The Washington Fire Company Records contain the eleven articles and a list of members for the Washington Fire Company of Lancaster in 1820, a minute book for 1857-1879, constitution and by-laws printed in 1857, and an undated account sheet.
Admin/Biographical History
The Washington Fire Company was organized in 1820 at the home of John Landis. (Ellis and Evans, History of Lancaster County, pp. 389-390)
Preferred Citation: Title or description of item, date (day, month, year), Washington Fire Company Records (MG0521), Box #, Folder #, (or Object ID), LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania. URL if applicable. Date accessed (day, month, year).
Access Conditions / Restrictions
No restrictions.
Copyright
Collection may not be photocopied. Please direct questions to Research Center Staff at research@lancasterhistory.org. Permission for reproduction and/or publication must be obtained in writing from LancasterHistory.
Credit
Courtesy of LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania
Bonds posted by constables, showing names of constable and surety; date and amount of bond; conditions of obligation; signatures of constable, surety, and witnesses; and date filed. Arr. chron. by date filed. No index. Hdw. and typed on ptd. fm.
Admin/Biographical History
The County of Lancaster has given LancasterHistory.org custodial responsibility of this collection.
System of Arrangement
Arranged by year; alphabetical by surname with in year.
Signers of Petition: G. Longenecker, John Senor, Andrew Tryer, George Hartley, Jonas Dorwart, David Brady, George Dorwart, Samuel Slaymaker, David R. Barton, Martin Shreiner, Jacob Dickert, Samuel Carpenter, George Hambright, William Dickson, George Matter, Jacob Sherer, Martin Miller, Jacob Leman, John Gundacker, Philip Messenkop, and one other.
1 Item, 1 Piece
Access Conditions / Restrictions
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Signers of Petition: Joseph Blaneford, Andrew Tryer, John Kleiss, George Ross, George Hartley, David Brady, George Matter, George Musser, William Dickson, John Whiteside, George Weaver, John Hoff, John Gundacker, Phillip Messenkop, Sam Carpenter and one other.
1 item, 1 piece
Access Conditions / Restrictions
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Signers of Petition: Philip Messenkop, Michael Diedrick, Jacob Shever, David Longenecker, John Kleiss, Jonas Dorwart, Samuel Humes, William Dickson, George Matter, Samuel Carpenter, John Light, Leonard Eichholtz, Samuel Reigart, John Whiteside, Christopher Bremmer, John Gundacker, John Hoff, John Burg, and one other.
1 item, 1 piece
Access Conditions / Restrictions
Request at Reference Desk; photocopy made by staff member.
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.
