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A compendious and accurate treatise of fines upon writs of covenant : and recoveries upon writs of entry in the post, with ample and copious instructions on how to draw, acknowledge, and levy the same, in all cases. Being a work performed with great exactness, and full of variety of clerkship. With an addition of several precedents, and many observations, rules and cases concerning the effect and operation of fines and recoveries

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo22074
Author
Brown, William,
Edition
The 6th ed., reviewed, corr., and in this impression very much inlarged.
Date of Publication
1725.
Call Number
Book 885 1725
Alternate Title
Compendious and accurate treatise of recoveries upon writs of entry in the post
Author
Brown, William,
Edition
The 6th ed., reviewed, corr., and in this impression very much inlarged.
Place of Publication
[London], in the Savoy
Publisher
Printed by E. and R. Nutt, and R. Gosling (assigns of Edw. Sayer) for D. Browne,
Date of Publication
1725.
Physical Description
[v], 335, [28], 30 pages ; 20 cm (4to)
Notes
English and Latin.
Earlier edition (London, 1678) has title: A compendious and accurate treatise of recoveries upon writs of entry in the post.
"The epistle dedicatory" signed: William Brown.
Signatures: A-Z4, Aa-Bb4, a-b4.
Includes index.
Jasper Yeates's Colonial Law Library.
Yeates's signature at top of title page.
Book number 885 as assigned by Yeates.
Subjects
Fines and recoveries - Great Britain.
Forms (Law) - Great Britain.
Fines and recoveries.
Forms (Law)
Great Britain.
Full blind-tooled decorated leather (Binding)
Gilt title on maroon spine label (Binding)
Additional Author
Yeates, Jasper,
Location
Lancaster History Library - Yeates Collection
Call Number
Book 885 1725
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Trial of John Lechler for the murder of his wife, Mary Lechler : before the Court of Oyer and Terminer, held for the county of Lancaster, on the nineteenth day of August, 1822 : containing all the evidence with the particulars of the murder of Mrs. Haag : including the speeches of counsel, the charge and sentence of the court

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo16135
Author
Lechler, John.
Date of Publication
1822.
Call Number
090 L244m 1822
Responsibility
reported by Daniel Fuller.
Author
Lechler, John.
Place of Publication
Lancaster [Pa.]
Publisher
Printed and published by Hugh Maxwell,
Date of Publication
1822.
Physical Description
64 p. ; 21 cm.
Notes
Bound in green three-quarter leather and green linen with marbled end papers.
Bookplate of Redmond Conyngham, No. 2671.
Shoemaker
McDade, T.M. Murder,
Subjects
Lechler, Mary, - d. 1822.
Haag, - Mrs., - d. 1822.
Murder - Pennsylvania - Lancaster.
Trials (Murder) - Pennsylvania - Lancaster.
Uxoricide - Pennsylvania - Lancaster.
Additional Author
Fuller, Daniel.
Additional Corporate Author
Pennsylvania. Court of Oyer and Terminer (Lancaster County)
Location
Lancaster History Library - Rare Books
Call Number
090 L244m 1822
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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

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo21845
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: A⁶ B-Z⁴ 2A-2Z⁴ 3A-3N⁴ 3O-3Q².
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
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A narrative of the mission of the United Brethren among the Delaware and Mohegan Indians : from its commencement, in the year 1740, to the close of the year 1808 ; comprising all the remarkable incidents which took place at their missionary stations during that period ; interspersed with anecdotes, historical facts, speeches of Indians, and other interesting matter

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo4200
Author
Heckewelder, John Gottlieb Ernestus,
Date of Publication
1820.
Call Number
974.8011 H449
  1 website  
Responsibility
by John Heckewelder.
Author
Heckewelder, John Gottlieb Ernestus,
Place of Publication
Philadelphia
Publisher
McCarty & Davis,
Date of Publication
1820.
Physical Description
xii, 429 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.
Subjects
Moravian Indians
Delaware Indians
Mohegan Indians
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
974.8011 H449
Websites
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A report of the trial of John Lechler : on an indictment for the murder of his wife, Mary Lechler, before the Court of oyer & terminer of Lancaster County, held in the city of Lancaster on the third Monday of August 1822

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo19554
Author
Lechler, John,
Date of Publication
1822.
Call Number
090 L244st 1822
Responsibility
reported by a gentleman of the bar.
Author
Lechler, John,
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Printed by William Albright,
Date of Publication
1822.
Physical Description
40 p. ; 23 cm.
Notes
Ends with page 36.
Bound with: The Dying confession of John Lechler.
Subjects
Lechler, Mary, - -1822.
Trials (Murder) - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
Murder - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
Murder.
Trials (Murder)
Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
Additional Corporate Author
Pennsylvania. Court of oyer and terminer (Lancaster Co.)
Location
Lancaster History Library - Rare Books
Call Number
090 L244st 1822
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The political writings of Thomas Paine : secretary to the Committee of Foreign Affairs in the American Revolution : to which is prefixed a brief sketch of the author's life

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo2529
Author
Paine, Thomas,
Date of Publication
1824.
Call Number
973.402 P147
  2 websites  
Author
Paine, Thomas,
Place of Publication
Charlestown (Ms.)
Publisher
G. Davidson,
Date of Publication
1824.
Physical Description
2 v. ; 22 cm.
Notes
On spine: Paine's works.
"In two volumes."
Contents
Volume I chapters: Sketch of the Life of Thomas Paine // Common Sense // Epistle to the Quakers // "The Crisis" numbers 1 through 16 // Public Good. On The Claim of Virginia to the Western Territory // Letter to the abbe Raynal // Dissertations on government , the affairs of the bank , and paper money // Miscellaneous
Volume II chapters: Prospects of the Rubicon // Rights of man Part 1. Being an answer to Mr Burke 's attack on the French Revolution // Rights of Man Part 2. Combining principles and practice // Letter to theauthors of The Republican // Letter to the abbe Sieyes // Address to the Addressers // Letters to Lord Onslow // Dissertation on First Principles of government // Speech delivered to the French National Convention // Letter to Mr Secretary Dundas // The Decline and Fall of the English system of Finance // Letter to the People of France // Reasons for preserving the life of Louis Capet as delivered to the national convention // Agrarian justice, opposed to agrarian law, and to agrarian monopoly.
Subjects
Paine, Thomas, - 1737-1809.
Political science
Location
Lancaster History Library - Rare Books
Call Number
973.402 P147
Websites
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Introduction to the English reader : or, A selection of pieces, in prose and poetry, calculated to improve the younger classes of learners in reading, and to imbue their minds with the love of virture. To which are added, rules and observations for assisting children to read with propriety

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo109
Author
Murray, Lindley,
Date of Publication
1829.
Call Number
817.5 M982i 1829
  1 website  
Responsibility
By Lindley Murray.
Author
Murray, Lindley,
Place of Publication
Philadelphia
Publisher
S. Probasco,
Date of Publication
1829.
Physical Description
166 p. ; 18 cm.
Subjects
Readers.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Rare Books
Call Number
817.5 M982i 1829
Websites
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The English works of Sir Henry Spelman, Kt. publish'd in his life-time : together with his posthumous works, relating to the laws and antiquities of England, first publish'd by the present Lord Bishop of Lincoln in the year 1695 : together with the life of the author

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo20903
Author
Spelman, Henry,
Date of Publication
MDCCXXIII [i.e. 1723]
Call Number
Book 85 1723
Alternate Title
Reliquiae Spelmannianae
Responsibility
now revised by His Lordship ; to which are added, two more treatises of Sir Henry Spelman, never before printed, one, of the admiral-jurisdiction and the officers thereof, the other of antient deeds and charters ; with a compleat index to the whole.
Author
Spelman, Henry,
Uniform Title
Works.
Place of Publication
London
Publisher
Printed for D. Browne, Sen. & Jun., W. Mears, F. Clay ... and Fletcher Gyles ...,
Date of Publication
MDCCXXIII [i.e. 1723]
Physical Description
2 v. in 1 : ill., 2 geneal. tables, 1 port. (engraving) ; 34 cm. (fol.)
Notes
Vol. 1: [28], xxvj, 39, l-lxv, [1], 67-194, [168] p., [2] leaves of plates (1 folded); v. 2: [16], 256, [24] p., [1] folded leaf of plates.
Jasper Yeates's Colonial Law Library.
Yeate's signature at top of title page.
Book number 85 as assigned by Yeates.
Ex libris previous owner's name struck out and J. Yeates written in, price 1lb, 7sh, 8pe, 1722.34191000148434
ESTC
Subjects
Law - Great Britain - Early works to 1800.
Ecclesiastical law - Great Britain - Early works to 1800.
Admiralty - Great Britain - Early works to 1800.
Deeds - Great Britain - Early works to 1800.
England - Antiquities.
Great Britain - Gazetteers - Early works to 1800.
Additional Author
Gibson, Edmund,
Yeates, Jasper,
Spelman, Henry,
Location
Lancaster History Library - Yeates Collection
Call Number
Book 85 1723
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The English reader : or, Pieces in prose and poetry, from the best writers; designed to assist young persons to read with propriety and effect; improve their language and sentiments, and to inculcate the most important principles of piety and virtue

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo9175
Author
Murray, Lindley,
Date of Publication
1826.
Call Number
817.5 M982e 1826
Responsibility
With a few preliminary observations on the principles of good reading. By Linsley Murray.
Author
Murray, Lindley,
Place of Publication
Philadelphia
Publisher
S. Probasco,
Date of Publication
1826.
Physical Description
209 p. ; 19 cm.
Subjects
Readers and speakers
Location
Lancaster History Library - Rare Books
Call Number
817.5 M982e 1826
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Placita coronae, or, Pleas of the crown, in matters criminal and civil : containing a large collection of modern precedents, viz. appeals, convictions, certiorari's and pleadings thereto, indictments, informations, traverses, pleadings, &c., writs of mandamus, -- quo warranto, -- restitution, -- habeas corpus, &c., and returns thereof : with great variety of precedents, under many other hands, relating to the crown law

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo20863
Author
Tremaine, John,
Date of Publication
MDCCXXIII [1723]
Call Number
Book 60 1773
Alternate Title
Placita coronae
Pleas of the crown, in matters criminal and civil
Responsibility
the whole collected by the late Sir John Tremaine ... ; and digested and revised by the late Mr. John Rice ... ; with a compleat table to the whole.
Author
Tremaine, John,
Place of Publication
In the Savoy [London]
Publisher
Printed by E. and R. Nutt and R. Gosling (assigns of E. Sayer, Esq.) for T. Ward ..., and T. Wotton ..., and E. Valentine ...,
Date of Publication
MDCCXXIII [1723]
Physical Description
[4], 688, [34] p. ; 34 cm (fol.)
Notes
Signatures: pi² A1 B-8M, [A]1 B-I².
Jasper Yeates's Colonial Law Library.
Yeates's signature at top of title page.
Book number 60 as assigned by Yeates.
Bookseller's advertisement: p. [2] in front.
Sowerby, E.M. Catalogue of the Library of Thomas Jefferson,
English short title catalogue,
Subjects
Pleas of the crown - Early works to 1800.
Forms (Law) - Great Britain - Early works to 1800.
Forms (Law)
Pleas of the crown.
Great Britain.
Early works.
Additional Author
Rice, John,
Jenings, Edmund,
Growdon, Joseph,
Kinsey, John,
Yeates, Jasper,
Location
Lancaster History Library - Yeates Collection
Call Number
Book 60 1773
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