Various County officials lined up to shake hands with a man and woman. Ben Weaver, Commissioner, Brenda Swingler, Clerk of Quarter Sessions, Paul Paes, Register of Wills are the only identifiable officials.
Petition to the Courts of Common Pleas and Quarter Sessions from citizens of Salisbury Township, Lancaster County, to have a new road laid out so that they may get to their post office without having to pay a turnpike toll.
The original of this document is in Samuel R. Slaymaker II, White Chimneys Collection, MG-268, Series 2, Box 3, Folder 46.
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Additional Notes
1. Larceny.
Identified in the document as "Negro Sol"
African-American.
2. Accessory before the fact.
Baker, John. Baker, Jacob.
3. Receiving.
4. Misdemeanor.
Baker, Mary. Baker, Margaret.
1 item, 1 piece
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