- Collection
- Columbia Bridge Company Collection
- Title
- Columbia Bridge Company Collection
- Object ID
- MG0217
- Date Range
- 1809-1843
Coleman, Robert
Dickson, William
Gilpin, Joshua
Gilpin, Thomas
Grimler, Benjamin
Haldeman, C.
Hamilton, William
Harbaugh, Leonard
Hoff, John
Hopkins, James
Hubley, John
Hubley, Joseph
Lloyd, Evan
Mifflin, Joseph
Poulson, Zachariah
Reynolds, John
Rittenhouse, Joseph
Shaffner, Casper
Slaymaker, Henry
1 document
- Collection
- Columbia Bridge Company Collection
- Title
- Columbia Bridge Company Collection
- Description
- The Columbia Bridge Company Collection is a valuable source of information concerning construction of bridges in the early 1800s. Documents concern the building of the first two bridges across the Susquehanna River in 1814 and 1832. Items in the collection include minutes, form for stock certificate, invoices, legal papers, proposals, receipts, stockholders, promissory notes, by-laws, settlement of stage tolls with Samuel Slaymaker 1813, salary receipts, circulars and announcements, bridge tolls, orders for payment, correspondence, and a stock certificate from 1842
- Admin/Biographical History
- First Bridge
- Construction of the first Columbia-Wrightsville Bridge was begun in 1812 and completed December 5, 1814, by J. Wolcott, H. Slaymaker, S. Slaymaker at a total cost of $231,771, which was underwritten by the newly formed Columbia Bank and Bridge Company. The bridge was 5,690 feet (1,730 m) long and 30 feet (9.1 m) wide and had 54 piers and twin carriageways. Constructed of wood and stone, the covered bridge also included a wooden roof, a whitewashed interior and openings in its wooden sides to view the river and surrounding areas. It was considered the longest covered bridge in the world at the time. The bridge accommodated east-west traffic across the Susquehanna River for 14 years before being destroyed by ice, high water and severe weather on February 5, 1832.
- Second bridge
- Construction of the second Columbia-Wrightsville Bridge, also covered, started mid-1832 and was completed in 1834 (opening on July 8, 1834) by James Moore and John Evans at a cost of $157,300. It was 5,620 feet (1,710 m) long and 28 feet (8.5 m) wide and also enjoyed the distinction of being the world's longest covered bridge. The wood and stone structure had 27 piers, a carriageway, walkway, and two towpaths to guide canal traffic across the river. Much of the mostly oak timber used in its construction was salvaged from the previous bridge. Its roof was covered with shingles, its sides with weatherboard, and its interior was whitewashed. The structure was modified in 1840 by the Canal Company at a cost of $40,000 concurrent with the construction of the Wrightsville Dam. Towpaths of different levels and with sidewalls were added to prevent horses from falling into river, as happened several times when the river flooded. The roof of the lower path formed the floor of upper path. In this way, canal boats were towed across the river from the Pennsylvania Canal on the Columbia side to the Susquehanna and Tidewater Canal at Wrightsville. Sometime after 1846, a double-track railway was added, linking the Philadelphia and Columbia Railroad to the Northern Central Railway. Due to fear of fire caused by locomotives, rail cars were pulled across the bridge by teams of mules or horses.
- Information from "Columbia-Wrightsville Bridge," https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Columbia%E2%80%93Wrightsville_Bridge. Accessed 3 February 2020.
- System of Arrangement
- The papers of the First Columbia Bridge built in 1814 are filed in folders #1 to 157. The papers of the Second Columbia Bridge built in 1832 are filed in folders #158 to 181.
- Date Range
- 1809-1843
- Year Range From
- 1809
- Year Range To
- 1843
- Date of Accumulation
- 1809-1843
- Storage Location
- LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
- Storage Room
- Archives South
- Storage Wall
- Side 05
- People
- Albright, William
- Chew, Benjamin
- Coleman, Robert
- Dickson, William
- Gilpin, Joshua
- Gilpin, Thomas
- Grimler, Benjamin
- Haldeman, C.
- Hamilton, William
- Harbaugh, Leonard
- Hoff, John
- Hopkins, James
- Hubley, John
- Hubley, Joseph
- Lloyd, Evan
- Mifflin, Joseph
- Poulson, Zachariah
- Reynolds, John
- Rittenhouse, Joseph
- Shaffner, Casper
- Slaymaker, Henry
- Slaymaker, Samuel
- Varle, Charles
- Wilson, Edward
- Wilson, Thomas A.
- Witmer, A.
- Wright, William
- Wolcott, John
- Subjects
- Bridges
- Business records
- Columbia (Pa.)
- Letters
- Minutes (Records)
- Stockholders
- Stocks
- Susquehanna River
- Search Terms
- Advertising
- Applications
- Board of Directors
- Bonds
- Bridges
- Broadsides
- Business records
- By-laws
- Checks
- Columbia
- Columbia Bridge Company
- Construction
- Contracts
- Correspondence
- Farmers Bank of Lancaster
- Financial records
- Finding aids
- Gatekeepers
- Invoices
- Letters
- Loans
- Manuscript groups
- Minutes
- Murray Draper and Company
- Promissory notes
- Receipts
- Reports
- Salaries
- Stockholders
- Stocks
- Susquehanna River
- Taxes
- Tollhouses
- Tolls
- Extent
- 5 boxes, 190 folders, 3 cubic ft.
- Object Name
- Archive
- Language
- English
- Object ID
- MG0217
- 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).
- Access Conditions / Restrictions
- Please use digital images and transcriptions when available. The original items in Folder 69 may not be used due to their fragile condition. All other original documents may be used by researchers--contact Research@LancasterHistory.org prior to visit or request at Reference Desk.
- Copyright
- Collection may be photographed. Images have been provided for research purposes only. Please contact Research@LancasterHistory.org with questions or 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-217
- Classification
- MG0217
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Custodial History
- Added to database 13 January 2022.
Documents
- Collection
- Michael Brecht Family Papers, 1873-1945
- Title
- Michael Brecht Family Papers
- Object ID
- MG0893
- Date Range
- 1873-1945
717.392.4633 • www.LancasterHistory.org
People:
Brecht, Bernard
Brecht, Francis
Brecht, Michael
Brecht, Sally
Brecht, Sarah Elizabeth
Cornell, Emma
Evans, S. W.
Fritchey, A. H.
Herr, Allan A.
Reynolds, John M.
Schupp, Mary C.
Sullenberger, F. W.
Swarr, Hiram B.
Subject Headings:
Family records
Search Terms
1 document
- Collection
- Michael Brecht Family Papers, 1873-1945
- Title
- Michael Brecht Family Papers
- Description
- The Michael Brecht Family Papers contain legal documents, receipts, and a deed for plots in Lancaster Cemetery belonging to Michael Brecht of Lancaster.
- Admin/Biographical History
- Michael Brecht was born 2 November 1854 and died 29 January 1930 in Lancaster. He owned property on South Duke Street in Lancaster.
- Date Range
- 1873-1945
- Year Range From
- 1873
- Year Range To
- 1945
- Date of Accumulation
- 1873-1945
- Creator
- LancasterHistory (Organization)
- Storage Location
- LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
- Storage Room
- Archives South
- Storage Wall
- Side 19
- People
- Brecht, Bernard
- Brecht, Francis
- Brecht, Michael
- Brecht, Sally
- Brecht, Sarah Elizabeth
- Cornell, Emma
- Evans, S. W.
- Fritchey, A. H.
- Herr, Allan A.
- Reynolds, John M.
- Schupp, Mary C.
- Sullenberger, F. W.
- Swarr, Hiram Behm
- Subjects
- Family records
- Search Terms
- Deeds
- Family records
- Finding aids
- Lancaster Cemetery
- Legal documents
- Manuscript groups
- Promissory notes
- Receipts
- Extent
- 14 folders
- Object Name
- Archive
- Language
- English
- Object ID
- MG0893
- Location of Originals
- LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania
- Notes
- Preferred Citation: Title or description of item, date (day, month, year), Michael Brecth Family Papers (MG0893), 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
- Unknown.MG0893
- Other Numbers
- MG-893
- Other Number
- MG-893
- Classification
- MG0893
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Custodial History
- Transferred from Brecht family file 4 August 1999. Transferred from Document Collection Box 28, Folder 10, 2 March 2022.
Documents
- Collection
- George Steinman Papers
- Title
- George Steinman Papers, Series 1 and 2
- Object ID
- MG0184
- Date Range
- 1738-1955
2 documents
- Collection
- George Steinman Papers
- Title
- George Steinman Papers, Series 1 and 2
- Description
- The George Steinman Papers, Series 1 contains an album, compiled by George Steinman, with many photographs of buildings, tombstones, monuments and scenes of Lancaster city and county. Ephemera and newspaper articles are among the photographs. Represented in the album are Postlethwaite's Tavern, hotels and taverns, fire houses, the Conestoga massacre, churches, cemeteries, Ephrata Cloister, prominent citizens and their homes, Stehli Silk Mill, and schools. The four boxes contain orginal correspondence, documents, photographs and ephemera or and pertaining to the same subject matter as the album.
- The George Steinman Papers, Series 2 is a collection of original correspondence, documents, photographs, and ephemera primarily compiled by George Steinman. The contents of Series 2 represent Lancaster city and county events, prominent citizens, buildings, monuments, churches, cemeteries, schools, and businesses. Most of what Steinman collected relates to 18th and 19th century Pennsylvania, highlighting Lancaster and Philadelphia. One of the key events highlighted is the Revolutionary war; with documents and images related to Philadelphia, George Washington, the Atlee family, and General Edward Hand. There are images relating to the Christiana Riot and to various buildings in early Lancaster; including but not limited to the Old Jail, the British Prison, and Postlethwaite's Tavern. Also included in the collection is currency printed by Benjamin Franklin in Philadelphia in 1764, and Confederate States currency and bonds.
- System of Arrangement
- This collection is divided into two series:
- Series 1 The Steinman Album
- Series 2 Documents, Photographs, Ephemera
- Date Range
- 1738-1955
- Year Range From
- 1738
- Year Range To
- 1955
- Date of Accumulation
- ca. 1860-1920
- Storage Location
- LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
- Storage Room
- Archives South
- Storage Wall
- Side 04
- People
- Altee, John
- André, John
- Appel, T. Roberts
- Armstrong, Elizabeth
- Atlee, Samuel John
- Atlee, Washington Lemuel
- Atlee, William Augustus
- Atlee, William Pitt
- Baer, John
- Baily, Francis
- Bair, Daniel
- Baker, James G.
- Baldwin, Edith L.
- Barr, Elias
- Barton, Thomas
- Bausman, Elizabeth
- Bausman, William
- Bear, Henry
- Beck, Herbert Huebener
- Beck, Martin
- Beecher, William C.
- Beissel, Conrad
- Beissel, John Conrad
- Bender, Henry
- Bethel, Samuel
- Bezellon, Martha Coombe
- Bezellon, Peter
- Boehm, Henry
- Boyle, Philip
- Breneman, Benjamin Franklin
- Breneman, Gideon
- Breneman, Franklin Henry
- Broll, John
- Brown, J. H.
- Bryan, George
- Buchanan, James
- Buchmiller, Dulon Frank
- Burkhart, Anna Margarita
- Burkhart, George
- Burrowes, Francis Smith
- Burrowes, Thomas Henry
- Burt, Nathaniel
- Calder, George, Jr.
- Cameron, James
- Carpenter, John
- Carpenter, William
- Cheves, Langdon
- Clay, Henry
- Clemson, James
- Coleman, Elizabeth
- Coleman, Robert
- Coleman, William
- Cope, Caleb
- Cope, Thomas P.
- Cox, John
- Crawford, James
- Crowel, Mary R.
- Damant, James
- Davis, Benjamin Franklin
- Dering, Henry
- Detwiler, Thomas Craig
- Diffenbaugh, Henry
- Diffenderfer, Milton Hess
- Diffenderffer, Frank Reid
- Diller, Graybill
- Donnley, Felix
- Downing, Samuel
- Dufresne, Samuel
- Duvel, P. S.
- Eberly, Michael
- Edge, Walter Warren
- Eichholtz, Jacob
- Ellicott, Andrew
- Elliot, Robert
- Ellmaker, Nathaniel
- Eshleman, Frank
- Fahnestock, Samuel
- Ferree, Philip
- Fordney, Melchoir
- Forney, J. A.
- Fox, Cyrus
- Frailey, Jacob
- Franklin, George F.
- Franklin, Walter
- Fraser, Susan
- Frazer, Reah
- Fulton, Robert
- Funck, John
- Funk, John
- Galbreath, John
- Geist, M. W.
- Germon, W. L.
- Gill, William
- Gingrich, Amos
- Graff, Andreas
- Grant, Hamilton
- Graybill, Jacob
- Groff, John M.
- Groff, Sebastian
- Grosh, John
- Grove, Annie C.
- Grubb, Daisy
- Grubb, Peter
- Hager, Walter C.
- Haldeman, Samuel Steman
- Hall, Charles
- Hamilton, Andrew
- Hamilton, James
- Hammond, Frederick W.
- Hamond, E. R.
- Hand, Edward
- Hand, John
- Hand, Mollie
- Harpel, Charlotte
- Hayes, Alexander Laws
- Hazen, Moses
- Heinitsh, August
- Heintzelman, Samuel Peter
- Heister, Joseph
- Henderson, Barton
- Henderson, Thomas G.
- Henry, John Joseph
- Hensel, George Washington, Jr.
- Hensel, William Uhler
- Herr, Christian
- Herr, Hans
- Herr, Rudy
- Hews, George H.
- Hoffnagle, Peter
- Hood, Alexander H.
- Hostetter, Albert Keller
- Hughes, Edward
- Hutter, Christian
- Jacobs, Cyrus
- Jenkins, David
- Jenkins, William
- Kevinski, John B.
- King, George H.
- Kirkpatrick, William
- Konigmacher, Joseph
- Kroome, Hiram
- Krug, George
- Kuhn, Simon
- Kuhn, Simon Adam
- Landis, David Bachman
- Landis, David H.
- Landis, Harry
- Landis, Jacob
- Light, John B.
- Lightner, Michael
- Lincoln, Abraham
- Lippold, John W.
- Loeb, Jacob
- Long, Henry Grimler
- Long, Isaac
- Lowery, Alexander
- Lowery, Lazarus
- Ludlow, Robert Fulton
- Magee, David Francis
- Marshall, Christopher
- Marshall, John
- Martin, C. H.
- Mason, S.
- Mathiot, John
- Matlack, Timothy
- Mayer, Christian B.
- McCaskey, John Piersol "Jack"
- McClain, Francis Bernard
- McClellan, George Brinton
- McCormick, D. R.
- McFarquahr, Colin
- McGrann, Bernard John
- Melsheimmer, Frederick Valentine
- Metzger, Samuel H.
- Mifflin, Thomas
- Miller, Dave "Devil"
- Miller, John
- Miller, Susanna
- Mishler, Benjamin
- Montgomery, John R.
- Montgomery, William
- Morton, William Augustus
- Mulhatten, Barney
- Musser, Yost
- Myers, Albert
- Mylin, Martin
- Neff, John
- Nevin, John D.
- North, Hugh McAlister
- Old, James
- Parks, Jake
- Pastor, John
- Peiper, William L.
- Penn, William
- Pitt, William
- Porter, Andrew
- Porter, George B.
- Pyle, Howard
- Ramsey, David
- Raub, Galen John Peoples
- Reigart, Adam
- Reigart, Emanuel C.
- Reilly, Mary Gertrude Costigan
- Reinmansnyder, Helen
- Reynolds, George Nelson
- Reynolds, John Fulton
- Reynolds, William
- Rogers, Milton C.
- Rose, Frederick
- Ross, George
- Ross, Patton
- Sauber, Charles Alvin
- Sener, Samuel Miller
- Seyfert, Augustus G.
- Shober, Emanuel
- Shreiner, Philip
- Slaymaker, Henry
- Slaymaker, Henry Edwin
- Slaymaker, L.
- Slaymaker, William
- Sloane, S.
- Slough, Elizabeth
- Smith, Charles
- Snavely, Harry H.
- Stahr, John Summers
- Stambauch, Samuel
- Stauffer, David McNeely
- Stedman, Alexander
- Steinman, George Michael
- Stevens, Thaddeus
- Stiegel, Henry William
- Strong Wolf, Chief
- Summy, Levi
- Sutter, John Augustus
- Tener, John C.
- Thornburg, Robert
- Todd, Charles
- Tomlinson, George
- Urban, John
- Vogan, John
- Washington, George
- Webb, James
- West, Benjamin
- Wharton, Thomas
- Whiteside, John
- Wiley, William
- Williamson, Henry Stackhouse
- Willson, George Bolivar
- Willson, John
- Winover, Peter
- Wise, Charles
- Wise, John
- Witmer, Abraham
- Witmer, David
- Witmer, Esther Elizabeth
- Worner, William Frederic
- Wright, James
- Wright, John
- Yeates, Catharine
- Yeates, Jasper
- Zahm, Godfried
- Zahm, Mathias
- Zahm, Samuel H.
- Zantzinger, Paul
- Zehmer, Anthony
- Zinzendorf, Nicholaus
- Subjects
- Ephemera
- Photographs
- Scrapbooks
- Search Terms
- Abbeville (Historic estate)
- Abbeville Mill
- Advent Lutheran Church
- Albright's Transportation Depot
- All Saints Episcopal Church
- American Hose Company
- Balloons
- Bangor Episcopal Church
- Berks County Historical Society
- Binkley's Bridge
- Bird-In-Hand Friends Meetinghouse
- Boehm's Chapel
- Buch Tavern
- Buchanan Park
- Caledonia Furnace
- Carpenter's Union Church
- Cat Tavern
- Cemeteries
- Central Cigar Store
- Chalices
- Chestnut Level Presbyterian Church
- Christ Lutheran Church
- Christian Herr House
- Christiana Resistance
- Churches
- Clare Point Stock Farm
- Columbia - Wrightsville Bridge
- Columbia Friends Meetinghouse
- Conestoga Furnace
- Conestoga Glue Factory
- Conestoga Navigation Company
- Conestoga wagon
- Cosgrove's Tavern
- County House
- Courthouses
- Covered bridges
- Disasters
- Donegal Presbyterian Church
- Downing's Mill
- Eagle Hotel
- Eden Iron Works
- Edge Tool Forge
- Elizabeth Furnace
- Emmanuel Lutheran Church
- Engleside, Lancaster Twp.
- Ephemera
- Ephrata Cloister
- Ephrata Mountain Springs Hotel
- Exchange Hotel
- Feagleyville
- Federal Hall
- Finding aids
- Fire departments
- Fires
- First National Store
- First Presbyterian Church, Lancaster
- First Reformed Church, Lancaster
- Fites Eddy Hotel
- Fountain Inn
- Franklin and Marshall College
- Franklin College
- Franklin House
- Fulton Cotton Mill
- General Sutter Inn
- Golden Swan Hotel
- Grace Lutheran Church
- Graeff's Landing
- Grape Tavern
- Gravestones
- Graveyards
- Green Cottage
- Grubb Mansion
- Halfway House
- Hans Herr House
- Hardwicke
- Harmony Hall
- Heinitsh Drug Store
- Historical markers
- Hope Episcopal Church
- Hopewell Forge
- Hotels
- Humane Fire Company
- Humes Woolen Mill
- Hutter's Folly
- Indian Queen Tavern
- Indigenous peoples
- J. B. Distillery
- Keener's Mill
- Kepler Lodge
- Krug House
- Lafayette Hill
- Lamb Tavern
- Lamparter's Row
- Lancaster Academy
- Lancaster County Courthouse
- Lancaster County Historical Society
- Lancaster County National Bank
- Lancaster County Prison
- Lancaster Curling Club
- Lancaster Fencibles
- Lancaster Moravian Church
- Landisville Mennonite Meetinghouse
- Leacock Presbyterian Church
- Linden Hall
- Lititz Moravian Church
- Manuscript groups
- Marietta and Susquehanna Trading Company
- Markets
- Martic Forge, Martic Twp.
- Martin Meylin's Gunshop
- Masonic halls
- Masonic lodges
- Massasoit Hall
- Mechanics Library
- Mellinger Mennonite Church
- Middle Octorara Presbyterian Church
- Millersville Academy
- Millersville State Normal School
- Millersville University
- Mills
- Mischler's Exchange
- Mishler's Beer Garden
- Montgomery House
- Monuments
- Moss Cigar Factory
- Mount Bethel Mansion
- Mount Hope Furnace
- Native Americans
- Odd Fellows Hall
- Old City Hall
- Old Welsh Graveyard
- Paper mills
- Parish houses
- Paxton Boys
- Penn Square
- Pennsbury Manor
- Pennsylvania Railroad
- Pequea Presbyterian Church
- Petroglyphs
- Photographs
- Plough Tavern
- Poole Forge
- Postlethwaite's Tavern
- Powder houses
- Practical Farmer Hotel
- Ranck's Mill
- Reigart's Landing
- Reigart's Old Wine Store
- Relay Hotel
- Revolutionary War
- Rock Ford
- Ruth's Fine Groceries
- Sadsbury Friends Meetinghouse
- Safe Harbor Rolling Mill
- Schools
- Scrapbooks
- Shiffler Fire Company
- Ship Tavern
- Shippen School
- Sign of the Bull Tavern
- Sign of the Hat Tavern
- Sorrel Horse Hotel
- St. Catherine of Siena Catholic Church
- St. James Episcopal Church
- St. John's Episcopal Church
- St. John's Lutheran Church
- St. John's United Church of Christ
- St. Mary's Catholic Church
- St. Michael's Lutheran Church
- St. Paul's United Church of Christ
- St. Peter's Catholic Church
- Stamps
- Stehli Silk Mill
- Stock certificates
- Strasburg Academy
- Strasburg Mennonite Cemetery
- Strasburg Methodist Episcopal Church
- Sunflower Inn
- Swamp Church
- Swan Hotel
- Tavern signs
- Taverns
- Ten Hour House
- Three Crowns Tavern
- Trinity Lutheran Church
- Union Bethel Church
- Union Fire Company
- Union Hotel
- Valley Forge, Chester County, Pennsylvania
- Vermont Historical Society
- Voganville Hotel
- Wabank House
- Washington Hotel
- Washington Memorial Chapel
- Waterloo Tavern
- Waterworks
- Watt and Shand
- Weaverland Mennonite Church
- Wheatland
- White Horse Hotel
- White Swan Hotel
- William Pitt Tavern
- Windsor Forge
- Witmer's Bridge
- Witness Tree
- Woodward Hill Cemetery
- F. W. Woolworth Co.
- York Furnace
- Young Men's Christian Association
- Zion Lutheran Church
- Extent
- 1 scrapbook, 4 boxes, 112 folders, 3.5 cubic ft.
- Object Name
- Archive
- Language
- English
- Object ID
- MG0184
- Location of Originals
- LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania
- Copies
- LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania
- Notes
- 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).
- "Mr. Geo. Steinman who started this collection of pictures. This book was presented to the Lanc. Co. Historical Society after his death by Mr. Geo. S. Franklin."
- John M. Gibson is recorded as the donor, 1968, in LancasterHistory's accession records.
- 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.
- The use of the original album is restricted. Please contact Research@LancasterHistory.org with questions.
- 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-184
- Classification
- MG0184
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Custodial History
- Series 1 processed and finding aid prepared PK and MSH, 2008. Series 2 finding aid prepared by JE, 2018. Added to database 20 July 2021.
- Digitization of this document was funded by the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, PHMC Appl ID # C980002119, 2021-2024.
Documents
- Collection
- Bushong Diary Collection
- Title
- Bushong Diary Collection
- Object ID
- MG0278
- Date Range
- 1850-1862
- Collection
- Bushong Diary Collection
- Title
- Bushong Diary Collection
- Description
- This collection contains the diaries of Gilbert and Edith Bushong.
- The first diaries in this collection (Folder #1), written by Gilbert Bushong who is 14 years old, are dated from 3m 17 1850 - 5m 29 1852 and April 20, 1853. The topics covered are the everyday events of family life and farming activities. He also writes about school life, and butchering hogs, and trips to visit family and friends.
- The second part of this collection (Folder #2-5) was written by Edith Paxson Bushong and dates from December 31, 1858 - April 5, 1862, after Gilbert presents her with a new diary journal on his return from a trip to Lancaster. Edith writes mostly about the welfare of her family and friends, including news of marriages, births, illnesses, and deaths.
- She also writes about life on the farm, her housework routine, and news of the Civil War, including the battle at Gettysburg.
- Admin/Biographical History
- Gilbert Bushong was the son of Henry Bushong and Esther Valentine. He was born on 2 December 1836 in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania and died on 10 December 1911 in Chester County, Pennsylvania. He was a farmer in Eden Twp., Lancaster County. Gilbert was a member of the Society of Friends (Quakers) and an abolitionist who helped, with family members Henry and Jacob Bushong, to run the Underground Railroad for runaway slaves during the Civil War at Bird-in-Hand, Pennsylvania.
- Edith D. Kinsey Paxson was born on 14 January 1836 and died 2 December 1914 in Chester County, Pennsylvania. She was the second daughter of Elwood H. Paxson and Elizabeth Moore White. She married Gilbert Bushong on 20 December 1855. The Bushongs owned a farm along what is now Valley Road, Route 372, on the eastern side of Eden Twp. and received their mail at May Post Office. They are buried together at Sadsbury Meeting Cemetery in Chester County.
- Children of Gilbert and Edith Bushong:
- 1. Dr. Charles Henry Bushong (1 October 1856-20 December 1903). He was married twice, to sisters who were twins, Anna W. Keene and Nora E. Keene. One died and he married the other.
- 2. Frances E. Bushong (18 May 1858-16 November 1861).
- 3. Marion E. Bushong (20 March 1860-March 1937). She married Sanders M. Collins on 20 December 1884. Their children were Edith Bushong Collins (1886-1966) and Wallace Collins (b. 1899). Edith never married. She kept house for her father and was a school teacher. Wallace married Marion Chandler.
- 4. Marvin E. Bushong (7 June 1878-27 October 1936). He married Lydia Rakestraw on 10 September 1903. Their children were Henry Rakestraw Bushong (b. 28 July 1904) and Gertrude (b. 4 August 1909). At 21, Marvin was appointed a Justice of the Peace of Eden Twp. and in 1908 was elected Clerk of Quarter Sessions at Lancaster County. Later, he was associated with the Pennsylvania Water and Power Company, and in 1933 was vice-president of the Safe Harbor Water Power Corp.
- Date Range
- 1850-1862
- Year Range From
- 1850
- Year Range To
- 1862
- Creator
- Bushong, Gilbert, 1836-1911
- Storage Location
- LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
- Storage Room
- Archives South
- Storage Wall
- Side 08
- People
- Albright, Esther
- Alexander, James
- Alexander, Rachel
- Bacon, Martha
- Bacon, Tom
- Baer, Joel
- Baily, Rachel
- Bair, David
- Barnhouse, Pusey
- Barton, Mavis
- Beatol, Ely
- Beecher, Henry Ward
- Bernard, Louisa
- Bolton, Mary
- Bolton, Sallie
- Bolton, Susanna
- Bonsall, Daniel
- Bower, Hiram
- Bowers, H.
- Bromell, Isaac
- Brown, Elas
- Brown, John
- Bushing, Francis Elwood
- Bushong, Jesse G.
- Bushong, Anna W. Keene
- Bushong, Charles Henry
- Bushong, Edith D. Kinsey Paxson
- Bushong, Edith K.
- Bushong, Edwin
- Bushong, Esther Valentine
- Bushong, Frances E.
- Bushong, Gilbert
- Bushong, Henry
- Bushong, Henry Rakestraw
- Bushong, Israel
- Bushong, Jacob
- Bushong, John
- Bushong, Lydia Rakestraw
- Bushong, Margaret
- Bushong, Marion E.
- Bushong, Marvin E.
- Bushong, Mary
- Bushong, Nora E. Keene
- Bushong, Gertrude
- Carter, Benjamin
- Carter, John
- Carter, Tish
- Cato, Jesse
- Chanley, Hannah
- Clarkson, Mary Ann
- Coats, Simmons
- Colfax, Schuyler
- Collins, Edith Bushong
- Collins, Marion Chandler
- Collins, Marion E. Bushong
- Collins, Sanders M.
- Collins, Wallace
- Cooper, Elwood
- Cooper, H. W.
- Cooper, Mary
- Cramer, Cyrus
- Cramer, Sheldon
- Davis, Abner
- Dewberries, Nathan
- Dickinson, Annie
- Dingee, Hannah
- Dubell, Lydia Ann
- Dubree, Nathan
- Eavensen, Mary
- Eavensham, Alvin
- Eavensham, Martha Ellen
- Eavenson, Albin
- Eavenson, Alvin
- Eavenson, Elwood
- Eavenson, Emily
- Eavenson, Jones
- Eavenson, Mary
- Eckhart, William
- Eckman, Isaac
- Evenson, Pierce
- Everett, Hamilton
- Everett, Rebecca
- Everson, Reese
- Ferguson, Annie
- Field, Mary
- Fisher, Conrad
- Garrettson, Oliver
- Garrison, P.
- Garrison, William Lloyd
- Gauge, Elizabeth
- Gilbert, Abama
- Gilbert, Alben
- Gilbert, Amos
- Gilbert, Bell
- Gilbert, Catherine
- Gilbert, Emily
- Gilbert, Florence
- Gilbert, Hannah
- Gilbert, Harding
- Gilbert, Howard W.
- Gilbert, Jesse
- Gilbert, Joshua
- Gilbert, Mary
- Gilbert, Newton
- Gilbert, Omar
- Gilbert, Sallie
- Gilbert, Sarah
- Gillton, Theodore
- Gockley, Annie
- Gockley, Sebastian
- Grant, Ulysses S.
- Green, Louisa
- Griest, Ellwood
- Hanna, Edie
- Harding, Isaac
- Haslem, William
- Hauches, Phebe
- Hauser, Edie
- Hawkes, Joseph
- Hayes, Mrs. William
- Hayes, Nathaniel
- Heaslem, William
- Heidelbaugh, Margaret
- Heidlebaugh, Albert
- Heidlebaugh, Milton
- Heidlebaugh, Samuel
- Heidlebaugh, Susan
- Hensel, George
- Herr, Anna
- Hicks, Rachel
- Hobson, Jane
- Hobson, Phebe
- Hobson, Thebe
- Hobson, Thomas
- Hodson, John
- Holson, Irene
- Hood, James
- Hopkins, Hannah
- Hopkins, Maria
- Hopkins, Samuel
- Hopkins, Stanton
- Hoskens, John
- Houston, Joseph
- Hunt, John
- Hunter, Joe
- Hunter, John
- Hunter, Mary
- Jackson, James
- James, Harriet
- Johns, John
- Johns, Scott
- Johns, Susan
- Johnson, Hannah
- Johnson, Henry
- Johnson, Jacob
- Johnson, Martha
- Johnson, Mattie
- Johnson, Moses
- Johnson, Rachel
- Johnson, Sarah
- Johnston, Henry
- Johnston, Moses
- Jones, Emerson
- Jones, Emma
- Jones, Jael
- Jones, Mary
- Kauffman, Lewis
- Kennedy, Hal Patterson
- Kent, Nancy
- Kent, Vince
- Kern, Frank
- King, Anna
- King, Jerry
- King, Samuel
- Kirk, Benjamin
- Kirk, Sarah
- Kuhn, Lizzie
- Lamborne, Alicia
- Livingston, John B.
- Love, Alfred H.
- Lyle, William
- Marsh, Mary
- Marshlands, Belle
- Massey, Isaac
- Massey, Mary
- Massey, Samuel
- Matthew, Lydia
- Matthews, Thomas
- McClintick, Martha
- McGill, Eliza
- McGill, Sarah
- Mercer, Rachel
- Miller, Frank
- Miller, Joseph
- Minnich, Isaac
- Moore, Gainer
- Moore, Isaac
- Moore, Mary
- Morrison, Caroline
- Morrison, Emma
- Morrison, Henry
- Morrison, Joseph
- Moses, Thomas
- Murry, Harvey
- Neal, Susan
- Newswanger, Joseph E.
- Oran, James
- Parke, William
- Paxson, Alice
- Paxson, Alvin
- Paxson, Elizabeth Moore White
- Paxson, Elwood H.
- Paxson, Frankie
- Paxson, James
- Paxson, Matilda
- Paxson, Mavis
- Paxson, Tillie
- Peart, Lewis
- Peart, Rebecca
- Peart, Roland
- Pennock, Maggie
- Pickering, M. H.
- Pickering, Elias
- Pierce, Edith
- Pierce, George
- Pierce, Levi
- Proctor, Caroline
- Rakestraw, Abraham
- Rakestraw, Carrie
- Rakestraw, Connie
- Rakestraw, Eliza
- Rakestraw, Ester
- Rakestraw, Henry
- Rakestraw, Liddy
- Rakestraw, Mary
- Rakestraw, Sarah
- Rakestraw, William
- Resh, James
- Reynolds, John F.
- Rich, Sallie
- Risk, James
- Risk, Mary
- Ritz, Jack
- Roberts, Anna
- Roberts, Henry
- Roberts, Martha
- Robinson, Moses
- Rockey, Mrs. Jacob
- Royer, Hannah
- Rusel, James
- Russell, Mary B.
- Scott, Barbara
- Scott, John
- Sheldon, Hannah
- Sheldon, William
- Slate, Henry
- Slater, John
- South, Benjamin
- Sprecher, Jonathan
- Sproul, Anne
- Stauffer, Jacob
- Stauffer, John
- Stauffer, Mattie
- Stauffer, Mrs.
- Stauffer, Peter
- Stevens, Thaddeus
- Stowe, Mrs.
- Stuart, Mary
- Sutter, Joe
- Swisher, Patrick
- Taylor, Jacob
- Taylor, Joseph C.
- Thomas, Ann
- Thomas, Callie
- Thomas, Caroline
- Thomas, John
- Thomas, Orza A.
- Thompson, George
- Thompson, Harriet
- Valentine, Anna L.
- Valentine, Emmaline
- Valentine, Francis
- Valentine, Joseph
- Valentine, Rachel
- Valentine, Rebecca
- Valentine, Thomas
- Walker, John
- Walker, Washington
- Walter, Jesse
- Walters, George
- Watson, Matilda
- Way, Martha
- Webb, John P.
- Webster, Elizabeth
- Webster, Ezra
- Wells, Gilbert
- Wells, Joseph
- Wells, Mary
- Westley, Ellen
- Westley, Joseph
- Westly, John
- Whinney, Sarah Pusey
- White, Addie
- White, Clara
- White, Lettie
- White, Oliver
- Whitson, Ester
- Whitson, George
- Whitson, Jacob
- Whitson, Matilda
- Whitson, Merce
- Whitson, Micah
- Whitson, Moses
- Whitson, Thomas
- Whitson, Webster
- Whitson, William
- Wilhelm, Mrs.
- William, Henry
- Williams, Carrie
- Williams, Edwin
- Williams, Frank
- Williams, Henry
- Williams, Sue
- Wilson, Tillie
- Winston, George
- Withers, Anna
- Withers, Augustus
- Withers, William
- Zook, Morris
- Other Creators
- Bushong, Edith K., 1836-1914.
- Subjects
- African Americans--History
- Agriculture
- Bereavement
- Canning and preserving
- Enslaved persons--Emancipation
- Farms
- Health
- Housekeeping
- Mental health
- Quakers
- Seances
- Slavery
- Spiritualism
- United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865
- Search Terms
- Agriculture
- Barr's Bookstore
- Bereavement
- Births
- Canning and preserving
- Civil War
- Columbia - Wrightsville Bridge
- David Bear's Dry Goods
- Death
- Diaries
- Emancipation
- Farming
- Funerals
- Gardening
- Health
- Housekeeping
- Illnesses
- Lancaster County Mutual Insurance Company
- McGlaughlin's Auction
- Mental health
- Octoraro Relief Association
- Pennsylvania Institution for the Instruction of the Blind
- Persons of color
- Quakers
- Quarryville Aid Society
- Sadsbury Friends Meeting
- Seances
- Slavery
- Spiritualism
- Travel
- York Furnace
- Extent
- 1 box, 5 folders, .25 cubic ft.
- Object Name
- Archive
- Language
- English
- Object ID
- MG0278
- Location of Originals
- LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania
- Associated Material
- Family Papers, 1833-1872 at Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College
- Access Conditions / Restrictions
- Restrictions are noted at the item level.
- Copyright
- Collection may not be photocopied. Please contact Research Staff or Archives Staff with questions.
- Credit
- Bushong Diary Collection (MG-278), Folder #, LancasterHistory.org
- Classification
- MG0278
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Custodial History
- Processed, finding aid started by PK, Spring-Summer 2010; Finding aid completed by NS, RS, 2013.
- Collection
- History Collection: Person, John Fulton Reynolds
- Title
- General Reynolds' Belt
- Object ID
- 1947.002.2
- Date Range
- 1860-1870
1 image
- Title
- General Reynolds' Belt
- Description
- Brown leather belt with brass fasteners and brass buckle. Buckle cast brass construction with American Eagle motif.
- Date Range
- 1860-1870
- Year Range From
- 1860
- Year Range To
- 1870
- Storage Location
- LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
- Storage Room
- DAC
- Storage Wall
- Island 4
- Storage Cabinet
- Unit 21
- Storage Shelf
- Shelf 1
- Storage Container
- Box 0199
- People
- Reynolds, John Fulton
- Subcategory
- Clothing -- Accessory
- Object Name
- Belt
- Material
- Leather, Brass
- Condition
- Good
- Condition Date
- 2002-08-01
- Condition Notes
- Some repairs to buckle
- Object ID
- 1947.002.2
- Accession Number
- 1947.002
Images
- Collection
- Blueprints and Architectural Drawings
- Title
- Blueprints for building alterations and additions for John Reynolds
- Object ID
- BLUE_F040_JohnReynolds
- Date Range
- 1941/09/19
- Collection
- Blueprints and Architectural Drawings
- Title
- Blueprints for building alterations and additions for John Reynolds
- Description
- Alterations & Additions to Building for Mr. John Reynolds. 201 W. Vine St. Lancaster, PA. Henry Y. Shaub. Registered Architect. File No. 4121. 19 September 1941.
- Vine Street Elevation. Scale: 1/4''=One Foot. 3/4'' Scale Detail of New Entrance to Store 1/2'' Elevation, 1/2'' Plan, Section, Section at Show Window. Sheet No. 2.
- Foundation Plan, First Floor Plan, Second Floor Plan. Scale: 1/4''=One Foot. Sheet No. 1.
- Date Range
- 1941/09/19
- Creation Date
- 19 September 1941
- Creator
- Shaub, Henry Yeagley, 1887-1970
- Storage Location
- LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
- Storage Room
- Archives West
- Storage Cabinet
- Flat Files
- Storage Container
- Folder 040
- Subjects
- Architectural drawings
- Blueprints
- Search Terms
- Architectural plans
- Blueprints
- Lancaster
- Extent
- 2 items
- Object Name
- Blueprint
- Language
- English
- Object ID
- BLUE_F040_JohnReynolds
- Location of Originals
- LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania
- Notes
- Preferred Citation: Title or description of item, date (day, month, year), Collection Title (MG#), Box #, Folder #, (or Object ID), LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania. URL if applicable. Date accessed (day, month, year).
- Access Conditions / Restrictions
- Please make an appointment by contacting the Research Staff at Research@LancasterHistory.org prior to visit.
- Copyright
- Collection 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.
- Description Level
- Item
- Custodial History
- Cataloged by BW, Fall 2010. Add to database 14 October 2023.
- Collection
- History Collection: Person, John Fulton Reynolds
- Object ID
- 2002.128
- Date Range
- June 22, 1851
- Description
- Framed diploma of John Fulton Reynolds from West Point, June 22nd, 1851.
- Date Range
- June 22, 1851
- Year Range From
- 1851
- Year Range To
- 1851
- People
- Reynolds, John Fulton
- Subcategory
- Documentary Artifact
- Object Name
- Diploma
- Material
- Paper
- Height (in)
- 19
- Width (in)
- 16.125
- Depth (in)
- 0.5
- Condition
- Good
- Object ID
- 2002.128
- Collection
- Commissioners' Orders for Payment
- Title
- Commissioners' order for payment
- Object ID
- CommOrder 1826 #585
- Collection
- Commissioners' Orders for Payment
- Title
- Commissioners' order for payment
- Description
- This record group contains canceled orders that were issued by the county commissioners for payment to be made by the county treasurer. The orders show date, order number, amount, name of payee, purpose, and signatures of the county commissioners. In the case of "poor children," teachers were reimbursed by the county for tuition and/or the supplies purchased for students whose parents were unable to pay. Orders include: Poor Children, Almshouse, Bridges, Coroners' Inquests, Prisons, Roads, Court House, and Tax Exonerations.
- System of Arrangement
- The record group is organized chronologically, then arranged by order number within each year.
- Date of Accumulation
- 1810-1901
- Creator
- County Commissioners
- Storage Location
- LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
- Storage Container
- Box 0007
- People
- Reynolds, John
- Subcategory
- Documentary Artifact
- Search Terms
- Lancaster
- Courthouses
- Commissioners' Orders for Payment
- Place
- Lancaster
- Extent
- 70 boxes (35 cubic ft.)
- Object Name
- Documents
- Language
- English
- Condition
- Fair
- Condition Date
- 2008-03-25
- Object ID
- CommOrder 1826 #585
- Box Number
- 007
- Notes
- Entered into Q & A Jun 5, 2001.
- Additional Notes
- Courthouse.
- Payment for printing done for the courthouse.
- Reynolds, John.
- 1 item. 1 piece.
- Access Conditions / Restrictions
- Request at research desk. Photocopy made by staff member.
- Classification
- RG 08-01 0510
- Description Level
- Item
- Collection
- Commissioners' Orders for Payment
- Title
- Commissioners' order for payment
- Object ID
- CommOrder 1826 #087
- Collection
- Commissioners' Orders for Payment
- Title
- Commissioners' order for payment
- Description
- This record group contains canceled orders that were issued by the county commissioners for payment to be made by the county treasurer. The orders show date, order number, amount, name of payee, purpose, and signatures of the county commissioners. In the case of "poor children," teachers were reimbursed by the county for tuition and/or the supplies purchased for students whose parents were unable to pay. Orders include: Poor Children, Almshouse, Bridges, Coroners' Inquests, Prisons, Roads, Court House, and Tax Exonerations.
- System of Arrangement
- The record group is organized chronologically, then arranged by order number within each year.
- Date of Accumulation
- 1810-1901
- Creator
- County Commissioners
- Storage Location
- LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
- Storage Container
- Box 0006
- People
- Reynolds, John
- Subcategory
- Documentary Artifact
- Search Terms
- Lancaster
- Courthouses
- Commissioners' Orders for Payment
- Place
- Lancaster
- Extent
- 70 boxes (35 cubic ft.)
- Object Name
- Documents
- Language
- English
- Condition
- Fair
- Condition Date
- 2008-03-25
- Object ID
- CommOrder 1826 #087
- Box Number
- 006
- Notes
- Entered into Q & A May 29, 2001.
- Additional Notes
- Courthouse.
- Payment for printing and advertising.
- Reynolds, John.
- 1 item. 1 piece.
- Access Conditions / Restrictions
- Request at research desk. Photocopy made by staff member.
- Classification
- RG 08-01 0510
- Description Level
- Item
- Collection
- Commissioners' Orders for Payment
- Title
- Commissioners' order for payment
- Object ID
- CommOrder 1829 #082
- Collection
- Commissioners' Orders for Payment
- Title
- Commissioners' order for payment
- Description
- This record group contains canceled orders that were issued by the county commissioners for payment to be made by the county treasurer. The orders show date, order number, amount, name of payee, purpose, and signatures of the county commissioners. In the case of "poor children," teachers were reimbursed by the county for tuition and/or the supplies purchased for students whose parents were unable to pay. Orders include: Poor Children, Almshouse, Bridges, Coroners' Inquests, Prisons, Roads, Court House, and Tax Exonerations.
- System of Arrangement
- The record group is organized chronologically, then arranged by order number within each year.
- Date of Accumulation
- 1810-1901
- Creator
- County Commissioners
- Storage Location
- LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
- Storage Container
- Box 0009
- People
- Reynolds, John
- Subcategory
- Documentary Artifact
- Search Terms
- Lancaster
- Courthouses
- Commissioners' Orders for Payment
- Place
- Lancaster
- Extent
- 70 boxes (35 cubic ft.)
- Object Name
- Documents
- Language
- English
- Condition
- Fair
- Condition Date
- 2008-03-25
- Object ID
- CommOrder 1829 #082
- Box Number
- 009
- Notes
- Entered into Q&A Jul 24, 2001.
- Additional Notes
- Courthouse.
- Payment for printing.
- Reynolds, John.
- 1 item. 1 piece.
- Access Conditions / Restrictions
- Request at research desk. Photocopy made by staff member.
- Classification
- RG 08-01 0510
- Description Level
- Item