Formerly kept by Samson Resh, lately by Henry Nauman.
Located in the Northwest Ward on North Queen Street.
April term.
Signers of Petition: Jacob Myers, Elias Eby, J. Bitner, George Metzger, B. Mishler, Philip Pyle, R. Moderwell, H. D. Musselman, Charles Boughter, Jacob [Daveler], Lewis Hartman, David Shultz, John Hatz, Emanuel Shober.
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.
Signers of petition: Thomas Rooney, John P. Schaum, Benjamin F. Cox, Amos Kauffman, William Shrum, John M. Amweg, [Jehu] Christ, Christian Elias, Jacob Gable, William Dittas, B. W. Lantz, H. Swentzel, John [Heny].
Petition for an eating house.
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Located in the South West Ward, on South Queen Street.
April term.
Signers of Petition: M. Withers, E. Steward, Jay Cadwell, Isaac Kauffman, William Saylor, E. Metzger, D. Bends, Philip Fitzpatrick, William Mathiot, J. C. VanCamp, William Lechler, H. T. Amweg, Charles F. Voigt.
1 item, 1 piece
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