Signers of petition: Amos B. Henderson, John K. Reed, Lewis Sprecher, Thomas E. Franklin, Simon P. Eby, William B. Wiley, J. B. Livingston, [ ] Lightner, Isaac E. Hiester, James Evans, W. Carpenter, E. H. Yundt, W. W. Brown.
Receipt to keep a tavern.
3 items, 3 pieces
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Located in the North East Ward, on East King Street.
January term.
Signers of petition: Edward C. Darlington, Nathaniel Ellmaker, Newton Lightner, [ ] M. Kline, Levi Swope, Walter G. Evans, J. W. Wilson, [ ] McClure, C. Kline, [K.] Killinger, Reuben S. Rohrer, Christian Widmyer, John L. Thompson, David Espenshade, Zuriel Swope.
1 item, 1 piece
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Signers of petition: N. Ellmaker, N. Simpson, J. Hiester, D. G. Eshleman, Amos S. Henderson, David Shultz, D. Killinger, Simon Stevens, Robert A. Evans, James Evans, William Ellmaker, John K. Reed, C. Kline, William D. Sprecher, Emlen Franklin.
4 items, 4 pieces
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Located at the intersection of public roads taht lead to Lancaster, New Holland, Hinkletown, Reading, the Pennsylvania Railroad.
Petition granted.
April term.
Signers of petition: Christian Hoffman Sr., Isaac WInters, Elias Zuck, M. S. Groff, David McConaughy, George Mentzer, Philip McCauly, Henry A. Roland, John Styer, Ephraim Carpenter Jr., Daniel Harting, Jacob Davidson, John Davidson.
1 item, 1 piece
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Signers of petition: S. W. Groff, Godfrey [Harner], John B. Roff, J. G. Springer, J. S. Parmer, John Kiehl, Christian S. Hoffman, Mark Fry, Henry Killheffer, Benjamin Gross, William Weidman, Isaac Vogan, Samuel Vogan, Jacob S. Geist, Samuel Miller, John Myers, William Sprecher, Martin Witmer, James Vogan, Jesse Harting, Adam Sheaffer, [Daniel Eshleman].
1 item, 1 piece
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Located on the road leading from Hinkletown to the Lancaster and New Holland turnpike.
April term.
Signers of petition: Jacob Davidson, Benjamin Gross, Christian Hoffman Sr., Daniel Hartling, John Vogan, Martin Markley, John McConaughy, Isaac Vogan, [A. Slaugh], Jesse Harting, M. S. Groff, David Waid, Isaac Winters, Ephraim Carpenter Jr., John Myers.
1 item, 1 piece
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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.
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.
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.
