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Washington's expeditions (1753-1754) and Braddock's expedition (1755) with history of Tom Fausett, the slayer of General Edward Braddock

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Author
Hadden, James,
Edition
(2d ed.).
Date of Publication
[c1910]
Call Number
974.80283 H126
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By James Hadden.
Author
Hadden, James,
Edition
(2d ed.).
Place of Publication
Uniontown, Pa
Date of Publication
[c1910]
Physical Description
139 p. front., plates, ports., maps. 19 cm.
Subjects
Fausett, Thomas, - d. 1820?
Washington, George, - 1732-1799.
Braddock, Edward, - 1695-1755.
Washington's Expedition to the Ohio, 1st, 1753-1754.
Washington's Expedition to the Ohio, 2nd, 1754.
Braddock's Campaign, 1755.
United States - History - French and Indian War, 1755-1763.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
974.80283 H126
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[La graunde abridgement]

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Author
Fitzherbert, Anthony,
Date of Publication
1516]
Call Number
Book 792 1516
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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 a⁸( -a8) b⁶ C-U⁸, ²a-²q⁸ (²q3 blank) ²r⁴; vol. 2: a¹⁰ b-z⁸ [et?]⁸ [con?]⁸ A-I⁸; vol. 3: 2a-2z⁸, [et?]⁸ [con?]⁸ 2A-2C⁸ 2D⁶.
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
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The army and navy of America: containing a view of the heroic adventures, battles, naval engagements, remarkable incidents, and glorious achievements in the cause of freedom, from the period of the French and Indian Wars to the close of the Mexican War; independent of an account of warlike operations on land and sea

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Author
Neff, Jacob K.
Date of Publication
1849.
Call Number
090 L244hi 1849
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Author
Neff, Jacob K.
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
G. Hills,
Date of Publication
1849.
Physical Description
684 p. illus. 22 cm.
Subjects
Military art and science.
United States - History, Military - To 1900.
United States - History, Naval - To 1900.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Rare Books
Call Number
090 L244hi 1849
Websites
https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=yale.39002061262961;view=1up;seq=7
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A tabular statement relating to the tax on real & personal estate, for state purposes, the revenue arising from that and other sources, and to the payments to common schools, for the periods therein named

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Date of Publication
1846.
Call Number
815 P769 # 24
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Place of Publication
Harrisburg
Publisher
J.M.G. Lescure, Printer to the State,
Date of Publication
1846.
Physical Description
26 p. ; 23 cm.
Notes
Prepared by the Auditor General's Office.
In: Political Speeches.
Subjects
Property tax - Pennsylvania - Statistics.
Education - Pennsylvania - Statistics.
Additional Corporate Author
Pennsylvania. Office of the Auditor General.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Rare Books
Call Number
815 P769 # 24
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Assigned estate of Chas. Steigerwalt, Esq. of Lancaster, Pa. ... : valuable collection of autograph letters and historical documents ... to be sold ... January 31, 1911

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Corporate Author
Stan. V. Henkels (Firm)
Date of Publication
1911]
Call Number
017.7 S818
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Responsibility
catalogue compiled and sale conducted by Stan. V. Henkels.
Corporate Author
Stan. V. Henkels (Firm)
Place of Publication
[Philadelphia, Pa
Publisher
Stan. V. Henkels,
Date of Publication
1911]
Physical Description
74 p., [2] folded leaves of plates : facsims. ; 26 cm.
Series
Catalogue / Stan. V. Henkels ; no. 1023
Subjects
Steigerwalt, Charles.
Autographs - Collections.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Lancaster County
Call Number
017.7 S818
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Items of local interest in the Pennsylvania Gazette : 1750 to 1760 inclusive

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Author
Eshleman, Henry Frank,
Date of Publication
1919
. Jacob Duche. In the issue of May 22, the estate notice in the estate of Thomas Musgrove fixes his late residence in Lampeter Township. In the issue of May 29, General Stanwix announces that a certain number of wagons are necessary to take provisions to Pittsburgh from Lancaster, Carlisle ; and that such
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Responsibility
copies by H. Frank Eshleman.
Author
Eshleman, Henry Frank,
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Lancaster County Historical Society,
Date of Publication
1919
Physical Description
133-148 p. ; 23 cm.
Series
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 23, no. 8
Subjects
Newspapers - Pennsylvania.
Pennsylvania - Social life and customs - To 1775.
Lancaster County (Pa.) - Social life and customs - Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775.
Contained In
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 23, number 8 (1919), p. 133-148Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.23
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The wilderness trail; or, The ventures and adventures of the Pennsylvania traders on the Allegheny path

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Author
Hanna, Charles A.
Date of Publication
1911.
Call Number
974.8028 H243
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Responsibility
with some new annals of the old West, and the records of some strong men and some bad ones, by Charles A. Hanna ... with eighty maps and illustrations.
Author
Hanna, Charles A.
Place of Publication
New York, London
Publisher
G. P. Putnam's sons,
Date of Publication
1911.
Physical Description
2 v. fronts., plates, maps (part fold.) facsim. 25 cm.
Notes
"Of this work one thousand copies have been printed from type, and the type destroyed."
Contents
Chapters in volume 1: The debatable land // The Iroquoians of the Susquehanna // The Petticoat indians of Petticoat land // The Shawnees // The early traders of Conestoga, Donegal and Paxtang // The young red man goes west // The Shamokin traders and the Shamokin Path // Andrew Montour, the "Half Indian" // The Frankstown Path // The Raystown Path // The traders at Allegheny on the main path; with some annals of Kittanning and Chartier's Town // The Ohio Mingoes of the White River and the Wendats // Kuskuskies on the the Beaver // Logstown on the Ohio.
Chapters in volume 2: George Croghan , the king of the traders // The Ohio Valley before the white man came // The Lower Shanee town; or Chillicothe on the Ohio // The Chonchake Route and other Ohio paths // John Finley and Kentucky before Boone // Pickawillany Path // The Indian trade and Pennsylvania traders // The perils of the path.
Subjects
Indians of North America - Pennsylvania.
Indians of North America - Ohio River Valley.
Pennsylvania - History - Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775.
Ohio River Valley - History - To 1795.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
974.8028 H243
Websites
https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=hvd.32044010057016&view=1up&seq=13
https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uc1.31158005077135&view=1up&seq=13
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Colonial folkways : a chronicle of American life in the reign of the Georges

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Author
Andrews, Charles McLean,
Edition
Textbook ed.
Date of Publication
c1919.
Call Number
917.3 A565
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Responsibility
by Charles M. Andrews.
Author
Andrews, Charles McLean,
Edition
Textbook ed.
Place of Publication
New Haven
Publisher
Yale University Press,
Date of Publication
c1919.
Physical Description
vii, 255 p. ; 18 cm.
Series
Chronicles of America series ;
Notes
Includes bibliographical references (p. 239-243) and index.
Contents
Chapters : The Land and The People -- Town and Country -- Colonial Houses -- Habiliments ( clothing ) and Habits -- Everyday Needs and Diversions -- The Intellectual Life -- The Cure Of Souls ( religion ) -- The Problem of Labor -- Colonial Travel
Subjects
United States - Social life and customs - To 1775.
United States - History - Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
917.3 A565
Websites
https://archive.org/details/colonialfolkways00andruoft/page/n11
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Alta California : embracing notices of the climate, soil, and agricultural products of northern Mexico and the Pacific seaboard : also, a history of the military and naval operations of the United States directed against the territories of northern Mexico, in the year 1846-'47 : with documents declaratory of the policy of the present administration of the national government in regard to the annexation of conquered territory to this union, and the opinion of the Hon. James Buchanan on the Wilmot Proviso, &c

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Author
Captain of volunteers.
Date of Publication
1847.
Call Number
979.4403 C254
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Responsibility
by a Captain of volunteers.
Author
Captain of volunteers.
Place of Publication
Philadelphia
Publisher
H. Packer & Co. ...,
Date of Publication
1847.
Physical Description
[2], 5-64 p. (first leaf blank) ; 25 cm.
Notes
This copy is a reproduction ISBN 0548410593.
Description of area: p. 9-12; history and documentation: p. 13-64.
Anti-annexation tract.
Summary
The 1847 publication briefly address climate soil and agriculture in Alta and Baja California in chapter I. The following eight chapters consist of communications from the U.S. Government consisting of instructions in the event Mexico declared war, justification of and motives for war, various reports to Washington, communications with Mexican officials in Alta California, accounts of the military operations in California, the articles of capitulation entered into at Rancho of Cowanga on January 13, 1847, all of which are interspersed with personal observations and comments by the author. The final chapter deals with the question of whether slavery would be allowed in California, the policy of the South and its motive for a slave market and emigrants to California and Northern Mexico [from California State University's Digital Commons]
Subjects
Buchanan, James, - 1791-1868.
Mexican War, 1846-1848.
California - Description and travel.
California - History - 1846-1850.
Mexico, North - Description and travel.
California - Annexation to the United States.
Place
United States Pennsylvania Philadelphia.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
979.4403 C254
Websites
https://archive.org/details/altcaliforniembr00strerich/page/n7/mode/2up
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Lazarus Stewart

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Author
Clark, Martha Bladen.
Date of Publication
1910
October last 2From Historical Collections 'of Pennsylvania by Sherman Day, page 280. �the said John Philip told this depo- nant, and a certain Henry Johnson that he would help them that they need not go to Lancaster with the Sheriff, and likewise clear them in Court. But this deponant and the said Henry
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by Miss Martha B. Clark.
Author
Clark, Martha Bladen.
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Lancaster County Historical Society,
Date of Publication
1910
Physical Description
301-309 p. ; 23 cm.
Series
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 14, no. 10
Subjects
Stewart, Lazarus, - ca. 1734-1778.
Paxton Boys.
Lancaster County (Pa.) - History - 17th century.
Pennsylvania - Politics and government - To 1775.
Contained In
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 14, number 10 (1910), p. 301-309Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.14
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