Mary Lichty and Lizzie Lichty, daughters of Anthony Lichty and his wife Elizabeth Flick. Taken at the time of their first communion at St. Joesph's Catholic Church.
Provenance
Photographs from a photo album purchased by Patricia Rock in Beaufort, South Carolina. The families were from the Cabbage Hill neighborhood of the city of Lancaster.
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.