Papers filed for construction and repair of bridges. The types of petitions presented to the Court of Quarter Sessions include: petitions for bridge construction and repair, petitions for inspections, and petitions for bridge funds. Other types of items include: specifications, proposals, and contracts for bridge construction and repair; bridge blueprints and plans; correspondence; bills for materials; and bridge condition reports. Many papers show date; court term and case number; names of petitioners, viewers, inspectors, and contractors; costs and fees; location of bridge; and name or number of bridge. The order and report of viewers documents are of particular interest as they usually include a copy of the original petition; the order and names of viewers to inspect the site; the public announcement for the viewers meeting; the report and recommendation of viewers, often with a drawing of the site and surrounding area; and the court decision.
System of Arrangement
Records are arranged by township, then chronologically within each township.
Signers of petition: Sebastian Keller, B. Sheaffer, Henry Dissinger, Henry B. Breneman, R. s. Ross, John Roeting, Isaac Bauman, H. A. Wade, Jacob Dyer, Anthony Harchenrader, John Shaeffer, John Dohner, James Wilson, David Breneman, Joseph Clinton, Jacob Grove, Philip Fisher.
Receipt to keep a tavern.
3 items, 3 pieces
Access Conditions / Restrictions
Request at Reference Desk; photocopy made by staff member.
Signers of petition: Aaron Dissinger, Henry Shultz, Jacob Dyer, Christian S. Ebersole, William Miller, H. A. Wade, Peter Hoffer, H. B. Breneman, Anthony Harchenrader, James Wilson, Joseph Strouse, Christian Foltz.
Receipt to keep a tavern.
3 items, 3 pieces
Access Conditions / Restrictions
Request at Reference Desk; photocopy made by staff member.
Signers of petition: George Byrod, George W. Boyer, A. B. Kuhns, Levi [Coble], Andrew Wade, Henry Shultz, Isaac Bauman, F. S. Bryan, Joseph Clinton, R. S. Ross, Aaron Dissinger, B. Shaeffer.
Receipt to keep a tavern.
3 items, 3 pieces
Access Conditions / Restrictions
Request at Reference Desk; photocopy made by staff member.
Signers of petition: David Breneman, Henry B. Breneman, Daniel L. Killian, John S. Ebersole, Barnard Dailey, William Hammer, James [Frry], George Byrod, George Wieland, Mathias C. [Brinser], A. B. Kuhns, F. S. Bryan.
Receipt to keep a tavern.
3 items, 3 pieces
Access Conditions / Restrictions
Request at Reference Desk; photocopy made by staff member.
Signers of petition: Joseph Clinton, H. A. Wade, Andrew Wade, R. S. Ross, Henry Shultz, Jerome B. Shultz, Henry Dissinger, F. S. Bryan, George Byrod, Aaron Dissinger, James Wilson, William Miller, J. H. Bletz, J. Dyer, Anthony Harchenrader, John S. Ebersole, Augustus Steiner, George W. Boyer, F. W. Byrod.
Receipt to keep a tavern.
3 items, 3 pieces
Access Conditions / Restrictions
Request at Reference Desk; photocopy made by staff member.
Signers of petition: Andrew Wade, George Byrod, Jacob Myers, William Maryant, Philip Fisher, James Wilson, John Lynch, Isaac Bauman, Jacob Dyer, John Eby, John Roeting, Henry Dissinger, A. Greenawalt, Samuel Harmony, B. Shaeffer, A. W. Snavely.
3 items, 3 pieces
Access Conditions / Restrictions
Request at Reference Desk; photocopy made by staff member.
Signers of petition: George Byrod, Isaac Bauman, Abraham Redsecker, A. W. Snavely, Samuel Harmony, A. Greenawalt, John Eby, David Stoner, Anthony Harchelroder, John Lynch, George W. Boyer, Lewis Crouse, Sebastian Keller, Andrew Wade, James Laird, Joseph Clinton, [signature in German], Charles Ebbecke, Jacob Sausig, B. Schaffer.
Affidavit.
4 items, 4 pieces
Access Conditions / Restrictions
Request at Reference Desk; photocopy made by staff member.
Signers of petition: George W. Boyer, James Wilson, Daniel Balmer, Levi Coble, Jacob Felix, Henry Dissinger, William Margart, Jacob Dyer, John Lynch, Samuel Harmony, John Shaeffer, Lewis Crouse, Benjamin Shaeffer.
3 items, 3 pieces
Access Conditions / Restrictions
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Signers of petition for an eating house: Joseph Clinton, A. Redsecker, Henry E. Steman, Sebastian Keller, A. Greenawalt, Isaac Bauman, Jacob Dyer, John Dohner, Jacob Felix, Henry Shultz, John Lynch, John Roeting.
2 items, 2 pieces
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Signers of petition: A. Greenawalt, Samuel Harmony, B. Sheaffer, Sebastian Keller, George Boyer, John Lynch, Henry M. Breneman, Abraham Redsecker, Daniel Balmer, Andrew Wade, Joseph Clinton, A. W. Snavely, Philip Fisher, John Dohner, James Laird.
3 items, 3 pieces
Access Conditions / Restrictions
Request at Reference Desk; photocopy made by staff member.
Signers of petition: John Shaeffer, John Lynch, William Margart, William Miller, John H. Miller, Frederick Wealand, Levi Coble, Jacob Sauly, Jacob Grove, James Wilson, George Byrod, Ambrose Shrode, Charles Ebbecke, John A. Gross.
Signers of petition for an eating house: John Lynch, Sebastian Keller, Daver Stoner, Jacob Dyer, Sebastian Keller, Henry Shultz, A. W. Snavely, A. Dissinger, Levi Coble, A. Greenawalt, Joseph Clinton, Daniel Balmer, John Weigand, James Wilson, John A. Gross, Franklin S. Bryan, Abraham Redsecker, John Shaeffer, Lewis Crouse, David Breneman, R. S. Ross, Andrew Wade, Charles Ebbecke, George Byrod, [George A. Bouer].
4 items, 4 pieces
Access Conditions / Restrictions
Request at Reference Desk; photocopy made by staff member.