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Collection: Gibbons Diaries, Family Papers, and Mill Records

Title: Gibbons Diaries, Family Papers, and Mill Records

Object ID: MG0846

Date Range: 1727 - 1980s

President Avenue • Lancaster, Pennsylvania 17603-3125 717.392.4633 • www.LancasterHistory.org Box 1 Folder 1 Letter from James Gibbons in Chester, Chester County to Abraham Gibbons in Mill Creek, Lancaster County regarding his plan to sell the mill and tavern in Lancaster County with woodland and cleared

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Collection: Gibbons Diaries, Family Papers, and Mill Records

Title: Gibbons Diaries, Family Papers, and Mill Records

Description: This collection contains letters, family papers, deeds, diaries, and mill records from three generations of the Gibbons family. The collection starts with documents focused on James Gibbons, then contains papers central to Daniel Gibbons, and finally end with the third generation papers surrounding Joseph Gibbons. The letters in this collection span from 1783 until 1865. The contents within the letters describe the daily happenings within the family and on their property which was located in Lampeter Township, Lancaster County. The family deeds in the collection detail the exchanging of property to and from the Gibbons family mostly within Lampeter Township and Upper Leacock Township, Lancaster County. The deeds span from 1727 to 1879. Also included are some miscellaneous family papers that span from 1799 to 1871. The content of these family papers ranges from anonymous stories about the Gibbons family, an independent order of Good Templars of Joseph Gibbons, to a land draft of James Gibbons' Land. This collection also contains diaries from various members of the Gibbons family, spanning the three generations. These diaries detail the day to day lives of the Gibbons family and also include historical anniversaries of important events or detail the passing of members within the Gibbons family and the surrounding community. The Mill Records in the collection contain information about [ ]. Overall, the Gibbons Family collection includes the regular happenings over the family's three generations in both business and secular life.

Date Range: 1727 - 1980s

Creator: Gibbons family

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives South

Storage Wall: Side 19

People: Bonsall, Daniel; Bonsall, Edward Horne; Bonsall, Rachel; Brinton, William; Brown, Ellen; Brubaker, Marianna Gibbons; Conrad, Abraham; Dunbar, Andrew; Dunbar, Mary; Eaby, Christian; Eaby, Samuel; Earle, Mary Hussey; Evans, Thomas; Evans, Rebecca; Evans, William; Gibbons, Abraham; Gibbons, Caroline; Gibbons, Daniel; Gibbons, Deborah; Gibbons, Joseph; Gibbons, Phebe Hussey Earle; Gibbons, Rachel; Gibbons, Samuel; Gibbons, William; Grigs, Joseph; Hamilton, James; Hertzkey, John; Kendall, John; Kirk, Jeremiah; Lightfoot, Jepthat; Miller, Eliza; Miller, John; Reynolds, Margaret; Stauffer, Christian; Steer, Joseph; Stevens, Thaddeus; Thomas, William B.; Wartnaby, Elizabeth

Subjects: Business records; Deeds; Letters; Mills and mill-work; Quakers; Society of Friends; Westtown Boarding School

Search Terms: Business records; Correspondence; Deeds; Diaries; Finding aids; Lampeter Twp.; Leacock Twp.; Letters; Manuscript groups; Mill Creek; Mills; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Quakers; Society of Friends; Westtown Boarding School

Object Name: Archive

Language: English

Object ID: MG0846

Location of Originals: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania

Copies: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania

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: 2021.008

Other Numbers: MG-846

Other Number: MG-846

Classification: MG0846

Description Level: Fonds

Custodial History: Folders 1-30 processed and finding aid prepared from the donor's notes by MB, 8 July 2021. Added to database 12 July 2021.

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Cases argued and adjudged in the High Court of Chancery, [1680-1719]

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Corporate Author: Great Britain. Court of Chancery.

Date of Publication: 1726-1729.

Call Number: Book 704 1726; Book 705 1729

Responsibility: published from the manuscripts of Thomas Vernon ... by order of the High Court of Chancery.

Corporate Author: Great Britain. Court of Chancery.

Place of Publication: [London] in the Savoy

Publisher: Printed by E. and R. Nutt and R. Gosling (assigns of E. Sayer) for J. Tonson,

Date of Publication: 1726-1729.

Physical Description: 2 volumes : frontispiece (portrait) ; 33 cm

Notes: Preface signed: Wm-Peere Williams. Wm. Melmoth.; Jasper Yeates's Colonial Law Library.; Yeates's signature at top of title page.; Book numbers 704 and 705 as assigned by Yeates.

Subjects: Law reports, digests, etc. - Great Britain.; Equity - Great Britain.; Equity.; Law reports, digests, etc.; Great Britain.; Full blind-tooled leather (Binding); Gilt title on maroon spine label (Binding)

Additional Author: Vernon, Thomas,; Williams, William Peere,; Melmoth, William,; Yeates, Jasper,

Location: Lancaster History Library - Yeates Collection

Call Number: Book 704 1726; Book 705 1729

Reports and cases taken in the third, fourth, fifth, sixth, and seventh years of the late King Charles : as they were argued by most of the King's sergeants at the Common-Pleas barre

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Corporate Author: England and Wales. Court of Common Pleas.

Date of Publication: 1657.

Call Number: Book 740 1657

Responsibility: collected and reported, by that eminent lawyer, Sir Thomas Hetley ; now Englished, with an exact table of the principal matter therein contained, and likewise of the cases, both alphabetical.

Corporate Author: England and Wales. Court of Common Pleas.

Place of Publication: London

Publisher: Printed by F.L. for Matthew Walbancke and Thomas Firby,

Date of Publication: 1657.

Physical Description: 177 pages ; 30 cm

Notes: Signatures: AÂ², aÂ², aaÂ², BÂ², C-Zâ´, AaÂ³ (last verso blank).; Irregularities in paging; p. 21-22 duplicated and p. 153-154 omitted in numbering.; Jasper Yeates's Colonial Law Library.; Yeates's signature at top of title page.; Book number 740 as assigned by Yeates.

Subjects: Law reports, digests, etc. - Great Britain.; Law reports, digests, etc.; Great Britain.; Full blind-tooled leather (Binding); Gilt title on maroon spine label (Binding)

Additional Author: Hetley, Thomas,; Yeates, Jasper,

Location: Lancaster History Library - Yeates Collection

Call Number: Book 740 1657

The reports of the late reverend and learned judge, Thomas Owen esq.; one of the justices of the common pleas

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Corporate Author: Great Britain. Court of Common Pleas.

Date of Publication: 1650.

Call Number: Book 741 1650

Corporate Author: Great Britain. Court of Common Pleas.

Place of Publication: London

Publisher: Printed by T.R. for H. Twyford, T. Dring, and J. Place,

Date of Publication: 1650.

Physical Description: 158, [8] pages 29 cm

Notes: Jasper Yeates's Colonial Law Library.; Yeates's signature at top of title page.; Book number 741 as assigned by Yeates.; Signature of Charles J. Colloway on front of fly leaf.

Subjects: Law reports, digests, etc. - Great Britain.; Law reports, digests, etc.; Great Britain.; Full blind-tooled leather (Binding); Gilt title on maroon spine label (Binding)

Additional Author: Yeates, Jssper,; Colloway, Charles J.,; Owen, Thomas,

Location: Lancaster History Library - Yeates Collection

Call Number: Book 741 1650

Reports of that reverend and learned judge Sir Humphry Winch, Knight, sometimes one of the judges of the Court of Common Pleas : containing many choice cases and excellent matters touching declarations, pleadings, demurrers, judgements, and resolutions in points of law, in the foure last years of the raign of King James

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo21794

Corporate Author: England and Wales. Court of Common Pleas,

Date of Publication: 1657.

Call Number: Book 743 1657

Responsibility: faithfully translated out of an exact French copie, with two alphabetical and necessary tables, the one of the names of the cases, the other of the principal matters contained in this book.

Corporate Author: England and Wales. Court of Common Pleas,

Place of Publication: London

Publisher: Printed for W. Lee, D. Pakeman, and G. Bedell, and are to be sold at their shops in Fleetstreet,

Date of Publication: 1657.

Physical Description: [8], 125, [11] p. ; 28 cm (fol.)

Notes: Signatures: A-Sâ´ (S4 blank).; Jasper Yeates's Colonial Law Library.; Yeates's signature at the top of title page.; Book number 743 as assinged by Yeates.; Sowerby, E.M. Catalogue of the library of Thomas Jefferson,; English short title catalogue,; Wing, D.G. Short-title catalogue of books printed in England, Scotland, Ireland, Wales, and British America, and of English books printed in other countries, 1641-1700 (2nd ed.),

Subjects: Law reports, digests, etc. - England - Early works to 1800.; Law reports, digests, etc.; England.; Early works.; Full blind-tooled leather (Binding); Gilt title on maroon spine label (Binding)

Additional Author: Winch, Humphrey,; Yeates, Jasper,

Additional Corporate Author: Thomas Jefferson Library Collection (Library of Congress)

Place: England London.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Yeates Collection

Call Number: Book 743 1657

Reports of that grave and learned judge, Sir John Bridgman, Knight, serjeant at lavv, sometime chief justice of Chester

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Corporate Author: England and Wales. Court of Common Pleas,

Date of Publication: 1659.

Call Number: Book 745 1659

Responsibility: to which are added two exact tables, the one of the cases, and the other of the principal matters therein contained.

Corporate Author: England and Wales. Court of Common Pleas,

Place of Publication: London

Publisher: Printed by Tho. Roycroft for H. Twyford, Tho. Dring, and Jo. Place, and are to be sold at their shops ...,

Date of Publication: 1659.

Physical Description: [8],142, [6] p. ; 28 cm (fol.)

Notes: Signatures: piÂ² aÂ² B-CÂ² D-Uâ´ XÂ² (pi1 blank).; Jasper Yeates's Colonial Law Library.; Yeates's signature at top of title page.; Book number 745 as assigned by Yeates.; Sowerby, E.M. Catalogue of the Library of Thomas Jefferson,; English short title catalogue,; Wing, D.G. Short-title catalogue of books printed in England, Scotland, Ireland, Wales, and British America, and of English books printed in other countries, 1641-1700 (2nd ed.),

Subjects: Law reports, digests, etc. - England - Early works to 1800.; Law reports, digests, etc.; England.; Early works.; Full blind-tooled leather (Binding); Gilt title on maroon spine label (Binding)

Additional Author: Bridgman, John,; Yeates, Jasper,

Additional Corporate Author: Jefferson Exhibit Collection (Library of Congress)

Place: England London.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Yeates Collection

Call Number: Book 745 1659

Reports of divers resolutions in lavv : arising upon cases in the Court of Wards and other courts at Westminster, in the reigns of the late kings, King James and King Charles

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Corporate Author: England and Wales. Court of Wards and Liveries.

Date of Publication: 1659.

Call Number: Book 747 1659

Alternate Title: Reports of divers resolutions in law

Responsibility: collected by the Right Honorable Sir James Ley, Knight and Baronet, Earl of Marlborough, &c. whilst he was attorney of the Courts of Wards and Liveries, and now published for the common good, according to His Lordships manuscript ; with two exact tables, the one of the cases, and the other of the principal matters therein contained.

Corporate Author: England and Wales. Court of Wards and Liveries.

Place of Publication: London

Publisher: Printed by Tho. Roycroft for H. Twyford, Tho. Dring, and Jo. Place, and are to be sold at their shops ...,

Date of Publication: 1659.

Physical Description: [4], 83, [9], 27, [1] p. ; 30 cm (fol.)

Notes: Signatures: [A]Â² B-2AÂ² A-*GÂ².; "Instructions for our Master of our Wards and Liveries, for the better authorizing and directing of him in the execution of his office, and performance of our service": p. 1-2 at end.; "A learned treatise concerning VVards & Liveries; written by the Right Honourable, Sir James Ley ...": p. 3-27 at end.; LC copy forms part of the Jefferson Exhibit Collection. On the title page verso is biographical information on Ley, possibly (according to Sowerby) in the hand of John Randolph.; Jasper Yeates's Colonial Law Library.; Yeates's signature at top of title page and at top of front flyleaf..; Book number 747 as assigned by Yeates.; Sowerby, E.M. Catalogue of the library of Thomas Jefferson,; English short title catalogue,; Wing, D.G. Short-title catalogue of books printed in England, Scotland, Ireland, Wales, and British America, and of English books printed in other countries, 1641-1700 (2nd ed.),

Subjects: Law reports, digests, etc. - England - Early works to 1800.; Land tenure - England - Early works to 1800.; Land tenure; Law reports, digests, etc.; England.; Early works.; Full blind-tooled leather (Binding); Gilt title on maroon spine label (Binding)

Additional Author: Marlborough, James Ley,; Yeates, Jasper,

Place: England London.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Yeates Collection

Call Number: Book 747 1659

Reports and cases [1592-1597]

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Corporate Author: Great Britain. Courts.

Date of Publication: 1656.

Call Number: Book 748 1656

Responsibility: collected by the learned, Sir John Popham, knight ... Written with his own hand in French, and novv faithfully tr. into English. To which are added some remarkable cases [1618-1627] reported by other learned pens since his death. With an alphabeticall table, wherein may be found the principall matters contained in this booke.

Corporate Author: Great Britain. Courts.

Place of Publication: London

Publisher: Printed by Tho: Roycroft for John Place,

Date of Publication: 1656.

Physical Description: 4 preliminary leaves, 212, [7] pages 29 cm

Notes: Paging irregular.; Initials; printer's ornaments.; Jasper Yeates's Colonial Law Library.; Yeates signature at top of title page.; Book number 748 as asssigned by Yeates.

Subjects: Law reports, digests, etc. - Great Britain.; Law reports, digests, etc.; Great Britain.; Full blind-tooled leather(Binding); Gilt title on maroon spine label (Binding)

Additional Author: Popham, John,; Yeates, Jasper,

Location: Lancaster History Library - Yeates Collection

Call Number: Book 748 1656

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Cases argued and adjudged in the High Court of Chancery, [1680-1719]

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo21756

Reports and cases taken in the third, fourth, fifth, sixth, and seventh years of the late King Charles : as they were argued by most of the King's sergeants at the Common-Pleas barre

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo21785

The reports of the late reverend and learned judge, Thomas Owen esq.; one of the justices of the common pleas

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo21792

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo21794

Reports of that grave and learned judge, Sir John Bridgman, Knight, serjeant at lavv, sometime chief justice of Chester

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo21796

Reports of divers resolutions in lavv : arising upon cases in the Court of Wards and other courts at Westminster, in the reigns of the late kings, King James and King Charles

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo21798

Reports and cases [1592-1597]

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo21799