MG-49     The Farmers' Northern Market Company Collection, 1871-1953

2 boxes 39 folders 1 cubic ft.

Description: Contains records starting with the purchase of land for construction of the Northern Market in Lancaster. Includes financial documents of stockholders, minutes, lease agreements, tax returns, ledger books, bank statements, and forms. Also, some personal papers of Menno B. Hess, a member of the Board of Directors.

Box 1

Folder 1 By-Laws, Charter, Purchase Agreement, 1871, 1872, 1897.
Folder 2 Payment Vouchers for Building of Market House, 1872-1873.
Folder 3 Bonds and Promissory Notes, 1872-1886.
Folder 4 Treasurer's Report, January 1873; December 1880.
Folder 5 Articles of Agreement with Contractor, 1884.
Folder 6 Board of Directors' Minutes Extract for meeting, 1884,
Minutes, May 19, 1944, June 20, 1944.
Folder 7 Stockholders Lists & Correspondence, 1884-1958.
Folder 8 PA Capital Stock Tax Returns, 1872-1897.
Folder 9 PA Capital Stock Tax Returns, 1935-1942.
Folder 10 16 Stall Collections, Weekly Sheets, 3 Yearly Receipts, 1883, 1941, 1938-1949
1 Small Book of Collections, 1893-1895.
Folder 11 11 Receipts, 1880-1889.
Folder 12 10 Receipts, 1933-1958.
Folder 13 29 Dividend Checks to Shareholders, 1899-1906.
Folder 14 41 Dividend Checks to Shareholders, 1922-1925.
Folder 15 64 Dividend Checks to Shareholders, 1930-1932.
Folder 16 53 Dividend Checks to Shareholders, 1935.
Folder 17 49 Dividend Checks to Shareholders, 1946-1947.
Folder 18 Minutes of the Stockholders Meetings, January 1934 to December 1943.
Folder 19 5 Lease Agreements, 1881, 1927, 1933, 1933, 1944.
Folder 20 2 Lease Agreements, 1891, 1894.
Folder 21 2 Lease Agreements, 1942, 1945.
Folder 22 Insurance Policy, 1869.
Folder 23 Insurance Policies, 1915-1958.

Box 2

Folder 24 Ledger Book: Stall Rent Collections, 1875-1887.
Folder 25 Ledger Book: Weather Reports, 1892-1896 (pages missing)
Stall Rents, 1922-1924.
Folder 26 Accounting Register & Sheets, 1932, 1935, 1948.
Folder 27 Northern National Bank Statements & Canceled Checks, 1908, 1917-1918, 1920.
Folder 28 2 Northern National Bank Deposit Books, 1910-1923.
Folder 29 Check Book Stubs, 1925-1928.
Folder 30 Conestoga National Bank Statement & Canceled checks, 1939, 1940, 1942, 1949.
Folder 31 Articles of Agreement, 1907.
Folder 32 Agreement in Rough Draft, 1910.
Folder 33 PA Corporate Loans Tax Returns, 1893, 1936-1942.
Folder 34 PA Corporate Income Tax Returns, 1939, 1940.
Folder 35 Employee & School Taxes, 1938, 1951.
Folder 36 Correspondence on Tax Reports, 1938-1948.
Folder 37 Booklet: The Famed Markets of Lancaster, 1949.
Folder 38 Market House Blank Forms
Folder 39 Menno B. Hess Personal Papers 1918-1953.