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Record, Judicial
https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/eaa6015a-feca-4044-b3d8-933533319450
Collection
Quarter Sessions
Title
Quarter Sessions
Object ID
FEB 1780 F014 QS
Date Range
1780/02
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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
1780/02
Year
1780
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Storage Room
Archives West
People
Wat, Hugh
Subcategory
Documentary Artifact
Search Terms
Quarter Sessions
Charge: tippling house
Upper Paxton Twp., Lancaster County
Object Name
Record, Judicial
Language
English
Condition
Fair
Object ID
FEB 1780 F014 QS
Additional Notes
Process sur indictment, charged with keeping a tippling house in Upper Paxton Twp.
1 item, 1 piece
Access Conditions / Restrictions
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Classification
RG 02-00 0908
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https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/55dee4e5-8777-41f4-bc6e-395372823829
Collection
Quarter Sessions
Title
Quarter Sessions
Object ID
APR 1805 F008 QS
Date Range
1805/04
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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
1805/04
Year
1805
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Storage Room
Archives West
People
Lindersmith, George
Bevins, Wilder
Subcategory
Documentary Artifact
Search Terms
Quarter Sessions
Recognizance
Commitment papers
Lancaster County Almshouse
Object Name
Record, Judicial
Language
English
Condition
Fair
Object ID
APR 1805 F008 QS
Additional Notes
Recognizance.
Commitment.
Additional name: Wilder Bevins, manager of the Poor House.
2 items, 2 pieces
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Collection
Quarter Sessions
Title
Quarter Sessions
Object ID
MAY 1805 F011 QS
Date Range
1805/05
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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
1805/05
Year
1805
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Storage Room
Archives West
People
McHarry, Samuel
Patterson, William
Lefever, Samuel
Subcategory
Documentary Artifact
Search Terms
Quarter Sessions
Recognizance
Charge: assault and battery
West Chester, Chester County
Object Name
Record, Judicial
Language
English
Condition
Fair
Object ID
MAY 1805 F011 QS
Additional Notes
Copy of a recognizance from West Chester, Chester County.
Defendant charged with assault and battery on William Patterson.
Additional name: Samuel Lefever.
1 item, 1 piece
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Collection
Quarter Sessions
Title
Quarter Sessions
Object ID
NOV 1805 F017 QS
Date Range
1805/11
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Collection
Quarter Sessions
Title
Quarter Sessions
Date Range
1805/11
Year
1805
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
People
Henrietta
Peggy
Sewell, Clement
Wright, Henry
Wright, Samuel
Subcategory
Documentary Artifact
Search Terms
Correspondence
Enslaved persons
Persons of color
Quarter Sessions
Queen Anne County, Maryland
Object Name
Record, Judicial
Language
English
Condition
Fair
Object ID
NOV 1805 F017 QS
Additional Notes
Correspondence from Queen Anne County, Maryland, regarding enslaved persons, Peggy and Henny, who petitioned in Lancaster County for their freedom.
Samuel Wright, acting administrator of the estate of Clement [Sewell].
1 item, 1 piece
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Collection
Quarter Sessions
Title
Quarter Sessions
Object ID
MAY 1806 F010 QS
Date Range
1806/05
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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
1806/05
Year
1806
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Storage Room
Archives West
People
Young, Thomas
Dubourg, Michael
Crawford, John
Kraft, George
Subcategory
Documentary Artifact
Search Terms
Quarter Sessions
Recognizance
Charge: stealing
Charge: horse stealing
Shippensburg, Cumberland County
Object Name
Record, Judicial
Language
English
Condition
Fair
Object ID
MAY 1806 F010 QS
Additional Notes
Recognizance, charged with stealing a horse, saddle, bridle, the property of Michael Dubourg.
Recognizance of John Crawford to testify.
Additional name: George Kraft.
2 items, 2 pieces
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https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/597f1d2d-d074-4f62-ace1-764041374191
Collection
Quarter Sessions
Title
Quarter Sessions
Object ID
AUG 1806 F026 QS
Date Range
1806/08
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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
1806/08
Year
1806
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Storage Room
Archives West
People
Dickson, William
Davis, Methuselah
Kirkpatrick, William
Subcategory
Documentary Artifact
Search Terms
Quarter Sessions
Recognizance
Charge: libel
Chester County, Pennsylvania
Printers
Newspapers
Object Name
Record, Judicial
Language
English
Condition
Fair
Object ID
AUG 1806 F026 QS
Additional Notes
Occupation: Printer of the Intellinger and Weekly Advertiser.
Recognizance, charged with libel by Methuselah Davis, Representative of Chester County, Pennsylvania State Legislature.
Additional name: William Kirkpatrick.
1 item, 1 piece
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https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/129ac988-61df-4bc7-a6ee-428533539591
Collection
Quarter Sessions
Title
Quarter Sessions
Object ID
APR 1807 F024 QS
Date Range
1807/04
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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
1807/04
Year
1807
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Storage Room
Archives West
People
Hiebner, George
Murphy, Francis
Carr, Moses
Kline, Jacob
Keiss, Jacob
Subcategory
Documentary Artifact
Search Terms
Quarter Sessions
Recognizance
Charge: larceny
Examinations
Northampton County, Pennsylvania
Place
Northampton County, Pennsylvania
Object Name
Record, Judicial
Language
English
Condition
Fair
Object ID
APR 1807 F024 QS
Additional Notes
Recognizance, charged with larceny, confessed.
Examination of defendant.
Additional names: Francis Murphy, Moses Carr, Jacob Kline, Jacob Keiss.
2 items, 1 piece
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Collection
Quarter Sessions
Title
Quarter Sessions
Object ID
AUG 1807 F021 QS
Date Range
1807/08
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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
1807/08
Year
1807
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Storage Room
Archives West
People
Peltz, John
Maria, Elizabeth
Elizabeth Maria
Bevan, Davis
Subcategory
Documentary Artifact
Search Terms
Quarter Sessions
Warrants
Servants
Indentured servants
Chester County, Pennsylvania
Charge: enticement
Object Name
Record, Judicial
Language
English
Condition
Fair
Object ID
AUG 1807 F021 QS
Additional Notes
Copy of warrant, charged with enticing Elizabeth Maria, indented servant of Davis Bevan, Chester County.
1 item, 1 piece
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Classification
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https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/2029a757-4a21-4c40-a745-206332963933
Collection
Quarter Sessions
Title
Quarter Sessions
Object ID
JAN 1808 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
1808
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
People
Peck, John
Weaver, Adam
McIlhenny, Alexander
Duncan, James
Subcategory
Documentary Artifact
Search Terms
Quarter Sessions
Persons of color
Gettysburg, Adams County, Pennsylvania
Recognizance
Charge: theft
Examinations
Letters
Object Name
Record, Judicial
Language
English
Condition
Fair
Object ID
JAN 1808 F008 QS
Additional Notes
African-American.
Late of Gettysburg, Adams County.
Recognizance, charged with theft by Alexander McIlhenny.
Examination of Alexander McIlhenny.
Letter from James Duncan.
3 items, 3 pieces
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Collection
Quarter Sessions
Title
Quarter Sessions
Object ID
NOV 1789 F013 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
1789
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
People
Leitheiser, Jacob
Subcategory
Documentary Artifact
Search Terms
Quarter Sessions
Overseers of the Poor
Reading, Berks County, Pennsylvania
Cocalico Twp.
Object Name
Record, Judicial
Language
English
Condition
Fair
Object ID
NOV 1789 F013 QS
Additional Notes
Overseers of the Poor of Reading, against Overseers of the Poor of Cocalico Twp.
1 item, 1 piece
Access Conditions / Restrictions
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