. English and Pennsylvania German. H.F.S. 1958. “The Proposed New Prison,” questioning the need for a new jail and the right of the commissioners to make the decision without first obtaining approval from two grand juries and the Court of Quarter Sessions. ca.1850. Transferred from museum flat files, Drawer

: Collection contains material pertaining to pageants, festivals, and celebrations in Lancaster County. The majority of the collection pertains to the "Pageant of Liberty," celebrating the 150th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence (1776-1926), and the "Pageant of Gratitude," commemorating the 200th

1840. Depositions of witnesses to be taken at the home of George Heckert on June 12 between 9am and 5pm by a Justice of the Peace. 2 June 1841. (1 item, 6 pages to scan) Insert 3 Letter from Thaddeus Stevens to Smith, Maclay, et al. responding to a previous letter, accepting an invitation to New Berlin

, 2 pages to scan) Insert 3 Two memorial cards for Albert Swisher, died 8 January 1893, aged 62 years, 2 months and 19 days. ((2 items, 4 pages to scan) Folder 2 Family documents Insert 1 The family record of John and Elizabeth Swisher. John Swisher was born 30 November 1788. Elizabeth Swisher was

Content Note: The United Brewery Workers Collection contains membership books, roll book, ledger, and daybooks for Local 206 of the International Union of United Brewery Workmen of America, then the International Union of United Brewery and Soft Drink Workers of America, and later the International Union

Peace, to Brecknock Twp.’s Overseers of the Poor, Christian Messner and John Lesher. 24 December 1793. Transferred from Document Collection, Box 7, Folder 6, March 2015. James Welsh of Philadelphia apprenticed to John Hess of Providence Twp., Lancaster County to learn farming. 5 March 1855. Transferred