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.
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Records are arranged by township, then chronologically within each township.
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.
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.
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.
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Records are arranged by township, then chronologically within each township.
Signers of petition: Abram Schock, Daniel Brose, John Alleman, George Bentle, Peter Horn, Jacob Williams, David Horn, Abraham Lightner, Henry Houseal, John Denison, Eli Douglass, John Reinhold.
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Located on the tow-path halfway between Marietta & Bainbridge.
April term.
Signers of petition: John R. Barr, George [Pence], Henry E. Bear, William Martin, Martin Bowman, Henry Breneman, Jacob Williams, Peter Horn, David Horn, John Lightner, Benjamin [Grove], Jacob Spiese, Joseph Shireman, Christian Brubaker, Thomas J. Albright, John Engle.
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Signers of petition: Michael Hostetter, Philip [Royer], Jacob Hahnlen, John Myers, John W. Leib, Jacob Earhart, H. L. Stehman, Benjamin Stehman, Jacob Stehman, Henry Eberly, David Leib, John [missing document], Isaac [missing document], John [missing document].
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Signers of petition: Isaac Shertzer, Jacob Earhart, Jacob Hahnlen, John Boyce, [signature in German], [ ] Uhrich, Levi Ricksecker, John L. Long, Solomon [missing document], Josiah Fisher, Jacob Heistand, John Kolp, Philip Royer.
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Signers of petition: Isaac Shertzer, Isaac Hershey, Adam [Greiner], Jacob E. Kreybill, W. McNeel, John Patterson, Joseph Hougentobler, Abraham Greiner, Philip Royer, Robert Dysart, S. Lindemuth, John Kolp, Daniel A. Balmer, Jacob Heistand, Jacob Hahnlen, John Leib, Samuel [Yetter], Jacob Earhart.
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Signers of petition: Samuel Book, Nicholas M. Peck, Harman Lighthner, Michael Hoffman, Christian Kraybill, Joseph Bucher, Benjamin Grove, John Markley, Henry Houseal, George Shreiner, John W. Spangler, Jacob Markley.
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Signers of petition: Christian Kraybill, John Buchanan, John Kuster, Henry Shell, J. Jacob Libhart, John W. Clark, John Paules, William Filbey, Henry H. Engle, Alexander Buchanan, Samuel Mahoney, John Miller.
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Signers of petition: Jacob Earhart, John Myers, W. L. Stehman, Solomon Hoffman, John W. Leib, Jacob Hahnlen, Benjamin Stehman, Jacob Stehman, Henry Eberly, Isaac Shertzer, John Nauman, S. P. Lindemuth, John Kolp, John Ream, Abraham Greiner, Daniel Mauer Sr., John Bosler.
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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.
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.
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.
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.
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, A. Greenawalt, Abraham Redsecker, Emanuel Shober, Peter Rhoads, Jacob Keller, George Peirce, John [Keller], Jacob Rhoads, David Keller, John Gempshorn, Jacob Gephart, John Crowley, Adam Musser, Samuel Masser.
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Signers of petition: Jacob Redsecker, George Boyer, J. F. Beecher, Abraham Redsecker, [signature in German], Benjamin Ober, Jacob Knoll, Jacob Myers, Henry Fletcher, Emanuel Albert, Daniel Weaver, John Kammerer.
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Signers of petition: John Echternach, William B. Sneader, Henry Stauffer, Abiram Kegerrize, John Musser, Henry Radcay, Henry Harner, Henry Regar, Isaac Brenniser, John Flickinger, Isaac Slauch, Jacob Kockel, Sebastian Miller, Henry Miller, John Mengle.
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