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Collection: Joseph Simon Papers

Title: Joseph Simon Papers

Object ID: MG0623

Date Range: 1754-1786

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Collection: Joseph Simon Papers

Title: Joseph Simon Papers

Description: This collection contains financial and legal papers of Joseph Simon, including a mortgage, his will, and a bill of exchange. There is also a 1768 letter of introduction from Thomas Barton, rector of St. James Episcopal Church to William Johnson, First Baronet.

Admin/Biographical History: Joseph Simon was a successful trader and owned enormous tracts of land in the West. As the head of one of the earliest Jewish families in Lancaster County, he was also a religious leader in Lancaster,Pa. See Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 3, number 7 (1899), p. 165-172.; https://www.lancasterhistory.org/finding-aids/simon-joseph-simon-papers-1754-1786/; https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/viewer?file=%2fmedia%2flibrary%2fdocs%2fvol3no7pp165_172_224559.pdf#search=Simon%2c%20Joseph&phrase=false; https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/viewer?file=%2fmedia%2flibrary%2fdocs%2fedit_vol80no4pp211_322.pdf#search=Simon%2c%20Joseph&phrase=false

Date Range: 1754-1786

Creation Date: 1754-1786

Date of Accumulation: 1764-1766, 1795

Creator: LancasterHistory (Organization)

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives South

Storage Wall: Side 13

People: Barton, Thomas; Johnson, William; Simon, Joseph

Subjects: Letters; Wills; Indian traders; Jewish businesspeople

Search Terms: Correspondence; Jewish businesspeople; Letters; Merchants; Mortgages; Wills

Extent: 1 box, 2 folders

Object Name: Archive

Language: English

Object ID: MG0623

Location of Originals: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania

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

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: Papers regarding the Paxton Boys and the Conestoga Massacre Collection (MG-614), Folder #, LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pa.

Other Numbers: MG-623

Other Number: MG-623

Classification: MG0623

Description Level: Fonds

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Collection: Slater Brown Family Letters

Title: Slater Brown Family Letters

Object ID: MG0754

Date Range: 1828-1855

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Collection: Slater Brown Family Letters

Title: Slater Brown Family Letters

Description: This collection contains letters to and from members of the Slater Brown family. Most are to or from his daughter, Mary H. Brown. Mary and her husband, Edwin Morgan, were merchants in San Francisco from 1853-1855. The subjects of the letters range from Mary's early schooling to their time in California during the gold rush.

Admin/Biographical History: Mary H. Brown married Edwin L. Morgan, son; of James and Zillah Morgan. They lived in San Francisco, CA from 1853-1855 and then moved to Philadelphia and purchased a residence at 1608 Wallace Street. Edwin later manufactured steam engines and boilers with Morgan, Orr & Co., Callowhill Street, Philadelphia.

Date Range: 1828-1855

Creation Date: 1828-1855

Year Range From: 1828

Year Range To: 1855

Creator: Brown family

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives South

Storage Wall: Side 15

People: Brown, Mary Kirk; Brown, Sarah; Brown, Slater; Brown, Slater, Jr.; Morgan, Edwin L.; Morgan, Mary H. Brown; Roberts, Mary; Stubbs, Rachel Ann Brown; Wood, Marian

Subjects: Letters; Merchants; San Francisco (Calif.)

Search Terms: Letters; Correspondence; San Francisco, California

Extent: 1 box, 3 folders, 28 items, 81 pages to scan, .20 cubic feet

Object Name: Archive

Language: English

Object ID: MG0754

Location of Originals: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania

Notes: These letters were purchased at auction by the donor.

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-754

Other Number: MG-754

Classification: MG0754

Description Level: Fonds

Custodial History: Processed and finding aid prepared by SW, Spring 2016. Added to database 16 May 2021.

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Collection: Rosenthal & Co. Records

Title: Rosenthal & Co. Records

Object ID: MG0446

Date Range: 1891-1921

Note: This collection contains daybooks for Rosenthal & Co., tobacco merchants. Creator: Rosenthal & Co. (Lancaster, Pa.) Conditions for Access: No restrictions. Conditions Governing Reproductions: Collection may not be photocopied. Please direct questions to Research Center Staff at research

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Collection: Rosenthal & Co. Records

Title: Rosenthal & Co. Records

Description: This collection contains daybooks for Rosenthal & Co., tobacco merchants.

Date Range: 1891-1921

Year Range From: 1891

Year Range To: 1921

Date of Accumulation: 1891-1921

Creator: Rosenthal & Co. (Lancaster, Pa.)

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives South

Storage Wall: Side 11

Subjects: Business records; Merchants; Selling--Tobacco; Tobacco

Search Terms: Business records; Daybooks; Finding aids; Manuscript groups; Merchants; Tobacco

Extent: 2 boxes, 5 folders, 1 cubic ft.

Object Name: Archive

Language: English

Object ID: MG0446

Location of Originals: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania

Notes: Preferred Citation: Title or description of item, date (day, month, year), Rosenthal & Co. Records (MG0446), 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: 1999.MG0446

Other Numbers: MG-446

Classification: MG0446

Description Level: Fonds

Custodial History: Transferred from MG0266, Series 3, Folders 54-58, 11 January 2008. Added to database 28 February 2022.

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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

Carolina Southwark, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Spain St. James Episcopal Church Union Fire Company Vintners Wager & Co. Washington Fire Company West Point Military Academy William Noyes & Co. Wine merchants York Springs Boarding House York Springs, York County, Pennsylvania York, York County, Pennsylvania

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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.

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: 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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B. and M. Gratz, merchants in Philadelphia, 1754-1798; papers of interest to their posterity and the posterity of their associates

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Author: Byars, William Vincent,

Date of Publication: 1916.

Call Number: 923.8 G773

Responsibility: selected and edited by William Vincent Byars.

Author: Byars, William Vincent,

Place of Publication: Jefferson City, Mo

Publisher: The Hugh Stephens Printing Co.,

Date of Publication: 1916.

Physical Description: 386 p. 26 cm.

Subjects: Gratz, Barnard, - ca. 1736-1801.; Gratz, Michael, - 1737-1811.; Gratz family.; Gratz, B. and M., merchants in Philadelphia.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 923.8 G773

Boyd's Central Pennsylvania business directory and gazetteer, : embracing the counties of Berks, Chester, Columbia, Dauphin, Lancaster, Lebanon, Lehigh, Lycoming, Montgomery, Northumberland, Montour, Schuylkill, on the line of the philadelphia & Ready Rail Road, its branches, Penna. Schuylkill Valley Rail Roat, Etc

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Date of Publication: 1890.

Call Number: 974.80058 B789

Alternate Title: Boyd's Central Pennsylvania business directory. 1890

Responsibility: Published and compiled by W. H. Boyd, Reading, Pa. 1890.

Place of Publication: Reading, Pa

Publisher: W H. Boyd,

Date of Publication: 1890.

Physical Description: 532 p. ; 24 cm.

Notes: Copyright 1890 by W. Harry Boyd.; Page numbers 272-313 appear on versos, with page numbers 272a-313a on the facing rectos.; In printed paper over boards.

Subjects: Business enterprises - Pennsylvania.; Business enterprises - Pennsylvania - Philadelphia.; Merchants - Pennsylvania.; Merchants - Pennsylvania - Philadelphia.; Pennsylvania - Directories.; Directories - Pennsylvania - 1890.

Additional Author: Boyd, William Henry,

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 974.80058 B789

A country storekeeper in Pennsylvania : creating economic networks in early America, 1790 -1807

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Author: Wenger, Diane E.,

Date of Publication: c2008.

Call Number: 381.1 W474

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Responsibility: Diane E. Wenger.

ISBN: 9780271034126 (cloth : alk. paper); 0271034122 (cloth : alk. paper)

Author: Wenger, Diane E.,

Place of Publication: University Park, Pa

Publisher: Pennsylvania State University Press,

Date of Publication: c2008.

Physical Description: x, 263 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 237-253) and index.

Contents: Introduction: a country storekeeper and his network of relationships -- Beyond "wild forest people": Schaefferstown, Pennsylvania -- The Rex Store and its local customers -- Feeding the furnaces: the iron community and the Rex Store -- "Orders thankfully received, and carefully executed": Rex and the Philadelphia merchants -- A life of "comparative ease" -- Epilogue: Rex's network and its significance.

Summary: "Examines the role that country storekeeper Samuel Rex of Schaefferstown, Pennsylvania, played in the society and economy of the mid-Atlantic region from 1790 to 1807. Studies consumption patterns of one typical Pennsylvania-German community"--Provided by publisher.

Subjects: Rex, Samuel, - d.1835.; General stores - Pennsylvania - Schaefferstown; Merchants - Pennsylvania - Schaefferstown; Business networks - Pennsylvania - Schaefferstown; Schaefferstown (Pa.) - Commerce - History - 18th century.; Schaefferstown (Pa.) - Economic conditions - 18th century.; Schaefferstown (Pa.) - History - 18th century.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 381.1 W474

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Directory of Lancaster County: : embracing a full list of all the adult males and heads of families, with their occupation, residence, and P.O. address, and a classified business directory. Also, an appendix, containing a descriptive list of the courts, banking houses, public buildings, churches, educasional [sic] and benevolent institutions, secret and other societies, &c., &c. 1869-70

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Date of Publication: 1869.

Call Number: 917.4815 D598 1869-70 reprint

Responsibility: Published by Barnes & Pearsol.

Place of Publication: Lancaster, Pa

Publisher: Pearsol & Geist, printers, Daily Eppress [sic] Office.,

Date of Publication: 1869.

Physical Description: [5], 10-22, [1], 28-492 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

Notes: Copyright 1869.; Reprint.; Includes index.

Subjects: Merchants - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.; Lancaster County (Pa.) - Directories.; Advertisements - Merchants; Directories - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County - 1869

Location: Lancaster History Library - Reference

Call Number: 917.4815 D598 1869-70 reprint

The first American movement west : transcripts from "The Gratz papers, 1750-1850, collected with related documents, maps and notes, 1913-1914"

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Author: Byars, William Vincent,

Date of Publication: 1915.

Call Number: 923.8 G773f

Responsibility: William Vincent Byars, for the Illinois State Historical Library.

Author: Byars, William Vincent,

Date of Publication: 1915.

Physical Description: 70 leaves ; 29 cm.

Notes: Typescript.; "Sources and acknowledgements": leaves 65-70.; Includes facsim, of 1st issue (Aug. 20, 1773) of the Maryland journal and Baltimore advertiser, mounted on leaf at end.

Subjects: Gratz family.; Gratz, B. and M., merchants in Philadelphia.; United States - History - Sources.; United States - Territorial expansion.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 923.8 G773f

Immigrant and entrepreneur : the Atlantic world of Caspar Wistar, 1650-1750

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Author: Beiler, Rosalind J.,

Date of Publication: c2008.

Call Number: 974.8 B422

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Responsibility: Rosalind J. Beiler.

ISBN: 9780271033723 (cloth : alk. paper); 027103372X (cloth : alk. paper)

Author: Beiler, Rosalind J.,

Place of Publication: University Park, Pa

Publisher: Pennsylvania State University Press,

Date of Publication: c2008.

Physical Description: xii, 208 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm.

Series: Max Kade German-American Research Institute series

Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [183]-199) and index.

Contents: Men in the middle : foresters and hunters in the early modern Palatinate -- Individual pursuits versus the common good : the constraints of village life in Waldhilsbach -- Contested identities : religious affiliation and diversity in the Palatinate -- Leaving home : the decision to emigrate -- Establishing professional and family connections : new beginnings in Pennsylvania -- Securing a legacy : Wistar's Pennsylvania land speculation -- Webs of influence : transatlantic trade and patronage -- Creative adaptations : the United Glass Company and Wistarburg, New Jersey.

Summary: "Examines the life of 18th century German immigrant and businessman Caspar Wistar. Reevaluates the modern understanding of the entrepreneurial ideal and the immigrant experience in the colonial era"--Provided by publisher.

Subjects: Wistar, Caspar, - 1696-1752.; Germans - Pennsylvania - Philadelphia Region - Biography.; Immigrants - Pennsylvania - Philadelphia Region - Biography.; Merchants - Pennsylvania - Philadelphia Region - Biography.; Immigrants - Pennsylvania; Philadelphia Region (Pa.) - Biography.; Palatinate (Germany) - Biography.; Pennsylvania - Emigration and immigration - History - 18th century.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 974.8 B422

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B. and M. Gratz, merchants in Philadelphia, 1754-1798; papers of interest to their posterity and the posterity of their associates

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo4834

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo18231

A country storekeeper in Pennsylvania : creating economic networks in early America, 1790 -1807

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo16626

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https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo17315

The first American movement west : transcripts from "The Gratz papers, 1750-1850, collected with related documents, maps and notes, 1913-1914"

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo3972

Immigrant and entrepreneur : the Atlantic world of Caspar Wistar, 1650-1750

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo16706

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