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Record, Judicial
https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/1b78025e-bb95-46d2-8ec6-989448991430
Collection
Quarter Sessions
Title
Quarter Sessions
Object ID
FEB 1792 F007 QS
Date Range
1792/02
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Quarter Sessions
Title
Quarter Sessions
System of Arrangement
Organized by Court of Quarter Sessions term.
Arranged by case number within each term.
Date Range
1792/02
Year
1792
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Storage Room
Archives West
People
McMeen, William
Subcategory
Documentary Artifact
Search Terms
Quarter Sessions
Overseers of the Poor
Little Britain Twp.
Londonderry Twp., Chester County
Order for removal
Object Name
Record, Judicial
Language
English
Condition
Fair
Object ID
FEB 1792 F007 QS
Additional Notes
Order of removal to Overseers of the Poor of Little Britain Twp. from the Overseers of the Poor of Londonderry Twp., Chester County.
1 item, 1 piece
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https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/13dd43c5-44e4-4448-a918-255222318071
Collection
Quarter Sessions
Title
Quarter Sessions
Object ID
FEB 1794 F006 QS
Date Range
1794/02
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Quarter Sessions
Title
Quarter Sessions
System of Arrangement
Organized by Court of Quarter Sessions term.
Arranged by case number within each term.
Date Range
1794/02
Year
1794
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Storage Room
Archives West
Subcategory
Documentary Artifact
Search Terms
Quarter Sessions
Overseers of the Poor
Lampeter Twp.
West Caln Twp., Chester County
Object Name
Record, Judicial
Language
English
Condition
Fair
Object ID
FEB 1794 F006 QS
Additional Notes
Expenses of maintaining paupers between the Overseers of the Poor of Lampeter Twp. and the Overseers of the Poor of Westcaln in Chester County.
1 item, 1 piece
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https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/d90dba9b-0423-4b4f-8d64-325615102925
Collection
Quarter Sessions
Title
Quarter Sessions
Object ID
NOV 1819 F011 QS
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Quarter Sessions
Title
Quarter Sessions
System of Arrangement
Organized by Court of Quarter Sessions term.
Arranged by case number within each term.
Year
1819
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
People
Rodgers, John
Subcategory
Documentary Artifact
Search Terms
Quarter Sessions
Orders
Chester County, Pennsylvania
Object Name
Record, Judicial
Language
English
Condition
Fair
Object ID
NOV 1819 F011 QS
Additional Notes
Order of the court that defendant be taken to court in Chester County.
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https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/43af826e-09cc-4851-a826-276303471340
Collection
Quarter Sessions
Title
Quarter Sessions
Object ID
NOV 1801 F013 QS
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Quarter Sessions
Title
Quarter Sessions
System of Arrangement
Organized by Court of Quarter Sessions term.
Arranged by case number within each term.
Year
1801
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
People
Dunlap, Robert
Sterrett, Marjary
Wallace, John
Glasgow, Samuel
Allison, Francis
Meharry, Samuel
Subcategory
Documentary Artifact
Search Terms
Quarter Sessions
Recognizance
Charge: assault with intent to ravish
West Chester, Chester County
Object Name
Record, Judicial
Language
English
Condition
Fair
Object ID
NOV 1801 F013 QS
Additional Notes
Recognizance, charged with assault with attempt to ravish Marjary Sterrett.
Case from West Chester, Chester County.
Additional names: John Wallace, Samuel Glasgow, Francis Allison, Samuel Meharry.
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https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/9ca37723-4a18-4f2e-98cb-218712942310
Collection
Quarter Sessions
Title
Quarter Sessions
Object ID
DEC 1801 F002 QS
Date Range
1801/12
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Collection
Quarter Sessions
Title
Quarter Sessions
System of Arrangement
Organized by Court of Quarter Sessions term.
Arranged by case number within each term.
Date Range
1801/12
Year
1801
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Storage Room
Archives West
People
Adams, Richard
Clark, Elizabeth
Clark, Samuel
Fisher, George
Clendenin, James
Subcategory
Documentary Artifact
Search Terms
Quarter Sessions
Recognizance
Charge: threatening a person
Cecil County, Maryland
Chester County, Pennsylvania
Place
Cecil County, Maryland
Object Name
Record, Judicial
Language
English
Condition
Fair
Object ID
DEC 1801 F002 QS
Additional Notes
Recognizance, charged with threatening Elizabeth Clark, wife of Samuel Clark of Chester County.
Additional names: George Fisher, James Clendenin.
1 item, 1 piece
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https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/c97d09e8-8627-4eff-b822-052953443498
Collection
Quarter Sessions
Title
Quarter Sessions
Object ID
DEC 1801 F003 QS
Date Range
1801/12
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Collection
Quarter Sessions
Title
Quarter Sessions
System of Arrangement
Organized by Court of Quarter Sessions term.
Arranged by case number within each term.
Date Range
1801/12
Year
1801
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Storage Room
Archives West
People
Adams, Richard
Clark, Samuel
Fisher, George
Clendenin, James
Subcategory
Documentary Artifact
Search Terms
Quarter Sessions
Recognizance
Charge: threatening a person
Cecil County, Maryland
Chester County, Pennsylvania
Place
Cecil County, Maryland
Object Name
Record, Judicial
Language
English
Condition
Fair
Object ID
DEC 1801 F003 QS
Additional Notes
Recognizance, charged with threatening Samuel Clark of Chester County.
Additional names: George Fisher, James Clendenin.
1 item, 1 piece
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https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/5f593007-9fc1-4a08-a738-913960293216
Collection
Quarter Sessions
Title
Quarter Sessions
Object ID
MAY 1805 F011 QS
Date Range
1805/05
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Quarter Sessions
Title
Quarter Sessions
System of Arrangement
Organized by Court of Quarter Sessions term.
Arranged by case number within each term.
Date Range
1805/05
Year
1805
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Storage Room
Archives West
People
McHarry, Samuel
Patterson, William
Lefever, Samuel
Subcategory
Documentary Artifact
Search Terms
Quarter Sessions
Recognizance
Charge: assault and battery
West Chester, Chester County
Object Name
Record, Judicial
Language
English
Condition
Fair
Object ID
MAY 1805 F011 QS
Additional Notes
Copy of a recognizance from West Chester, Chester County.
Defendant charged with assault and battery on William Patterson.
Additional name: Samuel Lefever.
1 item, 1 piece
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https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/597f1d2d-d074-4f62-ace1-764041374191
Collection
Quarter Sessions
Title
Quarter Sessions
Object ID
AUG 1806 F026 QS
Date Range
1806/08
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Quarter Sessions
Title
Quarter Sessions
System of Arrangement
Organized by Court of Quarter Sessions term.
Arranged by case number within each term.
Date Range
1806/08
Year
1806
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Storage Room
Archives West
People
Dickson, William
Davis, Methuselah
Kirkpatrick, William
Subcategory
Documentary Artifact
Search Terms
Quarter Sessions
Recognizance
Charge: libel
Chester County, Pennsylvania
Printers
Newspapers
Object Name
Record, Judicial
Language
English
Condition
Fair
Object ID
AUG 1806 F026 QS
Additional Notes
Occupation: Printer of the Intellinger and Weekly Advertiser.
Recognizance, charged with libel by Methuselah Davis, Representative of Chester County, Pennsylvania State Legislature.
Additional name: William Kirkpatrick.
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https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/d7e18609-fe78-4238-a430-871507209520
Collection
Quarter Sessions
Title
Quarter Sessions
Object ID
AUG 1807 F021 QS
Date Range
1807/08
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Quarter Sessions
Title
Quarter Sessions
System of Arrangement
Organized by Court of Quarter Sessions term.
Arranged by case number within each term.
Date Range
1807/08
Year
1807
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Storage Room
Archives West
People
Peltz, John
Maria, Elizabeth
Elizabeth Maria
Bevan, Davis
Subcategory
Documentary Artifact
Search Terms
Quarter Sessions
Warrants
Servants
Indentured servants
Chester County, Pennsylvania
Charge: enticement
Object Name
Record, Judicial
Language
English
Condition
Fair
Object ID
AUG 1807 F021 QS
Additional Notes
Copy of warrant, charged with enticing Elizabeth Maria, indented servant of Davis Bevan, Chester County.
1 item, 1 piece
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Classification
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https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/a17302d0-ebac-40bb-8c63-791500804737
Collection
Quarter Sessions
Title
Quarter Sessions
Object ID
AUG 1815 F009 QS
Date Range
1815/08
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Quarter Sessions
Title
Quarter Sessions
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Organized by Court of Quarter Sessions term.
Arranged by case number within each term.
Date Range
1815/08
Year
1815
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Storage Room
Archives West
People
Pearce, Erenius
Hollingsworth, Sally Ann
Subcategory
Documentary Artifact
Search Terms
Quarter Sessions
Recognizance
Charge: fornication and bastardy
Chester County, Pennsylvania
Hempfield Twp.
Place
Hempfield Twp.
Object Name
Record, Judicial
Language
English
Condition
Fair
Object ID
AUG 1815 F009 QS
Additional Notes
Recognizance, fornication and bastardy with Sally Ann Hollingsworth, of Pennsbury Twp., Chester County.
3 items, 3 pieces
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