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Collection
Commissioners' Orders for Payment
Title
Commissioners' order for payment
Object ID
CommOrder 1822 #292
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 of Accumulation
1810-1901
Year
1822
Creator
County Commissioners
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Storage Room
Archives North
Storage Container
Box 0002
People
Lechler, John
Hood, Richard
McCoughlen, Robert
Miess, Samuel
Ryse, James
Nauman, David
Johnson, Thomas
Scott, John
Brown, William
Bard, Henry
Reinhard, John
Brown, Frederick
Venkennen, Jacob
Book, John
Edwards, Samuel
Wilson, William
Subcategory
Documentary Artifact
Search Terms
Lancaster
Prisons
Commissioners' Orders for Payment
Place
Lancaster
Extent
70 boxes (35 cubic ft.)
Object Name
Order for Payment
Language
English
Condition
Fair
Condition Date
2008-03-25
Object ID
CommOrder 1822 #292
Box Number
002
Notes
Entered into Q&A Aug 26, 2003.
Additional Notes
Prison.
Payment to city constables for costs involved in preserving the peace on the day preceding, day of and day following the execution of John Lechler.
The following disorderly and vagrant persons were apprehended, brought before the mayor and conveyed them to jail:
Hood, Richard.
McCoughlen, Robert.
Miess, Samuel.
Ryse, James.
Nauman, David.
Johnson, Thomas.
Scott, John.
Brown, William.
Bard, Henry.
Reinhard, John.
Brown, Frederick.
Venkennen, Jacob.
Book, John.
Edwards, Samuel.
Wilson, William.
1 item 1 piece.
Access Conditions / Restrictions
Request at research desk. Photocopy made by staff member.
Classification
RG 08-01 0510
Description Level
Item
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