Documents relating to the county courthouse in Lancaster. Consists mostly of proposals and bids for the construction in 1852. Also included are booklets, newspaper clippings from additional construction in the 1970s, court calendars and original affidavits of witness testimony in the investigation of the burning of the courthouse in 1784.
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"Reprinted under the auspices of the Hamilton Library Association - Historical Department: (p. 1.)
Bound with : Newspaper history of Carlisle and Cumberland County, Pennsylvania / by Charles H. Leeds ; War history : operations of the Union Cavalry on the peninsula, in which some Cumberland County soldiers took part / by William E. Miller ; Moral force vs. conquest and subjugation / by Thomas Sharp ; New Castle in a new world / by Irwin Mahon ; Local history : agricultural society in its infancy / by Helen Tritt ; John Price Durbin : first Methodist president of Dickinson College, Carlisle / by O. B. Super ; Local history : the York, Dillsburg and Greencastle Railroad / by Quitman P. Ahl ; Some Cumberland County physicians of forty years ago / by Israel H. Bentz ; Historical : the study of the Bible, the basics of the Declaration of Independence and the civil and religious liberty provided for in the Constitution of the United States/ by Richard W. Woods ; Birth and part history of the American flag / by Irwin Mahon; Local history : events in the vicinity of Philadelphia participated in by the Scotch Irish in the latter part ofthe year 1777, also a brief account of Braddock's defeat in French and Indian War, 1755 / by Thomas Sharp ; Forty years in the wilderness : a sermon delivered in the second Presbyterian Church, Carlisle, Pennsylvania on his fortieth anniversary, January 3, 1909 / by George Norcross ; In memoriam : Charles Lytle Lamberton / by James M. Lamberton ; White man's way : illustrated talks on scientific subjects to "Indian Chiefs" on their visits to the Carlisle Indian School / by Charles F. Himes; Discovery of coal in northeastern Pennsylvania and life in the mining region / by Emeline D. T. Bedford ; St. Clair's defeat / by Margaret Fleming Murray ; Hon. Frederick Watts / by I. Thornton Osmond ; Civil war times in Carlisle / by Lenore Embick Flower ; annual report to the Hamilton Library Association of Carlisle, Pa...[1902, 1903, 1905-1908, 1910] : Report of the president to the Hamilton Library Association of Carlisle, Pennsylvania...[1911, 1912, 1915-1917, 1919] ; Local history: the Pennsylvania Archives as they apply to Cumberland County / by James Evelyn Pilcher.
Inkwell made of blown glass encased in square block constructed of 3 laminated layers of cork. Paper pasted onto entire underside of stand reads, "Presented to the Lancaster County Hist. Scty. by Miss Ida V. Lipp. This Inkstand was used by William Lechler in the old Courthouse which stood in "Center Square," Lancaster, Pa."
removed pressure adhesive label "29.37" upon cataloging. Ink residue in glass container. Top and sides dark with ink. Sides and corners worn.
Object ID
1925.037
Notes
It is presumed that William Lechler served in some official capacity in the Old City Hall. Unable to make positive identification through research by volunteer Greg Ziegler, 26 Oct 2017. There is more than one William Lechler. Various items found are:
- "Mr. J. William Lechler of (Lancaster) city" married Harriet H. Boyer. (Intel. Journal, 11 Apr
1866.
- Paid as juror serving in Court of Common Pleas on 16 Oct 1865 (Intel. Journal 4 Oct 1865)
- Paid as constable in 1822.
- Paid as petit or grand juror in 1823.
- Estate inventory 1902, Lanc. (b. 1826)
- There is a tailor in the 1882 City Directory
- There is a cooper who died 1830 in Lanc. City.
Find A Grave has:
- William Lechler b. 8 Sept 1806 d. 9 May 1881 buried in Lancaster Cemetery, plot 728.
- William Lechler b. 1826 d. 1902. Wife is Charlotte. Buried Woodward Hill Cemetery in
