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The acts of Assembly of the Province of Pennsylvania, carefully compared with the originals. And an appendix, containing such acts and parts of acts, relating to property, as are expired, altered, or repealed. Together with the royal, proprietary, city, and borough charters; and the original concessions of the Honourable William Penn to the first settlers of the province

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo21607
Corporate Author
Pennsylvania.
Date of Publication
1775.
Call Number
Book 586 1775
  1 website  
Responsibility
Published by order of Assembly.
Corporate Author
Pennsylvania.
Place of Publication
Philadelphia
Publisher
Printed and sold by Hall and Sellers,
Date of Publication
1775.
Physical Description
xxi, 536, 22, [12], 3 pages 36 cm
Notes
Edited by J. Galloway. Cf. Evans 14364.
"Appendix" (22 p. (3d group)) has special t.p., with same imprint.
LCHS copy imperfect: "Addendum" (3 p. at end) wanting.
Includes index.
Jasper Yeates's Colonnial Law Library.
On front flyleaf: Joseph Pennock his Book; Joseph Pennock; Jesse Pennocks Book and presented to Thomas Pennock.
Book number 586 as assigned by Yeates.
Subjects
Law - Pennsylvania.
Law.
Ownership.
Pennsylvania.
Legislation.
Full blind-tooled leather (Binding)
Gilt title on maroon spine label (Binding)
Covers loose (Binding)
Additional Author
Galloway, Joseph,
Pennock, Joseph,
Pennock, Jesse,
Pennock, Thomas,
Yeates, Jasper,
Location
Lancaster History Library - Yeates Collection
Call Number
Book 586 1775
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Author
Paine, Thomas,
Date of Publication
[1777]
Call Number
973.3 P544 1777
  1 website  
Responsibility
by the author of Common sense.
Author
Paine, Thomas,
Place of Publication
Philadelphia
Publisher
Printed and sold by Styner and Cist, in Second-street, six doors above Arch-street. Where also may be had no. I. and II.,
Date of Publication
[1777]
Physical Description
[25]-56 p. ; 18 cm.
Notes
Signed: Common sense; dated: Philadelphia, April 19, 1777.
On the verso of the t.p. is a proclamatin by General Washington concerning deserters, dated April 6, 1777; also a general order, dated April 8, 1777.
Summary
One of Thomas Paine's 16 "American Crisis " patriotic essays written during the American Revolution between 1776 and 1783.
Subjects
United States - History - Revolution, 1775-1783.
United States - History - Revolution - Contemporary opinion.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Rare Books
Call Number
973.3 P544 1777
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An essay on the origin of the Linnaean society of Lancaster city and county, its objects and progress. Read before the association on its 4th anniversary, at the Athenaeum rooms, February 24th, 1866

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Author
Rathvon, Simon S.,
Date of Publication
1866.
Call Number
090 L244p 1866
  1 website  
Responsibility
By S.S. Rathvon. To which are appended its charter, and lists of its officers, its members, and its correspondents.
Author
Rathvon, Simon S.,
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Pearsol & Geist, printers,
Date of Publication
1866.
Physical Description
18 p. 23 cm.
Notes
Published by request and by authority of the Society.
Subjects
Linnaean society of Lancaster city and county, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Rare Books
Call Number
090 L244p 1866
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Anno regni Georgii III. Regis, Magnae Britanniae, Franciae & Hiberniae, decimo. : At a General Assembly of the province of Pennsylvania, begun and holden at Philadelphia, the fourteenth day of October, anno Domini 1769 ... And from thence continued by adjournments to the twenty-ninth day of September, 1770

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo21543
Corporate Author
Pennsylvania.
Date of Publication
MDCCLXX. [1770]
Call Number
Biook 583 1770
  1 website  
Corporate Author
Pennsylvania.
Uniform Title
Laws, etc. (Session laws : 1770 Sept.)
Place of Publication
Philadelphia
Publisher
Printed and sold by D. Hall, and W. Sellers, at the new printing-office, near the market.,
Date of Publication
MDCCLXX. [1770]
Physical Description
p. [2], 41-50 ; (fol.)
Notes
Pagination continues session laws published from Feb. 1770 (Evans 11800).
Pennsylvania arms on title page.
Hand-wriiten notes on blank page at end of volume.
Jasper Yeates's Colonial Law Library.
Yeates's signature at top of title page.
Book number 583 as assigned by Yeates.
Evans
Hildeburn, C.R. Pennsylvania,
Contents
Bound with Anno Regni Georgii III Regis...And from thence continued by Adjournments to the Eighteen Day of February 1768, Philadelphia, D. Hall and W. Sellers,1768; - Anno Regni Georgii III Regis...And from thence continued by Adjourments to the Twenty-fourth Day of February 1769, Philadelphia: D. Hall, and W. Sellers, 1769 - Anno Regni Georgii II Regis...And from thence continued by Adjournments to the Twenty-first Day of March, 1772, Philadelphhia, D. Hall and W Sellers, 1772 - Anno Regni Gerogii III Regis...And from thence continured by Adjournments to the Twenty-sixth Day of February 1773, Philadelphia, Hall and Sellers, 1773.
Subjects
Law - Pennsylvania.
Law.
Pennsylvania.
Relief prints - Seals - Pennsylvania - 1770.
Three-quarters leather on printed boards (Binding)
Title stamp on spine (Binding)
Additional Author
Hall, David,
Sellers, William,
Yeates, Jasper,
Place
United States Pennsylvania Philadelphia.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Yeates Collection
Call Number
Biook 583 1770
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An order of family prayer: by Rev. E. Greenwald

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Author
Greenwald, E.
Date of Publication
1867.
Call Number
813 G816o
  1 website  
Author
Greenwald, E.
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
St. Andrew's society of the Church of the Holy Trinity,
Date of Publication
1867.
Physical Description
x, 41-180 p. : 19 cm.
Notes
The R. Theodore Bixlers' collection of Lancaster authors.
Subjects
Family
Lutheran Church
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
813 G816o
Websites
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Bridgens' atlas of Lancaster Co., Penna

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Author
Bridgens, H. F.
Date of Publication
1864.
Call Number
LC912.74815 B851
  1 website  
Responsibility
From actual surveys by H. F. Bridgens and assistant.
Author
Bridgens, H. F.
Place of Publication
Philadelphia
Publisher
H. F. Bridgens,
Date of Publication
1864.
Physical Description
43 p. : maps, illus. ; 40 cm.
Notes
Contains map for each township. Property owners and landmarks are noted.
Kept on top of counter-height shelving unit.
Separate index.
Subjects
Real property - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County - Maps.
Lancaster County (Pa.) - Maps.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Reference
Call Number
LC912.74815 B851
Websites
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Author
Nevin, Edwin H.
Date of Publication
1868.
Call Number
813 N527c
  1 website  
Responsibility
with an introductory essay by Alfred Cookman.
Author
Nevin, Edwin H.
Place of Publication
Lancaster
Publisher
Barr,
Date of Publication
1868.
Physical Description
252 p. 18 cm.
Notes
"Nevin, Edwin Henry, D.D., son of Major David Nevin, was born at Shippensburg, Pennsylvania, May 9, 1814. He graduated in Arts at Jefferson College, 1833; and in Theology at Princeton Seminary, in 1836. He held several pastorates as a Presbyterian Minister from 1836 to 1857; then as a Congregational Minister from 1857 to 1868; and then, after a rest of six years through ill health, as a Minister of the Reformed Church, first at Lancaster, Pennsylvania, and then inPhiladelphia. Dr. Nevin is the author of several hymns." [from Hymnary.org]
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
813 N527c
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A constitutional view of the late war between the states : its causes, character, conduct and results ; presented in a series of colloquies at Liberty Hall

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Author
Stephens, Alexander Hamilton,
Date of Publication
[1868-70]
Call Number
937.7 S828
  2 websites  
Responsibility
by Alexander H. Stephens.
Author
Stephens, Alexander Hamilton,
Place of Publication
Philadelphia, Pa
Publisher
National Publishing Company,
Date of Publication
[1868-70]
Physical Description
2 v. : ill., plates ; 24 cm.
Notes
Includes index.
LCHS has vol. 2 only.
Summary
The library does not own a copy of the first volume. However, users can access it online using the link within this record.
Subjects
Constitutional history - United States.
United States - Politics and government - 1861-1865.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Rare Books
Call Number
937.7 S828
Websites
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The Constitution upheld and maintained : speech of Hon. Jas. Harlan, of the United States Senate

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Author
Harlan, James,
Date of Publication
[1864]
Call Number
973.891 B628
  1 website  
Author
Harlan, James,
Place of Publication
[Washington, D.C.]
Publisher
Printed by L. Towers for the Union Congressional Committee,
Date of Publication
[1864]
Physical Description
8 p. ; 23 cm.
Series
Publications / Republican Congressional Committee, 1863-1865. Campaign of 1864 ; no. 11a
Notes
Caption title.
James Harlan (August 26, 1820 - October 5, 1899) was an attorney and politician, a member of the United States Senate, a U.S. Cabinet Secretary at the United States Department of Interior under President Andrew Johnson, and a Federal Judge.
Summary
Speech by Iowa senator in defense of President Lincoln's action in raising an army when the Southern confederacy made war upon the United States.
Subjects
Campaign literature, 1864
Location
Lancaster History Library - Rare Books
Call Number
973.891 B628
Websites
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A declaration of the people's natural right to a share in the legislature, which is the fundamental principle of the British constitution of state

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Author
Sharp, Granville,
Date of Publication
1774.
Call Number
342.05341 P544 1774
  1 website  
Responsibility
By Granville Sharp. ; [Two lines in Latin].
Author
Sharp, Granville,
Place of Publication
[Philadelphia]
Publisher
London, printed: Philadelphia, reprinted, and sold by John Dunlap, at the newest printing-office, in Market-Street.,
Date of Publication
1774.
Physical Description
21, [3] p. ; 2 cm.
Notes
Evans
Hildeburn, C.R. Pennsylvania,
Adams, T.R. Amer. pamphlets,
Subjects
Constitutional law.
Representative government and representation.
Constitutional law - Great Britain.
Great Britain - Politics and government - 1760-1789.
Place
United States Pennsylvania Philadelphia.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Rare Books
Call Number
342.05341 P544 1774
Websites
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