George and Rhonda Andreadis Collection of Lancaster City Records, Series 5 Lamps and Lighting
Description
The documents in MG0545 Series 5 pertain to providing street lighting around Lancaster City. Series begins in 1834 with the City Council receiving bids for oil to burn in street lamps and concludes in 1895 with an invoice from the Citizens' Electric, Heat and Power Co. This series also includes invoices for parts, payment receipts for various labors connected to the city power system, petitions to have lamps installed or removed, and bids from companies to receive the city contract to provide citizens of Lancaster with light.
System of Arrangement
This collection is organized into series by subject:
George and Rhonda Andreadis Collection of Lancaster City Records, MG0545
Access Conditions / Restrictions
No restrictions. Original documents may be used. Please contact research@lancasterhistory.org prior to visit.
Copyright
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Credit
Courtesy of LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.
Other Numbers
MG-545, Series 5
Other Number
MG-545, Series 5
Classification
MG0545
Description Level
Series
Custodial History
Note: These documents are mostly administrative records, not permanent records, and were likely purged by the city offices when they were no longer needed. We are fortunate that they survived as they contain details about Lancaster's past.
The collection was organized and rehoused by JP, Summer 2011; finding aid typed by KR, April 2012.
Signers of petition: Herman Miller, Lewis Hartman, H. Blickenderfer, John A. Shewrenbrand, John Dorwart, Conrad Gast, Joseph Dorwart, Lewis Zecher, Jacob Dorwart, John Nixdorf, Christian Zecher, John Evans.
Receipt to keep a tavern.
3 items, 3 pieces
Access Conditions / Restrictions
Request at Reference Desk; photocopy made by staff member.
Signers of petition: Anthony Matt, John Kegel, F. Fleischman, William Siefert, Fredrick Miller, H. S. Gara, Henry Garrecht, John P. Schaum, C. Widmyer, David Bair, G. Clarkson, H. Rathvon, C. F. Laise.
Petition to sell liquor by the quart.
Depositions: F. Fleischman, Anthony Matt, Benjamin Henry, Adam Brickner, [signature in German], F. G. Gelsenlerster, Robert Necol, Henry Stamm, Jacob Decker, [signature in German], Iden Tomlinson, [signature in German], Adam Schmidt, John Schad.
Receipt to sell liquor by the quart.
Signers of letter of support: Charles Knapp, John M. Amweg, Frederick Schaffer, Albert A. Messenkop, Gotlieb Swilky, Bernhard [Kaufmann], Anthony Matt, Fred. Fleischman, Jacob Decker, Daniel Becker, George Fisher, [4 signatures in German], Samuel B. Cox, James H. Barnes, Friderik Reiter, [two unknown signatures], [3 signatures in German], John S. Richardson, Jeremiah B. Elder, Henry Hollabach, Cyrus J. Buch, Christ Miller, Christian Barns, Frederick Goss, George Ketterer, Johannes Suner, Johan Hora, George Koehler, John [Schswarz], Friedrich Scheuing, Martin [Ruch], [ ] Aaron, [5 signature in German], C. Geagley, Charles Gottschall, Michel Geiger, William Rapp, [Frederick Gilbert], Jacob Gable, [signature in German], James McGinn, [2 signatures in German], Joseph Villinger, John [ ], Adam Schmidt, C. Plitt, Thomas Madden, Patrick Conlan, Daniel Tymoney, Luke Meckins, Eugene Harkins, Abraham Kilian, Henry Royer, Nicholas Whitesmyer, Franz Joseph Geggis, Johan Wirth, [signature in German], John Kegel, [signature in German], [John Landan], Jacob Getz, [signature in German], Henry Miller, [3 signatures in German], William Siefert, John Tomlinson, [unknown signature], Philip Snyder, Kristian Hoffmann, Henry Stamm, [Y. Albert Bihl], [2 signatures in German], [Frederick George Golzenlenckter], Andrew Geus, John Schad, Georg Barger, Joseph Waldhier, John H. Roy, Conrad Miller, J. Kieffer, [signature in German], Robert Nicol, David Tindal, Samuel McDonnell, Theodore McDonnell, William McDonnell, Conrad [ ], [signature in German], Conrad Dorwarth, [signature in German], Adam Bruckner, Henry Smith, [Franzes Morck], [signature in German], [unknown signature], David Sing, [2 signatures in German], John Geiger, Jacob [ ], Xaver Fox, [signature in German], Franz Kersprung, Peter Dietz, Philip Luding, John McGechan, Patrick McGinn, [Ferame Dosch], Friederich Weber, Benjamin Henry, Thomas Flod, John Sanders, T. Borgers, William E. McGlinn, John Deaner, [signature in German], Hieronimus Harder, Peter Dicht, Henry Leonard, George Keller, William T. Amweg, [signature in German], William Frankfird.
5 items, 5 pieces
Access Conditions / Restrictions
Request at Reference Desk; photocopy made by staff member.