Description
Original peitions which the state legislature required to be heard in County Quarter Sessions Court for recommendation to the Governor (1830 PA Law 147 Section 1).
Information includes name of petitioner; Quarter Session year and term in which the petition was read; court judgment of "allowed" for recommendation or not; and often the health reason for seeking a license, verification by individuals (doctors, court officials, character witnesses, etc), type of license, place of application, and citizenship information. Supporting documents sometimes replace and/or accompany the application (receipt, bond, etc.).
Note 1: Many Hawkers and Peddlers papers were pulled from the Prothonotary's Appearance Docket Papers and Clerk of Courts Quarter Session Docket Papers, some were not and remain in those papers series.
Arrangement: Chronological by year.
Index: None. Click "inventory" for list of holdings.
Related Records: Prothonotary Volumes: 1. APPEARANCE DOCKETS
Prothonotary Papers: 2. SOLDIER'S PEDDLERS LICENSES 1935-1968
Clerk of Courts Volumes: 3 QUARTER SESSIONS DOCKETS