Signers of petition: James Graham, William Black, Jesse Gyger, Joseph [Potts], D. F. Witmer, Jacob Potts, George H. Miller, Levi Summy, Amos E. Cochran, Daniel Rosch, Alexander Schultz, William Steacy.
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Signers of petition: Amos E. Cochran, Joseph Potts, George H. Miller, Samuel Fondersmith, John Gyger, Thomas N. Gast, David Herr, Philip Ferree, [Alexander] Schultz, Andrew Charles, John McCallister, Jacob Weitzel.
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Signers of petition: Isaac Oberley, Jacob Rehm, Conrad Litzman, Daniel Rosch, William Steacy, Joseph Potts, George H. Miller, George Werntz, Jacob Potts, Thomas N. Galt, Jesse Gyger, B. B. Gonder, Alexander Schultz.
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Signers of petition: James Graham, William Black, Samuel Taggart, Levi Summy, Jacob Rehm, David Rosch, George [Will], M. M. Rohrer, Jacob Potts, A. Schultz, Amos E. Cochran, Jesse Gyger, S. K. White.
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Signers of petition: [unknown signature], John Rehm Sr., John Rehm, Samuel Taggart, William Cummins, George Werntz, Thomas Eagar, John Kilburn, Jacob Weitzel, Lewis Schelling, [signature in German], Jacob Potts.
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Signers of petition: Jacob Rehm, G. W. Miller, Samuel Spiehman, Samuel Shroy, William Echternach, Stephan [Gerters], Jesse Gyger, Jacob Potts, J. Hoffman, Daniel Rosch, Samuel Taggart, A. Schultz, Henry Keneagy, Thomas Galt.
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Signers of petition: R. Spencer, Philip Ferree, Samuel Fondersmith, George S. Whitehill, Andrew Charles, John McCallister, Jesse Gyger, Amos E. Cochran, David Herr, Thomas Galt, William Black Jr., G. W. Miller.
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This collection consists of business records for Whitson & Sproul of Christiana, Lancaster County and documents related to estate settlements. The business records include a ledger, letters and statements concerning the sale and purchase of various materials. One letter mentions the 1860 election of "Old Abe." The receipts and court documents consist primarily of receipts, releases, and sale agreements relating to the settlement of the estates of James Sproul and Moses Whitson.
The Temperance Collection includes convention programs of the Lancaster County Woman's Christian Temperance Union (W.C.T.U.); a history of the group from 1884-1959; Pennsylvania State W.C.T.U. function programs; and a minute book from the Bart Chapter. Included are handwritten notes on some of the conventions, pro-temperance booklets and newspapers (Moral Reformer and American Reformer), and miscellaneous addresses and articles. Of special interest is a booklet "Operation Interview" in which 36 prominent Lancastrians comment on the question, "Is social drinking necessary for success?", and a newspaper article reminiscing on the temperance movement in Columbia, Pennsylvania.
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.
