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Record, Judicial

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/3fe2000d-84ce-4db9-b322-623732575329
Collection
Quarter Sessions
Title
Quarter Sessions
Object ID
JAN 1829 F012 QS
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Collection
Quarter Sessions
Title
Quarter Sessions
System of Arrangement
Organized by Court of Quarter Sessions term.
Arranged by case number within each term.
Year
1829
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
People
Miller, Samuel
Subcategory
Documentary Artifact
Search Terms
Quarter Sessions
Rapho Twp.
Taverns
Licenses
Place
Rapho Twp.
Object Name
Record, Judicial
Language
English
Condition
Fair
Object ID
JAN 1829 F012 QS
Additional Notes
Tavern license.
1 item, 1 piece
Access Conditions / Restrictions
Request at Reference Desk; photocopy made by staff member.
Classification
RG 02-00 0908
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Record, Judicial

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/2b0998b1-57c0-4971-9712-594705535142
Collection
Quarter Sessions
Title
Quarter Sessions
Object ID
FEB 1803 F017 QS
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Collection
Quarter Sessions
Title
Quarter Sessions
System of Arrangement
Organized by Court of Quarter Sessions term.
Arranged by case number within each term.
Year
1803
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
People
McDonnel, Hugh
Miller, Samuel
Subcategory
Documentary Artifact
Search Terms
Quarter Sessions
Recognizance
Charge: stealing
Knives
Object Name
Record, Judicial
Language
English
Condition
Fair
Object ID
FEB 1803 F017 QS
Additional Notes
Recognizance, charged with stealing a knife from Samuel Miller.
1 item, 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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Record, Judicial

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/1bcb1b77-f5a8-4c48-a56f-072435477066
Collection
Quarter Sessions
Title
Quarter Sessions
Object ID
AUG 1804 F024 QS
Date Range
1804/08
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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
1804/08
Year
1804
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Storage Room
Archives West
People
Boyd, John
Shireman, Jacob
Wilson, John
Subcategory
Documentary Artifact
Search Terms
Quarter Sessions
Recognizance
Charge: assault
Charge: threatening a person
Pistols
Object Name
Record, Judicial
Language
English
Condition
Fair
Object ID
AUG 1804 F024 QS
Additional Notes
Recognizance, charged with assault, presenting pistols, and threatening Jacob Shireman.
Additional name: John Wilson.
1 item, 1 piece
Access Conditions / Restrictions
Request at Reference Desk; photocopy made by staff member.
Classification
RG 02-00 0908
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Record, Judicial

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/c45d7ac6-cd72-4616-851a-561968566424
Collection
Quarter Sessions
Title
Quarter Sessions
Object ID
AUG 1805 F002 QS
Date Range
1805/08
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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
Evans, Charles
Wilson, John
Jeffries, Emmor
Sneider, John
Galbreath, Robert
Subcategory
Documentary Artifact
Search Terms
Quarter Sessions
Charge: assault and battery
Object Name
Record, Judicial
Language
English
Condition
Fair
Object ID
AUG 1805 F002 QS
Additional Notes
See AUG 1805 F003 QS.
Attorney's report, defendant charged with assault and battery on John Wilson.
Additional names: Emmor Jeffries, John Sneider, Robert Galbreath.
1 item, 1 piece
Access Conditions / Restrictions
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Classification
RG 02-00 0908
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Record, Judicial

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/bda7bd1a-d81e-415f-8168-285157441508
Collection
Quarter Sessions
Title
Quarter Sessions
Object ID
AUG 1805 F003 QS
Date Range
1805/08
More detail
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
Evans, Charles
Wilson, John
Subcategory
Documentary Artifact
Search Terms
Quarter Sessions
Charge: threatening a person
Object Name
Record, Judicial
Language
English
Condition
Fair
Object ID
AUG 1805 F003 QS
Additional Notes
See AUG 1805 F002 QS.
Attorney's report, defendant accused of threatening Charles Evans.
1 item, 1 piece
Access Conditions / Restrictions
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Classification
RG 02-00 0908
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Record, Judicial

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/e9b76abe-56d8-40f7-aedf-445244054702
Collection
Quarter Sessions
Title
Quarter Sessions
Object ID
AUG 1805 F004 QS
Date Range
1805/08
More detail
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
Newcomer, Daniel
Oakley, Robert
Wilson, John
Boude, Thomas
Graham, James
Bush, Charles
Wittiston, Horace
Subcategory
Documentary Artifact
Search Terms
Quarter Sessions
Charge: threatening a person
Object Name
Record, Judicial
Language
English
Condition
Fair
Object ID
AUG 1805 F004 QS
Additional Notes
Also: Robert Oakley.
Attorney's report, charged with threatening John Wilson.
Additional names: Thomas Boude, James Graham, Charles Bush, Horace Wittiston.
1 item, 1 piece
Access Conditions / Restrictions
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Classification
RG 02-00 0908
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Record, Judicial

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/95a6efe7-b9e3-4016-be8e-902123238320
Collection
Quarter Sessions
Title
Quarter Sessions
Object ID
NOV 1805 F011 QS
More detail
Collection
Quarter Sessions
Title
Quarter Sessions
System of Arrangement
Organized by Court of Quarter Sessions term.
Arranged by case number within each term.
Year
1805
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
People
Miller, Samuel
Morrison, John
Ferguson, Hugh
Ash, John
Docherty, Michael
Kaufrode, Jacob
Subcategory
Documentary Artifact
Search Terms
Quarter Sessions
Recognizance
Charge: assault and battery
Object Name
Record, Judicial
Language
English
Condition
Fair
Object ID
NOV 1805 F011 QS
Additional Notes
List of recognizance.
Additional names: Samuel Miller, John Morrison.
1 item, 1 piece
Access Conditions / Restrictions
Request at Reference Desk; photocopy made by staff member.
Classification
RG 02-00 0908
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Record, Judicial

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/ee46cfa9-0514-4e69-8393-621936783340
Collection
Quarter Sessions
Title
Quarter Sessions
Object ID
NOV 1805 F016 QS
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Collection
Quarter Sessions
Title
Quarter Sessions
System of Arrangement
Organized by Court of Quarter Sessions term.
Arranged by case number within each term.
Year
1805
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
People
Smith, John
Williams, James
Whitaker, John
Henry, John
Causland, Maxwell
Kenny, John
Conner, John
Dewes, Paul
Weiss, Elizabeth
Ehrman, Casper
McElroy, Daniel
Hamilton, James
Nisly, Daniel
Clark, James
Holl, John
Lewis, Richard
Dixler, Frederick
Sausman, Henry
Sawer, Jacob
Sawer, John
Riley, Edward
Youndt, Samuel
Miller, Samuel
Ash, John
Morrison, John
Kaffrode, Jacob
Laughren, James
Haas, Christian
Brenisen, George
Flinn, Luke
Jones, Peter
Zimmerman, Cornelius
Bricker, David Jr.
Goodhard, Jacob
Lutz, Mary
Subcategory
Documentary Artifact
Search Terms
Quarter Sessions
Recognizance
Charge: larceny
Charge: assault and battery
Charge: fornication and bastardy
Charge: tippling house
Object Name
Record, Judicial
Language
English
Condition
Fair
Object ID
NOV 1805 F016 QS
Additional Notes
List of recognizance.
John Smith, larceny, goods of James Williams.
John Henry, assault and battery on Maxwell McCausland.
Paul Dewes, fornication and battery on Elizabeth Weiss.
Daniel McElroy, assault and battery on James Hamilton.
Daniel Nisly, tippling house.
Richard Lewis, assault and battery on Samuel Youndt.
Samuel Miller, assault and battery on Hugh Ferguson.
John Morrison, assault and battery on Michael Dougherty.
James Laughren, tippling house.
Peter Jones.
David Bricker Jr.
1 item, 1 piece
Access Conditions / Restrictions
Request at Reference Desk; photocopy made by staff member.
Classification
RG 02-00 0908
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Record, Judicial

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/6d181186-75b3-4784-bdf3-284387127755
Collection
Quarter Sessions
Title
Quarter Sessions
Object ID
FEB 1806 F007 QS
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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
George
Cully, James
Brown, Patrick
Wilson, John
Subcategory
Documentary Artifact
Search Terms
Quarter Sessions
Recognizance
Charge: threatening a person
Little Britain Twp.
African Americans
Persons of color
Object Name
Record, Judicial
Language
English
Condition
Fair
Object ID
FEB 1806 F007 QS
Additional Notes
African-American.
Recognizance, charged with threatening a boy belonging to James Cully, Little Britain Twp.
Additional names: Patrick Brown, John Wilson.
1 item, 1 piece
Access Conditions / Restrictions
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Classification
RG 02-00 0908
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Record, Judicial

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/8a1f9a12-8c6a-4231-813a-882306323425
Collection
Quarter Sessions
Title
Quarter Sessions
Object ID
AUG 1806 F024 QS
Date Range
1806/08
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Collection
Quarter Sessions
Title
Quarter Sessions
Date Range
1806/08
Year
1806
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Storage Room
Archives West
People
Charles, Joseph
Eave, Joseph
Gallagher, Philip
Miller, Samuel
Subcategory
Documentary Artifact
Search Terms
Charge: stealing
Pigs
Quarter Sessions
Object Name
Record, Judicial
Language
English
Condition
Fair
Object ID
AUG 1806 F024 QS
Location of Originals
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania
Additional Notes
Answer to an order to settle dispute by Joseph Charles, Samuel Miller, Jacob [ ].
Defendant charged with stealing a hog from Philip Gallagher.
1 item, 1 piece
Access Conditions / Restrictions
Request at Reference Desk; photocopy made by staff member.
Classification
RG 02-00 0908
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Record, Judicial

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/d4abb29c-fb5b-49f8-b492-008235583980
Collection
Quarter Sessions
Title
Quarter Sessions
Object ID
JAN 1807 F014 QS
Date Range
1807
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Collection
Quarter Sessions
Title
Quarter Sessions
Date Range
1807
Year
1807
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Storage Room
Archives West
People
Cooper, Noah
Davis, Peter
Hamilton, James
Joshua
McCarty, Daniel
Peirsol, John
Skiles, Rebecca
Wilson, John
Subcategory
Documentary Artifact
Search Terms
Charge: manslaughter
Enslaved persons
Persons of color
Quarter Sessions
Recognizance
Salisbury Twp.
Slaveholders
Object Name
Record, Judicial
Language
English
Condition
Fair
Object ID
JAN 1807 F014 QS
Additional Notes
African-American.
Recognizance, charged with manslaughter of Daniel McCarty, enslaved person held by John Wilson, Salisbury Twp.
Additional names: John Peirsol, Noah Cooper, Rebecca Skiles, James Hamilton, Peter Davis.
2 items, 2 pieces
Access Conditions / Restrictions
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Classification
RG 02-00 0908
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Record, Judicial

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/d098c632-c4db-49df-ab3a-616722253244
Collection
Quarter Sessions
Title
Quarter Sessions
Object ID
NOV 1822 F002 QS
More detail
Collection
Quarter Sessions
Title
Quarter Sessions
System of Arrangement
Organized by Court of Quarter Sessions term.
Arranged by case number within each term.
Year
1822
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
People
Jackson, Josiah
Oldegraff, Jacob
Hopkins, Samuel
Ream, Abraham Jr.
Johnson, Sarah
Rice, Selah
Shaumer, John
George, John
Bartel, John
Wilson, John
Parmer, Daniel
Murdock, James
Boyd, Robert
Subcategory
Documentary Artifact
Search Terms
Quarter Sessions
Prisoners
Prisons
Jails
Object Name
Record, Judicial
Language
English
Condition
Fair
Object ID
NOV 1822 F002 QS
Additional Notes
List of prisoners.
1 item, 1 piece
Access Conditions / Restrictions
Request at Reference Desk; photocopy made by staff member.
Classification
RG 02-00 0908
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Record, Judicial

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/c3f7a5dd-1b61-4bb2-bc9c-183049909780
Collection
Quarter Sessions
Title
Quarter Sessions
Object ID
NOV 1822 F035 QS
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Collection
Quarter Sessions
Title
Quarter Sessions
System of Arrangement
Organized by Court of Quarter Sessions term.
Arranged by case number within each term.
Year
1822
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
People
Wilson, John
Burns, Thomas
Subcategory
Documentary Artifact
Search Terms
Quarter Sessions
Charge: murder
Object Name
Record, Judicial
Language
English
Condition
Fair
Object ID
NOV 1822 F035 QS
Additional Notes
Murder of Thomas Burns.
3 items, 3 pieces
Access Conditions / Restrictions
Request at Reference Desk; photocopy made by staff member.
Classification
RG 02-00 0908
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Record, Judicial

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/f5d3e4c3-752e-46d7-8a7d-595243710886
Collection
Quarter Sessions
Title
Quarter Sessions
Object ID
AUG 1823 F028 QS
Date Range
1823/08
More detail
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
1823/08
Year
1823
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Storage Room
Archives West
People
Miller, Samuel
Subcategory
Documentary Artifact
Search Terms
Quarter Sessions
Charge: perjury
Object Name
Record, Judicial
Language
English
Condition
Fair
Object ID
AUG 1823 F028 QS
Additional Notes
Perjury.
3 items, 2 pieces
Access Conditions / Restrictions
Request at Reference Desk; photocopy made by staff member.
Classification
RG 02-00 0908
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Record, Judicial

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/0cfcf175-3cd9-46d6-9f4e-563518912793
Collection
Quarter Sessions
Title
Quarter Sessions
Object ID
APR 1825 F025 QS
Date Range
1825/04
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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
1825/04
Year
1825
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Storage Room
Archives West
People
Wilson, John
Subcategory
Documentary Artifact
Search Terms
Quarter Sessions
Charge: counterfeiting
Object Name
Record, Judicial
Language
English
Condition
Fair
Object ID
APR 1825 F025 QS
Additional Notes
Counterfeiting.
1 item, 1 piece
Access Conditions / Restrictions
Request at Reference Desk; photocopy made by staff member.
Classification
RG 02-00 0908
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Record, Judicial

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/a3b62e7e-8b2d-4c86-b36e-007672096857
Collection
Quarter Sessions
Title
Quarter Sessions
Object ID
AUG 1900 F010 QS
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Collection
Quarter Sessions
Title
Quarter Sessions
System of Arrangement
Organized by Court of Quarter Sessions term.
Arranged by case number within each term.
Year
1900
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
People
Miller, Samuel
Subcategory
Documentary Artifact
Object Name
Record, Judicial
Language
English
Condition
Fair
Object ID
AUG 1900 F010 QS
Additional Notes
Surety of the peace.
2 items, 1 piece
Access Conditions / Restrictions
Request at Reference Desk; photocopy made by staff member.
Case Number
10.000
Classification
RG 02-00 0908
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Record, Judicial

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/af160b5a-4761-4edf-962e-145523102372
Collection
Quarter Sessions
Title
Quarter Sessions
Object ID
AUG 1901 F015 QS
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Collection
Quarter Sessions
Title
Quarter Sessions
System of Arrangement
Organized by Court of Quarter Sessions term.
Arranged by case number within each term.
Year
1901
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Storage Room
Archives West
People
Miller, Samuel
Subcategory
Documentary Artifact
Object Name
Record, Judicial
Language
English
Condition
Fair
Object ID
AUG 1901 F015 QS
Additional Notes
Desertion.
2 items, 2 pieces
Access Conditions / Restrictions
Request at Reference Desk; photocopy made by staff member.
Case Number
15.000
Classification
RG 02-00 0908
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Record, Judicial

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/30b8cd33-c49e-4425-be44-075119015063
Collection
Quarter Sessions
Title
Quarter Sessions
Object ID
JUN 1801 F004 QS
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Collection
Quarter Sessions
Title
Quarter Sessions
System of Arrangement
Organized by Court of Quarter Sessions term.
Arranged by case number within each term.
Year
1801
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
People
McClosky, Richard
Gallagher, Philip
Miller, Samuel
Subcategory
Documentary Artifact
Search Terms
Quarter Sessions
Recognizance
Charge: assault and battery
Object Name
Record, Judicial
Language
English
Condition
Fair
Object ID
JUN 1801 F004 QS
Additional Notes
Recognizance, charged with assault and battery on Philip Gallagher.
Additional name: Samuel Miller.
1 item, 1 piece
Access Conditions / Restrictions
Request at Reference Desk; photocopy made by staff member.
Classification
RG 02-00 0908
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Record, Judicial

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/32a30de7-2f73-4e47-98d1-159149166400
Collection
Quarter Sessions
Title
Quarter Sessions
Object ID
JUL 1801 F006 QS
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Collection
Quarter Sessions
Title
Quarter Sessions
System of Arrangement
Organized by Court of Quarter Sessions term.
Arranged by case number within each term.
Year
1801
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Storage Room
Archives West
People
Witmer, Daniel
Witmer, David Jr.
Miller, Samuel
Subcategory
Documentary Artifact
Search Terms
Quarter Sessions
Recognizance
Charge: assault and battery
Summons
Object Name
Record, Judicial
Language
English
Condition
Fair
Object ID
JUL 1801 F006 QS
Additional Notes
Also: David Witmer Jr., Samuel Miller.
Recognizance, charged with assault and battery on Peter Penitant.
Additional names: Isaac Ferree, Hugh McClung, Jacob Eshleman.
Summons.
2 items, 2 pieces
Access Conditions / Restrictions
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Classification
RG 02-00 0908
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Record, Judicial

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/0dd4a242-c32f-4131-a869-121018043780
Collection
Mayor's Court
Title
Mayor's Court
Object ID
AUG 1822 F011 MC
Date Range
1822/08
More detail
Collection
Mayor's Court
Title
Mayor's Court
Admin/Biographical History
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.
Date Range
1822/08
Year
1822
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Storage Room
Archives North
Storage Container
Box 0002
People
Miller, Samuel
Subcategory
Documentary Artifact
Object Name
Record, Judicial
Language
English
Condition
Fair
Object ID
AUG 1822 F011 MC
Box Number
002
Additional Notes
Failure to pay debt.
1 item, 4 pieces
Access Conditions / Restrictions
Request at Reference Desk; photocopy made by staff member.
Case Number
5.000
Classification
RG 99-00 [0101]
Description Level
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