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Writ

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Collection: Lancaster County Historical Government Records

Title: Habeas Corpus Papers

Object ID: RG 01-00 2313

Date Range: 1799-1897, inc.

Collection: Lancaster County Historical Government Records

Title: Habeas Corpus Papers

Description: 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 African-Americans, convicted prisoners, those awaiting trial, relatives of prisoners, parties in child custody disputes, and relatives of army recruits and draftees. Handwritten, handwritten on printed forms, and a very few typewritten.

System of Arrangement: Arranged chronologically by date of filing.

Date Range: 1799-1897, inc.

Year Range From: 1799

Year Range To: 1897

Date of Accumulation: 1799-1894, 1896, 1897

Creator: Lancaster County Court of Common Pleas, Office of the Prothonotary

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives West

Subjects: African Americans--History; Free Black people; Fugitive slaves; Habeas corpus; Pennsylvania. Court of Common Pleas (Lancaster County); Petitions

Search Terms: African American men; African American women; Court of Common Pleas; Court records; Free persons of color; Freedom seekers; Habeas corpus; Persons of color; Petitions; Writs

Extent: 17 boxes

Object Name: Writ

Language: English

Object ID: RG 01-00 2313

Location of Originals: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania

Notes: Preferred Citation: Title or description of item, date (day, month, year), Collection, Title and Object ID, Box #, Folder #, LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.; These papers are cataloged individually and may be searched in the online collection database. https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/

Access Conditions / Restrictions: Please request at Reference Desk or Research@LancasterHistory.org.

Copyright: Copies of historic Lancaster County, Pennsylvania government records held by LancasterHistory may be published without special permission. There is no fee for publication. Proper credit lines are encouraged in the interest of good documentation.

Credit: Courtesy of Lancaster County Archives and LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.

Classification: RG 01-00 2313

Description Level: Series

Custodial History: Added to database 03 Feb 2024.

Docket

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Collection: Lancaster County Historical Government Records

Title: Habeas Corpus Docket

Object ID: RG 01-00 2313-005

Date Range: 1799-1895

Collection: Lancaster County Historical Government Records

Title: Habeas Corpus Docket

Description: Record of habeas corpus proceedings, showing dates of issue and return, names of defendant and custodian of prisoner, nature of writ, time and place of delivery, and disposition. Incomplete index in the back of the docket. Handwritten.

System of Arrangement: Arranged chronologically by date of issue.

Date Range: 1799-1895

Creation Date: 1799-1895

Year Range From: 1799

Year Range To: 1895

Creator: Lancaster County Court of Common Pleas, Office of the Prothonotary

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives North

Subjects: African Americans--History; Habeas corpus; Pennsylvania. Court of Common Pleas (Lancaster County)

Search Terms: Dockets; Habeas corpus; Incarcerated persons; Persons of color; Petitions; Writs

Extent: 1 volume

Object Name: Docket

Language: English

Object ID: RG 01-00 2313-005

Location of Originals: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania

Related Item Notes: Habeas Corpus Papers

Notes: Preferred Citation: Title or description of item, date (day, month, year), Collection, Title and Object ID, Box #, Folder #, LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.

Access Conditions / Restrictions: Please request at Reference Desk or Research@LancasterHistory.org.

Copyright: Copies of historic Lancaster County, Pennsylvania government records held by LancasterHistory may be published without special permission. There is no fee for publication. Proper credit lines are encouraged in the interest of good documentation.

Credit: Courtesy of Lancaster County Archives and LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.

Classification: RG 01-00 2313

Description Level: Item

Custodial History: Added to database 03 Feb 2024.

Indictment

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Collection: Indictments

Title: Indictments

Object ID: APR 1874 F001

Date Range: 1874/04

Collection: Indictments

Title: Indictments

System of Arrangement: Organized by Court of Quarter Sessions term.; Arranged by case number within each term.

Date Range: 1874/04

Year: 1874

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

People: Jacobs, Susan

Subcategory: Documentary Artifact

Search Terms: Charge: murder; Charge: concealing the death of an illegitimate child; Indictments

Object Name: Indictment

Language: English

Condition: Fair

Parent Object ID: INDICTMENTS

Object ID: APR 1874 F001

Additional Notes: Murder.; Concealing the death of a bastard child.; 1 item, 1 piece

Access Conditions / Restrictions: Request at Reference Desk; photocopy made by staff member.

Classification: RG 02-00 0933

Description Level: Item

Record, Judicial

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Collection: Quarter Sessions

Title: Quarter Sessions

Object ID: APR 1874 F045 QS

Date Range: 1874/04

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: 1874/04

Year: 1874

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives West

People: Jacobs, Susan

Search Terms: Quarter Sessions; Charge: concealing the death of a child; Charge: bastardy

Object Name: Record, Judicial

Language: English

Condition: Fair

Object ID: APR 1874 F045 QS

Additional Notes: Concealing the death of bastard child.; 2 items, 2 pieces

Access Conditions / Restrictions: Request at Reference Desk; photocopy made by staff member.

Case Number: 55.000

Classification: RG 02-00 0908

Description Level: Item

Documents

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Collection: Quarter Sessions

Title: Quarter Sessions

Object ID: NOV 1872 F060 QS

Collection: Quarter Sessions

Title: Quarter Sessions

System of Arrangement: Organized by Court of Quarter Sessions term.; Arranged by case number within each term.

Year: 1872

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

People: Witlinger, John Jr.

Search Terms: Quarter Sessions; Charge: fraud; Naturalization papers; Charge: furnishing fraudulent Naturalization papers

Object Name: Documents

Language: English

Condition: Fair

Object ID: NOV 1872 F060 QS

Additional Notes: Furnishing a fraudulent Naturalization paper.; 5 items, 5 pieces

Access Conditions / Restrictions: Request at Reference Desk; photocopy made by staff member.

Case Number: 57.000

Classification: RG 02-00 0908

Description Level: Item

Petition

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Collection: Lancaster County Historical Government Records

Title: Naturalization Petitions

Object ID: RG 01-00 0103

Date Range: 1800-1940

Collection: Lancaster County Historical Government Records

Title: Naturalization Petitions

Description: Petitions filed for admission to citizenship. Documents may contain: petition number, date, name, nationality, declaration of intention, oath of allegiance, affidavits of witnesses, date admitted in court, and official signatures. Twentieth century petitions may include notes of testimony.

System of Arrangement: Arranged numerically by petition number.

Date Range: 1800-1940

Creation Date: 1800-1940

Year Range From: 1800

Year Range To: 1940

Creator: Lancaster County Court of Common Pleas, Office of the Prothonotary

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Microfilm Room

Subjects: Emigration and immigration; Naturalization--United States; Pennsylvania. Court of Common Pleas (Lancaster County)

Search Terms: Court of Common Pleas; Immigration; Naturalization papers; Notes of testimony

Extent: Microfilm

Object Name: Petition

Language: English

Object ID: RG 01-00 0103

Location of Originals: Lancaster County Archives, Lancaster, Pennsylvania

Copies: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania

Notes: Preferred Citation: Title or description of item, date (day, month, year), Collection, Title and Object ID, Box #, Folder #, LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.

Access Conditions / Restrictions: Please request at Reference Desk or Research@LancasterHistory.org.

Copyright: Copies of historic Lancaster County, Pennsylvania government records held by LancasterHistory may be published without special permission. There is no fee for publication. Proper credit lines are encouraged in the interest of good documentation.

Credit: Courtesy of Lancaster County Archives and LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.

Classification: RG 01-00 0103

Description Level: Series

Custodial History: Added to database 09 December 2023.

Declaration

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Collection: Lancaster County Historical Government Records

Title: Naturalization Declarations of Intention

Object ID: RG 01-00 0101

Date Range: 1920s-1979

Collection: Lancaster County Historical Government Records

Title: Naturalization Declarations of Intention

Description: Forms declaring intention to become a U.S. citizen, showing declaration number, date, name, local address, age, birthday and birthplace, occupation, physical description race, nationality, marital status, dates and birthplaces of spouse and children, ports and dates of embarkation and entry, and ship name.

Date Range: 1920s-1979

Creation Date: 1920s-1979

Year Range From: 1920

Year Range To: 1979

Creator: Lancaster County Court of Common Pleas, Office of the Prothonotary

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Microfilm Room

Subjects: Emigration and immigration; Naturalization--United States; Pennsylvania. Court of Common Pleas (Lancaster County)

Search Terms: Court of Common Pleas; Immigration; Naturalization papers

Extent: Microfilm

Object Name: Declaration

Language: English

Object ID: RG 01-00 0101

Location of Originals: Lancaster County Archives, Lancaster, Pennsylvania

Copies: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania

Notes: Preferred Citation: Title or description of item, date (day, month, year), Collection, Title and Object ID, Box #, Folder #, LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.

Access Conditions / Restrictions: Please request at Reference Desk or Research@LancasterHistory.org.

Copyright: Copies of historic Lancaster County, Pennsylvania government records held by LancasterHistory may be published without special permission. There is no fee for publication. Proper credit lines are encouraged in the interest of good documentation.

Credit: Courtesy of Lancaster County Archives and LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.

Classification: RG 01-00 0101

Description Level: Series

Custodial History: Added to database 09 December 2023.

Archive

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Collection: Civil War Collection

Title: Civil War letters to Moses Long and Joseph H. Long's obituary

Object ID: MG0018_SerA_F060_It01-15

Date Range: 1861-1864, 1934, 1961

14 documents

Collection: Civil War Collection

Title: Civil War letters to Moses Long and Joseph H. Long's obituary

Description: Item 1 Letter from Reuben C. Long to his brother, Joseph H. Long. Camp Nevin. With transcription. 29 October 1861.; Item 2 Photocopy of newspaper articles. "Col. Hambright Slashes Red Tape, Gets Lancaster Regiment in Field" and "Local Troops Chowless on Stalled Train." Reprinted in the Lancaster Intelligencer, 24 November 1961.; Item 3 Letter from Reuben C. Long to his father, Moses Long. Camp Nevin. With transcription and genealogy. 8 November 1861.; Item 4 Letter from Reuben C. Long to his father, Moses Long. Camp Cooper near Shelbeyville. With transcription. 20 June 1863.; Item 5 Letter from Reuben C. Long to his father, Moses Long. Louisville, Kentucky. With transcription. 1 October 1862.; Item 6 Map of Gen. O. M. Mitchell's campaign.; Envelope addressed to Moses Long. Postmarked Nashville, Tennessee, 18 July 1863.; Envelope addressed to Moses Long. Postmarked June 25.; Item 7 Letter from Reuben C. Long to his father, Moses Long. Murfreesboro, Tennessee. With envelope and transcription.; 6 June 1863.; Item 8 Letter from Reuben C. Long to his father, Moses Long. Murfreesboro, Tennessee. With transcription. 22 June 1863. (see MG0018_SerA_F060_It08); Item 9 Pass for a person of color to mend a fence along the Manchester Road. Written by Capt. M. D. Wickersham. 6 August 1862.; Item 10 Letter from Reuben C. Long to his father, Moses Long. Camp King, Kentucky. With transcription. 13 July 1863.; Item 11 Letter from Reuben C. Long to his father, Moses Long with praise for Mart Bachman. With transcription. No date.; Item 12 Letter from Reuben C. Long to his father, Moses Long. Cowan Station, Tennessee. With transcription. 1 August 1863.; Item 13 Letter from Lt. Edward McCaffrey to Moses Long with news of Reuben's death. Chattanooga, Tennessee. With transcription. 28 September 1863.; Item 14 Letter from Samuel W. Lantz to Moses Long stating that Reuben's body was not recovered from the battlefield. With transcription. 26 October 1863.; Item 15 Photocopy of newspaper obituary of Joseph H. Long (1845-1934).

Admin/Biographical History: Reuben Clark Long (1843-1863) enlisted 30 September 1861 and served as a private with the 79th Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteers, Company E until his death at Chickamauga, Georgia on 19 September 1863.

Date Range: 1861-1864, 1934, 1961

Creation Date: 1861-1864, 1934, 1961

Creator: Long family

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives South

Storage Wall: Side 01

Storage Container: Box 0002

People: Lantz, Samuel W.; Long, Joseph Henry; Long, Moses; Long, Reuben Clark; McCaffrey, Edward

Subjects: African Americans--History; Letters; United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865; United States. Army. Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment, 79th (1861-1865)

Search Terms: 79th Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment (1861-1865); Carroll County, Maryland; Civil War; Correspondence; Death; Letters; Manchester Road; Military life; Persons of color; Soldiers; United States Army

Extent: 31 items

Object Name: Archive

Language: English

Object ID: MG0018_SerA_F060_It01-15

Location of Originals: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania

Related Item Notes: Letter from R. C. Long to his father, 1863 (MG0018_SerA_F060_It08)

Notes: Preferred Citation: Title or description of item, date (day, month, year), Civil War Collection (MG0018), Series #, Folder #, (or Object ID), LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania. URL if applicable. Date accessed (day, month, year).

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