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Collection
Lancaster Law and Order Society Collection
Title
Lancaster Law and Order Society Collection
Object ID
MG0062
Date Range
1868-1972
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Collection
Lancaster Law and Order Society Collection
Title
Lancaster Law and Order Society Collection
Description
Records of an organization founded by business and church leaders to overthrow commercialized vice in Lancaster by sending agents into the community to check for prostitution, obscenity, drinking, and gambling. Collection includes by-laws, minutes, annual reports, treasurers' reports, agents' expenses, reports on findings, correspondence, newspaper clippings, 25 books of agents' on-duty reports, and investigative reports. The Rev. Clifford G. Twombly was identified with this movement, as was the late William H. Hager, department store merchant.
Date Range
1868-1972
Year Range From
1868
Year Range To
1972
Date of Accumulation
1868-1972
Creator
Law and Order Society (Lancaster, Pa.)
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Storage Room
Archives South
Storage Wall
Side 02
People
Betts, Peter J.
Hager, William Henderson
Twombly, Clifford Gray
Subjects
Business records
Crime
Gambling
Letters
Prostitution
Sex crimes
Sin
Search Terms
Business records
Clippings (Books, newspapers, etc.)
Correspondence
Crime
Gambling
Law and Order Society
Letters
Newspaper clippings
Prostitution
Reports
Sex crimes
Sin
Vice
Manuscript groups
Finding aids
Extent
8 box, 76 folders, 4.25 cubic ft.
Physical Characteristics
Note: Many of the items in this collection are in poor condition and fragile.
Object Name
Archive
Language
English
Condition
Poor
Condition Date
2021-02-09
Object ID
MG0062
Location of Originals
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania
Access Conditions / Restrictions
No restrictions at this time. However, many of the items in this collection are in poor condition and fragile.
Copyright
Collection may not be photocopied. Please direct questions to Research Center Staff at research@lancasterhistory.org.
Permission for reproduction and/or publication must be obtained in writing from LancasterHistory.
Credit
Courtesy of LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.
Other Numbers
MG-62
Classification
MG0062
Description Level
Fonds
Custodial History
This collection was processed prior to 1997. Added to database 28 September 2017.
Documents
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Collection
Quarter Sessions
Title
Quarter Sessions
Object ID
JAN 1870 F045 QS
Collection
Quarter Sessions
Title
Quarter Sessions
System of Arrangement
Organized by Court of Quarter Sessions term.
Arranged by case number within each term.
Year
1870
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
People
Pannebecker, Jesse Jr.
Search Terms
Quarter Sessions
Charge: gambling house
Object Name
Documents
Language
English
Condition
Fair
Object ID
JAN 1870 F045 QS
Additional Notes
Gambling house.
7 items, 7 pieces
Access Conditions / Restrictions
Request at Reference Desk; photocopy made by staff member.
Case Number
45.000
Classification
RG 02-00 0908
Description Level
Item
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Quarter Sessions
Title
Quarter Sessions
Object ID
NOV 1867 F044 QS
Collection
Quarter Sessions
Title
Quarter Sessions
System of Arrangement
Organized by Court of Quarter Sessions term.
Arranged by case number within each term.
Year
1867
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
People
Eshleman, John
Search Terms
Quarter Sessions
Charge: selling liquor without a license
Charge: selling liquor to minors
Charge: gambling house
Object Name
Documents
Language
English
Condition
Fair
Object ID
NOV 1867 F044 QS
Additional Notes
Selling liquor without a license; selling liquor to minors; gambling house.
Case numbers: 59, 60, 61, 65.
8 items, 4 pieces
Access Conditions / Restrictions
Request at Reference Desk; photocopy made by staff member.
Classification
RG 02-00 0908
Description Level
Item
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Quarter Sessions
Title
Quarter Sessions
Object ID
NOV 1868 F073 QS
Collection
Quarter Sessions
Title
Quarter Sessions
System of Arrangement
Organized by Court of Quarter Sessions term.
Arranged by case number within each term.
Year
1868
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
People
Petrow, John
Search Terms
Quarter Sessions
Charge: assault and battery
Charge: gambling house
Object Name
Documents
Language
English
Condition
Fair
Object ID
NOV 1868 F073 QS
Additional Notes
Assault and battery; gambling house.
Case numbers: 85, 88.
2 items, 2 pieces
Access Conditions / Restrictions
Request at Reference Desk; photocopy made by staff member.
Classification
RG 02-00 0908
Description Level
Item
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Collection
Quarter Sessions
Title
Quarter Sessions
Object ID
NOV 1866 F022 QS
Collection
Quarter Sessions
Title
Quarter Sessions
System of Arrangement
Organized by Court of Quarter Sessions term.
Arranged by case number within each term.
Year
1866
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
People
Franciscus, John
Search Terms
Quarter Sessions
Charge: assault and battery
Charge: gambling
Charge: selling beer to minors
Charge: selling beer on a Sunday
Object Name
Documents
Language
English
Condition
Fair
Object ID
NOV 1866 F022 QS
Additional Notes
Gambling; selling beer to minors; selling beer on Sunday; assault and battery.
Case numbers: 17, 18. 19, 45.
8 items, 4 pieces
Access Conditions / Restrictions
Request at Reference Desk; photocopy made by staff member.
Classification
RG 02-00 0908
Description Level
Item
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The gamesters law; wherein is treated, of unlawful games, and what are esteemed such in our law ... Of the power of the justices by the common and statute law in punishing offenders, and searching gaming-houses

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo21146
Date of Publication
1708.
Call Number
Book 446 1700
Place of Publication
London
Publisher
Printed for Arthur Collins ... and Sam. Butler ...
Date of Publication
1708.
Physical Description
[16], 120, [8] pages 17 cm
Notes
Jasper Yeates's Colonial Law Library.
Yeates's signature at top of title page with two struck former owners.
Book number 446 as assigned by Yeates.
Subjects
Gambling - Great Britain.
Gambling.
Great Britain.
Full blind-tooled leather (Binding)
Additional Author
Yeates, Jasper,
Location
Lancaster History Library - Yeates Collection
Call Number
Book 446 1700
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A history of sin and vice : Lancaster - the fallen angel

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo248
Author
Loose, John Ward Willson.
Date of Publication
1992.
at the amount of drunkenness in Lancaster. Dr. Twombley began poking into every corner of the city. He soon discovered prostitution was rampant, that young women and girls openly solicited sex on Lancaster streets and in the numerous dance halls. He found that gambling took place in many saloons and
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Responsibility
by John W.W. Loose.
Author
Loose, John Ward Willson.
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Lancaster County Historical Society,
Date of Publication
1992.
Physical Description
[105]-116 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Series
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v.94, no. 4
Subjects
Law and Order Society - Pennsylvania - Lancaster.
Sin - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
Gambling - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
Prostitution - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
Contained In
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 94, number 4 (1992), p. 105-116Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.94
Documents

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A history of the Lancaster Law and Order Society

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo608
Author
Betts, Peter J.,
Date of Publication
1965
in Lancaster, sixteen were saloons. At this time, 10,000 persons patronized gambling devices and 30% of the movies shown in the town were conducive to immo- rality.3 Around 1914, Lancaster, like many other cities in the United States of the time, allowed a great deal of readily available prosti
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Responsibility
by Peter J. Betts.
Author
Betts, Peter J.,
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Lancaster County Historical Society,
Date of Publication
1965
Physical Description
[216]-239 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Series
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 69, no. 4
Subjects
Twombley, Clifford J.
Spotts, Charles Dewey, - 1899-1974.
Law and Order Society - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
Sin - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
Gambling - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
Prostitution - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
Contained In
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 69, number 4 (1965), p. 216-239Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.69
Documents

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Collection
Indictments
Title
Indictments
Object ID
APR 1862 F004
Date Range
1862/04
Collection
Indictments
Title
Indictments
System of Arrangement
Organized by Court of Quarter Sessions term.
Arranged by case number within each term.
Date Range
1862/04
Year
1862
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
People
Weiler, Silas
Subcategory
Documentary Artifact
Search Terms
Charge: gambling house
Indictments
Object Name
Indictment
Language
English
Condition
Fair
Parent Object ID
INDICTMENTS
Object ID
APR 1862 F004
Additional Notes
Keeping a Gambling House.
1 item, 1 piece
Access Conditions / Restrictions
Request at Reference Desk; photocopy made by staff member.
Classification
RG 02-00 0933
Description Level
Item
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Collection
Indictments
Title
Indictments
Object ID
APR 1864 F029
Date Range
1864/04
Collection
Indictments
Title
Indictments
System of Arrangement
Organized by Court of Quarter Sessions term.
Arranged by case number within each term.
Date Range
1864/04
Year
1864
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
People
Groff, Francis B.
Subcategory
Documentary Artifact
Search Terms
Charge: gambling house
Indictments
Object Name
Indictment
Language
English
Condition
Fair
Parent Object ID
INDICTMENTS
Object ID
APR 1864 F029
Additional Notes
Gambling house.
1 item, 1 piece
Access Conditions / Restrictions
Request at Reference Desk; photocopy made by staff member.
Case Number
28.000
Classification
RG 02-00 0933
Description Level
Item
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