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Full blind-tooled leather (Binding)
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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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Collection
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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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
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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https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/a1baa06b-1ce9-4cb9-a787-299804526655
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
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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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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
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
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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Request at Reference Desk; photocopy made by staff member.
Classification
RG 02-00 0908
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Record, Judicial
https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/8fb2efb0-2f74-45aa-8a29-731444303681
Collection
Quarter Sessions
Title
Quarter Sessions
Object ID
NOV 1772 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
1772
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Storage Room
Archives West
People
Hamond, Mary
Subcategory
Documentary Artifact
Search Terms
Quarter Sessions
Examinations
Charge: fornication and bastardy
Object Name
Record, Judicial
Language
English
Condition
Fair
Object ID
NOV 1772 F004 QS
Additional Notes
Examination, against Thomas Gordy for fornication and bastardy.
1 item, 1 piece
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https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/2e378084-db3e-4e5e-b123-721413717316
Collection
Quarter Sessions
Title
Quarter Sessions
Object ID
NOV 1772 F007 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
1772
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Storage Room
Archives West
People
Hamond, Mary
Gordly, Thomas
Gordy, Thomas
Subcategory
Documentary Artifact
Search Terms
Quarter Sessions
Recognizance
Charge: fornication and bastardy
Object Name
Record, Judicial
Language
English
Condition
Fair
Object ID
NOV 1772 F007 QS
Additional Notes
Recognizance, against Thomas Gordy for fornication and bastardy.
1 item, 1 piece
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Record, Judicial
https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/aebe8ce7-9a95-4e5f-80c7-710150005460
Collection
Quarter Sessions
Title
Quarter Sessions
Object ID
NOV 1772 F008 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
1772
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Storage Room
Archives West
People
Hamond, Mary
Gordly, Thomas
Gordy, Thomas
Subcategory
Documentary Artifact
Search Terms
Quarter Sessions
Recognizance
Charge: fornication and bastardy
Object Name
Record, Judicial
Language
English
Condition
Fair
Object ID
NOV 1772 F008 QS
Additional Notes
Recognizance, charged with fornication and bastardy against Mary Hamond.
1 item, 1 piece
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Classification
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Record, Judicial
https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/a9aa238c-8f4b-4b76-b528-467448651558
Collection
Quarter Sessions
Title
Quarter Sessions
Object ID
NOV 1772 F010 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
1772
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Storage Room
Archives West
People
Erter, Henry
Snydar, Simon
Subcategory
Documentary Artifact
Search Terms
Quarter Sessions
Recognizance
Charge: assault and battery
Object Name
Record, Judicial
Language
English
Condition
Fair
Object ID
NOV 1772 F010 QS
Additional Notes
Recognizance, for assault and battery against Simon Snydar.
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Record, Judicial
https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/8a553132-c676-4c8b-8360-283148645379
Collection
Quarter Sessions
Title
Quarter Sessions
Object ID
FEB 1773 F007 QS
Date Range
1773/02
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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
1773/02
Year
1773
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Storage Room
Archives West
People
Petts, George
Miller, David
Whitcraft, George
Subcategory
Documentary Artifact
Search Terms
Quarter Sessions
Recognizance
Charge: assault and battery
Object Name
Record, Judicial
Language
English
Condition
Fair
Object ID
FEB 1773 F007 QS
Additional Notes
Additional name: Miller, David.
Recognizance, for assault and battery against George Whitcraft.
1 item, 1 piece
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