- Collection
- James Buchanan Family Papers, Part 2 Harriet Lane Johnston
- Title
- Acknowledgment of George B. Willson that he has bought Harriet Lane Johnston’s Wheatland estate
- Object ID
- JBFP 2.2.2.002
- Date Range
- 1884/05/22
2 documents
4 images
- Title
- Acknowledgment of George B. Willson that he has bought Harriet Lane Johnston’s Wheatland estate
- Description
- Acknowledgment of George B. Willson that he has bought Harriet Lane Johnston’s Wheatland estate for $20,000, half to be paid now and the rest in installments; sale includes plants for the garden, bookcases in library, 2 cows, one horse, all farming implements; she may continue occupying the house until 1 July next with free supply of ice, fruit, and vegetables. Approved by Harriet Lane Johnston. Written on Harriet Lane Johnston’s stationery. 120 Park Street, [Baltimore].
- Date Range
- 1884/05/22
- Storage Location
- LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
- Storage Room
- Archives South
- Storage Container
- JBFP Part 2, Box 1
- Search Terms
- Harriet Lane Johnston
- Buchanan Collections
- James Buchanan
- James Buchanan Presidential Library
- Extent
- 1 item, 4 pages to scan, 9 x 7 in.
- Object Name
- Acknowledgment
- Language
- English
- Parent Object ID
- JBFP Part 2 Series 2
- Object ID
- JBFP 2.2.2.002
- Associated Material
- James Buchanan Papers, Dickinson College Archives & Special Collections,
- http://archives.dickinson.edu/collection-descriptions/james-buchanan-papers
- James Buchanan and Harriet Lane Johnston Papers, Library of Congress,
- https://www.loc.gov/collections/james-buchanan-and-harriet-lane-johnston-papers/
- James Buchanan Papers, Historical Society of Pennsylvania,
- http://www2.hsp.org/collections/manuscripts/b/Buchanan0091.html
- James Buchanan Papers, Penn State University Libraries,
- https://libraries.psu.edu/findingaids/1458.htm
- Related Item Notes
- James Buchanan Family Papers
- MG-96 James Buchanan Collection
- Historical Society of Pennsylvania microfilm
- Photograph collections
- Curatorial collections
- Wheatland Mansion
- Notes
- May 2020 PastPerfect Conversion
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- Credit
- Courtesy of LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.
- Accession Number
- JBMS1995.412
- Other Number
- JBFP Part 2, Series 2, Subseries 2, Folder 2
- Description Level
- Item
- Custodial History
- The James Buchanan Family Papers were collected by the James Buchanan Foundation for the Preservation of Wheatland. This collection was relocated from the Wheatland mansion to the LancasterHistory archives in the Spring of 2009. Digitization of the James Buchanan Family Papers was funded by the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, PHMC Appl ID # 201808013051, 2019-2020.
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Allegheny County : its early history and subsequent development ; from the earliest period till 1790
https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo7234
- Corporate Author
- Allegheny County Centennial Committee (Pa.)
- Date of Publication
- 1888.
- Call Number
- 974.885 L218
- Responsibility
- by A.A. Lambing ; from 1790 till the present time by J.W.F. White ; published under the auspices of the Allegheny County Centennial Committee.
- Corporate Author
- Allegheny County Centennial Committee (Pa.)
- Place of Publication
- Pittsburgh, Pa
- Publisher
- Snowden & Peterson,
- Date of Publication
- 1888.
- Physical Description
- 176 p. : ill., map ; 22 cm.
- Notes
- Cover title: Souvenir. Centennial history of Allegheny County ...
- Includes: Sketch of the celebration ... has separate t.p.
- Contents
- Allegheny County: its early history and subsequent development --Address of the Centennial Committee -- Program of the Celebration -- A sketch of the celebration of the centennial of Allegheny County.
- Additional Author
- Lambing, Andrew Arnold,
- White, J.W.F.
- McCain, George Nox,
- Location
- Lancaster History Library - Book
- Call Number
- 974.885 L218
- Collection
- Collateral Appraisements
- Title
- Collateral Appraisements
- Object ID
- Coll App 1906 F002 E
- Date Range
- 1906
- Collection
- Collateral Appraisements
- Title
- Collateral Appraisements
- Description
- Appraisements of real estate for inheritance tax. Some personal property appraisals are also included. Appraisals include: name of decedent; location and description of real estate; description of personal property; valuation of real estate and personal property; and assessed tax. May also include names of heirs. Arranged chronologically by year, then alphabetically by first letter of decedent's last name. Handwritten; from 1886, handwritten on printed forms.
- System of Arrangement
- Arranged chronologically by year, then alphabetically by first letter of decedent's last name.
- Date Range
- 1906
- Date of Accumulation
- 1849-1913
- Year
- 1906
- Creator
- Register of Wills
- Storage Location
- LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
- Storage Room
- Archives West
- Storage Container
- Box 0004
- People
- Erb, John B.
- Subcategory
- Documentary Artifact
- Search Terms
- Collateral appraisement
- Lititz
- Newspaper clippings
- Place
- Lititz
- Extent
- 16 boxes (8 cubic feet)
- Object Name
- Appraisal
- Language
- English
- Condition
- Fair
- Object ID
- Coll App 1906 F002 E
- Box Number
- 004
- Additional Notes
- Also: newspaper clipping advertising public sale of land.
- 7 items, 6 pieces
- Access Conditions / Restrictions
- Request at research desk. Photocopy made by staff member.
- Classification
- RG 03-00 0312
- Description Level
- Item
- Collection
- Collateral Appraisements
- Title
- Collateral Appraisements
- Object ID
- Coll App 1849 F002 F
- Date Range
- 1849
- Collection
- Collateral Appraisements
- Title
- Collateral Appraisements
- Description
- Appraisements of real estate for inheritance tax. Some personal property appraisals are also included. Appraisals include: name of decedent; location and description of real estate; description of personal property; valuation of real estate and personal property; and assessed tax. May also include names of heirs. Arranged chronologically by year, then alphabetically by first letter of decedent's last name. Handwritten; from 1886, handwritten on printed forms.
- System of Arrangement
- Arranged chronologically by year, then alphabetically by first letter of decedent's last name.
- Date Range
- 1849
- Date of Accumulation
- 1849-1913
- Year
- 1849
- Creator
- Register of Wills
- Storage Location
- LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
- Storage Room
- Archives West
- Storage Container
- Box 0004
- People
- Fry, Jacob
- Frey, Jacob
- Subcategory
- Documentary Artifact
- Search Terms
- Collateral appraisement
- Ephrata Twp.
- Newspaper clippings
- Place
- Ephrata Twp.
- Extent
- 16 boxes (8 cubic feet)
- Object Name
- Appraisal
- Language
- English
- Condition
- Fair
- Object ID
- Coll App 1849 F002 F
- Box Number
- 004
- Additional Notes
- Or Frey, Jacob.
- Also: newspaper clipping advertising sale of real estate.
- 2 items, 2 pieces
- Access Conditions / Restrictions
- Request at research desk. Photocopy made by staff member.
- Classification
- RG 03-00 0312
- Description Level
- Item
- Collection
- Collateral Appraisements
- Title
- Collateral Appraisements
- Object ID
- Coll App 1891 F003 S
- Date Range
- 1891
- Collection
- Collateral Appraisements
- Title
- Collateral Appraisements
- Description
- Appraisements of real estate for inheritance tax. Some personal property appraisals are also included. Appraisals include: name of decedent; location and description of real estate; description of personal property; valuation of real estate and personal property; and assessed tax. May also include names of heirs. Arranged chronologically by year, then alphabetically by first letter of decedent's last name. Handwritten; from 1886, handwritten on printed forms.
- System of Arrangement
- Arranged chronologically by year, then alphabetically by first letter of decedent's last name.
- Date Range
- 1891
- Date of Accumulation
- 1849-1913
- Year
- 1891
- Creator
- Register of Wills
- Storage Location
- LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
- Storage Room
- Archives West
- Storage Container
- Box 0014
- People
- Stauffer, Jacob W.
- Subcategory
- Documentary Artifact
- Search Terms
- Collateral appraisement
- Columbia
- Newspaper clippings
- Place
- Columbia
- Extent
- 16 boxes (8 cubic feet)
- Object Name
- Appraisal
- Language
- English
- Condition
- Fair
- Object ID
- Coll App 1891 F003 S
- Box Number
- 014
- Additional Notes
- Also photocopy of newspaper announcement of real estate sale.
- 2 items, 2 pieces
- Access Conditions / Restrictions
- Request at research desk. Photocopy made by staff member.
- Classification
- RG 03-00 0312
- Description Level
- Item
- Collection
- Collateral Appraisements
- Title
- Collateral Appraisements
- Object ID
- Coll App 1892 F004 G
- Date Range
- 1892
- Collection
- Collateral Appraisements
- Title
- Collateral Appraisements
- Description
- Appraisements of real estate for inheritance tax. Some personal property appraisals are also included. Appraisals include: name of decedent; location and description of real estate; description of personal property; valuation of real estate and personal property; and assessed tax. May also include names of heirs. Arranged chronologically by year, then alphabetically by first letter of decedent's last name. Handwritten; from 1886, handwritten on printed forms.
- System of Arrangement
- Arranged chronologically by year, then alphabetically by first letter of decedent's last name.
- Date Range
- 1892
- Date of Accumulation
- 1849-1913
- Year
- 1892
- Creator
- Register of Wills
- Storage Location
- LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
- Storage Room
- Archives West
- Storage Container
- Box 0005
- People
- Getz, Benjamin G.
- Subcategory
- Documentary Artifact
- Place
- Mountville, West Hempfield Twp.
- Extent
- 16 boxes (8 cubic feet)
- Object Name
- Appraisal
- Language
- English
- Condition
- Fair
- Object ID
- Coll App 1892 F004 G
- Box Number
- 005
- Additional Notes
- Also: photocopy of newspaper clipping advertising executor's sale of real estate.
- 2 items, 2 pieces
- Access Conditions / Restrictions
- Request at research desk. Photocopy made by staff member.
- Classification
- RG 03-00 0312
- Description Level
- Item
- Collection
- Collateral Appraisements
- Title
- Collateral Appraisements
- Object ID
- Coll App 1890 F004 H
- Date Range
- 1890
- Collection
- Collateral Appraisements
- Title
- Collateral Appraisements
- Description
- Appraisements of real estate for inheritance tax. Some personal property appraisals are also included. Appraisals include: name of decedent; location and description of real estate; description of personal property; valuation of real estate and personal property; and assessed tax. May also include names of heirs. Arranged chronologically by year, then alphabetically by first letter of decedent's last name. Handwritten; from 1886, handwritten on printed forms.
- System of Arrangement
- Arranged chronologically by year, then alphabetically by first letter of decedent's last name.
- Date Range
- 1890
- Date of Accumulation
- 1849-1913
- Year
- 1890
- Creator
- Register of Wills
- Storage Location
- LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
- Storage Room
- Archives West
- Storage Container
- Box 0006
- People
- Herr, B. B.
- Subcategory
- Documentary Artifact
- Search Terms
- Collateral appraisement
- Strasburg Twp.
- Newspaper clippings
- Place
- Strasburg Twp.
- Extent
- 16 boxes (8 cubic feet)
- Object Name
- Appraisal
- Language
- English
- Condition
- Fair
- Object ID
- Coll App 1890 F004 H
- Box Number
- 006
- Additional Notes
- Also: photocopy of a newspaper clipping and calculations.
- 2 items, 2 pieces
- Access Conditions / Restrictions
- Request at research desk. Photocopy made by staff member.
- Classification
- RG 03-00 0312
- Description Level
- Item
- Collection
- Edward Hand Reunion and Genealogy Collection
- Title
- Edward Hand Reunion and Genealogy Collection
- Object ID
- MG0116
- Date Range
- 1805-1984
1 document
- Collection
- Edward Hand Reunion and Genealogy Collection
- Title
- Edward Hand Reunion and Genealogy Collection
- Description
- Collection consists largely of information on the descendants of Edward Hand and on the Hand Family Reunion. Contains correspondence, genealogical materials, family charts, photographs, and commemorative booklet 1912, on Lancaster County in the Revolutionary War. Also, three documents concerning the settling of the Hand estate.
- Date Range
- 1805-1984
- Year Range From
- 1805
- Year Range To
- 1984
- Date of Accumulation
- 1805-1984
- Creator
- Hand family
- Storage Location
- LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
- Storage Room
- Archives South
- Storage Wall
- Side 03
- Subjects
- Genealogy
- Family records
- Letters
- Search Terms
- Genealogy
- Family records
- Family reunions
- Rock Ford
- Correspondence
- Letters
- Manuscript groups
- Finding aids
- Extent
- 1 box, 27 folders, .5 cubic ft.
- Object Name
- Archive
- Language
- English
- Object ID
- MG0116
- 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
- Edward Hand Reunion and Genealogy Collection (MG-116), Folder #, LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pa.
- Other Numbers
- MG-116
- Classification
- MG0116
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Custodial History
- Added to database 1 May 2019.
Documents
- Collection
- Transportation Collection
- Title
- Transportation Collection
- Object ID
- MG0123
- Date Range
- 1819-1977
Railroad
Conestoga Traction Company
Conestoga Transportation Company
Conewago Water & Power Company
Correspondence
Dallastown, York County
Drawings
Duke Street
East Belt line
East King Street
East Petersburg
Elizabethtown
Engleside, Lancaster Twp.
Ephemera
Ephrata
Express Printing Co.
Greeting cards
1 document
- Collection
- Transportation Collection
- Title
- Transportation Collection
- Description
- The Transportation Collection contains documents regarding turnpikes, railroads, Conestoga Traction Co., Conestoga Transportation Co., and the Red Rose Transit Authority. The types of items include correspondence, financial papers, business papers, stock certificates, tickets, schedules, maps of routes, and a blueprint.
- Date Range
- 1819-1977
- Year Range From
- 1819
- Year Range To
- 1977
- Date of Accumulation
- 1819-1977
- Creator
- LancasterHistory (Organization)
- Storage Location
- LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
- Storage Room
- Archives South
- Storage Wall
- Side 04
- People
- Bitner, John R.
- Boardman, Harris
- Bowman, John Jacob
- Boyer, Zaccur Prall
- Cirt, Anna N.
- Griest, William Walton
- Hostetter, Albert Keller
- Kemrer, Clarence M.
- Knapp, Walter
- Kreider, Kate
- Kriebel, Howard Wiegner
- McClellan, Oliver Eldridge
- Royer, David
- Shuman, James P.
- Wohlsen, Anna
- Wohlsen, Peter
- Subjects
- Letters
- Minutes (Records)
- Philadelphia & Reading Railroad Co.
- Philadelphia and Lancaster Turnpike (Pa.)
- Posters
- Railroads
- Rates and tolls
- Reading & Columbia Railroad Company
- Street-railroads
- Trolley cars
- Search Terms
- Adamstown
- Bittersville, Lower Windsor Twp., York County, Pennsylvania
- Blueprints
- Booklets
- Brochures
- Campbelltown, South Londonderry Twp., Lebanon County, Pennsylvania
- Center Square Road Station
- Chestnut Street
- Christiana
- Coatesville, Chester County, Pennsylvania
- Columbia
- Columbia, Ironville and Mount Joy Railroad
- Conestoga Traction Company
- Conestoga Transportation Company
- Conewago Water and Power Company
- Correspondence
- Dallastown, York County, Pennsylvania
- Drawings
- Duke Street
- East Belt line
- East King Street
- East Petersburg, East Hempfield Twp.
- Elizabethtown
- Engleside, Lancaster Twp.
- Ephemera
- Ephrata
- Express Printing Company
- Greeting cards
- Hanover, York County, Pennsylvania
- Hershey, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania
- Ironville, West Hempfield Twp.
- J. G. Brill Company
- Kinport Road
- Lancaster
- Lancaster and York Furnace Street Railway
- Lancaster and Columbia Division, Conestoga Transportation Company
- Lancaster and Lititz Passenger Railroad Company
- Lancaster, Elizabethtown, and Middletown Turnpike
- Lebanon, Lebanon County, Pennsylvania
- Letters
- Lititz
- Maple Grove
- Maps
- Marietta Avenue
- North Market Street
- Mechanicsburg, Upper Leacock Twp.
- Mechanicsville, East Hempfield Twp.
- Minutes
- Mount Joy
- Mulberry Street
- National Railway Historical Society
- Neffsville, Manheim Twp.
- North End Photo Finishing House
- North Lime Street
- North Queen Street
- Palmyra, Lebanon County, Pennsylvania
- Parkesburg, Chester County, Pennsylvania
- Penn Square
- Pequea Twp.
- Philadelphia and Lancaster Turnpike Company
- Philadelphia and Reading Railroad Company
- Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
- Photographs
- Placards
- Substations
- President Avenue
- Princess Street
- Prospect Street
- Quarryville
- Railroads
- Rates and tolls
- Reading and Columbia Railroad Company
- Receipts
- Red Rose Transit Authority
- Reports
- Roads
- Rocky Springs Railroad Company
- Schuylkill Navigation Company
- Scrapbooks
- South Mountain Railroad
- South Queen Street
- Stock certificates
- Susquehanna Railroad
- Tickets
- Tolls
- Trolley car barns
- Trolley car yards
- Trolley cars
- Trolleys
- Turnpikes
- Walnut Street
- WGAL (television station)
- Williams Park Station
- Willow Street Turnpike
- Windsor Twp., York County, Pennsylvania
- WLAN (radio station)
- Wrightsville, York County, Pennsylvania
- York Bus Company
- York Fair
- York Railway Company
- Extent
- 2 boxes, 31 folders, 1 cubic ft.
- Object Name
- Archive
- Language
- English
- Object ID
- MG0123
- Location of Originals
- LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania
- Notes
- Preferred Citation: Title or description of item, date (day, month, year), Transportation Collection (MG0123), Folder #, LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.
- Access Conditions / Restrictions
- Restrictions are noted at the item level.
- 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-123
- Classification
- MG0123
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Custodial History
- Added to database 23 September 2021.
Documents
- Collection
- Benjamin Witmer Collection
- Title
- Benjamin Witmer Collection
- Object ID
- MG0132
- Date Range
- 1830-1950
1 document
- Collection
- Benjamin Witmer Collection
- Title
- Benjamin Witmer Collection
- Description
- The Benjamin Witmer Collection contains family photographs, a printed copy of Benjamin Herr's journal, judgment bond, correspondence, and a Lehigh University progress report. Within the collection are genealogies for Letitia Herr Malone, the DuBois family, and the Witmer family, as well as a copy of a genealogy chart of the Witmer family.
- Date Range
- 1830-1950
- Year Range From
- 1830
- Year Range To
- 1950
- Date of Accumulation
- 1830-1950
- Creator
- LancasterHistory (Organization)
- Storage Location
- LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
- Storage Room
- Archives South
- Storage Wall
- Side 04
- People
- Herr, Benjamin Groff
- Search Terms
- Finding aids
- Genealogy
- Manuscript groups
- Extent
- 1 box, 6 folders, .2 cubic ft.
- Object Name
- Archive
- Language
- English
- Object ID
- MG0132
- Location of Originals
- LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania
- Related Item Notes
- See Photograph Collection:
- 1-20-03-46
- 1-20-03-47
- 1-20-03-48
- 1-20-03-49
- 1-20-03-50
- 1-20-03-51
- 2-28-02-01
- 2-28-02-02
- 2-28-02-03
- Notes
- Preferred Citation: Benjamin Witmer Collection (MG0132), 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-132
- Other Number
- MG-132
- Classification
- MG0132
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Custodial History
- Processed and finding aid prepared in 1998-1999. Added to database 23 September 2021.
- The photographs in Folder 1 were transferred to the Photograph Collection, 17 November 2017.
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