Nathan Mantz papers

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Summary Information

Biographical/Historical note

Scope and Contents note

Administrative Information

Controlled Access Headings

Collection Inventory

Summary Information

Repository

The Historical Society of Pennsylvania

Creator

Mantz, Nathan, 1814-1894

Title

Nathan Mantz papers

ID

3679

Date [inclusive]

1767-1925

Extent

0.2 Linear feet ; 1 box

Author

Finding aid prepared by Weckea D. Lilly

Language

English

Language of Materials note

The ledgers are written in English with a Pennsylvania German dialect. A few items are in German.

Mixed materials [Folder]

1

Mixed materials [Volume]

1-3

Abstract

Papers of Nathan Mantz, of West Penn, Schuykill County, Pennsylvania. There are a number of items in the collection of other Mantz family members. Some items are written in English with a Pennsylvania German dialect. A few pieces of correspondence are in German.

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Biographical/Historical note

Nathan Mantz (1814 – 1894), a farmer, was born in West Penn, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania to Jacob and Elizabeth Mantz (1794 - 1873). His siblings Thomas D. (n.d. – 1915) and Edward D. Mantz (1847 – 1923) were involved in many business and family affairs with Nathan. He married Maria “Polly” Dreisbach (1817 – 1874) and had nine children including Thomas, Mary, Louis (or Lewis), Nathan, David, Samuel, Elizabeth, Edward, and Polly.

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Scope and Contents note

This collection documents the affairs of several members of the Mantz family through several personal documents including correspondence, deeds, wills, and other legal and financial records.

Included are estate records and wills, courtship letters between Nathan Mantz and Kale Haldeman, an “Article of Agreement” between David and Nathan Mantz to determine the distribution of payments of persons listed in a will, Schuykill County government documents, deeds, and Orphans Court records. Primarily these records established which person would act as executor of a deceased relative’s estate and be responsible for carrying out the directives in the will.

The Mantzes are listed as farmers and farm laborers in the census. The volumes contained here indicate that they were also involved in related industries. Volume I is a record book of the sawmill which contains receipts and other financial records (1839 – 1859); Volume II is an arithmatic book with inscriptions on the front page indicating that it belonged to Nathan Mantz when he studied at the Westpenn Township School. It includes various types of completed mathematical compositions. Volume III is another cash/receipt records book (1860 – 1876).

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Administrative Information

Publication Information

 The Historical Society of Pennsylvania 2014

Conditions Governing Access note

This collection is open for research

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Controlled Access Headings

Genre(s)

• Deeds.
• Family papers.

Personal Name(s)

• Mantz, Edward, 1847-1923
• Mantz, Maria (Polly), 1817-1874 -- Correspondence

Subject(s)

• Receipt books--19th century.

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Collection Inventory