Lancaster County Almshouse and Hospital Collection
Description
The Lancaster County Almshouse and Hospital Collection is comprised of accounts, registers, minutes, and other records kept by this county department. There are birth and death records, lists of inmates, supply and payroll books, and auditors' reports, and a scrapbook of Conestoga View.
Preferred Citation: Title or description of item, date (day, month, year), Lancaster County Almshouse and Hospital Collection (MG0277), Folder or Book #, LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.
Access Conditions / Restrictions
Restrictions are noted at the item level.
Copyright
Collection may not be photocopied. Please direct questions to Research Center Staff at research@lancasterhistory.org. Permission for reproduction and/or publication must be obtained in writing from LancasterHistory.
Credit
Courtesy of LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.
Classification
MG0277
Description Level
Fonds
Custodial History
Most of the items in this collection are part of the Lancaster County Government Records, RG 08-12. They were transferred into MG-277 in 1999 during the planning of the Almshouse and Hospital exhibition. Other items are on loan from the Edward Hand Medical Heritage Foundation or were collected by LancasterHistory.
Located on the New Holland turnpike, nine miles fro Lancaster, four miles from New Holland, and four and half miles from Enterprise, at the railroad where a new laid out public road in the direction of Enterprise comes to or on said turnpike.
Petition not granted.
April term.
Signers of petition: William Weidman, Reuben Weidler, A. S. Bare, Benjamin Landis, Jacob Johns, Henry Garber, Samuel J. Johns, Henry Weidman, Jacob Holl, Mark Connell Jr., Michael Roland, Isaac C. Weidler, Jacob Weidman, N. F. Sheaffer.
1 item, 1 piece
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Signers of petition: [ ] Garber, Joseph Wenger, [signature in German], Henry Good, Henry Burckhart, Emanuel L. Landis, Samuel S. Rutter, George Murr, B. Owen, Daniel [Slur], Abraham Martin, Absolom Mellinger, [signature in German], [signature in German], Samuel Martin, Hugh Montgomery.
1 item, 1 piece
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Located on the road leading from Vogansville to the Bird-in-Hand, on the railroad.
April term.
Signers of petition: John Bushong, George Yound, Jacob G. Reiff, Allen Yundt, George Bear, [Grabill] Bare, Daniel Swope, Michael Bard, John Brubaker, Samuel Miller, Mark Connell Sr., Samuel Johns, Simpson Ruth, [J. Braff], Daniel Werntz, Samuel Holson, Henry Myers, Lears Harbill, John Conner, Diller Bare, Moore Connell.
1 item, 1 piece
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Signers of petition: Marks G. Wenger, William Weidman, Jacob Weidman, Henry Weidman, Andrew Bard, Emanuel Swope, Abraham Dindore, A. S. Bare, N. F. Shaeffer, George Bard, David Grube, Amos Batten, Israel Batten.
Receipt to keep a tavern.
3 items, 3 pieces
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Signers of Petition: Isaac Rudy, John Bare, Jacob Eby Jr., [John] Owen, James Black, Jacob Sheaffer, Martin Musser, Jacob Fink, Reuben Weidler, William Weidman, George Bard, Frederick Swope.
1 item, 1 piece
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Signers of Petition: Lewis Harbill, John Bare, Christian Wenger, Isaac Weidler, David Miaxel, Jacob Johns, Nathaniel Sheaffer, Levi Sheaffer, William McCollister, Martin Sheaffer, Isaac Groff, Samuel Cowan, Peter Kling.
1 Item, 1 Piece
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Signers of Petition: William Weidman, Reuben Weidler, Michael Bender, George Bard, Isaac C. Weidler, Henry Noon, Lewis [Carbill], John Parmer, Samuel Cowan, [William] B. Griffith, John Bare, Jacob Sheaffer.
1 item, 1 piece
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Signers of Petition: Isaac Rudy, John Bare, John E. Groff, Joseph Myer, Frederick Swope, Michael Johns, John Bare, Benjamin Landis [William P. Michael], David Miexel, Lewis Sheaffer, George Heller, Jacob Bredy.
1 Item, 1 Piece
Access Conditions / Restrictions
Request at Reference Desk; photocopy made by staff member.
