Object ID:  MG0270

2 boxes     2 folders     1.25 cubic ft.

Repository:  LancasterHistory (Organization)

Shelving Location:  Archives South, Side 8

Scope and Content Note:  Collection contains minutes and stock certificates of the Conestoga Navigation Company and a map and profile of the Conestoga River.

Creators:  Conestoga Navigation Company (Lancaster, Pa.); Lancaster County Historical Society (Pa.); LancasterHistory (Pa.)

Conditions for Access:  No restrictions.

Conditions Governing Reproductions:  Collection may not be photocopied. Please contact Research Staff or Archives Staff with questions.

Language:  English

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Source of Acquisition:  Source unknown.

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Processing History:  This collection has been documented, preserved and managed according to professional museum and archives standards. The finding aid was updated using DACS conventions.

Box 1

Folder 1  Minute book of the Conestoga Navigation Company. Includes act of incorporation, by-laws, minutes, estimates for building a dam and locks. May 1824 to December 1827.

 

Folder 2

Insert 1  Stock certificate for one share of stock in Conestoga Navigation Company. Purchased by Longenecker & Hager. Signed by Edward Coleman, president. No. 125. 6 September 1825. Transferred from Document Collection, Box 2, Folder 24, Item 7. 21 January 2000.

Insert 2  Photocopy of stock certificate for one share of stock in Conestoga Navigation Company. Purchased by Farmers Bank of Lancaster. No. 960. 20 October 1827. Transferred from Document Collection, Box 13, Folder 9, Item 7. 21 January 2000.

 

Folder 3  Receipt for payment from John N. Lane for $70.00 being the amount of his first installment on fourteen shares of the Capital Stock of the Conestoga Navigation Company. Receipt No. 167. Signed by George Louis Mayer. 27 May 1825. (1 item, 2 pages to scan) Gift of Miss Rebecca Greist, 7 May 1943. Accession #1953.MG0270

 

Oversized Items

Item 1 Map and Profile of Conestogo River for Improving the Navigation from Lancaster to the Susquehanna as Explored November 1824. Prepared by Ephraim Beach. Shows planned locations of locks and dams. This plan was never implemented. Rolled item.

Item 2  Broadside. Advertisement of rates for Philadelphia and Baltimore from the Conestoga Navigation Company. 15 March 1848. (1 item, 2 pages to scan) No donor information. Accession #Unknown.MG0270.01

Item 3 Broadside. Conestoga Navigation rates of toll for 1853. To be charged for all merchandize passing into the Conestoga Navigation or outward from any point thereof. Lancaster, March 1853. (1 item, 2 pages to scan) No donor information. Accession #Unknown.MG0270.02

 

Framed Document

Location:  Archives North, Side 5, Section 4, top shelf

Deed between the Conestoga Navigation Company and Henry Crise, miller, for land along the Conestoga River in Conestoga Twp. Signed by Adam Reigart, president of the Conestoga Navigation Company. 14 April 1832. Gift of Margrit Myrback, in memory of Kenneth John Myrback, 13 July 2010.