v. 005. 1825-1833 -- v. 010. 1834-1844 -- v. 015. 1845-1861 -- v. 020. 1861-1868 -- v. 025. 1873-1876 -- v. 030. 1891-1897.
Summary
Volumes contain the minutes of the meetings of the county commissioners, including names of commissioners present at each meeting, motions raised, statements from assessors and treasurer, and other business. Each entry is signed by the clerk.
Rights
May not be photocopied.
Notes
Finding aid in the repository: Local government records.
Shares reel with Lancaster county docket of cases, 1743-1749 and the Hamilton family letterbook, 1782-1790.
Labeled on box # 245 Part 1.
500 items.
Miscellaneous papers relating to local government and economic affairs of Lancaster County: letters, 1733-1740, of Samuel Blunston to the proprietors, deal with the disputes between the Maryland and Pennsylvania authorities, land transactions, Indians on the Susquehanna, politics, legal matters, etc; letters of Thomas Cookson, George Craig, William Parsons, Richard Peters, George Smith, and others, 1739-1764; material on Conrad Weiser, 1756; accounts of Indian massacres, 1755; petitions, court records, surveys, indentures, land warrants, tax returns; petitions and lists of names of tavern keepers, 1766, 1769; account of the plan of the town of York, 1749; list of books added to the Lancaster library, ca. 1770; list of subscribers for the relief of inhabitants of Boston, Mass., 1774; military accounts and muster rolls, 1776; wills, estate papers, broadsides, and other items.
Original manuscript in collection of the Historical Society of Pennsylvania.
For a photocopied index to this collection see LC 016 I38 Oversize.
Outdoor relief seems to be some sort of welfare program. In the second volume, 1898-1937, there is a field "Cause of Destitution". At the top of the pages, there is printed "Outdoor Relief granted by the Directors of the Poor of Lancaster Co."
"Outdoor relief granted by the Directors of the Poor. Includes records of the Columbia Outdoor Relief, patient lists for Allentown, Norristown and Harrisburg State Hospitals, Selinsgrove, Polk and Pennhurst State Schools, Evelyn Training School, and the Pennsylvania Children's Aid Society, and a list of quarantined families."
Two volumes: 1885-1893 (includes index) & 1898-1937 (no index). Arranged by date and district.
See the Lancaster County Almshouse and Hospital Collection, MG-277, for similar records.
One hardbound volume which contains records of various accounts. Lists names and accounts, and amounts of cash received and paid. Also includes records of money ruled into court.
Rights
May not be photocopied.
Notes
Finding aid in the repository: Local government records.