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.
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Additional Notes
Prisons.
Payment for lumber for the use of the jail.
Smith, Stephen. Person of color.
1 item. 1 piece.
Access Conditions / Restrictions
Request at research desk. Photocopy made by staff member.
Photograph- Gravestones of Daniel Erisman, born 1767, died 1838, and Daniel Erisman, Jr., born 1793, died 1859, at a farm fence between Abbeville and Millersville Pike.
Photograph- Gravestones of Daniel Erisman, born 1767, died 1838, and Daniel Erisman, Jr., born 1793, died 1859, at a farm fence between Abbeville and Millersville Pike.
Description
Gravestones of Daniel Erisman, born 1767, died 1838, and Daniel Erisman, Jr., born 1793, died 1859, at a farm fence between Abbeville and Millersville Pike.
Interior of 307 North Duke Street - old Lancaster County Historical Society - showing fireplace and tools, Martin Meylin anvil and large stone piece from Speedwell Forge.
Collection of glass-plate negatives found in LCHS vault. Boxes were labeled "Lancaster Camera Club" but negatives are attributed to David Bachman Landis.
Unitarian Church, Chestnut and Pine Streets, Lancaster
Provenance
Collection of glass-plate negatives found in LCHS vault. Boxes were labeled "Lancaster Camera Club" but negatives are attributed to David Bachman Landis.
Collection of glass-plate negatives found in LCHS vault. Boxes were labeled "Lancaster Camera Club" but negatives are attributed to David Bachman Landis.
Collection of glass-plate negatives found in LCHS vault. Boxes were labeled "Lancaster Camera Club" but negatives are attributed to David Bachman Landis.
Collection of glass-plate negatives found in LCHS vault. Boxes were labeled "Lancaster Camera Club" but negatives are attributed to David Bachman Landis.
