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Collection
Harry Lincoln Long Collection
Title
Harry Lincoln Long Collection
Object ID
MG0380
Date Range
1739-1883
, Hugh Long, James Long, Robert H. Martin, Hugh McElray, John McPherson, James McPherson, Martha Mitchell, John Mitchell, Samuel Moore, Alexander Neel, Thomas Pennepacker, Henry W. Penny, Hugh M. Penny, John Joseph Porter, Thomas Quin, Bryan Rippey, Matthew Robertson, James Robinson, James Seiple, Samuel
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Collection
Harry Lincoln Long Collection
Title
Harry Lincoln Long Collection
Description
The Harry Lincoln Long Collection contains documents of the Long family of Drumore Twp. Most papers pertain to property of the Long and Worrell families, and the estate of Robert H. Long. The documents include a broadside, deeds, land drafts, receipts, insurance policies, and correspondence.
Date Range
1739-1883
Year Range From
1739
Year Range To
1883
Date of Accumulation
1739-1883
Creator
Long, Harry Lincoln, 1865-1948
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Storage Room
Archives South
Storage Wall
Side 09
People
Ball, John
Ball, Joseph
Barclay, James
Barclay, Mary
Black, James
Boyd, Ann Margaret
Boyd, Hugh
Boyd, Isabella R.
Boyd, Samuel
Buchanan, James
Calvert, John
Churchman, George
Churchman, John
Clark, Nathaniel
Clerk, Nathan
Collins, Cornelius
Crawford, David
Crawford, Edward
Crawford, Robert
Dickson, Samuel
Ensminger, Samuel
Fairman, George Walter
Findlay, William
Forsh, Jonathan
Gardner, Valentine
Gill, George
Gryder, Jacob
Harrah, Patrick
Hecket, Frank
Hibshman, Jacob
James, John
King, Robert
Lamborn, Robert
Long, Harry Lincoln
Long, Hugh
Long, James
Long, Robert H.
Martin, Hugh
McElray, John
McPherson, James
McPherson, Martha
Mitchell, John
Mitchell, Samuel
Moore, Alexander
Neel, Thomas
Pennepacker, Henry W.
Penny, Hugh M.
Penny, John Joseph
Porter, Thomas
Quin, Bryan
Rippey, Matthew
Robertson, James
Robinson, James
Seiple, Samuel
Slaymaker, Henry Edwin
Smith, Howard
Smith, Joseph
Stevens, Thaddeus
Walker, John
Warner, Rily
White, William
Widmyer, C.
Worrell, Elijah
Worrell, Elizabeth
Worrell, Joseph
Yost, Jacob
Subjects
Deeds
Letters
Real property surveys
Receipts (Acknowledgments)
Search Terms
Accounts
Agreements
Altick and McGinnis
Baltimore, Maryland
Bank of the United States
Barns
Broadsides
Correspondence
Deeds
Drumore Twp.
Estate settlement
Finding aids
Fishing Creek
Independent Whig Steam Press
Insurance policies
Invoices
Land drafts
Letters
Manuscript groups
Mortgages
Promissory notes
Real estate
Real property surveys
Receipts
Southern Mutual Insurance Company of Lancaster County
Surveys
Extent
1 box, 9 folders, .25 cubic ft.
Object Name
Archive
Language
English
Object ID
MG0380
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 collection must assume all responsibility for identifying and satisfying any claimants of copyright or other use restrictions. Publication fees may apply.
Credit
Courtesy of LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.
Accession Number
2005.MG0380
Other Numbers
MG-380
Classification
MG0380
Description Level
Fonds
Custodial History
Harry Lincoln Long was the donor's maternal grandfather; he kept these documents for the family.
Added to database 20 February 2022.
Documents
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Collection
Gary Hawbaker's Collection of Business and Personal Record Books
Title
Account Book of Jeremiah Brown’s gristmill, Book A, Little Britain Township, Fulton Twp.
Object ID
MG0963_F009
Date Range
1785-1798
Collection
Gary Hawbaker's Collection of Business and Personal Record Books
Title
Account Book of Jeremiah Brown’s gristmill, Book A, Little Britain Township, Fulton Twp.
Description
Account Book of Jeremiah Brown’s gristmill, Book "A", Little Britain Township, Fulton Township.
Contains 225 leaves that are paginated, and a 10 page index of clients made by the book owner by cutting the page margins, and writing index tabs on the remaing margins.
Front cover has an "A" carved on it.
Front 2 leaves were incorporated into the index and end 2 leaves were used to continue accounting.
Book references itemized lists of profits and expenses, the employees of the mill and what they were being compensated for. The profits list ranges from selling and grinding corn, wheat, and rye as well as sawing boards. The recorded expenses for the mill include items such as employee wages, transportation costs, and a pair of new shoes.
Insert 1 - Blue donor card.
Insert 2 - One book marker and six loose sheets.
o Item 1 Yellow Join the Great American Smoke book marker rom the Lancaster County Unit American Cancer Society.
o Item 2 Six pieces of paper with names and calculations.
Admin/Biographical History
From: Donor Card
Jeremiah Brown was born 1750, descended from Joshua Brown. He received his father’s mill in 1775. Jeremiah’s business became quite prosperous and with the help of other prominent figures in Lancaster County, he helped establish the Farmers Bank of Lancaster. Jeremiah’s fathered several children including the honorable Judge Jeremiah Brown and Slater Brown, later leaving the mill to Slater. At the time of his death in 1831, he was thought to be one of the largest stockholders, if not the largest, of the Farmers Bank of Lancaster at 1,000 shares.
Date Range
1785-1798
Creation Date
5 March 1785 to 16 February 1798
Year Range From
1785
Year Range To
1798
Creator
Brown, Jeremiah, 1750-1831
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Storage Room
Archives North
Storage Wall
Side 12
Storage Container
Box 0003
People
Atchison, John
Barns, Robert
Boyd, John
Boyd, Samuel
Boyd, William Porter
Brooks, John
Brown, Elisha
Brown, Isaiah
Brown, Jeremiah
Brown, Joshua
Brown, Patrick
Buchanan, Walter
Buchannan, James
Burns, Thomas
Campbell, James
Campbell, John
Churchman, George
Clark, Thomas
Colbert, Mary
Cooper, Josiah Brown
Cooper, Nicholas
England, Elisha
England, John
England, Joseph
Ewing, Alexander
Ferguson, Robert
Fits, William
Fitz, William
Gibson, William
Giles, Thomas
Grant, Abraham
Harlan, Joseph
Hawkins, John
Henry, George
Jones, John
Jones, William
King, James
King, Robert
King, Vincent
King, William
Knox, James
Long, John
Long, Robert
Long, Stephen
Maule, Ebenezer
Maule, Lewis
Maule, Thomas
Maxwell, Robert
Mconnell, Thomas
Miles, John
Miles, Jonas
Miles, Nancy
Montgomery, David
Nelson, William
Nicholson, Andrew
Paden, Benjamin
Patterson, John
Pennel, Hugh
Pennel, John
Pennel, Robert
Pennel, William
Porter, Thomas
Porter, William
Reed, John
Reed, Samuel
Reynolds, Joshua
Reynolds, Reuben
Scott, Alexander
Scott, John
Sharpe, Thomas
Smith, Alexander
Snodgrass, Alexander
Stewart, Henry
Stubbs, Joseph
Stubbs, Vincent
Townsend, Caleb
Warden, George
Webster, John
Williamson, John
Woodrow, Henry
Subjects
Business records
Corn
Gristmills
Mills and mill-work
Rye
Sawmills
Wheat
Search Terms
Account books
Business records
Forges
Fulton Twp.
Gristmills
Little Britain Twp.
Mills
Octorara Forge
Peach Bottom, Fulton Twp.
Sawmills
Extent
284 pages to scan.
Size (L x W): 13-1/8" x 8-1/2"
Object Name
Book, Account
Language
English
Condition Date
2023-08-15
Condition Notes
Book is intact, cover shows signs of red rot, front and back cover, as well as the spine, have pieces that have worn off, front and back covers have water damage as well as several front and back pages.
Tab "CD" on index page is missing "D".
Object ID
MG0963_F009
Location of Originals
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania
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 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.
Credit
Courtesy of LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.
Accession Number
2022.021
Other Numbers
MG-963
Classification
MG0963
Description Level
Item
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Collection
Gary Hawbaker's Collection of Business and Personal Record Books
Title
Jeremiah Brown’s gristmill account book "B" Little Britain Township, Fulton Township
Object ID
MG0963_F010
Date Range
1796-1831
Collection
Gary Hawbaker's Collection of Business and Personal Record Books
Title
Jeremiah Brown’s gristmill account book "B" Little Britain Township, Fulton Township
Description
Jeremiah Brown’s gristmill account book "B" Little Britain Township, Fulton Township
Contains 200 pages, plus a 12 page index of clients and what pages they appear on.
Front cover has a "B" written on it.
"LEDGER" is printed on spine.
BAck cover inside has an "X" written on it.
Book references itemized list of profits and expenses, and the employees of the mill and what they were being compensated for. The profits list ranges from selling and grinding corn, wheat, and rye as well as sawing boards. The recorded expenses for the mill include employee wages, transportation costs, and dry goods such as salt.
This account book also contains several sections of estate planning for multiple individuals.
o Jeremiah Brown records his will and what his children are to inherit from his estate on pg. 1.
o Jeremiah Brown later records a detailed list of what he gave to his daughter Sarah as she married Timothy Hanes on pg. 10.
o Vincent King estate on pg. 102
o Richard Stedman real estate on pg. 104.
Insert 1 - Blue donor card and "The Book Haven" description.
Insert 2 - Nine account loose pieces of paper and a note dated 1814 outlining the transition of the mill from Jeremiah to his son Slater that was found on pg. 171.
Insert 3 - Ten account loose pieces of paper.
Insert 4 - Ten account loose pieces of paper.
Insert 5 - Ten account loose pieces of paper.
Insert 6 - Ten account loose pieces of paper.
Insert 7 - Ten account loose pieces of paper.
Insert 8 - Ten account loose pieces of paper.
Admin/Biographical History
From: Donor Card and "The Book Haven" description card
Jeremiah Brown was born 1750, descended from Joshua Brown. He received his father’s mill in 1775. Jeremiah’s business became quite prosperous and with the help of other prominent figures in Lancaster County, he helped establish the Farmers Bank of Lancaster. Jeremiah’s fathered several children including the honorable Judge Jeremiah Brown and Slater Brown, later leaving the mill to Slater. At the time of his death in 1831, he was thought to be one of the largest stockholders, if not the largest, of the Farmers Bank of Lancaster at 1,000 shares.
Date Range
1796-1831
Creation Date
March 1796 to August 1831
Year Range From
1796
Year Range To
1831
Creator
Brown, Jeremiah, 1750-1831
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Storage Room
Archives North
Storage Wall
Side 12
Storage Container
Box 0003
People
Anderson, John
Barclay, William
Barns, James
Barns, Joseph
Betts, Samuel
Boyd, Cooper
Boyd, Samuel
Boyd, Stephen
Brown, Joshua, Jr.
Brown, David
Brown, Elisha
Brown, Isaiah
Brown, Joshua
Brown, Lydia
Carman, Andrew
Cooper, Stephen
Drake, Mary
Evans, John
Ewing, Alexander
Gorsuch, William
Haines, Sarah
Haines, Timothy
Hambleton, James
Harlan, Ezekael
Herd, James
Hollingsworth, Levi
James, Phillip
Jones, John
Keilah, Thomas
King, James
King, Joshua
King, Vincent
Kirk, John
Kirk, Roger
Leek, John
Long, John
Long, Robert
Mason, Benjamin
Maule, Edith
Maule, Jacob
Maxwell, Robert
Mglaughlin, James
Midcalf, Moses
Mitchell, John
Montgomery, David
Moore, Edward
Moore, Thomas
Neal, Andrew
Patterson, Thomas
Patton, Robert
Pedan, Benjamin
Pennel, Hugh
Pennel, Thomas
Pyle, Abraham
Reynolds, Elijah
Rodney, Margaret
Runner, William
Scott, Francis
Shafer, Frederick
Smedley, Joseph
Snodgrass, Alexander
Steele, Elisabeth
Stewart, Adam
Stewart, Henry
Stubbs, Joseph
Stubbs, Vincent
Swift, Joseph
Tumbleson, Joseph
Edmond
Hannah
Patrick
Wallace, David
Wallace, Robert
Warden, Joseph
Warden, Robert
Webb, Johnathan
Webster, John
Webster, Joshua
Webster, Rachel
Whiteside, John
Williamson, John
Young, James
Subjects
Business records
Corn
Estate planning
Gristmills
Inheritance and succession
Mills and mill-work
Rye
Sawmills
Wheat
Search Terms
Account books
Business records
Forges
Fulton Twp.
Gristmills
Little Britain Twp.
Mills
Octorara Forge
Peach Bottom, Fulton Twp.
Sawmills
Extent
1 570 pages to scan.
Size (L x W): 13" x 8"
Object Name
Book, Account
Language
English
Condition Date
2024-01-24
Condition Notes
Book is in poor condition. Front and back covers are unattached with most of the leather worn off. Spine is completely worn through at places. Paper has foxing and some pages have water damage. Nine pages are unattached. Index tabs A-B, C-D, N-O, W-X and W-Z are missing.
There is no page 2. Pages 201 to 206 are not paginated.
Object ID
MG0963_F010
Location of Originals
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania
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).
Edmond is recorded as "Black Edmond"
Hannah is recorded as "Black Hannah"
Patrick is recorded as "Black Patrick"
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 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.
Credit
Courtesy of LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.
Accession Number
2022.021
Other Numbers
MG-963
Classification
MG0963
Description Level
Item
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