Laws of the fourteenth General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, enacted in the second sitting : which commenced at Philadelphia, on Tuesday the second day of February, in the year of our Lord, one thousand seven hundred and ninety
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
"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]
Prepared by Wm. W. Britton, begun 1734, completed May 30, 1935 ;
Date of Publication
1734 - 1935.
Physical Description
4 reels ; 35 mm.
Notes
Microfilmed in 1957. Contains 20 volumes. Lancaster County warrants are on V. 16.
Labeled on box # 257 - # 261.
Material arranged by county and includes names of warrantee, date, acreage, location, date of return, name of patentee, where patent recorded, and where survey is copied.
The history of Pennsylvania, in North America, from the original institution and settlement of that province, under the first proprietor and governor, William Penn, in 1681, till after the year 1742 : with an introduction, respecting, the life of W. Penn, prior to the grant of the province, and the religious society of the people called Quakers : with the first rise of the neighbouring colonies, more particularly of West-New-Jersey, and the settlement of the Dutch and Swedes on Delaware : to which is added, a brief description of the said province, and of the general states, in which it flourished, principally between the years 1760 and 1770 : the whole including a variety of things, useful and interesting to be known, respecting that country in early time, &c. : with an appendix
Printed and sold by Zachariah Poulson, Junior ...,
Date of Publication
1797-1798.
Physical Description
2 v. : 1 map, 1 port. ; 22 cm. (8vo)
Notes
Library has: vol. 1.
Full leather binding with red spine label stamped in gold.
Bookplate of Redmond Conygnham, No. 2435.
Evans
Contents
I. Introduction. The history of Pennsylvania, 1676-1709.--II. The history of Pennsylvania, 1709-1763. A view of the province of Pennsylvania ... between the years 1760 and 1770. Extract from two short Latin poems ... by Thomas Makin. Appendix.
The history of Pennsylvania, in North America, from the original institution and settlement of that province, under the first proprietor and governor, William Penn, in 1681, till after the year 1742; with an introduction respecting the life of W. Penn, prior to the grant of the province, and the religious society of the people called Quakers, with the first rise of the neighbouring Colonies, more particularly of West-New-Jersey and the settlement of the Dutch and Swedes on Delaware. To which is added a brief description of the said province, and the general state in which it flourished, principally between the years 1760-1770 ... With an appendix. Written principally between the years 1776 and 1780
Journal of the first session of the tenth House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, : which commenced at Lancaster, on Tuesday, the third day of December, in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and ninety-nine, and of the Commonwealth the twenty-fourth
"Appendix. Receipts and expenditures in the Treasury of Pennsylvania, from the first of January to the thirty-first of December, 1799, both days inclusive."--Page 59, [1] p. at end, with separate title page.
"Report of the register-general of the state of Pennsylvania for the year 1799"--18 p. at end, with separate title page.
An oration delivered on the anniversary of the Scientific Society, eleventh November, 1793, at Society-Hall, Strasburg Village, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania : at the request of the members
