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Collection: Whitson & Sproul Collection

Title: Whitson & Sproul Collection

Object ID: MG0151

Date Range: 1847-1869

Business cards Business records Christiana Coal Columbia Correspondence Drumore Twp. Dunwoody, Philadelphia Finding aids Grain Guardians Ledgers Letters Lumber Manor Twp. Manuscript groups Philadelphia Railroad Probate records Receipts Sadsbury Forge Sadsbury Twp. Stocks Strasburg Tobacco Vetterlein Co

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Collection: Whitson & Sproul Collection

Title: Whitson & Sproul Collection

Description: This collection consists of business records for Whitson & Sproul of Christiana, Lancaster County and documents related to estate settlements. The business records include a ledger, letters and statements concerning the sale and purchase of various materials. One letter mentions the 1860 election of "Old Abe." The receipts and court documents consist primarily of receipts, releases, and sale agreements relating to the settlement of the estates of James Sproul and Moses Whitson.

Date Range: 1847-1869

Year Range From: 1847

Year Range To: 1869

Date of Accumulation: 1847-1869

Creator: Whitson & Sproul

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives South

Storage Wall: Side 04

People: Armstrong, James; Aulthouse, George; Boyd, John A.; Brady, John; Brown, Jeremiah; Coates, Lindley; Collins, Eliza; Collins, James; Cooper, James; Cooper, John; Dickinson, Joseph C.; Frame, Benjamin; Hamilton, T. J.; Hawthorn, G. C.; Hess, J. G.; Iddings, Harriet J.; Irwin, Ellis P.; Irwin, George W.; Johnston, James; Johnston, Robert; Lefever, Daniel; Lewis, Samuel; Lincoln, Abraham; May, Daniel W.; Meiditch, John; Moore, Jeremiah; Morrison, George; Paxson, Elma E.; Paxson, Franklin G.; Paxson, Latitia Ann; Pownall, Joseph; Pownall, Moses; Pusey, John; Retzer, John; Rohrer, J. S.; Roland, John; Russel, John N.; Smith, Edward K.; Sproul, Annie; Sproul, Charles N.; Sproul, James; Steele, Margaret; Steele, William W.; Thompson, Jesse; Whitson, Jacob T.; Whitson, Micah; Whitson, Moses; Wright, James

Subjects: Business records; Letters; Probate records

Search Terms: Agreements; Bart Twp.; Boldin and Wartmun; Business cards; Business records; Christiana; Coal; Columbia; Correspondence; Drumore Twp.; Dunwoody, Philadelphia; Finding aids; Grain; Guardians; Ledgers; Letters; Lumber; Manor Twp.; Manuscript groups; Philadelphia Railroad; Probate records; Receipts; Sadsbury Forge; Sadsbury Twp.; Stocks; Strasburg; Tobacco; Vetterlein Co.; West Philadelphia Railroad; Whitson and Sproul; Widows

Extent: 1 box, 2 folders, .25 cubic ft.

Object Name: Archive

Language: English

Object ID: MG0151

Location of Originals: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania

Notes: Preferred Citation: Whitson & Sproul Collection (MG0151), 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-151

Classification: MG0151

Description Level: Fonds

Custodial History: The collection was cataloged and the finding aid was prepared in 1998-1999 by DT. Added to database 29 September 2021.

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Equal but separate : the life and career of an African American businessman in Columbia, Pennsylvania, 1796?-1841 /by Teresa A. Weisser

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Author: Weisser, Teresa A.

Date of Publication: 2003.

Call Number: 926.74 S661

Alternate Title: The life and career of an African American businessman in Columbia, Pennsylvania, 1796?-1841.

Author: Weisser, Teresa A.

Date of Publication: 2003.

Physical Description: v, 133 leaves.

Summary: "Born in Middle Paxton Township, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania at the end of the 18th century to a slave mother and an unknown father, Stephen Smith overcame the handicaps posed by racism and poverty to become one of the wealthiest African Americans in the United States. As his prosperity and prominence increased, Smith also became a recognized and respected leader of the African American community, first in Columbia, Pennsylvania, and later on the state and national level...I have sought to understand the forces that shaped him, the circumstances that allowed him to succeed in business when so many others were unable to do so, and the contributions he made to the African American community." [from the author]

Subjects: Smith, Stephen, - 1796-1841.; Columbia, Pa. - History.; African Americans - Pennsylvania.; African American business people - Pennsylvania.; Lumber trade.; Slavery - Pennsylvania; Columbia (Pa.) - Race relations - 19th century.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 926.74 S661

Invoice

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Collection: Bridge Records

Title: Bridge Records

Object ID: Bridge F0240 I004

Date Range: 1886

Collection: Bridge Records

Title: Bridge Records

Date Range: 1886

Year: 1886

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives West

Storage Container: Box 0004

Subcategory: Documentary Artifact

Search Terms: Bridges; Cocalico Creek; Creeks; East Cocalico Twp.; Invoices; Leinbach's Mill; Lumber; Mills; Reamstown, East Cocalico Twp.

Place: East Cocalico Twp.

Object Name: Invoice

Language: English

Condition: Fair

Object ID: Bridge F0240 I004

Box Number: 004

Additional Notes: [East Cocalico Twp.]; Location: At Leinbach's Mill, near Reamstown, East Cocalico Twp.; Document type: Lumber bill.; 1 item, 1 piece

Access Conditions / Restrictions: Request at Reference Desk; photocopy made by staff member.

Classification: RG 02-00 0324

Description Level: Item

J.C. Snavely & Sons, Inc

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo1269

Author: Snavely, James L.

Date of Publication: 1992

Call Number: 974.815 LACI O63ac Oversize

Responsibility: by James L. Snavely as told to Edith Sauder

Author: Snavely, James L.

Place of Publication: Lancaster, Pa

Publisher: Lancaster County Library

Date of Publication: 1992

Physical Description: 8 p. 28 cm.

Notes: An oral history project of Lancaster 250 Education Committee and Operation Remember.

Subjects: Lumber trade.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 974.815 LACI O63ac Oversize

Letter

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/6e6c23c8-274e-4f11-83b2-384364051609

Collection: Lebkicher Family Civil War Letters and Discharge Papers

Title: Letter from David Lebkicher to David McGran Lebkicher

Object ID: MG0258_F001_In02

Date Range: 1855/05/28

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Collection: Lebkicher Family Civil War Letters and Discharge Papers

Title: Letter from David Lebkicher to David McGran Lebkicher

Description: David Lebkicher to son from Freeport, Illinois, regarding business and the weather. He also discusses how prices of wood and land compare to those in Pennsylvania. In response to a previous letter, he mentions the improving health of Susan. 28 May 1855.

Date Range: 1855/05/28

Creation Date: 28 May 1855

Creator: Lebkicher, David, 1788-1867

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives South

Storage Wall: Side 06

People: Lebkicher, David; Lebkicher, David McGran; Lebkicher, Samuel Trumbauer

Other Creators: Lebkicher, Samuel Trumbauer

Subjects: Health; Letters; Lumber; Personal correspondence; Real property

Search Terms: Correspondence, Personal; Freeport, Illinois; Health; Letters; Lumber; Real estate

Extent: 1 item, 4 pages to scan

Object Name: Letter

Language: English

Object ID: MG0258_F001_In02

Location of Originals: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania

Related Item Notes: Lebkicher Family Civil War Letters and Discharge Papers (MG0258) https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/4b929d84-1c6a-4e1f-8bc2-523672636170

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Credit: Courtesy of LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.

Accession Number: 1998.MG0258

Other Numbers: MG-258

Other Number: MG-258, Folder 1, Insert 2

Classification: MG0258

Description Level: Item

Custodial History: Cataloged by JM. Added to database 18 June 2022.

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The logging railroad era of lumbering in Pennsylvania : a history of the lumber, chemical wood, and tanning companies which used railroads in Pennsylvania

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo17747

Date of Publication: 1970-1978]

Call Number: 674 L832

Place of Publication: [Williamsport, Pa

Publisher: Lycoming printing,

Date of Publication: 1970-1978]

Physical Description: v. : ill. ; 28 cm.

Contents: Contents: The logging railroad era of lumbering in Pennsylvania by Walter Casler, Benjamin F. G Kline, jr., and Thomas T. Taber III--Book 1: Pitch pine and prop timber, by Benjamin F.G. Kline, jr.--Book 2: "Wild catting" on the mountain, by Benjamin F.G. Kline, jr.--Book 3: Ghost lumber towns of central Pennsylvania, by Thomas T. Taber III.--Book 4: Sunset along Susquehanna waters, by Thomas T. Taber III.--Book 5: The Goodyears, an empire in the hemlocks, by Thomas T. Taber III.--Book 6: Whining saws and squealing flanges, by Thomas T. Taber III.--Book 7: Sawmills among the derricks, by Thomas T. Taber III.--Book 8: Tionesta Valley, by Walter C. Casler.--Book 9: Teddy Collins empire, by Walter C. Casler.--Book 10: Tanbark, alcohol, and lumber, by Thomas T. Taber III.--Book 11: Allegheny Valley logging railroads, by Walter C. Casler.--Book 12: Dinkies, dams and sawdust, by Benjamin F.G. Kline, jr.--Book 13: "Stemwinders" in the laurel highlands, by Benjamin F.G. Kline, jr.--Index: Addenda and index, Additions and corrections, by Walter Casler, Benjamin F. G. Kline, jr, and Thomas T Tabor III.