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Comly family in America, descendants of Henry and Joan Comly, who came to America in 1682 from Bedminster, Somersetshire, England. With short account of the ancestors of Charles and Debby Ann (Newbold) Comly. Compiled by George Norwood Comly

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo4768
Author
Comly, George Norwood,
Date of Publication
1939.
Call Number
929 C733c
Author
Comly, George Norwood,
Place of Publication
Philadelphia, Pa
Publisher
Priv. published under supervision of J.B. Lippincott company,
Date of Publication
1939.
Physical Description
xiv p. 1 l., 1148 p. illus., plates, maps (1 fold.) facsims. (part fold.) fold, geneal. tables. 25 cm.
Notes
Additions inserted at p. 233.
Includes also the Budd, Evans and Hanson families.
"References" at end of some of the chapters.
Subjects
Comly family (Henry Comly, d. 1684)
Budd family.
Evans family.
Hansen family.
Newbold family.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
929 C733c
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A general abridgment of cases in equity, argued and adjudged in the High court of chancery, &c. [1667-1744] With several cases never before published, alphabetically digested under proper titles; with notes and references to the whole. And three tables, the first of the names of the cases, the second of the several titles, with their divisions and subdivisions; and the third, of the matter under general heads

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo21751
Corporate Author
Great Britain. Court of Chancery.
Date of Publication
M. DCC. XXXII-LVI. [1732-1756]
Call Number
Book 697 1756
Book 696 1732
Responsibility
By a gentleman of the Middle Temple.
Corporate Author
Great Britain. Court of Chancery.
Place of Publication
[London] In the Savoy
Publisher
Printed by E. and R. Nutt, R. Gosling (assigns of E. Sayer) for H. Lintot,
Date of Publication
M. DCC. XXXII-LVI. [1732-1756]
Physical Description
2 volumes 33 cm
Notes
Attributed variously to Robert Foley, Sir Geoffrey Gilbert, Matthew Bacon, and Henry Pooley. cf. Brit. mus. Catalogue.
Subtitle of v. 2 varies.
Vol. 2 printed by H. Lintot, for T. Waller.
Jasper Yeates's Colonial Law Library.
Yeates's signature at top of title pages.
Book numbers 696 and 697 as assigned by Yeates.
Subjects
Equity - England - Early works to 1800.
Equity - Great Britain - Early works to 1800.
Law reports, digests, etc - England - Early works to 1800.
Law reports, digests, etc - Great Britain - Early works to 1800.
Equity.
Law reports, digests, etc.
England.
Great Britain.
Early works.
Full blind-tooled leather (Binding)
Gilt title on maroon spine label (Binding)
Additional Author
Foley, Robert.
Gilbert, Geoffrey,
Bacon, Matthew,
Pooley, Henry.
Yeates, Jasper,
Location
Lancaster History Library - Yeates Collection
Call Number
Book 697 1756
Book 696 1732
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Charter to William Penn, and laws of the province of Pennsylvania, passed between the years 1682 and 1700, preceded by Duke of York's laws in force from the year 1676 to the year 1682, with an Appendix containing laws relating to the organization of the provincial courts and historical matter

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo3413
Corporate Author
Zonnehof Cultureel Centrum.
Date of Publication
1879.
Call Number
340.9 C486
Responsibility
Pub. under the direction of John Blair Linn, Secretary of the Commonwealth. Comp. and ed. By Staughton George, Benjamin M. Nead, Thomas McCamant.
Corporate Author
Zonnehof Cultureel Centrum.
Place of Publication
Harrisburg
Publisher
L.S. Hart, State Printer,
Date of Publication
1879.
Physical Description
iv, 614 p. front. (port.) illus., facsims. (part fold.) 25 cm.
Notes
In pocket of volume is a "Fac-simile of the charter granted by Charles the Second to William Penn for the 'province of Pensilvania,' engraved from the original on file in the office of the secretary of the commonwealth."
Subjects
Pennsylvania. - Courts.
Law - Pennsylvania.
Pennsylvania - History - Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775.
New Sweden - History.
Additional Author
George, Staughton.
Nead, Benjamin Matthias,
McCamant, Thomas,
Additional Corporate Author
Pennsylvania.
Great Britain.
Pennsylvania. Secretary of the Commonwealth.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
340.9 C486
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A pedigree & genealogical notes, from wills, registers, and deeds, of the highly distinguished family of Penn, of England and America : designed as a tribute to the memory of the great and good William Penn, the founder of Pennsylvania

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo5759
Author
Coleman, James.
Date of Publication
1871.
Call Number
929 P412
Responsibility
compiled and published by James Coleman.
Author
Coleman, James.
Place of Publication
London
Publisher
J. Coleman,
Date of Publication
1871.
Physical Description
24 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.
Subjects
Penn family.
Penn, William, - 1644-1718 - Family.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
929 P412
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An historical account of the original and nature, as well as the law of devises and revocations

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo21010
Author
Gilbert, Geoffrey,
Date of Publication
1739.
Call Number
Book 214 1739
Responsibility
by a ... Learned judge.
Author
Gilbert, Geoffrey,
Place of Publication
[London]
Publisher
Walthoe,
Date of Publication
1739.
Physical Description
xii, 174 pages [28] 19 cm
Notes
Later editions issued under title: The law of devices, revocations and last wills.
Jasper Yeates's Colonial Law Library.
Yeates's signature at top of title page.
Book number 214 as assigned by Yeates.
Subjects
Inheritance and succession - England
Inheritance and succession.
England.
History.
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 214 1739
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The early architecture of western Pennsylvania, a record of building before 1860, based upon the Western Pennsylvania Architectural Survey, a project of the Pittsburgh chapter of the American Institute of Architects

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo2802
Author
Stotz, Charles Morse.
Date of Publication
1936.
Call Number
720 P415s Oversize
Responsibility
with an introduction by Fiske Kimball, text by Charles Morse Stotz ...
Author
Stotz, Charles Morse.
Place of Publication
New York
Publisher
Pub. by W. Helburn, inc., for the Buhl Foundation, Pittsburgh,
Date of Publication
1936.
Physical Description
2 p. l., 3-290 p., 1 l. incl. front., illus. fold. map. 36 cm.
Notes
"This volume is one of a first edition of one thousand copies."
Bibliography: p. 290.
Subjects
Architecture, Commercial - Pennsylvania
Architecture, Domestic - Pennsylvania
Additional Corporate Author
Western Pennsylvania Architectural Survey.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
720 P415s Oversize
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An historical and geographical account of the province and country of Pensilvania in America : the richness of the soil, the sweetness of the situation ... the first planters, the Dutch, Sweeds, and English with the number of its inhabitants : as also a touch upon George Keith's new religion, in his second change since he left the Quakers : with a map

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo3799
Author
Thomas, Gabriel.
Edition
Enl. and repr.
Date of Publication
1938.
Call Number
974.801 T456
  1 website  
Responsibility
by Gabriel Thomas ; edited, with copious notes, &c. by A. Monroe Aurand, Jr.
Author
Thomas, Gabriel.
Edition
Enl. and repr.
Place of Publication
Harrisburg, Pa
Publisher
Aurand Press,
Date of Publication
1938.
Physical Description
32 p. : map ; 23 cm.
Notes
Originally published: London : A. Baldwin, 1698. Reprinted at the Aurand Press, 1935.
Cover title: History of Pensilvania, published in London in 1698.
"Privately printed for the editor and his friends".
Filmed with: Good order established in Pennsylvania and New Jersey / by Thomas Budd. Cleveland : Burrows Co., 1902.
Subjects
Pennsylvania - Description and travel - Early works to 1800.
Pennsylvania - History - Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775 - Early works to 1800.
Additional Author
Aurand, A. Monroe
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
974.801 T456
Websites
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History of the Cunningham family, descendants of John Cunningham and his wife, Elizabeth, who emigrated to America from the Scotch settlement in the North of Ireland about the year 1748

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo5158
Author
Cunningham, John,
Date of Publication
1930.
Call Number
929 C973c
Responsibility
Compiled, 1907, by John Cunningham--4, Francis Cunningham--4 [and] Robert Cunningham--6. Revised and brought to date, 1930, by Frances Cunningham Harper--5, Francis Alexander Cunningham--5 [and] Fern Hubbird Bain--7.
Author
Cunningham, John,
Place of Publication
Williamsport, Pa
Publisher
Press of Cunningham & Co.,
Date of Publication
1930.
Physical Description
46 p. illus. (incl. coat of arms) 21 cm.
Notes
Blank pages for additions (39-46)
Subjects
Cunningham family.
Additional Author
Cunningham, Francis,
Cunningham, Robert,
Harper, Frances Fulton Cunningham,
Cunningham, Frances Alexander,
Bain, Fern Hubbird,
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
929 C973c
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The practising attorney, or, Lawyer's office : comprehending the business of an attorney in all its branches, divided into two volumes, viz. ... Wherein all the precedents and forms of processes and proceedings are truly and faithfully rendred in the English language, in pursuance of the late statute

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo21150
Author
Bohun, William.
Edition
The fourth edition in which the errors in former impressions are carefully corrected,
Date of Publication
MDCCXXXVII [1737]
Call Number
Book 458 1737
Alternate Title
Practising attorney
Lawyer's office
Practising attorney and solicitor, containing the lawyer's office in equity
Responsibility
by a Gentleman of the Inner Temple.
Author
Bohun, William.
Edition
The fourth edition in which the errors in former impressions are carefully corrected,
Place of Publication
In the Savoy [London]
Publisher
Printed by E. and R. Nutt and R. Gosling (assigns of E. Sayer, Esq.) for A. Bettesworth and C. Hitch, at the Red-Lion, T. Longman, at the Ship, both in Pater-Noster-Row, T. Worrall, at the Judge's Head, and F. Cogan, at the Middle-Temple Gate, both in Fleet-Street, Ward and Chandler, at the Ship, just without Temple-Bar, and at their shops in York and Scarborough,
Date of Publication
MDCCXXXVII [1737]
Physical Description
2 v. ; 21 cm. (8vo)
Notes
Booksellers' advertisements on first leaf of both volumes.
LC copy imperfect: worm damage on first ten leaves of vol. 1, some loss of text.
Jasper Yeates's Colonial Law Library.
Yeates's signature at top of title page.
Book number 458 as assinged by Yeates.
Label of bookseller David Hall,Philadelphia affixed to back of front cover.
Library has vol. 1.
ESTC
Contents
(From t. p.) Vol. I contains: I. The practice of the Court of King's Bench -- II. The practice of the Court of Common Pleas -- III. The practice of Courts-Leet, Courts-Baron, &c. -- Vol. II. contains: IV. The practice of the High Court of Chancery -- V. The practice of equity in the exchequer -- VI. The practice and method of conveyancing, &c.
Subjects
Civil procedure - England - Early works to 1800.
Pleading - England - Early works to 1800.
Conveyancing - England - Early works to 1800.
Equity pleading and procedure - England - Early works to 1800.
Forms (Law) - England - Early works to 1800.
Civil procedure.
Conveyancing.
Equity pleading and procedure.
Forms (Law)
Pleading.
England.
Early works.
Full blind-tooled leather (Binding)
Gilt title on maroon spine label (Binding)
Additional Author
Yeates, Jasper,
Additional Corporate Author
E. and R. Nutt and R. Gosling,
A. Bettesworth and C. Hitch (Firm),
Location
Lancaster History Library - Yeates Collection
Call Number
Book 458 1737
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True and authentic register of persons still living, by God's grace ] : who in the year 1709, under the wonderful providences of the Lord, journeyed from Germany to America or new world and there seek their piece of bread at various places

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo7133
Author
Simmendinger, Ulrich,
Date of Publication
1934.
Call Number
929.3 S592
Responsibility
by Ulrich Simmendinger; translated from the German by Herman F. Vesper.
Author
Simmendinger, Ulrich,
Place of Publication
St. Johnsville, N.Y
Publisher
Reprinted by the Enterprise and News,
Date of Publication
1934.
Physical Description
x, 20 p. ; 23 cm.
Notes
Includes facsimile of original t.p.: Warhaffte und glaubwurdige verzeichnüss/jeniger/durch die gnade Gottes/annoch im leben sich befindenden personen. Welche sich anno 1709. unter des Herren wunderbarer führung aus Deutschland in Americam oder neue welt begeben/und allda an verschiedenen orten ihr stücklein brods suchen ... Von Ulrich Simmendinger ... Daselbst gedruckt/bey Joh. G. Füsing.
Subjects
Palatines - New York (State).
Names, Personal - New York (State).
New York (State) - Genealogy.
Additional Author
Vesper, Herman Frederick,
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
929.3 S592
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