Ream: Samuel Ream Collection, 1810-1909
Call number: MG-172
1 box 6 folders .25 cubic ft.
Repository: LancasterHistory.org (Lancaster, Pa.)
Shelving Location: Archives South, Side 4
Description: The collection consists of the estate documents of Samuel Ream Sr., Samuel Reem Jr., and Elizabeth Reem, Samuel Jr.’s wife. Also, court documents, receipt booklets, sale lists, a short biography of Adam Reem, railroad agreement, patent rights receipt, and resolutions thanking Adam Reem for selling his residence as a church site.
Creator: Ream, Samuel; Ream family; Reem family.
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
Insert 1 Inventory of the estate of Samuel Ream, Sr., of Mount Joy Twp., by appraisers John Nissley and Daniel Balmer, 1810. Additional names: Samuel Reem, Jr., Samuel Balmer, Adam Keener, Reinhart Houser, Esther Ream, Catharine Ream, John Shartle, John Parthemer, John Fryer, and William Bausman.
Insert 2
1-4. Division of Samuel Ream’s estate among Catharine Ream, Esther Ream, and Samuel Ream, Jr. 1810. Some German writing on back of item #2. Additional name: A. Reem.
Insert 3
1.Release and agreement between Samuel Reem and John Felty, 1830.
Releases Samuel Reem, Jr. from some disbursements from his father’s estate and specifies future obligations for additional disbursements. Additional names: Catharine Felty, Esther Reem, William Bausman, Amos Ellmaker, and Jacob Peelor (recorder).
2.Letter to Adam Reem from N. Ellmaker stating that any question over his father’s agreement with John Felty was settled. 17 April 1854.
3.Letter to Adam Reem from N. Ellmaker stating he is sending a release to be signed by Felty. Adds that Esq. Slaymaker has sold Ellmaker’s country home for $5,000.00.
4.Release by John Felty on receipt of $513.00 from Samuel Reem.
5.Release by John Felty on receipt of $513.00 from Samuel Reem. Additional name: Jacob Peelor.
Folder 2
Insert 1
1.Inventory of estate of Samuel Reem, Jr. of Mount Joy Twp. by Samuel Hoffer and Abraham Nissley, 1851. Additional names: George Brubaker, Adam Reem, Benjamin Bausman, Elizabeth Huffman, Barbara Shafer, and Catharine Reem.
2.Orphan’s Court order directing seven men to appraise real estate of deceased Samuel Reem of Mt. Joy Twp., 1852. Adam Reem accepts appraisement of 153 acres. Appraisement of 7 acres is not accepted by Barbara Shafer, Elizabeth Huffman, Christian Reem, Margaret Reem, and Susan Reem. Additional names: Christian Garber, John Kuntz, Abraham Nissley, Henry Nissley, and Daniel D. May.
Insert 2
1.Administrator’s Account of Adam Reem for the estate of Samuel Reem, deceased, of Mount Joy Twp., 1853. Includes over 30 names to whom
disbursements were made.
2.Distribution of the estate of Samuel Reem, Jr. Gives first names of children. Additional names: N. Ellmaker, S. Hoffer, and Adam Reem.
Insert 3
1.Release by Barbara (Reem) Shafer, Elizabeth (Reem) Hoffman, Catharine Reem, Christianna Reem, Margaret Reem, and Susan Reem, of Adam Reem, administrator of their father’s estate, 1853. Additional names: Jonas Shafer, Daniel Hoffman, Abm. Nissley, and Jacob Souders.
2.Bond. Children of deceased father, Samuel Reem, Jr., bind themselves to Adam Reem, administrator for their father’s estate, for $2000.00 to cover any additional costs of the estate settlement that may arise later, 1853.
Folder 3 Homemade account book with alphabetized tabs. Cover note reads “1853 Samuel Reem, decd.” Contains names and amounts.
1.Patent rights receipt to Samuel Reem signed by Leander Bronn, agt., for 1/35 part of Lancaster County rights to Peirson Reading’s Clover Hulling machine. 28 March 1836.
2.Receipt from F. G. May to Mr. Samuel Reem for subscription to the Lancaster Intelligencer. 27 May 1847. Printing work advertisement on one end of receipt.
Folder 4
1.Agreement between Samuel Reem and the Harrisburg, Portsmouth, Mount Joy, and Lancaster Rail Road Co. Railroad contracts to pay Reem for land used by the railroad and to reimburse him for fencing he will build. 9 October 1835. Signed by Simon Sallade, Railroad Superintendent, and witnessed by Adam Reem.
2.List of sale articles, prices, and buyers. Sold by Samuel Reem in Mount Joy Twp. on 4 June 1842. About 50 items.
Folder 5
Insert 1 Inventory and appraisement of estate of Elizabeth Reem, widow, of Mount Joy Twp., by Samuel Hoffer and John Kuntz. Exhibited by Adam Reem. Additional name: Joseph Ehrenfried, Deputy Registrar. May 1853.
Insert 2 Administrator’s Account of Adam Reem for the estate of Elizabeth Reem, widow, Mount Joy Twp. Over 20 persons listed to whom disbursements were made. January 1854.
Insert 3 Booklet with list of items sold from Elizabeth Reem’s estate. Includes item, price, and buyer. 1854.
Insert 4 3″ x 5″ packet of receipts sewn together acknowledging disbursements to various persons by Adam Reem, administrator of Elizabeth Reem’s estate. 1853.
Insert 5 Release, by John Shafer, Barbara (Reem) Shafer, Daniel Hoffman, Elizabeth (Reem) Hoffman, Catharine Reem, Christianna Reem, Margaret Reem, and Susan Reem, of Adam Reem, administrator of Elizabeth Reem’s estate, upon his disbursements to them. Additional names: Abraham Nissley and Jacob Souders. March 1854.
Folder 6
Insert 1 Account book. Cover: “Adam Ream.” Front pages contain receipts for disbursements from Samuel Reem’s estate by administrator Adam Ream, 1851-1853. The pages at the end are accounts of purchases and payments, 1851-1853.
Insert 2
1.Resolution from the Consistory of Elizabethtown, Pa.’s Christ Reformed Church thanking Adam Reem for selling property to the church for a new building. 1905. Signed by C. L. Hoffman, Secretary of Consistory.
2.Resolution from members of Elizabethtown’s Christ Reformed Church thanking Adam Reem for selling his residence as a site for their new church. 1905. Signed by C. L. Hoffman, Secretary.
Insert 3 Short biography of Adam Reem. Handwritten in 1909 by Adam Reem.