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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

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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

Some early county mills, etc., etc. : a fulling mill in 1714

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Author: Evans, Samuel,

Date of Publication: 1897

members of the Es- tablished Church of England, and were great favorites with the ruling class in Philadelphia. Some Early Sheriffs of the County. The following extracts taken from a letter in the Shippen papers have a pecu- liar interest in connection with the Smiths and others. Edward Shippen to Col

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Responsibility: by Samuel Evans, Esq.

Author: Evans, Samuel,

Place of Publication: Lancaster, Pa

Publisher: Lancaster County Historical Society,

Date of Publication: 1897

Physical Description: [167]-175 p. ; 23 cm.

Series: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 1, no. 5

Subjects: Flour mills - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.; Sheriffs - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.; Irish Americans - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.

Contained In: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 1, number 5 (1897), p. 167-175Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.1

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Praxis utriusque banci. The antient and modern practice of the two superior courts at Westminster, viz. The Kings Bench, and Common Pleas. Together with the rules and orders of the said courts. To which is added, the practice of the Sheriffs Court, London. Containing divers antient customs and immunities of that city: not hitherto published in print. As also Norma curiarum inferiorum: or A rule to keep inferior courts within their just bounds

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Date of Publication: 1674.

Call Number: Book 442 1674

Alternate Title: Antient and modern practice of the two superior courts at Westminster; Ancient and modern practice of the two superior courts at Westminster; Course of the proceedings observed in the Court of Common-Pleas; Norma curiarum inferiorum; Course and practice of the Sheriffs Court in the City of London

Place of Publication: London

Publisher: printed for J. Place, and T. Bassett, at Furnivals-Inn-Gate in Holbourn, and at the George near St. Dunstan's Church in Fleet-street,

Date of Publication: 1674.

Physical Description: [22], 63, [1], 192, 32 p. ; 8vo.

Notes: In 3 parts. Part 2, "The course of the proceedings observed in the Court of Common-Pleas" (caption title) begins new pagination on 2A1. Part 3, "Norma curiarum inferiorum" (mostly in Latin) has separate title page, dated 1673, separate pagination and register. It may have been published separately in 1673 (Wing N1238A).; Part 2 includes "The course and practice of the Sheriffs Court in the City of London" (caption title), p. 151-192.; Leaf a1 is cancelled; leaf a2 and a3 are signed a and a2.; Jasper Yeates's Colonial Law Library.; Yeates's signature at top of title page opposite that of former owenr Cas. Weitzel.; Book number 442 as assigned by Yeates.655; Wing (CD-Rom, 1996),; ESTC (RLIN),

Subjects: England and Wales. - Court of King's Bench.; England and Wales. - Court of Common Pleas.; City of London (England). - Corporation. - Sheriffs' Court.; Full blind-tooled leather (Binding)

Additional Author: Yeates, Jasper,D1745-1817,

Location: Lancaster History Library - Yeates Collection

Call Number: Book 442 1674

The complete analysis of the Holy Bible : or, how to comprehend Holy Writ from its own interpretation, containing the whole of the Old and New Testaments, collected and systematically arranged in thirty books, together with an introduction setting forth the character of the work, and the immense facility this method affords the reader for understanding the word of God. Also, three different tables of contents prefixed, a general index of subjects and a scripture index subjoined, so elaborated and arranged in alphabetical order as to direct at once to any subject required

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Author: West, Nathaniel,

Date of Publication: 1868.

Call Number: 220 L493 1868

Alternate Title: Holy Bible complete and how to understand it

Responsibility: by Nathaniel West.

Author: West, Nathaniel,

Place of Publication: New York : Cleveland, Ohio

Publisher: A.J. Johnson ; F.G. & A.C. Rowe,

Date of Publication: 1868.

Physical Description: lxiv, 1097, [6] pages : maps, tables ; 27 cm

Notes: Includes indexes.; Viewing bibles contingent on staff availability, an appointment may be required.; Lefevre family Bible.; On inside cover and repeated on lst endpaper: "The Property of David Lefevre A. D. 1868, Price $7.50".; Affixed to back endpapers: Ancestry of Robert G. LeFevre, M. D, 1570-1899.; Half morocco binding with gold title on front and spine; gilt edges.

Subjects: Lefevre family - Genealogy.; Concordances.

Additional Title: Bible.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Bible

Call Number: 220 L493 1868

A collection of modern entries, or, Select pleadings in the Courts of King's Bench, Common Pleas, and Exchequer : viz. declarations, pleas in abatement and in bar, replications, rejoinders, &c., demurrers, issues, verdicts, judgments, forms of making up records of nisi prius, and entring of judgments, &c., in most actions. Many of them drawn or perused by Mr. Broderick, Carthew, Comyns, Darnel ... and other learned counsel. As also special assignments of errors, and writs and proceedings thereupon, both in the said courts and in Parliament. With the method of suing to and reversing outlawries by writ of error or otherwise. To which is added a collection of writs in most cases now in practice. With two tables, one of the names of the cases, and the other of the pleadings and writs

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Author: Lilly, John,

Edition: The 3rd ed.

Date of Publication: 1758.

Call Number: Book 728 1758

Responsibility: by John Lilly.

Author: Lilly, John,

Edition: The 3rd ed.

Place of Publication: [London] in the Savoy

Publisher: Printed by H. Lintot for D. Browne ... [et al.],

Date of Publication: 1758.

Physical Description: 4 preliminary leaves, 676, [30] pages ; 36 cm

Notes: Error in paging: no. 361-362 omitted; no. 377-378 duplicated.; Jasper Yeates's Colonial Law Library.; Yeates's signature at top of title page.; Book number 728 as assigned by Yeates.

Subjects: Pleading - Great Britain.; Civil procedure - Great Britain.; Forms (Law) - Great Britain.; Civil procedure.; Forms (Law); Pleading.; Great Britain.; Full leather (Binding); Gilt title on maroon spine label (Binding)

Additional Author: Yeates, Jasper,

Additional Corporate Author: Great Britain. Court of King's Bench.; Great Britain. Court of Common Pleas.; Great Britain. Court of Exchequer.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Yeates Collection

Call Number: Book 728 1758

African American lives

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Edition: Widescreen format.

Date of Publication: [2006]

Call Number: 929.373 A258 DVD

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Responsibility: a film by Kunhardt Productions ; executive producers, Henry Louis Gates, Jr., William R. Grant, Peter W. Kunhardt ; written by Henry Louis Gates. Jr. ; series producers, Graham Judd, Leslie D. Farrell ; a production of Kunhardt Productions, Inc. and Thirteen/ WNET New York.

ISBN: 1415716943

Edition: Widescreen format.

Place of Publication: [Alexandria, Va.] : Hollywood, Calif

Publisher: PBS Home Video ; distributed by Paramount Home Entertainment,

Date of Publication: [2006]

Physical Description: 1 videodisc (ca. 240 min.) : sd., col. and b&w ; 4 3/4 in.

Notes: Originally broadcast as a four-part television series in 2006.; Host: Henry Louis Gates, Jr.; features Oprah Winfrey, Chris Tucker, Quincy Jones, Sara-Lawrence-Lightfoot, Mae Jemison, T.D. Jakes, Ben Carson, Whoopi Goldberg.

Contents: Listening to our past / producer and director, Jesse Sweet; editors, Eric Davis, Michael Weingrad -- The promise of freedom / producer and director, Leslie Asako Gladsjo ; editors, Joanna Kiernan, Geeta Gandbhr -- Searching for our names / producer and director, Leslie D. Farrell; editors, Merril Stern, Kathryn Moore -- Beyond the middle passage / producer and director, Graham Judd; editors, Kate Hirson, Stefan Knerrich.

Summary: A compelling combination of storytelling and science, this series uses genealogy, oral histories, family stories and DNA to trace roots of several accomplished African Americans down through American history and back to Africa.