The Washington Fire Company Records contain the eleven articles and a list of members for the Washington Fire Company of Lancaster in 1820, a minute book for 1857-1879, constitution and by-laws printed in 1857, and an undated account sheet.
Admin/Biographical History
The Washington Fire Company was organized in 1820 at the home of John Landis. (Ellis and Evans, History of Lancaster County, pp. 389-390)
Preferred Citation: Title or description of item, date (day, month, year), Washington Fire Company Records (MG0521), Box #, Folder #, (or Object ID), LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania. URL if applicable. Date accessed (day, month, year).
Access Conditions / Restrictions
No restrictions.
Copyright
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Credit
Courtesy of LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania
Signers of petition: John P. Schaum, John Deaner, David Bair, Charles A. Heinitsh, Jacob Gable, James Coyle, J. Metzger, C. Widmyer, J. B. Kaufman, [ ] Amweg, Edward H. [Brown], James H. Barnes, Jacob King, William Gumpf.
Receipt to keep a tavern.
3 items, 3 pieces
Access Conditions / Restrictions
Request at Reference Desk; photocopy made by staff member.
Signers of petition for tavern: Balmer, Andrew; Coughenour, Joseph; Boring, John D.; Weller, Casper; Gerhard, W. I.; Ream, Andrew; Blickenderfer, H.; Lutz, Frederick; Miller, Harman; [Braun], John; Boyle, George L.; Meyer, W. H.; Meixell, Andrew B.
Receipt to keep tavern.
Approved.
April term.
3 items, 3 pieces
Access Conditions / Restrictions
Request at Reference Desk; photocopy made by staff member.
