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)
Notes
Preferred Citation: Title or description of item, date (day, month, year), Collection Title (MG#), Series #, Box #, Folder #, (or Object ID), LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania. URL if applicable. Date accessed (day, month, year).
Access Conditions / Restrictions
Please use digital images and transcriptions when available. Original documents may be used by appointment--contact Research@LancasterHistory.org prior to visit.
Copyright
Collection may not be photocopied. Please direct questions to Research Center Staff at Research@LancasterHistory.org.
Permission for reproduction and/or publication must be obtained in writing from LancasterHistory.
Credit
Courtesy of LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.
This collection contains the legal and personal papers of Judge Henry G. Long. The first ten boxes contain notes of argument and notes of testimony for civil and criminal cases. The remaining papers include receipts for local businesses and services, accounts, documents relating to turnpikes, speeches, stock certificates, deeds, correspondence, and petitions.
Preferred Citation: Title or description of item, date (day, month, year), Judge Henry G. Long Collection (MG0283), Box #, Folder #, LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.
Folders 1-120, gift of The Long Home, 19 January 2001. Folders 121-126, purchased from dealer, October 2013. Folder 127 purchased from The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd., August 2014.
The items in Folders 121-126 were originally part of the collection at The Long Home, but were separated from the rest of the collection and purchased at auction by the dealer who sold them to LancasterHistory.
Access Conditions / Restrictions
Restrictions are noted at the item level.
Copyright
Collection may not be photocopied. Please direct questions to Research Center Staff at research@lancasterhistory.org.
Permission for reproduction and/or publication must be obtained in writing from LancasterHistory.
Credit
Courtesy of LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.
Other Numbers
MG-283
Other Number
MG-283
Classification
MG0283
Description Level
Fonds
Custodial History
Boxes 1-15 processed by JM, finding aid prepared by HST. Added to database 7 November 2017.
This collection contains patents, deeds, land drafts and other documents relating to the purchase or sale of property of the family of John Brubaker and George Brubaker of Martic Township.
Admin/Biographical History
Rev. Kendig Brubaker Culley was born in Pennsylvania in 1913 and died in Claremont, California in 1987. The property in Martic Township was purchased by his father, William B. Cully, from George Brubaker in 1901. This collection of documents was donated by his wife, Iris V. Cully, in 1991. Rev. and Mrs. Cully are buried at Marticville Methodist Cemetery in Martic Township.
Preferred Citation: Title or description of item, date (day, month, year), Rev Kendig Brubaker Cully Papers, 1786-1901 (MG0932), Box #, Folder #, (or Object ID), LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania. URL if applicable. Date accessed (day, month, year).
Access Conditions / Restrictions
No restrictions.
Copyright
Collection may not be photocopied. Please direct questions to Research Center Staff at research@lancasterhistory.org. Permission for reproduction and/or publication must be obtained in writing from LancasterHistory.
Credit
Courtesy of LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania
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.
4 items, 1 piece
Access Conditions / Restrictions
Request at Reference Desk; photocopy made by staff member.
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: 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.
1 item, 1 piece
Access Conditions / Restrictions
Request at Reference Desk; photocopy made by staff member.
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
Access Conditions / Restrictions
Request at Reference Desk; photocopy made by staff member.
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.