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The laws of Jamaica : pass'd by the Governours, Council and Assembly in that island, and confirm'd by the Crown

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Corporate Author: Jamaica.

Date of Publication: 1716.

Call Number: Book 503 1716

Corporate Author: Jamaica.

Uniform Title: Laws, etc.

Place of Publication: London

Publisher: Printed by W. Wilkins, at the Dolphin in Little-Britain,

Date of Publication: 1716.

Physical Description: xxx, [6], 457, [1] p. ; 21 cm. (8vo)

Notes: Initials; head and tail pieces.; The preface by William Wood gives a descriptive account of the island.; "Mr. Francis Hanson's account of the island and government of Jamaica, which was wrote in or about the year 1682": pages [446]-457.; Errata: p. [458].; Jasper Yeates's Colonial Law Library.; Yeates signature at top of title page with one former owner struck and one removed.; Book number 503 as assigned by Yeates.

Subjects: Politics and government; Travel.; Jamaica - Description and travel - Early works to 1800.; Jamaica - Politics and government - To 1962.; Jamaica.; Jamaica - Politics and government - Early works to 1800.; Early works.; Full blind-tooled leather (Binding); Gilt title on maroon spine label (Binding)

Additional Author: Wood, William,; Hanson, Francis.; Yeates, Jasper,

Location: Lancaster History Library - Yeates Collection

Call Number: Book 503 1716

An historical and geographical account of the province and country of Pensilvania in America : the richness of the soil, the sweetness of the situation ... the first planters, the Dutch, Sweeds, and English with the number of its inhabitants : as also a touch upon George Keith's new religion, in his second change since he left the Quakers : with a map

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Author: Thomas, Gabriel.

Edition: Enl. and repr.

Date of Publication: 1938.

Call Number: 974.801 T456

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Responsibility: by Gabriel Thomas ; edited, with copious notes, &c. by A. Monroe Aurand, Jr.

Author: Thomas, Gabriel.

Edition: Enl. and repr.

Place of Publication: Harrisburg, Pa

Publisher: Aurand Press,

Date of Publication: 1938.

Physical Description: 32 p. : map ; 23 cm.

Notes: Originally published: London : A. Baldwin, 1698. Reprinted at the Aurand Press, 1935.; Cover title: History of Pensilvania, published in London in 1698.; "Privately printed for the editor and his friends".; Filmed with: Good order established in Pennsylvania and New Jersey / by Thomas Budd. Cleveland : Burrows Co., 1902.

Subjects: Pennsylvania - Description and travel - Early works to 1800.; Pennsylvania - History - Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775 - Early works to 1800.

Additional Author: Aurand, A. Monroe

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 974.801 T456

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Reports of cases taken and adjudged in the Court of Chancery, in the reigns of King Charles I., Charles II., and James II. : being special cases and most of them decreed with the assistance of the judges, and all of them referring to the register books : wherein are setled several points of equity, law, and practice : to which are added learned arguments relating to the antiquity of the said Court, its dignity, power, and jurisdiction : as also the great case between the Dutchess of Albemarle and the Earl of Bathe : in two volumes

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Corporate Author: Great Britain. Court of Chancery.

Edition: The second edition, with large additions,

Date of Publication: 1715.

Call Number: Book 522 1716; Book 521 1715; Book 520 1715

Corporate Author: Great Britain. Court of Chancery.

Edition: The second edition, with large additions,

Place of Publication: In the Savoy [London]

Publisher: Printed by J. Nutt, assignee of Edward Sayer, Esq., for J. Walthoe ...,

Date of Publication: 1715.

Physical Description: 2 v. ; 20 cm (8vo)

Notes: A third part was issued in 1716.; Vol. 1: [4], 288, 88, [28] p.; v. 2: [12], 437, [19] p.; Includes indexes.; Bookseller's advertisements: v. 1, p. [2] in front, p. [27-28] at end; v. 2: p. [2] in front.; Jasper Yeates's Colonial Law Library.; Yeates's signature at top of title page under two or three struck former owners; signature also on flyleaf.; Books numbers 520, 521, and 522 as assigned by Yeates,; Sowerby, E.M. Catalogue of the Library of Thomas Jefferson,; English Short Title Catalogue,

Subjects: Great Britain. - Court of Chancery.; Law reports, digests, etc. - Great Britain - Early works to 1800.; Equity pleading and procedure - Great Britain - Early works to 1800.; Equity pleading and procedure.; Law reports, digests, etc.; Great Britain.; Early works.; Full-blind-tooled leather (Binding); Gilt title on maroon spine label (Binding)

Additional Author: Yeates, Jasper,

Additional Corporate Author: Great Britain. Court of Chancery.

Place: England London.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Yeates Collection

Call Number: Book 522 1716; Book 521 1715; Book 520 1715

[La graunde abridgement]

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Author: Fitzherbert, Anthony,

Date of Publication: 1516]

Call Number: Book 792 1516

Alternate Title: Prima pars huius libri; Sequitur secunda pars; Ultima pars huius libri

Author: Fitzherbert, Anthony,

Place of Publication: [London

Publisher: Printed by John Rastell and Wynkyn de Worde,

Date of Publication: 1516]

Physical Description: 3 v. : ill., coats of arms ; 37 cm. (fol.)

Notes: The first edition of "La graunde abridgement"--English Short Title Catalogue.; The title "La graunde abridgement" taken from the English Short Title Catalogue.; Probably printed by John Rastell (v. 1) and Wynken De Worde (v. 2-3), beginning about 1514. Cf. Law library journal, v. 51, 1958, p. [100]-116 and ESTC. The colophon of v. 3 is dated 1516.; "Finis tocius istius op[er]is finit[us] xxi die Dicembr[is] A[nn]o d[omi]ni Millecimo qui[n]ge[n]tesimo sextodecimo"--Colophon.; Title page of vol. 1 delineates a king upon the throne with "Prima pars huius libri" printed above; vol. 2 has title page with the royal coat of arms and "Sequitur secunda pars" printed above; vol. 3 has title page with the royal coat of arms and "Ultima pars huius libri" printed above.; Vol. 1 has foliation: [1], CC, [1], CCi-CClxxiii, [1], CClxxix-CClxxxvii leaves; vol. 2: [1], CCix, CCxi-CClxxiiii leaves; vol. 3: CxCii, CxCiiii-CCxxxi leaves.; Signatures of vol. 1: pi1 aâ¸( -a8) bâ¶ C-Uâ¸, Â²a-Â²qâ¸ (Â²q3 blank) Â²râ´; vol. 2: aÂ¹â° b-zâ¸ [et?]â¸ [con?]â¸ A-Iâ¸; vol. 3: 2a-2zâ¸, [et?]â¸ [con?]â¸ 2A-2Câ¸ 2Dâ¶.; LC copy vol. 3 t.p. has "The price of the whole boke (.xl. s.) Whych boke conteynyth iii grete volumes," is printed below "Ultima pars huius libri."; LCHS copy lacking title page of volume 2.; Jasper Yeates's Colonial Law Library.; Yeates's signature at top of title pagebelow another signature.; Book number 792 as assigned by Yeates.; "Contains a digest of all the cases in the Year-books, down to the 21 Hen. VII ... as well as cases from the reigns of Rich. II, Edw. I and II, Hen. III, and a number of readings and original authorities no where else to be found"-J.G. Marvin. Legal bibliography, 1847.; ESTC; STC (2nd ed.)

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

Additional Author: Tottel, Richard,; Yeates, Jasper,

Location: Lancaster History Library - Yeates Collection

Call Number: Book 792 1516

The common and statute law of England concerning trials in high-treason, misprision of treason, and in all other crimes and offences relating to the Crown : briefly collected out of the common and statute law-books and trials relating to that subject, alphabetically digested under proper titles, wherein the learning of appeals is at large set forth under the same head : the whole is brought down to the present year 1710, with an exact table

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Author: W. J.

Date of Publication: 1710.

Call Number: Book 436 1710

Responsibility: by W.J., Barrister at law.

Author: W. J.

Place of Publication: In the Savoy [London]

Publisher: Printed by John Nutt, assignee of Edward Sayer, Esq. for John Walthoe ...,

Date of Publication: 1710.

Physical Description: [8], 405, [27] p. ; 20 cm. (8vo)

Notes: "Very useful for all barristers, attorneys, justices of peace, and for all others that have, or may have occasion to be concern'd in such matters."; Signatures: Aâ´ B-2Eâ¸.; Bookseller's advertisements: p. [23-27] at end.; Jasper Yeates's Colonial Law Library.; Yeates's signature at top of title page.; Book number 436 as assigned by Yeates.; ESTC

Subjects: Criminal law - England - Early works to 1800.; Criminal procedure - England - Early works to 1800.; Criminal law.; Criminal procedure.; England.; Early works.; Full blind-tooled leather (Binding); Damaged gilt title on maroon spine label (Binging)

Additional Author: Yeates, Jasper,Ud1745-1817,

Location: Lancaster History Library - Yeates Collection

Call Number: Book 436 1710

Inventory of the County Archives of Pennsylvania No. 40 Luzerne County (Wilkes Barre)

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Date of Publication: 1938

Call Number: 974.832 P415

Responsibility: prepared by the Historical Records Survey, Division of Women's and Professional Projects. Works Progress Administration.

Place of Publication: Harrisburg

Publisher: Historical Records Survey,

Date of Publication: 1938

Physical Description: 239 p. : ill., maps ; 28 cm.

Notes: Includes index.; Includes bibliography.

Subjects: Archives - Pennsylvania - Luzerne County.; Luzerne County (Pa.) - History - Sources.

Additional Corporate Author: Pennsylvania Historical Records Survey.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 974.832 P415

A short history of the Hopewell Furnace estate in Union Township, Berks County

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Author: Long, Harker A.

Date of Publication: [1930?]

Call Number: 974.816 L848

Alternate Title: Historical sketch of Hopewell Furnace

Author: Long, Harker A.

Place of Publication: Reading, Pa

Publisher: Reading Eagle Press,

Date of Publication: [1930?]

Physical Description: 19 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

Notes: Written by Harker A. Long.

Subjects: Iron industry and trade - Pennsylvania - Berks County.; Hopewell Furnace National Historic Site (Pa.) - History.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 974.816 L848

"Martic Estate" and "Colemanville Works" : belonging to the Coleman family in Martic-Providence-Drumore and Conestoga Twps. Lancaster Co., Penna

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Date of Publication: 1932.

Call Number: 974.815 MART 100

Responsibility: drawn by John G. Rohrer.

Place of Publication: Lancaster, Pa

Publisher: First Title Insurance Co. ,

Date of Publication: 1932.

Physical Description: 1 map : photocopy ; 49 x 44 cm.

Notes: Designed to show boundaries in color.; Includes list of landowners.

Subjects: Coleman family.; Landowners - Pennsylvania - Lancaster Co.; Real property - Pennsylvania - Lancaster Co.; Lancaster Co. (Pa.) - Maps.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Map

Call Number: 974.815 MART 100

Lancaster's contribution to Cape Verde Islands in the famine of 1832

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Author: Worner, William Frederic.

Date of Publication: 1930

Lancaster's Contribution to Cape Verde Islands in the Famine of 1832 By WILLIAM FREDERIC WORNER IN the autumn of 1832, information reached Lancaster that the inhabitants of the Cape Verde Islands were in a most distressed condition. They had had no rain for two years, their crops had failed, and

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Responsibility: by William Frederic Worner.

Author: Worner, William Frederic.

Place of Publication: Lancaster, Pa

Publisher: Lancaster County Historical Society,

Date of Publication: 1930

Physical Description: [22]-23 p. ; 23 cm.

Series: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 34, no. 1

Subjects: Famines - Cape Verde.; Cape Verde - History - To 1975.

Contained In: Mennonite Family History. Volume 34, number 1 (1930), p. 22-23Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.34

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Praxis almae curiae cancellariae : in two volumes : being a collection of precedents, by bill and answer, plea and demurrer, in causes of the greatest moment (wherein equity hath been allowed) which have been commenced in the High Court of Chancery, for more than 30 years last past : with appeals (in several cases of great difficulty) to the House of Peers in Parliament, and the proceedings thereupon : also, a compleat collection of all the writs and process concerning the same, together with a praeliminary discourse, by way of rules, succinctly and methodically drawn up, containing the practice of the said court, in every particular branch of the equitable part thereof

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Author: Brown, William,

Edition: The third edition, with additions.

Date of Publication: 1714.

Call Number: Book 519 1714; Book 518 1714

Author: Brown, William,

Edition: The third edition, with additions.

Place of Publication: In the Savoy [London]

Publisher: Printed by J. Nutt, assignee of Edward Sayer Esq. for Abel Roper, and Samuel Butler ...,

Date of Publication: 1714.

Physical Description: 2 v. ; 20 cm (8vo)

Notes: "By William Brown"--T.p. of v. 2.; Sometimes attributed to Sir Robert Heath. Cf. Halkett & Laing.; Vol. 1: [8], 576 p.; v. 2: [8], 103, [1]; 176; 401-720, [40] p.; Jasper Yeates's Colonial Law Library.; Yeates's signature at top of title page.; Book numbers 518 and 519 as assigned by Yeates.; Signature of B. Crosby on flyleaf struck.; Sowerby, E.M. Catalogue of the Library of Thomas Jefferson,; English Short Title Catalogue,

Subjects: Great Britain. - Court of Chancery.; Equity pleading and procedure - Great Britain - Early works to 1800.; Equity pleading and procedure.; Great Britain.; Publishers' advertisements - Great Britain.; Early works.; Vol 1: linen boards (Binding); Vol 2: Full blind-tooled leather(Binding); Gilt title on maroon spine label (Binding)

Additional Author: Heath, Robert,; Bay, Elihu Hall,; Yeates, Jasper,

Place: England London.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Yeates Collection

Call Number: Book 519 1714; Book 518 1714

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