Petitions from landowners to the Court of Common Pleas requesting an order to the sheriff to issue deeds for property purchased at the previous sheriff's land sales. Petitions show names of petitioner, former owner, and former sheriff; signature of petitioner; a brief description of the property; location; purchase price; and date. Arranged chronologically by year, then alphabetically by purchaser's name. Most are handwritten on printed forms.
System of Arrangement
Arranged chronologically by year, then alphabetically by purchaser's name.
Petitions from landowners to the Court of Common Pleas requesting an order to the sheriff to issue deeds for property purchased at the previous sheriff's land sales. Petitions show names of petitioner, former owner, and former sheriff; signature of petitioner; a brief description of the property; location; purchase price; and date. Arranged chronologically by year, then alphabetically by purchaser's name. Most are handwritten on printed forms.
System of Arrangement
Arranged chronologically by year, then alphabetically by purchaser's name.
Columbia - Wrightsville Bridge on Lincoln Highway between Lancaster and York, PA - The longest multiple arch concrete highway bridge in the world. Total overall length 7.374 ft., approach grider spans 20 ft., widthe of roadway38 ft., width of sidewalk 6 ft. Estimate cost $2,500,000. Constructed by the Lancster - York Intercounty Bridge Commission.
Conestoga Transportation Company car No. 53 chartered by Lancaster Chapter National Railway Historical Society and regular car No. 69 at 16th Street turnout at Columbia.
Provenance
From folder labeled "C. T. Co. Columbia - Lancaster Line"
