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.
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.
Signers of petition: Martin Good, Christian Warfel, John Gardner, Benjamin Good, Abraham Shenck, John Harnish, John Hess, George W. Shoff, Christian E. Miller, David Hess Jr., Daniel Charles, John Martin, Benjamin Eshleman, Henry Graver, Samuel L. Fehl, Jacob Fehl.
Signers of petition: Martin Good, Christian Warfel, John Gardner, Benjamin Good, Abraham Shenck, John Harnish, John Hess, George W. Shoff, Christian E. Miller, David Hess Jr., David Charles, John Martin, Henry Graver, Benjamin Eshleman, Samuel L. Fehl, Jacob Fehl.
4 items, 4 pieces
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Signers of petition: Benjamin Good, Jacob Gall, William Giles Jr., Henry Graver, Henry Hess, Thomas [Duke], John Kendig, John Hess, Christian Hess, Daniel Charles, Samuel Gall, William Morison, John Henry, Adam Duke, Christian Kindig.
3 items, 3 pieces
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Signers of petition: Thomas Anderson, H. M. Wilson, T. W. Housekeeper, [ ] Fairlamb, Franklin Waters, William W. Steele, Lewis Hilton, Mark Showalter, William Wright, Joseph Earnhart, L. H. Jackson, J. B. Millington, John Anderson, J. B. Markley, Joseph Markley, G. Brown, George Stiver, N. Mayer.
Signers of petition: Thomas Anderson, H. M. Wilson, Henry Marsh, T. W. Housekeeper, [ ] Fairlamb, Franklin Waters, William W. Steele, Lewis Hilton, Mark Showalter, William Wright, Joseph Earnhart, L. H. Jackson, J. B. Millington, John Anderson, J. B. Markley, Joseph Markley, G. Brown, George Stiver, N. Mayer.
4 items, 4 pieces
Access Conditions / Restrictions
Request at Reference Desk; photocopy made by staff member.