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Record, Judicial

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Collection: Quarter Sessions

Title: Quarter Sessions

Object ID: NOV 1856 F004 QS

Date Range: 1856/11

Collection: Quarter Sessions

Title: Quarter Sessions

System of Arrangement: Organized by Court of Quarter Sessions term.; Arranged by case number within each term.

Date Range: 1856/11

Year: 1856

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Search Terms: Quarter Sessions; Constable's return; Constables; Lancaster

Place: Lancaster

Object Name: Record, Judicial

Language: English

Condition: Fair

Object ID: NOV 1856 F004 QS

Additional Notes: Constable Return.; 1 item, 1 piece

Access Conditions / Restrictions: Request at Reference Desk; photocopy made by staff member.

Classification: RG 02-00 0908

Description Level: Item

Order for Payment

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/0b675369-953b-4029-a32e-303113630125

Collection: Commissioners' Orders for Payment

Title: Commissioners' order for payment

Object ID: CommOrder 1823 #378

Date Range: 1823

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: 1823

Date of Accumulation: 1810-1901

Creator: County Commissioners

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives North

Storage Container: Box 0004

People: Anderson, Hetty; Barth, Susanna; Bartholomew, William; Bartle, Catharine; Bartle, Jacob; Chambers, Joseph; Chapman, Barbara; Dorwart, Jacob; Dougherty, Charles; Eberman, Mathias; Eck, WIlliam; Ehler, Daniel; Elvis, Samuel; Flick, William; Foster, Catharine; Gundacker, John; Haines, Daniel; Henry, Michael; Hinkle, Jonathan; Keller, Jacob; Kendig, Sally; Kendig, Prudence; Kieler, Henry; Kranz, George; Kriner, Henry; Lightner, John; Lynch, William; Lyons, Charlotte; Lyons, John; Matter, George; McDonald, Ann; Miller, George; Miller, Jane; Mullen, John; Reitzel, John; Walter, Christiana; White, Joseph; Widley, Sarah; Wiedle, Sarah; Will, John

Subcategory: Documentary Artifact

Search Terms: Commissioners' Orders for Payment; Lancaster; Quarter Sessions

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 1823 #378

Box Number: 004

Notes: Never entered into Q&A.

Additional Notes: Courthouse.; Comm. v. Lynch, William. Convicted for larceny. Flick, William. Witness.; Comm. v. Lynch, William. Convicted for larceny. Kriner, Henry. Witness.; Comm. v. Kendig, Prudence. Kendig Sally. Acquitted of keeping a disorderly house. Bartholomew, William. Witness.; Comm. v. Chapman, Barbara. Barth, Susanna. Convicted of keeping a disorderly house. Eberman, Mathias. Witness.; Comm. v. Hinkle, Jonathan. Acquitted of keeping a disorderly house. Eberman, Mathias. Witness.; Comm. v. Elvis, Samuel. Convicted of keeping a disorderly house. Eberman, Mathias. Witness.; Comm. v. Anderson, Hetty. Indicted for larceny. Haines, Daniel. Witness.; Comm. v. Hinkle, Jonathan. Acquitted of keeping a disorderly house. Gundacker, John. Witness.; Comm. v. Lynch, William. Convicted of larceny. Wiedle [or Widley], Sarah. Witness.; Comm. v. Hinkle, Jonathan. Acquitted of keeping a disorderly house. Keller, Jacob. Witness.; Comm. v. McDonald, Ann. Acquitted of being a common scold. Kranz, George. Witness.; Comm. v. Kendig, Prudence. Kendig, Sally. Acquitted of keeping a disorderly house. Miller, George. Witness.; Comm. v. McDonald, Ann. Acquitted of being a common scold. Witnesses: Lyons, John. Lyons, Charlotte. Will, John. Foster, Catharine. Miller, Jane.; Comm. v. Walter, Christiana. Acquitted of disorderly house. Eberman, Mathias. Witness.; Reitzel, John Esq. Sat on the bench of the Mayors Court two days November Sessions 1823.; Ehler, Daniel. Server as Cryer Mayors Court November Sessions 1823.; Constables at Mayors Court November Sessions 1823: Chambers, Joseph. Haines, Daniel. Henry, Michael.; Lightner, John Esq. Sat on the bench of the Mayors Court four days November Sessions 1823.; Comm. v. McDonald, Ann. Acquitted of common scold. Dorwart, Jacob. Witness.; Matter, George Esq. Sat on the bench of the Mayors court two days November Sessions 1823.; Comm. v. Kendig, Prudence. Kendig, Sally. Acquitted of disorderly house. Bartholomew, William.; Comm. v. Walter, Christiana. Acquitted of disorderly house. Chambers, Joseph. Witness.; Comm. v. Dougherty, Charles. Committed of disorderly house. Chambers, Joseph. Witness.; Comm. v. Eck, WIlliam. Convicted of larceny. Chambers, Joseph. Witness.; Comm. v. Hinkle, Jonathan. Acquitted of disorderly house. Chambers, Joseph. Witness.; Comm. v. Kendig, Prudence. Kendig, Sally. Acquitted of disorderly house. Witnesses: Bartle, Jacob. Bartle, Catharine.; Comm. v. Hinkle, Jonathan. Acquitted of disorderly house. Witnesses: Mullen, John. White, Joseph. Kieler, Henry; 1 item, 26 pieces

Access Conditions / Restrictions: Request at research desk. Photocopy made by staff member.

Classification: RG 08-01 0510

Description Level: Item

Record, Judicial

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/3361f1a7-70e4-4a62-a59f-075523801036

Collection: Bridge Records

Title: Notice of bridges needing repair

Object ID: Bridge F0900 I004

Date Range: 1854

Collection: Bridge Records

Title: Notice of bridges needing repair

Description: Document type: Notice of bridges needing repair; 1. Old Factory Bridge; [Lancaster City and West Lampeter Twp.]; Location: Over Conestoga Creek.; 2. Bridge over Pequea Creek; [Strasburg Twp. and West Lampeter Twp.]; Location: Near Henry Herr's Mill.

System of Arrangement: Records are arranged by township, then chronologically within each township.

Date Range: 1854

Year: 1854

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives West

Storage Container: Box 0013

People: Herr, Henry

Subcategory: Documentary Artifact

Search Terms: Bridges; Conestoga Creek; Creeks; Factories; Henry Herr's Mill; Lancaster; Mills; Notices; Old Factory Bridge; Pequea Creek; Strasburg Twp.; West Lampeter Twp.

Extent: 1 item, 1 piece

Object Name: Record, Judicial

Language: English

Condition: Fair

Object ID: Bridge F0900 I004

Box Number: 013

Access Conditions / Restrictions: Request at Reference Desk; photocopy made by staff member.

Classification: RG 02-00 0324

Description Level: Item

Record, Judicial

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/9dec6333-5fa8-4419-a5f8-753044110839

Collection: Liquor License Papers

Title: Liquor License Papers

Object ID: Tav 1854 F20 I37

Date Range: 1854

Collection: Liquor License Papers

Title: Liquor License Papers

Date Range: 1854

Year: 1854

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Container: Box 0021

People: Pearsol, John H.

Subcategory: Documentary Artifact

Search Terms: Cross Keys Tavern; Lancaster; Petitions; Remonstrances; Taverns

Place: Lancaster

Object Name: Record, Judicial

Language: English

Condition: Fair

Object ID: Tav 1854 F20 I37

Box Number: 021

Additional Notes: Second petitioner: Kreider, [ ].; Remonstrance.; Signers of Petition: John H. Pearsol.; 1 item, 1 piece

Access Conditions / Restrictions: Request at Reference Desk; photocopy made by staff member.

Classification: RG 02-00 0602

Description Level: Item

Scrapbook

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/80b04344-fda2-4b51-999f-391235223000

Collection: Scrapbook Collection

Title: Scrapbook of Charles R. Frailey

Object ID: MG0434_Box103

Date Range: 1890s

Collection: Scrapbook Collection

Title: Scrapbook of Charles R. Frailey

Description: This scrapbook was originally the ledger of Charles' brother, Henry L. Frailey, for the Lancaster Home Mutual Fire Insurance Company. Henry may have also used it as journal for personal records and scrapbook.; Charles R. Frailey turned this ledger into a scrapbook in the 1890s with newspaper articles of noteworthy events and stories that related to crime and justice in Lancaster County. More importantly, the edges of the pages of the scrapbook contain notes, quotations and signatures, many of which relate to the various stories he collected.; Frailey's notes in the margins of the scrapbook provide an enormous amount of first-hand opinions and information about Lancaster events that are not captured in newspaper articles or in other official documents. The scrapbook provides a look at crime and crime prevention in the 1890s in Lancaster through the eyes of a former Police Chief. It is an important part of the history of the Lancaster City Bureau of Police.; This scrapbook and ledger also contain sketches of historic houses in Lancaster and a list of surviving members of the Lancaster Fencibles, 1898.

Admin/Biographical History: Charles R. Frailey was born in Lancaster in 1825. He married Sarah A. Baer in 1850, raised a family in Lancaster, and was a member of Friendship Fire Company. He was employed as a clerk and scrivener and taught penmanship. In 1865, Charles was elected city alderman and became the City of Lancaster's first Chief of Police.; In 1865, Mayor George Sanderson established the Lancaster City Police force. A man named Charles Frailey was the first Chief of Police. Officer Frailey oversaw 21-night policemen who successfully restored order. https://www.epsagents.com/security-guards/armed-unarmed-security-guards-lancaster-pa/

Date Range: 1890s

Creation Date: Charles Frailey's Scrapbook, 1890-1902; Henry Frailey's Ledger, 1850-[1890]

Creator: Frailey, Charles R., 1825-1904

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives South

Storage Wall: Side 22

People: Frailey, Charles R.; Frailey, Henry Leonard

Other Creators: Frailey, Henry Leonard, 1826-1890

Subjects: Clippings (Books, newspapers, etc.); Crime; Crime prevention; Lancaster (Pa.); Law enforcement; Marginalia; Police; Police chiefs; Scrapbooks

Search Terms: Architecture; Clippings (Books, newspapers, etc.); Crime; Crime prevention; Lancaster; Lancaster City Bureau of Police; Lancaster Home Mutual Fire Insurance Company; Law enforcement; Ledger books; Marginalia; Newspaper clippings; Police; Police chiefs; Police officers; Scrapbooks

Object Name: Scrapbook

Language: English

Object ID: MG0434_Box103

Location of Originals: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania

Related Item Notes: Lancaster City Archives Collection (Records of Arrests; Police Dockets; Police Logs)

Notes: A few of the stories contained in the Frailey Scrapbook:; Murder of David Buckwalter Landis: Landis was president of Lancaster's Conestoga National Bank. The murderer, Ralph W. Wireback, was the tenant of a house that was owned by Landis. As part of the lease agreement, Wireback was allowed to occupy the house until Landis sold it. When Landis did sell the house and attempted to dispossess Wireback, Wireback sent his family away from the house and boarded it shut. A final confrontation between the tenant and the landlord on April 7, 1898 resulted in the murder. On August 24th, 1899, Wireback was found guilty of 1st degree murder and sentenced to death. His execution was set for June 7, 1893.; William E. Martin's escape: Although the LCPD began to use patrol wagons in 1892, officers often escorted criminals to the local prison on foot. This proved to be disastrous in the case of William E. Martin. On October 27, 1898, Martin haplessly attempted to sell a team of horses he had stolen to a city constable and was promptly arrested. As he was being taken to jail, Martin managed to overpower Constable Jacobs on East Walnut Street, and, threatening the constable with his (Constable Jacob's) own gun, he bolted.; Burglary at Lime Rock: A burglary was committed on December 9, 1898 in Lime Rock, a settlement at the intersection of the Reading and Columbia Railroads between Manheim and Lititz. The burglars entered the home of Albert Longnecker and demanded that he surrender his valuables to them. Longnecker, despite being rather elderly, attempted to fend off the intruders, but he along with his four other family members were bound. While the burglars rummaged through the house, one of the female family members wrestled free and ran to one of their neighbor's homes. She rang a bell which caused the burglars to flee, taking with them only $3 that they had found in the Longneckers' coat pockets.; In 1899, a bill was passed "to fix, regulate, and establish the fees to be charged and received by constables of this commonwealth." These fees covered such services as levying fines, serving executions, executing search warrants, etc.; In July 1882, George "Tid" Brimmer, who is associated with the infamous Buzzard Gang, allegedly set the Lancaster County Almshouse on fire on the same afternoon that the gang burned the barn of Samuel Ranck. The Almshouse had burned down three times previously, and was later rebuilt and burned down once again in 1900.; An article entitled "Changes of 40 Years: What an Old City Report Showed" from February 20, 1900 details how the LCPD transformed since 1860: "From one High Constable and four Ward Constables and night-watchmen, at an expense of $2,674, we now have a Chief of Police, 2 Sergeants, 18 policemen, and three patrol drivers and a turnkey, costing $19,820, supplemented with police patrol, patrol call boxes, police station house, etc…improvements scarcely dreamed of 40 years ago…"; James Burns, who was convicted of complicity in the Jacobs-Kendig revenue stamp counterfeiting conspiracy, was freed from the Eastern Penitentiary in 1900 after serving a period of one year and six months.

Access Conditions / Restrictions: This scrapbook may be used by appointment--contact Research@LancasterHistory.org prior to visit.

Copyright: This scrapbook may be photographed without flash. 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.

Accession Number: 2010.ClarkeHess

Classification: MG0434

Description Level: Item

Documents

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Collection: Commissioners' Orders for Payment

Title: Commissioners' order for payment

Object ID: CommOrder 1830 #081

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 of Accumulation: 1810-1901

Creator: County Commissioners

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Container: Box 0010

People: Eberman, John

Subcategory: Documentary Artifact

Search Terms: Lancaster; Lancaster Twp.; Bridges; Courthouses; Commissioners' Orders for Payment

Place: Lancaster

Extent: 70 boxes (35 cubic ft.)

Object Name: Documents

Language: English

Condition: Fair

Condition Date: 2008-03-25

Object ID: CommOrder 1830 #081

Box Number: 010

Notes: Entered into Q&A Aug 2, 2001.

Additional Notes: Courthouse.; Bridges.; Payment of interest on loan to purchase Witmer's bridge.; Eberman, John. Cashier, Farmers Bank .; 1 item. 1 piece.

Access Conditions / Restrictions: Request at research desk. Photocopy made by staff member.

Classification: RG 08-01 0510

Description Level: Item

Claim

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Collection: Mechanics' Liens

Title: Mechanics' Liens

Object ID: MAR 1851 F015 ML

Date Range: 1851/03

Collection: Mechanics' Liens

Title: Mechanics' Liens

Date Range: 1851/03

Year: 1851

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives West

Storage Container: Box 0004

People: Gemperling, John

Subcategory: Documentary Artifact

Search Terms: Churches; Contractors; First Presbyterian Church, Lancaster; Lancaster; Liens; Mechanics' liens; Reneker and Osman

Place: Lancaster

Object Name: Claim

Language: English

Condition: Fair

Object ID: MAR 1851 F015 ML

Box Number: 004

Additional Notes: Reneker & Orman. Contractor. Second Defendant.; Trustees of the English Presbyterian Church of Lancaster.; Gemperling, John. Contractor.; 2 items, 1 piece

Access Conditions / Restrictions: Request at Reference Desk; photocopy made by staff member.

Classification: RG 01-00 0202

Description Level: Item

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Order for Payment

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