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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

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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

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 of the general states, in which it flourished, principally between the years 1760 and 1770 : the whole including a variety of things, useful and interesting to be known, respecting that country in early time, &c. : with an appendix

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Author: Proud, Robert,

Date of Publication: 1797-1798.

Call Number: 974.8 P544 1797

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Responsibility: written principally between the years 1776 and 1780, by Robert Proud.

Author: Proud, Robert,

Place of Publication: Philadelphia

Publisher: Printed and sold by Zachariah Poulson, Junior ...,

Date of Publication: 1797-1798.

Physical Description: 2 v. : 1 map, 1 port. ; 22 cm. (8vo)

Notes: Library has: vol. 1.; Full leather binding with red spine label stamped in gold.; Bookplate of Redmond Conygnham, No. 2435.; Evans

Contents: I. Introduction. The history of Pennsylvania, 1676-1709.--II. The history of Pennsylvania, 1709-1763. A view of the province of Pennsylvania ... between the years 1760 and 1770. Extract from two short Latin poems ... by Thomas Makin. Appendix.

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 - Rare Books

Call Number: 974.8 P544 1797

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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

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Laws of the fourteenth General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, enacted in the second sitting : which commenced at Philadelphia, on Tuesday the second day of February, in the year of our Lord, one thousand seven hundred and ninety

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Corporate Author: Pennsylvania.

Date of Publication: [1790]

Call Number: Book 589 1790a

Corporate Author: Pennsylvania.

Uniform Title: Laws, etc.

Place of Publication: Philadelphia

Publisher: Printed by Thomas Bradford,

Date of Publication: [1790]

Physical Description: [1], 234-317, [1] p. ; 32 cm. (fol.)

Notes: Caption title. Imprint from colophon.; Signatures: 3G-4DÂ² [4E]Â¹.; Sideglosses.; Pagination continues session laws from 1788 (Evans 21368).; Page 275 incorrectly numbered 267.; Handwritten index precedes text.; Jasper Yeates's Colonial Law Library.; Book number 589 as assigned by Yeates.; Evans

Subjects: Session laws - Pennsylvania - Early works to 1800.; Law - Pennsylvania.; Law.; Politics and government.; Session laws.; Pennsylvania - History - 1775-1865 - Sources.; Pennsylvania - Politics and government - 1775-1865 - Sources.; Pennsylvania.; Early works.; History.; Sources.; Three-quarters leather on decorated boards (Binding)

Additional Author: Bradford, Thomas,; Yeates, Jasper,

Additional Corporate Author: Pennsylvania. General Assembly.

Place: United States Pennsylvania Philadelphia.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Yeates Collection

Call Number: Book 589 1790a

The constitution and ordinances of the city of Philadelphia

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Corporate Author: Philadelphia (Pa.)

Date of Publication: MDCCXC. [1790]

Call Number: Book 615 1790

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Corporate Author: Philadelphia (Pa.)

Place of Publication: Philadelphia

Publisher: Printed by Hall & Sellers, in Market between Front and Second-Streets.,

Date of Publication: MDCCXC. [1790]

Physical Description: xxxii, 87, [1] p. ; 20 cm. (12mo)

Notes: Jasper Yeates's Colonial Law Library.; Yeates's signature at top of title page.; Book number 615 as assigned by Yeates.; Evans

Subjects: Philadelphia (Pa.). - Councils. - Common Council - Rules and practice.; Philadelphia (Pa.). - Mayor.; Philadelphia (Pa.). - Councils. - Common Council.; Ordinances, Municipal - Pennsylvania - Philadelphia.; Municipal corporations - Pennsylvania - Philadelphia.; Municipal corporations.; Ordinances, Municipal.; Politics and government.; Philadelphia (Pa.) - Politics and government.; Pennsylvania - Philadelphia.; Rules.; Full blind-tooled leather (Binding); Gilt title on maroon spine label (Binding)

Additional Author: Hall, David,; Hall, William,; Sellers, William,; Yeates, Jasper,

Place: United States Pennsylvania Philadelphia.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Yeates Collection

Call Number: Book 615 1790

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An historical view of the English government : from the settlement of the Saxons in Britain to the accession, of the House of Stewart

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Author: Millar, John,

Edition: The 2nd ed.

Date of Publication: 1790.

Call Number: Book 621 1790

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Responsibility: by John Millar, Esq. ...

Author: Millar, John,

Edition: The 2nd ed.

Place of Publication: London

Publisher: Printed for A Strahan, and T. Cadell ... and J. Murray ...,

Date of Publication: 1790.

Physical Description: vii, [9], 565, [19] pages ; 28 cm (4to)

Notes: Error in paging: 237 numbered 372.; Index: p. [2]-[18] at end.; Jasper Yeates's Colonial Law Library.; Yeates's signature at top of title page.; Book number 621 as assigned by Yeates.

Subjects: Constitutional history - Great Britain.; Constitutional history.; Politics and government; Great Britain - Politics and government.; 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 621 1790

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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

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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Collection: Adam Reigart Jr., John S. Murphy Collection

Title: Adam Reigart Jr., John S. Murphy Collection

Object ID: MG0331

Date Range: 1762-2003

according to professional museum and archives standards. The finding aid was updated using DACS conventions. �230 North President Avenue • Lancaster, Pennsylvania 17603-3125 717.392.4633 • www.LancasterHistory.org Box 1 Folder 1 Correspondence—Philip Wager to Adam Reigart, Jr., 1798-1805 Letter from Philip

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Collection: Adam Reigart Jr., John S. Murphy Collection

Title: Adam Reigart Jr., John S. Murphy Collection

Description: The Adam Reigart Jr., John S. Murphy Collection contains correspondence between Adam Reigart, Jr. in Lancaster and Philip Wager in Philadelphia and their families. The letters are primarily from the early nineteenth century and provide information about family illness, travel, visits, business, and family chatter. The receipts and invoices show purchases made in Lancaster and Philadelphia, especially clothing, fabric, dry goods, and meat. The remainder of the collection is made up of newspaper articles, books, and an album of poetry and drawings. The items were housed in a gig trunk which is now in the museum collection.

Admin/Biographical History: Adam Reigart, Jr. (1765-1844) was born in Lancaster. He was the eldest son of Col. Adam Reigart, owner of the Grape Tavern which served as general headquarters during the Revolutionary War. Adam Jr. founded the Reigart Wine Store in 1785 and was in business with Philip Wager in Philadelphia and Philip's son Peter throughout his career. He was the first president of the Lancaster branch of the Bank of Pennsylvania, and was involved with the Conestoga Navigation Company and the Union Fire Company.; Adam Jr. married Mary Magdalena Wager (1772-1806) in 1791. Mary was the daughter of Philip Wager, a Philadelphia wine merchant. They had eight daughters and a son. Susan married Stephen C. Slaymaker and Margaretta married Henry Y. Slaymaker.

Date Range: 1762-2003

Year Range From: 1762

Year Range To: 2003

Date of Accumulation: 1762-2003

Creator: Murphy, John Slaughter, 1921-2011

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives South

Storage Wall: Side 08

People: Arnold, Benedict; Baker, W.; Bare, Jacob; Blight, Peter; Boughter, Charles; Breidenhart, George; Brien, Edward; Brown, Luke; Butter, Charles; Cassidy, Edward; Clarke, John; Clendenin, Samuel; Coleman, Edward; Coleman, William; Edwards, Susanna; Ehler, John; Fisher, Sammy; Fox, Sam M.; Frey, John; Gaskill, Edmund; Gay, Edward F.; Getz, John; Givens, John; Graeff, George; Greland, D.; Hahn, B. Christian; Harrison, George; Haverstick, William; Hopkins, A. R.; Hopkins, Ann; Houston, James; Hubley, Frederick; Hubley, Joseph; Hultzheimer, N.; Hyde, Charles; Irving, Robert; Jack, Joshua; Kauffman, Jacob; King, George; Kirkpatrick, William; Kline, Jacob; Lane, John; Leiper, George G.; Lowry, Robert; Lowry, Robert K.; Mayer, George Louis; Metzger, Emanuel; Metzger, George; Metzger, Jacob; Miller, Barbara; Miller, Henry; Miller, Martin; Miller, Philip; Montgomery, William; Morris, John; Mosher, Joseph; Murphy, John Slaughter; Myer, John; Myers, John; Newlin, Nathaniel; Nice, Levi; Nimrod, Maxwell; Ogilby, Joseph; Otto, Jacob S.; Otto, John C.; Pennington, Edward; Peters, Abraham; Phinney, Zina; Price, Joseph; Price, Richard; Reigart, Adam; Reigart, Adam, Jr.; Reigart, Ann; Reigart, Emanuel; Reigart, Henrietta; Reigart, Maria Wager; Reigart, Mary; Reigart, Mary C.; Reigart, Philip Wager; Reigart, Susan; Rimfast, John; Sample, Joseph; Schaubel, Johannis; Sener, Samuel Miller; Sewell, Charles S.; Shaeffer, Jacob; Shenk, Abraham; Shenk, Christian; Shippen, Peggy; Singer, A.; Slaymaker, Henry Edwin; Slaymaker, Mary Steele; Slaymaker, Stephen Cochran; Smith, Ann; Smith, Anthony; Smith, Ralph; Stein, Philip; Steinman, George; Stewart, William; Sullivan, Susannah; Wager, George; Wager, Hannah; Wager, James; Wager, Mary; Wager, Peter; Wager, Philip H.; Wager, Sally; Wager, Sophia; Wager, William; Walsh, Christopher; Wentz, Thomas; Wertz, Christian; Wharton, Charles; Whitaker, George; Whitaker, John; Wimer, Michael; Winroth, Margaret; Witmer, David; Woodmund, William; Yeiser, Philip

Other Creators: Reigart family

Subjects: Clippings (Books, newspapers, etc.); Invoices; Letters; Obituaries; Receipts (Acknowledgments)

Search Terms: Adam Reigart and Son; Albums; Bethlehem, Pennsylvania; Boston, Massachusetts; Brenner and Reed; Cambridge, Massachusetts; Cape May, New Jersey; Charles C. and J. Watson; Christ Church Burial Ground; Cincinnati, Ohio; Clippings (Books, newspapers, etc.); Correspondence; Delaware; Dixon Walker and Company; Earp and Brothers; Finding aids; Grape Hotel; Greene County, New York; H. Behlen and Company; Illnesses; Invoices; J. Walker and Company; John Warden and Sons; Kentucky; Lancaster; Lancaster County Almshouse; Lancaster Bar Association; Lancaster Intelligencer; Lancaster Journal; Lancaster New Era; Lancaster Sunday News; Lane Slaymaker and Company; Letters; London, England; Lower Windsor Twp., York County, Pennsylvania; Lowry and Myers; Luzerne County, Pennsylvania; Manuscript groups; Margaretta Furnace; Marietta Bank; Morning News; Mount Auburn Cemetery; New York, New York; Newspaper clippings; Obituaries; Ohio; Pennsylvania German Society; Pensacola, Florida; Peter Wager and Company; Philadelphia Inquirer; Pratt and Kintzing; Race Street; Receipts; Reeve's Tavern; South Carolina; Southwark, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Spain; St. James Episcopal Church; Union Fire Company; Vintners; Wager and Company; Washington Fire Company; West Point Military Academy; William Noyes and Company; Wine merchants; York Springs Boarding House; York Springs, York County, Pennsylvania; York, York County, Pennsylvania

Extent: 2 boxes, 35 folders, 1.5 cubic ft.

Object Name: Archive

Language: English

Object ID: MG0331

Location of Originals: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania

Related Item Notes: Gig trunk (2003.078); Adam Reigart Collection (MG0122)

Notes: Preferred Citation: Title or description of item, date (day, month, year), Adam Reigart Jr., John S. Murphy Collection (MG0331), Folder #, LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.

Access Conditions / Restrictions: Restrictions are noted at the item level.

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.

Accession Number: 2003.078

Other Numbers: MG-331

Classification: MG0331

Description Level: Fonds

Custodial History: Processed and finding aid created by KR. Added to database 8 March 2022.

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An enquiry into the foundation and history of the law of nations in Europe : from the time of the Greeks and Romans, to the age of Grotius

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Author: Ward, Robert Plumer,

Date of Publication: 1795.

Call Number: Book 812 1795; Book 813 1795

Responsibility: by Robert Ward of the Inner Temple, Esq. barrister at law. In two volumes.

Author: Ward, Robert Plumer,

Place of Publication: London

Publisher: Printed by A. Strahan and W. Woodfall, law printers to the King's Most Excellent Majesty, for J. Butterworth, Fleet-Street,

Date of Publication: 1795.

Physical Description: 2 v. ; 22 cm. (8vo)

Notes: Vol. 1: cviii, 395, [1] p.; v. 2: [4], 628 p.; Signatures: v. 1: a-fâ¸ gâ¶ B-BBâ¸ CCâ´ DDÂ²; v. 2: [A]Â² B-RRâ¸ SSÂ².; Errata: v. 1, p. [396]; v. 2, pi2a.; Jasper Yeates's Colonial Law Library.; Yeates's signature at top of title page.; Book numbers 812 and 813 as assigned by Yeates.; Includes bibliographical references and index.; ESTC

Subjects: International law; International law.; Politics and government.; Europe - Politics and government.; Europe.; History.; Full calf (Binding); Gilt title on maroon spine label (Binding)

Additional Author: Strahan, Andrew,; Woodfall, William,; Butterworth, Joseph,; Yeates, Jasper,

Additional Corporate Author: Pre-1801 Imprint Collection (Library of Congress)

Place: Great Britain England London.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Yeates Collection

Call Number: Book 812 1795; Book 813 1795

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Laws of the fourteenth General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, enacted in the second sitting : which commenced at Philadelphia, on Tuesday the second day of February, in the year of our Lord, one thousand seven hundred and ninety

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The constitution and ordinances of the city of Philadelphia

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An historical view of the English government : from the settlement of the Saxons in Britain to the accession, of the House of Stewart

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An enquiry into the foundation and history of the law of nations in Europe : from the time of the Greeks and Romans, to the age of Grotius

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