Information files are created for specific subjects that are associated with Lancaster County, e.g. "Rebman's scrap pile", "Ten-hour house". The files contain newspaper and magazine articles about the subject.
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 85, no. 1
Summary
The writer has studied Lancaster, PA, court records to find the ways in which violators of the law were treated in the 18th century. The article's title comes from the practice in the early 1800's of have convicted persons placed in a pillory on Penn Square and then whipped on the bare back. The article mentions other punishments and some particular individuals sentences.
