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MG-71 The John Leonard Ellmaker Collection, 1726-1922

2 boxes     56 folders      1 cubic ft.

 

Description: Collection of Ellmaker family papers, including original papers of the first immigrant, John Leonard Ellmaker of Germany. Papers include correspondence, genealogy charts, deeds and legal papers. newspaper clippings, photographs, articles on Jacob Eichholtz, and a diploma and teachers' certificate.

Box 1

Folder 1 1 German Book, 1704. 2 German Bank Notes.
Folder 2 Passport to Leonard Ellmaker, 1724.
Folder 3 Marriage Certificate, 1726.
Folder 4 Ana Margareta Ellmaker's Reformed Church Letter, May, 1726, to John Leonard Ellmaker's Evangelical Lutheran Church Letter, April, 1726.
Folder 5 Letter from Mrs. Maria Hornberger, Germany to John Leonard Ellmaker, 1730.
Folder 6 Will of Leonard Ellmaker, 1782.
Folder 7 Land Survey of Leonard Ellmaker, 1835. Land Survey of Nathaniel Ellmaker.
Folder 8 3 Receipts of Nathaniel Ellmaker, Executor of the Leonard Ellmaker Estate, 1787, 1788, 1802.
Folder 9 Nathaniel Ellmaker Bond, 1802.
Amos Ellmaker's Diploma, 1805
Folder 10 Letters to Nathaniel Ellmaker from Thomas Elder, 1838.
Folder 11 Letters to Nathaniel Ellmaker from Thomas Elder, 1839.
Folder 12 Letters to Nathaniel Ellmaker from Thomas Elder, January-June 1840.
Folder 13 Letters to Nathaniel Ellmaker from Thomas Elder, July-August 1840.
Folder 14 Letters to Nathaniel Ellmaker from Thomas Elder, September-December 1840.
Folder 15 Letters to Nathaniel Ellmaker from Thomas Elder, January-April 1841.
Folder 16 Letters to Nathaniel Ellmaker from Thomas Elder, May-September 1841.
Folder 17 Letters to Nathaniel Ellmaker from Thomas Elder, October-December 1841.
Folder 18 Letters to Nathaniel Ellmaker from Thomas Elder, January-June 1842.
Folder 19 Letters to Nathaniel Ellmaker from Thomas Elder, July-September 1842.
Folder 20 Letters to Nathaniel Ellmaker from Thomas Elder, October and December 1842.
Folder 21 Letters to Nathaniel Ellmaker from Thomas Elder, January-July 1843.
Folder 22 Letters to Nathaniel Ellmaker from Thomas Elder, August-December 1843.
Folder 23 Letters to Nathaniel Ellmaker from Thomas Elder, 1844.
Folder 24 Letters to Nathaniel Ellmaker from Thomas Elder, 1845.
Folder 25 Letters to Nathaniel Ellmaker from Thomas Elder, 1846.
Folder 26 Letters to Nathaniel Ellmaker from Thomas Elder, 1847.
Folder 27 Letters to Nathaniel Ellmaker from Thomas Elder, 1848.
Folder 28 Letters to Nathaniel Ellmaker from Thomas Elder, 1849.
Folder 29 Letters to Nathaniel Ellmaker from Thomas Elder, 1850.
Folder 30 Letters to Nathaniel Ellmaker from Thomas Elder, 1851-1852.
Folder 31 An Unsigned Letter, 1862. A Letter to Thomas B. Cochran from J. Watson Ellmaker, 1894.

Box 2

Folder 32 Ellmaker Genealogy Chart & Frame, 1652-1886.
Folder 33 Richardson--Ellmaker Genealogy Chart, 1720-1749 and Bare--Baker Chart by Watson Ellmaker, 1726-1910.
Folder 34 Ellmaker Family Notes, 1778-1869.
Folder 35 Newsclips of the Ellmaker Family, 1832-1908.
Folder 36 Alfred Ellmaker Deed, 1888. Mrs. Ellmaker Medical Record, 1920.

Folder 37 Bond, Mortgage, and Deeds of 342 (346) E. Orange St. Lancaster, PA 1897-1936.
Edwin L. Snyder & wife to John A. Snyder, May 28, 1897
John A. Snyder to E. Ben Ellmaker, Oct. 14, 1902
E. Ben Ellmaker to H.B. Haverstick, Apr. 1, 1912.
H.B. Haverstick to Lucy H. Ellmaker, Oct. 3, 1936

Folder 38 Permanent Teacher's Certificate of Lucy Ellmaker, 1917.
Folder 39 Letters Regarding the Ellmaker's Cemetery, 1930.
Folder 40 Stocks of Lucy Ellmaker, 1930-1931.
Folder 41 Lucy Ellmaker Obituaries, Estate Auction Brochure & List of Documents, 1969.
Folder 42 Navy Club,1920.
Folder 43 Edgar O. Ellmaker Papers, 1920-1978.
Folder 44 Edgar O. Ellmaker Savings Accounts, 1970.
Folder 45 Elbert Hubbard Booklets, 1922. Roycrofts, East Aurora, NY. 2 letters.
Folder 46 Photos of Harpists.
Folder 47 Articles, 1920.
Folder 48 Jacob Eicholtz Articles.
Folder 49 Concert Programs, 1919-1922.
Folder 50 Carnegie Hall and Aoelian Hall Concerts, 1920-1922.
Folder 51 The Philharmonic Society of New York & Metro Opera House Concerts, 1920-1922.
Folder 52 Theatre Programs, 1920-1922.
Folder 53 Lancaster Journal, 1794.
Folder 54 Old Newspaper Clippings.
Folder 55 Biography of Enos & Elizabeth Ellmaker, 1652-1952.
Letters of Benjamin Ellmaker Ellmaker, 1854 -1860.(Photocopies)
Folder 56 Mounted photographs from the Ellmaker Homestead farm, Earl Twp. They are all labeled on the back.


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