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Accounts of the Treasury of Pennsylvania, : from the first of January to the thirty-first of December, inclusive

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Corporate Author
Pennsylvania. Treasury.
Date of Publication
1797.
Call Number
Book 23a 1797.1
  1 website  
Corporate Author
Pennsylvania. Treasury.
Place of Publication
Philadelphia
Publisher
Printed by Zachariah Poulson, Junior, number eighty, Chesnut-street.,
Date of Publication
1797.
Physical Description
12 p. ; 31 cm.
Notes
Signed on p. [3]: Elizabeth Febiger, executrix of Christian Febiger, deceased. Treasury Office, January 9th, 1797.
Jasper Yeates Colonial Law Library.
Book number 23 as assigned by Yeates.
Evans
Three-quarters leather with marbled paper over boards and maroon and gilt title on spine.
Subjects
Finance, Public - Pennsylvania.
Internal revenue - Pennsylvania.
Finance, Public.
Internal revenue.
Pennsylvania.
Additional Author
Febiger, Christian,
Febiger, Elizabeth.
Poulson, Zachariah,
Yeates, Jasper,
Place
United States Pennsylvania Philadelphia.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Yeates Collection
Call Number
Book 23a 1797.1
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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.
Copyright
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Credit
Courtesy of LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.
Other Numbers
MG-217
Classification
MG0217
Description Level
Fonds
Custodial History
Added to database 13 January 2022.
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Journal of the proceedings of the Senate of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, : when sitting for the purpose of trying an impeachment. : Commencing on Wednesday, the eighth of January, one thousand seven hundred and ninety-four

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo20577
Corporate Author
Pennsylvania. General Assembly. Senate.
Date of Publication
[1794]
Call Number
Yeates Book 22a.2 1794
  1 website  
Corporate Author
Pennsylvania. General Assembly. Senate.
Place of Publication
Philadelphia
Publisher
Printed by Zachariah Poulson, Junior, no. 80, Chesnut-Street.,
Date of Publication
[1794]
Physical Description
18 p. ; 31 cm. (fol.)
Notes
Impeachment proceedings, Jan. 8-Apr. 11, 1794, against John Nicholson, comptroller general of Pennsylvania.
Signatures: 1-4² [5]1.
Jasper Yeates's Colonial Library.
Book number 22 as arranged by Yeates.
Evans
Subjects
Nicholson, John, - 1757-1800.
Trials (Impeachment) - Pennsylvania.
Politics and government
Trials (Impeachment)
Pennsylvania - Politics and government - 1775-1865.
Pennsylvania.
Additional Author
Poulson, Zachariah,
Yeates, Jasper,
Place
United States Pennsylvania Philadelphia.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Yeates Collection
Call Number
Yeates Book 22a.2 1794
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Journal of the proceedings of the Senate of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, : when sitting for the purpose of trying an impeachment. : Commencing on Wednesday, the eighth of January, one thousand seven hundred and ninety-four

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo20578
Corporate Author
Pennsylvania. General Assembly. Senate.
Date of Publication
[1794]
Call Number
Book 22a.3 1794
  1 website  
Corporate Author
Pennsylvania. General Assembly. Senate.
Place of Publication
Philadelphia
Publisher
Printed by Zachariah Poulson, Junior, no. 80, Chesnut-Street.,
Date of Publication
[1794]
Physical Description
18 p. ; 31 cm. (fol.)
Notes
Impeachment proceedings, Jan. 8-Apr. 11, 1794, against John Nicholson, comptroller general of Pennsylvania.
Signatures: 1-4² [5]1.
Jasper Yeates;s Colonial Law Library.
Book 22 as arranged by Yeates,
Evans
Subjects
Nicholson, John, - 1757-1800.
Trials (Impeachment) - Pennsylvania.
Politics and government
Trials (Impeachment)
Pennsylvania - Politics and government - 1775-1865.
Pennsylvania.
Additional Author
Poulson, Zachariah,
Yeates, Jasper,
Place
United States Pennsylvania Philadelphia.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Yeates Collection
Call Number
Book 22a.3 1794
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Journal of the Senate of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania

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Corporate Author
Pennsylvania. General Assembly. Senate.
Date of Publication
1794]
Call Number
Yeates Book 22a.2
  1 website  
Corporate Author
Pennsylvania. General Assembly. Senate.
Place of Publication
[Philadelphia
Publisher
Printed by Zachariah Poulson, Junior, number eighty, Chesnut-Street.,
Date of Publication
1794]
Physical Description
p. [1], 254-304 ; 31 cm. (fol.)
Notes
Sept. 1-23, 1794.
Caption title; imprint from colophon.
Pagination continues that of the Senate Journal for Dec. 3, 1793-Apr. 22, 1794 (Evans 27482).
Signatures: 1-13².
Jasper Yeates Colonial Law Library.
Book number 22 as arranged by Yeates.
Evans
Additional Author
Poulson, Zachariah,
Yeates, Jasper,
Place
United States Pennsylvania Philadelphia.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Yeates Collection
Call Number
Yeates Book 22a.2
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Journal of the Senate of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. : Anno MDCCXC, and in the fourteenth year of the independence of the United States of America

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Corporate Author
Pennsylvania. General Assembly. Senate.
Date of Publication
[1791]
Call Number
Yeates 20b.1 1792
Corporate Author
Pennsylvania. General Assembly. Senate.
Place of Publication
Philadelphia
Publisher
Printed by Zachariah Poulson, Junior, no. 30, Fourth-Street, between Market-Street and Arch-Street.
Date of Publication
[1791]
Physical Description
268 p. ; 31 cm. (fol.)
Notes
Dec. 7, 1790-Apr 13, 1791.
Signatures: A - 3x..
Jasper Yeates's Colonial Law Library.
Book number 20a as assigned by Yeates.
Additional Author
Yeates, Jasper,
Poulson, Zachariah,
Location
Lancaster History Library - Yeates Collection
Call Number
Yeates 20b.1 1792
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Journal of the Senate of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania : Commencing on Tuesday the fifth day of December, in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and ninety-seven, and of the independence of the United States of America the twenty-second. : Volume VIII

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Corporate Author
Pennsylvania. General Assembly. Senate.
Date of Publication
1797 [i.e. 1798]
Call Number
Book 23a 1797.2
  1 website  
Corporate Author
Pennsylvania. General Assembly. Senate.
Place of Publication
Philadelphia
Publisher
Printed by Zachariah Poulson, Junior, number eighty, Chesnut-street.,
Date of Publication
1797 [i.e. 1798]
Physical Description
278 pages ; (fol.)
Notes
Dec. 5, 1797-Apr. 5, 1798.
Jasper Yeates Colonial Law Library.
Book number 23 as assigned by Yeates.
Evans
Three-quarters leather with marbled paper over boards and maroon and gilt title on spine.
Additional Author
Poulson, Zachariah,
Yeates, Jasper,
Place
United States Pennsylvania Philadelphia.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Yeates Collection
Call Number
Book 23a 1797.2
Websites
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Journal of the Senate of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania : Commencing on Tuesday, the first day of December, in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and ninety-five, and of the independence of the United States of America the twentieth

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Corporate Author
Pennsylvania. General Assembly. Senate.
Date of Publication
[1796].
Call Number
Yeates Book 22a.5
Corporate Author
Pennsylvania. General Assembly. Senate.
Place of Publication
Philadelphia
Publisher
Printed by Zachariah Poulson, Junior, number eighty, Chesnut-street,
Date of Publication
[1796].
Physical Description
249, [1, [4] 5-19 [1], [4] 5-12] p ; (fol.)
Series
Early American imprints // ed. by Clifford Kenyon Shipton and the American Antiquarian Society ; Ser. 1 ; 30980 [Dig. Serial]
Notes
Jasper Yeates Colonial Law Library.
Book number 22 as arranged by Yeates.
Report of the Register-General of the finances of Pennsylvania, for the year 1795,[indivdual title page]; Accounts of the Treasuyr of Pennsylvania, from the fist of January to the thirty-first of December, inclusive [individual title page]
Dec. 1, 1795-Apr. 4, 1796.
Evans, 30980.
Subjects
Pennsylvania - Politics and government - 1775-1865.
Additional Author
Poulson, Zachariah,
Yeate, Jasper,
Place
United States Pennsylvnaia Philadelphia.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Yeates Collection
Call Number
Yeates Book 22a.5
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Journal of the Senate of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. : Commencing on Tuesday, the fourth day of December, in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and ninety-two, and of the independence of the United States of America the seventeenth

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Corporate Author
Pennsylvania. General Assembly. Senate.
Date of Publication
[1793]
Call Number
Yeates 20b 3 1793
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Corporate Author
Pennsylvania. General Assembly. Senate.
Place of Publication
Philadelphia
Publisher
Printed by Zachariah Poulson, Junior, in Fourth-Street, near the university.,
Date of Publication
[1793]
Physical Description
308 p. ; 31 cm. (fol.)
Notes
Dec. 4, 1792-Sept. 5, 1793.
Signatures: [A]² B-4H².
Jasper Yeate"s Colonial Law Library.
Book Number 20B as assigned by Yeates.
Evans
Additional Author
Poulson, Zachariah,
Place
United States Pennsylvania Philadelphia.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Yeates Collection
Call Number
Yeates 20b 3 1793
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Journal of the Senate of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. commencing on Tuesday, the sixth of December, in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and ninety-one, and the independence of the United States of America the sixteenth

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/2115
Corporate Author
Pennsylvania General Assembly
Date of Publication
[1792].
Corporate Author
Pennsylvania General Assembly
Place of Publication
Philadelphia
Publisher
Zachariah Poulson, Junior, no. 30, Fourth-Street, between Market-Street and Arch-Street,
Date of Publication
[1792].
Physical Description
266 pages, 31 cm.
Notes
Jasper Yeates Colonial Law Library
Wednesday, December 7, 1791 - April 10, 1792
Book number 20b.2, assigned by Yeates.
Additional Author
Yeates, Jasper,
Poulson, Zachariah,
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