LancasterHistory Research Collections

Collection
Constables' and Detectives' Bonds
Title
Constables' and Detectives' Bonds
Object ID
Constable F049 I003
Collection
Constables' and Detectives' Bonds
Title
Constables' and Detectives' Bonds
Description
Bonds posted by constables, showing names of constable and surety; date and amount of bond; conditions of obligation; signatures of constable, surety, and witnesses; and date filed. Arr. chron. by date filed. No index. Hdw. and typed on ptd. fm.
Admin/Biographical History
The County of Lancaster has given LancasterHistory.org custodial responsibility of this collection.
System of Arrangement
Arranged by year; alphabetical by surname with in year.
Constables' Bonds: 1809, 1811, 1825, 1826, 1829, 1830-1849, 1875, 1888, 1893-1924.
Detectives' Bonds: 1890-1896, 1900, 1902, 1903, 1906, 1927
Includes: Remonstrations, affirmations, petitions, bonds, receipts, notices.
Creation Date
1809-1927, inc.
Date of Accumulation
1809-1927, inc.
Year
1899
Creator
Clerk of Courts of Lancaster County
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Storage Room
Archives West
People
Brown, J. T.
Boun, J. T.
Davis, Harry
Whiteside, James H.
Search Terms
Constables' Bonds
Detectives' Bonds
Bonds
Christiana, Pennsylvania
Place
Christiana
Extent
4 boxes, 2 cu. ft.
Object Name
Bond, Legal
Language
English
Condition
Good
Object ID
Constable F049 I003
Box Number
001
Additional Notes
Additional names: Harry Davis and J. T. Brown or J. T. Boun
1 item, 1 piece
Access Conditions / Restrictions
Request at Reference Desk; photocopy or PDF made by staff member.
Classification
RG 02-00 0558
Description Level
Item
Less detail
Collection
Constables' and Detectives' Bonds
Title
Constables' and Detectives' Bonds
Object ID
Constable F059 I008
Collection
Constables' and Detectives' Bonds
Title
Constables' and Detectives' Bonds
Description
Bonds posted by constables, showing names of constable and surety; date and amount of bond; conditions of obligation; signatures of constable, surety, and witnesses; and date filed. Arr. chron. by date filed. No index. Hdw. and typed on ptd. fm.
Admin/Biographical History
The County of Lancaster has given LancasterHistory.org custodial responsibility of this collection.
System of Arrangement
Arranged by year; alphabetical by surname with in year.
Constables' Bonds: 1809, 1811, 1825, 1826, 1829, 1830-1849, 1875, 1888, 1893-1924.
Detectives' Bonds: 1890-1896, 1900, 1902, 1903, 1906, 1927
Includes: Remonstrations, affirmations, petitions, bonds, receipts, notices.
Creation Date
1809-1927, inc.
Date of Accumulation
1809-1927, inc.
Year
1902
Creator
Clerk of Courts of Lancaster County
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Storage Room
Archives West
People
Davis, Harry
Eavenson, M. M.
Whiteside, James H.
Search Terms
Constables' Bonds
Detectives' Bonds
Bonds
Christiana, Pennsylvania
Place
Christiana
Extent
4 boxes, 2 cu. ft.
Object Name
Bond, Legal
Language
English
Condition
Good
Object ID
Constable F059 I008
Box Number
002
Additional Notes
Additional names: Harry Davis and M. M. Eavenson.
1 item, 1 piece
Access Conditions / Restrictions
Request at Reference Desk; photocopy or PDF made by staff member.
Classification
RG 02-00 0558
Description Level
Item
Less detail
Collection
Constables' and Detectives' Bonds
Title
Constables' and Detectives' Bonds
Object ID
Constable F069 I008
Collection
Constables' and Detectives' Bonds
Title
Constables' and Detectives' Bonds
Description
Bonds posted by constables, showing names of constable and surety; date and amount of bond; conditions of obligation; signatures of constable, surety, and witnesses; and date filed. Arr. chron. by date filed. No index. Hdw. and typed on ptd. fm.
Admin/Biographical History
The County of Lancaster has given LancasterHistory.org custodial responsibility of this collection.
System of Arrangement
Arranged by year; alphabetical by surname with in year.
Constables' Bonds: 1809, 1811, 1825, 1826, 1829, 1830-1849, 1875, 1888, 1893-1924.
Detectives' Bonds: 1890-1896, 1900, 1902, 1903, 1906, 1927
Includes: Remonstrations, affirmations, petitions, bonds, receipts, notices.
Creation Date
1809-1927, inc.
Date of Accumulation
1809-1927, inc.
Year
1905
Creator
Clerk of Courts of Lancaster County
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Storage Room
Archives West
People
Davis, Harry
Eavenson, M. M.
Whiteside, James H.
Search Terms
Constables' Bonds
Detectives' Bonds
Bonds
Christiana, Pennsylvania
Place
Christiana
Extent
4 boxes, 2 cu. ft.
Object Name
Bond, Legal
Language
English
Condition
Good
Object ID
Constable F069 I008
Box Number
002
Additional Notes
Additional names: M. M. Eavenson and Harry Davis.
1 item, 1 piece
Access Conditions / Restrictions
Request at Reference Desk; photocopy or PDF made by staff member.
Classification
RG 02-00 0558
Description Level
Item
Less detail
Collection
Constables' and Detectives' Bonds
Title
Constables' and Detectives' Bonds
Object ID
Constable F040 I003
Collection
Constables' and Detectives' Bonds
Title
Constables' and Detectives' Bonds
Description
Bonds posted by constables, showing names of constable and surety; date and amount of bond; conditions of obligation; signatures of constable, surety, and witnesses; and date filed. Arr. chron. by date filed. No index. Hdw. and typed on ptd. fm.
Admin/Biographical History
The County of Lancaster has given LancasterHistory.org custodial responsibility of this collection.
System of Arrangement
Arranged by year; alphabetical by surname with in year.
Constables' Bonds: 1809, 1811, 1825, 1826, 1829, 1830-1849, 1875, 1888, 1893-1924.
Detectives' Bonds: 1890-1896, 1900, 1902, 1903, 1906, 1927
Includes: Remonstrations, affirmations, petitions, bonds, receipts, notices.
Creation Date
1809-1927, inc.
Date of Accumulation
1809-1927, inc.
Year
1896
Creator
Clerk of Courts of Lancaster County
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Storage Room
Archives West
People
Banzhof, Jacob H.
Davis, Harry
Whiteside, James H.
Search Terms
Constables' Bonds
Detectives' Bonds
Bonds
Christiana, Pennsylvania
Place
Christiana
Extent
4 boxes, 2 cu. ft.
Object Name
Bond, Legal
Language
English
Condition
Good
Object ID
Constable F040 I003
Box Number
001
Additional Notes
Additional names: Harry Davis and Jacob H. Banzhof.
1 item, 1 piece
Access Conditions / Restrictions
Request at Reference Desk; photocopy or PDF made by staff member.
Classification
RG 02-00 0558
Description Level
Item
Less detail
Collection
Estate Inventories
Object ID
Inv 1907 F002 D
Collection
Estate Inventories
Year
1907
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Storage Container
Box 0028
People
Davis, Harry
Subcategory
Need to Classify
Place
Christiana
Object Name
Estate Inventory
Object ID
Inv 1907 F002 D
Box Number
028
Additional Notes
1 item, 3 pieces
Classification
RG-03-00-0133
Description Level
Item
Less detail

A forgotten heritage the story of a people and the early American rifle

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo1765
Author
Davis, Harry P.
Call Number
683.4 D262
Author
Davis, Harry P.
Place of Publication
Huntington, West Virginia
Publisher
Standard Printing and Publishing Company
Physical Description
199 p. ill. 22 cm.
Notes
A history of a people and the arm that provided their protection, food and fun and made secure their freedom and ours, including brief biographies of some of the famous frontier characaters who used this gun.
Subjects
Firearms - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
Rifles
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
683.4 D262
Less detail
Collection
Indictments
Title
Indictments
Object ID
AUG 1895 F247
Collection
Indictments
Title
Indictments
System of Arrangement
Organized by Court of Quarter Sessions term.
Arranged by case number within each term.
Year
1895
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
People
Davis, Harry
Cooper, Ettie
Subcategory
Documentary Artifact
Object Name
Indictment
Language
English
Condition
Fair
Object ID
AUG 1895 F247
Additional Notes
Fornication and bastardy.
Mother of child: Cooper, Ettie.
1 item, 1 piece
Access Conditions / Restrictions
Request at Reference Desk; photocopy made by staff member.
Case Number
250.000
Classification
RG 02-00 0933
Description Level
Item
Less detail
Collection
General Collection
Object ID
2-01-04-13
  1 image  
Object Name
Print, Photographic
Collection
General Collection
Description
Christiana High School students with teacher Harry Symons. Identified are: Back row, from right: Roy Long; Samuel C. Webster. Third row, from right: Lola Caruthers, Louise Kirkwood, Zelva Baily, Lillian Todd, Bertha Pownall, Bess McGowan, Hallie Orr. Second row, from right: Nellie Scott, Bess McCall, Miriam McCall, Jeanette Fitzgerald, Nettie Brown, Mary Pennock, Erma Warner, ?, Gertrude Lingerfield. Front row, left to right: Nowland Zane, Harry Davis, Bob Davis, George Jackson, Clifton Pownall.
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
People
Long, Ray
Webster, Samuel C.
Caruthers, Lola
Kirkwood, Louise
Baily, Zelva
Todd, Lillian
Pownall, Bertha
McGowan, Bess
Orr, Hallie
Scott, Nellie
McCall, Bess
McCall, Miriam
Fitzgerald, Jeanette
Brown, Nettie
Pennock, Mary
Warner, Erma
Lingerfield, Gertrude
Zane, Nowland
Davis, Harry
Davis, Robert
Jackson, George
Pownall, Clifton
Subcategory
Documentary Artifact
Search Terms
Education
Teachers
Students
Place
Christiana
Object Name
Print, Photographic
Print Size
10 x 8 inches
Object ID
2-01-04-13
Images
Less detail
Collection
Quarter Sessions
Title
Quarter Sessions
Object ID
AUG 1895 F084 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
1895
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
People
Davis, Harry
Subcategory
Documentary Artifact
Object Name
Record, Judicial
Language
English
Condition
Fair
Object ID
AUG 1895 F084 QS
Additional Notes
Fornication and bastardy.
Mother of child: Cooper, Ettie.
2 items, 2 pieces
Access Conditions / Restrictions
Request at Reference Desk; photocopy made by staff member.
Case Number
82.000
Classification
RG 02-00 0908
Description Level
Item
Less detail