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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
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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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Classification
RG 02-00 0908
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https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/f54c0b22-6752-4f64-8c9a-161424042039
Collection
Quarter Sessions
Title
Quarter Sessions
Object ID
NOV 1875 F077 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
1875
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
People
Titus, William
Rannels, Amos
Search Terms
Quarter Sessions
Charge: throwing stones at railroad cars
Pennsylvania Railroad
Object Name
Documents
Language
English
Condition
Fair
Object ID
NOV 1875 F077 QS
Additional Notes
Also: Amos Rannels.
Throwing stones at Pennsylvania Railroad cars.
1 item, 1 piece
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Case Number
66.000
Classification
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https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/e4967ffd-3565-469a-95f5-621179912830
Collection
Quarter Sessions
Title
Quarter Sessions
Object ID
NOV 1871 F077 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
1871
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
People
Smoker, Lewis
Search Terms
Quarter Sessions
Charge: planning to obstruct a railroad
Pennsylvania Railroad
Railroads
Object Name
Documents
Language
English
Condition
Fair
Object ID
NOV 1871 F077 QS
Additional Notes
Planning obstruction on the Pennsylvania Railroad.
1 item, 1 piece
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Case Number
81.000
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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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List
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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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
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Record, Judicial
https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/1418da67-4c55-4435-86b1-161045595070
Collection
Quarter Sessions
Title
Quarter Sessions
Object ID
AUG 1875 F044 QS
Date Range
1875/08
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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
1875/08
Year
1875
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Storage Room
Archives West
People
Herr, John
Search Terms
Quarter Sessions
Charge: obstructing a railroad
Pennsylvania Railroad
Object Name
Record, Judicial
Language
English
Condition
Fair
Object ID
AUG 1875 F044 QS
Additional Notes
Feloniously obstructing the Pennsylvania Railroad.
2 items, 2 pieces
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Case Number
39.000
Classification
RG 02-00 0908
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Record, Judicial
https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/6936df5e-822c-46fd-88d2-483968247109
Collection
Quarter Sessions
Title
Quarter Sessions
Object ID
FEB 1801 F004 QS
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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.
Year
1801
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Storage Room
Archives West
People
Hamilton, William
Perkins, John D.
Subcategory
Documentary Artifact
Search Terms
Quarter Sessions
Recognizance
Charge: libel
Occupations
Lancaster Journal
Editors
Object Name
Record, Judicial
Language
English
Condition
Fair
Object ID
FEB 1801 F004 QS
Additional Notes
Occupation: Editor of the Lancaster Journal.
Recognizance, charged with libel against John D. Perkins.
1 item, 1 piece
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Record, Judicial
https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/9c7fc6fe-b17d-489c-b0f1-602526189990
Collection
Quarter Sessions
Title
Quarter Sessions
Object ID
APR 1855 F003 QS
Date Range
1855/04
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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
1855/04
Year
1855
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Storage Room
Archives West
People
Rambo, John W.
Search Terms
Quarter Sessions
Persons of color
Apprentices
Charge: removal of apprentice out of state
Object Name
Record, Judicial
Language
English
Condition
Fair
Object ID
APR 1855 F003 QS
Additional Notes
African-American.
Removal of apprentice out of state.
1 item, 1 piece
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Record, Judicial
https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/5daaa008-4e39-45f0-b3b8-217629175044
Collection
Quarter Sessions
Title
Quarter Sessions
Object ID
JAN 1856 F002 QS
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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.
Year
1856
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Search Terms
Quarter Sessions
Grand Jury
Invitations
Millersville State Normal School
Millersville University
Millersville
Object Name
Record, Judicial
Language
English
Condition
Fair
Object ID
JAN 1856 F002 QS
Additional Notes
Invitation for Grand Jury to visit the Millersville Normal School.
1 item, 1 piece
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RG 02-00 0908
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