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A new law-dictionary : containing the interpretation and definition of words and terms used in the law : as also the whole law and practice thereof, under all the heads and titles : together with such informations relating thereto, as explain the history and antiquity of the law, and our manners, customs, and original government : collected and abstracted from all dictionaries, abridgements, institutes, reports, year-books, charters, registers, chronicles, and histories published to this time

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Author: Jacob, Giles,

Edition: The eighth edition, /

Date of Publication: 1762

Call Number: Book 776 1762

Responsibility: by Giles Jacob, Gent.

Author: Jacob, Giles,

Edition: The eighth edition, /

Place of Publication: London

Publisher: Printed by H. Woodfall and W. Strahan for T. Osborne ... [and 24 others],

Date of Publication: 1762

Physical Description: [722] p. ; 36 cm. (fol.)

Notes: Author statement follows edition statement on title page; Signatures: [A]Â² aÂ² B-8RÂ² 8S1 8TÂ².; Jasper Yeates's Colonial Law Library.; Yeates's signature at top of title page.; Book number 776 as assigned by Yeates.

Subjects: Law - Dictionaries - Early works to 1800.; Law.; Dictionaries.; Early works.; Full blind-tooled leather (Binding); Gilt title on maroon spine label (Binding)

Additional Author: Holt, John,; Woodfall, H.; Strahan, William,; Osborne, Thomas,; Yeates, Jasper,

Location: Lancaster History Library - Yeates Collection

Call Number: Book 776 1762

The commentaries, or Reports of Edmund Plowden ... containing divers cases upon matters of law, argued and adjudged in the several reigns of King Edward VI, Queen Mary, King and Queen Philip and Mary, and Queen Elizabeth [1548-1579]

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Corporate Author: Great Britain. Courts.

Date of Publication: 1761.

Call Number: Book 629 1761

Responsibility: Originally written in French, and now faithfully translated into English, and considerably improved by many marginal notes and references to all the books of the common law, both ancient and modern. To which are added, the quaeries of Mr. Plowden, now first rendered into English at large, with references, and many useful observations. In two parts. With two new tables, more compleat than any yet published; the one, of the names of the cases, the other of the principal matters ...

Corporate Author: Great Britain. Courts.

Place of Publication: [London] In the Savoy

Publisher: Printed by Catharine Lintot, and Samuel Richardson, for the translator,

Date of Publication: 1761.

Physical Description: 2 parts in 1 volume frontispiece, table 37 cm

Notes: The two parts are paged continuously; immediately following pt. 2 is the case of Basset and Morgan versus Manxel, at Serjeants Inn (15 p.), this case is followed by The quaeries (68 p.) with special t.p.; The frontispiece is engraved and the upper part consists of a portrait within an oval frame bearing the inscription: Edmund Plowden Serjeant at Law T.R. 27 Oct. 5 & 6 P. and M.A.D. 1558; in the lower part is a monument containing the recumbent figure of Plowden; beneath the lower right hand corner of the front.: T. Stayner Sculp.; at foot of the front.: Printed for J. Worrall at the Dove in Bell Yard near Lincoln's Inn.; "His portrait has been engraved by T. Stagner, and his monument by J.T. Smith."--Dict. nat. biog. under Plowden.; Pt. 2 has special title: The second part of The commentaries, or Reports of Edmund Plowden ...; Jasper Yeates's Colonial Law Library.; Yeates's signature at top of title page.; Book number 729 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: Plowden, Edmund,; Yeates, Jasper,

Location: Lancaster History Library - Yeates Collection

Call Number: Book 629 1761

A report of cases in Chancery, the King's Bench, &c. In the fourth, fifth, sixth and seventh and eighth years of His late Majesty, King George the Second [1730-1734]; during which time Lord King was lord high chancellor of Great Britain, and the Lord Raymond and Lord Hardwicke were lord chief justices of England

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Corporate Author: Great Britain. Court of Chancery.

Date of Publication: 1764.

Call Number: Yeates Book 135 1764

Responsibility: To which are now added about seventy additional cases. By William Kelynge.

Corporate Author: Great Britain. Court of Chancery.

Place of Publication: London

Publisher: Printed by His Majesty's Law-printer for J. Worrall,

Date of Publication: 1764.

Physical Description: 2 preliminary leaves, 43, [10], 57-207, [16], 4, 209-299 pages 32 cm

Notes: "The volume consists of two parts; the first (p. 1-43, and index) contains Chancery cases, 1730-1732, the second (p. 57-299) contains King's bench cases, 1731-1734. It has been cited as 2 Kelynge, to distinguish it from 1 (or J.) Kelyng."--Soule, Lawyer's ref. manual, 1884, p. 97, note 56.; The 1st edition, 1740, has title: A report of select cases in Chancery.; "Law books lately published and sold by John Worrall": [1] p. at end of pt. 2.; Jasper Yeates's Colonial Law Library.; Yeates's signature at top of title page.; Book number 135 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: King, Peter King,; Raymond, Robert Raymond,; Hardwicke, Philip Yorke,; Kelynge, William,; Yeates, Jasper,

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

Location: Lancaster History Library - Yeates Collection

Call Number: Yeates Book 135 1764

Archive

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Collection: Columbia Bridge Company Collection

Title: Columbia Bridge Company Collection

Object ID: MG0217

Date Range: 1809-1843

from 1809 to 1813. Folder 3 Minutes of Bridge Co., 28 December 1811. This was their first meeting to ascertain the exact width of the river, "To Draw up Rules And Regulations..." to advertise in newspapers, etc. 1811. Folder 4 Authorized appointments of representatives to vote for the undersigned

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Collection: Columbia Bridge Company Collection

Title: Columbia Bridge Company Collection

Description: The Columbia Bridge Company Collection is a valuable source of information concerning construction of bridges in the early 1800s. Documents concern the building of the first two bridges across the Susquehanna River in 1814 and 1832. Items in the collection include minutes, form for stock certificate, invoices, legal papers, proposals, receipts, stockholders, promissory notes, by-laws, settlement of stage tolls with Samuel Slaymaker 1813, salary receipts, circulars and announcements, bridge tolls, orders for payment, correspondence, and a stock certificate from 1842

Admin/Biographical History: First Bridge; Construction of the first Columbia-Wrightsville Bridge was begun in 1812 and completed December 5, 1814, by J. Wolcott, H. Slaymaker, S. Slaymaker at a total cost of $231,771, which was underwritten by the newly formed Columbia Bank and Bridge Company. The bridge was 5,690 feet (1,730 m) long and 30 feet (9.1 m) wide and had 54 piers and twin carriageways. Constructed of wood and stone, the covered bridge also included a wooden roof, a whitewashed interior and openings in its wooden sides to view the river and surrounding areas. It was considered the longest covered bridge in the world at the time. The bridge accommodated east-west traffic across the Susquehanna River for 14 years before being destroyed by ice, high water and severe weather on February 5, 1832.; Second bridge; Construction of the second Columbia-Wrightsville Bridge, also covered, started mid-1832 and was completed in 1834 (opening on July 8, 1834) by James Moore and John Evans at a cost of $157,300. It was 5,620 feet (1,710 m) long and 28 feet (8.5 m) wide and also enjoyed the distinction of being the world's longest covered bridge. The wood and stone structure had 27 piers, a carriageway, walkway, and two towpaths to guide canal traffic across the river. Much of the mostly oak timber used in its construction was salvaged from the previous bridge. Its roof was covered with shingles, its sides with weatherboard, and its interior was whitewashed. The structure was modified in 1840 by the Canal Company at a cost of $40,000 concurrent with the construction of the Wrightsville Dam. Towpaths of different levels and with sidewalls were added to prevent horses from falling into river, as happened several times when the river flooded. The roof of the lower path formed the floor of upper path. In this way, canal boats were towed across the river from the Pennsylvania Canal on the Columbia side to the Susquehanna and Tidewater Canal at Wrightsville. Sometime after 1846, a double-track railway was added, linking the Philadelphia and Columbia Railroad to the Northern Central Railway. Due to fear of fire caused by locomotives, rail cars were pulled across the bridge by teams of mules or horses.; Information from "Columbia-Wrightsville Bridge," https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Columbia%E2%80%93Wrightsville_Bridge. Accessed 3 February 2020.

System of Arrangement: The papers of the First Columbia Bridge built in 1814 are filed in folders #1 to 157. The papers of the Second Columbia Bridge built in 1832 are filed in folders #158 to 181.

Date Range: 1809-1843

Year Range From: 1809

Year Range To: 1843

Date of Accumulation: 1809-1843

Creator: Goodell, Robert Hilliard, 1899-1992.

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives South

Storage Wall: Side 05

People: Albright, William; Chew, Benjamin; Coleman, Robert; Dickson, William; Gilpin, Joshua; Gilpin, Thomas; Grimler, Benjamin; Haldeman, C.; Hamilton, William; Harbaugh, Leonard; Hoff, John; Hopkins, James; Hubley, John; Hubley, Joseph; Lloyd, Evan; Mifflin, Joseph; Poulson, Zachariah; Reynolds, John; Rittenhouse, Joseph; Shaffner, Casper; Slaymaker, Henry; Slaymaker, Samuel; Varle, Charles; Wilson, Edward; Wilson, Thomas A.; Witmer, A.; Wright, William; Wolcott, John

Subjects: Bridges; Business records; Columbia (Pa.); Letters; Minutes (Records); Stockholders; Stocks; Susquehanna River

Search Terms: Advertising; Applications; Board of Directors; Bonds; Bridges; Broadsides; Business records; By-laws; Checks; Columbia; Columbia Bridge Company; Construction; Contracts; Correspondence; Farmers Bank of Lancaster; Financial records; Finding aids; Gatekeepers; Invoices; Letters; Loans; Manuscript groups; Minutes; Murray Draper and Company; Promissory notes; Receipts; Reports; Salaries; Stockholders; Stocks; Susquehanna River; Taxes; Tollhouses; Tolls

Extent: 5 boxes, 190 folders, 3 cubic ft.

Object Name: Archive

Language: English

Object ID: MG0217

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).

Access Conditions / Restrictions: Please use digital images and transcriptions when available. The original items in Folder 69 may not be used due to their fragile condition. All other original documents may be used by researchers--contact Research@LancasterHistory.org prior to visit or request at Reference Desk.

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Credit: Courtesy of LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.

Other Numbers: MG-217

Classification: MG0217

Description Level: Fonds

Custodial History: Added to database 13 January 2022.

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Reports of cases argued and adjudged in the Courts of King's bench and common pleas, in the reigns of the late King William, Queen Anne, King George the first and King George the Second

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

Edition: The second edition, corrected; /

Date of Publication: MDCCLXV. [1765]

Call Number: Book 159 1765; Book 161 1755; Book 160 1655

Responsibility: Taken and collected by ... Robert Lord Taymond ... in three volumes ...

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

Edition: The second edition, corrected; /

Place of Publication: London

Publisher: Printed by H. Woodfall and W. Strahan, law-printers to the King's most Excellent Majesty; for T. Osburne in Gray's-Inn.,

Date of Publication: MDCCLXV. [1765]

Physical Description: 3 v. ; 30 cm. (fol.)

Notes: Vol. III has title: Entries or pleadings, in many of the cases reported by ... Robert Lord Raymond ... collected and translated ... by Georg Wilson.; Vol. I-II paged continuously.; Printed and handwritten marginal notes.; Jasper Yeates's Colonial Law Library.; Yeates's signature at top of title. page.; Book numbers 159, 160, and 161 as assigned by Yeates.; Includes bibliographical references and index.; ESTC

Subjects: Law reports, digests, etc. - Great Britain - Early works to 1800.; Pleading - Great Britain - Early works to 1800.; Law reports, digests, etc.; Pleading.; Great Britain.; Early works.; Full blind-tooled leather (Binding); Gilt title on maroon spine label (Binding)

Additional Author: Raymond, Robert Raymond,; Wilson, George,; Yeates, Jasper,

Additional Corporate Author: Great Britain. Court of Common Pleas.

Place: England London.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Yeates Collection

Call Number: Book 159 1765; Book 161 1755; Book 160 1655

Reports of cases argued and determined in the High Court of Chancery, in the time of Lord Chancellor Hardwicke

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Corporate Author: Great Britain. Court of Chancery.

Date of Publication: 1765-68.

Call Number: Book 690 1765; Book 691 1767; Book 692 1768

Responsibility: collected and methodized by John Tracy Atkyns ... with notes and references, and three tables; one of the several titles with their divisions, another of the names of the cases, and a third of the principal matters.

Corporate Author: Great Britain. Court of Chancery.

Place of Publication: London

Publisher: Printed by H. Woodfall and W. Strahan,

Date of Publication: 1765-68.

Physical Description: 3 volumes 32 cm

Notes: Cases in v. 1 are arranged alphabetically by subject; those in v. 2-3, chronologically.; Jasper Yeates' Colonial Law Library.; Yeates's signature at top of title page.; Book numbers 690, 691, and 692 as assigned by Yeates.

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 (Binging)

Additional Author: Atkyns, John Tracy,; Hardwicke, Philip Yorke,; Yeates, Jasper,

Location: Lancaster History Library - Yeates Collection

Call Number: Book 690 1765; Book 691 1767; Book 692 1768

Reports of cases argued and adjudged in the Court of Appeals of Virginia

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Corporate Author: Virginia. Supreme Court of Appeals,

Date of Publication: MDCCCI [1801]-1833.

Call Number: Bookk 266 1802; Book 267 1805; Book 265 1801

Alternate Title: Reports of cases argued and decided in the Court of Appeals of Virginia

Responsibility: by Daniel Call.

Corporate Author: Virginia. Supreme Court of Appeals,

Place of Publication: Richmond

Publisher: Printed by Thomas Nicholson,

Date of Publication: MDCCCI [1801]-1833.

Physical Description: 6 v. ; 21-23 cm (8vo)

Notes: Vol. 1: [11], 4-588, [1], 16, [1] p.; Includes index.; Errata: v. 1, p. [10] in front.; Library has vols 1-3.; Jasper Yeates's Colonial Law Library.; Yeates's signature at top of title page.; Book numbers 265, 266, and 267 as assigned by Yeates.; Sowerby, E.M. Catalogue of the Library of Thomas Jefferson,; Shaw, R. American bibliography,

Subjects: Law reports, digests, etc. - Virginia.; Law reports, digests, etc.; Virginia.; Full blind-tooled leather (Binding); Gilt title on maroon sping label (Binding)

Additional Author: Call, Daniel,; Yeates, Jasper,

Location: Lancaster History Library - Yeates Collection

Call Number: Bookk 266 1802; Book 267 1805; Book 265 1801

Petition

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Collection: Bridge Records

Title: Bridge Records

Object ID: Bridge F0205 I005

Date Range: 1835/08

Collection: Bridge Records

Title: Bridge Records

Date Range: 1835/08

Year: 1835

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives West

Storage Container: Box 0003

People: Weaver, Christian

Subcategory: Documentary Artifact

Search Terms: Blue Ball, Earl Twp.; Bridges; Christian Weaver's Mill; Conestoga Creek; Creeks; Earl Twp.; Mills; Orders; Petitions; Reading, Berks County, Pennsylvania; Reports

Place: Earl Twp.

Object Name: Petition

Language: English

Condition: Fair

Object ID: Bridge F0205 I005

Box Number: 003

Additional Notes: Court term: August 1835.; Location: On state road from Blue Ball, Earl Twp., to Reading, Berks County, at Christian Weaver's Mill.; Document types: Petition for appointment of viewers.; Order for viewers.; Report of viewers.; 3 items, 4 pieces

Access Conditions / Restrictions: Request at Reference Desk; photocopy made by staff member.

Classification: RG 02-00 0324

Description Level: Item

List

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Collection: Bridge Records

Title: Bridge Records

Object ID: Bridge F0205 I006

Date Range: 1836

Collection: Bridge Records

Title: Bridge Records

Date Range: 1836

Year: 1836

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives West

Storage Container: Box 0003

People: Weaver, Christian

Subcategory: Documentary Artifact

Search Terms: Blue Ball, Earl Twp.; Bridges; Christian Weaver's Mill; Conestoga Creek; Creeks; Earl Twp.; Mills; Reading, Berks County, Pennsylvania; Subscriptions

Place: Earl Twp.

Object Name: List

Language: English

Condition: Fair

Object ID: Bridge F0205 I006

Box Number: 003

Additional Notes: Location: On state road from Blue Ball, Earl Twp., to Reading, Berks County, at Christian Weaver's Mill.; Document type: Subscription list for new bridge.; 1 item, 1 piece

Access Conditions / Restrictions: Request at Reference Desk; photocopy made by staff member.

Classification: RG 02-00 0324

Description Level: Item

Three law tracts: I. The compleat copyholder; being a discourse of the antiquity and nature of manors and copyholds, &c. II. A reading on 27 Edward the First, called the statute De finibus levatis. III. A treatise of bail and mainprize

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Author: Coke, Edward,

Date of Publication: 1764.

Call Number: Book 828 1764

Responsibility: By Sir Edward Coke, knight ... To which are added, the Old tenures; also, Some notes and additions to Lord Coke's Commentary upon Littleton, shewing how the laws are altered since those authors wrote. By William Hawkins ... The whole published in the English language.

Author: Coke, Edward,

Place of Publication: London

Publisher: Printed by His Majesty's law-printer for J. Worrall,

Date of Publication: 1764.

Physical Description: xii pages, 1 leaf, [2], 364, [4] pages 22 cm

Notes: The complete copyholder has special t.p.; Jasper Yeates's Colonial Law Library.; Yeates's signature at top of title page over that of a previous owner.; Book number 828 as assigned by Yeates.; Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents: I. The compleat copyholder : being a discourse of the antiquity and nature of manors and copyholds, & c -- II. A reading on 27 Edward the first, called the statute de finibus levatis -- III. A treatise of bail and aminprize.

Subjects: Manors.; Land tenure - Great Britain.; Fines and recoveries.; Bail.; Land tenure; Great Britain.; Full blind-tooled leather (Binding); Gilt title on maroon title page (Binding)

Additional Author: Hawkins, William,; Yeates, Jasper,

Location: Lancaster History Library - Yeates Collection

Call Number: Book 828 1764

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