Lancaster & Marietta Turnpike Road Co. Collection, 1848-1916

Call number:  MG-48

4 boxes     26 folders, 7 volumes     2 cubic ft.

Repository:  LancasterHistory (Organization); PV7

Shelving Location:  Archives South, Side 2

Scope and Content Note: Collection contains correspondence, accounts, newspaper clippings, Pennsylvania and federal tax returns, stock certificate book, minute books, record books, and a receipt and payment book.

Creator:  Lancaster & Marietta Turnpike Road Co.

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:  Unknown.

Accruals:  No further accruals are expected.

Preferred Citation:  Lancaster & Marietta Turnpike Road Co. Collection (MG-48), Box #, Folder #, LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pa.

Subject Headings:

Lancaster & Marietta Turnpike Road Co.

Roads – Pennsylvania. (LHo-LOC sh 88007031)

Toll roads – Pennsylvania. (LHo-LOC sh 85135892)

Business records. (LHo-LOC sh 85018316)

Stockholders. (LHo-LOC sh 85128216)

Letters. (LHo-LOC sh 85076240)

Search Terms:

Business records

Conewago Trap Rock Co.

Correspondence

Finding aids

J. E. Baker Co.

John Goll & Co.

Lancaster & Marietta Turnpike Road Co.

Lancaster and Marietta Turnpike

Lancaster Auto Club

Lancaster Motorist

Letters

Manuscript groups

Marietta Hollow Ware & Enameling Co.

Muller & Bush

Roads

Stockholders

Taxes

Toll roads

Turnpike

Turnpike, Lancaster and Marietta

Processing History:  Processed and finding aid prepared prior to 1997. 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 Stockholder’s list, correspondence, and cost of turnpike road, 1856-1922.

Folder 2 Legislation and legal action regarding Turnpikes, 1893-1915.

Folder 3 Special meeting of the Board of Directors, 1902.

Folder 4 Correspondence regarding road conditions, 1912-1922.

Folder 5 Correspondence and publication ,”Country Roads,” 1913-1922.

Folder 6 Public Service Commission correspondence, 1913-1916.

Folder 7 The Marietta Hollow Ware & Enameling Co., 1914-1917.

Folder 8 Lancaster Auto Club correspondence, 1914-1922

Lancaster Motorist, 1915, 1916.

Folder 9 J. E. Baker Co. correspondence, 1915-1916.

Folder 10 Accounts with Muller & Bush, 1915-1918.

Folder 11 Construction invoices and correspondence, 1915-1923.

Folder 12 Conewago Trap Rock Co. correspondence, 1915-1917.

Folder 13 Newspaper articles on toll roads, 1915-1922.

Folder 14 Correspondence of U.S. Post Office regarding rural carriers, 1915-1923.

Folder 15 Toll Rate Chart, 1916.

Folder 16 Workmen’s Compensation Policy, 1916.

Folder 17 Department of Labor & Industry reports, 1916-1919.

Folder 18 Globe Indemnity Co. correspondence, 1917.

Folder 19 John Goll & Co. correspondence, 1920.

Folder 20 PA State taxes, 1913-1917. Folder 21 PA State taxes 1918-1922.

Folder 22 Federal taxes, 1914-1916. Folder 23 Federal taxes, 1917-1919.

Folder 24 Federal taxes, 1920-1922. Correspondence regarding dissolution, 1923.

Folder 25 Blueprint for drainage system. No date. Folder 26 Envelopes with canceled stamps. No date.

 

Box 2

Book 1 Stock certificate book.

 

Box 3

Book 2 Charter at beginning of book, 1848.

Minutes 1854-1885.

Book 3 Minutes 1885-1923.

 

Box 4

Book 4 Dividend Record Book, 1856-1885.

Book 5 Dividend Record Book, 1886-1918.

Book 6 Transfer Record Book, 1854-1922.

Book 7 Receipts & Payments Record Book, 1885-1916.