Signers of petition: Peter McConony, Jacob G. Getz, Watson H. Miller, Abraham G. Brenner, George Vogel, George Ackerman, William F. Miller, John G. Shenk, John F. Remly Sr., William F. Mayer, Charles R. Frailey, Charles Gillespie, M. Nunamacher, Benjamin P. Miller, H. H. Eshbach, George Heiss, Peter Smith, Frederick [Peush], John Drepperd, Jacob Weaver, Jacob Snyder.
Receipt to keep a tavern.
3 items, 3 pieces
Access Conditions / Restrictions
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Signers of petition: Edward Wiley, J. I. Hartman, W. T. Eberman, H. L. Barnett, J. M. Baker, Frederick Lutz, P. G. Greider, R. Buchmiller, Benjamin H. Kauffman, Emanuel Shober, I. Michael, Frederick Sener.
Receipt to keep a tavern.
3 items, 3 pieces
Access Conditions / Restrictions
Request at Reference Desk; photocopy made by staff member.
The Mayor's Court was established at the incorporation of the City of Lancaster in 1818, and was composed of the mayor, recorder, and aldermen with powers and jurisdiction analogous to the Court of Quarter Sessions of the Peace, Oyer and Terminer, and Jail Delivery. It was abolished on 6 February 1849.
System of Arrangement
Organized by court term.
Arranged with general materials first, then constables reports, tavern licenses, un-numbered cases, and numbered cases.
A writ of habeas corpus is a procedure for obtaining a judicial determination of the legality of an individual's custody. This collection includes petitions for writs of habeas corpus and the writs themselves, showing the names of petitioners, persons to be brought to court, nature of dispute or alleged crime, dates of writs and accompanying documents, names of judges, and names of persons that the writs are filed against. Petitioners include indentured servants, Freedom Seekers, free persons of color, convicted prisoners, those awaiting trial, relatives of prisoners, parties in child custody disputes, and relatives of army recruits and draftees.
A writ of habeas corpus is a procedure for obtaining a judicial determination of the legality of an individual's custody. This collection includes petitions for writs of habeas corpus and the writs themselves, showing the names of petitioners, persons to be brought to court, nature of dispute or alleged crime, dates of writs and accompanying documents, names of judges, and names of persons that the writs are filed against. Petitioners include indentured servants, Freedom Seekers, free persons of color, convicted prisoners, those awaiting trial, relatives of prisoners, parties in child custody disputes, and relatives of army recruits and draftees.
Signers of petition for an eating house: George H. Darmstaetter, Christian Diffenbach, Jacob [Helb], [unknown signature], Theodore Edwards, Timothy James, Joseph White, Christian Sherts, James H. Barnes, Christian Widmyer, P. McCollum, John Hensler.
3 items, 3 pieces
Access Conditions / Restrictions
Request at Reference Desk; photocopy made by staff member.
The Mayor's Court was established at the incorporation of the City of Lancaster in 1818, and was composed of the mayor, recorder, and aldermen with powers and jurisdiction analogous to the Court of Quarter Sessions of the Peace, Oyer and Terminer, and Jail Delivery. It was abolished on 6 February 1849.
System of Arrangement
Organized by court term.
Arranged with general materials first, then constables reports, tavern licenses, un-numbered cases, and numbered cases.
The Mayor's Court was established at the incorporation of the City of Lancaster in 1818, and was composed of the mayor, recorder, and aldermen with powers and jurisdiction analogous to the Court of Quarter Sessions of the Peace, Oyer and Terminer, and Jail Delivery. It was abolished on 6 February 1849.
System of Arrangement
Organized by court term.
Arranged with general materials first, then constables reports, tavern licenses, un-numbered cases, and numbered cases.
Signers of Petition: Jacob Myers, Jacob Reese, Casper Brimmer, David Resse, John Hatz, Jacob Hartman, Amos Funk, Jacob Sener, Lewis Hartman, Jacob Gruel, Robert Moderwell, Henry C. Wentz.
1 item, 1 piece
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Located in the North West Ward, on West King Street.
January term.
Signers of Petition: Watson H. Miller, Derrick Fahnestock, Charles Boughter, George Danner, [J. Frey], Christian Shenk, H. Scherff, Daniel Harman, Jacob Weaver, William C. Chamberlin, William F. Mayer, John Drepperd, [Bartram A. Shaeffer], C. Hager.
1 item, 1 piece
Access Conditions / Restrictions
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