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.
Signers of petition: Jacob Redsecker, John Foltz, Samuel Redsecker, A. Greenawalt, Andrew Wade, B. F. Baer, C. G. Huber, John Lynch, Isaac Redsecker, [Henry Myer], John Rhoads, Jacob G. Diffenderfer, George Patterson, Joseph Buchanan, Henry Ober, Samuel Harmony, Michael Kitch, William Pfaff.
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Signers of petition: Jacob Redsecker, John Kuntz, Henry Ober, John Lynch, Sebastian Keller, B. F. Baer, Joseph Buchanan, A. Greenawalt, John Rhoads, Daniel Balmer, Samuel Harmony, George Patterson, Joseph Clinton, George Boyer.
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Signers of petition: Jacob Redsecker, Daniel Balmer, Henry Myers, Benjamin Shaeffer, Jackson Schaeffer, George Boyer, Andrew Wade, B. F. [Baez], Joseph Buchanan, Abraham Redsecker, William Hagel, Jacob A. Breneman.
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Signers of petition: Jacob Redsecker, George Patterson, Joseph Clinton, John Lynch, Samuel Harmony, Michael Kitch, Sebastian Keller, Henry Shultz, A. Greenawalt, Andrew Wade, John William Roeting, [signature in German], John Foltz, Isaac Redsecker.
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Signers of petition: John Shissler, Adam Breneman, William Rose, Christian Funk, Thomas Steers, Jacob Mellinger, William [Taylor], Horace Flately, Abraham Brenneman, Jacob Bostich, Christian Hess, Daniel Kendig, Aaron Kendig.
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Signers of petition: Christian Miller, B. Hershey, John Wittmer, Henry Hershey, Benjamin Landis, Jacob H. Landis, Henry Funk, Isaac Dickel, Edward Howard, John [Shrater], Samuel Axer, Christian Schitz, Christian Fenstermaker.
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Signers of petition: Jacob Wittmer, Jacob Wissler, Henry B. Eshleman, J. H. Witmer, Rudolph Funk, Christian Gehr, Samuel Hoober, John Shissler, Amos B. Shuman, Henry Kline, Christopher Kline, Andrew Dritt, Jacob B. Shuman.
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Located on the road leading from Lancaster to Washington Boro.
Petition granted.
April term.
Signers of petition: [Albrechl Lauterschlager], Daniel Smith, Jacob Frantz, Abraham Brenneman, Jacob Hertzler, Henry Funk, J. Augustus Ehler, Edward Howard, Christian B. Hartman, George [Spolz], John [Dellet], John [Shrater].
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Signers of petition: John Neidich, Christian Funk, Jacob Bostick, William Fulton, William Rose, John M. Peirkins, Christian Hertzler, Jacob Dietrick, James Hutchson, Isaac Brenner, Reuben Kendig, John [Sourbeer], Abraham Brenneman, Daniel L. Carpenter.
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Signers of petition: Peter Burk, Moritz Gerstley, Henry Dietrich, Christian [Arnond], George Bortsfill, Peter Rumel, Henry Sauder, David Bixler, John F. Shenk, Joseph Brenneman, [signature in German], Abraham Brenneman, Adam Breneman, Jacob Fry, Jacob Zimmer.
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Signers of petition: Samuel Bailie, A. N. Cassel, Bayard Grosh, John Huston, Abraham Varley, John Park, H. R. Musser, Samuel D. Miller, Francis Flury, Jacob Graybill, Andrew Leader, Samuel Hopkins.
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Signers of petition: Denis Harkins, John Relly, Robert Turner, Abraham Cassel, John Barr, Frederik Frank, James Stackhouse, David Cassel, H. R. Musser, Thomas Stence, Frederick Mehling, John Park, Peter Baker.
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Signers of petition: Samuel Johnson, Bayard Grosh, Frederick Mehling, H. R. Musser, David Cassel, John Watson Jr., Frederick Haines, Jacob Miller, Samuel Oberlin, Samuel Naylor, Henry Coughenour, [signatuer in German], Christian Groh, Andrew Leader.
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Located on the corner of Front and Blackberry streets.
Petition not granted.
April term.
Signers of petition: H. R. Musser, Thomas Stence, Abraham Cassel, Frederik Frank, Charles Malhorn, John Greiner, Samuel Johnson, Henry Coughenour, John Watson, Andrew Leader, Christian Cohick, Samuel Naylor, Adam Sheaffer, [signature in German].
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Signers of petition: [G. M. Crawges], Benjamin Garman, Daniel Rohrer, T. Marshall Boggs, John H. Carter, J. B. Carter, James Wilson, C. A. Shaffner, James Mehaffey Jr., James Mehaffey, James Whitehill, Alexander [Lyndsay], G. W. Wormley, Samuel Mehaffey, Robert L. Lindsay, T. T. Anderson, Samuel Lindsay, George Rudisill, John [Rolly], John Huston, Nathaniel Lindsay, [L. W. Filiel], Robert Turner, William Child.
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Signers of petition: Robert Turner, Henry Nicholas, Samuel Oberlin, John Roth, Jacob Glatz, John McClure, John Meyers, John Carroll, Peter Goodman, Thomas Barnes, John Foultz, Thomas Stence, Frederik Frank.
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Signers of petition: Jacob Graybill, G. W. Wormley, Reuben Welshans, Alexander Lyndsay, Jacob Glatz, William A. Spangler, John Auxer, David Rinehart, John B. Maloney, Robert Turner, Henry Nicholas, Abraham Cassel, Abraham Varley.
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Signers of petition: Jacob Glatz, Samuel Bailie, B. Spangler, Abraham Cassel, John Auxer, John Park, H. R. Musser, Frederik Frank, David Rinehart, Nicholas Chapman, James Stackhouse, Jacob Rigler.
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Signers of petition: Henry Haines Jr., Jacob Glatz, Samuel Naylor, Frederick Haines, Abraham Cassel, J. Longenecker, James [Dreyer], [Joseph McFarlin], Michael Layman, Edmond Brennan, Samuel Bailie, John Fults, John Kelly.
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