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The history of Pennsylvania, in North America, from the original institution and settlement of that province, under the first proprietor and governor, William Penn, in 1681, till after the year 1742; with an introduction respecting the life of W. Penn, prior to the grant of the province, and the religious society of the people called Quakers, with the first rise of the neighbouring Colonies, more particularly of West-New-Jersey and the settlement of the Dutch and Swedes on Delaware. To which is added a brief description of the said province, and the general state in which it flourished, principally between the years 1760-1770 ... With an appendix. Written principally between the years 1776 and 1780

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Author
Proud, Robert,
Date of Publication
1798.
Call Number
974.802 P968
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Author
Proud, Robert,
Place of Publication
Philadelphia
Publisher
Printed and sold by Z. Poulson,
Date of Publication
1798.
Physical Description
2 v. map (on lining papers), port. 22 cm.
Series
Pennsylvania heritage series
Notes
Photoreproduction. Spartanburg, S.C., Reprint Co., 1967.
Subjects
Penn, William, - 1644-1718
Society of Friends.
Pennsylvania - History - Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775.
New Jersey - History - Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775.
New Sweden - History.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
974.802 P968
Websites
https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=pst.000027692349&view=1up&seq=9
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An historical and geographical account of the province and country of Pensilvania in America : the richness of the soil, the sweetness of the situation ... the first planters, the Dutch, Sweeds, and English with the number of its inhabitants : as also a touch upon George Keith's new religion, in his second change since he left the Quakers : with a map

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Author
Thomas, Gabriel.
Edition
Enl. and repr.
Date of Publication
1938.
Call Number
974.801 T456
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Responsibility
by Gabriel Thomas ; edited, with copious notes, &c. by A. Monroe Aurand, Jr.
Author
Thomas, Gabriel.
Edition
Enl. and repr.
Place of Publication
Harrisburg, Pa
Publisher
Aurand Press,
Date of Publication
1938.
Physical Description
32 p. : map ; 23 cm.
Notes
Originally published: London : A. Baldwin, 1698. Reprinted at the Aurand Press, 1935.
Cover title: History of Pensilvania, published in London in 1698.
"Privately printed for the editor and his friends".
Filmed with: Good order established in Pennsylvania and New Jersey / by Thomas Budd. Cleveland : Burrows Co., 1902.
Subjects
Pennsylvania - Description and travel - Early works to 1800.
Pennsylvania - History - Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775 - Early works to 1800.
Additional Author
Aurand, A. Monroe
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
974.801 T456
Websites
https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=chi.18343867;view=1up;seq=9
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Finnish tercentenary day : 300th anniversary of first Finnish settlement in America, Chester, Pennsylvania, June 29, 1938

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Corporate Author
Chester (Pa.). 300th Anniversary Celebration.
Edition
Rev. ed.
Date of Publication
1938.
Call Number
974.814 F514
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Corporate Author
Chester (Pa.). 300th Anniversary Celebration.
Edition
Rev. ed.
Place of Publication
Chester, Pa
Publisher
[s.n.],
Date of Publication
1938.
Physical Description
[28] p. : ill. ; 27 cm.
Notes
At head of title: Official program.
Cover title: First Finnish settlement in America, 1638.
Subjects
Finns - Pennsylvania.
Chester (Pa.) - History.
New Jersey - History - Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
974.814 F514
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Original patentees of land at Washington prior to 1700

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Author
Gahn, Bessie Wilmarth Brown,
Date of Publication
1936.
Call Number
975 G136
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Responsibility
by Bessie Wilmarth Gahn.
Author
Gahn, Bessie Wilmarth Brown,
Place of Publication
[Silver Spring, Md
Publisher
Printed by Westland]
Date of Publication
1936.
Physical Description
85 p. maps. 24 cm.
Notes
Foreword includes bibliographical references.
Subjects
Land titles - Washington (D.C.)
Land grants - Maryland.
Land grants - Virginia.
Maryland - History - Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775.
Virginia - History - Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775.
Washington (D.C.) - History.
Maryland - Genealogy.
Virginia - Genealogy.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
975 G136
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Petition of inhabitants of Lancaster to Hon. John Penn not to grant repeal of law providing for a night watch

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Author
Worner, William Frederic.
Date of Publication
1931
Locust street, Philadelphia, is an original paper,' yellow with age, which contains the following : "To the Honourable John Penn, Esquire, Lieutenant Governor and Commander in Chief of the Province of Pennsylvania, and counties of New Castle, Kent and Sussex on Delaware; and to the Honourable the
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Responsibility
by William Frederic Worner.
Author
Worner, William Frederic.
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Lancaster County Historical Society,
Date of Publication
1931
Physical Description
70-72 p. ; 23 cm.
Series
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 35, no. 3
Subjects
Watchmen - Pennsylvania - Lancaster.
Lancaster (Pa.) - History - Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775.
Contained In
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 35, number 3 (1931), p. 70-72Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.35
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Year book and history, Society of the Daughters of Colonial Wars in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, inc

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Corporate Author
Daughters of Colonial Wars. Massachusetts.
Date of Publication
1932?-
Call Number
369.12 D237
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Corporate Author
Daughters of Colonial Wars. Massachusetts.
Place of Publication
[Boston?]
Date of Publication
1932?-
Physical Description
v. plates. 23 cm.
Series
Its Publication no. 5
Subjects
United States - History - Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775 - Societies, etc.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
369.12 D237
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Reports of cases adjudged in the Superior Court and Supreme Court of Errors, from July A.D. 1789 to June A.D. 1793; with a variety of cases anterior to that period. Prefaced with observations upon the government and laws of Connecticut. To which is subjoined, sundry law points adjudged, and rules of practice adopted in the Superior Court

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Corporate Author
Connecticut. Superior Court.
Date of Publication
1798-1802.
Call Number
Book 401 1802
Book 400 1798
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Responsibility
By Jesse Root.
Corporate Author
Connecticut. Superior Court.
Place of Publication
Hartford
Publisher
Printed by Hudson and Goodwin,
Date of Publication
1798-1802.
Physical Description
2 volumes 23 cm
Notes
Title page of v. 2 varies slightly.
Jasper Yeates's Colonial Law Library.
Yeates's signature at top of title page.
Book numbers 400 and 401 as assigned by Yeates.
Contents
V. 1. June 1789-June 1793 -- v. 2. June 1793-June 1798; being four years and a half, or nine circuits.
Summary
"With a variety of cases anterior to that period [1764-1789]. Prefaced with observations upon the government and laws of Connecticut. To which is subjoined, sundry law points adjudged, and rules of practice adopted in the Superior Court."--T.p.
Subjects
Law reports, digests, etc - Connecticut.
Court rules - Connecticut.
Law - Connecticut.
Court rules.
Law.
Law reports, digests, etc.
Connecticut.
Full blind-tooled leather (Binding)
Gilt title on maroon spine title (Binding)
Additional Author
Root, Jesse,
Yeates, Jasper,
Additional Corporate Author
Connecticut. Supreme Court of Errors.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Yeates Collection
Call Number
Book 401 1802
Book 400 1798
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Some comments on colonial times in Pennsylvania; address before the Society of colonial wars in the commonwealth of Pennsylvania, March 10, 1932

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Author
Atlee, Benjamin Champneys,
Date of Publication
1932.
Call Number
974.8028 A881
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Responsibility
by Benjamin C. Atlee.
Author
Atlee, Benjamin Champneys,
Place of Publication
[Philadelphia?]
Publisher
Printed by order of the Society,
Date of Publication
1932.
Physical Description
11 p. 23 cm.
Series
Historical publications of the Society of colonial wars in the commonwealth of Pennsylvania. vol. IV, no. 5
Subjects
Pennsylvania - History - Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
974.8028 A881
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An explanation of the practice of law : containing the elements of special pleading, reduced to the comprehension of every one; also, elements of a plan for a reform: shewing that the plaintiff's costs in a common action, which at present amount to from 25 to 35-1. need not exceed 10-1. and those of the defendant, which are now from 12 to 20-1. need not exceed 6-1

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Author
Schiefer, John Frederic.
Date of Publication
1793.
Call Number
Bookk 670 1793
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Responsibility
By John Frederic Schiefer, member of the Hon. Society of Lincoln's Inn.
Author
Schiefer, John Frederic.
Place of Publication
Dublin
Publisher
Printed by J. Stockdale, for Messrs. E. Lynch, P. Byrne, J. Moore, W. Jones, R. McAllister, H. Watts, and J. Rice,
Date of Publication
1793.
Physical Description
xxxi, [1], 340 p. ; 21 cm. (8vo)
Notes
Signatures: A⁸ a⁸ B-Y⁸ Z².
Jasper Yeates's Colonial Law Library.
Yeates's signature at top of title page.
Book number 670 as assigned by Yeates.
ESTC
Subjects
Pleading - Great Britain - Early works to 1800.
Law reform - Great Britain - Early works to 1800.
Law reform.
Pleading.
Great Britain.
Early works
Full blind-tooled leather (Binding)
Gilt title on maroon spine label (Binding)
Additional Author
Stockdale, John,
Yeates, Jasper,
Location
Lancaster History Library - Yeates Collection
Call Number
Bookk 670 1793
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William Penn; his own account of the Lenni Lenape or Delaware Indians, 1683

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Author
Penn, William,
Date of Publication
1937.
Call Number
974.8009 M996a
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Responsibility
by Albert Cook Myers.
Author
Penn, William,
Place of Publication
Moylan, Pa
Publisher
A.C. Myers,
Date of Publication
1937.
Physical Description
107 p. incl. front. plates, ports., facsims. 21 cm.
Notes
"Edition limited to 500 copies, numbered and signed by the author." LCHS copy no. 245.
Reprint of a portion of A letter from William Penn, proprietary and governour of Pennsylvania in America, to the committee of the Free Society of Traders, first published in 1683. Appendix (p. [51]-96) contains letters, deeds and other papers concerning Penn's relations with the Delaware Indians.
Subjects
Delaware Indians.
Pennsylvania - History - Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775 - Sources.
Additional Author
Myers, Albert Cook,
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
974.8009 M996a
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