LancasterHistory Research Collections

Collection
Administrators Accounts
Title
Administrators Accounts
Object ID
AdAcct 1873 F040 B
Date Range
1873
Collection
Administrators Accounts
Title
Administrators Accounts
System of Arrangement
Arranged alphabetically by year.
Date Range
1873
Year
1873
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Storage Room
Archives West
Storage Container
Box 0030
People
Buchanan, James
Subcategory
Documentary Artifact
Place
Lancaster Twp.
Object Name
Statement, Financial
Language
English
Condition
Fair
Object ID
AdAcct 1873 F040 B
Box Number
030
Additional Notes
Swarr, H. B.; Buchanan, Edward Y. Executors.
2 items, 2 pieces
Access Conditions / Restrictions
Request at Reference Desk; photocopy made by staff member.
Classification
RG 04-00 0150
Description Level
Item
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Collection
Commissioners' Orders for Payment
Title
Commissioners' order for payment
Object ID
CommOrder 1823 #376
Date Range
1823
Collection
Commissioners' Orders for Payment
Title
Commissioners' order for payment
Admin/Biographical History
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.
Date Range
1823
Creator
County Commissioners
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Storage Room
Archives North
Storage Container
Box 0004
People
Albright, George
Anthony, George
Banks, David
Black, Robert
Bolman, Daniel
Boot, John
Bordner, John
Bower, Samuel
Briceland, Benjamin
Brown, John
Buchanan, James
Burckhardt, Elizabeth
Burckhardt, Jeremiah
Burckhardt, Sarah
Burton, James
Carpenter, Samuel
Chambers, Joseph
Chapmen, Nancy
Coban, Samuel
Cope, Daniel
Cope, David
Copp, Martin
Crawford, Samuel
Creamer, Charles
Derrick, Mary
Dodds, William
Dorwart, Adam
Eckles, Samuel
Eckles, William
Ellinger, Hannah
Eshelman, Benjamin
Feldenberger, John
Ferguson, William
Field, Jeremiah
Fisher, Christian
George, William
Goering, George
Goering, Sophia
Goering, William
Gonter, John
Green, Charles
Green, Joseph
Greene, Charles
Grove, Samuel
Hambright, Charles
Hassock, George
Heller, Ephraim
Hereauff, George
Hoover, Jacob
Immel, Jacob
Immel, John
Jack, John
Jacobs, Septemus
Jamison, William
Johnston, Betsy
Johnston, H. S.
Johnston, Sarah
Kayler, Joseph
Kendig, Daniel
Keyler, Joshup
Kuntz, Jacob
Leed, Margaret
Leed, Peter
Leman, Robert
Lick, Henry
Lockhart, Charles
Maak, Adam
Macenson, Thomas
Magill, Robert
Matter, George
Matter, Helfrick
McCullough, Hugh
McChesney, Robert
McClure, Barbara
McLenegen, Zephaniah
McVay, James
McVeigh, James
Melony, Samuel
Miler, Samuel
Mondle, Frederick
Montgomery, William
Mullerson, Reuben
Mushelman, Henry
Neeper, Samuel
Painter, John
Park, James
Parker, William
Patteson, Thomas
Peeler, Jacob
Pierce, Levi
Platts, Maria
Ramsey, William
Read, William
Ream, Jacob
Ream, William
Reynolds, Richard
Riley, Richard
Rohrer, Jacob
Scott, Alexander
Scott, William
Sheaffer, Frederick
Simpson, William
Smith, John
Smith, Stephen
Snively, James
Soo, John
Spone, Jacob
Statler, Peter
Stemsock, Christian
Stober, MIchael
Thomas, John
Thompson, John
Vorns, Okey
Wallick, Jacob
Weaver, Daniel
Webb, William
Welsh, Margaret
Whiteside, Samuel
Wilson, Benjamin
Wilson, Needham
Wollick, Elizabeth
Young, Benjamin
Zahm, Daniel
Subcategory
Documentary Artifact
Search Terms
Lancaster
Constables
Commissioners' Orders for Payment
Place
Lancaster
Object Name
Order for Payment
Language
English
Condition
Fair
Condition Date
2008-03-25
Object ID
CommOrder 1823 #376
Box Number
004
Notes
Entered into Q&A May 17, 2001.
Additional Notes
Courthouse.
Payments to Constables.
McChesney, Robert. Constable.
Brown, John. Constable.
Scott, William. Constable. [Note: this document lists names involved in the trial of Montgomery, William and Thompson, John. These are possibly the names of witnesses for the procecution, as well as the number of days they were present and their mileage.] Cope, David. Wilson, Benjamin. Wilson, Needham. Scott, Alexander. Ferguson, William. Scott, William. Cope, David. Wilson, Benjamin. Wilson, Needham. Scott, Alexander. Ferguson, William. Scott, William. Cope, Daniel. Wilson, Benjamin. WIlson, Needham. Scott, Alexander. Ferguson, William. Black, Robert. R_____, William. Patteson, Thomas. Mc Cullough, Hugh. Neeper, Samuel. Reynolds, Richard.
Zahm, Daniel. Constable fees for serving attachments. Comm. v. McVay, James. Shaffner, _____.
Comm. v. Platts, Maria. Gonter, John. Soo, John. Snively, James. Johnston, Betsy.
Heinz, J. Prosecutor bill. Comm. v. Smith, John. Bolman, Daniel. Brown, John. Magill, Robert. Rohrer, Jacob.
Stober, Michael. Justice. Signed document. Comm. v. Mondle, Frederick; convicted of assault and battery.
George, William. Witness. Comm. v. Feldenberger, John. Convicted of larceny.
Matter, George. Justice. Comm. v. McClure, Barbara. Indicted for assualt and battery on Chapmen, Nancy.
Dorwart, Adam. Witness in the case of comm. v. Goering, William. Assault and battery on Statler, Peter, his apprentice.
Witnesses: Anthony, George. Kuntz, Jacob. Fisher, Christian. Ramsey, William. Carpenter, Samuel. Statler, Peter. Test. for defendent: Maak, Adam. Goering, Sophia. Welsh, Margaret. Put up bond money: Goering, George. Macenson, Thomas.
Dodds, William. Burton, James. Witnesses. Comm. v. McClure, Barbara. Indicted for assault and battery.
Hambright, Charles. Constable. Payment for serving subpoenas.Comm. v. McVeigh, James.
Bordner, John. Witness. Comm. v. Webb, William. Convicted of horse stealing.
Immel, John. Constable. Payment for summoning witnesses, and conveying prisoner to jail. Comm. v. Painter, John. Indictment for larceny.
Heinz, J. Signed document. Prosecutor bill. Comm. v. Jamison, William. Albright, George. Mullerson, Reuben. Miler, Samuel. Field, Jeremiah. Lockhart, Charles. Cope, David. Pierce, Levi.
Boot, John. Witness. Comm. v. Painter, John.
Burckhardt, Jeremiah. Witness. Comm. v. Leed, Peter. Assault and battery on Leed, Margaret. Other witnesses: Leed, Margaret. Burckhardt, Elizabeth. Burckhardt, Sarah.
Peeler, Jacob. Justice. Comm. v. Thomas, John et al. indicted for larceny.
Smith, Stephen. Brown, John. Comm. v. Johnston, H. S.
Peeler, Jacob. Justice. Comm. v. Hereauff, George et al. Indictment for malicious mischief. Painter, John. Indictment for larceny.
Houston, _____. Justice. Comm. v. Johnston, Sarah. Convicted of arson.
Brown, John. Constable. Comm. v. Banks, David. Convicted of assault and battery.
Heinz, J. Comm. v. Jack, John. Leman, Robert. Eshelman, Benjamin. Kendig, Daniel. Hoover, Jacob. Parker, William. Leman, Robert. Parker, William. Kendig, Daniel. Coban, Samuel. Eshelman, Benjamin. Bower, Samuel.
Crawford, Samuel. Signed document. Comm. v. Eckles, Samuel. Eckles, William. Witnesses: Whiteside, Samuel. Read, William. Riley, Richard. Simpson, William.
Rohrer, Jacob. Reward for pursuing and apprehending a horse thief. Smith, John, convicted of horse stealing.
Greene, Charles. Green, Joseph. Brown, John. Vorns, Okey. Green, Joseph. Brown, John. Derrick, Mary. Green, Charles. Comm. v. Platts, Maria.
Comm. v. Ream, William. Hassock, George. Grove, Samuel. Stemsock, Christian. Creamer, Charles. Weaver, Daniel. Sheaffer, Frederick. Wallick, Jacob. Ream, Jacob. Copp, Martin. Keyler, Joshup. Stemsock, Christian. Creamer, Charles. Weaver, Daniel. Sheaffer, Frederick. Copp, Martin. Kayler, Joseph. Stemsock, Christian. Creamer, Charles. Weaver, Daniel. Sheaffer, Frederick. Wallick, Jacob. Copp, Martin. Kayler, Joseph. Stemsock, Christian. Creamer, Charles. Weaver, Daniel, Shaeffer, Frederick. Wallick, Jacob. Copp, Martin. Kayler, Joseph. Wollick, Elizabeth. Ream, Jacob. Lick, Henry. Immel, Jacob. Spone, Jacob.
Comm. v. Painter, J. H_____, George. Melony, Samuel. Meloney, Samuel (wheelwright).
McVeigh, James. Ellinger, Hannah. Heller, Ephraim. Chambers, Joseph. Ellinger, Hannah. Mushelman, Henry. Jacobs. Septemus. Chambers, Joseph. Ellinger, Hannah.
Smith, John. Convicted of horse stealing. Reward paid to Magill, Robert.
McVeigh, James. Ellinger, Hannah. Ellinger, Hannah. Ellinger, Hannah. Matter, Helfrick. Bricland, Benjamin.Young, Benjamin. McLenegen, Zephaniah. Buchanan, James. Park, James. Chambers, Joseph.
1 item. 30 pieces.
Access Conditions / Restrictions
Request at research desk. Photocopy made by staff member.
Classification
RG 08-01 0510
Description Level
Item
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Collection
Commissioners' Orders for Payment
Title
Commissioners' order for payment
Object ID
CommOrder 1828 #489
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 0009
People
McCullough, Hugh
Buchanan, James
Subcategory
Documentary Artifact
Search Terms
Lancaster
Courthouses
Elections
Commissioners' Orders for Payment
Place
Lancaster
Extent
70 boxes (35 cubic tabard.)
Object Name
Documents
Language
English
Condition
Fair
Condition Date
2008-03-25
Object ID
CommOrder 1828 #489
Box Number
009
Notes
Entered into Q & A Jul 5, 2001.
Additional Notes
Courthouse.
Payment to one of the Return Judges on the part of Lancaster County for the Congressional District.
Includes a charge for "notifying Mr. James Buchanan of his Election." Reelection to the US House of Representatives, 21st US Congress.
McCullough, Hugh.
1 item. 1 piece.
Access Conditions / Restrictions
Request at research desk. Photocopy made by staff member.
Classification
RG 08-01 0510
Description Level
Item
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Collection
Administrators Accounts
Title
Executors' account for the estate of James Buchanan
Object ID
AdAcct 1870 F026 B
Date Range
1870
Collection
Administrators Accounts
Title
Executors' account for the estate of James Buchanan
Description
Executors' account for the estate of James Buchanan
System of Arrangement
Arranged alphabetically by year.
Date Range
1870
Creation Date
1870
Year
1870
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Storage Room
Archives West
Storage Container
Box 0028
People
Buchanan, James
Subcategory
Documentary Artifact
Subjects
Probate records
Search Terms
Executors' accounts
Probate records
James Buchanan
Buchanan Collections
James Buchanan Presidential Library
Place
Lancaster Twp.
Object Name
Statement, Financial
Language
English
Condition
Fair
Object ID
AdAcct 1870 F026 B
Box Number
028
Additional Notes
Occupation: president of the United States.
Buchanan, Edward L; Swarr, Hiriam B. Executors.
2 items, 4 pieces
Access Conditions / Restrictions
Request at Reference Desk; photocopy made by staff member.
Classification
RG 04-00 0150
Description Level
Item
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Collection
Administrators Accounts
Title
Administrators Accounts
Object ID
AdAcct 1870 F027 B
Date Range
1870
Collection
Administrators Accounts
Title
Administrators Accounts
System of Arrangement
Arranged alphabetically by year.
Date Range
1870
Year
1870
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Storage Room
Archives West
Storage Container
Box 0028
People
Buchanan, James
Subcategory
Documentary Artifact
Place
Lancaster Twp.
Object Name
Statement, Financial
Language
English
Condition
Fair
Object ID
AdAcct 1870 F027 B
Box Number
028
Additional Notes
Buchanan, Edward Y; Swarr, H. B. Testamentary Guardians of Jesie Magaw.
1 item, 1 piece
Access Conditions / Restrictions
Request at Reference Desk; photocopy made by staff member.
Classification
RG 04-00 0150
Description Level
Item
Less detail
Collection
Estate Inventories
Object ID
Inv 1747 F008 B
Collection
Estate Inventories
Year
1747
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Storage Container
Box 0003
People
Buchanan, James
Subcategory
Documentary Artifact
Place
Pennsboro Twp., Lancaster County
Object Name
Estate Inventory
Object ID
Inv 1747 F008 B
Box Number
003
Additional Notes
Please use photocopy.
Also administrators' bond, administrators' account 1749.
3 items, 5 pieces
Classification
RG-03-00-0133
Description Level
Item
Less detail
Collection
Estate Inventories
Title
Estate inventory of James Buchanan
Object ID
Inv 1868 F033 B
Date Range
1868
Collection
Estate Inventories
Title
Estate inventory of James Buchanan
Description
Estate inventory of James Buchanan
Date Range
1868
Year
1868
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Storage Room
Archives West
Storage Container
Box 0013
People
Buchanan, James
Subcategory
Need to Classify
Subjects
Probate records
Search Terms
Probate records
James Buchanan
Buchanan Collections
James Buchanan Presidential Library
Estate inventories
Place
Lancaster Twp.
Object Name
Estate Inventory
Object ID
Inv 1868 F033 B
Box Number
013
Additional Notes
Occuaption: President of the United States. Photocopy of original. Original in MG0096.
1 item, 7 pieces
Classification
RG-03-00-0133
Description Level
Item
Less detail
Collection
Estate Inventories
Title
Estate inventory for James Buchanan
Object ID
Inv 1798 F007 B
Date Range
1798
  1 document  
Collection
Estate Inventories
Title
Estate inventory for James Buchanan
Description
Inventories of estates show name of decedent and township, date filed, itemized list of possessions and assets, appraised valuation, and signatures and affidavit of appraisers and administrators.
Date Range
1798
Creation Date
1798
Year
1798
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Storage Room
Archives West
Storage Container
Box 0006
People
Buchanan, James
Subcategory
Need to Classify
Subjects
Probate records
Search Terms
Probate records
Estate inventories
Place
Drumore Twp.
Extent
1 item, 7 pieces
Object Name
Estate Inventory
Object ID
Inv 1798 F007 B
Location of Originals
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania
Box Number
006
Additional Notes
Servant listed.
Classification
RG-03-00-0133
Inv 1798 F007 B
Description Level
Item
Documents

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Collection
Tourist Brochures
Title
Tourist Brochures
Object ID
MG0095
Collection
Tourist Brochures
Title
Tourist Brochures
Description
Collection of brochures relating to tourist attractions, museums, historic sites, events, stores, farmers' markets, hotels, and restaurants in Lancaster, Lebanon, and York Counties. Visitors' guides and road maps provide additional information about points of interest. Items in the collection date back to the late 1920s and continue to the present, but most are from the mid-twentieth century.
Year Range From
1929
Date of Accumulation
1929-present
Creator
LancasterHistory (Organization)
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Storage Room
Archives South
Storage Wall
Side 03
People
Albert, Donna
Anderson, V. F.
Best, J. Donald
Buchanan, James
Burnley, Patricia Kling
Clark, Earl
Clark, Molly
Coleman, Robert
Eberly, Hiram M.
Fulton, Robert
Grubb, Peter
Hampton, Cindy
Hand, Edward
Heine, Paul L. H.
Heine, Paul, Jr.
Heisey, M. Luther
Hess, James E.
Horst, Mel
Loose, John Ward Willson
Kauffman, B. L.
Keener, A. E.
Kingston, Joseph T.
Heisey, M. L.
MacNeill, H. T.
Monaghan, Thomas J.
Motto, Marilyn
Procter, Edward C.
Pyle, Carl E.
Ross, Betsy
Shenk, Aaron S.
Smucker, Alma
Smucker, Paul
Stoltzfus, Louise
Sutter, John Augustus
Trach, M. A.
Tortora, V. R.
Subjects
Pamphlets
Tourism
Search Terms
340-23 Club
A. Bube's Brewery
Amish Country Motel and Restaurant
Amish Dutchland map
Amish Farm and House
Bill Bard Associates
Bird-in-Hand Farmer's Market
Brunnerville Iron Foundry
Candy Americana Museum
Catacombs
Central Hotel
Christian Herr House
Columbia Bank Museum
Columbia Cultural and Historical Association
Columbia Dungeon
Columbia Farmers' Market House
Conestoga Motor Inn
Conestoga Traction Company
Cornwall Iron Furnace
Doneckers
Donegal Presbyterian Church
Donegal Mills Plantation
Duck's New Holland House and Hotel
Dutch Haven
Dutch Wonderland
Dutchland Music Theatre
Elizabethtown College
Ephrata Cloister
Flory's Tourist Rest and Camp Site
Foodergong Lodge
General Engraving Company
General Sutter Hotel and Gold Nugget Saloon Restaurant
Gold Nugget Saloon Restaurant
Groff's Farm Restaurant
Guided Auto Tape Tour for Lancaster
Hammond and Company
Hans Herr House
Hebrew Tabernacle Reproduction
Heritage Center Museum
Heritage Map Museum
Herr Foods, Inc.
Herr's Potato Chips
Hex Barn
Historic Lancaster Walking Tour
Holiday Inn
Lancaster Host Resort
Host Farm
Hotel Brunswick
Hotel Wheatland
Howard Johnson's Motor Lodge
Intelligencer Journal
James Buchanan Foundation for the Preservation of Wheatland
Klein Chocolate Company
Kreider's Tourist Farm Home
Lancaster Automobile Club
Lancaster Chamber of Commerce
Lancaster County Central Park
Lancaster County Council of Churches
Lancaster County Heritage
Lancaster County Historical Society
Lancaster County Outlet Shopping Guide
Lancaster County Planning Commission
Lancaster Downtown Investment District Authority
Lancaster Hilton Inn
Lancaster Mennonite Historical Society
Lancaster-York Heritage Region
Landis Valley Village & Farm Museum
Leacock Presbyterian Church
Lititz Historical Foundation
Julius Sturgis Pretzel Bakery
Maps
Marken and Bielfeld Inc.
Masonic Homes
Masonic Villages
Mennonite Information Center
Miller's Smorgasbord
National Association of Watch & Clock Collectors Inc.
National Central Bank
North Museum of Nature and Science
Old Mill Stream Campground
Old Village Store
Olde Lincoln House
Original Brunswick Pennsylvania Dutch Tours
Pamphlets
Pathway Publishers
Patton School
Pennsylvania Dutch Harvest Frolic
Pennsylvania Dutch Country Visitors Bureau
Discover Lancaster
Pennsylvania Folklife Society
Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission
People's Place
Photo Arts Press
Plain & Fancy Farm and Dining Room
Police Museum
Postcards
Robert Fulton Birthplace
Rock Ford
Rough and Tumble Engineers Historical Association
Sentinel Printing House
Sickman's Mill
South Central Pennsylvania Travel Council
Stevens House
Strasburg Railroad
Susquehanna Valley Tour
Tourism
Trinity Lutheran Church
Underground Railroad
Veitch Printing Corporation
Verdant View Farm
Vernon Martin Associates
Village Restaurant
Wagonland
Warwick Haus
Wheatland
Wilbur Chocolate Company
Wilbur Chocolate's Factory Candy Outlet
Wilbur-Suchard Chocolate Company
York County Heritage Trust
Extent
1 box, 18 folders, .25 cubic ft.
Object Name
Archive
Language
English; Pennsylvania German
Object ID
MG0095
Location of Originals
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania
Access Conditions / Restrictions
No restrictions.
Copyright
Collection may not be photocopied. Please contact Research Staff or Archives Staff with questions.
Credit
Courtesy of LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.
Classification
MG0095
Description Level
Fonds
Custodial History
Processed by AL and HST, July 2007. Finding aid prepared by HST, August 2007. Updated 9 January 2008, HST.
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Collection
Administrators Accounts
Title
Administrators Accounts
Object ID
AdAcct 1883 F053 B
Date Range
1883
Collection
Administrators Accounts
Title
Administrators Accounts
System of Arrangement
Arranged alphabetically by year.
Date Range
1883
Year
1883
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Storage Room
Archives West
Storage Container
Box 0036
People
Buchanan, James
Subcategory
Documentary Artifact
Place
Lancaster
Object Name
Statement, Financial
Language
English
Condition
Fair
Object ID
AdAcct 1883 F053 B
Box Number
036
Additional Notes
Buchanan, Edward Y.; Swarr, H. B. Executors.
2 items, 2 pieces
Access Conditions / Restrictions
Request at Reference Desk; photocopy made by staff member.
Classification
RG 04-00 0150
Description Level
Item
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