This record group contains canceled orders that were issued by the county commissioners for payment to be made by the county treasurer. The orders show date, order number, amount, name of payee, purpose, and signatures of the county commissioners. In the case of "poor children," teachers were reimbursed by the county for tuition and/or the supplies purchased for students whose parents were unable to pay. Orders include: Poor Children, Almshouse, Bridges, Coroners' Inquests, Prisons, Roads, Court House, and Tax Exonerations.
System of Arrangement
The record group is organized chronologically, then arranged by order number within each year.
Barstler, John. Deceased. Father of Barstler, Samuel, age 10.
Bauman, Samuel. Father of Bauman, Samuel, age 10; Bauman, Charlotte, age 9; Bauman, Margaret, age 6.
Beitelman, Jacob. Father of Beitelman, Jacob, age 9; Beitelman, Samuel, age 7.
Carson, Richard. Father of Carson, Isaac, age 8; Carson, Joseph, age 6; Carson, Eliza, age 11.
Coot, Thomas., Deceased. Father of Coot, Thomas Jefferson, age 6.
Daum, Peter. Father of Daum, Lucy, age 9; Daum, Nancy, age 10.
Duck, George. Father of Duck, Lydia, age 9; Duck, Adam, age 7; Duck, Elizabeth, age 6.
Gensimer, John. Father of Gensimer, John, age 11; Gensimer, Daniel (or George), age 9; Gensimer, Polly, age 7.
Getz, Philip. Father of Getz, Catharine, age 10; Getz, Peter, age 6.
Grove, George. Father of Grove, Daniel, age 6.
Hart, John. Father of Hart, John, age 9; Hart, Christian, age 7.
Hartung, Jacob. Father of Hartung, Cyrus, age 7.
Hinkle, Jonathan. Father of Hinkle, Levi, age 9; Hinkle, Emanuel, age 8.
Jones, Jesse. Father of Jones, Conrad, age 10; Jones, William, age 8; Jones, Thomas, age 6.
Kerner, Elizabeth. Mother of Kerner, John, age 10.
Lehr, John. Father of Lehr, James, age9; Lehr, David, age 7.
Leinbach, Elias.. Father of Leinbach, Samuel, age 10; Leinbach, John, age 9; Leinbach, Frederick, age 7.
Mumma, Leonard. Father of Mumma, Susanna, age 11; Mumma, John, age 10; Mumma, Leah, age 8.
Oberlin, George. Father of Oberlin, George, age 10.
Pfundt, Adam. Father of Pfundt, Philip, age 9.
Ranck, Michael. Father of Ranck, Isaac, age 11; Ranck, William, age 8.
Sands, Aron. Father of Sands, Aron, age 10; Sands, Joseph, age 7.
Sheaffer, Henry. Father of Shaeffer, Samuel, age 11; Shaeffer, Henry, age 7.
Slough, Jacob. Father of Slough, Elizabeth, age 9; Slough, Catharine, age 7.
Snyder, Jacob. Father of Snyder, Nancy, age 7; Snyder, Veronica, age 6.
Spera, William. Father of Spera, John, age 9; Spera, Gibson, age 6.
Stark, Joseph. Father of Stark, Samuel, age 10.
Stober, Jacob. Father of Stober, Polly, age 10; Stober, William, age 9.
Switzgable, Thomas. Father of Switzgable, Thomas, age 11 years 2 months; Switzgable, Samuel, age 8 years 8 months; Switzgable, Elizabeth, age 7 years 1 month.
Usner, Christian. Father of Usner, Elizabeth, age 10.
Zell, Jacob. Father of Zell, Allen, age 7.
Zimmerman, George. Father of ZImmerman, Hanah, age 6; Zimmerman, Mary, age 8.
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This record group contains canceled orders that were issued by the county commissioners for payment to be made by the county treasurer. The orders show date, order number, amount, name of payee, purpose, and signatures of the county commissioners. In the case of "poor children," teachers were reimbursed by the county for tuition and/or the supplies purchased for students whose parents were unable to pay. Orders include: Poor Children, Almshouse, Bridges, Coroners' Inquests, Prisons, Roads, Court House, and Tax Exonerations.
System of Arrangement
The record group is organized chronologically, then arranged by order number within each year.
Journals of the House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. Beginning the twenty-eighth day of November, 1776, and ending the second day of October, 1781. With the proceedings of the several committees and conventions, before and at the commencement of the American Revolution. Volume the first
Minutes of the fourth sitting of the fifth General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania : ss²b which met at Philadelphia on Monday the twenty-third day of October, in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred eighty and one
Signature of Edward Bird on two internal title pages.
Book number 12 as assigned by Yeates
One-half leather with marble papers; Title in gold on maroon leather.
Contents
Fourth Sitting of the Fifth General Assembly (p.476-562) --Second session of the Fifth General Assembly (p. 563-650) -- Report of the Committee of the Assembly ... (p. 1-50) -- Third session of the Sixth General Assembly (p. 651-712) -- First session of the Seventh General Assembly (p.713-780) -- Second session of the Seventh General Assembly (p.781-883) -- Third session of the Seventh of the General Assembly (p.885-986) -- First session of the Eighth General Assembly (p.-1-82) printed by Hall and Sellers, Philadelphia -- Second session of the Eighth General Assembly (p. 85-252) printed by Hall and Sellers, Philadelphia -- Third Session of the Eighth General Assembly (253-361, 1-3) printed by Hall and Sellers, Philadelphia -- First Session of the Ninth General Assembly (p. 1-103) printed by Francis Bailey, Philadelphia -- Second Session of the Ninth General Assembly (p. 105-328) printed by Francis Bailey, Philadelphia.
Minutes of the third session of the ninth General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania : which commenced at Philadelphia, on Monday, the twenty-third day of August, in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and eighty-five
One-half leather with marble papers; Title in gold on maroon leather.
Contents
Third session of the Ninth General Assembly (p.329-402) -- First session of the Tenth General Assembly (p. 1-160) -- Second session of the Tenth General Assembly (p. 161-272) -- Third Session of the Tenth General Assembly (p. 273-336) -- First session of the Eleventh General Assembly (p.1-114) -- Second session of the Eleventh General Assembly (p.115-198) -- Third session of the Eleventh General Assembly (p.199-250) -- First session of the Twelfth General Assembly (p.1-98) -- Second session of the Twelfth General Assembly (p. 99-200) --Third Session of the Twelth General Assembly (201-280)
The law's disposal of a person's estate who dies without will or testament : shewing in a plain, clear, easy and familiar manner how a man's family and relations will be entitiled to his real and personal estate by the laws
The Second edition, revised , corrected , enlarged and improved. To which is added the disposal of a person's estate by will and testament; containing instructions and necessary forms for every person to make , alter and republish his own will : likewise directions for executors how to act after the testator's death , with respect to proving his will , getting in the effects , and paying debts and legacies /
The Second edition, revised , corrected , enlarged and improved. To which is added the disposal of a person's estate by will and testament; containing instructions and necessary forms for every person to make , alter and republish his own will : likewise directions for executors how to act after the testator's death , with respect to proving his will , getting in the effects , and paying debts and legacies /
Place of Publication
Dublin
Publisher
Printed for Peter Hoey ... and John Jones ...,
Date of Publication
1787.
Physical Description
xii, [1], 330 pages ; 18 cm (12mo)
Notes
Originally published in 1785 under title: The will which the law makes or how it disposes of a person's estate in case he dies without will or testament ...
The modern practice of the High Court of Chancery : methodized and digested in a manner wholly new : interspersed with variety of the most approved and modern forms of practical precedents incidental to every suit in the progress of it, from the original bill to the decree, comprising a system of practical knowledge, according to the course of the Court as at present established
Reports of cases argued and determined in the High Court of Chancery : [Trinity Term, 18 Geo. 3. A.D. 1778 to Trinity Term, 32 Geo. 3.-Hilary Term, 34 Geo. 3. A.D. 1794]
Laws enacted in the second sitting of the fourth General Assembly, of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. : Which commenced at Philadelphia on Wednesday the 19th day of January, in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and eighty
LCHS copy has bound in a copy of the Constitution of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, as established by the General Convention elected for that purpose. and held at Philadelphjia, July 15th 1776: Philadelphia: printed by John Dunlap, in Market-Street, 1777, and 24 pages of handwritten index.