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Firma burgi, or, An historical essay concerning the cities, towns and buroughs of England. : Taken from records

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Author: Madox, Thomas,

Date of Publication: MDCCXXVI [1726]

Call Number: Bookk 726 1726

Alternate Title: Historical essay concerning the cities, towns, and buroughs of England; Of the cities towns and buroughs of England

Responsibility: by Thomas Madox Esquire, his Majesties historiographer.

Author: Madox, Thomas,

Place of Publication: London

Publisher: Printed by William Bowyer : And sold by Robert Gosling at the Middle-Temple-Gate in Fleetstreet,

Date of Publication: MDCCXXVI [1726]

Physical Description: 10 pages 297, [29] pages ; 41 cm; [20], 297, [29] pages ; 41 cm

Notes: Title vignette.; Engraved head- and tailpieces and initials, the former signed variously by: Jos. Grisoni, Vertue, and J. Clark.; List of subscribers: preliminary p. [10]-[12].; Last page blank.; Signatures: [A]Â² aÂ² BÂ² b-dÂ² Â²BÂ² C-4OÂ². d1 mis-signed D1.; Jasper Yeates's Colonial Law Library.; Yeates's signature at top of title page.; Book number 726 as assigned by Yeates.; Includes bibliographical references and index.; ESTC,; Goldsmiths',

Subjects: Municipal government - England - Early works to 1800.; Local taxation - England - Early works to 1800.; Cities and towns - England - Early works to 1800.; Administration municipale - Angleterre - Ouvrages avant 1800.; ImpÃ´t local - Angleterre - Ouvrages avant 1800.; Cities and towns.; Local taxation.; Municipal government.; England.; Printed books - England - London - 18th century - Specimens.; Early works.; History.; Subscription lists (Publishing) - England - 18th century.; Mottoes (Provenance) - Aperto vivere voto.; Full blind-tooled leather (Binding); Gilt title on maroon spine label (Binding)

Additional Author: Grisoni, Giuseppe,; Vertue, George,; Clark, John,; Bowyer, William,; Gosling, Robert,; Yeates, Jasper,

Place: Great Britain England London.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Yeates Collection

Call Number: Bookk 726 1726

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Collection: Diffenderffer Family Papers

Title: Diffenderffer Family Papers

Object ID: MG0410

Date Range: 1691-1963

, Pennsylvania 17603-3125 717.392.4633 • www.LancasterHistory.org 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

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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.

Access Conditions / Restrictions: Restrictions are noted at the item level--please use photocopies or transcriptions for those items. Other original documents may be used by researchers--contact Research@LancasterHistory.org prior to visit or request at Reference Desk.

Copyright: Collection items may be photographed. Please direct questions to Research Center Staff at Research@LancasterHistory.org. Permission for reproduction and/or publication must be obtained in writing from LancasterHistory. Persons wishing to publish any material from this collection must assume all responsibility for identifying and satisfying any claimants of copyright or other use restrictions. Publication fees may apply.

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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Reports of cases adjudged in the Court of King's Bench : from the thirty-third year of King Charles the Second, to the ninth year of King William the Third. [1681-1697] With some arguments in special cases

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Corporate Author: England and Wales. Court of King's Bench.

Date of Publication: 1728.

Call Number: Book 138 1728

Responsibility: by Robert Skinner ... ; published by his son Mathew Skinner.

Corporate Author: England and Wales. Court of King's Bench.

Place of Publication: [London] In the Savoy

Publisher: Printed by E. and R. Nutt, and R. Gosling (assigns of E. Sayer) for B. Lintot,

Date of Publication: 1728.

Physical Description: [16], 686, [79] pages ; 32 cm

Notes: Includes index.; Jasper Yeates's Colonial Law Library.; Yeates's signature at top of title page.; Book number 138 as assigned by Yeates.

Subjects: Law reports, digests, etc - England.; Law reports, digests, etc.; England.; Booksellers' advertisements - England - 18th century.; Booksellers' advertisements - England - 1728.; Full blind-tooled leather (Binding); Gilt title on maroon spine label (Binding)

Additional Author: Skinner, Matthew,; Yeates, Jasper,

Location: Lancaster History Library - Yeates Collection

Call Number: Book 138 1728

A general abridgment of the common law, alphabetically digested under proper titles: with notes and references to the whole. With three tables. The first, of the several titles. The second, of the names of the cases. And the third, of the matter under general heads

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Author: D'Anvers, Knightley,

Edition: The second edition, corrected.

Date of Publication: 1725.

Call Number: Book 773 1725; Book 774 1725; Book 117 1737

Responsibility: by Knightley d'Anvers, of the Inner Temple, Esq.

Author: D'Anvers, Knightley,

Edition: The second edition, corrected.

Place of Publication: [London] In the Savoy

Publisher: Printed by E. and R. Nutt, and R. Gosling, (assigns of Edward Sayer Esq); for J. Walthoe in the Middle Temple Cloysters,

Date of Publication: 1725.

Physical Description: 3 volumes ; 31 cm

Notes: Title page of vol. 2 is dated 1722, title page of vol. 3 is dated 1737.; Unpaginated.; Vol. 1: Actions - Common. Vol. 2: Condition - Error. Vol. 3: Escape - Extinguishment.; Jasper Yeates's Colonial Law Library.; Yates's signature at top of title page.; Book numbers 773-775 as assigned by Yeates.; Reference (vol. 3): ESTC; Reference (vols. 1-2): ESTC

Subjects: Common law - England - Early works to 1800.; Law - Early works to 1800.; Law - England - Digests - Early works to 1800.; Law - Great Britain - Early works to 1800.; Common law.; Law.; England.; Great Britain.; Dictionaries.; Digests.; Early works.; Full blind-tooled decorated leather (Binding); Gilt title on maroon spine label (Bindingh)

Additional Author: Gosling, Robert,; Yeates, Jasper; Nutt, Elizabeth,; Nutt, Richard,

Location: Lancaster History Library - Yeates Collection

Call Number: Book 773 1725; Book 774 1725; Book 117 1737

Anno regni Georgii II. Regis MagnÃ¦ BritanniÃ¦, FranciÃ¦, & HiberniÃ¦, primo. : At the Parliament begun and holden at Westminster, the ninth day of October, Anno Dom. 1722 ... And from thence continued by several prorogations to the twenty seventh day of June, 1727. Being the sixth session of this present Parliament

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Corporate Author: Great Britain.

Date of Publication: 1727-1728.

Call Number: Book 462 1627-1728

Corporate Author: Great Britain.

Uniform Title: Laws, etc.

Place of Publication: London

Publisher: Printed by John Baskett ... and Tho. Norris, assignee to George Hills.,

Date of Publication: 1727-1728.

Physical Description: 42, 666, [2] p. ; 32 cm. (fol.)

Notes: Each act constitutes a chapter; each chapter has a caption title, and most have a general t.p.; LHS copy imperfect: all chapters except 5 (second occurrence), 9, 14, 16, 17, 19, 20, and 21 wanting. Transcription of title from general t.p. prefixed to chapter 1.; The general t.p. for the second group of paging has the phrase: At the Parliament begun and holden at Westminster, the twenty third day of January, Anno Dom. 1727 ... being the first session of this present Parliament.; Final leaf blank.; Jasper Yeates's Colonial Law Library.; Yeates's signature at top of title page.; Book number 262 as assigned by Yeates.

Subjects: England and Wales. - Parliament - History - Early works to 1800.; England and Wales. - Parliament.; Politics and government; Great Britain - History - Charles II, 1660-1685 - Sources.; Great Britain - Politics and government - 1660-1688 - Early works to 1800.; Great Britain.; Early works.; History.; Sources.; 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 462 1627-1728

Cursus cancellariae, or, The course of proceedings in the High Court of Chancery : wherein the authority, jurisdiction, and modern practice of that court are methodically and distinctly treated of, from the bill filed, and process thereupon, to the final sentence and decree : as also of reversing decrees, by bills of review, and appeals to the House of Lords, and the method of proceedings in the Petty-Bag-Office &c., with a variety of useful precedents throughout, and a compleat table to the whole

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Author: Bohun, William.

Edition: The second edition corrected with additions.

Date of Publication: MDCCXXIII [1723]

Call Number: Book 517 1723

Alternate Title: Cursus cancellariae; Course of proceedings in the High Court of Chancery

Responsibility: published by William Bohun ...

Author: Bohun, William.

Edition: The second edition corrected with additions.

Place of Publication: In the Savoy [London]

Publisher: Printed by E. and R. Nutt, and R. Gosling (assigns of Edward Sayer, Esq.) for J. Walthoe, in the Middle-Temple-Cloysters,

Date of Publication: MDCCXXIII [1723]

Physical Description: [8], 513, [11] p. ; 21 cm. (8vo)

Notes: Jasper Yeates's Colonial Law Library.; Yeates's signature at top of title page.; Book number 517 as assigned by Yeates.; Signatures: Aâ´ B-2Kâ¸ Lâ¶.; First leaf is a bookseller's advertisement.; Includes index.; ESTC

Subjects: Great Britain. - Court of Chancery - Early works to 1800.; Great Britain. - Court of Chancery.; Equity pleading and procedure - England - Early works to 1800.; Equity pleading and procedure.; England.; Full blind-tooled leather (Binding); Gilt title on maroon spine label (Binding); Early works.

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

Additional Corporate Author: E. and R. Nutt and R. Gosling,

Location: Lancaster History Library - Yeates Collection

Call Number: Book 517 1723

Joannis Seldeni juris consulti Opera omnia, tam edita quam inedita : in tribus voluminibus

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Author: Selden, John,

Date of Publication: MDCCXXVI. [1726]

Call Number: Book 720 1726; Book 721 1726; Book 722 1726; Book 723 1726; Book 725 1726; Book 724 1726

Alternate Title: Opera omnia, tam edita quam inedita; Works of John Selden

Responsibility: collegit ac recensuit, vitam auctoris, praefationes, & indices adjecit, David Wilkins ...

Author: Selden, John,

Uniform Title: Works.

Place of Publication: Londini

Publisher: Typis Guil. Bowyer, impensis J. Walthoe, G. Conyers, J. Knapton, R. Knaplock, J. & B. Sprint, D. Midwinter, A. Bettesworth, B. Lintot, J. Tonson, R. Gosling, W. & J. Innys, J. Osborn & T. Longman, R. Robinson, T. Woodward, F. Clay, B. Motte, A. Ward, T. Wotton, & executorum Richardi Sare,

Date of Publication: MDCCXXVI. [1726]

Physical Description: 3 v. in 6 pts. : ill., port. ; 40 cm (fol.)

Notes: Each vol. in 2 pts.; Vol. 2 imprint statement begins: Londini : Typis S. Palmer, impensis J. Walthoe ...; Vol. 3 imprint statement begins: London : Printed by T. Wood for J. Walthoe ...; Tail-pieces.; Part of vol. 1 printed in red and black.; Includes indexes.; Jasper Yeates's Colonial Law Library.; Yeates's signature at top of title page.; Book number 720 as assigned by Yeates.; Book plate of Bowater Vernon of Hanbury Hall in the Counder of Worester. on back of title pages of vol. 1.; ESTC,

Contents: Vol. 1. De anno civili veteris ecclesiae, seu Reipublicae Judaicae, dissertatio. De jure naturali & gentium juxta disciplinam Ebraeorum. De synedriis & praefecturis juridicis veterum ebraeorum -- v. 2. De successionibus in bona defunctorum & de successionibus in pontificatum Ebraeorum. De diis Syris. Eutychii ecclesiae suae origines. Uxor Ebraica. Analecta Anglo-Britannica. Janus Anglorum. Dissertatio ad Fletam. Judicium de decem scriptoribus Anglicanis. Mare clausum. Vindiciae de scriptione maris clausi. Marmora Arundelliana. Notae in eadmerum. Epistolae & poemata -- v. 3. England's Epinomis. Original of duels. Titles of honour. History of tythes, with the answers to Sempill, Tilseley, and a letter to the Marquis of Buckingham. Of the passage touching the number 666. Of Calvin's judgment on the Revelations. Of the birth-day of our Savior. Of his purpose and end in writing the History of tythes. Of the Jews sometimes living in England. Discourse of the office of Lord Chancellor. Privilege of the baronage of England. Judicature in Parliament. Of the original of ecclesiastical jurisdiction of testaments. Letter to Mr. August. Vincent, rouge-croix, concerning his discovery of errors. Arguments concerning the baronies of Grey and Ruthen. Notes upon Drayton's Polyolbion, Fortescue de laudibus, etc. and Hengham's summa, &c. Speeches in the House of Lords and Commons. Table talk.

Subjects: Law - England - Early works to 1800.; Mishpat Ivri - Early works to 1800.; Law.; Mishpat Ivri.; England.; English imprints, 18th century, 1726.; Early works.; History.; Full leather (Binding); Gilt title on maroon spine label (Binding)

Additional Author: Wilkins, David,; Bowyer, William,; Palmer, Samuel,; Wood, Thomas,; Yeates, Jasper,; Vernon, Bowater,

Place: Great Britain England London.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Yeates Collection

Call Number: Book 720 1726; Book 721 1726; Book 722 1726; Book 723 1726; Book 725 1726; Book 724 1726

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

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

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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

Archive

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Collection: Gibbons Diaries, Family Papers, and Mill Records

Title: Gibbons Diaries, Family Papers, and Mill Records

Object ID: MG0846

Date Range: 1727 - 1980s

Gibbons family. The collection includes documents related to James Gibbons, Daniel Gibbons, Joseph Gibbons, and several other family members. The letters, 1783-1865, describe the daily activities within the family and on their property which was located in Lampeter Township, Lancaster County. The deeds

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Collection: Gibbons Diaries, Family Papers, and Mill Records

Title: Gibbons Diaries, Family Papers, and Mill Records

Description: This collection contains letters, family papers, deeds, diaries, and mill records from three generations of the Gibbons family. The collection starts with documents focused on James Gibbons, then contains papers central to Daniel Gibbons, and finally end with the third generation papers surrounding Joseph Gibbons. The letters in this collection span from 1783 until 1865. The contents within the letters describe the daily happenings within the family and on their property which was located in Lampeter Township, Lancaster County. The family deeds in the collection detail the exchanging of property to and from the Gibbons family mostly within Lampeter Township and Upper Leacock Township, Lancaster County. The deeds span from 1727 to 1879. Also included are some miscellaneous family papers that span from 1799 to 1871. The content of these family papers ranges from anonymous stories about the Gibbons family, an independent order of Good Templars of Joseph Gibbons, to a land draft of James Gibbons' Land. This collection also contains diaries from various members of the Gibbons family, spanning the three generations. These diaries detail the day to day lives of the Gibbons family and also include historical anniversaries of important events or detail the passing of members within the Gibbons family and the surrounding community. The Mill Records in the collection contain information about [ ]. Overall, the Gibbons Family collection includes the regular happenings over the family's three generations in both business and secular life.

Date Range: 1727 - 1980s

Creator: Gibbons family

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives South

Storage Wall: Side 19

People: Bonsall, Daniel; Bonsall, Edward Horne; Bonsall, Rachel; Brinton, William; Brown, Ellen; Brubaker, Marianna Gibbons; Conrad, Abraham; Dunbar, Andrew; Dunbar, Mary; Eaby, Christian; Eaby, Samuel; Earle, Mary Hussey; Evans, Thomas; Evans, Rebecca; Evans, William; Gibbons, Abraham; Gibbons, Caroline; Gibbons, Daniel; Gibbons, Deborah; Gibbons, Joseph; Gibbons, Phebe Hussey Earle; Gibbons, Rachel; Gibbons, Samuel; Gibbons, William; Grigs, Joseph; Hamilton, James; Hertzkey, John; Kendall, John; Kirk, Jeremiah; Lightfoot, Jepthat; Miller, Eliza; Miller, John; Reynolds, Margaret; Stauffer, Christian; Steer, Joseph; Stevens, Thaddeus; Thomas, William B.; Wartnaby, Elizabeth

Subjects: Business records; Deeds; Letters; Mills and mill-work; Quakers; Society of Friends; Westtown Boarding School

Search Terms: Business records; Correspondence; Deeds; Diaries; Finding aids; Lampeter Twp.; Leacock Twp.; Letters; Manuscript groups; Mill Creek; Mills; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Quakers; Society of Friends; Westtown Boarding School

Object Name: Archive

Language: English

Object ID: MG0846

Location of Originals: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania

Copies: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania

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: 2021.008

Other Numbers: MG-846

Other Number: MG-846

Classification: MG0846

Description Level: Fonds

Custodial History: Folders 1-30 processed and finding aid prepared from the donor's notes by MB, 8 July 2021. Added to database 12 July 2021.

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Collection: Alice E. Brown Family Papers

Title: Alice E. Brown Family Papers

Object ID: MG0583

Date Range: 1727-1963

Terms: Advertisements Certificates Deeds Family records Finding aids Genealogy Horse breeders Lutheran and Reformed Church Manuscript groups Pikeland Church Probate records Sadsbury Friends Cemetery Simmontown School Union Cemetery Related Materials: See also the Photograph Collections Processing

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Collection: Alice E. Brown Family Papers

Title: Alice E. Brown Family Papers

Description: The Alice E. Brown Family Papers contain genealogy and family records, deeds, land drafts, ads and ephemera for local businesses, bonds, estate papers, wills, and personal papers. Some of the deeds and maps are for property also owned by the Coates and Pownall families. Alice's father was a race horse breeder and the collection contains certificates from the American Trotting Register for some of his horses.

Admin/Biographical History: "Alice E. Brown, age 93, of Christiana, PA passed away on Monday, March 15, 2010 at Tel Hai Retirement Community. She was born in Salisbury Twp., daughter of the late John H. & Lizzie F. Brown. She was a member of Latta Memorial Presbyterian Church of Christiana. Alice graduated from the Millersville Normal School in 1934. She was a School Teacher for 7 years at the former Simmontown one-room schoolhouse. She also worked for Dr. Beacher of Gap. She was known as a wonderful artist. She was preceded in death by 4 siblings: Norris, Phares, Lela, and Leah Brown. She was the last of her immediate family. Funeral service will take place from the Shivery Funeral Home, 111 Elizabeth Street, Christiana, PA on Wednesday, March 17th, at 11 a.m. with Rev. Jane DeFord officiating. Interment will be in the Sadsbury Friends Burial Grounds, Gap, PA."; From the obituary of Alice E. Brown, Lancaster Intelligencer Journal, 16 March 2010.

Date Range: 1727-1963

Year Range From: 1727

Year Range To: 1963

Date of Accumulation: 1727-1963

Creator: Brown, Alice E., 1916-2010

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives South

Storage Wall: Side 12

People: Bedard, A. J.; Beecher, Eleanor; Beecher, Samuel; Beyer, W. F.; Brinton, Susanna; Brown, Alice E.; Brown, Barbara; Brown, Clemson; Brown, David; Brown, David, Jr.; Brown, Elizabeth F.; Brown, Hannah; Brown, J. Norris; Brown, Jacob; Brown, John H.; Brown, John Henry; Brown, Leah; Brown, Lindley T.; Brown, Lizzie F.; Brown, Lydia; Brown, Margaret C.; Brown, Phares; Brown, Samuel; Brown, Sarah "Sallie"; Brown, William; Coates, Lindley; Davis, Benjamin F.; Dubree, Absolom; Dubree, Ann; Elliot, Joseph; Eshleman, Jacob; Fleming, John; Hipple, Mary Ann; Hostetter, Abraham F.; Howell, Philip; Jackson, Mary Louise; Kunkel, H. Clinger; Lindley T. Brown; McNeely, Abigail; Mews, Hannah; Mews, John; Moore, Thomas; Murray, John; Murry, John; Murry, Susanna; Pownall, Deborah; Pownall, Ellen; Pownall, George H.; Pownall, Harriet; Pownall, Levi; Wasson, Samuel; Pownall, Martha; Pownall, Theodore; Rhea, Ann; Samson, Margaret; Samson, William; Steele, Elizabeth; Steele, Hugh E.; Swanger, John H.; Taylor, Isaac; Walker, Asahel; Wasson, Ann; Wasson, Ruth; Wasson, Usher; Wayser, Janet L. Knox; Whitson, George; Williams, Robert

Subjects: Advertisements; Deeds; Family archives; Genealogy; Horse breeders; Probate records

Search Terms: Advertisements; Certificates; Deeds; Family records; Finding aids; Genealogy; Horse breeders; Lutheran and Reformed Church; Manuscript groups; Pikeland Church; Probate records; Sadsbury Friends Cemetery; Simmontown School; Union Cemetery

Extent: 1 box, 35 folders, .5 cubic ft.

Object Name: Archive

Language: English

Object ID: MG0583

Location of Originals: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania

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Notes: Preferred Citation: Title or description of item, date (day, month, year), Alice E. Brown Family Papers (MG0583), Folder #, LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.

Access Conditions / Restrictions: No restrictions.

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.

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Accession Number: 2010.MG0583

Other Numbers: MG-583

Classification: MG0583

Description Level: Fonds

Custodial History: Processed by RW, February 2010; finding aid typed by SH, July 2013. Added to database 26 December 2021.

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Collection: Yeates, Lancaster County Historical Society Collection

Title: Yeates, Lancaster County Historical Society Collection

Object ID: MG0205

Date Range: 1699-1934

Jasper Yeates. Signatures of Jasper Yeates, William Montgomery, James Buchanan, and Philip Metzgar. 16 September 1816. With the seal of Jasper Yeates. Recorded by William Bausman, Register of Wills. 27 March 1817. Folder 16b Photocopies of Jasper Yeates’ will Photocopy of the manuscript copy of the will

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Collection: Yeates, Lancaster County Historical Society Collection

Title: Yeates, Lancaster County Historical Society Collection

Description: Yeates, Lancaster County Historical Society Collection provides insight into the Yeates family, local social history, and details of legal business from 1743-1870. These documents have been collected by the Lancaster County Historical Society over many years. Collection includes letters, receipts, articles, eviction notice, advertisement, estate inventories, wills, deeds, treaty, court transcript, drawings, photographs, copy of house plan, post road distances, daybook, letter book, catalog of books in Jasper Yeates' library, and an alphabetical catalog of law books.

Date Range: 1699-1934

Year Range From: 1699

Year Range To: 1934

Date of Accumulation: 1699-1934

Creator: LancasterHistory (Organization)

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives South

Storage Wall: Side 05

People: Atkinson, Matthew; Bausman, William; Bond, Phineas; Bowman, Valentine; Bradford, W.; Brien, Edward; Burd, Edward; Carson, John; Coates, Samuel; Conyngham, David; Conyngham, Elizabeth Yeates; Conyngham, Redmond; Dallas, George M.; Davis, Jonathan; Davison, Benjamin; Dickey, Robert; Duncannon, Thomas; Edward, Thomas; Erter, Henry; Ewing, John; Ferguson, John; Fohren, Michael; Gibson, John; Gillchrist, John; Godcharles, Frederic A.; Graff, Conrad; Gregg, Andrew; Grubb, Peter; Hamilton, Charles; Hamilton, James; Hamilton, John; Hamilton, William; Hand, Edward; Hand, Jasper; Hayes, A. L.; Henry, John; Hess, David; Jago, John; Javin, William; Keeportz, Daniel; Kittera, William; Kremer, Philip; Krug, Jacob; Kurtz, William; Lindsay, William; Loudersmith, Wendel; Lyon, Joseph Barnet; Magaw, David; Marshall, J.; McClellan, John; McKean, Thomas; Millar, John; Miller, Michael; Minich, Henry; Muhlenberg, William Augustus; Nesbitt, John; Nissley, Martin; Ord, John; Philips, David; Postlethwaite, John; Poultney, Thomas; Price, Eli K.; Probst, John; Ramsey, Robert; Rawle, William; Riegart, Adam; Rine, Widow; Ross, George; Ross, J.; Scott, James; Sergeant, Thomas; Shippen, Edward; Shippen, Evans Wallis; Shippen, Robert; Simpson, John; Smith, Charles; Smith, Mary Yeates; Stein, Charles; Steinman, Fredrick; Stevenson, Henry; Stewart, Charles; Sturmii, Johannis Christophorus; Thomas, John; Tilghman, Benjamin C.; Tilghman, E.; Tilghman, Edward; Tilghman, William; Tilghman, William B.; Towson, William; Underwood, John; Wallace, George; Wallace, William; Waln, Nicholas; Warden, J.; White, William; Wickersham, Elijah; Willson, Samuel; Yeates, Catharine; Yeates, Jasper; Yeates, Jasper, Jr.; Yeates, John, Jr.; Yeates, John, Sr.; Yeates, Margaret; Yeates, Sarah Burd "Sally"; Zantzinger, Paul

Subjects: Business records; Deeds; Family records; Law libraries; Letters; Library catalogs; Wills

Search Terms: Business records; Correspondence; Deeds; Family records; Finding aids; Letters; Manuscript groups; Wills

Extent: 6 boxes, 49 folders, 13 books, 6 cubic ft.

Object Name: Archive

Language: English

Object ID: MG0205

Location of Originals: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania

Copies: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania

Related Item Notes: Yeates, Aungst Collection (MG0206); Yeates, Carson Collection (MG0207); George M. Steinman Collection (MG0184); Jasper Yeates Colonial Law Library; Objects in the Curatorial Collection

Notes: Preferred Citation: Title or description of item, date (day, month, year), Yeates, Lancaster County Historical Society Collection (MG0205), Folder #, LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.

Access Conditions / Restrictions: Restrictions noted at the item level. The letter copybooks in Folders 31 and 36 are restricted--please use the transcriptions available in the library.

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.

Other Numbers: MG-205

Classification: MG0205

Description Level: Fonds

Custodial History: Folders 1-34 and Books 1-2 were processed and finding aid prepared prior to 1997. Added to PP on 26 March 2022.

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Firma burgi, or, An historical essay concerning the cities, towns and buroughs of England. : Taken from records

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Reports of cases adjudged in the Court of King's Bench : from the thirty-third year of King Charles the Second, to the ninth year of King William the Third. [1681-1697] With some arguments in special cases

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A general abridgment of the common law, alphabetically digested under proper titles: with notes and references to the whole. With three tables. The first, of the several titles. The second, of the names of the cases. And the third, of the matter under general heads

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Joannis Seldeni juris consulti Opera omnia, tam edita quam inedita : in tribus voluminibus

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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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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

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