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003. Manuscript Collections

 Record Group
Identifier: 003
Manuscript materials.

Found in 209 Collections and/or Records:

Warwick Township, Lancaster County, tax assessor records

 Collection — Box Box 1
Identifier: 003-MS 45
Scope and Contents

Ledger. Contains the preliminary notebooks of Lancaster County Pa. assessor George Geyer used for preparation of annual tax assessments in Warwick Township.  One book covers freeholders (property owners) and the other inmates (tenants) and single men.

Dates: 1840

West Earl Township School District records

 Collection — Box Box 1
Identifier: 003-MS 8
Scope and Contents

Ledger containing the minutes of the Board of Directors of the West Earl Township School District from 1848 to 1888. ‡b Includes monthly reports and financial records kept by the secretary of the Board.

Dates: Created: 1848-1888

West Willow School Board Records

 Collection — Box Box 1
Identifier: 003-MS 12
Scope and Contents

Ledger containing the monthly minutes of the West Willow School Board. ‡b Includes by-laws, forms, teacher contracts and miscellaneous ephemera relating to the School Board's activities.

Dates: Created: 1911-1914

William Beatty receipt book

 Collection — Box Box 1
Identifier: 003-MS 35
Scope and Contents

Receipt book. Consists of handwritten receipts for rent in Philadelphia, Columbia, Marietta, and other cities in southeastern Pennsylvania.

Dates: Created: 1832-1872

William H. Reiff Letter

 Collection
Identifier: 003-MS 447
Abstract

A letter recounting a skating party on Conestoga Creek by the Normal School students, in which the students were reprimanded for the young men and women skating together. This would have taken place in the mid-1870s when Reiff was a student. The letter is written to W.W. Griest (Class of 1876) and member of the House of Representatives, Washington, D.C.

Dates: Created: 25 July 1916

William L. Shimer cyphering books

 Collection — Box Box 1
Identifier: 003-MS 22
Scope and Contents

Cashbook, daybook, and cyphering book created by William L. Shimer from 1849 to 1852. Cashbook and daybook have entries from New York City dating to 1836 and a practice book with entry dates from 1852. Includes transactions with businesses and individuals from Bethlehem Township, Pa.

Dates: Created: 1836-1852; Other: Date acquired: 12/05/1990

William M. Wettig Business Records

 Collection — Box 1 box
Identifier: 003-MS 81
Scope and Contents

Ledger, cash records, and conditions of sale document. ‡b Ledger documents the daily business activities of William M. Wettig from April 1890 to April 1895. Names of customers, services rendered, and the cost of those services are included.

Dates: Created: 1890-1895

William R. Fieler and Brother Business Correspondence

 Collection — Box 1
Identifier: 003-MS 160
Abstract

Manuscript letters addressed to the principals in the firm of William R. Fieler and Brother.

Dates: Created: 1890-1892

York County bridge survey

 Collection — Box Box 1
Identifier: 003-MS 20
Scope and Contents

Survey ledger consists of over eighty black and white photographs adhered to forms printed for the York County Bridge Inspector. Describes each bridge by name, capacity, township, type, stream, superstructure and substructure, span, width, clearance, and pavings. Repairs with their dates and costs are also recorded. The bulk of the bridges surveyed were constructed from the 1890's to the 1930's.

Dates: Created: 1952-1954