Located on the road leading from Hinkletown to the Lancaster and New Holland turnpike.
April term.
Signers of petition: Jacob Davidson, Benjamin Gross, Christian Hoffman Sr., Daniel Hartling, John Vogan, Martin Markley, John McConaughy, Isaac Vogan, [A. Slaugh], Jesse Harting, M. S. Groff, David Waid, Isaac Winters, Ephraim Carpenter Jr., John Myers.
1 item, 1 piece
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Located in the Northeast Ward, on East King Street.
Signers of Petition: Edward Darlington, J. N. Ellmaker, Zuriel Swope, David Killinger, C. Kline, Emlen Franklin, Robert A. Evans, E. M. Kline, R. McClure, Daniel Swope, N.Ellmaker, James Evans, Newton Lightner, W. G. Evans, William Cox.
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Signers of petition: N. Ellmaker, N. Simpson, J. Hiester, D. G. Eshleman, Amos S. Henderson, David Shultz, D. Killinger, Simon Stevens, Robert A. Evans, James Evans, William Ellmaker, John K. Reed, C. Kline, William D. Sprecher, Emlen Franklin.
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Lewis B. Sprecher's 90th Birthday Party, April 22, 1966, at the Hamilton Club. Guests identified are: standing, left to right: Don Reidenbaugh, ?, Albert B. Wohlsen, R. Harcourt Darmstaetter, Judge Paul Mueller, Jr., Clair McCollough, Milton Ranck, Chauncy Boyd Heath, Gilbert Lyons, Leigh Helm, Dr. S. G. Pontius. Seated, left to right: Henry Warren, Joseph Wissler, Walter Fraim, John Mueller, Lewis B. Sprecher, Robert Waddell.
Lancaster High School students. Names listed on back of photo: Arthur H. Bell; Walter E. Barr; Harry C. Bolenius; Ralph W. Coho; George W. Cornelius; Harold F. Diffenderfer; Charles W. Diller; Leon D. Dodge; William W. Eichler; James R. Elliott; Frederick Gasser; Ernest W. Haverstick; Eugene A. Heim; John P. Herr; William Hook; Guy H. Killian; William H. Kready; George E. Kuhlman; Walter S. Mellinger; Peter Mohr; Donald G. McCaskey; Robert Bruce McGaw; Harry P. Nolty; William P. Ostermayer; George K. Reynolds; Oliver J. Smith; Clay Sprecher; Lewis B. Sprecher; Harry A. Stauffer; Charles A. Steckman; and William H. Thompson. A number of female students are shown in the photo but their names are not listed. John P. McCaskey is seated at left in the front row.
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.
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.
