Signers of petition: Jacob Kohr Jr., Adam Dietrich, Robert P. Black, Martin H. Musser, Henry Hamilton, Philip Ronk, George Hambright, John C. Mickle, Joseph W. [Brenen], Henry Dietrich, Christian Harshey, E. P. Keller, Peter Maurer, Jacob Seichrist.
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Signers of petition: Peter Balmer, Paul Black, John Gerber, Phares Cassidy, Henry Holl, Samuel Smith, Peter Steitz, Samuel Kohr, Jacob Kohr Jr., Jacob Sechrist, John B. Lutz, T. J. Patterson, Adam Dietrich Jr., Jonathan Sprecher.
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Signers of petition: Jacob Redsecker, B. F. Baer, J. Schaeffear, John Lynch, Daniel Balmer, Michael Kauffman, Isaac Redsecker, Joseph Buchanan, James Bryan, Samuel Redsecker, C. G. Huber, John Foltz, Christian Hoffman.
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Signers of petition: Andrew Bear, John Stauffer, John Bostick, Jacob Myers, Thomas Devert, James Denham, R. [ Mars], J. B. Brubaker, John [Schwer], Jacob Grubb, John Denham, Sebastian Smith, Henry Imhoff, [signature in German], Peter Bells, Henry Good, Jacob Workman, Isaac Buck, Benjamin Workman, Abraham [Hoefgen], Frederick Miller, Henry Weibley, John Leib Jr.
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Signers of Petition: John E. Grosh, John Stauffer, Tobias M. Miller, Samuel Parker, Jacob Fordney, John M. Summy, Jacob Myers, Philip Brehm, Henry M. Reigart, Henry Imhoff, Emanuel Shober, John B. Brubaker, Jacob Acker, Peter Bishop, David Gottshall, Christian Kauffman.
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Signers of Petition: John B. Brubaker, Joseph Bowman, Alexander [Klefeker], Peter Swar, Simon Minnich, Martin Gross, Thomas Grosh, Jacob Grosh, Jacob Acker, Simon Minnich, Henry M. Bear, John Minnich, John Workman, John Lutz, Peter Bell, Henry Imhoff, J. H. Kurtz, T. M. Miller, Jacob Fordney.
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Also: John Smith; William Mentzer; Jacob Weller; William Weller; Martin Bitzer; William Bitzer; Andrew Miller; John Miller; Bear Weaver; William Hinkle; Solomon Steffy; Emanuel Groff.
Riot.
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Signers of Petition: John Davis, Henry Getz, Benjamin Bear, William Myers, Christian Kauffman, Michael Snavely, [signature in German], Christian Brown, Jacob Bringoff, Martin Schwar, Michael Seitz, [signature in German], Jacob Kauffman.
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Signers of Petition: Samuel Parker, John Stauffer, Jacob Acker, J. H. Kurtz, Tobias M. Miller, J. E. Cross, Jacob S. Kauffman, Henry Sholtz, John Landis, Henry S. Herr, John A. Lutz, J. B. Brubaker, Joseph Bowman, Peter Swar, John Jackson, James Hollinger, Jacob Hershey, Jacob Fordney.
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Located on the Lancaster & Harrisburg turnpike and about six miles from Lancaster.
Petition granted.
April term.
Signers of Petition: John Kaufman, David Dunkel, Tobias Kauffman, Jacob Kurtz, Jacob Fordney, John Gochnauer, Reuben Bowman, John Getz, Jacob S. Kauffman, Jacob Hershey, Samuel Parker, Christian Swar, Samuel Snyder, Henry Hoffman.
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The Mayor's Court was established at the incorporation of the City of Lancaster in 1818, and was composed of the mayor, recorder, and aldermen with powers and jurisdiction analogous to the Court of Quarter Sessions of the Peace, Oyer and Terminer, and Jail Delivery. It was abolished on 6 February 1849.
System of Arrangement
Organized by court term.
Arranged with general materials first, then constables reports, tavern licenses, un-numbered cases, and numbered cases.
Located on the corner of North Queen and Orange Streets, North West Ward.
April term.
Signers of petition: Jacob Myers, George Diller, Emanuel VanKanan, John G. Offner, Simon J. Young, S. G. Musser, John [Swint], A. S. Keller, J. C. Skiles, J. Gish, Henry E. Muhlenberg, Frederick Dern, Emanuel B. Kauffman, [ ] Kline.
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The Mayor's Court was established at the incorporation of the City of Lancaster in 1818, and was composed of the mayor, recorder, and aldermen with powers and jurisdiction analogous to the Court of Quarter Sessions of the Peace, Oyer and Terminer, and Jail Delivery. It was abolished on 6 February 1849.
System of Arrangement
Organized by court term.
Arranged with general materials first, then constables reports, tavern licenses, un-numbered cases, and numbered cases.
The Mayor's Court was established at the incorporation of the City of Lancaster in 1818, and was composed of the mayor, recorder, and aldermen with powers and jurisdiction analogous to the Court of Quarter Sessions of the Peace, Oyer and Terminer, and Jail Delivery. It was abolished on 6 February 1849.
System of Arrangement
Organized by court term.
Arranged with general materials first, then constables reports, tavern licenses, un-numbered cases, and numbered cases.
The Mayor's Court was established at the incorporation of the City of Lancaster in 1818, and was composed of the mayor, recorder, and aldermen with powers and jurisdiction analogous to the Court of Quarter Sessions of the Peace, Oyer and Terminer, and Jail Delivery. It was abolished on 6 February 1849.
System of Arrangement
Organized by court term.
Arranged with general materials first, then constables reports, tavern licenses, un-numbered cases, and numbered cases.
This collection contains the legal and personal papers of Judge Henry G. Long. The first ten boxes contain notes of argument and notes of testimony for civil and criminal cases. The remaining papers include receipts for local businesses and services, accounts, documents relating to turnpikes, speeches, stock certificates, deeds, correspondence, and petitions.
Preferred Citation: Title or description of item, date (day, month, year), Judge Henry G. Long Collection (MG0283), Box #, Folder #, LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.
Folders 1-120, gift of The Long Home, 19 January 2001. Folders 121-126, purchased from dealer, October 2013. Folder 127 purchased from The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd., August 2014.
The items in Folders 121-126 were originally part of the collection at The Long Home, but were separated from the rest of the collection and purchased at auction by the dealer who sold them to LancasterHistory.
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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.
Other Numbers
MG-283
Classification
MG0283
Description Level
Fonds
Custodial History
Boxes 1-15 processed by JM, finding aid prepared by HST. Added to database 7 November 2017.