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The transactions of the High Court of Chancery, both by practice and president, with the fees thereunto belonging, and all speciall orders in extraordinary cases, which are to be found in the Registers office as they are quoated by tearmes, yeares & bookes

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Corporate Author: England and Wales. Court of Chancery.

Date of Publication: 1649.

Call Number: Book 235 1649

Responsibility: Collected by ... William Tothill ... and since reveiwed by Sir Ro. Holborne.

Corporate Author: England and Wales. Court of Chancery.

Place of Publication: London

Publisher: Printed by T.W. for R. Best and I. Place,

Date of Publication: 1649.

Physical Description: [8], 192, 61 pages 15 cm

Notes: Signatures: A4, A-N8, a-d8 (last leaf blank).; "The proceedings of the High-Court of Chancerie": pages 1-56 (3d group]; "The fees of proceeding ... ": p. 57-61 at end.; Probably first issues.; Wing T1952.; Jasper Yeates's Colonial Law Library.; Yeates's signature under that of previous owner.; Book number 235 as assigned by Yeates.; Bound with its Reports or causes in Chancery. London, 1650. Copy 3.

Subjects: Law reports, digests, etc. - Great Britain.; Equity pleading and procedure - Great Britain.; Costs (Law) - Great Britain.; Costs (Law); Equity pleading and procedure.; Law reports, digests, etc.; Great Britain.; One-half leather with linen (Binding)

Additional Author: Tothill, William,; Holborne, Robert,; Yeates, Jasper,,

Location: Lancaster History Library - Yeates Collection

Call Number: Book 235 1649

Archive

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Collection: Willie Siple Collection

Title: The Willie Siple Collection

Object ID: MG0006

Date Range: 1935-1962

stock or dishonest dealings," Willie held on to the belief in the goodness of mankind all his life. This is not to say that Willie was completely dependent on the honesty of his customers. He was able to read dollar bills with his hands, and could tell the difference between each, much to the wonder of

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Collection: Willie Siple Collection

Title: The Willie Siple Collection

Description: The Willie Siple Collection includes photographs, postcards, correspondence, and newspaper clippings about Siple and related to his business and boxing career.

Admin/Biographical History: Wilbur "Willie" Siple (1904-1966) was the operator of Siple's News Stand for many years. He was originally a professional boxer when he was younger, and he had a successful, but short, boxing career. During those six years, Willie fought in 131 exhibitions with 71 wins, 9 losses, 22 draws and 29 KO's. Willie was what was called a "flyweight," weighing only 102 pounds in his heyday. However, Willie's boxing career was cut short after a 1925 automobile accident. Although many people speculated that Willie's loss of his eyesight was because of his boxing career, Willie explained the accident to a local newspaper. According to a sports news article that can be found in the Willie Siple Collection here at LancasterHistory.org, Willie was attempting to fix a car when a car tire exploded in his face, damaging his eyesight beyond repair and blinding him.; However, despite this tragedy, Willie didn't let the accident and blindness take over his life. On September 28, 1935, during the Depression, Willie made a brave move and opened his news stand in the Lancaster City Post Office, and named it Siple's News Stand. Due to an act of Congress, the Rudolph-Sheppard Act of 1935, Willie became "one of the first blind operators to set up shop in Federal Buildings," according to an article in the Willie Siple collection. Willie's news stand featured free news and weather reports, and sold newspapers, magazines, and candy. Rare coins and stamps, a personal passion of Willie's, were also available for purchase. Willie would travel far and wide in order to acquire rare stamps to be sold to stamp collectors. Willie would travel to places like Washington, D.C. Princeton, New Jersey, and Philadelphia in order to buy what were then called "first day issues" of stamps. One newspaper article even calls him a "philatelist," or a stamp expert, much to Willie's surprise. Siple was also extremely passionate about coin collecting, and could identify and appraise coins without needing to see them. Willie also loved to travel, and had even traveled to Canada and all around Pennsylvania with the help of friends.; Willie then became a well-known public figure. He was known for his friendly, talkative personality, and his eye-catching and "loud" shirts. WDAC-FM radio, then a Christian radio station, featured an editorial on Willie, which was subtitled "the personification of good humor." In this editorial, Willie is said to have had a "flamboyant and winning personality," as well as a "belief in man's basic honesty." Despite the fact that Willie was often taken advantage of because of his blindness, and that he "was the victim of an average of $40 worth annually in pilfered stock or dishonest dealings," Willie held on to the belief in the goodness of mankind all his life. This is not to say that Willie was completely dependent on the honesty of his customers. He was able to read dollar bills with his hands, and could tell the difference between each, much to the wonder of skeptical customers, and probably to the dismay of the rare customer who would try and take advantage of him.; Willie became a well-loved figure in the community, and anyone looking through his collection will be able to see just that. Siple was a philanthropist who supported the Tuberculosis Society with the proceeds from sales of Christmas seals (or stamps) for their charity. Willie would also dress up like Santa Claus every year, and would visit infantile paralysis victims. There are also multiple thank-you notes from school classes and the local boys club for his generous gifts of candy.; Many of Willie's friends also willingly helped him with his business, helping him with bookkeeping, driving him to and from work, taking him to lunch, helping take over the stand during lunch, and much more. He called these people his "assistants," and most of them were local business men and women who would take time out of their days to help. These people were unpaid friends, just willing to give Willie a hand. Their kindness, as well as Willie's generosity, show the kinship and kindness in the community that surrounded him in Lancaster city.; written by Elizabeth McIlhenney, 2016

Date Range: 1935-1962

Creation Date: 1935-1962

Year Range From: 1935

Year Range To: 1962

Creator: Hauck, Johnny

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives South

Storage Wall: Side 01

People: Siple, Wilbur H. "Willie"; Moore, Archie

Subjects: Blind; Boxers (Sports); Letters; Newspaper vendors; People with visual disabilities

Search Terms: Boxers (Sports); Correspondence; Finding aids; Letters; Manuscript groups; Newspaper vendors; People with visual disabilities

Extent: 1 box, 3 folders, 2 cubic ft.

Object Name: Archive

Language: English

Object ID: MG0006

Related Item Notes: Johnny Hauck Collection, MG0063; Photograph Collection

Notes: This material was part of the Johnny Hauck Collection, MG-63. Because of the specific nature of the material, it was extracted to create a separate manuscript group.; Photographs transferred to the Photograph Collection, 3 November 2017.

Access Conditions / Restrictions: No restrictions.

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.

Other Numbers: MG-6

Classification: MG0006

Description Level: Fonds

Custodial History: This material was part of the Johnny Hauck Collection, MG-63. Because of the specific nature of the material, it was extracted to create a separate manuscript group.; Cataloged prior to July 1997; added to database 8 February 2018.

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The second part of symboleography, : newly corrected and amended, and very much enlarged in all the foure severall treatises. 1 Of fines and concords. 2 Of common recoveries. 3 Of offences and indictments. 4 Of compromises and arbitrements. Whereunto is annexed another treatise of equitie: the iurisdiction, and proceedings of the high Court of Chauncerie; of supplications, bils, and answers, and of certaine writs and commissions issuing thence, and there also returnable: likewise much augmented with divers presidents, for the same purpose, beginning at the 144. section, and continuing to the end of bils and answers. With an addition of some necessary exemplars to be used in His Majesties Court of Exchequer, wards and liveries, and Starre-Chamber. Hereunto is also added a table for the more easie and readie finding of the matters, herein contained

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Author: West, William,

Date of Publication: 1641.

Call Number: Yeates Book 80 1641

Author: West, William,

Uniform Title: Second part of symboleography

Place of Publication: London

Publisher: Printed by Miles Flesher and Robert Young.,

Date of Publication: 1641.

Physical Description: [2], 350, [8] leaves ; 22.5 cm. (4to)

Notes: With Latin mottoes and tail piece below title.; "Cum privilegio."--Foot of title page.; Dedicatory letter (in Latin) to Sir Edward Coke, dated 1594, signed: William West.; Collation: [par]Â² A-2Xâ¸ 2Yâ¶ [$4 signed].; Numerous errors in foliation: leaves 24, 35, 52, 62 numbered 21, 37, 51, 64; leaves 144, 163, 165, 216, 256, 259 numbered 146, 136, 146, 215, 255, 258; leaves 284, 286, 287, 288 numbered 286, 284, 293, 286; leaves 298, 299-302, 303-304, 336, 349 numbered 283, 281-284, 284-285, 320, 394.; In black letter and Roman type; some italic type.; Initials, some historiated; head and tail pieces.; Marginal section notations.; Includes index.; "The first printed systematic treatise on the writing of legal instruments, including not only precedents in conveyancing but also of indictments and proceedings in chancery ... drawing upon civilian and continental scholarship."--Oxford DNB.; Symbolaeographia, a work in in four books, was first printed in 1590 by Richard Tottel (STC 25267). It was revised in two parts, "Symbolaeography ... the first part" (STC 25267.5) in 1592, and "The second part of symboleography" (STC 25276.3) in 1593. Both parts were subsequently issued, separately, in numerous later editions.; Jasper Yeates's Colonial Law Library.; Book number 80 as assigned by Yeates.; Some handwritten notes in margins.; Wing (2nd ed.); Linen over boards with gilt title on maroon label.

Subjects: Legal instruments - Great Britain - Early works to 1800.; Conveyancing - Great Britain - Early works to 1800.; Equity pleading and procedure - Great Britain - Early works to 1800.; Forms (Law) - Great Britain - Early works to 1800.; Conveyancing.; Equity pleading and procedure.; Forms (Law); Legal instruments.; Great Britain.; Early works.; Quarto format (Printing) - England - London - 1641.; Black letter types (Type evidence) - England - London - 1641.; Roman types (Type evidence) - England - London - 1641.; Tail-pieces (Type evidence) - England - London - 1641.

Additional Author: Flesher, Miles,; Young, Robert,; Yeates, Jasper,

Place: England London.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Yeates Collection

Call Number: Yeates Book 80 1641

Print, Photographic

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Collection: General Collection

Object ID: 2-19-01-10

Date Range: circa 1960

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Object Name: Print, Photographic

Collection: General Collection

Description: Various County officials lined up to shake hands with a man and woman. Ben Weaver, Commissioner, Brenda Swingler, Clerk of Quarter Sessions, Paul Paes, Register of Wills are the only identifiable officials.

Date Range: circa 1960

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

People: Weaver, Ben; Swingler, Brenda; Paes, Paul

Subcategory: Documentary Artifact

Search Terms: Register of Wills (Lancaster County); Commissioners; Clerk of Quarter Sessions; Quarter Sessions; Wills

Object Name: Print, Photographic

Print Size: 8 x 10 inches

Condition: Good

Object ID: 2-19-01-10

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Seeing America and its great men; the journal and letters of Count Francesco dal Verme, 1783-1784

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Author: Dal Verme, Francesco,

Date of Publication: [1969]

Call Number: 917 D313

Responsibility: Translated and edited by Elizabeth Cometti.

ISBN: 081390255X

Author: Dal Verme, Francesco,

Place of Publication: Charlottesville

Publisher: University Press of Virginia

Date of Publication: [1969]

Physical Description: xxxiii, 147 p. illus., maps, ports. 25 cm.

Notes: Library has photocopy of p. 32-35; 118-123: The Middle States and New England.; Mention is made of his visits to Ephrata, Lititz, Manheim and Lancaster.; Bibliographical references included in "Notes" (p. [95]-136)

Subjects: United States - Description and travel - Early works to 1800.; West Indies - Description and travel - Early works to 1800.

Additional Author: Cometti, Elizabeth,

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 917 D313

Colonial craftsmen and the beginnings of American industry

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Author: Tunis, Edwin,

Edition: [1st ed.]

Date of Publication: [1965]

Call Number: 609.73 T926 Oversize

Responsibility: written and illustrated by Edwin Tunis.

Author: Tunis, Edwin,

Edition: [1st ed.]

Place of Publication: Cleveland

Publisher: World Pub. Co.

Date of Publication: [1965]

Physical Description: 159 p. illus. 31 cm.

Summary: Describes and illustrates the work of craftsmen and artisans in Colonial America. Shows types of work done in town shops and manufacturies, as well as, in homes, village shops, and country forges.

Subjects: Technology - United States; Industries - United States; Decorative arts, Early American.; United States - Social life and customs - To 1775.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 609.73 T926 Oversize

Letters from an American farmer ; and Sketches of eighteenth-century America : more letters from an American farmer

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Author: St. John de CrÃ¨vecoeur, J. Hector,

Date of Publication: c1963.

Call Number: 818.103 C926

Responsibility: by Hector St. John de CrÃ¨vecoeur ; with a foreword by Albert E. Stone, Jr.

Author: St. John de CrÃ¨vecoeur, J. Hector,

Uniform Title: Letters from an American farmer

Place of Publication: New York

Publisher: New American Library,

Date of Publication: c1963.

Physical Description: 477, [3] p. ; 18 cm.

Series: A Signet classic ; CQ136

Notes: Includes index.; "Landscapes", dramatic sketches: p. 398-463.

Subjects: St. John de CrÃ¨vecoeur, J. Hector, - 1735-1813.; Farm life - United States.; United States - Social life and customs - 1775-1783.; United States - Description and travel - To 1783.; Nantucket (Mass.) - Social life and customs.

Additional Author: Stone, Albert E.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 818.103 C926

Travels in North America in the years 1780, 1781, and 1782

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Author: Chastellux, FrancÊ¹ois Jean,

Date of Publication: c1963.

Call Number: 917.3 C489

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Responsibility: by the Marquis de Chastellux ; a revised translation, with introduction and notes, by Howard C. Rice, Jr.

Author: Chastellux, FrancÊ¹ois Jean,

Uniform Title: Voyages dans l'Amerique septentrionale.

Place of Publication: Chapel HIll, N.C

Publisher: University of North Carolina Press,

Date of Publication: c1963.

Physical Description: 2 v. : ill., ports. ; maps ; 23 cm.

Notes: "Published for the Institute of Early American History and Culture at Williamsburg, Virginia."; Includes index.

Summary: "The definitive edition of an American classic of great literary and historical value. Chastellux, one of three major generals who accompanied Rochambeau and the French Expeditionary Forces to America, was a man of letters and a member of the French Academy. His absorbing journal is a deeply and clearly etched portrait of a country and its people. This is the second of two volumes." [Worldcat.org]; "Francois Jean De Beauvoir, Marquis De Chastellux was born in Paris, France in 1734. He joined the French Army as a Second Lieutenant at the age of 13 and rose through the ranks during the Seven Years' War. Chastellux came to be as famous for his literary work, with his publication of a book on philosophy in 1772, as he was for his military exploits. When the French expeditionary forces assigned to the Revolutionary Continental Army set sail for America in 1779, he was one of the three major generals sent with General Rochambeau. They arrived in America and took part in the victorious Yorktown campaign. Invaluable to the Continental Army commanders for his command of the English language, Chastellux remained in America until returning to France in early 1783. Travels in North America is an account of Chastellux's travels between campaigns." [from the Preface]

Subjects: Manners and customs.; United States - Description and travel - Early works to 1800.; United States - Social life and customs - 1775-1783.

Additional Author: Rice, Howard C.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 917.3 C489

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Cities in the wilderness : the first century of urban life in America, 1625-1742

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Author: Bridenbaugh, Carl.

Date of Publication: 1964.

Call Number: 307.76 B851

Responsibility: by Carl Bridenbaugh.

Author: Bridenbaugh, Carl.

Place of Publication: New York

Publisher: Capricorn Books,

Date of Publication: 1964.

Physical Description: 500 p. ; 21 cm.

Series: Capricorn giant ; 242

Notes: Includes index.; Reprint. Originally published: New York : Ronald Press, 1938.; Bibliography: p. 483-486.

Subjects: Cities and towns - United States.; United States - History - Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775.; United States - Social life and customs - To 1775.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 307.76 B851

Cities in revolt : urban life in America, 1743-1776

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Author: Bridenbaugh, Carl.

Date of Publication: 1964.

Call Number: 307.76 B851r

Responsibility: Carl Bridenbaugh.

Author: Bridenbaugh, Carl.

Place of Publication: New York

Publisher: Capricorn Books,

Date of Publication: 1964.

Physical Description: xi, 433, xxi p. ; 21 cm.

Series: Capricorn giant ; 243

Notes: Includes index.; "Bibliographical note": p. 427-[434].

Subjects: Cities and towns - United States.; United States - Social life and customs - To 1775.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 307.76 B851r

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