Estate Inventory

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Collection: Estate Inventories

Title: Estate inventory of George Eby

Object ID: Inv 1760 F002 E

Date Range: 1760

Collection: Estate Inventories

Title: Estate inventory of George Eby

Admin/Biographical History: An estate inventory is a list of the assets and liabilities of a decedent's estate with the appraised value of those items, with the exception of real estate.

Date Range: 1760

Year: 1760

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives West

Storage Container: Box 0029

People: Eby, George

Subcategory: Documentary Artifact

Subjects: Probate records

Search Terms: Petitions; Estate inventories; Probate records

Place: None

Object Name: Estate Inventory

Language: English

Object ID: Inv 1760 F002 E

Location of Originals: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania

Box Number: 029

Additional Notes: Only petition for guardian.; 1 item, 2 pieces

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Credit: Courtesy of the Lancaster County Archives and LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.

Classification: RG-03-00-0133

Description Level: Item

Medal, Commemorative

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Collection: Heritage Center Collection

Title: J.P. McCaskey Medal

Object ID: G.03.30.1

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Collection: Heritage Center Collection

Title: J.P. McCaskey Medal

Description: Commemorative medal, in leather covered case with velvet interior; Commemorative Medal; Face: bust of J. P. McCaskey, "J.P. McCaskey, Mayor, Fifty Years a Teacher, 1908"; Reverse: image of seal of Lancaster

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: DAC

Storage Wall: North Wall

Storage Cabinet: Unit 04

Storage Drawer: Drawer 20

Subcategory: Documentary Artifact

Object Name: Medal, Commemorative

Circumference (in): 1.625

Object ID: G.03.30.1

Credit: Courtesy of LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.

Accession Number: G.03.30

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Certificate, Citizenship

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Collection: Heritage Center Collection

Object ID: G.96.37.107

Date Range: 24 Sept 1765

Collection: Heritage Center Collection

Description: Printed document is a naturalization certificate infilled for "Jacob Dickart" (sic), a prolific gunmaker of Lancaster. Printed on now-brown laid paper, it is a printed form for naturalizing foreigners who did not swear oaths. Now mounted in a modern black frame.; The certificate was designed for non-Quakers who had resided in the Commonwealth for seven years and who had never taken an oath of allegiance to King George II because of conscience, eg. Mennonites, Moravians & other sectarians who believe the Bible prohibits the swearing of oaths. Although Jacob is believed to have been raised in a Lutheran home, he later followed the Moravian faith.; Edward Shippen, Jr., Prothonotary of the Supreme Court of the Province of PA filled out this form for Dickert, who appeared before Judges William Atlin, William Coleman, and Alexander Stedman, in Phila. on Sept 24, 1765. An embossed seal is created out of a small square of paper and affixed to the upper left corner of the document.; HJ Kauffman notes that Dickert was born in Mainz, Germany in 1740, came to America with his parents in 1748. Family settled in Berks Co. and later, son Jacob moved to Lancaster in 1756, where he likely apprenticed with the gunmaker Matthias Roessor (as did Wm. Henry). Dickert worked c. 1760-1820. In 1764, he married Johanetta Hofer of York, PA, and the following year he travelled to Phila. to obtain this document. Kauffman states he was active in the Moravian church.; He died 1822.; See G90.7.1 file on Dickert rifle with family info. Transparency of a document with; Dickert's signature, in file.

Provenance: Provenance unknown before donor.

Date Range: 24 Sept 1765

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: DAC

Storage Wall: Island 5

Storage Cabinet: Unit 42

Storage Shelf: Shelf 2

Storage Drawer: Bin 2-I

People: Shippen, Edward Jr.; Dickert, Jacob

Subcategory: Documentary Artifact

Object Name: Certificate, Citizenship

Oither Names: Naturalization Certificate

Material: Paper, Ink

Height (in): 12.625

Width (in): 7.375

Dimension Details: Frame dimensions are H: 8.5" W: 13.25".

Condition: Good

Condition Date: 2016-04-21

Condition Notes: General signs of age: soiling, minor foxing, dog eared corners with some minor losses. Fold line 3" from top, small holes along bottom. There is a backing of acidic paper which is attached with adhesive.; Mounted in a modern black frame by Lancaster Galleries for 2006 exhibit.

Object ID: G.96.37.107

Place of Origin: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Accession Number: G.96.37.

Bookplate

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Collection: Heritage Center Collection

Object ID: P.98.52.1

Date Range: c. 1750

Collection: Heritage Center Collection

Description: Bookplate on a page from a Martyrs Mirror, done in the style of Ephrata Cloister with a flowing hand using strong, bold letters. Letters are black with green and orange infill. Bookplate simply reads: "Carl/ Christo/ phel." One flower is at top right and a stylized pot with plant having 3 flowers is at lower left. Page is float-mounted in a window mat with a handmade cherry frame.; Ephrata Cloister, Lancaster Co.; Removed from Martyrs Mirror by a previous owner (Evelyn Good) due to water damage to the book which was then discarded. The opposing page was also saved and is mounted in Mylar on reverse side of frame. It carries a ghost image of the bookplate; string from binding is visible.; Acquired with typewritten inscription mounted on back of frame states: "BOOKPLATE MADE FOR CARL CHRISTOPHEL FOR/ HIS COPY OF THE EPHRATA MARTYR'S MIRROR-1748./ WORK OF SISTER ANASTASIA THE PEN-ARTIST OF THE CLOISTER ABC PATTERN BOOK OF LETTERS."; According to Clarke Hess, the penwork is by an unknown Ephrata Cloister artist. Clarke notes that Carl Christophel was a deacon at New Danville Mennonite Church in Conestoga Twp.(now Pequea Twp.) He died in 1767.; In Masonic Lodge Fraktur exhibit for several years. Removed circa 2008.; On short-term exhibit at Historical Society of Cocalico Valley, 2010.; Unknown Ephrata Cloister artist

Provenance: Dr. Robbins purchased framed pages from Evelyn Yingst Good's sale, Sat., May 11, 1991, lot #152, for $3,800. Evelyn Good was an Ephrata librarian. Valued at $5000, Robbins sold to museum for $2,500, donating the other half. Irene Walsh then reimbursed museum for the $2,500.

Date Range: c. 1750

Year Range From: 1750

Year Range To: 1760

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: DAC

Storage Wall: Island 5

Storage Cabinet: Unit 43

Storage Shelf: Shelf 2

Storage Drawer: Slot 7

People: Christophel, Carl

Subcategory: Documentary Artifact

Subject: Bookplate; Fraktur

Search Terms: Bookplates; Fraktur; Ephrata Cloister

Object Name: Bookplate

Oither Names: Fraktur

Material: Paper, Ink

Height (in): 14

Width (in): 8.75

Dimension Details: Frame is H: 18" W: 13.5

Condition: Good

Condition Date: 2016-10-24

Condition Notes: Acid burned edges are brown; soiled along outside edges; stains and foxing. Moisture stain at top left. Remains of binding still attached at left. Moisture staining at upper left corner. Two minor tears at top center, with ragged edges overall. Paper losses within black ink.; Conserved by Marilyn Kemp Weidner of Phila.