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.
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Collection may not be photocopied. Please direct questions to Research Center Staff at research@lancasterhistory.org.
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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.
Signers of petition: J. C. Beckel, J. B. Ramsey, Robert Downey, Elias Rohrer, John G. Mayer, Samuel Fondersmith, William S. Warren, Robert Evans, [unknown signature], William Spencer, Joseph Gonder, Michael Shindle, John K. Stoner, John Werntz.
1 item, 1 piece
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Signers of petition: Josiah Quigley, John Benner, William Giles, David McCarter, Samuel Moore, Alvin White, Jacob [Cummins], Abraham S. Owen, Joseph Lovett, Adolph E. [Dieh], Benjamin Weaver, Daniel Bow, Jacob Rohrer, John Sides, Levi Waidley.
1 item, 2 pieces
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Signers of Petition: John Werntz, John Rous, Isaac Girvin, George Haughman, Robert Spencer, William Tweed, John [Steacy], W. Rice, Abraham Sides, Francis Litle, Jacob Hoover, George Smith, John Steele, James Warner, Jacob Rehm.
1 item, 1 piece
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Signers of Petition: Jacob Hoover, Joseph Gonder, [signature in German], Robert Spencer, John [Ridgough], Abraham Sides, J. B. Thompson, Jacob Fritz Jr., John Moore, Benjamin Barr, John Steady, Benjamin B. Gonder, Israel Fritz, Charles McClune, John Row, Isaac Girvin, John Maynard, James [McPlume], Benjamin Bower, Samuel L. Morrison, James Graham, James Warren.
1 item, 1 piece
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Signers of Petition: Jacob [Behm], John Werntz, Robert Evans, Daniel Miller, J. B. Thompson, James McPhail, Christian Menard, Abraham Smith, Joseph Gonder, Jesse Gyger, Andrew Charles, Charles Mellinger, William P. Robinson, Samuel Spiehlman, J. Hoffman, James Warren.
1 item, 1 piece
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Renunciations are papers filed in the Orphans' Court by executors of an estate who do not wish to administer that estate. They show the name of the decedent, the decedent's place of residence, the name of the person renouncing administration, the name of the replacement administrator to be appointed, and date.
The Mayor's Court was established at the incorporation of the City of Lancaster in 1818, and was composed of the mayor, recorder, and aldermen with powers and jurisdiction analogous to the Court of Quarter Sessions of the Peace, Oyer and Terminer, and Jail Delivery. It was abolished on 6 February 1849.
System of Arrangement
Organized by court term.
Arranged with general materials first, then constables reports, tavern licenses, un-numbered cases, and numbered cases.
The Mayor's Court was established at the incorporation of the City of Lancaster in 1818, and was composed of the mayor, recorder, and aldermen with powers and jurisdiction analogous to the Court of Quarter Sessions of the Peace, Oyer and Terminer, and Jail Delivery. It was abolished on 6 February 1849.
System of Arrangement
Organized by court term.
Arranged with general materials first, then constables reports, tavern licenses, un-numbered cases, and numbered cases.