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An introduction to the making of Latin : comprising, after an easy, compendious method, the substance of the Latin syntax : with proper English examples, most of them translations from the classic authors, in one column, and the Latin words in antoher : to which is subjoin'd, in the same method, a succinct account of the affairs of ancient Greece and Rome, intended at once to bring boys acquainted with history, and the idiom of the Latin tongue with rules for the gender of nouns

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo22165
Author
Clarke, John,
Edition
The sixteenth edition, revised and carefully corrected.
Date of Publication
MDCCLII [1752]
Call Number
Book 1038 1752
Responsibility
by John Clarke ...
Author
Clarke, John,
Edition
The sixteenth edition, revised and carefully corrected.
Place of Publication
London
Publisher
Printed for C. Hitch and L. Hawes in Pater-Noster-Row, and J. Hodges on London-Bridge,
Date of Publication
MDCCLII [1752]
Physical Description
xii, 297, [3] p. ; 17 cm. (12mo)
Notes
"A dissertation upon the usefulness of translations of classic authors, both literal and free, for the easy and expeditious attainment of the Latin tongue" (p. [277]-297) has special title page.
Signatures: A-N¹².
Bookseller's advertisement on last three pages.
Apparently from Jasper Yeates's personal libarary.
Yeates's signature at top of title page under that of John Yeates.
Book nunber 1038 not assigned by Yeates.
Subjects
Latin language - Early works to 1800.
Latin language - Readers
Latin language.
Latin language
Rome - History.
Greece - History - To 146 B.C.
Greece.
Rome (Empire)
Early works.
History.
Readers.
Full blind-tooled leather (Binding)
No spine title.
Additional Author
Clarke, John,
Yeates, Jasper,
Yeates, John,
Location
Lancaster History Library - Yeates Collection
Call Number
Book 1038 1752
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The Century dictionary; an encyclopedic lexicon of the English language

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo18268
Date of Publication
[c1897]
Call Number
032 C397
Responsibility
prepared under the superintendence of William Dwight Whitney ...
Place of Publication
New York
Publisher
Century Co.
Date of Publication
[c1897]
Physical Description
10 v. illus., maps. 31 cm.
Contents
v. 1-8. The Century dictionary ... --v. 9. The Century cyclopedia of names ... ed. by Benjamin E. Smith ... --v. 10. The Century atlas of the world, prepared under the superintendence of Benjamin E. Smith ...
Subjects
English language - Dictionaries.
Biography - Dictionaries.
Atlases.
Additional Author
Whitney, William Dwight,
Smith, Benjamin E.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
032 C397
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Lincoln literary collection, designed for school-room and family circle

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo9200
Author
McCaskey, John Piersol,
Date of Publication
[c1897]
Call Number
817.5 M123
Responsibility
containing more than six hundred favorite selections in prose and poetry, sections for Arbor Day, Bird Day, Decoration Day, days with poets, etc. [By] J. P. McCaskey.
Author
McCaskey, John Piersol,
Place of Publication
New York, Cincinnati [etc.]
Publisher
American book company
Date of Publication
[c1897]
Physical Description
576 p. 20 cm.
Subjects
English literature.
American literature.
Readers and speakers
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
817.5 M123
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M. Beni. Hederici Lexicon manvale Graecvm : omnibus sui generis lexicis longe locvpletivs: in dvas partes divisvm: qvarvm prior vocvm Graecarvm ordine alphabetico digestarum ... interpretationem Latinam continet. Altera vocvm phrasivmqve Latinarvm ... interpretationem Graecam exhibet

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo22171
Author
Hederich, Benjamin,
Edition
Hanc tertiam editionem, ut prioribus auctior prodiret atque emendatior,
Date of Publication
1755.
Call Number
Bookk 1044 1755
Alternate Title
Lexicon manuale Graecum
Responsibility
Recensitum et plurimum auctum a Sam. Patrick ...
Author
Hederich, Benjamin,
Edition
Hanc tertiam editionem, ut prioribus auctior prodiret atque emendatior,
Place of Publication
Londini
Publisher
Excudit H. Woodfall : Impensis W. Innys et J. Richardson, R. Ware, J. et P. Knapton, S. Birt, D. Browne ... [and 15 others],
Date of Publication
1755.
Physical Description
xii, [916] pages ; 29 cm (4to)
Notes
Title in red and black.
Printed in columns.
Apparently from the personal library of Jasper Yeates.
Yeates's signature at top of title page.
Book number 1044 not assigned by Yeates.
Subjects
Greek language - Dictionaries
Latin language - Dictionaries
Greek language.
Latin language.
Dictionaries.
Full gold-tooled leather (Binding)
Gilt title on maroon spine label (Binding)
Additional Author
Yeates, Jasper,
Location
Lancaster History Library - Yeates Collection
Call Number
Bookk 1044 1755
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Collection
Kirk Family Papers
Title
Kirk Family Papers
Object ID
MG0279
Date Range
1835-1891
. Persons wishing to publish any material from this collection must assume all responsibility for identifying and satisfying any claimants of copyright or other use restrictions. Publication fees may apply. Language: English Biographical and Historical Note: Source of Acquisition: Gift of Ralph F. Miller
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Collection
Kirk Family Papers
Title
Kirk Family Papers
Description
The Kirk Family Papers contain items from the Kirk family, of Kirk's Mill, in Little Britain Twp. Ciphering and other school books of Lewis Kirk represent some of his schoolwork. Elisabeth's scrapbook from 1846 shows her interest in poetry. Legal and financial documents of Levi Kirk pertain to the sale of land, farming, medical expenses and the payment of bounties in 1864. Published works and the Columbian Almanac for 1836 are among the mid-nineteenth century items that the family saved.
Date Range
1835-1891
Year Range From
1835
Year Range To
1891
Date of Accumulation
1835-1891
Creator
Kirk Family
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Storage Room
Archives South
Storage Wall
Side 08
People
Adams, John Quincy
Bache, Anna
Brown, John
Brown, William
Cunningham, H. C.
Foley, James W.
Griest, William Walton
Haines, William P.
Kirk, Elisabeth
Kirk, Levi
Kirk, Lewis
Kirk, Lizzie
Lewis, John
McCaslin, Thomas
McDowell, Joseph
Miller, John
Peeples, J. A.
Reedy, Edward
Stubbs, J. B.
Wardens, George
Witmer, Cyrus
Wood, Samuel
Subjects
Advertisements
Problems and exercises
Receipts (Acknowledgments)
Scrapbooks
Search Terms
Advertisements
Finding aids
Manuscript groups
Receipts
School workbooks
Scrapbooks
Extent
1 box 14 folders .5 cubic ft.
Object Name
Archive
Language
English
Object ID
MG0279
Location of Originals
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania
Related Item Notes
See estate papers and court records for members of the Kirk family in the Lancaster County Government Records.
Notes
Preferred Citation: Title or description of item, date (day, month, year), Collection Title (MG#), Folder #, (or Object ID), LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania. URL if applicable. Date accessed (day, month, year).
Access Conditions / Restrictions
Original documents may be used by researchers--contact Research@LancasterHistory.org prior to visit or request at Reference Desk.
Copyright
Collection items may be photographed. Please direct questions to Research Center Staff at Research@LancasterHistory.org. Permission for reproduction and/or publication must be obtained in writing from LancasterHistory. Persons wishing to publish any material from this collection must assume all responsibility for identifying and satisfying any claimants of copyright or other use restrictions. Publication fees may apply.
Credit
Courtesy of LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.
Accession Number
2000.MG0279
Other Numbers
MG-279
Classification
MG0279
Description Level
Fonds
Custodial History
Added to database 1 August 2022.
Documents
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Lincoln literary collection, designed for school-room and family circle

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo3217
Author
McCaskey, John Piersol,
Date of Publication
[c1897]
Call Number
808.8 M123
  1 website  
Responsibility
containing more than six hundred favorite selections in prose and poetry, sections for Arbor Day, Bird Day, Decoration Day, days with poets, etc. [By] J. P. McCaskey.
Author
McCaskey, John Piersol,
Place of Publication
New York, Cincinnati [etc.]
Publisher
American book company
Date of Publication
[c1897]
Physical Description
576 p. 20 cm.
Subjects
English literature.
American literature.
Readers.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
808.8 M123
Websites
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The lavv of charitable uses, wherein the statute of 43 Eliz: chap. 4. is set forth and explained; with directions how to sue out and prosecute commissions grounded upon that statute: also presidents, inquisitions, and decrees, with divers judgments, and resolutions, upon exceptions and appeals against decrees; and other proceedings upon the said statute. The second edition, much enlarged and amended. By John Herne

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo21149
Author
Herne, John,
Date of Publication
1663.
Call Number
Book 456 1663
Alternate Title
Law of charitable uses
Author
Herne, John,
Place of Publication
London
Publisher
printed by J. S[treater]. for Timothy Twyford, and are to be sold at his shop, within the Inner-Temple-Gate,
Date of Publication
1663.
Physical Description
[6], 271, [9] p. ; 8vo.
Notes
Title page is A2.
Printer's name from Wing CD.
Includes table of contents.
With penultimate advertisement leaf.
Last leaf is blank.
Jasper Yeates's Colonial Law Library.
Yeates signature at top of title page below that of struck former owner.
Book number 456 as assigned by Yeates.
Wing (CD-ROM, 1996),
ESTC (RLIN),
Subjects
Charity laws and legislation - England - Early works to 1800.
Uses (Law) - England - Early works to 1800.
Charity laws and legislation.
Uses (Law)
England.
Early works.
Full blind-tooled leather (Binding)
Title in script on spine (Binding)
Additional Author
Yeates, Jasper,
Location
Lancaster History Library - Yeates Collection
Call Number
Book 456 1663
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The history and practice of the High Court of Chancery : in which is introduced, an account of the institution and various regulations of the said Court, shewing likewise the ancient and present practice thereof in an easy and familiar method

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo21481
Author
Gilbert, Geoffrey,
Date of Publication
MDCCLVIII [1758]
Call Number
Book 516 1658
Alternate Title
Forum Romanum
Responsibility
by the late Lord Chief Baron Gilbert ; printed from a correct manuscript copy, free from the numerous errors and omissions of the Irish edition ; to which are added, many new references, and proper tables to the whole.
Author
Gilbert, Geoffrey,
Place of Publication
In the Savoy [London]
Publisher
Printed by Henry Lintot ..., for J. Worall ..., and W. Owen ...,
Date of Publication
MDCCLVIII [1758]
Physical Description
[12], 347, [49] p. ; 21 cm. (8vo)
Notes
Signatures: A⁴ a² B-2B⁸ 2C⁶.
"Lex Praetoria": pages 235-347.
Includes index.
"Law books lately published, wrote by Lord Chief Baron Gilbert": p. [2] in front.
Jasper Yeates's Colonial Law Library.
Yeates's signature at top of title page.
Book number 516 as assigned by Yeates.
ESTC
Subjects
Great Britain. - Court of Chancery.
Equity pleading and procedure - Great Britain.
Equity pleading and 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
Call Number
Book 516 1658
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Holy Bible : containing the King James and the revised versions of the Old and New Testaments, arranged in parallel columns. The text conformable to that of the universities of Oxford and Cambridge, with a complete concordance and the Psalms of David in metre. Copious marginal references, chronological tables, and many important and valuable aids to the study of the Holy Scriptures. Written to increase the interest in and simplify the word of God

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo19879
Edition
Self-pronouncing ed.
Date of Publication
[â„—â™­1892]
Call Number
220 S532 1892
Edition
Self-pronouncing ed.
Place of Publication
Penryn, Lancaster Co., Pa
Publisher
H. H. Witmeyer & Bro.,
Date of Publication
[â„—â™­1892]
Physical Description
16, [16], 48, 16, 6, 4, 6, 32, 16, 6, 6, 624, 112, 16, 1018, viii, 16, 16, [12], 1022-1338, 44, 36 pages, 18 leaves of plates (some color), presentation page, 6 pages for family history, 4 pages for family portraits : illustrations ; 33 cm
Notes
Spine title: Pronouncing parallel Bible.
Some colored engravings by George B Harris & Sons and black-and-white engravings by G. Dure̹, P Grenier, and Heinridch J. M. F. Hofmann.
From the Collection of the Heritage Center Museum P97.10.1.
Viewing bibles contingent on staff availability, an appointment may be required.
Sharpe family bible.
Genealogy of John W. Sharpe, 1874 - , and Ellen Nora Koser, 1878 - .
Genealogy of Sharpe family, 1874-1904.
Copy of genealogy in Sharpe family file.
Given in memory of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas S. Quinn, Jr.
Calligraphy by Francis Blum.
Full leather pictorial binding with recesses with blind tooled on edges; front cover loose and heavily damaged; gilt edges.
Contents
History of the translation of the English Bible -- Contents of the books of the Old and New Testaments -- Revisers' Preface -- History of religious denominations of the world, both ancient and modern / H. D. Northrop-- Maps --Biographical sketches of the translators, reformers and martyrs / Joseph Jenkins -- Compresensive and critical history of all the books of the Holy Bible / William Smith, Dean Milman, John Kitto, Von Ewald, and Michelson -- The tabernacle in the wilderness, a description of the first sanctuary erected by the Israelites to the worship of almighty God -- A comprehensive and critical description of the Israelitish tabernacle and its sacred furniture ; -- "My father's house." description of the temples of Solomon and Herod / Philip Lee -- The cities and towns of the Bible, with descriptions and explanations / John Wilson -- Chronological and other valuable tables ... -- Natural history of the Bible: containing descriptions of the animals, birds, insects and reptiles / A. F. Thomspon -- Illustrations and descripton of ancient money... -- Illustrations and explanations of the proverbs of Solomon / Edward D. Lewis -- The parables of our Lord Jesus Christ / ill. by Joseph Haines -- Captivating Bible stories for the young, comprising narratives of interesting scenes and events -- Complete and practical household dictionary of the Bible / William Smith -- Explanatory key to the vowel and consonant sounds in the perfect self-pronouncing Bible -- Only authentic self-pronoundcing dictionary of the proper names in the Bible... / J. R Jones -- Scenes and incidents in the life of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ / Arthur P. Hayes -- Parables of our Lord illustrated and explained -- Hofmann gallery of original New Testament illustrations -- Revisors' preface -- List of readings and renderings preferred by the American Committee, recorded at their desire -- A chronological index to the Holy Bible -- Four thousand questions and answers on the Old and New Testaments -- Scripture difficulties explained -- Complete concordance to the Old and New Testaments -- The Psalms of David in metre.
Subjects
Sharpe family, - Genealogy.
Sharpe, John W., - 1874- .
Koser, Ellen Nora, - 1878- .
Quinn, Thomas S. Quinn and wife.
Koser family.
Additional Author
Dore̹, Gustaav,
Grenier, P,
Hofmann, Heinrich J. M. F.
Blum, Francis,
Additional Title
Bible.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Bible
Call Number
220 S532 1892
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Travels in the years 1791 and 1792 in Pennsylvania, New York and Vermont; journals of John Lincklaen, agent of the Holland land company

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo4300
Author
Lincklaen, John,
Date of Publication
1897.
Call Number
974.80091 L736
Responsibility
with a biographical sketch and notes.
Author
Lincklaen, John,
Place of Publication
New York, London
Publisher
G.P. Putnam's Sons,
Date of Publication
1897.
Physical Description
1 p. ø., xi, 162, 4 p. ports., fold. maps, facsim. 22 cm.
Notes
500 copies printed.
Edited by Helen L. Fairchild.
"List of principal authorities consulted": p. ix-xi.
Subjects
Holland Purchase.
Pennsylvania - Description and travel.
New York (State) - Description and travel.
Vermont - Description and travel.
Additional Author
Fairchild, Helen L.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
974.80091 L736
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