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Collection: Muddy Creek Lutheran and Reformed Church Collection

Title: Muddy Creek Lutheran and Reformed Church Collection

Object ID: MG0007

Date Range: 1744-1927

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Collection: Muddy Creek Lutheran and Reformed Church Collection

Title: Muddy Creek Lutheran and Reformed Church Collection

Description: The Muddy Creek Lutheran and Reformed Church Collection contains church records, property records, legal documents, a songbook, and a liturgy book.

Admin/Biographical History: Peace United Church of Christ was formed in the late 1960s by the joining of St. Paul's United Church of Christ in Adamstown and Muddy Creek United Church of Christ. Muddy Creek UCC is one of the earliest German Reformed churches in the area, its founding marked with the first recorded baptisms in January of 1731.

Date Range: 1744-1927

Year Range From: 1744

Year Range To: 1927

Date of Accumulation: 1744-1927

Creator: Muddy Creek Lutheran and Reformed Church

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives South

Storage Wall: Side 01

People: Bechtolt, Catherine; Bechtolt, William; Becker, Jacob E.; Egly, Marcus; Frey, Jacob; Frey, Peter; Grill, Adam; Haller, Henry; Hartung, Maria; Hartung, Richard; Hartung, Solomon; Hefft, George; Lauch, Henry; Laush, Mary; Lesher, Samuel; Lutz, Casper; Penn, Richard; Penn, Thomas; Schnider, Valantin; Schober, Philip; Shoup, Christopher; Swartz, Levi P.; Swartz, Lydia; Weiss, Peter

Subjects: Lutheran Church; Reformed Church; German Reformed Church; Church records and registers; Deeds; Hymnals; Liturgies

Search Terms: Calvinist Reformation Congregation; German Reformed Congregation of Muddy Creek Church; Lutheran Congregations of Muddy Creek Church; Muddy Creek Church; Lutheran Church; Reformed Church; German Reformed Church; Financial records; Surveys; Church records and registers; Deeds; Hymnals; Liturgies; Manuscript groups; Finding aids

Extent: 1 box, 10 folders, .5 cubic ft.

Object Name: Archive

Language: English, German

Object ID: MG0007

Location of Originals: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania

Access Conditions / Restrictions: Folder 3: Please use photocopy in Folder 3a; make an appointment with the Director of Archival Services to use original.

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-7

Classification: MG0007

Description Level: Fonds

Custodial History: This collection was cataloged prior to 1997. Added to database 8 February 2018.

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Collection: German Society of Lancaster Records

Title: German Society of Lancaster Records

Object ID: MG0697

Date Range: 1818-1838

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Collection: German Society of Lancaster Records

Title: German Society of Lancaster Records

Description: This collection contains the account book for the German Society of Lancaster, 1818-1838.

Date Range: 1818-1838

Creation Date: 1818-1838

Year Range From: 1818

Year Range To: 1838

Creator: German Society of Lancaster (Pa.)

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives South

Storage Wall: Side 15

Subjects: Associations, institutions, etc.; Business records; German Society of Lancaster

Search Terms: Business records; German Association of Lancaster; German Society of Lancaster; Manuscript groups; Finding aids

Extent: 1 box, .2 cubic ft.

Object Name: Archive

Language: English

Condition: Fair

Condition Notes: Binding is worn and in poor condition.

Object ID: MG0697

Associated Material: Worner, William Frederic, "The German Society of Lancaster," Papers read before the Lancaster County Historical Society 35, no. 1, (1931): 1-8.

Access Conditions / Restrictions: No restrictions.

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Other Numbers: MG-697

Classification: MG0697

Description Level: Fonds

Custodial History: Processed and finding aid prepared by HST, September 2013. Added to database 23 January 2018.

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Collection: Diffenderffer Family Papers

Title: Diffenderffer Family Papers

Object ID: MG0410

Date Range: 1691-1963

, Pennsylvania 17603-3125 717.392.4633 • www.LancasterHistory.org Search Terms: Clippings (Books, newspapers, etc.) Conestoga River Correspondence Deeds Drowning Earl Twp. England Estate settlement Finding aids German Reformed Church of New Holland Haupt Elementary School Hutchings Printing House King Street

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Collection: Diffenderffer Family Papers

Title: Diffenderffer Family Papers

Description: The Diffenderffer Family Papers collection contains items that have been passed down through generations of the Diffenderffer family. Deeds for tracts of land in New Holland date back to the creation of New Design, the village that preceded New Holland. Correspondence and some manuscripts pertain to J. P. McCaskey's life and accomplishments. F. R. Diffenderffer's manuscripts on Easter Day and Conrad Weiser are preserved with this collection, as well as poems, a program for the C. Elvin Haupt School, and a claim of F. R. Diffenderffer & Co. against the State of Texas.

Date Range: 1691-1963

Year Range From: 1691

Year Range To: 1963

Date of Accumulation: 1691-1963

Creator: Diffenderffer family

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives South

Storage Wall: Side 10

People: Brubaker, John; Brubaker, Margaret; Brubaker, Philip; Davis, Sarah; Diffenderfer, David; Diffenderfer, Elizabeth Shirk; Diffenderfer, John; Diffenderffer, Christina; Diffenderffer, David; Diffenderffer, David, Sr.; Diffenderffer, Fianna L. Lutz; Diffenderffer, Frank Ried; Diffenderffer, Harold F.; Diffenderffer, John, Jr.; Diffenderffer, John, Sr.; Diffenderffer, Margaretta Stein; Diffenderffer, Michael; Freymyer, Jacob; Grim, Henry; Haupt, Charles Elvin; Hoch, Herman E.; Holl, Wendel; Hubley, Bernard; Kennerly, John; Kinzer, John; Kinzer, Magdalena; Koch, Mary; Koch, Melchior; Law, James D.; Markley, Henry; McCaskey, Donald G.; McCaskey, John Piersol "Jack"; Nevin, Blanche; Painter, John; Penn, William; Rodman, John H.; Shirk, Henry; Smith, Oliver; Smith, William Evans; Sneider, Christian; Stone, David; Stone, George; Stone, Leonard; Stone, Mary; Sutton, Mary A. Diffenderffer; Thomson, Bill "Tommy"; Winter, John; Young, Matthias

Other Creators: Diffenderffer, Fianna L. Lutz, 1918-2009; Diffenderffer, David

Subjects: Deeds; Letters; Real property

Search Terms: Clippings (Books, newspapers, etc.); Conestoga River; Correspondence; Deeds; Drowning; Earl Twp.; England; Estate settlement; Finding aids; German Reformed Church of New Holland; Haupt Elementary School; Hutchings Printing House; King Street; Lancaster; Land drafts; Lemon Street School; Letters; Manuscript groups; Mortgages; New Design, Earl Twp.; New Holland; Newspaper clippings; Programs; Real estate; Real property surveys; Reigart's Landing; Susquehanna River; Texas; Texas Frontier Forces; Windsor Forge

Extent: 1 box, 23 folders, .5 cubic ft.

Object Name: Archive

Language: English

Object ID: MG0410

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).; Deeds in folders 1-18 were a gift of Fianna Diffenderffer and the Diffenderffer family, 4 November 2006.; Items in folders 19-23 were a gift from her nephew, David Diffenderffer, 14 August 2006.

Access Conditions / Restrictions: Restrictions are noted at the item level--please use photocopies or transcriptions for those items. Other 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 collection 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: 2006.MG0410_NOV

Other Numbers: MG-410

Classification: MG0410

Description Level: Fonds

Custodial History: Cataloged by HST, November 2008. Added to database 28 July 2021.

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Collection: David B. Landis Collection

Title: David B. Landis Collection

Object ID: MG0158

Date Range: 1812-1954

717.392.4633 • www.LancasterHistory.org active in the Lancaster County Historical Society, the Pennsylvania German Society, the Ben Franklin Club, and Grace Lutheran Church. He wrote poetry and essays, and dedicated many pieces to friends and family. David B. Landis married Nora K. Baker of Landisville in 1885

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Collection: David B. Landis Collection

Title: David B. Landis Collection

Description: The David B. Landis Collection consists primarily of his personal and business correspondence, as well as his poetry and writings. Of special interest are a booklet with a synopsis autobiography of his life and his picture. There are also family papers, genealogy, membership cards, and obituaries.

Admin/Biographical History: David Bachman Landis was born in Landisville, Pennsylvania on 12 February 1862, the son of Israel C. and Mary M. Landis. As a school boy, he worked in his father's dry goods store and published a paper for boys titled Keystone Amateur. He began his printing career by apprenticing at the Inquirer Printing and Publishing Company in Lancaster in 1878, and in 1883 he opened his own job printing office in Landisville where he published the Village Vigil.; Mr. Landis moved to Lancaster in 1888 and started Pluck Art Printery. He started out in Lancaster by publishing Pluck, a magazine dedicated to the fields of printing and photography, but soon devoted his business to commercial and society printing. The name was changed in 1914 to Landis Art Print.; Printing, however, was not his only passion. He was an avid bicyclist and belonged to the Lancaster Cycling Club and the League of American Wheelmen. Through these organizations, he helped to improve the condition of roads in Pennsylvania. He was active in the Lancaster County Historical Society, the Pennsylvania German Society, the Ben Franklin Club, and Grace Lutheran Church. He wrote poetry and essays, and dedicated many pieces to friends and family.; David B. Landis married Nora K. Baker of Landisville in 1885. They had four children. Nora passed away in 1910. David married his second wife, Bertha L. Cochran, in 1914.

Date Range: 1812-1954

Year Range From: 1812

Year Range To: 1954

Date of Accumulation: 1812-1954

Creator: Landis, David Bachman, 1862-1940

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives South

Storage Wall: Side 04

People: Baer, Frank; Baker, Catherine; Baker, Emma W.; Baker, P. W.; Barrett, W. W.; Benner, Henry; Brown G. W.; Camp, Edward N.; Carr, George M.; Chamberlain, Frank N.; Cochran, Ada; Cole, Will T.; Conyngham, Redmond; Denlinger, D.; Diehl, H.; Diffenderffer, Frank Ried; Diller, S.; Donaldson, W. M.; Dunbar, William H.; Ely, Alfred; Forshey, E. L.; Frederick, George W.; Garretson, G. R.; Gay, Ed. C.; Grout, J. W.; Gould, J. J.; Greider, Mary Carolyn; Greider, Joseph Landis; Griest, William Walton; Hains, Wilson R.; Haldeman, Victor Macholski; Haldy Gertrude Hensel; Hardy, E. W.; Heister, A. V.; Hershey, Harvey S.; Hershey, J. B.; Hess, Barbara K.; Holbach, George H.; Hood, Jesse A.; Hostetter A. K.; Hostetter Albert K.; Jackson, A. C., Jr.; Johnston, R. A.; Kramer, Donald; Keen, Robert H.; Kreider, A. B.; Krick, William T.; Landis, Benjamin; Landis, Bertha L. Cochran; Landis, Christian; Landis, D. M., Dr.; Landis, David Bachman; Landis, Elvin G.; Landis, Felix; Landis, Florence D.; Landis, Frances; Landis, Henry G.; Landis, Irene Janet; Landis, Israel Christian; Landis, James B.; Landis, Johannes; Landis, John; Landis, John C.; Landis, Mary M. Musselman; Landis, Michael Bachman; Landis, Nora K.; Landis, Priscilla R.; Lehman, Eliza Ann; Lehman, Emma Bachman; Lincoln, Abraham; Marrow, Paul Harding; McBride, Sarah C.; McClain, Frank B.; McGinnis, J.; Merrill, W. J.; Missemer, J. R.; Morrison, Neale; Moyer, Albert,; Moxley, C. A.; Musselman, David; Musselman, Edward M.; Musselman, Sarah; Myrtle, M.; Neale, Fred; Neale, John C.; Nissley, H. L.; Reynolds, Howard; Rial, Abram S.; Rial, S.; Rial, Susan Ann; Shields, R. I.; Shirk, John Kohr; Simon, Daniel B.; Smith, Edwin Hadley; Stein, George; Stephen, Samuel; Taft, William Howard; Thompson, C.; Trout, J. H.; Wager, D. Y.; Walsh, M.; Walsh, Thomas; Washington, George; Weber, Otto E.; Weidel, Melba Landis; Weidman, Joel; Wenaugh, W. L.; Wickersham, J. Harold; Wolf, B.; Wolf, D. Dorsey; Wolf, Edna Kempton

Other Creators: Landis, Bertha L. Cochran, d. 1959

Subjects: Genealogy; Letters; Poetry

Search Terms: Advertising; Ben Franklin Club; Correspondence; Family reunions; Finding aids; Franklin Institute; Genealogy; Invitations; Invoices; Lancaster Board of Trade; Lancaster Chamber of Commerce; Lancaster County Agricultural Society; Lancaster County Historical Society; Lancaster Cycling Club; Landis Art Press; League of American Wheelmen; Letters; Manuscript groups; Pageant of Liberty; Pennsylvania German Society; Pennsylvania State Agricultural Society; Pluck Art Printery; Poetry; Society for Pennsylvania Archaeology; Sonnets; Street and Road Committee, Lancaster Cycling Club; Unitarian Laymen's League; Village Vigil; Wickersham Printing Company; YMCA; Young Men's Christian Association

Extent: 1 box, 26 folders, .5 cubic ft.

Object Name: Archive

Language: English

Object ID: MG0158

Location of Originals: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania

Notes: Preferred Citation: David B. Landis Collection (MG0158), Folder #, Insert #, LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.

Access Conditions / Restrictions: Please use photocopies when available.

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: 1957.MG0158

Other Numbers: MG-158

Classification: MG0158

Description Level: Fonds

Custodial History: Cataloged by DT, JM, and HST, 1998-2008. Added to database 29 July 2021.

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Collection: Adam Reigart Jr., John S. Murphy Collection

Title: Adam Reigart Jr., John S. Murphy Collection

Object ID: MG0331

Date Range: 1762-2003

County, Pennsylvania Manuscript groups Margaretta Furnace Marietta Bank Morning News Mt. Auburn Cemetery New York, New York Newspaper clippings Obituaries Ohio Pennsylvania German Society Pensacola, Florida Peter Wager & Co. Philadelphia Inquirer Pratt & Kintzing Race Street Receipts Reeve’s Tavern South

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Collection: Adam Reigart Jr., John S. Murphy Collection

Title: Adam Reigart Jr., John S. Murphy Collection

Description: The Adam Reigart Jr., John S. Murphy Collection contains correspondence between Adam Reigart, Jr. in Lancaster and Philip Wager in Philadelphia and their families. The letters are primarily from the early nineteenth century and provide information about family illness, travel, visits, business, and family chatter. The receipts and invoices show purchases made in Lancaster and Philadelphia, especially clothing, fabric, dry goods, and meat. The remainder of the collection is made up of newspaper articles, books, and an album of poetry and drawings. The items were housed in a gig trunk which is now in the museum collection.

Admin/Biographical History: Adam Reigart, Jr. (1765-1844) was born in Lancaster. He was the eldest son of Col. Adam Reigart, owner of the Grape Tavern which served as general headquarters during the Revolutionary War. Adam Jr. founded the Reigart Wine Store in 1785 and was in business with Philip Wager in Philadelphia and Philip's son Peter throughout his career. He was the first president of the Lancaster branch of the Bank of Pennsylvania, and was involved with the Conestoga Navigation Company and the Union Fire Company.; Adam Jr. married Mary Magdalena Wager (1772-1806) in 1791. Mary was the daughter of Philip Wager, a Philadelphia wine merchant. They had eight daughters and a son. Susan married Stephen C. Slaymaker and Margaretta married Henry Y. Slaymaker.

Date Range: 1762-2003

Year Range From: 1762

Year Range To: 2003

Date of Accumulation: 1762-2003

Creator: Murphy, John Slaughter, 1921-2011

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives South

Storage Wall: Side 08

People: Arnold, Benedict; Baker, W.; Bare, Jacob; Blight, Peter; Boughter, Charles; Breidenhart, George; Brien, Edward; Brown, Luke; Butter, Charles; Cassidy, Edward; Clarke, John; Clendenin, Samuel; Coleman, Edward; Coleman, William; Edwards, Susanna; Ehler, John; Fisher, Sammy; Fox, Sam M.; Frey, John; Gaskill, Edmund; Gay, Edward F.; Getz, John; Givens, John; Graeff, George; Greland, D.; Hahn, B. Christian; Harrison, George; Haverstick, William; Hopkins, A. R.; Hopkins, Ann; Houston, James; Hubley, Frederick; Hubley, Joseph; Hultzheimer, N.; Hyde, Charles; Irving, Robert; Jack, Joshua; Kauffman, Jacob; King, George; Kirkpatrick, William; Kline, Jacob; Lane, John; Leiper, George G.; Lowry, Robert; Lowry, Robert K.; Mayer, George Louis; Metzger, Emanuel; Metzger, George; Metzger, Jacob; Miller, Barbara; Miller, Henry; Miller, Martin; Miller, Philip; Montgomery, William; Morris, John; Mosher, Joseph; Murphy, John Slaughter; Myer, John; Myers, John; Newlin, Nathaniel; Nice, Levi; Nimrod, Maxwell; Ogilby, Joseph; Otto, Jacob S.; Otto, John C.; Pennington, Edward; Peters, Abraham; Phinney, Zina; Price, Joseph; Price, Richard; Reigart, Adam; Reigart, Adam, Jr.; Reigart, Ann; Reigart, Emanuel; Reigart, Henrietta; Reigart, Maria Wager; Reigart, Mary; Reigart, Mary C.; Reigart, Philip Wager; Reigart, Susan; Rimfast, John; Sample, Joseph; Schaubel, Johannis; Sener, Samuel Miller; Sewell, Charles S.; Shaeffer, Jacob; Shenk, Abraham; Shenk, Christian; Shippen, Peggy; Singer, A.; Slaymaker, Henry Edwin; Slaymaker, Mary Steele; Slaymaker, Stephen Cochran; Smith, Ann; Smith, Anthony; Smith, Ralph; Stein, Philip; Steinman, George; Stewart, William; Sullivan, Susannah; Wager, George; Wager, Hannah; Wager, James; Wager, Mary; Wager, Peter; Wager, Philip H.; Wager, Sally; Wager, Sophia; Wager, William; Walsh, Christopher; Wentz, Thomas; Wertz, Christian; Wharton, Charles; Whitaker, George; Whitaker, John; Wimer, Michael; Winroth, Margaret; Witmer, David; Woodmund, William; Yeiser, Philip

Other Creators: Reigart family

Subjects: Clippings (Books, newspapers, etc.); Invoices; Letters; Obituaries; Receipts (Acknowledgments)

Search Terms: Adam Reigart and Son; Albums; Bethlehem, Pennsylvania; Boston, Massachusetts; Brenner and Reed; Cambridge, Massachusetts; Cape May, New Jersey; Charles C. and J. Watson; Christ Church Burial Ground; Cincinnati, Ohio; Clippings (Books, newspapers, etc.); Correspondence; Delaware; Dixon Walker and Company; Earp and Brothers; Finding aids; Grape Hotel; Greene County, New York; H. Behlen and Company; Illnesses; Invoices; J. Walker and Company; John Warden and Sons; Kentucky; Lancaster; Lancaster County Almshouse; Lancaster Bar Association; Lancaster Intelligencer; Lancaster Journal; Lancaster New Era; Lancaster Sunday News; Lane Slaymaker and Company; Letters; London, England; Lower Windsor Twp., York County, Pennsylvania; Lowry and Myers; Luzerne County, Pennsylvania; Manuscript groups; Margaretta Furnace; Marietta Bank; Morning News; Mount Auburn Cemetery; New York, New York; Newspaper clippings; Obituaries; Ohio; Pennsylvania German Society; Pensacola, Florida; Peter Wager and Company; Philadelphia Inquirer; Pratt and Kintzing; Race Street; Receipts; Reeve's Tavern; South Carolina; Southwark, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Spain; St. James Episcopal Church; Union Fire Company; Vintners; Wager and Company; Washington Fire Company; West Point Military Academy; William Noyes and Company; Wine merchants; York Springs Boarding House; York Springs, York County, Pennsylvania; York, York County, Pennsylvania

Extent: 2 boxes, 35 folders, 1.5 cubic ft.

Object Name: Archive

Language: English

Object ID: MG0331

Location of Originals: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania

Related Item Notes: Gig trunk (2003.078); Adam Reigart Collection (MG0122)

Notes: Preferred Citation: Title or description of item, date (day, month, year), Adam Reigart Jr., John S. Murphy Collection (MG0331), Folder #, LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.

Access Conditions / Restrictions: Restrictions are noted at the item level.

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Accession Number: 2003.078

Other Numbers: MG-331

Classification: MG0331

Description Level: Fonds

Custodial History: Processed and finding aid created by KR. Added to database 8 March 2022.

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Brickerville Old Zion Reformed Church

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Author: Spotts, Charles Dewey,

Date of Publication: 1973.

a three-acre plot, bounded on the east by a beautiful woods of oak, poplar, maple, locust and sassafras trees; on the south by a graveyard, containing tombstones dating from 1744'; on the west by a little-used country road. In this idyllic setting German Reformed farmers established a congregation

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Responsibility: by Charles D. Spotts.

Author: Spotts, Charles Dewey,

Place of Publication: Lancaster, Pa

Publisher: Lancaster County Historical Society,

Date of Publication: 1973.

Physical Description: [61]-87 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

Series: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 77, no. 2

Subjects: Old Zion Reformed Church (Brickerville, Pa.); Reformed Church in the United States.; Reyer's German Reformed Church.

Contained In: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 77, number 2 (1973), p. 61-87Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.77

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Card, Calling

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Collection: James Buchanan Family Papers, Part 1 James Buchanan

Title: Calling card for the German Ambassador and Baroness Thielmann

Object ID: JBFP 1.5.1.024

Date Range: No date

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Collection: James Buchanan Family Papers, Part 1 James Buchanan

Title: Calling card for the German Ambassador and Baroness Thielmann

Description: Calling card for the German Ambassador and Baroness Thielmann.

Date Range: No date

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives South

Storage Container: JBFP Part 1, Box 6

People: Buchanan, James; von Bernstorff, Albrecht; Thielmann, Baroness

Subjects: Ambassadors; Visiting cards

Search Terms: Ambassadors, German; Visiting cards; Calling cards; Buchanan Collections; James Buchanan; James Buchanan Presidential Library

Extent: 1 item, 2 pages to scan, 3.75 x 2.25 in.

Object Name: Card, Calling

Parent Object ID: JBFP Part 1 Series 5

Object ID: JBFP 1.5.1.024

Associated Material: James Buchanan Papers, Dickinson College Archives & Special Collections,; http://archives.dickinson.edu/collection-descriptions/james-buchanan-papers; James Buchanan and Harriet Lane Johnston Papers, Library of Congress,; https://www.loc.gov/collections/james-buchanan-and-harriet-lane-johnston-papers/; James Buchanan Papers, Historical Society of Pennsylvania,; http://www2.hsp.org/collections/manuscripts/b/Buchanan0091.html; James Buchanan Papers, Penn State University Libraries,; https://libraries.psu.edu/findingaids/1458.htm

Related Item Notes: James Buchanan Family Papers; MG-96 James Buchanan Collection; Historical Society of Pennsylvania microfilm; Photograph collections; Curatorial collections; Wheatland Mansion

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Credit: Courtesy of LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.

Accession Number: JBMS2003.011

Other Number: JBFP Part 1, Series 5, Subseries 1, Folder 24

Description Level: Item

Custodial History: The James Buchanan Family Papers were collected by the James Buchanan Foundation for the Preservation of Wheatland. This collection was relocated from the Wheatland mansion to the LancasterHistory archives in the Spring of 2009. Digitization of the James Buchanan Family Papers was funded by the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, PHMC Appl ID # 201808013051, 2019-2020.

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David Tanneberger, organ builder

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Author: Beck, Paul E.

Date of Publication: 1926

nach unserm Schmach.) General Washington and Congress honored the dedication of this organ with their presence in the church. Four years later, most unfortunately, this church and its splendid new organ were destroyed by fire. (1794) Philadelphia (date unknown) German Reformed Church, Race street below

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Responsibility: by Paul E. Beck.

Author: Beck, Paul E.

Place of Publication: Lancaster, Pa

Publisher: Lancaster County Historical Society,

Date of Publication: 1926

Physical Description: 3-11 p. ; 23 cm.

Series: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 30, no. 1

Subjects: Tannenberg, David.; Organ builders - Pennsylvania - Lititz.; German Americans - Pennsylvania.

Contained In: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 30, number 1 (1926), p. 3-11Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.30

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Diary of a Hessian soldier, Johannes Reuber

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Author: Reuber, Johannes.

Date of Publication: n.d.

Call Number: 973.342 R442

DIARY OF A HESSIAN SOLDIER, JOHANNES REUBER typescript & translation by Herbert H. Freund (copy of original typed German in cabinet) �1 7 7 6 I, Johannes Reuber was born in Niedervellmar, near Cassel on the 25th day of February 1759, the Tuesday following Mardis Gras, and, was christened the 2nd

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Responsibility: typescript & translation by Herbert H. Freund.

Author: Reuber, Johannes.

Place of Publication: Typescript

Date of Publication: n.d.

Physical Description: 44p. : ill. ; 28 cm.

Notes: Original in German housed in the archives.

Summary: The diary follows Hessian soldier Johannes Reuber from 1776 to 1783. He describes his sea voyages in detail, the hardships involved and the weather. He saw action in New York and was captured at Trenton at the time of Washington's surprise crossing of the Delaware river. He spent time as a prisoner in Philadelphia, then Lancaster,Pa. and in Winchester, Virginia. After being freed,the remainder of the war was mostly spent in Savannah,Georgia and other parts of the South. He returned to Germany in 1783.

Subjects: Reuber, Johannes - Diaries.; United States - History - Revolution, 1775-1783 - Participation, German.; United States - History - Revolution, 1775-1783 - Personal narratives.; United States - History - Revolution, 1775-1783 - Biography.; Diaries.

Additional Author: Freund, Herbert H.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 973.342 R442

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The earliest known advertisement of a theatrical performance in Lancaster

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Author: Worner, William Frederic.

Date of Publication: 1925

amusements that has ever been exhibited in this town will be presented," was satisfactory evidence that theatrical performances were known to the citizens of the staid old borough prior to the year 1800. Recently, while searching the files of an old German newspaper established in Lancaster more than one

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Responsibility: by William Frederic Worner.

Author: Worner, William Frederic.

Place of Publication: Lancaster, Pa

Publisher: Lancaster County Historical Society,

Date of Publication: 1925

Physical Description: 30-35 p. ; 23 cm.

Series: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 28, no. 2

Notes: From newspaper entitled "Neue Unpartheyische Lancaster Zeitung und Anzeigs Nachrichten."

Subjects: Reitzel's Hall (Lancaster, Pa.); Playbills - Pennsylvania - Lancaster.; Theater - Pennsylvania - Lancaster.; Advertising - Pennsylvania - Lancaster.; German American newspapers - Pennsylvania - Lancaster.

Contained In: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 28, number 2 (1924), p. 30-35Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.28

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