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Tables of all the cases printed in the books of reports, digested under proper heads; to which is added the names of all the cases in an alphabetical order

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Date of Publication: 1719.

Call Number: Book 76 1719

Place of Publication: [London]

Publisher: In the Savoy, Printed by E. Nutt and R. Gosling, assigns of E. Sayer, for D. Browne,

Date of Publication: 1719.

Physical Description: 392 pages 32 cm

Notes: Jasper Yeates's Colonial Law Library.; Yeates's signature at top of title page under struck name of previous owner.; Book number 86 as assigned by Yeates.

Subjects: Law reports, digests, etc. - Great Britain - Indexes.

Additional Author: Yeates, Jasper,

Location: Lancaster History Library - Yeates Collection

Call Number: Book 76 1719

The law-French dictionary alphabetically digested : very useful for all young students in the common laws of England. To which is added, The law-Latin dictionary: being an alphabetical collection of such law-Latin words as are found in several authentic manuscripts, and printed books of precedents

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Edition: 2nd ed., corr. and enl.

Date of Publication: 1718.

Call Number: Book 505 1718

Alternate Title: Law-Latin dictionary; Pleader's dictionary

Edition: 2nd ed., corr. and enl.

Place of Publication: [London] In the Savoy

Publisher: Printed by Eliz. Nutt and R. Gosling (assigns of E. Sayer) for D. Brown, J. Walthoe,

Date of Publication: 1718.

Physical Description: 2 volumes in 1 (unpaged, approximately 648 pages) ; 20 cm

Notes: Jasper Yeates's Colonial Law Library.; Yeates's signature at top of title page.; Signature of Godfrey Moyle on fly leaf struck.; Book number 505 as assigned by Yeates.

Subjects: Law - Dictionaries.; Anglo-Norman dialect - Dictionaries.; Latin language; English language - Dictionaries; Anglo-Norman dialect.; English language.; Law.; Dictionaries.; Full blind-tooled leather (Binding); Gilt title on maroon spine title (Binding)

Additional Author: Moyle, Godfrey.; Yeates, Jasper,

Location: Lancaster History Library - Yeates Collection

Call Number: Book 505 1718

Praxis almae curiae cancellariae : in two volumes : being a collection of precedents, by bill and answer, plea and demurrer, in causes of the greatest moment (wherein equity hath been allowed) which have been commenced in the High Court of Chancery, for more than 30 years last past : with appeals (in several cases of great difficulty) to the House of Peers in Parliament, and the proceedings thereupon : also, a compleat collection of all the writs and process concerning the same, together with a praeliminary discourse, by way of rules, succinctly and methodically drawn up, containing the practice of the said court, in every particular branch of the equitable part thereof

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Author: Brown, William,

Edition: The third edition, with additions.

Date of Publication: 1714.

Call Number: Book 519 1714; Book 518 1714

Author: Brown, William,

Edition: The third edition, with additions.

Place of Publication: In the Savoy [London]

Publisher: Printed by J. Nutt, assignee of Edward Sayer Esq. for Abel Roper, and Samuel Butler ...,

Date of Publication: 1714.

Physical Description: 2 v. ; 20 cm (8vo)

Notes: "By William Brown"--T.p. of v. 2.; Sometimes attributed to Sir Robert Heath. Cf. Halkett & Laing.; Vol. 1: [8], 576 p.; v. 2: [8], 103, [1]; 176; 401-720, [40] p.; Jasper Yeates's Colonial Law Library.; Yeates's signature at top of title page.; Book numbers 518 and 519 as assigned by Yeates.; Signature of B. Crosby on flyleaf struck.; Sowerby, E.M. Catalogue of the Library of Thomas Jefferson,; English Short Title Catalogue,

Subjects: Great Britain. - Court of Chancery.; Equity pleading and procedure - Great Britain - Early works to 1800.; Equity pleading and procedure.; Great Britain.; Publishers' advertisements - Great Britain.; Early works.; Vol 1: linen boards (Binding); Vol 2: Full blind-tooled leather(Binding); Gilt title on maroon spine label (Binding)

Additional Author: Heath, Robert,; Bay, Elihu Hall,; Yeates, Jasper,

Place: England London.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Yeates Collection

Call Number: Book 519 1714; Book 518 1714

Reports and pleadings of cases in assise, for offices, nusances, lands and tenements : shewing the manner of porceeding in assises of novel disseisin ... : With observations on every case ... : To which are added, writs of assise, &c

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Author: Lilly, John.

Date of Publication: 1719.

Call Number: Book 739 1719

Alternate Title: Novel disseisin

Responsibility: by John Lilly ... ; To which is added, a prefatory discourse, shewing the nature of this action, and reasons for putting it in practice.

Author: Lilly, John.

Place of Publication: [London] In the Savoy

Publisher: Printed by Eliz. Nutt, and R. Gosling, Assigns of Edward Sayer, for John Hook, and Tho. Woodward,

Date of Publication: 1719.

Physical Description: [2], xxxii, 129, [8] pages ; 33 cm

Notes: Jasper Yeates's Colonial Law Library.; Yeates's signature at top of title page.; Bookplate of former owner partially removed from back of front cover.; Book number 739 as assigned by Yeates.

Subjects: Writs - Great Britain.; Law reports, digests, etc. - Great Britain.; Law reports, digests, etc.; Writs.; 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 739 1719

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

The infants lawyer : or, The law (ancient and modern) relating to infants. Setting forth their priviledges ; their several ages for divers purposes ; guardians and procheim amy, as to suits and defences by them ; actions brought by and against them, with the manner of declarations and pleadings ; fines and recoveries, and other matters of record suffered or acknowledged by them, how reversable ; conveyances and specialties, how bound by them or not ; contracts, promises, &c

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Edition: 3rd ed. :

Date of Publication: 1726.

Call Number: Book 883 1726

Alternate Title: Law (ancient and modern) relating to infants

Responsibility: With an appendix of the forms of declarations and pleadings concerning infants.

Edition: 3rd ed. :

Place of Publication: London

Publisher: Printed by the assigns Edw. Sayer, for James Crokatt,

Date of Publication: 1726.

Physical Description: [24], 380, [28] pages ; 20 cm

Notes: Jasper Yeates's Colonial Law Library.; Yeates's signature at top of title page.; Book number 883 as assigned by Yeates.

Subjects: Children - Great Britain.; Forms (Law) - Great Britain.; Children; Forms (Law); Great Britain.; Full blind-tooled leather (Binding); Gilt title on maroon spine label (Bingind)

Additional Author: Yeates, Jasper,

Location: Lancaster History Library - Yeates Collection

Call Number: Book 883 1726

The reports of Sir Edward Coke Kt. In English : compleat in thirteen parts, with references to all the antient and modern books of the law. Exactly translated and compared with the first and last edition in French, and printed page for page with the same. To which are now added the pleadings to the cases

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Corporate Author: Great Britain. Courts.

Date of Publication: M. DCC. XXVII. [1727]

Call Number: Book 895 1727; Book 896 1727; Book 897 1727; Book 898 1727; Book 899 1727; Book 900 1727; Book 901 1717

Alternate Title: Certain select cases in law; First part of the reports of Sir Edward Coke; General table to the first eleven books of the Reports of ... Sir Edward Coke

Corporate Author: Great Britain. Courts.

Uniform Title: Reports.

Place of Publication: [London] In the Savoy

Publisher: Printed by E. and R. Nutt, and R. Gosling, (Assigns of Edw. Sayer Esq;) for D. Browne : J. Walthoe : B. Lintot : R. Gosling : W. Mears : L. Ward. : W. Innys : J. Osborn : T. Woodward : F. Clay : L. Wotton : K. Williamson and A. Ward.,

Date of Publication: M. DCC. XXVII. [1727]

Physical Description: 13 pt. in 7 v. ; 23 cm. (8vo)

Notes: Each part has sep. paging, register & t.p. (beginning "The first [-twelfth] part of the Reports ... "; "The thirteenth part, or certain select cases in law ... "); general t.p. in v. 1 only. -- Imprints vary slightly (see ESTC) -- Parts 12,13 are "The third edition corrected, with the addition of references."; Prefaces (pts.1-11) in Latin & English in parallel columns. "To the reader" (pt. 13) subscribed "J.G."--In pt. 12, "I have perused this treatise ... and ... conceive ... that the printing ... will be for the good of the nation ... [subscribed] The second of February 1655. Edw. Bulstrod."--"An account of the authors referred to in these reports": pt. 1, A6v-A8v. -- "A general table to the first eleven books of The reports of ... Sir Edward Coke ... with two alphabetical catalogues, one of the principal cases; the other of all the general titles ..." bd. at end of pt. 11.; Jasper Yeates's Colonial Law Library.; Yeates's signature at top of title page.; Book number 895-901 as assigned by Yeates.; ESTC

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: Coke, Edward,; Bulstrode, Edward,; G., J.; Nutt, Edward,; Nutt, Richard,; Gosling, Robert,; Yeates, Jasper,

Location: Lancaster History Library - Yeates Collection

Call Number: Book 895 1727; Book 896 1727; Book 897 1727; Book 898 1727; Book 899 1727; Book 900 1727; Book 901 1717

A preparative to pleading : being a work intended for instruction and help of young clerks of the Court of Common-Pleas

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Author: Townesend, George.

Edition: 3d ed. To which is added Rules for pleading, both in the King's-Bench, and Common-Pleas. Together with several declarations, issues, and judgments. Also, instructions how to sue any person to the outlawry; how to levy fines, and how to suffer recoveries, in the said Courts.

Date of Publication: 1713.

Call Number: Book 81 1713

Author: Townesend, George.

Edition: 3d ed. To which is added Rules for pleading, both in the King's-Bench, and Common-Pleas. Together with several declarations, issues, and judgments. Also, instructions how to sue any person to the outlawry; how to levy fines, and how to suffer recoveries, in the said Courts.

Place of Publication: [London]

Publisher: In the Savoy : Printed by John Nutt for W. Mears,

Date of Publication: 1713.

Physical Description: 8, 512 (i.e. 484) pages ; 19 cm

Notes: Jasper Yeates's Colonial Law Library.; "Purchased in July 2009, Nostre Livres, Arlington, VA" (note found in volume, January 2024); Yeates's signature at top of title page.; Book number 81 as assigned by Yeates.; Ex libris9not Yeaates) partially obscured on back of title page.

Subjects: Pleading - Great Britain.; Spine label removed.

Additional Author: Yeates, Jasper,

Location: Lancaster History Library - Yeates Collection

Call Number: Book 81 1713

The practick part of the law: shewing the office of an attorney, and a guide for solicitors in all the courts of Westminster: ... As also, the practice of the courts in the city of London ... With the exact table of fees of all the said courts ... with the abstract of the Parchment and Paper-Act

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Edition: The fourth edition, with large additions by several practisers of the several courts, and brought down to the year 1711. With a new and exact table to the whole.

Date of Publication: 1711.

Call Number: Book 431 1711

Edition: The fourth edition, with large additions by several practisers of the several courts, and brought down to the year 1711. With a new and exact table to the whole.

Place of Publication: [London]

Publisher: In the Savoy: printed by John Nutt, assignee of Edward Sayer Esq; for John Walthoe,

Date of Publication: 1711.

Physical Description: [8], 599, [25]; [2], 16; [8], 120 pages ; 8vo

Notes: Originally published with the title 'The practick part of the law shewing the office of a compleat attorney . composed and collected by G.T. of Staples-Inne, and T.P. of Barnards-Inne', London, 1652, which itself was based on 'The attourney of the Court of Common Pleas. . Written by G.T. of Staples Inne', London, 1642.; Running title: 'The compleat attorney and solicitor.' - 'An abstract of the act' and 'An exact table of fees' have separate title pages, pagination, and registers; 'An abstract' has imprint: printed by Charles Bill, and the executrix of Tho. Newcomb: and sold by J. Walthoe, 1702; 'An exact table' is "The fifth edition, with additions."; Jasper Yeates's Colonial Law Library.; Yeates's signature at top of title page.; Book number 431 as assigned by Yeates.

Subjects: Courts - Great Britain - Early works to 1800.; Courts.; Great Britain.; Early works.; Full blind-tooled leather (Binding)

Additional Author: Nutt, John,; Walthoe, John,; Yeates, Jasper,

Place: England London.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Yeates Collection

Call Number: Book 431 1711

Archive

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Collection: Diffenderffer Family Papers

Title: Diffenderffer Family Papers

Object ID: MG0410

Date Range: 1691-1963

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Collection: Diffenderffer Family Papers

Title: Diffenderffer Family Papers

Description: The Diffenderffer Family Papers collection contains items that have been passed down through generations of the Diffenderffer family. Deeds for tracts of land in New Holland date back to the creation of New Design, the village that preceded New Holland. Correspondence and some manuscripts pertain to J. P. McCaskey's life and accomplishments. F. R. Diffenderffer's manuscripts on Easter Day and Conrad Weiser are preserved with this collection, as well as poems, a program for the C. Elvin Haupt School, and a claim of F. R. Diffenderffer & Co. against the State of Texas.

Date Range: 1691-1963

Year Range From: 1691

Year Range To: 1963

Date of Accumulation: 1691-1963

Creator: Diffenderffer family

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives South

Storage Wall: Side 10

People: Brubaker, John; Brubaker, Margaret; Brubaker, Philip; Davis, Sarah; Diffenderfer, David; Diffenderfer, Elizabeth Shirk; Diffenderfer, John; Diffenderffer, Christina; Diffenderffer, David; Diffenderffer, David, Sr.; Diffenderffer, Fianna L. Lutz; Diffenderffer, Frank Ried; Diffenderffer, Harold F.; Diffenderffer, John, Jr.; Diffenderffer, John, Sr.; Diffenderffer, Margaretta Stein; Diffenderffer, Michael; Freymyer, Jacob; Grim, Henry; Haupt, Charles Elvin; Hoch, Herman E.; Holl, Wendel; Hubley, Bernard; Kennerly, John; Kinzer, John; Kinzer, Magdalena; Koch, Mary; Koch, Melchior; Law, James D.; Markley, Henry; McCaskey, Donald G.; McCaskey, John Piersol "Jack"; Nevin, Blanche; Painter, John; Penn, William; Rodman, John H.; Shirk, Henry; Smith, Oliver; Smith, William Evans; Sneider, Christian; Stone, David; Stone, George; Stone, Leonard; Stone, Mary; Sutton, Mary A. Diffenderffer; Thomson, Bill "Tommy"; Winter, John; Young, Matthias

Other Creators: Diffenderffer, Fianna L. Lutz, 1918-2009; Diffenderffer, David

Subjects: Deeds; Letters; Real property

Search Terms: Clippings (Books, newspapers, etc.); Conestoga River; Correspondence; Deeds; Drowning; Earl Twp.; England; Estate settlement; Finding aids; German Reformed Church of New Holland; Haupt Elementary School; Hutchings Printing House; King Street; Lancaster; Land drafts; Lemon Street School; Letters; Manuscript groups; Mortgages; New Design, Earl Twp.; New Holland; Newspaper clippings; Programs; Real estate; Real property surveys; Reigart's Landing; Susquehanna River; Texas; Texas Frontier Forces; Windsor Forge

Extent: 1 box, 23 folders, .5 cubic ft.

Object Name: Archive

Language: English

Object ID: MG0410

Location of Originals: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania

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).; Deeds in folders 1-18 were a gift of Fianna Diffenderffer and the Diffenderffer family, 4 November 2006.; Items in folders 19-23 were a gift from her nephew, David Diffenderffer, 14 August 2006.

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Credit: Courtesy of LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.

Accession Number: 2006.MG0410_NOV

Other Numbers: MG-410

Classification: MG0410

Description Level: Fonds

Custodial History: Cataloged by HST, November 2008. Added to database 28 July 2021.

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