Manuscript Group 316
HISTORIC FORT HUNTER MUSEUM COLLECTION
1843-1940, 1854, 1978
27 cubic feet
The collection consists of personal and business correspondence, ledgers, and time books, connected with the Fort Hunter Museum. Also included are furnace books from Lucknow Forge, museum business accounts, and miscellaneous memorabilia associated with the site such as books, calendars, catalogs, advertisements, announcements, blueprints, diaries, maps, death notices, and church related materials.
In 1995 this collection was returned to Fort Hunter. All requests should be
made to Fort Hunter Park, 5300 North River Road, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. Telephone:
(717) 599-5011.
GENERAL CORRESPONDENCE
- General Correspondence, 1862-1939. (16 boxes) {#316m.1}
- Correspondence of Mrs. Edward B. Meiges, 1936-1940. (1 folder) {#316m.13}
BUSINESS ACCOUNTS
- Accounts (General), 1879-1929. (2 boxes) {#316m.2}
- Dairy Books, 1883-1912, undated. (2 boxes) {#316m.3}
- Farm Day Books, 1892-1894. (4 volumes) {#316m.4}
- Lucknow Forge Books, 1882-1898. (19 volumes) {#316m.5}
- Museum and Miscellaneous, 1933-1953. (4 volumes, 48 foldes) {#316m.6}
- Business Correspondence, 1872-1938, undated. (15 boxes) {#316m.7}
PERSONAL PAPERS
- Accounts, 1856-1929, undated. (1 box) {#316m.8}
- Legal Files, 1843-1912. (1 box) {#316m.9}
- Cards, 1870-1931. (5 boxes) {#316m.10}
- Miscellaneous, 1871-1932, 1954. (1 box, 3 volumes) {#316m.11}
- Memorabilia, 1853-1934, 1940, 1979. (8 boxes) {#316m.12}
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