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Cursus cancellariae, or, The course of proceedings in the High Court of Chancery : wherein the authority, jurisdiction, and modern practice of that court are methodically and distinctly treated of, from the bill filed, and process thereupon, to the final sentence and decree : as also of reversing decrees, by bills of review, and appeals to the House of Lords, and the method of proceedings in the Petty-Bag-Office &c., with a variety of useful precedents throughout, and a compleat table to the whole

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Author: Bohun, William.

Edition: The second edition corrected with additions.

Date of Publication: MDCCXXIII [1723]

Call Number: Book 517 1723

Alternate Title: Cursus cancellariae; Course of proceedings in the High Court of Chancery

Responsibility: published by William Bohun ...

Author: Bohun, William.

Edition: The second edition corrected with additions.

Place of Publication: In the Savoy [London]

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: MDCCXXIII [1723]

Physical Description: [8], 513, [11] p. ; 21 cm. (8vo)

Notes: Jasper Yeates's Colonial Law Library.; Yeates's signature at top of title page.; Book number 517 as assigned by Yeates.; Signatures: Aâ´ B-2Kâ¸ Lâ¶.; First leaf is a bookseller's advertisement.; Includes index.; ESTC

Subjects: Great Britain. - Court of Chancery - Early works to 1800.; Great Britain. - Court of Chancery.; Equity pleading and procedure - England - Early works to 1800.; Equity pleading and procedure.; England.; Full blind-tooled leather (Binding); Gilt title on maroon spine label (Binding); Early works.

Additional Author: Yeates, Jasper,; Walthoe, John,

Additional Corporate Author: E. and R. Nutt and R. Gosling,

Location: Lancaster History Library - Yeates Collection

Call Number: Book 517 1723

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

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Collection: Diffenderffer Family Papers

Title: Diffenderffer Family Papers

Object ID: MG0410

Date Range: 1691-1963

Diffenderfer Sr. to his son, Michael Diffenderfer, a wagon maker, both of New Holland, Earl Twp. for a house and 9¼ acres in New Holland. Land draft drawn on the back. 23 July 1833. �230 North President Avenue • Lancaster, Pennsylvania 17603-3125 717.392.4633 • www.LancasterHistory.org Folder 18 Deed from

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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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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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Anno regni Georgii II. Regis MagnÃ¦ BritanniÃ¦, FranciÃ¦, & HiberniÃ¦, primo. : At the Parliament begun and holden at Westminster, the ninth day of October, Anno Dom. 1722 ... And from thence continued by several prorogations to the twenty seventh day of June, 1727. Being the sixth session of this present Parliament

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Corporate Author: Great Britain.

Date of Publication: 1727-1728.

Call Number: Book 462 1627-1728

Corporate Author: Great Britain.

Uniform Title: Laws, etc.

Place of Publication: London

Publisher: Printed by John Baskett ... and Tho. Norris, assignee to George Hills.,

Date of Publication: 1727-1728.

Physical Description: 42, 666, [2] p. ; 32 cm. (fol.)

Notes: Each act constitutes a chapter; each chapter has a caption title, and most have a general t.p.; LHS copy imperfect: all chapters except 5 (second occurrence), 9, 14, 16, 17, 19, 20, and 21 wanting. Transcription of title from general t.p. prefixed to chapter 1.; The general t.p. for the second group of paging has the phrase: At the Parliament begun and holden at Westminster, the twenty third day of January, Anno Dom. 1727 ... being the first session of this present Parliament.; Final leaf blank.; Jasper Yeates's Colonial Law Library.; Yeates's signature at top of title page.; Book number 262 as assigned by Yeates.

Subjects: England and Wales. - Parliament - History - Early works to 1800.; England and Wales. - Parliament.; Politics and government; Great Britain - History - Charles II, 1660-1685 - Sources.; Great Britain - Politics and government - 1660-1688 - Early works to 1800.; Great Britain.; Early works.; History.; Sources.; Full blind-tooled leather (Binding); Gilt title on maroon spine label (Binding)

Additional Author: Yeates, Jasper,

Location: Lancaster History Library - Yeates Collection

Call Number: Book 462 1627-1728

A law dictionary, or, The interpreter of words and terms : used either in the common or statute laws of Great Britain, and in tenures and jocular customs : first published by the learned Dr. Cowel, and in this edition very much augmented and improved, by the addition of many thousand words, found in our histories, antiquities, cartularies, rolls, registers, and other manuscript records : with an appendix, containing two tables; one of the antient names of places in Great Britain, and the other of the antient surnames; both of them very necessary for the use of all such, as converse with antient deeds, charters, &c

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Author: Cowell, John,

Date of Publication: MDCCXXVII [1727]

Call Number: Book 793 1727

Alternate Title: Interpreter of words and terms

Author: Cowell, John,

Uniform Title: Interpreter

Place of Publication: [London] In the Savoy

Publisher: Printed by E. and R. Nutt, and R. Gosling (assigns of E. Sayer, Esq.) for J. Walthoe ... [and 10 others],

Date of Publication: MDCCXXVII [1727]

Physical Description: [488] p. ; 33 cm. (folio)

Notes: Originally issued with title: The interpreter, or, Booke containing the signification of words. Cambridge : Printed by Iohn Legate, 1607.; Signatures: Aâ¶ B-Zâ´ 2A-2Zâ´ 3A-3Nâ´ 3O-3QÂ².; The preface includes (p. [7]-[9]) the Proclamation of James I., dated 25th March, 1610, by which the first edition of Cowell's Interpreter, 1607, was suppressed.; "Books lately printed": p. [488], 3Q2v.; Jasper Yeates's Colonial Law Library.; Yeates's signature at top of title page.; Book number 793 as assigned by Yeates.; ESTC (RLIN)

Subjects: Law - Great Britain - Dictionaries.; Names, Geographical - Great Britain.; Law.; Names, Geographical.; Great Britain.; Dictionaries.; Full blind-tooled leather (Binding); Gilt title on maroon spine label (Binding)

Additional Author: Yeates, Jasper,

Place: England London.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Yeates Collection

Call Number: Book 793 1727

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

The fifth and last part of Modern reports : being a continuationof several special cases in the court of of King's Bench at Westminster, in the 6th, 7th, 8th, 9th, 10th, and 11th years of the reign of the late King William ; and judgments thereupo : together with special pleadings to most of the said cases : none of them ever printed before

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Corporate Author: Great Britain. Court of King's Bench.

Edition: 2nd ed., carefully rev., with the addition of some thousands of notes.

Date of Publication: 1720.

Call Number: Book 129 1720

Responsibility: collected by the same hand as the former parts.

Corporate Author: Great Britain. Court of King's Bench.

Edition: 2nd ed., carefully rev., with the addition of some thousands of notes.

Place of Publication: In the Savoy

Publisher: Printed by Eliz. Nutt and R. Gosling, (assigns of Edward Sayer) ... for Tho. Bever,

Date of Publication: 1720.

Physical Description: 464 pages ; 33 cm

Notes: Jasper Yeates's Colonial Law Library.; Yeates's signature at top of title page.; Book number 129 as assigned by Yeates.; Information struck on title page.

Subjects: Law reports, digests, etc. - Great Britain.

Additional Author: Yeates, Jasper,

Additional Corporate Author: Great Britain. Courts.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Yeates Collection

Call Number: Book 129 1720

Officium clerici pacis : a book of indictments, informations, inquisitions and appeals. Also the manner of holding the sessions of peace, with divers other matters relating thereunto, and necessary to be known by justices and clerks of the peace, coroners, attornies and others

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Edition: 3d ed., with large additions.

Date of Publication: 1726.

Call Number: Book 942 1726

Alternate Title: Book of indictments, informations, inquisitions, and appeals

Edition: 3d ed., with large additions.

Place of Publication: [London]

Publisher: Printed by E. and R. Nutt, and R. Gosling ... for D. Browne, and J. Walthole,

Date of Publication: 1726.

Physical Description: 453, [17] pages ; 20 cm

Notes: Introductions in English or Latin, balance of text chiefly in Latin.; Jasper Yeates's Colonial Law Library.; Yeates's signature at top of title page.; Book number 942 as assigned by Yeates.

Subjects: Criminal law - Great Britain.; Criminal procedure - Great Britain.; Justices of the peace - Great Britain - Handbooks, manuals, etc.; Criminal law.; Criminal procedure.; Justices of the peace.; Great Britain.; Handbooks and manuals.; 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 942 1726

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

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

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