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Collection: Card Collection

Title: Card Collection

Object ID: MG0180

Date Range: 1820 - present

, institutions, etc. Astrich Bros Athenaeum, Historical, Agricultural & Mechanics’ Institute Austen’s Forest Flower Cologne Bair and Keen Barbers Black Horse Hotel and Corn Exchange Bomberger and Loeb Bon-Ton Borgenski’s Boston Store Bowers and Hurst Brecht and Bros Burger and Sutton Business cards Calling cards

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Collection: Card Collection

Title: Card Collection

Description: The Card Collection contains advertising cards for businesses throughout Lancaster County, greeting cards, invitations, membership cards, and visiting cards. The occasions represented by the greeting cards include Valentine's Day, Christmas, New Year's, Easter, birthday, and anniversary cards.

Date Range: 1820 - present

Date of Accumulation: 1820 - present

Creator: LancasterHistory (Organization)

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives South

Storage Wall: Side 04

People: Adams, Bessie; Anderson, Ada L.; Anderson, Daisy; Armstrong, Charles Dudley; Bachman, M. E.; Bair, David; Bankratz, B.; Bausman, D. H.; Berdainer, Paul F.; Blough, Clara; Bollinger, W. H.; Bomberger, Lizzie S.; Bones, John G.; Bowers, J.; Bowers, W. B.; Boyd, George; Brackbill, Henry P.; Breneman, A. N.; Brimmer, H. J.; Brown, E. W.; Brucker, John; Bruner, P. M.; Bucher, Max; Buchmiller, D. F.; Burk, Jacob; Bursk, D. S.; Byrne, J. W.; Campbell, L. H.; Carmitchell, Thomas H.; Carter, Elmer E.; Charles, John A.; Chase, Ernest Dudley; Clark, L. F.; Clarke, Samuel; Cochran, Ada M.; Cogley, A. H.; Cooper, L. A.; Crouse, Matilda G.; Danner, George H.; Davis, I. J.; Delbo, S. L.; Denlinger, B. Willis; Dennis, George M.; Diller, H.; Diller, I. N.; Diller, Isaac; Doyle, W. A.; Eby, Samuel; Enck, W. C.; Erben, John A.; Erisman, E. J.; Erisman, George F. K.; Esbenshade, E. Herr; Fahnestock, Return E.; FonDersmith, G. L.; Frailey, William O.; Frey, Andrew G.; Frey, Walter H.; Fry, Margie J.; Fulmer, A. P.; Garber, A. M.; Garner, Emma Saylor; Gast, William H.; Getz, Charles A.; Gill, Charles S.; Gochenaur, Harry E.; Goerhing, Reaves F. Jr.; Griffits, Frank P.; Groff, Samuel A.; Grove, Fanny; Grove, L. H.; Grundisch, F.; Gundaker, H.; Haberbush, M.; Hackman, Lizzie B.; Hager, Ruth; Haldeman, Grace S. Garner; Haldeman, Sarah J.; Harbaugh, Henry; Harding, William H.; Harnish, C. B.; Harnish, D. L.; Harnish, Jacob; Harnish, M. S.; Hartman, Lewis S.; Hatz, Samuel; Heidelbaugh, Milton; Heinitsh, John F.; Heisey, Kate; Heisey, Martin Luther; Hensel, Joann W.; Herr, Daniel D.; Herr, Daniel H.; Herr, Eugene M.; Herr, Harry B.; Herr, L. B.; Hess, J. R.; Hess, Witmer; Hiemenz, John; Hireisy, F. H.; Hirsh, A.; Hoffer, D. B.; Hoffman, Barbara; Hoffmeier, A. K.; Hollinger, J. P.; Hoover, George J.; Hoover, Jacob; Houghton, M. A.; Houseal, Lottie M.; Hubley, Alfred A.; Hull, George W.; Jameson, J. P.; Jeffries, Mary; Johns, H. Forrey; Kappler, Edward S.; Keiffer, J. H.; Keiffer, Josepine; Keiper, J. M.; Keller, J. W.; Kettring, John H.; Killian, G. C.; Killian, George W.; Kinzler, Frederick; Kirchner, Sharon; Knapp, Catharine; Kreckel, Edward; Kulp, D. H.; Landis, Allen B.; Landis, Bertha Cochran; Landis, David Bachman; Landis, Katie M.; Lane, C. M.; Lebkicher, J. P.; Lefevre, P. G.; Levy, M.; Locher, Charles A.; Loeb, Millie; Loeb, William; Long, Charles E.; Lowell, J. W.; Luchenbach, H. H.; Lynch, Charles O.; MacNay, Charles; Manby, William H.; Marshall, William L.; Martin, H. A.; McClain, John C.; McCleery, Samuel B.; Merrill, Lizzie L.; Miley, Frank B.; Miller, George H.; Miltonberger, J. C.; Mower, J. H.; Moyer, J. G.; Musser, Maggie; Owens, Steve J.; Parry, H. B.; Phiffer, Amanda; Poutz, Lilian; Poutz, May; Prangley, James Jr.; Ramsdell, O. J.; Reeser, Joseph; Reinoehl, A. F.; Reitzel, Amanda; Ressel, Richard P.; Richardson, Clara V.; Riest, A. H.; Riest, J. Frank; Riest, W. A.; Ringwalt, A. G.; Roadman, Samuel H.; Rock, Allen; Rohrer, F. S.; Rohrer, J.; Rosenstein, Al; Rote, Amos C.; Rote, J. E.; Roth, John B.; Rothschild, Jacob; Roy, William H.; Royer, J. R.; Saylor, J. J.; Schaefer, E. M.; Schaum, George B.; Schmidt, H. A.; Schneider, H. J.; Schoenberger, John; Shelly, Jeremiah A.; Shirk, Peter; Shreiner, H. M.; Shrum, J. H.; Shultz, E. J.; Shultz, H. S.; Simon, C. H.; Sing, Daniel; Slandt, John W.; Smaling, J. K.; Smith, A. H.; Smith, A. Herr; Snyder, H. N.; Snyder, P. C.; Sprecher, John M.; Sprecher, William D.; Stackhouse, D. P.; Stauffer, H. S.; Stauffer, Harry F.; Steinhauser, Frank J.; Steinhauser, Kate A.; Swarr, John P.; Teahl, J. A.; Thorbahn, Fanny; Trout, Harry L.; Trout, Mary; Trout, Mollie S.; Urban, B. F. W.; Urban, Ruth; Van Pelt, Charles P.; Vollmer, Frederick; Waylan, John; Webber, Annie; Weber, Ferdinand; Weidle, Laura I.; Weikel, A. W.; Wiant, George; Wiggins, Alice B.; Wilson, Edward G; Withrow, J. L.; Wood, Helen; Woodward, A. W.; Wormley, W.; Zahm, Edward J.; Ziegler, Joe C.; Keller, John; Fordney, Sara Cox; Fordney, Thomas Potter; McIlvaine, George Duffield; Haupt, C. Elvin

Subjects: Advertising; Advertising cards; Associations, institutions, etc.; Business cards; Ephemera; Greeting cards; Invitation cards; Visiting cards

Search Terms: A. D. Caufman and Company; A. Haldeman and Company; Abraham, Eberly and Company; Adler Boots and Shoes; Advertising; Advertising cards; Aikin and Neuhauser; Albany Dentists; American Tea Company; Associations, institutions, etc.; Astrich Bros.; Athenaeum, Historical, Agricultural & Mechanics' Institute; Austen's Forest Flower Cologne; Bair and Keen; Barbers; Black Horse Hotel and Corn Exchange; Bomberger and Loeb; Bon-Ton; Borgenski's; Boston Store; Bowers and Hurst; Brecht and Brothers; Burger and Sutton; Business cards; Calling cards; Cash Grocery; City Shoe Store; Colahan and Company; Columbia Spy Steam Job Print; Columbia Wagon Company; Common Sense Shoe Store; Conestoga Carriage Factory; Conestoga Grocery; Conestoga Steam Mills; Confectioners; Cooper House; Deichler and Schaum; Deichler's Stationary; Delmonico Café; Department stores; Dressmakers; Duncan's; Eagle Shoe Store; Edison Electric Company; Ephemera; Estey Organ Company; F. A. North and Company; Fairview Nurseries; Farmers First Bank; Finding aids; First National Bank of Columbia; Flinn and Breneman; Flinn and Willson; Frew's Carriage Factory; Frey and Eckert; Fry and Mast; Funerals; Furriers; Geis and Company; George Boyd and Sons; George M. Steinman and Company; Glenn Manor Service Station and Tourist Cabins; Gottshalk and Lederman's Great New York Bazaar; Grace Lutheran Church; Graduations; Great Atlantic and Pacific Tea Company; Greeting cards; Grocery stores; Guthrie and Son; Hahn's Store; Hallet and Davis; Harnish and Company; Harting's Old Whiskies; Hatcher Company; Hats; Hatters; Heitshu's Drug Store; Henwood and Thomas; Herr's Book Store; Hildesheimer and Faulkner; Hill Poultry Yard; Hirsh and Brother; Hoar and McNabb; Hoffer's Steam Drillers; Hoffmeier Brothers; Holly Tree Coffee House; Hotels; Houghton's Popular Millinery; Incubators; Invitations; Iris Club; J. B. Martin and Company; J. F. Long and Company; J. H. Abraham and Brother; J. Rose and Son; John A. Erben's Cheap Clothing Store; John P. Schaum and Son; John Schoenberger and Sons; Keplinger and Company; Keystone Collar Factory; Kirk Johnson & Co.; L. B. Herr & Son; Ladies Hebrew Benevolent Society; Lancaster Bargain Bazaar; Lancaster City Pharmacy; Lancaster Country Store; Lancaster County Chapter National Multiple Sclerosis Society; Lancaster Gas Light and Fuel Company; Lancaster Maennerchor; Lancaster Photo Engraving Company; Lancaster Trust Company; Lane and Company; Locher's Drug Store; M. Deichler and Son; Manby's Music Store; Manuscript groups; Marshall E. Smith Company; Mayor and Simon; Merrick Thread Company; Metropolitan Life Insurance Company; Miesse Candies & Ice Cream; Miller and Bushong; Miller and Umbdenstock; Millineries; Mitchell's Carpet Cleaning House; Morrow's Fine Shoes; Muhlenberg's Drug Store; Myers and Rathfon; National Bearings Company; Neffsville Hotel; New York Dairy Lunch; New York Millinery Store; Norbeck and Miley; Novelty Bazaar; P. C. Snyder and Brother; Palace Saloon; Penn Boiler and Burner Manufacturing Corporation; Pennsylvania Clothing Company; Philip Schum, Son and Company; Photographers; Popular Cigar Store; Powell and Rhode's New Dancing Academy; R. B. and H. Factory; Ranck and Kurtz; Reece's Parlor Shoe Store; Reilly Brothers and Raub; Royal St. John Sewing Machine Office; S. B. Cox and Company; S. H. Zahm and Company; Samuel Hatz's Tobacco and Cigar Store; Seamstresses; Shaub and Brothers; Shaub and Burns; Shiffler Fire Company; Shirk's Carpet Hall; Shultz's Sons; Singer Manufacturing Company; Singer Sewing Machine Company; Slough and Brother; Slough and Kauffman; Sorrel Horse Hotel; St. James Episcopal Church; Star Shoe House; Stauffer and Company; Steckel Printing, Inc.; Steinwandle Boots and Shoes; Stockyard Inn; Stoner, Shreiner and Company; Swan Hotel; Swarthmore College; Tailors; Thomae's Fashionable Millinery; Thomas W. Price Company; Trade cards; Trinity Choral Society; Visiting cards; W. A. Reist and Company; Weddings; Wenger Carriage Factory; West and Haverstick; Westhaeffer's Book Store; White, Stokes and Allen; William D. Sprecher and Son; William Knabe and Company; William Kray and Company; Williamson and Foster; Women's Republican Club

Extent: 3 boxes, 6 series, 1.5 cubic ft.

Object Name: Archive

Language: English

Object ID: MG0180

Location of Originals: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania

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

Access Conditions / Restrictions: No restrictions.

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Credit: Courtesy of LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.

Other Numbers: MG-180

Classification: MG0180

Description Level: Fonds

Custodial History: Added to database 25 August 2021.

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Documents

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Collection: Veterans' Peddlers Licenses

Title: Veterans' Peddlers Licenses

Object ID: VETERANS' PEDDLERS LICENS

Collection: Veterans' Peddlers Licenses

Title: Veterans' Peddlers Licenses

Description: Record of applications for peddlers' licenses showing date of application, name of applicant, type of license, and dates granted and lifted. Many applications for soldiers' licenses; these are peddlers' licenses issued to honorably discharged veterans. Handwritten.

System of Arrangement: Organized by year, then alphabetically by surname.

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives West

Subcategory: Documentary Artifact

Search Terms: Veterans' Peddlers License

Object Name: Documents

Language: English

Condition: Good

Object ID: VETERANS' PEDDLERS LICENS

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

Classification: RG 02-00 0601

Description Level: Fonds

Claim

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/4bd28f4c-a616-4258-ae06-882647237750

Collection: Mechanics' Liens

Title: Mechanics' Liens

Object ID: MECHANICS' LIENS

Collection: Mechanics' Liens

Title: Mechanics' Liens

Description: Liens filed by contractors showing names of parties including owner of property; description of property including location; nature of claim; description of materials and work done on property; volume and page number of recording in Mechanics' Liens Docket; and date filed.

System of Arrangement: Arranged chronologically by date filed.

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives West

Storage Wall: Side 01

Subcategory: Documentary Artifact

Object Name: Claim

Language: English

Condition: Fair

Object ID: MECHANICS' LIENS

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

Classification: RG 01-00 0202

Description Level: Fonds

Record, Marriage

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Collection: Marriage Applications and Consent Forms

Title: Marriage Applications and Consent Forms

Object ID: MARRIAGE APPLICATIONS

Date Range: 1894-1940, incomplete

Collection: Marriage Applications and Consent Forms

Title: Marriage Applications and Consent Forms

Description: Marriage applications completed by the bride and groom contain the names, ages, places of birth, current residences, occupation of groom, if either party had been married before and the results of that union, signatures of applicants, if African-American, and degree of kinship, if any. Parental consent forms, filed with marriage applications, were completed by parent or guardian of under-age applicants and contain the name of parent or guardian, place of current residence, residence of child or ward, and signature of parent or guardian. Files may contain both an application and consent form or forms, an application, or a consent form or forms.

System of Arrangement: Arranged chronologically by year and then by application number within that year. Box 2 has additional files for 1895 that were not able to be included in Box 1.

Date Range: 1894-1940, incomplete

Year Range From: 1894

Year Range To: 1940

Date of Accumulation: June 1894-September 1940, inc.

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives North

Subcategory: Documentary Artifact

Extent: Application #9846-25024, incomplete

Object Name: Record, Marriage

Language: English

Condition: Good

Object ID: MARRIAGE APPLICATIONS

Location of Originals: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania

Access Conditions / Restrictions: Please request photocopy or PDF at Reference Desk or Research@LancasterHistory.org.

Copyright: Please contact Research@LancasterHistory.org for a high-resolution image and permission to publish. There is no fee for publication.

Credit: Courtesy of LancasterHistory and the Lancaster County Archives, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.

Classification: RG 04-00 0401

Description Level: Fonds

Documents

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/045d58d0-81a0-4b9c-acb7-048197321990

Collection: War of 1812 Militia Trials

Title: War of 1812 Militia Trials

Object ID: MILITIA TRIALS

Collection: War of 1812 Militia Trials

Title: War of 1812 Militia Trials

Admin/Biographical History: Originating office not determined.; Court martial records of the Pennsylvania Militia from the War of 1812. Docket book entries include charges, pleadings, witness accounts, court minutes, and judgments. Summons papers include defendant's name, name of commanding officer, appearance date, and amount of fine.

System of Arrangement: Arranged by regiment and company, then numerically by case number.

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives North

Subcategory: Documentary Artifact

Object Name: Documents

Language: English

Condition: Fair

Object ID: MILITIA TRIALS

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

Classification: RG 99-00 0244

Description Level: Fonds

Record, Judicial

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/ef7e3c80-45b7-4237-ac38-472812996279

Collection: Mayor's Court

Title: Mayor's Court

Object ID: MAYORS COURT

Collection: Mayor's Court

Title: Mayor's Court

Admin/Biographical History: 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.

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives North

Storage Wall: Side 01

Subcategory: Documentary Artifact

Object Name: Record, Judicial

Language: English

Condition: Fair

Object ID: MAYORS COURT

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

Classification: RG 99-00 [0101]

Description Level: Fonds

Estate Inventory

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/aa443c34-ad1f-42f9-aab0-909326734117

Collection: Estate Inventories

Title: Estate Inventories

Object ID: ESTATE INVENTORIES

Collection: Estate Inventories

Title: Estate Inventories

System of Arrangement: Arranged alphabetically, then chronologically within each letter.

Creator: Register of Wills

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives West

Subcategory: Documentary Artifact

Object Name: Estate Inventory

Language: English and German

Condition: Fair

Object ID: ESTATE INVENTORIES

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

Classification: RG 03-00 0133

Description Level: Fonds

Writ

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/83c5b03a-8c2a-41b1-acf9-076626244931

Collection: Habeas Corpus Papers

Title: Habeas Corpus Papers

Object ID: HABEAS CORPUS PAPERS

Date Range: 1800-1894, 1896, 1897

Collection: Habeas Corpus Papers

Title: Habeas Corpus Papers

Description: A writ of habeas corpus is a procedure for obtaining a judicial determination of the legality of an individual's custody. This collection includes petitions for writs of habeas corpus and the writs themselves, showing the names of petitioners, persons to be brought to court, nature of dispute or alleged crime, dates of writs and accompanying documents, names of judges, and names of persons that the writs are filed against. Petitioners include indentured servants, Freedom Seekers, free persons of color, convicted prisoners, those awaiting trial, relatives of prisoners, parties in child custody disputes, and relatives of army recruits and draftees. Handwritten, handwritten on printed forms, and a very few typewritten.

System of Arrangement: Arranged chronologically by date of filing.

Date Range: 1800-1894, 1896, 1897

Creation Date: 1800-1894, 1896, 1897

Creator: Pennsylvania. Court of Common Pleas (Lancaster County)

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives West

Subcategory: Documentary Artifact

Extent: 8 cubic feet

Object Name: Writ

Language: English

Condition: Fair

Object ID: HABEAS CORPUS PAPERS

Associated Material: Lancaster County Archives has Habeas Corpus dockets:; 1799-1978, ten volumes, record of writs of Habeas Corpus written.; 1895-1983, 43 boxes, original petitions.

Access Conditions / Restrictions: Restricted use of original. A photocopy will be made for patron use.

Classification: RG 01-00 2313

Description Level: Fonds

Petition

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/43044e86-2e65-4d72-83e3-628188313556

Collection: Petitions to Make Sheriffs Deeds

Title: Petitions to Make Sheriff's Deeds

Object ID: PETITIONS TO MAKE SHERIFF

Collection: Petitions to Make Sheriffs Deeds

Title: Petitions to Make Sheriff's Deeds

Description: Petitions from landowners to the Court of Common Pleas requesting an order to the sheriff to issue deeds for property purchased at the previous sheriff's land sales. Petitions show names of petitioner, former owner, and former sheriff; signature of petitioner; a brief description of the property; location; purchase price; and date. Arranged chronologically by year, then alphabetically by purchaser's name. Most are handwritten on printed forms.

System of Arrangement: Arranged chronologically by year, then alphabetically by purchaser's name.

Date of Accumulation: 1783, 1800, 1823-1827, 1895, 1902

Creator: Pennsylvania. Court of Common Pleas (Lancaster County)

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives West

Subcategory: Documentary Artifact

Extent: .5 cubic feet

Object Name: Petition

Language: English

Condition: Fair

Object ID: PETITIONS TO MAKE SHERIFF

Access Conditions / Restrictions: Restricted use of original. Photocopy will be made for patron use.

Classification: RG 01-00 [1840]

Description Level: Fonds

Record, Judicial

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Collection: Quarter Sessions

Title: Quarter Sessions

Object ID: QUARTER SESSIONS

Collection: Quarter Sessions

Title: Quarter Sessions

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

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives West

Subcategory: Documentary Artifact

Object Name: Record, Judicial

Language: English

Condition: Fair

Object ID: QUARTER SESSIONS

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

Classification: RG 02-00 0908

Description Level: Fonds

Appraisal

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/f71f54fe-a251-4694-9600-650810235214

Collection: Collateral Appraisements

Title: Collateral Appraisements

Object ID: COLLATERAL APPRAISEMENTS

Date Range: 1848-1913

Collection: Collateral Appraisements

Title: Collateral Appraisements

Description: Appraisements of real estate for inheritance tax. Some personal property appraisals are also included. Appraisals include: name of decedent; location and description of real estate; description of personal property; valuation of real estate and personal property; and assessed tax. May also include names of heirs. Arranged chronologically by year, then alphabetically by first letter of decedent's last name. Handwritten; from 1886, handwritten on printed forms.

System of Arrangement: Arranged chronologically by year, then alphabetically by first letter of decedent's last name.

Date Range: 1848-1913

Year Range From: 1849

Year Range To: 1913

Date of Accumulation: 1849-1913

Creator: Register of Wills

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives West

Subcategory: Documentary Artifact

Search Terms: Collateral appraisement

Extent: 16 boxes (8 cubic feet)

Object Name: Appraisal

Language: English

Condition: Fair

Object ID: COLLATERAL APPRAISEMENTS

Location of Originals: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania

Access Conditions / Restrictions: Please request photocopy or PDF at Reference Desk or Research@LancasterHistory.org.

Copyright: Please contact Research@LancasterHistory.org for a high-resolution image and permission to publish. There is no fee for publication.

Credit: Courtesy of LancasterHistory and Lancaster County Archives, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.

Other Numbers: RG 03-00 0312

Classification: RG 03-00 0312

Description Level: Fonds

Record, Sales

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Collection: Vendue Lists

Title: Vendue Lists

Object ID: VENDUE LISTS

Collection: Vendue Lists

Title: Vendue Lists

System of Arrangement: Arranged alphabetically by year.

Creator: Orphans' Court

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives North

Subcategory: Documentary Artifact

Object Name: Record, Sales

Language: English and German

Condition: Fair

Object ID: VENDUE LISTS

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

Classification: RG 04-00 0178

Description Level: Fonds

Voucher

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/89bbe4cb-7eb5-498a-b13e-645532388732

Collection: Estate Vouchers

Title: Estate Vouchers

Object ID: ESTATE VOUCHERS

Collection: Estate Vouchers

Title: Estate Vouchers

System of Arrangement: Arranged alphabetically by year.

Creator: Orphans' Court

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives North

Subcategory: Documentary Artifact

Object Name: Voucher

Language: English

Condition: Fair

Object ID: ESTATE VOUCHERS

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

Classification: RG 04-00 0169

Description Level: Fonds

Probate

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/77e9b2bc-75d3-436f-8761-918145062140

Collection: Renunciations

Title: Renunciations

Object ID: RENUNCIATIONS

Collection: Renunciations

Title: Renunciations

Description: 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 relationship between the decedent, the executor, and the administrator is usually shown. Arranged chronologically and then alphabetically within each year.

System of Arrangement: Arranged chronologically and then alphabetically within each year.

Date of Accumulation: 1762-1820, 1821-1842, 1880-1906

Creator: Register of Wills

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Subcategory: Documentary Artifact

Extent: 12 cubic feet

Object Name: Probate

Language: English

Condition: Fair

Object ID: RENUNCIATIONS

Box Number: 001

Associated Material: Administrators Accounts; Miscellaneous Orphans' Court Papers

Access Conditions / Restrictions: Restricted use of original. A photocopy will be made for patron use.

Classification: RG 03-00 0115

Description Level: Fonds

License, Marriage

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Collection: Marriage Licenses

Title: Marriage Licenses

Object ID: Marriage Licenses

Date Range: 1892-1932, incomplete

Collection: Marriage Licenses

Title: Marriage Licenses

Description: Marriage licenses contain the names of the groom and bride, marital status, and if a parental consent form had been filed if under age. These are photocopies of the originals at the Lancaster County Archives.

System of Arrangement: Arranged chronologically by year and then by application number within each year.

Date Range: 1892-1932, incomplete

Year Range From: 1892

Year Range To: 1932

Date of Accumulation: 1895-1932, incomplete

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives North

Subcategory: Documentary Artifact

Subjects: Marriage licenses

Search Terms: Marriage licenses

Object Name: License, Marriage

Language: English

Condition: Good

Object ID: Marriage Licenses

Access Conditions / Restrictions: Please request photocopy or PDF at Reference Desk or Research@LancasterHistory.org.

Copyright: Please contact Research@LancasterHistory.org for a high-resolution image and permission to publish. There is no fee for publication.

Credit: Courtesy of LancasterHistory and the Lancaster County Archives, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.

Other Numbers: RG 04-00 0401

Classification: RG 04-00 0401

Description Level: Fonds

Order for Payment

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Collection: Commissioners' Orders for Payment

Title: Commissioners' order for payment

Object ID: COMMISSIONERS' ORDERS FOR

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 Room: Archives North

Subcategory: Documentary Artifact

Extent: 70 boxes (35 cubic ft.)

Object Name: Order for Payment

Language: English

Condition: Fair

Condition Date: 2008-03-25

Object ID: COMMISSIONERS' ORDERS FOR

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

Classification: RG 08-01 0510

Description Level: Fonds

Statement, Financial

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Collection: Administrators Accounts

Title: Administrators Accounts

Object ID: ADMIN ACCOUNTS

Collection: Administrators Accounts

Title: Administrators Accounts

System of Arrangement: Arranged alphabetically by year.

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives West

Subcategory: Documentary Artifact

Object Name: Statement, Financial

Language: English

Condition: Fair

Object ID: ADMIN ACCOUNTS

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

Classification: RG 04-00 0150

Description Level: Fonds

Documents

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Collection: Bridge Records

Title: Bridge Records

Object ID: BRIDGE RECORDS

Collection: Bridge Records

Title: Bridge Records

System of Arrangement: Records are arranged by township, then chronologically within each township.

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives West

Subcategory: Documentary Artifact

Object Name: Documents

Language: English

Object ID: BRIDGE RECORDS

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

Classification: RG 02-00 0324

Description Level: Fonds

Record, Judicial

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Collection: Coroners' Inquests

Title: Coroners' Inquests

Object ID: CORONERS' INQUESTS

Date Range: 1889

Collection: Coroners' Inquests

Title: Coroners' Inquests

Description: Coroners' Inquests are inquests conducted by six men, on behalf of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, into the cause of a person's death. Inquests include: municipality; name of coroner; signatures of the six jurors; name of decedent; date of inquest; reason for death; name of coroner's physician, and names of witnesses to the inquest. Handwritten on printed form.

System of Arrangement: Arranged numerically by inquest number.

Date Range: 1889

Date of Accumulation: January 1889 - December 1889

Creator: Coroner

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives West

Storage Container: Box 0001

Subcategory: Documentary Artifact

Search Terms: Coroners' Inquests

Extent: .5 cubic feet

Object Name: Record, Judicial

Language: English

Condition: Fair

Object ID: CORONERS' INQUESTS

Box Number: 001

Associated Material: Commissioners' Orders for Payment

Access Conditions / Restrictions: Restricted use of original. A photocopy will be made for patron use.

Classification: RG 13-00 0102

Description Level: Fonds

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