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An examination of the Connecticut claim to lands in Pennsylvania : with an appendix, containing extracts and copies taken from original papers

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo21352

Author: Smith, William,

Date of Publication: 1774.

Call Number: Book 468 1774

Author: Smith, William,

Place of Publication: Philadelphia

Publisher: Printed by Joseph Crukshank, in Market Street,

Date of Publication: 1774.

Physical Description: 94, 32 pages, [1] folded leaf of plates : map (folded, color) ; 20 cm.

Series: Pamphlets ; v. 4, no. 5

Notes: Jasper Yeates's Colonial Law Library.; Yeates's signagture at top of title page.; Book number 468 as assigned by Yeates.; Sabin,; Evans,

Subjects: Susquehanna Claim, 1753-1808.; Boundaries.; Politics and government.; Pennsylvania - Boundaries.; Connecticut - Boundaries.; Pennsylvania - Politics and government - To 1775.; Connecticut - Politics and government - To 1775.; Connecticut.; Pennsylvania.; Full vellum (Binding)

Additional Author: Yeates, Jasper,

Location: Lancaster History Library - Yeates Collection

Call Number: Book 468 1774

Archive

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Collection: Black History Collection

Title: Black History Collection, Series 2

Object ID: MG0240_Ser02

Date Range: 1779-1984

Collection: Black History Collection

Title: Black History Collection, Series 2

Description: Series 2, Black History Records, contains the Mayor's Register of Coloured Persons or Negro Entry Book, a census of free persons of color living in Lancaster city; a biographical account of Rev. James William Charles Pennington; and items related to early twentieth century Black History in Lancaster County. The collection also contains letters from anti-slavery societies, papers related to abolitionist activity, a letter regarding the American Colonization Society, and a manumission paper from the state of Virginia.

Date Range: 1779-1984

Year Range From: 1779

Year Range To: 1984

Date of Accumulation: 1779-1984

Creator: LancasterHistory (Organization)

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives South

Storage Wall: Side 06

People: Allen, Richard; Anderson, George L.; Anderson, Mildred; Bailey, Bessie; Bailey, Charles; Ball, James H.; Barber, Florence; Beaubian, Beulah; Beaubian, Charles S.; Blonden, Louisa; Book, Anna H.; Book, Simon; Bradley, Daniel; Bridgett, Alexander; Broadnax, Joseph; Brown, E. D.; Brown, Ernest; Brown, H. H.; Brubaker, Marianna Gibbons; Cain, Annie; Cain, Jennie; Cain, John; Cain, Louisa; Carter, John C.; Carter, John W.; Carter, Laura; Carter, Nettie; Clark, Josephine; Clark, Russia; Clark, Ruth; Cohn, Jason; Cooper, Bella; Craig, Mary; Craig, Samuel; Davis, Emily; Davis, Robert; Dorsey, Steven; Edwards, Mary; Edwards, Thomas L.; Foster, Carrie; Foster, Daniel; George, H. E., Mrs.; George, Harriet; Goins, Dora; Green, Annie; Green, Charles; Green, Cora; Green, Jane; Green, Mary A.; Hardy, Laura; Hayes, Hannah; Hayes, O. H.; Heard, William Henry; Henry, Ella; Henry, Mary; Hill, Emily; Hill, Harriet; Hood, Solomon Porter; Hopkins, Ada; Hopkins, Sadie; Hopkins, Stanton; Hunter, Mabel; Hunter, Rosie; Hurdle, Emma; Hurdle, James; Jackson, Florence; Jackson, Letitia; Jackson, Rebecca; Johnson, Chester A.; Johnson, Estella Book; Johnson, Florence; Kelley, Calvin; Kelley, David; Keyes, Emma; La Barre, John; Link, John Lewis; Lynch, Dora; MacNeal, William; Mason, Alice; Mitchell, Blanche; Moore, Martha; Morrison, J. S.; Morrison, J. S., Mrs.; Moton, Charles; Murray, Clara P.; Nickumn, Theresa; Palmer, John M.; Payne, Benedine; Polite, Abraham L.; Polite, Blanche; Price, J. C.; Richardson, Ella M.; Robinson, Sara; Rosenthal, Isidore; Shissler, Simon; Shorter, George; Snow, Josephine; Spraggan, R. F.; Stewart, J. O.; Tall, Rebecca; Thomas, Virginia; Thornton, Elizabeth; Toney, Joseph M.; Trout, Henry Leightner "Harry"; Tryman, Mary; Turner, Ruth; Waters, Ruth; Webster, Frank T. M.; William, Ella; Williams, Mary; Wilson, Albert E., Sr.; Wilson, Edith; Wilson, Helen; Wilson, Laura; Wilson, Maude; Winston, Charity; Winston, William; Witcher, W. E.; Wolford, Edward; Woods, Elizabeth

Other Creators: Pennsylvania. Court of Quarter Sessions (Lancaster County)

Subjects: Abolitionists; African Americans--History; Antislavery movements; Free Black people; Freedmen; Letters; Slaveholders--Pennsylvania--Lancaster County; Slavery--Pennsylvania--Lancaster County

Search Terms: Abolitionists; Antislavery movements; Certificates; Correspondence; Court of Quarter Sessions; Enslaved persons; Free persons of color; Freedmen; Letters; Persons of color; Slaveholders; Slavery

Extent: 17 folders, 35 items, .5 cubic ft.

Object Name: Archive

Language: English

Object ID: MG0240_Ser02

Location of Originals: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania

Related Item Notes: Black History Collection (MG0240) https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/2b3d42c6-a313-4ebc-966f-516114048136; Conestoga Elks Lodge Records (MG0760)

Notes: Preferred Citation: Title or description of item, date (day, month, year), Black History Collection (MG0240), Series 2, Object ID, LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania. URL. Date accessed (day, month, year).; LancasterHistory is committed to preserving and providing access to materials chronicling Lancaster County's heritage. As a historical resource, this document reflects the racial prejudices and actions of the era. In order to maintain the historical integrity and context of collection items, LancasterHistory does not censor historical documents or edit language, titles, or organization names when transcribing original content.

Access Conditions / Restrictions: Please use digital images and transcriptions when available. Original documents may be used by appointment--contact research@lancasterhistory.org prior to visit. Restricted access for the "Mayor's Register of Coloured Persons" found in Series 2, Folder 2: Use transcript in Folder 3 or microfilm.

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.

Credit: Courtesy of LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.

Other Numbers: MG-240, Series 2

Classification: MG0240

Description Level: Series

Custodial History: Processed prior to 1997 and updated from 2007-present. Added to database on 17 January 2022.; Digitization of this document was funded by the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, PHMC Appl ID # 202010016624, 2020-2023.

Archive

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/2f5113cf-e646-46e9-877d-537459210451

Collection: Broadsides Collection

Title: Broadsides Collection

Object ID: MG0357

Date Range: 1775-1958

Men of Lancaster County.” Talks about other broadsides with different opinions and about the good Buchanan has done in his career. Folder 4 [1850], 1957, 1958 An example of printing on an iron handpress. Red and black ink on white paper. A poem by Dr. Henry Harbaugh, “Die alte Feierheerd (the old

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Collection: Broadsides Collection

Title: Broadsides Collection

Description: This collection contains broadsides for lectures, stores, businesses, and organizations.

Date Range: 1775-1958

Year Range From: 1775

Year Range To: 1958

Date of Accumulation: 1775-1958

Creator: LancasterHistory (Organization)

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives South

Storage Wall: Side 09

People: Bailey, Francis; Becker, John; Bomberger, M.; Bowman, Michael; Brinton, F.; Bryson, J. H.; Chryst, Drue Young; Chryst, James; Conyngham, Redmond; Cromwell, J.; Deshong, P. M.; Eply, John; Eshleman, Elam Witmer; Fahnestock, William B.; Funk, Amos H.; Gable, Jacob; Haines, Samuel B.; Harbaugh, Henry; Hershey, Benjamin; Jefferies, Thomas; Kennedy, J. P. M.; Landis, Benjamin; Landis, David; Landis, Jesse; Landis, John; Lefever, John; Lehman, John S.; Lindsay, John J.; List, Friedrich; Mathiot, John; Maxwell, Hugh; McCall, H. W.; Mercer, J. Q.; Messersmith, Jacob; Metzler, Christian E.; Michael, J.; Roosevelt, Theodore; Scott, Joseph; Shreiner, Martin; Steele, John F.; Stevens, Enos; Witmer, A. K.; Witmer, Henry; Wylie, S. A.

Subjects: Broadsides; Political posters; Posters

Search Terms: Advertisements; Announcements; Arithmetic; Boys Work Fund; Broadsides; Camons Island; Cheap Job Printer, Lancaster Inquirer; Court of Quarter Sessions; Cromwell & Bomberger; Finding aids; Flyers; Frantz's Mill; Ku Klux Klan (1915- ); Lancaster Adler; Lancaster County Prison; Lancaster Soil Conservation District; Lancaster Unemployed Council; Lititz Turnpike Company; Manor Turnpike Company; Manuscript groups; Mayors; Mount Vista Gold and Silver Mining Company; New York and Pennsylvania Oil and Coal Mining Company; Newspapers; Notices; Paradise Lyceum; Pennsylvania General Assembly, House of Representatives; Petitions; Philadelphia Mourning Store, Jones & Fisher; Poetry; Political posters; Posters; Programs; Railroads; Reports; Review Print; Russel & Myers; S. B. Cox and Company; Sheriffs; Slackwater Turnpike; Steam Book and Job Printing; Stockholders; Stocks; Tolls; Union and Tribune Office; Youth Appreciation Week

Extent: 2 boxes, 23 folders, 1 cubic ft.

Object Name: Archive

Language: English, German, and Pennsylvania German

Object ID: MG0357

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: Original documents may be used by researchers--contact Research@LancasterHistory.org prior to visit or request at Reference Desk.

Copyright: Collection items may be photographed. Please direct questions to Research Center Staff at Research@LancasterHistory.org. Permission for reproduction and/or publication must be obtained in writing from LancasterHistory. Persons wishing to publish any material from this site must assume all responsibility for identifying and satisfying any claimants of copyright or other use restrictions. Publication fees may apply.

Other Numbers: MG-357

Classification: MG0357

Description Level: Fonds

Custodial History: Added to database 3 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

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo21743

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

The Pennsylvania chronicle, and universal advertiser

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo22182

Date of Publication: 1767-1774.

Call Number: Newspaper 19 1768-1769; Newspaper 20 1770-1771; Newspaper 21 1771-1772; Newspaper 22 1772-1773; Newspaper 23 1773-1774

Alternate Title: Pennsylvania chronicle; Universal advertiser

Place of Publication: Philadelphia, Pa

Publisher: William Goddard,

Date of Publication: 1767-1774.

Physical Description: volumes

Publication Frequency: Weekly

Dates of Publication: Vol. 1, no. 1 (Jan. 26, 1767)-v. 2, no. 55 (Jan. 25, 1768) ; v. 2, no. 2 (Feb. 1, 1768)-v. 8, no. 2 (Feb. 8, 1774).

Notes: LHO has vols 2. 4. 5 ,6, and 7.; Jasper Yeates's Colonial Law Library.; Yeates's signature at top of title pages.; Newspaper numbers 19-23 as assigned by LHO.

Subjects: Philadelphia (Pa.) - Newspapers.; Philadelphia County (Pa.) - Newspapers.; Pennsylvania - Philadelphia.; Pennsylvania - Philadelphia County.; Newspapers - Philadelphia - 18th century.; Periodicals; Newspapers.; Three-quarters leather on marbled boards (Binding); Typed title affixed to spine.

Additional Author: Yeates, Jasper,

Place: United States Pennsylvania Philadelphia Philadelphia.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Yeates Collection

Call Number: Newspaper 19 1768-1769; Newspaper 20 1770-1771; Newspaper 21 1771-1772; Newspaper 22 1772-1773; Newspaper 23 1773-1774

A new law-dictionary : containing the interpretation and definition of words and terms used in the law ; as also the law and practice , under the proper heads and titles: together with such learning as explains the history and antiquity of the law, and our manners, customs, and original government : collected and abstracted from all dictionaries, abridgments, institutes, reports, year-books, charters, registers, chronicles, and histories, published to this time. Adapted to the use of barristers, students and practicers of the law, etc

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo20992

Author: Jacob, Giles,

Edition: 10th ed. /

Date of Publication: MDCC:XXIII (1778)

Call Number: Book 192 1778

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Responsibility: by Giles Jacob.

Author: Jacob, Giles,

Edition: 10th ed. /

Place of Publication: .Dublin

Publisher: Printed for James Williams, at No. 5, in Skinner-Row,

Date of Publication: MDCC:XXIII (1778)

Physical Description: 1 volume (no pagination) ; 40 cm.

Notes: Jasper Yeates Colonial Law Library.; Yeates's signature at top of title page.; Loose inside back cover: an advertisement of J. E. Barr & Co, 27East King Street, Lancaster, Pa. for the Sunday School Department,(60 x 45 cm.) undated.; Book number 192 as assigned by Yeates.

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

Additional Author: Ruffhead, Owen; Yeates, Jasper,; Morgan, J.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Yeates Collection

Call Number: Book 192 1778

Websites

https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.35112203544624;view=1up;seq=11

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

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo21607

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

Websites

http://resource.nlm.nih.gov/2566054R

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

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

The history and practice of civil actions, particularly in the Court of Common Pleas : being an historical account of the parts and order of judicial proceedings, viz. writs, appearances, bail, declarations, pleadings, issues, trials, verdicts, judgments, error and costs : with the several changes introduced into these proceedings and practice by the several statutes of amendments, jeofails, and costs : and containing a general account of the principles of special-pleading in all civil suits : with an introduction on the constitution of England

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo21064

Author: Gilbert, Geoffrey,

Edition: The third edition,

Date of Publication: MDCCLXXIX [1779]

Responsibility: by the late Lord Chief Baron Gilbert.

Author: Gilbert, Geoffrey,

Uniform Title: History and practice of the Court of Common Pleas

Edition: The third edition,

Place of Publication: London

Publisher: Printed by His Majesty's law printers for P. Uriel ... and E. Brooke ...,

Date of Publication: MDCCLXXIX [1779]

Physical Description: [380] p. ; 22 cm. (8vo)

Notes: Unpaged, with the exception of p. i of the introduction.; Signatures: Aâ´ b-câ¸ dâ¸( -d8) B-Xâ¸ Y1 ZÂ².; Includes index.; LC copy has marginal manscript annotations in the front portions of the text.; Jasper Yeates's Colonial Law Library.; Yeates's signature at top of title page.; Book number 303 as assigned by Yeates.; ESTC

Subjects: Great Britain. - Court of Common Pleas.; Civil procedure - Great Britain.; Civil procedure.; Great Britain.; Full blind-tooled leather (Binding); Gilt title on maroon spine label (Binding)

Additional Author: Yeates, Jasper,

Location: Lancaster History Library - Yeates Collection

The history of the life of King Henry the Second, and of the age in which he lived, in five books: to which is prefixed a history of the revolutions of England from the death of Edward the Confessor to the birth of Henry the Second: by George Lord Lyttelton

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo21363

Author: Lyttelton, George Lyttelton,

Edition: A new edition, corrected.

Date of Publication: 1777.

Call Number: Book 472 1777; Book 473 1777; Book 474 1777; Book 475 1777; Book 477 1777; Book 476 1777

Author: Lyttelton, George Lyttelton,

Uniform Title: History of the life of King Henry the Second.

Edition: A new edition, corrected.

Place of Publication: London

Publisher: Printed for J. Dodsley,

Date of Publication: 1777.

Physical Description: 4 volumes ; (8vo)

Notes: Each volume has a half-title: 'Lord Lyttelton's history of King Henry II. .'.; Jasper Yeates's Colonial Law Library.; Yeates's signature at top of title page.; Book numbers 472-477 as assigned by Yeates.; ESTC

Subjects: Henry - II, - King of England, - 1133-1189.; Great Britain - History - To 1485.; Great Britain.; History.; Full leather (Binding); Gilt title on maroon spine label (Binding)

Additional Author: Yeates, Jasper,

Location: Lancaster History Library - Yeates Collection

Call Number: Book 472 1777; Book 473 1777; Book 474 1777; Book 475 1777; Book 477 1777; Book 476 1777

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