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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
Less detail
Collection
Quarter Sessions
Title
List of incarcerated persons
Object ID
APR 1828 F003 QS
Date Range
1828/04
Collection
Quarter Sessions
Title
List of incarcerated persons
Date Range
1828/04
Year
1828
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Storage Room
Archives West
People
Bacon, Joshua
Bacon, Nathan
Barton, Mary
Buckram, Joseph
Campbell, David
Clare, Richard
Criswell, Jacob
Jackson, Richard
Johnson, Charles
Johnson, Peggy
Keller, Daniel
McDonald, Ann
Mullen, Richard
Mumma, Lewis
Plumer, Robert L.
Smith, Mathias
Swigert, John
Subcategory
Documentary Artifact
Subjects
Prisoners
Search Terms
Incarcerated persons
Jails
Prisons
Quarter Sessions
Object Name
List
Language
English
Condition
Fair
Object ID
APR 1828 F003 QS
Location of Originals
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania
Additional Notes
List of prisoners.
1 item, 1 piece
Access Conditions / Restrictions
Request at Reference Desk; photocopy made by staff member.
Classification
RG 02-00 0908
Description Level
Item
Less detail
Collection
Quarter Sessions
Title
Quarter Sessions
Object ID
NOV 1801 F003 QS
Date Range
1801/11
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
1801/11
Year
1801
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
People
Anthony
Bryson, James
Cato
Dick, Alexander
Frank, John
Isaac
Killian, Susanah
Kurtz, Christian
Ludman, Jacob
McCausland, William
Newcomberb, Daniel
Ross, James
Veltneas, John
Wilmot, John
Subcategory
Documentary Artifact
Search Terms
Cumberland County, Pennsylvania
Enslaved persons
Jails
Lists of prisoners
Persons of color
Prisoners
Prisons
Quarter Sessions
Servants
Object Name
List
Language
English
Condition
Fair
Object ID
NOV 1801 F003 QS
Additional Notes
Calendar of prisoners.
Alexander Dick, felony.
Susanah Killian, suspicion of felony.
John Wilmot, felony.
Anthony (mulatto), felony.
John Frank, servant to William McCausland.
Cato (African-American), slave to James Ross.
Isaac (African-American), servant to James Bryson of Cumberland County.
Jacob Ludman, for abusing his wife.
John Veltnear, debtor.
Daniel Newcomber, debtor.
Christian Kurtz, debtor.
1 item, 1 piece
Access Conditions / Restrictions
Request at Reference Desk; photocopy made by staff member.
Classification
RG 02-00 0908
Description Level
Item
Less detail
Collection
General Collection
Object ID
1-10-01-27
Date Range
December 13, 1977
  1 image  
Object Name
Negative
Collection
General Collection
Description
Lancaster County Jail, exterior.
Date Range
December 13, 1977
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Subcategory
Documentary Artifact
Search Terms
Prisons
Jails
Place
Lancaster
Object Name
Negative
Print Size
2 x 3 inches
Object ID
1-10-01-27
Images
Less detail
Collection
General Collection
Object ID
1-10-01-28
Date Range
December 13, 1977
  1 image  
Object Name
Negative
Collection
General Collection
Description
Lancaster County Jail, exterior.
Date Range
December 13, 1977
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Subcategory
Documentary Artifact
Search Terms
Prisons
Jails
Place
Lancaster
Object Name
Negative
Print Size
2 x 3 inches
Object ID
1-10-01-28
Images
Less detail
Collection
General Collection
Object ID
1-10-01-29
Date Range
December 13, 1977
  1 image  
Object Name
Negative
Collection
General Collection
Description
Lancaster County Jail, exterior.
Date Range
December 13, 1977
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Subcategory
Documentary Artifact
Search Terms
Prisons
Jails
Place
Lancaster
Object Name
Negative
Print Size
2 x 3 inches
Object ID
1-10-01-29
Images
Less detail
Collection
General Collection
Object ID
1-10-01-30
Date Range
December 13, 1977
  1 image  
Object Name
Negative
Collection
General Collection
Description
Lancaster County Jail, exterior.
Date Range
December 13, 1977
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Subcategory
Documentary Artifact
Search Terms
Prisons
Jails
Place
Lancaster
Object Name
Negative
Print Size
2 x 3 inches
Object ID
1-10-01-30
Images
Less detail
Collection
General Collection
Object ID
1-10-03-03
Date Range
November 22, 1977
  1 image  
Object Name
Negative
Collection
General Collection
Description
Interior view of Lancaster County Prison
Date Range
November 22, 1977
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Subcategory
Documentary Artifact
Search Terms
Prisons
Jails
Place
Lancaster
Object Name
Negative
Print Size
2 x 3 inches
Object ID
1-10-03-03
Images
Less detail
Collection
General Collection
Object ID
1-10-03-04
Date Range
November 22, 1977
  1 image  
Object Name
Negative
Collection
General Collection
Description
Interior view of Lancaster County Prison
Date Range
November 22, 1977
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Subcategory
Documentary Artifact
Search Terms
Prisons
Jails
Place
Lancaster
Object Name
Negative
Print Size
2 x 3 inches
Object ID
1-10-03-04
Images
Less detail
Collection
General Collection
Object ID
1-10-03-05
Date Range
November 22, 1977
  1 image  
Object Name
Negative
Collection
General Collection
Description
Interior view of Lancaster County Prison
Date Range
November 22, 1977
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Subcategory
Documentary Artifact
Search Terms
Prisons
Jails
Place
Lancaster
Object Name
Negative
Print Size
2 x 3 inches
Object ID
1-10-03-05
Images
Less detail

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