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: John Livingston, John Roop, David A. Fleming, John D. Wilson, Enoch Passmore, B. F. Houston, John Bartley, J. G. Henderson, Philip Hathaway, John Myers, Jacob Umble, James H. Houston, James McCalley, Jonathan Hoar, Amos S. Henderson, C. Umble.
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Signers of petition: George W. Buckley, Emanuel Graver, J. B. Baker, John Bartley, James H. Houston, B. F. Houston, John Bitzer, Henry Dickinson, David A. Fleming, Henry Levingston, Thomas Levingston, Thomas S. McIvaine.
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Signers of petition: Elias Eby, B. F. Houston, Henry Dickinson, [S. F.] Passmore, John Bitzer, Hugh Rambo, Caleb J. Baldwin, Thomas Levingston, William F. Baker, Thomas S. McIlvaine, George D. McIlvaine, J. B. Baker.
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Signers of petition: Amos S. Henderson, Christian Kurtz, Samuel Blank, John Umble, Christian Hess, John Sweigart, Henry Worst, George W. Buckley, Henry Skiles, Davis Clemson, Christian Wanner, John D. Wilson, David Kurtz, Jacob Martin, A. L. Henderson, Jonathan Hoar, Isaac Worst.
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Located at the fork of two roads in the vicinity of the village of Cambridge and Salisbury Twp.
January term.
Signers of petition: John Myers, Henry Kurtz Jr., George Eagle, John Glauner, William Glendining, George Glendining, Jacob Mast, Davis Clemson, James C. Skiles, Thomas G. Henderson, Amos S. Henderson, John Reeser, Andrew Bailey, Charles Bewley.
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Signers of petition: Jacob Cloud, [signature in German], William Sheafear, David Miller, Isaac Reel, Gabriel Rell, George G. Worst, John Miller, John Landis, John Myers, Samuel Lemmon, Henry Huston, Andrew Bailey, Jacob Emrey.
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Signers of petition: Enoch Passmore, Lytle Skiles, William Rhoads, John D. Wilson, John Myers, Jacob Mast, John Resh, G. W. Leaman, James H. Houston, James Paul, Isaac Diller, J. Henderson.
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Signers of petition: Henry Dickinson, Joshua Linvill, John D. Wilson, G. W. Leaman, Nicholas Plank Jr., Thomas G. Henderson, Levi K. [Crale], Jacob Mast, Matthew Henderson, Elias Eby, James H. Houston, B. F. Houston.
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Signers of Petition: Thomas Henderson, Samuel Houston, Joshua Chamberlin, Enoch Passmore, David Henderson, Jacob [Swartzenelder], Daniel Plank, Benjamin F. Houston, J. G. Henderson, James H. Houston, A. Lightner Henderson, William Henderson, Matthew Henderson, Davis Clemson, Williams Levingston.
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Located on the Philadelphia and Lancaster Turnpike.
Petition granted.
April term.
Signers of Petition: Joshua Linvill, James Paul, Jacob Swartzenelder, Christian Umble, John Umble, Winfield S. Kennedy, Samuel Duffield, Robert P. Buyers, Maxwell Kennedy, Thomas W. Henderson, Enoch Passmore, George W. Buckley.
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Signers of Petition: Amos Slaymaker, John Taggart Jr., John Taggart Sr., Henry F. Slaymaker, William D. Slaymaker, John [Pueser], Vernon Lewis, John Greenleaf, Joseph Lewis, William Powers, Samuel L. Hoar, Jacob Houder.
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Signers of Petition: Amos Slaymaker, Samuel Houston, Maxwell Kennedy, John Buyers, Samuel Boyd, Robert [Maulwain] Jr., John McCally, John McCaulley Jr.
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Located on old turnpike road leading from Lancaster to Philadelphia.
Petition not granted.
April term.
Signers of Petition: James Clemson, Davis Clemson, [signature in German], [signature in German], John McNeil, John Kurtz, Christian Hess, J. H. Hopkins, Isaac Smoker, Adams McCurdy, Andrew Caldwell Jr., John Hamilton, [signature in German].
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Signers of Petition: Jacob Mast, James Clemson, Davis Clemson, James Hunter, Mentor Perdue, Morris Dickinson, [signature in German], John Fulton, Jacob Reeser, Joseph Dickinson, Moses Whitson, Reuben Haines, Andrew [Laurence], William McKown, L. Handforde.
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Signers of Petition: James Clemson, James A. Buyers, Christian Hershey, Peter Eby Jr., John Burkholder, Elias Baker, Christian Hess, William Kinzer, Jonathan [Huber], Davis Clemson, George Armstrong, John [Umber], Maxwell Kennedy.
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