Terms of manumission of Fanny, presented to the Justices of the Peace of Maryland by Jeremiah Heaton. Received and recorded in Harford County, 22 July 1809. Certified 4 November 1813.
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Other Numbers
MG-240, Series 2
Other Number
MG-240, Series 2, Folder 9, Item 2
Classification
MG0240
Description Level
Item
Custodial History
Transferred from Document Collection, Case 1 and cataloged June 2007. Added to database on 26 January 2022.
The items in Folder 9 are all attached at the corner with sealing wax.
Digitization of this document was funded by the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, PHMC Appl ID # 202010016624, 2020-2023.
Photo album with marbelized cover and 40 plastic sleeves. 12 contain photos and notes related to Lancaster's Bicentennial celebration. Handwritten on card on first page: "June 10, 1992/ These documents from the City Safe were taken to The Conservation Centre for Art, Historic Artifacts in Philadelphia for restoration and preservation. Here are before and after pictures of
a. The Lancaster Corporation Book, 1742
b. The Charter of the City of Lancaster, 1742
c. The Plot Plan of the City of Lancaster, (?)
...Jarvis "(signature)
On page 14, handwritten on a card: "This was the metal box in which the Charter was stored until someone framed it and exposed it to the light."
On page 19: "This is the Plot Plan which needs to be studied. It has the drawing of gentleman X on the reverse side. Who drew this?"
Portrait of young gentleman. Fairly faded out. Water marks/stains, one around right eye of man (viewer's left) in decorative bronze-colored frame with glass narrow gold-colored braid around edge. All with a red velvet rectangle. On the red velvet lining of the lid/cover: "Addis (?) s Lancaster Gallery/ NE Corner of Centre Square & N. Queen St." Black container has decorative motifs on front and back.
Encased ambrotype, circa 1865, of Rosine Etta (Hubley) Herr (1850-1889). Seated in plaid dress by a column, in a composition case with gold trim and lined with red velvet.
Odd Fellows Fraternal Apron. Flat piece shaped like a pocket with blackened metallic braid hand-stitched around sides, bottom and a pocket-shaped edge at the top. The top outside edge is bare. Pleated red silk, 3/4-inch wide, has been sewn beneath the braid. Printed on the silk: An eye, top center, on the faux tab, "I.O.O.F." Beneath is a printed banner with "Friendship, Love & Truth." Back is heavy fabric.
Tag: "From Trunk w. George Willson Chapeaux"
Stamped on back: "From H.A. LANTZ Reading, PA"
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Storage Room
DAC
Storage Wall
Island 4
Storage Cabinet
Unit 18
Storage Shelf
Shelf 2
Storage Container
Box 0318
Object Name
Apron, Fraternal
Length (cm)
33.02
Length (ft)
1.0833333333
Length (in)
13
Width (cm)
35.56
Width (ft)
1.1666666667
Width (in)
14
Condition Date
2018-04-18
Condition Notes
All the pleated silk fringes on the outside edge have broken off as well as some on the inside.
Commercially-made Masonic Ceremonial Apron. Top is bound with blue twill tape extending 32 inches on both sides. Front of white lambskin with white leather tab that folds up. Back is blue polished cotton, folded to front to bind sides and bottom edge. Edges of tab also bound in blue cotton. In black ink, beneath flap, "Worn by David B. Willson, Sept. 26 A.D. 1873 - Dedication, New Masonic Temple, acting Junior Warden pro-tempore - Columbia Lodge, No. 186, Col'a Pa."
Dedication of New Masonic Temple, Columbia Lodge, No. 186
Masonic Manufacturing & Publishing, No. 31 S 4th St., Philadelphia
White bib apron (25% cotton/ 75% poly) to go with dress (2019.001.5 A). "Large" size apron has panels gathered with bib attached at waist both front and back. Front is buttoned to back on sides at waist. Two (7.5" long x 8" wide) pockets on front panel sides, 7 inches below waist band. Saint Joseph Hospital School of Nursing, Lancaster. Fashion Class-Mates.
2-piece white starched cotton apron: bib front (with label) & 3.5-inch wide shoulder straps that are pinned in the back to the 2.5-inch waist band of the gathered skirt. Tab attached to inside front center of waistband with stamped: "Attach Bib here". Bib is hand-stitched to tab. Skirt opens in back. 2 buttonholes with 2 different white 2-holed shell buttons. This apron is paired with dress, 2019.001.7 A. Saint Joseph Hospital School of Nursing, Lancaster.
Full front bibbed white cotton apron. Bands go over shoulders & are crossed in the back before they are pinned to the skirt. There are 2 buttonholes on each side of the waistband where the gathered skirt closes in the back. Bib is machine sewn to the skirt. Both have sewn-on labels in the front. Saint Joseph Hospital School of Nursing, Lancaster.
Floor-length white cotton apron with 6" high gathered bib machine sewn to 2.5-inch waist band for gathered skirt apron open in the back. 2 bands attached to bib go over shoulders & are crossed in the back before they are pinned to the skirt. There are 2 buttonholes on each side of the waist band. Labels sewn onto both bib & skirt in front. Saint Joseph Hospital School of Nursing, Lancaster.