Signers of petition: Henry Swirgood, P. Cassidy, Henry Hegener, George F. Rote, Philip Metzger, Peter Beir, George W. [Hamerly], A. M. Cassidy, Patrick Brady, Henry [Mishlar], [ ] Muhlenberg, George Wike.
1 item, 1 piece
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Signers of petition: Daniel A. Altick, Frederick Sener, Joseph F. Altick, Frank Stahl, G. H. Hartman, A. B. Kaufman, [ ] Ranninger, H. E. Muhlenberg, Henry C. Sehner, A. McGinnes, John Sehner, [B. F. Rauch].
Receipt to keep a tavern.
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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.
Newspaper photograph of the Merrimac House on North Prince Street. Later the Kindig House, its designation at the time this photo was taken in 1907. Wagon trains passing through the city once used it as a stopping place. Among its proprietors were Amos Funk, George Grossman, Joseph Sundheimer, and, for fourteen years, Ephraim W. Shue. The Arcade Market stood here later.
