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Collection
Commissioners' Orders for Payment
Title
Commissioners' order for payment
Object ID
CommOrder 1828 #025
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
Creator
County Commissioners
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Storage Container
Box 0008
People
Bryan, George
Subcategory
Documentary Artifact
Search Terms
Lancaster
Jails
Commissioners' Orders for Payment
Place
Lancaster
Extent
70 boxes (35 cubic tabard.)
Object Name
Documents
Language
English
Condition
Fair
Condition Date
2008-03-25
Object ID
CommOrder 1828 #025
Box Number
008
Notes
Entered into Q & A Jun 28, 2001.
Additional Notes
Prison.
Payment for one iron-bound wooden bucket for the jail.
Bryan, George.
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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Local history contained in the early quarter sessions' dockets

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo4184
Date of Publication
1922
Call Number
974.9 L245 v.26
Responsibility
compiled by a committee--read by Miss Martha M. Bowman.
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Lancaster County Historical Society,
Date of Publication
1922
Physical Description
81-85 p. ; 23 cm.
Series
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 26, no. 3
Subjects
Jails - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
Crime - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County
Punishment - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County
Quakers - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
Lancaster County (Pa.) - History - 17th century.
Additional Author
Bowman, Martha M.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Journal
Call Number
974.9 L245 v.26
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Collection
Commissioners' Orders for Payment
Title
Commissioners' order for payment 1831 #456
Object ID
CommOrder 1832 #255
Date Range
1832
Collection
Commissioners' Orders for Payment
Title
Commissioners' order for payment 1831 #456
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 Range
1832
Date of Accumulation
1810-1901
Creator
County Commissioners
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Storage Room
Archives North
Storage Container
Box 0012
People
Ehler, John
Search Terms
Clothing
Commissioners' Orders for Payment
Jails
Lancaster
Prisons
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 1832 #255
Box Number
012
Notes
Entered into Q&A Aug 30, 2001.
Additional Notes
Prisons.
Payment clothing for the jail.
Ehler, John.
1 item. 1 piece.
Access Conditions / Restrictions
Request at research desk. Photocopy made by staff member.
Classification
RG 08-01 0510
Description Level
Item
Less detail
Collection
Lancaster City and County Scenes Album
Object ID
A-34-01-40
  1 image  
Object Name
Print, Photographic
Collection
Lancaster City and County Scenes Album
Description
Lancaster County Prison
Year Range From
1898
Year Range To
1905
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Subcategory
Documentary Artifact
Search Terms
Prisons
Jails
East King Street
Place
Lancaster
Object Name
Print, Photographic
Print Size
5 x 7 inches
Object ID
A-34-01-40
Images
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