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Collection: Civil War Enlistment Certificates

Title: Civil War Enlistment Certificates

Object ID: MG0422

Date Range: 1864

Note: This collection contains certificates of enlistment for volunteer soldiers from Lancaster City for April and May 1864. The documents show the name of the volunteer; the ward he was from; date; and signatures of volunteer, witness, and/or the draftee for which the volunteer was a substitute; and

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Collection: Civil War Enlistment Certificates

Title: Civil War Enlistment Certificates

Description: This collection contains certificates of enlistment for volunteer soldiers from Lancaster City for April and May 1864. The documents show the name of the volunteer; the ward he was from; date; and signatures of volunteer, witness, and/or the draftee for which the volunteer was a substitute; and signatures of members of the Committee on Bounty Fund. These volunteers were "credited to the quota of the City of Lancaster, in the President's calls for troops."

Admin/Biographical History: "No conscription in the North during the Civil War was absolute. The drafted man could always hire a substitute if he could afford it. Starting in 1862, the U.S. government allowed this escape from military service on the theory that, so long as each name drawn from the wheel produced a man, it made no difference whether the drafted person or one hired to take his place appeared for muster. The Conscription Act of 3 March 1863 legalized this method of draft evasion. Until the act of 24 February 1864, the conscript could choose between hiring a substitute or paying the government $300 as commutation of service. Thereafter, the government only permitted substitution, except for conscientious objectors. Furthermore, exemption by furnishing a substitute extended only until the next succeeding draft, at which point the principal again became liable. Immediately, the prices of substitutes rose far above the $300 to which the commutation clause had held them. For this reason, legal draft evasion became the prerogative of only the unusually well-to-do."; "Substitutes, Civil War," www.answers.com/topic/substitutes-civil-war

Date Range: 1864

Creation Date: 1864

Creator: Committee on Bounty Fund (Lancaster, Pa.)

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives South

Storage Wall: Side 10

People: Acheson, Samuel; Allen, Robert; Amerly, John A.; Amieg, H. J.; Arment, Henry W.; Aument, James M.; Barber, Jacob; Bare, M. A.; Barnhart, John; Baymount, Isaac; Baymount, Mary; Benedict, George F.; Besore, John M.; Black, James; Boll, Oliver C.; Bowers, John; Brighton, Henry; Brown, Ernst; Bruar, Elias; Burns, John; Bushong, Elam; Carpenter, Charles M.; Carpenter, Henry; Carpenter, James; Carpenter, John; Carpenter, John C.; Carpenter, John E.; Carty, William N.; Chestbough, John; Christy, William; Cole, Abraham; Collins, William; Creamer, Robert; Croker, John; Day, Thomas; Dern, Charles P.; Devon, Jacob S.; Dickey, Oliver James; Dievler, Amos; Dorwart, David; Downy, Hiram; Dugan, Hugh; Eisler, John; Elliot, Urias; Enk, Edwin; Evans, Isaac; Evans, Robert A.; Evans, Robert K.; Farley, Joseph; Fielis, Henry M.; Fitzpatrick, Philip; Follmer, Aaron; Foster, Charles E.; Fraim, Jacob F.; Frank, Jacob; Frantz, Jacob J.; Geib, William F.; George, Henry; Gerber, H. P.; Gompf, John A.; Grau, Charles; Habecker, Abraham; Hackmen, Charles; Hartman, D.; Hegan, Gerend; Heinig, Isaac; Hess, Samuel; Hildebrand, Adam; Hildebrand, Henry; Holt, Isaac; Hoover, John; Hunt, John; Isenberry, Silas; Jeffries, James C.; Jennings, Henry; Johnson, John H.; Johnston, Oscar M.; Jones Cyrus; Jones, Harry; Kauffman, J. A.; Kauffman, J. B.; Killian, H. K.; King, Henry; Krapp, Dorothea; Krapp, Joseph; Lawson, Charles W.; Lechler, Anthony; Leiby, Jacob; Leonard, William; Lippincott, Charles H.; Lolter, James; Lugar, Samuel W.; Lutz, George; Martin, Joseph; Matthew, Harris; Maxwell, Thomas C.; May, Charles H.; McDonald, H. A.; Meekins, William; Metzler, Daniel W.; Miller, Benjamin; Miller, John; Miller, Martin; Moffit, James; Morton, William A.; Mull, William; Nale, James H.; Peterman, Charles; Pinkerton, George A.; Post, Henry; Regan, Lawrence; Reidenbauch, Aaron; Ridgway, Warren M.; Sandoe, John; Sauders, William; Sawyer, John; Shaum, William; Shenk, Albert; Shenk, R. W.; Shubert, Henry; Sichtenthaler, Charles A.; Skiles, John R.; Smith, William; Stephens, Nicholas; Stouter, Aaron; Stricker, Henry; Stules, George; Swenk, Jacob; Taggart, George; Tollson, Lewis; Underhaus, Henry; Unkle, George; Walton, Daniel; Wanzel, Christian; Wanzel, [Saran]; Weitzel, Irwin K.; White, Henry A.; Wilkin, John; Wolf, Emanuel; Worl, Samuel; Yeisly, George; Young, Charles

Subjects: Bounties, Military; Recruiting and enlistment; United States. Army--Recruiting, enlistment, etc.; United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865

Search Terms: Civil War; Draft; Finding aids; Lancaster; Manuscript groups; Military bounties; Signatures; Soldiers

Extent: 1 box, 3 folders, .25 cubic ft.

Object Name: Archive

Language: English

Object ID: MG0422

Location of Originals: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania

Related Item Notes: Record of Recruits, 1863-1864. City Archives Collection (CA 08-01 1604-005); Civil War Collection (MG0018)

Notes: Preferred Citation: Title or description of item, date (day, month, year), Civil War Enlistment Certificates (MG0422), Folder #, LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.

Access Conditions / Restrictions: No restrictions. Please request at the Reference Desk or contact Research@LancasterHistory.org prior to visit.

Copyright: Collection may be photographed. Please direct questions to Research Center Staff at Research@LancasterHistory.org.; Permission for reproduction and/or publication must be obtained in writing from LancasterHistory. Persons wishing to publish any material from this site must assume all responsibility for identifying and satisfying any claimants of copyright or other use restrictions. Publication fees may apply.

Credit: Courtesy of LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.

Accession Number: 2007.MG0422

Other Numbers: MG-422

Classification: MG0422

Description Level: Fonds

Custodial History: Added to database 22 February 2022.

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Collection: Gary Hawbaker's Collection of Business and Personal Record Books

Title: Smedley and Charles Prospect Mills Daybook

Object ID: MG0963_F054

Date Range: 1854-1860

Collection: Gary Hawbaker's Collection of Business and Personal Record Books

Title: Smedley and Charles Prospect Mills Daybook

Description: Smedley and Charles Prospect Mills Daybook contains a list of the amount of grain ground at the mill, an itemized list of their profits and expenses, and miscellaneous business notes. The notebook also contains drawings, a poem, and code writing on the front and back cover.

Admin/Biographical History: Joel Smedley was born in 1799 to parents Joseph Smedley and Rebecca Lewis Smedley. Joel married Martha Wildman and fathered six children including Charles, Mary, John, Lewis, Anne, and Ellwood. Joel inherited the mill from his father in 1833 and expanded it by building a sorghum factory. Joel died in 1872.

Date Range: 1854-1860

Creation Date: 1854-1860

Year Range From: 1854

Year Range To: 1860

Creator: Smedley, Joel, 1802-1872

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives North

Storage Wall: Side 12

Storage Container: Box 0010

People: Black, James; Cooper, James B.; Ewing, Margaret; Ewing, Samuel; Gryder, R. M.; Morgan, John J.; Morgan, Thaddeus; Smedley, Charles; Smedley, Joel; Snodgrass, Robert; Snodgrass, Smith; Swift, Harry; Swift, Joseph; Walters, John A.

Other Creators: Smedley, Charles, 1836-1864

Subjects: Business records; Delivery of goods; Drawings; Flour; Grains; Gristmills; Mills and mill-work

Search Terms: Business records; Flour; Fulton Twp.; Gristmills; Mills; Pleasant Grove, Fulton Twp.; Prospect Mills

Extent: 1 volume

Object Name: Daybook

Language: English

Object ID: MG0963_F054

Location of Originals: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennslyvania

Notes: Preferred citation: Title or description of item, date (day, month, year), Collection Title (MG#), Box #, Folder #, (or Object ID), LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania. URL if applicable. Date accessed (day, month, year).

Access Conditions / Restrictions: No restrictions. Original documents may be used by appointment. Please contact Research@LancasterHistory.org at least two weeks prior to visit.

Copyright: Collection may not be photocopied. Please direct questions to Research Center Staff at Research@LancasterHistory.org for permission for reproduction and/or publication must be obtained in writing from LancasterHistory.

Credit: Courtesy of LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.

Other Numbers: MG-963

Classification: MG0963

Description Level: Item

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Collection: Quarter Sessions

Title: Quarter Sessions

Object ID: JAN 1881 F018 QS

Collection: Quarter Sessions

Title: Quarter Sessions

System of Arrangement: Organized by Court of Quarter Sessions term.; Arranged by case number within each term.

Year: 1881

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

People: Thompson, John

Subcategory: Documentary Artifact

Object Name: Documents

Language: English

Condition: Fair

Object ID: JAN 1881 F018 QS

Additional Notes: Larceny; 2 items, 2 pieces

Access Conditions / Restrictions: Request at Reference Desk; photocopy made by staff member.

Case Number: 20.000

Classification: RG 02-00 0908

Description Level: Item

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Collection: Quarter Sessions

Title: Quarter Sessions

Object ID: JAN 1881 F019 QS

Collection: Quarter Sessions

Title: Quarter Sessions

System of Arrangement: Organized by Court of Quarter Sessions term.; Arranged by case number within each term.

Year: 1881

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

People: Thompson, John

Subcategory: Documentary Artifact

Object Name: Documents

Language: English

Condition: Fair

Object ID: JAN 1881 F019 QS

Additional Notes: Larceny; 2 items, 2 pieces

Access Conditions / Restrictions: Request at Reference Desk; photocopy made by staff member.

Case Number: 21.000

Classification: RG 02-00 0908

Description Level: Item

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Collection: Quarter Sessions

Title: Quarter Sessions

Object ID: JAN 1881 F020 QS

Collection: Quarter Sessions

Title: Quarter Sessions

System of Arrangement: Organized by Court of Quarter Sessions term.; Arranged by case number within each term.

Year: 1881

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

People: Thompson, John

Subcategory: Documentary Artifact

Object Name: Documents

Language: English

Condition: Fair

Object ID: JAN 1881 F020 QS

Additional Notes: Felonious entry of hotel; 2 items, 2 pieces

Access Conditions / Restrictions: Request at Reference Desk; photocopy made by staff member.

Case Number: 22.000

Classification: RG 02-00 0908

Description Level: Item

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Collection: Commissioners' Orders for Payment

Title: Commissioners' order for payment

Object ID: CommOrder 1828 #065

Collection: Commissioners' Orders for Payment

Title: Commissioners' order for payment

Description: 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.

Date of Accumulation: 1810-1901

Creator: County Commissioners

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Container: Box 0008

People: Keller, John; Thompson, John

Subcategory: Documentary Artifact

Search Terms: Commissioners' Orders for Payment

Extent: 70 boxes (35 cubic tabard.)

Object Name: Documents

Language: English

Condition: Fair

Condition Date: 2008-03-25

Object ID: CommOrder 1828 #065

Box Number: 008

Notes: Entered into Q & A Jun 28, 2001.

Additional Notes: [Purpose of the payment was not specified.]; Keller, John; Thompson, John; 1 item. 1 piece.

Access Conditions / Restrictions: Request at research desk. Photocopy made by staff member.

Classification: RG 08-01 0510

Description Level: Item

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Collection: Commissioners' Orders for Payment

Title: Commissioners' order for payment

Object ID: CommOrder 1828 #420

Collection: Commissioners' Orders for Payment

Title: Commissioners' order for payment

Description: 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.

Date of Accumulation: 1810-1901

Creator: County Commissioners

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Container: Box 0009

People: Belesting, Mary; Belesting, Rachel; Blackwell, William; Book, John; Bosley, John; Bowers, John C.; Burns, Mary; Butler, William; Cook, Casper; Corran, John; Dellet, Jacob; Eby, Isaac; Eichholtz, Henry; Foster, John; Gintner, Jacob; Graeff, David; Hambright, William; Hetzelberger, Mary Ann; Hubley, Joseph; Inser, Charles; Jackson, Richard; Kapp, George; Kerns, Robert; King, Conrad; Lovet, Thomas; Luitell, James; Lynch, A. J.; McDonald, Ann; McConnel, Catherine; McConnel, Mary; McGrann, Michael; Remick, Harriet; Remick, Peter; Stehman, John; Swein, Stacy; Tarring, John; Thompson, John; Vogt, Martin; Weaver, John; Williams, James; Wolf, Maria

Subcategory: Documentary Artifact

Search Terms: Lancaster; Courthouses; Commissioners' Orders for Payment

Place: Lancaster

Extent: 70 boxes (35 cubic tabard.)

Object Name: Documents

Language: English

Condition: Fair

Condition Date: 2008-03-25

Object ID: CommOrder 1828 #420

Box Number: 009

Notes: Entered into Q & A Jun 28, 2001.

Additional Notes: Courthouse.; Payment for work done in the April Sessions 1828.; Eichholtz, Henry. [Clerk.]; Work was done on the following cases:; Mc Donald, Ann. Indicted for receiving stolen goods.; Jackson, Richard. Convicted for Larceny.; Dellet, Jacob. Convicted for Assault and Battery.; McConnel, Mary. Indicted for assault and battery on Hetzelberger, Mary Ann. Ignoramus.; Inser, Charles. Indicted for assault and battery on Bosley, John. Ignoramus.; Butler, William. Alias Blackwell, William. Convicted for keeping a tippling house.; Kerns, Robert. Indicted for Larceny.; Williams, James. Convicted for keeping a tippling house.; Weaver, John. Convicteded for Assault and battery.; Book, John. Indicted for Larceny.; Bowers, John C. Indicted for Malicious Miscief on complaint of McGrann, Michael.; McGrann, Michael. Indicted for Surety of the Peace on complaint of Bowers, John C.; Tarring, John. Indicted for Surety of the Peace on complaint of Lynch, A. J.; Corran, John. Indicted for Surety of the Peace on complaint of Remick, Peter.; King, Conrad. Indicted for Surety of the Peace on complaint of Gintner, Jacob.; Kapp, George. Indicted for Counterfeiting.; Belesting, Rachel; Belesting, Mary. Convicted of affray.; Cook, Casper. Indictment for affray.; Wolf, Maria; Burns, Mary; Tarring, John. Convicted of affray.; Thompson, John. Convivted for Disorderly House.; Butler, William. Indicted for disorderly house.; Graeff, David. Indicted for Surety of the Peace on complaint of Vogt, Martin.; Eby, Isaac. Indicted for keeping a tippling house.; Lovet, Thomas. Indicted for keeping a tippling house.; Stehman, John. Indicted for keeping a tippling house.; Luitell, James. Indicted for keeping a tippling house.; Hubley, Joseph. Indicted for keeping a tippling house.; Hambright, William. Indicted for keeping a tippling house; Swein, Stacy. Indicted for keeping a tippling house.; Remick, Harriet. Acquitted of Larceny.; Thompson, John. Indicted for Surety of Peace on complaint of Foster, John.; McConnel, Catherine. Indicted for Surety of the Peace on complaint of Hetzelberger, Mary Ann.; 1 item 1 piece.

Access Conditions / Restrictions: Request at research desk. Photocopy made by staff member.

Classification: RG 08-01 0510

Description Level: Item

Documents

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Collection: Commissioners' Orders for Payment

Title: Commissioners' order for payment

Object ID: CommOrder 1830 #294

Collection: Commissioners' Orders for Payment

Title: Commissioners' order for payment

Description: 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.

Date of Accumulation: 1810-1901

Creator: County Commissioners

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Container: Box 0010

People: Thompson, John; Thompson, Isaac; Shissler, Daniel

Subcategory: Documentary Artifact

Search Terms: Strasburg Twp.; Coroners' Inquests; Commissioners' Orders for Payment

Place: Strasburg Twp.

Extent: 70 boxes (35 cubic ft.)

Object Name: Documents

Language: English

Condition: Fair

Condition Date: 2008-03-25

Object ID: CommOrder 1830 #294

Box Number: 010

Notes: Entered into Q&A Aug 22, 2002.

Additional Notes: Coroners' Inquests.; Thompson, John.; Thompson, Isaac.; Shissler, Daniel.; 1 item. 1 piece.

Access Conditions / Restrictions: Request at research desk. Photocopy made by staff member.

Classification: RG 08-01 0510

Description Level: Item

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