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The crown circuit companion : containing the practice of the assises on the crown side and of the courts of general and general quarter sessions of the peace, wherein (among other things incident to the practice of the crown law) is included a collection of useful and modern precedents of indictments in criminal cases, as well at common law, as those created by statute

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Author: Stubbs, W.

Edition: The fourth edition to which is added, The clerk of assise's circuit companion, and tables of fees of the officers and servants belonging to the judges on the curcuit, usually taken by them, also many new precedents of indictments, and the laws continued down to the present time.

Date of Publication: MDCCLXVI [1766]

Call Number: Book 938 1766

Responsibility: by W. Stubbs and G. Talmash of Staples-Inn, gentlemen.

Author: Stubbs, W.

Edition: The fourth edition to which is added, The clerk of assise's circuit companion, and tables of fees of the officers and servants belonging to the judges on the curcuit, usually taken by them, also many new precedents of indictments, and the laws continued down to the present time.

Place of Publication: Dublin

Publisher: Printed by and for Sarah Cotter, under Dick's Coffee House in Skinner-Row,

Date of Publication: MDCCLXVI [1766]

Physical Description: [8], 452, [22] p. ; 21 cm (8vo)

Notes: Signatures: Aâ´ B-2Gâ¸ 2Hâ´ [I]1.; Includes index.; LC copy has ms. notes on front free endpaper.; Jasper Yeates's Colonial Law Library.; Yeates's signature at top of title page.; Book number 937 as assigned by Yeates.; ESTC

Subjects: Criminal procedure - England - Early works to 1800.; Criminal law - England - Early works to 1800.; Criminal law.; Criminal procedure.; England.; Early works.; Full leather (Binding); Gilt title on maroon spine label (Binding)

Additional Author: Talmash, George,; Cotter, Sarah,; Yeates, Jasper,

Location: Lancaster History Library - Yeates Collection

Call Number: Book 938 1766

A new law-dictionary : containing the interpretation and definition of words and terms used in the law : as also the whole law and practice thereof, under all the heads and titles : together with such informations relating thereto, as explain the history and antiquity of the law, and our manners, customs, and original government : collected and abstracted from all dictionaries, abridgements, institutes, reports, year-books, charters, registers, chronicles, and histories published to this time

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Author: Jacob, Giles,

Edition: The eighth edition, /

Date of Publication: 1762

Call Number: Book 776 1762

Responsibility: by Giles Jacob, Gent.

Author: Jacob, Giles,

Edition: The eighth edition, /

Place of Publication: London

Publisher: Printed by H. Woodfall and W. Strahan for T. Osborne ... [and 24 others],

Date of Publication: 1762

Physical Description: [722] p. ; 36 cm. (fol.)

Notes: Author statement follows edition statement on title page; Signatures: [A]Â² aÂ² B-8RÂ² 8S1 8TÂ².; Jasper Yeates's Colonial Law Library.; Yeates's signature at top of title page.; Book number 776 as assigned by Yeates.

Subjects: Law - Dictionaries - Early works to 1800.; Law.; Dictionaries.; Early works.; Full blind-tooled leather (Binding); Gilt title on maroon spine label (Binding)

Additional Author: Holt, John,; Woodfall, H.; Strahan, William,; Osborne, Thomas,; Yeates, Jasper,

Location: Lancaster History Library - Yeates Collection

Call Number: Book 776 1762

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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

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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

Creator: Murphy, John Slaughter, 1921-2011

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

Subjects: Clippings (Books, newspapers, etc.); Invoices; Letters; Obituaries; Receipts (Acknowledgments)

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.

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The life of the Right Honourable Sir John Holt, knight, lord chief justice of the Court of King's-bench; containing several arguments touching the rights and liberties of the people, delivered by his lordship, with great reason and remarkable courage, upon most important occasions, during the reigns of Their Majesties, King William the Third, and Queen Anne; taken from the report of the Lord Chief Justice Raymond, &c. And an abstract of Lord Chief Justice Holt's will, codicils, &c. Also points of law, resolved by his lordship, on evidence, at nisi prius. With a table of references to all his lordship's arguments and resolutions in the several volumes of reports. Never before published

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Author: Rayner, John

Date of Publication: 1764.

Call Number: Book 1019 1764

Responsibility: By a gentleman of the Inner-Temple.

Author: Rayner, John

Place of Publication: London

Publisher: Printed for the author, and sold by J. Worrall,

Date of Publication: 1764.

Physical Description: xiii, 154, xi, [31] pages 21 cm

Notes: Introduction signed: J.R. [i.e. John Rayner].; Jasper Yeates's Colonial Law Library.; Yeates's signature at top of title page.; Book number 1019 as assigned by Yeates.

Subjects: Holt, John, - Sir, - 1642-1710.; Full blind-tooled decorated leather (Binding); Gilt title on maroon spine label (Binding)

Additional Author: Yeates, Jasper,

Location: Lancaster History Library - Yeates Collection

Call Number: Book 1019 1764

Receipt

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Collection: George Steinman Papers, Series 2 Documents, Images, Ephemera

Title: Receipt for delivery of sand to Trinity Lutheran Church

Object ID: MG0184_S02_F005_In02_It06

Date Range: 1761/05/08

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Collection: George Steinman Papers, Series 2 Documents, Images, Ephemera

Title: Receipt for delivery of sand to Trinity Lutheran Church

Description: John Postlethwaite received payment from Bernard Hubley for hauling 12 loads of sand to the site of Trinity Lutheran Church, Lancaster, during its construction in 1761.

Admin/Biographical History: Bernard Hubley was a member of the building committee when Trinity Lutheran Church was built in 1761.

Date Range: 1761/05/08

Creation Date: 8 May 1761

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives South

Storage Wall: Side 04

Storage Container: Series 02, Box 0001

People: Hubley, Bernard; Postlethwaite, John

Subjects: Receipts (Acknowledgments)

Search Terms: Churches; Construction; Lancaster; Receipts; Trinity Lutheran Church

Extent: 1 item, 1 page scanned

Object Name: Receipt

Language: English

Object ID: MG0184_S02_F005_In02_It06

Location of Originals: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania

Related Item Notes: George Steinman Papers, Series 1 (MG0184_S01) https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/786b3ffc-7908-40de-9362-817467455650; George Steinman Papers, Series 2 (MG0184_S02) https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/6c7e11c6-f3ca-469c-891a-145832196710

Notes: Preferred Citation: Title or description of item, date (day, month, year), George Steinman Papers (MG0184), Series 2, Object ID, LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania. URL if applicable. Date accessed (day, month, year).

Access Conditions / Restrictions: Please use digital images and transcriptions when available. Original documents may be used by appointment--contact Research@LancasterHistory.org prior to visit.

Copyright: Images have been provided for research purposes only. Please contact Research@LancasterHistory.org for a high-resolution image and permission to publish.; LancasterHistory retains the rights to the digital images and content presented. The doctrine of fair use allows limited use of copyrighted material without permission from the copyright holder. Fair use includes comment, criticism, teaching, and private scholarship. Any images and data downloaded, printed or photocopied for these purposes should provide a citation. All other uses beyond those allowed by fair use require written permission.; 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.

Other Numbers: MG-184, Series 2

Other Number: MG-184, Series 2, Folder 5, Insert 2, Item 6

Classification: MG0184

Description Level: Item

Custodial History: Added to database 1 May 2024.; Digitization of this document was funded by the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, PHMC Appl ID # C980002119, 2021-2024.

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Sessions cases adjudged in the Court of King's Bench, chiefly touching settlements : from the latter end of Queen Anne's reign to the present time : with two tables, the one of the names of the cases, the other of the principal matters therein contained

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Corporate Author: Great Britain. Court of King's Bench.

Edition: The second edition corrected, and improved with new references, and the acts of Parliament which have altered this law since the first edition.

Date of Publication: 1760.

Call Number: Bookk 939 1760; Book 940 1760

Corporate Author: Great Britain. Court of King's Bench.

Edition: The second edition corrected, and improved with new references, and the acts of Parliament which have altered this law since the first edition.

Place of Publication: In the Savoy [London]

Publisher: Printed by Catherine Lintot ... for Daniel Browne ... and John Shuckburgh ...,

Date of Publication: 1760.

Physical Description: 2 volumes ; 20 cm

Notes: Jasper Yeates's Colonial Law Library.; Yeates's signature at top of title page.; Book numbers 939 and 940 as assigned by Yeates.

Subjects: Law reports, digests, etc. - Great Britain - Early works to 1800.; Law reports, digests, etc.; Great Britain.; Early works.; Full blind-tooled decorated leather (Binding); Gilt title on maroon spine label (Binding)

Additional Author: Yeates, Jasper,

Location: Lancaster History Library - Yeates Collection

Call Number: Bookk 939 1760; Book 940 1760

An historical and political discourse of the laws and government of England : from the first times to the end of the reign of Queen Elizabeth : with a vindication of the antient way of parliaments in England

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Author: Bacon, Nathaniel,

Edition: The fifth edition /

Date of Publication: MDCCLX [1760]

Call Number: Book 620 1760

Responsibility: collected from some manuscript notes of John Selden, Esq. by Nathaniel Bacon ...

Author: Bacon, Nathaniel,

Uniform Title: Historicall discourse of the uniformity of the government of England

Edition: The fifth edition /

Place of Publication: London

Publisher: Printed for D. Browne, and A. Millar ...,

Date of Publication: MDCCLX [1760]

Physical Description: [4], viii, xiii-xix, [1], 203, [1], xii,178 [i.e. 180], [8] p. ; 29 cm. (4to)

Notes: In 2 pts.; Signatures: pi1 A1 a-bâ´ B-2Câ´ 2D2Eâ´ 2F-3Fâ´ 3GÂ².; Errors in paging: p. 167-168 of pt. 2 repeated in the numbering.; Jasper Yeates's Colonial Law Library.; Yeates's signature at top of title page.; Book number 620 as assigned by Yeates.; ESTC

Subjects: Constitutional history - Great Britain.; Constitutional history.; Great Britain.; Full leather (Binding); Gilt title on maroon spine label (Binding)

Additional Author: Selden, John,; Yeates, Jasper,

Location: Lancaster History Library - Yeates Collection

Call Number: Book 620 1760

The law of bills of exchange, promissory notes, bank-notes, and insurances : containing all the statutes, cases at large, arguments, resolutions, judgments, decrees, and customs of merchants concerning them, methodically digested ; together with rules and examples for computing the exchange between England and the principal places of trade in Europe : also, the arbitrations of exchange ... illustrated with variety of examples

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Author: Cunningham, Timothy,

Edition: 3rd ed /

Date of Publication: 1766.

Call Number: Book 502 1766

Responsibility: by T. Cunningham.

Author: Cunningham, Timothy,

Edition: 3rd ed /

Place of Publication: London

Publisher: Printed for R. Baldwin, W. Owen, and S. Crowder,

Date of Publication: 1766.

Physical Description: xxxvi, 524 pages ; 22 cm

Notes: Includes index.; Jasper Yeates's Colonial Law Library.; Yeates's signature at top of title page.; Book number 502 as assigned by Yeates.

Subjects: Commercial law.; Negotiable instruments - Great Britain.; Marine insurance - Great Britain.; Merchants - Great Britain.; Marine insurance.; Merchants; Negotiable instruments.; Great Britain.; Full blind-tooled leather (Binding); Gilt title on maroon spine label (Binding)

Additional Author: Yeates, Jasper,

Location: Lancaster History Library - Yeates Collection

Call Number: Book 502 1766

A report of some proceedings on the commission of Oyer and terminer and goal delivery : for the trial of the rebels in the year 1746 in the county of Surry, and of other crown cases

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Author: Foster, Michael,

Date of Publication: MDCCLXII [1762]

Call Number: Book 760 1762

Responsibility: to which are added discourses upon a few branches of the crown law.

Author: Foster, Michael,

Place of Publication: Oxford

Publisher: Printed at the Clarendon Press ...,

Date of Publication: MDCCLXII [1762]

Physical Description: [4], viii, [4], 412, [19] ; 33 cm pages

Notes: Preface signed: M. Foster.; Includes table [index].; Errata on p. [4].; Printed marginalia.; Publisher's advertisment's on verso facing title page.; Sold by J. Worrall and B. Tovey, at the Dove ... London.; John Adams Library copy has bookplate: John Adams Library, in the Custody of the Boston Public Library.; Jasper Yeates's Colonial Law Library.; Yeates's signature at top of title page.; Book number 760 as assigned by Yeates.; ESTC,

Subjects: Treason - Great Britain.; Homicide - Great Britain.; Accomplices - Great Britain.; Trials - Great Britain.; Jacobite Rebellion, 1745-1746.; Accomplices.; Homicide.; Treason.; Trials.; Great Britain.; Full blind-tooled leather (Binding); Gilt title on maroon spine label (Binding)

Additional Author: Yeates, Jasper,

Location: Lancaster History Library - Yeates Collection

Call Number: Book 760 1762

Trials per pais: or, The law of England concerning juries by nisi prius, &c. With a compleat treatise of the law of evidence, collected from all the books of reports; together with precedents, and forms of challenges, demurrers upon evidence, bills of exception, pleas puis le darrein continuance &c

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Author: Duncombe, Giles.

Edition: The 8th ed.,

Date of Publication: 1766.

Call Number: Book 298

Responsibility: Originally comp. by Giles Duncomb and continued by a careful hand.

Author: Duncombe, Giles.

Edition: The 8th ed.,

Place of Publication: London

Publisher: T. Waller,

Date of Publication: 1766.

Physical Description: 2 volumes 21 cm

Notes: Paged continuously.; Nos. 373-378 repeated in paging.; Jasper Yeates's Colonial Law Library.; Yeates's signature at top of title page.; Books numbers 298 and 299 as assigned by Yeates.

Subjects: Jury - Great Britain.; Forms (Law) - Great Britain.; Forms (Law); Jury.; Great Britain.; Full blind-tooled leather (Binding); Gilt title on maroon spine label (Binding)

Additional Author: Yeates, Jasper

Location: Lancaster History Library - Yeates Collection

Call Number: Book 298

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Sessions cases adjudged in the Court of King's Bench, chiefly touching settlements : from the latter end of Queen Anne's reign to the present time : with two tables, the one of the names of the cases, the other of the principal matters therein contained

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo22111

An historical and political discourse of the laws and government of England : from the first times to the end of the reign of Queen Elizabeth : with a vindication of the antient way of parliaments in England

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo21701

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A report of some proceedings on the commission of Oyer and terminer and goal delivery : for the trial of the rebels in the year 1746 in the county of Surry, and of other crown cases

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo21810

Trials per pais: or, The law of England concerning juries by nisi prius, &c. With a compleat treatise of the law of evidence, collected from all the books of reports; together with precedents, and forms of challenges, demurrers upon evidence, bills of exception, pleas puis le darrein continuance &c

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