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A law dictionary, or, The interpreter of words and terms : used either in the common or statute laws of Great Britain, and in tenures and jocular customs : first published by the learned Dr. Cowel, and in this edition very much augmented and improved, by the addition of many thousand words, found in our histories, antiquities, cartularies, rolls, registers, and other manuscript records : with an appendix, containing two tables; one of the antient names of places in Great Britain, and the other of the antient surnames; both of them very necessary for the use of all such, as converse with antient deeds, charters, &c

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Author: Cowell, John,

Date of Publication: MDCCXXVII [1727]

Call Number: Book 793 1727

Alternate Title: Interpreter of words and terms

Author: Cowell, John,

Uniform Title: Interpreter

Place of Publication: [London] In the Savoy

Publisher: Printed by E. and R. Nutt, and R. Gosling (assigns of E. Sayer, Esq.) for J. Walthoe ... [and 10 others],

Date of Publication: MDCCXXVII [1727]

Physical Description: [488] p. ; 33 cm. (folio)

Notes: Originally issued with title: The interpreter, or, Booke containing the signification of words. Cambridge : Printed by Iohn Legate, 1607.; Signatures: Aâ¶ B-Zâ´ 2A-2Zâ´ 3A-3Nâ´ 3O-3QÂ².; The preface includes (p. [7]-[9]) the Proclamation of James I., dated 25th March, 1610, by which the first edition of Cowell's Interpreter, 1607, was suppressed.; "Books lately printed": p. [488], 3Q2v.; Jasper Yeates's Colonial Law Library.; Yeates's signature at top of title page.; Book number 793 as assigned by Yeates.; ESTC (RLIN)

Subjects: Law - Great Britain - Dictionaries.; Names, Geographical - Great Britain.; Law.; Names, Geographical.; Great Britain.; Dictionaries.; Full blind-tooled leather (Binding); Gilt title on maroon spine label (Binding)

Additional Author: Yeates, Jasper,

Place: England London.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Yeates Collection

Call Number: Book 793 1727

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

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Author: Jacob, Giles,

Edition: 10th ed. /

Date of Publication: MDCC:XXIII (1778)

Call Number: Book 192 1778

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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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Vollstandiges Marburger Gesang-Buch, zur Uebung der Gottseligkeit worinnen 615 auserlesene trost-reiche Psalmen und Gesange ... Martin Luthers und anderer gottseliger Lehrer : ordentlich in XII. Theile verfasset ... mit erbaulichen Morgen-, Abend-, Bu, Beicht- und Communion-Gebatlein vermehret

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Date of Publication: 1774.

Call Number: 264.2 M312 1774

Place of Publication: Marburg & Frankfurt

Publisher: Bronner,

Date of Publication: 1774.

Physical Description: 1044 S., [10] Bl.

Notes: "Lutheran" written at top of first flyleaf.; Mary Northamer her Book May the 21, 1787; Adam Northamer written at top of second flyleaf.; [Contents appear to be Lutheran as against the Reformed Church in the U. S.; the phrase "zu Ubungder Gottseligikeit" (hymnal 13565) ; in title is regularly found in the (Lutheran) Marberger Gesangbuch.].; Elaborate tooling on full leather binding, missing one clasp;patterned leaves on back of covers; tooling on gilt edges of pages.

Subjects: Lutheran Church; Hymns, German.

Additional Author: Luther, Martin,; Northamer, Mary.; Northamer, Adam.

Additional Corporate Author: Evangelical Lutheran Ministerium of Pennsylvbania & adjacent states.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Rare Books

Call Number: 264.2 M312 1774

March's actions for slander, and arbitrements. : The first, being a collection, under certain grounds and heads, of what words are actionable in the law, and what not: where an action de scandalis magnatum will lie: and of the nature of a libel. The other, a discourse, shewing what arbitrements are good in law, and what not: together with directions and presidents of conditions to perform awards, indentures of submission to awards, with covenants to perform the same; arbitrements of lands which the parties covenant to perform, or of debt, &c. upon submission by bond, and variety of pleadings therein. As also, certain quaeries, or doubtful cases, under proper titles, with the books cited pro & contra; very useful for all students in the law

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Author: March, John,

Edition: And now reviewed and enlarged with many useful additions: By W.B.

Date of Publication: 1674.

Call Number: Book 440 1648

Alternate Title: Actions for slander, and arbitrements

Responsibility: First written by Jo. March of Grayes-Inn, barrister, in the year, 1648.

Author: March, John,

Edition: And now reviewed and enlarged with many useful additions: By W.B.

Place of Publication: London

Publisher: Printed for Elizabeth Walbanck, at Grayes-Inn Gate in Grayes-Inn Lane,

Date of Publication: 1674.

Physical Description: [8], 219, p. 218, 223-320, 401-476, [18] p. ; (8vo)

Notes: Text is continuous despite pagination.; With three indexes.; Jasper Yeates's Colonial law library.; Yeates's signature at top of title page.; Book number 440 as assigned by Yeates.; Wing (2nd ed.); ESTC

Subjects: Libel and slander - England - Early works to 1800.; Arbitration and award - England - Early works to 1800.; Arbitration and award.; Libel and slander.; England.; Early works.; Half-leather linen (Binding)

Additional Author: W. B.,; Yeates, Jasper,

Location: Lancaster History Library - Yeates Collection

Call Number: Book 440 1648

An examination of the Connecticut claim to lands in Pennsylvania : with an appendix, containing extracts and copies taken from original papers

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Author: Smith, William,

Date of Publication: 1774.

Call Number: Book 468 1774

Author: Smith, William,

Place of Publication: Philadelphia

Publisher: Printed by Joseph Crukshank, in Market Street,

Date of Publication: 1774.

Physical Description: 94, 32 pages, [1] folded leaf of plates : map (folded, color) ; 20 cm.

Series: Pamphlets ; v. 4, no. 5

Notes: Jasper Yeates's Colonial Law Library.; Yeates's signagture at top of title page.; Book number 468 as assigned by Yeates.; Sabin,; Evans,

Subjects: Susquehanna Claim, 1753-1808.; Boundaries.; Politics and government.; Pennsylvania - Boundaries.; Connecticut - Boundaries.; Pennsylvania - Politics and government - To 1775.; Connecticut - Politics and government - To 1775.; Connecticut.; Pennsylvania.; Full vellum (Binding)

Additional Author: Yeates, Jasper,

Location: Lancaster History Library - Yeates Collection

Call Number: Book 468 1774

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

A collection of decisions of the Court of King's Bench upon the Poor's Laws : down to the present time. In which are contained many Cases never before published ; extracted from the Notes of a very Eminent Barrister deceased: The whole digested in a regular Order. By a barrister at law of the Inner Temple. To which are prefixed, extracts from the statutes concerning the poor

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Corporate Author: Great Britain. Court of King's Bench.

Date of Publication: [1770?]

Call Number: Book 663 1770

Corporate Author: Great Britain. Court of King's Bench.

Place of Publication: London : For P. Uriel in Inner Temple-Lane, and W. Griffin in Catherine-Street in the Strand

Publisher: Printed by W. Strahan and M. Woodfall, Law-Printers to the King's most Excellent Majesty ;

Date of Publication: [1770?]

Physical Description: [38], LXXIII, 291 [i.e. 292, 3] pages)

Notes: Jasper Yeates's Colonial Law Library.; Yeates's signature at top of title page; original owner's signature removed.; Book number 663 as assigned by Yeates.; English Short Title Catalog,

Subjects: Law reports, digests, etc. - Great Britain - Early works to 1800.; Poor laws - Great Britain - Early works to 1800.; Law reports, digests, etc.; Poor laws.; Great Britain.; Early works.; Full blind-tooled leather (Binding)

Additional Author: Bott, Edmund.; Yeates, Jasper,

Place: Great Britain England London.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Yeates Collection

Call Number: Book 663 1770

Les termes de la ley : or, Certain difficult and obscure words and terms of the common and statute laws of this realm, now in use, expounded and explained

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Author: Rastell, John,

Edition: Corrected and enlarged, with the addition of many other words /

Date of Publication: MDCCXXI [1721].

Call Number: Book number 832 1721; Book 832 1721

Alternate Title: Termes de la ley; Certain difficult and obscure words and terms of the common and statute laws of this realm, now in use, expounded and explained

Author: Rastell, John,

Uniform Title: Expositiones terminorum legum Anglorum.

Edition: Corrected and enlarged, with the addition of many other words /

Place of Publication: In the Savoy [London]

Publisher: Printed by Eliz. Nutt and R. Gosling (assigns of E. Sayer) for R. Gosling at the Middle-Temple-Gate in Fleet-street,

Date of Publication: MDCCXXI [1721].

Physical Description: [4], 592 p. ; 21 cm. (8vo)

Notes: Anonymous. By John Rastell. Possibly translated by John Rastell's son William.; First published in 1527 as "Expositiones terminorum legum Anglorum."; Signatures: [A]Â² B-2Pâ¸.; Copy 2 has the initials L. T. K, 1774 at top of title page and signature of Jno. Yeates on back of front cover, and on front leaf and inscription "Jrai Rddai moddyybiy"; Binding is full blind-tooled decorated leather.; Jasper Yeates' Colonial Law Library.; Yeates's signature at top of title page.; Book number 832 on both copies as asssigned by Yeates.; ESTC,

Subjects: Law - England - Dictionaries.; English language - Dictionaries; English language.; Law.; England.; Dictionaries.; Three-quarters leather [removed] on linen boards (Binding); Gilt title on maroon spine label (Binding)

Additional Author: Rastell, William,; Mure, William,; Yeates, Jasper,

Location: Lancaster History Library - Yeates Collection

Call Number: Book number 832 1721; Book 832 1721

Historie von GrÃ¶nland : enthaltend die Beschreibung des Landes und der Einwohner &c., insbesondere die Geschichte der dortigen Mission der Evangelischen BrÃ¼der zu Neu-Herrnhut und Lichtenfels

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Author: Cranz, David,

Edition: Zweyte Aufl., mit acht Kupfertafeln und einem Register.

Date of Publication: 1770.

Call Number: 998.2 B241 1770

Responsibility: David Cranz.

Author: Cranz, David,

Edition: Zweyte Aufl., mit acht Kupfertafeln und einem Register.

Place of Publication: Barby : Und in Leipzig

Publisher: Bey Heinrich Detlef Ebers ; In Commission bey Weidmanns Erben und Reich,

Date of Publication: 1770.

Physical Description: 2 v. ([30], [4], 1132, [28] p.), 8 folded plates : folded ill., 2 folded maps ; 19 cm.

Notes: Cranz' name at head of title.; Caption title: Der grÃ¶nlÃ¤ndischen Historie.; Vol. 2 has title: Der grÃ¶nlÃ¤ndischen Historie. Zweyter Theil.; Includes index.; Library has: Vol. 2 only.; Contains only 1 folded plate.; Bookplate of the Conservatory of Arts and Sciences, Lancaster, P'a. No. 270 pasted on inside front cover.; With: Fortsetzung der Historie von GrÃ¶nland / von David Cranz. Barby : Bey Heinrich Detlef Ebers ; Und in Leipzig : In Commission bey Weidmanns Erben und Reich, 1770.

Subjects: Moravian Church - Missions.; Missions - Greenland.; Greenland.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Rare Books

Call Number: 998.2 B241 1770

Archive

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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

of a family member. No date. Letter from Philip Wager to Adam Reigart, Jr., merchant recounting an evening stroll near his store. Talked to Doctor Halmuth, also met a gentleman and lady and spoke with them in German. No date. Letter from Philip Wager to Adam Reigart with words of condolence after the

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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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