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Collection: Frank R. Diffenderffer Collection

Title: Frank R. Diffenderffer Collection

Object ID: MG0166

Date Range: 1738-1920

Stedman, Charles Steinert, Christian Steinman, Charles Steinman, Frederick Steinman, George Steinman, John F. Stevens, R. S. Stevenson, George Stone, John Stoneman, Tobias Stones, John Stuart, Robert Swan, John G. Swain, R. Swentzel, H. Y. Swift, Joseph �230 North President Avenue • Lancaster

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Collection: Frank R. Diffenderffer Collection

Title: Frank R. Diffenderffer Collection

Description: The Frank R. Diffenderffer Collection contains documents collected by Mr. Diffenderffer. These documents are primarily from the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries and include letters, legal and court papers, indentures, receipts, property and probate records, and financial and military papers. The people and businesses represented include George Ross, Jasper Yeates, A. Herr Smith, Timothy Matlack, Mount Hope Furnace, and the Lancaster, Elizabethtown & Middletown Turnpike Road Company.

System of Arrangement: Collection retains original arrangement.

Date Range: 1738-1920

Year Range From: 1738

Year Range To: 1920

Date of Accumulation: 1738-1920

Creator: Diffenderffer, Frank Ried, 1833-1921

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives South

Storage Wall: Side 04

People: Adams, John Quincy; Adreas, Agnes; Albright, W.; Anderson, James; Andrews, Jacob W.; Andrews, James P.; Ashbridge, Elizabeth; Ashbridge, J. H.; Ashbridge, Sarah; Ashbridge, Sidney; Atlee, Samuel; Attlee, Samuel; Autstch, Adam; Bare, Martin; Barlow, Thomas; Barnitz, Joseph; Barr, John; Barton, David R.; Barton, W.; Bauer, Adam; Beams, Jacob; Beard, Robert; Bearn, John; Beck, Martha; Beck, Paul; Beck, Samuel; Bender, Leonard; Benezet, Daniel; Benner, Henrich; Berntheisel, Henry; Berry, William; Bickham, F. A.; Bickman, George; Bletz, Jacob; Blumer, Abraham; Bollinger, Esther; Bombarger, Martin; Bomberger, John; Bower, Samuel P.; Bowman, Henry; Bowman, J.; Bowman, Samuel; Bowman, W.; Boyd, James; Boyd, Samuel; Bradford, Samuel J.; Breck, Samuel; Bredenstein, Philip; Brown, David; Brown, Matthew; Brown, William; Broud, Bill; Bruener, G.; Bryan, George; Bryan, George I.; Burd, Edward; Burkholder, E.; Burt, Nathaniel; Caldwell, James; Caldwell, Oliver; Caldwell, Robert; Calhoun, John C.; Cameron, James; Cameron, John; Campbell, Sarah; Carpenter, Abraham; Carpenter, Daniel; Carpenter, Jacob; Carpenter, William; Cather, Robert; Chambers, Stephen; Chambers, W.; Charlton, Thomas; Clark, Brice; Clark, John; Clark, Washington; Clemson, Joseph; Cochran, A.; Cochran, William; Coleman, William; Connor, Kitty; Cookson, Thomas; Cooper, William; Creasy, Solomon; Creasy, Solomon M.; Crone, Robert; Cunningham, Hugh; Cunningham, Thomas; Damant, James; Damisch, Fred; Davis, Zaccheus; Deckert, Jacob; Dederick, Henry; Dering, Henry; Derward, Jonas; Detrick, P.; Dickert, Jacob; Dieterick, Jacob; Diffenderffer, David; Diffenderffer, Frank Ried; Diffenderffer, Harold F.; Diffenderfer, Michael; Diffenderfer, Philip; Diller, Peter; Doerses, Frederick; Dougherty, William; Douglass, George; Douglass, James; Doyle, Thomas; Dryer, Andrew; Dubbs, Joseph H.; Duck, Geotge; Duncan, Daniel; Eagen, James; Eagen, Thomas; Eberman, John; Eberman, Philip; Eckert, George; Eckman, John; Eftwein, Johannes; Eichholtz, H.; Eichholtz, Leonard; Eliot, Daniel; Emanuel, John; Ench, Jacob; Espy, George R.; Evans, Frances; Evans, Isaac; Evans, James C.; Evans, Samuel; Ewing, John; Faghterin, Mary; Fahnestock, Samuel; Fehl, Andrew; Feltman, George; Ferree, Conrad; Ferree, Polly; Fissel, Michael; Flowers, Christian; Foltz, Bernard; Fordney, Casper; Fouts, Martin; Franklin, Thomas; Franklin, Thomas E.; Franklin W. B.; Frantz, Phil; Frey, J.; Fultz, John; Galbraith, Bertram; Galloway, Joseph; Geddis, Samuel; Gibble, L. W.; Gibbons, William; Gildersleve, Jonathan H.; Gildersleve Sarah; Gill, Deborah; Gill, Eramus; Gill, James; Gill, Matthew; Givler, Mary; Golden, Jeffery; Graass, Jacob; Graeff, Matthias; Graeff, W.; Graff, Benjamin; Graff, Henry; Graff, Jacob; Gratz, Hyman; Groff, Abraham; Groff, David; Groff, Isaac; Gross, Michael; Grove, Abraham; Grubb, Baird; Grubb, Curtis; Grubb, Henry; Habacker, George; Habacker, Wager; Hartz, John; Hake, Elizabeth; Hake, Jacob; Hale, Charles; Hambright, Henry; Hamilton, James; Hamilton, William; Hand, Edward; Hart, Elizabeth; Hartand, John; Hartmyer, Frederick; Haton, James; Hatz, John; Hayn, Christopher; Hehl, Matthew; Henderson, Mary; Henry, Christopher; Henry, Elizabeth; Henry, Joseph; Henry, Josiah; Henry, John Joseph; Henry, Mary; Herr, Christian; Hensel, William Uhler; Hibshman, Henry; Hoff, John; Hoofnagle, P.; Hoover, Jacob; Host, Catharine; Host, Michael; Howell, William H.; Howell, William Wilson; Huber, J.; Huber, John; Hubley, Adam; Hubley, John; Hubley, Joseph; Hubley, M.; Hubner, Nathanael; Huston, Alex; Hutchinson, E.; Jacks, James; Jenkins, Ron; Johns, Elizabeth; Johns, Jacob; Johns, Paul; Johnston, Sam; Jones, John; Jones, Owen; Jones, Paul T.; Jordan, J.; Kauffman, Abraham; Kauffman, Joseph; Kehler, Andrew; Kelly, Joseph P.; Kelly, William; Kenedy, John; Kittera, John Wilkes; Kittera, Thomas; Kline, David; Kline, George; Kline, Michael; Kling, M.; Konigmaker, James; Krebil, John; Krieg, Philip; Krug, Edward; Krug, H. V.; Krug, Jacob; Krug, Valentine; Kuhn, Frederick; Kuhn, Jacob; Lanck, Jacob; Landes, John; Lauman, Ludwig; Lechler, John; Leman, H. E.; Lewis, Abraham; Lewis, Ellis; Liews, Eliza; Lightner, Nathaniel; Likens, James; Lind, John; Long, Charles E.; Long, Jacob; Longenecker, David; Lowery, Alexander; Lowery, Lazarus; Lowman, Ludwig; Lutz, Peter; Lynch, Thomas; MacGonigle, Jonathan T.; MacGregor, John; MacGregor, Peter; Machold, Lewis Frederick; Marshall, Christopher; Matlack, Timothy; Mattes, George; Mauer, Peter; Maus, Peter; Mayer, John; Mayer, Lewis; McGown, William; McClure, David; McClure, Randle; McKim, James; McKinney, Mordecai; Mease, James; Mease, John; Mercer, John Q.; Messersmith, George; Metzer, Jonas; Metzer, Norman; Miller, David; Miller, Harry; Miller, Henry; Miller, James; Miller, John; Miller, T. H.; Minnich, Lizzie; Mohler, Henry; Montgomery, Jane; Montgomery, S. H.; Moore, James; Moore, John; Musser, John; Myer, John; Myer, John P.; Myer, Josephine; Myers, Christian; Myers, Eckert; Myers, Henry; Myers, Jacob; Myers, John; Myers, Joseph; Myers, Josephine; Myers, S. H.; Myers, Sidney; Muhlenberg, F. A.; Muhlenberg, G. H. E.; Muhlenberg, Henry; Muhlenberg, Henry A.; Munster, Paul; Nager, Ben Willis; Nagle, John; Neal, John; Nees, Adam; Neisser, G. Br.; Nelson, William; Nicholson, John; Norgrave, H.; Odonel, Charles; Old, James; Parvin, Francis; Passmore, John; Patton, James; Pendleton, George H.; Pennypacker, Samuel W.; Penrose, Clement; Petersby, Richard; Physick, Edmund; Pine, Michael; Pohlman, Abraham; Price, Eli K.; Purviance, Samuel; Ralston, Robert; Ramsay, Catharine; Ramsay, David; Ramsay, James; Ramsay, Nathaniel; Ramsay, William; Randall, Samuel; Rank, Samuel; Redsecker, Jacob; Reed, E. L.; Reed, George; Reedly, George; Reedly, John; Reigart, Adam; Reigart, Emanuel; Reigart, Jacob; Riche, Thomas; Rieger, Ann; Rohrer, John; Ross, George; Ross, James; Roth, Jacob; Schaum, Philip; Scheaffer, John; Schnierer, John, Mrs.; Schweinhaupt, Br.; Sell, Henry; Seward, Hugh; Shafer, John; Shaffer, Jacob; Sharer, David; Shearer, Jacob; Sheef, William; Sheldon, William; Shippen, Edward; Shireman, Jacob; Shol, Peter; Shware, Peter; Simon, Joseph; Simon, William; Sindersmith, S. V.; Singer, Casper; Singer, Emanuel; Skiles, William; Slaugher, Hiram; Slaymaker, Amos; Slaymaker, Henry; Slough, Matthias; Smith, A. Herr; Smith, Eliza; Smith, Joanna; Smith, Thomas; Smith, William; Snapp, Samuel; Solomon, Myer; Spencer, S. S.; Sprecher, Frank L.; Stauffer, Henry; Stedman, Alex; Stedman, Charles; Steinert, Christian; Steinman, Charles; Steinman, Frederick; Steinman, George; Steinman, John F.; Stevens, R. S.; Stevenson, George; Stone, John; Stoneman, Tobias; Stones, John; Stuart, Robert; Swan, John G.; Swain, R.; Swentzel, H. Y.; Swift, Joseph; Tanger, David R.; Titball, Joseph; Trimble, James; Trissler, John; Trissler, Joseph David; Turner, Ambrose; Turner, Catharine; Wagen, Philip; Walk, Deetrick; Walker, John; Wallace, John; Wallace, William; Warden, M.; Warfel, John; Washington, Samuel; Watson, David; Webb, James; Weber, Adam; Wegman, Mary; Weitzel, George; Wenger, Roland; Werner, Jacob; Wertsburger, Henry; West, William; Wetherill, Samuel P.; White, George; White, T.; Whitaker, George; Wildred, Daniel; Williams, Evans P.; Williams, John; Wistar, Thomas; Witlow, Hugh; Witman, John; Witman, Michael; Witmer, Abraham; Witmer, Benjamin; Witmer, David; Witmer, Henry; Wolford, Ludwig; Wood, George; Work, Joseph; Wright, James; Wright, John; Wright, S. W.; Yaner, Jacob; Yeates, Jasper; Yeates, John; Young, Henry; Young, Mattias; Zahm, Godfrey; Zantzinger, Adam; Zantzinger, Ester; Zeigler, George; Zimmer, Henry

Subjects: Bonds; Business records; Certificates; Court records; Finance, Personal; Invoices; Letters; Lotteries; Minutes (Records); Probate records; Receipts (Acknowledgments); Schools; Stocks

Search Terms: Accounts; African Methodist Episcopal Church; Armor's Old Bookstore; Articles of agreement; Beaver Creek; Black Horse Farm; Bonds; Business records; Certificates; Charles E. Wentz and Bros.; Christ Lutheran Church; Cocalico Creek; Conestoga Steam Mills; Constables; Correspondence; Court records; Farmers Bank of Lancaster; Farmer's Hay and Straw Market Association; Finance, Personal; Finding aids; Franklin Savings and Building Association; Grosh and Levering; Hamilton Lots; Indentures; Indian Queen Hotel; Invoices; Lancaster Cemetery; Lancaster County Agricultural Park; Lancaster County Historical Society; Lancaster, Elizabethtown and Middletown Turnpike Company; Letters; Lotteries; Manuscript groups; McDowell's Mill; Minutes; Mount Hope Furnace; Northern Central Railway Company; Pennsylvania Council; Philadelphia and Reading Railroad Company; Probate records; Protestant Episcopal Church; Receipts; Sam Wetherill and Sons; Schools; Shaffner and Ziegler; St. James Episcopal Church; Steinman and Son; Stocks; Trinity Lutheran Church; W. Kirkpatrick and Company; Zahm and Jackson Jewelers

Extent: 1 box, 27 folders, 1 cubic ft.

Object Name: Archive

Language: English

Object ID: MG0166

Location of Originals: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania

Notes: Preferred Citation: Frank R. Diffenderfer Collection (MG0166), 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.

Accession Number: 1964.013

Other Numbers: MG-166

Classification: MG0166

Description Level: Fonds

Custodial History: This collection was cataloged prior to 1997. Added to database 23 September 2021.; Accession # L64-13

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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

Book, Account

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/2df38772-6a50-45d2-af32-226821108869

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

Title: Smedley & Son Prospect Mills Day Book C

Object ID: MG0963_F055

Date Range: 1860-1862

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

Title: Smedley & Son Prospect Mills Day Book C

Description: Smedley & Son Prospect Mills Day Book C 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, turning trundle posts, and rejoining carriage shafts. The recorded expenses for the mill include employee wages and transportation costs.

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: 1860-1862

Creation Date: 1860-1862

Year Range From: 1860

Year Range To: 1862

Creator: Smedley, Joel, 1802-1872

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives North

Storage Wall: Side 12

Storage Container: Box 0010

People: Anderson, Robert; Black, James; Brown, Jeremiah; Brown, John; Clark, Edward; Evans, Isaac; Ewing, Margaret; Ferguson, Joseph K.; Getchel, Abraham; Haddew, Edward; Haines, Mark; King, Henry; King, John; Maxwell, Robert; Maxwell, Samuel; Moore, Cyrus; Morgan, John; Morgan, Thaddeus; Peters, Robert; Prall, George; Pusey, John; Riley, James; Rogers, John A.; Russell, John; Smedley, Charles; Smedley, Eli; Smedley, Joel; Snodgrass, Smith; Swift, John; Swift, Joseph; Walker, Washington; Zell, Isaac

Subjects: Buckwheat; Business Records; Corn; Flour; Gristmills; Mills and mill-work; Rye; Sawmills

Search Terms: Buckwheat; Business records; Corn; Daybooks; Flour; Fulton Twp.; Gristmills; Mills; Prospect Mills; Rye; Sawmills

Extent: 1 volume

Object Name: Book, Account

Language: English

Object ID: MG0963_F055

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

Book, Account

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/2d5fa800-90a7-49f4-8cac-101255010421

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

Title: Prospect Mills Daybook

Object ID: MG0963_F056

Date Range: 1866-1868

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

Title: Prospect Mills Daybook

Description: Prospect Mills Daybook from (1866-1868) 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, the employees of the mill and what they were being compensated for, and lists of how much cider and sausage meat was made. The profits list ranges from selling corn, wheat, bran, oats, and flour, as well as sawing boards, turning trundle posts, and rejoining carriage shafts. The recorded expenses for the mill include employee wages and transportation costs.

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: 1866-1868

Creation Date: 1866-1868

Year Range From: 1866

Year Range To: 1868

Creator: Smedley, Joel, 1802-1872

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives North

Storage Wall: Side 12

Storage Container: Box 0010

People: Aspril, David; Barnes, James; Black, Robert; Boyer, John; Brown, Jeremiah; Brown, Mary A.; Brown, Slater; Chambers, Emory; Charles, Cyrus; Clark, James H.; Clark, Robert; Crookshank, James; Daugherty, John; Dawson, Robert “Bob”; Deaver, Daniel; Ewing, Emory; Ewing, Margaret; Ewing, Samuel; Fairlamb, Samuel E.; Ferguson, Joseph K.; Grey, Samuel; Gryder, M.R.; Haines, Henry; Jackson, Robert; Jones, Thomas; King, John; Lewis, Jacob; Malone, Dennis; Moore, Benjamin; Moore, Cyrus; Morgan, John S.; Morgan, Thaddeus S.; Morrison, Susanna; Peters, Robert; Phillip, John; Phillips, Benjamin; Phillips, Edward; Pratt, Agnes; Pusey, Charles; Rhodes, Israel; Russell, John; Snodgrass, Robert; Steward, John; Swift, Daniel D.; Swift, Edward; Swift, Harry; Swift, Joseph; Walker, Washington; Waters, Margaret

Subjects: Business records; Gristmills; Sawmills; Mills and mill-work

Search Terms: Account books; Business records; Fulton Twp.; Gristmills; Mills; Prospect Mills; Sawmills

Extent: 1 volume

Object Name: Book, Account

Language: English

Object ID: MG0963_F056

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

Book, Account

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/5ddd7c8d-8b66-4cdc-b3c1-508538846576

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

Title: Prospect Mills Daybook

Object ID: MG0963_F057

Date Range: 1850-1852

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

Title: Prospect Mills Daybook

Description: Prospect Mills Daybook from (1850-1852) 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, the employees of the mill and what they were being compensated for, and lists of how much cider was made. The profits list ranges from selling molasses, corn, wheat, bran, oats, and flour, as well as sawing boards, turning trundle posts, and rejoining carriage shafts. The recorded expenses for the mill include employee wages and transportation costs. The daybook also contained a note tucked into page 141 about an employee ruining wheat by storing something in the wheat barn. It mentions needing the damaged wheat to be paid for and the possibility of the employee working off the debt.

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: 1850-1852

Creation Date: 1850-1852

Year Range From: 1850

Year Range To: 1852

Creator: Smedley, Joel, 1802-1872

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives North

Storage Wall: Side 12

Storage Container: Box 0010

People: Barns, Nathaniel; Barr, Michael; Black, James; Black, William; Bradley, Jacob; Brooks, Charles; Brown, Jeremiah; Brown, Kirk; Brown, Slater; Clark, William J.; Craig, John; Crawford, Henry; Dawson, Edward; Deaver, Aquilla; Evans, John J.; Ewing, Abraham F.; Fairlamb, Henry V.; Ferguson, Joseph; Getchal, Abraham; Gryder, Christian; Hood, Levi; Jenkins, Isaac; Karr, John; Kauffman, John M.; King, Anna; King, Isabella; King, Jacob; King, John; King, Lewis; Lefever, David or Daniel; Maxwell, Samuel; Montgomery, Robert; Moore, Cyrus; Moore, Eli; Moore, John Andrew; Morgan, Thaddeus; Nihlock, George M.; Parker, James; Perry, John; Phillips, John; Pusey, John; Reed, Harris; Reed, William; Russell, John, N.; Rutger, James; Smedley, Eli; Smedley, Thomas; Smith, George H.; Snodgrass, Samuel; Steel, William; Stubbs, John; Swift, David D.; Swift, Joseph; Thomas, Joseph; Watson, John; Watson, Nathan E.; Will, Elisha; Woodrow, Jacob; Wright, Thomas

Subjects: Business records; Gristmills; Sawmills; Mills and mill-work

Search Terms: Account books; Business records; Fulton Twp.; Gristmills; Prospect Mills; Sawmills

Extent: 1 volume

Object Name: Book, Account

Language: English

Object ID: MG0963_F057

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

Book, Account

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/a5eef10f-fda7-4a1a-b5da-582769607216

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.

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Credit: Courtesy of LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.

Accession Number: 2022.021

Other Numbers: MG-963

Classification: MG0963

Description Level: Item

Book, Account

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

Title: Account book of Slater Brown, Little Britain Township, Fulton Township

Object ID: MG0963_F012

Date Range: 1814-1834

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

Title: Account book of Slater Brown, Little Britain Township, Fulton Township

Description: Account book of Slater Brown, Little Britain Township, Fulton Township.; Contains 197 paginated pages with verticle column lines, plus a 22 page front index and a 22 page up-side-down back index (blank), the tabs of both indexes were cut from the book pages. Also, 3 unpaginated leaves in front of the back index have account information from 1818, 1819 and 1821, plus 9 blank unpaginated in front of the back index.; Front Cover - Inside: "EARLY 19TH CENTURY; GRIST MILL LEDGER OF; SLAYTER BROWN, SON OF;THE QUAKER LEADER; JEREMIAH BROWN OF; PEACH BOTTOM" is written on bottom half.; Front Leaves: Are a 21 tabbed page index. The back sides of each tab are blank.; End Leaves: Are a 20 page tabbed index, The tabs are upside down and the pages are blank.; Back Cover - "Ledger A" is written on the outside of the back cover, back contains an index of clients and what pages they appear on.; Book references an itemized list of client 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, clover seed, and rye as well as sawing boards. The recorded expenses for the mill include employee wages, transportation costs, and rent. The last page of the account book lists the work done at the schoolhouse in 1818 by helpers Peter and James. Three pressed ferns were also found within the account book (Pages. 1, 19, & 130).; Insert 1 - Blue donor card and 2 page Biographical sheets.; Insert 2 - 10 loose sheets of pieces of paper.; Insert 3 - 7 loose sheets of pieces of paper.; Insert 4 - 2 transparent pages containing 3 fern stems.

Admin/Biographical History: From: Donor Card; Son of Jeremiah Brown and brother of Judge Jeremiah Brown, Slater Brown was born in 1787 and inherited his father's mill in 1820. After continuing to grow the family mill and business, Slater died in 1855, leaving the mill to his son, Jeremiah Brown Jr.

Date Range: 1814-1834

Creation Date: 1 January 1814 to 8 August 1834

Year Range From: 1814

Year Range To: 1834

Creator: Brown, Slater, 1787-1855

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives North

Storage Wall: Side 12

Storage Container: Box 0003

People: Ailes, Ester; Beaty, David; Black, Robert; Boyd, Samuel; Brannon, Francis; Brown, Isaac; Brown, Jeremiah; Brown, Joshua; Brown, Josiah; Brown, Samuel; Brown, William; Burk, Thomas; Carman, Andrew; Churchman, David; Clark, Thomas; Cloverfield, John; Davis, William; Evans, John; Ewing, Alexander; Gray, Jacob; Haines, Jacob; Haines, Timothy; Hambleton, James; Hambleton, Joseph; Harlan, Thomas; Harrison, James; Hawkins, Nathaniel; Hess, Abraham; Heston, Charles; Hill, William; Jackson, Peter; Jones, Benjamin; Kenneda, Letitia; King, James; King, Joshua; Kirk, John; Lefever, John; Long, John; Maxwell, Robert; Mclaughlin, James; Montgomery, Joseph; Moore, William; Nivin, David; Patterson, Thomas; Patton, William; Pennel, William; Ratoo, Sarah; Reynolds, Henrey; Reynolds, Samuel; Rose, Robert; Scott, Francis; Snodgrass, Samuel; Sprout, John; Steel, Elizabeth; Stewart, Adam; Swift, Joseph; Warden, James; Warden, Robert; Webb, Johnathan; Wilson, John

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.; Pressed flowers; Sawmills

Extent: 508 pages to scan.; Size (L x W): 13-1/8" x 8"

Object Name: Book, Account

Language: English

Condition Date: 2024-02-06

Condition Notes: Binding is damaged, top of back cover is not attached and top of spine has worn to the pages, cover has red rot; the last 33 pages are not attached at the top half of the pages.; Page in front of the back index is missing the bottom ~1".

Object ID: MG0963_F012

Location of Originals: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania

Related Item Notes: Habeas Corpus paper of Letitia Kenady (Habeas 1814 F025)

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).; Slater Brown has a writ of habeas corpus against him from Letitia Kennedy.

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

Description Level: Item

Book, Account

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

Title: Account Book of Slater Brown form Little Britain Township and Fulton Township

Object ID: MG0963_F014

Date Range: 1832-1852

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

Title: Account Book of Slater Brown form Little Britain Township and Fulton Township

Description: Account Book of Slater Brown’s gristmill book D, from Little Britain Township and Fulton Township.; Contains 219 paginated ruled leaves with vertical column lines, plus 1 end leaf that is not paginated, and an 20 page index of clients, the last page of which has account information only.; Front Cover: "D." written in black on outside at top; inside has "ISAAC P. COOK" sold by book stamp. Inside cover is marbleized.; Back Cover - Inside cover is marbleized; Spine - "LEDGER" is stamped on the spine and the letter D was written at 3 places.; Front leaves - 2 leaves. The first leaf is marbleized on one side and has x'ed out 2 lines at the top.; second leaf has "Slater Brown Bern?" written on one side.; Back leaf - Only one that is marbleized on one side.; The letter "D" in written in black on the front cover and three times on the spine.; Book references an itemized list of customers 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, clover seed, and rye as well as sawing boards. The recorded expenses for the mill include employee wages, transportation costs, and rent.; Insert 1 - Blue donor card.; Insert 2 - 8 loose sheets, 3 are small pieces of paper.

Admin/Biographical History: From Donor Card:; Son of Jeremiah Brown and brother of Judge Jeremiah Brown, Slater Brown was born in 1787 and inherited his father's mill in 1820. After continuing to grow the family mill and business, Slater died in 1855, leaving the mill to his son, Jeremiah Brown Jr.

Date Range: 1832-1852

Creation Date: 4 January 1832 to 20 March 1852

Year Range From: 1832

Year Range To: 1852

Creator: Brown, Slater, 1787-1855

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives North

Storage Wall: Side 12

Storage Container: Box 0004

People: Black, Robert; Boyd, Samuel; Bowman, Henry; Brannon, Francis; Brown, Isaac; Brown, Jeremiah; Brown, John; Brown, Joshua; Brown, Josiah; Brown, Samuel; Brown, William; Burk, Thomas; Carman, Andrew; Churchman, David; Clark, Thomas; Davis, William; Evans, John; Ewing, Alexander; Gray, Jacob; Haines, Jacob; Haines, Timothy; Hambleton, James; Hambleton, Joseph; Harlan, Thomas; Harrison, James; Hawkins, Nathaniel; Hess, Abraham; Heston, Charles; Hill, William; Jackson, Peter; Jones, Benjamin; King, James; King, Joshua; Kirk, John; Lefever, John; Long, John; Martin, Smauel; Maxwell, Robert; Mclaughlin, James; Montgomery, Joseph; Moore, William; Nivin, David; Patterson, Thomas; Patton, William; Ratoo, Sarah; Reynolds, Henrey; Reynolds, Samuel; Rose, Robert; Scott, Francis; Snodgrass, Samuel; Sprout, John; Stewart, Adam; Swift, Joseph; Warden, James; Warden, Robert; Webb, Johnathan; Wilson, John

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; Schoolhouses

Extent: 488 pages to scan.; Size (L x W): 15-1/2" x 6-5/8"

Object Name: Book, Account

Language: English

Condition Date: 2024-02-03

Condition Notes: Book cover is damaged but intact. Red rot of cover and spine is present and the leather has worn to the base at places on the edges. Spine has separated at the top rear seam. Spine had "LEDGER" printed on it and what appears to be a vertical 1/2" burn mark at the top.; The following stamp in on the inside cover.; SOLD BY; ISAAC P. COOK,; BOOKSELLER AND STATIONER,; No. 37 Market street,, Baltimore,; Where a general assortment of; Books and Stationary may be; obtained at low prices.; Orders thankfully received.; The front and back page have separated from the spine. Pages are in good condition, except pages 212 through 218, that have a 6 inch section of lower edges roughly worn. This is minor damage.

Object ID: MG0963_F014

Location of Originals: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania

Related Item Notes: Slater Brown has a writ of habeas corpus against him from Letitia Kennedy.

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

Description Level: Item

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