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Collection: Political Campaigns and Elections Collection

Title: Political Campaigns and Elections Collection

Object ID: MG0094

Date Range: 1847 - present

Collection: Political Campaigns and Elections Collection

Title: Political Campaigns and Elections Collection

Description: Collection contains material related to political parties, campaigns, and elections in Lancaster County, including programs, ephemera, election certificates, election returns, campaign brochures, and posters.

Date Range: 1847 - present

Date of Accumulation: 1847-

Creator: LancasterHistory (Organization)

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives South

Storage Wall: Side 03

People: Achey, Charles A.; Aikens, James W.; Aleci, Eugene; Allen, Tony; Angermier, Kay; Armstrong, Gib; Arnold, Marlene; Bentsen, Lloyd Millard, Jr.; Betan, Daniel; Bowman, Isaac; Bowman, Tobias; Brubaker, H. Clay; Bush, George W.; Clinton, Bill; Cody, Heidi Kraft; Coe, George; Cummings, Homer; DeBord, Bruce; Draper, Betty; Duff, James H.; Dukakis, Michael Stanley; Eshleman, H. Frank; Ford, Ron; Franklin, George M.; Franklin, Walter M.; Giberson, Robert; Hartman, Lewis S.; Heinz, John; Higbee, E. E.; Kenderdine, Henry S., Jr.; Kennedy, John F.; Landis, Bertha C.; Landis, C. R.; Landis, D. B.; Landis, James L.; Lincoln and Johnson; Livengood, William S., Jr.; Livingston, J. B.; Martin, Edward; McMellen, E.; Musser, F. G.; Paulson, Greg; Peck, Kathy; Pugh, Russell; Quayle, James Danforth "Dan"; Reinaker, Dennis E.; Roland, John; Ruoff, Ed; Rutt, Ken; Schuler, Jere; Smith, A. Herr; Smithgall, Charlie; Starr, Phil; Stengel, Lawrence F.; Strickler, Daniel B.; Sweeton, J. Frank; Urdaneta, Jose; Walker, Bob; Walker, Tom; Wiley, Jane; Witmer, Dick; Zartman, Kevin

Other Creators: Lancaster County Historical Society

Subjects: Advertising, Political; Campaign literature; Political campaigns

Search Terms: Advertising, Political; Brochures; Campaign literature; Campaign posters; Correspondence; Democratic Party; Directories; Election returns; Ephemera; Finding aids; Letters; Manuscript groups; Political advertising; Political campaigns; Republican Party; Salt River; Songbooks; Speeches

Extent: 2 boxes, 21 folders, 5 oversized folders, .75 cubic ft.

Object Name: Archive

Language: English

Object ID: MG0094

Location of Originals: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania (Lancaster, Pa.)

Access Conditions / Restrictions: No restrictions.

Copyright: Collection may not be photocopied. Please contact Research Staff or Archives Staff with questions.

Credit: Political Campaigns and Elections Collection (MG-94), Folder #, LancasterHistory.org

Classification: MG0094

Description Level: Fonds

Custodial History: Reprocessed 23 December 2005, HST; Updated January 2008, February and March 2010 HST

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Collection: Frank E. Witmer's 1879 Diary

Title: Diary of Frank E. Witmer

Object ID: MG0847

Date Range: 1879, 2020

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Collection: Frank E. Witmer's 1879 Diary

Title: Diary of Frank E. Witmer

Description: This collection contains Frank E. Witmer's original 1879 diary, as well as a transcription and index prepared by Dr. David H. Wallace. The diary provides a detailed record of the daily activities of all members of the family. He primarily records the work involved in running a truck farm--planting, maintaining, and harvesting crops, and preparing for market. Other entries of interest include helping a neighbor move a carriage house; building a hog pen; canning; attendance at several Mennonite churches in the area; the process of moving from one house and barn to a new house and barn on the property; frequent visits between relatives and neighbors; and a few mentions of school and the leisure activities of the young men.

Admin/Biographical History: In 1879, Franklin E. Witmer (1855-1931), at age 23, was the eldest son of Aaron L. Witmer, farmer of West Lampeter Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, and his wife Mary Ann (Herr) Witmer. The household also included his younger brothers Abraham (Abram), 21, and Jacob Elam (Elem), 19; two school-age girls Sarah Dunlap, 13, an apprentice servant, and Hettie Fritz, 8, a ward of Mr. and Mrs. Witmer; and for part of the year a teen-age boarder-farm hand , Thaddeus (Thad) Brackbill. In Frank's diary, each person's activity was recorded daily, almost as if he had set himself a deliberate project to do so.; Mr. Witmer's truck farm embraced fields of grain (wheat, oats and rye), several acres of tobacco, a varied fruit orchard, a large truck garden, and a greenhouse for vegetables and flowering plants, a small herd of dairy cattle, some hogs and chickens; enough variety to make year-round weekly visits to market in Lancaster. During the year the family moved into a new house, raised a new barn, stables, hog-pen and chicken-house, and rented the old house and barn to a tenant farmer, Jacob Dieter.; The Witmers were Mennonites, regularly attending church in Lampeter Twp. and Strasburg, and occasionally in New Providence and Lancaster. Sarah and Hettie and briefly Elam, attended the Lampeter School. Their chief source of entertainment seems to have been visiting among their extended Witmer and Herr families and neighbors, although Abram and Elam sometimes attended "singing school" and the Lampeter Lyceum and did some "driving about" of an evening. Only Abram seems to have had a special girlfriend.; Although all the men of the family did everything in the way of farm chores, each of the boys also had a specialty. Frank, the oldest, had his own corn and tobacco patches to tend and market, Abram tended to concentrate on the greenhouse and truck-garden, and Elam helped his father provide veterinary services to other farmers in the area.; Frank Witmer married Mary Ann Herr on November 30, 1881; he continued general farming in West Lampeter Township, died there on December 10, 1931, and was buried in the Mennonite cemetery in nearby Willow Street, Pennsylvania.; This history was prepared by Dr. David H. Wallace.

Date Range: 1879, 2020

Creation Date: 1879, 2020

Creator: Wallace, David H.

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives South

Storage Wall: Side 19

People: Brackbill, Thaddeus; Dunlap, Sarah; Fritz, Hettie; Wallace, David Harold; Witmer, Aaron L.; Witmer, Abraham Herr; Witmer, Franklin Elmer; Witmer, Jacob Elam; Witmer, Mary Ann Herr

Other Creators: Witmer, Franklin Elmer, 1855-1931

Subjects: Truck farming; Diaries; Agriculture; Indexes

Search Terms: Truck farming; Diaries; Farming; Agriculture; Transcriptions; Indexes; Finding aids; Manuscript groups

Extent: 3 items, 146 pages to scan

Object Name: Archive

Language: English

Object ID: MG0847

Location of Originals: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania

Access Conditions / Restrictions: Please use transcription and index, MG0847_F002 and MG0847_F003.; Original diary may be used by appointment--contact research@lancasterhistory.org at least two weeks prior to visit.

Copyright: Images have been provided for research purposes only. Please contact research@lancasterhistory.org for a high-resolution image and permission to publish.; LancasterHistory retains the rights to the digital images and content presented. The doctrine of fair use allows limited use of copyrighted material without permission from the copyright holder. Fair use includes comment, criticism, teaching, and private scholarship. Any images and data downloaded, printed or photocopied for these purposes should provide a citation. All other uses beyond those allowed by fair use require written permission.; 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: 2021.011

Other Numbers: MG-847

Other Number: MG-847, Folder 1

Classification: MG0847

Description Level: Item

Custodial History: PDFs of the transcription and index are attached to the correlating records.

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Collection: Card Collection

Title: Card Collection

Object ID: MG0180

Date Range: 1820 - present

Haupt, C. Elvin Heidelbaugh, Milton Heinitsh, John F. Heisey, Kate Heisey, Martin Luther Hensel, Joann W. Herr, Daniel D. Herr, Daniel H. Herr, Eugene M. Herr, Harry B. Herr, L. B. Hershey, Salem L. Hershock, Florence Hess, D. Avery Hess, J. R. Hess, Martha Hess, Witmer Hiemenz, John Hireisy, F. H

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Collection: Card Collection

Title: Card Collection

Description: The Card Collection contains advertising cards for businesses throughout Lancaster County, greeting cards, invitations, membership cards, and visiting cards. The occasions represented by the greeting cards include Valentine's Day, Christmas, New Year's, Easter, birthday, and anniversary cards.

Date Range: 1820 - present

Date of Accumulation: 1820 - present

Creator: LancasterHistory (Organization)

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives South

Storage Wall: Side 04

People: Adams, Bessie; Anderson, Ada L.; Anderson, Daisy; Armstrong, Charles Dudley; Bachman, M. E.; Bair, David; Bankratz, B.; Bausman, D. H.; Berdainer, Paul F.; Blough, Clara; Bollinger, W. H.; Bomberger, Lizzie S.; Bones, John G.; Bowers, J.; Bowers, W. B.; Boyd, George; Brackbill, Henry P.; Breneman, A. N.; Brimmer, H. J.; Brown, E. W.; Brucker, John; Bruner, P. M.; Bucher, Max; Buchmiller, D. F.; Burk, Jacob; Bursk, D. S.; Byrne, J. W.; Campbell, L. H.; Carmitchell, Thomas H.; Carter, Elmer E.; Charles, John A.; Chase, Ernest Dudley; Clark, L. F.; Clarke, Samuel; Cochran, Ada M.; Cogley, A. H.; Cooper, L. A.; Crouse, Matilda G.; Danner, George H.; Davis, I. J.; Delbo, S. L.; Denlinger, B. Willis; Dennis, George M.; Diller, H.; Diller, I. N.; Diller, Isaac; Doyle, W. A.; Eby, Samuel; Enck, W. C.; Erben, John A.; Erisman, E. J.; Erisman, George F. K.; Esbenshade, E. Herr; Fahnestock, Return E.; FonDersmith, G. L.; Frailey, William O.; Frey, Andrew G.; Frey, Walter H.; Fry, Margie J.; Fulmer, A. P.; Garber, A. M.; Garner, Emma Saylor; Gast, William H.; Getz, Charles A.; Gill, Charles S.; Gochenaur, Harry E.; Goerhing, Reaves F. Jr.; Griffits, Frank P.; Groff, Samuel A.; Grove, Fanny; Grove, L. H.; Grundisch, F.; Gundaker, H.; Haberbush, M.; Hackman, Lizzie B.; Hager, Ruth; Haldeman, Grace S. Garner; Haldeman, Sarah J.; Harbaugh, Henry; Harding, William H.; Harnish, C. B.; Harnish, D. L.; Harnish, Jacob; Harnish, M. S.; Hartman, Lewis S.; Hatz, Samuel; Heidelbaugh, Milton; Heinitsh, John F.; Heisey, Kate; Heisey, Martin Luther; Hensel, Joann W.; Herr, Daniel D.; Herr, Daniel H.; Herr, Eugene M.; Herr, Harry B.; Herr, L. B.; Hess, J. R.; Hess, Witmer; Hiemenz, John; Hireisy, F. H.; Hirsh, A.; Hoffer, D. B.; Hoffman, Barbara; Hoffmeier, A. K.; Hollinger, J. P.; Hoover, George J.; Hoover, Jacob; Houghton, M. A.; Houseal, Lottie M.; Hubley, Alfred A.; Hull, George W.; Jameson, J. P.; Jeffries, Mary; Johns, H. Forrey; Kappler, Edward S.; Keiffer, J. H.; Keiffer, Josepine; Keiper, J. M.; Keller, J. W.; Kettring, John H.; Killian, G. C.; Killian, George W.; Kinzler, Frederick; Kirchner, Sharon; Knapp, Catharine; Kreckel, Edward; Kulp, D. H.; Landis, Allen B.; Landis, Bertha Cochran; Landis, David Bachman; Landis, Katie M.; Lane, C. M.; Lebkicher, J. P.; Lefevre, P. G.; Levy, M.; Locher, Charles A.; Loeb, Millie; Loeb, William; Long, Charles E.; Lowell, J. W.; Luchenbach, H. H.; Lynch, Charles O.; MacNay, Charles; Manby, William H.; Marshall, William L.; Martin, H. A.; McClain, John C.; McCleery, Samuel B.; Merrill, Lizzie L.; Miley, Frank B.; Miller, George H.; Miltonberger, J. C.; Mower, J. H.; Moyer, J. G.; Musser, Maggie; Owens, Steve J.; Parry, H. B.; Phiffer, Amanda; Poutz, Lilian; Poutz, May; Prangley, James Jr.; Ramsdell, O. J.; Reeser, Joseph; Reinoehl, A. F.; Reitzel, Amanda; Ressel, Richard P.; Richardson, Clara V.; Riest, A. H.; Riest, J. Frank; Riest, W. A.; Ringwalt, A. G.; Roadman, Samuel H.; Rock, Allen; Rohrer, F. S.; Rohrer, J.; Rosenstein, Al; Rote, Amos C.; Rote, J. E.; Roth, John B.; Rothschild, Jacob; Roy, William H.; Royer, J. R.; Saylor, J. J.; Schaefer, E. M.; Schaum, George B.; Schmidt, H. A.; Schneider, H. J.; Schoenberger, John; Shelly, Jeremiah A.; Shirk, Peter; Shreiner, H. M.; Shrum, J. H.; Shultz, E. J.; Shultz, H. S.; Simon, C. H.; Sing, Daniel; Slandt, John W.; Smaling, J. K.; Smith, A. H.; Smith, A. Herr; Snyder, H. N.; Snyder, P. C.; Sprecher, John M.; Sprecher, William D.; Stackhouse, D. P.; Stauffer, H. S.; Stauffer, Harry F.; Steinhauser, Frank J.; Steinhauser, Kate A.; Swarr, John P.; Teahl, J. A.; Thorbahn, Fanny; Trout, Harry L.; Trout, Mary; Trout, Mollie S.; Urban, B. F. W.; Urban, Ruth; Van Pelt, Charles P.; Vollmer, Frederick; Waylan, John; Webber, Annie; Weber, Ferdinand; Weidle, Laura I.; Weikel, A. W.; Wiant, George; Wiggins, Alice B.; Wilson, Edward G; Withrow, J. L.; Wood, Helen; Woodward, A. W.; Wormley, W.; Zahm, Edward J.; Ziegler, Joe C.; Keller, John; Fordney, Sara Cox; Fordney, Thomas Potter; McIlvaine, George Duffield; Haupt, C. Elvin

Subjects: Advertising; Advertising cards; Associations, institutions, etc.; Business cards; Ephemera; Greeting cards; Invitation cards; Visiting cards

Search Terms: A. D. Caufman and Company; A. Haldeman and Company; Abraham, Eberly and Company; Adler Boots and Shoes; Advertising; Advertising cards; Aikin and Neuhauser; Albany Dentists; American Tea Company; Associations, institutions, etc.; Astrich Bros.; Athenaeum, Historical, Agricultural & Mechanics' Institute; Austen's Forest Flower Cologne; Bair and Keen; Barbers; Black Horse Hotel and Corn Exchange; Bomberger and Loeb; Bon-Ton; Borgenski's; Boston Store; Bowers and Hurst; Brecht and Brothers; Burger and Sutton; Business cards; Calling cards; Cash Grocery; City Shoe Store; Colahan and Company; Columbia Spy Steam Job Print; Columbia Wagon Company; Common Sense Shoe Store; Conestoga Carriage Factory; Conestoga Grocery; Conestoga Steam Mills; Confectioners; Cooper House; Deichler and Schaum; Deichler's Stationary; Delmonico Café; Department stores; Dressmakers; Duncan's; Eagle Shoe Store; Edison Electric Company; Ephemera; Estey Organ Company; F. A. North and Company; Fairview Nurseries; Farmers First Bank; Finding aids; First National Bank of Columbia; Flinn and Breneman; Flinn and Willson; Frew's Carriage Factory; Frey and Eckert; Fry and Mast; Funerals; Furriers; Geis and Company; George Boyd and Sons; George M. Steinman and Company; Glenn Manor Service Station and Tourist Cabins; Gottshalk and Lederman's Great New York Bazaar; Grace Lutheran Church; Graduations; Great Atlantic and Pacific Tea Company; Greeting cards; Grocery stores; Guthrie and Son; Hahn's Store; Hallet and Davis; Harnish and Company; Harting's Old Whiskies; Hatcher Company; Hats; Hatters; Heitshu's Drug Store; Henwood and Thomas; Herr's Book Store; Hildesheimer and Faulkner; Hill Poultry Yard; Hirsh and Brother; Hoar and McNabb; Hoffer's Steam Drillers; Hoffmeier Brothers; Holly Tree Coffee House; Hotels; Houghton's Popular Millinery; Incubators; Invitations; Iris Club; J. B. Martin and Company; J. F. Long and Company; J. H. Abraham and Brother; J. Rose and Son; John A. Erben's Cheap Clothing Store; John P. Schaum and Son; John Schoenberger and Sons; Keplinger and Company; Keystone Collar Factory; Kirk Johnson & Co.; L. B. Herr & Son; Ladies Hebrew Benevolent Society; Lancaster Bargain Bazaar; Lancaster City Pharmacy; Lancaster Country Store; Lancaster County Chapter National Multiple Sclerosis Society; Lancaster Gas Light and Fuel Company; Lancaster Maennerchor; Lancaster Photo Engraving Company; Lancaster Trust Company; Lane and Company; Locher's Drug Store; M. Deichler and Son; Manby's Music Store; Manuscript groups; Marshall E. Smith Company; Mayor and Simon; Merrick Thread Company; Metropolitan Life Insurance Company; Miesse Candies & Ice Cream; Miller and Bushong; Miller and Umbdenstock; Millineries; Mitchell's Carpet Cleaning House; Morrow's Fine Shoes; Muhlenberg's Drug Store; Myers and Rathfon; National Bearings Company; Neffsville Hotel; New York Dairy Lunch; New York Millinery Store; Norbeck and Miley; Novelty Bazaar; P. C. Snyder and Brother; Palace Saloon; Penn Boiler and Burner Manufacturing Corporation; Pennsylvania Clothing Company; Philip Schum, Son and Company; Photographers; Popular Cigar Store; Powell and Rhode's New Dancing Academy; R. B. and H. Factory; Ranck and Kurtz; Reece's Parlor Shoe Store; Reilly Brothers and Raub; Royal St. John Sewing Machine Office; S. B. Cox and Company; S. H. Zahm and Company; Samuel Hatz's Tobacco and Cigar Store; Seamstresses; Shaub and Brothers; Shaub and Burns; Shiffler Fire Company; Shirk's Carpet Hall; Shultz's Sons; Singer Manufacturing Company; Singer Sewing Machine Company; Slough and Brother; Slough and Kauffman; Sorrel Horse Hotel; St. James Episcopal Church; Star Shoe House; Stauffer and Company; Steckel Printing, Inc.; Steinwandle Boots and Shoes; Stockyard Inn; Stoner, Shreiner and Company; Swan Hotel; Swarthmore College; Tailors; Thomae's Fashionable Millinery; Thomas W. Price Company; Trade cards; Trinity Choral Society; Visiting cards; W. A. Reist and Company; Weddings; Wenger Carriage Factory; West and Haverstick; Westhaeffer's Book Store; White, Stokes and Allen; William D. Sprecher and Son; William Knabe and Company; William Kray and Company; Williamson and Foster; Women's Republican Club

Extent: 3 boxes, 6 series, 1.5 cubic ft.

Object Name: Archive

Language: English

Object ID: MG0180

Location of Originals: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania

Notes: Preferred Citation: Title or description of item, date (day, month, year), Collection Title (MG#), Series #, Box #, Folder #, (or Object ID), LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania. URL if applicable. Date accessed (day, month, year).

Access Conditions / Restrictions: No restrictions.

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.; Images have been provided for research purposes only. Please contact Research@LancasterHistory.org for a high-resolution image and permission to publish. LancasterHistory retains the rights to the digital images and content presented. The doctrine of fair use allows limited use of copyrighted material without permission from the copyright holder. Fair use includes comment, criticism, teaching, and private scholarship. Any images and data downloaded, printed or photocopied for these purposes should provide a citation. All other uses beyond those allowed by fair use require written permission.

Credit: Courtesy of LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.

Other Numbers: MG-180

Classification: MG0180

Description Level: Fonds

Custodial History: Added to database 25 August 2021.

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Collection: Medical, Dental and Veterinary Collection

Title: Medical, Dental and Veterinary Collection

Object ID: MG0480

Date Range: 1791-1988

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Collection: Medical, Dental and Veterinary Collection

Title: Medical, Dental and Veterinary Collection

Description: The Medical, Dental and Veterinary Collection contains records of doctors and a midwife who practiced in Lancaster County. Susanna Rohrer Müller's account book is a record of her work as a midwife from 1791 to 1815. The other volumes in this collection contain medical school notes, records of births, ephemera, and medicinal formulas.

Date Range: 1791-1988

Year Range From: 1791

Year Range To: 1988

Date of Accumulation: 1791-1988

Creator: LancasterHistory (Organization)

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives South

Storage Wall: Side 11

People: Bowers, Moses K.; Carpenter, Alexander H.; Collatte, Joseph; Harnley, Isaac; Kauffman, Christian; Kauffman, John; Landis, Christian; McCressan, George; Meyers, Jacob; Müller, Susanna Rohrer; Schaffner, Meade D.; Steward, A.; Welchans, George R.; Wiles, Alice Miller; Witmer, John; Ziegler, James

Subjects: Account books; Advertising; Business records; Delivery (Obstetrics); Formulas, recipes, etc.; Medicine--Formulae, receipts, prescriptions; Midwives; Physicians; Railroads

Search Terms: Account books; Advertising; Business records; Delivery (Obstetrics); Finding aids; Formulas, recipes, etc.; Lancaster Academy of Medicine; Manuscript groups; Medicine--Formulae, receipts, prescriptions; Midwives; National Prohibition Act; Pectoral Elixir; Pennsylvania Medical College; Physicians; Railroads

Extent: 1 box, 9 folders, .5 cubic ft.

Object Name: Archive

Language: English

Object ID: MG0480

Location of Originals: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania

Related Item Notes: Strasburg Pharmacy Records (MG0282); Heinitsh Business and Family Records (MG0447); Bucher-Ortmann Pharmacy Collection (MG0211)

Notes: Preferred Citation: Medical, Dental and Veterinary Collection (MG0480), 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.

Other Numbers: MG-480

Other Number: MG-480

Classification: MG0480

Description Level: Fonds

Custodial History: Added to database 27 August 2021.

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Collection: John Leaman Collection

Title: John Leaman Collection

Object ID: MG0274

Date Range: 1865-1898

Leaman, Joseph H. Leaman, Mary E. Leaman, William Lefevre, C. H. Rakestraw, Charles J. Seldomridge, J. F. Shuey, D. B. Thomas, W. B. Thomas, William B. Witmer, John S. Woods, John N. Subject Headings: Business records Crops Farm produce Grain trade Letters Produce trade Search Terms: Agriculture Bitners

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Collection: John Leaman Collection

Title: John Leaman Collection

Description: The John Leaman Collection consists primarily of letters between John Leaman of Leaman Place and businesses in Philadelphia regarding produce and grain markets and prices.

System of Arrangement: Arranged chronologically.

Date Range: 1865-1898

Year Range From: 1865

Year Range To: 1898

Date of Accumulation: 1865-1898

Creator: Leaman, John

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives South

Storage Wall: Side 08

People: Baumgardner, H.; Bruner, H. F.; Bushong, Viola; Eberman, E. M.; Ellmaker, Nathaniel; Herr, Calvin A.; Herr, J. F.; Leaman, A.; Leaman, Henry; Leaman, John; Leaman, Joseph H.; Leaman, Mary E.; Leaman, William; Lefevre, C. H.; Rakestraw, Charles J.; Seldomridge, J. F.; Shuey, D. B.; Thomas, W. B.; Thomas, William B.; Witmer, John S.; Woods, John N.

Subjects: Business records; Crops; Farm produce; Grain trade; Letters; Produce trade

Search Terms: Agriculture; Bitners and Company; Business records; Columbia; Correspondence; Crops; Envelopes; Everts and Overdeer; F. M. and H. Brooke; Farm produce; Finding aids; First National Bank of Strasburg; Friedenthal; George Cookman and Company; Grain trade; Harbert and Raymond; James C. Walker and Son; Kennedy, Eckert and Company; Lancaster County Mutual Insurance Company; Leaman Place, Paradise Twp.; Letters; Manuscript groups; McCallum and Sloan; Newberry Brothers; Prices; Princeton, New Jersey; Produce trade; Thomas, Mason and Company; Trout and Miller

Extent: 1 box, 8 folders, .5 cubic ft.

Object Name: Archive

Language: English

Object ID: MG0274

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 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.

Other Numbers: MG-274

Classification: MG0274

Description Level: Fonds

Custodial History: Added to database 9 September 2021.

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Collection: Frank R. Diffenderffer Collection

Title: Frank R. Diffenderffer Collection

Object ID: MG0166

Date Range: 1738-1920

, 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

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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: Record Book of Elam W. Eshleman

Title: Record Book of Elam W. Eshleman

Object ID: MG0862

Date Range: 1865, 1877-1906

Collection: Record Book of Elam W. Eshleman

Title: Record Book of Elam W. Eshleman

Description: The Income Tax-payer's Guide and Account Book: with Forms and Instructions, by David Fulton and Reuben H. Long. Lancaster: John Sheaffer, publisher and bookseller, 32 N. Queen Street. 1865.; Used as a memorandum and record book from 1877-1906 by Elam W. Eshleman, son of Jacob and Jane Eshleman.; "Devoted to memorandum of new house," 1878. Contains details of materials used, measurements, costs, etc., as well as details of the house that was torn down--allegedly built by Isaac LeFevre. (Isaac is Reynolds' g-grandfather); Last pages of volume contain an account of Jane Juliette Witmer Eshleman and an account of the estate of Jacob Eshleman.

Date Range: 1865, 1877-1906

Creation Date: 1865, 1877-1906

Year Range From: 1865

Year Range To: 1906

Creator: Eshleman, Elam Witmer, 1841-1922

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives South

Storage Wall: Side 19

People: Eshleman, Elam Witmer; Eshleman, Jane Juliette Witmer; Eshleman, Jacob; LeFevre, Isaac

Other Creators: Fulton, David; Long, Reuben H.

Subjects: Family records; Houses

Search Terms: Family records; Finding aids; Houses; Manuscript groups

Extent: 1 volume

Object Name: Archive

Language: English

Object ID: MG0862

Location of Originals: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.

Notes: Not fully cataloged.

Access Conditions / Restrictions: Original documents 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: 2021.040

Other Numbers: MG-862

Other Number: MG-862

Classification: MG0862

Description Level: Fonds

Custodial History: Added to database 18 November 2021.

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Collection: Broadsides Collection

Title: Broadsides Collection

Object ID: MG0357

Date Range: 1775-1958

President Avenue • Lancaster, Pennsylvania 17603-3125 717.392.4633 • www.LancasterHistory.org People: Bailey, Francis Becker, John Bomberger, M. Bowman, Michael Brinton, F. Bryson, J. H. Chryst, Drue Young Chryst, James Conyngham, Redmond Cromwell, J. Deshong, P. M. Eply, John Eshleman, Elam Witmer

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Collection: Broadsides Collection

Title: Broadsides Collection

Description: This collection contains broadsides for lectures, stores, businesses, and organizations.

Date Range: 1775-1958

Year Range From: 1775

Year Range To: 1958

Date of Accumulation: 1775-1958

Creator: LancasterHistory (Organization)

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives South

Storage Wall: Side 09

People: Bailey, Francis; Becker, John; Bomberger, M.; Bowman, Michael; Brinton, F.; Bryson, J. H.; Chryst, Drue Young; Chryst, James; Conyngham, Redmond; Cromwell, J.; Deshong, P. M.; Eply, John; Eshleman, Elam Witmer; Fahnestock, William B.; Funk, Amos H.; Gable, Jacob; Haines, Samuel B.; Harbaugh, Henry; Hershey, Benjamin; Jefferies, Thomas; Kennedy, J. P. M.; Landis, Benjamin; Landis, David; Landis, Jesse; Landis, John; Lefever, John; Lehman, John S.; Lindsay, John J.; List, Friedrich; Mathiot, John; Maxwell, Hugh; McCall, H. W.; Mercer, J. Q.; Messersmith, Jacob; Metzler, Christian E.; Michael, J.; Roosevelt, Theodore; Scott, Joseph; Shreiner, Martin; Steele, John F.; Stevens, Enos; Witmer, A. K.; Witmer, Henry; Wylie, S. A.

Subjects: Broadsides; Political posters; Posters

Search Terms: Advertisements; Announcements; Arithmetic; Boys Work Fund; Broadsides; Camons Island; Cheap Job Printer, Lancaster Inquirer; Court of Quarter Sessions; Cromwell & Bomberger; Finding aids; Flyers; Frantz's Mill; Ku Klux Klan (1915- ); Lancaster Adler; Lancaster County Prison; Lancaster Soil Conservation District; Lancaster Unemployed Council; Lititz Turnpike Company; Manor Turnpike Company; Manuscript groups; Mayors; Mount Vista Gold and Silver Mining Company; New York and Pennsylvania Oil and Coal Mining Company; Newspapers; Notices; Paradise Lyceum; Pennsylvania General Assembly, House of Representatives; Petitions; Philadelphia Mourning Store, Jones & Fisher; Poetry; Political posters; Posters; Programs; Railroads; Reports; Review Print; Russel & Myers; S. B. Cox and Company; Sheriffs; Slackwater Turnpike; Steam Book and Job Printing; Stockholders; Stocks; Tolls; Union and Tribune Office; Youth Appreciation Week

Extent: 2 boxes, 19 folders, 1 cubic ft.

Object Name: Archive

Language: English, German, and Pennsylvania German

Object ID: MG0357

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 site must assume all responsibility for identifying and satisfying any claimants of copyright or other use restrictions. Publication fees may apply.

Other Numbers: MG-357

Classification: MG0357

Description Level: Fonds

Custodial History: Added to database 3 January 2022.

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Collection: Columbia Bridge Company Collection

Title: Columbia Bridge Company Collection

Object ID: MG0217

Date Range: 1809-1843

Slaymaker, Samuel Varle, Charles Wilson, Edward Wilson, Thomas A. Witmer, A. Wright, William Wolcott, John Subject Headings: Bridges Business records Columbia (Pa.) Letters Minutes (Records) Stockholders Stocks Susquehanna River �230 North President Avenue • Lancaster, Pennsylvania 17603-3125 717.392.4633

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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: Collection may be photographed. Images have been provided for research purposes only. Please contact Research@LancasterHistory.org with questions or for a high-resolution image and permission to publish.; LancasterHistory retains the rights to the digital images and content presented. The doctrine of fair use allows limited use of copyrighted material without permission from the copyright holder. Fair use includes comment, criticism, teaching, and private scholarship. Any images and data downloaded, printed or photocopied for these purposes should provide a citation. All other uses beyond those allowed by fair use require written permission.; 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.

Other Numbers: MG-217

Classification: MG0217

Description Level: Fonds

Custodial History: Added to database 13 January 2022.

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Collection: Watt & Shand Collection

Title: Watt & Shand Collection

Object ID: MG0237

Date Range: 1880-2003

, Kimberly Shand, James Shand, Thomas Marshall Sherrill, Anita B. Sherrill, S. Edward Short, Edwin P. Skyllas, Drossos A. Slaymaker, Peter J. Eckert Stiles, H. A. Stirk, Isaac Stirk, Sarah C. Swarr, Donald Urban, Cassius Emlen Watt, Laura Louise Geiger Watt, Peter T. Weber, May H. Wisegarver, Harry P. Witmer

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Collection: Watt & Shand Collection

Title: Watt & Shand Collection

Description: The Watt & Shand Collection contains materials related to the Watt & Shand Department Store in Lancaster, Pennsylvania.; Series 1 includes employee handbooks, job description, beauty salon price list, bridal registry information, a history of the store, a Christmas catalog, a Historic Preservation Trust calendar, and children's books.; Series 2 is a record of the property at the downtown location and at Park City Mall beginning in 1880 with deeds, legal agreements, a building inspector's permit, and insurance policies.

Admin/Biographical History: On 22 February 1878, Peter Watt, James Shand and Gilbert Thompson advertised the opening of a new store, The New York Store, featuring new lines of foreign and domestic dry goods as well as fancy goods and notions. The New York Store opened on 9 March 1878 and was an immediate success focusing on customer service. The owners had an unwritten policy stating that they remained open until the last customer left. During that first year, partner Gilbert Thompson died. Watt and Shand purchased a building located at 8-10 East King Street and changed their name from The New York Store to Watt, Shand and Company. Then during 1885, the store name was shortened to Watt & Shand even though the business was expanding to acquire 6 East King Street. The Ladies' Ready-To-Wear Department was added in 1889 which included coats, suits, dresses, and underwear. The owners proceeded to expand the business over several decades and procured Appel & Weber jewelry store and Hager's Department Store during the 1950s and 1960s. The branch store opened in 1970 at Park City Mall. The Bon-Ton Stores purchased Watt & Shand in 1992 and the store officially closed in March of 1995

System of Arrangement: This collection is arranged by series.; Series 1 Items collected by LancasterHistory; Series 2 Gift of Penn Square Partners

Date Range: 1880-2003

Year Range From: 1880

Year Range To: 2003

Date of Accumulation: 1880-2003

Creator: LancasterHistory (Organization)

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives South

Storage Wall: Side 06

People: Ammon, Cora Mae Fox; Ammon, John M.; Appel, Eva Rengier; Appel, Percy L.; Baker, Miriam Rengier; Bell, Louise Price; Berger, R. R.; Blatchley, Charles A.; Breyers, C. J.; Buchanan, James; Drukenbrod, Lee Roy; Fehl, J. Herbert; Frantz, I. E.; Fritz, C. C.; Goodhart, E. C.; Groff, Alpheaus S.; Groff, Ella L.; Hermansader, T. F.; Hirsh, Bertha; Hirsh, Gabriel; Hostetter, D. B.; Lively, Henry; Long, Jacob M.; Loss, Natalie M.; Loss, Nathan; Marshall, Elizabeth H. W.; Marshall, Elizabeth Weber; Marshall, George A.; Marshall, George W.; Marshall, Maria L. Good; May, Jennie H.; Miller, E. N.; Myers, Harry; Myers, Maria; Myers, Patricia Marshall; Myrtetus, George B.; Noonan, Ella O.; Noonan, Raymond Smith; Prangley, James; Reed, George R.; Reichley, Jacob Christian; Reifsnyder, Arden P.; Reifsnyder, Christine Kauffman; Rengier, Charles F.; Rengier, John S.; Rohrer, Adelaide C. Crohen; Rohrer, George Redsecker; Rohrer, Jeremiah; Rohrer, Mary Ann Redsecker; Roth, George R.; Rupert, L. H.; Schaller, Kimberly; Shand, James; Shand, Thomas Marshall; Sherrill, Anita B.; Sherrill, S. Edward; Short, Edwin P.; Skyllas, Drossos A.; Slaymaker, Peter J. Eckert; Stiles, H. A.; Stirk, Isaac; Stirk, Sarah C.; Swarr, Donald; Urban, Cassius Emlen; Watt, Laura Louise Geiger; Watt, Peter T.; Weber, May H.; Wisegarver, Harry P.; Witmer, Albert F.

Other Creators: Watt & Shand Department Store (Pa.)

Subjects: Advertising; Architectural drawings; Blueprints; Building leases; Calendars; Catalogs; Deeds; Department stores; Historical markers; Insurance policies; Letters; Menus; Newsletters; Penn Square (Lancaster, Pa.); Scrapbooks; Stores, Retail

Search Terms: A and S Realty and Investment Corporation; A. B. Rote & Co.; Advertising; Agreements; Air conditioning; American Blower Corporation; Appel & Weber; Architectural plans; Automatic Sprinkler Corporation of America; Awards; Blueprints; Bon-Ton; Bon-Ton Beauty Salon; Booklets; C. J. Breyer and Associates, Inc.; Calendars; Catalogs; Central Automatic Sprinkler Company; Certificates; Columbia; Commonwealth Land Title Insurance Company; Commonwealth Title Company of Philadelphia; Correspondence; Deeds; Department stores; DUSCO Property Management, Inc.; East Hempfield Twp.; Employee handbooks; Employees; Ephemera; Escalators; Finding aids; Fire sprinklers; Floorplans; Gatter and Diehl Consulting Engineers; Gift certificates; Ground-rent; Hager and Bro., Inc.; Hager Realty Corporation; Heating and ventilation systems; Historic Preservation Trust of Lancaster County; Historical markers; Insurance policies; Job descriptions; Kroll Electric Company, Inc.; Lancaster; Lancaster Parking Authority; Lancaster Trust Company; Leases; Letters; Manuscript groups; Menus; Mortgages; Newsletters; Oblender's Furnishing, Inc.; Park City Mall; Penn Square; Pennsylvania Company for Insurance on Lives and Granting Annuities; Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission; Pennsylvania Power and Light Company; Permits; Poetry; PPL; Price lists; Principal Mutual Life Insurance Company; Reynolds and Reynolds Company; Scrapbooks; Stores, Retail; Total Energy Leasing Corporation; Trion, Inc.; Watt and Shand; Workers' Compensation Act; York Corporation

Extent: 4 boxes, 59 folders, 1 scrapbook, 2 cubic ft.

Object Name: Archive

Language: English

Object ID: MG0237

Location of Originals: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania

Notes: Preferred citation: Title or description of item, date (day, month, year), Collection Title (MG#), Series #, Folder #, (or Object ID), LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania. URL if applicable. Date accessed (day, month, year).

Access Conditions / Restrictions: Folder 2 contains restricted items. With the exception of Folder 2, the items in this collection may be used by researchers--contact Research@LancasterHistory.org prior to visit or request at Reference Desk.

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Credit: Courtesy of LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.

Other Numbers: MG-237

Classification: MG0237

Description Level: Fonds

Custodial History: Scrapbook cataloged by CB, 2008. Series 2, Folder 1-48 cataloged by ML, Summer 2014. Added to database 13 January 2022.; The Watt & Shand Department Store scrapbook was cataloged and preserved with funding from the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission. ME60112.

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