Signers of petition for eating house: Mengier, Charles F.; Whiteside, W.; [Schuk], Adam; Hepting, Friedrick; Wettig, Christian; Kuhns, John; Diller, Samuel; McCormick, D.; Vogt, George J.; [signature in German]; Sheaff, J. A.; Weaver, John E.
April term.
1 piece, 1 item
Access Conditions / Restrictions
Request at Reference Desk; photocopy made by staff member.
Signers of petition: B. Mishler, William Bell, A. Balmer, Charles F. Carter, Charles Flagg, Henry Stauter, George W. Darby, Frederick Lutz, Walter Smart, James Chambers, William Garrecht, Conrad Gast.
3 items, 3 pieces
Access Conditions / Restrictions
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.
