Grand Inquests, concluded that $500 be provided to help defray the costs of expanding the Court house; the report on the prison concluded a separate house of employment should be built.
2 items, 2 pieces
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Return of habeas corpus submitted by Bartram Galbraith to Jasper Yeates, Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania, regarding three persons of color, David "Davy", Sarah "Sall" (daughter of Charity), and Charity, servants or enslaved persons of Samuel Scott. The document confirms Galbraith's purchase of Davy and Sall, or of their remaining time of servitude.
George Steinman Papers, Series 1 (MG0184_S01) https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/786b3ffc-7908-40de-9362-817467455650
George Steinman Papers, Series 2 (MG0184_S02) https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/6c7e11c6-f3ca-469c-891a-145832196710
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Other Numbers
MG-184, Series 2
Other Number
MG-184, Series 2, Folder 5, Insert 3, Item 3
Classification
MG0184
Description Level
Item
Custodial History
Added to database 30 August 2022.
Digitization of this document was funded by the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, PHMC Appl ID # 202010016624, 2020-2023.
Documents detailing the conditions of a sale of real estate or property. Information includes conditions of the sale; who the property belonged to; date of sale; description of the property. Handwritten and handwritten on printed form.
The Lancaster County Archives has the Conditional Sales Dockets 1925-1981.
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The Conditional Sales Papers are in the box with Partition Papers RG 01-00 [0702].
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Grand Jury report, recommends a new pump for a well in the jail and to move the lumber from the jail yard, due to weathering and could be used for a possible escape.
1 item, 1 piece
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