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Agreement

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Collection: Bridge Records

Title: Bridge Records

Object ID: Bridge F0530 I010

Date Range: 1876

Collection: Bridge Records

Title: Bridge Records

Date Range: 1876

Year: 1876

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives West

Storage Container: Box 0008

Subcategory: Documentary Artifact

Search Terms: Agreements; Blackburn's Ford; Bonds; Bridges; Chester County, Pennsylvania; Creeks; Fords; Little Britain Twp.; Octoraro Creek

Place: Little Britain Twp. and Chester County

Object Name: Agreement

Language: English

Condition: Fair

Object ID: Bridge F0530 I010

Box Number: 008

Additional Notes: Location: At Blackburn's Fording in Little Britain Twp.; Document type: Agreement and bond for bridge construction.; 1 item, 1 piece

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

Classification: RG 02-00 0324

Description Level: Item

Archive

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Collection: Thomas Baker's Surveying Records

Title: Thomas Baker's Surveying Records

Object ID: MG0734

Date Range: 1856-1902

1 document

Collection: Thomas Baker's Surveying Records

Title: Thomas Baker's Surveying Records

Description: This collection contains Thomas Baker's three surveying books which document land and property ownership in southern Lancaster County, primarily Colerain Township from 1856-1902. Octorara Creek, Kirkwood, Christiana and Upper Oxford Twp. are among the place names.

Admin/Biographical History: Thomas Baker traces his ancestry back to Sir Richard Baker (1568), born in the county of Kent, England. In 1685, seven generations before Thomas Baker was born, Joseph Baker immigrated to Delaware County, Pennsylvania. Born in Chatham, Chester County to Lewis and Diana Baker, Thomas was well-educated; a teacher until 1840, when he commenced the study of surveying. Land surveying is the location of points on, above and below the surface of the earth and the relation of those points to a common reference system. Employed at Jonathon Goss, at Unionville Academy in Chester, he surveyed over 650 farms in Lancaster County's Colerain Township. He married in 1855; his family adhering to his Quaker faith. The Biographical Annals in Lancaster, published in 1903, describes Baker as "…a man esteemed by his neighbors for his many good qualities and excellent character, and in disposition he is a man of warm heart and kindly feeling."

Date Range: 1856-1902

Creation Date: 1856-1902

Year Range From: 1856

Year Range To: 1902

Creator: Baker, Thomas, b. 1822

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives South

Storage Wall: Side 15

People: Alexander, Sara; Andrews, Arthur; Armstrong, Lapsley; Ash, Daniel; Aument, Frank; Bailey, Thomas; Bailey, William M.; Bair, William M.; Baker, George; Baker, Harlan; Baker, John; Baker, Thomas; Baldwin, Joseph B.; Baptis, Joseph; Bea, John; Bear, Jacob; Bernard, James J.; Beyer, Andrew; Beyer, Daniel; Beyer, Margaret; Beyer, Robert; Black, Margaret; Blackburn, Cromwell; Blank, Christian; Borland, William; Bosland, William; Brinton, Howard; Brinton, Moses; Brinton, Samuel; Broomell, B. J.; Broomell, Samuel H.; Brosius, Clarkson; Brosius, Jesse; Brosius, John Comly; Brosius, Joseph H.; Brosius, Joshua; Brosius, Levi; Brosius, Mahlon J.; Brosius, William; Brown, J. W.; Brown, James; Brown, K.; Brown, Thomas W.; Bush, Fred; Bushong, Jacob; Carlow, James; Carter, Benjamin; Carter, John C.; Chamberlain, Jonas; Clark, Henry; Cloud, Charles; Coates, Ellis; Coates, Lewis; Coates, Samuel; Coates, Truman; Cochran, Joseph S.; Cohan, Thomas H.; Connar, James; Conner, John; Cooper, Truman; Crossen, James; Dale, George; Davis, Abner; Davis, Christopher; Davis, John; Davis, Joseph B.; Davis, Joseph E.; Davis, Lucretia H.; Davis, William; Dean, Thomas; Doneby, Philip; Donelly, Henry; Donelly, Hugh; Drumm, Earl; Eby, Henry S.; Edwards, Charles; Edwards, James; Elias, Emery; Elizabeth, Mary; Elliott, Cloud; Ernery, Hannah E.; Evans, Carrie R.; Evans, John; Evans, William; Fagler, John; Ferguson, Benjamin; Ferguson, Robert; Ferguson, William; Fleming, Martin J.; Foulk, Mrs.; Fox, William; Frames, David; Fritz, Abby Ann; Gill, John; Goodman, Charles; Gowan, William M.; Graham, Harrison; Graham, John T.; Gray, Ezra; Haines, Eugene M.; Hall, Hiram S.; Hamil, Armor; Hamil, R. A.; Hamilton, J. E.; Hannun, Eurch; Harper, J. D.; Harrar, Daniel; Harrar, Miller; Harray, P.; Harrett, William; Harting, George R.; Hastings, Jeremiah; Hastings, Joseph; Henning, James; Hevenson, Ann; Heyberger, Jacob; Hodgson, Annie C.; Hodgson, Ellis P.; Hollis, William; Holmes, John; Hoopes, Thomas G.; Houston, David; Hoy, P.; Hoy, William; Hudson, Alex; Hurley, John; Jackson William Clark; Jackson, Annetta L.; Jackson, Clark; Jackson, David W.; Jackson, Ellwood; Jackson, Hayes; Jackson, James J.; Jackson, Lydia; Jackson, Thomas; Jackson, Thomas E.; Jackson, Thomas S.; Jeffries, Benjamin; Jenkins, Annie E.; Jones, Emmos S.; Jones, John; Jones, John C.; Jones, John G.; Kalbach, A. M.; Keene, Rebecca J.; Kennedy, Anna; Kennedy, James H.; Kent, Daniel; Kimble, Isaac W.; King, Judson B.; Lamborn, Jacob H.; Lamborn, Kirk; Lechman, Benjamin; Lewis, Alex; Lewis, Elijah; Lewis, Isaac; Lewis, John C.; Lewis, Thompson; Luckenbach, J. S.; Lynch, Philemena C.; Mahaney, Jeremiah; Mahon, Jeremiah; Markey, Pat; Martin, Elijah P.; Martin, James; Martin, Samuel; Martin, William S.; Massey, Isaac; Mayhu, William; McCardle, Eli; McCarter, Henry C.; McCarter, Henry G.; McCarter, John Jones; McCarter, Thompson; McCimans, Mike; McClure, John; McClure, Thomas; McConnel, Samuel; McCord, James; McCord, William; McCullough, James; McCullough, Robert; McElwain, David; McElwain, James; McElwain, Josiah; McElwain, Robert; McHenry, John; McLinaus, John; McLinaus, W. F.; McNeil, George A.; McSparren, James B.; Miller, Andrew; Miller, H. Jackson; Miller, Henry H.; Miller, Joanna; Miller, Lemuel H.; Miller, Minnie R.; Mimm, Jesse; Montgomery, John; Montgomery, Sam E.; Morrison, Caroline B.; Morrison, Emma B.; Morrison, Robert; Morrison, Samuel; Newhauser, John; Nixon, A. W.; Nixon, Joseph; Noble, William M.; Oatman, Eliza; Oatman, Zachariah; Ortlip, Andrew; Patterson, Bordley Shippen; Pennington, Robert H.; Pennington, Thomas; Pennock, F. J.; Pennock, Francis J.; Pennock, Joseph; Pennock, Margaretta Walker; Pennock, William E.; Penny, Joseph; Peters, Abraham; Peters, Abraham K.; Pierce, G.; Pinkerton, James; Purnal, Levis; Pusey, Joseph; Rakestraw, Abraham; Rambo Elijah W.; Rambo, David; Rambo, Elisha; Ramsay, James; Reeses, Peter; Reyburn, James H.; Reylin, John; Reylon, Henry S.; Rhoads, Levi S.; Richey, George; Ricky, Immanuel; Rigg, Hiram F.; Robinson, Amy; Robison, Joseph; Roney, Pat; Ross, George E.; Ross, Hamilton; Russel, Joseph; Rutter, Adam; Rynear, Charles; Sampson, John; Sampson, William; Sellers, Thomas W.; Seltzer, Sara R.; Shaw, Ben; Shivery, Demison; Shivery, Elisha J.; Shivery, George; Shultz, Frank; Simmons, Henry; Siner, John T.; Slack, Hall; Slokom, Samuel; Smith, Abram; Smith, Jackson; Smith, Jesse J.; Smith, S. W.; Smith, Samuel; Sproul, James; Stewart, James; Stump, B. O.; Sutton, Edwin; Sweigert, John W.; Swift, Joseph; Taylor, Jacob; Taylor, Jesse; Thomas, Arthur; Thomas, Edward; Thomas, Margaret; Thompson, James; Thompson, Jane M.; Thompson, Mary Jane; Turner, James; Walker, David; Wallace, Arthur; Walton, Abner Brinton; Walton, Alban; Walton, Brinton; Walton, Elizabeth C.; Walton, Isaac; Walton, Joseph L.; Walton, Joseph B.; Walton, Joseph P.; Watts, Mollie; Webster, Chalkley; Webster, Charles; Webster, Daniel; Webster, George; Webster, Joseph; Webster, Margaret C.; White, Alexander; Whiteside, Mrs.; Whitman, James; Whitson, Martha; Whitson, Moses; Whitson, Samuel; Whitson, Thomas; Whitson, William; Willard, Agnes; Williams, Abner; Williams, David; Williams, William B.; Wood, James; Wood, Joshua; Wood, Thomas; Wood, William N.; Woodruff, John; Woods, Joshua; Woods, Peter; Woods, Thomas; Work, Robert; Worth, Albert B.; Worth, William C.

Subjects: Surveying; Surveyors; Lancaster County (Pa.); Chester County (Pa.)

Search Terms: Chester County, Pennsylvania; Christiana, Pennsylvania; Colerain Twp.; Finding aids; Kirkwood, Colerain Twp.; Lancaster County, Pennsylvania; Manuscript groups; Octoraro Creek; Surveying; Surveyors; Upper Oxford Twp., Chester County

Extent: 1 box, 3 folders, .25 cubic ft.

Object Name: Archive

Language: English

Object ID: MG0734

Location of Originals: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania

Related Item Notes: Surveyor's transit case, Object ID 1973.008

Access Conditions / Restrictions: Original documents may be used by appointment. Please contact research@lancasterhistory.org at least two weeks 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.

Other Numbers: MG-734

Other Number: MG-734

Classification: MG0734

Description Level: Fonds

Custodial History: Processed and finding aid prepared by AB, November 2014. Added to database 24 May 2021.

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Blueprint

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Collection: Bridge Records

Title: Bridge Records

Object ID: Bridge F0555 I007

Date Range: 1902

Collection: Bridge Records

Title: Bridge Records

Date Range: 1902

Year: 1902

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives West

Storage Container: Box 0008

Subcategory: Documentary Artifact

Search Terms: Blueprints; Bridges; Creeks; Fords; Griest's Ford; Little Britain Twp.; Octoraro Creek; West Nottingham Twp., Chester County, Pennsylvania

Place: Little Britain Twp. and West Nottingham Twp., Chester County

Object Name: Blueprint

Language: English

Condition: Fair

Object ID: Bridge F0555 I007

Box Number: 008

Additional Notes: [Little Britain Twp. and West Nottingham Twp.], Chester County; [1902]; Location: At Greist's Fording.; Document type: Bridge blueprints.; 2 items, 2 pieces

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

Classification: RG 02-00 0324

Description Level: Item

Contract

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Collection: Bridge Records

Title: Bridge Records

Object ID: Bridge F0530 I001

Date Range: No date

Collection: Bridge Records

Title: Bridge Records

Date Range: No date

Year: none

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives West

Storage Container: Box 0008

People: Webb, Jonathan

Subcategory: Documentary Artifact

Search Terms: Bridges; Chester County, Pennsylvania; Contracts; Creeks; Forges; Hayes' Tavern; Jonathan Webb's Forge; Little Britain Twp.; Octoraro Creek; Peach Bottom, Fulton Twp.; Taverns

Place: Little Britain Twp. and Chester County

Object Name: Contract

Language: English

Condition: Fair

Object ID: Bridge F0530 I001

Box Number: 008

Additional Notes: [Little Britain Twp.] and Chester County; Location: Near Jonathan Webb's Forge on the road from Hayes' Tavern to Peach Bottom, Fulton Twp.; Document type: Contract and details of bridge construction.; 1 item, 1 piece

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

Classification: RG 02-00 0324

Description Level: Item

Contract

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Collection: Bridge Records

Title: Bridge Records

Object ID: Bridge F0530 I009

Date Range: 1876

Collection: Bridge Records

Title: Bridge Records

Date Range: 1876

Year: 1876

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives West

Storage Container: Box 0008

Subcategory: Documentary Artifact

Search Terms: Blackburn's Ford; Bonds; Bridges; Chester County, Pennsylvania; Contracts; Creeks; Fords; Little Britain Twp.; Octoraro Creek

Place: Little Britain Twp. and Chester County

Object Name: Contract

Language: English

Condition: Fair

Object ID: Bridge F0530 I009

Box Number: 008

Additional Notes: [Little Britain Twp.] and Chester County; Location: On public highway at Blackburn's Ford.; Document type: Contract and bond for abutments for bridge.; 1 item, 1 piece

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

Classification: RG 02-00 0324

Description Level: Item

Contract

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Collection: Bridge Records

Title: Bridge Records

Object ID: Bridge F0730 I001

Date Range: 1887

Collection: Bridge Records

Title: Bridge Records

Date Range: 1887

Year: 1887

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives West

Storage Container: Box 0011

Subcategory: Documentary Artifact

Search Terms: Bridges; Contracts; Creeks; Fords; Hannum's Ford; Octoraro Creek; Sadsbury Twp.; West Fallowfield Twp., Chester County, Pennsylvania

Place: Sadsbury Twp., Lancaster County and West Sadsbury Twp., Chester County

Object Name: Contract

Language: English

Condition: Fair

Object ID: Bridge F0730 I001

Box Number: 011

Additional Notes: Location: At Hannum's Ford.; Document type: Contract for bridge construction.; 1 item, 2 pieces

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

Classification: RG 02-00 0324

Description Level: Item

Documents

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Collection: Commissioners' Orders for Payment

Title: Commissioners' order for payment

Object ID: CommOrder 1826 #305

Collection: Commissioners' Orders for Payment

Title: Commissioners' order for payment

Description: This record group contains canceled orders that were issued by the county commissioners for payment to be made by the county treasurer. The orders show date, order number, amount, name of payee, purpose, and signatures of the county commissioners. In the case of "poor children," teachers were reimbursed by the county for tuition and/or the supplies purchased for students whose parents were unable to pay. Orders include: Poor Children, Almshouse, Bridges, Coroners' Inquests, Prisons, Roads, Court House, and Tax Exonerations.

System of Arrangement: The record group is organized chronologically, then arranged by order number within each year.

Date of Accumulation: 1810-1901

Creator: County Commissioners

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Container: Box 0006

People: Andrews, Alexander

Subcategory: Documentary Artifact

Search Terms: Colerain Twp.; Bridges; Octoraro Creek; Commissioners' Orders for Payment

Place: Colerain Twp.

Extent: 70 boxes (35 cubic ft.)

Object Name: Documents

Language: English

Condition: Fair

Condition Date: 2008-03-25

Object ID: CommOrder 1826 #305

Box Number: 006

Notes: Entered into Q & A May 31, 2001.

Additional Notes: Bridges.; Octorara Creek.; [Colerain Twp.]; Payment for repairing the bridge known as "Andrews Bridge."; Andrews, Alexander.; 1 item. 1 piece.

Access Conditions / Restrictions: Request at research desk. Photocopy made by staff member.

Classification: RG 08-01 0510

Description Level: Item

Documents

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Collection: Bridge Records

Title: Bridge Records

Object ID: Bridge F0935 I001

Collection: Bridge Records

Title: Bridge Records

Description: Papers filed for construction and repair of bridges. The types of petitions presented to the Court of Quarter Sessions include: petitions for bridge construction and repair, petitions for inspections, and petitions for bridge funds. Other types of items include: specifications, proposals, and contracts for bridge construction and repair; bridge blueprints and plans; correspondence; bills for materials; and bridge condition reports. Many papers show date; court term and case number; names of petitioners, viewers, inspectors, and contractors; costs and fees; location of bridge; and name or number of bridge. The order and report of viewers documents are of particular interest as they usually include a copy of the original petition; the order and names of viewers to inspect the site; the public announcement for the viewers meeting; the report and recommendation of viewers, often with a drawing of the site and surrounding area; and the court decision.

System of Arrangement: Records are arranged by township, then chronologically within each township.

Year: 1815

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives West

Storage Container: Box 0013

People: Bye, Harlan

Subcategory: Documentary Artifact

Search Terms: Octoraro Creek; Creeks; Proposals

Place: none

Object Name: Documents

Language: English

Condition: Fair

Object ID: Bridge F0935 I001

Box Number: 013

Additional Notes: Document type: Proposal for altering bridge construction.; Donated by Harlan Bye, 25 September 1996.; 1 item, 1 piece

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

Classification: RG 02-00 0324

Description Level: Item

Documents

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Collection: Bridge Records

Title: Bridge Records

Object ID: Bridge F0935 I002

Collection: Bridge Records

Title: Bridge Records

Description: Papers filed for construction and repair of bridges. The types of petitions presented to the Court of Quarter Sessions include: petitions for bridge construction and repair, petitions for inspections, and petitions for bridge funds. Other types of items include: specifications, proposals, and contracts for bridge construction and repair; bridge blueprints and plans; correspondence; bills for materials; and bridge condition reports. Many papers show date; court term and case number; names of petitioners, viewers, inspectors, and contractors; costs and fees; location of bridge; and name or number of bridge. The order and report of viewers documents are of particular interest as they usually include a copy of the original petition; the order and names of viewers to inspect the site; the public announcement for the viewers meeting; the report and recommendation of viewers, often with a drawing of the site and surrounding area; and the court decision.

System of Arrangement: Records are arranged by township, then chronologically within each township.

Year: 1846

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives West

Storage Container: Box 0013

Subcategory: Documentary Artifact

Search Terms: Octoraro Creek; Creeks; Proposals

Place: none

Object Name: Documents

Language: English

Condition: Fair

Object ID: Bridge F0935 I002

Box Number: 013

Additional Notes: Document type: Proposal for bridge construction.; 1 item, 1 piece

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

Classification: RG 02-00 0324

Description Level: Item

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Archive

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Archive

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Blueprint

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Contract

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