- Collection
- Joseph Simon Papers
- Title
- Joseph Simon Papers
- Object ID
- MG0623
- Date Range
- 1754-1786
1 document
- Collection
- Joseph Simon Papers
- Title
- Joseph Simon Papers
- Description
- This collection contains financial and legal papers of Joseph Simon, including a mortgage, his will, and a bill of exchange. There is also a 1768 letter of introduction from Thomas Barton, rector of St. James Episcopal Church to William Johnson, First Baronet.
- Admin/Biographical History
- Joseph Simon was a successful trader and owned enormous tracts of land in the West. As the head of one of the earliest Jewish families in Lancaster County, he was also a religious leader in Lancaster,Pa. See Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 3, number 7 (1899), p. 165-172.
- https://www.lancasterhistory.org/finding-aids/simon-joseph-simon-papers-1754-1786/
- https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/viewer?file=%2fmedia%2flibrary%2fdocs%2fvol3no7pp165_172_224559.pdf#search=Simon%2c%20Joseph&phrase=false
- https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/viewer?file=%2fmedia%2flibrary%2fdocs%2fedit_vol80no4pp211_322.pdf#search=Simon%2c%20Joseph&phrase=false
- Date Range
- 1754-1786
- Creation Date
- 1754-1786
- Date of Accumulation
- 1764-1766, 1795
- Creator
- LancasterHistory (Organization)
- Storage Location
- LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
- Storage Room
- Archives South
- Storage Wall
- Side 13
- Subjects
- Letters
- Wills
- Indian traders
- Jewish businesspeople
- Search Terms
- Correspondence
- Jewish businesspeople
- Letters
- Merchants
- Mortgages
- Wills
- Extent
- 1 box, 2 folders
- Object Name
- Archive
- Language
- English
- Object ID
- MG0623
- Location of Originals
- LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania
- Access Conditions / Restrictions
- Restrictions 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
- Papers regarding the Paxton Boys and the Conestoga Massacre Collection (MG-614), Folder #, LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pa.
- Other Numbers
- MG-623
- Other Number
- MG-623
- Classification
- MG0623
- Description Level
- Fonds
Documents
- Collection
- Robert C. Price Papers
- Title
- Robert C. Price Papers
- Object ID
- MG0724
- Date Range
- 1842-1895
1 document
- Collection
- Robert C. Price Papers
- Title
- Robert C. Price Papers
- Description
- This collection contains the papers of Robert C. Price. Examples of school assignments and teaching-related ephemera include geometry, poetry, and a preamble to a teachers' society constitution. He was involved with several arbitrations with the Court of Common Pleas of Lancaster County. The personal and business correspondence contains political and religious references.
- Admin/Biographical History
- Robert C. Price taught at Millersville Normal School.
- Date Range
- 1842-1895
- Creation Date
- 1842-1895
- Year Range From
- 1762
- Year Range To
- 1855
- Creator
- Price, Robert C.
- Storage Location
- LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
- Storage Room
- Archives South
- Storage Wall
- Side 15
- People
- Price, Robert C.
- Subjects
- Letters
- Search Terms
- Manuscript groups
- Finding aids
- Letters
- Correspondence
- Extent
- 1 box, 9 folders, .25 cubic ft.
- Object Name
- Archive
- Language
- English
- Object ID
- MG0724
- 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-724
- Other Number
- MG-724
- Classification
- MG0724
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Custodial History
- Transferred from the Document Collection, 31 May 2014.
- Processed and finding aid prepared by PH, July 2014. Added to database 26 May 2021.
Documents
- Collection
- Adam Reigart Collection
- Title
- Adam Reigart Collection
- Object ID
- MG0122
- Date Range
- 1795-1869
1 document
- Collection
- Adam Reigart Collection
- Title
- Adam Reigart Collection
- Description
- This Reigart family collection contains family papers and items related to Adam Reigart's business. The business items include licenses to sell wines and spirits, postage accounts, financial and legal documents, orders for wines and spirits, and correspondence. Receipts represent payments for direct tax, household furniture tax, water rent, and watch and lamp tax. An item of note is the 1795 stock certificate for the Philadelphia and Lancaster Turnpike Road Company.
- Date Range
- 1795-1869
- Year Range From
- 1795
- Year Range To
- 1869
- Date of Accumulation
- 1795-1869
- Creator
- LancasterHistory (Organization)
- Storage Location
- LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
- Storage Room
- Archives South
- Storage Wall
- Side 04
- People
- Reigart, Adam
- Reigart, Adam, Jr.
- Subjects
- Business records
- Letters
- Search Terms
- Business records
- Letters
- Correspondence
- Finding aids
- Manuscript groups
- Extent
- 1 box, 11 folders, .5 cubic ft.
- Object Name
- Archive
- Language
- English
- Object ID
- MG0122
- Location of Originals
- LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.
- Related Item Notes
- Adam Reigart Jr., John S. Murphy Collection, MG0331
- 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-122
- Other Number
- MG-122
- Classification
- MG0122
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Custodial History
- Processed prior to 1997. Added to database 30 June 2021.
Documents
- Collection
- Gibbons Diaries, Family Papers, and Mill Records
- Title
- Gibbons Diaries, Family Papers, and Mill Records
- Object ID
- MG0846
- Date Range
- 1727 - 1980s
Gibbons family. The collection includes documents related to James
Gibbons, Daniel Gibbons, Joseph Gibbons, and several other family members. The
letters, 1783-1865, describe the daily activities within the family and on their property
which was located in Lampeter Township, Lancaster County. The deeds
1 document
- Title
- Gibbons Diaries, Family Papers, and Mill Records
- Description
- This collection contains letters, family papers, deeds, diaries, and mill records from three generations of the Gibbons family. The collection starts with documents focused on James Gibbons, then contains papers central to Daniel Gibbons, and finally end with the third generation papers surrounding Joseph Gibbons. The letters in this collection span from 1783 until 1865. The contents within the letters describe the daily happenings within the family and on their property which was located in Lampeter Township, Lancaster County. The family deeds in the collection detail the exchanging of property to and from the Gibbons family mostly within Lampeter Township and Upper Leacock Township, Lancaster County. The deeds span from 1727 to 1879. Also included are some miscellaneous family papers that span from 1799 to 1871. The content of these family papers ranges from anonymous stories about the Gibbons family, an independent order of Good Templars of Joseph Gibbons, to a land draft of James Gibbons' Land. This collection also contains diaries from various members of the Gibbons family, spanning the three generations. These diaries detail the day to day lives of the Gibbons family and also include historical anniversaries of important events or detail the passing of members within the Gibbons family and the surrounding community. The Mill Records in the collection contain information about [ ]. Overall, the Gibbons Family collection includes the regular happenings over the family's three generations in both business and secular life.
- Date Range
- 1727 - 1980s
- Creator
- Gibbons family
- Storage Location
- LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
- Storage Room
- Archives South
- Storage Wall
- Side 19
- People
- Bonsall, Daniel
- Bonsall, Edward Horne
- Bonsall, Rachel
- Brinton, William
- Brown, Ellen
- Brubaker, Marianna Gibbons
- Conrad, Abraham
- Dunbar, Andrew
- Dunbar, Mary
- Eaby, Christian
- Eaby, Samuel
- Earle, Mary Hussey
- Evans, Thomas
- Evans, Rebecca
- Evans, William
- Gibbons, Abraham
- Gibbons, Caroline
- Gibbons, Daniel
- Gibbons, Deborah
- Gibbons, Joseph
- Gibbons, Phebe Hussey Earle
- Gibbons, Rachel
- Gibbons, Samuel
- Gibbons, William
- Grigs, Joseph
- Hamilton, James
- Hertzkey, John
- Kendall, John
- Kirk, Jeremiah
- Lightfoot, Jepthat
- Miller, Eliza
- Miller, John
- Reynolds, Margaret
- Stauffer, Christian
- Steer, Joseph
- Stevens, Thaddeus
- Thomas, William B.
- Wartnaby, Elizabeth
- Subjects
- Business records
- Deeds
- Letters
- Mills and mill-work
- Quakers
- Society of Friends
- Westtown Boarding School
- Search Terms
- Business records
- Correspondence
- Deeds
- Diaries
- Finding aids
- Lampeter Twp.
- Leacock Twp.
- Letters
- Manuscript groups
- Mill Creek
- Mills
- Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
- Quakers
- Society of Friends
- Westtown Boarding School
- Object Name
- Archive
- Language
- English
- Object ID
- MG0846
- Location of Originals
- LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania
- Copies
- LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania
- 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
- 2021.008
- Other Numbers
- MG-846
- Other Number
- MG-846
- Classification
- MG0846
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Custodial History
- Folders 1-30 processed and finding aid prepared from the donor's notes by MB, 8 July 2021. Added to database 12 July 2021.
Documents
- Collection
- Diffenderffer Family Papers
- Title
- Diffenderffer Family Papers
- Object ID
- MG0410
- Date Range
- 1691-1963
“The Flag of Lancaster” with a statement from Mayor McCaskey. No date.
Folder 20 J. P. McCaskey
Insert 1 Letter from Harold F. Diffenderffer, class of 1894, to Prof. John H. Rodman,
Principal of McCaskey High School, regarding correspondence with Dr. Donald G.
McCaskey, son of J. P. McCaskey. 27
1 document
- Collection
- Diffenderffer Family Papers
- Title
- Diffenderffer Family Papers
- Description
- The Diffenderffer Family Papers collection contains items that have been passed down through generations of the Diffenderffer family. Deeds for tracts of land in New Holland date back to the creation of New Design, the village that preceded New Holland. Correspondence and some manuscripts pertain to J. P. McCaskey's life and accomplishments. F. R. Diffenderffer's manuscripts on Easter Day and Conrad Weiser are preserved with this collection, as well as poems, a program for the C. Elvin Haupt School, and a claim of F. R. Diffenderffer & Co. against the State of Texas.
- Date Range
- 1691-1963
- Year Range From
- 1691
- Year Range To
- 1963
- Date of Accumulation
- 1691-1963
- Creator
- Diffenderffer family
- Storage Location
- LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
- Storage Room
- Archives South
- Storage Wall
- Side 10
- People
- Brubaker, John
- Brubaker, Margaret
- Brubaker, Philip
- Davis, Sarah
- Diffenderfer, David
- Diffenderfer, Elizabeth Shirk
- Diffenderfer, John
- Diffenderffer, Christina
- Diffenderffer, David
- Diffenderffer, David, Sr.
- Diffenderffer, Fianna L. Lutz
- Diffenderffer, Frank Ried
- Diffenderffer, Harold F.
- Diffenderffer, John, Jr.
- Diffenderffer, John, Sr.
- Diffenderffer, Margaretta Stein
- Diffenderffer, Michael
- Freymyer, Jacob
- Grim, Henry
- Haupt, Charles Elvin
- Hoch, Herman E.
- Holl, Wendel
- Hubley, Bernard
- Kennerly, John
- Kinzer, John
- Kinzer, Magdalena
- Koch, Mary
- Koch, Melchior
- Law, James D.
- Markley, Henry
- McCaskey, Donald G.
- McCaskey, John Piersol "Jack"
- Nevin, Blanche
- Painter, John
- Penn, William
- Rodman, John H.
- Shirk, Henry
- Smith, Oliver
- Smith, William Evans
- Sneider, Christian
- Stone, David
- Stone, George
- Stone, Leonard
- Stone, Mary
- Sutton, Mary A. Diffenderffer
- Thomson, Bill "Tommy"
- Winter, John
- Young, Matthias
- Other Creators
- Diffenderffer, Fianna L. Lutz, 1918-2009
- Diffenderffer, David
- Subjects
- Deeds
- Letters
- Real property
- Search Terms
- Clippings (Books, newspapers, etc.)
- Conestoga River
- Correspondence
- Deeds
- Drowning
- Earl Twp.
- England
- Estate settlement
- Finding aids
- German Reformed Church of New Holland
- Haupt Elementary School
- Hutchings Printing House
- King Street
- Lancaster
- Land drafts
- Lemon Street School
- Letters
- Manuscript groups
- Mortgages
- New Design, Earl Twp.
- New Holland
- Newspaper clippings
- Programs
- Real estate
- Real property surveys
- Reigart's Landing
- Susquehanna River
- Texas
- Texas Frontier Forces
- Windsor Forge
- Extent
- 1 box, 23 folders, .5 cubic ft.
- Object Name
- Archive
- Language
- English
- Object ID
- MG0410
- Location of Originals
- LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania
- Notes
- Preferred Citation: Title or description of item, date (day, month, year), Collection Title (MG#), Folder #, (or Object ID), LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania. URL if applicable. Date accessed (day, month, year).
- Deeds in folders 1-18 were a gift of Fianna Diffenderffer and the Diffenderffer family, 4 November 2006.
- Items in folders 19-23 were a gift from her nephew, David Diffenderffer, 14 August 2006.
- Access Conditions / Restrictions
- Restrictions are noted at the item level--please use photocopies or transcriptions for those items. Other original documents may be used by researchers--contact Research@LancasterHistory.org prior to visit or request at Reference Desk.
- Copyright
- Collection items may be photographed. Please direct questions to Research Center Staff at Research@LancasterHistory.org. Permission for reproduction and/or publication must be obtained in writing from LancasterHistory. Persons wishing to publish any material from this collection 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.
- Accession Number
- 2006.MG0410_NOV
- Other Numbers
- MG-410
- Classification
- MG0410
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Custodial History
- Cataloged by HST, November 2008. Added to database 28 July 2021.
Documents
- Collection
- Jacob Ream Collection
- Title
- Jacob Ream Collection
- Object ID
- MG0164
- Date Range
- 1744-1848
• www.LancasterHistory.org
People:
Baller, Samuel
Balmer, Jacob
Balmer, Samuel
Barthemer, John
Beck, Conrad,
Berringer, Elizabeth
Blaser, Peter
Boll, Jacob
Brightbill, John
Carpenter, Samuel
Coble, David
Colt, James
Cunningham, James
Difenbaugh, Isaac
Eckenrode, Henry
Eckenroth, John
Elliott, Robert U.
Fletcher, John
Greene
1 document
- Collection
- Jacob Ream Collection
- Title
- Jacob Ream Collection
- Description
- The Jacob Ream collection contains original documents pertaining to business conducted by Jacob Ream and his family of Donegal Township. Includes bonds, receipts, land agreement, mortgage, and fire insurance policy. The surname has various spellings, including Riem, Rihm, and Reeme.
- Date Range
- 1744-1848
- Year Range From
- 1744
- Year Range To
- 1848
- Date of Accumulation
- 1744-1848
- Creator
- Ream family
- Storage Location
- LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
- Storage Room
- Archives South
- Storage Wall
- Side 04
- People
- Baller, Samuel
- Balmer, Jacob
- Balmer, Samuel
- Barthemer, John
- Beck, Conrad,
- Berringer, Elizabeth
- Blaser, Peter
- Boll, Jacob
- Brightbill, John
- Carpenter, Samuel
- Coble, David
- Colt, James
- Cunningham, James
- Difenbaugh, Isaac
- Eckenrode, Henry
- Eckenroth, John
- Elliott, Robert U.
- Fletcher, John
- Greene, Daniel
- Hart, Barbara
- Huber, Jacob
- Hughes, Samuel
- Jenkins, David
- Lauger, Philip
- Myers, Henry
- Musselman, Christian
- Negely, Leonard
- Nicholas, Michael
- Parthemer, John
- Parthimer, Esther
- Patimore, John
- Ream, Abraham
- Ream, Christina
- Ream, Daniel
- Ream, Elizabeth
- Ream, Isaac
- Ream, Jacob
- Ream, Samuel
- Reem, Jamy
- Reeme, Jacob
- Riem, Jacob
- Rihm, Daniel
- Rihm, Jacob
- Rihm, Samuel
- Sheaffer, Philip
- Smith, Samuel
- Snyder, John
- Stauffer, John
- Stump, J.
- Subjects
- Deeds
- Receipts (Acknowledgments)
- Search Terms
- Agreements
- Bonds
- Chambersburg, Franklin County, Pennsylvania
- Cocalico Twp.
- Deeds
- Donegal Twp.
- Finding aids
- Green Twp., Franklin County, Pennsylvania
- Harford County, Maryland
- Insurance policies
- Letterkenny Twp., Franklin County, Pennsylvania
- Letters
- Lower Paxton Twp., Dauphin County, Pennsylvania
- Manuscript groups
- Mortgages
- Mount Joy Twp.
- Presbyterian Church
- Real estate
- Receipts
- Releases
- Taxes
- West Donegal Twp.
- West Hanover Twp., Dauphin County, Pennsylvania
- Wills
- Extent
- 1 box, 12 folders, .25 cubic ft
- Object Name
- Archive
- Language
- English
- Object ID
- MG0164
- Location of Originals
- LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania
- Notes
- Preferred Citation: Jacob Ream Collection (MG0164), 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-164
- Classification
- MG0164
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Custodial History
- Processed and finding aid prepared in 1998. Added to database 7 September 2021.
Documents
- Collection
- Frank R. Diffenderffer Collection
- Title
- Frank R. Diffenderffer Collection
- Object ID
- MG0166
- Date Range
- 1738-1920
. Muhlenberg, Reading to his uncle Dr. F. A. Muhlenberg,
Lancaster with reference to will of Rev. G. H. E. Muhlenberg. 1846.
Insert 11 Statement of John Warfel, Recorder of Deeds, regarding mortgage against
James Cameron. 1837.
Folder 16 Letters, Receipt
Insert 1 Letter. Thomas Doyle, Cincinnati to Adam
1 document
- Collection
- Frank R. Diffenderffer Collection
- Title
- Frank R. Diffenderffer Collection
- Description
- The Frank R. Diffenderffer Collection contains documents collected by Mr. Diffenderffer. These documents are primarily from the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries and include letters, legal and court papers, indentures, receipts, property and probate records, and financial and military papers. The people and businesses represented include George Ross, Jasper Yeates, A. Herr Smith, Timothy Matlack, Mount Hope Furnace, and the Lancaster, Elizabethtown & Middletown Turnpike Road Company.
- System of Arrangement
- Collection retains original arrangement.
- Date Range
- 1738-1920
- Year Range From
- 1738
- Year Range To
- 1920
- Date of Accumulation
- 1738-1920
- Storage Location
- LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
- Storage Room
- Archives South
- Storage Wall
- Side 04
- People
- Adams, John Quincy
- Adreas, Agnes
- Albright, W.
- Anderson, James
- Andrews, Jacob W.
- Andrews, James P.
- Ashbridge, Elizabeth
- Ashbridge, J. H.
- Ashbridge, Sarah
- Ashbridge, Sidney
- Atlee, Samuel
- Attlee, Samuel
- Autstch, Adam
- Bare, Martin
- Barlow, Thomas
- Barnitz, Joseph
- Barr, John
- Barton, David R.
- Barton, W.
- Bauer, Adam
- Beams, Jacob
- Beard, Robert
- Bearn, John
- Beck, Martha
- Beck, Paul
- Beck, Samuel
- Bender, Leonard
- Benezet, Daniel
- Benner, Henrich
- Berntheisel, Henry
- Berry, William
- Bickham, F. A.
- Bickman, George
- Bletz, Jacob
- Blumer, Abraham
- Bollinger, Esther
- Bombarger, Martin
- Bomberger, John
- Bower, Samuel P.
- Bowman, Henry
- Bowman, J.
- Bowman, Samuel
- Bowman, W.
- Boyd, James
- Boyd, Samuel
- Bradford, Samuel J.
- Breck, Samuel
- Bredenstein, Philip
- Brown, David
- Brown, Matthew
- Brown, William
- Broud, Bill
- Bruener, G.
- Bryan, George
- Bryan, George I.
- Burd, Edward
- Burkholder, E.
- Burt, Nathaniel
- Caldwell, James
- Caldwell, Oliver
- Caldwell, Robert
- Calhoun, John C.
- Cameron, James
- Cameron, John
- Campbell, Sarah
- Carpenter, Abraham
- Carpenter, Daniel
- Carpenter, Jacob
- Carpenter, William
- Cather, Robert
- Chambers, Stephen
- Chambers, W.
- Charlton, Thomas
- Clark, Brice
- Clark, John
- Clark, Washington
- Clemson, Joseph
- Cochran, A.
- Cochran, William
- Coleman, William
- Connor, Kitty
- Cookson, Thomas
- Cooper, William
- Creasy, Solomon
- Creasy, Solomon M.
- Crone, Robert
- Cunningham, Hugh
- Cunningham, Thomas
- Damant, James
- Damisch, Fred
- Davis, Zaccheus
- Deckert, Jacob
- Dederick, Henry
- Dering, Henry
- Derward, Jonas
- Detrick, P.
- Dickert, Jacob
- Dieterick, Jacob
- Diffenderffer, David
- Diffenderffer, Frank Ried
- Diffenderffer, Harold F.
- Diffenderfer, Michael
- Diffenderfer, Philip
- Diller, Peter
- Doerses, Frederick
- Dougherty, William
- Douglass, George
- Douglass, James
- Doyle, Thomas
- Dryer, Andrew
- Dubbs, Joseph H.
- Duck, Geotge
- Duncan, Daniel
- Eagen, James
- Eagen, Thomas
- Eberman, John
- Eberman, Philip
- Eckert, George
- Eckman, John
- Eftwein, Johannes
- Eichholtz, H.
- Eichholtz, Leonard
- Eliot, Daniel
- Emanuel, John
- Ench, Jacob
- Espy, George R.
- Evans, Frances
- Evans, Isaac
- Evans, James C.
- Evans, Samuel
- Ewing, John
- Faghterin, Mary
- Fahnestock, Samuel
- Fehl, Andrew
- Feltman, George
- Ferree, Conrad
- Ferree, Polly
- Fissel, Michael
- Flowers, Christian
- Foltz, Bernard
- Fordney, Casper
- Fouts, Martin
- Franklin, Thomas
- Franklin, Thomas E.
- Franklin W. B.
- Frantz, Phil
- Frey, J.
- Fultz, John
- Galbraith, Bertram
- Galloway, Joseph
- Geddis, Samuel
- Gibble, L. W.
- Gibbons, William
- Gildersleve, Jonathan H.
- Gildersleve Sarah
- Gill, Deborah
- Gill, Eramus
- Gill, James
- Gill, Matthew
- Givler, Mary
- Golden, Jeffery
- Graass, Jacob
- Graeff, Matthias
- Graeff, W.
- Graff, Benjamin
- Graff, Henry
- Graff, Jacob
- Gratz, Hyman
- Groff, Abraham
- Groff, David
- Groff, Isaac
- Gross, Michael
- Grove, Abraham
- Grubb, Baird
- Grubb, Curtis
- Grubb, Henry
- Habacker, George
- Habacker, Wager
- Hartz, John
- Hake, Elizabeth
- Hake, Jacob
- Hale, Charles
- Hambright, Henry
- Hamilton, James
- Hamilton, William
- Hand, Edward
- Hart, Elizabeth
- Hartand, John
- Hartmyer, Frederick
- Haton, James
- Hatz, John
- Hayn, Christopher
- Hehl, Matthew
- Henderson, Mary
- Henry, Christopher
- Henry, Elizabeth
- Henry, Joseph
- Henry, Josiah
- Henry, John Joseph
- Henry, Mary
- Herr, Christian
- Hensel, William Uhler
- Hibshman, Henry
- Hoff, John
- Hoofnagle, P.
- Hoover, Jacob
- Host, Catharine
- Host, Michael
- Howell, William H.
- Howell, William Wilson
- Huber, J.
- Huber, John
- Hubley, Adam
- Hubley, John
- Hubley, Joseph
- Hubley, M.
- Hubner, Nathanael
- Huston, Alex
- Hutchinson, E.
- Jacks, James
- Jenkins, Ron
- Johns, Elizabeth
- Johns, Jacob
- Johns, Paul
- Johnston, Sam
- Jones, John
- Jones, Owen
- Jones, Paul T.
- Jordan, J.
- Kauffman, Abraham
- Kauffman, Joseph
- Kehler, Andrew
- Kelly, Joseph P.
- Kelly, William
- Kenedy, John
- Kittera, John Wilkes
- Kittera, Thomas
- Kline, David
- Kline, George
- Kline, Michael
- Kling, M.
- Konigmaker, James
- Krebil, John
- Krieg, Philip
- Krug, Edward
- Krug, H. V.
- Krug, Jacob
- Krug, Valentine
- Kuhn, Frederick
- Kuhn, Jacob
- Lanck, Jacob
- Landes, John
- Lauman, Ludwig
- Lechler, John
- Leman, H. E.
- Lewis, Abraham
- Lewis, Ellis
- Liews, Eliza
- Lightner, Nathaniel
- Likens, James
- Lind, John
- Long, Charles E.
- Long, Jacob
- Longenecker, David
- Lowery, Alexander
- Lowery, Lazarus
- Lowman, Ludwig
- Lutz, Peter
- Lynch, Thomas
- MacGonigle, Jonathan T.
- MacGregor, John
- MacGregor, Peter
- Machold, Lewis Frederick
- Marshall, Christopher
- Matlack, Timothy
- Mattes, George
- Mauer, Peter
- Maus, Peter
- Mayer, John
- Mayer, Lewis
- McGown, William
- McClure, David
- McClure, Randle
- McKim, James
- McKinney, Mordecai
- Mease, James
- Mease, John
- Mercer, John Q.
- Messersmith, George
- Metzer, Jonas
- Metzer, Norman
- Miller, David
- Miller, Harry
- Miller, Henry
- Miller, James
- Miller, John
- Miller, T. H.
- Minnich, Lizzie
- Mohler, Henry
- Montgomery, Jane
- Montgomery, S. H.
- Moore, James
- Moore, John
- Musser, John
- Myer, John
- Myer, John P.
- Myer, Josephine
- Myers, Christian
- Myers, Eckert
- Myers, Henry
- Myers, Jacob
- Myers, John
- Myers, Joseph
- Myers, Josephine
- Myers, S. H.
- Myers, Sidney
- Muhlenberg, F. A.
- Muhlenberg, G. H. E.
- Muhlenberg, Henry
- Muhlenberg, Henry A.
- Munster, Paul
- Nager, Ben Willis
- Nagle, John
- Neal, John
- Nees, Adam
- Neisser, G. Br.
- Nelson, William
- Nicholson, John
- Norgrave, H.
- Odonel, Charles
- Old, James
- Parvin, Francis
- Passmore, John
- Patton, James
- Pendleton, George H.
- Pennypacker, Samuel W.
- Penrose, Clement
- Petersby, Richard
- Physick, Edmund
- Pine, Michael
- Pohlman, Abraham
- Price, Eli K.
- Purviance, Samuel
- Ralston, Robert
- Ramsay, Catharine
- Ramsay, David
- Ramsay, James
- Ramsay, Nathaniel
- Ramsay, William
- Randall, Samuel
- Rank, Samuel
- Redsecker, Jacob
- Reed, E. L.
- Reed, George
- Reedly, George
- Reedly, John
- Reigart, Adam
- Reigart, Emanuel
- Reigart, Jacob
- Riche, Thomas
- Rieger, Ann
- Rohrer, John
- Ross, George
- Ross, James
- Roth, Jacob
- Schaum, Philip
- Scheaffer, John
- Schnierer, John, Mrs.
- Schweinhaupt, Br.
- Sell, Henry
- Seward, Hugh
- Shafer, John
- Shaffer, Jacob
- Sharer, David
- Shearer, Jacob
- Sheef, William
- Sheldon, William
- Shippen, Edward
- Shireman, Jacob
- Shol, Peter
- Shware, Peter
- Simon, Joseph
- Simon, William
- Sindersmith, S. V.
- Singer, Casper
- Singer, Emanuel
- Skiles, William
- Slaugher, Hiram
- Slaymaker, Amos
- Slaymaker, Henry
- Slough, Matthias
- Smith, A. Herr
- Smith, Eliza
- Smith, Joanna
- Smith, Thomas
- Smith, William
- Snapp, Samuel
- Solomon, Myer
- Spencer, S. S.
- Sprecher, Frank L.
- Stauffer, Henry
- Stedman, Alex
- Stedman, Charles
- Steinert, Christian
- Steinman, Charles
- Steinman, Frederick
- Steinman, George
- Steinman, John F.
- Stevens, R. S.
- Stevenson, George
- Stone, John
- Stoneman, Tobias
- Stones, John
- Stuart, Robert
- Swan, John G.
- Swain, R.
- Swentzel, H. Y.
- Swift, Joseph
- Tanger, David R.
- Titball, Joseph
- Trimble, James
- Trissler, John
- Trissler, Joseph David
- Turner, Ambrose
- Turner, Catharine
- Wagen, Philip
- Walk, Deetrick
- Walker, John
- Wallace, John
- Wallace, William
- Warden, M.
- Warfel, John
- Washington, Samuel
- Watson, David
- Webb, James
- Weber, Adam
- Wegman, Mary
- Weitzel, George
- Wenger, Roland
- Werner, Jacob
- Wertsburger, Henry
- West, William
- Wetherill, Samuel P.
- White, George
- White, T.
- Whitaker, George
- Wildred, Daniel
- Williams, Evans P.
- Williams, John
- Wistar, Thomas
- Witlow, Hugh
- Witman, John
- Witman, Michael
- Witmer, Abraham
- Witmer, Benjamin
- Witmer, David
- Witmer, Henry
- Wolford, Ludwig
- Wood, George
- Work, Joseph
- Wright, James
- Wright, John
- Wright, S. W.
- Yaner, Jacob
- Yeates, Jasper
- Yeates, John
- Young, Henry
- Young, Mattias
- Zahm, Godfrey
- Zantzinger, Adam
- Zantzinger, Ester
- Zeigler, George
- Zimmer, Henry
- Subjects
- Bonds
- Business records
- Certificates
- Court records
- Finance, Personal
- Invoices
- Letters
- Lotteries
- Minutes (Records)
- Probate records
- Receipts (Acknowledgments)
- Schools
- Stocks
- Search Terms
- Accounts
- African Methodist Episcopal Church
- Armor's Old Bookstore
- Articles of agreement
- Beaver Creek
- Black Horse Farm
- Bonds
- Business records
- Certificates
- Charles E. Wentz and Bros.
- Christ Lutheran Church
- Cocalico Creek
- Conestoga Steam Mills
- Constables
- Correspondence
- Court records
- Farmers Bank of Lancaster
- Farmer's Hay and Straw Market Association
- Finance, Personal
- Finding aids
- Franklin Savings and Building Association
- Grosh and Levering
- Hamilton Lots
- Indentures
- Indian Queen Hotel
- Invoices
- Lancaster Cemetery
- Lancaster County Agricultural Park
- Lancaster County Historical Society
- Lancaster, Elizabethtown and Middletown Turnpike Company
- Letters
- Lotteries
- Manuscript groups
- McDowell's Mill
- Minutes
- Mount Hope Furnace
- Northern Central Railway Company
- Pennsylvania Council
- Philadelphia and Reading Railroad Company
- Probate records
- Protestant Episcopal Church
- Receipts
- Sam Wetherill and Sons
- Schools
- Shaffner and Ziegler
- St. James Episcopal Church
- Steinman and Son
- Stocks
- Trinity Lutheran Church
- W. Kirkpatrick and Company
- Zahm and Jackson Jewelers
- Extent
- 1 box, 27 folders, 1 cubic ft.
- Object Name
- Archive
- Language
- English
- Object ID
- MG0166
- Location of Originals
- LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania
- Notes
- Preferred Citation: Frank R. Diffenderfer Collection (MG0166), 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.
- Accession Number
- 1964.013
- Other Numbers
- MG-166
- Classification
- MG0166
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Custodial History
- This collection was cataloged prior to 1997. Added to database 23 September 2021.
- Accession # L64-13
Documents
- Collection
- Charles I. Landis Collection
- Title
- Charles I. Landis Collection
- Object ID
- MG0124
- Date Range
- 1792-1914
, General Peter Muhlenberg and others.
Folder 6 Correspondence of Col. Russell Jarvis, 1819-1829. 12 Letters.
Folder 7 Lewis Cass and letters from France, 1831, 1841. Contains a letter in French to
"T" Stevens.
Folder 8 Letters, 1856-1909.
Folder 9 Signatures, photographs, and newspaper clippings, 1812-1839
1 document
- Collection
- Charles I. Landis Collection
- Title
- Charles I. Landis Collection
- Description
- This collection of the papers of Judge Charles I. Landis includes correspondence, a scrapbook, newspaper articles, and information on the Philadelphia & Lancaster Turnpike. The scrapbook, Paradise Records Book, contains photographs, records of the Paradise Mennonite Meeting House, ephemera, and various pamphlets.
- Date Range
- 1792-1914
- Year Range From
- 1792
- Year Range To
- 1914
- Date of Accumulation
- 1792-1914
- Storage Location
- LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
- Storage Room
- Archives South
- Storage Wall
- Side 04
- Subjects
- Ephemera
- Judges
- Letters
- Scrapbooks
- Search Terms
- Correspondence
- Ephemera
- Finding aids
- Judges
- Letters
- Manuscript groups
- Scrapbooks
- Extent
- 1 box, 17 folders, .25 cubic ft.
- Object Name
- Archive
- Language
- English
- Object ID
- MG0124
- Location of Originals
- LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania
- Notes
- Preferred Citation: Charles I. Landis Collection (MG0124), 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-124
- Classification
- MG0124
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Custodial History
- Processed and finding aid prepared by DT, 1998-1999. Added to database 11 November 2021.
Documents
- Collection
- Steele Family Papers
- Title
- Steele Family Papers
- Object ID
- MG0591
- Date Range
- 1775-1990
will of Philip Wager (undated).
Insert 3 Correspondence from and to James Sellers, Esq. regarding the estate of Philip
Wager, 1898-1900.
Folder 5 Slaymaker
Insert 1 Letter from Stephen Slaymaker to R. Frazer inquiring on behalf of Mrs. Shenck
whether Anthony Nichol has been summoned to appear in the
1 document
- Collection
- Steele Family Papers
- Title
- Steele Family Papers
- Description
- The Steele Family Papers contain genealogical records, notes, and documents supporting the lineage between Mary Edna Cowell Murphy (DAR No. 297765) and Revolutionary War soldiers Robert Bailey, John Cowell, Adam Reigart, Henry Slaymaker, and John Steele, and architect Robert Smith.
- Date Range
- 1775-1990
- Date of Accumulation
- 1775-1990
- Creator
- Steele family
- Storage Location
- LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
- Storage Room
- Archives South
- Storage Wall
- Side 12
- Search Terms
- Correspondence
- Family records
- Finding aids
- Genealogy
- Letters
- Manuscript groups
- Obituaries
- Probate records
- Scrapbooks
- Extent
- 1 box, 18 folders, .5 cubic ft.
- Object Name
- Archive
- Language
- English
- Object ID
- MG0591
- Related Item Notes
- Adam Reigart Collection (MG0122)
- Adam Reigart Jr., John S. Murphy Collection (MG0331)
- Samuel R. Slaymaker II, White Chimneys Collection (MG0268)
- See also the Photograph Collection
- See also the Curatorial Collection
- Notes
- Preferred Citation: Title or description of item, date (day, month, year), Steele Family Papers (MG0591), 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.
- Accession Number
- 2011.001
- Other Numbers
- MG-591
- Classification
- MG0591
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Custodial History
- Processed and finding aid prepared by MK, 2014. Added to database 26 December 2021.
Documents
- Collection
- Black History Collection
- Title
- Black History Collection, Series 2
- Object ID
- MG0240_Ser02
- Date Range
- 1779-1984
- Collection
- Black History Collection
- Title
- Black History Collection, Series 2
- Description
- Series 2, Black History Records, contains the Mayor's Register of Coloured Persons or Negro Entry Book, a census of free persons of color living in Lancaster city; a biographical account of Rev. James William Charles Pennington; and items related to early twentieth century Black History in Lancaster County. The collection also contains letters from anti-slavery societies, papers related to abolitionist activity, a letter regarding the American Colonization Society, and a manumission paper from the state of Virginia.
- Date Range
- 1779-1984
- Year Range From
- 1779
- Year Range To
- 1984
- Date of Accumulation
- 1779-1984
- Creator
- LancasterHistory (Organization)
- Storage Location
- LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
- Storage Room
- Archives South
- Storage Wall
- Side 06
- People
- Allen, Richard
- Anderson, George L.
- Anderson, Mildred
- Bailey, Bessie
- Bailey, Charles
- Ball, James H.
- Barber, Florence
- Beaubian, Beulah
- Beaubian, Charles S.
- Blonden, Louisa
- Book, Anna H.
- Book, Simon
- Bradley, Daniel
- Bridgett, Alexander
- Broadnax, Joseph
- Brown, E. D.
- Brown, Ernest
- Brown, H. H.
- Brubaker, Marianna Gibbons
- Cain, Annie
- Cain, Jennie
- Cain, John
- Cain, Louisa
- Carter, John C.
- Carter, John W.
- Carter, Laura
- Carter, Nettie
- Clark, Josephine
- Clark, Russia
- Clark, Ruth
- Cohn, Jason
- Cooper, Bella
- Craig, Mary
- Craig, Samuel
- Davis, Emily
- Davis, Robert
- Dorsey, Steven
- Edwards, Mary
- Edwards, Thomas L.
- Foster, Carrie
- Foster, Daniel
- George, H. E., Mrs.
- George, Harriet
- Goins, Dora
- Green, Annie
- Green, Charles
- Green, Cora
- Green, Jane
- Green, Mary A.
- Hardy, Laura
- Hayes, Hannah
- Hayes, O. H.
- Heard, William Henry
- Henry, Ella
- Henry, Mary
- Hill, Emily
- Hill, Harriet
- Hood, Solomon Porter
- Hopkins, Ada
- Hopkins, Sadie
- Hopkins, Stanton
- Hunter, Mabel
- Hunter, Rosie
- Hurdle, Emma
- Hurdle, James
- Jackson, Florence
- Jackson, Letitia
- Jackson, Rebecca
- Johnson, Chester A.
- Johnson, Estella Book
- Johnson, Florence
- Kelley, Calvin
- Kelley, David
- Keyes, Emma
- La Barre, John
- Link, John Lewis
- Lynch, Dora
- MacNeal, William
- Mason, Alice
- Mitchell, Blanche
- Moore, Martha
- Morrison, J. S.
- Morrison, J. S., Mrs.
- Moton, Charles
- Murray, Clara P.
- Nickumn, Theresa
- Palmer, John M.
- Payne, Benedine
- Polite, Abraham L.
- Polite, Blanche
- Price, J. C.
- Richardson, Ella M.
- Robinson, Sara
- Rosenthal, Isidore
- Shissler, Simon
- Shorter, George
- Snow, Josephine
- Spraggan, R. F.
- Stewart, J. O.
- Tall, Rebecca
- Thomas, Virginia
- Thornton, Elizabeth
- Toney, Joseph M.
- Trout, Henry Leightner "Harry"
- Tryman, Mary
- Turner, Ruth
- Waters, Ruth
- Webster, Frank T. M.
- William, Ella
- Williams, Mary
- Wilson, Albert E., Sr.
- Wilson, Edith
- Wilson, Helen
- Wilson, Laura
- Wilson, Maude
- Winston, Charity
- Winston, William
- Witcher, W. E.
- Wolford, Edward
- Woods, Elizabeth
- Other Creators
- Pennsylvania. Court of Quarter Sessions (Lancaster County)
- Subjects
- Abolitionists
- African Americans--History
- Antislavery movements
- Free Black people
- Freedmen
- Letters
- Slaveholders--Pennsylvania--Lancaster County
- Slavery--Pennsylvania--Lancaster County
- Search Terms
- Abolitionists
- Antislavery movements
- Certificates
- Correspondence
- Court of Quarter Sessions
- Enslaved persons
- Free persons of color
- Freedmen
- Letters
- Persons of color
- Slaveholders
- Slavery
- Extent
- 17 folders, 35 items, .5 cubic ft.
- Object Name
- Archive
- Language
- English
- Object ID
- MG0240_Ser02
- Location of Originals
- LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania
- Related Item Notes
- Black History Collection (MG0240) https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/2b3d42c6-a313-4ebc-966f-516114048136
- Conestoga Elks Lodge Records (MG0760)
- 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. Restricted access for the "Mayor's Register of Coloured Persons" found in Series 2, Folder 2: Use transcript in Folder 3 or microfilm.
- 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-240, Series 2
- Classification
- MG0240
- Description Level
- Series
- Custodial History
- Processed prior to 1997 and updated from 2007-present. Added to database on 17 January 2022.
- Digitization of this document was funded by the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, PHMC Appl ID # 202010016624, 2020-2023.