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Collection
Quarter Sessions
Title
Quarter Sessions
Object ID
AUG 1808 F013 QS
Date Range
1808/08
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
1808/08
Year
1808
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Storage Room
Archives West
People
Prosser, John
Prosser, Marcia
Subcategory
Documentary Artifact
Search Terms
Quarter Sessions
Complaints
Maintenance
Order for maintenance
Orders
Directors of the Poor and House of Employment
Object Name
Record, Judicial
Language
English
Condition
Fair
Object ID
AUG 1808 F013 QS
Additional Notes
Complaint made by Marcia Prosser for maintenance.
Order from the Directors of the Poor and House of Employment.
2 items, 2 pieces
Access Conditions / Restrictions
Request at Reference Desk; photocopy made by staff member.
Classification
RG 02-00 0908
Description Level
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Collection
Quarter Sessions
Title
Quarter Sessions
Object ID
NOV 1806 F007 QS
Collection
Quarter Sessions
Title
Quarter Sessions
System of Arrangement
Organized by Court of Quarter Sessions term.
Arranged by case number within each term.
Year
1806
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
People
Hartman, John
Hartman, Elizabeth
Subcategory
Documentary Artifact
Search Terms
Quarter Sessions
Orders
Orders for maintenance
Maintenance
Charge: deserting spouse
Object Name
Record, Judicial
Language
English
Condition
Fair
Object ID
NOV 1806 F007 QS
Additional Notes
Order to seize property, charged with deserting his wife Elizabeth Hartman; includes list of property to be used for maintenance.
2 items, 1 piece
Access Conditions / Restrictions
Request at Reference Desk; photocopy made by staff member.
Classification
RG 02-00 0908
Description Level
Item
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Collection
Quarter Sessions
Title
Quarter Sessions
Object ID
AUG 1805 F017 QS
Date Range
1805/08
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
1805/08
Year
1805
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Storage Room
Archives West
People
Bartle, Michael
Bartle, Catharine
Burg, Elizabeth
Melone, Elizabeth
Bausman, Elizabeth
Slayter, John
Speese, Francis
Bartle, Andrew
Subcategory
Documentary Artifact
Search Terms
Quarter Sessions
Recognizance
Charge: desertion
Charge: assault and battery
Charge: surety of the peace
Orders
Directors of the Poor and House of Employment
Object Name
Record, Judicial
Language
English
Condition
Fair
Object ID
AUG 1805 F017 QS
Additional Notes
Recognizance, charged with deserting his children and wife, Catharine Bartle; assault and battery on Elizabeth Burg; surety of the peace towards Elizabeth Melone.
Order to the Directors of the Poor.
Additional names: Elizabeth Bausman, John Slayter, Francis Speese, Andrew Bartle.
5 items, 5 pieces
Access Conditions / Restrictions
Request at Reference Desk; photocopy made by staff member.
Classification
RG 02-00 0908
Description Level
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Collection
Quarter Sessions
Title
Quarter Sessions
Object ID
AUG 1808 F006 QS
Date Range
1808/08
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
1808/08
Year
1808
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Storage Room
Archives West
People
Graves, Elinor
Scott, Samuel
Subcategory
Documentary Artifact
Search Terms
Quarter Sessions
Order for removal
Orders
Examinations
Rapho Twp.
Indentures
Ireland
Object Name
Record, Judicial
Language
English
Condition
Fair
Object ID
AUG 1808 F006 QS
Additional Notes
Order of relief.
Order of removal.
Examination of Elinor Graves, saying she served two or three years with Samuel Scott in Rapho Twp. for her passage from Ireland.
3 items, 3 pieces
Access Conditions / Restrictions
Request at Reference Desk; photocopy made by staff member.
Classification
RG 02-00 0908
Description Level
Item
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Collection
Lancaster County Almshouse and Hospital Collection
Title
Lancaster County Almshouse and Hospital Collection
Object ID
MG0277
Date Range
1798-1993
scrapbook of Conestoga View. Creator: Lancaster County (Pa.). Board of County Commissioners LancasterHistory (Organization) Conditions for Access: Restrictions noted at the item level. Conditions Governing Reproductions: Collection may not be photocopied. Please direct questions to Research Center Staff at
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Collection
Lancaster County Almshouse and Hospital Collection
Title
Lancaster County Almshouse and Hospital Collection
Description
The Lancaster County Almshouse and Hospital Collection is comprised of accounts, registers, minutes, and other records kept by this county department. There are birth and death records, lists of inmates, supply and payroll books, and auditors' reports, and a scrapbook of Conestoga View.
Date Range
1798-1993
Year Range From
1798
Year Range To
1993
Date of Accumulation
1798-1993
Creator
Lancaster County (Pa.). Board of County Commissioners
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Storage Room
Archives South
Storage Wall
Side 08
People
Ash, Phineas
Bachman, J. M.
Bachman, John
Bair, Ivan
Baney, William
Bard, R. W.
Bare, Adam
Bausman, John
Bubach, Gerhart
Carpenter, Sam
Centini, Jane E.
Clark, Thomas
Coleman, Thomas
Colwell, James
Dale, Samuel
Dorwart, Jonas
Dunlap, Stephan
Eaby, George W.
Esler, P. O.
Gibbons, William
Good, William
Graybill, N. W.
Graybill, H.
Gryder, Christian
Haines, Timothy
Halbach, W. A.
Harnish, Jacob
Harnish, Samuel
Heck, Lewis
Herr, Christian
Hershey, W. E. H.
Hildebrant, W.
Hollinger, George
Humes, Samuel
Jackson, James J.
Kean, Thomas M.
Kready, David C.
Lane, P. C.
Lenegan, Archibald M.
Light, John
Livingston, J. B.
Long, Jacob
Metzger, John W.
Meyers, Samuel M.
Murray, William
Musser, George
Nauman, J. W.
Nicholson, John
Overholzer, H. D.
Patterson, D. W.
Reed, John K.
Schwartz, Conrad
Slaymaker, Henry
Snyder, Simon
Stone, Abraham
Strine, Jacob S.
Summy, A.
Sweigart, E.
Weaver, B. F.
Webb, Will
Wein, John
Wentz, Thomas
Witmer, Abraham
Witters, Jacob W.
Young, Mathias
Zantzinger, Paul
Other Creators
LancasterHistory (Organization)
Subjects
Almshouses
Almshouses--Pennsylvania--Lancaster County--History
Auditors' reports
Conestoga View (Lancaster, Pa.)
Poor--Services for--Pennsylvania--Lancaster County--History
Scrapbooks
Search Terms
Almshouses
Auditors' reports
Conestoga View
Finding aids
Manuscript groups
Scrapbooks
Extent
3 boxes, 33 books and folders, 3.5 cubic ft.
Object Name
Archive
Language
English
Object ID
MG0277
Location of Originals
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania
Notes
Preferred Citation: Title or description of item, date (day, month, year), Lancaster County Almshouse and Hospital Collection (MG0277), Folder or Book #, LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.
Access Conditions / Restrictions
Restrictions are noted at the item level.
Copyright
Collection may not be photocopied. 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.
Classification
MG0277
Description Level
Fonds
Custodial History
Most of the items in this collection are part of the Lancaster County Government Records, RG 08-12. They were transferred into MG-277 in 1999 during the planning of the Almshouse and Hospital exhibition. Other items are on loan from the Edward Hand Medical Heritage Foundation or were collected by LancasterHistory.
Added to database 21 July 2017.
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Reports of the trials of Colonel Aaron Burr, (late vice president of the United States,) for treason, and for a misdemeanor, in preparing the means of a military expedition against Mexico, a territory of the King of Spain, with whom the United States were at peace. In the Circuit court of the United States, held at the city of Richmond, in the district of Virginia, in the summer term of the year 1807. To which is added, an appendix, containing the arguments and evidence in support and defence of the motion afterwards made by the counsel for the United States, to commit A. Burr, H. Blannerhassett [sic] and I. Smith to be sent for trial to the state of Kentucky, for treason or misdemeanor, alleged to be committed there

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo21698
Author
Burr, Aaron,
Date of Publication
1808.
Call Number
Book 617 1808
  2 websites  
Responsibility
Taken in short hand by David Robertson ...
Author
Burr, Aaron,
Place of Publication
Philadelphia
Publisher
Published by Hopkins and Earle, Fry and Kammerer, printers,
Date of Publication
1808.
Physical Description
2 volumes 23 cm
Notes
LCHS wanting vol. 2.
Jasper Yeates's Colonial Law Library.
Yeates's signature at top of title page.
Book number 617 as assigned by Yeates.
Subjects
Burr, Aaron, - 1756-1836
Burr, Aaron, - 1756-1836.
Burr Conspiracy, 1805-1807.
Trials (Treason) - United States.
Trials (Treason)
United States.
Trials, litigation, etc.
Trial proceedings - Pennsylvania - 19th century.
Repaired spine on blue boards (Binding)
Printed label on spine (Binding)
Additional Author
Blennerhassett, Harman,
Smith, I.
Robertson, David,
Yeates, Jasper,l
Additional Corporate Author
United States. Circuit Court (District of Virginia)
Location
Lancaster History Library - Yeates Collection
Call Number
Book 617 1808
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Collection
Black History Collection
Title
Certified copies of returns for Bartram Galbraith and Samuel Scott
Object ID
MG0240_Ser01_F014
Date Range
1800/08/21
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Collection
Black History Collection
Title
Certified copies of returns for Bartram Galbraith and Samuel Scott
Description
Certified copies of returns recorded by William Barton, Clerk of Quarter Sessions for Lancaster County. Signed and sealed by John Eberman. 21 August 1800.
Return of Bartram Galbraith, farmer, Donegal Twp. An enslaved woman named Bett, age 27, and an enslaved boy named Jacob, age 14. 19 October 1780.
Return of Samuel Scott, Donegal Twp. An enslaved woman named Charity, age 28, "not a slave for life." An enslaved boy named Davy, aged 9 months. 30 October 1780.
Return of Bartram Galbraith, surveyor, Donegal Twp. An enslaved girl named Sall, age 4 or 5. 31 March 1789.
Date Range
1800/08/21
Creation Date
21 August 1800
Creator
Pennsylvania. Court of Quarter Sessions (Lancaster County)
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Storage Room
Archives South
Storage Wall
Side 06
People
Batt
Charity
Davy
Galbraith, Bertram Gillespie
Jacob
Sall
Scott, Samuel
Subjects
African Americans--History
Slaveholders--Pennsylvania--Lancaster County
Slavery--Pennsylvania--Lancaster County
Search Terms
Act for the Gradual Abolition of Slavery
Children
Court of Quarter Sessions
Enslaved persons
Persons of color
Slaveholders
Slavery
Extent
1 item, 2 pages to scan
Object Name
Register
Language
English
Object ID
MG0240_Ser01_F014
Location of Originals
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania
Related Item Notes
Black History Collection (MG0240) https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/2b3d42c6-a313-4ebc-966f-516114048136
Notes
See MG0184_S02_F098_In01_It01 for image of original.
Preferred Citation: Title or description of item, date (day, month, year), Black History Collection (MG0240), Object ID, LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania. URL. Date accessed (day, month, year).
LancasterHistory is committed to preserving and providing access to materials chronicling Lancaster County's heritage. As a historical resource, this document reflects the racial prejudices and actions of the era. In order to maintain the historical integrity and context of collection items, LancasterHistory does not censor historical documents or edit language, titles, or organization names when transcribing original content.
Access Conditions / Restrictions
Please use digital images and transcriptions when available. Original documents may be used by appointment--contact research@lancasterhistory.org prior to visit.
Copyright
Images have been provided for research purposes. Please contact research@lancasterhistory.org for a high-resolution image and permission to publish. There is no fee for publication.
Credit
Courtesy of Lancaster County Archives and LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.
Other Numbers
MG-240, Series 1
Other Number
MG-240, Series 1, Folder 14
Classification
MG0240
Description Level
Item
Custodial History
Processed prior to 1997 and updated from 2007-present. Added to database on 17 January 2022.
Digitization of this document was funded by the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, PHMC Appl ID # 202010016624, 2020-2023.
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Collection
Black History Collection
Title
Return of Charles S. Sewell
Object ID
MG0240_Ser02_F006_It03
Date Range
1807
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Collection
Black History Collection
Title
Return of Charles S. Sewell
Description
Return of Charles S. Sewell of Manor Twp. James, five months old, son of indentured servant, a woman or color named Sylfa. Witnessed by William Barton. 1807.
Date Range
1807
Creation Date
1807
Creator
Pennsylvania. Court of Quarter Sessions (Lancaster County)
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Storage Room
Archives South
Storage Wall
Side 06
People
Barton, William
James
Sewell, Charles S.
Sylfa
Subjects
African Americans--History
Slaveholders--Pennsylvania--Lancaster County
Slavery--Pennsylvania--Lancaster County
Search Terms
Act for the Gradual Abolition of Slavery
Children
Court of Quarter Sessions
Enslaved persons
Persons of color
Slaveholders
Slavery
Extent
1 item, 2 pages to scan
Object Name
Register
Language
English
Object ID
MG0240_Ser02_F006_It03
Location of Originals
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania
Related Item Notes
Black History Collection (MG0240) https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/2b3d42c6-a313-4ebc-966f-516114048136
Notes
Preferred Citation: Title or description of item, date (day, month, year), Black History Collection (MG0240), Series 2, Object ID, LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania. URL. Date accessed (day, month, year).
LancasterHistory is committed to preserving and providing access to materials chronicling Lancaster County's heritage. As a historical resource, this document reflects the racial prejudices and actions of the era. In order to maintain the historical integrity and context of collection items, LancasterHistory does not censor historical documents or edit language, titles, or organization names when transcribing original content.
Access Conditions / Restrictions
Please use digital images and transcriptions when available. Original documents may be used by appointment--contact research@lancasterhistory.org prior to visit.
Copyright
Images have been provided for research purposes. Please contact research@lancasterhistory.org for a high-resolution image and permission to publish. There is no fee for publication.
LancasterHistory retains the rights to the digital images and content presented. The doctrine of fair use allows limited use of copyrighted material without permission from the copyright holder. Fair use includes comment, criticism, teaching, and private scholarship. Any images and data downloaded, printed or photocopied for these purposes should provide a citation.
Credit
Courtesy of LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.
Other Numbers
MG-240, Series 2
Other Number
MG-240, Series 2, Folder 6, Item 3
Classification
MG0240
Description Level
Item
Custodial History
Transferred from Document Collection, Box 2 and cataloged June 2007. Added to database on 24 January 2022.
Digitization of this document was funded by the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, PHMC Appl ID # 202010016624, 2020-2023.
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The opinion of the Supreme Court of the United States : on the act of the 3d, of April 1792, delivered in February term, 1805, in the case of the lessee of H.I. Huidekoper vs. James Douglass : after argument on questions stated by the Circuit Court of the United States, in and for the Pennsylvania district of the Third Circuit, for the judgement and decision of the Supreme Court

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo21110
Corporate Author
United States. Supreme Court.
Date of Publication
[1805]
Call Number
Book 371a 1805
Corporate Author
United States. Supreme Court.
Place of Publication
Philadelphia
Publisher
Printed by Jane Aitken,
Date of Publication
[1805]
Physical Description
11 pages
Notes
Jasper Yeates's Colonial Law Library.
Book number 371a as assigned by Yeates.
With Report of the case of the commonwealth vs. Tench Coxe, Esq. on a motion for a Mandamus...Philadelphia, Jane Aitken, 1803.
With Report of the case of trespass & assault and battery wherein John Evans was pliantiff...Philadephhia, P. Byrne...1810.
With A narrataive of the religious society of the people called Quakers against John Evans...Philadelphia, sold by Thomas Dobson....1811.
Shaw & Shoemaker,
Subjects
Judicial opinions - United States.
Land settlement - Pennsylvania.
Judicial opinions.
Land settlement.
Pennsylvania.
United States.
Three-quarters leather with marbled boards (Binding)
Additional Author
Huidekoper, Harm Jan,
Douglass, James.
Yeates, Jasper,
Place
United States Pennsylvania Philadelphia.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Yeates Collection
Call Number
Book 371a 1805
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A report of the trial on an action for damages, brought by the Reverend Charles Massy against the most noble, the Marquis of Headfort, for criminal conversation with plaintiff's wife : damages laid at £.40,000

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo21680
Author
Massy, Charles,
Date of Publication
1804.
Call Number
Book 601 1804
Alternate Title
By authority. Ten thousand pounds damages. Summer assizes. Trial at Ennis, County of Clare, on 27th July, 1804. Before the Hon. Baron Smith, and a special jury
Responsibility
taken in short-hand by an eminent Barrister.
Author
Massy, Charles,
Place of Publication
New York
Publisher
Printed for and sold by B. Dornin, and P. Byrne, Philadelphia,
Date of Publication
1804.
Physical Description
viii, 95 pages ; 21 cm
Notes
Jasper Yeates's Colonial Law Library.
Book number 601 as assigned by Yeates.
Handwritten contents on cover title.
Bound with The trials of George Robert Fitzgerald, Esq; and Timothy Brecknock...the murder of Pat. Ran. McDonnell and Charles Hipson...Dublin: P. Byrne, 1786 - An account of the argument of counsel and director of the court on a plea of auterfois acquit..for procuring, stirring, and provoking Andrew Creagh, otherwise Craig , and others to slee and murder Patrick Randal M'Connnel...Dublin: P,. Byrne1786 - The trial of John Magee for....libel against Richard Daly...Dublin: P. Byrne, 1790 - - Trial of Fracis Bellew, esq...for appearing in arms with a mob of defenders...Dublin: P. Byrne, 1794 - A faithful report of the trial of the proprietors of the Northern Star...Belfast, 1794.
Shaw & Shoemaker
Subjects
Massy, Charles, - 1767 or 1768-1817 - Trials, litigation, etc.
Headfort, Thomas Taylour, - Marquess of, - 1757-1829 - Trials, litigation, etc.
Headfort, Thomas Taylour, - Marquess of, - 1757-1829.
Massy, Charles, - 1767 or 1768-1817.
Trials (Seduction) - Ireland - Ennis.
Trials (Seduction)
Ireland - Ennis.
Trials, litigation, etc.
Full blind-tooled leathr (Binding)
Gilt title on maroon spine title (Binding)
Additional Author
Headfort, Thomas Taylour,
Yeates, Jasper,
Additional Corporate Author
Ireland. Assizes (Ennis)
Location
Lancaster History Library - Yeates Collection
Call Number
Book 601 1804
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