This record group contains canceled orders that were issued by the county commissioners for payment to be made by the county treasurer. The orders show date, order number, amount, name of payee, purpose, and signatures of the county commissioners. In the case of "poor children," teachers were reimbursed by the county for tuition and/or the supplies purchased for students whose parents were unable to pay. Orders include: Poor Children, Almshouse, Bridges, Coroners Inquests, Prisons, Roads, Court House, and Tax Exonerations.
System of Arrangement
The record group is organized chronologically, then arranged by order number within each year.
This record group contains canceled orders that were issued by the county commissioners for payment to be made by the county treasurer. The orders show date, order number, amount, name of payee, purpose, and signatures of the county commissioners. In the case of "poor children," teachers were reimbursed by the county for tuition and/or the supplies purchased for students whose parents were unable to pay. Orders include: Poor Children, Almshouse, Bridges, Coroners Inquests, Prisons, Roads, Court House, and Tax Exonerations.
System of Arrangement
The record group is organized chronologically, then arranged by order number within each year.
Formerly kept by Mrs. Hillman and prior to her, by her husband Richard Hillman.
Petition granted.
April term.
Signers of Petition: Abraham Shelly, David Brubacher, William Esterling, Jacob Kaufman, [signature in German], George Geyer, William Lenix, A. Hackman, Jacob Diffenbaugh, William McFarland, Adam [Theller], John Moore, Jacob Hunsecker, Samuel R. Bockius, Jesse Gyger, Thomas J. Patterson, Abraham Eshleman, James B. Ferree, John S. Sterrett, Christian Leib, James Dysart, Edward McCreary, Miller Fraim.
1 item, 1 piece
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Request at Reference Desk; photocopy made by staff member.
Photograph of a document appointing Jacob Weaver, Esq. as captain of an independent company to be raised in Pennsylvania, January 1777 in the Continental Army. Signed by Charles Montgomery and John Hancock.
The Bowman Technical School was founded by watchmaker Ezra F. Bowman in 1887 to teach the trade of watchmaking and engraving. During World War I, the Bowman Technical School trained soldiers to repair delicate aviation and naval instruments.
This record group contains canceled orders that were issued by the county commissioners for payment to be made by the county treasurer. The orders show date, order number, amount, name of payee, purpose, and signatures of the county commissioners.
