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Collection
Commissioners' Orders for Payment
Title
Commissioners' order for payment
Object ID
CommOrder 1821 #212_pt1
Date Range
1821
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
1821
Date of Accumulation
1810-1901
Year
1821
Creator
County Commissioners
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Storage Room
Archives North
Storage Container
Box 0001
People
Anderson, Francis
Anderson, Maria
Benthem, Edward
Bonham, Samuel C.
Bowman, John
Evans, Charles
Green, Joseph
Grubb, Mark
Huston, Samuel
Kauffman, Isaac
Leval, Mary
Livergood, Peter
Malson, Ephraim
McCardle, Peter
McClellan, James
Nagle, George
Parker, James
Shaum, John
Smith, Sonia
Snyder, Henry
St. John, Stephen
Subcategory
Documentary Artifact
Search Terms
Lancaster
Courthouses
Witnesses
Commissioners' Orders for Payment
Extent
70 boxes (35 cubic ft.)
Object Name
Order for Payment
Language
English
Condition
Fair
Condition Date
2008-03-25
Object ID
CommOrder 1821 #212_pt1
Box Number
001
Notes
Never entered into Q&A.
Additional Notes
Pay for witnesses.
Commonwealth vs. George Nagle.
Shaum, John. Witness.
Commonwealth vs. Edward Benthem and Sonia Smith.
Grubb, Mark. Witness.
Commonwealth vs.Francis Anderson and Maria Anderson.
Parker, James. Witness.
Commonwealth vs. Francis Anderson and Maria Anderson alias Mary Leval.
Green, Joseph. Witness.
Commonwealth vs. Peter McCardle.
Kauffman, Isaac. Witness.
Commonwealth vs. John Bowman and Henry Snyder, Supervisors of Donegal Township.
Huston, Samuel. Prosecutor and witness.
McClellan, James. Witness.
Commonwealth vs. Charles Evans.
Livergood, Peter. Witness.
Commonwealth vs. Ephraim Malson.
Bonham, Samuel C. Prosecutor and witness.
Commonwealth vs. John Bowman and Henry Snyder.
St. John, Stephen. Witness.
10 items, 10 pieces
Access Conditions / Restrictions
Request at research desk. Photocopy made by staff member.
Classification
RG 08-01 0510
Description Level
Item
Less detail
Collection
Commissioners' Orders for Payment
Title
Commissioners' order for payment
Object ID
CommOrder 1821 #212_pt2
Date Range
1821
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
1821
Date of Accumulation
1810-1901
Year
1821
Creator
County Commissioners
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Storage Room
Archives North
Storage Container
Box 0001
People
Ankrim, Samuel
Bailey, Samuel
Baker, Leman
Bowman, John
Brown, Jacob
David, Mary
David, William
Dugan, Eleanor
Ferry, Catherine
Ferry, Patrick
Green, Charles
Hamilton, William
Kenedy, Matthew
Kimble, Thomas
McClellen, James
Moore, John
Sides, Catherine
Sides, Samuel
Snyder, Henry
Steward, Charles
Swan, Saul
Wilson, Isaac C.
Wilson, John
Subcategory
Documentary Artifact
Search Terms
Lancaster
Courthouses
WItnesses
Constables
Commissioners' Orders for Payment
Extent
70 boxes (35 cubic ft.)
Object Name
Order for Payment
Language
English
Condition
Fair
Condition Date
2008-03-25
Object ID
CommOrder 1821 #212_pt2
Box Number
001
Notes
Never entered into Q&A.
Additional Notes
Pay for witnesses and constables.
Commonwealth vs. Matthew Kenedy.
Baker, Leman. Constable.
Sides, Catherine.
Sides, Samuel.
Commonwealth vs. William David, Mary David and Isaac C. Wilson.
Commonwealth vs. John Bowman and Henry Snyder.
McClellen, James. Witness.
Commonwealth vs. John Bowman ans Henry Snyder.
Bailey, Samuel. Witness.
Commonwealth vs. John Moore.
Steward, Charles.
Commonwealth vs. Patrick Ferry, Catherine Ferry and Eleanor Dugan.
Ankrim, Samuel. Constable.
Commonwealth vs. Charles Green and Saul Swan.
Brown, Jacob.
Kimble, Thomas.
Commonwealth vs. William Hamilton.
Wilson, John. Witness for defendant.
9 items, 9 pieces
Access Conditions / Restrictions
Request at research desk. Photocopy made by staff member.
Classification
RG 08-01 0510
Description Level
Item
Less detail
Collection
Transportation Collection
Title
Transportation Collection
Object ID
MG0123
Date Range
1819-1977
• www.LancasterHistory.org People: Bitner John R. Boardman, Harris Bowman, John Jacob Boyer, Zaccur Prall Cirt, Anna N. Griest, William Walton Hostetter, Albert Keller Kemrer, Clarence M. Knapp, Walter Kreider, Kate Kriebel, Howard Wiegner McClellan, Oliver Eldridge Royer, David Shuman, James P. Wohlsen, Anna Wohlsen, Peter
  1 document  
Collection
Transportation Collection
Title
Transportation Collection
Description
The Transportation Collection contains documents regarding turnpikes, railroads, Conestoga Traction Co., Conestoga Transportation Co., and the Red Rose Transit Authority. The types of items include correspondence, financial papers, business papers, stock certificates, tickets, schedules, maps of routes, and a blueprint.
Date Range
1819-1977
Year Range From
1819
Year Range To
1977
Date of Accumulation
1819-1977
Creator
LancasterHistory (Organization)
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Storage Room
Archives South
Storage Wall
Side 04
People
Bitner, John R.
Boardman, Harris
Bowman, John Jacob
Boyer, Zaccur Prall
Cirt, Anna N.
Griest, William Walton
Hostetter, Albert Keller
Kemrer, Clarence M.
Knapp, Walter
Kreider, Kate
Kriebel, Howard Wiegner
McClellan, Oliver Eldridge
Royer, David
Shuman, James P.
Wohlsen, Anna
Wohlsen, Peter
Subjects
Letters
Minutes (Records)
Philadelphia & Reading Railroad Co.
Philadelphia and Lancaster Turnpike (Pa.)
Posters
Railroads
Rates and tolls
Reading & Columbia Railroad Company
Street-railroads
Trolley cars
Search Terms
Adamstown
Bittersville, Lower Windsor Twp., York County, Pennsylvania
Blueprints
Booklets
Brochures
Campbelltown, South Londonderry Twp., Lebanon County, Pennsylvania
Center Square Road Station
Chestnut Street
Christiana
Coatesville, Chester County, Pennsylvania
Columbia
Columbia, Ironville and Mount Joy Railroad
Conestoga Traction Company
Conestoga Transportation Company
Conewago Water and Power Company
Correspondence
Dallastown, York County, Pennsylvania
Drawings
Duke Street
East Belt line
East King Street
East Petersburg, East Hempfield Twp.
Elizabethtown
Engleside, Lancaster Twp.
Ephemera
Ephrata
Express Printing Company
Greeting cards
Hanover, York County, Pennsylvania
Hershey, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania
Ironville, West Hempfield Twp.
J. G. Brill Company
Kinport Road
Lancaster
Lancaster and York Furnace Street Railway
Lancaster and Columbia Division, Conestoga Transportation Company
Lancaster and Lititz Passenger Railroad Company
Lancaster, Elizabethtown, and Middletown Turnpike
Lebanon, Lebanon County, Pennsylvania
Letters
Lititz
Maple Grove
Maps
Marietta Avenue
North Market Street
Mechanicsburg, Upper Leacock Twp.
Mechanicsville, East Hempfield Twp.
Minutes
Mount Joy
Mulberry Street
National Railway Historical Society
Neffsville, Manheim Twp.
North End Photo Finishing House
North Lime Street
North Queen Street
Palmyra, Lebanon County, Pennsylvania
Parkesburg, Chester County, Pennsylvania
Penn Square
Pequea Twp.
Philadelphia and Lancaster Turnpike Company
Philadelphia and Reading Railroad Company
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Photographs
Placards
Substations
President Avenue
Princess Street
Prospect Street
Quarryville
Railroads
Rates and tolls
Reading and Columbia Railroad Company
Receipts
Red Rose Transit Authority
Reports
Roads
Rocky Springs Railroad Company
Schuylkill Navigation Company
Scrapbooks
South Mountain Railroad
South Queen Street
Stock certificates
Susquehanna Railroad
Tickets
Tolls
Trolley car barns
Trolley car yards
Trolley cars
Trolleys
Turnpikes
Walnut Street
WGAL (television station)
Williams Park Station
Willow Street Turnpike
Windsor Twp., York County, Pennsylvania
WLAN (radio station)
Wrightsville, York County, Pennsylvania
York Bus Company
York Fair
York Railway Company
Extent
2 boxes, 31 folders, 1 cubic ft.
Object Name
Archive
Language
English
Object ID
MG0123
Location of Originals
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania
Notes
Preferred Citation: Title or description of item, date (day, month, year), Transportation Collection (MG0123), Folder #, LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.
Access Conditions / Restrictions
Restrictions are noted at the item level.
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-123
Classification
MG0123
Description Level
Fonds
Custodial History
Added to database 23 September 2021.
Documents
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Collection
Diary Collection
Title
Diary Collection
Object ID
MG0247
Date Range
1836-1978
  1 document  
Collection
Diary Collection
Title
Diary Collection
Description
The Diary Collection contains diaries and journals of individuals from Lancaster County. The diarists recorded daily events such as social activities, household chores, farm life, and business activities. Some writers copied published works and newspaper articles or recorded national events. Subjects that are mentioned include the Stock Market crash of 1929, "The Volstead Blues," travel, World Wars I and II, weather, genealogy, and items of local interest.
System of Arrangement
By name of individual or family.
John R. Bitzer
John J. Bowman, Sr.
Lizzie H. Gottshall
Anna M. Haverstick
Alexander Hays
Maria C. Heinitsh
Elsie Kreider
Lightner family
William Shand, Jr.
George W. Silvey
Abraham Herr Smith
Harry Smith
Unknown
Date Range
1836-1978
Year Range From
1836
Year Range To
1978
Date of Accumulation
1836-1978
Creator
LancasterHistory (Organization)
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Storage Room
Archives South
Storage Wall
Side 06
People
Bitzer, John R.
Bowman, John Jacob
Gottshall, Lizzie H.
Haverstick, Anna M.
Hays, Alexander L.
Heinitsh, Maria C. Reed
Kreider, Elsie May Harman
Shand, William
Silvey, George W.
Smith, Abraham Herr
Smith, Harry
Subjects
Diaries
Search Terms
Manuscript groups
Finding aids
Diaries
Extent
8 boxes 4.5 cubic ft.
Object Name
Archive
Language
English
Object ID
MG0247
Notes
Preferred citation: Diary Collection (MG-247), Name of diary set, Box #, Folder #, LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pa.
Access Conditions / Restrictions
No restrictions, unless noted within the finding aid.
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-247
Other Number
MG-247
Classification
MG0247
Description Level
Fonds
Documents
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Collection
Commissioners' Orders for Payment
Title
Commissioners' order for payment
Object ID
CommOrder 1821 #082
Date Range
1821
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
1821
Date of Accumulation
1810-1901
Year
1821
Creator
County Commissioners
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Storage Room
Archives North
Storage Container
Box 0001
People
Anderson, Francis
Boston, Peter
Bowman, John
Bowser, John
Calasky, Valentine
Crummel, Christian
Davis, Benjamin
Deredinger, Polly
Eberman, Matthias
Ehler, Christian
Etter, Jacob
Fowler, Peter
Hantch, Polly
Hartly, George
Hollet, James
Kidrick, John M.
Kieghler, John
Mayberry, Jeremiah
Mays, Samuel
McCardle, Peter
Mitchel, James
Norbeck, William
Riegel, Henry
Simpson, William
Smollet, James
Snyder, Henry
Thomas, George
Waters, Simon
Weldy, Christian
Subcategory
Documentary Artifact
Search Terms
Lancaster
Jurors
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 1821 #082
Box Number
001
Notes
Never entered into Q&A.
Additional Notes
Mayors Court January 1821.
Commonwealth vs. William Norbeck.
Fowler, Peter. Plaintiff.
Simpson, William. Witness.
Mayors Court August 1819.
Commonwealth vs. George Thomas.
Hollet, James. Plaintiff.
Eberman, Matthias. Witness.
Commonwealth vs George Thomas.
Smollet, James. Plaintiff.
Mayors Court May 1820.
Commonwealth vs. Benjamin Davis; Francis Anderson; Peter Boston; Jeremiah Mayberry; Simon Waters; John Bowser.
Ehler, Christian. Witness.
Commonwealth vs. Polly Hantsh.
Deredinger, Polly. Witness.
Hartly, George. Witness.
Commonwealth vs. Polly Hantch.
Calasky, Valentine. Witness.
Commonwealth vs. John M. Kidrick.
McCardle, Peter. Witness.
Mayors Court April 1820.
Commonwealth vs. John Bowman; Henry Snyder.
Etter, Jacob. Witness.
Commonwealth vs. Christian Weldy et al.
Mays, Samuel. Witness.
Riegel, Henry. Witness.
Mayors Court November 1820.
Commonwealth vs. John Kieghler.
Crummel, Christian. Plaintiff.
Mitchel, James. Witness.
12 items, 12 pieces
Access Conditions / Restrictions
Request at research desk. Photocopy made by staff member.
Classification
RG 08-01 0510
Description Level
Item
Less detail
Collection
Commissioners' Orders for Payment
Title
Commissioners' order for payment
Object ID
CommOrder 1821 #182
Date Range
1821
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
1821
Date of Accumulation
1810-1901
Year
1821
Creator
County Commissioners
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Storage Room
Archives North
Storage Container
Box 0001
People
Bowman, John
Snyder, Henry
Smith, John
Subcategory
Documentary Artifact
Search Terms
Lancaster
Courthouses
Witnesses
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 1821 #182
Box Number
001
Notes
Never entered into Q&A.
Additional Notes
Commonwealth v. John Bowman and Henry Snyder.
Smith, John. Witness.
1 item, 1 piece
Access Conditions / Restrictions
Request at research desk. Photocopy made by staff member.
Classification
RG 08-01 0510
Description Level
Item
Less detail

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