Series 1 contains invoices, arrest warrants, and tax collector books for the city of Lancaster. Invoices that were approved by the city council in 1878, 1883 and 1884 for payroll and supplies include road and bridge maintenance, water works, fire departments, clerk and inspection work, and costs incurred by the city during an outbreak of small pox. Arrest warrants for 1918-1919 show names of defendant(s) and police officer, the charge, date and case number. There are also tax collector records for 1860-1889, incomplete.
Series 2 contains documents regarding the market houses, waterworks, lamps, roads, railroad and city ordinances. Petitions support a candidate for night watchman, seek to repeal an ordinance for hanging signs and regulations for public scales, and request a reward for the apprehension of a murderer. There is an 1815 naturalization certificate for James Williams and a resolution regarding a visit of Gen. Andrew Jackson.
Series 3 contains miscellaneous items related to the Borough of Lancaster (1742 to 1818) found in the Document Collection. Items include an act regulating the buildings and keeping in repair the streets, lanes, and alley of Lancaster, passed 14 January 1774; oaths of office sworn by various men from 1764 to 1769; and an extract of Lancaster Borough laws enacted 22 January 1774 reporting the regulations and fines of this borough.
George and Rhonda Andreadis Collection of Lancaster City Records (MG0545)
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This record group contains canceled orders that were issued by the county commissioners for payment to be made by the county treasurer. The orders show date, order number, amount, name of payee, purpose, and signatures of the county commissioners. In the case of "poor children," teachers were reimbursed by the county for tuition and/or the supplies purchased for students whose parents were unable to pay. Orders include: Poor Children, Almshouse, Bridges, Coroners' Inquests, Prisons, Roads, Court House, and Tax Exonerations.
System of Arrangement
The record group is organized chronologically, then arranged by order number within each year.
This record group contains canceled orders that were issued by the county commissioners for payment to be made by the county treasurer. The orders show date, order number, amount, name of payee, purpose, and signatures of the county commissioners. In the case of "poor children," teachers were reimbursed by the county for tuition and/or the supplies purchased for students whose parents were unable to pay. Orders include: Poor Children, Almshouse, Bridges, Coroners' Inquests, Prisons, Roads, Court House, and Tax Exonerations.
System of Arrangement
The record group is organized chronologically, then arranged by order number within each year.
Signers of Petition: James M. Fiester Jr., John H. Skiles, Jacob Lafferty, John Newhauser, Martin Swigart, Thomas w. Griffith, James P. Dickinson, C. B. Neuhauser, S. Petersham, A. L. Henderson, James Divine Sr., William G. Livingston, Eli Rutten, William Albright, David Kurtz, Isaac Dillar, John Wallace.
Signers of remonstrance: John Kurtz Jr., John Northammer, William Robinson, H. W. Robinson, John Robinson, William Cooper, David Wanner Jr., George Ramsey, Isaac Wanner, Daniel Lee, Francis McClure, Benjamin Rhoads, Jacob Reser, David Miller, John Wright, Isaac Reel, Elam Reel, Jacob Rutt, Samuel Evans, Jacob Evans, Jacob Emrey, John Miller, Joseph D. Martin, Thomas Bailey, Amos Rhoads, Alexander D. Gault, J. L. Rhoads, [Mansel] Reed, Eli Landers, William Dague, William Ritzel Sr., James Eblehar, Amos Eagle, Joseph K. Linvill, Jacob Gabel, John Kurtz Sr., John McPherson, John Stouff, Eli Rambo, Mathias Glauner Sr., William Buchanan, Solomon Landis, Jacob Plank, Levi Bihy, James E. Dunlap, Henry Ely, Levi Bewley, Peter Emery, Charles Bewley, R. Feister, Daniel Plank, Benjamin Plank, George Eagle, Cyrus Eagle, Robert Trago, John H. Kersey, John Graham, William H. Bunn.
Signers of remonstrance: William Phillips, William Neuhoff, Richard A. McMinn, Jacob Berkey, Benjamin McGlackin, Andrew Dienner, Joseph P. Davinson, Samuel H. McMann, John Mason, John M. Dickinson, David S. Knox, Gabriel Reel.
Signers of remonstrance: Solomon Martin, William Axe, Henry Ammons, John Ammons, John Kaufroath, William Dienr, George Ammons, Isaac Perkey, Peter Weller, Levi Bouers, Lewis H. Ingram, James Parmer, John Houck, Thomas A. McNeil, David Baxter, Solomon Marshall, Peter Worst, Samuel Hoover, Lackey Murry, William Gault, W. Gault, George Diem, Levi B. Lewis, John Andrew, G. W. Andrew, J. Harrison Andrew, R. W. Morton, George Glendening, William Landes Jr., Moses Glouner, William Amon, David Kurtz, William [Lively], Samuel Horst, Isaac N. [Harr], Adam Weaver, Joseph Wanner, J. R. Black, H. W. Black, Samuel Black, Leonard Dague, Michael Reser, Daniel Spece, John McGill, A. W. Gault, Benjamin Ritzel, Samuel Landers, Jehu Bailey, Benjamin F. Weaver, Thomas J. Brown, John L. Emrey, William Diem, Samuel Berky, Andrew Stevenson, John Reser, John H. Andrew, H. B. Andrew, Nathan Rambo, Isaac R. Hughes, J. B. Ramsay, Jacob Ott, B. M. Marple, John R. Rambo.
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Signers of petition: S. D. McConkey, S. W. P. Boyd, William Arnold, G. W. Whitaker, Jesse Robert, John Kennedy, William J. Hess, John C. Walton, John Findley, George H. Hewes, Slater Brown, Jeremiah Brown.
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Signers of petition: Slater Brown, S. W. P. Boyd, John Kennedy, Jeremiah Kirk, John C. Walton, S. D. McConkey, Isaac S. Webster, Elias Penington, Jeremiah Brown, Christian Gryder, Thomas M. Gryder, Samuel Hess.
1 item, 1 piece
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This record group contains canceled orders that were issued by the county commissioners for payment to be made by the county treasurer. The orders show date, order number, amount, name of payee, purpose, and signatures of the county commissioners. In the case of "poor children," teachers were reimbursed by the county for tuition and/or the supplies purchased for students whose parents were unable to pay. Orders include: Poor Children, Almshouse, Bridges, Coroners' Inquests, Prisons, Roads, Court House, and Tax Exonerations.
System of Arrangement
The record group is organized chronologically, then arranged by order number within each year.
This record group contains canceled orders that were issued by the county commissioners for payment to be made by the county treasurer. The orders show date, order number, amount, name of payee, purpose, and signatures of the county commissioners. In the case of "poor children," teachers were reimbursed by the county for tuition and/or the supplies purchased for students whose parents were unable to pay. Orders include: Poor Children, Almshouse, Bridges, Coroners' Inquests, Prisons, Roads, Court House, and Tax Exonerations.
System of Arrangement
The record group is organized chronologically, then arranged by order number within each year.
This record group contains canceled orders that were issued by the county commissioners for payment to be made by the county treasurer. The orders show date, order number, amount, name of payee, purpose, and signatures of the county commissioners. In the case of "poor children," teachers were reimbursed by the county for tuition and/or the supplies purchased for students whose parents were unable to pay. Orders include: Poor Children, Almshouse, Bridges, Coroners' Inquests, Prisons, Roads, Court House, and Tax Exonerations.
System of Arrangement
The record group is organized chronologically, then arranged by order number within each year.
Record of applications for peddlers' licenses showing date of application, name of applicant, type of license, and dates granted and lifted. Many applications for soldiers' licenses; these are peddlers' licenses issued to honorably discharged veterans. Handwritten.
System of Arrangement
Organized by year, then alphabetically by surname.