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An interesting appendix to Sir William Blackstone's Commentaries on the laws of England : containing, I. Priestley's Remarks on some paragraphs in the fourth volume of Blackstone's Commentaries, relating to the dissenters. II. Blackstone's Reply to Priestley's Remarks. III. Priestley's Answer to Blackstone's Reply. IV. The case of the late election of the county of Middlesex considered on the principles of the Constitution and the authorities of law. V. Furneaux's Letters to the Hon. Mr. Justice Blackstone concerning his Exposition of the Act of Toleration, and some positions relative to religious liberty, in his celebrated Commentaries on the laws of England. VI. Authentic copies of the argument of the late Mr. Justice Foster in the Court of Judges Delegates, and of the speech of the Right Hon. Lord Mansfield in the House of Lords, in the cause between the City of London and the dissenters

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo22120
Date of Publication
1772.
Call Number
Book 950 1772
Place of Publication
America
Publisher
Printed for the subscribers, by Robert Bell ..., Philadelphia,
Date of Publication
1772.
Physical Description
[4], iv, [1], 6-119, [1], xii, 155, [1] p. ; 24 cm. (4to)
Notes
Also issued in the same year in an octavo edition.
Signatures: pi⁶ B⁸ D-F⁴ [G]⁴ H-2M⁴.
Part I-V have special t.p.; t.p. for V is dated 1773.
Jasper Yeates's Colonial Law Library.
Yeates's signature at top of title page.
Book number 950 as assigned by Yeaetes.
Cohen, M.L. Bib. of early Amer. law,
Eller
Evans
Contents
I. Priestley's Remarks on some paragraphs in the 4th vol. of Blackstone's Commentaries, relating to the dissenters.--II. Blackstone's Reply to Priestley's Remarks.--III. Priestley's Answer to Blackstone's Reply.--IV. The case of the late election of the county or Middlesex considered on the principles of the constitution and the authorities of law.--V. Furneaux's Letters to the Hon. Mr. Justice Blackstone concerning his exposition of the Act of toleration, and some positions relative to religious liberty, in his celebrated Commentaries.--VI. Authentic copies of the Argument of the late Hon. Mr. Justice Foster in the Court of judges delegates, and of the Speech of the Right Hon. Lord Mansfield in the House of lords, in the cause between the city of London and the dissenters.
Subjects
Great Britain. - Parliament - Elections.
Great Britain. - Parliament.
Dissenters, Religious - England - Early works to 1800.
Law - Great Britain.
Dissenters, Religious.
Elections.
Law.
England.
Great Britain.
Early works.
Prospectuses - Great Britain - 18th century.
Full leather (Binding)
Gilt title on maroon spine label (Binding)
Additional Author
Foster, Michael,
Mansfield, William Murray,
Blackstone, William,
Furneaux, Philip,
Priestley, Joseph,
Yeates, Jasper,
Additional Title
Case of the late election of the county of Middlesex considered on the principles of the Constitution and the authorities of the law.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Yeates Collection
Call Number
Book 950 1772
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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]² A-2X⁸ 2Y⁶ [$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
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The duty of benevolence and public spirit; a sermon preached at Salters-Hall, April 7th, 1775, before the correspondent board in London of the Society in Scotland ... for Propagating Christian Knowledge in the highlands and islands and for spreading the gospel among the Indians in America

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Author
Furneaux, Philip,
Date of Publication
1775.
Call Number
252.3 L847 1775
Responsibility
by Philip Furneaux. Published at the request of the Society and their correspondent board in London.
Author
Furneaux, Philip,
Place of Publication
London
Publisher
Printed by W. Strahan,
Date of Publication
1775.
Physical Description
28 p. 21 cm.
Subjects
Sermons, English.
Additional Corporate Author
Society in Scotland for Propagating Christian Knowledge.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Rare Books
Call Number
252.3 L847 1775
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A treatise of common recoveries, their nature and use : to which is added the case of Page and Hayward more fully reported than in any other book extant : and also a case between the late Earl of Derby and the coheirs of his elder brother : with precedents for amending fines and recovers : and a complete table to the whole

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Author
Pigott, Nathaniel,
Edition
2nd ed. /
Date of Publication
1770.
Call Number
Book 677 1770
Alternate Title
Page v. Hayward
Common recoveries
Responsibility
by N. Pigott.
Author
Pigott, Nathaniel,
Edition
2nd ed. /
Place of Publication
London : For J. Worrall and B. Tovey, and P. Uriel
Publisher
Printed by his Majesty's Law-Printers ;
Date of Publication
1770.
Physical Description
[2], 232 (i.e. 236), [16] pages ; 21 cm (4to)
Notes
Pagination irregular following starred pagination of earlier edition, inset in the margin of the text.
Edited by George Wilson.
"Books lately published:" 2nd preliminary leaf.
Signatures: 2 leaves unsigned, B-2I⁴, 2K².
Jasper Yeates's Colonial Law Library.
Yeates's signiature at top of title page.
Book number 677 as assigned by Yeates.
Subjects
Fines and recoveries - Great Britain.
Fines and recoveries.
Great Britain.
Full blind-tooled leather (Binding)
Gilt title on maroon spine label (Binding)
Additional Author
Derby, James Stanley,
Wilson, George,
Yeates, Jasper,
Location
Lancaster History Library - Yeates Collection
Call Number
Book 677 1770
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Lancaster City's forgotten tobacco warehouse industry

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Author
Bennawit, John F.
Date of Publication
2020.
Responsibility
by John F. Bennawit, Jr.
Author
Bennawit, John F.
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
LancasterHistory.org,
Date of Publication
2020.
Physical Description
210-245 p.
Summary
The article surveys the following topics: The purchasing of tobacco by agents; warehouse architecture; the sorting and packing that took place in the warehouses; and some of the companies and their owners who built the warehouses.
Contained In
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 120, number 4 (2020), p. 210-245Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.120 n.4
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A system of pleading : including a translation of the Doctrina Placitandi, or, The art and science of pleading : originally written by Samson Euer, Serjeant at law, and now first translated from the obsolete Norman French : shewing where, in what cases, and by what persons, pleas, as well personal, or mixed, may be properly pleaded, with references to, and extracts from, the most approved writers on the subject, carefully digested under their proper titles, and brought into one collective point of view : together with an introduction, explaining the different terms made use of in the proceedings of each respective court : also a preface and table

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Author
Eure, Samson,
Date of Publication
1771.
Call Number
Book 649 1771
Alternate Title
Art and science of pleading
Doctrina Placitandi
Responsibility
by a gentleman of the Middle Temple.
Author
Eure, Samson,
Place of Publication
London
Publisher
Printed by W. Strahan and M. Woodfall,
Date of Publication
1771.
Physical Description
xxii, [14], vii, 480 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm
Notes
Jasper Yeates's Colonial Law Library.
Yeates's signature at top of title page.
Book number 649 as assigned by Yeates.
Includes bibliographical references.
Subjects
Pleading - Great Britain - Early works to 1800.
Civil procedure - Great Britain - Early works to 1800.
Civil procedure.
Pleading.
Great Britain.
Early works.
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 649 1771
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Lancaster County tobacco : A labor-intensive crop

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Author
Spotts, Charles D.
Date of Publication
2020.
Responsibility
by Dr. Charles D. Spotts, edited by James M. Gerhart.
Author
Spotts, Charles D.
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
LancasterHistory.org,
Date of Publication
2020.
Physical Description
190-197 p.
Contained In
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 120, number 4 (2020), p. 190-197Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.120 n.4
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The history and practice of civil actions, particularly in the Court of Common Pleas : being an historical account of the parts and order of judicial proceedings, viz. writs, appearances, bail, declarations, pleadings, issues, trials, verdicts, judgments, error and costs : with the several changes introduced into these proceedings and practice by the several statutes of amendments, jeofails, and costs : and containing a general account of the principles of special-pleading in all civil suits : with an introduction on the constitution of England

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo21064
Author
Gilbert, Geoffrey,
Edition
The third edition,
Date of Publication
MDCCLXXIX [1779]
Responsibility
by the late Lord Chief Baron Gilbert.
Author
Gilbert, Geoffrey,
Uniform Title
History and practice of the Court of Common Pleas
Edition
The third edition,
Place of Publication
London
Publisher
Printed by His Majesty's law printers for P. Uriel ... and E. Brooke ...,
Date of Publication
MDCCLXXIX [1779]
Physical Description
[380] p. ; 22 cm. (8vo)
Notes
Unpaged, with the exception of p. i of the introduction.
Signatures: A⁴ b-c⁸ d⁸( -d8) B-X⁸ Y1 Z².
Includes index.
LC copy has marginal manscript annotations in the front portions of the text.
Jasper Yeates's Colonial Law Library.
Yeates's signature at top of title page.
Book number 303 as assigned by Yeates.
ESTC
Subjects
Great Britain. - Court of Common Pleas.
Civil procedure - Great Britain.
Civil procedure.
Great Britain.
Full blind-tooled leather (Binding)
Gilt title on maroon spine label (Binding)
Additional Author
Yeates, Jasper,
Location
Lancaster History Library - Yeates Collection
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A new law-dictionary : containing the interpretation and definition of words and terms used in the law ; as also the law and practice , under the proper heads and titles: together with such learning as explains the history and antiquity of the law, and our manners, customs, and original government : collected and abstracted from all dictionaries, abridgments, institutes, reports, year-books, charters, registers, chronicles, and histories, published to this time. Adapted to the use of barristers, students and practicers of the law, etc

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo20992
Author
Jacob, Giles,
Edition
10th ed. /
Date of Publication
MDCC:XXIII (1778)
Call Number
Book 192 1778
  1 website  
Responsibility
by Giles Jacob.
Author
Jacob, Giles,
Edition
10th ed. /
Place of Publication
.Dublin
Publisher
Printed for James Williams, at No. 5, in Skinner-Row,
Date of Publication
MDCC:XXIII (1778)
Physical Description
1 volume (no pagination) ; 40 cm.
Notes
Jasper Yeates Colonial Law Library.
Yeates's signature at top of title page.
Loose inside back cover: an advertisement of J. E. Barr & Co, 27East King Street, Lancaster, Pa. for the Sunday School Department,(60 x 45 cm.) undated.
Book number 192 as assigned by Yeates.
Subjects
Law - Great Britain - Dictionaries.
Law.
Great Britain.
Dictionaries.
Full leather (Binding)
Gilt title on maroon spine label (Binding)
Additional Author
Ruffhead, Owen
Yeates, Jasper,
Morgan, J.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Yeates Collection
Call Number
Book 192 1778
Websites
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A complete collection of state-trials, and proceedings for high-treason, and other crimes and misdemeanours

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Edition
The fourth edition, commencing with the eleventh year of the reign of King Richard II and ending with the sixteenth year of the reign of King George III, with two alphabetical tables to the whole /
Date of Publication
1776-81.
Call Number
Book 188
Book 189 1777
Book 190 1778
Book 187 1776
Book 191 1779
Edition
The fourth edition, commencing with the eleventh year of the reign of King Richard II and ending with the sixteenth year of the reign of King George III, with two alphabetical tables to the whole /
Place of Publication
London
Publisher
Printed by T. Wright ... for C. Bathurst, J. and F. Rivington, L. Davis, T. Longman, W. Owen, T. Cadell, M. Folingsby, T. Lowndes, B. Law, J. Wilkie, R. Horsefield, M. Hingeston, S. Bladon, T. Carnan, H. Gardner, W. Otridge, and the rest of the proprietors, and sold by G. Kearsly ...,
Date of Publication
1776-81.
Physical Description
11 v. ; 48 cm. (fol.)
Notes
Originally published in 1719 under title: Compleat collection of state-tryals and proceedings upon impeachments for high treason, and other crimes and misdemeanours.
Preface includes bibliographical history of this work; Thomas Salmon edited the 1st ed., Sollom Emlyn the 2nd.
"The first six [volumes] ... printed exactly from the third edition, and the four next from the four supplemental volumes ... As to the eleventh volume, it is reserved wholly for additional matter"--Preface.
Includes index.
Jasper Yeates's Colonial Law Library.
Yeates signature at top of title page.
Books187, 188, 189 190, and 191 as assigned by Yeates.
Contents
Vol. 1 1388-1628 -- v. 2. 1648-1679 -- v. 3. 1679-1684 -- v. 4. 1685-1696 -- v. 5. 1696-1709 -- v. 6. 1715-1741 -- v. 7. 1549-1688 -- v. 8. 1689-1722 -- v. 9. 1712/3-1748/9 -- v. 10. 1752-1765 -- v. 11. 1494-1777.
Subjects
Trials - Great Britain - Early works to 1800.
Trials.
Great Britain.
Early works.
Full leather (Binding)
Gilt title on maroon spine label (Binding)
Additional Author
Hargrave, Francis,
Salmon, Thomas,
Emlyn, Sollom,
Yeates, Jasper,
Location
Lancaster History Library - Yeates Collection
Call Number
Book 188
Book 189 1777
Book 190 1778
Book 187 1776
Book 191 1779
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