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The Century dictionary; an encyclopedic lexicon of the English language

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo18268

Date of Publication: [c1897]

Call Number: 032 C397

Responsibility: prepared under the superintendence of William Dwight Whitney ...

Place of Publication: New York

Publisher: Century Co.

Date of Publication: [c1897]

Physical Description: 10 v. illus., maps. 31 cm.

Contents: v. 1-8. The Century dictionary ... --v. 9. The Century cyclopedia of names ... ed. by Benjamin E. Smith ... --v. 10. The Century atlas of the world, prepared under the superintendence of Benjamin E. Smith ...

Subjects: English language - Dictionaries.; Biography - Dictionaries.; Atlases.

Additional Author: Whitney, William Dwight,; Smith, Benjamin E.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 032 C397

A law grammar : or, An introduction to the theory and practice of English jurisprudence. Containing rudiments and illustrations of 1. the laws of nature, 2. the law of God, 3. the law of nations, 4. the law politic, 5. the civil law, 6. the common law ... 26. a general index

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo21734

Date of Publication: 1791.

Call Number: Book 668 1791

Place of Publication: Dublin

Publisher: J. Moore,

Date of Publication: 1791.

Physical Description: 1 preliminary leaf, 544 (i.e. 529), [10] pages 21 cm

Notes: Paging irregular, following starred paging of London edition inset in the margin of the text.; Jasper Yeates's Colonial Law Library.; Yeates's signature at top of title page.; Book number 668 as assigned by Yeates.

Subjects: Law - Great Britain.; Law.; Great Britain.; Full leather (Binding); Gilt title on maroon spine label (Binding)

Additional Author: Yeates, Jasper,

Location: Lancaster History Library - Yeates Collection

Call Number: Book 668 1791

A dictionary of the English language. : In which the words are deduced from their originals, and illustrated in their different significations by examples from the best writers. To which is prefixed, a history of the language, and an English grammar

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo22174

Author: Johnson, Samuel,

Edition: The eighth edition. ...

Date of Publication: 1797[-1798]

Call Number: Book 1050 1797; Book 1051 1798

2 websites

Responsibility: by Samuel Johnson, LL. D. This edition contains a standard of correct pronunciation, and an historical account of the author's life, not in any former one: embellished with a most-striking likeness of Dr. Johnson. In two volumes ...

Author: Johnson, Samuel,

Edition: The eighth edition. ...

Place of Publication: Dublin

Publisher: Printed by, and for, R. Marchbank, Temple-Lane, near Temple-Bar.,

Date of Publication: 1797[-1798]

Physical Description: 2 volumes, 1 plate : portrait ; 26.1 cm ; 4to. volumes 1: [a]2 b-g2 h1 2b4 c-i2 k1 B-6O4 6 p4 (-6 p4); volumes 2: [A]1 B-6X4 6Y2.

Notes: Edition: imprint to vol. 2 gives Marchbank's address as no. 18 Chancery-Lane and is dated 1798; a later issue of this edition has this imprint in both volumes (see copy at OLS L-5-188-189).; Subscribers' list present, [a]2; note at end states that as not enough subscriptions were received Marchbank had to relinquish a half share in the edition to William Gilbert and Jeremiah Sullivan.; Issued in parts (see nos. in signature lines: 26 in vol. 1 and 27 in vol. 2).; Alston, R.C. Engl. language V,; English language; Imperfect: lacks portrait and historical biography.; Apparently from the personal library of Jasper Yeates.; Yeates's signature at top of title page.; Signature of Catherine Yeates under that of Jasper Yeates on title pages, on the first page of the preface in vol. 1 and on the first page of the dictionary in vol. 2.; Books numbers 1050 and 1051 not assitned by Yeates.; Whyte, S.; Marchbank, Robert,

Subjects: Newmans,; Z0 - PV7; Full leather (Binding); Gilt titles on maroon spine labels (Binding)

Additional Author: Yeates, Jasper,; Yeates, Catharine.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Yeates Collection

Call Number: Book 1050 1797; Book 1051 1798

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Lincoln literary collection, designed for school-room and family circle

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo9200

Author: McCaskey, John Piersol,

Date of Publication: [c1897]

Call Number: 817.5 M123

Responsibility: containing more than six hundred favorite selections in prose and poetry, sections for Arbor Day, Bird Day, Decoration Day, days with poets, etc. [By] J. P. McCaskey.

Author: McCaskey, John Piersol,

Place of Publication: New York, Cincinnati [etc.]

Publisher: American book company

Date of Publication: [c1897]

Physical Description: 576 p. 20 cm.

Subjects: English literature.; American literature.; Readers and speakers

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 817.5 M123

Lincoln literary collection, designed for school-room and family circle

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo3217

Author: McCaskey, John Piersol,

Date of Publication: [c1897]

Call Number: 808.8 M123

1 website

Responsibility: containing more than six hundred favorite selections in prose and poetry, sections for Arbor Day, Bird Day, Decoration Day, days with poets, etc. [By] J. P. McCaskey.

Author: McCaskey, John Piersol,

Place of Publication: New York, Cincinnati [etc.]

Publisher: American book company

Date of Publication: [c1897]

Physical Description: 576 p. 20 cm.

Subjects: English literature.; American literature.; Readers.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 808.8 M123

Websites

https://nam12.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fbabel.hathitrust.org%2Fcgi%2Fpt%3Fid%3Dpst.000005941520%26view%3D1up%26seq%3D7&data=05%7C01%7CShianne.hargrove%40lancasterhistory.org%7C53d7873da08d43db3c5808db8efe98a1%7C77252d1418a546d9b9d933511a635493%7C0%7C0%7C638260996358095738%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&sdata=7%2FCMiXCj4cOFbAPxb511CJWHTR6kQ65umEIzJrfiMl4%3D&reserved=0

Cases in law and equity : argued, debated and adjudged in the King's Bench and Chancery, in the twelfth and thirteenth years of Queen Anne [1714-1715] during the time of Lord Chief Justice Parker

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo21480

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

Date of Publication: 1760.

Call Number: Book 515 1760

Responsibility: With two treatises, the one on the action of debt, the other on the constitution of England. Now first printed from the original manuscript of the late Lord Chief Baron Gilbert.

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

Place of Publication: [London] In the Savoy

Publisher: Printed by Catherine Lintot, for W. Owen,

Date of Publication: 1760.

Physical Description: xii, 354 pages, 3 b., 357-468 pages ; 21 cm

Notes: "There are actually no equity cases in this volume. It should be distinguished from Gilbert's Chancery reports."--Soule, Lawyer's ref. manual, 1884.; Includes index.; Jasper Yeates's Colonial Law Library.; Yeates's signature at top of title page.; Book number 515 as assigned by Yeates.

Subjects: Law reports, digests, etc. - Great Britain.; Actions and defenses - Great Britain.; Debtor and creditor - Great Britain.; Constitutional history - Great Britain.; Actions and defenses.; Constitutional history.; Debtor and creditor.; Law reports, digests, etc.; Great Britain.; Full blind-tooled leathr (Binding); Gilt title on maroon spine label (Binding)700

Additional Author: Gilbert, Geoffrey,; Yeates, Jasper,

Location: Lancaster History Library - Yeates Collection

Call Number: Book 515 1760

Doctor and student, or, Dialogues between a doctor of divinity and a student in the laws of England : containing the grounds of those laws, together with questions and cases concerning the equity and conscience thereof : also comparing the civil, canon, common and statute laws, and shewing wherein they vary from one another

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo21891

Author: Saint German, Christopher,

Edition: The sixteenth edition,

Date of Publication: MDCCLXI [1761].

Call Number: Book 827 1761

Alternate Title: Doctor and student; Dialogues between a doctor of divinity and a student in the laws of England

Author: Saint German, Christopher,

Uniform Title: Dyaloge in Englysshe bytwyxt a doctoure of dyvynyte and a student in the lawes of Englande

Edition: The sixteenth edition,

Place of Publication: London

Publisher: Printed by S. Richardson and C. Lintot, Law-Printer to the King's most Excellent Majesty, for J. Worrall at the Dove in Bell-Yard, near Lincoln's Inn,

Date of Publication: MDCCLXI [1761].

Physical Description: [16], 344, [40] p. ; 21 cm (8vo)

Notes: The preface identifies Christopher Saint German as the author.; Signatures: A-2Bâ¸.; "Additions to the second dialogue of the doctor and student: containing thirteen chapters on the power and jurisdiction of the Parliment, &c. Printed in the year 1531, at the end of the then edition of the Doctor and student, but omitted in all the editions of that book since, except the last, and was then restored (by J.W.) and now reprinted by his Majesty's Law Printer, for J. Worrall (p. [303]-344) has a special title page.; Includes index.; Errata: p. [39] at end.; "Law books lately published, wrote by Lord Chief Baron Gilbert, sold by J. Worrall": page [40] at end.; Jasper Yeates's Colonial Law Library.; Yeates's signature at top of title page.; Book number 827 as assigned by Yeates.; "Law books lately published, wrote by Lord Chief Baron Gilbert, sold by J. Worrall": verso of p. 39.; ESTC; NUC pre-1956

Subjects: Law - Great Britain - Early works to 1800.; Law and ethics - Early works to 1800.; Conscience - Early works to 1800.; Conscience.; Law.; Law and ethics.; Great Britain.; Early works.; 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 827 1761

Conductor generalis, or, The office, duty and authority of justices of the peace, high-sheriffs, under-sheriffs, coroners, constables, gaolers, jury-men, and overseers of the poor : as also, the office of clerks of assize, and of the peace, &c

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo21732

Date of Publication: 1792.

Call Number: Book 666 1792

Alternate Title: Conductor generalis; Office, duty and authority of justices of the peace, high-sheriffs, under-sheriffs, goalers, coroners, constables, jury men, over-seers of the poor; Office, duty and authority of justices of the peace

Responsibility: compiled chiefly from Burn's Justice, and the several other books on those subjects, by James Parker ... ; and now revised and adapted to the United States of America, by a Gentleman of the law ; the whole alphabetically digested under the several titles, with a table directing to the ready finding out the proper matter under those titles ; to which are added, the excise and militia laws of the United States, and the acts called the Ten Pound Act of the states of Pennsylvania and New-York.

Place of Publication: Philadelphia

Publisher: Printed for Robert Campbell,

Date of Publication: 1792.

Physical Description: xv, 464 p. ; 22 cm. (8vo)

Notes: Signatures: A-2Gâ¸.; Includes index.; Jasper Yeates's Colonial Law Library.; Yeates's signature at top of title page.; Book numbr 666 as assigned by Yeates.; Evans; Cohen, M.L. Bib. of early Amer. law,

Subjects: Justices of the peace - Early works to 1800.; Sheriffs - Early works to 1800.; Coroners - Early works to 1800.; Constables - Early works to 1800.; Jury - Early works to 1800.; Internal revenue law - United States - Early works to 1800.; Fines and recoveries - Pennsylvania - Early works to 1800.; Fines and recoveries - New York (State) - Early works to 1800.; Constables.; Coroners.; Fines and recoveries.; Internal revenue law.; Jury.; Justices of the peace.; Militia.; Sheriffs.; United States - Militia - Early works to 1800.; New York (State); Pennsylvania.; United States.; Early works.; Full leather (Binding); Gilt title on maroon spine label (Binding)

Additional Author: Parker, James,; Gentleman of the law.; Burn, Richard,; Yeates, Jasper,

Location: Lancaster History Library - Yeates Collection

Call Number: Book 666 1792

The attorney's vade mecum, and client's instructor, treating of actions: (such as are now most in use;) of prosecuting and defending them: of the pleadings and law. Also of hue and cry

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo22141

Author: Morgan, John

Date of Publication: 1792.

Call Number: Book 1004 1792; Book 1005 1792

Responsibility: The subjects arranged in a clear and perspicuous manner ... By John Morgan.

Author: Morgan, John

Place of Publication: Dublin

Publisher: Printed by W. Porter, for G. Burnet,

Date of Publication: 1792.

Physical Description: 3 volumes in 2. 21 cm

Notes: Vol. 3 has title and imprint: The attorney's vade mecum, and client's instructor ... Consisting of precedents, adapted to the preceding work, and arranged according to its order ... Dublin, Printed by W. Porter, for E. Lynch [etc.].; LHO wants vol 2.; Jasper Yeates's Colonial Law Library.; Yeates's signature at top of title page.; Book numbers 1004 and 1005 as assigned by Yeates.

Subjects: Actions and defenses - Great Britain.; Civil procedure - Great Britain.; Criminal procedure - Great Britain.; Forms (Law) - Great Britain.; Actions and defenses.; Civil procedure.; Criminal procedure.; Forms (Law); Great Britain.; Full leather (Binding); Gilt title on maroon spine label (Binding)

Additional Author: Yeates, Jasper,

Location: Lancaster History Library - Yeates Collection

Call Number: Book 1004 1792; Book 1005 1792

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The Century dictionary; an encyclopedic lexicon of the English language

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo18268

A law grammar : or, An introduction to the theory and practice of English jurisprudence. Containing rudiments and illustrations of 1. the laws of nature, 2. the law of God, 3. the law of nations, 4. the law politic, 5. the civil law, 6. the common law ... 26. a general index

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo21734

A dictionary of the English language. : In which the words are deduced from their originals, and illustrated in their different significations by examples from the best writers. To which is prefixed, a history of the language, and an English grammar

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo22174

Websites

Lincoln literary collection, designed for school-room and family circle

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo9200

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https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/365c86a6-4ab8-4375-ac79-243680958338

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Lincoln literary collection, designed for school-room and family circle

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo3217

Websites

Cases in law and equity : argued, debated and adjudged in the King's Bench and Chancery, in the twelfth and thirteenth years of Queen Anne [1714-1715] during the time of Lord Chief Justice Parker

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo21480

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo21891

Conductor generalis, or, The office, duty and authority of justices of the peace, high-sheriffs, under-sheriffs, coroners, constables, gaolers, jury-men, and overseers of the poor : as also, the office of clerks of assize, and of the peace, &c

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo21732

The attorney's vade mecum, and client's instructor, treating of actions: (such as are now most in use;) of prosecuting and defending them: of the pleadings and law. Also of hue and cry

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo22141