This collection contains various deeds and land drafts for property owned by the Galbreath family in Donegal Township, Lancaster County; tracts of land in Warren County and McKean County, Pennsylvania; lands owned by Martin Mylin in Lampeter Township; lots in the borough (now city) of Lancaster; and a letter form James Buchanan to Col. Henry Carpenter regarding property in Dauphin County, Pennsylvania.
Preferred Citation: Title or description of item, date (day, month, year), Land Records from Elain Ewing Holden, 1747-1848 (MG0903), Box #, Folder #, (or Object ID), LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania. URL if applicable. Date accessed (day, month, year).
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
2001.MG0903
Other Numbers
MG-903
Other Number
MG-903
Classification
MG0903
Description Level
Item
Custodial History
Transferred from Document Collection Box 30, Folder 13, 17 March 2022
Lancaster County Almshouse and Hospital Collection
Description
The Lancaster County Almshouse and Hospital Collection is comprised of accounts, registers, minutes, and other records kept by this county department. There are birth and death records, lists of inmates, supply and payroll books, and auditors' reports, and a scrapbook of Conestoga View.
Preferred Citation: Title or description of item, date (day, month, year), Lancaster County Almshouse and Hospital Collection (MG0277), Folder or Book #, 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.
Classification
MG0277
Description Level
Fonds
Custodial History
Most of the items in this collection are part of the Lancaster County Government Records, RG 08-12. They were transferred into MG-277 in 1999 during the planning of the Almshouse and Hospital exhibition. Other items are on loan from the Edward Hand Medical Heritage Foundation or were collected by LancasterHistory.
Preferred Citation: Title or description of item, date (day, month, year), Collection Title (MG#), Series #, Box #, Folder #, (or Object ID), LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania. URL if applicable. Date accessed (day, month, year).
This collection was given in memory of the donor's maternal grandparents, David S. Warfel and Clara Haverstick Warfel.
Access Conditions / Restrictions
This collection has not been cataloged. Original documents may be used by appointment--contact Research@LancasterHistory.org prior to visit.
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 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
Tall case clock with works by A. W. Baldwin of Lampeter Square. Federal style cherry case has no carving on tympanum, scrolled crest terminating in roundels, three slender urn finials on plain plinths, four thin free-standing columns on bonnet, wide chamfers on corners of waist and base, and four turned feet. Veneer on tympanum, bonnet door, band above pendulum door and a veneer border surrounding plain panel on base. Unusual feature is a backward curve at the top of the tympanum as well as the top of the bonnet door.
Several notes tacked on interior state clock was purchased by John Mylin on Apr. 3,1829, from A.W. Baldwin for $46.00. Another note says daughter Frances Mylin Keen purchased clock for $10 from the estate of Eli K. Mylin in 1919.
Clockworks made by A. W. Baldwin and case attributed to John Bachman per John Snyder, Jr. He states on p. 60 of Clockmakers of Lancaster Co., "There are strong grounds for attributing this case, and others housing works by A. W. Baldwin to Jacob Bachman."
Provenance
Owned by four generations of the Mylin family. Original owner was John Mylin (1804-1857) of W. Lampeter Twp. who purchased clock from Baldwin in 1828/9 for $46.00. Then passed to son Eli K. Mylin (1833-1918), farmer in Pequea Twp. Then purchased from Eli's 1919 estate sale by his daughter Frances Mylin Keen (1865-1956), Mrs. Harry Grant Keen of Lancaster City. Finally passed to her daughter Lulu Mary Keen (1888-1966) and gifted to LHO by bequest of her estate.
According to Gary Hawbaker, John Mylin (1804-1857) was called Valley John. Hawbaker owns several of his record books.
See G.01.28.1 for painting of the Eli K. Mylin farm (Eli was the 2nd owner of the clock).
Dietrich American Foundation owns an Eli Haverstick fraktur, a birth certificate for the family of the original clock owners, John and Elizabeth Kendig Mylin and their two sons Amos and Eli K. Mylin.
Place of Origin
Lampeter, West Lampeter Twp.
Related Item Notes
See G.01.28.1 for painting of the Eli K. Mylin farm (Eli was the 2nd owner of the clock).
Dietrich American Foundation owns an Eli Haverstick fraktur birth certificate for the family of the original clock owners, John and Elizabeth Kendig Mylin and their two sons Amos and Eli K. Mylin.
Usage
Mylin family
Credit
Bequest of Lulu M. Keen in memory of Harry G. Keen and Frances M. Keen.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Signers of petition: [ ] Frederick, Francis H. [Eber], Morgan Hays, Charles McClune, Emanuel Frey, William Hoffman, Michael Clepper, A. M. Rambo, Philip Barrack, Isaac Riale Sr., John B. Bachman, H. W. Smith, George Hepperle, John Ellinger.
3 items, 3 pieces
Access Conditions / Restrictions
Request at Reference Desk; photocopy made by staff member.