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Secret history of the American revolution, an account of the conspiracies of Benedict Arnold and numerous others, drawn from the Secret service papers of the British headquarters in North America, now for the first time examined and made public

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Author
Van Doren, Carl,
Date of Publication
1941.
Call Number
973.381 V246
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by Carl Van Doren.
Author
Van Doren, Carl,
Place of Publication
New York
Publisher
The Viking press,
Date of Publication
1941.
Physical Description
3 p. l., [v]-xiv p., 2 l., [3]-534 p. illus. (map) ports., facsims. 24 cm.
Notes
Based largely on the Clinton papers in the William L. Clements library at the University of Michigan. Other sources cited are the Washington papers and the Papers of the Continental Congress at the Library of Congress. cf. Pref.
"This first edition is limited to five hundred ninety numbered copies signed by the author." This copy not numbered.
"Appendix ... Arnold-André correspondence [and] Clinton's narrative": p. [437]-495.
"General bibliography": p. [496]-499. "Chapter references": p. [500]-512.
Subjects
Arnold, Benedict, - 1741-1801.
Treason - United States.
Secret service - Great Britain.
United States. - History - Revolution, 1775-1783.
Additional Author
Clinton, Henry,
André, John,
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
973.381 V246
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The Constitution proposed for the government of the United States of America, by the foederal convention held at Philadelphia, in the year one thousand seven hundred and eighty-seven : to which is annexed the ratification thereof by the delegates of Pennsylvania in the state convention

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Corporate Author
United States.
Date of Publication
1787.
Call Number
Book 589 1787
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United States.
Uniform Title
Constitution
Place of Publication
Philadelphia
Publisher
Printed by Hall & Sellers,
Date of Publication
1787.
Physical Description
24 p. ; 20 cm. (8vo)
Notes
Signatures: A-C⁴.
Handwritten index precedes text.
Jasper Yeates's Colonial Law Library.
Yeates's signature at top of title page.
Book number 589 as assigned by Yeates.
Yeates's signature also on fron fly leaf.
Evans
Subjects
Constitutions - United States - Early works to 1800.
Constitutions.
United States.
Early works.
Three-quarters leather on decorated boards (Binding)
Additional Author
Yeates, Jasper,
Additional Corporate Author
American Imprint Collection (Library of Congress)
Location
Lancaster History Library - Yeates Collection
Call Number
Book 589 1787
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An examination of the Constitution for the United States of America : submitted to the people by the general convention, at Philadelphia, the 17th day of September, 1787, and since adopted and ratified by the conventions of eleven states, chosen for the purpose of considering it, being all that have yet decided on the subject

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Author
Coxe, Tench,
Date of Publication
MDCCLXXXVIII [1788]
Call Number
Yeates Book 459 1788
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by an American citizen ; to which is added, a speech of the Honorable James Wilson, Esquire, on the same subject.
Author
Coxe, Tench,
Place of Publication
Philadelphia
Publisher
Printed by Zachariah Poulson, Junr. ...,
Date of Publication
MDCCLXXXVIII [1788]
Physical Description
33, [3] p. ; 22 cm, bound to 25 cm (8vo)
Notes
Attributed to Tench Coxe by Evans.
Signatures: [A]⁴ B-D⁴ [E]² (last leaf blank).
Jasper Yeates's Colonial Law Library.
Yeates's signaturea at top of title page.
Book number 459 as assigned by Yeates.
Bound with An address, etc. recommendations to the states, by the United States in Congress assembled. Philadelphia: Printed by David C. Claypoole, 1783; Proceedings in the House of Representatives of the United States of America respecting the contested election for the eastern district of Georgia. : Philadelphia, printed by Parry Hall...1792 -- A calm appeal to the people of the State of Delaware. ... Philadelphia: Printed by Zachariah Poulson, Junr... date not specified -- An enquiry into the principles and tendency of certain public measures. Philadelphia: Printed by Thomas Dobson... 1784; -- A vindication of Mr. Randophs's resignation. Philadelphia: printed by Samuel Smith...1795 -- The pretensions of Thomas Jefferson to the presidency examined; and the charges against John Adams refuted...United States, October 1796 -- Observations on the speech of Albert Gallatin, in the House of Representatives of the United States, on the foreign intercourse bill. Washington: Printed by John Colerick, 1798 -- The speech of Mr. Bayard on the foreign intecourse bill delivered in the House of Representatives of the United States on the third day of March 1798. -- The address of the minority in the Virginia Legislature to the people of that state; containing a vindication of the constitutionality of the alien and sedition laws Printer not specified, date not specified -- Letter from the Secfretary of State enclosing the reports of the late and present director of the mint....Philadelphia: Printed by Francis and Robert Bailey...1795 -- Analysis of the report of the committee of the Virginia Assembly, on the preceedings of sundry of the other States in answer to their resolutions. Philadelphia, printed by Zachariah Poulson, junior, 1800 -- Proceedings of the Virginia Assembly, on the answers of sundry states to their resolutions, passed in December, 1798. Philadelphia, printed by James Carey, 1800.
Evans
ESTC
Subjects
United States.
Politics and government
United States - Politics and government - 1783-1789.
Three-quarters leather on marbled boards.
Additional Author
Wilson, James,
Yeates, Jasper,
Location
Lancaster History Library - Yeates Collection
Call Number
Yeates Book 459 1788
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A Rhode Island chaplain in the Revolution; letters of Ebenezer David to Nicholas Brown, 1775-1778

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Author
David, Ebenezer,
Date of Publication
1949.
Call Number
974.502 D249
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ed. by Jeannette D. Black and William Greene Roelker.
Author
David, Ebenezer,
Place of Publication
Providence
Publisher
Rhode Island Society of the Cincinnati,
Date of Publication
1949.
Physical Description
xxxi, 82 p. illus., fold, map. 26 cm.
Notes
"Published ... from original materials in the John Carter Brown Library."
Ebenezer David , very soon after his ordination in the Seventh - Day Baptist Church , Joined the Continental Army at the siege of Boston during the Revolutionary War. This book contains his letters written mostly to to a friend , David Brown, during his service.
Includes bibliographical references.
Contents
A Journey to Philadelphia 1775 The Siege of Boston 1776 New York and Brooklyn 1776 Ticonderoga 1776 Peekskill 1776 The Hudson River Highlands 1777 The Defense of the Delaware 1777 Valley Forge 1777 - 1778
Subjects
United States - History - Revolution, 1775-1783 - Personal narratives.
United States - History - Revolution, 1775-1783 - Religious aspects.
Additional Author
Brown, Nicholas,
Black, Jeannette Dora,
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
974.502 D249
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The counter-revolution in Pennsylvania, 1776-1790

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Author
Brunhouse, Robert Levere,
Date of Publication
1942.
Call Number
974.8029 B895
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Responsibility
[by] Robert Levere Brunhouse.
Author
Brunhouse, Robert Levere,
Place of Publication
Philadelphia
Date of Publication
1942.
Physical Description
viii, 368 p. incl. maps. 23 cm.
Notes
Bibliography: p. 299-318.
Contents
The Background -- The Rise of the Radicals (1776-1778) -- Triumph of Radicalism (1778-1780) -- The Conservatives Emerge (1780-1782) -- Conservatives Ride to Power (1782-1784) -- Counter-Revolution Halter(1783-1786) -- Triumph of the Counter-Revolution (1786-1790).
Summary
From the Preface: "Only with the detailed story of the struggle between radical and conservative forces in each state can one gain a more complete understanding of the history of the Revolution and the Confederation."
Subjects
United States - Politics and government - Revolution, 1775-1783.
United States - Politics and government - 1783-1789.
Pennsylvania - Politics and government - 1775-1865.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
974.8029 B895
Websites
https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015004303635;view=1up;seq=7
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Some of the earliest oaths of allegiance to the United States of America

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Author
Waldenmaier, Nellie Protsman,
Date of Publication
1944.
Call Number
973.3 W161
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[edited by] Nellie Protsman Waldenmaier ...
Author
Waldenmaier, Nellie Protsman,
Place of Publication
[Lancaster, Pa.]
Publisher
Priv. print. [by Lancaster Press, Inc.]
Date of Publication
1944.
Physical Description
2 p. β., iii-v, 93 p. front., illus. (map, facsims.) 24 cm.
Contents
Preface.--Introduction.--Oaths of allegiance in the National Archives.--Oaths of allegiance in the Library of Congress.--Alphabetical index of names of signers of oaths of allegiance.
Subjects
Oaths - United States.
Allegiance.
United States - History - Revolution, 1775-1783 - Registers, lists, etc.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
973.3 W161
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Laws enacted in the third sitting of the seventh General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, : which commenced at Philadelphia, on Thursday, the fourteenth day of August, in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred eighty and three

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Corporate Author
Pennsylvania.
Date of Publication
1783]
Call Number
Book 587 1783c
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Pennsylvania.
Uniform Title
Laws (1783 Aug.-Sept.)
Place of Publication
[Philadelphia
Publisher
s.n.,
Date of Publication
1783]
Physical Description
P. [1], 186-254, [2] ; 33 cm. (fol.)
Notes
Caption title.
Place of publication supplied by Hildeburn and Evans.
Pagination continues: Laws enacted in the sixth General Assembly of the representatives of the freemen of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, at the sitting which commenced at Philadelphia on Monday, the twenty-second day of October, and continued by adjournment to Friday, the twenty-eighth day of December, A.D. one thousand seven hundred and eighty-one, Philadelphia, 1782 (Evans 17659).
Includes acts and laws numbered Chap. LXXI-CII signed and enacted in the months of August and September, 1783 by Frederick Muhlenburg, speaker [of the Pennsylvania state House of Representatives] and Peter Z. Lloyd, clerk of the General Assembly.
Signatures: 3A-3S².
Handwritten index precedes text.
Jasper Yeates's Colonial Law Library.
Book number 587 as assigned by Yeates.
Evans
Hildeburn, C.R. Pennsylvania,
ESTC
Subjects
Law - Pennsylvania.
Law.
Politics and government.
Pennsylvania - History - Revolution, 1775-1783.
Pennsylvania - Politics and government - 1775-1783.
Pennsylvania.
United States.
History.
Three-quarters leather on boards (Binding)
Gilt title on maroon spine label (Binding)
Additional Author
Muhlenberg, Frederick Augustus Conrad,
Lloyd, Peter Zachary.
Pod, Alexander.
Sharwood, Geo.
Yeates, Jasper,
Additional Corporate Author
Philadelphia. General Assembly.
Place
United States Pennsylvania Philadelphia.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Yeates Collection
Call Number
Book 587 1783c
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A brief history of the colonial wars in America from 1607 to 1775

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Author
Wade, Herbert T.
Date of Publication
1948.
Call Number
973.2 W119
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Author
Wade, Herbert T.
Place of Publication
New York
Publisher
Society of Colonial Wars in the State of New York,
Date of Publication
1948.
Physical Description
viii, 120 p. illus., ports. 23 cm.
Notes
"List of preferred reading, the American colonial period": p. 114-120.
Subjects
United States - History - Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775.
United States - History, Military.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
973.2 W119
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Country life in America as lived by ten presidents of the United States. John Adams, George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Andrew Jackson, Martin Van Buren, William Henry Harrison, James Buchanan, Abraham Lincoln, Theodore Roosevelt, Calvin Coolidge

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Author
Booth, Edward Townsend,
Edition
[1st ed.].
Date of Publication
1947.
Call Number
923.173 B725
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Author
Booth, Edward Townsend,
Edition
[1st ed.].
Place of Publication
New York
Publisher
A.A. Knopf,
Date of Publication
1947.
Physical Description
xviii, 264 p., xii p. 22 cm.
Notes
Bibliography: p. [249]-264.
Subjects
Presidents - United States - Biography.
Country life - United States.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
923.173 B725
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The backwoodsman and the Kentucky rifle

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Author
Landis, Bertha Cochran.
Date of Publication
1947
rifle become that Continental Congress in 1776 virtually took possession of the industry in Lancaster and required all makers to deliver all their product to the govern- ment. They were allowed four pound six shillings per gun. The most prominent makers at this time were William Henry, Jacob Dickert
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by Bertha Cochran Landis.
Author
Landis, Bertha Cochran.
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Lancaster County Historical Society,
Date of Publication
1947
Physical Description
[117]-119 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Series
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 51, no. 5
Subjects
Rifles.
United States - History - Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775.
United States - History - Revolution, 1775-1783.
United States - History - 1783-1865.
Contained In
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 51, number 5 (1947), p. 117-119Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.51
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