Andreadis: George and Rhonda Andreadis Collection of Lancaster City Records, Series 6 Relief Fund

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Call Number:  MG-545, Series 6 Relief Fund

4 folders         8 items

Repository:  LancasterHistory (Organization)

Shelving Location:  Archives South, Side 11

Description:  The documents in this series pertain to a city fund set up by the Hon. James Buchanan in 1853 [or 1849] with the purchase and donation of a $4,000 bond, the interest of which was used to buy heating fuel and other items for needy women (mostly widows) throughout the city.  As other philanthropists contributed money, the Fund had additional names added to it, such as the Buchanan-McEvoy Fund and the Buchanan-McEvoy-Reynolds Fund. The documents in this series include invoices and receipts for some of the financial transactions completed by the relief fund such as the purchasing of coal, advertising the fund and soliciting for coal donations in local newspapers, as well as the printing of Relief Fund “tickets.”

Creator:  Lancaster (Pa.)