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Collection: Whitson & Sproul Collection

Title: Whitson & Sproul Collection

Object ID: MG0151

Date Range: 1847-1869

, Jeremiah Coates, Lindley Collins, Eliza Collins, James Cooper, James Cooper, John Dickinson, Joseph C. Frame, Benjamin Hamilton, T. J. Hawthorn, G. C. Hess, J. G. Iddings, Harriet J. Irwin, Ellis P. Irwin, George W. Johnston, James Johnston, Robert Lefever, Daniel Lewis, Samuel Lincoln, Abraham May, Daniel

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Collection: Whitson & Sproul Collection

Title: Whitson & Sproul Collection

Description: This collection consists of business records for Whitson & Sproul of Christiana, Lancaster County and documents related to estate settlements. The business records include a ledger, letters and statements concerning the sale and purchase of various materials. One letter mentions the 1860 election of "Old Abe." The receipts and court documents consist primarily of receipts, releases, and sale agreements relating to the settlement of the estates of James Sproul and Moses Whitson.

Date Range: 1847-1869

Year Range From: 1847

Year Range To: 1869

Date of Accumulation: 1847-1869

Creator: Whitson & Sproul

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives South

Storage Wall: Side 04

People: Armstrong, James; Aulthouse, George; Boyd, John A.; Brady, John; Brown, Jeremiah; Coates, Lindley; Collins, Eliza; Collins, James; Cooper, James; Cooper, John; Dickinson, Joseph C.; Frame, Benjamin; Hamilton, T. J.; Hawthorn, G. C.; Hess, J. G.; Iddings, Harriet J.; Irwin, Ellis P.; Irwin, George W.; Johnston, James; Johnston, Robert; Lefever, Daniel; Lewis, Samuel; Lincoln, Abraham; May, Daniel W.; Meiditch, John; Moore, Jeremiah; Morrison, George; Paxson, Elma E.; Paxson, Franklin G.; Paxson, Latitia Ann; Pownall, Joseph; Pownall, Moses; Pusey, John; Retzer, John; Rohrer, J. S.; Roland, John; Russel, John N.; Smith, Edward K.; Sproul, Annie; Sproul, Charles N.; Sproul, James; Steele, Margaret; Steele, William W.; Thompson, Jesse; Whitson, Jacob T.; Whitson, Micah; Whitson, Moses; Wright, James

Subjects: Business records; Letters; Probate records

Search Terms: Agreements; Bart Twp.; Boldin and Wartmun; Business cards; Business records; Christiana; Coal; Columbia; Correspondence; Drumore Twp.; Dunwoody, Philadelphia; Finding aids; Grain; Guardians; Ledgers; Letters; Lumber; Manor Twp.; Manuscript groups; Philadelphia Railroad; Probate records; Receipts; Sadsbury Forge; Sadsbury Twp.; Stocks; Strasburg; Tobacco; Vetterlein Co.; West Philadelphia Railroad; Whitson and Sproul; Widows

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

Object Name: Archive

Language: English

Object ID: MG0151

Location of Originals: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania

Notes: Preferred Citation: Whitson & Sproul Collection (MG0151), Folder #, LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.

Access Conditions / Restrictions: No restrictions.

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

Credit: Courtesy of LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.

Other Numbers: MG-151

Classification: MG0151

Description Level: Fonds

Custodial History: The collection was cataloged and the finding aid was prepared in 1998-1999 by DT. Added to database 29 September 2021.

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Daybook

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Collection: Gary Hawbaker's Collection of Business and Personal Record Books

Title: Smedley and Charles Prospect Mills Daybook

Object ID: MG0963_F054

Date Range: 1854-1860

Collection: Gary Hawbaker's Collection of Business and Personal Record Books

Title: Smedley and Charles Prospect Mills Daybook

Description: Smedley and Charles Prospect Mills Daybook contains a list of the amount of grain ground at the mill, an itemized list of their profits and expenses, and miscellaneous business notes. The notebook also contains drawings, a poem, and code writing on the front and back cover.

Admin/Biographical History: Joel Smedley was born in 1799 to parents Joseph Smedley and Rebecca Lewis Smedley. Joel married Martha Wildman and fathered six children including Charles, Mary, John, Lewis, Anne, and Ellwood. Joel inherited the mill from his father in 1833 and expanded it by building a sorghum factory. Joel died in 1872.

Date Range: 1854-1860

Creation Date: 1854-1860

Year Range From: 1854

Year Range To: 1860

Creator: Smedley, Joel, 1802-1872

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives North

Storage Wall: Side 12

Storage Container: Box 0010

People: Black, James; Cooper, James B.; Ewing, Margaret; Ewing, Samuel; Gryder, R. M.; Morgan, John J.; Morgan, Thaddeus; Smedley, Charles; Smedley, Joel; Snodgrass, Robert; Snodgrass, Smith; Swift, Harry; Swift, Joseph; Walters, John A.

Other Creators: Smedley, Charles, 1836-1864

Subjects: Business records; Delivery of goods; Drawings; Flour; Grains; Gristmills; Mills and mill-work

Search Terms: Business records; Flour; Fulton Twp.; Gristmills; Mills; Pleasant Grove, Fulton Twp.; Prospect Mills

Extent: 1 volume

Object Name: Daybook

Language: English

Object ID: MG0963_F054

Location of Originals: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennslyvania

Notes: Preferred citation: Title or description of item, date (day, month, year), Collection Title (MG#), Box #, Folder #, (or Object ID), LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania. URL if applicable. Date accessed (day, month, year).

Access Conditions / Restrictions: No restrictions. Original documents 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 for permission for reproduction and/or publication must be obtained in writing from LancasterHistory.

Credit: Courtesy of LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.

Other Numbers: MG-963

Classification: MG0963

Description Level: Item

Record, Judicial

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Collection: Quarter Sessions

Title: Quarter Sessions

Object ID: NOV 1785 F006 QS

Collection: Quarter Sessions

Title: Quarter Sessions

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

Year: 1785

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

People: Offner, John; Brown, William; Frey, Martin; Evans, James; Becker, Peter; Crawford, John; Stayman, Henry; Snapper, George; McConnell, Thomas; Brown, Adam; Bare, Martin; Kauffman, Samuel; Lechler, Henry; Rheist, John; Miller, John; Rutter, John; McDowell, William; Frick, Christian; Witmore, Christian; Hart, John; Kauffman, Michael; Peter, John; Stoner, Henry; Cooper, James; McCommet, James; Widder, George

Subcategory: Documentary Artifact

Search Terms: Quarter Sessions; Returns; Coroners; Constables

Object Name: Record, Judicial

Language: English

Condition: Fair

Object ID: NOV 1785 F006 QS

Additional Notes: Return of Coroner and Constables.; 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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