Bond: Henry Schreider [signature in German], John Wittlinger.
Receipt.
Signers of petition: Watson H. Miller, H. Scherff, William B. Fahnestock, Michael J. Groff Jr., Joseph Hoover, Charles F. Hager, John Casper, Jacob Weaver, J. Frey, John Drepperd, Jesse S. Wayne, Henry Casper, Daniel Harman, M. Nunamacher, John Ditlow.
3 items, 3 pieces
Access Conditions / Restrictions
Request at Reference Desk; photocopy made by staff member.
Signers of petition: Peter McConony, Jacob G. Getz, Watson H. Miller, Abraham G. Brenner, George Vogel, George Ackerman, William F. Miller, John G. Shenk, John F. Remly Sr., William F. Mayer, Charles R. Frailey, Charles Gillespie, M. Nunamacher, Benjamin P. Miller, H. H. Eshbach, George Heiss, Peter Smith, Frederick [Peush], John Drepperd, Jacob Weaver, Jacob Snyder.
Receipt to keep a tavern.
3 items, 3 pieces
Access Conditions / Restrictions
Request at Reference Desk; photocopy made by staff member.
Located in the North West Ward, on West King Street.
January term.
Signers of Petition: Watson H. Miller, Derrick Fahnestock, Charles Boughter, George Danner, [J. Frey], Christian Shenk, H. Scherff, Daniel Harman, Jacob Weaver, William C. Chamberlin, William F. Mayer, John Drepperd, [Bartram A. Shaeffer], C. Hager.
1 item, 1 piece
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.
