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The awakening and the early progress of the Pequea, Conestoga and other Susquehanna Valley settlements : as shown by official letters, etc., of the time

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Author: Landis, David M.

Date of Publication: 1921.

Lancaster County settlement at Willow Street, was sur- veyed. They are in print, and a reference to them is all that is needed. 1711 The progress of the Pequea settlement in its first st year is described in No. 2796 of the Taylor Papers, dated July 20, 1711. It is as follows: "Philadelphia. 20th of 5th mo

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Responsibility: by David M. Landis.

Author: Landis, David M.

Place of Publication: Lancaster, Pa

Publisher: Lancaster County Historical Society,

Date of Publication: 1921.

Physical Description: 5-16 p. ; 23 cm.

Series: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 25, no. 1

Subjects: Land settlement - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.; Taylor papers.; Lancaster County (Pa.) - History - 17th century.

Contained In: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 25, number 1 (1921), p. 5-16Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.25

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Lancaster's golden century, 1821-1921; a chronicle of men and women who planned and toiled to build a city strong and beautiful

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Author: Klein, H. M. J.

Date of Publication: 1921.

Call Number: 974.815 LACO K64

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Responsibility: written and comp. by H.M.J. Klein ...

Author: Klein, H. M. J.

Place of Publication: [Lancaster, Pa.]

Publisher: Hager and Bro.,

Date of Publication: 1921.

Physical Description: 3 p. Ã¸., 130 p. illus., pl., ports. 19 cm.

Notes: "To commemorate one hundred years of the house of Hager, April, 1921."

Subjects: Lancaster (Pa.) - History.; Lancaster County (Pa.) - History.; Lancaster (Pa.) - Biography.

Additional Corporate Author: Hager & Brother, Lancaster, Pa.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 974.815 LACO K64

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President James Buchanan's betrayal of Governor Robert J. Walker of Kansas

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Author: Harmon, George Dewey ,

Date of Publication: 1929.

Call Number: 905.748 HSP

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Responsibility: by George D. Harmon.

Author: Harmon, George Dewey ,

Place of Publication: Philadelphia, Pa

Publisher: Historical Society of Pennsylvania ,

Date of Publication: 1929.

Physical Description: pp. 51-91 ; 23 cm.

Notes: In: Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography, v. 53.

Subjects: Walker, Robert James , - 1801-1869.; Buchanan, James, - 1791-1868.; Kansas - Politics and government - 1854-1861.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Periodical Article

Call Number: 905.748 HSP

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The attitude of James Buchanan towards slavery

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Author: Ranck, James Burne.

Date of Publication: 1927.

Call Number: 905.748 HSP

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Responsibility: by James B. Ranck.

Author: Ranck, James Burne.

Place of Publication: Philadelphia, Pa

Publisher: Historical Society of Pennsylvania ,

Date of Publication: 1927.

Physical Description: pp. 126-142 ; 23 cm.

Notes: This record provides a link to this resource on the publisher's official online repository.; In: Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography, v. 51.

Summary: Discusses James Buchanan's feelings toward slavery.

Subjects: Buchanan, James, - 1791-1868 - views on slavery.; Slavery - United States

Location: Lancaster History Library - Periodical Article

Call Number: 905.748 HSP

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https://journals.psu.edu/pmhb/article/view/28098/27854

Old Lancaster tales and traditions

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Author: Worner, William Frederic.

Date of Publication: 1927.

Call Number: 974.815 LACI W928

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Author: Worner, William Frederic.

Place of Publication: Lancaster, Pa

Publisher: The Author,

Date of Publication: 1927.

Physical Description: x, 261 p. illus. 24 cm.

Contents: Declaration of Independence in Lancaster--Thomas Wharton, Jr. in Lancaster--Baron Steuben in Lancaster--Lancaster in 1778--Lancaster in 1783--Ephrata Community--Lancaster in 1788--Camel in Lancaster--Lancaster in 1795--Lancaster in 1797--John Marshall in Lancaster--First elephant in Lancaster--General Pinckney in Lancaster--Lancaster in 1807--Alexander Wilson in Lancaster--Mrs. Royall's visit to Lancaster--Royal Arabian horse in Lancaster--Daniel Webster in Lancaster--Rich men of Lancaster City in 1845--The Wreath--Chinese soldier in the Civil War--Hope Church--Seventy-fifth aniversaryof Hope Church--Story of Salome Le Roy--Tory of the Revolution.; Illustrations--Rare old Lancaster imprint--Lancaster Count Courthouse--Residence of Christopher Marshall--Trinity Lutheran Church--Cat Tavern--Old Ferry House--Buildings of the Ephrata Cloister--Watermark, Ephrata Cloister--Finest Colonial House in Lancaster--Caleb Cope House--Barracks on Howard Avenue--Saron House. Ephrata Cloister--Cell, Ephrata Cloister--Watermarks, Ephrata Cloister--Room in Saron House, Ephrata Cloister--Kitchen, Ephrata Cloister--Fireplace, Ephrata Cloister--Matin Room--Ephrata Cloister--Seal, Ephrata Cloister--Government Buildings, Lancaster--Washington Hotel--Old Powder House--Lancaster Academy--Male camel--Watermarks, Ephrata Cloister--Johann Conrad Beissel--Tomb of Johann Conrad Beissel--Fountain Inn--Rockford, Home of General Hand--White Swan Tavern--Blunderbuss--Lancaster City Hall--Newspaper account of Marshall's arival--Residence of Jasper Yeates--Residence of Timothy Matlack--Advertisement of the elephant--Oldest tobacco shop in the United States--Old wooden sign, Demuth Tobacco Shop--View of North Queen Street about 1840--William Pitt Tavern--Sign of William Pitt Tavern--Lancaster in 1810--Anchor Inn, Lititz, Pa.--Heinitsh's Drug Store--James Buchanan--Steinman's Hardware Store--Slaymaker's Hotel--Abbeville--House and tannery of Georg H. Krug--Fire engine--View of West King Street about 1850--The Wreath--Button Suctio Engine--Hose cart--Hope Episcopal Church, Mount Hope, Pa.--Mount Hope Mansion--Memorial chancel and altar, Hope Church--Brew House--Bird's-eye view of Lancaster--German Reformed Church--House built about 1760--Lancaster County Prison.

Subjects: Woo, Hong Neok - 1834-1919.; Folklore - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.; Lancaster (Pa.) - History.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 974.815 LACI W928

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Reports of cases argued and determined in the High Court of Chancery in Ireland : during the time of Lord Redesdale

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Corporate Author: Ireland. High Court of Chancery.

Date of Publication: 1808-1811.

Call Number: Book 542 1808; Book 543 1811

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Responsibility: by John Schoales and Thomas Lefroy.

Corporate Author: Ireland. High Court of Chancery.

Place of Publication: New York

Publisher: I. Riley,

Date of Publication: 1808-1811.

Physical Description: 2 volumes ; 24 cm

Notes: Vol. 2 has imprint: New York : Franklin Co.; Includes indexes.; Jasper Yeates's Colonial Law Library.; Yeates's signataure at top of title page.; Book numbers 542 and 543 as assigned by Yeates.

Contents: v. 1. The cases from the beginning of Easter term, 1802 to the end of Easter term, 1804 -- v. 2. The cases from the beginning of Trinity term, 1804 to the period of Lord Redesdale's resignation of the Great Seal [i.e. 1807].

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

Additional Author: Redesdale, John Mitford,; Schoales, John.; Lefroy, Thomas Langlois,; Yeates, Jasper,

Location: Lancaster History Library - Yeates Collection

Call Number: Book 542 1808; Book 543 1811

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https://hdl.handle.net/2027/mdp.35112105419925

A treatise on the law of war

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Author: Bijnkershoek, Cornelis van,

Date of Publication: 1810

Call Number: Book 806 1810

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Responsibility: translated from the original Latin of Cornelius van Bynkershoek, being the first book of his Quaestiones juris publici, with notes, by Peter Stephen Du Ponceau.

Author: Bijnkershoek, Cornelis van,

Uniform Title: De rebus bellicis.

Place of Publication: Philadelphia : Boston : Baltimore : Albany : Portland : Middlebury, (Vt.)

Publisher: Published by Farrand & Nicholas ; Farrand, Mallory & Co. ; P.H. Nicklin & Co. ; D. Farrand & Green ; Lyman, Mallory & Co. ; Swift & Chipman,

Date of Publication: 1810

Physical Description: [2], xxxiv, 218, [2] p. ; 23 cm (8vo)

Notes: Signatures: piÂ² a-dâ´ A-2Dâ´ 2EÂ² (last leaf blank).; Signatures preceded by a dagger, e.g. [dagger]a, [dagger]A, [dagger]2E.; Errata: p. [199].; Issued also as The American law journal, v. 3, no. 11-12, Oct. 1810.; "An account of the life and writings of the author": pages [xiii]-xxi.; Half title: Treatise on the law of war.; Jasper Yeates's Colonial Law Library.; Yeates's signature at top of title page.; Book number 806 as assigned by Yeates.; Includes bibliographical references (pages xxiii-xxx) and index.; Shaw & Shoemaker; Cohen, M.L. Bib. of early Amer. law,

Contents: Of war in general -- Of a declaration of war -- Of war, considered as between enemies -- Of the capture of movable property, and particularly of ships -- Of the recapture of movable property -- Of the possession of immovables taken in war -- Of the confiscation of the enemy's actions and credits -- Of hostilities in a neutral port or territory -- Of neutrality -- Of contraband -- Of trade with blockaded and besieged places -- Of the mixture of lawful with contraband goods -- Of neutral goods found on board of the ships of enemies -- Of enemy's goods found on board of neutral ships -- Of the right of Postliminy on neutral territory -- Of the right of Postliminy, as applied to cities and states -- Of pirates -- Of privateers -- Of the responsibility of owners of privateers -- Of captures made by vessels not commissioned -- Of insuring enemy's property -- Of enlisting men in foreign countries, and incidentally, of expatriation -- Of the right of the several provinces of the United Netherlands, to declare and make war -- Of reprisals -- Miscellaneous maxims and observations.

Summary: "A brief alphabetical notice of several writers and works on the civil law and the law of nations: not generally known, and which are quoted or referred to in this book": pages [xxiii]-xxx.

Subjects: Bijnkershoek, Cornelis van, - 1673-1743.; Bijnkershoek, Cornelis van, - 1673-1743; War (International law); Full blind-tooled leather (Binding); Gilt title on maroon spine label (Binding)

Additional Author: Du Ponceau, Peter Stephen,; Yeates, Jasper,

Additional Corporate Author: Farrand & Nicholas,; Farrand, Mallory and Co.,; Philip H. Nicklin & Co.,; D.W. Farrand & Green (Firm),; Lyman, Mallory, and Co.,; Swift & Chipman,; Fry and Kammerer,

Place: United States Pennsylvania Philadelphia.; United States Massachusetts Boston.; United States Maryland Baltimore.; United States New York Albany.; United States Maine Portland.; United States Vermont Middlebury.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Yeates Collection

Call Number: Book 806 1810

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Records of the American Catholic Historical Society of Philadelphia

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Date of Publication: 1887-c2000.

Call Number: 905.748 CHS

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ISSN: 0002-7790

Place of Publication: Philadelphia

Publisher: American Catholic Historical Society of Philadelphia,

Date of Publication: 1887-c2000.

Physical Description: 109 v. : ill., ports., facsims. ; 23-25 cm.

Publication Frequency: Twice a year, <1998>

Dates of Publication: Vol. 1 (1884-86)-v. 109, no. 3-4 (fall-winter 1998).

Notes: These volumes are in the "library work room". They are not on the open shelves. However, there is an index on the open shelves. Its call number is 905.748 CHS Index. Patrons should consult the index first. If there is a volume that they want to see, the library attendant should pull the volume from the shelves in the "library work room".; Library has: Vol. 1 (1884-1886) - Vol. 109, no. 3-4 (Fall-Winter 1998); Vols. 1 (1884-86)-31 (1920). 1 v.; Vols. 32 (1921)-41 (1930). 1 v.