Information files are created for specific subjects that are associated with Lancaster County, e.g. "Rebman's scrap pile", "Ten-hour house". The files contain newspaper and magazine articles about the subject.
Outdoor relief seems to be some sort of welfare program. In the second volume, 1898-1937, there is a field "Cause of Destitution". At the top of the pages, there is printed "Outdoor Relief granted by the Directors of the Poor of Lancaster Co."
"Outdoor relief granted by the Directors of the Poor. Includes records of the Columbia Outdoor Relief, patient lists for Allentown, Norristown and Harrisburg State Hospitals, Selinsgrove, Polk and Pennhurst State Schools, Evelyn Training School, and the Pennsylvania Children's Aid Society, and a list of quarantined families."
Two volumes: 1885-1893 (includes index) & 1898-1937 (no index). Arranged by date and district.
See the Lancaster County Almshouse and Hospital Collection, MG-277, for similar records.
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.
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Prisons.
List of vagrants, dissolute and suspicious persons 1827--1828.
Lightner, Nathaniel. Mayor of Lancaster.
Warter, Peter
Newlet, Adam
White, Joseph
McPhann, William
Norris, Michael
Morris, Samuel
Barre, Isaac
Green, Barney
Anthony, Will
Richey, William
Baile, Jonathan
Baile, Rebecca
Gibbons, Thomas
Bower, Philip
Hutcheson, James
Ebrison, Abraham
M'Lany, John
Walker, Thomas
McDonald, Charles
Bile, Henry
Meyer, Anthony
Claman, James
Brown, Jacob
O'Donald, Nancy
Stasa, John
Sam. African American.
Bolias, Henry
Rancour, John
Isenberger, Gabriel
German, Peter
Porter, Matthew
McLaney, John
Stempney, Peter
Star, Job
McCarn, John
Dresmond, William
King, John
Forter, WIlliam
Meloy, Techele
Foust, Catharine
Dorsh, Betsy
Thompson, James
Fergeson, Matthew
Wills, John
Basley, John
McKitrick, Patrick
Jackson, George
Lewis, Henry
Logan, James
Sheffield, Thomas
Sarting, Richard
Stephens, Elias
Wady, Nancy
Fury, Edward
Brad, Fanny
Jones, Isaac
Clare, Richard
Loehrance, Mary
Cromwell, John
Wood, Peter
Sharp, Thomas\
Sharp, Maria
Standerford, Thomas
Davis, Alexander
Sydney, Mary
Dorsh, Elizabeth
Burns, Elizabeth
Steigerwalt, Michael
Kenny, Barton
Steward, Mary
Biddle, Benjamin
Slaughter, John
Foust, Jacob
Rinehart, Mary
Miller, Mary
Weedle, Adam
Fips, Samuel
Snyder, Mary
Fist, Catharine
Watt, Jane
Albright, George
Thomas, WIlliam
Neal, David
Casabar, Joseph
Noble, Catharine
Cowhick, Fanny
Cowhick, Dennis
Campbell, Alexander
West, James
Cadron, Peter
Campbell, Jefferson
Lynch, Hannah
Johnson, Samuel
Lochraine, James
Casey, Charles
Gittinger, Abraham
Ward, Michael
Clair, Richard
Lawrence, Joseph
Kelly, Timothy
Adams, Charlotte
Davis, Sanford
Cambell, David
Remick, Harriet
Jacobs, Benjamin
Butt, Matty
Basler, Joseph
Musketnuss, Susan
Dettel, Mary
Johnstonson, Henry
Whipper, Sarah
Sharp, Henry
Branum, Artheur
Curran, John
Green, Abner
Hetz, Philip
Steward, William
Thompson, Margaret
Moyers, Joseph
Jefferies, Mary
Whipper, Sally
Meeler, Jacob
Chaney, William
Roof, Fanny
Cacky, Mary
Gibbons, Sophia
Richardson, Betsy
Hickman, Sally
Will, John
Lambert, Peter
Frankford, Sally
Tripple, Catharine
Brown, Mary
Bush, John
Casgrove, John
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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.
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.
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.
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.
