Letter from Jasper Yeates to his wife, Sarah in which he described the journey by stagecoach from Lancaster to Lancaster with their young grandson, Yeates. Jasper knew that his wife wanted to hear how their grandson fared on the journey to Philadelphia-if he slept, how he behaved, and what he ate-and that he was back with his family in Philadelphia.
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Courtesy of LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.
Other Numbers
MG-184, Series 2
Other Number
MG-184, Series 2, Folder 10, Insert 4
Classification
MG0184
Description Level
Item
Custodial History
Added to database 5 November 2023.
Digitization of this document was funded by the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, PHMC Appl ID # C980002119, 2021-2024.
Large, dark blue oval Staffordshire platter with expansive countryside view, river and bridge. Multiple people and horses including a Conestoga wagon, river boat, fisherman, horse and rider, etc. Slightly scalloped edge. Decorated with an eagle at each "corner"; the remainder has acanthus leaves and flowers.
Underside of border is stamped in blue within an oval medallion: "Upper Ferry Bridge over the Schuylkill River."
Long crack from middle of center to edge. Multiple stains on underside, including tape stains.
Object ID
2003.064.1
Notes
The Colossus Bridge – also known as Fairmount Bridge, Colossus of Fairmount or Upper Ferry Bridge (and formally as the Lancaster Schuylkill Bridge[1]) – was a record-setting timber bridge across the Schuylkill River near Philadelphia. It was built in 1812 by Louis Wernwag, and was considered his finest bridge design. It had a clear span of 340 feet (103.6 m) (contemporary US Record) and was the first long span bridge to use iron rods.
The bridge was destroyed September 1, 1838, by fire.[3] The bridge was succeeded by Charles Ellet, Jr.'s wire suspension bridge and then the Callowhill Street truss bridge.[4] The modern bridge at this site is the Spring Garden Street Bridge. (Wikipedia)
The scene is from an 1823 engraving by Jacob J. Plocher, which is turn is after the painting by Thomas Birch.
Place of Origin
Staffordshire, England
Credit
Courtesy of LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.
Bennett Nolan’s The Schuylkill treats the reader to a fast-paced sojourn down the river valley that, time and again, guided the course of American history. From the mountain headwaters to the mouth of the “hidden river†at Philadelphia, Nolan chronicles the vast natural resources and three centuries of inventiveness, industriousness, eccentricities, courage and conflict that carved the corridor’s story. Rich in lore as well as historical notes and anecdotes, this sweeping tome offers a tale for virtually every turn of the serpentine 128-mile river and its tributaries. (Publisher)
Bibliography : p. 304-307.
Contents
Contents: Hidden River Hidden River Anthracite Valley Source and river head Epic of anthracite Mountain capital Junction of the branches Southward to the ridge The pleasant land of Berkshire Berkshire County of the Palatines Proprietary town of Reading Below Never Sink Below Never Sink Boundary River Phoenixville and Perkiomen Nation's Shrine Valley Forge Norriton Downstream to Flat Rock Gorge of the Schuykill Manayunk Wissahickon and falls of the Schuykill Fairmount The Fair Mount East Drive The Fair Mount West Drive Urban River Urban River Down the Kingsessing Up through Passayunk The Mouth Crossings and navigation The fords The bridges Pioneer voyages The canal River Regeneration River regeneration
