Landis: Charles I. Landis Collection, 1792-1914
Call Number: MG-124
1 box 17 folders .25 cubic ft.
Repository: LancasterHistory.org (Lancaster, Pa.)
Shelving Location: Archives South, Side 4
Description: Collection of papers of Judge Charles I. Landis. Includes correspondence, autographs, and information on the Philadelphia and Lancaster Turnpike. Also, a record book from Paradise, Pa., 1806-1860, containing photographs, records of the Paradise Menonist Meeting House, and various pamphlets.
Creator: Landis, Charles I.
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.
Folder 1 John Parke Custis Estate Papers, 1797.
Folder 2 Signatures of Members of the Bar of Lancaster County Endorsing Charles I. Landis as Law Judge, 1899.
Folder 3 Letters to Judge Charles I. Landis, 1886-1892.
Folder 4 Letters to Judge Charles I. Landis 1893-1896.
Folder 5 Autographed Letters, 1809-1845, General Peter Muhlenburgh and Others.
Folder 6 Correspondence of Col. Russell Jarvis, 1819-1829. 12 Letters.
Folder 7 Lewis Cass and letters from France, 1831, 1841. Contains a letter in French to “T” Stevens.
Folder 8 Autographed letters, 1856-1909.
Folder 9 Autographs, photographs, and newspaper clippings, 1812-1839.
Folder 10 Autographs, photographs, and newspaper clippings, 1859-1875.
Folder 11 Autographs, photographs, and newspaper clippings, 1884-1912.
Folder 12 Autographed list of Senators.
Folder 13 Philadelphia & Lancaster Turnpike Contracts, 1792, 1793.
Folder 14 History of the Philadelphia & Lancaster Turnpike.
Folder 15 Poem and various facsimiles, 1901.
Folder 16 Lt. Col.Frank B. McLain Dinner Program, 1914.
Folder 17 Scrapbook/Account Book. Paradise Records Book, 1806-1860.
Photographs:
David Witmer, 1756-1835
Paradise Property Purchased from Jacob Fierre, 1778
Schoolhouse, 1800
Patrick McGuigan Tavern, 1806
David Witmer’s Inn Built 1800
Eden Hall Seminary, 1855
David Witmer, Jr., 1778-1852
Jane Lightner, 1782-1826
Site of Joel Fierre Gunshop on the Pequea Creek, 1775
Fierre Graveyard, 1716
All Saints Church, 1874, 1893
Peter Forney Tavern, 1806
Indian Burying Ground and Schoolhouse, 1821-1841
Bridge built by William Wilson over the Pequea, 1794
Episcopal Church built 1893
Episcopal Cemetery 1843 on site of Indian Burying Ground
Paradise Academy, 1858
Leah Fierre, wife of John Adam Lightner, 1757-1841
House built by them in 1795
Amanda Herr, wife of Amos L. Witmer, 1838-1894
Amos Lightner Witmer, 1816-1883
Store built by Amos Witmer, 1853
Trolley Line and house built by Amos Witmer, 1858
Paradise Hotel, built by Samuel Lefever, 1806.
Records of Paradise Menonist Meeting House, built 1806
Donation of the land by David Witmer, 1806
Financial records and lists of members of the congregation
Minutes of the Paradise Academy and List of Stockholders and Committees, 1858-1860
Bulletin of Officers and Students of the Paradise Academy, 1843-1844
Bulletin, 1859
Bulletin, no date
Bulletin of Eden Hall Seminary for Ladies, no date
Program of Annual Concert, Paradise Female Seminary, Sept. 29, 1857
Exhibition of Paradise School Program, March 29, 1858
Bulletin of Eden Hall, Seminary for Young Ladies, no date
Program of Musical Rehearsal at Eden Hall, no date
Catalog of the Officers and Students of the Paradise Academy, 1843-1844.