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.
Known as the Fairview Hotel, located on the Susquehanna River.
Bond: William A. Brown, J. B. Long.
Receipt.
Signers of petition: Nathaniel Mayer, William A. Brown, Abraham Gregg, Robert Long, John Kennedy, Benjamin Brooks, H. Fairlamb, Morecai Hammond, John J. Martin, James B. Long, John Patton, William Rodgers.
3 items, 3 pieces
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Signers of petition: John Long, John Patton, James B. Long, H. Fairlamb, Mordecai Hammond, William Rodgers, Clarkson Jefferis, Patrick Glackin, Benjamin F. Sides, J. B. Shank, John J. Martin, Jacob Shoff, Edward Nelson, John Kennedy, William Barnes, James Barnett.
3 items, 3 pieces
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Signers of petition: John Long, Joseph Showalter, [ ] McSparran, Lea Brown, John A. Boyd, Samuel R. Boyd, Fleming McSparran, John Patton, John J. Martin, Joseph B. Shank, Clarkson Jefferis, Benjamin F. Sides, Jacob Shoff.
3 items, 3 pieces
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Signers of petition: William A. Brown, John Martin, Clarkson Jefferis, Joseph B. Shanks, [ ] Fairlamb, William Rodgers, John Welsh, T. W. Housekeeper, J. B. Millington, Benjamin Brooks, E. Ambler, Jacob Shoff.
3 items, 3 pieces
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Signers of petition: Marion D. Dunkle, Jacob Shoff, James M. Dunkle, Samuel Seiple, John H. Dunkle, Stephen Owens, Eliakim Oldham, Samuel Seiple, Mordecai Hammond, Henry Rush, William W. Steele, James H. McCrabb, Charles Todd, N. Mayer.
3 items, 3 pieces
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Signers of petition: N. Mayer, Clarkson Jefferis, Joseph B. Shanks, Hugh H. Long, Abraham Dubree, George W. Shade, Henry Eckman, [unknown signature], [ ] Fairlamb, T. W. Housekeeper, William Rodgers, John Pusey.
3 items, 3 pieces
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Signers of petition: Daniel Lefever, David Haverstick, Jacob Snavely, H. E. Raub, Thomas Henry, Tobias D. [Sionchart}, Christopher M. Hess, James M. Steele, Samuel Keehn, William J. Hess, Joseph K. Ferguson, John Snavely.
3 items, 3 pieces
Access Conditions / Restrictions
Request at Reference Desk; photocopy made by staff member.
