John Adams, Margaret Chambers, John Serjant, Hugh Hugh, Stephen McPherson, Henry Otto, George Wall, Jane Oguin, William Smith, John Corrol, Francis Bevan, Abner Herman.
1 item, 1 piece
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Request at Reference Desk; photocopy made by staff member.
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.
John F. Kennedy riding in motorcade while on visit to Lancaster, with police protecion and massed crowd of onlookers, on first block of North Queen Street. Others identified include George Schreder, [ ] Brenneman, Robert Swab, Brandt Hipple, William Smith, Al Farkas, Paul Rose, James B. McMullin, Donald Wireback, Lewis Matt, Kenneth Bomberger, J. David Smith. See photo envelope for key to identifications.
