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Collection
Commissioners' Orders for Payment
Title
Commissioners' order for payment
Object ID
CommOrder 1824 #165
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 Container
Box 0004
People
Rakestraw, Rachel
Bexter, Levi
Bexter, Luisa
Hart, Elisabeth
Lemon, Elisabeth J.
Mc Lincy, Catharina
Souders, Daniel
Souders, Ezra
Subcategory
Documentary Artifact
Search Terms
New Holland, Earl Twp.
Poor children
Teachers
Commissioners' Orders for Payment
Place
New Holland, Earl Twp.
Extent
70 boxes (35 cubic ft.)
Object Name
Order for Payment
Language
English
Condition
Fair
Condition Date
2008-03-25
Object ID
CommOrder 1824 #165
Box Number
004
Notes
Entered into Q & A 1994/02/01.
Additional Notes
Poor children.
Rakestraw, Rachel. Teacher.
Bexter, Levi.
Bexter, Luisa.
Hart, Elisabeth.
Lemon, Elisabeth J.
Mc Lincy, Catharina.
Souders, Daniel.
Souders, Ezra.
1 item 1 piece.
Access Conditions / Restrictions
Request at research desk. Photocopy made by staff member.
Classification
RG 08-01 0510
Description Level
Item
Less detail
Collection
Quarter Sessions
Title
Quarter Sessions
Object ID
MAY 1797 F002 QS
Date Range
1797/05
Collection
Quarter Sessions
Title
Quarter Sessions
System of Arrangement
Organized by Court of Quarter Sessions term.
Arranged by case number within each term.
Date Range
1797/05
Year
1797
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Storage Room
Archives West
People
Meixell, Jacob
Hart, Elisabeth
Meixell, Jacob Jr.
Meixell, John
Subcategory
Documentary Artifact
Search Terms
Quarter Sessions
Recognizance
Charge: fornication and bastardy
Leacock Twp.
Examinations
Place
Leacock Twp.
Object Name
Record, Judicial
Language
English
Condition
Fair
Object ID
MAY 1797 F002 QS
Additional Notes
Or Meixell, Jacob Jr.
Recognizance, charged with fornication and bastardy.
Examination of Elisabeth Hart.
Additional name: John Meixell.
4 items, 4 pieces
Access Conditions / Restrictions
Request at Reference Desk; photocopy made by staff member.
Classification
RG 02-00 0908
Description Level
Item
Less detail