Papers filed for construction and repair of bridges. The types of petitions presented to the Court of Quarter Sessions include: petitions for bridge construction and repair, petitions for inspections, and petitions for bridge funds. Other types of items include: specifications, proposals, and contracts for bridge construction and repair; bridge blueprints and plans; correspondence; bills for materials; and bridge condition reports. Many papers show date; court term and case number; names of petitioners, viewers, inspectors, and contractors; costs and fees; location of bridge; and name or number of bridge. The order and report of viewers documents are of particular interest as they usually include a copy of the original petition; the order and names of viewers to inspect the site; the public announcement for the viewers meeting; the report and recommendation of viewers, often with a drawing of the site and surrounding area; and the court decision.
System of Arrangement
Records are arranged by township, then chronologically within each township.
Signers of petition: F. H. Carpenter, Abraham F. Bair, Abraham Kachel, John Graver, Peter Kafroth, George Kafroth, Isaac W. Zwally, Emanuel Carpenter, John K. Reed, Abraham Martin, Jacob Cooper, Isaac Firestine.
1 item, 1 piece
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Signers of petition: F. H. Carpenter, Adam Black, John K. Reed, John C. Loser, Emanuel Carpenter, Isaac W. Zwally, Isaac Firestine, Jacob Cooper, George Caruthers, John Graver, Abraham Martin, Abraham F. Bair.
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Signers of petition: Eckert Myers, John L. Myers, John Zellers, Isaac Groble, Joel Fassnacht, Charles Adams, Israel Adams, Christian Myer, Samuel Adams, Samuel Bucher, Charles Buck, Joseph Rupp.
1 item, 1 piece
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Signers of petition: Jacob Bear, Isaac W. Johns, George Reed, John Enck, Henry Kafroth, Emanuel Carpenter, John Forney, Samuel Speraw, Isaac Ruth, John B. Wechter, Abraham Kachel, Henry Fritz, Daniel B. Brown.
3 items, 3 pieces
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Signers of petition: Isaac Firestine, Emanuel Carpenter, John Graver, Benjamin Graver, Isaac F. Bear, Isaac W. Zwally, Abraham Kachel, John K. Reed, George Caruthers, John Weachter, John V. Deshong, Henry Kafroth.
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Signers of petition: Samuel Adams, Isaac Diffenderfer, Charles Adams, David Shirk, Paul D. Brown, Martin Brown, Joshua Balmer, Israel Adams, Joel Fassnacht, Jacob Gockley, [Emanuel] Carpenter, Isaac F. Bear.
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Signers of petition: Abraham D. Grabill, John Forney, John B. Grebill, Isaac Braun, Jacob Bear, John Bare, G. Z. Forney, Daniel Brown, Peter Grabill, Isaac W. Zwally, Levi G. Kemper, Abram Lefever, Henry Eby, John Bucher, George Reed.
Signers of petition: Rudy R. Wolf, Daniel Brown, John Forney, Henry Zwally, David Sahm, Isaac M. Sahm, Isaac W. Zwally, Jacob Zwally, George Wolf, Abraham W. Groff, Moses Butzer, John Bare, Isaac Buch, Moses Evan, Martin Cooper, Henry Duck, Henry Kafroth, Joseph Rupp, Jacob L. Erb, Abraham Lefever, [Reuben McCloud], Daniel Kemper, Jacob Bear, Charles McCloud, J. R. Brown, E. R. Petery, Jacob Steinmetz, Samuel B. Detwiler, Monroe Bucher, H. B. Greybill, Franklin G. Carpenter, Samuel Kafroth, John Fritz, George M. Young, John L. Leib, Samuel Heiser, Henry Brown, John [Evans], George F. Kafroth, Joseph Carpenter, Nathaniel Sheaffer, John R. Buch, Francis Kachel, John B. Connell, Isaac Braun, William [ ], Abraham Kachel, Jacob Brown, Phillip Duck, Jacob Smith, John Sellers, A. K. Hornberger, Richard Albright, Samuel Carpenter, Peter Skerker, John B. Grebill, Levi Kemper, Benjamin McCloud, Israel L. Adams, G. Forney, M. W. Kurtz, George Carpenter, Henry Eby, John Kafroth.
2 items, 2 pieces
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Signers of petition: J. G. Kemper, Emanuel Duck, E. Burkholder, H. H. Oberholtzer, Eckert Myers, John Johnson, [John Rhodes], Peter Snyder, Peter Mumma, Monroe Bucher, Israel Adams, George Buch, Jacob Adams.
1 item, 1 piece
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