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Collection
John Leaman Collection
Title
John Leaman Collection
Object ID
MG0274
Date Range
1865-1898
John Leaman Collection consists primarily of letters between John Leaman of Leaman Place and businesses in Philadelphia regarding produce and grain markets and prices. Creator: Leaman, John. System of Arrangement: Arranged chronologically. Conditions for Access: Original documents may be used by
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Collection
John Leaman Collection
Title
John Leaman Collection
Description
The John Leaman Collection consists primarily of letters between John Leaman of Leaman Place and businesses in Philadelphia regarding produce and grain markets and prices.
System of Arrangement
Arranged chronologically.
Date Range
1865-1898
Year Range From
1865
Year Range To
1898
Date of Accumulation
1865-1898
Creator
Leaman, John
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Storage Room
Archives South
Storage Wall
Side 08
People
Baumgardner, H.
Bruner, H. F.
Bushong, Viola
Eberman, E. M.
Ellmaker, Nathaniel
Herr, Calvin A.
Herr, J. F.
Leaman, A.
Leaman, Henry
Leaman, John
Leaman, Joseph H.
Leaman, Mary E.
Leaman, William
Lefevre, C. H.
Rakestraw, Charles J.
Seldomridge, J. F.
Shuey, D. B.
Thomas, W. B.
Thomas, William B.
Witmer, John S.
Woods, John N.
Subjects
Business records
Crops
Farm produce
Grain trade
Letters
Produce trade
Search Terms
Agriculture
Bitners and Company
Business records
Columbia
Correspondence
Crops
Envelopes
Everts and Overdeer
F. M. and H. Brooke
Farm produce
Finding aids
First National Bank of Strasburg
Friedenthal
George Cookman and Company
Grain trade
Harbert and Raymond
James C. Walker and Son
Kennedy, Eckert and Company
Lancaster County Mutual Insurance Company
Leaman Place, Paradise Twp.
Letters
Manuscript groups
McCallum and Sloan
Newberry Brothers
Prices
Princeton, New Jersey
Produce trade
Thomas, Mason and Company
Trout and Miller
Extent
1 box, 8 folders, .5 cubic ft.
Object Name
Archive
Language
English
Object ID
MG0274
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).
Access Conditions / Restrictions
Original documents may be used by researchers--contact Research@LancasterHistory.org prior to visit or request at Reference Desk.
Copyright
Collection 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 site 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.
Other Numbers
MG-274
Classification
MG0274
Description Level
Fonds
Custodial History
Added to database 9 September 2021.
Documents
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Le digest des briefes originals, et des choses concernants eux

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo21015
Author
Theloall, Simon.
Date of Publication
Octobris decimo quarto, 1579.
Call Number
Book 219 1579
Alternate Title
Briefes originals
Responsibility
compose per Simon Theloall.
Author
Theloall, Simon.
Place of Publication
Londini
Publisher
In aedibus Richardi Tottelli,
Date of Publication
Octobris decimo quarto, 1579.
Physical Description
[8], 424 leaves ; 17 cm. (8vo)
Notes
Title vignette; initials.
Signatures: [par.]⁸ A-3G⁸ (3G8 verso blank).
Errors in foliation: leaves 150, 207 and 380 numbered 50, 107 and 378, respectively.
Jasper Yeates's Colonial Law Library.
Yeates's signature at top of title page opposite struck former owner.
Book number 218 as assigned by Yeates.
Handwritten marginal notes.
STC (2nd ed.)
Subjects
Writs - Great Britain - Early works to 1800.
Writs.
Great Britain.
Early works.
Calf bindings (Bindings) - England - 16th century.
Calf bindings (Bindings) - England - 17th century.
Blind tooled bindings (Bindings) - England - 16th century.
Blind tooled bindings (Bindings) - England - 17th century?
Medallion tools (Bindings) - England - 16th century.
Medallion tools (Bindings) - England - 17th century?
Library copies (Provenance)
Annotations (Provenance) - England - 16th century.
Prices (Provenance) - England - 16th century.
Prices (Provenance) - England - 17th century.
Colophons (Printing) - England - London - 1579.
Roman types (Type evidence) - England - London - 1579.
Additional Author
Tottel, Richard,
Yeates, Jasper,
Location
Lancaster History Library - Yeates Collection
Call Number
Book 219 1579
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How much is that in real money? : a historical price index for use as a deflator of money values in the economy of the United States

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo19773
Author
McCusker, John J.
Date of Publication
1992.
Call Number
332.4973 M128
Responsibility
John J. McCusker.
ISBN
0944026338
9780944026335
Author
McCusker, John J.
Place of Publication
Worcester
Publisher
American Antiquarian Society,
Date of Publication
1992.
Physical Description
p. 297-373 p. ; 23 cm.
Notes
"Reprinted from the Proceedings of the American Antiquarian Society, volume 101, part 2"--T.p. verso.
Includes bibliographical references.
Summary
Includes prices for the United States from 1700-1991, for Great Britain from 1600-1991, and American Revolutionary War currency depreciation tables.
Subjects
Prices - United States
Consumer price indexes - United States
Money - United States
Value
Consumer price indexes.
Money.
Prices.
Value.
United States.
History.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
332.4973 M128
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Rural economics in Central Pennsylvania, 1850-1867

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo21122
Author
Barrick, Mac E.
Call Number
905.748 PDF v.22, no.1
Author
Barrick, Mac E.
Physical Description
42-45 p.
Notes
In: Pennsylvania Folklife, vol. 22, no.1
Using a daybook compiled by Reverend Daniel Stock, the author discusses the cost of goods and services in mid 19th century Pennsylvania.
Subjects
Prices - Pennsylvania
Location
Lancaster History Library - Periodical Article
Call Number
905.748 PDF v.22, no.1
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