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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

Websites

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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

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

Holy Bible : containing the King James and the revised versions of the Old and New Testaments, arranged in parallel columns. The text conformable to that of the universities of Oxford and Cambridge, with a complete concordance and the Psalms of David in metre. Copious marginal references, chronological tables, and many important and valuable aids to the study of the Holy Scriptures. Written to increase the interest in and simplify the word of God

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo19879

Edition: Self-pronouncing ed.

Date of Publication: [â„—â™1892]

Call Number: 220 S532 1892

Edition: Self-pronouncing ed.

Place of Publication: Penryn, Lancaster Co., Pa

Publisher: H. H. Witmeyer & Bro.,

Date of Publication: [â„—â™1892]

Physical Description: 16, [16], 48, 16, 6, 4, 6, 32, 16, 6, 6, 624, 112, 16, 1018, viii, 16, 16, [12], 1022-1338, 44, 36 pages, 18 leaves of plates (some color), presentation page, 6 pages for family history, 4 pages for family portraits : illustrations ; 33 cm

Notes: Spine title: Pronouncing parallel Bible.; Some colored engravings by George B Harris & Sons and black-and-white engravings by G. DureÃŒÂ¹, P Grenier, and Heinridch J. M. F. Hofmann.; From the Collection of the Heritage Center Museum P97.10.1.; Viewing bibles contingent on staff availability, an appointment may be required.; Sharpe family bible.; Genealogy of John W. Sharpe, 1874 - , and Ellen Nora Koser, 1878 - .; Genealogy of Sharpe family, 1874-1904.; Copy of genealogy in Sharpe family file.; Given in memory of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas S. Quinn, Jr.; Calligraphy by Francis Blum.; Full leather pictorial binding with recesses with blind tooled on edges; front cover loose and heavily damaged; gilt edges.

Contents: History of the translation of the English Bible -- Contents of the books of the Old and New Testaments -- Revisers' Preface -- History of religious denominations of the world, both ancient and modern / H. D. Northrop-- Maps --Biographical sketches of the translators, reformers and martyrs / Joseph Jenkins -- Compresensive and critical history of all the books of the Holy Bible / William Smith, Dean Milman, John Kitto, Von Ewald, and Michelson -- The tabernacle in the wilderness, a description of the first sanctuary erected by the Israelites to the worship of almighty God -- A comprehensive and critical description of the Israelitish tabernacle and its sacred furniture ; -- "My father's house." description of the temples of Solomon and Herod / Philip Lee -- The cities and towns of the Bible, with descriptions and explanations / John Wilson -- Chronological and other valuable tables ... -- Natural history of the Bible: containing descriptions of the animals, birds, insects and reptiles / A. F. Thomspon -- Illustrations and descripton of ancient money... -- Illustrations and explanations of the proverbs of Solomon / Edward D. Lewis -- The parables of our Lord Jesus Christ / ill. by Joseph Haines -- Captivating Bible stories for the young, comprising narratives of interesting scenes and events -- Complete and practical household dictionary of the Bible / William Smith -- Explanatory key to the vowel and consonant sounds in the perfect self-pronouncing Bible -- Only authentic self-pronoundcing dictionary of the proper names in the Bible... / J. R Jones -- Scenes and incidents in the life of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ / Arthur P. Hayes -- Parables of our Lord illustrated and explained -- Hofmann gallery of original New Testament illustrations -- Revisors' preface -- List of readings and renderings preferred by the American Committee, recorded at their desire -- A chronological index to the Holy Bible -- Four thousand questions and answers on the Old and New Testaments -- Scripture difficulties explained -- Complete concordance to the Old and New Testaments -- The Psalms of David in metre.

Subjects: Sharpe family, - Genealogy.; Sharpe, John W., - 1874- .; Koser, Ellen Nora, - 1878- .; Quinn, Thomas S. Quinn and wife.; Koser family.

Additional Author: DoreÃŒÂ¹, Gustaav,; Grenier, P,; Hofmann, Heinrich J. M. F.; Blum, Francis,

Additional Title: Bible.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Bible

Call Number: 220 S532 1892

A Correct account of the trials of Charles M'Manus, John Hauer, Elizabeth Hauer, Patrick Donagan, Francis Cox, and others; at Harrisburgh -- June Oyer and Terminer, 1798. For the murder of Francis Shitz, on the night of the 28th December, 1797, at Heidelberg Township, Dauphin County, in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. Containing, the whole evidence, and the substance of all the law arguments in those celebrated trials

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo21688

Date of Publication: 1798. (Entered according to law)

Call Number: Book 606 1798

Place of Publication: [Harrisburgh]

Publisher: Printed at Harrisburgh [Pa.] by John Wyeth,

Date of Publication: 1798. (Entered according to law)

Physical Description: [2], 163, [1] pages ; 8vo.

Notes: "The following is the last speech and dying confession of Charles M'Manus ."--Page 161-163.; Half-title: Trials and confessions of John Hauer, Charles M'Manus, &c. for the murder of Francis Shitz.; Parentheses substituted for square brackets in imprint transcription.; Handwritten contents on front flyleaf.; Jasper Yeates's Colonial Law Library.; Book number 606 as assigned by Yeates.; ESTC; Evans

Summary: This is an account of the first murder trial in Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, for a crime that took place just outside of Harrisburg in December 1797. "The will of Peter Shitz left most of his estate to his sons Francis and Peter, but if they died without children, part went to his daughter Elizabeth. Hauer was the husband of Elizabeth, and he hired four Irishmen, newly arrived in the country, to kill his brothers-in-law. Two masked men raided the house one night and killed Francis with an ax, but Peter escaped. M'Manus and Hauer were hanged." [Williamreesecompany.com]

Subjects: M'Manus, Charles, - -1798.; Hauer, John, - -1798.; Hauer, Elizabeth.; Donagan, Patrick.; Cox, Francis.; Shitz, Francis, - -1797.; Trials (Murder) - Pennsylvania.; Murder - Pennsylvania - Heidelberg.; Crime - Pennsylvania - Heidelberg.; Executions and executioners - Pennsylvania - Harrisburg.; Crime.; Executions and executioners.; Murder.; Trials (Murder); Pennsylvania.; Pennsylvania - Harrisburg.; Pennsylvania - Heidelberg.; Three-quarters leather on marbled boards (Binding)

Additional Author: M'Manus, Charles,; Yeates, Jasper,

Additional Corporate Author: Pennsylvania. Court of Oyer and Terminer (Dauphin County)

Location: Lancaster History Library - Yeates Collection

Call Number: Book 606 1798

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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

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

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

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

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

Websites

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

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo19879

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo21688