Petitions from landowners to the Court of Common Pleas requesting an order to the sheriff to issue deeds for property purchased at the previous sheriff's land sales. Petitions show names of petitioner, former owner, and former sheriff; signature of petitioner; a brief description of the property; location; purchase price; and date. Arranged chronologically by year, then alphabetically by purchaser's name. Most are handwritten on printed forms.
System of Arrangement
Arranged chronologically by year, then alphabetically by purchaser's name.
Photograph of John H. Peifer Jr., Mary Vyner, and Joan K. Weidman
Description
John H. Peifer Jr., center, honored as a founder of the Lancaster Symphony Orchestra looks over a program from the orchestra's first concert with Mary Vyner, left, widow of Louis Vyner, founder-conductor of the orchestra, and Joan K. Weidman, daugher of the late Frederic Klein, another founder.
Provenance
Gift of the Penn Square Music Conservatory and the Lancaster Symphony Orchestra.
Photograph of Louis Vyner, John H, Peifer Jr., Frederic S. Klein, and Thomas Monaghan
Description
Pictured left to right are Louis Vyner, conductor of the Lancaster Symphony Orchestra; John H. Peifer Jr., Professor Frederic S. Klein, and Lancaster Mayor Thomas Monaghan at the Fulton Opera House commemorating the 25th anniversary of the Lancaster Symphony Orchestra.
Provenance
Gift of the Penn Square Music Conservatory and the Lancaster Symphony Orchestra.
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.
