Leon E. Lewis, Jr., collection, ca.1734-1978.

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Leon E. Lewis, Jr., collection, ca.1734-1978.

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This collection, most of which is on microfilm, contains business and personal papers of Samuel and Abraham Rex, Alexander and Henry Schaeffer, Peter Zimmerman and others in and around Schaefferstown, Pennsylvania. Included are account books, deeds, plat maps, genealogical information, letters, music and words to songs, broadsides, indentures, diaries, bills, newspaper clippings, wills, legal documents, tax receipts, documents pertaining to the Lutheran Church, photographs, etc. A very few of the papers have been photocopied and are in Col. 782. These include bills addressed to Samuel Rex, 1790-1801; the correspondence of Ann Matilda Zimmerman about a memorial fountain, 1910-1911; a printed manual on dyeing wool, silk, and cotton; a printed guide for knitting with silk thread, plus some additional needlework patterns; a few pieces of music; family photographs; genealogy of the Rex family; and some other assorted documents. As well, the handwritten inventory sheets for the collection as a whole are found with this group of papers.

14 microfilm reels; 1 box.

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Zimmerman family.

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Rex, Samuel, -1835

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Schaeffer, Henry, 1881-....

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Rex, Abraham

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Abraham and Samuel S. Rex operated a general store in Scheafferstown, Pennsylvania. From the description of Daybook, 1834-1835. (Historical Society of Pennsylvania). WorldCat record id: 151382325 ...

Zimmerman, Peter Coats

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Schaeffer, Alexander

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Lewis, Leon E., Jr.

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Samuel (1766-1835) and Abraham II (1778-1863) Rex resided in Heidelberg (later called Schaefferstown) and Mount Pleasant (Cocalico township, Lancaster County), Pennsylvania. during the late 18th and early 19th centuries. Samuel and Abraham II owned general stores. They were sons of Anna Bastian and Abraham Rex I, a storekeeper in Chestnut Hill, now a part of Philadelphia. Samuel moved to Schaefferstown in 1789 to run a store for Lewis Kreider, and in 1790, he opened his own store. H...

Rex family.

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