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Record, Judicial

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Collection: Quarter Sessions

Title: Jail calendar

Object ID: JAN 1824 F001 QS

Date Range: 1824/01

Collection: Quarter Sessions

Title: Jail calendar

Date Range: 1824/01

Creation Date: 1824

Year: 1824

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives West

People: Brooks, John; Donaghy, Francis; Francis, John; Heck, William; Heiny, William; Jackson, Richard; Jones, Hetty; Keller, Daniel; Kenedy, Patrick; King, John W.; Linch, William; McCord, Joseph; McCumsy, William; McLaughlin, James; Pleasents, Edward; Priday, John; Rogers, James; Walker, John; Watts, Jane; Weaver, John

Subcategory: Documentary Artifact

Subjects: African Americans--History; Prisoners

Search Terms: Incarcerated persons; Jails; Persons of color; Prisons; Quarter Sessions

Extent: 2 items, 2 pieces

Object Name: Record, Judicial

Language: English

Condition: Fair

Object ID: JAN 1824 F001 QS

Location of Originals: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania

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

Classification: RG 02-00 0908

Description Level: Item

Order for Payment

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Collection: Commissioners' Orders for Payment

Title: Commissioners' order for payment

Object ID: CommOrder 1824 #173

Date Range: 1824

Collection: Commissioners' Orders for Payment

Title: Commissioners' order for payment

Date Range: 1824

Creator: County Commissioners

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Container: Box 0004

People: Alver, Charles; Alver, Hetty; Alver, Sam; Barten, G.; Bayer, Samuel; Billingsfield, T.; Bodes, F.; Bomberger, J.; Bowen, Phillip; Boyd, Thomas; Boyer, S.; Boyle, Charles; Boys, J. F.; Brady, A. M.; Branon, John; Brooks, John; Bryan, G.; Burns, M.; Bush, J.; Buslem, J.; Camel, R.; Carr, William; Criswell, J.; Curren, J.; Danner, I.; Deblin, Lewis; Deest, M.; Dentlinger, J.; Desert, A.; Donolly, F.; Dougherty, E.; Down, J.; Doyle, Miles; Duncan, M.; Eavany, John; Ellison, Hyson; Fitzgerald, G.; Flinn, James; Frederick, John; Frey, Conrad; Galligen, John; Gilmore, D.; Glasgo, A.; Glasgo, C.; Green, C.; Hamilton, William; Heck, J.; Heck, WIlliam; Heinitsh, August; Herney, William; Hickman, S.; Hickman, Sally; Hook, M.; Hummel, J.; Jackson, R.; Jameson, Susana; Johnson, I.; Jones, Heelly; Jones, Helly; Keller, Daniel; Kenedy, P.; King, John; Kirk, William; Kreiner, J.; Lefever, J.; Leng, M.; Lewis, Sidney; Ludemich, Soloma; Lynch, H.; Lynch, Hannah; Lynch, William; Manly, William; Marshal, William; Martin, John; Matten, May; Maulson, B.; Maulson, Biddy; Maulson, E.; McCall, Sophia; McCord, Joseph; McCumpsey, William; McLaughlin, J.; McLaughlin, John; Melamy, Sarah; Morgan, Thomas; Morrison, R.; Moyer, F.; Myers, J.; Nickstorf, H.; Pearson, G.; Pleasant, E.; Price, J.; Purdy, John; Reigart, J.; Righten, J.; Rodges, J.; Rogener, J.; Rogers, J.; Scott, Samuel; Sellers, A.; Shaeffer, N.; Sherrick, J.; Shirk, I.; Shite, John; Smith, D.; Smith, H. L.; Smith, I.; Smith, J.; Smith, John; Snevley, J.; Spindler, Mathias; St. Clair, William; Stengle, D.; Steward, Daniel; Temple, C.; Tod, Moses; Walker, John; Walter, A.; Weaver, John; Webster, Henry; Webster, John; What, Iand; WiIliams, P.; Williams, D.; Williams, H.; Williams, P.; Wilson, H.

Subcategory: Documentary Artifact

Subjects: Prisoners

Search Terms: Commissioners' Orders for Payment; Fees; Lancaster; Incarcerated persons; Prisons; Women

Place: Lancaster

Object Name: Order for Payment

Language: English

Condition: Fair

Condition Date: 2008-03-25

Object ID: CommOrder 1824 #173

Location of Originals: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania

Box Number: 004

Notes: Entered into Q & A MAy 17, 2001.

Additional Notes: Prison.; [Note: in this person's handwriting it is difficult to distinguish I. from J.]; Payment for key fees and maintenance of prisoners 1 January 1824 to 1 April 1824.; Heinitsh, August. Jailer.; Prisoners:; Rogers, J.; Heck, WIlliam.; King, John.; Jackson, R.; Curren, J.; Jones, Helly.; Walker, John.; Kenedy, P.; Lynch, William.; Hickman, S.; Purdy, John.; Donolly, F.; Johnson, I.; Boys, J.F.; Criswell, J.; Shite, John.; Brooks, John.; Bowen, Phillip.; Pleasant, E.; Bayer, Samuel.; Ellison, Hyson.; Herney, William.; Nickstorf, H.; McLaughlin, J.; Keller, Daniel.; Shaeffer, N.; McCumpsey, William.; McCord, Joseph.; Weaver, John.; What, Iand.; WiIliams, P.; Frey, Conrad.; Righten, J.; Dougherty, E.; Pearson, G.; Billingsfield, T.; Sellers, A.; Bodes, F.; Desert, A.; Buslem, J.; Maulson, E.; Maulson, B.; Stengle, D.; Morrison, R.; Leng, M.; Sherrick, J.; Reigart, J.; Price, J.; Temple, C.; Tod, Moses.; Hummel, J.; Duncan, M.; Williams, P.; Williams, D.; Down, J.; Green, C.; McCall, Sophia.; Smith, John.; Smith, D.; Heck, J.; Wilson, H.; Walter, A.; Smith, H. L.; Snevley, J.; Lynch, H.; Boyer, S.; Frederick, John.; Alver, Hetty.; Alver, Sam.; Lewis, Sidney.; Alver, Charles.; McLaughlin, John.; Brady, A. M.; Barten, G.; Fitzgerald, G.; Hamilton, William.; Jameson, Susana.; Moyer, F.; Shirk, I.; Boyle, Charles.; Spindler, Mathias.; Doyle, Miles.; Galligin, John.; Matten, May.; Melamy, Sarah.; St. Clair, William.; Lefever, J.; Ludemich, Soloma.; Branon, John.; Galligen, John.; Eavany, John.; Scott, Samuel.; Glasgo, A.; Webster, John.; Flinn, James.; Deest, M.; Boyd, Thomas.; Burns, M.; Carr, William.; Martin, John.; Marshal, William.; Steward, Daniel.; Morgan, Thomas.; Dentlinger, J.; Maulson, Biddy.; Manly, William.; Williams, H.; Webster, Henry.; Glasgo, C.; Deblin, Lewis.; Kirk, William.; Camel, R.; Payment for articles used at the prison made to:; Smith, J.; Danner, I.; Myers, J.; Kreiner, J.; Hook, M.; Bomberger, J.; Gilmore, D.; Bush, J.; Bryan, G.; Smith, I.; Items bought for individual prisoners:; Rodges, J.; Rogener, J.; Jones, Heelly,; Lynch, Hannah.; Hickman, Sally.; 1 item. 1 piece.

Access Conditions / Restrictions: Request at research desk. Photocopy made by staff member.

Classification: RG 08-01 0510

Description Level: Item

Order for Payment

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Collection: Commissioners' Orders for Payment

Title: Commissioners' order for payment

Object ID: CommOrder 1826 #332

Date Range: 1826

Collection: Commissioners' Orders for Payment

Title: Commissioners' order for payment

Admin/Biographical History: This record group contains canceled orders that were issued by the county commissioners for payment to be made by the county treasurer. The orders show date, order number, amount, name of payee, purpose, and signatures of the county commissioners.

Date Range: 1826

Creator: County Commissioners

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives North

Storage Container: Box 0006

People: Brooks, John; Brown, John; Cain, William; Cross, Andrew; Gensell, Gideon; Goodman, John; Hamilton, William; Hercules, Peter; Jamison, William; Kenedy, Patrick; Martin, Samuel; McCauley, George; McDonald, Hugh; McMahon, John; Miller, William; Moyer, Jacob; Myers, John; Nicholas, Frederick; Powell, James; Ream, Abraham; Ressler, George; Sample, Peter; Shaffer, George; Sneivley, James; Tarbell, Samuel; Walker, James; Walker, John; Webb, William; Williams, Charles; Wilson, John; Zeerfass, Samuel

Subcategory: Documentary Artifact

Subjects: Prisoners

Search Terms: Commissioners' Orders for Payment; Incarcerated persons; Lancaster; Philadelphia Prison; Prisons

Place: Lancaster

Object Name: Order for Payment

Language: English

Condition: Fair

Condition Date: 2008-03-25

Object ID: CommOrder 1826 #332

Location of Originals: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania

Box Number: 006

Notes: Never entered into Q & A.

Additional Notes: Prison.; Philadelphia Prison. Payment for support of Lancaster County prisoners whose labor did not cover all their costs.; Prisoners:; Brooks, John.; Brown, John.; Goodman, John.; Hamilton, William.; Hercules, Peter.; Jamison, William.; Kenedy, Patrick.; McCauley, George.; McMahon, John.; Moyer, Jacob.; Myers, John.; McDonald, Hugh.; Martin, Samuel.; Ressler, George.; Shaffer, George.; Sneivley, James.; Williams, Charles.; Wilson, John.; Walker, James.; Webb, William. A very infirm old man.; Walker, John.; Sample, Peter.; Cain, William.; Cross, Andrew.; Zeerfass, Samuel.; Nicholas, Frederick.; Ream, Abraham.; Miller, William.; Powell, James.; Gensell, Gedian.; Tarbell, Samuel.; 1 item. 1 piece.

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Classification: RG 08-01 0510

Description Level: Item

Order for Payment

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Collection: Commissioners' Orders for Payment

Title: Commissioners' Order for Payment

Object ID: CommOrder 1825 #026

Date Range: 1825

Collection: Commissioners' Orders for Payment

Title: Commissioners' Order for Payment

Admin/Biographical History: This record group contains canceled orders that were issued by the county commissioners for payment to be made by the county treasurer. The orders show date, order number, amount, name of payee, purpose, and signatures of the county commissioners. In the case of "poor children," teachers were reimbursed by the county for tuition and/or the supplies purchased for students whose parents were unable to pay. Orders include: Poor Children, Almshouse, Bridges, Coroners' Inquests, Prisons, Roads, Court House, and Tax Exonerations.

Date Range: 1825

Creator: County Commissioners

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Container: Box 0005

People: Armstrong, Edward; Armstrong, Francis; Armstrong, Jacob; Badders, Eliza; Badders, Nathan; Badders, Samuel; Brown, J.; Brown, John; Brown, Rachel; Brown, Samuel; Brown, Thomas; Carroll, Eliza; Carroll, James; Carroll, Joseph; Carroll, WIlliam; Clark, Abner; Clark, Samuel; Cooper, Alexander; Cooper, Pamela; Cooper, Rebecca; Corothers, Eliza; Corothers, John; Corothers, Richard; Corothers, WIlliam; Craig, George; Craig, Jane; Dailey, James; Dailey, John; Dailey, Mary; Dever, Eleonor; Dever, John; Dever, Samuel; Drake, Mary Ann; Drake, William; Evans, Joel; Evans, Thomas; Gray, James; Gray, John; Gray, Mary; Gray, Wilhelmina; Hess, Elias; Hess, Jonas; Johnson, Christmas; Johnson, Chris; Johnson, David; Johnson, Jane; Keys, John; Keys, Margaret; Kyle, Joseph; Kyle, William; Leek, Elizabeth; Lewis, Andrew; Lewis, James; Lewis, Mary; Long, Abner; Long, Kersey; Long, Mary; Low, Curtis; Low, Rebecca; Maxwell, Anna; Maxwell, George; Maxwell, Margaret; McCann, David; McCann, Eliza; McCullough, John; McCullough, Margaret; McCullough, Rebecca; McCullough, Reuben; McGuigan, Agness; McGuigan, Ruth Ann; McNamee, Ann; McNamee, Francis; McNamee, John; McNamee, Rebecca; Milbourn, Abraham; Milbourn, Ann; Milbourn, James; Millbourn, John; Miller, Adeline; Miller, Charlotte; MIller, John; Moore, Catharine; Moore, Mary; Norriss, Abner; Norriss, Daniel; Norriss, Levi; Norriss, Sarah; Oldham, James; Oldham, John; Peters, Abraham; Peters, Robert; Peters, William; Pettigrew, Eliza; Pettigrew, Mary; Pettigrew, Samuel; Reynolds, Eliza; Reynolds, Enos; Reynolds, Job; Reynolds, Lydia; Reynolds, Phoebe; Richardson, Stephen; Richardson, William; Ross, Isabella; Ross, Reason; Scottin, Jane; Scottin, Joel; Scottin, John; Scottin, Minerva; Scottin, Squire; Scottin, WIlliam; Sweigart, Catharine; Sweigart, Jacob; Temple, Catherine; Temple, Chalkey; Towson, Ephraim; Towson, Isaac; Towson, Joseph; Walker, Ezekiel; Walker, John; Warner, Aaron; Warner, Asa; Warner, John A.; Warner, William W.

Subcategory: Documentary Artifact

Search Terms: Little Britain Twp.; Poor children; Persons of color; Commissioners' Orders for Payment

Place: Little Britain Twp.

Object Name: Order for Payment

Language: English

Condition: Fair

Condition Date: 2008-03-25

Object ID: CommOrder 1825 #026

Box Number: 005

Notes: Never entered into Q & A.

Additional Notes: Poor children.; Taken from Lancaster county tax list.; Leek, Elizabeth. Mother of Johnson, David, age 10; Richardson, William, age 6; Richardson, Stephen, age 5.; Lewis, Mary. Mother of Lewis, Andrew, age 7; Lewis, James, age 10.; Evans, Joel. Father of Evans, Thomas, age 8.; Cooper, Alexander. Father of Cooper, Rebecca, age 9; Cooper, Pamela, age 6.; Keys, John. Father of Keys, Margaret, age 8; Keys, John, age 6.; Corothers, John. Father of Corothers, WIlliam, age 11; Corothers, John, age 9; Corothers, Richard, age 7; Corothers, Eliza, age 6.; Carroll, Joseph. Father of Carroll, James, age 11; Carroll, WIlliam, age 9; Carroll, Eliza, age 6.; McGuigan, Agness. Mother of McGuigan, Ruth Ann, age 11.; Johnson, Christmas. Father of Johnson, Jane, age 6. African American.; Clark, Samuel. Father of Clark, Abner, age 8. African American.; Oldham, James. Father of Oldham, John, age 7.; Brown, Samuel. Father of Brown, Thomas, age 6; Gray, Wilhelmina, age 9.; Sweigart, Catharine. Mother of Sweigart, Jacob, age 10.; Scottin, Joel. Father of Scottin, WIlliam, age 9; Scottin, John, age 7; Scottin, Minerva, age 6.; Dailey, John. Father of Dailey, Mary, age 11; Dailey, James, age 9.; MIller, John. Father of Miller, Charlotte, age 9; Miller, Adeline, age 7.; Norriss, Levi. Father of Norriss, Abner, age 11; Norriss, Daniel, age 9; Norriss, Sarah, age 7.; Maxwell, George. Father of Maxwell, Margaret, age 9; Maxwell, Anna, age 6. African American.; Long, Mary. Mother of Long, Kersey, age 11; Long, Abner, age 8.; Ross, Isabella. Mother of Ross, Reason, age 11.; Drake, William. Father of Drake, Mary Ann, age 9; Drake, William, age 7.; Armstrong, Edward. Father of Armstrong, Jacob, age 10; Armstrong, Francis, age 7.; Peters, Abraham. Father of Peters, William, age 11; Peters, Robert, age 8.; Milbourn, James. Father of Milbourn, Ann, age 9; Milbourn, Abraham, age 8, Millbourn, John, age 6.; Towson, Isaac. Father of Towson, Joseph, age 8; Towson, Ephraim, age 7.; McCullough, John. Father of McCullough, Margaret, age 9; McCullough, Rebecca, age 7; McCullough, Reubein, age 6.; Hess, Jonas. Father of Hess, Elias, age 6.; Brown, J. Parent of Brown, John, age 10; Brown, Rachel, age 7.; Dever, Samuel. Father of Dever, Elonor, age 11; Dever, John, age 9.; Scottin, Squire. Father of Scottin, William, age 7.; Kyle, Joseph. Father of Kyle, William, age 6.; McNamee, Fr[ancis]. Father of McNamee, John, age 10; McNamee, Ann, age 8; McNamee, Rebecca, age 7.; McCann, David. Father of McCann, Eliza, age 6.; Johnson, Chris[ ]. Father of Johnson, Jane, age 6.; Walker, John. Father of Walker, Ezekiel, age 11; Walker, John, age 11.; Low, Curtis. Father of Low, Rebecca, age 12.; Reynolds, Eliza. Widow. Mother of Reynolds, Enos, age 8.; Temple, Catherine. Widow. Mother of Temple, Chalkey, age 8.; Moore, Catharine. Mother of Moore, Mary, age 8.; Scottin, Joel. Father of Scottin, Jane, age 12.; Gray, James. Father of Gray, Mary, age 7; Gray, John, age 6.; Craig, Jane. Mother of Craig, George, age 7. African American.; Pettigrew, Mary. Widow. Mother of Pettigrew, Eliza, age 10; Pettigrew, Samuel, age 7.; Badders, Samuel. Father of Badders, Nathan, age 10; Badders, Eliza, age 8.; Reynolds, Job. Father of Reynolds, Phoebe, age 9; Reynolds, Lydia, age 6.; Warner, Asa. Deceased. Father of Warner, Aaron, age 11; Warner, William W., age 9; Warner, John A., age 7.; 1 item. 1 piece.

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Classification: RG 08-01 0510

Description Level: Item

Archive

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Collection: Frank R. Diffenderffer Collection

Title: Frank R. Diffenderffer Collection

Object ID: MG0166

Date Range: 1738-1920

Eliza [Liews], both of Carlisle. Mark of Jeffery Golden, Minister of the African Methodist Episcopal Church. Witnessed by [Revd.] Willis [Nager]. 14 July 1840. With envelope, return address Armor’s Old Book Store, Adjacent to Court House, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. Insert 2 Tavern License to Joseph

1 document

Collection: Frank R. Diffenderffer Collection

Title: Frank R. Diffenderffer Collection

Description: The Frank R. Diffenderffer Collection contains documents collected by Mr. Diffenderffer. These documents are primarily from the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries and include letters, legal and court papers, indentures, receipts, property and probate records, and financial and military papers. The people and businesses represented include George Ross, Jasper Yeates, A. Herr Smith, Timothy Matlack, Mount Hope Furnace, and the Lancaster, Elizabethtown & Middletown Turnpike Road Company.

System of Arrangement: Collection retains original arrangement.

Date Range: 1738-1920

Year Range From: 1738

Year Range To: 1920

Date of Accumulation: 1738-1920

Creator: Diffenderffer, Frank Ried, 1833-1921

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives South

Storage Wall: Side 04

People: Adams, John Quincy; Adreas, Agnes; Albright, W.; Anderson, James; Andrews, Jacob W.; Andrews, James P.; Ashbridge, Elizabeth; Ashbridge, J. H.; Ashbridge, Sarah; Ashbridge, Sidney; Atlee, Samuel; Attlee, Samuel; Autstch, Adam; Bare, Martin; Barlow, Thomas; Barnitz, Joseph; Barr, John; Barton, David R.; Barton, W.; Bauer, Adam; Beams, Jacob; Beard, Robert; Bearn, John; Beck, Martha; Beck, Paul; Beck, Samuel; Bender, Leonard; Benezet, Daniel; Benner, Henrich; Berntheisel, Henry; Berry, William; Bickham, F. A.; Bickman, George; Bletz, Jacob; Blumer, Abraham; Bollinger, Esther; Bombarger, Martin; Bomberger, John; Bower, Samuel P.; Bowman, Henry; Bowman, J.; Bowman, Samuel; Bowman, W.; Boyd, James; Boyd, Samuel; Bradford, Samuel J.; Breck, Samuel; Bredenstein, Philip; Brown, David; Brown, Matthew; Brown, William; Broud, Bill; Bruener, G.; Bryan, George; Bryan, George I.; Burd, Edward; Burkholder, E.; Burt, Nathaniel; Caldwell, James; Caldwell, Oliver; Caldwell, Robert; Calhoun, John C.; Cameron, James; Cameron, John; Campbell, Sarah; Carpenter, Abraham; Carpenter, Daniel; Carpenter, Jacob; Carpenter, William; Cather, Robert; Chambers, Stephen; Chambers, W.; Charlton, Thomas; Clark, Brice; Clark, John; Clark, Washington; Clemson, Joseph; Cochran, A.; Cochran, William; Coleman, William; Connor, Kitty; Cookson, Thomas; Cooper, William; Creasy, Solomon; Creasy, Solomon M.; Crone, Robert; Cunningham, Hugh; Cunningham, Thomas; Damant, James; Damisch, Fred; Davis, Zaccheus; Deckert, Jacob; Dederick, Henry; Dering, Henry; Derward, Jonas; Detrick, P.; Dickert, Jacob; Dieterick, Jacob; Diffenderffer, David; Diffenderffer, Frank Ried; Diffenderffer, Harold F.; Diffenderfer, Michael; Diffenderfer, Philip; Diller, Peter; Doerses, Frederick; Dougherty, William; Douglass, George; Douglass, James; Doyle, Thomas; Dryer, Andrew; Dubbs, Joseph H.; Duck, Geotge; Duncan, Daniel; Eagen, James; Eagen, Thomas; Eberman, John; Eberman, Philip; Eckert, George; Eckman, John; Eftwein, Johannes; Eichholtz, H.; Eichholtz, Leonard; Eliot, Daniel; Emanuel, John; Ench, Jacob; Espy, George R.; Evans, Frances; Evans, Isaac; Evans, James C.; Evans, Samuel; Ewing, John; Faghterin, Mary; Fahnestock, Samuel; Fehl, Andrew; Feltman, George; Ferree, Conrad; Ferree, Polly; Fissel, Michael; Flowers, Christian; Foltz, Bernard; Fordney, Casper; Fouts, Martin; Franklin, Thomas; Franklin, Thomas E.; Franklin W. B.; Frantz, Phil; Frey, J.; Fultz, John; Galbraith, Bertram; Galloway, Joseph; Geddis, Samuel; Gibble, L. W.; Gibbons, William; Gildersleve, Jonathan H.; Gildersleve Sarah; Gill, Deborah; Gill, Eramus; Gill, James; Gill, Matthew; Givler, Mary; Golden, Jeffery; Graass, Jacob; Graeff, Matthias; Graeff, W.; Graff, Benjamin; Graff, Henry; Graff, Jacob; Gratz, Hyman; Groff, Abraham; Groff, David; Groff, Isaac; Gross, Michael; Grove, Abraham; Grubb, Baird; Grubb, Curtis; Grubb, Henry; Habacker, George; Habacker, Wager; Hartz, John; Hake, Elizabeth; Hake, Jacob; Hale, Charles; Hambright, Henry; Hamilton, James; Hamilton, William; Hand, Edward; Hart, Elizabeth; Hartand, John; Hartmyer, Frederick; Haton, James; Hatz, John; Hayn, Christopher; Hehl, Matthew; Henderson, Mary; Henry, Christopher; Henry, Elizabeth; Henry, Joseph; Henry, Josiah; Henry, John Joseph; Henry, Mary; Herr, Christian; Hensel, William Uhler; Hibshman, Henry; Hoff, John; Hoofnagle, P.; Hoover, Jacob; Host, Catharine; Host, Michael; Howell, William H.; Howell, William Wilson; Huber, J.; Huber, John; Hubley, Adam; Hubley, John; Hubley, Joseph; Hubley, M.; Hubner, Nathanael; Huston, Alex; Hutchinson, E.; Jacks, James; Jenkins, Ron; Johns, Elizabeth; Johns, Jacob; Johns, Paul; Johnston, Sam; Jones, John; Jones, Owen; Jones, Paul T.; Jordan, J.; Kauffman, Abraham; Kauffman, Joseph; Kehler, Andrew; Kelly, Joseph P.; Kelly, William; Kenedy, John; Kittera, John Wilkes; Kittera, Thomas; Kline, David; Kline, George; Kline, Michael; Kling, M.; Konigmaker, James; Krebil, John; Krieg, Philip; Krug, Edward; Krug, H. V.; Krug, Jacob; Krug, Valentine; Kuhn, Frederick; Kuhn, Jacob; Lanck, Jacob; Landes, John; Lauman, Ludwig; Lechler, John; Leman, H. E.; Lewis, Abraham; Lewis, Ellis; Liews, Eliza; Lightner, Nathaniel; Likens, James; Lind, John; Long, Charles E.; Long, Jacob; Longenecker, David; Lowery, Alexander; Lowery, Lazarus; Lowman, Ludwig; Lutz, Peter; Lynch, Thomas; MacGonigle, Jonathan T.; MacGregor, John; MacGregor, Peter; Machold, Lewis Frederick; Marshall, Christopher; Matlack, Timothy; Mattes, George; Mauer, Peter; Maus, Peter; Mayer, John; Mayer, Lewis; McGown, William; McClure, David; McClure, Randle; McKim, James; McKinney, Mordecai; Mease, James; Mease, John; Mercer, John Q.; Messersmith, George; Metzer, Jonas; Metzer, Norman; Miller, David; Miller, Harry; Miller, Henry; Miller, James; Miller, John; Miller, T. H.; Minnich, Lizzie; Mohler, Henry; Montgomery, Jane; Montgomery, S. H.; Moore, James; Moore, John; Musser, John; Myer, John; Myer, John P.; Myer, Josephine; Myers, Christian; Myers, Eckert; Myers, Henry; Myers, Jacob; Myers, John; Myers, Joseph; Myers, Josephine; Myers, S. H.; Myers, Sidney; Muhlenberg, F. A.; Muhlenberg, G. H. E.; Muhlenberg, Henry; Muhlenberg, Henry A.; Munster, Paul; Nager, Ben Willis; Nagle, John; Neal, John; Nees, Adam; Neisser, G. Br.; Nelson, William; Nicholson, John; Norgrave, H.; Odonel, Charles; Old, James; Parvin, Francis; Passmore, John; Patton, James; Pendleton, George H.; Pennypacker, Samuel W.; Penrose, Clement; Petersby, Richard; Physick, Edmund; Pine, Michael; Pohlman, Abraham; Price, Eli K.; Purviance, Samuel; Ralston, Robert; Ramsay, Catharine; Ramsay, David; Ramsay, James; Ramsay, Nathaniel; Ramsay, William; Randall, Samuel; Rank, Samuel; Redsecker, Jacob; Reed, E. L.; Reed, George; Reedly, George; Reedly, John; Reigart, Adam; Reigart, Emanuel; Reigart, Jacob; Riche, Thomas; Rieger, Ann; Rohrer, John; Ross, George; Ross, James; Roth, Jacob; Schaum, Philip; Scheaffer, John; Schnierer, John, Mrs.; Schweinhaupt, Br.; Sell, Henry; Seward, Hugh; Shafer, John; Shaffer, Jacob; Sharer, David; Shearer, Jacob; Sheef, William; Sheldon, William; Shippen, Edward; Shireman, Jacob; Shol, Peter; Shware, Peter; Simon, Joseph; Simon, William; Sindersmith, S. V.; Singer, Casper; Singer, Emanuel; Skiles, William; Slaugher, Hiram; Slaymaker, Amos; Slaymaker, Henry; Slough, Matthias; Smith, A. Herr; Smith, Eliza; Smith, Joanna; Smith, Thomas; Smith, William; Snapp, Samuel; Solomon, Myer; Spencer, S. S.; Sprecher, Frank L.; Stauffer, Henry; Stedman, Alex; Stedman, Charles; Steinert, Christian; Steinman, Charles; Steinman, Frederick; Steinman, George; Steinman, John F.; Stevens, R. S.; Stevenson, George; Stone, John; Stoneman, Tobias; Stones, John; Stuart, Robert; Swan, John G.; Swain, R.; Swentzel, H. Y.; Swift, Joseph; Tanger, David R.; Titball, Joseph; Trimble, James; Trissler, John; Trissler, Joseph David; Turner, Ambrose; Turner, Catharine; Wagen, Philip; Walk, Deetrick; Walker, John; Wallace, John; Wallace, William; Warden, M.; Warfel, John; Washington, Samuel; Watson, David; Webb, James; Weber, Adam; Wegman, Mary; Weitzel, George; Wenger, Roland; Werner, Jacob; Wertsburger, Henry; West, William; Wetherill, Samuel P.; White, George; White, T.; Whitaker, George; Wildred, Daniel; Williams, Evans P.; Williams, John; Wistar, Thomas; Witlow, Hugh; Witman, John; Witman, Michael; Witmer, Abraham; Witmer, Benjamin; Witmer, David; Witmer, Henry; Wolford, Ludwig; Wood, George; Work, Joseph; Wright, James; Wright, John; Wright, S. W.; Yaner, Jacob; Yeates, Jasper; Yeates, John; Young, Henry; Young, Mattias; Zahm, Godfrey; Zantzinger, Adam; Zantzinger, Ester; Zeigler, George; Zimmer, Henry

Subjects: Bonds; Business records; Certificates; Court records; Finance, Personal; Invoices; Letters; Lotteries; Minutes (Records); Probate records; Receipts (Acknowledgments); Schools; Stocks

Search Terms: Accounts; African Methodist Episcopal Church; Armor's Old Bookstore; Articles of agreement; Beaver Creek; Black Horse Farm; Bonds; Business records; Certificates; Charles E. Wentz and Bros.; Christ Lutheran Church; Cocalico Creek; Conestoga Steam Mills; Constables; Correspondence; Court records; Farmers Bank of Lancaster; Farmer's Hay and Straw Market Association; Finance, Personal; Finding aids; Franklin Savings and Building Association; Grosh and Levering; Hamilton Lots; Indentures; Indian Queen Hotel; Invoices; Lancaster Cemetery; Lancaster County Agricultural Park; Lancaster County Historical Society; Lancaster, Elizabethtown and Middletown Turnpike Company; Letters; Lotteries; Manuscript groups; McDowell's Mill; Minutes; Mount Hope Furnace; Northern Central Railway Company; Pennsylvania Council; Philadelphia and Reading Railroad Company; Probate records; Protestant Episcopal Church; Receipts; Sam Wetherill and Sons; Schools; Shaffner and Ziegler; St. James Episcopal Church; Steinman and Son; Stocks; Trinity Lutheran Church; W. Kirkpatrick and Company; Zahm and Jackson Jewelers

Extent: 1 box, 27 folders, 1 cubic ft.

Object Name: Archive

Language: English

Object ID: MG0166

Location of Originals: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania

Notes: Preferred Citation: Frank R. Diffenderfer Collection (MG0166), Folder #, LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.

Access Conditions / Restrictions: No restrictions.

Copyright: Collection may not be photocopied. Please direct questions to Research Center Staff at research@lancasterhistory.org.; Permission for reproduction and/or publication must be obtained in writing from LancasterHistory.

Credit: Courtesy of LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.

Accession Number: 1964.013

Other Numbers: MG-166

Classification: MG0166

Description Level: Fonds

Custodial History: This collection was cataloged prior to 1997. Added to database 23 September 2021.; Accession # L64-13

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Record, Judicial

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Collection: Quarter Sessions

Title: Quarter Sessions

Object ID: NOV 1823 F027 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: 1823

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

People: Walker, John; Clark, John

Subcategory: Documentary Artifact

Search Terms: Quarter Sessions; Charge: horse stealing; Rewards

Object Name: Record, Judicial

Language: English

Condition: Fair

Object ID: NOV 1823 F027 QS

Additional Notes: Alias: John Clark.; Horse stealing.; Reward.; 10 items, 9 pieces

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

Classification: RG 02-00 0908

Description Level: Item

Order for Payment

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Collection: Commissioners' Orders for Payment

Title: Commissioners' order for payment

Object ID: CommOrder 1822 #296

Collection: Commissioners' Orders for Payment

Title: Commissioners' order for payment

Description: This record group contains canceled orders that were issued by the county commissioners for payment to be made by the county treasurer. The orders show date, order number, amount, name of payee, purpose, and signatures of the county commissioners. In the case of "poor children," teachers were reimbursed by the county for tuition and/or the supplies purchased for students whose parents were unable to pay. Orders include: Poor Children, Almshouse, Bridges, Coroners' Inquests, Prisons, Roads, Court House, and Tax Exonerations.

System of Arrangement: The record group is organized chronologically, then arranged by order number within each year.

Date of Accumulation: 1810-1901

Year: 1822

Creator: County Commissioners

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives North

Storage Container: Box 0002

People: Both, John; Brown, Catherine; Brown, Margaret; Carlock, William; Carpenter, Isaac; Chambers, Joseph; Clark, John; Cochran, David; Combs, John; Coulder, Jane; Cross, Samuel; Dell, Thomas; Dellet, Adam; Derrdinger, Polly; Fegeler, Daniel; Fitzgerald, Thomas; Foster, Catherine; Franciscus, Jacob; Freeman, Clarkson Jr.; Freeman, Clarkson Sr.; Haines, Elizabeth; Hames, Daniel; Hantch, John; Henry, Michael; Kain, Robert; Lengel, John H.; McCoy, Archibald; McCoy, Louisa; McDonald, Ann; Reed, Francis; Remley, John; Roff, Barbara; Shertz, Catherine; Simpson, John; Smith, Elizabeth; Stewart, John; Valentine, Jonathan; Walker, John

Subcategory: Documentary Artifact

Search Terms: Lancaster; Prisons; Commissioners' Orders for Payment

Place: Lancaster

Extent: 70 boxes (35 cubic ft.)

Object Name: Order for Payment

Language: English

Condition: Fair

Condition Date: 2008-03-25

Object ID: CommOrder 1822 #296

Box Number: 002

Notes: Entered into Q&A Aug 26, 2003.

Additional Notes: Courthouse.; Payments to witnesses.; Mayors Court. August Sessions 1822.; Comm. v. McDonald, Ann.; Foster, Catherine. Witness.; Both, John. Witness.; Roff, Barbara. Witness.; Comm. v. Dell, Thomas.; Combs, John. Witness.; Comm. v. Stewart, John.; Hames, Daniel. Witness.; Valentine, Jonathan. Witness.; Kain, Robert. Witness.; Mayors Court. November Sessions 1822.; Comm. v. Lengel, John H.; Cochran, David. Witness.; Simpson, John. Witness.; Brown, Catherine; Brown, Margaret. WItnesses.; Remley, John. Witness.; Comm. v. Shertz, Catherine.; Smith, Elizabeth. Witness.; Comm. v. Coulder, Jane.; Haines, Elizabeth. Witness.; Comm. v. Dellet, Adam.; Hantch, John. Witness.; Derrdinger, Polly. Witness.; Comm. v. McCoy, Louisa.; Henry, Michael; Chambers, Joseph. Witnesses.; McCoy, Archibald. Witness.; Comm. v. Franciscus, Jacob.; Clark, John. Witness.; Henry, Michael. Witness.; Fitzgerald, Thomas. Witness.; Comm. v. Cross, Samuel.; Carlock, William. Witness.; Walker, John. Witness.; Freeman, Clarkson Jr.; Reed, Francis; Carpenter, Isaac; Fegeler, Daniel; Freeman, Clarkson Sr. Witnesses.; 1 item 25 pieces.

Access Conditions / Restrictions: Request at research desk. Photocopy made by staff member.

Classification: RG 08-01 0510

Description Level: Item

Documents

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Collection: Commissioners' Orders for Payment

Title: Commissioners' order for payment

Object ID: CommOrder 1828 #378

Collection: Commissioners' Orders for Payment

Title: Commissioners' order for payment

Description: This record group contains canceled orders that were issued by the county commissioners for payment to be made by the county treasurer. The orders show date, order number, amount, name of payee, purpose, and signatures of the county commissioners. In the case of "poor children," teachers were reimbursed by the county for tuition and/or the supplies purchased for students whose parents were unable to pay. Orders include: Poor Children, Almshouse, Bridges, Coroners Inquests, Prisons, Roads, Court House, and Tax Exonerations.

System of Arrangement: The record group is organized chronologically, then arranged by order number within each year.

Date of Accumulation: 1810-1901

Creator: County Commissioners

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Container: Box 0008

People: Anderson, John; Bassly, William; Boyer, Samuel; Brown, John; Chamberlain, William; Cross, Andrew; Erhart, Henry; Farmer, John B.; Findley, John R.; Gensell, Gideon; Goodman, John; Green, Abner; Hamilton, William; Kennedy, Patrick; Kirk, William; Mauch, Christian; McDonald, Hugh; Miller, William; Moore, James; Morgan, Isaac; Myers, John; Pratt, John; Ressler, George; Sample, Peter; Smith, Selah; Stewart, John; Tarbell, Samuel W.; Walker, John; Walker, James; Watson, Robert; Williams, Charles; Wilson, John

Subcategory: Documentary Artifact

Search Terms: Lancaster; Prisons; Commissioners' Orders for Payment

Place: Lancaster

Extent: 70 boxes (35 cubic tabard.)

Object Name: Documents

Language: English

Condition: Fair

Condition Date: 2008-03-25

Object ID: CommOrder 1828 #378

Box Number: 008

Notes: Entered into Q & A Jun 28, 2001.

Additional Notes: Prison.; Payment to Philadelphia Prison for the support of the following prisoners. (Their expenses and earnings are itemized.); Anderson, John.; Bassly, William.; Boyer, Samuel.; Brown, John.; Chamberlain, William.; Cross, Andrew.; Erhart, Henry.; Farmer, John B.; Findley, John R.; Gensell, Gideon.; Goodman, John.; Green, Abner.; Hamilton, William.; Kennedy, Patrick.; Kirk, William.; Mauch, Christian.; McDonald, Hugh.; Miller, William.; Moore, James.; Morgan, Isaac.; Myers, John.; Pratt, John.; Ressler, George.; Sample, Peter.; Smith, Selah.; Stewart, John.; Tarbell, Samuel W.; Walker, John.; Walker, James. Alias Walker, John.; Watson, Robert.; Williams, Charles.; Wilson, John.; 1 item. 1 piece.

Access Conditions / Restrictions: Request at research desk. Photocopy made by staff member.

Classification: RG 08-01 0510

Description Level: Item

Documents

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Collection: Commissioners' Orders for Payment

Title: Commissioners' order for payment

Object ID: CommOrder 1827 #555

Date Range: 1827

Collection: Commissioners' Orders for Payment

Title: Commissioners' order for payment

Description: This record group contains canceled orders that were issued by the county commissioners for payment to be made by the county treasurer. The orders show date, order number, amount, name of payee, purpose, and signatures of the county commissioners. In the case of "poor children," teachers were reimbursed by the county for tuition and/or the supplies purchased for students whose parents were unable to pay. Orders include: Poor Children, Almshouse, Bridges, Coroners Inquests, Prisons, Roads, Court House, and Tax Exonerations.

System of Arrangement: The record group is organized chronologically, then arranged by order number within each year.

Date Range: 1827

Date of Accumulation: 1810-1901

Creator: County Commissioners

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Container: Box 0008

People: Anderson, John; Boyer, Samuel; Brooks, John; Brown, John; Cain, William; Cross, Andrew; Farmer, John B.; Gensell, Gideon; Goodman, John; Green, Abner; Hamilton, William; Hercules, Peter; Kennedy, Patrick; Kirk, William; Mauch, Christian; McCauley, George; McDonald, Hugh; Miller, William; Moore, James; Morgan, Isaac; Moyer, Jacob; Myers, John; Nicholas, Frederick; Powell, James; Pratt, John; Ream, Abraham; Ressler, George; Sample, Peter; Smith, Selah; Stewart, John; Tarbell, Samuel W.; Walker, James; Walker, John; Watson, Robert; Webb, William; Williams, Charles; Wilson, John; Zeerfas, Samuel

Subcategory: Documentary Artifact

Search Terms: Lancaster; Prisons; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Commissioners' Orders for Payment

Place: Lancaster

Extent: 70 boxes (35 cubic tabard.)

Object Name: Documents

Language: English

Condition: Fair

Condition Date: 2008-03-25

Object ID: CommOrder 1827 #555

Box Number: 008

Notes: Entered into Q & A Jun 26, 2001.

Additional Notes: Prison.; Payment to Philadelphia Prison for the cost of maintaining prisoners more than what they earned by their labor.; Anderson, John.; Boyer, Samuel.; Brooks, John.; Brown, John.; Cain, William.; Cross, Andrew.; Farmer, John B.; Gensell, Gideon.; Goodman, John.; Green, Abner.; Hamilton, William.; Hercules, Peter.; Kennedy, Patrick.; Kirk, William.; Mauch, Christian.; McCauley, George.; McDonald, Hugh.; Miller, William.; Moore, James.; Morgan, Isaac.; Moyer, Jacob.; Myers, John.; Nicholas, Frederick.; Powell, James.; Pratt, John.; Ream, Abraham.; Ressler, George.; Sample, Peter.; Smith, Selah.; Stewart, John.; Tarbell, Samuel W.; Walker, James.; Walker, John.; Watson, Robert.; Webb, William. Old and feeble. Unfit for employment.; Williams, Charles.; Wilson, John.; Zeerfas, Samuel.; 1 item. 1 piece.

Access Conditions / Restrictions: Request at research desk. Photocopy made by staff member.

Classification: RG 08-01 0510

Description Level: Item

Documents

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Collection: Commissioners' Orders for Payment

Title: Commissioners' order for payment

Object ID: CommOrder 1829 #386

Collection: Commissioners' Orders for Payment

Title: Commissioners' order for payment

Description: This record group contains canceled orders that were issued by the county commissioners for payment to be made by the county treasurer. The orders show date, order number, amount, name of payee, purpose, and signatures of the county commissioners. In the case of "poor children," teachers were reimbursed by the county for tuition and/or the supplies purchased for students whose parents were unable to pay. Orders include: Poor Children, Almshouse, Bridges, Coroners' Inquests, Prisons, Roads, Court House, and Tax Exonerations.

System of Arrangement: The record group is organized chronologically, then arranged by order number within each year.

Date of Accumulation: 1810-1901

Creator: County Commissioners

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Container: Box 0009

People: Bassly, WIlliam; Cross, Andrew; Chamberlain, William; Erhart, Henry; Farmer, John B.; Findlay, John R.; Gensell, Gideon; Goodman, John; Kennedy, Patrick; Kirk, WIlliam; Myers, John; McDonald, Hugh; Miller, William; Morgan, Isaac; Mauch, Christian; Moore, James; Walker, James; Watson, Robert; Walker, John; Johnson, Samuel L.; Bacon, Joshua

Subcategory: Documentary Artifact

Search Terms: Lancaster; Prisons; Commissioners' Orders for Payment

Place: Lancaster

Extent: 70 boxes (35 cubic ft.)

Object Name: Documents

Language: English

Condition: Fair

Condition Date: 2008-03-25

Object ID: CommOrder 1829 #386

Box Number: 009

Notes: Never entered into Q&A.

Additional Notes: Prison.; Payment for support of prisoners at the Philadelphia Prison beyond what they earned by their labor.; Anderson, John; Bassly, WIlliam.; Cross, Andrew.; Chamberlain, William.; Erhart, Henry.; Farmer, John B.; Findlay, John R.; Gensell, Gideon.; Goodman, John.; Kennedy, Patrick.; Kirk, WIlliam.; Myers, John.; McDonald, Hugh.; Miller, William.; Morgan, Isaac.; Mauch, Christian.; Moore, James.; Walker, James.; Watson, Robert.; Walker, John.; Johnson, Samuel L.; Bacon, Joshua.; 1 item. 1 piece.

Access Conditions / Restrictions: Request at research desk. Photocopy made by staff member.

Classification: RG 08-01 0510

Description Level: Item

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Documents

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