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Collection: James Buchanan Family Papers, Part 5 Other Members of the Buchanan Family

Title: Excerpts of correspondence from James Buchanan, Sr. and Elizabeth Speer Buchanan to their son James Buchanan

Object ID: JBFP 5.1.2.001

Date Range: 1809-1826

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Collection: James Buchanan Family Papers, Part 5 Other Members of the Buchanan Family

Title: Excerpts of correspondence from James Buchanan, Sr. and Elizabeth Speer Buchanan to their son James Buchanan

Description: Excerpts of correspondence from James Buchanan, Sr. and Elizabeth Speer Buchanan to their son James Buchanan from 1809 through 1826 regarding Buchanan’s early political career. Letters from 1809 through 1813 are written out twice. There are also two envelopes where the excerpcts were kept. 1809-1826.

Date Range: 1809-1826

Year Range From: 1809

Year Range To: 1826

Creator: Buchanan, James, 1761-1821

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives South

Storage Container: JBFP Part 5, Box 1

People: Buchanan, Elizabeth Speer; Buchanan, James Sr.; Buchanan, James

Other Creators: Speer, Elizabeth, 1767-1833

Subjects: Personal correspondence; Letters

Search Terms: Correspondence; Correspondence, Personal; Letters; Buchanan Collections; James Buchanan Presidential Library

Extent: 3 items, 52 pages to scan, 19.5 x 30.5 cm., 16 x 20.5 and 24 x 11 cm.

Object Name: Letter

Language: English

Parent Object ID: JBFP Part 5 Series 1

Object ID: JBFP 5.1.2.001

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

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

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Accession Number: JBMS1995.256a-d

Other Number: JBFP Part 5, Series 1, Subseries 2, Folder 1

Description Level: Item

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

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Correspondence

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Collection: James Buchanan Family Papers

Title: James Buchanan Family Papers, Part 5 Papers of Other Members of the Buchanan Family, Series 1 Correspondence

Object ID: JBFP Part 5 Series 1

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Collection: James Buchanan Family Papers

Title: James Buchanan Family Papers, Part 5 Papers of Other Members of the Buchanan Family, Series 1 Correspondence

Description: James Buchanan Family Papers, Part 5 Papers of Other Members of the Buchanan Family, Series 1 Correspondence contains papers from members of the Buchanan family, excluding James Buchanan, Harriet Lane Johnston, James Buchanan Henry and Edward Young Buchanan. Subseries 1 is correspondence from members of the Buchanan Family and Subseries 2 is correspondence to members of the Buchanan Family. The letters span over one hundred years, from 1809 through 1925, with the bulk of the items from 1845 to 1873.; The earliest items are excerpts of letters written by James Buchanan and his parents at the beginning of his law career and from his early political years. There is a collection of typed transcripts of letters to Maria Lois Buchanan, affectionately known as "Lodie," from her family who was taking care of James Buchanan at Wheatland from March through June 1868. The remaining letters are between various family members concerning the family and their well-being, as well as the purchasing of homes and financial matters.

Admin/Biographical History: Many additional members of James Buchanan's family are included in this part of the collection. Including the following relations: James Buchanan (1761-1821) and Elizabeth Speer (1767-1833) James Buchanan's parents; Harriet Buchanan (1802-1840), James Buchanan's sister; James Buchanan Lane (1814-1863), James Buchanan's nephew and Harriet Lane's older brother; Jessie Magaw, James Buchanan's niece from his sister, Maria Buchanan Magaw (1795-1849); Mary Nicholson Henry, James Buchanan Henry's first wife; and Louisa Anderson Henry James Buchanan Henry's second wife; Reginald E. Henry (Louisa and James' son) and Robert Edward Henry, Jr. (Louisa and James' grandson); Edward Y. Buchanan's wife, Ann Elizabeth Foster, and his daughters, Anne Buchanan (1838-1927), Harriet Buchanan (1841-1912), Henrietta ("Netsie") Buchanan (1844-1906) and Maria Lois Buchanan Cassatt (1847-1920) (referred to as "Lois" or "Lodie"), and Alexander J. Cassatt (Lois Buchanan's husband). The letters to Maria Lois Buchanan show a good chronological history.

System of Arrangement: JBFP Part 5 Series 1 Correspondence; Subseries 1 Letters from Members of the Buchanan Family; Subseries 2 Letters to Members of the Buchanan Family

Year Range From: 1809

Year Range To: 1925

Creator: Buchanan family

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives South

Other Creators: James Buchanan Foundation for the Preservation of Wheatland (Lancaster, Pa.)

Subjects: Letters; Wheatland (Lancaster, Pa.); Personal correspondence

Search Terms: Letters; Correspondence; Correspondence, Personal; James Buchanan; Buchanan Collections; Harriet Lane Johnston; Finding aids; Manuscript groups; James Buchanan Presidential Library

Extent: 1 box, 26 folders, 41 items, .5 cubic feet

Object Name: Correspondence

Language: English

Object ID: JBFP Part 5 Series 1

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; James Buchanan Collection, MG0096; Historical Society of Pennsylvania microfilm; Photograph collections; Curatorial collections; Wheatland Mansion

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Credit: Courtesy of LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania

Description Level: Series

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

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Collection: 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.

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Accession Number: 2023.053

Other Numbers: MG-982

Classification: MG0982

Description Level: Fonds

Letter

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Collection: Gibbons Diaries, Family Papers, and Mill Records

Title: Letter from James Gibbons to Christian Stauffer

Object ID: MG0846_F002

Date Range: 1800/07/02

Gibbons family. The collection includes documents related to James Gibbons, Daniel Gibbons, Joseph Gibbons, and several other family members. The letters, 1783-1865, describe the daily activities within the family and on their property which was located in Lampeter Township, Lancaster County. The deeds

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Collection: Gibbons Diaries, Family Papers, and Mill Records

Title: Letter from James Gibbons to Christian Stauffer

Description: Letter from James Gibbons to Christian Stauffer, charging him with making certain his swine are secured because someone's hogs have been eating Gibbons' grain and stating that if he finds the culprit, he will sue for damages.

Date Range: 1800/07/02

Creation Date: 2 July 1800

Creator: Gibbons, James, 1735-1810

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives South

Storage Wall: Side 19

People: Gibbons, James; Stauffer, Christian

Subjects: Letters

Search Terms: Correspondence; Letters

Extent: 1 item, 2 pages to scan

Object Name: Letter

Language: English

Object ID: MG0846_F002

Location of Originals: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania

Notes: Preferred Citation: Title or description of item, date (day, month, year), Gibbons Diaries, Family Papers, and Mill Records (MG0846), Object ID, LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania. URL. Date accessed (day, month, year).

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Accession Number: 2021.008

Other Numbers: MG-846

Other Number: MG-846, Folder 2

Classification: MG0846

Description Level: Item

Custodial History: Cataloged by MB, 8 July 2021. Added to database 21 July 2021.

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Collection: Gibbons Diaries, Family Papers, and Mill Records

Title: Letter from [Sharpley] to James Gibbons

Object ID: MG0846_F003

Date Range: 1805/11/03

Gibbons family. The collection includes documents related to James Gibbons, Daniel Gibbons, Joseph Gibbons, and several other family members. The letters, 1783-1865, describe the daily activities within the family and on their property which was located in Lampeter Township, Lancaster County. The deeds

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Collection: Gibbons Diaries, Family Papers, and Mill Records

Title: Letter from [Sharpley] to James Gibbons

Description: Letter from [Sharpley] in Downingtown to James Gibbons in Mill Creek, Lancaster County regarding business and family news. To the care of William Brinton, Soudersburg.

Date Range: 1805/11/03

Creation Date: 3 November 1805

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives South

Storage Wall: Side 19

People: Gibbons, James; Brinton, William

Subjects: Letters

Search Terms: Correspondence; Health; Letters

Extent: 1 item, 4 pages to scan

Object Name: Letter

Language: English

Object ID: MG0846_F003

Location of Originals: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania

Notes: Preferred Citation: Title or description of item, date (day, month, year), Gibbons Diaries, Family Papers, and Mill Records (MG0846), Object ID, LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania. URL. Date accessed (day, month, year).

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Accession Number: 2021.008

Other Numbers: MG-846

Other Number: MG-846, Folder 3

Classification: MG0846

Description Level: Item

Custodial History: Cataloged by MB, 8 July 2021. Added to database 21 July 2021.

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Collection: George Steinman Papers, Series 2 Documents, Images, Ephemera

Title: Letter from Jasper Hand to Jasper Yeates

Object ID: MG0184_S02_F008_In03_It02

Date Range: 1806/04/27

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Collection: George Steinman Papers, Series 2 Documents, Images, Ephemera

Title: Letter from Jasper Hand to Jasper Yeates

Description: Letter from Jasper Hand to his uncle, Jasper Yeates, explaining that he has applied for the position of ship's surgeon on the ship Richmond which will be sailing for Calcutta, India.

Date Range: 1806/04/27

Creation Date: 27 April 1806

Creator: Hand, Jasper Yeates, 1784-1828

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives South

Storage Wall: Side 04

Storage Container: Series 02, Box 0001

People: Bethel, Samuel; Brien, Edward; Coxe, John Redman; Hand, Jasper Yeates; Waln, Robert; Yeates, Jasper

Subjects: Letters

Search Terms: Correspondence; Letters; Ship physicians

Extent: 1 item, 2 pages scanned

Object Name: Letter

Language: English

Object ID: MG0184_S02_F008_In03_It02

Location of Originals: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania

Related Item Notes: George Steinman Papers, Series 1 (MG0184_S01) https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/786b3ffc-7908-40de-9362-817467455650; George Steinman Papers, Series 2 (MG0184_S02) https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/6c7e11c6-f3ca-469c-891a-145832196710

Notes: Preferred Citation: Title or description of item, date (day, month, year), George Steinman Papers (MG0184), Series 2, Object ID, LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania. URL if applicable. Date accessed (day, month, year).

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Other Numbers: MG-184, Series 2

Other Number: MG-184, Series 2, Folder 8, Insert 3, Item 2

Classification: MG0184

Description Level: Item

Custodial History: Added to database 3 November 2023.; Digitization of this document was funded by the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, PHMC Appl ID # C980002119, 2021-2024.

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Collection: Thaddeus Stevens Collection

Title: Letter from [M.] Crockett to H. C. Thorban

Object ID: MG0115_P01_F014_In05

Date Range: 1931/03/04

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Collection: Thaddeus Stevens Collection

Title: Letter from [M.] Crockett to H. C. Thorban

Description: Letter from [M.] Crockett, University of Vermont, to H. C. Thorban replying to a request for information about Stevens' college days.

Date Range: 1931/03/04

Creation Date: 4 March 1931

Creator: Crockett, Mathiott

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives South

Storage Wall: Side 03

People: Crockett, Mathiott; Stevens, Thaddeus; Thorban, H. Clifton

Subjects: Letters

Search Terms: Correspondence; Letters; Stevens and Smith Center

Extent: 1 item, 4 pages to scan

Object Name: Letter

Language: English

Object ID: MG0115_P01_F014_In05

Location of Originals: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania

Related Item Notes: Thaddeus Stevens Collection (MG0115_P01) https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/fc4d62c6-ef85-4f0f-bfb8-361140325885

Notes: Preferred Citation: Title or description of item, date (day, month, year), Thaddeus Stevens Collection (MG0115), Part 1, Folder # or Object ID, LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania. URL if applicable. Date accessed (day, month, year).

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Other Numbers: MG-115

Other Number: MG-115, Part 1, Folder 14, Insert 5

Classification: MG0115

Description Level: Item

Custodial History: Added to database 13 November 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: Yeates, Lancaster County Historical Society Collection

Title: Yeates, Lancaster County Historical Society Collection

Object ID: MG0205

Date Range: 1699-1934

Ledger Collection, Series 10 Estate Records on 20 March 2009. Folder 36 Restricted access—please use transcription in the library. Letter copybook of Jasper Yeates. Contains copies of his correspondence to friends, family members and colleagues13 and is indexed. The letters are on a variety of topics as

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Collection: Yeates, Lancaster County Historical Society Collection

Title: Yeates, Lancaster County Historical Society Collection

Description: Yeates, Lancaster County Historical Society Collection provides insight into the Yeates family, local social history, and details of legal business from 1743-1870. These documents have been collected by the Lancaster County Historical Society over many years. Collection includes letters, receipts, articles, eviction notice, advertisement, estate inventories, wills, deeds, treaty, court transcript, drawings, photographs, copy of house plan, post road distances, daybook, letter book, catalog of books in Jasper Yeates' library, and an alphabetical catalog of law books.

Date Range: 1699-1934

Year Range From: 1699

Year Range To: 1934

Date of Accumulation: 1699-1934

Creator: LancasterHistory (Organization)

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives South

Storage Wall: Side 05

People: Atkinson, Matthew; Bausman, William; Bond, Phineas; Bowman, Valentine; Bradford, W.; Brien, Edward; Burd, Edward; Carson, John; Coates, Samuel; Conyngham, David; Conyngham, Elizabeth Yeates; Conyngham, Redmond; Dallas, George M.; Davis, Jonathan; Davison, Benjamin; Dickey, Robert; Duncannon, Thomas; Edward, Thomas; Erter, Henry; Ewing, John; Ferguson, John; Fohren, Michael; Gibson, John; Gillchrist, John; Godcharles, Frederic A.; Graff, Conrad; Gregg, Andrew; Grubb, Peter; Hamilton, Charles; Hamilton, James; Hamilton, John; Hamilton, William; Hand, Edward; Hand, Jasper; Hayes, A. L.; Henry, John; Hess, David; Jago, John; Javin, William; Keeportz, Daniel; Kittera, William; Kremer, Philip; Krug, Jacob; Kurtz, William; Lindsay, William; Loudersmith, Wendel; Lyon, Joseph Barnet; Magaw, David; Marshall, J.; McClellan, John; McKean, Thomas; Millar, John; Miller, Michael; Minich, Henry; Muhlenberg, William Augustus; Nesbitt, John; Nissley, Martin; Ord, John; Philips, David; Postlethwaite, John; Poultney, Thomas; Price, Eli K.; Probst, John; Ramsey, Robert; Rawle, William; Riegart, Adam; Rine, Widow; Ross, George; Ross, J.; Scott, James; Sergeant, Thomas; Shippen, Edward; Shippen, Evans Wallis; Shippen, Robert; Simpson, John; Smith, Charles; Smith, Mary Yeates; Stein, Charles; Steinman, Fredrick; Stevenson, Henry; Stewart, Charles; Sturmii, Johannis Christophorus; Thomas, John; Tilghman, Benjamin C.; Tilghman, E.; Tilghman, Edward; Tilghman, William; Tilghman, William B.; Towson, William; Underwood, John; Wallace, George; Wallace, William; Waln, Nicholas; Warden, J.; White, William; Wickersham, Elijah; Willson, Samuel; Yeates, Catharine; Yeates, Jasper; Yeates, Jasper, Jr.; Yeates, John, Jr.; Yeates, John, Sr.; Yeates, Margaret; Yeates, Sarah Burd "Sally"; Zantzinger, Paul

Subjects: Business records; Deeds; Family records; Law libraries; Letters; Library catalogs; Wills

Search Terms: Business records; Correspondence; Deeds; Family records; Finding aids; Letters; Manuscript groups; Wills

Extent: 6 boxes, 49 folders, 13 books, 6 cubic ft.

Object Name: Archive

Language: English

Object ID: MG0205

Location of Originals: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania

Copies: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania

Related Item Notes: Yeates, Aungst Collection (MG0206); Yeates, Carson Collection (MG0207); George M. Steinman Collection (MG0184); Jasper Yeates Colonial Law Library; Objects in the Curatorial Collection

Notes: Preferred Citation: Title or description of item, date (day, month, year), Yeates, Lancaster County Historical Society Collection (MG0205), Folder #, LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.

Access Conditions / Restrictions: Restrictions noted at the item level. The letter copybooks in Folders 31 and 36 are restricted--please use the transcriptions available in the library.

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-205

Classification: MG0205

Description Level: Fonds

Custodial History: Folders 1-34 and Books 1-2 were processed and finding aid prepared prior to 1997. Added to PP on 26 March 2022.

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Collection: Frank R. Diffenderffer Collection

Title: Frank R. Diffenderffer Collection

Object ID: MG0166

Date Range: 1738-1920

. Muhlenberg, Reading to his uncle Dr. F. A. Muhlenberg, Lancaster with reference to will of Rev. G. H. E. Muhlenberg. 1846. Insert 11 Statement of John Warfel, Recorder of Deeds, regarding mortgage against James Cameron. 1837. Folder 16 Letters, Receipt Insert 1 Letter. Thomas Doyle, Cincinnati to Adam

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Collection: Frank R. Diffenderffer Collection

Title: Frank R. Diffenderffer Collection

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

System of Arrangement: Collection retains original arrangement.

Date Range: 1738-1920

Year Range From: 1738

Year Range To: 1920

Date of Accumulation: 1738-1920

Creator: Diffenderffer, Frank Ried, 1833-1921

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives South

Storage Wall: Side 04

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

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

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

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

Object Name: Archive

Language: English

Object ID: MG0166

Location of Originals: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania

Notes: Preferred Citation: Frank R. Diffenderfer Collection (MG0166), Folder #, LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.

Access Conditions / Restrictions: No restrictions.

Copyright: Collection may not be photocopied. Please direct questions to Research Center Staff at research@lancasterhistory.org.; Permission for reproduction and/or publication must be obtained in writing from LancasterHistory.

Credit: Courtesy of LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.

Accession Number: 1964.013

Other Numbers: MG-166

Classification: MG0166

Description Level: Fonds

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

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Collection: Adam Reigart Jr., John S. Murphy Collection

Title: Adam Reigart Jr., John S. Murphy Collection

Object ID: MG0331

Date Range: 1762-2003

8 Scope and Content Note: The Adam Reigart Jr., John S. Murphy Collection contains correspondence between Adam Reigart, Jr. in Lancaster and Philip Wager in Philadelphia and their families. The letters are primarily from the early nineteenth century and provide information about family illness

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Collection: Adam Reigart Jr., John S. Murphy Collection

Title: Adam Reigart Jr., John S. Murphy Collection

Description: The Adam Reigart Jr., John S. Murphy Collection contains correspondence between Adam Reigart, Jr. in Lancaster and Philip Wager in Philadelphia and their families. The letters are primarily from the early nineteenth century and provide information about family illness, travel, visits, business, and family chatter. The receipts and invoices show purchases made in Lancaster and Philadelphia, especially clothing, fabric, dry goods, and meat. The remainder of the collection is made up of newspaper articles, books, and an album of poetry and drawings. The items were housed in a gig trunk which is now in the museum collection.

Admin/Biographical History: Adam Reigart, Jr. (1765-1844) was born in Lancaster. He was the eldest son of Col. Adam Reigart, owner of the Grape Tavern which served as general headquarters during the Revolutionary War. Adam Jr. founded the Reigart Wine Store in 1785 and was in business with Philip Wager in Philadelphia and Philip's son Peter throughout his career. He was the first president of the Lancaster branch of the Bank of Pennsylvania, and was involved with the Conestoga Navigation Company and the Union Fire Company.; Adam Jr. married Mary Magdalena Wager (1772-1806) in 1791. Mary was the daughter of Philip Wager, a Philadelphia wine merchant. They had eight daughters and a son. Susan married Stephen C. Slaymaker and Margaretta married Henry Y. Slaymaker.

Date Range: 1762-2003

Year Range From: 1762

Year Range To: 2003

Date of Accumulation: 1762-2003

Creator: Murphy, John Slaughter, 1921-2011

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives South

Storage Wall: Side 08

People: Arnold, Benedict; Baker, W.; Bare, Jacob; Blight, Peter; Boughter, Charles; Breidenhart, George; Brien, Edward; Brown, Luke; Butter, Charles; Cassidy, Edward; Clarke, John; Clendenin, Samuel; Coleman, Edward; Coleman, William; Edwards, Susanna; Ehler, John; Fisher, Sammy; Fox, Sam M.; Frey, John; Gaskill, Edmund; Gay, Edward F.; Getz, John; Givens, John; Graeff, George; Greland, D.; Hahn, B. Christian; Harrison, George; Haverstick, William; Hopkins, A. R.; Hopkins, Ann; Houston, James; Hubley, Frederick; Hubley, Joseph; Hultzheimer, N.; Hyde, Charles; Irving, Robert; Jack, Joshua; Kauffman, Jacob; King, George; Kirkpatrick, William; Kline, Jacob; Lane, John; Leiper, George G.; Lowry, Robert; Lowry, Robert K.; Mayer, George Louis; Metzger, Emanuel; Metzger, George; Metzger, Jacob; Miller, Barbara; Miller, Henry; Miller, Martin; Miller, Philip; Montgomery, William; Morris, John; Mosher, Joseph; Murphy, John Slaughter; Myer, John; Myers, John; Newlin, Nathaniel; Nice, Levi; Nimrod, Maxwell; Ogilby, Joseph; Otto, Jacob S.; Otto, John C.; Pennington, Edward; Peters, Abraham; Phinney, Zina; Price, Joseph; Price, Richard; Reigart, Adam; Reigart, Adam, Jr.; Reigart, Ann; Reigart, Emanuel; Reigart, Henrietta; Reigart, Maria Wager; Reigart, Mary; Reigart, Mary C.; Reigart, Philip Wager; Reigart, Susan; Rimfast, John; Sample, Joseph; Schaubel, Johannis; Sener, Samuel Miller; Sewell, Charles S.; Shaeffer, Jacob; Shenk, Abraham; Shenk, Christian; Shippen, Peggy; Singer, A.; Slaymaker, Henry Edwin; Slaymaker, Mary Steele; Slaymaker, Stephen Cochran; Smith, Ann; Smith, Anthony; Smith, Ralph; Stein, Philip; Steinman, George; Stewart, William; Sullivan, Susannah; Wager, George; Wager, Hannah; Wager, James; Wager, Mary; Wager, Peter; Wager, Philip H.; Wager, Sally; Wager, Sophia; Wager, William; Walsh, Christopher; Wentz, Thomas; Wertz, Christian; Wharton, Charles; Whitaker, George; Whitaker, John; Wimer, Michael; Winroth, Margaret; Witmer, David; Woodmund, William; Yeiser, Philip

Other Creators: Reigart family

Subjects: Clippings (Books, newspapers, etc.); Invoices; Letters; Obituaries; Receipts (Acknowledgments)

Search Terms: Adam Reigart and Son; Albums; Bethlehem, Pennsylvania; Boston, Massachusetts; Brenner and Reed; Cambridge, Massachusetts; Cape May, New Jersey; Charles C. and J. Watson; Christ Church Burial Ground; Cincinnati, Ohio; Clippings (Books, newspapers, etc.); Correspondence; Delaware; Dixon Walker and Company; Earp and Brothers; Finding aids; Grape Hotel; Greene County, New York; H. Behlen and Company; Illnesses; Invoices; J. Walker and Company; John Warden and Sons; Kentucky; Lancaster; Lancaster County Almshouse; Lancaster Bar Association; Lancaster Intelligencer; Lancaster Journal; Lancaster New Era; Lancaster Sunday News; Lane Slaymaker and Company; Letters; London, England; Lower Windsor Twp., York County, Pennsylvania; Lowry and Myers; Luzerne County, Pennsylvania; Manuscript groups; Margaretta Furnace; Marietta Bank; Morning News; Mount Auburn Cemetery; New York, New York; Newspaper clippings; Obituaries; Ohio; Pennsylvania German Society; Pensacola, Florida; Peter Wager and Company; Philadelphia Inquirer; Pratt and Kintzing; Race Street; Receipts; Reeve's Tavern; South Carolina; Southwark, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Spain; St. James Episcopal Church; Union Fire Company; Vintners; Wager and Company; Washington Fire Company; West Point Military Academy; William Noyes and Company; Wine merchants; York Springs Boarding House; York Springs, York County, Pennsylvania; York, York County, Pennsylvania

Extent: 2 boxes, 35 folders, 1.5 cubic ft.

Object Name: Archive

Language: English

Object ID: MG0331

Location of Originals: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania

Related Item Notes: Gig trunk (2003.078); Adam Reigart Collection (MG0122)

Notes: Preferred Citation: Title or description of item, date (day, month, year), Adam Reigart Jr., John S. Murphy Collection (MG0331), Folder #, LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.

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.

Accession Number: 2003.078

Other Numbers: MG-331

Classification: MG0331

Description Level: Fonds

Custodial History: Processed and finding aid created by KR. Added to database 8 March 2022.

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Collection: Mayor James H. Ross Collection

Title: Mayor James H. Ross Collection

Object ID: MG0058

Date Range: 1933-1937

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Collection: Mayor James H. Ross Collection

Title: Mayor James H. Ross Collection

Description: The Mayor James H. Ross Collection documents Ross's political career from 1933-1937. James Ross, a businessman and civic leader, served as mayor of Lancaster from 1934-1938. The collection consists primarily of correspondence and a scrapbook. The letters are related to his mayoral election and responsibilities, the James H. Ross Ready to Wear Department Store, and personal matters. The scrapbook, compiled by his wife, contains information about his political career, the department store, and other local merchants, and provides a good background on the housing issues that threatened Lancaster City. The collection gives a fragmented picture of life in Lancaster in the 1930s, including commercial transactions, the Depression, religious charitable organizations, politics, and the Democratic Party.

Admin/Biographical History: James H. Ross was born in Green County, Ohio. When he was six, Ross's family moved to Monroe County, West Virginia where he attended school until he was seventeen. His family moved back to Ohio where he finished his schooling at Bowersville High School. After graduating, Ross moved to Lancaster, Pennsylvania and began working for M. T. Garvin & Co. Ross left M. T. Garvin & Co. in 1928 and established his own store, James H. Ross Ready to Wear Department Store, in December of that same year. James H. Ross was elected Mayor of Lancaster as a Democrat in 1934.

Date Range: 1933-1937

Year Range From: 1933

Year Range To: 1937

Date of Accumulation: 1933-1937

Creator: Ross, James Hubert, 1875-1962

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives South

Storage Wall: Side 02

People: Ross, James Hubert; Ross, Ethel E. Dietrich; Roosevelt, Franklin Delano

Other Creators: Ross, Ethel E. Dietrich, 1892-1977

Subjects: Business records; Clippings (Books, newspapers, etc.); Lancaster (Pa.)--Politics and government; Letters; Local elections; Local taxation; Mayors--Pennsylvania--Lancaster County; Photographs; Scrapbooks; Speeches, addresses, etc.

Search Terms: Business records; Clippings (Books, newspapers, etc.); Correspondence; Elections; James H. Ross Ready to Wear Department Store; Letters; Milton J. Brecht Elementary School; Mayors; Newspaper clippings; Politics; Schools; Scrapbooks; Speeches; Taxes; Unitarian Universalist Church of Lancaster; Wheatland; Young Men's Democratic Club; Manuscript groups; Finding aids

Extent: 2 boxes, 10 folders, 1 scrapbook, 1 cubic ft.

Object Name: Archive

Language: English

Object ID: MG0058

Location of Originals: LancasterHistory

Access Conditions / Restrictions: Please make an appointment with the Research Center staff at Research@LancasterHistory.org to view the scrapbook.

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-58

Classification: MG0058

Description Level: Fonds

Custodial History: Scrapbook, Career of James Ross, Former Merchant and Mayor, was previously housed in the Scrapbook Collection, Book 121. Scrapbook, Career of James Ross, Former Merchant and Mayor, was cataloged and preserved with funding from the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, ME60112, 2007-2008.

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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: Andrew J. Steinman Collection

Title: Andrew J. Steinman Collection

Object ID: MG0066

Date Range: 1833-1937

James P. Barr, 27 March 1876 James P. Barr, 31 March 1876 Folder 39 Political Correspondence, April - September 1876 Insert 1 Letter about D. Borlian, 4 April 1876 Insert 2 Daniel Emertrout, 4 April 1876 Daniel Emertrout, 4 April 1876 Insert 3 Letters of A. L. Rounsport, 17 August 1876, 20 August 1876

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Collection: Andrew J. Steinman Collection

Title: Andrew J. Steinman Collection

Description: The Andrew J. Steinman Collection contains the personal and business papers of Andrew J. Steinman, the Steinman family, and John M. Hale. Andrew was a lawyer; his wife was the daughter of John M. Hale, also a lawyer. This collection is comprised of correspondence, legal papers, and financial records.

Date Range: 1833-1937

Year Range From: 1833

Year Range To: 1937

Date of Accumulation: 1833-1937

Creator: Steinman family

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives South

Storage Wall: Side 02

People: Hale, John M.; Steinman, Andrew Jackson

Subjects: Invoices; Lawyers; Legal documents; Letters; Receipts (Acknowledgments)

Search Terms: Correspondence; Correspondence, Legal; Finding aids; Invoices; Lawyers; Legal correspondence; Legal documents; Legal papers; Letters; Manuscript groups; Receipts

Extent: 4 boxes, 101 folders, 2 cubic ft.

Object Name: Archive

Language: English

Object ID: MG0066

Location of Originals: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania

Related Item Notes: George Steinman Papers (MG0184); Steinman Family Business Records (MG0563); See the Curatorial Collection; See the Photograph Collection

Notes: Preferred Citation: Title or description of item, date (day, month, year), Collection Title (MG#), Box #, Folder #, (or Object ID), LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.; This collection may have been a gift of Mrs. Buller, 21 October 1966.

Access Conditions / Restrictions: Original documents may be used--contact Research@LancasterHistory.org prior to visit or request at the 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.

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Other Numbers: MG-66

Classification: MG0066

Description Level: Fonds

Custodial History: Originally processed prior to 1997. Finding aid revised by PW; typed by KR, Winter 2012. Added to database 26 December 2023.

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Collection: Samuel R. Slaymaker II, White Chimneys Collection, Series 2

Title: Samuel R. Slaymaker II, White Chimneys Collection, Series 2

Object ID: MG0268_S02

Date Range: 1759-1928

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Collection: Samuel R. Slaymaker II, White Chimneys Collection, Series 2

Title: Samuel R. Slaymaker II, White Chimneys Collection, Series 2

Description: The Samuel R. Slaymaker II, White Chimneys Collection, Series 2 was carefully curated by Mr. Slaymaker and contains papers dating from the mid-eighteenth century to the early twentieth century. This series is primarily composed of correspondence related to business, railroads, legal affairs, and personal matters. The personal letters are rich in details of social history and genealogy. Legal documents include estate papers for the Fleming, Slaymaker, Leech, and Boyd families. The remaining documents include land surveys, receipts, tickets, accounts, bonds, and wills.

System of Arrangement: The Samuel R. Slaymaker II, White Chimneys Collection is divided into six series according to the original order; Series 1, 2 and 4 have been cataloged and are available for research.; Series 1 Trunk: SRS I and Minnie; Series 2 Document Boxes; Series 3 Family Papers; Series 4 Museum Cases and Metal Box; Series 5 Slaymaker Lock Company Records; Series 6 Papers of Samuel R. Slaymaker II

Date Range: 1759-1928

Year Range From: 1759

Year Range To: 1928

Date of Accumulation: 1759-1928

Creator: Slaymaker, Samuel Redsecker, 1923-1989

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives South

Storage Wall: Side 07

People: Slaymaker, Amos; Slaymaker, Henry Fleming; Slaymaker, Minnie Louise Cohr; Slaymaker, Samuel Cochran, 1828-1894; Slaymaker, Samuel Redsecker

Other Creators: Slaymaker family

Subjects: African Americans--History; Business records; Court records; Deeds; Family records; Invitation cards; Legal documents; Letters; Postmasters; Railroads--Pennsylvania; Railroads--Records and correspondence; Real property surveys--Pennsylvania; Kinzers (Pa.); Lancaster County (Pa.); Salisbury (Lancaster County, Pa. : Township)

Search Terms: Accounts; Business records; Columbia Store; Correspondence; Court records; Deeds; Enslaved persons; Family records; Finding aids; Invitations; Kinzers, Paradise Twp.; Legal documents; Letters; Manuscript groups; Persons of color; Philadelphia and Reading Railroad Company; Postmasters; Railroads; Railroads, Records and correspondence; Reading and Chesapeake Railroad; Reading and Columbia Railroad Company; Reading, Lancaster and Baltimore Railroad; Real property surveys; Receipts; Salisbury Twp.; White Chimneys; Wilmington and Reading Railroad

Extent: 7 boxes, 113 folders, 3.5 cubic ft.

Object Name: Archive

Language: English

Object ID: MG0268_S02

Location of Originals: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania

Related Item Notes: See also Photograph and Object Collections

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).

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.

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Other Numbers: MG-268, Series 2

Classification: MG0268

Description Level: Series

Custodial History: Added to database 8 August 2022.; Much of this series was microfilmed by the Pennsylvania State Archives. The microfilmed items are noted within the finding aid and the microfilm is available in LancasterHistory's Research Center.

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Collection: United Steel Workers Union, Local 285, Records

Title: United Steel Workers Union, Local 285, Records

Object ID: MG0514

Date Range: 1934-1990

, Local 285, Records (MG0514), Folder #, LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania. �230 North President Avenue • Lancaster, Pennsylvania 17603-3125 717.392.4633 • www.LancasterHistory.org Subject Headings: Business records Labor unions Labor unions--Records and correspondence Letters Minutes (Records

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Collection: United Steel Workers Union, Local 285, Records

Title: United Steel Workers Union, Local 285, Records

Description: The United Steel Workers Union, Local 285, Records contain minutes of union meetings, negotiations with Armstrong Cork Company and Kerr Group, Inc., publications of Local 285 and Armstrong, correspondence with national union representatives, union flyers and other documents related to labor issues and strikes at Armstrong.

Date Range: 1934-1990

Year Range From: 1934

Year Range To: 1990

Date of Accumulation: 1934-1990

Creator: United Steelworkers of America. Local 285 (Lancaster, Pa.)

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives South

Storage Wall: Side 11

Subjects: Business records; Labor unions; Labor unions--Records and correspondence; Letters; Minutes (Records); Newsletters; United Steelworkers of America. Local 285 (Lancaster, Pa.)

Search Terms: Armstrong Cork Company; Business records; Correspondence; Finding aids; Kerr Group, Inc.; Labor unions; Letters; Manuscript groups; Minutes; Newsletters; United Steel Workers Union, Local 285

Extent: 8 boxes, 206 folders, 6 cubic ft.

Object Name: Archive

Language: English

Object ID: MG0514

Location of Originals: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania

Related Item Notes: Armstrong World Industries Collection (MG0032); Kerr Group, Inc. and Armstrong Cork Company Architectural Drawings, 1916-1992 (MG0372); Photograph Collection

Notes: This finding aid is a box list showing folder titles in order to make the collection available to researchers. The documents within the folders have not yet been cataloged at the item level. LancasterHistory replaced the folders with acid-free archival folders and retained the original folder titles. The newsletters, Local 285 Spotlight and Floor Plant Journal, were organized and placed in folders.; Preferred Citation: Title or description of item, date (day, month, year), United Steel Workers Union, Local 285, Records (MG0514), Folder #, LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.

Access Conditions / Restrictions: This collection is not fully cataloged, but may be used by appointment. Please contact research@lancasterhistory.org at least two weeks prior to visit.

Copyright: Collection may not be photocopied. Please direct questions to Research Center Staff at research@LancasterHistory.org.; Permission for reproduction and/or publication must be obtained in writing from LancasterHistory.

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Accession Number: 2009.MG0514

Other Numbers: MG-514

Classification: MG0514

Description Level: Fonds

Custodial History: Box list prepared by FM, 2010. Added to database 12 March 2022.

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Collection: General Thomas Welsh Family Papers

Title: General Thomas Welsh Family Papers, Series F Miscellaneous Family Papers

Object ID: MG0828_SeriesF

Date Range: 1815-1938

Collection: General Thomas Welsh Family Papers

Title: General Thomas Welsh Family Papers, Series F Miscellaneous Family Papers

Description: The General Thomas Welsh Family Papers, Series F is a collection of documents, newspapers, and newspaper clippings that covers the years 1815 through 1929, as well as genealogy and ephemera from the Welsh family Bible from 1850 through 1938. The series also includes two scrapbooks - the first contains articles from the late nineteenth century pertaining to Thomas Welsh and his family; the second contains newspaper articles and ephemera related to Thomas Welsh and his family from 1854 through 1936.

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: 1815-1938

Creation Date: 1815-1938

Year Range From: 1815

Year Range To: 1938

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: Condolence notes; Letters; Genealogy; United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865; Mexican War, 1846-1848

Search Terms: Condolence notes; Letters; Correspondence; Mexican War; Genealogy; Civil War

Extent: 35 folders

Object Name: Archive

Language: English

Condition: Poor to excellent

Condition Date: 2020-12-29

Parent Object ID: MG0828

Object ID: MG0828_SeriesF

Notes: Added to PP 12/29/2020 by HST; Provenance: 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.; In Boxes 1 and 2

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.

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Classification: MG0828

Description Level: Series

Custodial History: Folders 1-35 organized by Richard C. Wiggin prior to donation.

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Collection: Haldeman Family Papers and Business Records

Title: Haldeman Family Papers and Business Records

Object ID: MG0736

Date Range: 1814-1957

South, Side 15 Scope and Content Note: The Haldeman Family Papers and Business Records collection contains correspondence between various members of the Haldeman family—the majority of which were sent or received by Samuel Haldeman or his daughter Eliza. The first sets of letters are between Samuel’s

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Collection: Haldeman Family Papers and Business Records

Title: Haldeman Family Papers and Business Records

Description: The Haldeman Family Papers and Business Records collection contains correspondence between various members of the Haldeman family-the majority of which were sent or received by Samuel Haldeman or his daughter Eliza. The first sets of letters are between Samuel's parents and other family and acquaintances, then progress to Samuel and his family. The content includes Paris Haldeman's life during the California gold rush; Eliza's studies in Philadelphia and France; the Civil War; Carsten Haldeman's severe throat illness; and Samuel's travels throughout Europe. The letters span from 1814 to 1883. Mentioned in many of the letters to and from Eliza is her friend Mary Cassatt, an American Impressionist artist. As for the letters sent by Samuel, their content tends to be extremely detailed, sending home as good a description of his travels as he could with locations ranging from Philadelphia to Pompeii. Also included in the collection are several newspaper clippings concerning the Haldeman mansion and Chickies Rock as well as a ledger from the E. Haldeman and Co. furnaces at Chickies.

Admin/Biographical History: Samuel Steman Haldeman (1812-1880) born at the mansion in Bainbridge on August 12, 1812, was the oldest of seven children of Henry Haldeman (1787-1849) and his wife Frances Steman (1794-1826). His father, who appreciated culture, endeavored to foster a love of learning in his children. His mother, an accomplished musician, died when Samuel was fourteen years of age.; Samuel was educated in the public schools, at the classical academy in Harrisburg and at Dickinson College, Carlisle, PA. He found college routine irksome and left after two years at the age of eighteen saying, "I cannot learn from others, I must see for myself." Thereafter he educated himself by attending lectures, recording observations of bird habits, learning to stuff birds and mammals from a traveling Methodist minister, resulting in a large collection of specimens in natural history and also a scientific and linguistic library.; As a child Haldeman had a penchant for collecting specimens from nature and Native American stone implements found on and near the mansion site, keeping them in his own museum. His collection included skeletons of rabbits, opossums, muskrats, and field mice, which he prepared by boiling the carcasses. It also included fresh-water shells from both banks of the Susquehanna River and its islands. A letter from Samuel to a friend, dated 1844, says, "I collected shells on the banks of the Susquehanna long before I knew the meaning of genus and species." We'll see later what an influence these early shell-collecting days on the Susquehanna River had on Haldeman's scientific scholarship.; After his marriage in 1835 to Mary A. Hough of Bainbridge, he moved to a new residence at the base of Chickies Rock, Marietta. Not only did he design the stately home built by his father, he laid out the grounds with native specimens of trees and shrubs gathered from the surrounding woods, and some foreign varieties, all of which were planted with his own hands.; Not having a particular fondness for business, he continued his studies of nature, but did assist his father in a saw mill and later became a silent partner in the iron business with his brothers. He wrote articles on anthracite furnaces for Silliman's Journal, and contributed sound and practical suggestions for improvements to both the mill business and construction of the blast furnace.; At the age of twenty-three, Samuel contributed to the Lancaster Journal an article refuting Locke's "Moon Hoax". From then on, his life was devoted to science. For forty-five years he spent most of the time in his library, many times working sixteen hours a day. In 1836, Professor Haldeman became an assistant on the State geological survey of New Jersey, and was later transferred to a similar position in Pennsylvania. During extensive geological work, he discovered a new genus and species of fossil plant. Geology did not engross his whole attention, as he was now busy collecting and studying shells, and made substantial contributions in this field through an expertly illustrated massive work of copperplate engravings, drawn and colored from the original shells and living animals. This was finished in 1845.; One professional association of Samuel Haldeman during this period of 1840 to 1850 is particularly significant for his scientific development as well as for the development of American science. In 1844 he became a member of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, a fledgling organization just beginning to function. At the request of this organization, he prepared a paper entitled "Enumeration of the Recent Freshwater Mollusk Which are Common to North America and Europe, with Observations on Species and their Distribution." Fifteen years later, an obscure British scientist had the following to say about this paper, "In 1843-44 professor Haldeman (Boston Journal of Natural History, United States, Vol. IV, pg. 468) has ably given the arguments for and against the hypothesis of the development and modification of species: he seems to lean towards the side of change." This scientist was Charles Darwin and he was writing in the preface to his Origin of Species, one of the most influential and controversial science books ever published. Samuel was said to have been the only American Naturalist with whom Charles Darwin corresponded, and whose opinion Darwin regarded as authoritative."; Samuel continued to write important and prize-winning essays and articles in philology, phonography, ethnology, natural history, and archaeology. His writings in all fields of science are literally innumberable, with well over one hundred articles on such scientific subjects as conchology and crustacea (the study of mollusks and shells), entomology (the study of insects), arachnidae (the study of spiders), annelids (the study of earthworms, leeches and related animals ), geology, chemistry and archeology.; He became professor of zoology at Franklin Institute of Philadelphia in 1841; chemist and geologist of the Pennsylvania Agricultural Society in 1852; professor of natural history at the University of Pennsylvania from 1850-1853; and the same position at Delaware College at Newark, Delaware from 1855-1858; and professor of comparative philology at the University of Pennsylvania from 1876 until the time of his death. This university conferred upon him the degree of Doctor of Laws. Professor Haldeman was among the first to undertake the spelling reform of English words. He corresponded with Noah Webster, who credited him with many words and definitions in his dictionary, also contributing to Worchester's Dictionary, the National Dictionary, and Johnson's Cyclopedia. He studied the languages of our Indian tribes, and of various nations and tribes of other parts of the world. He considered his most outstanding accomplishments to have been his investigations in philology (the study of the evolution of speech sounds).; Dr. Haldeman was elected to twenty-eight honorary scientific societies, both in this country and abroad. With others, he formed the Entomological Society of Pennsylvania and was president of the American Philological Association. Letters of inquiry from all parts of the world came across his desk; publishers asking opinions of books; writers begging information; teachers with a pronunciation to be settled; naturalists forwarding packages of shells, insects, or minerals for identification; farmers and others sending clays to be analyzed; requests for lectures; requests for data from scientific newspaper articles; request for reviews from editors, and so on.; Samuel Steman Haldeman died on September 10, 1880 at the age of sixty-eight, at his study table, of heart paralysis. He left a wife, two sons, and two daughters. He is buried beside his wife in the Haldeman family plot in the Marietta Cemetery. At a meeting of scientists following his death, this remark was made of him, "He was no ordinary man whom you might compliment with a passing respectful obituary notice - in science and letters he was a great man." - HMPS Records www.haldeman-mansion.org/samuelstemanhaldeman.htm; The biographical information was provided by the Haldeman Mansion Preservation Society. www.haldeman-mansion.org

Date Range: 1814-1957

Creation Date: 1814-1957

Year Range From: 1814

Year Range To: 1957

Creator: Haldeman family

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives South

Storage Wall: Side 15

People: Haldeman, Samuel Steman; Figyelmessy, Elisa Jacobean Haldeman; Haldeman, Henry; Haldeman, Paris; Haldeman, Mary Ann Hough; Haldeman, Carsten N.; Haldeman, Victor Macholski; Haldeman, Horace; Haldeman, Preston Elder; Black, Mira H.; Black, Harry "Pep" Crawford; Figyelmessy, Loyos Philip Haldeman; Cassatt, Mary Stevenson; Solis-Cohen, Jacob da Silva

Subjects: Business records; Letters

Search Terms: Letters; Correspondence; Business records; Manuscript groups; Finding aids

Extent: 1 box, 73 folders, 291 items, 1,115 pages to scan, .5 cubic foot

Object Name: Archive

Language: English

Object ID: MG0736

Location of Originals: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania

Associated Material: Haldeman Mansion Preservation Society https://www.haldeman-mansion.org/

Related Item Notes: Curatorial Collection; S. S. Haldeman Papers, MG0344

Notes: The following notes, including a partial Haldeman Family tree, document only those who authored and/or received the letters:; Henry Haldeman (18 Dec 1787 - 21 Mar 1849); m. (1) Francis Steman (1 Mar 1794 - 15 Feb 1826) on 1811; Children: Samuel Steman Haldeman; Horace Haldeman; m. (2) Margaret Armstrong (15 Aug 1804 - 17 May 1867) on 1830; Children: Paris Haldeman; Samuel Steman Haldeman (12 Aug 1812 - 10 Sep 1880); m. Mary Ann Hough (12 Dec 1812 - 6 Jul 1883) on 1835; Children: Carsten N. Haldeman (13 Oct 1837 - 14 Apr 1892); Eliza (Itty) Jacobean Haldeman (5 Nov 1843 - 10-Dec 1910); Frances H. Haldeman (9 May 1840 - 20 Oct 1904); Victor M. Haldeman (29 Jul 1854 - 12 Aug 1924); Horace Haldeman (14 Aug 1820 - 10 Sep 1883); m. Annie Breneman Haines (1823 - 16 Jan 1892); Paris Haldeman (30 Jan 1831 - 13 Aug 1893); Preston Elder Haldeman was Eliza Haldeman's cousin; Mira/Myra H. Black (1847-1895) and her brother Harry (Pep) Crawford Black (14 Mar 1846 - 22 Mar 1921) were second cousins to Eliza Haldeman.; Loyos Philip Haldeman Figyelmessy (2 Sep 1877 - 8 Apr 1889) was Eliza Haldeman's son. Eliza was married to Col. Philip Figyelmessy (1822-1907).; Mary S. Cassatt (May 22, 1844 - June 14, 1926) was an American painter and printmaker. She lived much of her adult life in France, where she first befriended Edgar Degas and later exhibited among the Impressionists. Cassatt often created images of the social and private lives of women, with particular emphasis on the intimate bonds between mothers and children. She was a close friend of Eliza Haldeman.; J. Solis-Cohen had a private medical practice in Philadelphia, where he concentrated on diseases of the throat and chest. www.collegeofphysicians.org

Access Conditions / Restrictions: No restrictions.

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Accession Number: 2014.MG0736

Other Numbers: MG-736

Classification: MG0736

Description Level: Fonds

Custodial History: The letters and record book in this collection were kept by Eliza Haldeman and later sold by her son, S. Haldeman Figyelmessy, to his cousin and the donor's father, Guy K. Haldeman.; Processed and finding aid prepared by RR and SM in Summer and Fall 2015; and SW in Spring 2016. Added to database 23 May 2021.

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Collection: William J. Buch Papers

Title: William J. Buch Papers

Object ID: MG0658

Date Range: 1917-1958

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Collection: William J. Buch Papers

Title: William J. Buch Papers

Description: The William J. Buch Papers contains photographs, scrapbook pages, and personal letters to and from William J. Buch, also known as Joe. Several letters and items pertain to his likeness to Franklin D. Roosevelt, including correspondence with the White House and the Franklin D. Roosevelt Library. Other items include documents and photographs of his service in World War I, Lancaster County boxers, and his son's World War II service.

Admin/Biographical History: William "Joe" Buch served in World War I. He founded Buch's Pharmacy at the corner of Charlotte and King Streets in Lancaster, Pa. and later ventured into the sporting goods business. Mr. Buch was known as a Franklin D. Roosevelt double and wrote often to offer support to the President. Mr. Buch was very active in the local and state Democratic Party. He posed as Roosevelt's twin at many political events. More information is available in Folder 17.

Date Range: 1917-1958

Year Range From: 1917

Year Range To: 1958

Date of Accumulation: 1917-1958

Creator: Buch, Stanley Jay, 1924-2016

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives South

Storage Wall: Side 13

People: Bowman, Lester; Brodbeck, Andrew R.; Buch, Stanley Jay; Buch, William Joseph "Joe"; Cantor, Eddie; Gott, Peter; Graves, David Bibb; Hauck, Johnny; Nutt, Carl; Roosevelt, Franklin Delano; Smythe, J. Henry, Jr.; Wise, Robert P.

Other Creators: Buch, William Joseph, 1893-1962

Subjects: Boxers (Sports); Clippings (Books, newspapers, etc.); Democratic Party (U.S.); Drugstores; Letters; Lookalikes; Pharmacists; Scrapbooks; Veterans; World War, 1914-1918; World War, 1939-1945

Search Terms: Boxers (Sports); Buch's Drug Store; Clippings (Books, newspapers, etc.); Correspondence; Democratic Party; Drugstores; Finding aids; Letters; Manuscript groups; Newspaper clippings; Pharmacies; Pharmacists; Photographs; Veterans; World War I; World War II; WWI; WWII

Extent: 2 boxes, 18 folders, 1 cubic ft.

Object Name: Archive

Language: English

Object ID: MG0658

Location of Originals: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania

Access Conditions / Restrictions: Please use digital images when available.

Copyright: Collection may not be photocopied. Please direct questions to Research Center Staff at research@lancasterhistory.org.; Permission for reproduction and/or publication must be obtained in writing from LancasterHistory.

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Other Numbers: MG-658

Other Number: MG-658

Classification: MG0658

Description Level: Fonds

Custodial History: Processed and finding aid prepared by KB, July 2014. Photographs transferred to the Photograph Collection, 6 October 2017.; Added to database 24 May 2021.

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Collection: Robert C. Price Papers

Title: Robert C. Price Papers

Object ID: MG0724

Date Range: 1842-1895

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Collection: Robert C. Price Papers

Title: Robert C. Price Papers

Description: This collection contains the papers of Robert C. Price. Examples of school assignments and teaching-related ephemera include geometry, poetry, and a preamble to a teachers' society constitution. He was involved with several arbitrations with the Court of Common Pleas of Lancaster County. The personal and business correspondence contains political and religious references.

Admin/Biographical History: Robert C. Price taught at Millersville Normal School.

Date Range: 1842-1895

Creation Date: 1842-1895

Year Range From: 1762

Year Range To: 1855

Creator: Price, Robert C.

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives South

Storage Wall: Side 15

People: Price, Robert C.

Subjects: Letters

Search Terms: Manuscript groups; Finding aids; Letters; Correspondence

Extent: 1 box, 9 folders, .25 cubic ft.

Object Name: Archive

Language: English

Object ID: MG0724

Location of Originals: 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.

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Other Numbers: MG-724

Other Number: MG-724

Classification: MG0724

Description Level: Fonds

Custodial History: Transferred from the Document Collection, 31 May 2014.; Processed and finding aid prepared by PH, July 2014. Added to database 26 May 2021.

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Collection: Adam Reigart Collection

Title: Adam Reigart Collection

Object ID: MG0122

Date Range: 1795-1869

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Collection: Adam Reigart Collection

Title: Adam Reigart Collection

Description: This Reigart family collection contains family papers and items related to Adam Reigart's business. The business items include licenses to sell wines and spirits, postage accounts, financial and legal documents, orders for wines and spirits, and correspondence. Receipts represent payments for direct tax, household furniture tax, water rent, and watch and lamp tax. An item of note is the 1795 stock certificate for the Philadelphia and Lancaster Turnpike Road Company.

Date Range: 1795-1869

Year Range From: 1795

Year Range To: 1869

Date of Accumulation: 1795-1869

Creator: LancasterHistory (Organization)

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives South

Storage Wall: Side 04

People: Reigart, Adam; Reigart, Adam, Jr.

Subjects: Business records; Letters

Search Terms: Business records; Letters; Correspondence; Finding aids; Manuscript groups

Extent: 1 box, 11 folders, .5 cubic ft.

Object Name: Archive

Language: English

Object ID: MG0122

Location of Originals: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.

Related Item Notes: Adam Reigart Jr., John S. Murphy Collection, MG0331

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-122

Other Number: MG-122

Classification: MG0122

Description Level: Fonds

Custodial History: Processed prior to 1997. Added to database 30 June 2021.

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