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The charter, laws, catalogue of books, list of philosophical instruments, &c. of the Juliana Library-Company, in Lancaster : To which are prefixed, some reflections on the advantages of knowledge; the origin of books and libraries, shewing how they have been encouraged and patronized by the wise and virtuous of every age. : With a short account of its institution, friends and benefactors. ... Published by order of the directors

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Corporate Author: Juliana-Library-Company in Lancaster.

Date of Publication: MDCCLXVI. [1766]

Call Number: 025.31 P544 1766

Corporate Author: Juliana-Library-Company in Lancaster.

Place of Publication: Philadelphia

Publisher: Printed by D. Hall, and W. Sellers.,

Date of Publication: MDCCLXVI. [1766]

Physical Description: [4], xi, 12-56 p. ; 21 cm. (4to)

Notes: Evans; Hildeburn, C.R. Pennsylvania,; Winans, R.B. Book cats.,; The earliest library in Lancaster, known as the "Juliana Library," was established in 1759, under the name of "The Lancaster Library Company." It was the third subscription library established in Pennsylvania. In 1763 it was chartered, and, out of compliment to Lady Juliana Penn, daughter of the Earl of Pomfret, and wife of Thomas Penn, one of the proprietors of the Province of Pennsylvania, it was called the Juliana Library. The library at one time had about 800 books on its shelves and was fairly prosperous. Its most flourishing period was from 1760 to 1775.; On back of cover: "#532 Hinkels Sale Mar 31 1920 --$61.00. Purchased by Chas. I. Landis July 14 1920 from Nevin F. McGirr fpr $25."; Marbled wrappers.

Subjects: Juliana Library Company (Lancaster, Pa.); Proprietary libraries - Pennsylvania - Lancaster.; Subscription libraries - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.; Lancaster (Pa.) - Libraries.; Library catalogues - Pennsylvania - Philadelphia.

Place: United States Pennsylvania Philadelphia.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Rare Books

Call Number: 025.31 P544 1766

Das kleine Davidische Psalterspiel der Kinder Zions : von alten und neuen auserlesenen Geistes GesÃ¤ngen, allen wahren heils-begierigen SÃ¤uglingen der Weisheit, insonderheit aber denen Gemeinden des Herrn, zum Dienst und Gebrauch mit Fleiss zusammen getragen in gegenwÃ¤rtig-beliebiger Form and Ordnung : nebst einem dreyfachen darzu nÃ¼tzlichen und der Materien halben nÃ¶thigen Register

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Date of Publication: 1795.

Call Number: 090 E63m 1795

Place of Publication: Ephrata

Publisher: In der neuen Buchdruckerey, bey Salomon MÃ¤[yer],

Date of Publication: 1795.

Physical Description: [6], 575, [23] p. ; 17 cm. (12mo)

Notes: Signatures: A-3Dâ¶ 3EÂ².; Printed in two columns.; Error in paging: p. 311 misnumbered 211.; Marbled end papers.; "Anhang einiger Psalmen Davids"--p. 509-575.; Evans; BÃ¶tte & Tannhoff. German printing,; Full leather binding with maroon leather label, both badly damaged.

Subjects: Hymns, German.; Inspirationists

Additional Author: Mayer, Salomon,; John McMaster,

Place: United States Pennsylvania Ephrata.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Rare Books

Call Number: 090 E63m 1795

A Correct account of the trials of Charles M'Manus, John Hauer, Elizabeth Hauer, Patrick Donagan, Francis Cox, and others; at Harrisburgh -- June Oyer and Terminer, 1798. For the murder of Francis Shitz, on the night of the 28th December, 1797, at Heidelberg Township, Dauphin County, in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. Containing, the whole evidence, and the substance of all the law arguments in those celebrated trials

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Date of Publication: 1798. (Entered according to law)

Call Number: Book 606 1798

Place of Publication: [Harrisburgh]

Publisher: Printed at Harrisburgh [Pa.] by John Wyeth,

Date of Publication: 1798. (Entered according to law)

Physical Description: [2], 163, [1] pages ; 8vo.

Notes: "The following is the last speech and dying confession of Charles M'Manus ."--Page 161-163.; Half-title: Trials and confessions of John Hauer, Charles M'Manus, &c. for the murder of Francis Shitz.; Parentheses substituted for square brackets in imprint transcription.; Handwritten contents on front flyleaf.; Jasper Yeates's Colonial Law Library.; Book number 606 as assigned by Yeates.; ESTC; Evans

Summary: This is an account of the first murder trial in Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, for a crime that took place just outside of Harrisburg in December 1797. "The will of Peter Shitz left most of his estate to his sons Francis and Peter, but if they died without children, part went to his daughter Elizabeth. Hauer was the husband of Elizabeth, and he hired four Irishmen, newly arrived in the country, to kill his brothers-in-law. Two masked men raided the house one night and killed Francis with an ax, but Peter escaped. M'Manus and Hauer were hanged." [Williamreesecompany.com]

Subjects: M'Manus, Charles, - -1798.; Hauer, John, - -1798.; Hauer, Elizabeth.; Donagan, Patrick.; Cox, Francis.; Shitz, Francis, - -1797.; Trials (Murder) - Pennsylvania.; Murder - Pennsylvania - Heidelberg.; Crime - Pennsylvania - Heidelberg.; Executions and executioners - Pennsylvania - Harrisburg.; Crime.; Executions and executioners.; Murder.; Trials (Murder); Pennsylvania.; Pennsylvania - Harrisburg.; Pennsylvania - Heidelberg.; Three-quarters leather on marbled boards (Binding)

Additional Author: M'Manus, Charles,; Yeates, Jasper,

Additional Corporate Author: Pennsylvania. Court of Oyer and Terminer (Dauphin County)

Location: Lancaster History Library - Yeates Collection

Call Number: Book 606 1798

A declaration and remonstrance of the distressed and bleeding frontier inhabitants of the province of Pennsylvania, presented by them to the Honourable the governor and Assembly of the province, shewing the causes of their late discontent and uneasiness and the grievances under which they have laboured, and which they humbly pray to have redress'd

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Author: Smith, Matthew.

Date of Publication: in the year M, DCC, LXIV. [1764]

Call Number: 974.802 S655

Responsibility: by Matthew Smith, James Gibson, and William Bradford.

Author: Smith, Matthew.

Place of Publication: [Philadelphia]

Publisher: Printed [by William Bradford],

Date of Publication: in the year M, DCC, LXIV. [1764]

Physical Description: (4) 18, p. ; 24 cm.

Notes: On the massacre of the Conestoga Indians by the "Paxton Boys" and the Indian policy of the Pennsylvania authorities.; "Signed on behalf of ourselves, and by appointment of a great number of the frontier inhabitants. Matthew Smith. James Gibson. February 13th, 1764"--Page 18.; Printer's name and place of publication supplied by Evans.; Signatures: A-B4 C2 (C2 blank).; Reproduction from Library of Congress by Eighteenth Century Collections Online Print Editions, date not specified.; Evans; Hildeburn, C.R. Pennsylvania,

Summary: These documents were created by representatives of the Paxton Boys as a written defence of their massacre of the Conestoga Indians. "A Declaration" was written before the Paxton Boys arrived in Germantown, and Matthew Smith and James Gibson completed the "Remonstrance" on February 13. Both documents were later published together as "A declaration and remonstrance of the distressed and bleeding frontier inhabitants of the province of Pennsylvania". This book is a facsimile of an early published copy of the texts.

Subjects: Indians of North America - Pennsylvania.; Paxton Boys.; Indians of North America.; Pennsylvania - History - Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775.; Pennsylvania.; History.

Additional Author: Gibson, James,; Bradford, William,

Additional Corporate Author: Pennsylvania. General Assembly.

Place: United States Pennsylvania Philadelphia.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 974.802 S655

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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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Minutes of the Convention of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania : which commenced at Philadelphia, on Tuesday the twenty-fourth day of November, in the year ... one thousand seven hundred and eighty-nine, for the purpose of reviewing, and if they see occasion, altering and amending, the constitution of this state

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Corporate Author: Pennsylvania. Constitutional Convention

Date of Publication: 1789 [1790]

Call Number: Book 585 1789

Corporate Author: Pennsylvania. Constitutional Convention

Place of Publication: Philadelphia

Publisher: Printed by Zachariah Poulson, Jun. in Fourth-Street, between Market-Street and Arch-Street,

Date of Publication: 1789 [1790]

Physical Description: 222 pages ; 32 cm

Notes: Jasper Yeates's Colonial Law Library.; Yeates's signature at top of title page.; Book number 585 as assigned by Yeates.

Contents: Bound with Minutes of the proceedings of the convention of the state of Pennsylvania...Philadelphia, Henry Miller, 1776 - Minutes of the convention of the commonwealth of Pennsylvania...Philadelpha: Hall and Sellers, 1787 - Minutes of the convention of the commonwealth of Pennshvania...Philadelphia: Zacharia Poulson, 1789 - Minutes of the grand committee of the whole convention of the commonwealth of Pennsylvania,..Philadelphia: Zachariah Poulson, 1790 - Index to the journal of the convention who framed the present constitution...Philadelphia: John Bioren, 1808.

Subjects: Pennsylvania.; Constitutional conventions - Pennsylvania.; Constitutional law - Pennsylvania.; Constitutional conventions.; Constitutional law.; Three-quarters leather on blue boards (Binding); No spine label (Binding]

Additional Author: Yeates, Jasper,

Location: Lancaster History Library - Yeates Collection

Call Number: Book 585 1789

Acts of the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania : passed at a session, which was begun and held at the city of Philadelphia on Tuesday, the third day of December, in the year one thousand seven hundred and ninety-three, and of the independence of the United States of America, the eighteenth

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Corporate Author: Pennsylvania.

Date of Publication: M. DCC. XCIV. [1794]

Call Number: Book 590 1794

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Responsibility: published by authority.

Corporate Author: Pennsylvania.

Uniform Title: Laws, etc. (Session laws : 1793 Dec.)

Place of Publication: Philadelphia

Publisher: Printed by Hall and Sellers,

Date of Publication: M. DCC. XCIV. [1794]

Physical Description: pages [3], 456-602, 605-623, [1] ; ?c 33 cm (fol.)

Notes: Pagination continues session laws from 1790 (Evans 23670).; Jasper Yeates's Colonial Law Library.; Yeates's signature at top of title page.; Book number 590 as assigned by Yeates.; Evans

Subjects: Law - Pennsylvania.; Session laws - Pennsylvania.; Law.; Session laws.; Pennsylvania.; Three-quarters leather on boards (Binding); Inscribed title on spine (Binding)

Additional Author: Yeates, Jasper,

Place: United States Pennsylvania Philadelphia.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Yeates Collection

Call Number: Book 590 1794

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The Pennsylvania state trials: : containing the impeachment, trial, and acquittal of Francis Hopkinson, and John Nicholson, Esquires. The former being judge of the Court of Admiralty, and the latter, the comptroller-general of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. : Vol. I. : [One line in Latin from Virgil]

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Author: Hopkinson, Francis,

Date of Publication: M, DCC, XCIV [i.e. 1795].

Call Number: Book 599 1795

Author: Hopkinson, Francis,

Place of Publication: Philadelphia

Publisher: Printed by Francis Bailey, at Yorick's Head, no. 116, High-Street, for Edmund Hogan.,

Date of Publication: M, DCC, XCIV [i.e. 1795].

Physical Description: xii, 776 p. ; 21 cm. (8vo)

Notes: Dedication signed: Edmund Hogan. Philadelphia, January, 1795.; No more published.; Signatures: piâ¶ [A]â´ B-5Eâ´.; Errors in paging: p. viii, 559 misnumbered iii, 549.; "The names of the subscribers."--Page [ix]-xii.; "An account of the impeachment and trial of the late Francis Hopkinson ..."--Page [1]-62, with separate title page.; "An account of the impeachment, trial, and acquittal of John Nicholson ..."--Page [65]-772, with separate title page.; "An alphabetical list of the letters, official documents, witnesses ... published in this volume, from page 5 to page 772, inclusively."--Page [733]-776.; Jasper Yeates's Colonial Law Library.; Yeates's signature at top of title page.; Book number 599 as assigned by Yeates.; Evans

Subjects: Trials (Impeachment) - Pennsylvania.; Impeachments - Pennsylvania.; Impeachments.; Trials (Impeachment); Pennsylvania.; Subscribers' lists.; Full leather (Binding); Gilt title on maroon spine label (Binding)

Additional Author: Nicholson, John,; Hogan, Edmund,; Bailey, Francis,; Yeates, Jasper

Additional Corporate Author: Pennsylvania. General Assembly.

Place: United States Pennsylvania Philadelphia.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Yeates Collection

Call Number: Book 599 1795

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