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Collection
Jacob N. Beam Collection
Title
Jacob N. Beam Collection
Object ID
MG0224
Date Range
1758-1940
, Lottie M. Beam, Jacob Newton Beam, Victor S. Bishop, Louis Faugeres Jr. Boehm, John Philip Bower, Michael Boyd, John Brown, George Buyers, William B. Carpenter, Henry Carpenter, Jacob Clark, John Clark, Robert L. Jr. Clark, William Connell, Moore Cooke, William B. Cooper, John Craig, John Crawford, David
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Collection
Jacob N. Beam Collection
Title
Jacob N. Beam Collection
Description
The Jacob N. Beam Collection contains information and papers relevant to Dr. Beam's research and writing on the history of the Leacock Presbyterian Church, which he presented in the church's bicentennial address in 1940. Materials in this collection include letters and correspondences, family histories, military and land records, and other publications, as well as copies of drafts and final publication of the bicentennial address.
Date Range
1758-1940
Year Range From
1758
Year Range To
1940
Date of Accumulation
1758-1940
Creator
Beam, Jacob Newton, 1869-1954
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Storage Room
Archives South
Storage Wall
Side 05
People
Adams, John Quincy
Anderson, Robert
Barton, John
Bausman, Lottie M.
Beam, Jacob Newton
Beam, Victor S.
Bishop, Louis Faugeres Jr.
Boehm, John Philip
Bower, Michael
Boyd, John
Brown, George
Buyers, William B.
Carpenter, Henry
Carpenter, Jacob
Clark, John
Clark, Robert L. Jr.
Clark, William
Connell, Moore
Cooke, William B.
Cooper, John
Craig, John
Crawford, David
Crawford, James
Crawford, Jessie
Creighton, Thomas
Creighton, William
Ellmaker, Watson
Ferree, David
Finley, John H.
Hamilton, James
Hamilton, William
Hasson, Alexander
Hawthorn, James
Hawthorn, Samuel
Hawthorn, William
Henry, John
Herbert, Stewart
Hinke, William J.
Huston, Alex
Kaufman, Jay Warren
Knox, James
LeFevre, Samuel
Le Rue, Jonas
Lyon, John
McCamant, Isaac
McCaskey, John
McCausland, John
McCausland, Mary W.
McCausland, William
McClung, Charles
McClung, Matthew
McCurdy, James
McCurdy, Robert
McFadden, Alexander
McGowan, John
McIlwain, Robert
McIlwain, William B.
Mercer, James
Montgomery, James
Moorehead, William
Morris, Roland S.
Parker, Robert
Patterson, Samuel
Patton, Robert
Pepley, Elizabeth
Porter, William
Quigley, James
Reese, John
Rodgers, William
Scott, Phillip
Slaymaker, Matthias
Smith, Robert
Stewart, George
Tetley, John
Timlow, P. J.
Torbet, John
Tout, Jacob
Truslow, John
Van Tyne, Claud Halstead
Vernor, John
Watson, John
Whitehill, James
Whitehill, John
Williston, Seth
Winslow, Ola Elizabeth
Wood, George
Woodhull, John
Woodhull, Sally
Woods, Adam
Woods, Thomas
Workman, David R.
Zimmerman, Heinrich
Subjects
Churches
Genealogy
Letters
Scrapbooks
Search Terms
Churches
Correspondence
Donegal Presbyterian Church
Dr. Robert Smith's Academy
Family history
Finding aids
Genealogy
Lancaster Morning News
Leacock Presbyterian Church
Leacock Twp.
Letters
Manuscript groups
Paradise Twp.
Pennsylvania State Archives
Presbyterian Historical Society
Revolutionary War
Scrapbooks
Strasburg Twp.
Extent
2 boxes, 26 folders, 1 cubic ft.
Object Name
Archive
Language
English
Object ID
MG0224
Location of Originals
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania
Notes
Preferred Citation: Title or description of item, date (day, month, year), Jacob N. Beam Collection (MG0224), Box #, 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-224
Classification
MG0224
Description Level
Fonds
Custodial History
Processed and finding aid prepared by KV, Fall 2013. Added to database 3 February 2022.
Documents
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Collection
Gary Hawbaker's Collection of Business and Personal Record Books
Title
Joel and Thomas Smedley’s Prospect Mills account book B
Object ID
MG0963_F050
Date Range
1833-1841
Collection
Gary Hawbaker's Collection of Business and Personal Record Books
Title
Joel and Thomas Smedley’s Prospect Mills account book B
Description
Joel and Thomas Smedley’s Prospect Mills account book B contains an index of clients and what pages they appear on, an itemized list of their profits and expenses, an index of sales and where they are found, and the employees of the mill and what they were being compensated for.. The profits list ranges from selling corn, wheat, bran, oats, and flour, as well as sawing boards and planks. The recorded expenses include purchases from a brickyard (pg. 102), Susquehanna Canal Company (122), and Deer Creek Iron Works Company (125). Other mill expenses include employee wages, lumber, and potatoes.
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
1833-1841
Creation Date
1833-1841
Year Range From
1833
Year Range To
1841
Creator
Smedley, Joel, 1802-1872
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Storage Room
Archives North
Storage Wall
Side 12
Storage Container
Box 0010
People
Anderson, Allen
Baker, James
Bender, Nathaniel
Black, Adam
Black, Robert
Blackburn, Manassah
Brookings, Charles
Broomwell, Isaac
Brown, Jeremiah
Buckous, Samuel
Buckous, William
Caldwell, John
Chandler, Courtland
Clark, William
Clarke, Robert
Clarke, Samuel
Coates, Warrick
Connery, James
Cooper, Jeremiah
Cooper, John
Cooper, Lewis
Coulson, George
Crookshank, John
Dawson, Jacob
Ewing, Abraham
Furness, Gardner
Garrett, Evan
Gillespie, Ingram
Handshaw, Amos
Hawke, Jacob
Hilaman, Jacob
Hopkins, James
Irwin, James
Johnson, John
Johnson, Leynard
Johnson, Rankin
Kelly, Thomas
Kennedy, Edward
Kerr, Richard
King, John
King, Robert
Kirk, Jacob
Lancaster, John
Lawrence, Joseph
Logan, Jacob
Long, John
Maglaughlan, Parker
Marshall, Charles
Martin, James
Maxwell, Samuel
McDowel, Nelson
McDowel, Thomas
Miller, George
Moore, Jacob
Moore, Walker
Moore, William
Morrison, Samuel
Neal, Thomas
Null, Levi
Orr, George
Parker, James
Pennock, Simon
Penrose, Benjamin
Russel, John
Scott, David
Slaymaker, Samuel
Smedley, Eli
Smedley, Thomas
Steel, William
Stubbs, John
Stump, Herman
Swift, George
Swift, Joseph
Tennis, Israel
Trump, Michael
Tyson, Isaac
Way, Joseph
Wentz, Joseph
White, Alvin
White, Elisha
Whitson, Micah
Wilson, Samuel
Subjects
Buckwheat
Business Records
Corn
Gristmills
Mills and mill-work
Rye
Sawmills
Search Terms
Account books
Brickyards
Deer Creek Iron Works Company
Fulton Twp.
Gristmills
Mills
Prospect Mills
Sawmills
Susquehanna Canal Company
Extent
1 item, 1-148 pages
Object Name
Book, Account
Language
English
Object ID
MG0963_F050
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
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