Signers of petition: [William] T. Amweg, Edward Reilly, William Gumpf, John M. Amweg, John Deaner, Jacob G. Goodman, Joseph Forrest, John Haus, [ ] Heiss, Henry W. Shertz, Henry Young, Benjamin Hofman.
Receipt to keep a tavern.
3 items, 3 pieces
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Signers of petition: John H. Pearsol, G. B. Markley, S. [Pelton Jr.], C. M. Clewell, H. Shubert, Joseph Cross, Daniel Leman, Isaac Dunn, George W. Curry, C. M. Clewell, J. Augustus Beck, Daniel Leman, Adam W. Auwell, Abraham K. Zell, Nelson Nutt, John Cross, [unknown signature], J. M. Bahel, John L. Samson, Henry Metzger, George H. Gorrech, F. Smith, T. Washington Smith, John G. Gumpf, E. Kirkpatrick, Abraham Gibbs, H. W. Hess, John G. [Kleirs], Joseph Samson, Rudolph Christ, Samuel J. Jackson.
1 item, 1 piece
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Located in the Southeast Ward on South Queen Street.
April term.
Signers of petition: Adam Ratharmal, Benjamin Hofman, William Ditters, Joseph C. Channell, Valentin Risse, Davis Kitch, Henry [Miller], Jacob Weitzel, Jacob Haag, Jacob Franciscus, E. Bowman, John Weitzel.
1 item, 1 piece
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Signers of Petition: Adam Rotharmel, Isaac Hines, John Weitzel, Philip F. Blessing, George Fahnestock, Valentine [Risse], Jacob Weitzel, Jacob Franciscus, Henry Hegener, Conrad Anne, George Rote, John Deaner, Jacob Weitzel Jr.
1 item, 1 piece
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Court matter in defense of Conrad Plitt's orderly house, with depositions by: C. Kieffer, Charles Boughter, Charles R. Frailey, Jacob Gundaker, John Myers, John Kunhs, Jacob Foltz, and Joseph Ditlow.
April term.
1 item, 6 pieces
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Signers of petition: Henry Eberly, James Hoxworth, Robert Vernon, John Shertz, J. Heiss, William Amweg, George W. Kramer, Edward Eshbrenner, Michal Gibson, Benjamin Hofman, Henry Young, P. F. Blessing.
Remonstrance signed by: Martin Brill, [signature in German], [signature in German], [signature in German], Georg Goble, Philepp Gratz, Henry Miller, C. H. Koch.
Petition of support: George f. Rote, P. F. Blessing, John [Siees], Jacob Groff, George Nagle Sr., William Gomly, James Wiley, John Donaghy, Charles F. Voigt, Henry Hegener, [Philipp Graff], [signature in German], Fredrick Shadley, Mikle Gipson, Henry Miller, Joseph Forrest, Michael Kerner, John Weidman, John A. Landis, Peter Hoover, Abraham Kline, William Haines, Benjamin Selvert, Christian [Eckman], John Steigerwalt Jr., J. C. VanCamp, Robert A. Evans, [Thaddeus Stevens], A. Herr Smith, J. B. Kaufman, Alex Harris, Emlen Franklin, John Sherts Jr., William Engle, John Kuhns.
Depositions: [signature in German], Alex Harris, Martin Brill, William M. Gormly, Joseph Forrest, William Engle, James J. Foxworth, Henry Eberly, P. F. Blessing, J. Heiss, James A. Towson, George W. Kramer, [signature in German], Erin Sawyer, John Ford, (omitted, filed separately) Philip Groth.
Depositions: David Herr, Arthur McDade, George Gable, Daniel Gall, Isaac Hubley, Joseph Roath, (no signature) Philip Reese, (no signature) Robert Vernon.
5 items, 6 pieces
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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.
