Signers of petition: [unknown signature], John Kautz, Jacob Miller, Jacob Ehrisman, John Brock, George Hitzelberger, James Benson, Ephraim Zellers, [signature in German], John Hess, Jacob [Glezog], John Zellers, [signature in German].
Petition to sell liquor by the gallon.
2 items, 2 pieces
Access Conditions / Restrictions
Request at Reference Desk; photocopy made by staff member.
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.
