- Collection
- Whitson & Sproul Collection
- Title
- Whitson & Sproul Collection
- Object ID
- MG0151
- Date Range
- 1847-1869
Business cards
Business records
Christiana
Coal
Columbia
Correspondence
Drumore Twp.
Dunwoody, Philadelphia
Finding aids
Grain
Guardians
Ledgers
Letters
Lumber
Manor Twp.
Manuscript groups
Philadelphia Railroad
Probate records
Receipts
Sadsbury Forge
Sadsbury Twp.
Stocks
Strasburg
Tobacco
Vetterlein Co
1 document
- Collection
- Whitson & Sproul Collection
- Title
- Whitson & Sproul Collection
- Description
- This collection consists of business records for Whitson & Sproul of Christiana, Lancaster County and documents related to estate settlements. The business records include a ledger, letters and statements concerning the sale and purchase of various materials. One letter mentions the 1860 election of "Old Abe." The receipts and court documents consist primarily of receipts, releases, and sale agreements relating to the settlement of the estates of James Sproul and Moses Whitson.
- Date Range
- 1847-1869
- Year Range From
- 1847
- Year Range To
- 1869
- Date of Accumulation
- 1847-1869
- Creator
- Whitson & Sproul
- Storage Location
- LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
- Storage Room
- Archives South
- Storage Wall
- Side 04
- People
- Armstrong, James
- Aulthouse, George
- Boyd, John A.
- Brady, John
- Brown, Jeremiah
- Coates, Lindley
- Collins, Eliza
- Collins, James
- Cooper, James
- Cooper, John
- Dickinson, Joseph C.
- Frame, Benjamin
- Hamilton, T. J.
- Hawthorn, G. C.
- Hess, J. G.
- Iddings, Harriet J.
- Irwin, Ellis P.
- Irwin, George W.
- Johnston, James
- Johnston, Robert
- Lefever, Daniel
- Lewis, Samuel
- Lincoln, Abraham
- May, Daniel W.
- Meiditch, John
- Moore, Jeremiah
- Morrison, George
- Paxson, Elma E.
- Paxson, Franklin G.
- Paxson, Latitia Ann
- Pownall, Joseph
- Pownall, Moses
- Pusey, John
- Retzer, John
- Rohrer, J. S.
- Roland, John
- Russel, John N.
- Smith, Edward K.
- Sproul, Annie
- Sproul, Charles N.
- Sproul, James
- Steele, Margaret
- Steele, William W.
- Thompson, Jesse
- Whitson, Jacob T.
- Whitson, Micah
- Whitson, Moses
- Wright, James
- Subjects
- Business records
- Letters
- Probate records
- Search Terms
- Agreements
- Bart Twp.
- Boldin and Wartmun
- Business cards
- Business records
- Christiana
- Coal
- Columbia
- Correspondence
- Drumore Twp.
- Dunwoody, Philadelphia
- Finding aids
- Grain
- Guardians
- Ledgers
- Letters
- Lumber
- Manor Twp.
- Manuscript groups
- Philadelphia Railroad
- Probate records
- Receipts
- Sadsbury Forge
- Sadsbury Twp.
- Stocks
- Strasburg
- Tobacco
- Vetterlein Co.
- West Philadelphia Railroad
- Whitson and Sproul
- Widows
- Extent
- 1 box, 2 folders, .25 cubic ft.
- Object Name
- Archive
- Language
- English
- Object ID
- MG0151
- Location of Originals
- LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania
- Notes
- Preferred Citation: Whitson & Sproul Collection (MG0151), 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-151
- Classification
- MG0151
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Custodial History
- The collection was cataloged and the finding aid was prepared in 1998-1999 by DT. Added to database 29 September 2021.
Documents
- Collection
- Liquor License Papers
- Title
- Liquor License Papers
- System of Arrangement
- Arranged by municipalities by year.
- Year
- 1858
- Storage Location
- LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
- Storage Container
- Box 0026
- Subcategory
- Documentary Artifact
- Search Terms
- Sadsbury Twp.
- Place
- Sadsbury Twp.
- Object Name
- Documents
- Language
- English
- Condition
- Fair
- Object ID
- Tav 1858 F39 I03
- Box Number
- 026
- Additional Notes
- Bond: Joseph C. Dickinson, D. P. Shuler.
- Receipt.
- 2 items, 2 pieces
- Access Conditions / Restrictions
- Request at Reference Desk; photocopy made by staff member.
- Classification
- RG 02-00 0602
- Description Level
- Item
- Collection
- Commissioners' Orders for Payment
- Title
- Commissioners' order for payment
- Object ID
- CommOrder 1827 #622
- Date Range
- 1827
- 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 Range
- 1827
- Date of Accumulation
- 1810-1901
- Creator
- County Commissioners
- Storage Location
- LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
- Storage Container
- Box 0008
- People
- Beaty, James
- Beaty, Lavinia
- Hayburn, Charity
- Hayburn, Christian
- Hayburn, James
- Hayburn, Mary Jane
- Hayburn, Matilda
- Hemphill, Caroline
- Hemphill, John
- Hoven, Davis
- Hoven, Jacob
- Hoven, Mathias
- Jenkins, Jane
- Jenkins, William
- McMin, Eliza
- McMin, Hugh
- McMin, James
- McMin, Mary Ann
- McMin, Rachal
- McMin, Robert
- Mulhollan, Mary Ann
- Mulhollan, William
- Reed, Thomas
- Reed, Elizabeth
- Reed, George
- Rogers, Elisa Jane
- Rogers, Fredrick
- Rogers, Uriah
- Walton, Annah
- Walton, George
- Walton, Henry
- Walton, Isaac
- Subcategory
- Documentary Artifact
- Search Terms
- Sadsbury Twp.
- Poor children
- Commissioners' Orders for Payment
- Place
- Sadsbury Twp.
- Extent
- 70 boxes (35 cubic tabard.)
- Object Name
- Documents
- Language
- English
- Condition
- Fair
- Condition Date
- 2008-03-25
- Object ID
- CommOrder 1827 #622
- Box Number
- 008
- Notes
- Entered into Q & A 1994/10/12.
- .
- Additional Notes
- List of poor children in Sadsbury Twp.
- Beaty, James. Father of Beaty, Lavinia, age 10.
- Hayburn, Christian. Father of Hayburn, Charity, age 11; Hayburn, James, age 5; Hayburn, Mary Jane, age 7; Hayburn, Matilda, age 9.
- Hemphill, John. Father of Hemphill, Caroline, age 9; Hemphill, John, age 7.
- Jenkins, Jane. Mother of Jenkins, Jenkins, William, age 10.
- Hoven, Mathias. Father of Hoven, Davis, age 6; Hoven, Jacob, age 8.
- Mulhollan, William. Father of Mulhollan, Mary Ann, age 9; Mulhollan, William, age 6;
- McMin, Hugh. Father of McMin, Eliza, age 8; McMin, Rachal, age 10; McMin, Mary Ann, age 9.
- McMin, Robert. Father of McMin, James, age 7.
- Rogers, Fredrick. Father of Rogers, Elisa Jane, age 7; Rogers, Uriah, age 9.
- Reed, Elizabeth. Mother of Reed, George, age 9; Reed, Thomas, age 7.
- Walton, Henry. Father of Walton, Annah, age 7; Walton, George, age 11; Walton, Isaac, age 9.
- 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 1830 #601
- 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
- Year
- 1830
- Creator
- County Commissioners
- Storage Location
- LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
- Storage Container
- Box 0011
- People
- Armstrong, Jule Ann
- Armstrong, Sarah
- Boughter, Catharine
- Boughter, Elizabeth
- Bryan, James M.
- Buchanan, Alunza
- Cain, Hannah
- Cain, John
- Cain, Sarah
- Carpenter, John
- Carpenter, Martin
- Connelly, Jesse
- Connelly, Susan Ann
- Connelly, William H.
- Cooper, Harrisson
- Cooper, Philenah
- Davis, Eliza
- Davis, Sarah
- Dungan, Amanda
- Dungan, William S.
- Faux, Margarett
- Faux, Mary Ann
- Graul, George
- Graul, John
- Hallon, Elizabeth Mary
- Hallon, Phebe Ann
- Hallon, William
- Hayburn, James
- Hayburn, Jane Mary
- Hemphill, Caroline
- Hemphill, John
- Hemphill, Samuel
- Hooven, Davis
- Hooven, Jacob
- Hooven, Priscilla
- Hoss, Harriet
- Hoss, Jacob B.
- Laughhead, Eliza Ann
- Laughhead, James H.
- Mathew, John
- Mathew, Margarett
- McMin, James
- Menaugh, Caroline C.
- Mulhollin, Mary Ann
- Pagett, Ann
- Pickel, Mary Ann
- Pugh, Hannah
- Pugh, Jane
- Pugh, Merab
- Quigley, Windfield S.
- Reed, Mary
- Reed, Thomas
- Rogers, Eliza
- Rogers, Mary Ann
- Russel, Charlott
- Russel, Joshua
- Skean, Benjamin
- Skean, Harman
- Smith, Harriet
- Smith, John
- Walton, Ann
- Walton, Isaac
- Walton, Richard
- Search Terms
- Sadsbury Twp.
- Poor children
- Commissioners' Orders for Payment
- Place
- Sadsbury Twp.
- Extent
- 70 boxes (35 cubic ft.)
- Object Name
- Documents
- Language
- English
- Condition
- Fair
- Condition Date
- 2008-03-25
- Object ID
- CommOrder 1830 #601
- Box Number
- 011
- Notes
- Entered into Q&A 1995/09/14.
- Additional Notes
- Poor children.
- NAMES TAKEN FROM LANCASTER COUNTY TAX LISTS.
- Armstrong, Jule Ann. Age 10.
- Armstrong, Sarah. Age 8.
- Boughter, Cathrine. Age 8.
- Boughter, Elizabeth. Age 11.
- Bryan, James M. Age 7.
- Buchanan, Alunza. Age 7.
- Cain, Hannah. Age 11.
- Cain, John. Age 10.
- Cain, Sarah. Age 7.
- Carpenter, John. Age 9.
- Carpenter, Martin. Age 8.
- Connelly, Jesse. Age 8.
- Connelly, Susan Ann, age 11. Connelly, William H., age 11. Twins.
- Cooper, Harrisson. Age 8.
- Cooper, Philenah. Age 9.
- Davis, Eliza. Age 9.
- Davis, Sarah. Age 7.
- Dungan, Amanda. Age 8.
- Dungan, William S. Age 10.
- Faux, Margarett. Age 11.
- Faux, Mary Ann. Age 10.
- Graul, George. Age 9.
- Graul, John. Age 10.
- Hallon, Elizabeth Mary. Age 6.
- Hallon, Phebe Ann. Age 9.
- Hallon, William. Age 11.
- Hayburn, James. Age 11.
- Hayburn, Jane Mary. Age 11.
- Hemphill, Caroline, Age 11.
- Hemphill, John. Age 10.
- Hemphill, Samuel. Age 6.
- Hooven, Davis. Age 10.
- Hooven, Jacob. Age 11.
- Hooven, Priscilla. Age 8.
- Hoss, Harriet. Age 8.
- Hoss, Jacob B. Age 5.
- Laughhead, Eliza Ann. Age 8.
- Laughhead, James H. Age 10.
- Mathew, John. Age 8.
- Mathew, Margarett. Age 10.
- McMin, James. Age 10.
- Menaugh, Caroline C. Age 9.
- Mulhollin, Mary Ann. Age 10.
- Pagett, Ann. Age 9.
- Pickel, Mary Ann. Age 6.
- Pugh, Hannah. Age 8.
- Pugh, Jane. Age 9.
- Pugh, Merab. Age 6.
- Quigley, Windfield S. Age 10.
- Reed, Mary. Age 7.
- Reed, Thomas. Age 10.
- Rogers, Eliza. Age 8.
- Rogers, Mary Ann. Age 10.
- Russel, Charlott. Age 10.
- Russel, Joshua. Age 5.
- Skean, Benjamin. Age 6.
- Skean, Harman. Age 10.
- Smith, Harriet. Age 7.
- Smith, John. Age 10.
- Walton, Ann. Age 9.
- Walton, Isaac. Age 11.
- Walton, Richard. Age 7.
- 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
- Liquor License Papers
- Title
- Liquor License Papers
- System of Arrangement
- Arranged by municipalities by year.
- Year
- 1861
- Storage Location
- LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
- Storage Container
- Box 0028
- Subcategory
- Documentary Artifact
- Search Terms
- Sadsbury Twp.
- Place
- Sadsbury Twp.
- Object Name
- Documents
- Language
- English
- Condition
- Fair
- Object ID
- Tav 1861 F32 I03
- Box Number
- 028
- Additional Notes
- Bond: Joseph C. Dickinson, D. T. Sheeler.
- Receipt to keep a tavern.
- 2 items, 1 piece
- Access Conditions / Restrictions
- Request at Reference Desk; photocopy made by staff member.
- Classification
- RG 02-00 0602
- Description Level
- Item
- Collection
- Liquor License Papers
- Title
- Liquor License Papers
- System of Arrangement
- Arranged by municipalities by year.
- Year
- 1854
- Storage Location
- LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
- Storage Container
- Box 0021
- People
- Cain, Milton
- Dickinson, Joseph C.
- Subcategory
- Documentary Artifact
- Search Terms
- Christiana, Sadsbury Twp.
- Place
- Christiana, Sadsbury Twp.
- Object Name
- Documents
- Language
- English
- Condition
- Fair
- Object ID
- Tav 1854 F36 I02
- Box Number
- 021
- Additional Notes
- Letter of support. of Milton Cain, and as a remonstrance against Joseph C. Dickinson.
- Signers of Petition: [unknown signature], C. Umble, Nathaniel Ellmaker Jr., J. W. Rutter, William F. Baker, John [Criley], John R. Owens, John [H. Taylor], William Brooks, Charles H. Booth, Daniel S. Smith, Alfred Bomgardner, Dwayne Gray, H. L. Rockey, Thomas Warner, A. Stewart, Joseph Clegg, William D. Noble, William Clegg, Henry Rodgers, Christopher Graham, William Robison, John Kinnard, W. C. [Arnat], David K. Tate, Nathan W. Milerwick, Joseph Large, Peter Rambo, John Chamberlin, Joseph Gormler, Franklin Homsher, John Homsher, William Linton, [ ] Calwell, Samuel D. Smoker, John W. Thompson, Winfield S. Kennedy, George Townsend, James W. Curry, Pusey S. Nichols, Thomas S. McIlvaine, James H. Houston, Jacob Umble, John [Carvell], Isaac Albright, Enoch Passmore Jr., Charles M. Ludwick, Hugh Rambo, William Millar, Isaac C. [Krempser], Abraham Baker, J. B. Elliott, John H. Kendig, David B. Stott, John Greenwood, Robert A. Harnish, William Wright, John Boon, James M. Dare, William Beddis, James Noble, John A. McLaughlin, Samuel J. Boone, Samuel Johnson, Lloyd Oakfords, John McFillin, Jacob Heidlebaugh, John D. Laverty, D. W. Crawford, John Reynolds, R. Jackson, A. F. Barber, David Shultz, Thomas Cox, Thomas [Mireer], David Fulmer, James Gilleland, Robert Evans, T. Murphy, Martin Bear, John Tearon, William Todd, John Gallagher.
- 1 item, 1 piece
- Access Conditions / Restrictions
- Request at Reference Desk; photocopy made by staff member.
- Classification
- RG 02-00 0602
- Description Level
- Item
- Collection
- Liquor License Papers
- Title
- Liquor License Papers
- System of Arrangement
- Arranged by municipalities by year.
- Year
- 1854
- Storage Location
- LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
- Storage Container
- Box 0021
- People
- Dickinson, Joseph C.
- Subcategory
- Documentary Artifact
- Search Terms
- Sadsbury Twp.
- Place
- Sadsbury Twp.
- Object Name
- Documents
- Language
- English
- Condition
- Fair
- Object ID
- Tav 1854 F36 I03
- Box Number
- 021
- Additional Notes
- Remonstrance.
- Rule to show cause.
- May term.
- Signers of Petition: Samuel J. Boon, John Boon, Jeremiah Moore, Nathaniel Gillespie, A. Stewart, [D. H. Lyte], Philip Bush, Samuel Johnson, John A. McLaughlin, John H. Taylor, Henry Brosius, W. F. P. Noble.
- 2 items, 2 pieces
- Access Conditions / Restrictions
- Request at Reference Desk; photocopy made by staff member.
- Classification
- RG 02-00 0602
- Description Level
- Item
- Collection
- Liquor License Papers
- Title
- Liquor License Papers
- System of Arrangement
- Arranged by municipalities by year.
- Year
- 1854
- Storage Location
- LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
- Storage Container
- Box 0021
- People
- Dickinson, Joseph C.
- Subcategory
- Documentary Artifact
- Search Terms
- Christiana, Sadsbury Twp.
- Place
- Christiana, Sadsbury Twp.
- Object Name
- Documents
- Language
- English
- Condition
- Good
- Object ID
- Tav 1854 F36 I04
- Box Number
- 021
- Additional Notes
- Petition of support.
- April term.
- Signers of Petition: J. D. Pownall, D. Hood, Henry Pownall, J. B. Pugh, John Potts, James Booth, Elijah [Bugh], A. P. Patterson, J. R. Townsend, [ ] Fairlamb, Martin Wilson, Thomas H. Pownall, James Coates, James H. Longhead, William J. Ross, Thomas Warner, James M. Dare, David F. Tate, W. R. Mitchell, James Divine, George Whitson, John D. Miller, Joseph Clegg, Nathaniel Gillespie, David Shuber, William Nelings, Henry W. [Rhay], [unknown signature], William M. Noble, James Vaugherty, Enos Pennock, William Clegg, Thomas Warner, Joseph Hughes, J. P. Scarlett, John Johnson, Charles Cloud, Jonathan Booth, S. Slokom, Irvin Nicholson, William M. Chamberlin, John Townsend, Morris r. Wilkinson, Lewis Cooper, Robert B. Simmons, Nelson Divine, Simeon B. Pownall, William L. Miller, Arthur Yeager, John Houston Jr., William D. McLaughlin, Slater Brown, G. Morrison, Joseph C. Stubbs, J. H. Clendenin, John A. McLaughlin, Samuel Johnson, Joseph McGowan, Cyrus Moore, William Brison,John Faran, William [Reddig], Wallace Neill, James W. Curry, Joseph Davis, Robert Stube, Henry McCann, William F. Rea, George Brooks, J. B. Brooks, Joseph Wright, Ethelbert Rees, Samuel A. Hughes, Thomas Wright, Samuel Pennell.
- 1 item, 1 piece
- Access Conditions / Restrictions
- Request at Reference Desk; photocopy made by staff member.
- Classification
- RG 02-00 0602
- Description Level
- Item
- Collection
- Liquor License Papers
- Title
- Liquor License Papers
- System of Arrangement
- Arranged by municipalities by year.
- Year
- 1854
- Storage Location
- LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
- Storage Container
- Box 0021
- People
- Dickinson, Joseph C.
- Subcategory
- Documentary Artifact
- Search Terms
- Christiana, Sadsbury Twp.
- Place
- Christiana, Sadsbury Twp.
- Object Name
- Documents
- Language
- English
- Condition
- Good
- Object ID
- Tav 1854 F36 I05
- Box Number
- 021
- Additional Notes
- Remonstrance.
- April term.
- Signers of Petition: Simon S. Warner, James Bryan, John A. McLaughlin, Milton Cooper, Cyrus Hartley, William D. Slack, Washington Peirce, Andrew P. Moore, Samuel J. Boon, Joseph Moore, Isaac Moore, Andrew Moore, Simmons Coates, Lindley Coates, Cyrus Brinton, Samuel Brinton, Jason D. Caruthers, A. W. Cain, [R. W. Kemble], Henry Brosius, Lewis Cooper, Isaac Walker, John Warner, James F. Cowan, Charles Rees, James Williams, Thomas Whitson, Joseph W. Fawkes, [S. S. Debrey], Andrew Shannon, Othniel Geiger, Andrew Shannon.
- 1 item, 1 piece
- Access Conditions / Restrictions
- Request at Reference Desk; photocopy made by staff member.
- Classification
- RG 02-00 0602
- Description Level
- Item
- Collection
- Liquor License Papers
- Title
- Liquor License Papers
- System of Arrangement
- Arranged by municipalities by year.
- Year
- 1854
- Storage Location
- LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
- Storage Container
- Box 0021
- People
- Dickinson, Joseph C.
- Subcategory
- Documentary Artifact
- Search Terms
- Christiana, Sadsbury Twp.
- Place
- Christiana, Sadsbury Twp.
- Object Name
- Documents
- Language
- English
- Condition
- Good
- Object ID
- Tav 1854 F36 I06
- Box Number
- 021
- Additional Notes
- April term.
- Signers of Petition: Hiram Kinnard, John Potts, John D. Miller, Philip Hathaway, Ambrose Pownall, David F. Welsh, James Reed, Nelson Divine, James D. Reed, Nathaniel Gillespie, Christopher Corbitt, William M. Noble, William F. Rea, Irwin Nicholson.
- 1 item, 1 piece
- Access Conditions / Restrictions
- Request at Reference Desk; photocopy made by staff member.
- Classification
- RG 02-00 0602
- Description Level
- Item