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.
Signers of petition: Adam Trout, Henry B. Myers, Daniel Altick, John Ditlow, George K. Bowers, Wilson Hindman, Philip Copland, J. Franklin Reigart, M. Carpenter, Daniel Harman, Robert Walker, Benjamin Miller, Christian Myer.
3 items, 3 pieces
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Signers of petition: N. Ellmaker, N. Simpson, J. Hiester, D. G. Eshleman, Amos S. Henderson, David Shultz, D. Killinger, Simon Stevens, Robert A. Evans, James Evans, William Ellmaker, John K. Reed, C. Kline, William D. Sprecher, Emlen Franklin.
4 items, 4 pieces
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Located in the Northwest Ward on the West Orange Street.
April term.
Signers of petition: Jacob Myers, Henry Gibbs, Emanuel Shober, Jacob Ziegler, Jacob Sener, Henry Trout, Michael Walker, Wilson Hindman, William C. Pinkerton, Henry B. Myers, George D. Eberman, John Ditlow.
1 item, 1 piece
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Signers of petition: Andrew J. Ream, Adam Ruth, Jacob Decker, Isaac Mishler, Andrew Meixell, Samuel Vandersaal, David Wylie, Jacob Frailey, John Evans, Daniel [Trewetz], Joseph Barnett, John Feagley, David W. Dietrich, C. A. Bitner.
Receipt to keep a tavern.
3 items, 3 pieces
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Signers of petition: John Deaner, John P. Schaum, David Bair, Jacob Bair, A. R. Barr, J. Coyle, Edward H. Brown, John T. MacGonigle, H. E. Slaymaker, William Gumpf, C. Widmyer, Jacob Gable.
Receipt to keep a tavern.
3 items, 3 pieces
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Signers of petition: William F. Miller, Samuel Kisinger, Jacob Snyder, John Derr, Freaderick Teusch, William F. Mayer, John Drepperd, Charles Eden, George Ackerman, John Baumiller, Jacob L. Frey, Joseph Brillhart, Peter Long, Lewis Fisher, Antone Marteroth, [signature in German], John G. Shenk, John F. Remly Sr., Peter Smith, [ ] Eshbach, [signature in German], Johan Ursprung, Jacob Weaver.
Receipt to keep a tavern.
3 items, 3 pieces
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Signers of petition: H. H. Kauffman, John Sehner, Thomas Coleman, J. Strauss, A. T. Myers, J. Gallagher, J. Welchans, Moses Geisenberger, Jared K. Hiester, Harvey B. Varns, V. P. Anderson, George Horting, Christian Gast, Martin Shreiner.
Receipt to keep a tavern.
3 items, 3 pieces
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Signers of petition: Amos B. Henderson, John K. Reed, Lewis Sprecher, Thomas E. Franklin, Simon P. Eby, William B. Wiley, J. B. Livingston, [ ] Lightner, Isaac E. Hiester, James Evans, W. Carpenter, E. H. Yundt, W. W. Brown.
Receipt to keep a tavern.
3 items, 3 pieces
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Signers of petition: Philip Copland, Peter Cline, G. H. Hartman, Henry Notte, Jeremiah McElligott, Henry Trout, john Sehner, Daniel A. Altick, Godfried Zahm, Henry Gibbs, Benjamin Schaurel, Watson H. Miller.
Receipt to keep a tavern.
3 items, 3 pieces
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Signers of petition: Joel L. Lightner, John F. Lefever, Samuel Leaman, Henry Layman, Abraham S. Landis, Peter Diffenbaugh, Emanuel Landis, D. Stamm, George Leaman, Levi Landis, Benjamin R. Landis, William Carrolis.
3 items, 3 pieces
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Signers of petition for an eating house: William F. Miller, Gilbert R. Hartley, George Ackerman, Joseph Brillhart, John Lorentz, Levi Jeffries, Lewis Fisher, Jacob Snyder, George Amer, John G. Shenk, P. Long, William F. Mayer, John Drepperd, Jacob Hilcher, Samuel Kisner, Martin Brill, Anthony [Masteroth].
3 items, 3 pieces
Access Conditions / Restrictions
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