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Bond, Legal
https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/188874a3-7b90-44ec-a0f3-300920963352
Collection
Quarter Sessions
Title
Recognizance for Christopher Burkholder and Thomas Patterson
Object ID
AUG 1808 F030 QS
Date Range
1808/08
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Quarter Sessions
Title
Recognizance for Christopher Burkholder and Thomas Patterson
Date Range
1808/08
Year
1808
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Storage Room
Archives West
People
Burkholder, Christopher
Patterson, Thomas
Subcategory
Documentary Artifact
Search Terms
Charge: stealing
Quarter Sessions
Recognizance
Susquehanna River
York County, Pennsylvania
Place
York County, Pennsylvania
Object Name
Bond, Legal
Language
English
Condition
Fair
Object ID
AUG 1808 F030 QS
Additional Notes
Also: Thomas Patterson.
Recognizance, charged with stealing two platforms of boards on the Susquehanna River.
1 item, 1 piece
Access Conditions / Restrictions
Request at Reference Desk; photocopy made by staff member.
Classification
RG 02-00 0908
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Certificate
https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/89577021-eed4-4e29-a1ed-458120388175
Collection
Quarter Sessions
Title
Quarter Sessions
Object ID
NOV 1836 F014 QS
Date Range
1836
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Quarter Sessions
Title
Quarter Sessions
System of Arrangement
Organized by Court of Quarter Sessions term.
Arranged by case number within each term.
Date Range
1836
Year
1836
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
People
Raush, Henry
Harper, Oliver B.
Subcategory
Documentary Artifact
Search Terms
Quarter Sessions
Certificates
Jailors
Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania
Object Name
Certificate
Language
English
Condition
Fair
Object ID
NOV 1836 F014 QS
Additional Notes
Certificate of Henry Raush, keeper of the jail at Schuylkill County, regarding Oliver B. Harper.
1 item, 1 piece
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RG 02-00 0908
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Documents
https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/6870eec3-3f05-41c2-b47d-439778204004
Collection
Quarter Sessions
Title
Quarter Sessions
Object ID
NOV 1876 F001 QS
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Quarter Sessions
Title
Quarter Sessions
System of Arrangement
Organized by Court of Quarter Sessions term.
Arranged by case number within each term.
Year
1876
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Subcategory
Documentary Artifact
Search Terms
Quarter Sessions
Jury summons
Object Name
Documents
Language
English
Condition
Fair
Object ID
NOV 1876 F001 QS
Additional Notes
Jury summons.
Oct 1876.
1 item, 1 piece
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Envelope
https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/fcff94cc-d672-437c-a322-577356467380
Collection
Quarter Sessions
Title
Envelope that held affidavits of Samuel Johnson
Object ID
AUG 1836 F003 QS
Date Range
1836/08
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Quarter Sessions
Title
Envelope that held affidavits of Samuel Johnson
Date Range
1836/08
Year
1836
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Storage Room
Archives West
People
Johnson, Samuel
Subcategory
Documentary Artifact
Subjects
Prisoners
Search Terms
Affidavits
Eastern State Penitentiary
Envelopes
Incarcerated persons
Prisons
Quarter Sessions
Object Name
Envelope
Language
English
Condition
Fair
Object ID
AUG 1836 F003 QS
Location of Originals
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania
Additional Notes
Envelope that held affidavits of Samuel Johnson, alias Benjamin Williams and James Fortner, convicts discharged from Eastern State Penitentiary.
1 item, 1 piece
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RG 02-00 0908
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https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/559aac0c-fb22-4e65-8877-441510442700
Collection
Quarter Sessions
Title
Quarter Sessions
Object ID
APR 1823 F001 QS
Date Range
1823/04
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Quarter Sessions
Title
Quarter Sessions
System of Arrangement
Organized by Court of Quarter Sessions term.
Arranged by case number within each term.
Date Range
1823/04
Year
1823
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Storage Room
Archives West
People
Allen, Isaac
Bricker, John
Brown, Bernard
David, John
Hull, Stephen
Kendig, Abram
King, Joshua
Martin, Susana
McKinny, Samuel
Mitchner, Ryner
Neis, Joseph
Parker, Joseph
Rine, Isaac
Rockey, Samuel
Sensenich, Christian
Smith, Gabriel
Stouffer, Jacob
Weaver, George C.
Subcategory
Documentary Artifact
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Bart Twp.
Cocalico Twp.
Columbia
Drumore Twp.
Earl Twp.
Elizabeth Twp.
Licenses
Little Britain Twp.
Manor Twp.
Marietta
Martic Twp.
Quarter Sessions
Rapho Twp.
Sadsbury Twp.
Salisbury Twp.
Strasburg
Taverns
Object Name
List
Language
English
Condition
Fair
Object ID
APR 1823 F001 QS
Additional Notes
Tavern license lists.
2 items, 2 pieces
Access Conditions / Restrictions
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Classification
RG 02-00 0908
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Collection
Quarter Sessions
Title
Quarter Sessions
Object ID
NOV 1799 F003 QS
Date Range
1799/11
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Collection
Quarter Sessions
Title
Quarter Sessions
System of Arrangement
Organized by Court of Quarter Sessions term.
Arranged by case number within each term.
Date Range
1799/11
Year
1799
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
People
Anderson, James
Bare, John
Baughman, Michael
Bowen, John
Burg, John
Davis, Edward
Davis, John
Diffebaugh, George
Doll, Conrad
Donaughy, Daniel
Fisher, George
Fordney, Casper
Gallagher, Michael
Good, Robert
Gordon, William
Graeff, George
Graeff, John
Grove, John
Jenkins, Joseph
Kremler, Benjamin
Leonard, George
McFarland, James
McIntire, James
McJenkins, James
Mercer, John
Moorehead, William
Morgan, David
Nauman, Gotlieb
Shalleberger, Jacob
Shirk, David
Sill, John
Townley, William
Subcategory
Documentary Artifact
Search Terms
Charge: assault
Charge: assault and battery
Charge: horse stealing
Charge: riot
Conestoga Twp.
Lancaster
Quarter Sessions
Recognizance
Shenandoah County, Virginia
Object Name
List
Language
English
Condition
Fair
Object ID
NOV 1799 F003 QS
Additional Notes
List of recognizance.
1 item, 1 piece
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Request at Reference Desk; photocopy made by staff member.
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RG 02-00 0908
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https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/7fc71a87-0d2d-4d65-b6cf-965009437015
Collection
Quarter Sessions
Title
Quarter Sessions
Object ID
NOV 1801 F003 QS
Date Range
1801/11
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Collection
Quarter Sessions
Title
Quarter Sessions
System of Arrangement
Organized by Court of Quarter Sessions term.
Arranged by case number within each term.
Date Range
1801/11
Year
1801
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
People
Anthony
Bryson, James
Cato
Dick, Alexander
Frank, John
Isaac
Killian, Susanah
Kurtz, Christian
Ludman, Jacob
McCausland, William
Newcomberb, Daniel
Ross, James
Veltneas, John
Wilmot, John
Subcategory
Documentary Artifact
Search Terms
Cumberland County, Pennsylvania
Enslaved persons
Jails
Lists of prisoners
Persons of color
Prisoners
Prisons
Quarter Sessions
Servants
Object Name
List
Language
English
Condition
Fair
Object ID
NOV 1801 F003 QS
Additional Notes
Calendar of prisoners.
Alexander Dick, felony.
Susanah Killian, suspicion of felony.
John Wilmot, felony.
Anthony (mulatto), felony.
John Frank, servant to William McCausland.
Cato (African-American), slave to James Ross.
Isaac (African-American), servant to James Bryson of Cumberland County.
Jacob Ludman, for abusing his wife.
John Veltnear, debtor.
Daniel Newcomber, debtor.
Christian Kurtz, debtor.
1 item, 1 piece
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Classification
RG 02-00 0908
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Collection
Quarter Sessions
Title
Quarter Sessions
Object ID
MAY 1778 F007 QS
Date Range
1778
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Collection
Quarter Sessions
Title
Quarter Sessions
System of Arrangement
Organized by Court of Quarter Sessions term.
Arranged by case number within each term.
Date Range
1778
Year
1778
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Subcategory
Documentary Artifact
Search Terms
Bart Twp.
Bethel Twp.
Brecknock Twp.
Colerain Twp.
Conestoga Twp.
Derry Twp.
Distillers
Enslaved persons
Hanover Twp., Lancaster County
Heidelberg Twp., Lancaster County
Hempfield Twp.
Lampeter Twp.
Lancaster
Lancaster Twp.
Lebanon Twp., Lancaster County
Little Britain Twp.
Martic Twp.
Paxton Twp., Lancaster County
Quarter Sessions
Sadsbury Twp.
Salisbury Twp.
Strasburg Twp.
Taverns
Upper Paxton Twp., Lancaster County
Warwick Twp.
Object Name
List
Language
English
Condition
Fair
Object ID
MAY 1778 F007 QS
Additional Notes
List of tavernkeepers, distillers, and slaves by townships:
Lebanon Twp., Derry Twp., Salsbury Twp., Martic Twp., Hanover Twp., Lancaster Borough, Conestoga Twp., Warwick Twp., Little Britain Twp., Strasburg Twp., Bart Twp., Lancaster Twp., Hempfield Twp., Lampeter Twp., Colerain Twp., Bethel Twp., Brecknock Twp., Sadsbury Twp., Heidelberg Twp., Paxton Twp., Upper Paxton Twp.
21 items, 21 pieces
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Classification
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https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/9a9ef7d7-6978-4f9e-af57-183694549104
Collection
Quarter Sessions
Title
List of incarcerated persons
Object ID
AUG 1818 F002 QS
Date Range
1818/08
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Collection
Quarter Sessions
Title
List of incarcerated persons
Date Range
1818/08
Year
1818
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Storage Room
Archives West
People
Boldeman, Louisa
Boose, Henry
Bortle, Barbara
Brown, John
Brown, Joseph
Carman, Andrew
Coleman, Frederick
Coleman, Isaac
Davison, George
Ditweiler, Jacob
French, John
Fuller, Peter
Fuller, William
Gallodet, Samuel
Gardner, Thomas
Henderson, Clemson
Johnston, Thomas
Kindig, Tobias
Patterson, Michael
Reynolds, Abner
Richards, John
Smith, Sophia
Stocks, Abraham
Sture, George
West, John
Zell, Henry
Subcategory
Documentary Artifact
Subjects
African Americans--History
Prisoners
Search Terms
Incarcerated persons
Persons of color
Prisons
Quarter Sessions
Women
Object Name
List
Language
English
Condition
Fair
Object ID
AUG 1818 F002 QS
Location of Originals
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania
Additional Notes
List of prisoners.
1 item, 1 piece
Access Conditions / Restrictions
Request at Reference Desk; photocopy made by staff member.
Classification
RG 02-00 0908
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Collection
Quarter Sessions
Title
List of incarcerated persons
Object ID
APR 1828 F003 QS
Date Range
1828/04
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Quarter Sessions
Title
List of incarcerated persons
Date Range
1828/04
Year
1828
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Storage Room
Archives West
People
Bacon, Joshua
Bacon, Nathan
Barton, Mary
Buckram, Joseph
Campbell, David
Clare, Richard
Criswell, Jacob
Jackson, Richard
Johnson, Charles
Johnson, Peggy
Keller, Daniel
McDonald, Ann
Mullen, Richard
Mumma, Lewis
Plumer, Robert L.
Smith, Mathias
Swigert, John
Subcategory
Documentary Artifact
Subjects
Prisoners
Search Terms
Incarcerated persons
Jails
Prisons
Quarter Sessions
Object Name
List
Language
English
Condition
Fair
Object ID
APR 1828 F003 QS
Location of Originals
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania
Additional Notes
List of prisoners.
1 item, 1 piece
Access Conditions / Restrictions
Request at Reference Desk; photocopy made by staff member.
Classification
RG 02-00 0908
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