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Deed

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Collection
Heritage Center Collection
Title
Deed, Heidelburg Twp., Berks County
Object ID
P.04.34.06
Date Range
1774
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Collection
Heritage Center Collection
Title
Deed, Heidelburg Twp., Berks County
Description
Deed printed on laid paper (with scalloped top edge) by Francis Bailey. Heading at top has "This Indenture made" in large fraktur-like lettering, surrounded by ornamentation including architectural device of architrave supported by squat columns of balusters with the words 'Peace and Plenty" interspersed within. At very top is "LANCASTER: Printed by FRANCIS BAILEY, in King's-Street."
Printed text has blanks filled in by hand in black ink as well as signatures below, on June 18 & 20 of 1774. Walter and Elizabeth Newman of "Hydelberg" Twp of Lancaster County are selling to "Frederick Kapp of "Hydelberg" Twp. Berks County a piece of ground in Heidelburg Twp of Berks Co. (at or near the "Town of Newbury"). Signed three times at bottom by Justice of the Peace Peter Spycker.
Two overlapping diamond shapes of paper affixed with sealing wax near bottom right. Reverse side has handwritten description of legal deed transaction for a Berks Co. property being sold by Walter Newman and wife to Frederick Kapp.
Bailey was the official printer to both the U.S. Congress and the Commonwealth. He operated a printing office at 14 W. King St. from 1773-1780, from where he produced many historic imprints including Thomas Paine's "Crisis No. 4" and the Articles of Confederation (1777).
(Written by Wendell Zercher.)
Date Range
1774
Creator
Francis Bailey, printer
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Storage Room
Archives West
Storage Cabinet
Framed Items Bin
People
Newman, Walter
Newman, Elizabeth
Kapp, Frederick
Spycker, Peter
Bailey, Francis
Subject
Deeds
Search Terms
Deeds
Object Name
Deed
Height (cm)
41.5925
Height (ft)
1.3645833333
Height (in)
16.375
Width (cm)
51.435
Width (ft)
1.6875
Width (in)
20.25
Condition
Good
Condition Date
2004-07-28
Condition Notes
Generally good with weakening fold lines and small holes at the intersections of fold lines. Minor soiling and staining, especially along the three vertical and one horizontal fold lines as well as edges.
Framed for 2006 Printed Word Exhibit.
Object ID
P.04.34.06
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Print

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Collection
Print Collection
Object ID
2003.242
Date Range
January 2, 1775
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Collection
Print Collection
Description
Advertisement (in English and in German ) by Michael Bowman, January 2, 1775 warning of his non-payment of wife's debts.
Date Range
January 2, 1775
Year Range From
1775
Year Range To
1775
Made By
Bailey, Francis
Storage Location
LCHS / Willson Memorial Building
Storage Container
Box B2
Subcategory
Art
Object Name
Print
Material
Paper, Wove
Height (in)
10
Width (in)
8
Condition
Poor
Object ID
2003.242
Place of Origin
Lancaster
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Journal of the first session of the second House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania : which commenced at Philadelphia, on Tuesday the sixth day of December, in the year of our Lord, one thousand seven hundred and ninety-one

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo20512
Corporate Author
Pennsylvania. General Assembly. House of Representatives.
Date of Publication
1791.
Call Number
Book 15a
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Corporate Author
Pennsylvania. General Assembly. House of Representatives.
Place of Publication
Philadelphia
Publisher
Printed by Francis Bailey and Thomas Lang,
Date of Publication
1791.
Physical Description
327, [12, , 16,7] pages ; 31 cm
Notes
Appendix: State of the finances of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, as reported to the Governor, by the Comptroller-General, the Register-General, and Treasurer of the said Commonwealth. --Appendix containing the schedules referred to in the preceding statement. [Philadelphia : Printed by Francis Bailey & Thomas Lang, 1791] --State of the finances of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, from November 1st to December 31st, 1791. [Philadelphia : Printed by Francis Bailey & Thomas Lang, 1792].
Jasper Yeates Colonial Law Library.
Book number 13a as arranged by Yeates.
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Subjects
Finance - Pennsylvania
Finance.
Politics and government
Pennsylvania - Politics and government - 19th century.
Pennsylvania.
Additional Author
Bailey, Francis,
Lang, Thomas,
Yeates, Jasper,
Additional Corporate Author
Pennsylvania. Treasury.
Pennsylvania. Register-General's Office.
Pennsylvania. Comptroller-General's Office.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Yeates Collection
Call Number
Book 15a
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Journal of the first session of the sixth House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, : which commenced at Philadelphia, on Tuesday, the first day of December, in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and ninety-five, and of the Commonwealth the twentieth

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Corporate Author
Pennsylvania. General Assembly. House of Representatives.
Date of Publication
M, DCCC, XCV [1795].
Call Number
17b
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Corporate Author
Pennsylvania. General Assembly. House of Representatives.
Place of Publication
Philadelphia
Publisher
Printed by Francis & Robert Bailey, at Yorick's Head, No. 116, High-Street.,
Date of Publication
M, DCCC, XCV [1795].
Physical Description
487, [1],19,[1], 12 p. ; 32 cm.
Notes
The session ended April 4, 1796.
Title vignette: state seal.
Appendix: Report of the Register-General of the state of the finances of Pennsylvnia, for the year M,DCC,XCV. Philadelphia: Printed by Francis & Robert Bailey,at Yorick's Head, no. 116, High-Street; Accounts of the Treasury of Pennsylvania, from the first of January to the thirty=first of December, inclusive. Philadelphia: Printed by Francis & Robert Bailey,at Yorick's Head, no. 116, High-Street
Jasper Yeates Colonial Library.
Book number 17b as assigned by Yeates.
At top of title page: signature of Matthias Barton.
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Subjects
Finance - Pennsylvania.
Pennsylvania - Politics and government.
Additional Author
Yeates, Jasper
Bailey, Francis,
Bailey, Robert,
Additional Corporate Author
Pennsylvania. Treasury.
Pennsylvania. Register-General's Office.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Yeates Collection
Call Number
17b
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Journal of the first session of the tenth House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, : which commenced at Lancaster, on Tuesday, the third day of December, in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and ninety-nine, and of the Commonwealth the twenty-fourth

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo20528
Corporate Author
Pennsylvania. General Assembly. House of Representatives.
Date of Publication
1799 [i.e. 1800].
Call Number
Book 20a.1
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Corporate Author
Pennsylvania. General Assembly. House of Representatives.
Place of Publication
Lancaster [Pa.]
Publisher
Printed by Francis & Robert Bailey, in King-Street.,
Date of Publication
1799 [i.e. 1800].
Physical Description
439, [1], 59, [1], 18 p. ; 34 cm. (fol.)
Notes
The session ended March 17, 1800.
Signatures: [A]² B-5S² ²[A]² ²B-P² ³ [A]² ³B-D² ³E1.
Title vignette: state seal.
Jasper Yeates's Colonial Law Library.
Signature of Richard Smith at top of title page.
Book number 20a.1 as arranged by Yeates.
"Appendix. Receipts and expenditures in the Treasury of Pennsylvania, from the first of January to the thirty-first of December, 1799, both days inclusive."--Page 59, [1] p. at end, with separate title page.
"Report of the register-general of the state of Pennsylvania for the year 1799"--18 p. at end, with separate title page.
Evans
Bound in library boards with leather spine.
Subjects
Finance, Public - Pennsylvania.
Finance, Public.
Pennsylvania.
Relief prints - Seals - Pennsylvania - 1800.
Additional Author
Bailey, Francis,
Bailey, Robert,
Yeates, Jasper,
Smith, Richard.
Additional Corporate Author
Pennsylvania. Treasury.
Place
United States Pennsylvania Philadelphia.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Yeates Collection
Call Number
Book 20a.1
Websites
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Journal of the first session of the tenth House of Representatives: Tuesday, December 3, 1799, p.m. This being the day appointed by the Constitution for the meeting of the General Assembly, a number of gentlemen, elected members of the House of Representatives, met accordingly; but not being a quorum, they adjourned until ten o'clock to-morrow, am. Wednesday, December 4, 1799 a.m., a number of gentlemen, sufficient to constitute a quorum, met

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo20574
Corporate Author
Pennsylvania. General Assembly. House of Representatives.
Call Number
Yeates Book 21 1799
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Corporate Author
Pennsylvania. General Assembly. House of Representatives.
Place of Publication
[Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Printed by Francis & Robert Bailey in King street1799 [i e. 1800]
Physical Description
439, [1], 59, [1], 12 p. ; 34 cm. (fol.)
Notes
The session ended March 17, 1800.
Signatures B-Z 2A-2Z 3A-Z 4A-Z 5A-S A-O B-C;
Jasper Yeates's Colonial Law Library.
Book number 21 as arranged by Yeates.
"Appendix. Receipts and expenditures in the Treasury of Pennsylvania, from the first of January to the thirty-first of December, 1799, both days inclusive."--Page 59, [1] p. at end, with separate title page.
"Report of the register-general of the state of Pennsylvania for the year 1799"--18 p. at end, with separate title page.
Evans 38212
Plain boards with library tape spine.
Subjects
Finance, Public --Pennsylvania.
Finance, Public.
Additional Author
Bailey, Francis, d 1735?-1815, e printer.
Bailey, Robert, d 1774?-1808, e printer.
Yeates, Jasper, d 1745-1817.
Additional Corporate Author
Pennsylvania. Treasury.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Yeates Collection
Call Number
Yeates Book 21 1799
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Transparency, Slide

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Collection
Heritage Center Collection
Object ID
HC-38-01-06
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Object Name
Transparency, Slide
Collection
Heritage Center Collection
Description
Portraits of Mr. and Mrs. Francis Bailey by Charles Willson Peale. Cincinnati Art Museum.
Provenance
Slides from the collection of the Heritage Center
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
People
Bailey, Francis
Peale, Charles Willson
Subcategory
Documentary Artifact
Search Terms
Paintings
Portraits
Object Name
Transparency, Slide
Film Size
35 mm
Object ID
HC-38-01-06
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Archive

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/2f5113cf-e646-46e9-877d-537459210451
Collection
Broadsides Collection
Title
Broadsides Collection
Object ID
MG0357
Date Range
1775-1958
President Avenue • Lancaster, Pennsylvania 17603-3125 717.392.4633 • www.LancasterHistory.org 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
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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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Record, Judicial

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Collection
Quarter Sessions
Title
Quarter Sessions
Object ID
FEB 1804 F028 QS
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Collection
Quarter Sessions
Title
Quarter Sessions
System of Arrangement
Organized by Court of Quarter Sessions term.
Arranged by case number within each term.
Year
1804
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
People
Bailey, Robert
Lukens, Jacob
Bailey, Francis
Subcategory
Documentary Artifact
Search Terms
Quarter Sessions
Recognizance
Charge: assault with intent to kill
Object Name
Record, Judicial
Language
English
Condition
Fair
Object ID
FEB 1804 F028 QS
Additional Notes
Recognizance, charged with assault with intent to kill Jacob Lukens.
Additional name: Francis Bailey.
1 item, 1 piece
Access Conditions / Restrictions
Request at Reference Desk; photocopy made by staff member.
Classification
RG 02-00 0908
Description Level
Item
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Writ

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Collection
Habeas Corpus Papers
Title
Habeas Corpus Papers
Object ID
Habeas 1894 F028
Date Range
1894
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Collection
Habeas Corpus Papers
Title
Habeas Corpus Papers
Admin/Biographical History
A writ of habeas corpus is a procedure for obtaining a judicial determination of the legality of an individual's custody. This collection includes petitions for writs of habeas corpus and the writs themselves, showing the names of petitioners, persons to be brought to court, nature of dispute or alleged crime, dates of writs and accompanying documents, names of judges, and names of persons that the writs are filed against. Petitioners include indentured servants, Freedom Seekers, free persons of color, convicted prisoners, those awaiting trial, relatives of prisoners, parties in child custody disputes, and relatives of army recruits and draftees.
Date Range
1894
Year
1894
Creator
Pennsylvania. Court of Common Pleas (Lancaster County)
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Storage Room
Archives West
Storage Container
Box 0017
People
Bailey, Naomi
Miller, Sarah
Bailey, Francis
Subcategory
Documentary Artifact
Object Name
Writ
Language
English
Condition
Fair
Object ID
Habeas 1894 F028
Box Number
017
Associated Material
Lancaster County Archives has Habeas Corpus dockets:
1799-1978, ten volumes, record of writs of Habeas Corpus written.
1895-1983, 43 boxes, original petitions.
Additional Notes
Custody.
Petitioner: Miller, Sarah.
Filed against: Bailey, Francis.
Petition.
Habeas corpus, includes notice of service, return, and decision.
2 items, 1 piece
Access Conditions / Restrictions
Restricted use of original. A photocopy will be made for patron use.
Case Number
826.000
Classification
RG 01-00 2313
Description Level
Item
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