Lancaster County Almshouse and Hospital Collection
Description
The Lancaster County Almshouse and Hospital Collection is comprised of accounts, registers, minutes, and other records kept by this county department. There are birth and death records, lists of inmates, supply and payroll books, and auditors' reports, and a scrapbook of Conestoga View.
Preferred Citation: Title or description of item, date (day, month, year), Lancaster County Almshouse and Hospital Collection (MG0277), Folder or Book #, LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.
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.
Classification
MG0277
Description Level
Fonds
Custodial History
Most of the items in this collection are part of the Lancaster County Government Records, RG 08-12. They were transferred into MG-277 in 1999 during the planning of the Almshouse and Hospital exhibition. Other items are on loan from the Edward Hand Medical Heritage Foundation or were collected by LancasterHistory.
Signers of petition: Christian Shenk, Benjamin Urban, Benjamin Good, John Armstrong, John Harnish, John Kendig, Philip Harman, Henry H. Gall, Samuel Gall, Daniel Charles, Samuel S. Welsh, Christian Warfel, John Gardner, Benjamin Shenk.
1 item, 1 piece
Access Conditions / Restrictions
Request at Reference Desk; photocopy made by staff member.
Lately occupied by Daniel Gontner and Henry Shenk.
Located on the Susquehanna River.
Petition granted.
April term.
Signers of petition: H. Mehaffy, Daniel Charles, Frederick Sourbeer, John Kendig, Philip Sourbeer, Jacob Hess, John Reid, George kline, Henry H. Gall, Martin Carman, Samuel Gall, John Daily, Benjamin Urban, John Heiney.
1 item, 1 piece
Access Conditions / Restrictions
Request at Reference Desk; photocopy made by staff member.
List of names of tavern keepers: Anthony W. Baldwin, Daniel Conrad, Christian Funk, Frederic Gemberling, Samuel Harnish, Isaac Heiny, Abraham Hess, Adam Kendig, John Kindig, John Mecartney, Benjamin Snavely.
1 item, 5 pieces
Access Conditions / Restrictions
Request at Reference Desk; photocopy made by staff member.
Signers of petition: H. Mehaffey, John Silverthorn, John Martin, Frederick Hell, John Hiller, Jacob Carigen, Martin H. Carman, James Pennypacker, Lewis Miller, S. Mehaffy, Frederick Sourbeer, Samuel H. Hess, Daniel Charles.
1 item, 1 piece
Access Conditions / Restrictions
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Located on the road from Shenks Ferry to Lancaster, on the bank of the Susquehanna River.
Petition granted.
April term.
Signers of Petition: Christian Shenk, David Bair, J. F. Hess, John Kendig, John Graver, [signature in German], Jacob Hess, Jacob Shenk, Benjamin Good, John Gardner, Daniel Charles, Christian A. Miller, Henry H. Gall, Christian Sterneman.
1 item, 1 piece
Access Conditions / Restrictions
Request at Reference Desk; photocopy made by staff member.