- Collection
- Bridge Records
- Title
- Act concerning bridge
- Object ID
- Bridge F0425 I012
- Date Range
- 1812
- Collection
- Bridge Records
- Title
- Act concerning bridge
- Description
- [Witmer's Bridge]
- [Lampeter Twp. and Lancaster Twp.]
- Location: Over Conestoga Creek.
- Document type: Act concerning bridge
- System of Arrangement
- Records are arranged by township, then chronologically within each township.
- Date Range
- 1812
- Year
- 1812
- Storage Location
- LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
- Storage Room
- Archives West
- Storage Container
- Box 0006
- Subcategory
- Documentary Artifact
- Search Terms
- Acts, Legislative
- Bridges
- Conestoga Creek
- Creeks
- Lampeter Twp.
- Lancaster Twp.
- Witmer's Bridge
- Place
- Lampeter Twp. and Lancaster Twp.
- Extent
- 1 item, 1 piece
- Object Name
- Act
- Language
- English
- Condition
- Fair
- Object ID
- Bridge F0425 I012
- Box Number
- 006
- Access Conditions / Restrictions
- Request at Reference Desk; photocopy made by staff member.
- Classification
- RG 02-00 0324
- Description Level
- Item
- Collection
- Black History Collection
- Title
- Terms of manumission of Fanny
- Object ID
- MG0240_Ser02_F009_It02
- Date Range
- 1809, 1813
1 document
- Collection
- Black History Collection
- Title
- Terms of manumission of Fanny
- Description
- Terms of manumission of Fanny, presented to the Justices of the Peace of Maryland by Jeremiah Heaton. Received and recorded in Harford County, 22 July 1809. Certified 4 November 1813.
- Date Range
- 1809, 1813
- Creation Date
- 1809 and 1813
- Storage Location
- LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
- Storage Room
- Archives South
- Storage Wall
- Side 06
- People
- Fanny
- Heaton, Jeremiah
- Search Terms
- Emancipation
- Enslaved persons
- Harford County, Maryland
- Persons of color
- Slaveholders
- Slavery
- Extent
- 1 item, 2 pages to scan
- Object Name
- Agreement
- Language
- English
- Object ID
- MG0240_Ser02_F009_It02
- Location of Originals
- LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania
- Related Item Notes
- Black History Collection (MG0240) https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/2b3d42c6-a313-4ebc-966f-516114048136
- Notes
- Preferred Citation: Title or description of item, date (day, month, year), Black History Collection (MG0240), Series 2, Object ID, LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania. URL. Date accessed (day, month, year).
- LancasterHistory is committed to preserving and providing access to materials chronicling Lancaster County's heritage. As a historical resource, this document reflects the racial prejudices and actions of the era. In order to maintain the historical integrity and context of collection items, LancasterHistory does not censor historical documents or edit language, titles, or organization names when transcribing original content.
- Access Conditions / Restrictions
- Please use digital images and transcriptions when available. Original documents may be used by appointment--contact research@lancasterhistory.org prior to visit.
- Copyright
- Images have been provided for research purposes only. Please contact research@lancasterhistory.org for a high-resolution image and permission to publish.
- LancasterHistory retains the rights to the digital images and content presented. The doctrine of fair use allows limited use of copyrighted material without permission from the copyright holder. Fair use includes comment, criticism, teaching, and private scholarship. Any images and data downloaded, printed or photocopied for these purposes should provide a citation. All other uses beyond those allowed by fair use require written permission.
- 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-240, Series 2
- Other Number
- MG-240, Series 2, Folder 9, Item 2
- Classification
- MG0240
- Description Level
- Item
- Custodial History
- Transferred from Document Collection, Case 1 and cataloged June 2007. Added to database on 26 January 2022.
- The items in Folder 9 are all attached at the corner with sealing wax.
- Digitization of this document was funded by the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, PHMC Appl ID # 202010016624, 2020-2023.
Documents
- Collection
- Bridge Records
- Title
- Notice of meeting to estimate cost of bridge
- Object ID
- Bridge F0430 I001
- Date Range
- 1812
- Collection
- Bridge Records
- Title
- Notice of meeting to estimate cost of bridge
- Description
- [Witmer's Bridge]
- [Lampeter Twp. and Lancaster Twp.]
- Location: Over Conestoga Creek.
- Document type: Notice of meeting to estimate cost of bridge
- System of Arrangement
- Records are arranged by township, then chronologically within each township.
- Date Range
- 1812
- Year
- 1812
- Storage Location
- LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
- Storage Room
- Archives West
- Storage Container
- Box 0006
- Subcategory
- Documentary Artifact
- Search Terms
- Announcements
- Bridges
- Conestoga Creek
- Creeks
- Estimates
- Lampeter Twp.
- Lancaster Twp.
- Meetings
- Witmer's Bridge
- Place
- Lampeter Twp. and Lancaster Twp.
- Extent
- 2 items, 2 pieces
- Object Name
- Announcement
- Language
- English
- Condition
- Fair
- Object ID
- Bridge F0430 I001
- Box Number
- 006
- Access Conditions / Restrictions
- Request at Reference Desk; photocopy made by staff member.
- Classification
- RG 02-00 0324
- Description Level
- Item
- Collection
- Bridge Records
- Title
- Notification of appointment of Commissioners on behalf of Abraham Witmer
- Object ID
- Bridge F0430 I002
- Date Range
- 1812
- Collection
- Bridge Records
- Title
- Notification of appointment of Commissioners on behalf of Abraham Witmer
- Description
- [Witmer's Bridge]
- [Lampeter Twp. and Lancaster Twp.]
- Location: Over Conestoga Creek.
- Document type: Notification of appointment of Commissioners on behalf of Abraham Witmer
- System of Arrangement
- Records are arranged by township, then chronologically within each township.
- Date Range
- 1812
- Year
- 1812
- Storage Location
- LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
- Storage Room
- Archives West
- Storage Container
- Box 0006
- People
- Witmer, Abraham
- Subcategory
- Documentary Artifact
- Search Terms
- Bridges
- Conestoga Creek
- Creeks
- Lampeter Twp.
- Lancaster Twp.
- Announcements
- Witmer's Bridge
- Place
- Lampeter Twp. and Lancaster Twp.
- Extent
- 1 item, 1 piece
- Object Name
- Announcement
- Language
- English
- Condition
- Fair
- Object ID
- Bridge F0430 I002
- Box Number
- 006
- Access Conditions / Restrictions
- Request at Reference Desk; photocopy made by staff member.
- Classification
- RG 02-00 0324
- Description Level
- Item
- Collection
- Farmers' Northern Market Company Collection
- Title
- Farmers' Northern Market Company Collection
- Object ID
- MG0049
- Date Range
- 1871-1953
1 document
- Collection
- Farmers' Northern Market Company Collection
- Title
- Farmers' Northern Market Company Collection
- Description
- Contains records starting with the purchase of land for construction of the Northern Market in Lancaster. Includes financial documents of stockholders, minutes, lease agreements, tax returns, ledger books, bank statements, and forms. Also, some personal papers of Menno B. Hess, a member of the Board of Directors.
- Date Range
- 1871-1953
- Year Range From
- 1871
- Year Range To
- 1953
- Date of Accumulation
- 1871-1953
- Storage Location
- LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
- Storage Room
- Archives South
- Storage Wall
- Side 02
- People
- Hess, Menno B.
- Subjects
- Farmers' Northern Market Company (Lancsaster, Pa.)
- Farmers' markets
- Business records
- Stockholders
- Search Terms
- Business records
- Correspondence
- Farmers' markets
- Farmers' Northern Market Company
- Finding aids
- Letters
- Manuscript groups
- Minutes
- Northern Market
- Stockholders
- Extent
- 2 boxes, 39 folders, 1 cubic ft.
- Object Name
- Archive
- Language
- English
- Object ID
- MG0049
- 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-49
- Classification
- MG0049
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Custodial History
- Collection cataloged prior to 1997. Added to database 29 May 2018.
Documents
- Collection
- Eleanor Fulton, Presbyterian Collection
- Title
- Eleanor Fulton, Presbyterian Collection
- Object ID
- MG0050
- Date Range
- 1703-1991
1 document
- Collection
- Eleanor Fulton, Presbyterian Collection
- Title
- Eleanor Fulton, Presbyterian Collection
- Description
- The work of Eleanor Fulton, a professional researcher. Contains information on the Presbyterian Church in Lancaster County, including First Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Donegal Presbyterian Church. Also, genealogy notes for local families and St. James Episcopal Church.
- System of Arrangement
- Organized by subject, arranged chronologically.
- Date Range
- 1703-1991
- Year Range From
- 1703
- Year Range To
- 1991
- Date of Accumulation
- 1703-1991
- Creator
- Fulton, Eleanor
- Storage Location
- LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
- Storage Room
- Archives South
- Storage Wall
- Side 02
- Search Terms
- Booklets
- Correspondence
- Diaries
- Donegal Presbytery
- Ephemera
- Genealogy
- Letters
- Newspaper clippings
- Presbyterian Church
- War of 1812
- Extent
- 2 boxes, 56 folders, .75 cubic ft.
- Object Name
- Archive
- Language
- English
- Object ID
- MG0050
- Location of Originals
- 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-50
- Classification
- MG0050
- Description Level
- Fonds
Documents
- Collection
- Marshall W. Warren Family Collection
- Title
- Marshall W. Warren Family Collection
- Object ID
- MG0053
- Date Range
- 1817-1977
1 document
- Collection
- Marshall W. Warren Family Collection
- Title
- Marshall W. Warren Family Collection
- Description
- This collection contains the records of the Marshall W. Warren family, including a marriage announcement, personal notebook, correspondence, and family bible records.
- Date Range
- 1817-1977
- Year Range From
- 1817
- Year Range To
- 1977
- Date of Accumulation
- 1817-1977
- Creator
- Warren family
- Storage Location
- LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
- Storage Room
- Archives South
- Storage Wall
- Side 02
- Search Terms
- Correspondence
- Finding aids
- Genealogy
- Letters
- Manuscript groups
- Obituaries
- Probate records
- Warren Cork Company
- Wills
- Extent
- 1 box, 10 folders, .25 cubic ft.
- Object Name
- Archive
- Language
- English
- Object ID
- MG0053
- Location of Originals
- LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania
- Related Item Notes
- See also the Photograph Collection
- 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-53
- Other Number
- MG-53
- Classification
- MG0053
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Custodial History
- Collection cataloged prior to 1997. Added to database 12 June 2018.
Documents
- Collection
- Gates Dental Company Collection
- Title
- Gates Dental Company Collection
- Object ID
- MG0055
- Date Range
- 1920-1961
1 document
- Collection
- Gates Dental Company Collection
- Title
- Gates Dental Company Collection
- Description
- This collection contains records of the Gates Dental Company, a dental equipment and supply company established in 1917. The records include by-laws, stockholders minutes, board minutes, presidents' reports, treasurers' reports, secretary's oath, real estate transactions, and correspondence.
- Date Range
- 1920-1961
- Year Range From
- 1920
- Year Range To
- 1961
- Date of Accumulation
- 1920-1961
- Creator
- Gates Dental Company, Inc.
- Storage Location
- LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
- Storage Room
- Archives South
- Storage Wall
- Side 02
- Subjects
- Business records
- Dental instruments and apparatus industry
- Letters
- Minutes (Records)
- By-laws
- Stockholders
- Search Terms
- Business records
- By-laws
- Correspondence
- Dental instruments and apparatus industry
- Finding aids
- Gates Dental Company, Inc.
- Letters
- Manuscript groups
- Minutes
- Reports
- Stockholders
- Extent
- 2 boxes, 36 folders, 1 cubic ft.
- Object Name
- Archive
- Language
- English
- Object ID
- MG0055
- Location of Originals
- 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-55
- Classification
- MG0055
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Custodial History
- Added to database 12 June 2018.
Documents
- Collection
- William Wright Collection
- Title
- William Wright Collection
- Object ID
- MG0056
- Date Range
- 1729-1962
- Collection
- William Wright Collection
- Title
- William Wright Collection
- Description
- The William Wright Collection contains the papers of William Wright and his descendants. The papers include wills, land drafts, inventories, releases, receipts, correspondence, genealogical information, photographs, and copies of obituaries.
- Date Range
- 1729-1962
- Year Range From
- 1729
- Year Range To
- 1962
- Date of Accumulation
- 1729-1962
- Creator
- Wright family
- Storage Location
- LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
- Storage Room
- Archives South
- Storage Wall
- Side 02
- People
- Bartram, Elizabeth
- Bartram, John
- Bartram, William
- Benson, Evelyn A.
- Cartlidge, John
- Johnson, C. Edwin
- Johnson, Frank L.
- Johnston, C. Edwin
- Logan, William
- Postlethwaite, John Jr.
- Say, Thomas
- Wright, Benjamin
- Wright, Elizabeth
- Wright, Hannah
- Wright, James
- Wright, Joseph
- Wright, Joseph B.
- Wright, Lillian
- Wright, Mary
- Wright, Thomas
- Wright, William
- Wright, William Jr.
- Wright, William Sr.
- Subjects
- Family records
- Wills
- Deeds
- Letters
- Genealogy
- Search Terms
- Conestoga Manor
- Correspondence
- Deeds
- Family records
- Genealogy
- Letters
- Obituaries
- Receipts
- Wills
- Extent
- 1 box, 26 folders, .5 cubic ft.
- Object Name
- Archive
- Language
- English
- Object ID
- MG0056
- Location of Originals
- LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania
- Notes
- (It appears there is a correlation between this Wright family and the John Wright who petitioned the Philadelphia courts for the formation of Lancaster County in 1729. Further research must be done on this link. There were several interesting envelopes containing documents in bad repair. These envelopes all had the return address of C. J. Rainear & Co., Inc, 210 N. 21st Street, Philadelphia 3, PA. One envelope has been retained with the collection. Further investigation is necessary to determine the relationship between this company, the donor and the Wright family.)
- Access Conditions / Restrictions
- No restrictions. Original documents may be used by appointment--contact Research@LancasterHistory.org prior to visit.
- 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
- William Wright Collection (MG-56), Box #, Folder #, LancasterHistory.org
- Other Numbers
- MG-56
- Classification
- MG0056
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Collection
- Archive of Alice P. Fordney
- Title
- Archive of Alice P. Fordney
- Object ID
- HC0001
- Date Range
- 1905-1974
230 North President Avenue • Lancaster, Pennsylvania 17603-3125
717.392.4633 • www.LancasterHistory.org
Archive of Alice P. Fordney, 1905-1974
Object ID: HC0001
3 boxes 37 folders 333 items, 1,015 pages to scan 4.5 cubic feet
Repository: LancasterHistory (Organization); PV7
Shelving Location
1 document
- Collection
- Archive of Alice P. Fordney
- Title
- Archive of Alice P. Fordney
- Description
- This collection contains ephemera related to Alice Potter Fordney, antiques dealer and rugmaker. Items in the collection include business correspondence with Armstrong, F. Schumacher & Co., and the Montclair art museum; personal correspondence with friends and family; hooked rug patterns; and antiques sale flyers from the early 20th century. Also included in the collection are newspaper clippings, including the obituary of Fordney's sister Ellen Franklin; reference material for rug making and interior design (informational sheets, books and patterns); several items related to the Yeates School, which Fordney's brother William Bush Fordney attended; several photographs of unidentified persons; and a statement related to the will of William J. Fordney, her uncle.
- Admin/Biographical History
- Alice Potter Fordney was born June 21, 1887 in Lancaster, the daughter of Ida Cox and Thomas Potter Fordney. A prominent antique dealer from the late 1920s to her retirement in 1965, Fordney also made and sold hooked rugs.
- Fordney's family features prominently in Lancaster County history. Her maternal great-grandfather was John Michael, who owned the historic Grape Hotel from 1805-1839. Fordney's paternal great-grandfather William Jenkins built Wheatland in 1828 and later sold the property to President James Buchanan. Colonel William Bush Fordney, her paternal grandfather, was a prominent lawyer in Lancaster. He served as district attorney from 1839-1845 and negotiated for the loan that enabled Lancaster city to build the "water works" in the 1830s. Sarah Cox, her maternal grandmother, was a known philanthropist and for years helped to manage the Home for Friendless Children in Lancaster. Her sister, Ellen Fordney Franklin, was a "pioneer" in the industry of women's knit suits, opening her first shop in 1929 in Philadelphia.
- Fordney never married. She kept in contact with her nieces and nephews, as evidenced by letters in the collection. According to notes provided by Wendell Zercher, Sarah Ellmaker McIlvaine Muench, her niece and the donor of the collection, recalled her as "warm and artistic," and "a character." She died April 17, 1973, at the age of 85.
- Works Cited:
- "Mrs. Franklin, pioneer of women's knit suits, dies." Daily Intelligencer Journal [Lancaster, PA], 10 May 1963, p. 2.
- "Accident Fatal to Mrs. Sarah A. Cox." Daily Intelligencer Journal [Lancaster, PA], no date, page unknown.
- "Miss Fordney, Antique Dealer, 85, Succumbs." Daily Intelligencer Journal [Lancaster, PA], 18 April 1973, p. 2.
- "One of Lancaster's Most Prominent and Venerable Citizens Passes Away." Daily Intelligencer Journal [Lancaster, PA], 29 July 1889, p. 1.
- Date Range
- 1905-1974
- Year Range From
- 1905
- Year Range To
- 1974
- Date of Accumulation
- 1905-1974
- Creator
- Fordney, Alice Potter, 1887-1973
- Storage Location
- LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
- Storage Room
- Archives North
- Storage Wall
- Side 28
- People
- Appel, Charles Rengier
- Bohlen, Sidney Franklin
- Bowman, Mrs. Edward J.
- Boyer, R. J.
- Brenneman, Mary Rue Bard
- Brown, Hazel Dell
- Chiarell, Fred P.
- Clark, George W.
- Daugherty, Harvey P.
- Demuth, Charles
- Dodge, Arthur B.
- Embsweiler, Ruth
- Erb, Edna
- Fordney, Alice Potter
- Fordney, William Bush Jr.
- Fordney, William Jenkins
- Franklin, Ellen Julia Fordney
- Gibbons, Alice McIlvaine
- Gilbert, L. J.
- Gingrich, Milton E.
- Graybill, John M.
- Griest, Charles J.
- Higby, Everett
- Hostetter, A. K.
- Howe, John
- Irvine, Blanche
- Kent, William Winthrop
- Knodle, Edward
- Krone, Herbert B.
- Lindenmuth, J. D.
- Long, Yvonne
- Maclay, Helen Hurley
- Malone, Clarence
- Morris, Charles R.
- Morris, Grace M.
- Nauman, Gertrude Colson
- Orr, Barclay
- Pennypacker, Charles A.
- Pennypacker, James G.
- Randall, Meda
- Rannels, Paul
- Stokes, Agnes M.
- Strickler, Belle
- Wolf, Emily
- Other Creators
- Muench, Sarah Ellmaker McIlvaine, d. 2006
- Subjects
- American newspapers--Sections, columns, etc.--Women
- Antique dealers
- Armstrong Cork Company
- Armstrong World Industries
- F. Schumacher & Co.
- Farm Journal Media
- House & Garden
- Interior decoration
- Letters
- Montclair Art Museum
- Patterns for crafts
- Rugs
- Rugs, Hooked
- Student newspapers and periodicals
- Woman's world magazine
- Search Terms
- Albert Steiger Company
- Antique dealers
- Antique sales
- Armstrong Cork Company
- Armstrong World Industries, Inc.
- Berlinwork patterns
- Blue and Brown (Yeates School)
- Cheney Silks
- Cheney Weaves
- Christmas
- Correspondence
- Cricket Club
- Dickinson Presbyterian Church
- Estate sales
- F. Schumacher and Company
- Farm Journal Media
- Fiber arts
- Finding aids
- Gilbert's store
- Griest Homestead
- Guernsey Sales Pavilion
- Hager's Department Store
- Hershey Fire Hall
- Hooked rugs
- House & Garden
- Interior decoration
- Kleinfelter's auction rooms
- Letters
- Manuscript groups
- Montclair Art Museum
- Odd Fellows Hall
- Olson Rugs
- Patterns for crafts
- Rossmere Hotel
- Rug patterns
- Rugs
- State Armory Hall
- V-mail
- Woman's World Magazine
- Yeates School
- Extent
- 3 boxes, 37 folders, 333 items, 1,015 pages to scan, 4.5 cubic ft.
- Object Name
- Archive
- Language
- English
- Object ID
- HC0001
- Location of Originals
- LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania
- Associated Material
- Sarah McIlvaine Muench Family Papers, MS 44 at Archives and Special Collections, Shadek-Fackenthal Library, Franklin and Marshall College, Lancaster, PA.
- Related Item Notes
- See photograph collection.
- See curatorial collection for examples of rugs.
- Fordney Family Diaries (MG0539)
- Notes
- Preferred Citation: Title or description of item, date (day, month, year), Archive of Alice P. Fordney (HC0001), Box #, Folder #, LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.
- Access Conditions / Restrictions
- The kraft paper patterns in Folders 33-37 are restricted. Please make an appointment with the Director of Archival Services to view these items.
- 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.
- Accession Number
- G.04.23.52
- Classification
- HC0001
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Custodial History
- From the Heritage Center of Lancaster County collection, G04.23.52.
- Processed and finding aid prepared by MJ, June 2018.
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