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.
Located adjoining on the east, property of Mr. James Stackhouse, on the west an alley, on the south Front Street, and the Pennsylvania Canal running immediately alongside.
Formerly kept by John Heckrotte, subsequently by Col. Nathaniel Latchem.
Petition not granted.
April term.
Signers of Petition: Henry Sandoe, Bayard Grosh, David Cassel Jr., Peter Keesey, John Auxer, J. Grosh, Robert King, Samuel Hopkins, Richard Hickie, Isaac Reinhart, Z. Hipple, John McBride, Jacob Graybill, Jacob Glatz, H. B. Shaffner, H. Spiese, Abraham Cassel, Frederick Frank, John M. Whitehill, David Spiese.
1 item, 1 piece
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Signers of Petition: George Ferree, [ ] Nagle, John Clements, Frederick Franck, C. Imhoff, John Jay Libhart, Jacob Glatz, Jacob Graybill, Samuel McKinney, Abraham Cassel, F. Wilson, John Paules, Robert King, James Stackhouse.
1 item, 1 piece
Access Conditions / Restrictions
Request at Reference Desk; photocopy made by staff member.