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 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: David Killan, [Michael Shank], Martin Winter, Joseph Horst, Abraham Heisey, John H. Schenck, John S. Gish, Martin R. Nissley, Samuel Stauffer, Samuel Rutt, John Ebersole, John Hoffman, John L. Gisch, Peter Rutt, Joseph Rutt, J. B. Gish, John Longenecker, Abraham Rutt, A. Greenawalt, [signature in German].
3 items, 3 pieces
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: A. Greenawalt, Samuel Harmony, B. Sheaffer, Sebastian Keller, George Boyer, John Lynch, Henry M. Breneman, Abraham Redsecker, Daniel Balmer, Andrew Wade, Joseph Clinton, A. W. Snavely, Philip Fisher, John Dohner, James Laird.
3 items, 3 pieces
Access Conditions / Restrictions
Request at Reference Desk; photocopy made by staff member.
Signers of petition: John Shaeffer, John Lynch, William Margart, William Miller, John H. Miller, Frederick Wealand, Levi Coble, Jacob Sauly, Jacob Grove, James Wilson, George Byrod, Ambrose Shrode, Charles Ebbecke, John A. Gross.
Signers of petition for an eating house: John Lynch, Sebastian Keller, Daver Stoner, Jacob Dyer, Sebastian Keller, Henry Shultz, A. W. Snavely, A. Dissinger, Levi Coble, A. Greenawalt, Joseph Clinton, Daniel Balmer, John Weigand, James Wilson, John A. Gross, Franklin S. Bryan, Abraham Redsecker, John Shaeffer, Lewis Crouse, David Breneman, R. S. Ross, Andrew Wade, Charles Ebbecke, George Byrod, [George A. Bouer].
4 items, 4 pieces
Access Conditions / Restrictions
Request at Reference Desk; photocopy made by staff member.