Signers of petition: Downey, Thomas; Huber, Bernard; Haslett, Samuel; Boyle, George L.; Rees, John; Welchans, Joseph; Wiley, Charles T.; Hartman, Jacob; Mercer, M. H.; Zecher, Philip; Frailey, Charles R.; Feagley, John; King, Samuel M.; Meixell, Andrew B.; Stahl, Abraham.
Receipt to keep a tavern.
Approved.
April term.
3 items, 3 pieces
Access Conditions / Restrictions
Request at Reference Desk; photocopy made by staff member.
Signers of petition: Andrew J. Ream, Adam Ruth, Jacob Decker, Isaac Mishler, Andrew Meixell, Samuel Vandersaal, David Wylie, Jacob Frailey, John Evans, Daniel [Trewetz], Joseph Barnett, John Feagley, David W. Dietrich, C. A. Bitner.
Receipt to keep a tavern.
3 items, 3 pieces
Access Conditions / Restrictions
Request at Reference Desk; photocopy made by staff member.
Signers of petition for an eating house: Benjamin H. Kauffman, C. A. Bitner, B. G. Heistand, H. Kendig, John P. Fetterby, H. Blickenderfer, Jacob Gruel, John Hartman, B. Mishler, John G. Scovern, J. Hartman, Frederick Luttz.
Signers of recommendation: Daniel Wall, Ephraim Sands, Samuel Burtz, Jacob Becker, John C. Kochenour, Thomas W. Veazey, Henry Walk, James Gormley, Joseph R. [Steringer], Jacob Hawes, John Miller, Powell Griffith, S. R. Everts, Dennis Mungan, William Hamilton, George S. Fisher Jr., Philip Barrack, Thomas Pease, J. S. [Bortoff], R. J. Williams, G. B. Springer, J. B. Weaver, H. L. Miller, Henry Fordney, [Robert Choick], Robart Hall, [unknown signature], A. J. Griffith, John C. Myers, Isaac M. Stauffer, John McNeal, Daniel Finfrock, George F. Shultz, Peter Mayse, Groff Ehrismer, Michael Hanery, James Armstrong, Bertram Sangel, A. Sides, Robert M. Evans, James Wolfe, David Patterson, William [Howanstine], George McCardel, Thomas Galbraith, William W. Patterson, Joseph B. [Muir], C. Webster, James Wisher, William Kitselman, Francis McFall, John Red, A. Spenger, John Swartz, Peter Miller.
4 items, 4 pieces
Access Conditions / Restrictions
Request at Reference Desk; photocopy made by staff member.
A writ of habeas corpus is a procedure for obtaining a judicial determination of the legality of an individual's custody. This collection includes petitions for writs of habeas corpus and the writs themselves, showing the names of petitioners, persons to be brought to court, nature of dispute or alleged crime, dates of writs and accompanying documents, names of judges, and names of persons that the writs are filed against. Petitioners include indentured servants, Freedom Seekers, free persons of color, convicted prisoners, those awaiting trial, relatives of prisoners, parties in child custody disputes, and relatives of army recruits and draftees.
Stenographic notes taken in naturalization proceedings, showing court term; petition number; names of petitioner, judge, and attorneys; nature of testimony; place of birth; official signatures; and date filed.
Rights
May not be photocopied.
Notes
Finding aid in the repository: Local government records.
