Archives 1008.01.041
"foot notes on textiles"
Compiled by Barbara Kelly 2012 August notes taken from the George Douglass Store Ledger. Notes related to fabrics that were listed in the ledgers.
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Archives 1006.01.032
"Receipt / Payment recevied'
Receipt / Payment received Mr. George Douglass bot of Mr M Denekle Location: Phildelphia Date: 3 June 1807 Philad[elphia] June 5 1807 Mr. George Douglass Bot (bought) of Mr. M Denekle 1 (symbol means "paid"?) trunk? mirror (paid symbol) ___67 3. ( paid symbol?)
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Archives 1007.01.030
Anecdote retold by J. Bennet Nolan originally told by Francois Alexander Frederic Marie
Photocopy of handwritten notes taken by Theresa Beard. Original notes refer to information copied from the book "Early Narratives of Berks County," written by J. Bennett Nolan, Esq and published in 1927. Notes recount a 1795 visit to the White Horse Tavern by Francois Alexander Frederic Marie, Duc del la Rochfoucault-Lian Court.
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Photos 1006.01.008
c. 1980 Perspective views of additions to George Douglass House
Series of 3 color photographic prints of detail views of the additions on the southeast gable end of the 1765 George Douglass House: Image #1, Douglass House, perspective view of the 2 story Amity Store addition with freight door to 2d floor ware-house, and 1 story addition used for processing meat and other food products as part of the "general store" me
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Photos 1006.01.007
Detail views of SW elevation & perspective
Series of 5 color photographic prints of detail views of the George Douglass House and additions. Image #1 shows an elevation view of the c. 1798-1810 Amity Store addition to the 1765 "Manor House". The door above the entrance door is a "freight" door to the 2d floor wares storage apace for goods sold in the store below. Images #2 & 3 are an elevation
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Archives 1003.01.062
Excerpt from book "The Lutheran Church in Pennsylvania: 1638-1800" featuring the church at Morlatton (now St. Gabriel's)
Series of three digital images depicting a 5-page section from the book ”The Lutheran Church in Pennsylvania (1638-1800),” Vol. I, by Theodore Emanuel Schmauk, D.D., Lancaster, PA, The Pennsylvania German Society (1902). The section herein is featured on pages 235-239. The excerpt gives a brief history of the church at Morlatton (in text referred to as Mo
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Archives 1006.01.022
Field notes and photos depicting re-grading & repaving the George Douglass [and successors] store yard.
Electronic copy of a field notes drawing (and 12 digital photographs) providing the data for grading and repaving the store yard area behind the c.1800 store addition to the 1763 George Douglass house. The drawing provides the relative grade objectives for the restored brick paving on the open quadrangle bounded by the 1765 George Douglass house, the c.1
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Photos 1006.01.042
GDH Early joint & poointing mortar
Series of 4 digital images depicting the early joint and pointing mortar at the George Douglass House. These samples will be tested for relative color and aggregate [sand] and lime content to provide an authentic basis for the mortar used in re-pointing and in the restoration plaster. DETAILED CAPTIONS #3048: 1 st floor mortar masonry sample. #3049:
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Archives 1006.01.002
George Douglass and His Mansion
A six-page type-written history of George Douglass and his business influence in the area of current day Douglassville, PA, as well as a description of his political and business success. Text also contains various descriptions of elements of the George Douglass House, including the full-perimeter [“encircling”] plastered cove cornice, a refinement emanating
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Archives 1006.01.001
George Douglass Architectural Drawing, South Elevation
Architectural Drawing of the South Elevation of the George Douglass House, with two additions, after partial restoration. Included as drawing A#GDH5, sheet #12 in the 2008 Atlas of Architectural Drawings published by the Historic Preservation Trust of Berks County, PA.
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Archives 1006.01.010
George Douglass genealogy & brief property chain
A two-page handwritten genealogy of George Douglass, beginning with George's father, Andrew and including four generations in total. A paragraph following the information on fourth generation includes brief deed information for White Horse Tavern, George Douglass House, and Mouns Jones House. See additional image for full text.
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Photos 1006.01.006
George Douglass house painting crew
Series of 11 color photographic prints of painting crew working on George Douglass House.
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Photos 1006.01.044
George Duglass Cellar Vaults
Image #1 [photo #5579, 11/11/13] and the attached drawing dated 2/18/15, revised 3/12/15 [folder dated 4/14/15] show the two adjacent arch-form masonry vaults in the cellar of the 1765 George Douglass House against the below-grade foundation of the southern gable wall of the kitchen. Photo # 5773, 11/18/13 depicts the shared pier and triangular impost from w
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George Duglass House Cellar
The proposed replacement of the kitchen door and frame in the gable recess next to the large cooking fireplace required the Trust to investigate the vaulted support structure [photo #5775, 11/18/13] in the corner of the cellar. Located adjacent to the fireplace support vault and directly below the short doorway passage adjacent to the kitchen fireplace, this
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Archives 1006.01.020
Law book owned by George Douglass (father and son).
Series of two images showing the title page and inscription pages from a law book titled ”The Charters and Acts of Assembly of the Province of Pennsylvania....” printed by Peter Miller and Company, Philadelphia, 1762. Title page indicates that this book is Volume I of a two-volume set. However, the book’s owner indicates that this particular book has Volu
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Photos 1006.01.021
Masonry restoration
Series of 33 digital images depicting the masonry restoration work at the George Douglass House. The Trust’s Board of Directors resolved at its May, 2011 meeting to restore the three components of the George Douglass mansion and store structures to their historical and architectural ”period of significance” [”period”]. The consensus of historians and cons
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Archives 1006.01.013
National Register nomination, floor plans
Architectural floor-plan drawings of the first and second floors in the George Douglass House. these drawings were included as part of the group of documents sent to the United States Department of the Interior, National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places as the application for National register Status for the Douglass House. Numbers and a
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Archives 1006.01.014
National Register nomination, site map
Site map drawing of the plot on which the George Douglass House sits. This drawing was included as part of the group of documents sent to the United States Department of the Interior, National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places as the application for National Register Status for the Douglass House. Numbers and arrows on drawings correspond
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Archives 1006.01.019
National Register of Historic Places application
Series of 35 pages that describes the location, ownership, history, architecture, etc. of the George Douglass House. This is the main application sent to the United States Department of the Interior, National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places as the application for National Register Status for the Douglass House. Photos included with this
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Photos 1006.01.012
National Register of Historic Places registration form photos
Series of 43 digital photographs (15 exterior and 28 interior) of the George Douglass House. Photos were included with the offical registration forms submitted to the United States Department of the Interior, National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places. See GDHTX2--1006.01.015 for the full text of the original registration forms. See G
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Note about Douglass butcher shop
In a Sept 15, 1997 manuscript note to Dr. Donald A. Shelley, then a Trust Board member, Theresa Beard--a Trust founder, former President, and long-time Board member--reported that she “spoke to a man who said he did not think there was a butcher shop in the Douglass Mansion but when he was very young…about 10 years old…he remembered the Slaughter House and s
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Archives 1007.01.029
Parcel description & brief history of title chain
Photocopy of handwritten notes taken by Theresa Beard. Original notes refer to information copied from Deeds located at the Berks County Office of the recorder of Deeds in Reading, PA. Notes give a parcel description for the White Horse tavern as well as a chain of title from William Douglass (c.1853) to his sister Amerlia Douglass (c.1888) to her grand
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Archives 1006.01.033
Receipt / Payment Received; include list of laborers and materials purchased
Receipt / Payment received from Mr Martin[????] for Jacob Biglitti Dated 1827 August 28, of a list of materials; which was received by George Douglass on 9 Janurary 1828 "infull"; signed off by Jacob Becket? Mr. Ma[????] (missing text) D for Jacob Biglitti 1827 Aug 28 for Boarding Inn Jacob Biglitte 24 at 25 C[redit] Day D* 6- for D Jm
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Photos 1006.01.005
Southwest perspective view of early addition
Black & white photographic print of early addition at George Douglass House from a southwest perspective view. Note on reverse of photo says "copyright [symbol] Steve Myers Studios 1990."
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