Scope and Contents This collection consists of three items. The tax record book is for Butler County, Pennsylvania. No distinction is made for political division; names are alphabetized. The amount of tax, property, and acreage is itemized. The tax collector was William Dyerman, Butler. Further attempts at specifying the type of tax was unsuccessful. The original is held by Barbara Selman.The Civil War diary belonged to Joseph A. Watson, Co. A, 47th Battalion, Cavalry, under the command of William...

Scope and Contents Andrew McKinney, a merchant of the tri-county area during the 19th century, owned a general store at Plain Grove in Lawrence County and a branch store at North Liberty, Pennsylvania. The majority of Series 1: McKinney Store Records includes business records, receipts, and various documents regarding Andrew McKinney's stores in the area. Series 2: Offutt and Son Store Records also contains business records, receipts, and various other documents regarding the Offutt and Son Store in North...

Scope and Contents The collection consists of original autograph letters and their transcriptions, a journal, miscellaneous legal documents, and newspaper clippings. Although personal correspondence constitutes the bulk of the collection, it also contains other papers of interest. These include military bonus applications, school workbooks, Sunday school attendance records, and affidavits of political appointments to local offices. The personal correspondence includes letters from lumber camps and oil fields...