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Record, Judicial

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/7e13bebc-674e-431d-8a9f-551203751780
Collection
Quarter Sessions
Title
Quarter Sessions
Object ID
APR 1863 F002 QS
Date Range
1863/04
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Collection
Quarter Sessions
Title
Quarter Sessions
System of Arrangement
Organized by Court of Quarter Sessions term.
Arranged by case number within each term.
Date Range
1863/04
Year
1863
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Storage Room
Archives West
People
Sebastian, Mary Jane
Atlee, John L. Sr.
Search Terms
Quarter Sessions
Reports
Discharge papers
Prisons
Doctors
Object Name
Record, Judicial
Language
English
Condition
Fair
Object ID
APR 1863 F002 QS
Additional Notes
Report by Dr. John L. Atlee Sr.; order to discharge from prison.
1 item, 1 piece
Access Conditions / Restrictions
Request at Reference Desk; photocopy made by staff member.
Classification
RG 02-00 0908
Description Level
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Record, Judicial

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/15fb65d4-8dd8-4ac9-adb7-648242884695
Collection
Quarter Sessions
Title
Quarter Sessions document for John B. Brown and John Riley
Object ID
APR 1863 F042 QS
Date Range
1863/04
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Collection
Quarter Sessions
Title
Quarter Sessions document for John B. Brown and John Riley
Date Range
1863/04
Year
1863
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Storage Room
Archives West
People
Brown, John B.
Dunwoody, John G.
Riley, John
Subjects
Prisoners
Search Terms
Quarter Sessions
Charge: assisting with the escape of a felon
Prisons
Incarcerated persons
Object Name
Record, Judicial
Language
English
Condition
Fair
Object ID
APR 1863 F042 QS
Location of Originals
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania
Additional Notes
Also: John Riley.
Assisting with the escape of prisoner, John G. Dunwoody.
Case numbers: 43, 46.
6 items, 3 pieces
Access Conditions / Restrictions
Request at Reference Desk; photocopy made by staff member.
Classification
RG 02-00 0908
Description Level
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Record, Judicial

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/90072838-f7a5-4ce6-a70c-927735173540
Collection
Quarter Sessions
Title
Quarter Sessions document for Frederick Renka
Object ID
AUG 1862 F007 QS
Date Range
1862/08
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Collection
Quarter Sessions
Title
Quarter Sessions document for Frederick Renka
Date Range
1862/08
Year
1862
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Storage Room
Archives West
People
Renka, Frederick
Subjects
Prisoners
Search Terms
Charge: threatening arson
Incarcerated persons
Prisons
Quarter Sessions
Suicide
Object Name
Record, Judicial
Language
English
Condition
Fair
Object ID
AUG 1862 F007 QS
Location of Originals
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania
Additional Notes
Threatening arson.
Note: died in prison by suicide, 27 May 1862.
2 items, 2 pieces
Access Conditions / Restrictions
Request at Reference Desk; photocopy made by staff member.
Case Number
8.000
Classification
RG 02-00 0908
Description Level
Item
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Record, Judicial

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/229f094e-52a9-45b6-a392-228825254258
Collection
Quarter Sessions
Title
Quarter Sessions document for James Hamilton
Object ID
APR 1868 F031 QS
Date Range
1868/04
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Collection
Quarter Sessions
Title
Quarter Sessions document for James Hamilton
Date Range
1868/04
Year
1868
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Storage Room
Archives West
People
Hamilton, James
Subjects
Prisoners
Search Terms
Charge: attempting to escape
Incarcerated persons
Prisons
Quarter Sessions
Object Name
Record, Judicial
Language
English
Condition
Fair
Object ID
APR 1868 F031 QS
Location of Originals
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania
Additional Notes
Attempting to escape from prison.
2 items, 1 piece
Access Conditions / Restrictions
Request at Reference Desk; photocopy made by staff member.
Case Number
36.000
Classification
RG 02-00 0908
Description Level
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Record, Judicial

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/881c25c4-d907-417c-a91a-447298087760
Collection
Quarter Sessions
Title
Quarter Sessions
Object ID
JAN 1867 F004 QS
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Collection
Quarter Sessions
Title
Quarter Sessions
System of Arrangement
Organized by Court of Quarter Sessions term.
Arranged by case number within each term.
Year
1867
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
People
Weaver, Andrew
Weaver, Joseph
Weaver, Simon H.
Search Terms
Quarter Sessions
Petitions
Recognizance
Object Name
Record, Judicial
Language
English
Condition
Fair
Object ID
JAN 1867 F004 QS
Additional Notes
Also: Joseph Weaver.
Petition from Simon H. Weaver, regarding a recognizance.
1 item, 1 piece
Access Conditions / Restrictions
Request at Reference Desk; photocopy made by staff member.
Classification
RG 02-00 0908
Description Level
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Record, Judicial

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/8f33852c-0540-474c-9449-892264283273
Collection
Quarter Sessions
Title
Quarter Sessions
Object ID
JAN 1862 F004 QS
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Collection
Quarter Sessions
Title
Quarter Sessions
System of Arrangement
Organized by Court of Quarter Sessions term.
Arranged by case number within each term.
Year
1862
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
People
Rife, Jacob
Search Terms
Quarter Sessions
Petitions
Depositions
Object Name
Record, Judicial
Language
English
Condition
Fair
Object ID
JAN 1862 F004 QS
Additional Notes
Petition of remittance; depositions.
2 items, 1 piece
Access Conditions / Restrictions
Request at Reference Desk; photocopy made by staff member.
Classification
RG 02-00 0908
Description Level
Item
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Print, Photographic

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/63b9a973-5f9c-4b5b-87f9-738831372463
Collection
Postcard Collection
Object ID
911-009-004
Date Range
before 1907
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Object Name
Print, Photographic
Collection
Postcard Collection
Description
Lancaster, Pa., Lancaster County Prison and Grounds.
Date Range
before 1907
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Recipient
Miss Mary Rae Little, Hokendauqua, Penna.
Subcategory
Documentary Artifact
Subject
Postcards
Classification
911-009-004
Search Terms
Lancaster County Prison
Prisons
Jails
Place
Lancaster
Object Name
Print, Photographic
Print Size
3.5 x 5.5 inches
Publisher
The Hugh C. Leighton Co., Manufacturers, Portland, Me.
Object ID
911-009-004
Additional Notes
"Reached here safely. took dinner here and will spend night at York. M. E. B."
Postmarked September 15, 1906, Lancaster and September 17, Hokendauqua, PA
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Print, Photographic

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/2c643fd8-d0a9-4d1d-a376-462750103137
Collection
Lancaster City and County Scenes Album
Object ID
A-34-01-40
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Object Name
Print, Photographic
Collection
Lancaster City and County Scenes Album
Description
Lancaster County Prison
Year Range From
1898
Year Range To
1905
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Subcategory
Documentary Artifact
Search Terms
Prisons
Jails
East King Street
Place
Lancaster
Object Name
Print, Photographic
Print Size
5 x 7 inches
Object ID
A-34-01-40
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Order for Payment

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/8d65635c-4409-4b8f-b999-890371425241
Collection
Commissioners' Orders for Payment
Title
Commissioners' order for payment 1831 #456
Object ID
CommOrder 1832 #255
Date Range
1832
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Collection
Commissioners' Orders for Payment
Title
Commissioners' order for payment 1831 #456
Description
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.
Date Range
1832
Date of Accumulation
1810-1901
Creator
County Commissioners
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Storage Room
Archives North
Storage Container
Box 0012
People
Ehler, John
Search Terms
Clothing
Commissioners' Orders for Payment
Jails
Lancaster
Prisons
Place
Lancaster
Extent
70 boxes (35 cubic ft.)
Object Name
Order for Payment
Language
English
Condition
Fair
Condition Date
2008-03-25
Object ID
CommOrder 1832 #255
Box Number
012
Notes
Entered into Q&A Aug 30, 2001.
Additional Notes
Prisons.
Payment clothing for the jail.
Ehler, John.
1 item. 1 piece.
Access Conditions / Restrictions
Request at research desk. Photocopy made by staff member.
Classification
RG 08-01 0510
Description Level
Item
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Archive

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/2f5113cf-e646-46e9-877d-537459210451
Collection
Broadsides Collection
Title
Broadsides Collection
Object ID
MG0357
Date Range
1775-1958
717.392.4633 • www.LancasterHistory.org Search Terms: Advertisements Announcements Arithmetic Boys Work Fund Broadsides Camons Island Cheap Job Printer, Lancaster Inquirer Steam Book and Job Printing Court of Quarter Sessions Cromwell & Bomberger Finding aids Flyers Frantz’s Mill Ku Klux Klan (1915
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Collection
Broadsides Collection
Title
Broadsides Collection
Description
This collection contains broadsides for lectures, stores, businesses, and organizations.
Date Range
1775-1958
Year Range From
1775
Year Range To
1958
Date of Accumulation
1775-1958
Creator
LancasterHistory (Organization)
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Storage Room
Archives South
Storage Wall
Side 09
People
Bailey, Francis
Becker, John
Bomberger, M.
Bowman, Michael
Brinton, F.
Bryson, J. H.
Chryst, Drue Young
Chryst, James
Conyngham, Redmond
Cromwell, J.
Deshong, P. M.
Eply, John
Eshleman, Elam Witmer
Fahnestock, William B.
Funk, Amos H.
Gable, Jacob
Haines, Samuel B.
Harbaugh, Henry
Hershey, Benjamin
Jefferies, Thomas
Kennedy, J. P. M.
Landis, Benjamin
Landis, David
Landis, Jesse
Landis, John
Lefever, John
Lehman, John S.
Lindsay, John J.
List, Friedrich
Mathiot, John
Maxwell, Hugh
McCall, H. W.
Mercer, J. Q.
Messersmith, Jacob
Metzler, Christian E.
Michael, J.
Roosevelt, Theodore
Scott, Joseph
Shreiner, Martin
Steele, John F.
Stevens, Enos
Witmer, A. K.
Witmer, Henry
Wylie, S. A.
Subjects
Broadsides
Political posters
Posters
Search Terms
Advertisements
Announcements
Arithmetic
Boys Work Fund
Broadsides
Camons Island
Cheap Job Printer, Lancaster Inquirer
Court of Quarter Sessions
Cromwell & Bomberger
Finding aids
Flyers
Frantz's Mill
Ku Klux Klan (1915- )
Lancaster Adler
Lancaster County Prison
Lancaster Soil Conservation District
Lancaster Unemployed Council
Lititz Turnpike Company
Manor Turnpike Company
Manuscript groups
Mayors
Mount Vista Gold and Silver Mining Company
New York and Pennsylvania Oil and Coal Mining Company
Newspapers
Notices
Paradise Lyceum
Pennsylvania General Assembly, House of Representatives
Petitions
Philadelphia Mourning Store, Jones & Fisher
Poetry
Political posters
Posters
Programs
Railroads
Reports
Review Print
Russel & Myers
S. B. Cox and Company
Sheriffs
Slackwater Turnpike
Steam Book and Job Printing
Stockholders
Stocks
Tolls
Union and Tribune Office
Youth Appreciation Week
Extent
2 boxes, 23 folders, 1 cubic ft.
Object Name
Archive
Language
English, German, and Pennsylvania German
Object ID
MG0357
Location of Originals
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania
Notes
Preferred Citation: Title or description of item, date (day, month, year), Collection Title (MG#), Folder #, (or Object ID), LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania. URL if applicable. Date accessed (day, month, year).
Access Conditions / Restrictions
Original documents may be used by researchers--contact Research@LancasterHistory.org prior to visit or request at Reference Desk.
Copyright
Collection items may be photographed. Please direct questions to Research Center Staff at Research@LancasterHistory.org. Permission for reproduction and/or publication must be obtained in writing from LancasterHistory. Persons wishing to publish any material from this site must assume all responsibility for identifying and satisfying any claimants of copyright or other use restrictions. Publication fees may apply.
Other Numbers
MG-357
Classification
MG0357
Description Level
Fonds
Custodial History
Added to database 3 January 2022.
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