Schuyler; Collins, Edith Bushong; Collins, Marion Chandler; Collins, Marion E. Bushong; Collins, Sanders M.; Collins, Wallace; Cooper, Elwood; Cooper, H. W.; Cooper, Mary; Cramer, Cyrus; Cramer, Sheldon; Davis, Abner; Dewberries, Nathan; Dickinson, Annie; Dingee, Hannah; Dubell, Lydia Ann; Dubree, Nathan; Eavensen, Mary; Eavensham, Alvin; Eavensham, Martha Ellen; Eavenson, Albin; Eavenson, Alvin; Eavenson, Elwood; Eavenson, Emily; Eavenson, Jones; Eavenson, Mary; Eckhart, William; Eckman, Isaac; Evenson, Pierce; Everett, Hamilton; Everett, Rebecca; Everson, Reese; Ferguson, Annie; Field, Mary; Fisher, Conrad; Garrettson, Oliver; Garrison, P.; Garrison, William Lloyd; Gauge, Elizabeth; Gilbert, Abama; Gilbert, Alben; Gilbert, Amos; Gilbert, Bell; Gilbert, Catherine; Gilbert, Emily; Gilbert, Florence; Gilbert, Hannah; Gilbert, Harding; Gilbert, Howard W.; Gilbert, Jesse; Gilbert, Joshua; Gilbert, Mary; Gilbert, Newton; Gilbert, Omar; Gilbert, Sallie; Gilbert, Sarah; Gillton, Theodore; Gockley, Annie; Gockley, Sebastian; Grant, Ulysses S.; Green, Louisa; Griest, Ellwood; Hanna, Edie; Harding, Isaac; Haslem, William; Hauches, Phebe; Hauser, Edie; Hawkes, Joseph; Hayes, Mrs. William; Hayes, Nathaniel; Heaslem, William; Heidelbaugh, Margaret; Heidlebaugh, Albert; Heidlebaugh, Milton; Heidlebaugh, Samuel; Heidlebaugh, Susan; Hensel, George; Herr, Anna; Hicks, Rachel; Hobson, Jane; Hobson, Phebe; Hobson, Thebe; Hobson, Thomas; Hodson, John; Holson, Irene; Hood, James; Hopkins, Hannah; Hopkins, Maria; Hopkins, Samuel; Hopkins, Stanton; Hoskens, John; Houston, Joseph; Hunt, John; Hunter, Joe; Hunter, John; Hunter, Mary; Jackson, James; James, Harriet; Johns, John; Johns, Scott; Johns, Susan; Johnson, Hannah; Johnson, Henry; Johnson, Jacob; Johnson, Martha; Johnson, Mattie; Johnson, Moses; Johnson, Rachel; Johnson, Sarah; Johnston, Henry; Johnston, Moses; Jones, Emerson; Jones, Emma; Jones, Jael; Jones, Mary; Kauffman, Lewis; Kennedy, Hal Patterson; Kent, Nancy; Kent, Vince; Kern, Frank; King, Anna; King, Jerry; King, Samuel; Kirk, Benjamin; Kirk, Sarah; Kuhn, Lizzie; Lamborne, Alicia; Livingston, John B.; Love, Alfred H.; Lyle, William; Marsh, Mary; Marshlands, Belle; Massey, Isaac; Massey, Mary; Massey, Samuel; Matthew, Lydia; Matthews, Thomas; McClintick, Martha; McGill, Eliza; McGill, Sarah; Mercer, Rachel; Miller, Frank; Miller, Joseph; Minnich, Isaac; Moore, Gainer; Moore, Isaac; Moore, Mary; Morrison, Caroline; Morrison, Emma; Morrison, Henry; Morrison, Joseph; Moses, Thomas; Murry, Harvey; Neal, Susan; Newswanger, Joseph E.; Oran, James; Parke, William; Paxson, Alice; Paxson, Alvin; Paxson, Elizabeth Moore White; Paxson, Elwood H.; Paxson, Frankie; Paxson, James; Paxson, Matilda; Paxson, Mavis; Paxson, Tillie; Peart, Lewis; Peart, Rebecca; Peart, Roland; Pennock, Maggie; Pickering, M. H.; Pickering, Elias; Pierce, Edith; Pierce, George; Pierce, Levi; Proctor, Caroline; Rakestraw, Abraham; Rakestraw, Carrie; Rakestraw, Connie; Rakestraw, Eliza; Rakestraw, Ester; Rakestraw, Henry; Rakestraw, Liddy; Rakestraw, Mary; Rakestraw, Sarah; Rakestraw, William; Resh, James; Reynolds, John F.; Rich, Sallie; Risk, James; Risk, Mary; Ritz, Jack; Roberts, Anna; Roberts, Henry; Roberts, Martha; Robinson, Moses; Rockey, Mrs. Jacob; Royer, Hannah; Rusel, James; Russell, Mary B.; Scott, Barbara; Scott, John; Sheldon, Hannah; Sheldon, William; Slate, Henry; Slater, John; South, Benjamin; Sprecher, Jonathan; Sproul, Anne; Stauffer, Jacob; Stauffer, John; Stauffer, Mattie; Stauffer, Mrs.; Stauffer, Peter; Stevens, Thaddeus; Stowe, Mrs.; Stuart, Mary; Sutter, Joe; Swisher, Patrick; Taylor, Jacob; Taylor, Joseph C.; Thomas, Ann; Thomas, Callie; Thomas, Caroline; Thomas, John; Thomas, Orza A.; Thompson, George; Thompson, Harriet; Valentine, Anna L.; Valentine, Emmaline; Valentine, Francis; Valentine, Joseph; Valentine, Rachel; Valentine, Rebecca; Valentine, Thomas; Walker, John; Walker, Washington; Walter, Jesse; Walters, George; Watson, Matilda; Way, Martha; Webb, John P.; Webster, Elizabeth; Webster, Ezra; Wells, Gilbert; Wells, Joseph; Wells, Mary; Westley, Ellen; Westley, Joseph; Westly, John; Whinney, Sarah Pusey; White, Addie; White, Clara; White, Lettie; White, Oliver; Whitson, Ester; Whitson, George; Whitson, Jacob; Whitson, Matilda; Whitson, Merce; Whitson, Micah; Whitson, Moses; Whitson, Thomas; Whitson, Webster; Whitson, William; Wilhelm, Mrs.; William, Henry; Williams, Carrie; Williams, Edwin; Williams, Frank; Williams, Henry; Williams, Sue; Wilson, Tillie; Winston, George; Withers, Anna; Withers, Augustus; Withers, William; Zook, Morris

Other Creators: Bushong, Edith K., 1836-1914.

Subjects: African Americans--History; Agriculture; Bereavement; Canning and preserving; Enslaved persons--Emancipation; Farms; Health; Housekeeping; Mental health; Quakers; Seances; Slavery; Spiritualism; United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865

Search Terms: Agriculture; Barr's Bookstore; Bereavement; Births; Canning and preserving; Civil War; Columbia - Wrightsville Bridge; David Bear's Dry Goods; Death; Diaries; Emancipation; Farming; Funerals; Gardening; Health; Housekeeping; Illnesses; Lancaster County Mutual Insurance Company; McGlaughlin's Auction; Mental health; Octoraro Relief Association; Pennsylvania Institution for the Instruction of the Blind; Persons of color; Quakers; Quarryville Aid Society; Sadsbury Friends Meeting; Seances; Slavery; Spiritualism; Travel; York Furnace

Extent: 1 box, 5 folders, .25 cubic ft.

Object Name: Archive

Language: English

Object ID: MG0278

Location of Originals: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania

Associated Material: Family Papers, 1833-1872 at Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College

Access Conditions / Restrictions: Restrictions are noted at the item level.

Copyright: Collection may not be photocopied. Please contact Research Staff or Archives Staff with questions.

Credit: Bushong Diary Collection (MG-278), Folder #, LancasterHistory.org

Classification: MG0278

Description Level: Fonds

Custodial History: Processed, finding aid started by PK, Spring-Summer 2010; Finding aid completed by NS, RS, 2013.

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Collection: Lebkicher Family Civil War Letters and Discharge Papers

Title: Lebkicher Family Civil War Letters and Discharge Papers

Object ID: MG0258

Date Range: 1855-1865, 1972

Collection: Lebkicher Family Civil War Letters and Discharge Papers

Title: Lebkicher Family Civil War Letters and Discharge Papers

Description: Lebkicher Family Civil War Letters and Discharge Papers contain letters from Lebkicher family members before and during the Civil War. There are discharge papers for Jonah R. Duke and William H. Lebkicher who enlisted with Captain J. Miller Raub's Company D, 122nd Regiment of Pennsylvania Volunteers in August 1862. William (1846-1929) re-enlisted and his letters continue to 1865. Some of the letters concern transportation by train and subsequent wrecks and derailments, the rioting in Lancaster, the shortage of food and feed for animals, and the soldiers getting used to the shelling of their camp by the rebels. The majority of letters were written during the Civil War.

Admin/Biographical History: For more information about William H. Lebkicher, please see the Hershey Community Archives website. https://hersheyarchives.org/encyclopedia/lebkicher-william-henry-lebbie-1845-1929/

Date Range: 1855-1865, 1972

Year Range From: 1855

Year Range To: 1972

Date of Accumulation: 1855-1865, 1972

Creator: Lebkicher family

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives South

Storage Wall: Side 06

People: Lebkicher, William Henry "Lebbie"; Lebkicher, Edwin M.; Lebkicher, David McGran

Subjects: Letters; Military discharge; Personal correspondence; United States. Army--Military life; United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865; Soldiers; Soldiers, Black

Search Terms: Civil War; Correspondence, Personal; Discharge papers; Finding aids; Letters; Manuscript groups; Military discharge; Military life; Persons of color; Soldiers; Soldiers, Black

Extent: 1 box, 12 folders, .25 cubic ft.

Object Name: Archive

Language: English

Object ID: MG0258

Location of Originals: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania

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Notes: Preferred Citation: Title or description of item, date (day, month, year), Lebkicher Family Civil War Letters and Discharge Papers (MG0258), 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: 1998.MG0258

Other Numbers: MG-258

Other Number: MG-258

Classification: MG0258

Description Level: Fonds

Custodial History: Organized and finding aid prepared by JM. Finding aid typed by KS and SH, 2013. Added to database 10 January 2022.

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Collection: Henry Seiger's Civil War Letters

Title: Henry Seiger's Civil War Letters

Object ID: MG0570

Date Range: 1861-1863

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Collection: Henry Seiger's Civil War Letters

Title: Henry Seiger's Civil War Letters

Description: This collection contains four letters from Henry Seiger to Anna Roland in Marietta, Pennsylvania and one letter in German that was either to or from Anna Roland. Henry Seiger was in the 12th Pennsylvania Reserve Regiment, which was also known as the 41st Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry. He served in Company D, the Kepner Fencibles, under the command of Captain Samuel Wilt. Folder 1 contains the transcriptions, Folder 2 contains the original letters.

System of Arrangement: Folder 1 contains the transcriptions, Folder 2 contains the original letters.

Date Range: 1861-1863

Year Range From: 1861

Year Range To: 1863

Date of Accumulation: 1861-1863

Creator: Seiger, Henry

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives South

Storage Wall: Side 12

People: Roland, Anna; Seiger, Henry; Smith, Abraham

Subjects: Letters; United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865

Search Terms: Civil War; Correspondence; Letters; Finding aids; Manuscript groups; Battle of Gettysburg; Vicksburg, Seige of; Health; United States Army

Extent: 2 folders

Object Name: Archive

Language: English, German

Object ID: MG0570

Access Conditions / Restrictions: No restrictions.

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Credit: Courtesy of LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.

Other Numbers: MG-570

Other Number: MG-570

Classification: MG0570

Description Level: Fonds

Custodial History: Letters transcribed by WP, 2010; Processed by PP, 8 December 2010.

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Collection: Hubley Collection

Title: Hubley Collection

Object ID: MG0002

Date Range: 1741-1864

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Collection: Hubley Collection

Title: Hubley Collection

Description: The Hubley Collection contains legal documents, case papers, family and military papers, wills, deeds, bills and receipts, indentures for servants and enslaved persons, correspondence, petitions, and church-related information.

Admin/Biographical History: John Hubley and Joseph Hubley were Lancaster attorneys.

System of Arrangement: The legal papers are arranged chronologically. Case papers are arranged; alphabetically by surname of the plaintiff or defendant. Family papers are grouped by the family member's name and chronologically within that name. Box 6 is arranged chronologically.

Date Range: 1741-1864

Year Range From: 1741

Year Range To: 1864

Date of Accumulation: 1741-1864

Creator: Hubley family

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives South

Storage Wall: Side 01

People: App, Michael; Barr, John; Deshler, Adam; Ferree, Polly; Foulke, Caleb; Franklin, Thomas; Fromberger, John; Hubley, Adam; Hubley, Frederick; Hubley, George; Hubley, John; Hubley, Joseph; Hubley, Michael; Jones, Owen, Jr.; Lauman, Ludwig; Musser, John; Porter, Andrew; Rieger, Jacob; Rieger, Catherine; Thomas, Adam

Subjects: Court records; Deeds; Depositions; Family records; Indentured servants; Judgments; Law offices; Letters; Promissory notes; Slavery; United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783; Wills

Search Terms: Correspondence; Court records; Deeds; Depositions; Enslaved persons; Family records; Finding aids; Indentured servants; Judgments; Law offices; Letters; Manuscript groups; Military; Promissory notes; Revolutionary War; Slavery; Warder, Parker and Company; Wills; Yeiser & Weaver

Extent: 6 boxes, 84 folders, 2.25 cu. ft.

Object Name: Archive

Language: English

Object ID: MG0002

Related Item Notes: Hubley Family File in the library.

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-2

Classification: MG0002

Description Level: Fonds

Custodial History: Collection was cataloged prior to July 1997; added to database 1 March 2018.

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Collection: Revolutionary War Collection

Title: Revolutionary War Collection

Object ID: MG0098

Date Range: 1776-1976

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Collection: Revolutionary War Collection

Title: Revolutionary War Collection

Description: The Revolutionary War Collection contains a variety of materials from and about the Revolutionary War in Lancaster County and Pennsylvania. The original records include correspondence, military pay certificates, court records, and an orderly book kept by Lt. Col. Adam Hubley, Jr. during the Sullivan Campaign of 1779. There are also research notes and secondary sources, including a list of prisoners of war, a list of males in Lancaster County in 1776, Continental Hospital Returns 1777-1780, articles, information on soldiers buried in Lancaster County, and an article about John Paul Jones.

Date Range: 1776-1976

Creation Date: 1776-1976

Year Range From: 1776

Year Range To: 1976

Creator: LancasterHistory (Organization)

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives South

Storage Wall: Side 03

People: Beddulph, Robert; Boyd, John; Burd, James Edward; Chambers, Stephen; Coedans, James; Cooke, William; Ferree, John; Getty, Christian; Gurney, Francis; Hubley, Adam; Jolly, James A. "Jim"; Joy, Daniel; Kieffer, Henry Martyn; Moore, William; Neal, James; Patterson, Alex; Porter, Thomas; Ramsay, David; Rapp, Brandon; Reid, George W.; Worner, William Frederic; Zellty, John A.

Subjects: Cemeteries; Letters; Military history; Military regulations; Newtown, Battle of, Newtown, N.Y., 1779; Prisoners of war; Soldiers; Stony Point, Battle of, Stony Point, N.Y., 1779; Sullivan's Indian Campaign, 1779; United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783; United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Campaigns; United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Prisoners and prisons

Search Terms: Battle of Newtown; Battle of Stony Point; Cemeteries; Clippings (Books, newspapers, etc.); Correspondence; Finding aids; Haudenosaunee Confederacy; Letters; Manuscript groups; Military history; Military records; Military regulations; Prisoners of war; Receipts; Revolutionary War; Soldiers; Sullivan Campaign, 1779

Extent: 3 boxes, 40 folders, 1.25 cubic ft.

Object Name: Archive

Language: English

Object ID: MG0098

Notes: Harmful Language Warning: LancasterHistory is committed to preserving and providing access to materials chronicling Lancaster County's heritage. As a historical resource, this orderly book reflects the racial prejudices of the era and the violence perpetrated against the Haudenosaunee Confederacy during the American War of Independence. In order to maintain the historical integrity and context of collection items, LancasterHistory does not censor historical documents or edit language, titles, or organization names when transcribing original content. This volume contains language that is offensive, oppressive, graphic, and may cause distress. LancasterHistory does not condone the use of this language.

Access Conditions / Restrictions: No restrictions. Please use digital images and transcriptions when available.

Copyright: Collection may not be photocopied. Please direct questions to Research Center Staff at research@lancasterhistory.org.Images have been provided for research purposes only. Please contact research@lancasterhistory.org for a high-resolution image and permission to publish.; LancasterHistory retains the rights to the digital images and content presented. The doctrine of fair use allows limited use of copyrighted material without permission from the copyright holder. Fair use includes comment, criticism, teaching, and private scholarship. Any images and data downloaded, printed or photocopied for these purposes should provide a citation. All other uses beyond those allowed by fair use require written permission.; Permission for reproduction and/or publication must be obtained in writing from LancasterHistory. Some items are photocopies from other collections--researchers must obtain permission for reproduction and publication from the owner of the original material.; 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: Revolutionary War Collection (MG-98), Box #, Folder #, LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pa.

Other Numbers: MG-98

Other Number: MG-98

Classification: MG0098

Description Level: Fonds

Custodial History: Cataloged prior to 1997. Items have been added and the finding aid has been updated since 1997.

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Collection: General Thomas Welsh Family Papers

Title: General Thomas Welsh Family Papers, Series E Post Civil War

Object ID: MG0828_SeriesE

Date Range: 1866-1925

Collection: General Thomas Welsh Family Papers

Title: General Thomas Welsh Family Papers, Series E Post Civil War

Description: The General Thomas Welsh Family Papers, Series E is a collection of eight documents, which covers the years 1866 through 1925 and consists primarily of recollections by various family members of the life of Thomas Welsh. The series also includes a family history and poems written by Thomas Welsh and his daughter Effie Welsh.

Admin/Biographical History: Thomas Welsh (1824-1863) was a Lancaster County native (born and raised in Columbia), who rose from hardscrabble origins to local fame, first as a Mexican War hero, and then as a brigadier general during the Civil War. He was well known and well respected as a no nonsense officer, for his leadership and gallantry in battle, for his dedication to the service of his country, and for his concern for the welfare of his men.; Welsh lost his father at the age of 2, and went to work to support his family at age 8. He had very little formal schooling, and was largely self-educated. In 1843, at age 19, he left Lancaster County for Washington City, then went west as an itinerant carpenter/laborer to Cincinnati, Little Rock, and Fort Smith.; When the Mexican War broke out in 1846, he enlisted in a Kentucky regiment, and was severely wounded at the battle of Buena Vista (1847) from which he never fully recovered. Returning home to Columbia, he re-enlisted as a second lieutenant, assigned to the 11th U.S. infantry regiment in Mexico City. Within days of his arrival in Mexico City, he was declared unfit for service on account of his battle wound, and sent home again.; Back in Columbia as a civilian, he dabbled in politics, and received a patronage job in the Pennsylvania Main Line of Public Works (the rail and canal system connecting Philadelphia and Pittsburgh). After several years, he opened up a grocery and dry goods store in Columbia's canal basin. He also became an insurance agent. In 1857, he was elected Justice of the Peace, and his reputation grew as a community leader. By 1860, he was president of the Borough Council, a founding member of the Columbia Board of Trade, Vice President of the Columbia Cricket Club, and a canal boat operator, in addition to a dry goods merchant, insurance agent, and Justice of the Peace. He had a wife, 5 surviving children, and legal guardianship of his sister's 4 children.; When Confederate forces shelled Fort Sumter, marking the beginning of the Civil War, Thomas Welsh raised and organized the first company of volunteers from Lancaster County, and took them into the field as their Captain. Within days, he was promoted to Lieutenant Colonel of the regiment, which served out its 90-day enlistment in the Shenandoah Valley.; Returning to Harrisburg, he was appointed Commandant of Camp Curtin, the problem-plagued processing center for new recruits. In short order, Welsh cleaned up the camp's poor sanitary conditions, improved the health of the camp, and implemented soldierly discipline and training.; In October 1861, he resigned from his camp duties, and as Colonel of the 45th Pennsylvania, led his regiment into the field. After brief service outside of Washington, they were sent to South Carolina in December, where they were posted to Otter Island. After the battle of James Island, they were recalled to Newport News, in July 1862, then sent to guard Aquia Creek.; In September, now in brigade command in Burnsides' 9th Corps, Welsh chased Lee's Confederate army west into central Maryland. His brigade broke the enemy line in Fox's Gap, on Sept. 14, then 3 days later achieved the furthest Union advance at Antietam, reaching the edge of Sharpsburg, and nearly cutting off Lee's only avenue of escape. Welsh's gallantry earned him a field promotion to brigadier general, which Congress confirmed on March 13, 1863.; The 9th Corps (Welsh now in command of the 1st Division) was sent west in the spring of 1863, then dispatched south to support Grant's investment of Vicksburg. After Vicksburg fell, they turned east and defeated Confederate General Johnston at the Battle of Jackson. Welsh contracted malaria in the southern swamps, and died in Cincinnati upon their return north. One of his men later recalled, "Had he lived, Welsh would undoubtedly have attained a much higher command. 1; 1. Beauge, Eugene, in Albert, Allen D., Ed., History of the Forty-Fifth Regiment Pennsylvania Veteran Volunteer Infantry 1861-1865, Williamsport, PA: Grit Publ. Co, 1912, p. 79.

System of Arrangement: The collection is arranged in series:; Series A Thomas Welsh before the Mexican War; Series B Mexican War, 1846-1848; Series C Between the Mexican War and the Civil War, 1848-1861; Series D Civil War; Series E Post-Civil War; Series F Miscellaneous Family Papers; Series G Papers from the families of Gen. Thomas Welsh and Blanton C. Welsh

Date Range: 1866-1925

Creation Date: 1866-1925

Year Range From: 1866

Year Range To: 1925

Creator: Wiggin, Richard C.

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives South

Storage Wall: Side 19

Storage Container: Box 0001

People: Welsh, Thomas

Subjects: Autobiographies; Letters; Mexican War, 1846-1848; Poetry; United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865

Search Terms: Autobiographies; Civil War; Family history; Genealogy; Letters; Mexican War; Poetry

Extent: 8 folders

Object Name: Archive

Language: English

Condition: Poor to excellent

Condition Date: 2020-12-29

Parent Object ID: MG0828

Object ID: MG0828_SeriesE

Notes: Added to PP 12/29/2020 by HST; Provenance: Most items passed down through the family, Blanton Charles Welsh to Emilie Benson (Welsh) Wiggin to Nancy Jane (Wiggin) Townsend. Acquired from: Chuck Townsend, Knoxville, Tennessee, 2016/05/15.

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

Copyright: Images have been provided for research purposes only. Please contact research@lancasterhistory.org for a high-resolution image and permission to publish.; LancasterHistory retains the rights to the digital images and content presented. The doctrine of fair use allows limited use of copyrighted material without permission from the copyright holder. Fair use includes comment, criticism, teaching, and private scholarship. Any images and data downloaded, printed or photocopied for these purposes should provide a citation. All other uses beyond those allowed by fair use require written permission.; Permission for reproduction and/or publication must be obtained in writing from LancasterHistory. Some items are photocopies from other collections--researchers must obtain permission for reproduction and publication from the owner of the original material.; 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.

Classification: MG0828

Description Level: Series

Custodial History: Organized by Richard C. Wiggin prior to donation.

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Collection: General Thomas Welsh Family Papers

Title: General Thomas Welsh Family Papers, Series D-61 Civil War, 1861

Object ID: MG0828_SeriesD-61

Date Range: 1861

Collection: General Thomas Welsh Family Papers

Title: General Thomas Welsh Family Papers, Series D-61 Civil War, 1861

Description: The General Thomas Welsh Family Papers, Series D-61 contains fifteen documents from 1861. The series consists of letters written by Thomas Welsh to his wife and children describing his experiences as an officer in the Union Army. The series also includes letters written by Welsh's wife and children describing events at home in Columbia. The letters show Welsh to be a devoted husband and father and his family to miss him very much. Welsh raised and organized the first company of volunteers from Lancaster County. The regiment served most of its 90-day enlistment in the Shenandoah Valley from where many of the letters were written. The series also includes a pass for Camp Curtin, Dauphin County where Welsh served as Commandant and a letter from Otter Island, South Carolina where Welsh later served as a Colonel in the 45th Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry Regiment.

Admin/Biographical History: Thomas Welsh (1824-1863) was a Lancaster County native (born and raised in Columbia), who rose from hardscrabble origins to local fame, first as a Mexican War hero, and then as a brigadier general during the Civil War. He was well known and well respected as a no nonsense officer, for his leadership and gallantry in battle, for his dedication to the service of his country, and for his concern for the welfare of his men.; Welsh lost his father at the age of 2, and went to work to support his family at age 8. He had very little formal schooling, and was largely self-educated. In 1843, at age 19, he left Lancaster County for Washington City, then went west as an itinerant carpenter/laborer to Cincinnati, Little Rock, and Fort Smith.; When the Mexican War broke out in 1846, he enlisted in a Kentucky regiment, and was severely wounded at the battle of Buena Vista (1847) from which he never fully recovered. Returning home to Columbia, he re-enlisted as a second lieutenant, assigned to the 11th U.S. infantry regiment in Mexico City. Within days of his arrival in Mexico City, he was declared unfit for service on account of his battle wound, and sent home again.; Back in Columbia as a civilian, he dabbled in politics, and received a patronage job in the Pennsylvania Main Line of Public Works (the rail and canal system connecting Philadelphia and Pittsburgh). After several years, he opened up a grocery and dry goods store in Columbia's canal basin. He also became an insurance agent. In 1857, he was elected Justice of the Peace, and his reputation grew as a community leader. By 1860, he was president of the Borough Council, a founding member of the Columbia Board of Trade, Vice President of the Columbia Cricket Club, and a canal boat operator, in addition to a dry goods merchant, insurance agent, and Justice of the Peace. He had a wife, 5 surviving children, and legal guardianship of his sister's 4 children.; When Confederate forces shelled Fort Sumter, marking the beginning of the Civil War, Thomas Welsh raised and organized the first company of volunteers from Lancaster County, and took them into the field as their Captain. Within days, he was promoted to Lieutenant Colonel of the regiment, which served out its 90-day enlistment in the Shenandoah Valley.; Returning to Harrisburg, he was appointed Commandant of Camp Curtin, the problem-plagued processing center for new recruits. In short order, Welsh cleaned up the camp's poor sanitary conditions, improved the health of the camp, and implemented soldierly discipline and training.; In October 1861, he resigned from his camp duties, and as Colonel of the 45th Pennsylvania, led his regiment into the field. After brief service outside of Washington, they were sent to South Carolina in December, where they were posted to Otter Island. After the battle of James Island, they were recalled to Newport News, in July 1862, then sent to guard Aquia Creek.; In September, now in brigade command in Burnsides' 9th Corps, Welsh chased Lee's Confederate army west into central Maryland. His brigade broke the enemy line in Fox's Gap, on Sept. 14, then 3 days later achieved the furthest Union advance at Antietam, reaching the edge of Sharpsburg, and nearly cutting off Lee's only avenue of escape. Welsh's gallantry earned him a field promotion to brigadier general, which Congress confirmed on March 13, 1863.; The 9th Corps (Welsh now in command of the 1st Division) was sent west in the spring of 1863, then dispatched south to support Grant's investment of Vicksburg. After Vicksburg fell, they turned east and defeated Confederate General Johnston at the Battle of Jackson. Welsh contracted malaria in the southern swamps, and died in Cincinnati upon their return north. One of his men later recalled, "Had he lived, Welsh would undoubtedly have attained a much higher command. 1; 1. Beauge, Eugene, in Albert, Allen D., Ed., History of the Forty-Fifth Regiment Pennsylvania Veteran Volunteer Infantry 1861-1865, Williamsport, PA: Grit Publ. Co, 1912, p. 79.

System of Arrangement: The collection is arranged in series:; Series A Thomas Welsh before the Mexican War; Series B Mexican War, 1846-1848; Series C Between the Mexican War and the Civil War, 1848-1861; Series D Civil War; Series E Post-Civil War; Series F Miscellaneous Family Papers; Series G Papers from the families of Gen. Thomas Welsh and Blanton C. Welsh

Date Range: 1861

Creation Date: 1861

Creator: Wiggin, Richard C.

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives South

Storage Wall: Side 19

Storage Container: Box 0001

People: Welsh, Thomas

Subjects: United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865; Letters; Personal correspondence

Search Terms: Civil War; Letters; Correspondence, Personal

Extent: 16 folders

Object Name: Archive

Language: English

Condition: Fair to good

Parent Object ID: MG0828

Object ID: MG0828_SeriesD-61

Notes: Added to PP 12/23/2020 by HST; Provenance:; Most passed down through the family, Blanton Charles Welsh to Emilie Benson (Welsh) Wiggin to Nancy Jane (Wiggin) Townsend. Acquired from: Chuck Townsend, Knoxville, Tennessee, 2016/05/15.; MG0828_SeriesD-61_F15 is a transcription provided by Dennis Buttacavoli via email. The original is presumed by donor to be in his possession.

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Credit: Courtesy of LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.

Classification: MG0828

Description Level: Series

Custodial History: Cataloged by Richard C. Wiggin prior to donation.

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