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Collection
Apprenticeship and Indenture Documents
Title
Apprenticeship and Indenture Documents
Object ID
MG0721
Date Range
1762-1855
Subject Headings: Apprentices Blacksmiths Carpenters Contract labor Contracts Joiners Saddlery Tinsmiths Weavers Search Terms: Apprentices Blacksmiths Brecknock Twp. Carpenters Contract labor Cocalico Twp. Colerain Twp. Donegal Twp. Drumore Twp. Finding aids Indentures Joiners Lancaster Little Britain Twp
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Collection
Apprenticeship and Indenture Documents
Title
Apprenticeship and Indenture Documents
Description
The Apprenticeship and Indenture Documents include legal contracts between apprentice, or the parent or guardians, and master; as well as one contract between an indentured servant and master. The contracts identify the parties involved, municipalities, trade to be learned, and terms of contract.
Date Range
1762-1855
Creation Date
1762-1855
Year Range From
1762
Year Range To
1855
Creator
LancasterHistory (Organization)
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Storage Room
Archives South
Storage Wall
Side 15
People
Boyd, Nickolas C.
Brant, John
Carver, Seneca
Convery, Patrick
Daly, James
Eshleman, Guy
Eversole, Jacob
Fenney, Catherine
Ganter, George
Hess, John
Humerich, Christian
Humphreville, Frank
Humphreville,Henry
Humphreville, Susanna
Ihling, John
Johns, Jacob
Johnston, Abraham
Lesher, John
Long, George
Messner, Christian
Moore, David
Moore, Zacharias
Parsons, Mary
Peddin, John
Porter, John
Porter, William
Quick, Philip
Reinhard, Jacob
Reinhard, Mary
Remo, Jenetta
Remo, Samuel
Remo, Susanna
Ruch, John
Ruch, Peter
Seeger, Fredrich
Steele, William W.
Stewart, Peter
Welsh, James
Subjects
Apprentices
Blacksmiths
Carpenters
Contract labor
Contracts
Joiners
Saddlery
Tinsmiths
Weavers
Search Terms
Apprentices
Blacksmiths
Brecknock Twp.
Carpenters
Contract labor
Cocalico Twp.
Colerain Twp.
Donegal Twp.
Drumore Twp.
Finding aids
Indentures
Joiners
Lancaster
Little Britain Twp.
Manuscript groups
Persons of color
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Providence Twp.
Saddlery
Tinsmiths
Weavers
Extent
1 box, 6 folders, .25 cubic ft.
Object Name
Archive
Language
English, German
Object ID
MG0721
Location of Originals
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania
Notes
Preferred Citation: Title or description of item, date (day, month, year), Apprenticeship and Indenture Documents (MG0721), 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-721
Classification
MG0721
Description Level
Fonds
Custodial History
Processed and finding aid prepared by PH, July 2014. Added to database 26 May 2021.
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The history & folklore of American country tinware, 1700-1900

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo8218
Author
Coffin, Margaret.
Date of Publication
[1968]
Call Number
739.532 C675
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Author
Coffin, Margaret.
Place of Publication
[Camden, N.J.]
Publisher
T. Nelson
Date of Publication
[1968]
Physical Description
226 p. illus. (part col.), facsims., ports. 26 cm.
Notes
On cover: American country tinware.
Bibliography: p. 212-215.
Subjects
Tinware - United States.
Tinsmiths - United States.
Decoration and ornament - United States.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
739.532 C675
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Print, Photographic

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/6658698c-f655-4feb-b182-704746768724
Collection
Discover Lancaster Photograph Collection
Object ID
DL-01-05-04
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Object Name
Print, Photographic
Collection
Discover Lancaster Photograph Collection
Description
Man displaying tinsmithing techniques. I. E. Smith, tinsmith. Pennsylvania Farm Museum.
Provenance
Photographs and slides donated by Discover Lancaster/Pennsylvania Dutch Country Visitors Bureau, June 2016.
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
People
Smith, I. E.
Subcategory
Documentary Artifact
Search Terms
Landis Valley Village & Farm Museum
Tinsmiths
Place
Manheim Twp.
Object Name
Print, Photographic
Print Size
5 x 7 inches
Object ID
DL-01-05-04
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Print, Photographic

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/300e746b-eca2-40c5-8ed5-710514282478
Collection
Henry Kauffman Photograph Collection
Object ID
HK-02-08-01
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Object Name
Print, Photographic
Collection
Henry Kauffman Photograph Collection
Description
Photocopy of page # 58 out of a book that shows illustrations of "Tinsmiths' Machines and Tools." Twelve different tools are shown: Turning Machine, Crimping Machine, Setting Down Machine, Burring Machine, Beading Machine, Wiring Machine, Grooving Machine, Stow's Patent Folding Machine, Stow's Patent Tube Former, Folding Machine, Tine Pipe Former, and an Iron Bottom Gutter Beader. Notation written at the bottom of the page "Mid 19th Century."
Provenance
Photographs from the estate of Henry Kauffman.
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Subcategory
Documentary Artifact
Search Terms
Tinware
Tools
Tinsmiths
Illustrations
Object Name
Print, Photographic
Print Size
8 x 10 inches
Object ID
HK-02-08-01
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Print, Photographic

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/33edcf26-2086-459f-82fc-664943224114
Collection
Henry Kauffman Photograph Collection
Object ID
HK-02-08-02
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Object Name
Print, Photographic
Collection
Henry Kauffman Photograph Collection
Description
Photocopy of page out of book. There is a page #4 at the bottom of the page, and the top of the page says "Hall & Carpenter, Philadelphia, 49. Pictures of Hand operated forming machines used in the nineteenth century to fabricate tin objects, including Candlestick Former and Beader, Wire Ring Former and Miller's Patent Wire Bail Former.
Provenance
Photographs from the estate of Henry Kauffman.
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Subcategory
Documentary Artifact
Search Terms
Tinware
Tools
Tinsmiths
Machines
Object Name
Print, Photographic
Print Size
8 x 10 inches
Object ID
HK-02-08-02
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To cut, piece, & solder : the work of the rural Pennsylvania tinsmith, 1778-1908

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo2595
Author
Lasansky, Jeannette.
Date of Publication
c1982.
Call Number
669.6 L339 Oversize
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Responsibility
Jeannette Lasansky.
ISBN
027100312X (pbk.)
Author
Lasansky, Jeannette.
Place of Publication
University Park, Pa
Publisher
Pennsylvania State University Press,
Date of Publication
c1982.
Physical Description
80 p. : ill. ; 21 x 27 cm.
Series
A Keystone book
Notes
References to Jacob Eichholtz found on pages 24-25, 28-29, 32-35, 42, 76.
"An Oral Traditions Project."
Includes index.
Bibliography: p. 78-79.
Summary
To Cut, Piece, and Solder depicts the world of, as well as the objects made by, the tinsmith for his 19th-century customers. Both documented and anonymous tinware are examined in terms of decoration, form, function, and material. A list of dated and stamped ware, in addition to one of contemporary tinsmiths, is included.
Subjects
Eichholtz, Jacob, - 1776-1842.
Tinsmiths - Pennsylvania.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
669.6 L339 Oversize
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