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: John Witmer, Rudolph Kauffman, Adam Doerstler, Henry H. Kauffman, Henry Gerlach, Benjamin Breneman, Zacharias Witmer, Henry Sauder, Jacob Otto, Frederick S. Kline, Christian S. Kline, B. F. Kline.
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Depositions: Eli Hewes, Peter Kline, Martin K. Manning, Daniel Kline, Abraham Bitner, Jacob Miller.
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Signers of letter of support: Rudolph Kauffman, Henry Loyer, John Nunamacher, Benjamin G. Deitrich, Adam Doerstler, A. K. Miller, M. H. Lefever, John Denlinger, Henry Lintner, [Jacob Bowman], John Hershey, John Eschbach Jr., Joseph Neff, Christian F. Herr, Henry H. Herr, Rudolph Harnish, Tobias Siegrist, Daniel R. Witmer, Daniel Killheffer, D. Strohm Herr, Isaac B. Powden, Tobias H. Herr, Benjamin Landis, Adam S. Dietrich, Henry Funk, Thomas Fisher, Emanuel H. Gehr, A. M. Frantz, John Forry, Henry Froelich, John W. Mann, Jacob E. Witmer, Henry b. Grebinger, Jacob D. Peifer, John W. Fry, George Hornberger, Abraham Brubaker, John Bintner, John K. Bender, Henry R. Witmer, Adam Herr, Benjamin H. Scheirich, Daniel Smith, Henry Kendig, Henry Kahler, Christian B. Herr, George G. Brush, Rudolph Herr, Michael Bender, Jacob Wissler, Henry H. Herr, Christian Keller, Adam Derstler Jr., Abraham Peters, Benjamin Kauffman, Jacob C. Kready, John C. Herr, Leonard Pickel, John Witmer, John R. Witmer.
Depositions: Jacob Diffenderfer, Ephraim Hoffman, Jacob C. Kready, George Gerlach, Amos M. Eshleman.
Notice.
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Letter of support: John Haddon, Richard Campbell, [signature in German], Thomas Davis, Evan Davis, Elias George, Fredrick Baker, David H. Mellinger, John LaBoux, J. H. Lanten, Charles Evans, Jonas Kendig, [unknown signature], John Chordy, [unknown signature], Lewis Geist, Frederick Werth, Anton Mower, [signature in German], [signature in German], [signature in German], [signature in German], [signature in German], [Henry Lybrand], John Smith, J. H. Mathews, David Morgan, Adam Knapp, Henry Debler, Hermann Kuhn, Conrad Knapp, George [Hannmek], Joseph Rice, [signature in German], M. A. Withers, James Boyce, Henry Coch, Charles Hoffmann, [unknown signature], [Johnston Heber], John Brack, [ ] Werner, August Lartz, Charles Malhorn, G. W. Stroman, [signature in German], [signature in German], Joseph Schlitt, [signature in German].
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Signers of petition: Joseph Brenneman, John Lintner, John Eberly, A. B. Brenneman, John S. Kise, James Hewey, James Hutchson, Richard Campbell, Jacob Withers, James Conner, John Daily, John Miller.
Letter of support: G. W. Raley, David McFaddon, Cyrus Shertzer, Jesse T. French, Eli Shartzer, Nathaniel Urban, Joseph McLane, Christian Cover, Samuel Barge, Joseph Wilson, Reel Scherck, David Miller, William Ortman, Lewis Fite, [ ] Green, Jacob Allison, B. F. Shartzer, C. S. Funk, Andrew Shultz, S. B. Urban, Henry M. Ament, Jonathan Funk, Joseph Tyson, David Shartzer, John Charles, Jacob Wholaw, Edward House, William Siple, John S. Graff, S. S. Lindemuth, John Shuman, A. B. Saylor, Samuel Shartzer, Samuel Will, C. B. Mellinger, Samuel Kitch, David Saylor, [John A.] Brush, Israel Hoover, Thomas Moore, Cyrus Shultz, Joseph A. Hougendobler, John Hoover, John Shartzer, William Dunlap, Warren Brown, Thomas Jackson, A. J. Saylor, Jacob Saylor, Henry J. [Cott], Christopher E. Nagle, Henry Rollin, David G. [Nivling], John Shields, Benjamin Shields, David Crisman, William Line, David Christy, Samuel Smith, Samuel Reese, Jacob Bair, Tison Brooks, Hugh Hawkins, John Ohmit, Hugh Moore, W. Whitaker, Reuben Alexander, Henry Paules, Henry Siple, Andrew Boyd, Adam Hess, N. W. Greene, Levi [Westure], James Douglass, Henry Sourbeer.
Notice.
Depositions: William Campbell, William Truman, George Hammer, Joseph Breneman, John Campbell, Jacob Withers, Robert B. Prentiss, Benjamin Haldeman, Nathaniel Urban, John Shuman, Richard Campbell, Jacob Dietrich, David F. Young.
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Signers of petition: Frederick Sener, Jacob Neff, Benjamin Hershey, Jacob Bausman, Jacob Seitz, Adam S. Dietrich, Benjamin Landis, Christian H. Charles, John Rutt, Jacob S. Mann, Jacob Landis, Rudolph Gamber, Jacob K. Shenk, Abraham Denlinger.
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Depositions: Abraham Rohrer, Jacob C. Kready, Jacob N. Metzger, Rudolph Gamber, John Killheffer, Adam S. Dietrich, Henry Gamber.
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Signers of petition: Jacob Seitz, Christian H. Charles, Benjamin Landis, Adam S. Dietrich, John Landis, Jacob S. Kauffman, C. O. Herr, George S. Mann, Henry Krady, Jacob Staman, Henry Greenawalt, Frederick Stoner, Barnherd Mann.
Bond: Henry Lintner, David E. Rohrer.
Receipt.
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Depositions: George G. Brush, Frederick Stoner, Abraham Shenk, Henry Greenawalt, Barnherd Mann, Jacob Seitz.
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Signers of petition: Abraham Peters, John Denlinger, John Eschbach Sr., Joseph Neff, Abraham Bausman, Andrew Bausman, Benjamin Landis, Jacob Lintner, Henry Funk, Jacob Frantz, George Miller, Jacob K. Shenk, John Lintner.
Bond: Abraham Peters, Jacob K. Shenk.
Receipt.
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Depositions: Jacob K. Shenk, Benjamin Landis, Abraham Bausman, Adam Doerstler, George Miller, John Denlinger, Henry B. Kauffman.
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Signers of petition: Henry S. Mellinger, William Northamer, Richard Campbell, Christian Ohmit, C. Rhodes, John Miller, John Smith, Martin Manning, Peter Kline, John S. Kise, Rudolph Fry, A. Hewes.
Letter of support: David F. Young, John Else, James Hewes, Frederick Klineyoung, Amos Sourbeer, Jacob Detrich, Robert B. Prentiss, John M. Peirkins, H. W. Young, John Warren, Horace Alleman, John Witmer, [signature in German], Abraham Hess, Adam Doerstler, Isaac B. Powden, Abraham Kauffman, Rudolph Wissler, Henry Yaley, John Siple, Benjamin Stauffer, Abraham Bitner, Jacob Brenner, John Shissler, A. B. Brenneman, Christian Brenneman, John Bowker, Elies Lindeman, Israel Bender, John S. McFarland, Jacob Young, John J. Payne, George A. Tripple, John G. Landis, Jacob F. Frey, Christian Hertzler, Christian Sourbeer, John Habecker Jr., John W. Fry, John S. Eisenberger, H. S. Zercher, Edward House, John Shuman, Warren Brown, John F. Frey, Adam [Brmer], Daniel Brenneman, Joseph Brenneman, George Dietrich, Samuel [Nummalcher], [ ] Mellinger.
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Depositions: C. J. Rhodes, Robert B. Prentiss, John M. Peirkins, Horace Alleman, Abraham Kauffman, Christian Sourbeer, Jacob F. Frey.
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Signers of petition: Frederick Sener, Jacob Frantz, John Lintner, John Frantz, Adam Doerstler, Joseph Brenneman, Henry Lintner, Jacob Metzger, Isaac Dickel, John Witmer, Adam S. Dietrich, Jacob B. Hershey, John Denlinger.
Bond: Henry Lintner, Jacob Leaman.
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Depositions: John Frantz, Jacob Frantz, Jacob Mellinger, Jacob Brenner, John Shrader, Christian F. Herr, Emanuel Shober, John Lintner, Jacob M. Frantz.
Also colored drawing of tavern.
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Signers of petition: John Witmer, C. J. Rhodes, M. R. Sourbeer, Jacob Detrich, Hiram Alleman, James Conner, James Hutchson, William Campbell, George Hammer, John Miller, Christian Ohmit, George Herlin, John Williamson, Benjamin F. Will, Jonas Kendig, Isaac H. [Leithise], Samuel Nunmacher.
Bond: John Kolp, [signature in German].
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Depositions: Jacob Detrich, John J. Payne, Michael R. Sourbeer, C. J. Rhodes, Amor D. Kendig, Johnn A. Miller, Charles Malhorn.
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Signers of petition: Christian B. Herr, Jacob K. Shenk, Benjamin Landis, Jacob Seitz, Jacob Bausman, Adam S. Dietrich, Christian H. Charles, J. R. Barr, Samuel Christ, A. Oliver Newpher, Jacob F. Frey, G. C. Hawthorn, C. B. Herr, P. W. Hiestand, Jacob Brenner, George Kahler, Emanuel Herr, John Herr.
Bond: Jacob K. Shenk, Christian B. Herr.
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Letter of support: George W. Withers, Jacob Christ, Henry Kahler, Jacob Bletz, Henry W. Hackman, D. S. Bare, L. M. Hobbs, Charles Denues, John Denlinger, J. Wickersham, Abraham Bausman, Jacob M. Frantz.
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Depositions: George Gerlach, Jacob K. Shenk, John F. Stoddard, Robert T. Cornwell, Henry C. Hern, Jacob R. Barr, Jacob Immel, Charles J. Rhodes, John Eschbach, John L. Slater, Samuel Christ.
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Signers of petition: Abraham Hess, D. F. Young, Horace Alleman, Christian Ohmit, Jacob F. Frey, C. Herr, William [Brethiemer], John Else, Elias Deridinger, Israel Brenner, John Miller, A. B. Brenneman, Frederick Kline.
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Signers of petition: Abraham Bausman, David Hess, Frederick Erisman, Abraham Peters, George Hornberger, Henry B. Kauffman, George Miller, Henry Kendig, Rudolph Herr, Anthony Ernst, George Kitch, Caleb Martin, John Denlinger, Edward Brooks, R. T. Cornwell, Jacob K. Shenk, P. H. Lyne, John Lintner.
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