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Bond, Legal

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Collection: Quarter Sessions

Title: Recognizance for Christopher Burkholder and Thomas Patterson

Object ID: AUG 1808 F030 QS

Date Range: 1808/08

Collection: Quarter Sessions

Title: Recognizance for Christopher Burkholder and Thomas Patterson

Date Range: 1808/08

Year: 1808

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives West

People: Burkholder, Christopher; Patterson, Thomas

Subcategory: Documentary Artifact

Search Terms: Charge: stealing; Quarter Sessions; Recognizance; Susquehanna River; York County, Pennsylvania

Place: York County, Pennsylvania

Object Name: Bond, Legal

Language: English

Condition: Fair

Object ID: AUG 1808 F030 QS

Additional Notes: Also: Thomas Patterson.; Recognizance, charged with stealing two platforms of boards on the Susquehanna River.; 1 item, 1 piece

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

Classification: RG 02-00 0908

Description Level: Item

Record, Judicial

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/0ece81ce-fef1-4687-b45b-538487274146

Collection: Quarter Sessions

Title: Quarter Sessions

Object ID: APR 1808 F003 QS

Date Range: 1808/04

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: 1808/04

Year: 1808

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives West

People: Gamble, Robert; Montgomery, Moses

Subcategory: Documentary Artifact

Search Terms: Quarter Sessions; Constables; Bonds

Object Name: Record, Judicial

Language: English

Condition: Fair

Object ID: APR 1808 F003 QS

Additional Notes: Constables' bond: Robert Gamble, Moses Montgomery.; 1 item, 1 piece

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

Classification: RG 02-00 0908

Description Level: Item

Probate

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/62b7debf-37a3-44e8-8a05-860810720587

Collection: Renunciations

Title: Renunciations

Object ID: Ren 1900 F087

Date Range: 1900

Collection: Renunciations

Title: Renunciations

Description: Renunciations are papers filed in the Orphans' Court by executors of an estate who do not wish to administer that estate. They show the name of the decedent, the decedent's place of residence, the name of the person renouncing administration, the name of the replacement administrator to be appointed, and date. The relationship between the decedent, the executor, and the administrator is usually shown. Arranged chronologically and then alphabetically within each year.

System of Arrangement: Arranged chronologically and then alphabetically within each year.

Date Range: 1900

Date of Accumulation: 1762-1820, 1821-1842, 1880-1906

Year: 1900

Creator: Register of Wills

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Container: Box 0019

People: Ressel, Benjamin; Ressel, Susan; Ressel, Aaron G.

Subcategory: Documentary Artifact

Search Terms: Renunciation; Quarryville

Place: Quarryville

Extent: 12 cubic feet

Object Name: Probate

Language: English

Condition: Fair

Object ID: Ren 1900 F087

Box Number: 019

Associated Material: Administrators Accounts; Miscellaneous Orphans' Court Papers

Additional Notes: Renouncer: Ressel, Susan.; Administrator: Ressel, Aaron G.; 1 item, 1 piece

Access Conditions / Restrictions: Restricted use of original. A photocopy will be made for patron use.

Classification: RG 03-00 0115

Description Level: Item

Probate

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/28fcb5d5-39c2-44e8-a691-122225949070

Collection: Renunciations

Title: Renunciations

Object ID: Ren 1900 F116

Date Range: 1900

Collection: Renunciations

Title: Renunciations

Description: Renunciations are papers filed in the Orphans' Court by executors of an estate who do not wish to administer that estate. They show the name of the decedent, the decedent's place of residence, the name of the person renouncing administration, the name of the replacement administrator to be appointed, and date. The relationship between the decedent, the executor, and the administrator is usually shown. Arranged chronologically and then alphabetically within each year.

System of Arrangement: Arranged chronologically and then alphabetically within each year.

Date Range: 1900

Date of Accumulation: 1762-1820, 1821-1842, 1880-1906

Year: 1900

Creator: Register of Wills

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Container: Box 0019

People: Witmer, Samuel; Witmer, Margaret N.; Witmer, Charles M.

Subcategory: Documentary Artifact

Search Terms: Renunciation; Quarryville

Place: Quarryville

Extent: 12 cubic feet

Object Name: Probate

Language: English

Condition: Fair

Object ID: Ren 1900 F116

Box Number: 019

Associated Material: Administrators Accounts; Miscellaneous Orphans' Court Papers

Additional Notes: Renouncer: Witmer, Margaret N.; Administrator: Witmer, Charles M.; 1 item, 1 piece

Access Conditions / Restrictions: Restricted use of original. A photocopy will be made for patron use.

Classification: RG 03-00 0115

Description Level: Item

Probate

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/e3d36909-6442-41f1-ad3c-113389358603

Collection: Renunciations

Title: Renunciations

Object ID: Ren 1903 F045

Date Range: 1903

Collection: Renunciations

Title: Renunciations

Description: Renunciations are papers filed in the Orphans' Court by executors of an estate who do not wish to administer that estate. They show the name of the decedent, the decedent's place of residence, the name of the person renouncing administration, the name of the replacement administrator to be appointed, and date. The relationship between the decedent, the executor, and the administrator is usually shown. Arranged chronologically and then alphabetically within each year.

System of Arrangement: Arranged chronologically and then alphabetically within each year.

Date Range: 1903

Date of Accumulation: 1762-1820, 1821-1842, 1880-1906

Year: 1903

Creator: Register of Wills

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Container: Box 0021

People: Hill, John; Minnich, Anna M.; Rohrer T. M.

Subcategory: Documentary Artifact

Search Terms: Renunciation; Quarryville

Place: Quarryville

Extent: 12 cubic feet

Object Name: Probate

Language: English

Condition: Fair

Object ID: Ren 1903 F045

Box Number: 021

Associated Material: Administrators Accounts; Miscellaneous Orphans' Court Papers

Additional Notes: Renouncer: Minnich, Anna M.; Administrator: Rohrer, T. M.; 1 item, 1 piece

Access Conditions / Restrictions: Restricted use of original. A photocopy will be made for patron use.

Classification: RG 03-00 0115

Description Level: Item

Probate

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/2eed0248-73d6-4282-85bc-659712812970

Collection: Renunciations

Title: Renunciations

Object ID: Ren 1898 F066

Date Range: 1898

Collection: Renunciations

Title: Renunciations

Description: Renunciations are papers filed in the Orphans' Court by executors of an estate who do not wish to administer that estate. They show the name of the decedent, the decedent's place of residence, the name of the person renouncing administration, the name of the replacement administrator to be appointed, and date. The relationship between the decedent, the executor, and the administrator is usually shown. Arranged chronologically and then alphabetically within each year.

System of Arrangement: Arranged chronologically and then alphabetically within each year.

Date Range: 1898

Date of Accumulation: 1762-1820, 1821-1842, 1880-1906

Year: 1898

Creator: Register of Wills

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Container: Box 0018

People: Kendig, David G.; Kindig, David G.; Kendig, Clemina; McElhaney, John W.; Otstot, U. D

Subcategory: Documentary Artifact

Search Terms: Renunciation; Quarryville

Place: Quarryville

Extent: 12 cubic feet

Object Name: Probate

Language: English

Condition: Fair

Object ID: Ren 1898 F066

Box Number: 018

Associated Material: Administrators Accounts; Miscellaneous Orphans' Court Papers

Additional Notes: Or: Kindig, David G.; Renouncer: Kendig, Clemina.; Administrators: McElhaney, John W.; Otstot, U. D.; 1 item, 1 piece

Access Conditions / Restrictions: Restricted use of original. A photocopy will be made for patron use.

Classification: RG 03-00 0115

Description Level: Item

Probate

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/9112004f-5e73-4fe9-a9dc-504367327978

Collection: Renunciations

Title: Renunciations

Object ID: Ren 1898 F100

Date Range: 1898

Collection: Renunciations

Title: Renunciations

Description: Renunciations are papers filed in the Orphans' Court by executors of an estate who do not wish to administer that estate. They show the name of the decedent, the decedent's place of residence, the name of the person renouncing administration, the name of the replacement administrator to be appointed, and date. The relationship between the decedent, the executor, and the administrator is usually shown. Arranged chronologically and then alphabetically within each year.

System of Arrangement: Arranged chronologically and then alphabetically within each year.

Date Range: 1898

Date of Accumulation: 1762-1820, 1821-1842, 1880-1906

Year: 1898

Creator: Register of Wills

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Container: Box 0019

People: Roberts, Joshua; Aument, H. H.; Rohrer, T. M.; Raul, E. J. R.; Aument, John G.; Hensel, Leander T.

Subcategory: Documentary Artifact

Search Terms: Renunciation; Quarryville

Place: Quarryville

Extent: 12 cubic feet

Object Name: Probate

Language: English

Condition: Fair

Object ID: Ren 1898 F100

Box Number: 019

Associated Material: Administrators Accounts; Miscellaneous Orphans' Court Papers

Additional Notes: Renouncers: Aument, H. H.; Rohrer, T. M.; Raul, E. J. R.; Aument, John G.; (signature illegible).; Administrator: Hensel, Leander T.; 1 item, 1 piece

Access Conditions / Restrictions: Restricted use of original. A photocopy will be made for patron use.

Classification: RG 03-00 0115

Description Level: Item

Probate

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/e7d698e5-a31d-4224-99b7-863547132211

Collection: Renunciations

Title: Renunciations

Object ID: Ren 1906 F070

Date Range: 1906

Collection: Renunciations

Title: Renunciations

Description: Renunciations are papers filed in the Orphans' Court by executors of an estate who do not wish to administer that estate. They show the name of the decedent, the decedent's place of residence, the name of the person renouncing administration, the name of the replacement administrator to be appointed, and date. The relationship between the decedent, the executor, and the administrator is usually shown. Arranged chronologically and then alphabetically within each year.

System of Arrangement: Arranged chronologically and then alphabetically within each year.

Date Range: 1906

Date of Accumulation: 1762-1820, 1821-1842, 1880-1906

Year: 1906

Creator: Register of Wills

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Container: Box 0022

People: McCauley, Elizabeth; Gochnauer, Cora M.; McCauley, Laura L.; Groff, Mary; McCauley, James; Gochnauer, E. S.

Subcategory: Documentary Artifact

Search Terms: Renunciation; Quarryville

Place: Quarryville

Extent: 12 cubic feet

Object Name: Probate

Language: English

Condition: Fair

Object ID: Ren 1906 F070

Box Number: 022

Associated Material: Administrators Accounts; Miscellaneous Orphans' Court Papers

Additional Notes: Renouncers: Gochnauer, Cora M.; McCauley, Laura L.; Groff, Mary; McCauley, James.; Administrator: Gochnauer, E. S.; 1 item, 1 piece

Access Conditions / Restrictions: Restricted use of original. A photocopy will be made for patron use.

Classification: RG 03-00 0115

Description Level: Item

Probate

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/d135e31f-3a39-4e9e-b63f-493084930586

Collection: Renunciations

Title: Renunciations

Object ID: Ren 1897 F046

Date Range: 1897

Collection: Renunciations

Title: Renunciations

Description: Renunciations are papers filed in the Orphans' Court by executors of an estate who do not wish to administer that estate. They show the name of the decedent, the decedent's place of residence, the name of the person renouncing administration, the name of the replacement administrator to be appointed, and date. The relationship between the decedent, the executor, and the administrator is usually shown. Arranged chronologically and then alphabetically within each year.

System of Arrangement: Arranged chronologically and then alphabetically within each year.

Date Range: 1897

Date of Accumulation: 1762-1820, 1821-1842, 1880-1906

Year: 1897

Creator: Register of Wills

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Container: Box 0018

People: Hildebrand, G. James; Hildebrand, Mary A.; Hildebrand, George B.

Subcategory: Documentary Artifact

Search Terms: Renunciation; Quarryville

Place: Quarryville

Extent: 12 cubic feet

Object Name: Probate

Language: English

Condition: Fair

Object ID: Ren 1897 F046

Box Number: 018

Associated Material: Administrators Accounts; Miscellaneous Orphans' Court Papers

Additional Notes: Renouncer: Hildebrand, Mary A.; Administrator: Hildebrand, George B.; 1 item, 1 piece

Access Conditions / Restrictions: Restricted use of original. A photocopy will be made for patron use.

Classification: RG 03-00 0115

Description Level: Item

Chart

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/64d64aec-1790-4c82-9343-776205932120

Collection: Transportation Collection

Title: Conestoga Traction Company chart

Object ID: MG0123_Framed02

Date Range: ca. 1899

Collection: Transportation Collection

Title: Conestoga Traction Company chart

Description: Conestoga Traction Company chart. A white-line printed chart showing the street railway companies that merged to become the Pennsylvania Traction Company in 1893 and then the Conestoga Traction Company in 1899. Framed.

Date Range: ca. 1899

Creation Date: ca. 1913

Creator: Conestoga Traction Company

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives North

Storage Wall: Side 11

Storage Cabinet: Section 03

Storage Shelf: Top Shelf

Subjects: Street-railroads

Search Terms: Brandywine Street Railway Company; Charts; Christiana and Coatesville Street Railway Company; Coatesville and Western Street Railway Company; Coatesville Rapid Transit Company; Coatesville Traction Company; Columbia and Donegal Railway Company; Columbia and Ironville Street Passenger Railway Company; Conestoga Traction Company; East End Passenger Railway Company; Elizabethtown and Florin Street Railway Company; Ephrata and Adamstown Railway Company; Lancaster and Columbia Railway Company; Lancaster and Eastern Street Railway Company; Lancaster and Lititz Electric Railway Company; Lancaster and Millersville Railroad Company; Lancaster and New Holland Railway Company; Lancaster and Quarryville Street Railway Company; Lancaster and Rocky Springs Railway Company; Lancaster and Terre Hill Street Railway Company; Lancaster City Street Railway Company; Lancaster Traction Company; Lancaster, Mechanicsburg and New Holland Railway Company; Lancaster, Petersburg and Manheim Railway Company; Lancaster, Willow Street, Lampeter and Strasburg Railway Company; New Holland, Blue Ball and Terre Hill Street Railway Company; Parkesburg and Coatesville Street Railway Company; Pennsylvania Traction Company; Rohrerstown, Landisville and Mount Joy Street Railway Company; Street railroads; Trolleys; West Chester Street Railway Company; West End Street Railway Company

Extent: 1 item, 1 page to scan

Object Name: Chart

Language: English

Condition: Poor

Condition Date: 2024-01-29

Condition Notes: Faded and brittle. Tears along the right side and top, left of center.

Object ID: MG0123_Framed02

Location of Originals: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania

Related Item Notes: Letters patent for the consolidation of Conestoga Traction Company (MG0123_F028); Transportation Collection (MG0123) https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/ebadea02-7f2c-4998-b1d2-392759509150

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 document may be used by appointment--please contact Research@LancasterHistory.org prior to visit.

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Credit: Courtesy of LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania

Accession Number: 2023.055

Other Numbers: MG-123

Other Number: MG-123, Framed 2

Classification: MG0123

Description Level: Item

Documents

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/3868d535-32e8-4174-92d9-120361243889

Collection: Bridge Records

Title: Bridge Records

Object ID: Bridge F0685 I004

Collection: Bridge Records

Title: Bridge Records

Description: Papers filed for construction and repair of bridges. The types of petitions presented to the Court of Quarter Sessions include: petitions for bridge construction and repair, petitions for inspections, and petitions for bridge funds. Other types of items include: specifications, proposals, and contracts for bridge construction and repair; bridge blueprints and plans; correspondence; bills for materials; and bridge condition reports. Many papers show date; court term and case number; names of petitioners, viewers, inspectors, and contractors; costs and fees; location of bridge; and name or number of bridge. The order and report of viewers documents are of particular interest as they usually include a copy of the original petition; the order and names of viewers to inspect the site; the public announcement for the viewers meeting; the report and recommendation of viewers, often with a drawing of the site and surrounding area; and the court decision.

System of Arrangement: Records are arranged by township, then chronologically within each township.

Year: 1913

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives West

Storage Container: Box 0010

Subcategory: Documentary Artifact

Search Terms: Creeks; Beaver Creek; Quarryville; Resolutions; Bridges

Place: Quarryville

Object Name: Documents

Language: English

Condition: Fair

Object ID: Bridge F0685 I004

Box Number: 010

Additional Notes: Bridge over [Beaver Creek]; Document type: Resolution that the borough will pay 1/3 of costs of bridge construction.; 1 item, 2 pieces

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

Classification: RG 02-00 0324

Description Level: Item

Notice, Legal

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/bf0b22b6-afb9-4605-a720-335318179630

Collection: Bridge Records

Title: Bridge Records

Object ID: Bridge F0025 I011

Date Range: 1913

Collection: Bridge Records

Title: Bridge Records

Date Range: 1913

Year: 1913

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives West

Storage Container: Box 0001

Subcategory: Documentary Artifact

Search Terms: Beartown Road; Bridges; Caernarvon Twp.; Conestoga Creek; Creeks; Honey Brook Road; Mill Road; Public notices; Roads

Place: Caernarvon Twp.

Object Name: Notice, Legal

Language: English

Condition: Fair

Object ID: Bridge F0025 I011

Box Number: 001

Additional Notes: [Caernarvon Twp.]; Location: On the Honey Brook Road, between the Beartown Road and the Mill Road.; Document type: Public notice of viewers.; 2 items, 2 pieces

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

Classification: RG 02-00 0324

Description Level: Item

Record, Judicial

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/dfe6ab90-a2f4-4d34-a2a4-201135432964

Collection: Quarter Sessions

Title: Quarter Sessions

Object ID: NOV 1778 F002 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: 1778

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

People: Patterson, Margaret; White, Thomas; Black, James

Subcategory: Documentary Artifact

Search Terms: Quarter Sessions; Bonds; Martic Twp.; Overseers of the Poor

Object Name: Record, Judicial

Language: English

Condition: Fair

Object ID: NOV 1778 F002 QS

Additional Notes: Bond to the Overseers of the Poor of Martic Twp. from Thomas White and James Black.; 1 item, 1 piece

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

Classification: RG 02-00 0908

Description Level: Item

Record, Judicial

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/da3536e9-2dcf-47ed-95ac-391200233417

Collection: Quarter Sessions

Title: Quarter Sessions

Object ID: AUG 1844 F004 QS

Date Range: 1844/08

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: 1844/08

Year: 1844

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives West

People: Whitehill, Middleton; Whitehill, John M.; Wilson, Elizabeth

Subcategory: Documentary Artifact

Search Terms: Quarter Sessions; Bonds

Object Name: Record, Judicial

Language: English

Condition: Fair

Object ID: AUG 1844 F004 QS

Additional Notes: Bond of Middleton Whitehill and John M. Whitehill to Elizabeth Wilson.; 2 items, 2 pieces

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

Classification: RG 02-00 0908

Description Level: Item

Record, Judicial

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/7d72dc53-48ac-4ef0-9633-656249185310

Collection: Quarter Sessions

Title: Quarter Sessions

Object ID: NOV 1804 F019 QS

1 document

Collection: Quarter Sessions

Title: Quarter Sessions

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

Year: 1804

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

People: Shower, Daniel; Young, Eve; Shower, John; Brendle, Abraham; Shower, Nicholas

Subcategory: Documentary Artifact

Search Terms: Quarter Sessions; Recognizance; Charge: fornication and bastardy; Bonds

Object Name: Record, Judicial

Language: English

Condition: Fair

Object ID: NOV 1804 F019 QS

Additional Notes: Recognizance, charged with fornication and bastardy on Eve Young.; Indemnifying bond.; Additional names: John Shower, Abraham Brendle, Nicholas Shower.; 2 items, 2 pieces