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: Valentin Risse, Nicholas Echternacht, Lucus Marsh, Conrad Silvius, John Silvius, John Smith, Adam [Rotharmmel], J. Coleman Lutz, Henry [Wilhelm], Jacob Weitzel, Henry Yost, Joseph Forrest, John Franciscus.
1 item, 1 piece
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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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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.