Information files are created for specific subjects that are associated with Lancaster County, e.g. "Rebman's scrap pile", "Ten-hour house". The files contain newspaper and magazine articles about the subject.
The data for this thesis is from information found in the 1815 direct tax.
91 tables include information on houses of each county, barns,distribution of land and wealth, domestic out buildings, milling activity, structures related to the production of alcoholic beverages, textile-related buildings, iron industry and structures related to the production of leather.
Bound with: The Settler's Farmstead: a compendium of information relating to properties in Manheim Township containing log dwellings / Susan Sharpless Messimer; summer internship report / Susan Sharpless Messimer.
Information is arranged by the street address of the building and includes properties on Queen St., King St.; Orange St.; Duke St.; Lime St.; Church St.; Howard Ave.; Vine St.; Christian St.; Ann St. ; Chestnut St.; Prince St.; Manor St.; and Charlotte St.
Historic structures Survey and Determination of Eligibility Report : East Lampeter, Leacock, Strasburg, Paradise, Salisbury, and Sadsbury Townships, Lancaster County, Pensylvania
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 83, no. 3
Summary
"It is not easy to visualize in our time, that until 1744 only one house and one family occupied the tract of land that now constitutes about 70% of the land area of Lancaster's Seventh Ward, plus 30 acres in Lancaster Township. As the years passed, Hans Moser became known around the community as John Musser - sometimes Mosser...The small sandstone quarry started by John Musser, was turned into a commercial enterprise in later years by his grandson...One hundred years later it was still in operation and known as "Betz' Sand Quarry"...Today the grounds along the north side of the George Washington Elementary School, and a housing development across the street...mark the site of the extensive old quarry." [sample text from the article]
