- Collection
- Transportation Collection
- Title
- Transportation Collection
- Object ID
- MG0123
- Date Range
- 1819-1977
a Motor Vehicle.
Photograph of an automobile at an unidentified toll gate. 1930.
Folder 2 Railroads, Disbursements
Payments from Bank of Pennsylvania, apparently for prominent people associated with
railroad development in Lancaster County. 1835.
Folder 3 Railroads, Columbia-related Railroads and
1 document
- Collection
- Transportation Collection
- Title
- Transportation Collection
- Description
- The Transportation Collection contains documents regarding turnpikes, railroads, Conestoga Traction Co., Conestoga Transportation Co., and the Red Rose Transit Authority. The types of items include correspondence, financial papers, business papers, stock certificates, tickets, schedules, maps of routes, and a blueprint.
- Date Range
- 1819-1977
- Year Range From
- 1819
- Year Range To
- 1977
- Date of Accumulation
- 1819-1977
- Creator
- LancasterHistory (Organization)
- Storage Location
- LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
- Storage Room
- Archives South
- Storage Wall
- Side 04
- People
- Bitner, John R.
- Boardman, Harris
- Bowman, John Jacob
- Boyer, Zaccur Prall
- Cirt, Anna N.
- Griest, William Walton
- Hostetter, Albert Keller
- Kemrer, Clarence M.
- Knapp, Walter
- Kreider, Kate
- Kriebel, Howard Wiegner
- McClellan, Oliver Eldridge
- Royer, David
- Shuman, James P.
- Wohlsen, Anna
- Wohlsen, Peter
- Subjects
- Letters
- Minutes (Records)
- Philadelphia & Reading Railroad Co.
- Philadelphia and Lancaster Turnpike (Pa.)
- Posters
- Railroads
- Rates and tolls
- Reading & Columbia Railroad Company
- Street-railroads
- Trolley cars
- Search Terms
- Adamstown
- Bittersville, Lower Windsor Twp., York County, Pennsylvania
- Blueprints
- Booklets
- Brochures
- Campbelltown, South Londonderry Twp., Lebanon County, Pennsylvania
- Center Square Road Station
- Chestnut Street
- Christiana
- Coatesville, Chester County, Pennsylvania
- Columbia
- Columbia, Ironville and Mount Joy Railroad
- Conestoga Traction Company
- Conestoga Transportation Company
- Conewago Water and Power Company
- Correspondence
- Dallastown, York County, Pennsylvania
- Drawings
- Duke Street
- East Belt line
- East King Street
- East Petersburg, East Hempfield Twp.
- Elizabethtown
- Engleside, Lancaster Twp.
- Ephemera
- Ephrata
- Express Printing Company
- Greeting cards
- Hanover, York County, Pennsylvania
- Hershey, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania
- Ironville, West Hempfield Twp.
- J. G. Brill Company
- Kinport Road
- Lancaster
- Lancaster and York Furnace Street Railway
- Lancaster and Columbia Division, Conestoga Transportation Company
- Lancaster and Lititz Passenger Railroad Company
- Lancaster, Elizabethtown, and Middletown Turnpike
- Lebanon, Lebanon County, Pennsylvania
- Letters
- Lititz
- Maple Grove
- Maps
- Marietta Avenue
- North Market Street
- Mechanicsburg, Upper Leacock Twp.
- Mechanicsville, East Hempfield Twp.
- Minutes
- Mount Joy
- Mulberry Street
- National Railway Historical Society
- Neffsville, Manheim Twp.
- North End Photo Finishing House
- North Lime Street
- North Queen Street
- Palmyra, Lebanon County, Pennsylvania
- Parkesburg, Chester County, Pennsylvania
- Penn Square
- Pequea Twp.
- Philadelphia and Lancaster Turnpike Company
- Philadelphia and Reading Railroad Company
- Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
- Photographs
- Placards
- Substations
- President Avenue
- Princess Street
- Prospect Street
- Quarryville
- Railroads
- Rates and tolls
- Reading and Columbia Railroad Company
- Receipts
- Red Rose Transit Authority
- Reports
- Roads
- Rocky Springs Railroad Company
- Schuylkill Navigation Company
- Scrapbooks
- South Mountain Railroad
- South Queen Street
- Stock certificates
- Susquehanna Railroad
- Tickets
- Tolls
- Trolley car barns
- Trolley car yards
- Trolley cars
- Trolleys
- Turnpikes
- Walnut Street
- WGAL (television station)
- Williams Park Station
- Willow Street Turnpike
- Windsor Twp., York County, Pennsylvania
- WLAN (radio station)
- Wrightsville, York County, Pennsylvania
- York Bus Company
- York Fair
- York Railway Company
- Extent
- 2 boxes, 31 folders, 1 cubic ft.
- Object Name
- Archive
- Language
- English
- Object ID
- MG0123
- Location of Originals
- LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania
- Notes
- Preferred Citation: Title or description of item, date (day, month, year), Transportation Collection (MG0123), Folder #, LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.
- Access Conditions / Restrictions
- Restrictions are noted at the item level.
- 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-123
- Classification
- MG0123
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Custodial History
- Added to database 23 September 2021.
Documents
- Collection
- Adam Reigart Jr., John S. Murphy Collection
- Title
- Adam Reigart Jr., John S. Murphy Collection
- Object ID
- MG0331
- Date Range
- 1762-2003
Tavern which served as general headquarters during
the Revolutionary War. Adam Jr. founded the Reigart Wine Store in 1785 and was in
business with Philip Wager in Philadelphia and Philip’s son Peter throughout his career.
He was the first president of the Lancaster branch of the Bank of Pennsylvania, and
1 document
- Collection
- Adam Reigart Jr., John S. Murphy Collection
- Title
- Adam Reigart Jr., John S. Murphy Collection
- Description
- The Adam Reigart Jr., John S. Murphy Collection contains correspondence between Adam Reigart, Jr. in Lancaster and Philip Wager in Philadelphia and their families. The letters are primarily from the early nineteenth century and provide information about family illness, travel, visits, business, and family chatter. The receipts and invoices show purchases made in Lancaster and Philadelphia, especially clothing, fabric, dry goods, and meat. The remainder of the collection is made up of newspaper articles, books, and an album of poetry and drawings. The items were housed in a gig trunk which is now in the museum collection.
- Admin/Biographical History
- Adam Reigart, Jr. (1765-1844) was born in Lancaster. He was the eldest son of Col. Adam Reigart, owner of the Grape Tavern which served as general headquarters during the Revolutionary War. Adam Jr. founded the Reigart Wine Store in 1785 and was in business with Philip Wager in Philadelphia and Philip's son Peter throughout his career. He was the first president of the Lancaster branch of the Bank of Pennsylvania, and was involved with the Conestoga Navigation Company and the Union Fire Company.
- Adam Jr. married Mary Magdalena Wager (1772-1806) in 1791. Mary was the daughter of Philip Wager, a Philadelphia wine merchant. They had eight daughters and a son. Susan married Stephen C. Slaymaker and Margaretta married Henry Y. Slaymaker.
- Date Range
- 1762-2003
- Year Range From
- 1762
- Year Range To
- 2003
- Date of Accumulation
- 1762-2003
- Storage Location
- LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
- Storage Room
- Archives South
- Storage Wall
- Side 08
- People
- Arnold, Benedict
- Baker, W.
- Bare, Jacob
- Blight, Peter
- Boughter, Charles
- Breidenhart, George
- Brien, Edward
- Brown, Luke
- Butter, Charles
- Cassidy, Edward
- Clarke, John
- Clendenin, Samuel
- Coleman, Edward
- Coleman, William
- Edwards, Susanna
- Ehler, John
- Fisher, Sammy
- Fox, Sam M.
- Frey, John
- Gaskill, Edmund
- Gay, Edward F.
- Getz, John
- Givens, John
- Graeff, George
- Greland, D.
- Hahn, B. Christian
- Harrison, George
- Haverstick, William
- Hopkins, A. R.
- Hopkins, Ann
- Houston, James
- Hubley, Frederick
- Hubley, Joseph
- Hultzheimer, N.
- Hyde, Charles
- Irving, Robert
- Jack, Joshua
- Kauffman, Jacob
- King, George
- Kirkpatrick, William
- Kline, Jacob
- Lane, John
- Leiper, George G.
- Lowry, Robert
- Lowry, Robert K.
- Mayer, George Louis
- Metzger, Emanuel
- Metzger, George
- Metzger, Jacob
- Miller, Barbara
- Miller, Henry
- Miller, Martin
- Miller, Philip
- Montgomery, William
- Morris, John
- Mosher, Joseph
- Murphy, John Slaughter
- Myer, John
- Myers, John
- Newlin, Nathaniel
- Nice, Levi
- Nimrod, Maxwell
- Ogilby, Joseph
- Otto, Jacob S.
- Otto, John C.
- Pennington, Edward
- Peters, Abraham
- Phinney, Zina
- Price, Joseph
- Price, Richard
- Reigart, Adam
- Reigart, Adam, Jr.
- Reigart, Ann
- Reigart, Emanuel
- Reigart, Henrietta
- Reigart, Maria Wager
- Reigart, Mary
- Reigart, Mary C.
- Reigart, Philip Wager
- Reigart, Susan
- Rimfast, John
- Sample, Joseph
- Schaubel, Johannis
- Sener, Samuel Miller
- Sewell, Charles S.
- Shaeffer, Jacob
- Shenk, Abraham
- Shenk, Christian
- Shippen, Peggy
- Singer, A.
- Slaymaker, Henry Edwin
- Slaymaker, Mary Steele
- Slaymaker, Stephen Cochran
- Smith, Ann
- Smith, Anthony
- Smith, Ralph
- Stein, Philip
- Steinman, George
- Stewart, William
- Sullivan, Susannah
- Wager, George
- Wager, Hannah
- Wager, James
- Wager, Mary
- Wager, Peter
- Wager, Philip H.
- Wager, Sally
- Wager, Sophia
- Wager, William
- Walsh, Christopher
- Wentz, Thomas
- Wertz, Christian
- Wharton, Charles
- Whitaker, George
- Whitaker, John
- Wimer, Michael
- Winroth, Margaret
- Witmer, David
- Woodmund, William
- Yeiser, Philip
- Other Creators
- Reigart family
- Search Terms
- Adam Reigart and Son
- Albums
- Bethlehem, Pennsylvania
- Boston, Massachusetts
- Brenner and Reed
- Cambridge, Massachusetts
- Cape May, New Jersey
- Charles C. and J. Watson
- Christ Church Burial Ground
- Cincinnati, Ohio
- Clippings (Books, newspapers, etc.)
- Correspondence
- Delaware
- Dixon Walker and Company
- Earp and Brothers
- Finding aids
- Grape Hotel
- Greene County, New York
- H. Behlen and Company
- Illnesses
- Invoices
- J. Walker and Company
- John Warden and Sons
- Kentucky
- Lancaster
- Lancaster County Almshouse
- Lancaster Bar Association
- Lancaster Intelligencer
- Lancaster Journal
- Lancaster New Era
- Lancaster Sunday News
- Lane Slaymaker and Company
- Letters
- London, England
- Lower Windsor Twp., York County, Pennsylvania
- Lowry and Myers
- Luzerne County, Pennsylvania
- Manuscript groups
- Margaretta Furnace
- Marietta Bank
- Morning News
- Mount Auburn Cemetery
- New York, New York
- Newspaper clippings
- Obituaries
- Ohio
- Pennsylvania German Society
- Pensacola, Florida
- Peter Wager and Company
- Philadelphia Inquirer
- Pratt and Kintzing
- Race Street
- Receipts
- Reeve's Tavern
- South Carolina
- Southwark, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
- Spain
- St. James Episcopal Church
- Union Fire Company
- Vintners
- Wager and Company
- Washington Fire Company
- West Point Military Academy
- William Noyes and Company
- Wine merchants
- York Springs Boarding House
- York Springs, York County, Pennsylvania
- York, York County, Pennsylvania
- Extent
- 2 boxes, 35 folders, 1.5 cubic ft.
- Object Name
- Archive
- Language
- English
- Object ID
- MG0331
- Location of Originals
- LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania
- Related Item Notes
- Gig trunk (2003.078)
- Adam Reigart Collection (MG0122)
- Notes
- Preferred Citation: Title or description of item, date (day, month, year), Adam Reigart Jr., John S. Murphy Collection (MG0331), Folder #, LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.
- Access Conditions / Restrictions
- Restrictions are noted at the item level.
- 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.
- Accession Number
- 2003.078
- Other Numbers
- MG-331
- Classification
- MG0331
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Custodial History
- Processed and finding aid created by KR. Added to database 8 March 2022.
Documents
- Collection
- Temperance Collection
- Title
- Temperance Collection
- Object ID
- MG0154
- Date Range
- 1815-1959
: The Temperance Collection includes convention programs of
the Lancaster County Woman’s Christian Temperance Union (W.C.T.U.); a history of
the group from 1884-1959; Pennsylvania State W.C.T.U. function programs; and a
minute book from the Bart Chapter. Included are handwritten notes on some of the
1 document
- Collection
- Temperance Collection
- Title
- Temperance Collection
- Description
- The Temperance Collection includes convention programs of the Lancaster County Woman's Christian Temperance Union (W.C.T.U.); a history of the group from 1884-1959; Pennsylvania State W.C.T.U. function programs; and a minute book from the Bart Chapter. Included are handwritten notes on some of the conventions, pro-temperance booklets and newspapers (Moral Reformer and American Reformer), and miscellaneous addresses and articles. Of special interest is a booklet "Operation Interview" in which 36 prominent Lancastrians comment on the question, "Is social drinking necessary for success?", and a newspaper article reminiscing on the temperance movement in Columbia, Pennsylvania.
- Date Range
- 1815-1959
- Year Range From
- 1815
- Year Range To
- 1959
- Date of Accumulation
- 1815-1959
- Creator
- LancasterHistory (Organization)
- Storage Location
- LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
- Storage Room
- Archives South
- Storage Wall
- Side 04
- People
- Aikin, Francis
- Alexander, Eleanor B.
- Brosius, Letitia
- Brubaker, George
- Eckman, Benjamin F.
- Geist, Jacob Miller Willis
- Harlan, E. W.
- Heiges, George Leonard
- Jackson, Josephine
- Richardson, Benjamin W.
- Rineer, A. Hunter
- Rosalind, Countess of Carlisle
- Seberry, Cora E.
- Thomas, A. Elizabeth
- Willard, Frances Elizabeth
- Subjects
- Associations, institutions, etc.
- Minutes (Records)
- Pennsylvania Woman's Christian Temperance Union
- Programs (Publications)
- Temperance
- Woman's Christian Temperance Union
- Search Terms
- Associations, institutions, etc.
- Bart Society
- Business records
- Chestnut Level, Drumore Twp.
- Christiana
- Churches
- Coatesville, Chester County, Pennsylvania
- Columbia
- Conventions
- Dauphin County Historical Society
- Eastland Female Temperance Society
- Finding aids
- Friends Academy
- Harrisburg, Pennsylvania
- Lancaster
- Lancaster County Woman's Christian Temperance Union
- Lititz
- Locust Valley, Long Island, New York
- Manheim
- Manuscript groups
- Minutes
- National Woman's Christian Temperance Union
- Pageants
- Pennsylvania Senior Loyal Temperance Union
- Pennsylvania Woman's Christian Temperance Union
- Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
- Poetry
- Programs
- Reports
- Songs
- Strasburg
- Temperance
- Washington, Washington County, Pennsylvania
- Williamsport, Lycoming County, Pennsylvania
- Woman's Christian Temperance Union
- Extent
- 1 box, 11 folders, .25 cubic ft.
- Object Name
- Archive
- Language
- English
- Object ID
- MG0154
- Location of Originals
- LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania
- Notes
- Preferred Citation: Temperance Collection (MG0154), Folder #, LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.
- Access Conditions / Restrictions
- No restrictions.
- 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-154
- Classification
- MG0154
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Custodial History
- The collection was cataloged and the finding aid was prepared in 1998-1999. Added to database 29 September 2021.
Documents
- Collection
- Danner Family Correspondence
- Title
- Danner Family Correspondence
- Object ID
- MG0515
- Date Range
- 1745-1857
tombstone costs, and compliments for Mrs. Danner’s conduct. 17 April 1841.
Insert 6 Letter from Thomas S. Kirkbride to H. C. Locker with a receipted invoice for
thirteen weeks of board and medical care of George L. Danner at the Pennsylvania
Hospital. 10 October 1850.
�230 North President Avenue • Lancaster
1 document
- Collection
- Danner Family Correspondence
- Title
- Danner Family Correspondence
- Description
- The Danner Family Correspondence contains letters to and from members of the Danner family who lived in Pennsylvania, Ohio, Maryland, and Georgia, 1745-1857. The collection also includes poetry and property records. Most documents are written in English and others are in German. One letter from Mary Danner in Lancaster mentions Gen. Lafayette's visit in 1824.
- Date Range
- 1745-1857
- Year Range From
- 1745
- Year Range To
- 1857
- Date of Accumulation
- 1745-1857
- Creator
- Danner family
- Storage Location
- LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
- Storage Room
- Archives South
- Storage Wall
- Side 11
- People
- Baker, A. H.
- Baker, Eliza
- Baker, Samuel
- Batebenner, George
- Bohn, John Henry
- Brenneman, Elizabeth
- Clay, Henry
- Cunningham, Francis Alanson
- Dannar, Ulrick
- Danner, Alexander
- Danner, Alexandria
- Danner, Catharine
- Danner, Elizabeth
- Danner, George L.
- Danner, Hetty
- Danner, Isaac
- Danner, John Owen
- Danner, John A.
- Danner, Mary
- Danner, Mary B.
- Danner, Mary M.
- Danner, Mary Magdelenah
- Danner, Polly
- Danner, Samuel
- Demuth, William Danner
- Donnellan, Nelson
- Donner, Samuel
- Gagan, Elizabeth
- Hautz, Anthony
- Hautz, Catharina
- Hoffman, Peter
- Hoffman, Valentine
- Hopkins, James
- Hoster, Mary
- Johnson, Jacob
- Keller, Maria
- Kirkbride, Thomas S.
- Koft, Frederick
- Koft, Jacob
- Lafayette, Marie Joseph Paul Yves Roch Gilbert Du Motier, marquis de
- Lineweaver, William
- Locher, Cecelia Margaretta
- Locher, Henry C.
- Loyle, John
- Madison, Catharine
- Madison, John
- Murrey, Charles
- Murrey, Margaret
- Nicholes, Abbey
- Preston, William
- Ranninger, Emma L.
- Rigg, Elisha
- Rigg, Jane
- Stewart, James
- Strein, Eliza
- Strine, Elizabeth
- Strine, Jacob
- Waver, Elizabeth
- Waver, Jacob
- Waver, John
- Waver, John Jacob
- Waver, John Joseph
- Webster, John
- Whitlock, Isaac
- Other Creators
- Waver family
- Search Terms
- Baltimore, Maryland
- Bedford County, Pennsylvania
- Boonsboro, Washington County, Maryland
- Camden, Preble County, Ohio
- Chester County, Pennsylvania
- Circleville, Pickaway County, Ohio
- Correspondence
- Eaton, Preble County, Ohio
- Elizabethtown
- Finding aids
- George Philippe's Tavern
- Harrisburg, Pennsylvania
- Hempfield Twp.
- Lancaster
- Letters
- Manuscript groups
- Maytown, Donegal Twp.
- Meadville, Crawford County, Pennsylvania
- Poetry
- Salisbury Twp.
- Savannah, Georgia
- Somerset, Somerset County, Pennsylvania
- Washington County, Maryland
- West Alexandria, Preble County, Ohio
- Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania
- Whitemarsh Twp., Montgomery County, Pennsylvania
- Wilmington Pike Road
- Extent
- 1 box, 8 folders, .25 cubic ft.
- Object Name
- Archive
- Language
- English, German
- Object ID
- MG0515
- Location of Originals
- LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania
- Notes
- Preferred Citation: Title or description of item, date (day, month, year), Collection Title (MG#), Folder #, (or Object ID), LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania. URL if applicable. Date accessed (day, month, year).
- Access Conditions / Restrictions
- Original documents may be used by researchers--contact Research@LancasterHistory.org prior to visit or request at Reference Desk.
- Copyright
- Collection items may be photographed. Please direct questions to Research Center Staff at Research@LancasterHistory.org. Permission for reproduction and/or publication must be obtained in writing from LancasterHistory. Persons wishing to publish any material from this site must assume all responsibility for identifying and satisfying any claimants of copyright or other use restrictions. Publication fees may apply.
- Credit
- Courtesy of LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.
- Accession Number
- 2008.MG0515
- Other Numbers
- MG-515
- Classification
- MG0515
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Custodial History
- Added to database 12 March 2022.
Documents
- Collection
- Quarter Sessions
- Title
- Quarter Sessions
- Object ID
- APR 1811 F004 QS
- Date Range
- 1811/04
- 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
- 1811/04
- Year
- 1811
- Storage Location
- LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
- Storage Room
- Archives West
- People
- Iden, John
- Subcategory
- Documentary Artifact
- Search Terms
- Quarter Sessions
- Depositions
- Directors of the Poor and House of Employment
- Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
- Lancaster
- Object Name
- Record, Judicial
- Language
- English
- Condition
- Fair
- Object ID
- APR 1811 F004 QS
- Additional Notes
- Rule to take deposition, Directors of the Poor of Philadelphia against the Directors of the Poor of Lancaster County.
- 1 item, 1 piece
- Access Conditions / Restrictions
- Request at Reference Desk; photocopy made by staff member.
- Classification
- RG 02-00 0908
- Description Level
- Item
- Collection
- Quarter Sessions
- Title
- Quarter Sessions
- Object ID
- APR 1811 F005 QS
- Date Range
- 1811/04
- 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
- 1811/04
- Year
- 1811
- Storage Location
- LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
- Storage Room
- Archives West
- People
- Frickheffer, Christian
- Subcategory
- Documentary Artifact
- Search Terms
- Quarter Sessions
- Depositions
- Directors of the Poor and House of Employment
- Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
- Lancaster
- Object Name
- Record, Judicial
- Language
- English
- Condition
- Fair
- Object ID
- APR 1811 F005 QS
- Additional Notes
- Rule to take deposition, Directors of the Poor of Philadelphia against the Directors of the Poor of Lancaster County.
- 1 item, 1 piece
- Access Conditions / Restrictions
- Request at Reference Desk; photocopy made by staff member.
- Classification
- RG 02-00 0908
- Description Level
- Item
- Collection
- Commissioners' Orders for Payment
- Title
- Commissioners' order for payment
- Object ID
- CommOrder 1822 #271
- 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
- Year
- 1822
- Creator
- County Commissioners
- Storage Location
- LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
- Storage Room
- Archives North
- Storage Container
- Box 0002
- Subcategory
- Documentary Artifact
- Search Terms
- Lancaster
- Courthouses
- African Americans
- Persons of color
- Commissioners' Orders for Payment
- 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 1822 #271
- Box Number
- 002
- Notes
- Entered into Q&A Aug 26, 2003.
- Additional Notes
- Prison.
- Payment for boarding jurors in the cases: Commonwealth v. Johnson, Sarah. African American. Commonwealth v. Parmer, Daniel and Thurdock, James.
- Neff, 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
- Collection
- Commissioners' Orders for Payment
- Title
- Commissioners' order for payment
- Object ID
- CommOrder 1828 #306
- 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
- Brown, David
- Subcategory
- Documentary Artifact
- Search Terms
- Lancaster
- Courthouses
- African Americans
- Persons of color
- 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 #306
- Box Number
- 008
- Notes
- Entered into Q & A Jun 28, 2001.
- Additional Notes
- Courthouse.
- Payment for making indexes for Court of Oyer and Terminer and Quarter Sessions and Index for Slave Register.
- Brown, David.
- 1 item. 1 piece.
- Access Conditions / Restrictions
- Request at research desk. Photocopy made by staff member.
- Classification
- RG 08-01 0510
- Description Level
- Item
- Collection
- Commissioners' Orders for Payment
- Title
- Commissioners' order for payment
- Object ID
- CommOrder 1821 #259
- Date Range
- 1821
- 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 Range
- 1821
- Date of Accumulation
- 1810-1901
- Year
- 1821
- Creator
- County Commissioners
- Storage Location
- LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
- Storage Room
- Archives North
- Storage Container
- Box 0001
- People
- Anderson, Frank
- Anderson, Maria
- Banks, David
- Barber, Robert
- Belger, John
- Biddle, Benjamin
- Brown, Thomas
- Bullman, James
- Cannon, John
- Carlisle, Mary
- Conner, Mary
- Cose, James
- Coyle, Ann
- Coyle, John
- Domer, Christian
- Fowler, Peter
- Frances, Fanny
- Fritz, John
- Fultz, Mary
- Galbough, Jacob
- Gardner, Robert
- Green, Abner
- Green, Charles
- Green, Mary
- Greer, Peter
- Guest, Rosanna
- Gundaker, John
- Hamelton, William
- Hutcheson, James
- Hydon, George
- Jackson, Samuel
- Jones, Isaac
- Kanadey, Matthew
- Kean, James
- Kechler, John
- Kerns, William
- Kuts, Thomas
- Lawrence, James
- Leek, Margaret
- Levan, John
- Levan, Mary
- McBride, John
- McCardle, Peter
- McCook, Elizabeth
- McGiven, Paterick
- McGrann, Paterick
- Mitchel, Dennes
- Molson, Ephrem
- Moore, James
- Muma, John
- Murry, Henry
- Parker, Joseph
- Perrece, Jonathen
- Planter, Worthington
- Reist, Thomas
- Remley, Henry
- Robeson, Lydea
- Sencler, Sarah
- Shimp, David
- Smith, John
- Stewart, George
- Studdert, Andrew
- Swann, Samuel
- Vandike, Jacob
- Walker, James
- Walker, Joseph
- Williams, Jacob
- Williams, John
- Wright, William
- Yarlett, Margaret
- Subcategory
- Documentary Artifact
- Extent
- 70 boxes (35 cubic ft.)
- Object Name
- Order for Payment
- Language
- English
- Condition
- Fair
- Condition Date
- 2008-03-25
- Object ID
- CommOrder 1821 #259
- Box Number
- 001
- Notes
- Date entered into Q&A was not recorded.
- Additional Notes
- Expenses for prisoners.
- Anderson, Frank.
- Anderson, Maria. African American.
- Banks, David. African American.
- Barber, Robert.
- Belger, John.
- Biddle, Benjamin.
- Brown, Thomas.
- Bullman, James. African American.
- Cannon, John.
- Carlisle, Mary.
- Conner, Mary.
- Cose, James. African American.
- Coyle, Ann.
- Coyle, John.
- Domer, Christian.
- Fowler, Peter.
- Frances, Fanny.
- Fritz, John.
- Fultz, Mary.
- Galbough, Jacob.
- Gardner, Robert.
- Green, Abner. African American.
- Green, Charles. African American.
- Green, Mary. African American.
- Greer, Peter.
- Guest, Rosanna.
- Gundaker, John.
- Hamelton, William.
- Hutcheson, James.
- Hydon, George.
- Jackson, Samuel. African American.
- Jones, Isaac.
- Kanadey, Matthew .
- Kean, James.
- Kechler, John.
- Kerns, William.
- Kuts, Thomas.
- Lawrence, James.
- Leek, Margaret.
- Levan, John. African American.
- Levan. Mary. African American.
- McBride, John.
- McCardle, Peter.
- McCook, Elizabeth.
- McGiven, Paterick.
- McGrann, Paterick .
- Mitchel, Dennes.
- Molson, Ephrem.
- Moore, James.
- Muma, John.
- Murry, Henry. African American.
- Parker, Joseph.
- Perrece, Jonathen. African American.
- Planter, Worthington. African American.
- Reist, Thomas.
- Remley, Henry.
- Robeson, Lydea.
- Sencler, Sarah.
- Shimp, David.
- Smith, John.
- Stewart, George.
- Studdert, Andrew.
- Swann, Samuel. African American.
- Vandike, Jacob. African American.
- Walker, James.
- Walker, Joseph.
- Williams, Jacob.
- Williams, John.
- Wright, Alese.
- Wright, William.
- Yarlett, Margaret.
- 1 item, 1 piece
- Access Conditions / Restrictions
- Request at research desk. Photocopy made by staff member.
- Classification
- RG 08-01 0510
- Description Level
- Item
- Collection
- Commissioners' Orders for Payment
- Title
- Commissioners' order for payment
- Object ID
- CommOrder 1823 #332
- 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
- Year
- 1823
- Creator
- County Commissioners
- Storage Location
- LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
- Storage Container
- Box 0004
- People
- Atlee, John L.
- Bailey, J. M.
- Banks, David
- Basset, Mary
- Basset, Polly
- Boyd, Robert
- Boyer, Samuel
- Brice, Selah
- Briscoe, Sarah
- Burnes, Henry
- Clark, Flora
- Cooby, Betsey
- Cooper, Anne
- Derrick, Mary
- Finkenaur, A. M.
- Gardner, Adam
- Getz, Philip
- Grey, John
- Hamilton, Nancy
- Henry, Joseph
- Hickman, Sally
- Hickman, Sarah
- Johnson, Sarah
- Jones, Eliza
- Kearns, Robert
- Krug, Robert M.
- Lynch, Hannah
- McDonnel, Ann
- Remley, Frederick
- Roop, Fanny
- Roup, Fanny
- Sanders, Hugh
- Smith, J. Henry
- Thompson, Sarah
- Wilson, David
- Young, Kitty
- Subcategory
- Documentary Artifact
- 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 1823 #332
- Box Number
- 004
- Notes
- Entered into Q&A May 17, 2001
- Additional Notes
- Prison.
- Payment to doctor for treating prisoners.
- [The document specifies the treatments that were given. Document has many names, but often only the last name is given. This list is the full names that were recorded.]
- Atlee, John L. Dr. Physician.
- Clark, Flora.
- Boyer, Samuel.
- Getz, Philip.
- Kearns, Robert.
- Krug, Robert M.
- Bailey, J.M.
- Grey, John.
- Banks, David.
- M'Donnel, Ann.
- Wilson, David.
- Henry, Joseph.
- Lynch, Hannah.
- Sanders, Hugh.
- Gardner, Adam.
- Smith, J. Henry.
- Jones, Eliza.
- Johnson, Sarah.
- Brice, Selah.
- Roop, Fanny. Roup, Fanny.
- Boyd, Robert.
- Burnes, Henry.
- Cooper, Anne.
- Derrick, Mary.
- Basset, Mary. Basset, Polly.
- Thompson, Sarah.
- Finkenaur, A. M.
- Remley, Frederick.
- Cooby, Betsey.
- Hamilton, Nancy.
- Hickman, Sally. Hickman, Sarah.
- Briscoe, Sarah.
- Young, Kitty.
- 1 item. 1 piece.
- Access Conditions / Restrictions
- Request at research desk. Photocopy made by staff member.
- Classification
- RG 08-01 0510
- Description Level
- Item