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Collection: Diffenderffer Family Papers

Title: Diffenderffer Family Papers

Object ID: MG0410

Date Range: 1691-1963

. No date. “The Conestoga River,” by James D. Law in Philadelphia. Dedicated to Dr. F. R. Diffenderffer. 15 February 1912. “’The Lancaster Dutch,’” by Blanche Nevin. Note that this was read by her at the Bicentenary of the First Settlements but was not in the regular program nor printed in the official

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Collection: Diffenderffer Family Papers

Title: Diffenderffer Family Papers

Description: The Diffenderffer Family Papers collection contains items that have been passed down through generations of the Diffenderffer family. Deeds for tracts of land in New Holland date back to the creation of New Design, the village that preceded New Holland. Correspondence and some manuscripts pertain to J. P. McCaskey's life and accomplishments. F. R. Diffenderffer's manuscripts on Easter Day and Conrad Weiser are preserved with this collection, as well as poems, a program for the C. Elvin Haupt School, and a claim of F. R. Diffenderffer & Co. against the State of Texas.

Date Range: 1691-1963

Year Range From: 1691

Year Range To: 1963

Date of Accumulation: 1691-1963

Creator: Diffenderffer family

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives South

Storage Wall: Side 10

People: Brubaker, John; Brubaker, Margaret; Brubaker, Philip; Davis, Sarah; Diffenderfer, David; Diffenderfer, Elizabeth Shirk; Diffenderfer, John; Diffenderffer, Christina; Diffenderffer, David; Diffenderffer, David, Sr.; Diffenderffer, Fianna L. Lutz; Diffenderffer, Frank Ried; Diffenderffer, Harold F.; Diffenderffer, John, Jr.; Diffenderffer, John, Sr.; Diffenderffer, Margaretta Stein; Diffenderffer, Michael; Freymyer, Jacob; Grim, Henry; Haupt, Charles Elvin; Hoch, Herman E.; Holl, Wendel; Hubley, Bernard; Kennerly, John; Kinzer, John; Kinzer, Magdalena; Koch, Mary; Koch, Melchior; Law, James D.; Markley, Henry; McCaskey, Donald G.; McCaskey, John Piersol "Jack"; Nevin, Blanche; Painter, John; Penn, William; Rodman, John H.; Shirk, Henry; Smith, Oliver; Smith, William Evans; Sneider, Christian; Stone, David; Stone, George; Stone, Leonard; Stone, Mary; Sutton, Mary A. Diffenderffer; Thomson, Bill "Tommy"; Winter, John; Young, Matthias

Other Creators: Diffenderffer, Fianna L. Lutz, 1918-2009; Diffenderffer, David

Subjects: Deeds; Letters; Real property

Search Terms: Clippings (Books, newspapers, etc.); Conestoga River; Correspondence; Deeds; Drowning; Earl Twp.; England; Estate settlement; Finding aids; German Reformed Church of New Holland; Haupt Elementary School; Hutchings Printing House; King Street; Lancaster; Land drafts; Lemon Street School; Letters; Manuscript groups; Mortgages; New Design, Earl Twp.; New Holland; Newspaper clippings; Programs; Real estate; Real property surveys; Reigart's Landing; Susquehanna River; Texas; Texas Frontier Forces; Windsor Forge

Extent: 1 box, 23 folders, .5 cubic ft.

Object Name: Archive

Language: English

Object ID: MG0410

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).; Deeds in folders 1-18 were a gift of Fianna Diffenderffer and the Diffenderffer family, 4 November 2006.; Items in folders 19-23 were a gift from her nephew, David Diffenderffer, 14 August 2006.

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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 collection must assume all responsibility for identifying and satisfying any claimants of copyright or other use restrictions. Publication fees may apply.

Credit: Courtesy of LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.

Accession Number: 2006.MG0410_NOV

Other Numbers: MG-410

Classification: MG0410

Description Level: Fonds

Custodial History: Cataloged by HST, November 2008. Added to database 28 July 2021.

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Placita coronae, or, Pleas of the crown, in matters criminal and civil : containing a large collection of modern precedents, viz. appeals, convictions, certiorari's and pleadings thereto, indictments, informations, traverses, pleadings, &c., writs of mandamus, -- quo warranto, -- restitution, -- habeas corpus, &c., and returns thereof : with great variety of precedents, under many other hands, relating to the crown law

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Author: Tremaine, John,

Date of Publication: MDCCXXIII [1723]

Call Number: Book 60 1773

Alternate Title: Placita coronae; Pleas of the crown, in matters criminal and civil

Responsibility: the whole collected by the late Sir John Tremaine ... ; and digested and revised by the late Mr. John Rice ... ; with a compleat table to the whole.

Author: Tremaine, John,

Place of Publication: In the Savoy [London]

Publisher: Printed by E. and R. Nutt and R. Gosling (assigns of E. Sayer, Esq.) for T. Ward ..., and T. Wotton ..., and E. Valentine ...,

Date of Publication: MDCCXXIII [1723]

Physical Description: [4], 688, [34] p. ; 34 cm (fol.)

Notes: Signatures: piÂ² A1 B-8M, [A]1 B-IÂ².; Jasper Yeates's Colonial Law Library.; Yeates's signature at top of title page.; Book number 60 as assigned by Yeates.; Bookseller's advertisement: p. [2] in front.; Sowerby, E.M. Catalogue of the Library of Thomas Jefferson,; English short title catalogue,

Subjects: Pleas of the crown - Early works to 1800.; Forms (Law) - Great Britain - Early works to 1800.; Forms (Law); Pleas of the crown.; Great Britain.; Early works.

Additional Author: Rice, John,; Jenings, Edmund,; Growdon, Joseph,; Kinsey, John,; Yeates, Jasper,

Location: Lancaster History Library - Yeates Collection

Call Number: Book 60 1773

The infants lawyer : or, The law (ancient and modern) relating to infants. Setting forth their priviledges ; their several ages for divers purposes ; guardians and procheim amy, as to suits and defences by them ; actions brought by and against them, with the manner of declarations and pleadings ; fines and recoveries, and other matters of record suffered or acknowledged by them, how reversable ; conveyances and specialties, how bound by them or not ; contracts, promises, &c

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Edition: 3rd ed. :

Date of Publication: 1726.

Call Number: Book 883 1726

Alternate Title: Law (ancient and modern) relating to infants

Responsibility: With an appendix of the forms of declarations and pleadings concerning infants.

Edition: 3rd ed. :

Place of Publication: London

Publisher: Printed by the assigns Edw. Sayer, for James Crokatt,

Date of Publication: 1726.

Physical Description: [24], 380, [28] pages ; 20 cm

Notes: Jasper Yeates's Colonial Law Library.; Yeates's signature at top of title page.; Book number 883 as assigned by Yeates.

Subjects: Children - Great Britain.; Forms (Law) - Great Britain.; Children; Forms (Law); Great Britain.; Full blind-tooled leather (Binding); Gilt title on maroon spine label (Bingind)

Additional Author: Yeates, Jasper,

Location: Lancaster History Library - Yeates Collection

Call Number: Book 883 1726

A compendious and accurate treatise of fines upon writs of covenant : and recoveries upon writs of entry in the post, with ample and copious instructions on how to draw, acknowledge, and levy the same, in all cases. Being a work performed with great exactness, and full of variety of clerkship. With an addition of several precedents, and many observations, rules and cases concerning the effect and operation of fines and recoveries

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Author: Brown, William,

Edition: The 6th ed., reviewed, corr., and in this impression very much inlarged.

Date of Publication: 1725.

Call Number: Book 885 1725

Alternate Title: Compendious and accurate treatise of recoveries upon writs of entry in the post

Author: Brown, William,

Edition: The 6th ed., reviewed, corr., and in this impression very much inlarged.

Place of Publication: [London], in the Savoy

Publisher: Printed by E. and R. Nutt, and R. Gosling (assigns of Edw. Sayer) for D. Browne,

Date of Publication: 1725.

Physical Description: [v], 335, [28], 30 pages ; 20 cm (4to)

Notes: English and Latin.; Earlier edition (London, 1678) has title: A compendious and accurate treatise of recoveries upon writs of entry in the post.; "The epistle dedicatory" signed: William Brown.; Signatures: A-Z4, Aa-Bb4, a-b4.; Includes index.; Jasper Yeates's Colonial Law Library.; Yeates's signature at top of title page.; Book number 885 as assigned by Yeates.

Subjects: Fines and recoveries - Great Britain.; Forms (Law) - Great Britain.; Fines and recoveries.; Forms (Law); Great Britain.; Full blind-tooled decorated leather (Binding); Gilt title on maroon spine label (Binding)

Additional Author: Yeates, Jasper,

Location: Lancaster History Library - Yeates Collection

Call Number: Book 885 1725

Presbyterian Records New Castle: [Minutes, 1716-1731, 1759-1957]

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Corporate Author: Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Presbytery of New Castle.

Date of Publication: 1716-1814.

Call Number: Drawer 3, sec. 1: #843

Alternate Title: Presbytery of New Castle.

Corporate Author: Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Presbytery of New Castle.

Date of Publication: 1716-1814.

Physical Description: 4 v. ; 17-34 cm.

Notes: Includes early minutes under the Synods of Philadelphia, and New York and Philadelphia.; Affiliation: 1716-1745, The Synod; 1745-1758, "Old Side," Synod of Philadelphia; "New Side," Synod of New York; 1758-1789, Synod of New York & Philadelphia; 1789-1814, Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A.; Microfilm. Philadelphia : Presbyterian Historical Society, 1966. 1 microfilm reel ; 35 mm.

Subjects: Church records and registers - Pennsylvania - New Castle.; Presbyterian Church - Records and correspondence

Additional Corporate Author: Synod of New York and Philadelphia (1758-1788). Presbytery of New-Castle.; Synod of Philadelphia (1717-1757). Presbytery of New-Castle.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Microfilm

Call Number: Drawer 3, sec. 1: #843

A general abridgment of the common law, alphabetically digested under proper titles: with notes and references to the whole. With three tables. The first, of the several titles. The second, of the names of the cases. And the third, of the matter under general heads

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Author: D'Anvers, Knightley,

Edition: The second edition, corrected.

Date of Publication: 1725.

Call Number: Book 773 1725; Book 774 1725; Book 117 1737

Responsibility: by Knightley d'Anvers, of the Inner Temple, Esq.

Author: D'Anvers, Knightley,

Edition: The second edition, corrected.

Place of Publication: [London] In the Savoy

Publisher: Printed by E. and R. Nutt, and R. Gosling, (assigns of Edward Sayer Esq); for J. Walthoe in the Middle Temple Cloysters,

Date of Publication: 1725.

Physical Description: 3 volumes ; 31 cm

Notes: Title page of vol. 2 is dated 1722, title page of vol. 3 is dated 1737.; Unpaginated.; Vol. 1: Actions - Common. Vol. 2: Condition - Error. Vol. 3: Escape - Extinguishment.; Jasper Yeates's Colonial Law Library.; Yates's signature at top of title page.; Book numbers 773-775 as assigned by Yeates.; Reference (vol. 3): ESTC; Reference (vols. 1-2): ESTC

Subjects: Common law - England - Early works to 1800.; Law - Early works to 1800.; Law - England - Digests - Early works to 1800.; Law - Great Britain - Early works to 1800.; Common law.; Law.; England.; Great Britain.; Dictionaries.; Digests.; Early works.; Full blind-tooled decorated leather (Binding); Gilt title on maroon spine label (Bindingh)

Additional Author: Gosling, Robert,; Yeates, Jasper; Nutt, Elizabeth,; Nutt, Richard,

Location: Lancaster History Library - Yeates Collection

Call Number: Book 773 1725; Book 774 1725; Book 117 1737

Firma burgi, or, An historical essay concerning the cities, towns and buroughs of England. : Taken from records

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Author: Madox, Thomas,

Date of Publication: MDCCXXVI [1726]

Call Number: Bookk 726 1726

Alternate Title: Historical essay concerning the cities, towns, and buroughs of England; Of the cities towns and buroughs of England

Responsibility: by Thomas Madox Esquire, his Majesties historiographer.

Author: Madox, Thomas,

Place of Publication: London

Publisher: Printed by William Bowyer : And sold by Robert Gosling at the Middle-Temple-Gate in Fleetstreet,

Date of Publication: MDCCXXVI [1726]

Physical Description: 10 pages 297, [29] pages ; 41 cm; [20], 297, [29] pages ; 41 cm

Notes: Title vignette.; Engraved head- and tailpieces and initials, the former signed variously by: Jos. Grisoni, Vertue, and J. Clark.; List of subscribers: preliminary p. [10]-[12].; Last page blank.; Signatures: [A]Â² aÂ² BÂ² b-dÂ² Â²BÂ² C-4OÂ². d1 mis-signed D1.; Jasper Yeates's Colonial Law Library.; Yeates's signature at top of title page.; Book number 726 as assigned by Yeates.; Includes bibliographical references and index.; ESTC,; Goldsmiths',

Subjects: Municipal government - England - Early works to 1800.; Local taxation - England - Early works to 1800.; Cities and towns - England - Early works to 1800.; Administration municipale - Angleterre - Ouvrages avant 1800.; ImpÃ´t local - Angleterre - Ouvrages avant 1800.; Cities and towns.; Local taxation.; Municipal government.; England.; Printed books - England - London - 18th century - Specimens.; Early works.; History.; Subscription lists (Publishing) - England - 18th century.; Mottoes (Provenance) - Aperto vivere voto.; Full blind-tooled leather (Binding); Gilt title on maroon spine label (Binding)

Additional Author: Grisoni, Giuseppe,; Vertue, George,; Clark, John,; Bowyer, William,; Gosling, Robert,; Yeates, Jasper,

Place: Great Britain England London.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Yeates Collection

Call Number: Bookk 726 1726

Readings upon the statute law, alphabetically digested : wherein the most obscure and difficult points are clear'd up and illustrated by resolutions and adjudg'd cases, taken from the best authorities extant

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Author: Gentleman of the Middle Temple.

Date of Publication: MDCCXXIII-MDCCXXV [1723-1725]

Call Number: Book 890 1723; Book 891 1723; Book 892 1724; Book 893 1724

Responsibility: by a Gentleman of the Middle-Temple.

Author: Gentleman of the Middle Temple.

Place of Publication: London

Publisher: Printed for the author, and are to be sold by D. Browne, T. Osborn, W. Mears, and F. Clay,

Date of Publication: MDCCXXIII-MDCCXXV [1723-1725]

Physical Description: 5 v. ; 20 cm (8vo)

Notes: Vol. 1: [2], 353, [1] p.; v. 2: [2], 370 p.; v. 3: [2], 361, [1] p.; v. 4: [2], 367, [1] p.; v. 5: 208, [136] p., [1] folded leaf of plates (a letterpress table.); Includes indexes.; Jasper Yeates's Colonial Law Library.; Yeates's signature at top of title page.; Book numbbers890-893 as asssigned by Yeates.; LCHS lacks vol. 5.; ESTC

Subjects: Law - Great Britain - Digests.; Law reports, digests, etc. - Great Britain.; Law.; Law reports, digests, etc.; Great Britain.; Digests.; Full blind-tooled decorated leather (Binding); Gilt title on maroon spine label (Binding)

Additional Author: Yeates, Jasper,

Location: Lancaster History Library - Yeates Collection

Call Number: Book 890 1723; Book 891 1723; Book 892 1724; Book 893 1724

The English works of Sir Henry Spelman, Kt. publish'd in his life-time : together with his posthumous works, relating to the laws and antiquities of England, first publish'd by the present Lord Bishop of Lincoln in the year 1695 : together with the life of the author

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Author: Spelman, Henry,

Date of Publication: MDCCXXIII [i.e. 1723]

Call Number: Book 85 1723

Alternate Title: Reliquiae Spelmannianae

Responsibility: now revised by His Lordship ; to which are added, two more treatises of Sir Henry Spelman, never before printed, one, of the admiral-jurisdiction and the officers thereof, the other of antient deeds and charters ; with a compleat index to the whole.

Author: Spelman, Henry,

Uniform Title: Works.

Place of Publication: London

Publisher: Printed for D. Browne, Sen. & Jun., W. Mears, F. Clay ... and Fletcher Gyles ...,

Date of Publication: MDCCXXIII [i.e. 1723]

Physical Description: 2 v. in 1 : ill., 2 geneal. tables, 1 port. (engraving) ; 34 cm. (fol.)

Notes: Vol. 1: [28], xxvj, 39, l-lxv, [1], 67-194, [168] p., [2] leaves of plates (1 folded); v. 2: [16], 256, [24] p., [1] folded leaf of plates.; Jasper Yeates's Colonial Law Library.; Yeate's signature at top of title page.; Book number 85 as assigned by Yeates.; Ex libris previous owner's name struck out and J. Yeates written in, price 1lb, 7sh, 8pe, 1722.34191000148434; ESTC

Subjects: Law - Great Britain - Early works to 1800.; Ecclesiastical law - Great Britain - Early works to 1800.; Admiralty - Great Britain - Early works to 1800.; Deeds - Great Britain - Early works to 1800.; England - Antiquities.; Great Britain - Gazetteers - Early works to 1800.

Additional Author: Gibson, Edmund,; Yeates, Jasper,; Spelman, Henry,

Location: Lancaster History Library - Yeates Collection

Call Number: Book 85 1723

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Presbyterian Records New Castle: [Minutes, 1716-1731, 1759-1957]

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo18873

A general abridgment of the common law, alphabetically digested under proper titles: with notes and references to the whole. With three tables. The first, of the several titles. The second, of the names of the cases. And the third, of the matter under general heads

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo21816

Firma burgi, or, An historical essay concerning the cities, towns and buroughs of England. : Taken from records

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo21771

Readings upon the statute law, alphabetically digested : wherein the most obscure and difficult points are clear'd up and illustrated by resolutions and adjudg'd cases, taken from the best authorities extant

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo22079

The English works of Sir Henry Spelman, Kt. publish'd in his life-time : together with his posthumous works, relating to the laws and antiquities of England, first publish'd by the present Lord Bishop of Lincoln in the year 1695 : together with the life of the author

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