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: Uriah Bitzer, Samuel Patton, Robert [Hoar], Peter Beam, George K. Eckert, Isaac Bair, Jacob F. Eby, Joseph Shnavely, [signature in German], John Miller, J. Seldomridge, Christian Beam, John Curley.
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Signers of petition: Benjamin Leaman, John McKillips, Jacob Leaman, Jacob Hershey, Jacob Kreider, Gideon Kauffman, Henry K. Denlinger, Isaiah McKillips, James Trew, Daniel McKillips, Samuel Hertzler, Jonathan Lapp, Benjamin G. Alderfer, John Kauffman.
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Signers of petition: H. A. Smith, Levi L. Landis, George Seldomridge, John Miller, Peter B. Eckert, Jacob K. Eckert, J. Seldomridge, Jacob Bair, Jacob Renno, Mahlon Ruth, Alfred Ellmaker, Jordan Steen, Christian Eby, Richard Y. Rutter.
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Signers of petition: [Jacob Noel], Samuel Kauffman, H. W. Smith, James Lytle, William M. Chesney, J. G. [Tauland], James Lytle Jr., Abraham Bair, Gabriel H. Yost, Jacob Kreider, John B. Hoar, Samuel Kaffman, John L. Lightner, Henry Lytle.
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Signers of petition: Daniel M. Eaby, Joseph Eaby, Jacob Eaby, Joseph Shnavely, Sem Eby, John Reed, John Miller, Levi L. Landis, David Beam, John Seldomridge, Jacob Bair, John Curley.
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Signers of petition: William Weidman, Isaac L. Bard, Jesse McQuaid, Jacob Koll, Valentine Andes, Christian Strohm, George Bender, Reuben B. Johns, Eli Stoltzfus, David Landis, Marks G. Wenger, Christian Frankhouse, Frederick Swope, [ ] H. Johns, Emanuel Swope.
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Located where Peter's Road comes on the New Holland turnpike.
April term.
Signers of petition: [John Messer], A. B. Miller, Peter Givler, William Weidman, Reuben Weidler, A. S. Bare, Wilson Brubaker, John Grabill, Ephraim Zellers, George Seldomridge, George Bair, Bair Miller, John Bair.
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Signers of petition: Henry Kreider Jr., Frederick Swope, Michael Bender, Jacob Koll, Jesse McQuaid, Emanuel Swope, Isaac Swope, Amos Batten, Diller Bare, William Weidman, M. G. Wenger, Christian Strohm, David Landis.
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Signers of petition: Henry Sheibly, Abraham G. Sheibly, Peter Krick, John G. Bear, Henry Barton, Isaac Killian, Grabill Bear, David High, Isaac L. Bear, George Bear, Isaac B. Weidler, Daniel Killian.
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Signers of petition: Henry Weidler, Cyrus Miller, Jacob Holl, Jacob Kurtz, Isaac Bushong, John H. Bushong, Washington Simmons, George Marks, Amos Weidler, Robert Connell, Joseph Greiner, George Bard.
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Signers of petition: George Brubaker, George Miller, Henry Good, Isaac C. Weidler, Peter Myers, John B. Raff, William Weidman, Henry Weidman, Henry Miller, Henry Burckhart, Frederick Kreamer, Bernhard L. Beck, Christian Strohm.
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Signers of Petition: Jacob K. Eckert, George Seldomridge, Uriah Bitzer, B. F. Holl, Josiah S. Zook, David Bender, Joseph Eaby, Jacob Bair, Daniel Trout, Jacob Eaby, James S. White, John Curley, John Rutter, Mahlon Ruth, Levi L. Landis, Washington Benner, John Miller.
Bond: Jacob K. Eckert, James S. White.
Receipt.
Depositions: Benjamin F. Holl, James S. White, Jacob K. Eckert, John Curley, Robert J. Knox, Josiah S. Zook.
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Signers of petition for an eating house: Samuel Good, Bernhard L. Beck, A. S. Bare, John C. Bohnert, S. G. Groff, Solomon C. Groff, Henry Burckhart, William Weidman, Henry Weidman, Christian Wenger, Levi Groff, John Grabill, Diller Bare.
3 items, 3 pieces
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