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Manuscripts

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 155 Collections and/or Records:

Time table of through trains and arrangement of parlor, sleeping and hotel cars

 Collection — Box 1 folder
Identifier: 003-MS 114
Scope and Contents

1 timetable

Dates: Majority of material found in 1882

Tobias Stoneman financial papers

 Collection — Box Box 1
Identifier: 003-MS 61
Scope and Contents

Inventories, indenture to tenant farmers, security bonds, bills (nursing, housekeeping, and construction), public agreements, accounts against the estate and receipts of Tobias Stoneman of Lancaster County, Pa. ‡b Includes two documents signed by William Henry, treasurer of Lancaster County, Superintendent of Arms and Accoutrements, North Continental Army, and delegate to the Continental Congress.

Dates: Created: 1763-1792; Other: Date acquired: 12/07/1985

Union Canal Company of Pennsylvania legislative acts and note

 Collection — Box 1 folder
Identifier: 003-MS 101
Scope and Contents Printed legislative acts, manuscript note relating to the establishment and operation of the Union Canal Company of Pennsylvania. ‡b Includes Pennsylvania Senate Act, printed by Wm. Greer, dated Feb. 21, 1811, entitled "No. 141. Senate file ... An act to incorporate the Union Canal Company of Pennsylvania" and "Amendments to bill No. 91 H.R." relating to the Union Canal.  Handwritten notations of committee members and a list of those who voted in favor of the bill appear on the documents.  A...
Dates: Created: 1811-1827

W. Pease, Lancr fecit.

 Collection
Identifier: 003-MS 416
Dates: Created: 1980; Other: Date acquired: 12/06/2003

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

Werner Enninger Pennsylvania German Dialect collection.

 Collection
Identifier: MS-406
Scope and Contents

Typescripts of papers written and published by Werner Enninger regarding the Amish.

Dates: 1979-1980

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 A. Cowan Daybook

 Collection — Box 1 folder
Identifier: MS-119
Scope and Contents

Daybook kept by William A. Cowan, a merchant in Lower Chanceford Township, York County, Pa. Records include daily entries of dry goods purchased, the price of the purchased items, and the name of the purchaser.

Dates: 1856-1858

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