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Modus intrandi placita generalia : the entring clerk's introduction : being a collection of such precedents of declarations, and other pleadings, with process as well mesn as judicial, as are generally used in every days practice : with notes and observations thereupon composed, for the benefit of the students of the common law of England, as also of the attorneys, entring clerks, and sollicitors of the courts of Common Pleas and King's Bench, acquainting them with the rudiments of clerkship, and such general pleadings and process as are used at this day in the courts of record at Westminster

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Author
Brown, William,
Edition
The third edition, with considerable corrections and amendments throughout the whole book, with the addition of the true directions fo [sic] writs, according to the style of the latest grants to each corporation of England.
Date of Publication
1702-1703.
Call Number
Book 1024 1702
Book 1025 1703
Alternate Title
Entring clerk's introduction
Responsibility
by William Brown, Gent., author of Formulae bene placitandi.
Author
Brown, William,
Edition
The third edition, with considerable corrections and amendments throughout the whole book, with the addition of the true directions fo [sic] writs, according to the style of the latest grants to each corporation of England.
Place of Publication
London
Publisher
Printed by the assigns of R. and Edw. Atkins Esquires for J. Walthoe ...,
Date of Publication
1702-1703.
Physical Description
2 v. ; 20 cm (8vo)
Notes
Vol. 2 has no ed. statement.
Vol. 1: [24], 406, [34] p.; v. 2: [8], 315, [15] p.
Bookseller's advertisement: v. 1, p. [2] in front; v. 2, p. [2] in front.
Jasper Yeates's Colonial Law Library.
Yeates's signature at top of title page under that of struck owner.
Book numbers 1024 and 1025 as assigned by Yeates.
Sowerby, E.M. Catalogue of the Library of Thomas Jefferson,
English short title catalogue,
Subjects
Pleading - England - Early works to 1800.
Forms (Law) - England - Early works to 1800.
Forms (Law)
Pleading.
England.
Early works.
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 1024 1702
Book 1025 1703
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Warrant registers (for Pennsylvania Counties)

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Date of Publication
1734 - 1935.
Call Number
Drawer 15, Sec. 1
Responsibility
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.
Subjects
Pennsylvania. Department of Internal Affairs. Bureau of Land Records.
Registers of births, etc. - Pennsylvania.
Land grants - Pennsylvania.
Land grants - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
Land grants - Pennsylvania - Berks County.
Land grants - Pennsylvania - Dauphin County.
Land grants - Pennsylvania - Chester County.
Land grants - Pennsylvania - Lebanon County.
Land grants - Pennsylvania - York County.
Land grants - Pennsylvania - Cumberland County.
Land grants - Pennsylvania - Adams County.
Additional Author
Britton, William W.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Microfilm
Call Number
Drawer 15, Sec. 1
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Barnes' directory of Lancaster County : embracing a full list of all the adult males and heads of families with their occupation, residence, and P.O. address, and a classified business directory : also, an appendix, containing a descriptive list of the courts, banking houses, public buildings, churches, educational and benevolent institutions, secret and other societies, &c., &c., 1875-76

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Date of Publication
1875.
Call Number
917.4815 D598 1875-76 reprint
Alternate Title
Directory of Lancaster County
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Jno. H. Barnes,
Date of Publication
1875.
Physical Description
508 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Notes
Advertisements throughout text.
Includes index.
Reprint.
Subjects
Business enterprises - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
Directories - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
Lancaster County (Pa.) - Directories.
Lancaster County (Pa.) - Commerce - Directories.
Additional Corporate Author
Jno. H. Barnes (Firm)
Location
Lancaster History Library - Reference
Call Number
917.4815 D598 1875-76 reprint
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Centennial biography : Men of mark of Cumberland Valley, Pa., 1776-1876

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Author
Nevin, Alfred,
Date of Publication
1876.
Call Number
974.80092 N526
Responsibility
Alfred Nevin.
Author
Nevin, Alfred,
Place of Publication
Philadelphia
Publisher
Fulton Publishing Company,
Date of Publication
1876.
Physical Description
vii, 5-450 p., [7] p. of plates : ill. ; 27 cm.
Subjects
Craighead, Thomas
Findlay, William
Whitehill, Robert
Ritner, Joseph
Stevens, Thaddeus
Cumberland Valley (Md. and Pa.) - Biography.
Cumberland Valley (Md. and Pa.) - History.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
974.80092 N526
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Picturesque America; or, The land we live in. A delineation by pen and pencil of the mountains, rivers, lakes, forests, water-falls, shores, cañons, valleys, cities, and other picturesque features of our country

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Author
Bryant, William Cullen,
Date of Publication
[c1872-74]
Call Number
913.3 B915 Oversize
Alternate Title
Picturesque America
Land we live in
Responsibility
With illustrations on steel and wood, by eminent American artists. Edited by William Cullen Bryant.
Author
Bryant, William Cullen,
Place of Publication
New York
Publisher
D. Appleton and company
Date of Publication
[c1872-74]
Physical Description
2 v. frontispiece, ill., plates. 33 cm.
Notes
Added t.p., engraved, in each volume.
The main literary work on this publication was done by Oliver B. Bunce. The introduction was written and proofsheets read by W.C. Bryant. Cf. J.C. Derby's "Fifty years among authors ..."
"Contents" in each vol. includes names of authors and artists. "List of engravings on steel" in each vol. includes names of artists and engravers.
Inscribed to daughter Mary Ann by Jacob Stauffer, Dec. 25, 1874.
Library has vol. 2 only.
Subjects
United States - Description and travel.
Québec (Province) - Description and travel.
Steel engravings - New York (N.Y.) - 1870-1880.
Additional Author
Bunce, Oliver Bell,
Location
Lancaster History Library - Rare Books
Call Number
913.3 B915 Oversize
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Parish register of Christ Church, Leacock, Pa

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Date of Publication
1828-1879.
Call Number
283 C554Le
Place of Publication
[Leacock, Pa.]
Publisher
Christ Church,
Date of Publication
1828-1879.
Physical Description
2, 279 l. (some blank); 23 x 35 cm.
Notes
Photocopy.
"Original records are located at St. James' Church, Lancaster, Pa."
Rineer's "Churches and Cemeteries of Lancaster County" page 246 #2.
Contents
Baptisms (Dec. 23, 1828 - June 2, 1879), pages 30-69 - Confirmations (June 12,1833 - April 9, 1873, pages 127-132 - Communicants (Dec. 25, 1828 - Alpril 17, 1878, pages 170-185 - Marriages (March 26, 1829 - June 21 1866, pages 194-197 - Marriages (June 10, 1873 - June 10, 1879), pages 198-199 - Burials (April 23, 1837 - April 20, 1872), pages 243-247 - Burials (April 26, 1873 -April 18, 1879), pages 248-249.
Subjects
Christ Episcopal Church (Leacock, Lancaster County, Pa.)
Chuch records and registers - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
Registers of births, etc. - Pennsylvania - Leacock (Township)
Episcopal Church - Pennsylvania - Lancaster Couinty.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Church Record
Call Number
283 C554Le
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The Olden time : a monthly publication devoted to the preservation of documents and other authentic information in relation to the early explorations and the settlement and improvement of the country around the head of the Ohio

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Date of Publication
1876.
Call Number
974.80083 O44
Responsibility
edited by Neville B. Craig, esq.
Place of Publication
Cincinnati
Publisher
Reprinted by Robert Clarke & Co.,
Date of Publication
1876.
Physical Description
2 v. : fold. map, fold. facsim. ; 25 cm.
Notes
A reprint of the periodical issued Jan. 1846-Dec. 1847.
Subjects
Ohio River Valley - History - Sources.
Pennsylvania - History - Sources.
Northwest, Old - History - Sources.
Additional Author
Craig, Neville B.,
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
974.80083 O44
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A new Spanish and English dictionary : collected from the best Spanish authors, both ancient and modern : containing several thousand words more than any other dictionary, with their etymology; their proper, figurative, burlesque and cant significations, the common terms of arts and sciences , the proper names of men, the surnames of families and an account of them, the titles of the nobility of Spain, together with its geography, and that of the West Indies, with the names of such provinces, towns and rivers in other parts which differ in Spanish from the English : also above two thousand proverbs literally translated ... : to which is added, a copious English and Spanish dictionary, likewise a Spanish grammar, more complete and easy than any hitherto extant

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Author
Stevens, John,
Date of Publication
MDCCVI [1706]
Call Number
Book 1045 1706
Alternate Title
Spanish and English dictionary
Dictionary English and Spanish
New Spanish grammar
Responsibility
The whole by Captain John Stevens.
Author
Stevens, John,
Place of Publication
London
Publisher
Printed for George Sawbridge, at the Flower-de-Luces in Little Britain,
Date of Publication
MDCCVI [1706]
Physical Description
[526] 70 (i.e. 72) pages ; 40 cm (fol.)
Notes
The English-Spanish dictionary has special t.p., dated 1705; the grammar has special t.p. and separate paging.
Dictionary printed in three columns.
Signatures: pi² A² a² (-a2) B-Z⁴, *⁴, 2A-2Z⁴, *2a-*2e⁴, 4a-4n⁴ 4o², 5a-5i⁴.
Devices on special title pages.
Apparently from the personal library of Jasper Yeates.
Yeates's signature at top of title page and writ large on front flyleaf.
Book number 1045 not assigned by Yeates.
English short title catalogue
Subjects
Spanish language - Early works to 1800.
English language - Early works to 1800.
Cant - Early works to 1800.
Proverbs, Spanish - Early works to 1800.
Names, Spanish - Early works to 1800.
Cant.
English language.
Names, Spanish.
Proverbs, Spanish.
Spanish language.
Spanish language
Dictionaries.
Early works.
Full blind-tooled decorated leather (Binding)
Stamped title on spine.
Additional Author
Sawbridge, George,
Yeates, Jasper,
Place
Great Britain England London.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Yeates Collection
Call Number
Book 1045 1706
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A brief history of the city of Lancaster; Containing an introduction to the settlement of the county; reminiscences of the past and present of the city; the poor house and hospital; the court house; the county jail; the water works; the railroad; the Franklin and Marshall College; the manufactories; the gas works and agricultural park; with many of the old "land marks," &c

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Author
Kilburn, Francis,
Date of Publication
1870.
Call Number
974.815 L244p 1870
Author
Kilburn, Francis,
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Pearsol and Geist, printers,
Date of Publication
1870.
Physical Description
40 [2] p. ; 27 cm.
Notes
Cover title.
Includes local business cards and advertisements.
Not in Wilkinson.
Subjects
Lancaster County (Pa.) - History.
Lancaster (Pa.) - History.
Lancaster (Pa.) - Commerce.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Rare Books
Call Number
974.815 L244p 1870
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Historical sketch of old Hanover church

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Author
T. H. R.
Date of Publication
1878.
Call Number
974.818 R664
  1 website  
Responsibility
by Rev. Thomas H. Robinson, D.D. With a notice of the church at Conewago, by A. Boyd Hamilton.
Author
T. H. R.
Place of Publication
Harrisburg, Pa
Publisher
Dauphin County Historical Society,
Date of Publication
1878.
Physical Description
59 p. illus. 26 cm.
Subjects
Hanover Presbyterian Church, Dauphin Co., Pa.
Conewago Church, Dauphin Co., Pa.
Registers of births, etc. - Pennsylvania - Dauphin County.
Dauphin County (Pa.) - Genealogy.
Additional Author
Hamilton, A. Boyd
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
974.818 R664
Websites
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