MG-66 The Andrew J. Steinman Collection, 1833-1937

4 boxes 101 folders 1.75 cubic ft.

Description: Contains the personal and business papers of the Steinman family. Andrew J. was a lawyer. His wife was the daughter of John M. Hale, also a lawyer, and the collection includes some of his correspondence. Most of the collection is legal records and correspondence of Andrew J. There is also a daybook for the John F. Steinman Hardware Store, 1811-1819.

Box 1
Folder 1 Articles of Association, 1836; (7) Bonds, 1844-1874.
Folder 2 Indentures and Agreements (7), 1845-1876.
Folder 3 Financial Statement of the Exchange Insurance Co. (1), 1852.
Folder 4 Notebook of Yale College Class of 1856 and Alumni Invitations (6).
Folder 5 Bills and Receipts (10), 1856-1861.
Folder 6 Correspondence (20), 1857-1862.
Folder 7 Promissory Notes (34), 1859-1879.
Folder 8 Agreement between John F. Steinman/The City of Lancaster re A Sewer (7), 1860-1861.
Folder 9 Real Estate Papers and Letters (7), 1860-1868.
Folder 10 Bills and Receipts (18), 1862-1871.
Folder 11 Account and Receipt Books (5), 1862-1882.
Folder 12 U.S. Internal Revenues License for Lawyers (5), 1863-1866.
Folder 13 Correspondence (13), 1864-1886.
Folder 14 Stocks and Bonds Transactions (15), 1865, 1870-1893.
Folder 15 Political Correspondence of the Democratic Party (15), 1865-1866.
Folder 16 PA Supreme Court Case (5), 1866-1869.
Folder 17 Court Case: Lytle vs Steinman, Sill and Clarkson (30), 1867.
Folder 18 Correspondence (17), 1867-1869.
Folder 19 Political Correspondence (18), 1867-1875.
Folder 20 Lancaster Intelligencer Correspondence (14), 1868-1876.
Folder 21 Real Estate Sale in Virginia (10), 1870-1871.
Folder 22 Correspondence (13), 1871-1874.
Folder 23 Attorney's Notes of Testimony (6), 1872.
Folder 24 Notes of Testimony in Case of The Commonwealth vs Rommel (1). No date.
Folder 25 Personal Invitations and Notes (27), 1872-1893.

Box 2
Folder 26 Bills and Receipts (11), Jan-June, 1873.
Folder 27 Bills and Receipts (10), June-Nov. 1873.
Folder 28 Bills and Receipts (20), 1874.
Folder 29 Membership in The Historical Society of Pennsylvania (6), 1874-1876.
Folder 30 Correspondence (18), 1875.
Folder 31 Bank Drafts, 1875-1876. Statement of Judgements (3), 1892.
Folder 32 Public Land Office Publications (5), 1875-1883.
Folder 33 Bills and Receipts (11), March-May, 1875.
Folder 34 Bills and Receipts (10), June 1875.
Folder 35 Bills and Receipts (15), July-Dec. 1875.
Folder 36 Construction of Tobacco Warehouse (17), 1875-Oct. 20, 1876.
Folder 37 Correspondence (12), 1876.
Folder 38 Political Correspondence (12), Jan-March, 1876.
Folder 39 Political Correspondence (12), April-Sept. 1876.
Folder 40 Bills and Receipts (21), 1876.
Folder 41 Sarah R. Hawthorne Will (1), 1876.
Folder 42 Real Estate Correspondence (17), 1876-1906.
Folder 43 Construction of Tobacco Warehouse (17), Oct. 21-Oct. 30, 1876.
Folder 44 Construction of Tobacco Warehouse (44), Nov. 1876.
Folder 45 Construction of Tobacco Warehouse (15), Dec. 1876.
Folder 46 Bills and Receipts (14), 1877.
Folder 47 Political Correspondence (13), 1877-1894.
Folder 48 Political Correspondence. Note Seal: "Democracy of PA-We are for a Government of White Men" (9).
Folder 49 Construction of Tobacco Warehouse (36), Jan. to Apr. 1877.
Folder 50 Construction of Tobacco Warehouse (16), May to Dec. 1877.
Folder 51 Construction of Tobacco Warehouse (11), 1878 and no dates.
Folder 52 Correspondence (18), 1877-78.
Folder 53 Bills and Receipts (15), 1878-1880.
Folder 54 Bills and Receipts (14), no dates.
Folder 55 Lancaster Intelligencer Correspondence (13), 1878-1894.
Folder 56 Lancaster Intelligencer Correspondence, (9), no dates.
Folder 57 Petition for Letters Patent (4), 1879.
Folder 58 Correspondence (18), 1879.
Folder 59 Check Stubs (2), 1879-1892.

Box 3
Folder 60 Correspondence (11), 1880.
Folder 61 Correspondence (12), 1881.
Folder 62 Bills and Receipts (12), 1881-1906.
Folder 63 Correspondence of A. J. Steinman and Frank Fielding (12), 1882, 1893, 1895.
Folder 64 Correspondence (11), 1882.
Folder 65 Correspondence (15), 1883-1889.
Folder 66 Correspondence of A. J. Steinman and Wm. F. Bryan (9), 1885-1886.
Folder 67 Rents Collected by Robert Laws, Osceola Mills, Clearfield Co., PA (8), 1886, 1887.
Folder 68 Correspondence of A. J. Steinman and Wm. F. Bryan (10), 1887-1888.
Folder 69 Correspondence of A. J. Steinman and Wm. F. Bryan (8), 1889-1890.
Folder 70 Correspondence (10), 1890-1891.
Folder 71 Correspondence of A. J. Steinman and Wm. F. Bryan (16), 1891.
Folder 72 Correspondence (10), 1892.
Folder 73 Correspondence of A. J. Steinman and Wm. F. Bryan (11), 1892, Jan-June 1893.
Folder 74 Correspondence of A. J. Steinman and Wm. F. Bryan (6), July-Sept. 1893, 1894.
Folder 75 Correspondence (21), 1893.
Folder 76 Correspondence (13), 1894.
Folder 77 Financial Statement of Suits (1), 1894.
Folder 78 Correspondence (13), 1895, 1901-1905.
Folder 79 Correspondence (20), no dates.
Folder 80 Stocks and Bonds Transactions (14), 1903-1906.
Folder 81 Documents of Agreements between Lancaster Broadcasting Service (WKJC) and Mason-Dixon Radio Group (8), 1931-1937.
Folder 82 Robert C. Davis Passport, 1937. John F. Steinman Photograph.
Caroline M. H. Steinman certificate for Safe Passage from U.S. State Dept., 1914. Miss Steinman was the daughter of A. J. Steinman (4).
Folder 83 Booklet: "The Steinman Hardware 200 Yr. History, 1744-1944", (1).
Folder 84 Cross Reference to Oversized Item: Daybook/Ledger of John F. Steinman, 1811-1819 (1).
Folder 85 Empty Envelopes with Canceled Stamps (66).
Folder 86 Empty Envelopes with Canceled Stamps (87).
Folder 87 Empty Envelopes with Canceled Stamps (49).

Box 4
Folder 88 Letters to John M. Hale (11), 1833-1839.
Folder 89 Letters to John M. Hale (9), 1840-1841.
Folder 90 Letters to John M. Hale (11), 1842.
Folder 91 Letters to John M. Hale (14), 1843-1845.
Folder 92 Letters to John M. Hale (10), 1846-1847.
Folder 93 Letters to John M. Hale (11), 1848-1849.
Folder 94 Letters to John M. Hale (13), 1850.
Folder 95 Letters to John M. Hale (11), 1851-1852.
Folder 96 Letters to John M. Hale (5), 1854, 1855, 1881, 1887.
Folder 97 Letters to John M. Hale (6), No Dates.
Folder 98 Civil War Papers of Captain John M. Hale (98), 1862-1864.
Folder 99 Civil War Letter Book of Captain John M. Hale (1), 1862.
Folder 100 Correspondence of George Nauman re Major James G. Totten (2), 1864.
Folder 101 Civil War Discharge and Pension Papers of Cyrus H. Young (2), 1864.