"Frank Cooper with his best wishes to Judge Yates" at top of title page.
Book number 361 as assigned by Yeates.
Opinion delivered by the Pennsylvania High Court of Errors and Appeals in the case of Dempsey, assignee of Brown, vs. The Insurance Company of Pennsylvania.
Printed on wove paper.
Signatures: [A]â´ B² 1² 2-10â´.
Sowerby, E.M. Catalogue of the Library of Thomas Jefferson,
A treatise on the law of insurance, in four books; I. Of marine insurances, II. Of bottomry and respondentia, III. Of insurance upon lives, IV. Of insurance against fire
This collection contains the diaries of Gilbert and Edith Bushong.
The first diaries in this collection (Folder #1), written by Gilbert Bushong who is 14 years old, are dated from 3m 17 1850 - 5m 29 1852 and April 20, 1853. The topics covered are the everyday events of family life and farming activities. He also writes about school life, and butchering hogs, and trips to visit family and friends.
The second part of this collection (Folder #2-5) was written by Edith Paxson Bushong and dates from December 31, 1858 - April 5, 1862, after Gilbert presents her with a new diary journal on his return from a trip to Lancaster. Edith writes mostly about the welfare of her family and friends, including news of marriages, births, illnesses, and deaths.
She also writes about life on the farm, her housework routine, and news of the Civil War, including the battle at Gettysburg.
Admin/Biographical History
Gilbert Bushong was the son of Henry Bushong and Esther Valentine. He was born on 2 December 1836 in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania and died on 10 December 1911 in Chester County, Pennsylvania. He was a farmer in Eden Twp., Lancaster County. Gilbert was a member of the Society of Friends (Quakers) and an abolitionist who helped, with family members Henry and Jacob Bushong, to run the Underground Railroad for runaway slaves during the Civil War at Bird-in-Hand, Pennsylvania.
Edith D. Kinsey Paxson was born on 14 January 1836 and died 2 December 1914 in Chester County, Pennsylvania. She was the second daughter of Elwood H. Paxson and Elizabeth Moore White. She married Gilbert Bushong on 20 December 1855. The Bushongs owned a farm along what is now Valley Road, Route 372, on the eastern side of Eden Twp. and received their mail at May Post Office. They are buried together at Sadsbury Meeting Cemetery in Chester County.
Children of Gilbert and Edith Bushong:
1. Dr. Charles Henry Bushong (1 October 1856-20 December 1903). He was married twice, to sisters who were twins, Anna W. Keene and Nora E. Keene. One died and he married the other.
2. Frances E. Bushong (18 May 1858-16 November 1861).
3. Marion E. Bushong (20 March 1860-March 1937). She married Sanders M. Collins on 20 December 1884. Their children were Edith Bushong Collins (1886-1966) and Wallace Collins (b. 1899). Edith never married. She kept house for her father and was a school teacher. Wallace married Marion Chandler.
4. Marvin E. Bushong (7 June 1878-27 October 1936). He married Lydia Rakestraw on 10 September 1903. Their children were Henry Rakestraw Bushong (b. 28 July 1904) and Gertrude (b. 4 August 1909). At 21, Marvin was appointed a Justice of the Peace of Eden Twp. and in 1908 was elected Clerk of Quarter Sessions at Lancaster County. Later, he was associated with the Pennsylvania Water and Power Company, and in 1933 was vice-president of the Safe Harbor Water Power Corp.
A complete digest of the theory, laws, and practice of insurance : compiled from the best authorities in different languages, which are quoted and referred to throughout the work ; and arranged in alphabetical order, under many select heads, with ample references, and a general index ; affording immediate and full information, on every distinct matter, question, or point
Vol. 2-4 have title: Reports of cases ruled and adjudged in the several courts of the United States, and of Pennsylvania, held at the seat of the federal government.
Also known as: U.S. reports.
Imprint varies.
Includes indexes.
Jasper Yeates's Colonial Law Library.
Yeates's signature at top of title page.
Book numbers 368b, 369, 270, and 371 as assigned by Yeates.
The law of bills of exchange, promissory notes, bank-notes, and insurances : containing all the statutes, cases at large, arguments, resolutions, judgments, decrees, and customs of merchants concerning them, methodically digested ; together with rules and examples for computing the exchange between England and the principal places of trade in Europe : also, the arbitrations of exchange ... illustrated with variety of examples
The law's disposal of a person's estate who dies without will or testament : shewing in a plain, clear, easy and familiar manner how a man's family and relations will be entitiled to his real and personal estate by the laws
The Second edition, revised , corrected , enlarged and improved. To which is added the disposal of a person's estate by will and testament; containing instructions and necessary forms for every person to make , alter and republish his own will : likewise directions for executors how to act after the testator's death , with respect to proving his will , getting in the effects , and paying debts and legacies /
The Second edition, revised , corrected , enlarged and improved. To which is added the disposal of a person's estate by will and testament; containing instructions and necessary forms for every person to make , alter and republish his own will : likewise directions for executors how to act after the testator's death , with respect to proving his will , getting in the effects , and paying debts and legacies /
Place of Publication
Dublin
Publisher
Printed for Peter Hoey ... and John Jones ...,
Date of Publication
1787.
Physical Description
xii, [1], 330 pages ; 18 cm (12mo)
Notes
Originally published in 1785 under title: The will which the law makes or how it disposes of a person's estate in case he dies without will or testament ...
