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Collection
Mayor's Court
Title
Mayor's Court
Object ID
NOV 1831 F023 MC
Collection
Mayor's Court
Title
Mayor's Court
Admin/Biographical History
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.
Year
1831
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Storage Room
Archives North
Storage Container
Box 0009
People
Howard, Josiah
Subcategory
Documentary Artifact
Object Name
Record, Judicial
Language
English
Condition
Fair
Object ID
NOV 1831 F023 MC
Box Number
009
Additional Notes
Fornication and bastardy.
Mother of child: Rabit, Fanny.
1 item, 1 piece
Access Conditions / Restrictions
Request at Reference Desk; photocopy made by staff member.
Case Number
10.000
Classification
RG 99-00 [0101]
Description Level
Item
Less detail
Collection
Quarter Sessions
Title
Quarter Sessions
Object ID
NOV 1831 F002 QS
Collection
Quarter Sessions
Title
Quarter Sessions
System of Arrangement
Organized by Court of Quarter Sessions term.
Arranged by case number within each term.
Year
1831
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
People
Hoffman, David
Johnson, David
Wagner, David
Drake, Edward
McCumsey, Mathias
Kearns, Robert
Smith, Lewis
Jackson, William
Magee, Barnard
Flynn, Michael
Powell, James
Downs, William
Edwards, Franklin
Darling, Henry
McElroy, Henry
Sommers, John
Shaeffer, Daniel
Stormbach, George
Maxwell, Ben
Maxwell, Benjamin
Mentzer, George
Kelley, James
Franklin, Thomas
Curry, James
Flanagan, John
Beaumont, Crampton
Haldeman, William
Howard, Josiah
Yellets, Henry
Yellets, James
Subcategory
Documentary Artifact
Search Terms
Quarter Sessions
Prisoners
Prisons
Jails
Object Name
Record, Judicial
Language
English
Condition
Fair
Object ID
NOV 1831 F002 QS
Additional Notes
Jail calendar.
1 item, 1 piece
Access Conditions / Restrictions
Request at Reference Desk; photocopy made by staff member.
Classification
RG 02-00 0908
Description Level
Item
Less detail