This record group contains canceled orders that were issued by the county commissioners for payment to be made by the county treasurer. The orders show date, order number, amount, name of payee, purpose, and signatures of the county commissioners. In the case of "poor children," teachers were reimbursed by the county for tuition and/or the supplies purchased for students whose parents were unable to pay. Orders include: Poor Children, Almshouse, Bridges, Coroners Inquests, Prisons, Roads, Court House, and Tax Exonerations.
System of Arrangement
The record group is organized chronologically, then arranged by order number within each year.
Plan of North West Ward also showing 1 drawing each of Cross Keys Hotel, Residence of A. W. Russel, Reese's City Hotel, McConomy Store, Lancaster Coach Factory, Lutheran Church of the Holy Trinity, H. Logman's (?) Rifle Works, Residence of Emanuel C. Reigard, Esq., and 1 unidentified building. Locations of buildings are noted. 1 print only
Photograph- Susan Reigart Brinton, wife of William Penn Brinton, daughter of Emanuel C. Reigart and Barbara Swarr. Lived in the old Shippen House, later site of the YWCA, where their three daughters, Susan, Ann wife Mrs. Samuel H. Slaymaker, and Sarah Frances wife of Mrs. Henry Hall McLenegan, were all married in 1856. Th weddings wer attended by James Buchanan. Mrs. McLenegan and Mrs. Slaymaker moved to Beloit, Wisconsin on farms presented by their father.
Photograph- Susan Reigart Brinton, wife of William Penn Brinton, daughter of Emanuel C. Reigart and Barbara Swarr. Lived in the old Shippen House, later site of the YWCA, where their three daughters, Susan, Ann wife Mrs. Samuel H. Slaymaker, and Sarah Frances wife of Mrs. Henry Hall McLenegan, were all married in 1856. Th weddings wer attended by James Buchanan. Mrs. McLenegan and Mrs. Slaymaker moved to Beloit, Wisconsin on farms presented by their father.
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Susan Reigart Brinton, wife of William Penn Brinton, daughter of Emanuel C. Reigart and Barbara Swarr. Lived in the old Shippen House, later site of the YWCA, where their three daughters, Susan, Ann wife Mrs. Samuel H. Slaymaker, and Sarah Frances wife of Mrs. Henry Hall McLenegan, were all married in 1856. The weddings were attended by James Buchanan. Mrs. McLenegan and Mrs. Slaymaker moved to Beloit, Wisconsin on farms presented by their father.
