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Walker & Brother (Christiana, Pa.) Records
Title
Walker & Brother (Christiana, Pa.) Records
Object ID
MG0558
Date Range
1861-1867
• www.LancasterHistory.org Accruals: No further accruals are expected. Preferred Citation: Walker & Brother (Christiana, Pa.) Records (MG0558), LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania. People: Walker, Joseph Coates Walker, Asahel Subject Headings: Business records Letters Receipts (Acknowledgments) Search Terms: Business
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Collection
Walker & Brother (Christiana, Pa.) Records
Title
Walker & Brother (Christiana, Pa.) Records
Description
The Walker & Brother (Christiana, Pa.) Records contain a receipt book of grain merchants, Walker & Brother of Christiana, Pennsylvania. The business correspondence pasted to the receipt stubs documents the firm's purchases and sales of grain, cigars, fertilizer, coal and lumber; banking; debt collection; and purchases of horses, cattle, and baling machinery.
Admin/Biographical History
Joseph Coates Walker was born in Sadsbury Twp., Lancaster County on 4 April 1832. He learned the science of agriculture in his youth and in 1853 became a clerk at a mercantile business in Gap, Pennsylvania. He moved to Christiana briefly, then returned to Gap in 1857 to begin his career in general transportation, grain, coal and lumber, with his brother, Asahel. In 1880, the business became Joseph C. Walker & Son, when E. Enfield Walker joined his father. Outside of the mercantile business, Joseph served as postmaster, revenue collector, justice of the peace and president of Gap National Bank.
Ellis, Franklin, and Samuel Evans. 1883. History of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania… Philadelphia: Everts & Peck, pp. 1055-1058.
Biographical Annals of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania… Chicago: Beers, 1903, pp. 308-9.
Date Range
1861-1867
Creation Date
1861-1867
Year Range From
1861
Year Range To
1867
Creator
Walker & Brother (Christiana, Pa.)
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Storage Room
Archives South
Storage Wall
Side 12
People
Walker, Joseph Coates
Walker, Asahel
Subjects
Business records
Letters
Receipts (Acknowledgments)
Search Terms
Business records
Christiana, Pennsylvania
Correspondence
Finding aids
Letters
Manuscript groups
Receipts
Walker and Brother
Extent
1 volume
Object Name
Archive
Language
English
Object ID
MG0558
Location of Originals
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania
Notes
Preferred Citation: Title or description of item, date (day, month, year), Walker & Brother (Christiana, Pa.) Records (MG0558), LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.
Access Conditions / Restrictions
This volume may be used by appointment. Please contact research@lancasterhistory.org prior to visit.
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
2008.MG0558
Other Numbers
MG-558
Classification
MG0558
Description Level
Fonds
Custodial History
Added to database 26 December 2021.
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