Conestoga Navigation Company and Related Materials Collection

Call number:  MG-270    

 2 boxes     2 folders     1.25 cubic ft.

Repository:  LancasterHistory.org (Lancaster, Pa.)

Shelving Location:  Archives South, Side 8

Description:  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.)

Conditions for Access:  No restrictions.

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

Language:  English

Source of Acquisition:  Source unknown.

 

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.

 

Box 2

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.

 

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.