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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

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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

The reports of several cases argued and adjudged in the Court of King's Bench at Westminster; with some special cases in the courts of Chancery, Common Pleas and Exchequer. In the I, II, III, IV, and V years of His present Majesty King George II [1727-1732]

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Corporate Author: Great Britain. Court of King's Bench.

Date of Publication: 1732.

Call Number: Book 556b 1732

Responsibility: With two tables; the one of the names of the cases, the other of the principal matters therein contained. By John Fitz-Gibbons.

Corporate Author: Great Britain. 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 J. Walthoe,

Date of Publication: 1732.

Physical Description: 2 preliminary leaves, 321, [15] pages 31 cm

Notes: Jasper Yeates's Colonial Law Library.; Yeates's signature at top of title page.; Book number 556b as assigned by Yeates.

Subjects: Law reports, digests, etc. - Great Britain.; Law reports, digests, etc.; Great Britain.; Full blind-toooled leather (Binding); Gilt title on maroon spine label (Binding)

Additional Author: Fitz-Gibbons, John,; Yeates, Jasper,

Additional Corporate Author: Great Britain. Court of Chancery.; Great Britain. Court of Common Pleas.; Great Britain. Court of Exchequer.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Yeates Collection

Call Number: Book 556b 1732

Cases argued and decreed in the High Court of Chancery ... [1660-1697]

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Corporate Author: Great Britain. Court of Chancery.

Edition: 3rd ed., carefully corr. from the errors of former impressions,

Date of Publication: 1735.

Call Number: Book 693 1735

Corporate Author: Great Britain. Court of Chancery.

Edition: 3rd ed., carefully corr. from the errors of former impressions,

Place of Publication: [London] In the Savoy

Publisher: Printed by C. and R. Nutt and R. Gosling for J. Walthoe,

Date of Publication: 1735.

Physical Description: 3 volumes in 1 ; 33 cm

Notes: Pt. 2, 2nd edition; pt. 3, 4th edition.; Title of pt. 3: Select cases in the High Court of Chancery, solemnly argued and decreed by the late Lord Chancellor, with the assistance of the judges, with an exact table to the whole ...; Jasper Yeates's Colonial Law Library.; Yeates's signature at top of title page.; Book number 693 as assigned by Yeates.

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: Yeates, Jasper,

Location: Lancaster History Library - Yeates Collection

Call Number: Book 693 1735

Maxims of equity, collected from and proved by cases, out of the books of the best authority in the High Court of Chancery. To which is added, the case of the Earl of Coventry, concerning the defective execution of powers. Lately adjudged in the High Court of Chancery

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Author: Francis, Richard,

Edition: 2d ed.

Date of Publication: 1739.

Call Number: Book 694 1739

Responsibility: By Richard Francis.

Author: Francis, Richard,

Edition: 2d ed.

Place of Publication: [London] In the Savoy

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

Date of Publication: 1739.

Physical Description: 4 preliminary leaves, 72, [14], 20 pages 32 cm

Notes: "The arguments of the Lord Chancellor Macclesfield, the master of the rolls, Mr. Baron Price, and Mr. Baron Gilbert, in the case of the Earl of Coventry, concerning the defective execution of powers. Die sabbati 16 ÌŠmaii 1724, Countess Dowager of Coventry, against the Earl of Coventry & al.'": [2], 20 p. at end.; Jasper Yeates's Colonial Law Library.; Yeates's signature at top of title page.; Book number 694 assigned by Yeates.

Subjects: Equity - Great Britain.; Legal maxims - Great Britain.; Powers (Law); Equity.; Legal maxims.; Great Britain.; One-half leather on marbled boards (Binding)

Additional Author: Coventry, Anne (Master) Coventry,; Coventry, William Coventry,; Yeates, Jasper,

Additional Corporate Author: Great Britain. Court of Chancery.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Yeates Collection

Call Number: Book 694 1739

Precedents in Chancery

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Corporate Author: Great Britain. Court of Chancery.

Date of Publication: 1733.

Call Number: Book 703 1733

Responsibility: being a collection of cases, argued and adjudged in the High Court of Chancery; from the year 1689, to 1722.

Corporate Author: Great Britain. Court of Chancery.

Place of Publication: [London] In the Savoy

Publisher: Printed by E. And R. Nutt, and R. Gosling, for Arthur Bettesworth,

Date of Publication: 1733.

Physical Description: 4 preliminary leaves, 598 (i. e. 588), [40] pages 31 cm

Notes: Paging irregular; p. 357-366 omitted in numbering.; Issued anonymously; notes of cases to 1708 ascribed by Lord Hardwicke to Mr. Pooley, and from that period to Mr. Robins; in 1786 the work was edited by Thomas Finch. cf. Marvin, Legal bibl.; Wallace, The reporters; Bridgman, Legal bibl.; Viner, Abridgment.; Includes index.; Hand-written marginalia.; Jasper Yeates's Colonial Law Library.; Yeates's signature at top of title page.; Book number 703 as assigned by Yeates.; Bookplate of William Whitebread pasted on inside front cover.

Subjects: Law reports, digests, etc. - Great Britain.; Equity - Great Britain.; Equity.; Law reports, digests, etc.; Great Britain.; Full blind-tooled leather (Binding); Gilt title on maroon spine label (Binding)

Additional Author: Finch, Thomas,; Yeates, Jasper,; Whitebread, William,

Location: Lancaster History Library - Yeates Collection

Call Number: Book 703 1733

A report of all the cases determined by Sir John Holt, knt. from 1688 to 1710, during which time he was Lord Chief Justice of England : containing many cases never before printed, taken from an original manuscript of Thomas Farresley ... also several cases in Chancery and the Exchequer-Chamber

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Author: Holt, John,

Date of Publication: 1738.

Call Number: Book 717 1738

Alternate Title: Holt's reports

Author: Holt, John,

Place of Publication: Savoy [London]

Publisher: Printed by E. and R. Nutt and R. Gosling for J. Hazard, T. Osborne, J. Wortall, C. Corbett, C. Ward, and R. Chandler, J. Wood, C. Waller, and G. Hawkins,

Date of Publication: 1738.

Physical Description: [2], iii, [16], [90] pages ; 32 cm (fol.)

Notes: "Cases determined by Sir John Holt. K.B., Ch., Ex. Mainly collected from the printed Reports, with additional cases from the manuscript of Thomas Farresley. "The whole alphabetically digested under proper heads," like an Abridgment. Said to have been edited by Giles Jacob."--The lawyer's reference manual of law books and citations, by Charles C. Soule, 1953.; Jasper Yeates's Colonial Law Library.; Yeates's signature at top of title page over that of E. Biddle.; Book number 717 as assigned by Yeates.; Handwritten note at bottom of title page concerning Giles Jacob, author of the Law Dictionary "is reputed to be the collector or at least the Publisher of these Reports. (Vide Preface to Chief Justice's Holt's Life, vol IV)

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: Farresley, Thomas.; Giles, Jacob,; Yeates, Jasper,; E. Biddle,

Additional Corporate Author: Great Britain. Court of Chancery.; Great Britain. Court of King's Bench.; Great Britain. Court of Exchequer Chamber.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Yeates Collection

Call Number: Book 717 1738

Archive

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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

President Avenue · Lancaster, PA 17603 717.392.4633 · lancasterhistory.org Related Materials at LancasterHistory: Yeates, Aungst Collection (MG0206) Yeates, Carson Collection (MG0207) George M. Steinman Collection (MG0184) Jasper Yeates Colonial Law Library Objects in the Curatorial Collection Processing

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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.