Manuscript Group 382
BUCHER-HUMMEL FAMILY PAPERS
1764-1863
2.5 cubic feet
Papers of John Conrad Bucher and his descendants and of the the related Frederick
Hummel family of nearby Hummelstown. A veteran of both the French and Indian War
and the Revolutionary War, John Conrad Bucher, 1730-1780, was a minister of the
German Reformed Church, Harrisburg. His son, John Jacob Bucher, 1764-1827, was
a member of the Pennsylvania Legislature, 1803-1808 and 1814-1816, and John Jacob's
son, John Conrad Bucher, 1792-1851, was a member of the United States Congress
1831-1833. Frederick Hummel, 1728-1779, was the founder of Hummelstown. The Papers
consist of correspondence, receipts, business and legal documents, engravings,
photographs and miscellaneous items pertaining to the careers of The Reverend
John Conrad Bucher, John Jacob Bucher and Representative John Conrad Bucher.