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Manuscripts

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 155 Collections and/or Records:

Lewisberry Society of Social Friends receipt book

 Collection — Box Box 1
Identifier: 003-MS 24
Scope and Contents

Receipt book (205 p. ; 22 cm.) contains receipts signed by members of the Lewisberry Society of Social Friends from July 16, 1847 to Dec. 28, 1861. Following the receipts are cures for sickness in horses attributed to Jacob F. Krone dated from the 1860's to 1878. A draft of a pension claim for Andrew Z. Brubaker of the 200th Pennsylvania Infantry is also included.

Dates: 1847-1901

List of U.S. Government Securities

 Collection — Box 1 folder
Identifier: MS-115
Scope and Contents

Record book of United States bond sales from July 30 to October 1, 1861. Documents the type of bond, the amount and the name of purchaser.

Dates: 30 July - 1 October 1861

Lloyd Mifflin-William Uhler Hensel papers

 Collection — Box Box 1
Identifier: 003-MS 48
Scope and Contents Correspondence and poems. Contains correspondence from Lloyd Mifflin to Lancaster Pa. attorney William Uhler Hensel dated from 1905 to 1909.  Includes three unpublished poems by Mifflin dated 1910 and 1914.  Also includes a letter from George Wharton Pepper to Hensel thanking him for a book of Mifflin's sonnets. A poem by Edward Robeson Taylor inscribed "To Lloyd Mifflin on receiving from him a copy of his 'Flower and Thorn'" and apparently presented to Mifflin by Hensel is also part of the...
Dates: 1905-1914

Mae Slater Wingenroth Postcard Collection

 Collection — Box Boxes 1-3
Identifier: MS-129
Scope and Contents

Postcards of schools and orphanages in Pennsylvania produced from the 1890's to the 1920's and collected by Mae Slater Wingenroth. Includes images of private and public schools, academies, orphanages, institutes, normal schools, training schools, colleges and universities.

Dates: 1890-1920

Marriott Brosius legal notebooks

 Collection — Box Box 1
Identifier: 003-MS 21
Scope and Contents

Law school notebooks kept by Marriott Brosius while he was a law student at the University of Michigan from 1867 to 1868. Includes lecture notes taken in classes taught by Thomas McIntyre Cooley and James Valentine Campbell.

Dates: 1867-1868

Martin and George Weidman receipt book

 Collection — Box Box 1
Identifier: 003-MS 46
Scope and Contents

edger. Contains the business receipts of Martin and George Weidman of Elizabeth Township, Pa.

Dates: 1831-1833

Martin E. Manning ledger

 Collection — Box Box 1
Identifier: 003-MS 15
Scope and Contents

Ledger containing the financial records of a farmer from Manor Township, Lancaster County Pa. Includes an alphabetical list of clients followed by an accounting of the services rendered each. Credit and debit entries, purchased items and costs are listed. Also includes the boarding accounts of George Manning.

Dates: 1846-1885

Mary Rhoads Autograph Book

 Collection — Box Box 1
Identifier: 003-MS 10
Scope and Contents

Includes autographs from individuals residing in Lancaster, Chester, Berks and Schuylkill counties between 1855 and 1884. The bulk of the signatures are from West Chester, Pottstown and Amity, Pa.

Dates: 1855-1884

Mennonite Soldier

 Collection — Box Box 1
Identifier: 003-MS 4
Scope and Contents

Final draft of Kenneth Reed's published novel of the same title.

Dates: 1973

Michael Hoke Account Ledger

 Collection — Box 1 folder
Identifier: MS-124
Scope and Contents

Account ledger containing the business records of Michael Hoke, a tanner and dealer in leather goods in York County, Pa. The ledger lists customer names, services rendered by Hoke, and the cost of items purchased.  An index to the customer names listed in the volume is also provided.

Dates: 1809-1818