Signers of Petition: Jacob Myers, George Haughman, J. H. Miller, O. B. Kaufman, John Ditlow, J. M. Johnston, R. E. Fahnestock, W. H. Spangler, William Hensler, S. G. Musser, J. Franklin Reigart, John K. Duchman, David Weidler, Elias Eby.
1 item, 1 piece
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Signers of petition: Benjamin B. Bear, A. Brubaker, Jacob Sener, John S. Wissler, John Yohn, Isaac Evans, Jacob Baker, John Seachrist, J. Ream, David Ringwalt, [signature in German], John G. Bowers.
3 items, 3 pieces
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Signers of petition: J. I. Hartman, George S. Brady, Edward Wiley, Thomas Greive, M. W. Shindel, R. Buchmiller, George Kuhns, J. B. Markley, Moses Geisenberger, Amos Niley, Samuel Hatz, Emanuel Shober, Benjamin H. Kauffman.
Signers of second petition: J. I. Hartman, George S. Brady, Edward Wiley, Thomas Greive, M. W. Shindel, R. Buchmiller, George Kuhns, J. B. Markey, Moses Geisenberger, Amos Niley, Samuel Hatz, Emanuel Shober, Benjamin H. Kauffman.
Receipt to keep a tavern.
5 items, 5 pieces
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Signers of petition: H. H. Kauffman, John Sehner, Thomas Coleman, J. Strauss, A. T. Myers, J. Gallagher, J. Welchans, Moses Geisenberger, Jared K. Hiester, Harvey B. Varns, V. P. Anderson, George Horting, Christian Gast, Martin Shreiner.
Receipt to keep a tavern.
3 items, 3 pieces
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Signers of petition: V. P. Anderson, J. S. Kauffman, Emanuel Shober, Lewis Hartman, C. A. Bitner, P. G. Greider, J. S. Hartman, P. C. Reinfried, J. Mishler, Christian Zecher, Frederich Lutz, Lewis Zecher, John A. Scheurenbrand.
Signers of old petition for Robert Soulsby: J. B. Amwake, Isaac Mishler, Peter Nagle, Fred. Nixdorf, L. G. Clark, Jacob Frailey, Peter Lutz, A. Diffenderfer, H. Blickenderfer, Christian A. Flick, Daniel Hartman, Frederich Lutz.
Deposition of Moses Winger.
Receipt to keep a tavern.
5 items, 5 pieces
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Signers of Petition: James Denham, Jacob Fordney, Andrew Holtsworth, John Schauer, Jacob Hershey, John Landis, Henry Imhoff, George Gross Jr., John Bostick, Richard Kirk, Jacob [Zamez], [signature in German], John B. Brubaker, Frederick Miller, Barton Nagle, [signature in German], Henry M. Reigart, Robert Beard.
1 Item, 1 Piece
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Signers of petition: J. E. Cross, David M. Brosly, John H. Reist, [Christian Zimmerman], Jesse McMullen, A. J. Eby, John Deyer, J. H. Kline, Henry Kopp, Henry Eby Jr., Benjamin Donaver, Jacob Shumaker, William McQueney, John R. Young.
Receipt to keep a tavern.
3 items, 3 pieces
Access Conditions / Restrictions
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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.
