The complete parish-officer : containing I. The authority and duty of high constables ... II. Of church-wardens, how chosen, their business in repairing of churches ... III. Of overseers of the poor, and their office ... IV. Of surveyors of the highways, and scavengers ... V. Of watchmen, their original and power : together with the statutes relating to hackney coaches and chairs, watermen, & c
The predecessor cotton mill of Lancaster City : also known as Jacob Miller & Co. Mill, Lancaster Cotton Works, Humes Mill, Rockland Mill, the Old Factory
"A history of the creation, management and ultimate fate of a cotton textile enterprise in Lancaster Borough and Township - Pennsylvania - 1812-1870 - together with the lineage of Jacob Miller and history of the Old Facatory Bridge."
"This microfilm is an addendum to the Lancaster County Tax Records project of 1971 and 1977. The records on this film were donated to the Lancaster County Historical Society in January 1981. They had been kept in the basement of Conestoga View Hospital which was used by the Lancaster County government as a storage facility for records. The tax records were water damaged and subsequently discarded at an unknown point in time. A private citizen discoverd and salvaged the items from a trash heap, and donated them to the Historical Society. The items show extensive damaged [sic] by water, mold, and vermin. Most pages are frayed and sections unreadable."
Bart Twp. 1833-37, 1841, 1843-45.
Brecknock Twp. 1833
Caernarvon Twp. 1844
Cocalico Twp. 1823, 1829
Conestoga Twp. 1827, 1831
Manheim Twp. 1822-23 (Includes List of Poor Children)
A compilation of 24 papers on various aspects of life in Lancaster county, Pa. in 1976.
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Contents
Industry -- Retailing --Private finance -- Office space -- Tourism --Agriculture -- Jobs and Income -- Government finance -- Housing -- Culture and the Arts -- Historic Resources -- Education and Learning -- Minorities -- Poverty -- Recreation -- Criminal Justice -- Government organization -- Health Care -- Utilities -- Transportation -- Land use -- Environment -- Urban design -- Planning.
"Lancaster Township: The tax records for this township which are here reproduced cover the following years: 1750-51, 1756-59, 1763, 1769-73, 1776-77, 1779-83, 1785-92, 1797-1803, 1805-08, 1810-19, 1821-23, 1825, 1828. On this microfilm, a circle in the upper left-hand corner of a frame indicates the beginning of a new document. Tax records for Lancaster Borough and City appear on this and subsequent rolls of the microfilm."
"Lancaster Borough: The tax records here reproduced for this borough, prior to its incorporation as a city on March 20, 1818, cover the following years: 1750-51, 1754, 1756-59, 1763, 1769-73, 1775, 1777-83, 1785-93, 1797-1803, 1805-17. On this microfilm, a circle in the upper left-hand corner of a frame indicates the beginning of a new document."
Tax records for Lancaster City 1819-1836 appear on microfilm #17 of this series; Lancaster City 1837-1840, on reel 18.
