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Documents

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/e26ca9d4-41e9-4656-8938-969089017364
Collection
Commissioners' Orders for Payment
Title
Commissioners' order for payment
Object ID
CommOrder 1827 #284
Date Range
1827
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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 Range
1827
Date of Accumulation
1810-1901
Creator
County Commissioners
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Storage Container
Box 0007
People
Burges, Samuel
Evans, Perry
Fleming, Elizabeth
Fleming, Maria
Mast, John
Quash, John
Ray, John
Subcategory
Documentary Artifact
Search Terms
Caernarvon Twp.
Poor children
Teachers
Commissioners' Orders for Payment
Place
Caernarvon Twp.
Extent
70 boxes (35 cubic tabard.)
Object Name
Documents
Language
English
Condition
Fair
Condition Date
2008-03-25
Object ID
CommOrder 1827 #284
Box Number
007
Notes
Entered into Q & A 1993/12/17.
Additional Notes
Poor children.
Burges, Samuel.
Evans, Perry.
Fleming, Elizabeth.
Fleming, Maria.
Mast, John. Teacher.
Quash, John.
Ray, John.
1 item. 1 piece.
Access Conditions / Restrictions
Request at research desk. Photocopy made by staff member.
Classification
RG 08-01 0510
Description Level
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Indictment

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Collection
Indictments
Title
Indictments
Object ID
AUG 1855 F118
Date Range
1855/08
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Collection
Indictments
Title
Indictments
System of Arrangement
Organized by Court of Quarter Sessions term.
Arranged by case number within each term.
Date Range
1855/08
Year
1855
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Storage Room
Archives West
People
Mast, John
Subcategory
Documentary Artifact
Object Name
Indictment
Language
English
Condition
Fair
Parent Object ID
INDICTMENTS
Object ID
AUG 1855 F118
Additional Notes
Keeping an eating house without license.
Keeping a beer house without license.
1 item, 1 piece
Access Conditions / Restrictions
Request at Reference Desk; photocopy made by staff member.
Case Number
78.000
Classification
RG 02-00 0933
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John Pearson's description of Lancaster and Columbia in 1801

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Author
Mast, John H.
Date of Publication
1957.
of 1801.* University of Pittsburgh JAMES H. MAST * John Pearson did not date these notes. After annotating the descriptions it appears certain that they were written during the first session of the Senate that he attended in Lancaser. To be exact, the latter part of the description of Lancaster had
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Responsibility
by John H. Mast.
Author
Mast, John H.
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Lancaster County Historical Society,
Date of Publication
1957.
Physical Description
[49]-61 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Series
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 61, no. 2
Summary
John Pearson's observations of Lancaster came about when he came to Lancaster, the state capital at the time, as a state senator representing Philadelphia city and County and Delaware County.
Subjects
Pearson, John, - 1740-1829.
Lancaster (Pa.) - History - 19th century.
Columbia (Pa.) - History - 19th century.
Contained In
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 61, number 2 (1957), p. 49-61Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.61
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Print, Photographic

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/224cc4b5-ba5e-442c-82eb-644264583749
Collection
Brown Family Photograph Collection
Object ID
BF-01-04-01
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Object Name
Print, Photographic
Collection
Brown Family Photograph Collection
Description
Class photograph of Simmonstown School, 1937 - 1938. Bottom Row: Lester Hoover, Junior Raum (McDonald), Lester Swartzentruber, Arthur Kennel, John Mast, Everett Walker, Joseph Davis, Earl Swartzentruber. Second row: Malcolm Davis, Kenneth Hoover, Arthur Riley, John Buchanan, [?] Smoker, Ada Stoltzfus, Salinda Kennel, Leo Swartzentruber, Billy Walker, Henry Ammon, Naomi Kennel. Third Row: Arlene Bewley, Viola London, John London, Sarah Mast, Mary Jane Walker, Sarah Smoker, Mary Baughman, Arlene Walker, [?], Leah Kennel. Fourth Row: Lester Blank, Earl Baughman, Herbert Walker, Calvin Hershey, Haines Walker, Miss Alice E. Brown, Thomas Buchanan, Madeline Hershey, James Buchanan, Arlene Berkey.
Year Range From
1937
Year Range To
1938
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
People
Ammon, Naomi
Baughman, Earl
Baughman, Mary
Berkey, Arlene
Bewley, Arlene
Blank, Lester
Brown, Alice
Buchanan, James
Buchanan, John
Buchanan, Thomas
Davis, Joseph
Davis, Malcom
Hershey, Calvin
Hershey, Madeline
Hoover, Kenneth
Hoover, Lester
Kennel, Arthur
Kennel, Leah
Kennel, Salinda
London, John
London, Viola
Mast, John
Mast, Sarah
Raum, Junior (McDonald)
Riley, Arthur
Smoke, Sarah
Stoltzfus, Ada
Swartzentruber, Earl
Swartzentruber, Leo
Walker, Arlene
Walker, Billy
Walker, Everett
Walker, Haines
Walker, Herbert
Subcategory
Documentary Artifact
Search Terms
Class pictures
Simmonstown School
Students
Place
Sadsbury Twp.
Object Name
Print, Photographic
Object ID
BF-01-04-01
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Print, Photographic

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Collection
Brown Family Photograph Collection
Title
Class photo Simmonstown School
Object ID
BF-01-04-02
Date Range
September 1939
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Object Name
Print, Photographic
Collection
Brown Family Photograph Collection
Title
Class photo Simmonstown School
Description
Class photo Simmonstown School September 1939:
Bottom row: Dorothy Thompson, Sidnie Ann Walker, Sherlyn Wise, Sara Ann Swartzetruber, Betty Blank, Mary Ellen Swartzentruber, Ruth Blank, Mary Blank, Chester Hoover, Leo Swartzentruber. Second row: Lester Hoover, Wesley Hershey, Leonard Kendall, Matrtha Mast, Henry Ammon, Richard Clark, Nevin McClure. Third row: Arthur Kennel, John Mast, Evelyn McClure, Patsy McClure, Everett Walker, Raymond Thompson, Phoebe Walker. Fourth Row: Arlene Walker, Mary Jane Walker, Mary Fisher, Lester Blank, Kenneth Clark, Arlene Berkey. Fifth row: Kenneth Hoover, Sarah Mast, Viola London, Freda Thompson, Miss Alice Brown, Dorris Ellis, Salinda Kennel, Madeline Hershey, Floyd Thompson.
Date Range
September 1939
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
People
Ammon, Henry
Berkey, Arlene
Blank, Betty
Blank, Lester
Blank, Mary
Blank, Ruth
Brown, Alice
Clark, Kenneth
Clark, Richard
Ellis, Dorris
Fisher, Mary
Hershey, Madeline
Hershey, Wesley
Hoover, Chester
Hoover, Kenneth
Hoover, Lester
Kennel , Arthur
Kennel, Leonard
Kennel, Salinda
London, Viola
Mast, John
Mast, Martha
Mast, Sara
McClure, Evelyn
McClure, Nevin
McClure, Patsy
Swartzentruber, Leo
Swartzentruber, Mary Ellen
Swartzentruber, Sara Ann
Thompson, Dorothy
Thompson, Floyd
Thompson, Freda
Thompson, Raymond
Walker, Arlene
Walker, Everett
Walker, Mary Jane
Walker, Phoebe
Walker, Sidnie Ann
Wise, Sherlyn
Subcategory
Documentary Artifact
Search Terms
Simmonstown School
Schools
Students
Teachers
Place
Sadsbury Twp.
Object Name
Print, Photographic
Print Size
8 x 10 inches
Object ID
BF-01-04-02
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Probate

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Collection
Renunciations
Title
Renunciations
Object ID
Ren 1883 F085
Date Range
1883
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Collection
Renunciations
Title
Renunciations
Description
Renunciations are papers filed in the Orphans' Court by executors of an estate who do not wish to administer that estate. They show the name of the decedent, the decedent's place of residence, the name of the person renouncing administration, the name of the replacement administrator to be appointed, and date. The relationship between the decedent, the executor, and the administrator is usually shown. Arranged chronologically and then alphabetically within each year.
System of Arrangement
Arranged chronologically and then alphabetically within each year.
Date Range
1883
Date of Accumulation
1762-1820, 1821-1842, 1880-1906
Year
1883
Creator
Register of Wills
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Storage Container
Box 0013
People
Wilson, Joseph
Mast, John P.
Wilson, Mary
Wilson, J. H.
Subcategory
Documentary Artifact
Search Terms
Renunciation
Caernarvon Twp.
Place
Caernarvon Twp.
Extent
12 cubic feet
Object Name
Probate
Language
English
Condition
Fair
Object ID
Ren 1883 F085
Box Number
013
Associated Material
Administrators Accounts
Miscellaneous Orphans' Court Papers
Additional Notes
Renouncer: Wilson, Mary.
Administrators: Mast, John P.; Wilson, J. H.
1 item, 1 piece
Access Conditions / Restrictions
Restricted use of original. A photocopy will be made for patron use.
Classification
RG 03-00 0115
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Probate

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Collection
Renunciations
Title
Renunciations
Object ID
Ren 1874 F012
Date Range
1874
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Collection
Renunciations
Title
Renunciations
Description
Renunciations are papers filed in the Orphans' Court by executors of an estate who do not wish to administer that estate. They show the name of the decedent, the decedent's place of residence, the name of the person renouncing administration, the name of the replacement administrator to be appointed, and date. The relationship between the decedent, the executor, and the administrator is usually shown. Arranged chronologically and then alphabetically within each year.
System of Arrangement
Arranged chronologically and then alphabetically within each year.
Date Range
1874
Date of Accumulation
1762-1820, 1821-1842, 1880-1906
Year
1874
Creator
Register of Wills
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Storage Container
Box 0010
People
Byler, Jacob
Byler, Bina
Mast, John P.
Subcategory
Documentary Artifact
Search Terms
Renunciation
Caernarvon Twp.
Place
Caernarvon Twp.
Extent
12 cubic feet
Object Name
Probate
Language
English
Condition
Fair
Object ID
Ren 1874 F012
Box Number
010
Associated Material
Administrators Accounts
Miscellaneous Orphans' Court Papers
Additional Notes
Renouncer: Byler, Bina.
Administrator: Mast, John P.
1 item, 1 piece
Access Conditions / Restrictions
Restricted use of original. A photocopy will be made for patron use.
Classification
RG 03-00 0115
Description Level
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Statement, Financial

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Collection
Administrators Accounts
Title
Administrators Accounts
Object ID
AdAcct 1870 F006 M
Date Range
1870
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Collection
Administrators Accounts
Title
Administrators Accounts
System of Arrangement
Arranged alphabetically by year.
Date Range
1870
Year
1870
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Storage Room
Archives West
Storage Container
Box 0268
People
Mast, Stephen
Mast, Isaac
Mast, John M.
Mast, Amos M.
Subcategory
Documentary Artifact
Place
Caernarvon Twp.
Object Name
Statement, Financial
Language
English
Condition
Fair
Object ID
AdAcct 1870 F006 M
Box Number
268
Additional Notes
Mast, Issac; Mast, John M.; Mast, Amos M. Executors.
2 items, 3 pieces
Access Conditions / Restrictions
Request at Reference Desk; photocopy made by staff member.
Classification
RG 04-00 0150
Description Level
Item
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Statement, Financial

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Collection
Administrators Accounts
Title
Administrators Accounts
Object ID
AdAcct 1884 F025 W
Date Range
1884
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Collection
Administrators Accounts
Title
Administrators Accounts
System of Arrangement
Arranged alphabetically by year.
Date Range
1884
Year
1884
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Storage Room
Archives West
Storage Container
Box 0429
People
Wilson, Joseph
Mast, John P.
Wilson, J. H.
Subcategory
Documentary Artifact
Place
Caernarvon Twp.
Object Name
Statement, Financial
Language
English
Condition
Fair
Object ID
AdAcct 1884 F025 W
Box Number
429
Additional Notes
Mast, John P.; Wilson, J. H. Administrators.
2 items, 2 pieces
Access Conditions / Restrictions
Request at Reference Desk; photocopy made by staff member.
Classification
RG 04-00 0150
Description Level
Item
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Statement, Financial

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/3eb2d67f-fdb7-4a58-a98d-738254117854
Collection
Administrators Accounts
Title
Administrators Accounts
Object ID
AdAcct 1888 F006 M
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Collection
Administrators Accounts
Title
Administrators Accounts
System of Arrangement
Arranged alphabetically by year.
Year
1888
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Storage Container
Box 0279
People
Mast, David
Mast, John P.
Stoltzfus, Emma
Subcategory
Documentary Artifact
Place
Caernarvon Twp.
Object Name
Statement, Financial
Language
English
Condition
Fair
Object ID
AdAcct 1888 F006 M
Box Number
279
Additional Notes
Mast, John P. Guardian of Emma Stoltzfus.
2 items, 2 pieces.
Access Conditions / Restrictions
Request at Reference Desk; photocopy made by staff member.
Classification
RG 04-00 0150
Description Level
Item
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