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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
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
George Steinman Papers, Series 2 Documents, Images, Ephemera
Title
Photograph of the "New Jail, Built 1851"
Object ID
MG0184_S02_F016_It09
Date Range
1851
  1 image  
Collection
George Steinman Papers, Series 2 Documents, Images, Ephemera
Title
Photograph of the "New Jail, Built 1851"
Description
Photograph of the Lancaster County Prison
Date Range
1851
Creation Date
1851
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Storage Room
Archives South
Storage Wall
Side 04
Storage Container
Series 02, Box 0001
Subjects
Prisons
Search Terms
Jails
Lancaster County Prison
Prisons
Extent
1 item, 1 page to scan
Object Name
Photograph
Language
English
Object ID
MG0184_S02_F016_It09
Location of Originals
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania
Related Item Notes
George Steinman Papers, Series 1 (MG0184_S01) https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/786b3ffc-7908-40de-9362-817467455650
George Steinman Papers, Series 2 (MG0184_S02) https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/6c7e11c6-f3ca-469c-891a-145832196710
Notes
Preferred Citation: Title or description of item, date (day, month, year), George Steinman Papers (MG0184), Series 2, Object ID, LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania. URL if applicable. Date accessed (day, month, year).
Access Conditions / Restrictions
Please use digital images and transcriptions when available. Original documents may be used by appointment--contact Research@LancasterHistory.org prior to visit.
Copyright
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Credit
Courtesy of LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.
Other Numbers
MG-184, Series 2
Other Number
MG-184, Series 2, Folder 16, Item 9
Classification
MG0184
Description Level
Item
Custodial History
Added to database 10 July 2023.
Digitization of this document was funded by the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, PHMC Appl ID # C980002119, 2021-2024.
Images
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Collection
Quarter Sessions
Title
Quarter Sessions
Object ID
AUG 1789 F005 QS
Date Range
1789/08
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
1789/08
Year
1789
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Storage Room
Archives West
Subcategory
Documentary Artifact
Search Terms
Quarter Sessions
Grand Jury
Jails
Prisons
Object Name
Record, Judicial
Language
English
Condition
Fair
Object ID
AUG 1789 F005 QS
Additional Notes
Presentment of the Grand Jury.
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 1789 F001 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
1789
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
People
Webb, William
Davis, William
Harrison, James
Clelland, William
Kreider, Henry
Sullivan, John
Warner, John
McElhaney, William
Cox, Mary
Porter, John
Thompson, John
Willson, Anthony
Fry, Jacob
Fullerton, William
Brenneman, John
Subcategory
Documentary Artifact
Search Terms
Quarter Sessions
Prisoners
Jails
Prisons
Returns
Lancaster
Object Name
Record, Judicial
Language
English
Condition
Fair
Object ID
NOV 1789 F001 QS
Additional Notes
Return 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
AUG 1790 F008 QS
Date Range
1790/08
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
1790/08
Year
1790
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Storage Room
Archives West
People
Porter, John
Subcategory
Documentary Artifact
Search Terms
Quarter Sessions
Petitions
Releases
Prisons
Jails
Object Name
Record, Judicial
Language
English
Condition
Fair
Object ID
AUG 1790 F008 QS
Additional Notes
Petition for release from jail.
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 1790 F007 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
1790
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Subcategory
Documentary Artifact
Search Terms
Quarter Sessions
Grand Jury reports
Prisons
Jails
Object Name
Record, Judicial
Language
English
Condition
Fair
Object ID
NOV 1790 F007 QS
Additional Notes
Grand Jury report, report on the jail
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
MAY 1794 F007 QS
Date Range
1794/05
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
1794/05
Year
1794
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Storage Room
Archives West
Subcategory
Documentary Artifact
Search Terms
Quarter Sessions
Recommendations
Grand Jury
Grand Jury reports
Jails
Prisons
Object Name
Record, Judicial
Language
English
Condition
Fair
Object ID
MAY 1794 F007 QS
Additional Notes
Recommendation of Grand Jury, new roof for the jail.
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 1844 F003 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
1844
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
People
Wormelsdorf, Peter
Clarke, James
Parker, Nathaniel
Ryan, John
Vance, William
Kane, Martha
Walker, James
Carle, James Reiley
Jackson, Jacob
Albert, Philip Jr.
Wakefield, William
Allen, David
Workman, John
Rutter, John
Dugan, Cornelius
White, John
Forsyth, William
Wright, Peter
Griffiths, George
Frazer, Joseph
Creager, William
Cooper, Robert
Jones, James
Henry, David
Hatz, Eliza
Ritz, Samuel
Shock, Frederick
Case, Ambrose
Olmstead, Franklin
Johnson, Westly
Fordney, Jacob
Gatchel, Jeremiah
Hardy, George
Shelp, Christian
Subcategory
Documentary Artifact
Search Terms
Quarter Sessions
Jails
Prisoners
Prisons
Object Name
Record, Judicial
Language
English
Condition
Fair
Object ID
NOV 1844 F003 QS
Additional Notes
Prison calendar.
2 items, 2 pieces
Access Conditions / Restrictions
Request at Reference Desk; photocopy made by staff member.
Classification
RG 02-00 0908
Description Level
Item
Less detail

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