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Collection: Columbia Bridge Company Collection

Title: Columbia Bridge Company Collection

Object ID: MG0217

Date Range: 1809-1843

Coleman, Robert Dickson, William Gilpin, Joshua Gilpin, Thomas Grimler, Benjamin Haldeman, C. Hamilton, William Harbaugh, Leonard Hoff, John Hopkins, James Hubley, John Hubley, Joseph Lloyd, Evan Mifflin, Joseph Poulson, Zachariah Reynolds, John Rittenhouse, Joseph Shaffner, Casper Slaymaker, Henry

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Collection: Columbia Bridge Company Collection

Title: Columbia Bridge Company Collection

Description: The Columbia Bridge Company Collection is a valuable source of information concerning construction of bridges in the early 1800s. Documents concern the building of the first two bridges across the Susquehanna River in 1814 and 1832. Items in the collection include minutes, form for stock certificate, invoices, legal papers, proposals, receipts, stockholders, promissory notes, by-laws, settlement of stage tolls with Samuel Slaymaker 1813, salary receipts, circulars and announcements, bridge tolls, orders for payment, correspondence, and a stock certificate from 1842

Admin/Biographical History: First Bridge; Construction of the first Columbia-Wrightsville Bridge was begun in 1812 and completed December 5, 1814, by J. Wolcott, H. Slaymaker, S. Slaymaker at a total cost of $231,771, which was underwritten by the newly formed Columbia Bank and Bridge Company. The bridge was 5,690 feet (1,730 m) long and 30 feet (9.1 m) wide and had 54 piers and twin carriageways. Constructed of wood and stone, the covered bridge also included a wooden roof, a whitewashed interior and openings in its wooden sides to view the river and surrounding areas. It was considered the longest covered bridge in the world at the time. The bridge accommodated east-west traffic across the Susquehanna River for 14 years before being destroyed by ice, high water and severe weather on February 5, 1832.; Second bridge; Construction of the second Columbia-Wrightsville Bridge, also covered, started mid-1832 and was completed in 1834 (opening on July 8, 1834) by James Moore and John Evans at a cost of $157,300. It was 5,620 feet (1,710 m) long and 28 feet (8.5 m) wide and also enjoyed the distinction of being the world's longest covered bridge. The wood and stone structure had 27 piers, a carriageway, walkway, and two towpaths to guide canal traffic across the river. Much of the mostly oak timber used in its construction was salvaged from the previous bridge. Its roof was covered with shingles, its sides with weatherboard, and its interior was whitewashed. The structure was modified in 1840 by the Canal Company at a cost of $40,000 concurrent with the construction of the Wrightsville Dam. Towpaths of different levels and with sidewalls were added to prevent horses from falling into river, as happened several times when the river flooded. The roof of the lower path formed the floor of upper path. In this way, canal boats were towed across the river from the Pennsylvania Canal on the Columbia side to the Susquehanna and Tidewater Canal at Wrightsville. Sometime after 1846, a double-track railway was added, linking the Philadelphia and Columbia Railroad to the Northern Central Railway. Due to fear of fire caused by locomotives, rail cars were pulled across the bridge by teams of mules or horses.; Information from "Columbia-Wrightsville Bridge," https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Columbia%E2%80%93Wrightsville_Bridge. Accessed 3 February 2020.

System of Arrangement: The papers of the First Columbia Bridge built in 1814 are filed in folders #1 to 157. The papers of the Second Columbia Bridge built in 1832 are filed in folders #158 to 181.

Date Range: 1809-1843

Year Range From: 1809

Year Range To: 1843

Date of Accumulation: 1809-1843

Creator: Goodell, Robert Hilliard, 1899-1992.

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives South

Storage Wall: Side 05

People: Albright, William; Chew, Benjamin; Coleman, Robert; Dickson, William; Gilpin, Joshua; Gilpin, Thomas; Grimler, Benjamin; Haldeman, C.; Hamilton, William; Harbaugh, Leonard; Hoff, John; Hopkins, James; Hubley, John; Hubley, Joseph; Lloyd, Evan; Mifflin, Joseph; Poulson, Zachariah; Reynolds, John; Rittenhouse, Joseph; Shaffner, Casper; Slaymaker, Henry; Slaymaker, Samuel; Varle, Charles; Wilson, Edward; Wilson, Thomas A.; Witmer, A.; Wright, William; Wolcott, John

Subjects: Bridges; Business records; Columbia (Pa.); Letters; Minutes (Records); Stockholders; Stocks; Susquehanna River

Search Terms: Advertising; Applications; Board of Directors; Bonds; Bridges; Broadsides; Business records; By-laws; Checks; Columbia; Columbia Bridge Company; Construction; Contracts; Correspondence; Farmers Bank of Lancaster; Financial records; Finding aids; Gatekeepers; Invoices; Letters; Loans; Manuscript groups; Minutes; Murray Draper and Company; Promissory notes; Receipts; Reports; Salaries; Stockholders; Stocks; Susquehanna River; Taxes; Tollhouses; Tolls

Extent: 5 boxes, 190 folders, 3 cubic ft.

Object Name: Archive

Language: English

Object ID: MG0217

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: Please use digital images and transcriptions when available. The original items in Folder 69 may not be used due to their fragile condition. All other original documents may be used by researchers--contact Research@LancasterHistory.org prior to visit or request at Reference Desk.

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Other Numbers: MG-217

Classification: MG0217

Description Level: Fonds

Custodial History: Added to database 13 January 2022.

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Book, Account

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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

Estate Inventory

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Collection: Estate Inventories

Object ID: Inv 1834 F015 H

Collection: Estate Inventories

Year: 1834

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Container: Box 0053

People: Hopkins, James

Subcategory: Need to Classify

Place: Lancaster

Object Name: Estate Inventory

Object ID: Inv 1834 F015 H

Box Number: 053

Additional Notes: Occupation: lawyer and gentleman. Occupation taken from tax list. 1 item, 10 pieces

Classification: RG-03-00-0133

Description Level: Item

Order for Payment

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Collection: Commissioners' Orders for Payment

Title: Commissioners' order for payment

Object ID: CommOrder 1821 #052

Date Range: 1821

Collection: Commissioners' Orders for Payment

Title: Commissioners' order for payment

Description: This record group contains canceled orders that were issued by the county commissioners for payment to be made by the county treasurer. The orders show date, order number, amount, name of payee, purpose, and signatures of the county commissioners. In the case of "poor children," teachers were reimbursed by the county for tuition and/or the supplies purchased for students whose parents were unable to pay. Orders include: Poor Children, Almshouse, Bridges, Coroners' Inquests, Prisons, Roads, Court House, and Tax Exonerations.

System of Arrangement: The record group is organized chronologically, then arranged by order number within each year.

Date Range: 1821

Date of Accumulation: 1810-1901

Year: 1821

Creator: County Commissioners

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives North

Storage Container: Box 0001

People: Hopkins, James

Subcategory: Documentary Artifact

Search Terms: Lancaster; Courthouses; Commissioners' Orders for Payment

Place: Lancaster

Extent: 70 boxes (35 cubic ft.)

Object Name: Order for Payment

Language: English

Condition: Fair

Condition Date: 2008-03-25

Object ID: CommOrder 1821 #052

Box Number: 001

Notes: Not entered into Q&A.

Additional Notes: Court house.; Payment for services as County Solicitor.; Hopkins, James.; 1 item, 1 piece

Access Conditions / Restrictions: Request at research desk. Photocopy made by staff member.

Classification: RG 08-01 0510

Description Level: Item

Order for Payment

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Collection: Commissioners' Orders for Payment

Title: Commissioners' order for payment

Object ID: CommOrder no date #002

Date Range: No date

Collection: Commissioners' Orders for Payment

Title: Commissioners' order for payment

Description: This record group contains canceled orders that were issued by the county commissioners for payment to be made by the county treasurer. The orders show date, order number, amount, name of payee, purpose, and signatures of the county commissioners. In the case of "poor children," teachers were reimbursed by the county for tuition and/or the supplies purchased for students whose parents were unable to pay. Orders include: Poor Children, Almshouse, Bridges, Coroners' Inquests, Prisons, Roads, Court House, and Tax Exonerations.

System of Arrangement: The record group is organized chronologically, then arranged by order number within each year.

Date Range: No date

Date of Accumulation: 1810-1901

Creator: County Commissioners

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives North

Storage Container: Box 0068

People: Church, Thomas; Church, Rebeca; Hopkins, James; Hopkins, Salamon; Houk, Andrew; Houk, John; Houk, Hannah; Steffy, Casper; Steffy, John; Steffy, Catharina

Subcategory: Documentary Artifact

Search Terms: Earl Twp.; Poor children; Commissioners' Orders for Payment

Place: Earl Twp.

Extent: 70 boxes (35 cubic ft.)

Object Name: Order for Payment

Language: English

Condition: Fair

Condition Date: 2008-03-25

Object ID: CommOrder no date #002

Box Number: 068

Notes: Entered into Q&A Aug 15, 1996.

Additional Notes: Poor children.; Names taken from Lancater County tax lists.; Church, Thomas. Father of Church, Rebeca, age 9.; Hopkins, James. Father of Hopkins, Salamon, age 10.; Houk, Andrew. Father of Houk, John, age 10; Houk, Hannah, age 8.; Steffy, Casper. Father of Steffy, John, age 7; Steffy, Catharina, age 9.; 1 item. 1 piece.

Access Conditions / Restrictions: Request at research desk. Photocopy made by staff member.

Classification: RG 08-01 0510

Description Level: Item

Probate

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Collection: Renunciations

Title: Renunciations

Object ID: Ren 1834 F022

Date Range: 1834

Collection: Renunciations

Title: Renunciations

Description: Renunciations are papers filed in the Orphans' Court by executors of an estate who do not wish to administer that estate. They show the name of the decedent, the decedent's place of residence, the name of the person renouncing administration, the name of the replacement administrator to be appointed, and date. The relationship between the decedent, the executor, and the administrator is usually shown. Arranged chronologically and then alphabetically within each year.

System of Arrangement: Arranged chronologically and then alphabetically within each year.

Date Range: 1834

Date of Accumulation: 1762-1820, 1821-1842, 1880-1906

Year: 1834

Creator: Register of Wills

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives West

Storage Container: Box 0003

People: Hopkins, James; Hopkins, Ann C.; Lightner, John; Reynolds, John

Subcategory: Documentary Artifact

Search Terms: Renunciation

Place: None

Extent: 12 cubic feet

Object Name: Probate

Language: English

Condition: Fair

Object ID: Ren 1834 F022

Box Number: 003

Associated Material: Administrators Accounts; Miscellaneous Orphans' Court Papers

Additional Notes: Renouncer: Hopkins, Ann C.; Administrators: Lightner, John; Reynolds, John.; 1 item, 1 piece

Access Conditions / Restrictions: Restricted use of original. A photocopy will be made for patron use.

Classification: RG 03-00 0115

Description Level: Item

Probate

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Collection: Renunciations

Title: Renunciations

Object ID: Ren 1858 F034

Date Range: 1858

Collection: Renunciations

Title: Renunciations

Description: Renunciations are papers filed in the Orphans' Court by executors of an estate who do not wish to administer that estate. They show the name of the decedent, the decedent's place of residence, the name of the person renouncing administration, the name of the replacement administrator to be appointed, and date. The relationship between the decedent, the executor, and the administrator is usually shown. Arranged chronologically and then alphabetically within each year.

System of Arrangement: Arranged chronologically and then alphabetically within each year.

Date Range: 1858

Date of Accumulation: 1762-1820, 1821-1842, 1880-1906

Year: 1858

Creator: Register of Wills

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Container: Box 0007

People: McKeever, Hugh; McKeever, Patrick; Hopkins, James M.

Subcategory: Documentary Artifact

Search Terms: Renunciation

Place: none

Extent: 12 cubic feet

Object Name: Probate

Language: English

Condition: Fair

Object ID: Ren 1858 F034

Box Number: 007

Associated Material: Administrators Accounts; Miscellaneous Orphans' Court Papers

Additional Notes: Renouncer: McKeever, Patrick.; Administrator: Hopkins, James M.; 1 item, 1 piece

Access Conditions / Restrictions: Restricted use of original. A photocopy will be made for patron use.

Classification: RG 03-00 0115

Description Level: Item

Statement, Financial

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Collection: Administrators Accounts

Title: Administrators Accounts

Object ID: AdAcct 1838 F017 H

Date Range: 1838

Collection: Administrators Accounts

Title: Administrators Accounts

System of Arrangement: Arranged alphabetically by year.

Date Range: 1838

Year: 1838

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives West

Storage Container: Box 0152

People: Hopkins, James

Subcategory: Documentary Artifact

Place: None

Object Name: Statement, Financial

Language: English

Condition: Fair

Object ID: AdAcct 1838 F017 H

Box Number: 152

Additional Notes: Buchanan, James. Guardian of William Hopkins.; 2 items, 7 pieces

Access Conditions / Restrictions: Request at Reference Desk; photocopy made by staff member.

Classification: RG 04-00 0150

Description Level: Item

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Estate Inventory

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