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The acts of Assembly of the Province of Pennsylvania, carefully compared with the originals. And an appendix, containing such acts and parts of acts, relating to property, as are expired, altered, or repealed. Together with the royal, proprietary, city, and borough charters; and the original concessions of the Honourable William Penn to the first settlers of the province

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Corporate Author: Pennsylvania.

Date of Publication: 1775.

Call Number: Book 586 1775

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Responsibility: Published by order of Assembly.

Corporate Author: Pennsylvania.

Place of Publication: Philadelphia

Publisher: Printed and sold by Hall and Sellers,

Date of Publication: 1775.

Physical Description: xxi, 536, 22, [12], 3 pages 36 cm

Notes: Edited by J. Galloway. Cf. Evans 14364.; "Appendix" (22 p. (3d group)) has special t.p., with same imprint.; LCHS copy imperfect: "Addendum" (3 p. at end) wanting.; Includes index.; Jasper Yeates's Colonnial Law Library.; On front flyleaf: Joseph Pennock his Book; Joseph Pennock; Jesse Pennocks Book and presented to Thomas Pennock.; Book number 586 as assigned by Yeates.

Subjects: Law - Pennsylvania.; Law.; Ownership.; Pennsylvania.; Legislation.; Full blind-tooled leather (Binding); Gilt title on maroon spine label (Binding); Covers loose (Binding)

Additional Author: Galloway, Joseph,; Pennock, Joseph,; Pennock, Jesse,; Pennock, Thomas,; Yeates, Jasper,

Location: Lancaster History Library - Yeates Collection

Call Number: Book 586 1775

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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).

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Other Numbers: MG-217

Classification: MG0217

Description Level: Fonds

Custodial History: Added to database 13 January 2022.

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Reports of cases, upon appeals and writs of error, in the High Court of Parliament ; from the year 1701, to the year 1779. With tables, notes and references. By Josiah Brown, Esq. Barrister at law

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Author: Brown, Josiah,

Date of Publication: M DCC LXXIX - M DCC LXXXIII. [1779-1783]

Call Number: Book 679 1779; Book 680 1779; Book 681 1780; Book 682 1781; Book 683 1783; Book 684 1783; Book 685 1783

Author: Brown, Josiah,

Place of Publication: London : and sold by P. Uriel, in the Inner-Temple Lane

Publisher: Printed, by His Majesty's Law-Printers, for the author ;

Date of Publication: M DCC LXXIX - M DCC LXXXIII. [1779-1783]

Physical Description: 7 volumes ; 33 cm

Notes: Jasper Yeates's Colonial law Library.; Yeates's signature at top of title page.; Book numbers 679-685 as assigned by Yeates.; ESTC,

Subjects: Law reports, digests, etc - England.; Writ of error - England - Early works to 1800.; Law reports, digests, etc.; Writ of error.; England.; Early works.; Full blind-tooled leather (Binding); Gilt title on maroon spine label (Binding)

Additional Author: Yeates, Jasper,

Place: Great Britain England London.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Yeates Collection

Call Number: Book 679 1779; Book 680 1779; Book 681 1780; Book 682 1781; Book 683 1783; Book 684 1783; Book 685 1783

Cases argued and determined, in the High Court of Chancery, in the time of Lord Chancellor Hardwicke, from the year 1746-7, to 1755. : With tables, notes, and references

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Corporate Author: Great Britain. Court of Chancery.

Date of Publication: 1771.

Call Number: Book 687 1771

Responsibility: by Francis Vezey ...

Corporate Author: Great Britain. Court of Chancery.

Place of Publication: London

Publisher: Printed by W. Strahan and M. Woodfall ... for T. Cadell ...,

Date of Publication: 1771.

Physical Description: 2 volumes ; 33 cm (fol.)

Notes: Index at end of each volume.; Errata: v. 1, p. [9]-[11] at front.; Jasper Yeates's Colonial Law Library.; Yeates's signature ata top of title page above those of John Carey and L G. Yost {?]; Book number 686 as assigned by Yeates.; ESTC

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: Vesey, Francis,; Hardwicke, Philip Yorke,; Yeates, Jasper,; Cary, John,

Location: Lancaster History Archive - Government Record; Lancaster History Library - Yeates Collection

Call Number: Book 687 1771

Cases argued and adjudged, in the Court of King's Bench, at Westminster : in the 7th, 8th, 9th and 10th years of the reign of his late Majesty, King George, the Second. [1733-1738] During which time the late Lord chief Justice Hardwicke presided in that court

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

Date of Publication: 1770.

Call Number: Book 137 1770

Responsibility: To which are added, some determinations of the late Lord Chief Justice Lee ; and also two equity ones by Lord Chancellor Hardwicke. Published under the inspection of a noble lord, and eminent lawyer ; with notes and references to all the contemporary reporters. Likewise, two tables ; one of the names of the cases ; and the other of the principal matters therein containe.

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

Place of Publication: London

Publisher: Printed by W. Strahan and Woodfall, for W. Johnston and G. Kearsley,

Date of Publication: 1770.

Physical Description: 8 preliminary leaves, 417, [22] pages ; 32 cm

Notes: Supposed to have been edited by Annaly, and sometimes cited in his name ... In 1815 Thomas Lee edited an edition, with many corrections and improvemets. Since then the citation has been Lee temp. Hard. cf. Soule, Lawyer's reference manual.; Jasper Yeates's Colonial Law Library.; Signature of Yeates's at top of title page.; Book number 137 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: Hardwicke, Philip Yorke,; Lee, William,; Annaly, John Gore,; Yeates, Jasper,

Location: Lancaster History Library - Yeates Collection

Call Number: Book 137 1770

Cases argued and adjudged, in the Court of King's Bench, at Westminster : in the 7th, 8th, 9th and 10th years of the reign of his late Majesty, King George, the Second. [1733-1738] During which time the late Lord chief Justice Hardwicke presided in that court

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

Date of Publication: 1770.

Responsibility: To which are added, some determinations of the late Lord Chief Justice Lee ; and also two equity ones by Lord Chancellor Hardwicke. Published under the inspection of a noble lord, and eminent lawyer ; with notes and references to all the contemporary reporters. Likewise, two tables ; one of the names of the cases ; and the other of the principal matters therein containe.

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

Place of Publication: London

Publisher: Printed by W. Strahan and Woodfall, for W. Johnston and G. Kearsley,

Date of Publication: 1770.

Physical Description: 8 preliminary leaves, 417, [22] pages ; 32 cm

Notes: Supposed to have been edited by Annaly, and sometimes cited in his name ... In 1815 Thomas Lee edited an edition, with many corrections and improvemets. Since then the citation has been Lee temp. Hard. cf. Soule, Lawyer's reference manual.; Jasper Yeates's Colonial Law Library.; Signature of Yeates at top of title page.; Book number 137 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: Hardwicke, Philip Yorke,; Lee, William,; Annaly, John Gore,; Yeates, Jasper,

Reports of cases argued and adjudged in the Court of King's Bench in the seventh, eighth, ninth, and tenth years of King George the Second : [1734-1735] : during which time the Right Honourable the Earl of Hardwicke was Lord Chief Justice of that court

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

Edition: The 2nd edition, corrected. /

Date of Publication: MDCCLXX (1770)

Call Number: Bookk 202 1770

Responsibility: by T. Cunningham.

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

Edition: The 2nd edition, corrected. /

Place of Publication: London

Publisher: Printed for W. Griffin, at Garrick's Head, in Catharine Street, in the Strand; and W. Flexney, opposite Gray's-Inn-Gate, Holborn,

Date of Publication: MDCCLXX (1770)

Physical Description: xxi, 178 pages ; 33 cm

Notes: Marginal notes.; Jasper Yeates's Colonial Law Library.; Yeates's signature at top of title page.; Book number 202 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: Cunningham, Timothy,; Hardwicke, Philip Yorke,; Cunningham, Timothy; Yeates, Jasper,

Location: Lancaster History Library - Yeates Collection

Call Number: Bookk 202 1770

A treatise of common recoveries, their nature and use : to which is added the case of Page and Hayward more fully reported than in any other book extant : and also a case between the late Earl of Derby and the coheirs of his elder brother : with precedents for amending fines and recovers : and a complete table to the whole

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Author: Pigott, Nathaniel,

Edition: 2nd ed. /

Date of Publication: 1770.

Call Number: Book 677 1770

Alternate Title: Page v. Hayward; Common recoveries

Responsibility: by N. Pigott.

Author: Pigott, Nathaniel,

Edition: 2nd ed. /

Place of Publication: London : For J. Worrall and B. Tovey, and P. Uriel

Publisher: Printed by his Majesty's Law-Printers ;

Date of Publication: 1770.

Physical Description: [2], 232 (i.e. 236), [16] pages ; 21 cm (4to)

Notes: Pagination irregular following starred pagination of earlier edition, inset in the margin of the text.; Edited by George Wilson.; "Books lately published:" 2nd preliminary leaf.; Signatures: 2 leaves unsigned, B-2Iâ´, 2KÂ².; Jasper Yeates's Colonial Law Library.; Yeates's signiature at top of title page.; Book number 677 as assigned by Yeates.

Subjects: Fines and recoveries - Great Britain.; Fines and recoveries.; Great Britain.; Full blind-tooled leather (Binding); Gilt title on maroon spine label (Binding)

Additional Author: Derby, James Stanley,; Wilson, George,; Yeates, Jasper,

Location: Lancaster History Library - Yeates Collection

Call Number: Book 677 1770

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

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Reports of cases, upon appeals and writs of error, in the High Court of Parliament ; from the year 1701, to the year 1779. With tables, notes and references. By Josiah Brown, Esq. Barrister at law

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Cases argued and determined, in the High Court of Chancery, in the time of Lord Chancellor Hardwicke, from the year 1746-7, to 1755. : With tables, notes, and references

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo21744

Cases argued and adjudged, in the Court of King's Bench, at Westminster : in the 7th, 8th, 9th and 10th years of the reign of his late Majesty, King George, the Second. [1733-1738] During which time the late Lord chief Justice Hardwicke presided in that court

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Cases argued and adjudged, in the Court of King's Bench, at Westminster : in the 7th, 8th, 9th and 10th years of the reign of his late Majesty, King George, the Second. [1733-1738] During which time the late Lord chief Justice Hardwicke presided in that court

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo20970

Reports of cases argued and adjudged in the Court of King's Bench in the seventh, eighth, ninth, and tenth years of King George the Second : [1734-1735] : during which time the Right Honourable the Earl of Hardwicke was Lord Chief Justice of that court

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https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo21741

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

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Petition

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